Hi,
after flashing, restoring and wiping quite alot, i ended up with a official 4.4.2 open ROM, rooted and with custom recovery but only 16GB space on my 32GB model.
So i used parted via adb from cwm to increase the userdata partition. The problem was, that there was a partition called "growth" between the free space and the userdata partition. Because it was not in a fileformat that parted was able to recognize, my only option was to delete it.
Does anyone know what this partition is used for? Is it a problem that i dont have it anymore? The phone seems to be working just fine.
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I was playing around with kernels in fastboot the other day, and somehow my SD storage partition got all messed up. It's supposed to be 16GB, but it's only showing 5.8GB.
I ran the fastboot erase commands for boot, userdata, system, and cache, then flashed the jdq39 factory image. When I rebooted, the partition was only 5.8GB, and there were no files left on it.
I've tried formatting it in cwm recovery, but it just stays the same size. It's not showing any extra storage partition, but it almost feels like that's what happened somehow, and I just can't access the other partition. I'm also thinking that maybe the other partition I can't access possibly still contains my missing files, which I would love to recover, if possible, since I do have a nandroid on there I'd love to be able to restore!
I'm running UBUNTU and do not have windows, so if I need to do any terminal work I'm game...but I'm also a n00b, so please explain well
hp420 said:
I was playing around with kernels in fastboot the other day, and somehow my SD storage partition got all messed up. It's supposed to be 16GB, but it's only showing 5.8GB.
I ran the fastboot erase commands for boot, userdata, system, and cache, then flashed the jdq39 factory image. When I rebooted, the partition was only 5.8GB, and there were no files left on it.
I've tried formatting it in cwm recovery, but it just stays the same size. It's not showing any extra storage partition, but it almost feels like that's what happened somehow, and I just can't access the other partition. I'm also thinking that maybe the other partition I can't access possibly still contains my missing files, which I would love to recover, if possible, since I do have a nandroid on there I'd love to be able to restore!
I'm running UBUNTU and do not have windows, so if I need to do any terminal work I'm game...but I'm also a n00b, so please explain well
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you might have to flash the stock system img via fastboot to fix it.
I've done a FULL flash...bootloader, radio, boot, system, userdata
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
You'll either follow the steps in the OP or flash stock recovery and factory reset and clear cache.
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OMG thank you!! This is exactly what I was looking for I knew there had to be one!
Hey everyone.
I'll go straight to my problem.
My /data partition is broken. I can't mount it, just like if 1GB of space magically disappeared. Roms normally boot and work, but I can't install any apps. I remember that it happened after flashing modified SBF with Epsylon's CM9. Can't help it with flashing other roms (but I haven't tried stock Froyo yet, do you think it could help?) and I can't simply wipe as /data doesn't mount. Any suggestions on restoring the original partition layout?
Try flash SBF .... during flashing SBF file the partitions are formated so it may help
So I unlocked my AT&T D800 G2, and now it says that the model is D802. When I try to use LGFlashTools to go back to stock using the DLL and the TOT file, it says that the models don't match because the files are for D800 and D802. The D802 files don't work and give me a LAF memory size error. What are my options?
The reason I want to go back to stock is because I flashed TWRP 2.8.2.1 and then flashed the RessurectionRemix ROM, but then I encrypted the drive and then decided that maybe the ROM was a little too unstable for me. But in TWRP it says that it can't mount /data and I can't wipe or format /data, or mount it, so I can't clear everything and start from scratch. TWRP says that my internal storage is 0MB and that there are no files on the sdcard, probably because it's not mounted.
Welp... I think I might have ****ed up... I tried creating a data partition using mk2fs /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata and TWRP was able to mount the /data partition, but after I flash a ROM and reboot, it goes into fastboot instead... Am I screwed? I still have access to TWRP and ADB, which is the only reason why I might not be totally screwed.
Ok, so the reason that it wasn't working was because I flashed the D802 version of ResurrectionRemix like an idiot (I had downloaded two versions in my folder and was using the wrong one). I flashed the D800 version and it worked. Ugh.
Just so that this thread isn't completely useless, I'll put some information here.
If you encrypt your internal storage because of some Exchange email policies or something, TWRP won't be able to mount your /data partition.
You can fix this by doing:
adb shell
mke2fs /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata
This will create a data partition for you. Then you'll need to go into TWRP and change the file system to ext4.
Now you should be able to mount the partition, flash a ROM, and do all that good stuff.
After rooting my Nexus 7 wifi 2012 tablet and trying several back ups and restores I started to notice the size of memory has gone from 13gig to 6gig.
I have done a factory reset from boot up recovery mode using TWRP. I also tried other options in TWRP wipe option, clearing internal cache, many other options to mention, not sure what most did, tinkering
I have also restored to a factory image using Nexus root toolkit option flash stock + unroot (forced flash mode) and restored from a downloaded image.
I thought restoring to factory image was suppose to put everythng back as it was! where has all the memory gone! 13gig before rooting and now 6 gig :crying:
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Well, I got the size to show back correctly with the factory image restored (13.36gb). I booted to recovery and selected "wipe data/factory reset" and also did the "wipe cache partition" just to be sure.
Why none of this work when I was doing the same from TWRP recovery mode rooted? I have to root again now, bet the same thing will happen and left with lower memory and no way to fix? time............................
Usually, it's TWRP I've always had partition formatting issues with it. Use the CWM recovery meant for your device instead.
RealPariah said:
Usually, it's TWRP I've always had partition formatting issues with it. Use the CWM recovery meant for your device instead.
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RealPariah,
Thanks for the reply.
Have it sorted now. Turns out NRK buggy. Would not put nandroid backup to destination on hard drive. Not even with a reboot. Hence memory on Nexus tablet shrinking. I should have clocked on earlier. will check out CWM.
I was thinking of keeping NRK. Just read about CWM. Would it be o.k to download CWM from Googleplay and run it or would that interfere with NRK?
I've got the same issue. This weekend I just sideloaded 5.1.1 on mine (it's a 2012 model), and I'm looking at 6Gb only now (it's a 16GB N7).
I also have TWRP on it.
I used the Wugnet Nexus Root Toolkit for everything, which also supports CWM.. but why is that the one "meant" for the device? It's a custom recovery. Or is it more closely based on the stock recovery than TWRP is?
What's NRK?
I did a wipe on the cache partition already, so that clearly didn't work. I guess I could wipe data and start all over again.
PS. Using ES File explorer, I've found a number of what appears to be actual copies of my emulated sdcard data, not just symlinks:
1) /sdcard -symlink (to /storage/emulated/0 I think?)
2) /storage/emulated/0 (not a symlink)
3) /storage/emulated/legacy (not a symlink, but data is in there too.. a copy?)
4)/storage/sdcard0 (symlink)
5) /mnt/sdcard (symlink)
6) /data/media/0 (not a symlink, another copy?) Also, weirdly, the only directory I could change permissions on if I wanted to..
I'd have thought that would have been /Storage/emulated/0 .
I think /storage/emulated/0 is the main actual repository, and I get that there are symlinks, but /storage/emulated/legacy and /data/media/0 look like full on duplications to me.
Found the answer - I've got my space back.
1) Restore stock recovery,
2) boot into it and
3) do a factory reset from there.
http://www.wugfresh.com/faqs/incorrect-internal-storage-space/
So i have tried to downgrade to android 7.0 from oreo as i have replaced the screen to an unoriginal one and the touchscreen didn't work (j730f/ds.). I flashed twrp through odin and it booted up but i couldn't use touchscreen as well. so then i found older version of twrp (3.2.1-0) and it worked but it claims it is unable to mount storage. changing filesystem works only for cache and system (i haven't tried changing it for whole storage option or internal memory as i don't want to format the efs folder) and my question is what should i do now? flashing anyting using twrp doesn't work and i'm not very keen on loosing my imei.
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So i have tried to downgrade to android 7.0 from oreo as i have replaced the screen to an unoriginal one and the touchscreen didn't work (j730f/ds.). I flashed twrp through odin and it booted up but i couldn't use touchscreen as well. so then i found older version of twrp (3.2.1-0) and it worked but it claims it is unable to mount storage. changing filesystem works only for cache and system (i haven't tried changing it for whole storage option or internal memory as i don't want to format the efs folder) and my question is what should i do now? flashing anyting using twrp doesn't work and i'm not very keen on loosing my imei.
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The system partition and EFS partition are separate partitions to /data, so no need at all to touch those.
Format the data partition and it will mount.
The Format data option can be found under the wipe settings.
ashyx said:
The system partition and EFS partition are separate partitions to /data, so no need at all to touch those.
Format the data partition and it will mount.
The Format data option can be found under the wipe settings.
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Worked for me. Thanks!