Help S5 Running dog slow

[wooky69]

Can you download "Diskinfo" from the play store and run it. In settings select, show mount path, expert mode and show unmounted partitions. Does that give you any clues? You should be able to see file system details etc and you'll see if your SD card is mountable and writable.

Also if you have enough free space can you make a Nandroid backup to internal memory, this will show that TWRP is working and you can then copy the backup to your PC.

 

[bartjunited]

tried diskinfo and it looks like the sd card is mounted

i am unable to select internal storage for back up it says 0MB within TWRP

should i try to use a different back up like CWM? cant find a download for this though

 

[bartjunited]

same thing happened with Phils CWM

just had a thought as I use my phone for work (its my own phone and not a work one), gmail insists on the phone being encrypted!!!

could this be why it is not allowing me to mount the back up to micro sd ?

 

[wooky69]

tried diskinfo and it looks like the sd card is mounted

i am unable to select internal storage for back up it says 0MB within TWRP

should i try to use a different back up like CWM? cant find a download for this though

I would stick with TWRP as it is well supported and devloped compared to CWM . Is there a TWRP forum that you can try for support?

 

[bartjunited]

I guess I'll need to install it again as now I boot into Phil cwm

 

[wooky69]

I guess I'll need to install it again as now I boot into Phil cwm

Hang on, have you now changed to CWM?
If that's the case then give that a try its a good recovery just not worth swapping from TWRP for.

 

[bartjunited]

Yeah installed and tried that and it's the same thing

I'm thinking it could be to do wit my phone being encrypted.
So trying to decrypt it and try again.
Otherwise thought about doing a factory reset and then trying to create a back up and install the new Ron
Also made a post on xda for help

 

[ironass]

When you are backing up in TWRP... you are selecting "Storage: Micro SDcard (***** MB)", aren't you?

 

[bartjunited]

Yes

 

[wooky69]

Yeah installed and tried that and it's the same thing

I'm thinking it could be to do wit my phone being encrypted.
So trying to decrypt it and try again.
Otherwise thought about doing a factory reset and then trying to create a back up and install the new Ron
Also made a post on xda for help

Did CWM not work either? Not sure about the encryption issue but I can't see why that would affect it, its just data after all albeit encrypted data.

 

[bartjunited]

So got to the end of this
Tried the decrypt, it didn't work and phone was buggered a bit
Then decided what the hell and tried to flash the new rom and....... It worked and it's soooo much quicker.
Thanks a lot for your help guys, I still don't know what the solution is

 

[wooky69]

So what ROM did you install?

I think you still need to get your recovery sorted as you need a backup option. Did you get Philz recovery working?

 

[bartjunited]

I used the 12.1 that you recommended

Phil didn't work either, same issue

Looking for a t9 keyboard now

 

[wooky69]

Phil didn't work either, same issue

How strange. I take it now you're booted into CM that you can access and write to your SD cards?

Did Philz recovery give you the same error?

 

[bartjunited]

Yes just managed to create a back up, reckon there mustve been an issue with the local partition.
It gave me the option to back up to local disc as well now

 

[bartjunited]

Can't thank you enough for pointing me at this rom it's soooo much better

 

[wooky69]

No problem, glad you like it

 

[bartjunited]

I now wanna find cm roms for the wife's htc and my android tablets. Any idea the best way to go about this

 

[Heights713]

I now wanna find cm roms for the wife's htc and my android tablets. Any idea the best way to go about this

Google your device model number then Roms and if there's any you'll probably see it on the search results.

 

[bartjunited]

Nice one