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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JBeXX:
I have a question in line with some of the above posts. Apologies if it is something simple I'm overlooking. With the new wipe options, is there no longer an option like previous versions had to wipe just the internal storage by itself? Or is the only way to achieve this through recovery now to do the complete data wipe?

Again, apologies if I'm missing an obvious option somewhere.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BobbysWorld83:
This might seem like a dumb question and if so im sorry, but how do I go from 2.4 to 2.5?:confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JBeXX:
Fastest, easiest way would be using the goo manager app. Open app, menu, select install open recovery script, and does the rest for ya.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] littleguevara:
I've tried all the options. The only way to wipe the internal card is to format data. Beware you should remove the external first or itll wipe that too
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JBeXX:
Thanks, that was the only way I could figure to do it also. I actually really like the update but definitely liked that option being available.

Thanks again :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SeanPlunk:
I think the individual sliders made more sense and were easier to use. Wiping something like the internal sd card partition is now more difficult than it was. I hate how it defaults to wiping everything when you access the wipe menu. It makes it too easy to make a mistake.

If I just want to wipe cache and dalvik I now have to access the advanced menu, make sure I don't accidentally select something else, and then wipe. I don't like it, but that's only my opinion ;)

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Good to know. If that's true, it's another strike against the new version in my opinion. I often times just want to wipe my internal memory and would hate having to take my SD card out every time just to do that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ezas:
After reading the above I got curious and I just looked at 2.5.0.0 which I put on my N7. The changes to wiping don't seem like a very big deal. I like the old way better, but not so much I feel the need to revert.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] zeroxg4:
No it does not. I've done so twice already and my external is just fine. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
The default wipe option will remove dalvik cache, format cache and format data (this by itself removes dalvik cache).

After you install a zip, you get a choice of wiping dalvik/cache.

I think we should add a Wipe Internal Storage option to the Advanced menu. It shouldn't be hard. It would likely go in 2.6.

As for wiping data, it formats the /data partition which holds all data for applications and internal storage. So it will clear out everything except for system and other partitions on your phone. It will not clear external SDCard, however. Please send me recovery.log if you find it doesn't conform to this statement.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] troc240:
I am can not get this or any recovery to find my extsd card. I have a SanDisk 64g formatted to fat32. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Not until you upload recovery.log.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chelper:
This happened to me today. I was doing a simple flash from beans 13 to 14. I had everything backed up, but to the internal memory. With the new version I thought was wiping cache, dalvik and factory reset, but my entire internal memory was formated. Luckily I had titanium set to go to my sdcard. I really think the wording and format of the previous version was easier to understand for all the wiping features. I'm pretty techie and feel dumb that this change bit me. Could have been a disaster.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SeanPlunk:
That's exactly how I feel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Everyone can't be pleased. Sorry for your trouble.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SeanPlunk:
I still much prefer your work to CWM, but my favorite part of TWRP was how logical the wipe options and everything were laid out. Maybe I'm just too resistant to change ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] zeroxg4:
I fail to see how any of the wiping options are difficult to understand or even slightly confusing. I've never had a single issue and actually prefer the most recent changes to the wiping options because they're easier for multi-wipes. I've never had an issue wiping internal by accident or by some fault of the recovery. As long as you have the ability to read, using this should be straightforward.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SeanPlunk:
To each his own, I disagree.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1ManWolfePack:
Oh, c'mon! I call bologna on your statement. You're telling me the first time you booted into the newer version, it all made sense? Get outta here. It's a completely different layout that makes about zero sense to 75% of us out there.

I've been using TWRP from the jump, on any and every device I've owned. The latest version has me looking for one of two things:

1) a way back

2) CWM

Not sure why it likes to read my sdcard, but says download folder is empty? No, it's not empty. Why doesn't it see my internal DL folder? Sees every directory/pathway on internal/external, but downloads is empty. Annoying. Slowed me down today. Can't have that.

Much love, TWRP. I'll be back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
I cannot help without recovery.log. Please upload it so I can see what's going on. Also if you can run ls on that directory first in TWRP's terminal emulator before copying the log. TWRP will capture the output of the commands ran into recovery.log.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1ManWolfePack:
I'll do that and send it over. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] zeroxg4:
I'm sorry that it made sense to me. You're essentially saying that, because the layout of the wiping options was different, "75%" of people who use TWRP will now now be dumbfounded and almost paralyzed in using the recovery. I disagree. If you really were one of the first ones to jump on TWRP when it came out (just as I was), you would obviously know that its layout was different from that of CWM. That must have taken some getting used to for you as well I suppose, but you got used to it. Your complaints reak of resistance to change, however.

If you really wanted a way back, you could simply reinstall the previous version. If you wanted to go back to CWM, then no one is begging you to stay on the latest version of TWRP. I don't mind disagreeing with people on their opinion of the recovery, but I have a problem when it's assumed that something is functionally so decapitated that it negatively affects people to such a degree that they have nothing but negative things to say to people who work hard to provide an excellent recovery.

The new wiping options are different from what they were, yes. But IF YOU CAN READ then there is NOTHING that is confusing. Every step is explained clearly. The only difference in this version is that now it's actually EASIER to wipe multiple things at once without having to wipe each one individually (unless you prefer swiping for every single thing you want to wipe).

As for your Download folder being empty: it's obvious that you're just not looking in the correct place. You have to tap the top line to change the main folder that you're viewing. If you've downloaded something to your external sdcard, then sometimes you have to choose it by tapping that top grey line. If not, then you have to choose the internal storage in the same way that I just described. I know exactly what you're talking about as I have two different download folders (one in external sd and one on internal sd) and I simply toggle the one that I'm looking for.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Wonder if Dees_Troy can work some magic and make buttons have a shadow so it's more visual it's a button lol.

In all honesty I don't mind criticism and open to it. Nothing I haven't seen before at work. Everything from where is the blue e to a new feature breaking an old one in the app I support. Can't please all but we can do the best we can. I ask for constructive criticism no complaint fests and if you don't like it there is a fork button at github.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mwshows:
I don't so much commenting these days because things are so much better than my DX days lol.

But I will throw an opinion, as a consumer of TWRP for some time now, I am also not a fan of the new layout. I just didn't really need to say anything negative, and I switched to an earlier version with the layout to the wiping menus that I like better.

I part of the problem is that, at least for me, my first wipe is NOT a factory reset. Most of the time I'm wiping cache and dalvik to install a theme or kernel, etc. In fact I don't switch from rom to rom on a daily basis, so factory wipe being the default is really useless. AND after it was one way for so long, then it was just switched all of the sudden, it was hard to get used to.

I have ALMOST WIPED my phone on several occasions just because I was used to flying thru the wipe menu and wiping only the things I wanted to wipe. For users like me, it really did feel like an added step and a really illogical one at that.

I feel for novice flashers, or people really on the learning curve of how to use recoveries, the default being a factory reset is kind of dangerous, because the reality is even those of us more experienced fail to read sometimes. I can only imagine that there have been numerous accidental factory resets because of the change.

That being said, I am still an avid user of TWRP. As I stated in the beginning, I simply switched to a previous version that I like better, and I've had no problems.

We all use our phones different, and i'm sure like me, there were MANY people that found the change to be less than appealing. But it's an easily solvable issue... Just use another version :)

Say Hello To My 5.5 Inch Friend....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1ManWolfePack:
Really? So you think I didn't do that? You are assuming as much? I deal with hosting on a daily basis as my job and pathways are my thing. Trust me, pal - I know where to look. I can get to any part of anything if you give me a file manager. The internal download folder shows as empty - when it is not. I reboot into system, open up root explorer, and sure as you know what there are my files. Reboot back into recovery (same pathway - since you think I'm dumb) and it shows as empty. I can see every other file in that directory (including said downloads folder) and even goomanager shows empty. Never happened before the update. I have to move to external SD manually in a file manager from internal DL folder to flash. I know how the new toggle works to switch between internal/external. I've actually looked in every damn setting!

You also say that since I've been on TWRP since the start, the layout should make sense. What?? Makes no sense, dude. You are also talking CWM's layout? Yeah, I'm familiar with the two having vastly different layouts. I am even familiar with the different appearances and colors of CWM over the years, as well as Voodoo recovery and all the nastiness (personal issue) it brings. Are you? I've flashed every update of TWRP since it came out. Have you? Bottom line?

IT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE ARE USED TO. Most users don't want to wipe data by default. I dirty flash like a MF and never have any problems. And if I do? I clean wipe. Don't even bother with the typical spiel about "dirty wipes cause problems and that might explain a lot" - I know it. I use it. I'm also familiar with how to fix it. I've probably bricked and fixed more phones than you've owned. You don't know me, chief.

/rant

p.s. I'm here all day, so work up your rebuttal

***TWRP Peeps: I love you guys, don't get me wrong. I have faith in your working it out and finding a happy medium. I haven't flashed anything since my last debacle, so when I do, I'll make sure to get you some logs. Internal DL folder shows as empty for some strange reason. Not a single issue before this last update. I know I don't have to stay on it if I don't like it, but I love TWRP and I found a workaround (move all to external) and I know the wipe is a full-wipe now. I just felt the need to respond above.

/textblock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dms76:
I agree I like wiping cache as my default on the wipe menu, but once I realized that something was different I read the new options. I almost always dirty flash and I do miss the toggles across the top for External / Internal. It took me a minute to figure out where my USB-OTG option was.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] HughesNet:
Neither have I. Once I saw it had changed I looked at each screen before making any leaps or selections. No issues really.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BoostedB18C:
I have an old twrp backup from when I first unlocked/rooted in january. It is from twrp that was installed with adam's original unlock method. Since then I have been using cwm but I am wondering if I flash this new twrp will it be able to restore my old backup from january? I know you used to have to have the version installed that the backup was created on to reatore it. Wondering if that is still true.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
As long as it was made in twrp you should be able to restore the backup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gahh Its Lee:
This is my go to recovery I've been using it for two phones now and I'd never look back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jds3118:
Just throwing in my 2cents. Didn't care for new version had difficulty with reading ext.SD as well as the wipe options but I just reverted back to an older version hopefully the next version I'll like better. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaRkL3AD3R:
Having absolutely no problems whatsoever on 2.5.0.0.

Loving that I can set the screen timeout to 15 seconds, would love even more if I could just press the power button to lock the phone and toggle the display. But definitely improving big time. This was a major concern for me as a 5 minute backup with no screen time out means bad business for AMOLED.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Pressing power button will lock the display. Then you can just let it timeout after 15 seconds in your pocket.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaRkL3AD3R:
Yep I know about that already. Was hoping maybe in a future update pressing the power button would actually instantly cut out the time period and toggle the screen off so you don't have to wait 15 seconds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gahh Its Lee:
Id love the ability to set the default path. It always goes to my internal sdcard which I don't save anything to
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Hm, it saves for me after I change it...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jbrown30:
Just updated to 2.5.0.1 thru goomanager
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gahh Its Lee:
How are you changing it? I may just be missing an obvious thing. I've been known to do that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaRkL3AD3R:
For what it's worth on my phone it defaults to the extsdcard and hasn't changed it since I set it to that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Press the button at the top of the page to change the storage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nnnnr14:
There is no .1 the screen shot is of the latest official builds of twrp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jbrown30:
Get the goo manager app and hit the menu then go into install open recovery script. That's all I did. Check it out if you feel so inclined

Sent from my little R2D2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nnnnr14:
I did still says 2.5.0.0 for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
No 2.5.0.1 here unless you need be to update for decryption problems in recovery. No one has reported the issue yet on the thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lacoursiere18:
Would there be a reason that I would NOT be able to acess recovery anymore? I did not delete anything or move anything.. Here is my situation.. I have twrp installed but cant access it (Volume Up, Home, Power) I was in the middle of downloading file for a theme and went to boot into recovery and it froze on Galaxy Note 2 screen. Tried to manually enter and still forze on same screen. I can only access Odin but it automatically starts Downloading... screen and cant wipe cache/dalvik
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jbrown30:
My apologies, I'm on an at&t ROM and goo was getting confused I suppose. Apparently it is available for them but not us yet

Sent from my little R2D2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] benwalburn:
For some reason, twrp doesn't detect my new flashable files if I download them directly to my phone, unless I move them to another location first. It's really annoying

Sent from my Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Please explain more what you are doing. I cannot help without more details.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] benwalburn:
For example, I download a new rom for my phone, and it downloads directly to the internal storage. I'm impatient, so I quickly go into recovery to flash it, but the file is nowhere to be found. If I reboot the phone then rename the rom, or move it up or down the folder structure, suddenly the rom is detectable by twrp. No amount of rebooting will fix this, it has to be renamed or moved.

It's really annoying when my rom uses goo for updates, when the rom should be a one click update, as the recovery does not find my zip on its own.

Also, no part of twrp finds the zip, not even the built :) file manager.

Sent from my Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
What directory are you putting it in?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] benwalburn:
Doesn't matter. It just has to be moved to renamed in order to be found. If I download directly to /sdcard/download/ it doesn't find it, or extsd/download/

As for the end location, it doesn't matter either. I can move it to /download/new/ or the root of the sd card, it doesn't care, as long as it's changed. I can even move it back to its starting folder and it works perfectly

Sent from my Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Do you have /data/media/0?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] benwalburn:
Yes

Sent from my Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
What ROM are you using?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] benwalburn:
I noticed this on mean beans and jelly beans roms. I'm on paranoid android now, but haven't tested it with this rom

Sent from my Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Try moving all your files from /data/media to /data/media/0

PA should be 4.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] benwalburn:
What does this do?

Sent from my Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
This is where 4.2 roms expect your files to be. If TWRP sees /data/media/0 it will use that as your internal storage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] benwalburn:
What about 4.1 roms? I first noticed this when going from 4.1 to 4.1. And moving the files at all fixes the the problem, it doesn't matter where I move them to

Sent from my Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
If /data/media/0 exists TWRP WILL use it as storage. 4.1 ignores it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooties:
Unable to mount /external_sdcard

Hi all,

First, thank you for TWRP! It's awesome.

I recently formatted my 64gb card to Fat32. After that, I haven't been able to have recovery mount or recognize the card at all.. I even went back to exFAT with the same result, then back to Fat32. I've searched the thread but haven't found my answer.

I formatted with EaseUS, it all went well. I've checked the SD card for errors, nada. The OS recognizes the card, just not TWRP 2.5

What am I missing?

Recovery log: http://tinyw.in/5oAa
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Can you run chkdsk /f drive: in windows?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooties:
Thanks for helping! -I did that, no errors found.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Can you run fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk1 in twrp? Paste the output again of recovery.log.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooties:
Here you go: http://tinyw.in/pyM3

I know that something is up with the SD card itself. Now, I can't boot to Beans17 with the SD in, it gets stuck in a boot loop. -Any suggestions of a program to run on it to check what the deal is?

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Disregard this. And I apologize for not troublshooting this further myself. Turns out that I didn't format correctly. It was formatting as a logical drive, leaving a small unallocated space on the card. Formatting as primary resolved the issue.

Or in other words, I'm a noob.

Thank you for your time, bigbiff!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1ManWolfePack:
Rebuttal is good- bonus points for using the word rebuttal :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RickROM:
Is anyone having problems decrypting the internal storage? I tried enabling SD card and device encryption in CleanROM 4.9 for the first time after reading about support for encryption in TWRP, but I'm unable to access the internal storage.

It keeps telling me password failed even though the password works when powering the device on regularly. I'm able to access the SD card fine. Apparently this issue affects the international version of the Note II, and there is already a fix... is there a fix for our Verizon devices?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
2.5.0.0 has broken encryption unless I compile an updated commit. I can do that and upload it tonight as 2.5.0.1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RickROM:
Ok, thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RickROM:
I downloaded 2.5.0.1 twice, and tried to install it twice, but both times I got an error saying it failed to open zip. Anyone else test the latest file? i was also only able to download it from the mirror.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Can you try again. Let me know if it still isn't working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RickROM:
I tried it again, and it would not work. TWRP 2.5.0.0 can see the encrypted external SD card files, but it fails to open any of them. I solved the problem by putting the new 2.5.0.1 on a non encrypted external SD card, and then I was able to flash the newest version.

Once I reboot into the newest version, I was able to decrypt the internal and external storage, and then flash a kernel. Seems that everything is working now! Thanks.

Only other problem I'm having may not be TWRP related, but maybe you can shed some light on it due to experience. Ever since encrypting everything, STweaks for Perseus kernel fails to load set on boot values. I have to go in and toggle them all of and then on again manually after every reboot.... is this issue just related to Perseus or would TWRP have anything to do with it? Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
I think vold is responsible for decrypting /data on boot. So if it's being done thru /etc/init.d this may be too early. You can try converting the script to be manually run from android.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RickROM:
I had a feeling it had something to do with that. I will ask around about how to do it in the kernel thread as to not clutter this one with other issues. THanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] webb7735:
Noob here. Is 2.5.0.3 the newest version which one do I download from goomanager there's one that says twrp2.5recovery image is that the one I need? Verizon note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
The title of the thread tells you it's 2.5.0.1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Powell730:
I know this is a foolish question but I can't figure out how to wipe just internal memory? I've looked in advanced wipe and I don't see an option for it...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
Its the button beside advanced wipe. Click it, touch it, and type yes and hit go. Just note it'll wipe your media so, take a backup first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigbiff:
Currently this is the recommended method, we don't have a rm -rf except /data/media. This will recreate the filesystem on /data, which does remove all your internal emulated sdcard files/directories.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
Any idea on when a full RM -RF may become available?