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TWRP cant flash or wipe help plz

Hello Guys
Today I was trying to flash a ROM but the recovery logs says unable to mount storage , I read that the stock rom [Make sure you have a not encrypted device and OEM unlock is enabled in developer settings!!]
It's unlocked but how to decrypt the device !

Twrp can't decrypt the phone, you need to wipe the phone and install some dm-verify patch, its all in the twrp thread.

Talal Aziz said:
Hello Guys
Today I was trying to flash a ROM but the recovery logs says unable to mount storage , I read that the stock rom [Make sure you have a not encrypted device and OEM unlock is enabled in developer settings!!]
It's unlocked but how to decrypt the device !
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go in to twrp slide right to allow modification then format data not wipe this is most important the re boot recovery and then flash rom

strikerdj2011 said:
go in to twrp slide right to allow modification then format data not wipe this is most important the re boot recovery and then flash rom
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Thank you, I had the same problem and this solved it for me.

restoring from TWRP

hello all
i have ZTE AXON 7 U model.
i did bootloader unloock and instaled TWRP 3041 and did this "Once you booted to TWRP , Tap Mount and Check "Mount, System as Read-only", this is very important".
now im on the A2017UV1.1.0B15_systemstock_by_DrakenFX.zip. all works great.
in twrp when i do backup and want to restore it i get this massage: " cannot restore system--mounted read only".
how can i backup and restore in the wright way?
ty all

le011 said:
hello all
i have ZTE AXON 7 U model.
i did bootloader unloock and instaled TWRP 3041 and did this "Once you booted to TWRP , Tap Mount and Check "Mount, System as Read-only", this is very important".
now im on the A2017UV1.1.0B15_systemstock_by_DrakenFX.zip. all works great.
in twrp when i do backup and want to restore it i get this massage: " cannot restore system--mounted read only".
how can i backup and restore in the wright way?
ty all
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"Mount and Check "Mount, System as Read-only", this is very important".
What you have quoted is only to complete the installation Flash. Go ahead and uncheck 'Mount System Read-Only' for normal operation and you are ready to go!

amphi66 said:
"Mount and Check "Mount, System as Read-only", this is very important".
What you have quoted is only to complete the installation Flash. Go ahead and uncheck 'Mount System Read-Only' for normal operation and you are ready to go!
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To for your replay.
When I unchecked the System read only and trying to restore the phone from the backup I made in Twrp the phone stucks after reboot on the screen that says the bootloader is unlocked and that's it.

le011 said:
To for your replay.
When I unchecked the System read only and trying to restore the phone from the backup I made in Twrp the phone stucks after reboot on the screen that says the bootloader is unlocked and that's it.
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You should see that screen and the phone should continue to boot after 5 seconds.
To recap:
1. You stated all was fine in B15 after following the upgrade steps.
2. You made a TWRP backup (system, data & boot) of your new B15
3. When attempting to TWRP restore the B15 backup it could not as system was still mounted "read only"
4. You unchecked "read only" and then did the restore
5. Now system does not boot (hangs on bootloader unlocked warning screen)
If that is correct it sounds as if you have a bad or incomplete B15 backup or you are attempting to restore a B29 backup to a B15 bootstack.

amphi66 said:
You should see that screen and the phone should continue to boot after 5 seconds.
To recap:
1. You stated all was fine in B15 after following the upgrade steps.
2. You made a TWRP backup (system, data & boot) of your new B15
3. When attempting to TWRP restore the B15 backup it could not as system was still mounted "read only"
4. You unchecked "read only" and then did the restore
5. Now system does not boot (hangs on bootloader unlocked warning screen)
If that is correct it sounds as if you have a bad or incomplete B15 backup or you are attempting to restore a B29 backup to a B15 bootstack.
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All correct.
After Im making backup, I'm wiping, and trying to restore the backup I just did.
No luck.

le011 said:
All correct.
After Im making backup, I'm wiping, and trying to restore the backup I just did.
No luck.
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Confusing to me. How are you using phone after a bad restore?
What revision TWRP did you flash? Did you flash SU 2.79 after flashing ROM?
Perhaps someone w/ more knowledge can chime in, but sounds as if you are a candidate to begin again following the steps carefully
Goodluck

amphi66 said:
Confusing to me. How are you using phone after a bad restore?
What revision TWRP did you flash? Did you flash SU 2.79 after flashing ROM?
Perhaps someone w/ more knowledge can chime in, but sounds as if you are a candidate to begin again following the steps carefully
Goodluck
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hi
i have TWRP version 3041.
after i'm trying to restore and wont succeeded , i flash the rom again. the rom im flashing is : A2017UV1.1.0B15_systemstock_by_DrakenFX.
then the phone boot up and work great.
im not flashing supersu because i dont want root.

le011 said:
hi
i have TWRP version 3041.
after i'm trying to restore and wont succeeded , i flash the rom again. the rom im flashing is : A2017UV1.1.0B15_systemstock_by_DrakenFX.
then the phone boot up and work great.
im not flashing supersu because i dont want root.
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Interesting. How long are you waiting on the Bootloader unlocked warning screen?
Next time in TWRP look at the data partition and verify it is formatted as ext4 not f2fs. I might also download a different version of TWRP and reflash the IMG file from within TWRP. I reference @DrakenFX here as he may have the easy solution.

amphi66 said:
Interesting. How long are you waiting on the Bootloader unlocked warning screen?
Next time in TWRP look at the data partition and verify it is formatted as ext4 not f2fs. I might also download a different version of TWRP and reflash the IMG file from within TWRP. I reference @DrakenFX here as he may have the easy solution.
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How i check in TWRP how the data partition formated?
I trayid the new version of TWRP 3100 and same thing.
after restoring the phone stuck on the Bootloader unlocked warning screen -last time i waited for 5 min before i
shut down whit power button.

le011 said:
hi
i have TWRP version 3041.
after i'm trying to restore and wont succeeded , i flash the rom again. the rom im flashing is : A2017UV1.1.0B15_systemstock_by_DrakenFX.
then the phone boot up and work great.
im not flashing supersu because i dont want root.
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amphi66 said:
Interesting. How long are you waiting on the Bootloader unlocked warning screen?
Next time in TWRP look at the data partition and verify it is formatted as ext4 not f2fs. I might also download a different version of TWRP and reflash the IMG file from within TWRP. I reference @DrakenFX here as he may have the easy solution.
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Easy fix, go back to TWRP,
* Wipe Data (if you are in different ROM a or version) - Dalvik- Cache
* Check MOUNT SYSTEM AS READ-ONLY
* Reflash B15 system
Happy reboot
If you Previously were using B15 , you may restore data only, other wise is a no go.

DrakenFX said:
Easy fix, go back to TWRP,
* Wipe Data - Dalvik- Cache
* Check MOUNT SYSTEM AS READ-ONLY
* Reflash B15 system
Happy rebokt
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hi
i did that for 3 tomes ending whit the same result :
the rom working great after clean instal...restoring from TWRP....ending whit stuck phone.

le011 said:
How i check in TWRP how the data partition formated?
I trayid the new version of TWRP 3100 and same thing.
after restoring the phone stuck on the Bootloader unlocked warning screen -last time i waited for 5 min before i
shut down whit power button.
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You may not have seen this on another thread with a similar issue:
"did find something else out. Under [TWRP] settings, if I enabled the "Use rm -rf instead of formatting", then I can restore successfully."
Goodluck

amphi66 said:
You may not have seen this on another thread with a similar issue:
"did find something else out. Under [TWRP] settings, if I enabled the "Use rm -rf instead of formatting", then I can restore successfully."
Goodluck
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OK ty
i will try that and post if sucssed.

Can't mount Data Partition.

These last days have been catastrophic for me and my p9 Lite.
A thousand and one operations I have done ... I have had to reinstall everything via fastboot ... (cust, recovery, boot, cache, recovery, recovery2, syste m)
And still, I do not get it to boot ... I still have hopes, because being in Revolution Nougat Recovery B.9 (or something like that) shows me the 3 partitions of the P9 Lite. (CUST, EXTERNAL SD and INTERNAL MEMORY) this last, says to be totally empty ... (0 MB) But when I give wipe - internal memory - repair partition, it tells me that there are 16 gs free.
When I want to change the format, to repair it ... it gives me error. Both F2sF and ExT4 ...
I think it may have been deleted in the internal configuration of the cell, the route to the DATA partition. Because I can not repair it in any way ... it always throws me wrong ...
If you like the challenges, here's a big one.
I have googled the possibility of re writing the path to the data partition via fastboot, I only get examples of Google Nexus 7 (which apparently in nexus 7 if it can be done), but none of P9 Lite.
Later I will upload screenshots about the errors that the revolution recovery throw me ... (if anyone is willing to help)
At the moment, I am without an operating system. I have access to huawei recovery, also to revolution recovery and I also have fastboot access.
In the eRecovery, when I try to download the complete package ... it throws me "error in the package", putting the UPDATE.APP of the B371 in the dload folder, the update goes up to 50% and then I throw "error in the package".
I hope they help me and that together we can find a solution to my problem.
From already thank you very much.

I think the only solution is to flash firmware via dc-phoenix

simo255 said:
I think the only solution is to flash firmware via dc-phoenix
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Which exactly firmware?

andrexp31 said:
Which exactly firmware?
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B161 i think, its the better one

I cant... Im on nougat.

andrexp31 said:
I cant... Im on nougat.
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andrexp31 said:
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Sorry,this one is in english
View attachment 4106043

andrexp31 said:
Sorry,this one is in english
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Try to flash stock recovery and do a factory reset, maybe it will work
Otherwise buy dc; phoenix (it costs 15€ i think) and it will write nougat firmware b370
---------- Post added at 01:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:19 AM ----------
If flashing recovery via fastboot isn't working,
Download whatever version of revolution recovery
Extract it, remove file_context , replace recovery.img by the recovery that you have downloaded,
Archive meta-inf and recovery.img
Flash it through recovery
Hope it will works

I am stuck with a similar issue, but Meticulus TWRO 2.8.7.0:
I get Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument) and Unable to open '' to wipe crypto key
I can neither wipe /data, nor format it, nor do anything else with it.
I tried flashing stock ROM and tried factory reset over there: it failed
I went back to stock B160 from CM13, recently.
Somehow I did wipe /system in order to run an update, which did not work.
So I got deeper and deeper into this trouble.
At the moment, there is CM13 without /data und unable to wipe /data in any ways.
I do not have a SD at the moment.
Would it help to put a complete stock onto SD and install it via update mode?
edit:
I could install an old system backup, which did boot and after flashing stock recovery I could factory reset /data
:hurrayy:

Can't create a backup through TWRP.

I tried creating a system backup through TWRP just now for the first time ever. Throughout the process, it gave me multiple messages saying "unable to mount data" and the same for some other folders, and when the backup supposedly finished, it just said failed.
Is there anything I can try without actually wiping either of the partitions? This obviously because I'm trying to create a backup so I can wipe afterwards.

cyborgium said:
I tried creating a system backup through TWRP just now for the first time ever. Throughout the process, it gave me multiple messages saying "unable to mount data" and the same for some other folders, and when the backup supposedly finished, it just said failed.
Is there anything I can try without actually wiping either of the partitions? This obviously because I'm trying to create a backup so I can wipe afterwards.
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In twrp main menu screen select ' Mount ' menu and make sure mount data is ticked then go back and try backing up again.

spawnlives said:
In twrp main menu screen select ' Mount ' menu and make sure mount data is ticked then go back and try backing up again.
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Thanks for your reply, it doesn't actually let me tick that box. Nothing happens when I tick it. It also says that the data partition is 0mb. Any idea what that might mean?

cyborgium said:
Thanks for your reply, it doesn't actually let me tick that box. Nothing happens when I tick it. It also says that the data partition is 0mb. Any idea what that might mean?
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Which version of twrp are you using
Latest is 3.2.3.0 which should fix the data issue ( it"s a known issue).

spawnlives said:
Which version of twrp are you using
Latest is 3.2.3.0 which should fix the data issue ( it"s a known issue).
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That's the TWRP version that I've got installed.
I just reinstalled both stock firmware and reflashed TWRP but the exact same issue persists. At first I was able to mount data though, I could flash zips such as Magisk etc. But after having set everything up again on my phone, I couldn't mount data anymore.

cyborgium said:
That's the TWRP version that I've got installed.
I just reinstalled both stock firmware and reflashed TWRP but the exact same issue persists. At first I was able to mount data though, I could flash zips such as Magisk etc. But after having set everything up again on my phone, I couldn't mount data anymore.
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Not sure on your steps to install twrp
Have you tried going into twrp in wipe menu and format data

spawnlives said:
Not sure on your steps to install twrp
Have you tried going into twrp in wipe menu and format data
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Maybe I wasn't very clear.
I flash the stock firmware, set that up to enable OEM unlock. Then flash TWRP, wipe /data, flash magisk and other required zips (at this point, data is mounted). I then set that all up however I want, install apps etc.
If I want to create a backup after all that, it doesn't work cause of the unable to mount /data and /storage.

cyborgium said:
Maybe I wasn't very clear.
I flash the stock firmware, set that up to enable OEM unlock. Then flash TWRP, wipe /data, flash magisk and other required zips (at this point, data is mounted). I then set that all up however I want, install apps etc.
If I want to create a backup after all that, it doesn't work cause of the unable to mount /data and /storage.
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Sounds like your device is still encrypted
Did you flash the no Verity encrypt zip file
Also I said to format data not wipe.
In the mount menu these are the options I have enabled.

spawnlives said:
Sounds like your device is still encrypted
Did you flash the no Verity encrypt zip file
Also I said to format data not wipe.
In the mount menu these are the options I have enabled.
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You're right, I formatted data, not wipe.
I did flash the no verity zip, does the order in which I flash Magisk, no-verity and RMM state unlock matter?

cyborgium said:
You're right, I formatted data, not wipe.
I did flash the no verity zip, does the order in which I flash Magisk, no-verity and RMM state unlock matter?
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The instructions I followed to install twrp
Flash twrp (which you have done)
Format data
When finished reboot back into twrp(use twrp reboot menu option)
Flash no-verity zip via twrp ( have to make sure you have it on internal storage or SD card)
Then flash everything else
Not sure if you need RMM state unlock if your bootloader(OEM) is already unlocked in developer options though.

spawnlives said:
The instructions I followed to install twrp
Flash twrp (which you have done)
Format data
When finished reboot back into twrp(use twrp reboot menu option)
Flash no-verity zip via twrp ( have to make sure you have it on internal storage or SD card)
Then flash everything else
Not sure if you need RMM state unlock if your bootloader(OEM) is already unlocked in developer options though.
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I've just done everything you stated above, still the same issue, can't mount /data.
Really don't understand what it is that im doing wrong or if I'm even doing anything wrong..
Thanks for your help anyway though, appreciate it.

cyborgium said:
I've just done everything you stated above, still the same issue, can't mount /data.
Really don't understand what it is that im doing wrong or if I'm even doing anything wrong..
Thanks for your help anyway though, appreciate it.
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Just as matter of curiosity I use FX file explorer (root) in the menu filesystem it should tell you what format your data partition is mine or ext4. I have read that some people through twrp have changed it to something like ext3 and then back to ext4
Also this is the thread I used to install my twrp
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...pment/recovery-twrp-galaxy-s8-exynos-t3595102
This thread may also help you out
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ment/fix-data-mount-fix-s8-twrp-oreo-t3769254

spawnlives said:
Just as matter of curiosity I use FX file explorer (root) in the menu filesystem it should tell you what format your data partition is mine or ext4. I have read that some people through twrp have changed it to something like ext3 and then back to ext4
Also this is the thread I used to install my twrp
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...pment/recovery-twrp-galaxy-s8-exynos-t3595102
This thread may also help you out
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ment/fix-data-mount-fix-s8-twrp-oreo-t3769254
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I think that second thread you linked may have done the trick.
At first it didn't seem to help, but when I tried it again after reflashing everything, I am now able to mount /data.
I'm still in the dark as to why this happened and hasn't happened to anyone else other than the person who created that file, but either way, thank you very much for your help.

cyborgium said:
Maybe I wasn't very clear.
I flash the stock firmware, set that up to enable OEM unlock. Then flash TWRP, wipe /data, flash magisk and other required zips (at this point, data is mounted). I then set that all up however I want, install apps etc.
If I want to create a backup after all that, it doesn't work cause of the unable to mount /data and /storage.
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Try the modded twrp from nx thread

(Guide) Who to root phone now that twrp recovery can't decrypt data partition

Twrp usually used for root.!?!ok
You can do by twrp process root now without any problem.
Just you don't wipe cache partition. Repeat don't wipe cache partition and any other partitions.
Remember that twrp can mount system partition and we need to change this partition for root. Ok let's go
1. Flash twrp
2.reboot twrp when asked password you do cancel
3.backup from system and boot partitions (system imge)
4.flash magisk file zip and BusyBox (if you needed) reboot
Done.good luck

mehrdad_esmaeeli said:
Twrp usually used for root.!?!ok
You can do by twrp process root now without any problem.
Just you don't wipe cache partition. Repeat don't wipe cache partition and any other partitions.
Remember that twrp can mount system partition and we need to change this partition for root. Ok let's go
1. Flash twrp
2.reboot twrp when asked password you do cancel
3.backup from system and boot partitions (system imge)
4.flash magisk file zip and BusyBox (if you needed) reboot
Done.good luck
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Can you describe it more clearly please

Zero2098 said:
Can you describe it more clearly please
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You updated your phone to android pie?
You will not doing root?
For now recovery twrp can't mount data partition.

mehrdad_esmaeeli said:
You updated your phone to android pie?
You will not doing root?
For now recovery twrp can't mount data partition.
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Yeah i know that i thought you said you have a solution for this problem am I wrong??

Zero2098 said:
Yeah i know that i thought you said you have a solution for this problem am I wrong??
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Don't worry.i do this. nothing special
Just first back up from stock system and boot partitions by twrp and so flash magisk file zip

So the guide is:
- Flash Magisk as you usually do