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help! deleted recovery.img

just wondering if anyone can help me out here, i was trying to flash the cyanogen hero recovery image to my phone using fastboot so i erased my stock recovery image, only to get the message "remote: signature verify fail" so im now stuck with no recovery image and dont know how to get it back, can anyone help me out please?

ok so i managed to mount my system as read write in fastboot and put the recovery.img from the wwe version in to system which has gave me my recovery back but when i boot it just stays on the hero screen and says fastboot usb at the top if i have it plugged into my pc. i have no idea how to reset the original files and i didnt back up, can anyone help me pleas?

Well after trying for hours to fix this, I give up. I can't install the system.img from wwe rom posted on here it says verify failed or something similar so I stupidly tried to flash the magic 32a heroski port hoping it would work and still nothing. Is there anyway someone could post there nandroid backup file and help me flash it to see if that works? Or should I just give up. I'm really stuck now lol

you can't flash anything from fastboot because the images need to be signed.
what version of hero do you have?
if you have the wwe hero(it's not needed ) i can send you (later, now i'm at work) my nandroid backup (system,boot,recovery, splash...) so you can restore them

I have the orange hero. I used fastboot to load cyanogens recovery image then flashed the heroski rom hoping it might work lol so I ended up using fastboot to erase system. Question is do you think your nandroid backup would work? I sure hope so it would be a great help!!! Thanks.

i have the unlocked wwe hero. i'm uploading now the system, boot and recovery to rapidshare . it'll be up in a couple of minutes. if you find a orange hero backup you can restore in the same way ;-)

restoring hero wwe
download the backup from(it's better if you verify the md5):
http://rapidshare.com/files/263636068/bkp.rar.html
MD5: BEAE167BCBB1FF6D3D2701FB64604203
Put the contents on sdcard (i'm assuming that you put the images in a folder named bkp on the sdcard)
so:
download the recovery from here: http://rapidshare.com/files/262621147/cm-hero-recovery.img.zip and extract it
put your phone in fastboot mode (with the phone off, press the back key then turn the phone on).
then:
boot with the downloaded recovery
Code:
fastboot boot cm-hero-recovery.img
0) mount the partitions
Code:
adb shell mount /system
adb shell mount /sdcard
1) do a wipe
select the wipe option from the recovery menu
2) restore boot
Code:
adb shell flash_image boot /sdcard/bkp/boot.img
3) restore recovery
Code:
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/bkp/recovery.img
4)restore system
Code:
adb shell
cd /system
rm -rf * (ignore the errors)
unyaffs /sdcard/bkp/system.img
5) unmount the partitions
Code:
umount /system
6) reboot
Code:
reboot
hope it helps

Ok thanks. Have to wait 4 hours to try it as I'm in work lol, what is an md5 for, just out of curiosity?

A MD5sum is a checksum to verifiy that your downloaded file isn't corrupt.

maxisma said:
A MD5sum is a checksum to verifiy that your downloaded file isn't corrupt.
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Ok dude makes sense thanks.

thanks
enlightener said:
download the backup from(it's better if you verify the md5):
http://rapidshare.com/files/263636068/bkp.rar.html
MD5: BEAE167BCBB1FF6D3D2701FB64604203
Put the contents on sdcard (i'm assuming that you put the images in a folder named bkp on the sdcard)
so:
download the recovery from here: http://rapidshare.com/files/262621147/cm-hero-recovery.img.zip and extract it
put your phone in fastboot mode (with the phone off, press the back key then turn the phone on).
then:
boot with the downloaded recovery
Code:
fastboot boot cm-hero-recovery.img
0) mount the partitions
Code:
adb shell mount /system
adb shell mount /sdcard
1) do a wipe
select the wipe option from the recovery menu
2) restore boot
Code:
adb shell flash_image boot /sdcard/bkp/boot.img
3) restore recovery
Code:
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/bkp/recovery.img
4)restore system
Code:
adb shell
cd /system
rm -rf * (ignore the errors)
unyaffs /sdcard/bkp/system.img
5) unmount the partitions
Code:
umount /system
6) reboot
Code:
reboot
hope it helps
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ok so i finally got time to fix my phone and just did what you said and can now happily say it worked. thanks enlightener you enlightened me lol. in future i will refrain from doing random terminal stuff without researching first lol.

Bad new : My hero is out of service area
Hello,
Sorry for my english, i'm french
I made a big mistake in my files system ... A too long story
My Hero :
HBOOT-1?76.0004
Radio-6.35.04.25
July, 3 2009
Well, now, my htc hero do not work 'first page, out of service area"... I would like to make your post, but i had error :
First, fastboot Ok, Adb shell mount system and sdcard ok, wipe ok
Second, when i do this code" adb shell flash_image boot /sdcard/bkp/boot.img", my hero "said" : "header is the same, note flashing boot". Same thing for restore recovery
Can you help me ?

pitou21 said:
Hello,
Sorry for my english, i'm french
I made a big mistake in my files system ... A too long story
My Hero :
HBOOT-1?76.0004
Radio-6.35.04.25
July, 3 2009
Well, now, my htc hero do not work 'first page, out of service area"... I would like to make your post, but i had error :
First, fastboot Ok, Adb shell mount system and sdcard ok, wipe ok
Second, when i do this code" adb shell flash_image boot /sdcard/bkp/boot.img", my hero "said" : "header is the same, note flashing boot". Same thing for restore recovery
Can you help me ?
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in this case, you don't have to restore boot or recovery because they are the same as the images posted here.
proceed with system

Ok thanks, now it's goog !

*REQUEST* Firerat's Custom MTD Partitions (resize Data,System and Cache)

can any dev. make this happen for our EVO 4G please? I included a link to the thread were the mod is. This mod enables a person to decide how big the partitions in their phone should be. (ei system, data, cache, etc). Its awesome but I just have it on my hero which i gave to my brother and it wouldn't hurt that everyone could have more space for apps on their phone.
Thanks everyone!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754805

I found a dmesg for your evo
# dmesg|awk '/0x.+: "/{ print }'
Code:
<5>[ 4.290466] 0x00003f360000-0x00003ff60000 : "wimax"
<5>[ 4.305419] 0x00003ff60000-0x000040000000 : "misc"
<5>[ 4.306518] 0x000004240000-0x000004740000 : "recovery"
<5>[ 4.312377] 0x000004740000-0x0000049c0000 : "boot"
<5>[ 4.315979] 0x0000049c0000-0x00001a7c0000 : "system"
<5>[ 4.730438] 0x00001a7c0000-0x0000247c0000 : "cache"
<5>[ 4.916748] 0x0000247c0000-0x00003f360000 : "userdata"
it has an extra partition to the g1 ( wimax )
see below for working version v1.5.7

Sounds really great! Thank you, Firerat.
But FR-CustomMTD-v1.5.6-Evo4G.zip is not downloadable to me. The site says its set to private.
Firerat said:
FR-CustomMTD-v1.5.6-Evo4G.zip
that zip contains
73d5ba178ffd702c9b963e9de9b4d5bc FR-recovery-v1.5.6-Evo4G-CustomMTD_S.zip
f468aefb7ad1f86b24c0156fb81a36c2 FR-boot-v1.5.6-Evo4G-CustomMTD_S.zip
89b4e67b87f5337e19c2d7dc95e87055 FR-remove-v1.5.6-Evo4G-CustomMTD_S.zip
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ywjkid said:
Sounds really great! Thank you, Firerat.
But FR-CustomMTD-v1.5.6-Evo4G.zip is not downloadable to me. The site says its set to private.
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oops,
http://www.mediafire.com/?0ae7y9sekpb3s
b74d178e7ed698879b555123ea494377 FR-recovery-v1.5.7rc1-CustomMTD_S.zip
331c1b31bbc007fa7c3a9ff01c9301dd FR-boot-v1.5.7rc1-CustomMTD_S.zip
ab946b6b9aa83554c452d3d5face18d4 FR-remove-v1.5.7rc1-CustomMTD_S.zip
its a generic version, which _should_ suit all devices with msm_nand
it collects every partition from dmesg
few little bits I want to do, then I'll bump it up to v2

RC1 is not working for me. After flashing FR-recovery-v1.5.7rc1-CustomMTD_S.zip, my RA-recovery 1.8 is broken and generates errors like
E: Can't find MISC:
E: Can't mount CACHE:recovery/command
E: Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log
E: Can't open CACHE:recovery/log
Firerat said:
oops,
http://www.mediafire.com/?0ae7y9sekpb3s
b74d178e7ed698879b555123ea494377 FR-recovery-v1.5.7rc1-CustomMTD_S.zip
331c1b31bbc007fa7c3a9ff01c9301dd FR-boot-v1.5.7rc1-CustomMTD_S.zip
ab946b6b9aa83554c452d3d5face18d4 FR-remove-v1.5.7rc1-CustomMTD_S.zip
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ywjkid said:
RC1 is not working for me. After flashing FR-recovery-v1.5.7rc1-CustomMTD_S.zip, my RA-recovery 1.8 is broken and generates errors like
E: Can't find MISC:
E: Can't mount CACHE:recovery/command
E: Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log
E: Can't open CACHE:recovery/log
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Ok, I think I see the problem
Not at home right now,
But in the mean time you should be able to flash the remove zip and return to stock
Looks like a copy paste fail and I'm excluding userdata what I shouldn't be
May also be escaping when I shouldn't be
If you have problems flashing the remove zip you can mount cache manually via adb shell
( you can also flash_image a standard recovery.img via adb shell )

Thanks. Just reflashed recovery and restore the nandroid and everything is fine. I am glad there is no permanent damage done. Cannot wait for the working version!
Firerat said:
Ok, I think I see the problem
Not at home right now,
But in the mean time you should be able to flash the remove zip and return to stock
Looks like a copy paste fail and I'm excluding userdata what I shouldn't be
May also be escaping when I shouldn't be
If you have problems flashing the remove zip you can mount cache manually via adb shell
( you can also flash_image a standard recovery.img via adb shell )
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ywjkid said:
Thanks. Just reflashed recovery and restore the nandroid and everything is fine. I am glad there is no permanent damage done. Cannot wait for the working version!
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new version here
http://www.mediafire.com/?7w9sh54lm3mwi
9074fde94c8e534585da4adaa5e59e14 FR-AutoMTD_partitionPatcher_v1.5.7.tar.bz2
919db3e671d0688af9824f37b16ccc87 FR-boot-v1.5.7-CustomMTD_S.zip
05828d98920540c711e06abe5028388f FR-recovery-v1.5.7-CustomMTD_S.zip
changed the 'remove' option
to revert to the stock MTD layout set system size to 0 in mtdpartmap.txt and flash the recovery patcher
e.g.
echo "mtd 0" > /sdcard/mtdpartmap.txt

Great! now the recovery error is gone and the mod is working on my EVO, beautifully. More than 600M for /data. Thank you so much, Firerat. You're the best!
Code:
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 207.4M 0 207.4M 0% /dev
tmpfs 207.4M 0 207.4M 0% /mnt/asec
/dev/block/mtdblock4 240.0M 195.1M 44.9M 81% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock6 637.6M 374.7M 262.9M 59% /data
tmpfs 8.0M 4.0K 8.0M 0% /app-cache
/dev/block/mtdblock6 637.6M 374.7M 262.9M 59% /cache
PS. It seems /cache and /data now share the same space. It is new to me. Does that mean there is only one size need to specify in mtdpartmap.txt?
Firerat said:
new version here
http://www.mediafire.com/?7w9sh54lm3mwi
9074fde94c8e534585da4adaa5e59e14 FR-AutoMTD_partitionPatcher_v1.5.7.tar.bz2
919db3e671d0688af9824f37b16ccc87 FR-boot-v1.5.7-CustomMTD_S.zip
05828d98920540c711e06abe5028388f FR-recovery-v1.5.7-CustomMTD_S.zip
changed the 'remove' option
to revert to the stock MTD layout set system size to 0 in mtdpartmap.txt and flash the recovery patcher
e.g.
echo "mtd 0" > /sdcard/mtdpartmap.txt
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ywjkid said:
Great! now the recovery error is gone and the mod is working on my EVO, beautifully. More than 600M for /data. Thank you so much, Firerat. You're the best!
Code:
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 207.4M 0 207.4M 0% /dev
tmpfs 207.4M 0 207.4M 0% /mnt/asec
/dev/block/mtdblock4 240.0M 195.1M 44.9M 81% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock6 637.6M 374.7M 262.9M 59% /data
tmpfs 8.0M 4.0K 8.0M 0% /app-cache
/dev/block/mtdblock6 637.6M 374.7M 262.9M 59% /cache
PS. It seems /cache and /data now share the same space. It is new to me. Does that mean there is only one size need to specify in mtdpartmap.txt?
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you still need to specify size of cache , the minimum is 2mb
on your phone /cache is actually a bind mount of /data/cache
its there if anything needs to use it, for instance your rom may want to put dalvik-cache in /cache/dalvik-cache
it will actually be on /data, the advantage is that you can make better use of what was free space on /cache

That's indeed a nice advantage. A million thanks. Now I can throw everything in the phone storage without worrying about the space.
Firerat said:
you still need to specify size of cache , the minimum is 2mb
on your phone /cache is actually a bind mount of /data/cache
its there if anything needs to use it, for instance your rom may want to put dalvik-cache in /cache/dalvik-cache
it will actually be on /data, the advantage is that you can make better use of what was free space on /cache
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Noob tutorial
THIS IS SO COOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FIRERAT.
Hope this mod helps everyone. Just like it is helping me
Thanks anyone.
TUTORIAL FOR NOOBS
In TERMINAL:
1. for Fresh Evo 3.4.0.1: echo "mtd 210 3" > /sdcard/mtdpartmap.txt *****(you can do less than 210 for cm6 if you desire)*****
2. adb shell reboot recovery
In RECOVERY MENU
1. nandroid backup
2. wipe data/factory reset
3. wipe cache
4. wipe Dalvik-cache
5. flash fr-recovery.zip
6. wipe data/factory reset
7. wipe cache
8. wipe Dalvik-cache
In TERMINAL
1. adb shell reboot recovery
In RECOVERY MENU
1.2*. IF YOU GET A CACHE ERROR DO NOT ALARM IT MEANS SOMETHING WENT WRONG. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS WIPE DATA, CACHE, AND DALVIK-CACHE AND FLASH fr-recovery.zip and then when it finish flashing - adb reboot recovery - from terminal
1.3** IF YOU DID NOT GET THE ABOVE ERROR GO TO STEP 2
2. flash ROM (or nandroid backup)
3. flash app (I.E. cm6 google apps)
4. flash kernal (if one)
5. flash fr-boot.zip
6. reboot
7. DONE!!! AND ENJOY THANKS TO FIRERAT (DONT FORGET TO THANKS HIM)
If you want to update/install a kernal
In TERMINAL
1. adb shell reboot recovery
In RECOVERY MENU
2. wipe cache
3. wipe Dalvik-cache
4. flash KERNAL
5. flash fr-boot.zip
6. reboot
7. Sit and let EVO turn on
*****for reset partitions--- echo "mtd 0" > /sdcard/mtdpartmap.txt**** (IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO STOCK) and flash the FR-AutoMTD_partitionPatcher then flash any ROM you want or NANDROID BACKUP
+++IF I DID ANYTHING WRONG UP THERE FEEL FREE IN CORRECTING ME +++

mrcamposd said:
THIS IS SO COOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FIRERAT.
Can anyone post a tutorial for noobs?
Or is this the same as for the HERO?
Hope this mod helps everyone. Just like it is helping me
Thanks anyone.
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I can confirm the process is the same as for the HERO.

mrcamposd said:
THIS IS SO COOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FIRERAT.
*****for reset partitions--- echo "mtd 0" > /sdcard/mtdpartmap.txt**** (IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO STOCK) and flash the FR-AutoMTD_partitionPatcher then flash any ROM you want or NANDROID BACKUP
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How do I flash this? It doesn't show up in the list of zip files in recovery. I tried renaming it and extracting it but it doesn't look like it's in a flashable format.

antiphon said:
How do I flash this? It doesn't show up in the list of zip files in recovery. I tried renaming it and extracting it but it doesn't look like it's in a flashable format.
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i think you just need to rename the file's extension to xxxxx.zip (because .zip's are the one you flash in recovery), but then again I have not used that file. So not responsible for damages or anything. Try it at your own risk buddy.

mrcamposd said:
*****for reset partitions--- echo "mtd 0" > /sdcard/mtdpartmap.txt**** (IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO STOCK) and flash the FR-AutoMTD_partitionPatcher then flash any ROM you want or NANDROID BACKUP
+++IF I DID ANYTHING WRONG UP THERE FEEL FREE IN CORRECTING ME +++
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FR-AutoMTD_partitionPatcher , is linux shell script to shoehorn the boot patcher into a rom zip ( so the end user dosn't need to flash the boot patcher , its automagic ) ,, you don't really need it
to get back to stock layout,
do the mtd 0 thing
nand backup
flash the recovery patcher
format system cache and data ( I recommend clockwork recovery )
reboot
nand restore ( providing the backup will fit stock ! )
flash boot patcher
your done
Note, v1.5.7b is newer

Had this working well on my Hero, so I'm looking forward to putting this on my new Evo as well!

Doesn't Calkulin have an evo version posted?
Sent From My HTC Evo 4G Using Tapa Talk Pro!

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 on /sdcard failed: Invalid argument

Any ideas?

lonelliott said:
Any ideas?
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Which command did you send?
Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk

are you logged in on adb? Try to type "exit" then "adb shell".
You don't have to mount your sdcard after using adb shell. (at least I didn't have to on my mac)

For some reason it will not mount my sdcard, at all. I can adb shell onto it, but when I try to run the update.zip from it, I get an error saying it cannot mount the sd card.

I had the same issue on mine. Heres the fix:
In TWRP with the fire connected to the pc run:
Code:
adb shell
echo /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file
Windows will probably respond that the volume/device needs formatted before using it.
Thats okay. choose quick format and let it format it as fat32 block size 4096.
when its done
in twrp choose the mount option and mount USB storage then hit unmount again
tap the box next to Mount SDCard. It should now look like
[X] Unmount SDCard.
Download the 6.2.1 pre-rooted zip file from the thread in the dev section.
choose mount USB Storage
Place on SDCard
Turn off usb storage
choose wipe
choose cache
choose factory reset
choose dalvik cache
choose system
go back and choose install
choose the zip you placed on your sdcard
flash it.
reboot. if it reboots back into twrp
run
Code:
adb shell
idme ? <--that will probably tell you the bootmode is 0x5003
idme bootmode 0x4000
exit
in twrp choose reboot
choose system
enjoy! it may take a while to boot

I have the same problem. Can't mount sdcard.
I'm doing your fix step by step in Win XP. I formatted partition into Fat32. Though it didn't allow me to select block size. It just has one option "Default allocation size". Capacity is 200MB.
After that I'm trying to tap on the Mount SDCard option, but it wouldn't change to [X] Unmount SDCard. So it wouldn't mount and I'm back to the problem.
Any ideas on what could go wrong?

I finally figured it out!
The key thing is that sdcard HAS to be formatted in a certain way - FAT32 (and presumingly block size 4096 as mentioned above).
Brief history:
I followed the above instruction and formatted sdcard on a mac with Disk Utility. That didn't work. It still wouldn't mount. I tried to do the same thing in Windows XP. No luck. It wouldn't mount with the same "Invalid argument" error.
I figured that I should try and format sdcard right from the TWRP shell. I deleted and recreated partition with fdisk. Then I learned that TWRP 2 comes with pretty old busybox which doesn't have mkfs or mkfs.vfat to format the partition to FAT 32. So took the busybox binary from the pre-rooted 6.2.1 and pushed it to the KF. And I used mkfs.vfat.
Instructions:
Download and unzip pre-rooted 6.2.1..
Rename busybox to busybox1 (just not to mess up existing version) and copy it to your KF.
Code:
adb push /path_to_unzipped_6.2.1/system/xbin/busybox1 /sbin
Go to shell:
Code:
adb shell
~ # chmod 755 /sbin/busybox1
~ # busybox1 mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
~ # mount sdcard
There you go! Now your sdcard is mounted. And you can proceed with the instruction above.

death2all110, thanks for the post. This solved my issues....beer money sent!
Brad

Thanks Dmitry_G, That was exactly what I needed!

You guys are amazing and you have brought my Kindle back from the dead. Thank you sincerely.

i need someone to help me with this please i'm a newbie with the same problem

Same to me, but i got error, help me!
I follow your guide, but have error, pls help!!!
C:\>adb shell
~ # chmod 755 /sbin/busybox1
chmod 755 /sbin/busybox1
~ # busybox1 mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
busybox1 mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
mkfs.vfat: can't open '/dev/block/mmcblk0p12': No such file or directory
~ # ^

You try copy mmcblk0p12 file from another KF to your KF.
This error by mmcblk0p12 deleted

Death, I don't know if you will see this reply because this thread is so old but if you do,THANK YOU!!!!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had messed with kfu, unbrick utility and many other methods to try to unbrick my kindle and your guide was exactly what I needed.

death2all110 said:
I had the same issue on mine. Heres the fix:
In TWRP with the fire connected to the pc run:
Code:
adb shell
echo /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file
Windows will probably respond that the volume/device needs formatted before using it.
Thats okay. choose quick format and let it format it as fat32 block size 4096.
when its done
in twrp choose the mount option and mount USB storage then hit unmount again
tap the box next to Mount SDCard. It should now look like
[X] Unmount SDCard.
Download the 6.2.1 pre-rooted zip file from the thread in the dev section.
choose mount USB Storage
Place on SDCard
Turn off usb storage
choose wipe
choose cache
choose factory reset
choose dalvik cache
choose system
go back and choose install
choose the zip you placed on your sdcard
flash it.
reboot. if it reboots back into twrp
run
Code:
adb shell
idme ? <--that will probably tell you the bootmode is 0x5003
idme bootmode 0x4000
exit
in twrp choose reboot
choose system
enjoy! it may take a while to boot
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THANK YOU! It worked! I was about to trash this thing.

[Q] Lost. SD partition? Can't install ROMs, soft brick

So i'm a noobie. I mean i have some experience (rooted and installed many ROMS like my Nexus One device, i know, ancient) but i got all that information and knowledge on here! So my mom is using this HTC ONE X that she just received and i want to be nice and root it and remove all the bloatware on it and what not. After so many struggles of unlocking the bootloader and all things that fall under rooting the device i was able to FINALLY gain root permission but for some reason i couldn't permanently delete the apps on there like i have in the past with other phones. So, i decided to try flashing a ROM. So i Google'd, YouTube'd and tried to come across the best one i could find. Found a Lollipop Rom somewhere (probably made a mistake on which phone it was for), followed the instructions but didn't backup anything (i know, i know, noob move #1) but it would get stuck on then HTC Quietly Briliant screen (oh and before that, i had a HUGE amount of trouble with the phone using ADB and it being recognized, flashing recoveries and booting into them, it was just a hassle!). I also flashed Clockworkmod at one poit to try and fix things but i was able to get back on TWRP V2.5.0 (tried a higher version but it did not work) so now my phone connects easily to my pc and i pretty much know how to use adb fastboot commands and get into recovery and sideload ROMs but, after many, many attempts at trying to install different ROMs, none work. It'll either stay on the HTC Quietly Briliant screen or won't install and i'll get a message in ADB Sideload:
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
Warning: No file_contexts
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/s
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system at
unmountof system failed; no such volume
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/s
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system at
unmountof system failed; no such volume
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/s
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system at
unmountof system failed; no such volume
script succeeded: result was [0.200000]
Updating partitio details...
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
Formatting Cache using mke2fs...
Done .
Updating partition details...
Wiping Dalvik and Cache Directories....
--Dalvik Cache Directories Wipe Complete!
Also, came across this on a different site:
Here's the solution.
The problem was that I managed to screw up the partitions on my internal storage card, so basically nothing would work properly. I could still get into recovery, though. That's key.
Here's what you'll need:
1 Working recovery, basic knowledge of adb & the shell
2 Parted (download here)
3 stock PB31IMG.zip
Note also that I had run unrevoked forever (so my phone was S-OFF) ... I'm not sure if that's required or not.
So, grab parted from the link above. Now you need to extract the individual binaries from the .zip (the 6 files in the sdparted folder within the zip), ideally to your android-sdk\tools directory. Now push all 6 files (adb push [file] /sbin/). Next, we need to make them useable, so go into the shell (adb shell). Change to your /sbin/ directory, and run: chmod 0755 <file> on each of the 6 files.
Now, we need to fix the partitions. This is assuming that the partitions are there, just the wrong format (which is what happened to me .. I accidentally made them FAT32 instead of ext). So, run the following: parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkfs ext2. It will ask if you want to continue, hit yes. When it asks for the partition number, enter 1. Next, when it asks for the format, enter ext2. Let it do its thing. Now, once it's done, run parted again. This time, enter partition 2 (everything else is the same).
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So i thought this may be my problem but then as i get to the parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkfs ext2 part of the steps I get stuck because it says something like i can't overlap partitions?
So here i am, desperate for help, trying to fix my mothers phone. Sorry, if i'm not clear enough, i tried my best to recall everything i did (kind of hard after hours and hours of trying multiple things for multiple problems) and all that i've come across without being too specific on things that may not matter (hopefully?). So can anyone help? Please, guide me!

babymatrix said:
So i'm a noobie. I mean i have some experience (rooted and installed many ROMS like my Nexus One device, i know, ancient) but i got all that information and knowledge on here! So my mom is using this HTC ONE X that she just received and i want to be nice and root it and remove all the bloatware on it and what not. After so many struggles of unlocking the bootloader and all things that fall under rooting the device i was able to FINALLY gain root permission but for some reason i couldn't permanently delete the apps on there like i have in the past with other phones. So, i decided to try flashing a ROM. So i Google'd, YouTube'd and tried to come across the best one i could find. Found a Lollipop Rom somewhere (probably made a mistake on which phone it was for), followed the instructions but didn't backup anything (i know, i know, noob move #1) but it would get stuck on then HTC Quietly Briliant screen (oh and before that, i had a HUGE amount of trouble with the phone using ADB and it being recognized, flashing recoveries and booting into them, it was just a hassle!). I also flashed Clockworkmod at one poit to try and fix things but i was able to get back on TWRP V2.5.0 (tried a higher version but it did not work) so now my phone connects easily to my pc and i pretty much know how to use adb fastboot commands and get into recovery and sideload ROMs but, after many, many attempts at trying to install different ROMs, none work. It'll either stay on the HTC Quietly Briliant screen or won't install and i'll get a message in ADB Sideload:
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
Warning: No file_contexts
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/s
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system at
unmountof system failed; no such volume
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/s
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system at
unmountof system failed; no such volume
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/s
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system at
unmountof system failed; no such volume
script succeeded: result was [0.200000]
Updating partitio details...
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
Formatting Cache using mke2fs...
Done .
Updating partition details...
Wiping Dalvik and Cache Directories....
--Dalvik Cache Directories Wipe Complete!
Also, came across this on a different site:
So i thought this may be my problem but then as i get to the parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkfs ext2 part of the steps I get stuck because it says something like i can't overlap partitions?
So here i am, desperate for help, trying to fix my mothers phone. Sorry, if i'm not clear enough, i tried my best to recall everything i did (kind of hard after hours and hours of trying multiple things for multiple problems) and all that i've come across without being too specific on things that may not matter (hopefully?). So can anyone help? Please, guide me!
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When you install some rom are you flash the boot.img with the command fastboot flash boot boot.img where the boot.img is taken from rom archive where you install and puted in your fastboot folder

Thant said:
When you install some rom are you flash the boot.img with the command fastboot flash boot boot.img where the boot.img is taken from rom archive where you install and puted in your fastboot folder
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Initially on the first rom i remember doing so (still didn't work), but after that i did fail to do it for the other roms.

babymatrix said:
So i'm a noobie. I mean i have some experience (rooted and installed many ROMS like my Nexus One device, i know, ancient) but i got all that information and knowledge on here! So my mom is using this HTC ONE X that she just received and i want to be nice and root it and remove all the bloatware on it and what not. After so many struggles of unlocking the bootloader and all things that fall under rooting the device i was able to FINALLY gain root permission but for some reason i couldn't permanently delete the apps on there like i have in the past with other phones. So, i decided to try flashing a ROM. So i Google'd, YouTube'd and tried to come across the best one i could find. Found a Lollipop Rom somewhere (probably made a mistake on which phone it was for), followed the instructions but didn't backup anything (i know, i know, noob move #1) but it would get stuck on then HTC Quietly Briliant screen (oh and before that, i had a HUGE amount of trouble with the phone using ADB and it being recognized, flashing recoveries and booting into them, it was just a hassle!). I also flashed Clockworkmod at one poit to try and fix things but i was able to get back on TWRP V2.5.0 (tried a higher version but it did not work) so now my phone connects easily to my pc and i pretty much know how to use adb fastboot commands and get into recovery and sideload ROMs but, after many, many attempts at trying to install different ROMs, none work. It'll either stay on the HTC Quietly Briliant screen or won't install and i'll get a message in ADB Sideload:
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
Warning: No file_contexts
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/s
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system at
unmountof system failed; no such volume
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/s
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system at
unmountof system failed; no such volume
could not detect filesystem for /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/s
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system at
unmountof system failed; no such volume
script succeeded: result was [0.200000]
Updating partitio details...
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
Formatting Cache using mke2fs...
Done .
Updating partition details...
Wiping Dalvik and Cache Directories....
--Dalvik Cache Directories Wipe Complete!
Also, came across this on a different site:
So i thought this may be my problem but then as i get to the parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkfs ext2 part of the steps I get stuck because it says something like i can't overlap partitions?
So here i am, desperate for help, trying to fix my mothers phone. Sorry, if i'm not clear enough, i tried my best to recall everything i did (kind of hard after hours and hours of trying multiple things for multiple problems) and all that i've come across without being too specific on things that may not matter (hopefully?). So can anyone help? Please, guide me!
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hello babymatrix, i'm wondering if you were able to solve or find a solution to your issue. The reason i'm asking is because i'm on the same boat right now and looking for way to fix a similar issue as yours.
basically, i got a phone with a broken partition like yours. I can still go to recovery but you'll see this message and cannot mount system. I also cannot go into fastboot mode (it hangs when i do a power+vol down)
E: failed to mount block devices /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
E: remount block devices /dev/block/mmcblk1
E: failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
From searching the net, i figured there's something wrong with the partitioning of the phone. I managed to do adb shell and i could see there's a folder sdcard.
nway, if you've managed to find a solution for your issues, i hope if you could share. thanks.

Cannot boot to system - Always boot to TWRP

I've recently tried out some Generic System Images (or Project Treble ROMs). I did this by flashing the system.img and then doing a factory reset after every image. Some images later I wanted to go back to my daily system.img but It stopped working.
I don't know which step cause this error, but since I flashed my daily system.img again and wanted to boot it, it would always boot into TWRP.
I really don't know how to handle this error since I don't have the knowledge but I'll try to supply as much information as possible, starting with TWRP Logs
One strange thing I noticed is this:
Code:
ro.product.name=omni_berlin
ro.product.board=hi6250
ro.product.brand=Honor
ro.product.model=HONOR-6X
ro.product.device=berlin
ro.product.locale=en-US
ro.product.platform=hi6250
It says Honor-6X although I'm using the 7X and didn't flash anything for the 6X, but it seems like I must have overlooked something...
recovery.log
dmesg.log (1/2)
dmesg.log (2/2)
I'll provide any information needed as soon as possible and I'll be very thankful for any help!
Edit: I usually use [ROM][8.1][OpenKirin's RROS Oreo v6.0.0 - For Honor 7X], but today I've tries these:
[8.1.0][TREBLE] Pixel Experience [AOSP][r26][2018/05/27]
[Resurrection Remix] [Unofficial] [2018-05-19] Phh-Treble
[Lineage] [Unofficial] [2018-05-19] Phh-Treble

supervis0r said:
I've recently tried out some Generic System Images (or Project Treble ROMs). I did this by flashing the system.img and then doing a factory reset after every image. Some images later I wanted to go back to my daily system.img but It stopped working.
I don't know which step cause this error, but since I flashed my daily system.img again and wanted to boot it, it would always boot into TWRP.
I really don't know how to handle this error since I don't have the knowledge but I'll try to supply as much information as possible, starting with TWRP Logs
One strange thing I noticed is this:
Code:
ro.product.name=omni_berlin
ro.product.board=hi6250
ro.product.brand=Honor
ro.product.model=HONOR-6X
ro.product.device=berlin
ro.product.locale=en-US
ro.product.platform=hi6250
It says Honor-6X although I'm using the 7X and didn't flash anything for the 6X, but it seems like I must have overlooked something...
recovery.log
dmesg.log (1/2)
dmesg.log (2/2)
I'll provide any information needed as soon as possible and I'll be very thankful for any help!
Edit: I usually use [ROM][8.1][OpenKirin's RROS Oreo v6.0.0 - For Honor 7X], but today I've tries these:
[8.1.0][TREBLE] Pixel Experience [AOSP][r26][2018/05/27]
[Resurrection Remix] [Unofficial] [2018-05-19] Phh-Treble
https://forum.xda-developers.com/project-treble/trebleenabled-device-development/lineage-phh-treble-t3767690
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The recovery was borrowed. or ported from Honor 6x, so that line is not a concern.
As far as the logs, I browsed through them. Nothing jumps out to me. There is some selinux permissive = 0 type errors, but dont think that is causing your problem.
I had to use stock recovery to do wipes (factory reset) between different treble rom installs. Without i had bootloop. I never had forced boot to recovery. .
as long as frp is not locked i would suggest flashing stock recovery to try a reset. And if it boots, put twrp back.

mrmazak said:
The recovery was borrowed. or ported from Honor 6x, so that line is not a concern.
As far as the logs, I browsed through them. Nothing jumps out to me. There is some selinux permissive = 0 type errors, but dont think that is causing your problem.
I had to use stock recovery to do wipes (factory reset) between different treble rom installs. Without i had bootloop. I never had forced boot to recovery. .
as long as frp is not locked i would suggest flashing stock recovery to try a reset. And if it boots, put twrp back.
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Thanks for your fast response.
I've tried installing the stock recovery but I either get a 'Software install failed!' message and can only choose to reboot out of the recovery or it fails to flash through fastboot with this error message 'FAILED (remote: partition length get error)'
I've tried the recovery I can download through the Huawei Multi-Tool 8.0.4.9 'SR_BND-L21_B3xx_EMUI8.img' <- This flashed successfully but I get the Software install failed message.
And I've tried the recovery from this Google Drive folder 'BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img' but here I'll get the partition length error while trying to flash it through fastboot.
I think I caused the Software install failed through trying to reset my phone using these instructions
Code:
- Type in these commands:
dd if=/external_sd/BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery
dd if=/external_sd/BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery2
- If those went well type these as next:
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update.zip > /cache/recovery/command
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update_data_full_public.zip >> /cache/recovery/command
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update_full_BND-L21C_hw_eu.zip >> /cache/recovery/command
I've replaced 'external_sd' and 'sdcard' with 'usbotg' since I had the files on a usbotg device and not on an external sd card.

supervis0r said:
Thanks for your fast response.
I've tried installing the stock recovery but I either get a 'Software install failed!' message and can only choose to reboot out of the recovery or it fails to flash through fastboot with this error message 'FAILED (remote: partition length get error)'
I've tried the recovery I can download through the Huawei Multi-Tool 8.0.4.9 'SR_BND-L21_B3xx_EMUI8.img' <- This flashed successfully but I get the Software install failed message.
And I've tried the recovery from this Google Drive folder 'BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img' but here I'll get the partition length error while trying to flash it through fastboot.
I think I caused the Software install failed through trying to reset my phone using these instructions
Code:
- Type in these commands:
dd if=/external_sd/BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery
dd if=/external_sd/BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery2
- If those went well type these as next:
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update.zip > /cache/recovery/command
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update_data_full_public.zip >> /cache/recovery/command
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update_full_BND-L21C_hw_eu.zip >> /cache/recovery/command
I've replaced 'external_sd' and 'sdcard' with 'usbotg' since I had the files on a usbotg device and not on an external sd card.
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I have been trying to get usbotg to work, with that method. Twrp recognize s it but the no-check recovery does not.
And the partition you are calling for recovery are wrong for emui8
Both the recovery file you are using and the partition name are nougat.
Oreo partition name is "recovery_ramdisk"
Do not do it to recovery2, "erecovery". It is not needed, or advised.
I have made this manual install process into an install zip. For twrp.
You can see it here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649

mrmazak said:
I have been trying to get usbotg to work, with that method. Twrp recognize s it but the no-check recovery does not.
And the partition you are calling for recovery are wrong for emui8
Both the recovery file you are using and the partition name are nougat.
Oreo partition name is "recovery_ramdisk"
Do not do it to recovery2, "erecovery". It is not needed, or advised.
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Just before I read this message I retried it, I used these commands through TWRP
Code:
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update.zip > /cache/recovery/command
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update_data_full_public.zip >> /cache/recovery/command
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update_full_BND-L21C_hw_eu.zip >> /cache/recovery/command
and then flashed the recovery through Huawei Multi-Tool on recovery_ramdisk.
After a reboot the stock recovery showed up, and did something like verifying the update package (i couldn't read it since it passed very fast) and then stayed at 5% installing.
I now managed to get eRecovery to work but when i choose 'Wipe data/factory reset' it reboots back into eRecovery where it stops at exactly 5%, showing Reset failed!
Edit: I am now downloading a FullOTA-MF-PV for BND-L21 8.0.0.330(C432CUSTC432D2) and will try to follow your tutorial for updates while on Oreo.

supervis0r said:
Just before I read this message I retried it, I used these commands through TWRP
Code:
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update.zip > /cache/recovery/command
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update_data_full_public.zip >> /cache/recovery/command
echo --update_package=/sdcard/update_full_BND-L21C_hw_eu.zip >> /cache/recovery/command
and then flashed the recovery through Huawei Multi-Tool on recovery_ramdisk.
After a reboot the stock recovery showed up, and did something like verifying the update package (i couldn't read it since it passed very fast) and then stayed at 5% installing.
I now managed to get eRecovery to work but when i choose 'Wipe data/factory reset' it reboots back into eRecovery where it stops at exactly 5%, showing Reset failed!
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Did install go past 5% ?
If not did you force it reboot to get out.
Do you have those update files on your sdcard?
If you have those files are they the correct ones for your region device?

mrmazak said:
Did install go past 5% ?
If not did you force it reboot to get out.
Do you have those update files on your sdcard?
If you have those files are they the correct ones for your region device?
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I was thinking about forcing it to reboot since it stayed at 5% for some time, but eventually it rebooted by itself but as it did that it was still at 5%.
I might have used the wrong files since I already tried out a lot of things and didn't organize all those files at all :/
I will now retry this using the files I have stated in the update of my previous post and also using your zip file.
I put the files into the root directory of my sd card. So the root directory looks like this
Code:
PS J:\> ls
Verzeichnis: J:\
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-a---- 29.05.2018 22:09 21276664 update_data_full_public.zip
-a---- 29.05.2018 22:18 1834159779 update.zip
-a---- 29.05.2018 22:11 715530773 update_full_BND-L21C_hw_eu.zip
-a---- 29.05.2018 22:08 37144576 BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img
-a---- 06.04.2018 09:37 33554432 SR_BND-L21_B3xx_EMUI8.img
-a---- 29.05.2018 22:36 15024128 complete_twrp_ramdisk.img

supervis0r said:
I was thinking about forcing it to reboot since it stayed at 5% for some time, but eventually it rebooted by itself but as it did that it was still at 5%.
I might have used the wrong files since I already tried out a lot of things and didn't organize all those files at all :/
I will now retry this using the files I have stated in the update of my previous post and also using your zip file.
I put the files into the root directory of my sd card. So the root directory looks like this
Code:
PS J:\> ls
Verzeichnis: J:\
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-a---- 29.05.2018 22:09 21276664 update_data_full_public.zip
-a---- 29.05.2018 22:18 1834159779 update.zip
-a---- 29.05.2018 22:11 715530773 update_full_BND-L21C_hw_eu.zip
-a---- 29.05.2018 22:08 37144576 BND-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img
-a---- 06.04.2018 09:37 33554432 SR_BND-L21_B3xx_EMUI8.img
-a---- 29.05.2018 22:36 15024128 complete_twrp_ramdisk.img
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They need to be in folder "HWOTA8" on sdcard

mrmazak said:
They need to be in folder "HWOTA8" on sdcard
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Thank you
Edit: I now installed TWRP and copied the files onto the SD Card
The directory now looks like this
Code:
PS J:\HWOTA8> ls
Verzeichnis: J:\HWOTA8
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-a---- 30.05.2018 13:54 82757105 update_data_full_public.zip
-a---- 30.05.2018 13:59 769778671 update_full_BND-L21C_hw_eu.zip
-a---- 30.05.2018 14:02 1803590616 update.zip
-a---- 23.05.2018 02:42 1241 hwota8_update-auto-rename.zip
-a---- 15.04.2018 22:22 26314752 RecoveryNoCheckOreoHi6250.img
Update 1: EMUI Recovery is now 'Installing update...' at 25% and rising. This really looks promising! Im so hyped right now
Update 2: Honor Boot animation came up and now I'm waiting for the first use setup to prompt me.
Update 3: So I was at the first use setup but I couldn't activate Wifi and my internal memory was 0B. I'm now doing another Factory Reset from eRecovery
I am now back at EMUI 8 with the Build-Number BND-L21 8.0.0.330(C432) but I'm still unsure if C432 is from my device or from the files I flashed.
Nevertheless my phone is now working again and I am very happy about that! Internal storage is showing up correctly and I can use mobile data as well as WiFi.
Thank you so much for your help!