I flashed twrp but now I'm stuck at an error "Unable to wipe Data. Unable to format to remove encryption".

[th1nd]

i flashed twrp but now im stuck at a formatting error called "mke2fs -t ext4 -b 4096 /dev/block/sdc46 29325304 process ended with ERROR: 1 Unable to wipe Data. Unable to format to remove encryption."

I am installing PE11 Exp. ROM and right after successfully flashing my PE ROM I am stuck at this format stage. Will I be needing to flash MIUI stock rom and uninstall TWRP or what now? I'm confused. Pls help.

 

[th1nd]

i flashed twrp but now im stuck at a formatting error called "mke2fs -t ext4 -b 4096 /dev/block/sdc46 29325304 process ended with ERROR: 1 Unable to wipe Data. Unable to format to remove encryption."

I am installing PE11 Exp. ROM and right after successfully flashing my PE ROM I am stuck at this format stage. Will I be needing to flash MIUI stock rom and uninstall TWRP or what now? I'm confused. Pls help.

Just changed the formatter in format settings (rm -rf instead of formatting) and it did install PE rom but my internal storage is inaccessible now .

 

[Swearinbag]

Same issue here, haven't changed the format settings yet. Did you fix the issue with the internal storage?

 

[Laminesls]

Same problem

 

[Kirasu2080]

Same problem

Just need for more steps. Wipe dalvik, data, cache, system, vendor > Reboot recovery. Format data> Reboot recovery. Then start do flash rom and do other steps again. This happen because of encryption. If wipe data error, go in fastboot and type "fastboot -w" in ADB PC

 

[GleenCross81]

Just need for more steps. Wipe dalvik, data, cache, system, vendor > Reboot recovery. Format data> Reboot recovery. Then start do flash rom and do other steps again. This happen because of encryption. If wipe data error, go in fastboot and type "fastboot -w" in ADB PC

I am stuck as well. I followed the flash guide of the LiteUp MIUI V12.5 rom for the redemi note 8 pro: https://telegra.ph/Steps-01-01 And I got the error message after formatting the data. I asked on the telegram channel and they told me to change the file system to ext4, but that didn't worked. I tried your solution of wipe, then reboot recovery, fromat data, reboot recovery... flashed the rom again and then I rebooted straight to TWRP again. Can you help me?

 

[jamiehawman]

Anyone know how to fix this I've tried to format data typed yes and this is what I get back using OnePlus 6t android 11 twrp 3.7.0

 

[Kirasu2080]

Anyone know how to fix this I've tried to format data typed yes and this is what I get back using OnePlus 6t android 11 twrp 3.7.0

If you have PC, boot in fastboot mode and type "fastboot -w"
If you dont have PC, you can do some tricks to format:
- For flash new rom, Wipe necessary things > Reboot Recovery > Format data > Reboot Recovery > Flash rom
- Or you can go Wipe > Advanced Wipe > Data and Change File System to Ext4 (Or any default file system that your phone using)

 

[jamiehawman]

i rebooted the twrp asked for password it decrypted so now il drag and drop magisk to phone do i need to drag and drop the twrp and that rom too

 

[jamiehawman]

ive sorted it now well a g

If you have PC, boot in fastboot mode and type "fastboot -w"
If you dont have PC, you can do some tricks to format:
- For flash new rom, Wipe necessary things > Reboot Recovery > Format data > Reboot Recovery > Flash rom
- Or you can go Wipe > Advanced Wipe > Data and Change File System to Ext4 (Or any default file system that your phone using)

uy sorted it for me i had to install a new rom install the new twrp and wallah all good

 

[wenyendev]

Back up your data if you still can.

You can try two methods below. Be careful: both will wipe our your data.


Method 1: boot into fastboot
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system

Try flashing a recovery
fastboot flash recovery [name-of-your-recovery.img]


Method 2: boot into recovery, if you still can
In Twrp / Orangefox / other recovery, format data -> yes;
Plus, you can wipe data, cache and other partitions in recovery.

 

[thaikinh]

Back up your data if you still can.

You can try two methods below. Be careful: both will wipe our your data.


Method 1: boot into fastboot
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system

Try flashing a recovery
fastboot flash recovery [name-of-your-recovery.img]

Just logged in to say thanks. I flashed a PixelOS Rom without removing the password on the old ROM, and the storage is encrypted. Failed to format data, TWRP bootloop, tried different methods, did not work until I found this post.