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Help! everything wiped but cannot find restore file

I was going to restore via nandroid backup, so i went into clockwork and did a full data cache davik wipe, however when i go to restore, it says no file found!!! i donno how the hell did the nandroid escaped from the phone.. so now im stuck at the recovery.
Now i can't access the phone's sd, because theres no OS on the phone, nor the sd card because its built in. How do i push a ROM in so i can flash it?

If you "mount USB storage" through ClockworkMod(Mounts and Storage), you can transfer the .zip to sdcard via USB and then unmount and flash it.

Thank you very much! Omg im soooo noob.. ;p

[Q] Newbie questions (don't kill me Im new!)

Hy there I love xda and im a new user to xda nexus forum
With excelent guides I learnt how to root unlock and install custom rom (quite easy let it down into your internal storage and install from zip)
but I have few questions..
When I tried to wipe data and cache I accidentally did factory reset which ended up in no installed rom, internal storage empty and I was in custom recovery and I couldn't connect to computer, so I had to start from 0... last times I've been selecting wipe data and cache.. but I seen that in my nexus 7 some old files are still there (under a folder called 0) What should I do to make a clean install? which option of the new recovery should I choose? thankyou

mariosanoguera said:
Hy there I love xda and im a new user to xda nexus forum
With excelent guides I learnt how to root unlock and install custom rom (quite easy let it down into your internal storage and install from zip)
but I have few questions..
When I tried to wipe data and cache I accidentally did factory reset which ended up in no installed rom, internal storage empty and I was in custom recovery and I couldn't connect to computer, so I had to start from 0... last times I've been selecting wipe data and cache.. but I seen that in my nexus 7 some old files are still there (under a folder called 0) What should I do to make a clean install? which option of the new recovery should I choose? thankyou
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Use TWRP for recovery and to do a clean install wipe all data from TWRP.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

mariosanoguera said:
Hy there I love xda and im a new user to xda nexus forum
With excelent guides I learnt how to root unlock and install custom rom (quite easy let it down into your internal storage and install from zip)
but I have few questions..
When I tried to wipe data and cache I accidentally did factory reset which ended up in no installed rom, internal storage empty and I was in custom recovery and I couldn't connect to computer, so I had to start from 0... last times I've been selecting wipe data and cache.. but I seen that in my nexus 7 some old files are still there (under a folder called 0) What should I do to make a clean install? which option of the new recovery should I choose? thankyou
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I'd flash a stock recovery image onto your device available here which would restore your device completely back to stock (with your bootloader unlocked) From there I'd just re root and do what you want. However I'd personally use CWM Touch Recovery myself, but I just like that recovery more (have used it and the non-touch version for ages and on many devices)

smt8544 said:
I'd flash a stock recovery image onto your device available here which would restore your device completely back to stock (with your bootloader unlocked) From there I'd just re root and do what you want. However I'd personally use CWM Touch Recovery myself, but I just like that recovery more (have used it and the non-touch version for ages and on many devices)
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I actually have Team Win Recovery Project..
under wipe I can find
Cache
Dalvik
Factory Reset (This is the one I use.. but It leaves in my internal storage with a folder called 0 and my old data from previous roms is stored there)
System
External Storage
Int. Storage ?
Format Data (I did this and I lost everything except TWRM which I could boot at it (but I had no option to install from zip neither couldnt transferr a file through usb mount sd card didn't work))
Which one of all of this should I run before doing the install zip from sd card?

mariosanoguera said:
I actually have Team Win Recovery Project..
under wipe I can find
Cache
Dalvik
Factory Reset (This is the one I use.. but It leaves in my internal storage with a folder called 0 and my old data from previous roms is stored there)
System
External Storage
Int. Storage ?
Format Data (I did this and I lost everything except TWRM which I could boot at it (but I had no option to install from zip neither couldnt transferr a file through usb mount sd card didn't work))
Which one of all of this should I run before doing the install zip from sd card?
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I think it would be easier and cleaner if you restored back to stock before trying to re root, flash recovery, etc. If you have no important data on your device I'd go for it. If you do have important data, then try and pull it to your computer and then flash a stock image and re root etc.
I always find that in times when my device is screwing around, or I have file dregs around the place, I find it simply easier to backup important things and flash a stock image.

[Q] [HELP] Possibly Bricked N4

My Nexus 4 is not recognized by any PC anymore... Tried 10 different cables and 5 different computers.
It is charging while connected to a PC, just no ADB/USB storage.
Anyway, I flashed Lollipop factory through CWM and everything was fine, but still the same with the USB.
I flashed TWRP recovery and flashed Lollipop from there, again, all good except the USB not being recognized.
I chose "Fix permissions" in TWRP -> reboot took forever -> Reflashed Lollipop -> Device booted fine -> NO Internal Memory anymore.
Used multiple file explorers - the sd card folder is empty. Tried browsing through mounted/0, legacy, sdcard, mnt/sdcard, etc... nothing.
If I use the File Browser on TWRP, I can see all my files so nothing is deleted.
I assume the SD Card's permissions are screwed or it's not mounted...
Status:
* I can't download any other ROMs (as now my Internal memory is basically not recognized by Android).
* I can't move files to the SD card from my PC as my USB port is probably broken
* I have a running Lollipop system with the latest bootloader, radio and a TWRP recovery so I can use its terminal for some commands.
Is it safe to say my device is dead or someone have any idea how to at least fix the SD Card mount issue?
Thanks!

liorry said:
My Nexus 4 is not recognized by any PC anymore... Tried 10 different cables and 5 different computers.
It is charging while connected to a PC, just no ADB/USB storage.
Anyway, I flashed Lollipop factory through CWM and everything was fine, but still the same with the USB.
I flashed TWRP recovery and flashed Lollipop from there, again, all good except the USB not being recognized.
I chose "Fix permissions" in TWRP -> reboot took forever -> Reflashed Lollipop -> Device booted fine -> NO Internal Memory anymore.
Used multiple file explorers - the sd card folder is empty. Tried browsing through mounted/0, legacy, sdcard, mnt/sdcard, etc... nothing.
If I use the File Browser on TWRP, I can see all my files so nothing is deleted.
I assume the SD Card's permissions are screwed or it's not mounted...
Status:
* I can't download any other ROMs (as now my Internal memory is basically not recognized by Android).
* I can't move files to the SD card from my PC as my USB port is probably broken
* I have a running Lollipop system with the latest bootloader, radio and a TWRP recovery so I can use its terminal for some commands.
Is it safe to say my device is dead or someone have any idea how to at least fix the SD Card mount issue?
Thanks!
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try doing a factory data reset using settings > Backup & Reset > Factory Data Reset.

moorthidaniel said:
try doing a factory data reset using settings > Backup & Reset > Factory Data Reset.
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I'll try. Is it any different than wipe using the recovery?

liorry said:
I'll try. Is it any different than wipe using the recovery?
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As per my understanding, factory data reset does all the wipe in one touch instead of doing one by one

moorthidaniel said:
As per my understanding, factory data reset does all the wipe in one touch instead of doing one by one
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I did full wipe, including dalvik. Anyway, I'll try it and update ASAP.
Thanks

Didn't help. My device is now stuck in boot loop and now I don't have a ROM to flash as the full wipe clears the SD card.

Just a quick check to eliminate drivers issue may help...Connect the phone to your PC with the usb cable, then go to Device Manager on the PC and see if your phone shows up. If it does with a yellow exclamation mark, you need to install/reinstall the usb driver.

Same problem here
I know this is an old question but I have the same problem as liorry does. I currently installed a new ROM on my N4 (SimpleAOSP), after a lot of tweaking it ended up working but now I cannot access the /sdcard folder via any app or via windows. If I go to recovery I can still see the folder is there and has all the data I had before. Does anyone have any idea on what can I do?, I think I can roll back to my previus kitkat based ROM but have not tried yet because I dont want to screw up the phone.
Suggestions are appreciated!

No writing access to internal sd card after restoring backup

Dear forum members,
Im having issues with writing to my internal sd card, here the descripption of what i did:
I installed the rom Phronesis v6.2, everything was working perfectly until I realized that xposed was missing, I decided to install it by flashing the xposed-v80-sdk22-arm, unfortunately I got a boot loop so i decided to go back to my original stock rom (4.4.2) restoring a nondroid backup.
The problem is that after restoring it seems that I lost writing privileges to my internal sd card, using es file explorer shows that the storage/emulated/0 folder is empty, but it displays that is using 16 gb from 26. Using the stock “my files” the folders are displayed but I cannot copy anything to it (failed to copy). Applications in general work (some force closes) but I cannot save any settings
If I connect the phone to a pc, i cannot copy any files from the computer to the internal or external sd cards, however I can copy from the external sd to the computer.
I tried to format clear cache etc and restore again but the issue persists.
Can anyone be so kind and try to help me figure out a possible solution?
Thanks in advance
galaxy note n9005 snapdragon

Can anyone please help?

kartoshka22 said:
Can anyone please help?
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1. Go to your custom recovery and wipe all (system, data, dalvik).
2. Reboot in DOWNLOAD MODE and flash the ORIGINAL STOCK android 4.4.2 firmware via ODIN.
3. Root your device and flash via ODIN the custom recovery again.
4. Restore your nandroid backup.
5. Done. Good luck :highfive:

Hello Joku,
Thanks a lot for the reply, i fixed the issue by formatting the internal sd, wiping all (system, data, dalvik) and then restoring the nandroid backup, now all works.
Thanks again!
Joku1981 said:
1. Go to your custom recovery and wipe all (system, data, dalvik).
2. Reboot in DOWNLOAD MODE and flash the ORIGINAL STOCK android 4.4.2 firmware via ODIN.
3. Root your device and flash via ODIN the custom recovery again.
4. Restore your nandroid backup.
5. Done. Good luck :highfive:
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Unmounted data (twrp not ecryption it i guess :()

i tried to flash but i guess screwed up and twrp not mounting data there is nothing i can do right now its not mounting for encrypted device i guess.. i tried to flash chineese twrp it was mounted then flashed stock recovery and there is i got Encryption Unsuccessfull! Message.. what should i do ?

Go to Wipe in TWRP, and Format Data. It will wipe everything but you'll then have access again in TWRP.

stebsgb1 said:
Go to Wipe in TWRP, and Format Data. It will wipe everything but you'll then have access again in TWRP.
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Its not even mounted how it will fix ?

Feedmeeeee said:
Its not even mounted how it will fix ?
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I got the same error. If you go to wipe and use the format data button everything will get wiped except TWRP but since the memory on the phone is properly formatted you can connect your phone to a computer, open the phone memory like an external hard drive and just copy and paste the ROM zip and your root app zip and then flash them in TWRP. It should definitely work.

jhs39 said:
I got the same error. If you go to wipe and use the format data button everything will get wiped except TWRP but since the memory on the phone is properly formatted you can connect your phone to a computer, open the phone memory like an external hard drive and just copy and paste the ROM zip and your root app zip and then flash them in TWRP. It should definitely work.
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Wow really thanks i will try it