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TWRP and OTG

Has anyone gotten TWRP to mount/backup to OTG? I can't even get it to mount in TWRP (Using OP adapter) but OTG works fine in the OS

Anyone?? @TWRP Recovery

I have the same problem!
Resolution ??
THX!

idbl_fanatic said:
Has anyone gotten TWRP to mount/backup to OTG? I can't even get it to mount in TWRP (Using OP adapter) but OTG works fine in the OS
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alesfot73 said:
I have the same problem!
Resolution ??
THX!
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I also have the same problem. official TWRP you have? that version?

Official twrp 2.7.8.0

alesfot73 said:
Official twrp 2.7.8.0
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I have tested this version and other unofficial but neither works.

I think the problem is only TWRP version, becouse in Andorid work perfect....!

alesfot73 said:
I think the problem is only TWRP version, becouse in Andorid work perfect....!
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Yes, I hope that support in future updates.

I have send a email to TWRP support

Maybe on next version.
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I have send a email to TWRP support
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I haven't been able to use my otg on my opt yet because I had to order an adapter. Are you guys telling me that TWRP doesn't even recognize otg on the opt??

dgrasley said:
I haven't been able to use my otg on my opt yet because I had to order an adapter. Are you guys telling me that TWRP doesn't even recognize otg on the opt??
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Yup, that's what I'm saying...... I fixed mine though...... Got a nexus 6 LOL

alesfot73 said:
I have send a email to TWRP support
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Me too. Have if they implement the next version.

I received update 2.1.2 today... But when i update it its fail.......
OnePlusTwo +Rooted +Xposed framework

pritesh1996 said:
I received update 2.1.2 today... But when i update it its fail.......
OnePlusTwo +Rooted +Xposed framework
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First flash 2.1.1 full, after flash ota 2.1.2.

So, if otg isn't working in twrp, what is everyone doing as a workaround?
My last device was the N5 and I would flash a different ROM a few times a month or more. I always preferred to wipe everything, including internal storage, then install the ROM clean and fresh.
With the OPT, I've just been doing normal wipe and flashing over top. Problem is that the sdcard is getting cluttered with folders from previous installs.
I was hoping to be able to wipe internal storage, connect the OPT to my laptop and sideload the ROM using adb. The OPT doesn't show up when I use 'adb devices'. It just says 'List of devices'... I've installed the naked and universal drivers. No luck.
So for now it looks like I'm stuck without a way to wipe the device clean and start fresh, unless someone else has figured out a way to get it to work.

dgrasley said:
So, if otg isn't working in twrp, what is everyone doing as a workaround?
My last device was the N5 and I would flash a different ROM a few times a month or more. I always preferred to wipe everything, including internal storage, then install the ROM clean and fresh.
With the OPT, I've just been doing normal wipe and flashing over top. Problem is that the sdcard is getting cluttered with folders from previous installs.
I was hoping to be able to wipe internal storage, connect the OPT to my laptop and sideload the ROM using adb. The OPT doesn't show up when I use 'adb devices'. It just says 'List of devices'... I've installed the naked and universal drivers. No luck.
So for now it looks like I'm stuck without a way to wipe the device clean and start fresh, unless someone else has figured out a way to get it to work.
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I'm in the same situation
But I have rooted and Xposed + "kerneled" my phone several times since I have mine and you can be sure, wiping everything but internal storage is clearly the exact same thing as cleaning everything, since internal storage only contains files like your downloads, music, photos... and some apps files but never configuration or settings files.
You really start from scratch if you wipe everything but internal storage.

morback said:
I'm in the same situation
But I have rooted and Xposed + "kerneled" my phone several times since I have mine and you can be sure, wiping everything but internal storage is clearly the exact same thing as cleaning everything, since internal storage only contains files like your downloads, music, photos... and some apps files but never configuration or settings files.
You really start from scratch if you wipe everything but internal storage.
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I would make a back up, and then copy it to the computer, but if you REALLY mess something up, that will do you no good because you won't be able to restore, my workaround for the OTG in TWRP was to get a Nexus 6 LOL

Data encryption issue after cm13

Hi folks, first off English is not my main modus operandi so bear with me thx.
I tried out every room there is for the VNS-L31, CM13 from here, Revolution RC3 from a Spanish forum, Beanstalk and a few others what where more glorified reskins ... anyway before installing CM13 I made a full dump on TWRP but wile forgetting I wasn't on stock but on Revolution RC3, so I ended up with the wrong encryption key for the DATA folder, pardon me internal memory SD ... RRC3 is based on the European Stock B150 with a lot of tweaks, also a not perfect encryption of the internal SD similarly to CM13 problem with the SD.
Here is the main beef I am having, after getting of CM I tried to restore my dump and ended up ****ing up the encryption of the internal memory card. Now I can't got back to say the 161 internalional version and I am kinda bound to the European L31900B versions of the stock rom if I install anything else the accounts like Google or Facebook are not working and anything not installed already on the phone is FC.
I can't format data because of the encryption. Not under fastboot or any of the trwps, tried 3 different ones, I checkted the phone is not frp. I did lock frp and bootloader again and unlocked them so to double make sure I was right on that one. I tried going back to stock with the dload method but no dice data still locked. Delete accounts with root explorer and went back to vnsl31900b130 what seams to be the firmware that I am stuck on now with the ****ed up encryption ....
I am used to flashing stuff left and right but this is new land for me any help would be greatly appreciate ... And my warning DONT SCREW WITH TGE ENCRYPTION ON YOUR PHONE ... ITS A *****!!!!

Cant you just delete the system in TWRP?

Thijs van Hal said:
Cant you just delete the system in TWRP?
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Nope I deleted everything in TWRP, System, Cust, that is not a problem, the data partition on the other hand I can't format not I twrp, or by fastboot erase/format/-w commands ... Really annoying, never had an issue like this ... Funny that I can delete things with an root explorer under Android and that saving data works fine but the moment I leave the os it just closes up. Even the dump I made can't replace the data partition outside of the os

markus2811 said:
Nope I deleted everything in TWRP, System, Cust, that is not a problem, the data partition on the other hand I can't format not I twrp, or by fastboot erase/format/-w commands ... Really annoying, never had an issue like this ... Funny that I can delete things with an root explorer under Android and that saving data works fine but the moment I leave the os it just closes up. Even the dump I made can't replace the data partition outside of the os
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Ive never seen that before to, weird man...

I have the same issue. Any fix?

Nemeroz said:
I have the same issue. Any fix?
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No, but I am starting from scratch, also I am trying to manually corrupt the data partition so to be able to format it ... Just a pain, at the moment I am stuck, maybe if I can get someone else's firmware dump for my phone might do the trick its big so I am not sure anyone would upload something that big ... We see

markus2811 said:
No, but I am starting from scratch, also I am trying to manually corrupt the data partition so to be able to format it ... Just a pain, at the moment I am stuck, maybe if I can get someone else's firmware dump for my phone might do the trick its big so I am not sure anyone would upload something that big ... We see
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Did you try to Flash stock recovery and do a factory reset?
Or via fastboot do this command :
fastboot format userdata
Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using XDA Labs

simo255 said:
Did you try to Flash stock recovery and do a factory reset?
Or via fastboot do this command :
fastboot format userdata
Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using XDA Labs
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I tried all of them. Nothing worked :crying:

Nemeroz said:
I tried all of them. Nothing worked :crying:
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So I fixed my problems with BadWolfs help he got me back to stock by flashing a special zip that allowed me to install the firmware from dload on the external sdcard
Thx again for your help

markus2811 said:
So I fixed my problems with BadWolfs help he got me back to stock by flashing a special zip that allowed me to install the firmware from dload on the external sdcard
Thx again for your help
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Forgot here us the link http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1261335
Everything you need to go back to stock from cm13 (if you screw up like me) or nougat beta is in here. Is in spanish but google translate is doing a pretty good job all bloody credit is going to badwolf and his friends
Thx and good night

markus2811 said:
Forgot here us the link http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1261335
Everything you need to go back to stock from cm13 (if you screw up like me) or nougat beta is in here. Is in spanish but google translate is doing a pretty good job all bloody credit is going to badwolf and his friends
Thx and good night
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when you flash the oem info didnt it say unable to mount data? like before?

crypted phone

I found that my phone, a Chinese model, is crypted maybe flashing a rom, how do I encrypt it?

venezolano69 said:
I found that my phone, a Chinese model, is crypted maybe flashing a rom, how do I encrypt it?
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Screenshot?

Here you have it

Maybe this will help you?
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1291480

rubiohiguey said:
Maybe this will help you?
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1291480
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But I can do everything right now and never my phone ask me for a password, I flashed a lot of rom and always my phone works in the same way, it seems no crypted.

venezolano69 said:
But I can do everything right now and never my phone ask me for a password, I flashed a lot of rom and always my phone works in the same way, it seems no crypted.
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go into twrp > wipe > format data
you'll lose everything, but that has worked for me in the past

robertzas said:
go into twrp > wipe > format data
you'll lose everything, but that has worked for me in the past
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OK thanx

I formatted data and now phone is no encrypted but it is complicated flash a Rom, always it says cannot mount cache and sometimes I cannot flash the rom
Now I'm on lineageos last nightly and I wanted to flash pacrom and no way

Possible to Recover Data from Soft-Bricked S7 Edge?

I have a Canadian S7 edge and it had been rooted for a long time, but I lost the root when I updated to android 7.0.0. I foolishly tried to root it the exact same way I had before (Odin and .tar file method) and now my phone refuses to fully power on. After the boot logo, some new "integrity verification" has failed and I get a message saying my only option is apparently to factory reset and loose everything since my last backup. I'm wondering if there's any way to either:
a) Recover my data first. My PC won't read my phone at the "integrity verification failure" screen, however, my phone can boot into download mode (still unreadable, though). I've tried a few sketchy phone recovery programs on free trials, and none of them were able to read my phone (though none seemed high-quality anyway).
b) Flash stock firmware and fix this all. I am currently downloading stock 7.0 firmware and CSC files for my region/carrier, and I'm wondering if flashing this will pass the "integrity" check and put me safely back to square one, or if I'll lose everything there too.
I don't have a custom recovery currently either, though I realize that wiping my phone would mean I could quickly do that. But caving and wiping my phone is the last thing I want to do here. Any help here would be extremely appreciated!

First of all .. I think flash Stock ROM will erase all data.
but if you can flash custom recovery by ODIN and mount USB Storage to PC and manual backup your data .. it will be good idea if it possible.

iMenesi said:
First of all .. I think flash Stock ROM will erase all data.
but if you can flash custom recovery by ODIN and mount USB Storage to PC and manual backup your data .. it will be good idea if it possible.
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If I flashed custom recovery, what exactly do you mean by mounting USB Storage to PC? Is that something I could do in the custom recovery (TWRP for example)?
Also, I'm okay with losing system settings or apps, but internal storage like images and music is what I really want to save.

G-Man8776 said:
If I flashed custom recovery, what exactly do you mean by mounting USB Storage to PC? Is that something I could do in the custom recovery (TWRP for example)?
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Yes .. TWRP Exactly has option to mount device internal storage or micro sd card storage to PC so you can transfer files between device and PC.

iMenesi said:
Yes .. TWRP Exactly has option to mount device internal storage or micro sd card storage to PC so you can transfer files between device and PC.
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So does this all mean that there's no way to root the S7 edge on Nougat yet, or is there a different way that'll work fine and I just made a dumb mistake?

G-Man8776 said:
So does this all mean that there's no way to root the S7 edge on Nougat yet, or is there a different way that'll work fine and I just made a dumb mistake?
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I'm reading this now :laugh:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7...overy-official-twrp-hero2lte-3-0-0-0-t3334084
I spent over 12 hours today trying to root my phone and soft bricked it and bring it back to life many times. :laugh:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/help-s7-edge-g935fd-bootloop-twrp-t3583469

iMenesi said:
I'm reading this now :laugh:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7...overy-official-twrp-hero2lte-3-0-0-0-t3334084
I spent over 12 hours today trying to root my phone and soft bricked it and bring it back to life many times. :laugh:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/help-s7-edge-g935fd-bootloop-twrp-t3583469
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LOL so TWRP is a no-go too then?
I think the problem is that there isn't a working SuperSu for S7 edge on android 7.0.0 yet

G-Man8776 said:
LOL so TWRP is a no-go too then?
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hhhhh sorry can't understand the meaning of no-go. :laugh:

iMenesi said:
hhhhh sorry can't understand the meaning of no-go. :laugh:
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When I say "no-go" I mean it's something that won't work. TWRP looks like it doesn't work anymore, when I read your problem that you posted, and the warnings on the TWRP website and XDA page.
I did some reading and it looks like flashing my stock ROM shouldnot delete my internal storage data, so I think that might be my only chance. If it doesn't work either, I'll factory reset, because I don't want to risk the same error you had.

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When I say "no-go" I mean it's something that won't work. TWRP looks like it doesn't work anymore, when I read your problem that you posted, and the warnings on the TWRP website and XDA page.
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I don't know .. but the thread explaining how to perfect flash TWRP to the device and then flash supersu from Micro SD Card not Internal Storage. i think it was the problem, what do you think? try again and take the risk? :laugh:

iMenesi said:
I don't know .. but the thread explaining how to perfect flash TWRP to the device and then flash supersu from Micro SD Card not Internal Storage. i think it was the problem, what do you think? try again and take the risk? :laugh:
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Since you don't have anything to worry about (if it fails you can reset again), I'd try again and see if it works, if I were you.

Finally Successfully Rooted my Device.
I followed the instructions very well in this thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7...overy-official-twrp-hero2lte-3-0-0-0-t3334084

iMenesi said:
Finally Successfully Rooted my Device.
I followed the instructions very well in this thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7...overy-official-twrp-hero2lte-3-0-0-0-t3334084
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I'm currently factory resetting my phone (goodbye phone data ). I tried to flash a stock ROM and after a few failed attempts, it failed so bad I got a message saying the only thing I could do now was factory reset LOL. Not much I can do now but be glad I didn't 100% ruin my phone I guess.
I may try rooting again in the future, but I'll have to learn how to do it your way, since my way doesn't work right now.

G-Man8776 said:
I'm currently factory resetting my phone (goodbye phone data ). I tried to flash a stock ROM and after a few failed attempts, it failed so bad I got a message saying the only thing I could do now was factory reset LOL. Not much I can do now but be glad I didn't 100% ruin my phone I guess.
I may try rooting again in the future, but I'll have to learn how to do it your way, since my way doesn't work right now.
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We don't learn for free Bro. ?

iMenesi said:
We don't learn for free Bro.
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Hahaha true. Thanks for the help too!

How to unroot Mi A1?

Hi, guys.
I have rooted my Mi A1. But now after facing the problem with October update, I want to undo all changes made on my device and receive and install all future updates without any additional procedures - just receive OTA update click install button and that's all.
My first question is - is it possible?
The second is - can anybody explain me how can I do it?
Note: After flashing and getting root FlashFire shows me that system's active slot is slot B right now. Also after some attempts to install October OTA update (playing with slots A/B) my device shows me that I do not have any root access now. The screenshots are attached.
Thanks beforehand.

I think the best way is to flash stock image you can find on miui download site.

Samhain77 said:
I think the best way is to flash stock image you can find on miui download site.
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I have acquainted with this material too. I want to know is there any problem if I will do flashing through miflash tool at this situation? Maybe I need to change something before any changing. Or it is not convenient for me right now?
Thanks.

dinozaur516 said:
I have acquainted with this material too. I want to know is there any problem if I will do flashing through miflash tool at this situation? Maybe I need to change something before any changing. Or it is not convenient for me right now?
Thanks.
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Basically, if you flash the factory image, it should be (or I believe it is) written on the both partitions, so you can start with "clean shield", but on the newest update.
You can even preserve user data within the tool

matcho13579 said:
Basically, if you flash the factory image, it should be (or I believe it is) written on the both partitions, so you can start with "clean shield", but on the newest update.
You can even preserve user data within the tool
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Ok, i just do not understand why factory image is written on two partitions. Why it cannot be written on one partition? Or it must be so? Can you explain me this issue?

dinozaur516 said:
Ok, i just do not understand why factory image is written on two partitions. Why it cannot be written on one partition? Or it must be so? Can you explain me this issue?
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I'm not really sure if it's true or not, but I think it it. Like, if you have any problems with either partition A or B, simply flashing factory image over it should fix both, that's why I think it's true.

matcho13579 said:
I'm not really sure if it's true or not, but I think it it. Like, if you have any problems with either partition A or B, simply flashing factory image over it should fix both, that's why I think it's true.
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As I understood, this device has 2 same images, am I right? And it means if one image size is 4 GB then it is multiplied by 2 and 2 images` size is equal to 8 GB.

dinozaur516 said:
As I understood, this device has 2 same images, am I right? And it means if one image size is 4 GB then it is multiplied by 2 and 2 images` size is equal to 8 GB.
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Referring from here, it's not true:
A/B updates require an increase of only 320 MiB in flash, with a savings of 32MiB from removing the recovery partition and another 100MiB preserved by removing the cache partition.
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matcho13579 said:
Referring from here, it's not true:
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Oh! Thanks a lot. I did not know that

Will do returning to factory image. After the installation, I'll come back with my experience.

dinozaur516 said:
Oh! Thanks a lot. I did not know that
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Actually it's true as I checked the tables on the site, but it's not that much of a difference if you own a 64 GB device, it won't take more than 400 MB of storage

matcho13579 said:
Actually it's true as I checked the tables on the site, but it's not that much of a difference if you own a 64 GB device, it won't take more than 400 MB of storage
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Sure

I successfully flashed my Mi A1 to factory image via MiFlash tool. I used "Clean all and lock" mode. Everything is working and the device also installed October updates.

dinozaur516 said:
I successfully flashed my Mi A1 to factory image via MiFlash tool. I used "Clean all and lock" mode. Everything is working and the device also installed October updates.
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So you have now a clean phone without your old user data?

Samhain77 said:
So you have now a clean phone without your old user data?
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Yeap. I have installed all apps again. And everything works perfect.

Samhain77 said:
So you have now a clean phone without your old user data?
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If you choose to save user data, they will be saved, you don't have to wipe user data, but it's recommended tho

matcho13579 said:
If you choose to save user data, they will be saved, you don't have to wipe user data, but it's recommended tho
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I know, but i made it to be sure that everything will be installed like the first time.

dinozaur516 said:
Will do returning to factory image. After the installation, I'll come back with my experience.
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i think flashing factory image with mi flash tool will solve the issue. have you flashed?

androwide said:
i think flashing factory image with mi flash tool will solve the issue. have you flashed?
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Yeap, i made it. And everything is ok. I am on october update right now.

dinozaur516 said:
Yeap, i made it. And everything is ok. I am on october update right now.
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great, i am also rooted with FlashFire method and going to flash factory image on my device to install the october security patch, but i would try "save user data" and flash, i know the root access will be gone, but i can root again with TWRP method or with the same.