Hi all, I want to do a complete re install of pure nexus ROM and elemental because I believe I have some issues mainly on my SD card so want to wipe this also. What's the steps to do so? I only have my work laptop also so can't adb anything. Do I just download ROM etc put on laptop, wipe all on phone, then transfer ROM, gapps etc back to phone then reboot to recovery and go from there? If someone could provide steps that would be greatly appreciated!
belloni said:
Hi all, I want to do a complete re install of pure nexus ROM and elemental because I believe I have some issues mainly on my SD card so want to wipe this also. What's the steps to do so? I only have my work laptop also so can't adb anything. Do I just download ROM etc put on laptop, wipe all on phone, then transfer ROM, gapps etc back to phone then reboot to recovery and go from there? If someone could provide steps that would be greatly appreciated!
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All explained here on what you need to do http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3206928
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All explained here on what you need to do http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3206928
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Sorry if i'm being blind/dumb but all I can see is how to install a ROM standard way without affecting the internal storage. Can't see steps to take if no access to ADB sideload and just a laptop.
belloni said:
Sorry if i'm being blind/dumb but all I can see is how to install a ROM standard way without affecting the internal storage. Can't see steps to take if no access to ADB sideload and just a laptop.
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*Deleted comment* to much alcohol, hope you find answer
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*Deleted comment* to much alcohol, hope you find answer
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haha not to worry, thanks anyways!
belloni said:
haha not to worry, thanks anyways!
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Will this do the job https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en
shadow2369 said:
Will this do the job https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en
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Not really as I can't follow those steps on my work laptop as I can't install the parts needed Just want to know if what I think is right?
Download ROM/Gapps/Xposed etc put on computer.
Wipe everything on phone in TWRP including internal storage.
Plug to PC, then transfer files above to internal storage.
Reboot to recovery, flash all.
Have you rooted your 6p?
shadow2369 said:
Have you rooted your 6p?
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Yes currently rooted running pure nexus ROM with elementalx kernel.
belloni said:
Not really as I can't follow those steps on my work laptop as I can't install the parts needed Just want to know if what I think is right?
Download ROM/Gapps/Xposed etc put on computer.
Wipe everything on phone in TWRP including internal storage.
Plug to PC, then transfer files above to internal storage.
Reboot to recovery, flash all.
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That will work, just make sure you don't wipe the /system until you have something to flash on your internal storage. I'm not 100% sure your phone will be recognized by your PC in recovery mode without adb debugging enabled.
Not sure it will solve your problem though. A fresh factory install would be your best bet when you can do that.
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That will work, just make sure you don't wipe the /system until you have something to flash on your internal storage. I'm not 100% sure your phone will be recognized by your PC in recovery mode without adb debugging enabled.
Not sure it will solve your problem though. A fresh factory install would be your best bet when you can do that.
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Thanks for that, so if not then by fresh install you mean flash the image from Google and go from there?
You don't need to wipe your SD. At least not everything. Just delete any folders that start with a "." and your "Android" folder and that should wipe any lingering settings.
belloni said:
Thanks for that, so if not then by fresh install you mean flash the image from Google and go from there?
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yes, but I'd try what Morpheus says and see if that cures your problems.
XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
You don't need to wipe your SD. At least not everything. Just delete any folders that start with a "." and your "Android" folder and that should wipe any lingering settings.
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OK my main issue at the moment is media server being a top battery drainer. I've searched high and low for a curropt file but can't find anything.
belloni said:
OK my main issue at the moment is media server being a top battery drainer. I've searched high and low for a curropt file but can't find anything.
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If you are gonna wipe your SD then you might as well wipe it all and flash a factory image and start over. Then slowly add stuff back and see where the problem is. Backup your entire SD card first though so you can just fetch whatever you need off it later. Some files to ignore when backing up though would be any hidden files (the ones with "." In front of them) and your Android folder. They contain nothing but garbage and often fail when copying anyways causing you to start the transfer all over again.
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hi i think i made a crazy mistake... i just rooted my phone..used rom manager, flashed clockwork recovery.. went back into rom manager and did a backup for the stock shipped tmobile software... i decided to partition my sd card not even thinking that all my backup info would be on my SD card... i thought it would go to the internal memory... so now when the phone comes on, the bottom soft keys light up but the phone doesnt come on. please let me know if corrupted my phone or is there a way to fix?
please get back to me. this is scary
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hi i think i made a crazy mistake... i just rooted my phone..used rom manager, flashed clockwork recovery.. went back into rom manager and did a backup for the stock shipped tmobile software... i decided to partition my sd card not even thinking that all my backup info would be on my SD card... i thought it would go to the internal memory... so now when the phone comes on, the bottom soft keys light up but the phone doesnt come on. please let me know if corrupted my phone or is there a way to fix?
please get back to me. this is scary
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The black screen with lit up touch buttons is just the vibrants way of bootlooping. The problem with using clockwork to partition the SD card is /sdcard is the internal memory. /sdcard/sd is the card itself. Clockwork is actually formatting the internal memory. Might want remove the external sd and partition it back to 1 fat32 drive and see if that will help.
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The black screen with lit up touch buttons is just the vibrants way of bootlooping. The problem with using clockwork to partition the SD card is /sdcard is the internal memory. /sdcard/sd is the card itself. Clockwork is actually formatting the internal memory. Might want remove the external sd and partition it back to 1 fat32 drive and see if that will help.
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ok i am going to attempt to do this thank you
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The black screen with lit up touch buttons is just the vibrants way of bootlooping. The problem with using clockwork to partition the SD card is /sdcard is the internal memory. /sdcard/sd is the card itself. Clockwork is actually formatting the internal memory. Might want remove the external sd and partition it back to 1 fat32 drive and see if that will help.
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partitioning it back to fat32 didn't work. still just lit bottons and black screen after it has booted up. I think i erased eveything when i partitioned the sd card. i wonder has anyone else ran into this.
Just download jac's nandroid and put on sd card assuming you can still get into recovery..
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Just download jac's nandroid and put on sd card assuming you can still get into recovery..
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I can get into recovery but the recovery doesn't access anything besides the internal memory. I can't access the internal memory if if i can't use usb... it doesn't access SD card so placing a file on the card wouldn't help me.
Clockwork does not even access the external sd. You partitioned your internal. You might be able to repartition it from adb if you connect after loading clockwork recovery.
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Clockwork does not even access the external sd. You partitioned your internal. You might be able to repartition it from adb if you connect after loading clockwork recovery.
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nah.. i did chose clock work recovery,partition sd card 564 swap and 30mb i think... i am not sure.. but it did that... i tried to be reboot, it goes by the tmobile logo, then makes the tmobile noise as its on the samsung S part and then it goes to a black screen and lit up soft keys....
im guess stuck. i guess i can confirm this as bricked. ugh
i dont even know how to use adb.. it's difficult
Go into recovery and then use adb to connect and repartition.
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Go into recovery and then use adb to connect and repartition.
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lol yall say this like it's that simple. i wish someone had a little time to direct me to a post on this because one word sentences wont help me. i appreciate the response though. my device isn't even found when i try to so it from adb.
it's ok... im frustrated and been doing this for about 3 hours trying to fix the phone. thanks again
Not that this is a real fix, but try going to T-mo and telling them you have no idea what happened and that it just won't turn on. With any luck you'll get a nice sales rep and they'll give you a new phone.
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Not that this is a real fix, but try going to T-mo and telling them you have no idea what happened and that it just won't turn on. With any luck you'll get a nice sales rep and they'll give you a new phone.
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Why not just use odin and install a rom.
psychoace said:
Why not just use odin and install a rom.
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because:
the only access i have is booting into recovery. I can't access the sd card to update it.. there is nothing on the phone. how does partitioning your sd card wipe both the phone and the sd? i backed up the rom via clockwork/rom manager so maybe it was all stored on the sd card and when i went to wipe, it wiped everything.
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the only access i have is booting into recovery. I can't access the sd card to update it.. there is nothing on the phone. how does partitioning your sd card wipe both the phone and the sd? i backed up the rom via clockwork/rom manager so maybe it was all stored on the sd card and when i went to wipe, it wiped everything.
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Can't you access download mode? You don't need the sd card for that.
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Can't you access download mode? You don't need the sd card for that.
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please let me know what to press
Installing a rom is not going to fix a repartitioned internal sd issue.
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Installing a rom is not going to fix a repartitioned internal sd issue.
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yeah i have to probably return the phone. i did download stock shipping software just to try it out maybe
If you have the USB drivers installed, You can use ADB to push files to the sdcard, although it won't be incredibly fast to push an entire nandroid backup over (you may need to mount /sdcard/ and push.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728698&highlight=odin
first post
First you need to install ADB. You can find the instructions in the top sticky post on the forum. Once it's installed, download http://www.mediafire.com/?kqaulorzx5f6dyq and unzip it into a folder in your adb folder. (ex: c:\androidtools\tools\) Keep track of the file names in the zip file. Open a command prompt in your adb directory and type "adb devices" to make sure your device is connected. I'm on my phone so I don't have my adb cheat sheet but I think you will type "adb mount /sdcard". Then you will want to push each file to the sdcard. You may be able to do the folder at once but I don't remember. That will be something link "adb push whateverfilename".
These are obviously not the best or most detailed instructions but I'm on my phone... You can read the adb tutorial to find what you are supposed to type exactly. You should be able to figure it out from here.
Can someone help me out it would be greatly appreciated. How would I make sure my phone is safe to sell as far as security reasons go? I dont want any of my personal information still on here. I'm running cm7 and i just did a factory reset and connected my phone to my computer and moved everything from mnt/emmc to my computer but when i go under file manager on my phone there seems to still be some files left behind? are these safe to leave? How would i go about preparing my phone to sell. Some of the files in /mnt/emmc are stuff like .spotlight-v100, .Trashes, .adobe, .taggedFriendPhotos, LOST.DIR, and theres some other stuff aswell
You should definitely format the internal storage, use your computer. There's nothing left after that.
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You should definitely format the internal storage, use your computer. There's nothing left after that.
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Okay how do I do that. I'm on mac. And under security>factory reset it told me it would wipe the internal storage but I guess that didn't really do anything. So after I connect it to my computer then what do I do?
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Okay how do I do that. I'm on mac. And under security>factory reset it told me it would wipe the internal storage but I guess that didn't really do anything. So after I connect it to my computer then what do I do?
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Ouch, sorry mate, I never even touched a Mac..
Never touched a mac, but
in windows you open the file manager. find your device , should be listed as a "usb storage" device. Right click and choose format.
ta-da!
H'm it seems like the factory reset should have got rid of these files. Should I worry about them? And would formatting on my computer get rid of these files?
H'm it seems like the factory reset should have got rid of these files. Should I worry about them? And would formatting on my computer get rid of these files?
what kind of files you talking about?
".spotlight-v100, .Trashes, .adobe, .taggedFriendPhotos, LOST.DIR, and theres some other stuff aswell." Folders like these....and there not deleting even after a factory reset
You can always use fastboot and erase userdata, data, cache etc
factory reset doesnt touch your internal storage. it only wipes /data and /system
use the FORMAT sdcard option in the settings....
you could do a fastboot -w and then install a fruitcake, can't you? i've never used -w before, dunno if it deletes everything on the internal storage or not.
I have gone through quite a bit of phones until i got to this one and all you really need to do is restore factory defaults and keep your sd card
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I have gone through quite a bit of phones until i got to this one and all you really need to do is restore factory defaults and keep your sd card
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except that this one has INTERNAL storage where a lot of other phones do not....especially most HTC phones
you have to format internal sd or there will be lots of data left on the phone
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except that this one has INTERNAL storage where a lot of other phones do not....especially most HTC phones
you have to format internal sd or there will be lots of data left on the phone
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Exactly. The Atrix has its internal SD and an external. If you go into Menu > Settings > Storage, you should be able to wipe the memory of your two SD cards.
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except that this one has INTERNAL storage where a lot of other phones do not....especially most HTC phones
you have to format internal sd or there will be lots of data left on the phone
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One problem here though, cm7 doesn't properly format. Once you try doing this you can't mount.
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Pirateghost said:
except that this one has INTERNAL storage where a lot of other phones do not....especially most HTC phones
you have to format internal sd or there will be lots of data left on the phone
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Makes sense that I would think that seeing that my last phone was actually an HTC
Thanks though mate, now I know for when it comes time to sell this phone
hi all
i was flashing a new rom using twrp v2.8.3.1 and i accidentally left the data option checked and now i lost everything
please help i don't know what to do?
atsamoon said:
hi all
i was flashing a new rom using twrp v2.8.3.1 and i accidentally left the data option checked and now i lost everything
please help i don't know what to do?
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Restore a nandroid or push a rom.zip onto your phone through recovery and flash that or flash the factory image with fastboot
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jd1639 said:
Restore a nandroid or push a rom.zip onto your phone through recovery and flash that or flash the factory image with fastboot
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i did restore the system i know hot to do that
its that i lost all the data that i had pics docs pdfs apps everything
and some of those are very importanat
atsamoon said:
i did restore the system i know hot to do that
its that i lost all the data that i had pics docs pdfs apps everything
and some of those are very importanat
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Try disk digger from the play store. But most likely you're sol.
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jd1639 said:
Try disk digger from the play store. But most likely you're sol.
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tried it ,didn't work
download Recuva for your PC, connect your phone and then try to scan your internal memory and maybe you will recover something... but many files may be corrupted
atsamoon said:
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i was flashing a new rom using twrp v2.8.3.1 and i accidentally left the data option checked and now i lost everything
please help i don't know what to do?
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Wiping data should leave media and internal storage alone. So pics and stuff I believe should still be there.
You not coming from a really old ROM to new are you and the path has changed ?
As in the emulated sdcard/0 or whatever it is.
pops106 said:
Wiping data should leave media and internal storage alone. So pics and stuff I believe should still be there.
You not coming from a really old ROM to new are you and the path has changed ?
As in the emulated sdcard/0 or whatever it is.
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I don't really know what was the emulated sdcard
I was on kitkat 4.4 purity and i upgraded to LP through flashing a zip file
and now my phone is wiped clean ,nothing on it ,I have tried some recovery apps and non has been successful
i lost all hope
anyway thnx all for replaying :good:
parkourz said:
download Recuva for your PC, connect your phone and then try to scan your internal memory and maybe you will recover something... but many files may be corrupted
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recuva couldn't detect my device and i already tried it with USB debugging on and off and storage set to as camera and mass storage
Im looking for any suggestions. I just got my moto x 1575 and soon after upgrading to MM, I installed a new micro SD and found that I could use it as a part of the internal storage. I opted for this feature and proceeded on to unlocking my BL afterwards (http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3200808).
All seemed to be going well when I ran 'fastboot reboot' until it wouldnt let me get past the google account login window. This page just loaded endlessly. I rebooted and tried again multiple times with no success.
Next I go into TWRP and wipe data. After that, the phone started to freeze at the blue Motorola logo (before the animation).
Is there anyone who can help? I am wondering if I can simply flash and image and if so which image do I need to flash?
I have fastboot access but ADB will not connect.
I can boot into TWRP but SD memory seems to be messed.
If would really appreciate if someone could assist me with this and willing to donate to anyone who can get me going.
Which phone do you have/where you located (USA?)? Can't point you to a image to flash without knowing. Once you do find the correct image, format microsd card outside phone and put the image on the microsd.
bw03 said:
Which phone do you have/where you located (USA?)? Can't point you to a image to flash without knowing. Once you do find the correct image, format microsd card outside phone and put the image on the microsd.
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Thank you for your reply. I am using the US model, XT1575.
I am unable to access the SD card. I may be able to push files to it but my computer will not recognize the phone in ADB devices right now. Im still trying to work on that.
check device manager on your pc while booted to twrp. look to see if the device has the drivers installed.
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check device manager on your pc while booted to twrp. look to see if the device has the drivers installed.
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Ive installed ever driver I can find. It shows up as being installed correctly in in device manger.
ay0ung said:
Ive installed ever driver I can find. It shows up as being installed correctly in in device manger.
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it shows up installed while in adb sideload?
Since you say you already have TWRP on the phone, pull sd card from the phone and format it in windows. No need to use ADB.
Put this image in: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/rom-trupurex-fast-smooth-t3237155.
Put sd card back in phone, boot into TWRP and flash your phone.
BTW, I'm using the linked ROM and its good.
bw03 said:
Since you say you already have TWRP on the phone, pull sd card from the phone and format it in windows. No need to use ADB.
Put this image in: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/rom-trupurex-fast-smooth-t3237155.
Put sd card back in phone, boot into TWRP and flash your phone.
BTW, I'm using the linked ROM and its good.
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Thanks I was actually returning to say I got it resolved. In a similar was as you suggest.
The Micro SD is trash now I think (a shame to b/c I got the 64Gb card yesterday) windows will not format it, in any type format.
However, the adb issue I was having was related to the laptop I was using (running Win10) it seems. I got a laptop from someone else (running Win7) and connected while in TWRP and copied the exact ROM you suggested, bw03.
Wiped, flashed, wiped, and held onto my butt cheeks and it finally booted. I'm ecstatic as this was a Christmas gift.
Anyways... I found a place on Christmas Day with micro SDs (tried to charge me $20 for 8Gb.. lol) poped it in and chose the portable format option in MM and again, I am unable to access memory card and internal storage. I'm still trying to figure this out and will post anything worthwhile.
When you say you can't access card, you mean through windows? If so, you need to pull the menu down on the phone and select mtp when connected via the USB.
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When you say you can't access card, you mean through windows? If so, you need to pull the menu down on the phone and select mtp when connected via the USB.
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Yea, i know that. It does nothing when I select mtp. It reverts back to charging right after.
Yeah, I was reluctant to make sd card into internal. You get a warning that sd card will only work on MXP prior to execution. Not doing it until we get to bottom of this.
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chindynasty said:
Yeah, I was reluctant to make sd card into internal. You get a warning that sd card will only work on MXP prior to execution. Not doing it until we get to bottom of this.
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That's a smart move. I have been trying to understand how I fudged it.. I'm certainly not new at this and currently work as a server tech so I know most things like this are user error, but I did everything normally.
I've been trying things all kinds of ways. Installed Ubuntu just to see if I could have any luck there, but nothing.
At my work computer (Windows), I went back to the driver idea. I pluged it in but thought to revoke its previous auths... something I never tried before. Windows checked for the drivers and everything worked well after that.
I'm not sure if that would have resolved it the whole time, but it works well now.
Now i'm worried to even flash another ROM from storage. Ill likely transfer it to internal storage with ES explorer.
Hello, I received my Pixel 2XL yesterday and I find that when it is updated, the internal memory is erased and since there is no external memory, I have to re-record everything that I had previously recorded.
My question is if "is there any application that allows partitioning the internal memory creating a pseudo SD External"? or in case through ADB commands ?.
;thank you very much.
And already step do not know if it is normal or I do not, I insert a memory pen and it does not recognize me and in the TWRP either, only the internal one and I'm not sure but it seems to me that with version 8 that did not happen, instead when updating to the last one of PIE if it occurs.
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Hello, I received my Pixel 2XL yesterday and I find that when it is updated, the internal memory is erased and since there is no external memory, I have to re-record everything that I had previously recorded.
My question is if "is there any application that allows partitioning the internal memory creating a pseudo SD External"? or in case through ADB commands ?.
;thank you very much.
And already step do not know if it is normal or I do not, I insert a memory pen and it does not recognize me and in the TWRP either, only the internal one and I'm not sure but it seems to me that with version 8 that did not happen, instead when updating to the last one of PIE if it occurs.
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How are you updating? You should be able to update without wiping data using the ota or factory image with the flash all batch file edited.
jd1639 said:
How are you updating? You should be able to update without wiping data using the ota or factory image with the flash all batch file edited.
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How do you edit the flash all batch file?
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How do you edit the flash all batch file?
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Use your pc notepad or whatever you use on your pc, then right click the flash-all.bat file and select edit. Then remove the -w characters, and leave a single space between the remaining words. Then just save your edit
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Use your pc notepad or whatever you use on your pc, then right click the flash-all.bat file and select edit. Then remove the -w characters, and leave a single space between the remaining words. Then just save your edit
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I thought we can also just install the OTA with TWRP, and it leaves your data intact as well?
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I thought we can also just install the OTA with TWRP, and it leaves your data intact as well?
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You most certainly can. However, that's not what you asked
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You most certainly can. However, that's not what you asked
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Still good to know, and to have more options on the table. :good: