Can't access internal storage after full wipe (solved)


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So I've recently started using this TWRP (3.3.1-11) for the decryption of Android 10, and today I attempted to make a full clean installation and when I booted up to the recovery I was asked for the password to decrypt the internal storage, and after decrypting it, I wiped everything in the advanced wipe, and afterwards I tried to install the ROM via adb sideload as I've done in a lot of phones, and to my surprise, it failed. I tried push the file, it also failed. Then I flashed the old TWRP (3.3.1-2) I used before where the sideload worked, but also no luck. Flashed this one again, and then somehow I rebooted the phone back to TWRP and the PC detected the internal storage and I was able to copy the ROM zip, and flash it via TWRP. And it all went fine, and the phone booted without any issues. But then after configuring everything I noticed apps failed to update in the play store, when I accessed the camera it kept warning me to insert an SD card to be able to use the camera, and when I went to the file manager, there were no folders there and I also can't take screenshots.
Why is this happening? I tried a factory reset but to no avail... I've done this process this exact way in a Mi 5, Mi 5s, Mi 6 and Mi mix 2 a bunch of times without any issues...
Can anyone help and shine a light on what went wrong?
 
So I've recently started using this TWRP (3.3.1-11) for the decryption of Android 10, and today I attempted to make a full clean installation and when I booted up to the recovery I was asked for the password to decrypt the internal storage, and after decrypting it, I wiped everything in the advanced wipe, and afterwards I tried to install the ROM via adb sideload as I've done in a lot of phones, and to my surprise, it failed. I tried push the file, it also failed. Then I flashed the old TWRP (3.3.1-2) I used before where the sideload worked, but also no luck. Flashed this one again, and then somehow I rebooted the phone back to TWRP and the PC detected the internal storage and I was able to copy the ROM zip, and flash it via TWRP. And it all went fine, and the phone booted without any issues. But then after configuring everything I noticed apps failed to update in the play store, when I accessed the camera it kept warning me to insert an SD card to be able to use the camera, and when I went to the file manager, there were no folders there and I also can't take screenshots.
Why is this happening? I tried a factory reset but to no avail... I've done this process this exact way in a Mi 5, Mi 5s, Mi 6 and Mi mix 2 a bunch of times without any issues...
Can anyone help and shine a light on what went wrong?
Simplissime!
Just after wiping data( ONLY format data in wipe section is required) you just have to reboot into twrp and send the zip rom file from your computer to the phone internal memory and then you can install it directly.
No need to side load if it is a full rom zip like eu rom are.
 
Simplissime!
you just have to reboot into twrp and send the zip rom file from your computer to the phone internal memory and then you can install it directly.
Well that's what I did, after I wiped everything. And the weird thing is, that i can access and transfer files from the computer to the phone when I'm in TWRP, but when the phone boots into the system, I can't transfer any files, as it's encrypted.
So, just flashing it again, might solve it?
 
Well that's what I did, after I wiped everything. And the weird thing is, that i can access and transfer files from the computer to the phone when I'm in TWRP, but when the phone boots into the system, I can't transfer any files, as it's encrypted.
So, just flashing it again, might solve it?
If you can't get out from encryption, you have better to MIFLASH an official fastboot rom in order to reset and clean your phone.
Take care not to relock the bootloader in option field!
 
I did as @shaitkhalid told me, on the weekly post!
For anyone having the same issue all you need to do is the following:

"Flash orange fox recovery and do the following taps
1 wipe everything
2 go to menu - manage partition- wipe data ( yes)
3 reboot to recovery
4 now flash the rom that you got
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reboot to system"

Kudos to shaitkhalid for helping out with this problem. All the credit goes to you!

Thanks a lot