yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mike B.:
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink".

My apologies for trying to help. I think I've been insulted enough for now but I want to

thank you

. The kind soul who was willing to reformat his 200GB card to test your issues read this thread and decided that I deserved to keep it and it's on a FedEx truck to me as we speak. Yeah!!! ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
No action needed. I have seen this issue before where the factory partitions the card inappropriately. My point is that we cannot know how the sdcard is partitioned and we always assume p1 is the only primary partition. Someone could write code to scan the partitions on the sdcard I suppose.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Apo11on:
I take it from your message that "someone" will not be you :laugh: The issue here is that there is no primary partition at all. Only logical partition is present on the sdcard and it's actually pretty common partition table, for sdcards formatted on PC. When you use any partition manager it sees your PC already has an OS on it, and therefore has a primary partition. Therefore, it sees sdcard as an extension, a slave drive which doesnt require primary partition at all and formats it into file system of your choice as logical partition by default. So, unless you notice it and correct it - most sdcards, formatted on PC will have a small amount of free, unallocated space in the beginning of the drive and logical partition only, no primary. That's the configuration TWRP apparently fails to see.

I don't have an extra sdcard right now to test and confirm, but if you do - you can reproduce this issue in under 5 minutes. Just get a tool like this one and use it to format sdcard into whatever file system you know TWRP supports. Make sure it's formatted into logical partition with a little bit of free space in the beginning of eMMC memory. Then stick the card in your phone and boot into recovery - it should fail to see the sdcard.

I'm a bit surprised to read that you cannot know how sdcard is partitioned - other Linux distributions besides Android allow you to retrieve all partition table details via 1 or 2 basic commands. I think something like

mount | grep msm_sdcc

OR

blkid

OR using "parted" utility:

parted /dev/block/mmcblk1

executed as root, should provide enough information, in order to see sdcard has only logical partition, and it doesn't begin at the first block of the drive. Attaching parted here just in case.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ForgottenSolstace:
Hey guys, getting an error when I try to update my TMobile Note 3 (hltemo)'s data partition to f2fs using TWRP v2.8.7.0 4.3. Here is the error I get:

E:mkfs.f2fs -t 1 -r 16834 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 process ended with ERROR=1
E:Unable to wipe '/data'.
E:Uknown MTP message type: 1

Formatting all other partitions works fine. Is anyone else having this problem?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DrRootso:
I get the same error message. I had to revert to a previous version in order to get all partitions to convert. I believe I used 2.8.4 and then updated back to 2.8.7.:)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
Please post all of /tmp/recovery.log for debugging.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] harley1rocker:
Were are the install instructions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
a) Flash the img.tar with Odin - b) Flash the zip with your current recovery - c) you could flash the img file with Flashify if you have Root already - d) Google "how to install TWRP" ?

Sent From My SM-N910W8 Running SlimRemix V5.3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] USBhost:
has anyone had trouble formating with ext4?

everytime i format with ext4 twrp freezes

i can format with ext4 on adb shell just fine but with twrp no...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
Can you provide /tmp/recovery.log and dmesg output for debugging after the twrp wipe?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] USBhost:
Sorry to late my sister's left with here note 3

And I was too lazy to get it before she left

The thing is I have the same note 3 too

and I have no problems with formating.

The problem was only with ext4 I tryed exfat f2fs and they worked

this was with system cache and data

I will try to get a recovery log from her.

also doing "adb reboot recovery" that took a long time like 1-2 mins

We have the same phone N900T updated to the latest
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
Sounds like her EMMC chip may be going bad.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] senozlu1:
They did not post flashable zip on the download page, but .tar worked for me looks very nice, just confused about the keep read only or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
It's mostly a feature for newer phones where people want to keep stock kernel but still backup system. If stock kernel on newer phones detects system was modified, it will refuse to boot.

Remember you can flash img files within TWRP since 2.8.4.0.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] senozlu1:
Thank you Bigbiff.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Cancar96:
HEADS UP

Latest twrp 3.0.0 has problems with aroma installer,use 2.8.7.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
It's up to the ROM dev to fix his aroma-config properly to use the correct code for the framebuffer from what I have been told.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Cancar96:
Thanks for the info.I am not recovery expert just a user.I see a bug I scream around :)

Thanks for info I appreciate it.

Poslano sa mog SM-A710F koristeći Tapatalk
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] senozlu1:
I tried to flash img gives error 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] alexp1289:
I can still backup and flash 5.0 roms correct? Just curious since this new twrp is based on 6.0. Also which one is the 4.4 bootloader version I didn't see them labeled or I'm just blind lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
It should be backwards compatibile. You will need 4.4 for now on to install TWRP. We have deprecated 4.3 bootloaders.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Tmobilefan906:
What about 5.0?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
DTB was unchanged from 4.4 to 5.0.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Tmobilefan906:
Dtb?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Frank Westlake:
Which version is the last to support the 4.3 bootloader?

Frank
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
2.8.7.0-4.3

3.0 deprecated 4.3 bootloader support using [MENTION=5672995]jcadduono[/MENTION]'s device trees.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Tmobilefan906:
What android version and twrp did you use? Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] senozlu1:
Flashing recovery fails with error 2 within the twrp recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] senozlu1:
Ok 3.0.0-20 flashing images but restores take about twice as long as previous 3.0.0.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Tmobilefan906:
I am on 3.0.2 and I can't flash roms neither. .sticks on aroma, then reboots recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] foormanek:
Cyanogenmod 12.1 encryption incompatibility

Hello,

Latest TWRP does not decrypt and mount data on SM-N9005 with latest official CM12.1. Can I do something on my phone to make it work?

>>I just noted it's N900T forum, not N9005. My apologies. I don't know how to cancel.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
Can you upload recovery.log?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] foormanek:
I have posted in hlte forum and pasted recovery.log as required. Links are below in unclickable form, as I am not allowed to link yet.

paste.tinyw.in/index.php/view/ae945dd0

tinyw.in/ZR5f
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] eduka:
Can help someone through my note 3 n9005 when I go to ricovery is seys mount ext4 faild am from 6.0 Android costum rom went to 5.0 and install Offical rom 5.0 Slovenian rom and pit file a got in xda forum but I encountered a problem now when I go to ricovery write me e : EFS faild mount an invalid argument tried with costum rom 6.0 repeatedly downloadna fr. but nothing happens always the same in ex File Manger got an empty folder EFS but I still have my real IMEI as the battery I also have a problem with the signal almost can not have please or we could be who I helped a already given up no longer know what to do help :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ScottsDesk:
Hello

First thank you for taking the time to create a solution. If it works for someone even If it wont works for everyone, at least you did something.

I too do whatever I can to fix whatever I am able to.

I NEED a few questions If you can.

Will this work for:

SG Note 3 NEO LTE SM-N7505 Germany Android 5.1.1 (carrier open)

What recovery is recommended for the same device.

I run as my file/admin these 2 apps for pretty much everything so if it meshed with them would be a +++

Rom Toolbox Pro

ES File Manager Pro

My device is rooted CF Autoroot (SuperSu)

Your advice and a little ideal install steps to take would be much appreciated
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] andreuus:
Twrp requesting for cherry mobile superion radar lte

TWRP installation without using pc for me.... REQUESTING HERE FOR MY CHERRY MOBILE SUPERION RADAR LTE

i already rooted this device via iRoot connecting to internet , now iwant to install twrp version for this device with the help of the advance developers here please i need your help....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jeremyroot:
Twrp will not install

My N900T had TWRP on it at one point and after using "Hide My Root" and then restoring the settings and deleting that app my phone would no longer boot into TWRP RECOVERY. I have tried installing using Odin to no avail and tried using TWRP MANAGER. I again rooted with CF-Auto-Root and I am able to install CWM but I don't like the interface. I have tried the official TWRP App and I tried using TWRP MANAGER and that won't work either. I then contacted TWRP MANAGER'S tech support and was informed that CF-Auto-Root locked my bootloader making it impossible for TWRP to install. I can however still install CWM.

Is it true that my bootloader is now locked?

Can it be unlocked again?

How do I get back my TWRP?

T-MOBILE SM-N900T Running Android 5.0 :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
Tmobile never had a Locked Bootloader on your device - So I can't think of anyway that you could accidentally lock it - Since you can get into Download Mode - You should have no problems Flashing the CORRECT version of TWRP 3.1.1-0 hlte img.tar with Odin 3.12.3 - Which Recovery are you trying to Flash?

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jeremyroot:
I had TWRP 3.1.1-0 hlte img.tar using Odin 3.11.1 and it worked a few times up until this recent issue but when it stopped working on my phone then it stopped loading from Odin. Actually Odin always says it passed but it is absolutely not able to boot into TWRP on my phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
Try this - Get Odin 3.12.3 from sammobile.com (be aware that just using Google to search for Odin 3.12.3 will likely send you to some questionable sites! sammobile.com is safe!) and install it on your computer - BEFORE you Flash TWRP - Pull the battery out of your device to make certain it's off - Don't power up your phone - Boot directly into Download Mode and Flash the TWRP img.tar

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jeremyroot:
Will do and will report back. Must charge phone from 4 percent first
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jeremyroot:
Tried all steps recommend and it just reboots. Pressing the key combination for booting into recovery does not boot into recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mintmtts46@gmail.com:
Okq
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] 4xxxxL:
if you guys have issues where TWRP never loads after flashing via odin uncheck -AUTO REBOOT- option and when flashing is done go straight into recovery UP VOL+POWER+HOME
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] turilo:
yes you are wrong I'm afraid, working fine here on 2.6.3.2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Make sure your ex card is mounted in Mount options in twrp.

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] HughesNet:
Also make sure it is formatted fat32. Unless I am mistaken exfat support is not baked into the recovery yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] RMXO:
Latest version isn't in goomanager right because I don't see it in there.

-Sent from my TMO Samsung Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DataHawg:
Correct. To get it, go to the OP and find the link to the TWRP homepage. Go there and find Note 3 in the list of devices for the download links
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
Seeing as how there's no other thread to post this on atm - The Canadian hltecan TWRP has also been updated to 2.6.3.2 on goo

http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/hltecan
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mocsab:
Thank you for bringing this to the NOTE3 so quickly - I did have a small issue when I tried to flash the updated version thru Goo Manager - my phone was on 2.6.3.1 - I saw that you had an update on the 4th - so I tried to use GOO Manager to update it - everything seemed to work fine but when it finished - it said I had successfully updated to 2.6.3.1 - So I downloaded the Tar file and updated using ODIN -

Thought you might want to know - PS - I am not complaining or anything - I just didn't know if this was a unique problem for me - or something happening to anyone who tries to update with GOO MANAGER. this happened as recently as this morning.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] siraltus:
He is 100% right - both 2.6.3.0 and 2.6.3.2 cannot mount exFAT volumes, only FAT32. 2.6.3.1 works fine.

---------- Post added at 12:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:00 PM ----------

It works in 2.6.3.1. It's broken in 2.6.3.0 and 2.6.3.2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] vagelis:
And herein lies the issue. With 64GB cards, the loss of space due to file structure is too much to have it formatted with FAT32. That's the whole point of exFAT and the reason why until that is supported 2.6.3.1 would do.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] turilo:
Then I must be special, because the 2.6.3.2 hltecan that bigbiff asked me to test last night sure sees my 64GB Exfat formatted card just fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] siraltus:
You just answered your own question - you're running a build from a different phone (hltecan) than the one this forum is for (hltetmo). The hltetmo 2.6.3.2 TARs up on goo.im and techerrata.com are currently broken exFAT-wise.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] turilo:
I see, makes sense now :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] siraltus:
Also you're running a build for a different phone (hltecan) than this forum/thread is for (hltetmo). Not even sure why you're posting about TWRP here if you're not running the build this thread is for.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chrisa887:
I'm on 2.6.3.1 should I flash the 2.6.3.2 or wait for another update?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] turilo:
Hits thanks instead of comment, but anyway let me know when you find that TWRP thread for Canada
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] siraltus:
General Galaxy Note 3 forum for variants without dedicated forums: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2492

TWRP thread in the General Galaxy 3 Note forum: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2470680
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] HughesNet:
Why would the lack of a canada thread resulting in using the-mobile thread instead of general thread.... It is just confusing for all here to constantly see people posting their problems and questions only to learn they have a totally different phone down the road.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] turilo:
I knew this troll would comment, meanwhile both devices are quite alike. Considering, Dees_Troy built hltecan off the T-mob, when I was asked to test the tmob recovery on my device for him and worked fine. He then requested my stock recovery to build onto.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
And whether it be the N2 the Skyrocket or any other Rogers Phone - We've always been able to use the AT&T recovery - So it shouldn't be terribly confusing - and most of the time - if it's a Canadian posting - We say so ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] HughesNet:
The confusing aspect is when troubleshooting issues and trying to be as precise and helpful las possible. Turilo really needs to look up the definition of troll and realize that the comments of his that I take issue with are those that provide no info. Unfortunately he is to self centered and defensive to do anything but attack.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] siraltus:
+1

If Turilo is running the hltecan build and telling people running the hltetmo build that nothing is broken, he is effectively spreading FUD and hindering troubleshooting because stuff that isn't broken in hltecan builds ACTUALLY IS broken in hltetmo builds, which he either doesn't realize or chooses to ignore.

Let's do some fact-checking before we post, shall we?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] turilo:
You two *****es done yet? Go play amongst one another and stop flooding the thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
Guys, please don't make start reporting posts. Civil discussion only.

I need to disable Exfat fuse which I will do shortly and upload .3. I am using the exfat kernel modules and forgot to disable the building of exfat fuse.

This is still in testing phase. Here are the rules until it's stable:

1. Report bugs by stating version you're running, what phone you're running.

2. Provide a concise description of the problem.

3. Upload recovery.log to http://paste.tinyw.in

4. Paste the link in your post.

Any deviation from these steps will not help getting TWRP stable. Otherwise please wait till TWRP is stable enough for you. (Which depending on what your problem is, this might be stable enough for you.)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pikezer1337:
Hey bigbiff thanks for all the hard work, have you been able to determine what the cause of some people's restoring not working?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
Actually I have disabled it already. For those with T-Mobile phones, post your logs for Exfat issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bigbiff:
It's hard to say when people report problems, but they don't give me to tool we use to debug, which is /tmp/recovery.log.

From the logs I have seen, there have been no problems as far as I can tell. I believe that there may be issues being intermingled with Titanium Backup and installing apps from the play store, but it's speculation only.

I wonder if Samsung should turn their SELinux mode to permissive because I doubt they tested all the applications in the android app ecosystem in their enforcing mode policy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] HughesNet:
I suspect this as well. I could be wrong but I think most of those with issues mentioned restoring with titanium. I didn't use titanium or the play store to recover apps myself. I restored them directly from a TWRP nandroid using nandroid manager without restoring data and luckily had no issues. Has anyone been bootlooped beyond recovery who did not use titanium and never restored any app data but who looped after restoring in TWRP?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mocsab:
I am on the latest version of TWRP - 2.6.3.2 - I had successfully restored when I was on an older version (2.6.3.1) but I have seen some reports that some people are having problems.

I have also seen suggestions that we back up EFS - I have never done this before I am wondering what is the best way to do that - past phones I have owned - and there are a bunch - I never did an EFS back up = never knew I should = so I am curious about the best way to do it?

Should I just check EFS with all of the other things I want to back up ? Data/System/Boot or do I run a backup for EFS only?

What is the proper way of doing this?

(I also saw a post from someone who as having issues suggest that they use ODIN to restore EFS - if that ever became necessary, how would I do that? I suupose I would need to someone create a TAR file of my EFS back up ? Or is there another way ? Forgive me if this makes me sound like a NOOB - I have flashed tons of ROMS - I just never have done anything with EFS before - ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
mocsab - I can't speak to the rest of your questions - But I've always been selecting Backup EFS - From what I remember - This became a potential issue going back to Android 4.1x.

The EFS folder contains the imei of your device - loose that - and you're in for a headache.

---------- Post added at 05:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:36 PM ----------

Just an FYI - There's a guy who has posted on the N3 g+ Community - He's saying that he's been getting bootloops on a stock - non rooted phone,, after installing apps from the playstore....

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12ch1gwkunlsri4f04cf3bpiyvsy1gzbpg0k
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mocsab:
So If I understand you correctly, I should make a practice of checking the EFS when I do my normal nandriods as an insurance policy to make sure that I have a backup of my IMEI for my device. I did it on one back up but I don't have any problem with making that standard practice.

Thanks for the tip - I was kind of curious if it was helpful to have a stand alone back up of just the EFS file - so I made one just in case - but not sure it that would be enough if I ever had issues...?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
Yeah - I'd definitely make it a practice to back up the EFS - It's a pretty small folder and I'd also copy a nandroid backup to your pc ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mocsab:
I have done that before, but once I got an error message when I tried to restore it - it was an MD5 not matched message - do you know what the remedy is when that happens? Is there a way to fix it when it says the android MD5 doesn't match?

I am also wondering what the issue is that is causing these bootloop problems? Was it just related to an earlier version of TWRP or something to do with some other aspect of the phone/restore process? These guys phones are really borked - I really don't want to go thru that - I took a chance yesterday and tried to restore a rom just to see if I could - and I didn't have any issues - ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] turilo:
Yep same situation here with playstore apps as I mentioned earlier. Something strange is definitely going on.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DAGr8:
Nice .. and yes I admit wanted to show off my new sig
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] turilo:
Good to see ya again m8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] gentleman559:
Most reps don't look. I on the other hand do. LOL But if you were nice I might play dumb. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] OPGT:
how would you install? odin? im used to a zip to flash...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DataHawg:
Lol. You must be one of the few who knows about DL mode. Up until the S4 we knew how to put the counter back to zero anyway so I think the reps gave up on looking
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
If you're talking about the tar - then Odin is the only way - or if you already have root - and it's available for your device with goomanager - install Open Recovery Script ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
There are a number of people getting bootloops with apps...As far as backing up, I backed up my efs and restored with it and I was one of the unfortunate ones.

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] HughesNet:
I have seen people say this but no one saying what apps. I can't help but wonder if it is a case of a bunch of people repeating a non issue second hand.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AssassinsLament:
Read this guys:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2467005

Definitely something strange going on involving how Samsung set up knox and SELinux.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Stumbled on that before, actually quite shocking that this phone could be released with these types of issues happening.

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pikezer1337:
Interesting that so many problems have been focused around the SD card. I didn't read all seven pages, was there a solution found?