[Q] Please help, TWRP will not flash/ wipe/ restore anything - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

I was running CM10.1, I was switching to Google Rom, wiped data/ factory restore, flashed zip, but forgot to flash Loki.
Went back, tried to flash loki, but it comes out as failed. looking through logs, I get
E:Unable to mount /data
E:Unable to mount Internal Storage.
I tried to do wipe of system, data, cache, and nothing wipes.
When I was rebooting 2nd time, I got a prompt to install Root as I was not rooted, but I did root weeks ago, when I went to CM.
Any help/ advise/ suggestions are welcome.
I would really rather not ODIN to stock, but will if I have to, is there a way to snatch internalSD files before the flash?

Dimon1990 said:
I was running CM10.1, I was switching to Google Rom, wiped data/ factory restore, flashed zip, but forgot to flash Loki.
Went back, tried to flash loki, but it comes out as failed. looking through logs, I get
E:Unable to mount /data
E:Unable to mount Internal Storage.
I tried to do wipe of system, data, cache, and nothing wipes.
When I was rebooting 2nd time, I got a prompt to install Root as I was not rooted, but I did root weeks ago, when I went to CM.
Any help/ advise/ suggestions are welcome.
I would really rather not ODIN to stock, but will if I have to, is there a way to snatch internalSD files before the flash?
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If you can't boot into system, and TWRP will not restore your Nandroid I think ODIN to stock is inevitable. It really doesn't take too long. ODIN stock, re-root, install TWRP/CWM and restore your backup or flash Google Rom and LOKI this time.

blyndfyre said:
If you can't boot into system, and TWRP will not restore your Nandroid I think ODIN to stock is inevitable. It really doesn't take too long. ODIN stock, re-root, install TWRP/CWM and restore your backup or flash Google Rom and LOKI this time.
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Thank you, from what I read, ODIN does not wipe our internalSD, is that correct or am I misreading it?

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Ok I looking for some guidance on how to fix my phone. I rooted via CF-Auto root, Installed TWRP, Took a backup. Then I decided I wanted to flash CM10.1.3 I wipe the cache and Internal storage via TWRP. Now that's where I think I went wrong, I've read formatting /data in TWRP can cause problems. I tried to install my backup and that fail gave me some kind of partition or format error. What are my next steps? I pulled down the stock MF9 ROM and plan to re-flash it via ODIN. Is there anything else I need to do? I want to make sure I have all the steps I need to fix it.
Netprodigy said:
Ok I looking for some guidance on how to fix my phone. I rooted via CF-Auto root, Installed TWRP, Took a backup. Then I decided I wanted to flash CM10.1.3 I wipe the cache and Internal storage via TWRP. Now that's where I think I went wrong, I've read formatting /data in TWRP can cause problems. I tried to install my backup and that fail gave me some kind of partition or format error. What are my next steps? I pulled down the stock MF9 ROM and plan to re-flash it via ODIN. Is there anything else I need to do? I want to make sure I have all the steps I need to fix it.
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Please disregard. For those that made the same mistake a simple flash of the Stock ROM via Odin fixed it.
Yeah and you were not bricked.
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Cache partitions erase error.

Guys, I need some help with my Galaxy S4 - 9505.
I'm running Omera rom with TWRP recovery.
I had one random restart and decided to wipe cache and dalvik. But I can't. , recovery report that cache could not be mounted.
I changed recovery with PhilZ but its the same. Also the partition size is shown 0MB.
This is the second time i got this issue.
Could anyone of you help me to understand why this happen?
re: cache issues
samo_ said:
Guys, I need some help with my Galaxy S4 - 9505.
I'm running Omera rom with TWRP recovery.
I had one random restart and decided to wipe cache and dalvik. But I can't. , recovery report that cache could not be mounted.
I changed recovery with PhilZ but its the same. Also the partition size is shown 0MB.
This is the second time i got this issue.
Could anyone of you help me to understand why this happen?
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First you should do a nandroid backup.
Your best bet is to do a system reset (under settings in the phone) and then download the stock odin
flash pre-rooted i9505 rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2409867
Odin flash it and then check out the phone make sure all is well.
After that get the Odin flashable Philz, CWM or TWRP recovery and flash it, (or simply use goomanager to get twrp)
then get the latest update of SuperSU and flash that in recovery. (both goomanager & superSU are free apps at the playstore)
Then after checking everything out making sure everything is working properly make another nandroid backup.
After that flash any of the i9505 compatible custom rom you like.
@Misterjunky, thanks for the reply.
I actually have done this first time i got this issue, so did same and now.
More or less I try to understand why cache got corrupted? And could this be some kind of hardware issue with the internal memory.

Tried doing Lollipop update, broken filesystem.

Hello. I tried doing the 5.0 update to my tablet using the factory images. It failed on sending /system and now the whole tablet isn't working. I loaded Philz, to wipe the whole tablet, and it errors mounting /data and /system when attempting to wipe. I have tried wiping everything in every way, and nothing. I cannot get anything to flash on the tablet. Any help?
Yoyodude1124 said:
Hello. I tried doing the 5.0 update to my tablet using the factory images. It failed on sending /system and now the whole tablet isn't working. I loaded Philz, to wipe the whole tablet, and it errors mounting /data and /system when attempting to wipe. I have tried wiping everything in every way, and nothing. I cannot get anything to flash on the tablet. Any help?
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Ya man, its the same with me . Hope someone, reply's with a solution for it.
Maybe try with latrst version of twrp instead of Philz.
Flash TWRP
Wipe
Advanced wipe
Select system
Repair or change file system
Repair
Let it do its thing, then flash your ROM.
Send your thanks to @Paramesh96. He gave me this advice on my thread. Still haven't been able to flash factory images. But I can get my tablet up & running again with this guide
I could do this, but I have no way of moving a zip file to the tablet.
Yoyodude1124 said:
I could do this, but I have no way of moving a zip file to the tablet.
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I flashed TWRP, went through the process, rebooted to bootloader, reflashed TWRP, reboot to recovery & mtp was enabled to access the sdcard

TWRP Recovery not working.

I just rooted my phone yesterday and I tried to delete a TWRP backup that was on my internal memory. I was unable to find out how to do it and set permissions in TWRP, which caused my phone to start booting with unable to start messages and a black screen. I tried restoring a backup and I wiped and restored, both have still same issue.
So at the moment I can start TWRP or factory reset, but as of yet, I cannot restore my backup.
When I backed up the phone I didn't select everything, I left out data.
Since you didn't backup your data, they are a few options. Wipe dalvik and cache from recovery, dirty flash a rom, clean flash a rom.
metalfan78 said:
Since you didn't backup your data, they are a few options. Wipe dalvik and cache from recovery, dirty flash a rom, clean flash a rom.
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I was using an old version of twrp. I updated to 2.8.6.0 and it all works now, thanks.

Unable to mount /system in S4 I9505 - jfltexx

I flashed the root, then a twrp 3.0.2.0 recovery with odin and than went to recovery to make wipes. Had an issue with formatting cache (it was never ending process, more than 20 minutes) I lost my patience and removec the battery, came to twrp recovery again, enabled -rf fix in settings. Wiped everything and then came to install, chose the ROM and proceeded - then an error jumped, that the system was not mounted.
I tried almost everything, but system wont mount with twrp.
Is my only option to get back to official stock?
Did you try TWRP 2.8.7?

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