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[Q] Help: Flashed 4.2 with CWM

So I decided to upgrade to 4.2 and didnt think to check if i needed a special recovery. but i wiped and flashed as usual. The Rom (Clean Rom 2.5) works perfectly, but stickmount doesnt work with 4.2 so i planned on recovering my backup of 4.1.2
Problem 1: CWM cannot find my backup files, presumably because the file tree change
Problem 2: I wiped and flashed 4.2 a second time, as i could not restore my old one, creating a filesystem as follows...
/storage/emulated/0/0
now, the first /0 is where my current rom saves everything, and /0/0 is where all my old stuff is.
Can anyone advise as to how I can get this back to either 4.1.2 or just back to a regular-ish 4.2? I hear I should be using TWRP
Thank you

wudien said:
So I decided to upgrade to 4.2 and didnt think to check if i needed a special recovery. but i wiped and flashed as usual. The Rom (Clean Rom 2.5) works perfectly, but stickmount doesnt work with 4.2 so i planned on recovering my backup of 4.1.2
Problem 1: CWM cannot find my backup files, presumably because the file tree change
Problem 2: I wiped and flashed 4.2 a second time, as i could not restore my old one, creating a filesystem as follows...
/storage/emulated/0/0
now, the first /0 is where my current rom saves everything, and /0/0 is where all my old stuff is.
Can anyone advise as to how I can get this back to either 4.1.2 or just back to a regular-ish 4.2? I hear I should be using TWRP
Thank you
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I had the same problem flashing ClearRom 2.5. You can use root explorer to cut and merge your files and folders to the root of the internal sd and see if that works. When I did it and entered CWM it had gone back to the 0 filepath.
Give it a try mate cause I know it has worked for some others on here.
Paul

Just update Stickmount. Today's update allow full read/write access to external storage.

Groid said:
Just update Stickmount. Today's update allow full read/write access to external storage.
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Awesome. Are you running a custom kernel for write access? I can only read info

i tried flashing M - Kernel but as far as stickmount/otg goes it didnt change anything. how did you get it to write??

Stock, stock kernel, rooted, 4.2, latest Stickmount. Yes, I have read/write access to OTG attached storage formatted as fat32. I have to use Astro to see it though. I created a folder on a thumbdrive and copied something from internal to it. Even Root Explorer doesn't see it until they get out an update. Some of the recently updated apps, like MX Player or Doubletwist do see the attached storage. It is going to take a while for all the devs to get on board with these recent changes.

Every time !! Arghhhh

Okay,, i have a note 10.1 n8010 and EVERYTIME I FLASH a rom i cant install any apps and it says insufficient storage, I do everything step by step, I don't understand, I just don't understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can someone please explain me why this is, i wipe everything before doing a update etc...

asustf700t said:
Okay,, i have a note 10.1 n8010 and EVERYTIME I FLASH a rom i cant install any apps and it says insufficient storage, I do everything step by step, I don't understand, I just don't understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can someone please explain me why this is, i wipe everything before doing a update etc...
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Are you using an external SD Card or just your internal one ?

lsherif said:
Are you using an external SD Card or just your internal one ?
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A external one as well

asustf700t said:
A external one as well
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Try following the below steps as per smaw51 recommendations :
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
mounts and storage/ format /data
mounts and storage/ format /system
mounts and storage/ format /cache
advanced/ wipe dalvik cache
Repeat a couple times for good measure

I have already tried those steps as I found them online and it does nothing, I always have to delete everything and then return to stock ... I just don't get it >

asustf700t said:
I have already tried those steps as I found them online and it does nothing, I always have to delete everything and then return to stock ... I just don't get it >
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So what`s your internal free storage after installing a fresh rom ?

asustf700t said:
I have already tried those steps as I found them online and it does nothing, I always have to delete everything and then return to stock ... I just don't get it >
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Oops accidentally thanked you for this post.
Anyways, I have found that wiping data from recovery doesn't clear download files and such. Download Astro File manager and see what is taking up most of your internal memory. I found personally that .zip files and a few things like that were taking up oodles of storage space. Also, when yuo do a CWM backup, do the backup to the External SD card, that way it doesn't take up app space.

lsherif said:
So what`s your internal free storage after installing a fresh rom ?
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like 7gb? and external is 4gb because i have a partition, but the partition in my case is irrelevant because before when I didn't know about link2sd I still had this problem, but everyone else seems to flash roms daily with no issues lol?

Jonphinguyen7 said:
Oops accidentally thanked you for this post.
Anyways, I have found that wiping data from recovery doesn't clear download files and such. Download Astro File manager and see what is taking up most of your internal memory. I found personally that .zip files and a few things like that were taking up oodles of storage space. Also, when yuo do a CWM backup, do the backup to the External SD card, that way it doesn't take up app space.
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okay ill thank you back lol, okay I will back it up externally for future reference, but the issue seems to be on every rom i download with my device...but no one else seems to have this issue with the same rom
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i can't it says ive reached my 8 limit today...

anyone?
i also tried the steps in this post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745247&page=3
I believe reading this thread and taking a few tips has fixed everything!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908711&page=2

I strongly suggest you flash a stock rom using Odin and clear everything. If you still have problems with the stock rom on your tablet return it for warranty repair. My feeling is though it is something you are doing. So once back to stock (out of the box) reinstall apps one at a time - avoid apps to sd and installing them on external memory. I don't believe that can be necessary!

Fixing Internal Memory 0.00 B

[Not sure this is the right section, but since it requires a bit of knowledge on adb and stuff, I thought the development area would be better]
I happened to do something, somehow, which cause my Internal Memory to completely "disappear". The only way to get it back was downgrading to GB. However signal wouldn't work. I tried everything I saw on the Internet. But most people had to take it to the customer service. I didn't want that. My mobile was still working, I knew I only needed to fix something no matter what!
I realised that when this problem occurs, if you go to About Device, you'll see that your Baseband version will be XXXX. If that's not the case, just try factory reset, wipe cache, dalvik, etc... and re-flashing stock via odin. BUT if that IS the case, follow the steps below:
DO THIS ONLY ON I9070 (GALAXY S ADVANCE) DON'T TRY IT ON I9070P SINCE I'M NOT SURE IT WILL WORK AND IT MIGHT BRICK YOUR DEVICE.
1 Download http://d-h.st/W5W
2 extract it into your SD Card
3 Run adb, since you won't be able to install terminal on your mobile. However if you've got a ROM with terminal pre-installed you can use it anyways.
4 Use this command on adb: adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/modemfs.img.md5 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
If you have this problem on a different device and found this thread, try looking for the mmcblk0p2 for your device, extract it to your SD Card and type on adb: dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/modemfs.img.md5
Then, go to step 4
That's it, folks! If nothing happened yet, reboot your mobile and both your network and memory will be working.
Hit thanks if I've helped you anyroad

Sorry but it didn't work for me.

hey buddy, thanks for the info... in my phone i have baseband name, but i dont have system storage ... i try your metod but i couldnt fix it...
can you give me a little more information how did you do? thanks and sorry my bad english....

are u sure u have root access? try using Root Explorer, google it. there is one that is really good. I used this method on JB. It should work on GB also... if nothing like reflashing stock, wiping data, cache and dalvik cache and fixing permissions worked, thats the last hope. other than that, only customer service as far as I know :sad: try to follow the steps thoroughly. ALSO, just to make sure, put the modemfs file both on the internal memory and external sd card, since it might have been changed. MIUI for example would recognize your external sd card as ur internal memory and vice-versa

gustavray said:
are u sure u have root access? try using Root Explorer, google it. there is one that is really good. I used this method on JB. It should work on GB also... if nothing like reflashing stock, wiping data, cache and dalvik cache and fixing permissions worked, thats the last hope. other than that, only customer service as far as I know :sad: try to follow the steps thoroughly. ALSO, just to make sure, put the modemfs file both on the internal memory and external sd card, since it might have been changed. MIUI for example would recognize your external sd card as ur internal memory and vice-versa
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Yes, i have a root access. I flash JB XXLPY, then i flash kernel to have CWM, then i wipe all data, install Chuckybean ROM and i have 0 MB internal memory. After tha i've tried your fix via adb and even wondering if i can do this via odin...
NOTHING still the same 0 MB...

jjeerry said:
Yes, i have a root access. I flash JB XXLPY, then i flash kernel to have CWM, then i wipe all data, install Chuckybean ROM and i have 0 MB internal memory. After tha i've tried your fix via adb and even wondering if i can do this via odin...
NOTHING still the same 0 MB...
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then try reflaashing via odin the stock rom with the pit file. that can be found on section on how to downgrade to GB. make sure u use the right pit file for the 8 or 16gb version. then when flashing, make sure to check the option of Re-format

gustavray said:
then try reflaashing via odin the stock rom with the pit file. that can be found on section on how to downgrade to GB. make sure u use the right pit file for the 8 or 16gb version. then when flashing, make sure to check the option of Re-format
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Been there, done that

[trick] switching roms without loosing adopted sd data[mm]

Marshmallow had a new cool feature of adopted storage but all the flashoholics had trouble in changing roms because they have to format sd card every time they change roms .
I have a solution.
1:- while flashing rom wipe system dalvik cache and cache but dont wipe data .
2:- flash the rom and let it optimize apps .
3:- after optimizations most probably you will be in bootloop , simply boot into recovery and wipe data and reboot.
4:- your phone will optimize apps again and this time it will boot up and you can access sd card as adopted storage without need to format it again as internal.
This trick worked for me and should work for you guys too.
There's another method that is :-
1:- navigate to root folder
2:- copy all the files from data/misc/vold to somewhere in SD card
3:now boot to recovery wipe everything except SD card and flash new ROM .
4:- now using twrp's file manager move the files you from step 2 to the same folder I.e. data/misc/vold
5:-reboot

According to twrp dev, you can use this trick ' Note, if you factory reset and leave the key present in /data/misc/vold, then Android will still detect and use the adopted storage on the next boot.'
https://gerrit.omnirom.org/#/c/15921/

Thanks! Worked for me! :fingers-crossed:

PoseidonKing said:
Thanks! Worked for me! :fingers-crossed:
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Dirty Flashing....and adopted sd card
If I dirty flash a rom by just clearing the cache and dalvik cache, will the old adopted sd card setting work or will I have to follow your procedure even then also?

[email protected] said:
If I dirty flash a rom by just clearing the cache and dalvik cache, will the old adopted sd card setting work or will I have to follow your procedure even then also?
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It'll work, according to the trick mentioned here

[email protected] said:
If I dirty flash a rom by just clearing the cache and dalvik cache, will the old adopted sd card setting work or will I have to follow your procedure even then also?
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Yup but most probably you will get boot loop if you have installed significant number of apps....so clean flash is advised......and use the trick mentioned
Sent from my Moto E using Tapatalk

Abhimanyu Shekhawat 121 said:
Yup but most probably you will get boot loop if you have installed significant number of apps....so clean flash is advised......and use the trick mentioned
Sent from my Moto E using Tapatalk
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can you explain? why this bootloop?
pls do read my post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66353859&postcount=1784
does this sound familiar?
i had 39 apps installed so you can say i have lots of apps
but this never happened to me before i flashed 13th april nightly...
ultimately i had to wipe everything, do a clean flash and use this method to save the sdcard

booo159159 said:
can you explain? why this bootloop?
pls do read my post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66353859&postcount=1784
does this sound familiar?
i had 39 apps installed so you can say i have lots of apps
but this never happened to me before i flashed 13th april nightly...
ultimately i had to wipe everything, do a clean flash and use this method to save the sdcard
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I don't know the exact reason but as long as you have only 10-15 apps you won't get bootloop .....I always get bootloop while dirty flashing updates
Sent from my Moto E using Tapatalk

will this also work on other phones? i have an i9505

k2828 said:
will this also work on other phones? i have an i9505
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It will
Sent from my Moto E using Tapatalk

booo159159 said:
can you explain? why this bootloop?
pls do read my post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66353859&postcount=1784
does this sound familiar?
i had 39 apps installed so you can say i have lots of apps
but this never happened to me before i flashed 13th april nightly...
ultimately i had to wipe everything, do a clean flash and use this method to save the sdcard
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Use latest RR.......RR not giving booloops on dirty flash
Sent from my Moto E using Tapatalk

Sorry for bringing up this old thread again, but I've an issue where I had to hard reset in order to get root on my Moto X Pure. I didn't think about whether or not I should make any backups of my sd or nand.
I thought I could just continue using the sd as adopted storage on my new ROM.
Anyways, when doing this trick do I leave the sd card inside?

ZoneBlaze said:
Sorry for bringing up this old thread again, but I've an issue where I had to hard reset in order to get root on my Moto X Pure. I didn't think about whether or not I should make any backups of my sd or nand.
I thought I could just continue using the sd as adopted storage on my new ROM.
Anyways, when doing this trick do I leave the sd card inside?
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Yes SD card should be inside.
Sent from my Moto E using Tapatalk

well it works. you can also switch from cm13 to cm14.1, but the option migrate data, to migrate from internal to adopted is missing afterwards

please help , i can see the .key file in the vold folder but i don't know how to save it so that i can RE USE the adoptable storage AFTER FACTORY RESETTING my Phone.
PLEASE PLEASE help me out !

yaxir0 said:
please help , i can see the .key file in the vold folder but i don't know how to save it so that i can RE USE the adoptable storage AFTER FACTORY RESETTING my Phone.
PLEASE PLEASE help me out !
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Just copy it to your SD card using file manager. Then when you flash ROM, go into twrp file manager and copy-paste it back to vold folder.
However, if you are on a nougat ROM then you don't need this entire trick at all! Just flash ROM without this trick. The .key will take care of itself automatically without any problem.

Vikrant Desai said:
Just copy it to your SD card using file manager. Then when you flash ROM, go into twrp file manager and copy-paste it back to vold folder.
However, if you are on a nougat ROM then you don't need this entire trick at all! Just flash ROM without this trick. The .key will take care of itself automatically without any problem.
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thanks for you reply , Vikrant
my problem is , my SD card does NOT appear in TWRP fiile manager , since it was formatted as internal. my phone's stuck in boot animation. so i have no access to the phone's OS to retrieve my VERY precious data.
please help me out ... i would explain the issue in detail but i have already made a post here ;
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/62m1p6/decrypting_a_sd_card_on_ubuntu/
kindly take a look and suggest possible solutions.
Many thanks !

yaxir0 said:
thanks for you reply , Vikrant
my problem is , my SD card does NOT appear in TWRP fiile manager , since it was formatted as internal. my phone's stuck in boot animation. so i have no access to the phone's OS to retrieve my VERY precious data.
please help me out ... i would explain the issue in detail but i have already made a post here ;
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/62m1p6/decrypting_a_sd_card_on_ubuntu/
kindly take a look and suggest possible solutions.
Many thanks !
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Well, in TWRP file manager, don't you see the option 'sdcard' ? Go to TWRP > Advanced > file manager > sdcard.
I'm also using SD as internal and flashing ROMs and stuff without using this trick (on nougat).

Vikrant Desai said:
Well, in TWRP file manager, don't you see the option 'sdcard' ? Go to TWRP > Advanced > file manager > sdcard.
I'm also using SD as internal and flashing ROMs and stuff without using this trick (on nougat).
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i see. you're using Android 7.0 (Android N) ... i was using CM13 , Android 6.0 (Android MarshMellow) oh and infact , i downloaded the ROM from xda forums ...
here's the EXACT ROM that was running on my phone before disaster struck ;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-mega/development/rom-aicp-11-0-mm-6-0-1-t3457130
i DID use the TWRP File Manager but i don't remember exploring that particular 'sdcard' folder . but do tell me , what did you see in your 'sdcard' folder in file manager ?

Internal memory suddenly read-only

Hi,
I suddenly have a very strange problem. My internal memory changed for some reason to read-only. The built-in file browser can't modify files anymore, nor can any app. With Root explorer (root access) I can still modify files. I could just use Root explorer, but some apps actually crash because they can't access the internal memory, so that's no solution.
Here's the situation:
I have the SM-N9005, on Android Kitkat (4.4.2). I was rooted with CF Auto Root. I wanted to try Magisk (not realising that you needed at least Android 5.0 for it). I uninstalled Busybox, Xposed, and then did a full unroot via the SU app. Then I installed TWRP recovery, tried installing Magisk. Of course that didn't work. So then, with Odin, I reinstalled CF Auto Root. After that I reactivated Busybox and Xposed. TWRP seemed to have disappeared, so installed that again as well. Everything was back to the way it was, except for that internal memory issue.
Does anyone has any idea how to fix this?
I made nandroid backup, so I could just revert to that backup but I'd prefer to find a solution and know why it happened.
Thanks!

After installing and running twrp, did it ask to make changes to internal storage?

audit13 said:
After installing and running twrp, did it ask to make changes to internal storage?
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It did not. And I've just found out that everything on the SD card can't be opened via the built in file explorer. I can create new folders and such, I just cannot open any files.
I says: "Not able access to external SD card. Try again if SD card is successfully mounted"

It's been a while since I used twrp but I recall being asked if I want to allow modifications to the file system.
Maybe it's time to flash back to stock using Odin and then restore your backup?

audit13 said:
It's been a while since I used twrp but I recall being asked if I want to allow modifications to the file system.
Maybe it's time to flash back to stock using Odin and then restore your backup?
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Weird, I don't think it asked.
Yeah I guess is if no one comes up with a solution I won't have another choice.