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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnyb1983_:
whats the best lollipop for the w8 then .. albinomans klte unified gsm my camera wont connect
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragz:
I don't use any cm style roms so I can't say, tw is what I like, judging from how many people switch back to 4.4.2 after trying 5.0, I am going to wait for alliance Rom to customize 5.0 so that I have a good chance of staying with it. If you haven't tried alliance 5.6 yet, I would give it a try till 5.0 is released, it is a great Rom with a huge amount of customizations.

SM-G900W8, 0x1

A recovered flashaholic since Aliance Rom 5.5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnyb1983_:
yea goldie is working on it now .. 5.0 that is .. i am using 5.6 alliance now .. only thing worth using .. everything works lol and good battery .. i just like the looks of 5.0 and the smoothness
[Samsung Gear VR] crouchytiger:
Hi, i'm new to the forum and so glad there is one as it's helped me out alot whilst lurking here as there is not a ton of info on the Gear VR out there.

What i'd like to know is are there any UK users out there who have MIlk VR running or is it impossible until its released here in the UK?

Cheers :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Gear VR] gingerdude:
Yup I have milk vr running on my imported headset. With no issues. I'm in the UK.
[Samsung Gear VR] crouchytiger:
Yeah got it running not long after i posted. Can't believe i forgot about Hola but not sure if some content was missing. Doesn't seem to be a lot on there.
[Samsung Gear VR] jonstatt:
The app doesn't appear in the Oculus store (when not wearing the Gear VR) when you are in the UK to download and install, but I used a VPN connection to pretend I was in the US and then I could download it. If you are already wearing the Gear VR, Milk VR appears in the store but it refuses to install it, giving an error.
[Samsung Gear VR] crouchytiger:
I used the Hola app and it can be downloaded when using gear vr or without. If you switch back to UK it disappears from the app when just using the phone.
[Samsung Gear VR] Sexxmax:
I have the same issue in Germany. As soon as i get off the VPN the app disapears. Really anoying . Does anyone have a workaround for this or a clue when MILK will be international avaibale?
[Samsung Gear VR] bobo89:
I personally just use MilkVR to play my local content mp4's in Canada. (had to VPN to get the app to show up in the first place)

I put the phone in airplane mode and the app doesn't get removed. Works for my purposes.

If you want to watch any of the MILK videos, download them while on VPN, then in airplane mode they will still be there.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] airmale56:
Every time I load liquid smooth install fails says phone is m7 not a m7 verizion but phone is verizion. Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thank you
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] airmale56:
Solved

wrong twrp was installed not verizion version
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
Hi, first of all sorry for my english.

I'm S-off, rooted, using TWRP touch and android 5.0 (from ivanich).

I went out of memory on my internal storage, so I had a pop-up that says lower your storage (my sd card couldn't be mounted). Then i went in recovery to wipe cache and data for it would free some space, but I got theses issue:

mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata at /data: No such device

unmount of /data failed; no such volume

script succeeded: result was [0,200000]

updating partition details...

E:Unable to mount '/cache'

E:Unable to mount '/data'

...done​

I also tried by advanced wipe> wipe Data and I went stuck on this :

"Formatting Data using make_ext4fs function"​

If i try to reboot on the rom it's bootloop

I tried a few command in the terminal command that I've found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2683787

mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8​

I get this :

filesystem too small for a journal

writing superblocks and lifesystem accounting information : done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 37 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.​

So I have no idea how to fix this I never had this error before and I can't find anything about it, only Odin but correct me if I'm wrong but Odin doesn't work for Sensation ?

Thanks for any help I appreciate
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
you are facing probably the same issue with others that faced with twrp

those partitions corrupted after using the wipe options

the only thing i can suggest you is to use this solution

http://xdaforums.com/htc-sensation/help/recovering-data-mount-issues-t2859588

best wishes
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
So yeah, i've try so many things, and none of them is fixing my problem.

First i've installed 4ext recovery and i had still the same issue, not able to wipe cache or data or factory reset.

I've tried to install adb but it doesn't recognize my phone, even with SDK tools, i can't tell the program what my phone is.

now i've tried to install the RUU (dl the .exe, found the rom.zip, and put on my phone renamed it "PG58IMG.zip" now when i'm on the fastboot it loads the file and then it get stuck at the userdata part....

If i try to boot the normal way i get the black screen with the red triangle and exclamation mark ....

I'm going to keep looking but it's getting harder than expected

(still sorry for my english)
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
I can't help with issue but userdata is not mmcblk0p8, it's mmcblk0p23 on our device.
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
Hmm thanks for this info, I will try to do again all this but on an other computer tomorrow maybe it will work... I hope!
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
So after hours of trying to repair it, it still doesn't work.

But i've found something that might be intersting.

In recovery 4ext but now I'm twrp so I don't have the exact information again but when I went in storage information, it was written that the internal storage was --mb, and --mb free, so I guess it means that my partition doesn't exist anymore.. Anyway I've found that I'm not the only one with this but I still didn't find any solution to fix it.. :(
[HTC Sensation] little_lerroyy:
I decided to try TWRP yesterday and Im having a similar issue. However when i flash roms I have no issues at all. However i get stuck at the HTC logo forever when i try and boot. I have manually flashed boot.img so that isnt the issue. I even tried doing some mkfs.ext4 executions and i still have the same issue. Im going back to my E63 to see if i can still repair this. However looks like another device is looking likely.

Can anyone tell me if you can run some error logs for when the device is in the boot stage, and by that i mean when the HTC logo so showing? I dont think ADB will work in that mode.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
When you try to mount data from recovery does it fail?

Can you tell me which twrp your using? I mean which r stands at the end of the filename?
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
What do you mean "some mkfs.ext4 executions" ? I wanted to try that but I couldn't find how to do it, I tried in ADB it didn't work & terminal from twrp neither maybe I didn't type correctly.

I'll suggest you to re flash it, or wipe & flash. (but it's not the point of my thread tho ...)

Yes I can't mount it..

openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-pyramid.img that i've flash by ADB
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
Where did you download that image?

That sounds like you just experienced the brick bug.
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/pyramid from http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/66 the recovery img method.

Well I'm not sure because It booted the rom (cm12 from ivanich) but yeah bootloop on the CM logo
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
I'm sorry to say, but that's definitely the brick bug. Only the link rzr86 posted might help you using your phone. Ivanich made twrp builds, which use his kernel and device trees, so we're pretty sure his twrp is not affected by that bug (that just as an info for anyone using the twrp from the official site. So if anyone reads this and is using twrp newer than 2.6 from official site, get ivanich's build).

The problem is that your data partition is corrupt, not the system partition. But you need the data partition, to use any rom, which is now not mountable anymore. So your able to flash roms and get until bootanimation, but without data partition working it won't boot.

[MENTION=5914422]little_lerroyy[/MENTION] did you use ivanich's twrp or the one from official site too?
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
So you're saying that TWRP didn't do their job good enough and bricked my phone ? =/ that's pretty sad

thanks for the info tho but maybe there is a way to re create the data partition, since I think I'm not the only one who has this issue
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
The problem is not caused by twrp, but the faulty device/kernel trees which were used for that image. Unfortunately nobody knows who built these images, nor do we know which sources were used.

I had that too, I know that sucks.
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
Alright then.... I have an old motorola defy yeahhhh :good:
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
You can still try to mount your sdcard as data partition, as explained in the link posted on page 1, it seems to work for some.
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
Connect phone to pc, boot into recovery, open terminal and type 'adb devices', your device should show.

To try mount data enter 'adb shell mount /data'.

To check structure enter 'adb shell /sbin/e2fsck -n -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p23'.

Maybe this could help?
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
Hm I've take a look but it looks complicated :s

Well I'll give it a try when I can work on an other computer because I also have an issue with windows 8.1, it doesn't recognize my phone, so I can't use adb to work with the phone. It worked on windows 7 on an other computer but I can't use it for now.. Thanks anyway I'll keep you in touch
[HTC Sensation] little_lerroyy:
Follow this link, the process is done in ADB

http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/fix-data-htc-one.html

Just make sure where it says "mmcblk0p37" in step number 10, you put in "mmcblk0p23" which is your data partition, but i doubt you will have much access doing this.
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
Thanks but as I said, I can't use ADB on my computer. I'll still try when I can use an other one !
[HTC Sensation] little_lerroyy:
I have windows 8.1 x64 bit and have access to ADB and fastboot. Im trying to see if i have the proper driver around. I did remember having a hell of a time trying to get the driver to work.
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
I have the same windows 8.1 x64.

I've found the HTC Driver for HTC Sensation but whenever I try to open the .exe it never runs it, I don't get it and I always had this issue ...
[HTC Sensation] little_lerroyy:
Which .exe? The driver or adb.exe?
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
The driver
[HTC Sensation] little_lerroyy:
Hmm weird.

Ive just had an angel watch over me. I dont know exaactly what fixed my problem, but i did the 3 commands in ADB

mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p22

mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p23

umount /cache

mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p24

Had no sim card in the device, and flashed vipers rom. and my phone is no longer stuck at the HTC screen!!!!! I have my sensation back!!! :D:D:D:D

Now i dont know if i should try F2FS and lollipop again?
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
What recovery & version are you using? And what hboot & bootloader do you have ?

I have Firmware 3.3 (for ics i guess) since this week end because I wanted to install Android revolution HD (that didn't work), but I used to have revolutionary before this partition issue. Now my rom is supposed to be Lollipop from Ivanich but as said before, it doesn't boot.

I'll try what you did when I get a computer I can use...
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
That issue with fastboot is due to some changes in Windows 8.1, but if you search for it you'll find a registry tweak which solves that issue. I don't have time yet as I'm at work, else I would give you a link.
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
Okay it works, i've found Fastboot fix,

When I use adb devices it doesn't show my phone tho, but when I use fastboot devices it shows it ..
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
It's normal that adb won't work when in fastboot mode, that's the way it's meant to be.
[HTC Sensation] little_lerroyy:
I did my ADB stuff in recovery mode, not withing Fastboot USB from the bootloader.
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
Yeah i've figured out.

It still doesn't find my phone in recovery.

I think i'm giving up...
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
So I was looking arround, and i had an idea, if I use F2FS to make cash & data in SD card, would it fix my probleM ?

I've found this tread

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-4/orig-development/recovery-recovery-kernel-f2fs-31-03-14-t2701496

But will it work if I download this recovery or do I need a custom f2fs recovery for htc sensation ?

And then do I need to flash a kernel or not ? Because I'm "using" Ivanich rom and there is not special kernel, it's inside the rom I think.

If yes can you lead me to the specific files please.

Edit: Okay I should search deeper before reply

Here is TWRP f2fs

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByQSZtXbeaVpRllRQ3BnSEcxVGs&usp=sharing#list

And using this post

Okay so now on my road to making my phone works .. I did the F2FS stuff, I now can flash a Rom without errors at all! But then I'm stuck on the CM12 logo and bootloop.

I tried to reflash the normal TWRP recovery, and the unable to mount /data came back so I just reflashed the TWRP F2FS recovery. But i'm still stuck at the CM screen
[HTC Sensation] jxl69:
For me going to F2FS didn't solve anything. It still doesn't write anything to /data or /cache. And boot halts on LOGO of CM or SlimKat which I've tried with ALL-F2FS.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
You won't be able to boot any rom we have yet with ALL-F2FS, because as far as I saw only ivanich added support for F2FS (which means only his cyanogenmod and my liquidsmooth support it) and it's only for /data and /cache.
[HTC Sensation] jxl69:
Tried the Ivanich CM rom with F2FS it came to CM logo and got stuck. Seems like internal emmc is broken for good. Nothing works I've tried mainly everything
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
Can you mount all partitions in recovery? If yes, there's nothing broken.

Which partition did you format to f2fs?
[HTC Sensation] jxl69:
Tried everything from single partiton cache and or data even system, didn't help much. Partition can't be mounted or it depends on what formats them, but when installing a rom it can't write any data to /data partition. If I logcat or adb shell while phone is booting I get write errors on /data or /cache. Last time I've seen /data mounted was read-only and couldn't remount as read-write.

Here's also a dmesg log from recovery:

<3>[ 298.729831] mmc_blk_issue_rq failed!!
<3>[ 298.730807] mmc0: Command timeout
<3>[ 298.731387] mmc0: DMA channel flushed (0x80000004)
<6>[ 298.732761] mmc0: Controller has been reinitialized
<3>[ 298.733768] mmcblk0: error -110 sending read command, response 0x40ff8080
<4>[ 298.734256] mmcblk0: retrying using single block read
<3>[ 298.735538] mmc0: Command timeout
<3>[ 298.736087] mmc0: DMA channel flushed (0x80000004)
<6>[ 298.737491] mmc0: Controller has been reinitialized
<3>[ 298.743564] mmcblk0: error -110 sending status comand
<3>[ 298.744449] mmcblk0: error -110 sending read/write command, response 0x0, card status 0x0
<3>[ 298.745761] mmcblk0: error -5 transferring data, sector 0, nr 8, card status 0x0
<6>[ 298.746249] mmc0: reinit card
<6>[ 298.747134] mmc0: mmc_reinit_card
<6>[ 300.783145] mmc0: mmc_reinit_card return -110
<3>[ 300.783724] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0
<3>[ 300.784640] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0
<3>[ 300.785220] mmc_blk_issue_rq failed!!

Seems like my emmc is broken? Any other idea I could try?
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
Did you use twrp from twrp page? And did that problem occur after wiping your phone (especially got it stuck while formatting)?
[HTC Sensation] jxl69:
Right, I've replaced 4EXT that was on phone with TWRP from official page yes and tried to update ROM. I did the backup with TWRP then the standard procedure, wipe everything and install system ... TWRP hung on wipe. After that I'm unable to install anything. Nor TWRP no 4EXT recovery is able to format/wipe the partitions. If I use ARHD_Super_Wipe it actually wipes everything and 4EXT info shows everything is fine but I can't install nothing or ROM will not start and logcat gives tons of /data errors. Interestingly sometimes /cache is problem or /system. But if I wipe from recovery 4EXT or TWRP partitions are umountable.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
Well that's bad. Since you said you tried f2fs I assumed you used only ivanich's twrp. The twrp from official page broke your data partition. There is a way to assign it to a partition on sd card.

So you're right that your emmc chip is broken. We should contact anyone from twrp team to remove the link from their page.
[HTC Sensation] jxl69:
Yeah official TWRP 2.8.4.0.tar was used. I still do have file so i can md5hash it if needed. Damn now i have a fancy paperclip. :(
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
That's also what I get, but I guess you guys know a lot more about it than I do. I hope we will find a way to fix this ...
[HTC Sensation] jxl69:
I found a way to fix :) went and bought desire 510 instead :D

OK now for the serious side ... I guess you can always boot from sd card. Depends on your SD card how slow it will be but until someone fixes this if they fix it at all it's the best option to have working phone.
[HTC Sensation] ni4rkx:
Yeah I have an old Motorola defy.... this is so bad :D

There is an other way, it's to get a job and buy a new phone but it's not that simple so yeah ..
[HTC Sensation] xdaBunny:
Same Sad Fate

I'm running into the same issue on this Sensation. But now I can't get into TWRP... the screen keeps flickering with the "Teamwin" logo.

I tried re-flashing TWRP 2.8.6.0... no luck. :crying:

I might have to go back to one of my old Defy's also.
[HTC Sensation] masoud_2222:
no any body fix this problem??i try with hboot and change firmware all tested but not awnser:(:(i think problem is mainbord mobile:confused::(
[HTC Sensation] Z8Y:
Lost Cache

Hello,

had same problems, but solved now via TWRP-

Recovery. Please use the TERMINAL within TWRP menu.

The following commands (normally used in ADB now via

TWRP-Terminal) are bringing back your phone to life:

mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p22

mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p23

mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p24

Try and be happy Rgds.
[HTC Sensation] dalv666:
Can i join from RUS to this club of bricking HTC? :o

Which type of TWRP-Recovery you used?
[HTC Sensation] Z8Y:
Hello

from main menu via ADVANCED TERMINAL is reacheble within both ivanichs TWRP

versions I saw. Thats my current TWRP 3.0.M1-0 (TWRP-3.0.0-pyramid-r3.img used for CM13) and also within the one used for CM12.1 - TWRP-2.8.7.0-pyramid-r18.img.

First fixes /system, second /data and third /cache:

mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p22

mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p23

mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p24

Rgds. Z8Y
[HTC Sensation] Z8Y:
Hi RayeR,

try the mount directly via TWRP first. Was fine for me at all.

Rgds. Z8Y
[HTC Sensation] RayeR:
I tried to format data partition as FAT (without error, mount success) and got a little bit further. When boot CM12 it after a minute or two displayed "Android is starting... Finishing boot" message but then appeared another screen saying "Encryption unsucessfull" giving only choice "Reset phone" that makes a loop. It's even listed in ADB devices but offline state. Probably the CM12 ROM is not ready to use FAT for data.

I also found when running fsck.fat -t /dev/... once it hits the first bad cluster - it's number ~8000 -> 32MB from start of the partition then the eMMC or the partition is blocked and doesn't read any further data even from OK clusters. It has to be reseted. So it is necessary to map the bad sectors out to prevent OS touching them.
[HTC Sensation] RayeR:
Well, after some searching and studying I found a great hinxnz's BOOT-MOD-PLUS 4.03 tool for CM ROMS and it went pretty straighforward. I shrinked FAT partition on my SD and created new EXT4 partition (I'll try convert to F2FS too), I formatted internal data partition to F2FS, flashed CM and then BOOT-MOD-PLUS via TWRP 3.0 and finally the Android booted! It's a bit laggy because my SD is some slow cheap one but it works. So I'm saved now, until a new badblock will develop in SBL or other critical area :P

EDIT: Dammit, the eMMC died again during CM reflash, I send this HTC to hell. I give up the repair as probably every Sensation will die soon on eMMC bug... :(
[HTC Sensation] indexftw:
HI.

I think my emmc died too.

I was able to recover cache/system partitions but not userdata.

mke2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013)

Discarding device blocks: 4096/305852

failed - I/O error

Filesystem label=

OS type: Linux

Block size=4096 (log=2)

Fragment size=4096 (log=2)

Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks

76480 inodes, 305852 blocks

15292 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user

First data block=0

Maximum filesystem blocks=314572800

10 block groups

32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group

7648 inodes per group

Superblock backups stored on blocks:

32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912

Allocating group tables: done

Warning: could not read block 0: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted

in short read

Writing inode tables: done

Creating journal (8192 blocks): done

Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

The only solution to get a new nand chip or jtag it to reprogram emmc amirite?
[Android Themes] Khizar:
​

WHAT IS THEMED?

AudioFX.apk - 100%

Calculator.apk - 100%

Dialer.apk - 100% (AOSP, also comes with Google Dialer)

DocumentsUI.apk (Downloads included) - 100%

Eleven.apk (CyanogenMod Music) - 100%

Framework-res.apk - 100% (With exception to Advanced reboot menu)

Contacts.apk - 95% - Background remaining without touching layouts.

Mms.apk - 95% - Background remaining without touching layouts.

SystemUI.apk - 95% - Notification background remaining without touching framework-res.

Settings.apk - 95% - Using temporary workaround to get dark settings.

TeleService.apk - 100%

ThemesProvider.apk - 100%

Fonts-Segoe Ui 100%​

Downloads:

Play Store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chummy.khizar.material.blue

Please join our community at: https://plus.google.com/communities/104086528025432169285
[Android Themes] Khizar:
V3

- Themed blisspop and liquid smooth rom specific aspects

- Themed bootanimation

- Themed unthemed aspects in apps

- Themed unthemed QS icons

- Themed remaining icons

- Some other minor fixes

V2

- Minor ui changes and some icons fixed

V1

- Initial release
[Android Themes] nicholaschum:
Oh another one, nice man :D
[Android Themes] chris6278:
Loving this one! Thank you!
[Android Themes] Khizar:
Just pushed an update to play store, should be live soon.

Changelog in OP.
[Android Themes] 117micc:
Would you consider porting to Layers (RRO) :)

Sent from my G3 using the original Tapatalk Pro :)
[Android Themes] nicholaschum:
I'll consider porting the base to Layers when Layers has been fully developed. Khizar can decide what to do with the new base afterwards
[Android Themes] zortadot:
thanks

Thank you brother;)
[Android Themes] MaxMusaab:
Item not found? Couldn't find on play store link given..
[Android Themes] QiForti:
1 problem!

I don't know wtf is wrong with this country bullsh*t!! It makes me angry so much!!! For almost everything. Sorry, not in ur contry this, sorry not in ur country that.... FFS!

Great job by the way... The theme looks gr8!!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidGuru3324:
Just swapped my nexus 6 for another unit because of vibration issues.. But was unsure if the 5.0.1 update was actually worth it?.. Did initially update straight away on the old unit but decided not to at the moment.. Any good reasons to update.. Input would be appreciated
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
questions go into the q&a section, not into general. ill ask a mod to move it there..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidGuru3324:
Yeah sorry realized afterwards.. Many thanks