yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] annewbie:
Upgraded to TRWP 2.4.4.0 First flash frozen in Aroma installer. Tried it 2nd time and ROM flashed successfully. No more error message. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrjaydee82:
I see in goomanager 2.5.0.0 is released :) go profit

Op already updated

Galaxy Note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] meatlocker:
I can't set my backup location with the new version. I keep all of my backups on my external, and TWRP has always been able to see them. Now it is opening to a blank location, with no way to point to my external card to restore. Anyone else see this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Press the button on top of the page to change storage to external.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] meatlocker:
Oh Biff...you always know the right things to say. lol. THANKS, and thanks for everything you do for us!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
2.5.0.0 is great - Just takes a few moments to figure out the new layout - progress is great! :P

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Rocket42:
Can you post (or anyone) screenies of new version?

Sent from my GT-N7105 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
I can try later on tonight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tkjeeper:
I tried but couldn't take screen shots in twrp, sorry
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] andronikal659:
no root?

i have the same problem with Jedi ROM. All the roms I used is pre-rooted so it's weird. I just let TWRP root it for me...

---------- Post added at 05:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 PM ----------

I prefer the twrp 2.4.4 to the 2.5...

only because i install lots of mods and needs to clear only "dalvik" and "cache" not data... and that may mess up when im in a rush.

I like the new update though. a bit sluggish however...

Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DoctorQMM:
This is a concern of mine as well. Now when you touch "Wipe", instead of the 2.4.4 screen where a second menu pops up with Wipe Cache, Wipe dalvik, etc... 2.5 screen pops up with one swipe to clear everything (cache, dalvik, data partition)... seems risky. You have to select "Advanced" button, then only select cache and dalvik. Bigbiff: can you confirm if that one swipe screen already has all the partitions pre-selected. .. or does user have to check each partition to wipe. Seems risky if prepopulated and one swipe would wipe all. Thx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
The default wipe is the best for moving to new ROMs: wipe data without wiping internal storage, which also wipes dalvik cache, and formats cache. When upgrading ROMS, the dialogue will allow you to wipe dalvik and cache on the page after the upgrade so you don't have to use the wipe page to do this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] andronikal659:
safer twrp?

I'm not sure I understand...

What if I want to install mods like google 4.2 camera, sound mods, update recovery, themes, etc.? I always have to go to wipe/advance options/ select dalvik and cache every time? that's so long...

since we flash mods more than roms. I usually install like ~10 mods for 1 rom...

maybe we can combine one tab for "cache, dalvik, data" and one for "cache and dalvik" only. saves us more time and rish free.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
After you install the mod, there should be a button for wipe cache/dalvik.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] VladAtNYC:
Problem with Decryption

I am having the same issue as described below. I encrypted my device with a long password then used SecureSettings to set a short pin. This changed the encryption password as well and i'm able to use that short pin to decrypt the device just fine. However i just tried to go into Recovery and it tells me "password failed" when i try to decrypt. I tried changing the password to a long string through the Settings -> Lock Screen many and same result, can reboot device just fine but recovery will not decrypt.

TWRP Log output:

I:Copying file /cache/recovery/log to /cache/recovery/last_log

I:Is encrypted, do decrypt page first

I:Switching packages (TWRP)

I:Set page: 'decrypt'

I:Set page: 'trydecrypt'

I:Unable to mount '/external_sdcard'

I:Actual block device: '', current file system: 'vfat'

Bad magic for real block device /dev/block/mmcblk0p16

Error getting crypt footer and key

E:Failed to decrypt data.

I:Set page: 'decrypt'
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] VladAtNYC:
In case anyone else has this problem. the issue is with 2.5.0. Reverting back to 2.4.4 solved the problem. In order to revert back you need to adb push the 2.4.4 zip to /cache/ and install from there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
We have a merge for encryption on gerrit which fixes this. I will release an updated vesion in the morning as 2.5.0.1 like I did for the n7100.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Sqb:
Thank you so much for all your hard work. TWRP is sick stuff
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dean1650:
I upgraded to 2.5.0.1. I don't find the capability to backup or restore to external sd card. I also don't find the capability to search for files on restore and it defaults to some directory. I also cant find the "use external" option. If I'm missing something let me know, otherwise I must go back.

---------- Post added at 02:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:48 PM ----------

Ok, I found out how to set external. Its not very intuitive and requires retraining. Other than that, it looks good
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Yeah, UI changes are always interesting for people.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrdindon:
TWRP with Encryption and SL4A Python Pin Changer

The only workaround that I found so far is to decrypt both my device and extsdcard before backups. Then I backup to my extsdcard, reboot, reencrypt and re-apply sl4a python script to change the pin. Let me know if that helps you.... at least that way, your backup still are encrypted....

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
2.5.0.0 had issues. Can you try 2.5.0.1 I uploaded this morning?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
Don't see it on the twrp site, or selecting Install recovery script within goo - only 2.5.0.0?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0lteatt/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.1-t0lteatt.img
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
bigbiff - is there any difference between the twrp recovery for t0lte & t0lteatt? I'm with rogers (Canada)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
You should use t0ltecan. The only major difference between all the t0 recoveries is build.prop which makes it so that you only flash zips for your specific carrier. However Sprint Note2 has a different partition layout. Everything else is pretty much the same.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
bigbiff,

Token of appreciation - Confirmation number: 881994138E848303C

Thanks for your continued development of TWRP for our devices, and patience with some ;)

Recoveries may not be as exciting to some as roms, but without an AWESOME recovery like TWRP, we'd be dead in the water!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MissyKoneko:
A kinda retarted question... once I downloaded the file, should I just flash it like a regular file/rom? Never done it.. always update thro goo.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
If it's the zip - yup just flash it like anything else - if it's the .img file I think that you need to a) use your pc. b) I think that you can use the terminal emulator on the phone - I THINK, I've never done it that way before.

Edit: and NO, it's not a retarded question ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MissyKoneko:
its the file BigBiff gave u... this one

Quote:

Originally Posted by shaggyskunk

Don't see it on the twrp site, or selecting Install recovery script within goo - only 2.5.0.0?

http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0lt...1-t0lteatt.img
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
All files are here: http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0lteatt
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MissyKoneko:
Thanks BigBiff!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
SWEET....

biff...youdaman....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
I've got a question - EFS is not automatically selected for backups, and I'm just wondering why?

It's certainly not a problem, just curious ;)

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
It's optional.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
SD Card Wipe Out.

This morning I wanted to reinstall a rom so I went into TWRP recovery and did a factory reset.When I went to install the rom it was gone, so was all of my backup, kernels, TB backups...well everything that I had stored on my external sd card. Fortunately I had a month old backup that was still in my internal memory, so I was able to install that.

A few days ago I had moved all of my backups,roms, and various apks to my sd card to save space in the phone. I was able to recover all of the lost photos from a very old backup I had copied to my laptop.

I'm not 100% sure why the sd card wipe happened. I've performed factory restore/wipes before without wiping out my sd card. If anyone can clue me I would like know so I can keep it form happening again. Needless to say I would have been up the creek if I had moved that old nandroid to my card with everything else. Good thing I overlooked it.

Other than that one time issue TWRP has been working great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
It shouldn't touch external sdcard unless you wipe it in advanced. Not sure what happened.

How did you verify that sdcard was wiped?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
I verified the sd card was wiped by several methods. After I installed the old rom (actually is was a older backup of the rom I was going to install) I received the no "sd card mounted/ reformat" notification. I then went back into twrp and sure enough there wasn't any files on the sd card. I rebooted the phone and went into a file manager, no files. I then plug the phone into my laptop..no files. Soooo I just went ahead and reformatted the card, then it could be read by the phone.

BTW: I'm was running Clean Rom ATT version. It was the International version I wanted to go back to, and the one I had the old back up of.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Wonder if your SDCARD just went bad...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 9wire:
Maybe I'm missing something, but could not figure out how to restore from the external sd. I had to go back to 2.4, it's right there on the top of the restore menu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
There is a button on top of the install/restore/backup screens you can press to change storage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
And that is what I think caused my sd wipe. Since I had that as the default location I wonder if the factory reset/data wipe affected my sd card. I was thinking that this morning.

I think my card is fine since it formated and is working fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
No, that only tells TWRP where to restore/backup/install from. Not wipe. The various wipe options tells TWRP what to wipe. Factory reset just does dalvick, /cache and /data WITHOUT wiping /data/media which is internal storage. Currently the only way TWRP will wipe external sdcard is if you select it to wipe in the advanced wipe options.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
However this happened a major lesson learned is to backup, make a backup of the backup, and backup that somewhere else. Two separate backup locations are better than one.

Bigbiff, thanks for the quick responses. It is much appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
I likely missed the fix ...but

I can't see my TWRP backups from within version 2.4.4.0 or 2.5.0.1.

They are visible on the SD card via file explorer, and even when toggled via the latest recovery nothing shows.

I'm running Johns latest xylon build and have never had this issue remain after dropping back to any 2.4 version.

It's no biggie to junk these stock backups, but you know how it is to junk them ....

Forgive the repeat question....and thank you ....g

Edit: New backups show in version 2.5.0.1 but not backups from any version prior. At least for this device/card combination...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Hmm, you might have had your serial directory change. I am not sure why it changes. Check for a TWRP directory under the storage you are using and see if there are multiple directories.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
More issues!

Well it seems that my sd card problem was just the tip of the iceberg.

I went to make a backup and I got the "no space.." report. That just didn't seemed right. So I booted back into Clean Rom and checked my storage..sure enough my phone was very low on space. I decided to do a complete system wipe and reinstall the rom. I made a TB back up and booted into TWRP. But before doing a system wipe I wanted to double check my roms. There weren't any! TWRP can't see my download directory.

To make a long story short apparently TWRP can't see any file made after 4/20, my file explorer apps can see the directory and the roms. I even tried redownloading the roms via my laptop and phone. TWRP doesn't see any files that I have downloaded, nor the download directory. I decided to do a system wipe and restore the 4/20 backup. That doesn't work (the phone just sits at the Samsung pulsing logo), I have to restore the backup without data to get the the phone to bootup normally but I have lost all apps and data. I have tried everything I can think of but I cannot figure why TWRP can't see my download directory when my file manager apps can.

Now I'm stuck. Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tkjeeper:
Man, that sucks! Did you flash any 4.2.2 roms that could have messed with your storage lately? Sounds like a job for the higher beings in the thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
I'd imagine that you read the post immediately before yours - and check to verify that your downloads are where you think that they are?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
Here are some directory screenshots from Solid Explorer. I have searched every directory in TWRP and no luck. The download folder is not in the 0 directory, it is below "Cloud Agent (can't see it in the picture. I hope this helps.

[/ATTACH]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
And what do you see when you select sd card?

Edit: I only see one screen shot btw.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
I fixed it, you should see both.

This is the sd card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
Nope. The two roms that I flash are Clean Rom Ace and the ATT version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
I'm just guessing here now - is there any chance that you saved your twrp backups to the internal memory - & what do you see when you select Internal Memory?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
Backups are in the internal but this doesn't look right. I think I have two different file systems (not sure what to make of this)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] osiedacz:
When in TWRP, make sure you mount the storage where your backups are. Sometimes not all locations are mounted at first.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
I'm at the point where I'm almost willing to do a complete total root wipe and start from scratch, but I'm afraid I'll screw that up. With all the phones I've rooted this is the first time I've had any issues. Arrgghh!

---------- Post added at 09:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:37 AM ----------

TWRP sees the one backup but does not see my download directory where my roms are, also it shows two sd directories, SD and SD1 while the file manager sees SD 0 and SD.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
This is always a common issue. Move everything out of 0 into /data/media and get rid of the 0 directory if you are using a 4.1 rom. If you are using 4.2 move everything from /data/media to the 0 directory.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
I was just going to do a search on files I can get rid of or don't need. I will give this my next step. I did try the Mobile odin to flash the Clean Rom ACE and that worked but it didn't get rid of that directory. Thanks for all the help, I do appreciate it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Yes...your likely right.

I've got duplicate folders in 3 locations.....odd

I'll check the location of the visible backup, and place the originals inside of that directory as a test. Then if it works I will clear the others out and delete.

No "0" folder, but a duplicate none the less.

Thank you, I will post the results here for others should they have the same issues....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sling:
hmm came across a spooky backup located in TWRP

The backup name : µ~1.8CL

When I tried to delete my device rebooted , From there I pulled SD tried to delete using PC & File still wouldn't delete.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
Thanks for that. That took care of one issue. Still have the SD card issue but that isn't a TWRP recovery issue.

Thanks again for he help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
That's weird. Is it on internal or external storage?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sling:
Yes very weird.

File was located on external storage SD card TWRP folder in Backups.

Device rebooting when trying to delete couldn't be good , After trying 3 times I ended up pulling card from device mounted it to PC..

That was a no go file still wouldn't delete so I ended up reformatting card file is no more.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Smokeaire:
Did you make any copies from your pc to your phone/external sdcard?

I saw those same weird file symbols when I made copies from my windows laptop to my external sd card (the sd card which failed by the way). I can't remember if those copies were made with the phone connected to the laptop or when I had the sd card inserted into the laptop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Well....I've concluded that many of the issues I have on the device are related to running CM or it's variant builds.

They almost always produce multiple files in 3 different locations, and the file system gets confused when being accessed by multiple apps.

After 3 different roms (2 CM, and 1 TW) my device simply cannot decide what files to use, whether it's the orginal or a copy, and many of the copy files cannot be deleted.

I "DO NOT" think this is a recovery issue, rather a CM issue, and looks to be known about throughout those circles. (CM website).

TW roms for me have "NO" issues whatsoever, regardless of the rom chosen, and regardless of the TWRP version used.

Please forgive the rant Biff, but as I suspected, the roms were at fault here for me, and 'NOT" the recoveries.

TWRP has been solid, and still is. Much more so on my device than CWM ever hoped to be.

If others are having multiple "O" folder events, try a complete wipe/factory reset, and give a TW based rom a test run to confirm.

And to be clear, I like CM and it's variants, but they clearly will not execute properly on my device. and for unknown reasons, they will not access the file structure properly after cleaning the excess files, or moving the files into the proper locations.

It looks like I'm stuck on TW builds, at least, until the rogue file issues are resolved on my phone, If ever....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sling:
No I never do file pc transfer to TWRP folder.

The file was doing no good that's fsure , What it was & how it got there makes it very puzzling
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
I don't think that you can hold CM at fault here - I believe that it's Google and the ability to have multiple users that have necessitated the file structure in 4.2x.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
I'm not holding CM at fault. They can't possibly predict every outcome when loading software to the devices they support. I simply stated that "MY" device won't play well with it. CM has enough battles to fight without my adding fuel to their fire.

I do agree that the current 4.2 file structure is at the heart of the problem, and until these items can be identified, I'll avoid any 4.2 software on my device.

I also have no doubt that these issues will be fixed over time. (albeit when an official 4.2 firmware distribution takes place)

The primary purpose of the post was to make clear the fact that TWRP was not at fault for my previous issues.

Sorry if you mis-understood what I was saying....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
It's cool - I did understand that TWRP was not to blame for your troubles ;)

I guess that unfortunately, you seem to be one of the few that had things go wrong because of 4.2.2 - but, there's a whole lot of people that are loving 4.2.2 roms, & I'm definitely one of them and have had zero issues :)

Should you change your mind and give 4.2.2 another shot - madmack has posted a zip in the cm10 thread [first page], (for the note 2) that can be flashed to revert to the previous file structure...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
I was doing it a lot:

4.2->4.1: mv /data/media/0/* /data/media && rmdir /data/media/0

when you move to 4.2 it automatically creates and moves all files under /data/media to /data/media/0

However, if you didn't fix your stuff when moving 4.2 to 4.1 you get the recursive directory bug. Guess Google expects you to only upgrade. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Blasphemy !!....LOL

---------- Post added at 12:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:01 PM ----------

I'll run it again. ..Just not this week. ..lol....

Thanks Brother. ..g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BigBake88:
I too have the sdcard0 folder after running a CM build and coming back to TW. I can't seem to delete this folder. I have tried everything, including trying to delete it with multiple file apps and going into TWRP file manager. Is there any other way I can try or do I have to unroot and go back to stock and root again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
Flash the zip file that's down near the bottom of the 1st post in this thread -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36873319
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BigBake88:
Just want to make sure it is the restore-sdcard-after-downgrade.zip? And this will get rid of the sdcard0 folder on my internal sd card, not external?

Edit: I just read what it does! If this works a huge thanks, Dude!

Update: Did not work for me :( Still have sdcard0 subfolder. Do I have to wipe cache or anything or fix permissions before rebooting? I didn't see anything that said I had to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
Well it's supposed to move everything out of the sdcard0 folder - if it's empty - delete it ;)

Wiping cache & dalvik, along with a reboot - never hurt anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BigBake88:
I want to get rid of the subfolder completely. I have deleted everything out of it but it keeps mirroring my sdcard folder. I tried deleting it with ES file explorer and smanager and it says it failed everytime or it could not complete the process. :confused::confused::confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
That might be an emulated mount...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BigBake88:
Hmmm, yea i think in my 2 hrs of searching I may have come across that LOL. Is this bad? :eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Bad in what way?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BigBake88:
I guess bad in a way in which I will have to unroot and flash stock to get rid of it? I can't seem to find out how to delete it. I tried again through ES explorer and it said "sdcard0 cannot be deleted".

Will formatting data in TWRP get rid of it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] shaggyskunk:
Can he use a terminal emulator to remove the empty, file 0?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Odin push of a full rom will kill it for me, but not much else...it's a nagging pain in the a**.....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Emulated means the OS is creating a symbolic link to your sdcard, not duplicating.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] BigBake88:
LOL pain in the a** couldn't describe it better! I think I'm just going to start over. Thanks for the help guys! :D