I have been crack-flashing on my GNex for years, and am now transitionting to the VZW LG G2. Have run into an error I have never seen before, and I can't figure it out.
Everytime I try to wipe something in TWRP (the newest .2 version), it gets to the make_ext4fs formatting of either the Cache or the System (when I tried to manually wipe the system instead of the standard factory reset), it just keeps going and going and never finishes (I have let it run for 10-15 minutes at most, I can't imagine the cache needs more than 10 minutes to clear).
Anyone have any ideas here, do I need to install a different version of TWRP, or is it something corrupted in the base?
Nevermind... Please excuse my impatience, I let it go for 30 minutes now and it just worked. WOW that was a big cache!
dougbushbc said:
Nevermind... Please excuse my impatience, I let it go for 30 minutes now and it just worked. WOW that was a big cache!
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I just had this problem too so i did what you said and left it for 30 minutes and it ended up finishing the full wipe
Actually guys its an issue that needs fixing, or at least could someone knowledgeable explain why cache wipe takes that much time?
In twrp settings toggle "use rm -f instead of make" (or something like that)
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CWM.
Makrilli said:
In twrp settings toggle "use rm -f instead of make" (or something like that)
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It got to do with the wipe method. The fix is to use rm- f as the method. You can find the setting under the advanced tab in twrp.
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It got to do with the wipe method. The fix is to use rm- f as the method. You can find the setting under the advanced tab in twrp.
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So I was having this issue also and was looking for a fix for it. I tried using the rm- f method but then it says it could not mount anything and nothing would work.
I am also on the Sprint Variant. (LS980)
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Any fix for this?
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As the title says... i just formated my ****ing whole system
wanted to change roms and used this crazy complete cleanup script
didnt know that it would format EVERYTHING
so now im standing here with a phone with only a twrp recovery... no system no backups ... nothing
i somehow need to push a rom to my device and install it
problem is im totally blank when it comes to these adb shell things
could someone give me an advice how to get a file to my phone?
nexus toolkit doesnt work
So, assuming you can mount to your computer, download a ROM. Try the chemistry ROM? Or the stock rooted one. Whichever. Got to recovery, find the ROM and install it.
This is assuming you can mount with twrp. (Its in mounts)
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If it won't mount, use adb to push the zip(s) to your internal storage.
it does not mount... and i somehow cant get adb to work
Try adb side load in twrp
Edit: its in the advanced menu.
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ok did it
extracted system and user data from factory image and pushed it
managed to reebot
MoooN said:
ok did it
extracted system and user data from factory image and pushed it
managed to reebot
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How did you get it to mount?
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Don't use a wipe script next time...
Even better, don't wipe at all. Just do a proper backup and dirtyflash.
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HerrKuk said:
Don't use a wipe script next time...
Even better, don't wipe at all. Just do a proper backup and dirtyflash.
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Wow. Worst advice ever.
Next time, do a factory reset and wipe system. That'll do you and keep you from having those little issues that are caused by doing dirty flashes. Sometimes they work just fine. Others, they give you hell. It's one thing if you're upgrading between builds of the same ROM. Even then, though, it's a risk.
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Wow. Worst advice ever.
Next time, do a factory reset and wipe system. That'll do you and keep you from having those little issues that are caused by doing dirty flashes. Sometimes they work just fine. Others, they give you hell. It's one thing if you're upgrading between builds of the same ROM. Even then, though, it's a risk.
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Yeah, wiping solved OPs problem...
Oh... Wait a second..
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HerrKuk said:
Yeah, wiping solved OPs problem...
Oh... Wait a second..
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That's like saying never ever drive because if you steer into a pole, it's bad. Don't steer into things and it's fine. If the OP learns to correctly wipe, this won't be an issue ever again.
Don't wipe system....
Factory Reset/Cache/Dalvik -> Flash ROM.
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I wipe cache, dalvik, factory reset, then wipe system every time I change Roms. I've done this for years on every android I've had and never had a problem. Don't wipe internal storage though.
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Don't wipe system....
Factory Reset/Cache/Dalvik -> Flash ROM.
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Always wipe system. That's where the most often overlooked errors come from.
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Don't wipe system....<br />
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Factory Reset/Cache/Dalvik -> Flash ROM.<br />
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Always wipe system. That's where the most often overlooked errors come from.
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K well I've wiped system twice and I've lost everything on my SD.....
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309041291a said:
K well I've wiped system twice and I've lost everything on my SD.....
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On what? If I wipe data on TWRP I lose everything on SD. Wiping system wipes the system partition. There are many reasons I don't use CWM, poor backup locations and inefficient menu layouts are among them. If wiping system wipes the SD, I'll add that to the list.
TWRP all the way! Way better than CWM in my opinion.
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lyall29 said:
TWRP all the way! Way better than CWM in my opinion.
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Agreed. I would sacrifice an infant to get 4EXT Recovery Touch on thus baby. It has a "Format all partitions (except SD card)" option that is amazeballs.
ive done this before. to fix it you need to download the stock google nexus 4 image. google has taken it down from its webste but there are people here in the forums who have uploaded it to help and have other people download it.
now download and install the nexus 4 root tool kit
to fix your phone your are going to put your phone into fastboot mode and connect it to your pc.
then open up the nexus 4 root tool kit program.
next find the google nexus 4 toolkit folder and go into it. (mine saved in my local disk C)
go into the "put google factory image here" folder and drop the google factory image in there.
once thats done go back into the nexus 4 root toolkit program and press number 9 (download, Extract + flash Facotry image"
since you already downloaded it and put it in the factory image folder you're going to click option number 2 (flash google image)
then type yes and let it do its thing
make sure that the factory image that you download is in a .tgz or .tar file or else it wont work
I hope that helps!!!!
I'm not sure if I'm just looking at this wrong but it shows I should have 13 GB of memory. Now what's confusing to me is that I barely used 5 gigs and now its saying I have less than three gigs of memory left. I did buy the 16 gig version. Can someone explain to me how come it showing this and if there is something wrong. Thanks
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Here is a much better pic sorry...
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Reformatting your internal will correct it.
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Reformatting your internal will correct it.
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I believe I tried that... I used an app lagfix and it didn't help... Is there a better app?
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Reformatting through recovery.
OK thanks
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OK thanks
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Did you do a backup via recovery? Mine was the same as yours until I deleted the backup (after 4.3 was installed and running).
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phillip1953 said:
Did you do a backup via recovery? Mine was the same as yours until I deleted the backup (after 4.3 was installed and running).
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I'm not sure but I did format my data and it worked for me...
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Is there a tutorial on doing this?
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Is there a tutorial on doing this?
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http://www.addictivetips.com/android/what-is-twrp-how-to-install-use-it-on-android-devices-guide/
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http://www.addictivetips.com/android/what-is-twrp-how-to-install-use-it-on-android-devices-guide/
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Not really.! I have TWRP installed. Not sure which selection or steps to do.
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Go into TWRP Recovery choose "Wipe" -> "Format Data" -> then type in "yes" -> "go"
After reset is finished restart the phone normally. That's it.
Lost Storage
I had the same problem. Tried several different methods to try to recover my storage. I too performed a format from TWRP and gained my storage back.
Guys, I have this problem.
My wife has a N7 32GB. Some months ago, after flashing some roms, I discovered that the N7 only had 16GB instead of 32GB. But in the meantime I never had the chance to "reformat" data partition or flash a factory image. Wife didn't want me to fomat it!!!
Today, I was finally going to do that, flash a factory image, but discovered that the usb connector is broken!!! The tablet charges ok but when I connect it to my pc, it starts to constantly connecting/disconnecting to it. I tried 3 different usb cables and the same with the 3. I even open the tablet and tighten the usb port, because it was very loose, but even then it still does the same. So, I don't have any chance to flash or send commands via my pc. (can I send them via wifi?! )
Can I just go into recovery and format/wipe data?!
By the way, from all the stories that I've seen from this problem, on bootloader, mine says Flo 32G and not 16GB like most of them. Can a simple wipe data do the job?!v Hope so...
When I installed 5.0.1 on my 2012 N7, about 10GB of my internal storage mysteriously vanished (I was getting disk full errors with only 2-3GB of stuff showing up in disk usage) and wiping the userdata partition fixed that.
I really do not like how half the fixes for Android issues tend to involve having to wipe devices, especially considering how there is no simple built-in method to do complete and timely selective backups and restore. To get anything resembling that functionality, you need to unlock the bootloader, root the device, install SU and a third-party backup tool. (Doing backups with TWRP might be easy but it is not selective and editing the tarball afterward can get messy.)
Just wondering if there is still problematic with wiping cache by it self
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pennie57 said:
Just wondering if there is still problematic with wiping cache by it self
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yah seems to be so, but there are some small fixes, what i did was followed the instructions of another thread.
boot up into cwm
goto mounts and storage
click format /system
click yes
it took the same time it takes to wipe cache....like forever, but after it was done it sped up the process
im thinking of going over to TWRP and see how it is, they seem to have a fix.
I dont understand whats going on here. I have twrp 2.6.3.4 for the verizon version installed and when i do factory reset it takes like 5 seconds. Tehn I try to install clean rom and when I reboot I am only on a black screen. Only way to get back is to restore my stock backup.
I have the att version and wiping takes like 5 minutes.
Why isnt this wiping on my verizon g2?
This is driving me mad.
Ive even tried cwm, same thing.
What version of twrp for the att version?
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My factory resets are very quick as well. Is this just the processing power or something wrong? Always get improper root after 4.4 installation as well.. so sick of this. Never have had this issue before with previous phones
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DurbanPoison24 said:
My factory resets are very quick as well. Is this just the processing power or something wrong? Always get improper root after 4.4 installation as well.. so sick of this. Never have had this issue before with previous phones
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Didnt the Factory Reset take awhile on earlier versions of TWRP?
I remember having to wait at least 5 mins for a factory reset using TWRP
XERO_Racer said:
Didnt the Factory Reset take awhile on earlier versions of TWRP?
I remember having to wait at least 5 mins for a factory reset using TWRP
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Unfortunately I wouldn't know. I've always used CWM. This is the first time I've ever used TWRP. But CWM would take considerably longer than the very quick factory reset speeds I'm seeing now.
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XERO_Racer said:
Didnt the Factory Reset take awhile on earlier versions of TWRP?
I remember having to wait at least 5 mins for a factory reset using TWRP
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Hey, did you ever find out why factory reset happens so quick and or if you fixed it??
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DurbanPoison24 said:
Hey, did you ever find out why factory reset happens so quick and or if you fixed it??
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Try this version IIRC this one didnt have that issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670
I just recently switched to CWM for the same reason
To be honest idk whats the purpose of having a "slower" cache formatting than the one that takes 5 seconds?
Maybe it actually does its job? i have no idea
I have a Nexus 4 running CM 11 M8, i installed M7 through the CM installer and got an update to CM 11 M8, on updating, the google play store started crashing like crazy, its virtually unusable now, is their anyway to fix this? should i downgrade?
Try wipe playstore and playservice datas, then go to recovery, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache and reboot
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Umm, it didnt work, thanks anyways
fhf758 said:
Try wipe playstore and playservice datas, then go to recovery, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache and reboot
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it didnt work, the app still crashed to point of being unusable
Are you getting a force close error or is it just abruptly closing to the home screen without any errors?
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umm yeah.
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Are you getting a force close error or is it just abruptly closing to the home screen without any errors?
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The app just closes to the home screen everytime i open it and even when i dont open the app i get a notification on screen that the app has crashed, this happens so frequently that my phone is becoming near unusable. the app is completely unuseable. is their any way to fix this short of a factory reset or flashing a new rom?
You already tried to wipe its data, so I think the next step could be to reflash the ROM you are using.
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It wont let me reflash.
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You already tried to wipe its data, so I think the next step could be to reflash the ROM you are using.
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after my update from M7 to M8, my CWM recovery was replaced by CM simple recovery which gives me a signature verification error when i try to flash anything, is their any way to disable signature verification?