How to: copy ROM zip file to the freshly wiped device

Have you ever been in a situation where you mistakenly (or not) wiped the content of the internal storage (including system partition and virtual SD card) on your phone or tablet and unfortunately it doesn't support external storage? Now you can't flash desired custom ROM because you removed it and the device can't be booted due to wiped system partition. Don't worry - it's very easy to fix!

Here are the steps you need to follow to copy the correct rom.zip package to your internal storage:

1. Download this mini-sdk package and extract it to c:\mini-sdk
2. Rename the custom ROM package you want to flash to "rom.zip" and copy it to c:\mini-sdk
3. Connect your device to the PC
4. Boot your device in recovery mode
5. Open a command prompt on the PC (cmd.exe), type and confirm each command with ENTER:
6. cd /d c:\mini-sdk
7. adb shell
8. mount /data (error might mean that /data partition is already mounted)
9. on Android 4.2 and above: mkdir -p /data/media/0
10. on Android 4.1.2 and below: mkdir -p /data/media
11. exit
12. on Android 4.2 and above: adb push rom.zip /data/media/0
13. on Android 4.1.2 and below: adb push rom.zip /data/media
14. Wait for a few minutes until the file is copied. It will looks like command shell is not responding, but that means it's still copying. Wait patiently until you'll see blinking cursor again.
15. Depends on your custom recovery, use the navigation keys to flash the custom rom.zip package in a typical way you used to flash custom ROMs. It should be on your internal storage now. Done!

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