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HELP! having multiple issues with Nexus S. Cannot wipe cache partition, and wont mount in recovery either. Also my built in storage is now gone. let me give you guys a quick overview of what happened:
We have a dev version of the nexus s (gingerbread version is not retail) in our office. We were having difficulty factory wiping the device (it would complete but nothing would erase) so someone decided to flash a different leaked rom for the Nexus S. The phone was basically a brick afterward. I managed to flash Clockwork on to the device. This is where I found that the cache partition wouldn't mount. Either would the SDCard (USB storage, whatever). I couldnt erase either partitions, and it also couldnt mount the USB storage (was going to try a nand restore from another thread). The only way i could get mass storage was by partitioning the "SDCard" through recovery. This managed to give me a 1 GB partition that windows would recognize (and would mount through clockwork) It wasnt formatted, so i did a quick format with windows, copied the nand backup and restored it to the device. it now boots, but with a few issues. First no data, second i cannot hard reset through menu, third we're having multiple FCs. FINALLY the worst, is still no USB storage. Wont mount USB storage at all. Sometimes device memory displays 3.5 TB (WUT!?). Cannot download any apps.
WHEW
Sorry that was really long. Basically, the phone is messed up, and I cannot mount or wipe the Cache partition, the USB Storage is now missing, and the Restored Nand backup is super bugged. Any ideas?
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I've also deleted the cache partition and re-created through parted. still wont mount cache OR USB Storage
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I'm having this problem too. I want to install CM7, but I don't want to risk formatting the /system and /data partitions if the /cache partition refuses to format. You seem like you're having the same problem as I am having and I wonder whether this is done on purpose from Samsung to disable custom ROM flashing. (I got mine straight from Samsung too).
Has anyone solved this?
looks like I have this issue also ... looks like memory is corrupt ... I can't save any files when mounting the usb device ... When I disconnect, all the files disapear ... any ideas ?
have the same problem but i can't boot in android either it just hangs at google logo and if i boot in recovery i get this error (didn't flash any roms yet it happend after i flashed clockworkmode
i was able to boot andriod again with odin but clockwork still gives the cache error so i still can't flash anything else on it
Am still learning....but just a few quick questions....adb is still working?.....and computer makes connection sound when phone plugged in? Have you tried reinstalling drivers the flashing recovery and then nandroid.......for some reason when i had a simiilar problem....my phone would not flash any rom but only do restore for nandroid....
also can you access the usb storage at all? You say it dissappears after ?
well i was able to put my device in download mode and install a rom with odin and i can boot again, but after that i reinstalled clockworkmod and again it's giving me the cache error. i can't install/backup/restore/.... anything in clockworkmod i keep getting cash error.
ps. it's a new i9023 device running 2.3.3 stock
can you tell me what it says on your bootloader screen when you boot into it( assuming that you can)
fastboot mode
product name - hearing
hw version - rev 52
bootloaderversion - i9020xxka3
baseband version - i9020xxkb3
carrier info - eur
serial number - ... (if you need it pm)
lock state - unlocked
...
So whilst in bootloader you can flash recovery.img (I have the file if you need it)
eg...fastboot flash recovery recovery.img......
then can you access newly flashed recovery and maybe then restore.....I still dont know if you can access usb storage on the device
well yes i can access usb storge in clockworkmod (it's one off the only things that works in clockworkmod ) and if the recovery you have also is clockworkmod then it won't do much difference clockworkmod doesn't seem to find my cash or anything
btw i just saw there are 2 threads with almost the same around and looks like i posted in both don't know why but was pretty late last night when i posted seems the problem i have is the one in this topic (still no solution tough): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12204800#post12204800
suboxide said:
well yes i can access usb storge in clockworkmod (it's one off the only things that works in clockworkmod ) and if the recovery you have also is clockworkmod then it won't do much difference clockworkmod doesn't seem to find my cash or anything
btw i just saw there are 2 threads with almost the same around and looks like i posted in both don't know why but was pretty late last night when i posted seems the problem i have is the one in this topic (still no solution tough): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12204800#post12204800
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Yeah so have you tried a nandroid restore then....Not a new rom installation!......a nandroid restore which was either a stock restore or a rooted rom in which cache was accessible....sorry if you have just want to check the obvious first.
have you tried flashing an older recovery of clockwork mod?
If you have then probably is just a new nexus S issue which needs a workaround?
oh yes tried nandroid restore first (got cache error during that aswel if i rember corectly, atleast didn't work)
only thing that worked was using odin from: http://www.samfirmware.com/apps/blog/show/6263048-nexus-s-roms-now-online-
after that i was able to boot the phone again and i did another clockworkmod recovery and got the same error that's shown in first post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12204800#post12204800
atleast i can access android now, i think there is maybe something different between the new phones in europe since some other ppl that bought their phone recently are having the same problem and it's only since this week you can buy them (well in belgium atleast, don't know about other country's)
i can try if you know where to find an older clockwork mod, i seem only to find "recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img"
suboxide said:
i can try if you know where to find an older clockwork mod, i seem only to find "recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img"
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try this one I think it s a previous version ....worked for me
...but then i have older nexus s.....
same error:
http://db.tt/r7oe3wz
suboxide said:
same error:
http://db.tt/r7oe3wz
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Hmm ok ....well im stumped as well.....sorry i couldn't be of any more help...
look at the image it's about ppl that just unlocked the new htc thunderbolt but seems they also have the cache problem looking at the screenshot
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...orkmod-recovery-loaded-rom-floodgates-opened/
Hi,
Yesterday I installed MIUI RC5b, and had the external sd error. I read around and found that if you get a garbled screen after the bootloader, you have to downgrade it because you have a gingerbread one. That was my problem since I come from JVK, so I flashed EZBase and that fixed it.
I was getting the Cyanogenmod logo after the bootloader one, but still, I had no external sd, so I decided to flash a Doc's Kitchen rom back. After that, the phone gets stuck in the boot screen, does not even get to the boot animation.
I flashed a clean JM9 firmware, and got no problems, but if I install CWM and flash anything else, it locks again. From CWM, I cannot mount /system /data or /cache, because I get a "Cannot mount /system: !" error message.
I've also tried applying / removing lagfixes, and flashing EZBase and upgrading to the kitchen rom.
Reinstalling MIUI I got "SD Card damaged" notification, but everything else works fine.
I'm pretty out of ideas here. I've been reading around and haven't found anything similar.
By the way, MIUI rocks. I just wish I could solve the external SD problem and I would use it forever.
Anyone has any tips?
Thanks.
JaviLoL said:
Hi,
Yesterday I installed MIUI RC5b, and had the external sd error. I read around and found that if you get a garbled screen after the bootloader, you have to downgrade it because you have a gingerbread one. That was my problem since I come from JVK, so I flashed EZBase and that fixed it.
I was getting the Cyanogenmod logo after the bootloader one, but still, I had no external sd, so I decided to flash a Doc's Kitchen rom back. After that, the phone gets stuck in the boot screen, does not even get to the boot animation.
I flashed a clean JM9 firmware, and got no problems, but if I install CWM and flash anything else, it locks again. From CWM, I cannot mount /system /data or /cache, because I get a "Cannot mount /system: !" error message.
I've also tried applying / removing lagfixes, and flashing EZBase and upgrading to the kitchen rom.
Reinstalling MIUI I got "SD Card damaged" notification, but everything else works fine.
I'm pretty out of ideas here. I've been reading around and haven't found anything similar.
By the way, MIUI rocks. I just wish I could solve the external SD problem and I would use it forever.
Anyone has any tips?
Thanks.
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Could you try to use another sdcard?
I think you should try to reinstall again. Follow the guide provided by galnet or itskapil.
Sent from my GT-I9000
I have installed RC6, and I have exactly the same problem.
When I insert the microsd, I get a "damaged sd card" notification telling me I have to format it. If I press "format", the card formatted is the internal sd, instead of the external.
And after that, /mnt/emmc is still empty and I cannot copy anything there.
It must be a deeper problem, as I thinks it is what makes me unable to install any other ROM.
did you ever fix the miui problem, or get into download mode to reflash another rom? I used miui, then bricked my phone trying to flash back to darkys
I am having a lot of issues with Rom manager. Whenever I create a backup and try to back it up it refuses to work. It acts like it worked. But when I try to restore to that backup it says MD5 mismatch. I am currently running a froyo leedroid rom. I have tried to flash over to a GB Leedroid rom and a Coredroid rom. Neither of them work.
It says finding update package
opening update package
can't open file bad.
I am seriously annoyed with rom manager WTF is the point in creating a damn backup if I can't restore it at a later point?
Now my sdcard will not mount says its is mounted as read only and it wont do a damn thing now...
Bump wondering how to check an MD5. Still wondering what is up with Rom manager. Silly question but am I having troubles because I bought a different memory card for the phone? I did a partition and wiped it but just not sure.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/MD5-Checker.shtml
use that to check the MD5. Obviously something getting corrupt along the way. I cant imagine its the memory card but Im not 100%. Hopefully someone with more knowledge than me will pop along shortly.
berserkerx87 said:
I am having a lot of issues with Rom manager. Whenever I create a backup and try to back it up it refuses to work. It acts like it worked. But when I try to restore to that backup it says MD5 mismatch. I am currently running a froyo leedroid rom. I have tried to flash over to a GB Leedroid rom and a Coredroid rom. Neither of them work.
It says finding update package
opening update package
can't open file bad.
I am seriously annoyed with rom manager WTF is the point in creating a damn backup if I can't restore it at a later point?
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Hi I'm pretty new here so I'm may be wrong about this, but could it be a problem with Froyo and GB? It's like using office 2010 and 2007 version, may not be backward compatible. But I may be wrong, just a a guess on my part.
berserkerx87 said:
It says finding update package
opening update package
can't open file bad.
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Looks to me like you've got a flaky SD card, certainly I have no problems creating and restoring backups although I am on CM7 but that shouldn't make a difference, first off though make sure youre running the lastest ROM Manager and Clockwork versions then try a different SD card.
Okay I am still having issues with Rom manager. I tried putting in a new sd card and it will not mount to the system. I hit mount and it just pops back up saying its ready to remove. I now can't reboot into recovery nor flash clockwork recovery. It said an error occurred while flashing your recovery.
Also I really don't like that I can't even take a picture or use my camera because it says it can't save to the SD card due to insufficient file permissions. Yes I have done fix permissions in rom manager. But it still wont work..
have you tried to do it directly in CWM?
if so, try to flash a newer CWM version (through fastboot, ROM Manager is known to cause some problems).
Hello iam also having problems but i am have my DHD freeze at the splash screen when trying to enter recovery, any ideas please.
berserkerx87 said:
Okay I am still having issues with Rom manager. I tried putting in a new sd card and it will not mount to the system. I hit mount and it just pops back up saying its ready to remove. I now can't reboot into recovery nor flash clockwork recovery. It said an error occurred while flashing your recovery.
Also I really don't like that I can't even take a picture or use my camera because it says it can't save to the SD card due to insufficient file permissions. Yes I have done fix permissions in rom manager. But it still wont work..
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ROM manager wouldn't prevent mounting of a new SD card, thats got to be a hardware issue or an issue with your current ROM, try flashing either a different custom ROM or a stock ROM if your SD card woes continue it's a hardware issue, if not it's a ROM issue but either way I think we can safely rule out ROM manager.
sidon100uk said:
Hello iam also having problems but i am have my DHD freeze at the splash screen when trying to enter recovery, any ideas please.
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Try reflashing Clockwork recovery, either from Fastboot or from ROM manager.
Tried using ROM Manager but got nowhere so i followed this post and it worked first time http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003723 , it was great for new guys like me.
But thank you for your help.
I figured out what the problem was. Even though I had formatted that new sd card it still wouldn't mount so I formatted it on the computer and now everything is fine. I don't use that other sd card anymore. I guess it was really just a bad sd card. So a word of advice to everyone that not all sd cards are created equal!
Thanks for all the help everyone!
Wise words there! I've been through 4 memory cards lol and each one broke. One after the other.
I use Rom Manager only to install CWM, and then I flashed all new rom by recovery from SD card.
I propose not to save a money on buying cheap card. It so important
ok, first of all, i do not have enough post's to post this in the development section where it belongs...anyways, my nexus s is a complete mess. I had brainmaster's miui with the matr1x kernel running for 6 hours and my phone reboots and get's stuck on the boot up screen with the unlocked symbol.
i've tried many battery pulls and yet it won't manage to boot past that screen nor will it mount my sd card. i've been looking all over xda for a fix for this and i can't seem to get any solution to fix my problem.
i tried adb but im not sure if im doing it right or not because im using a mac.
anyways, any help will be greatly appreciated!!
and yes i tried the method where i download the nandroid backup and mount through cwr, but each time i try to mount my sd card to mount it fails, for some reason it only mounts if i have twrp recovery...
mimobeatz said:
ok, first of all, i do not have enough post's to post this in the development section where it belongs...anyways, my nexus s is a complete mess. I had brainmaster's miui with the matr1x kernel running for 6 hours and my phone reboots and get's stuck on the boot up screen with the unlocked symbol.
i've tried many battery pulls and yet it won't manage to boot past that screen nor will it mount my sd card. i've been looking all over xda for a fix for this and i can't seem to get any solution to fix my problem.
i tried adb but im not sure if im doing it right or not because im using a mac.
anyways, any help will be greatly appreciated!!
and yes i tried the method where i download the nandroid backup and mount through cwr, but each time i try to mount my sd card to mount it fails, for some reason it only mounts if i have twrp recovery...
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try mount "usb storage" also you may try and re-flash miui and not wipe cache ect. it might boot back up.
ok, but how can i reflash the rom if the sd card won't mount? is it possible through adb?
mimobeatz said:
ok, first of all, i do not have enough post's to post this in the development section where it belongs...anyways, my nexus s is a complete mess. I had brainmaster's miui with the matr1x kernel running for 6 hours and my phone reboots and get's stuck on the boot up screen with the unlocked symbol.
i've tried many battery pulls and yet it won't manage to boot past that screen nor will it mount my sd card. i've been looking all over xda for a fix for this and i can't seem to get any solution to fix my problem.
i tried adb but im not sure if im doing it right or not because im using a mac.
anyways, any help will be greatly appreciated!!
and yes i tried the method where i download the nandroid backup and mount through cwr, but each time i try to mount my sd card to mount it fails, for some reason it only mounts if i have twrp recovery...
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actually this doesn't belong in development section... it goes in Q&A. So yeah that post count limit is there for a reason
boot into recovery by holding volume up and power button and then selecting recovery and backup then wipe data/cache and start over and see if that fixes the issue.
Tried that as well, i began to research the problem more and it could possible that my nand is corrupt, so i might need to send it in under warranty? If this where the case would i just need to lock the bootloader?
reboot into recovery and wipe dalvik and try to reboot. Had the same problem but on cm7/matr1x and i wiped it and it booted, worth a try.
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Tried that as well, i began to research the problem more and it could possible that my nand is corrupt, so i might need to send it in under warranty? If this where the case would i just need to lock the bootloader?
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What happened when you tried this?
Sent from my Nexus S 4G
also did you try and mount USB STORAGE in CWM?
Update::: - I think I figured it out. Thanks to WUG's Root Toolkit... much simpler than I thought...
I took a shortcut and I think I screwed up so I need some help getting back...
I went to install (on Grouper/Nexus 7/Wifi 16g) a version of Gummy. I don't have a lot of free space so didn't do a backup and did a WIPE, clear Cache and Dalvik. Went to install Gummy, but it got some symbolic error, so I wont load, but now I have no other rom's on the internal memory. So I have no way to load anything. And this tablet doesn't have external storage so no way to copy. I don't have any device such as OTG so I cant load there.
How can I get a Rom loaded into internal memory ??? I have Clockwork 6.0.1.0 on and I can boot into recovery (the only think I can do).
Help please... lol
Sorry, posted this in panic mode in the wrong forum, please move - any op's.
flipper2006 said:
Update::: - I think I figured it out. Thanks to WUG's Root Toolkit... much simpler than I thought...
I took a shortcut and I think I screwed up so I need some help getting back...
I went to install (on Grouper/Nexus 7/Wifi 16g) a version of Gummy. I don't have a lot of free space so didn't do a backup and did a WIPE, clear Cache and Dalvik. Went to install Gummy, but it got some symbolic error, so I wont load, but now I have no other rom's on the internal memory. So I have no way to load anything. And this tablet doesn't have external storage so no way to copy. I don't have any device such as OTG so I cant load there.
How can I get a Rom loaded into internal memory ??? I have Clockwork 6.0.1.0 on and I can boot into recovery (the only think I can do).
Help please... lol
Sorry, posted this in panic mode in the wrong forum, please move - any op's.
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First of all, this is the wrong forum for this. Second, there should be an option in CWM called "ADB sideload". With it you can download a flushable zip to your computer, and then use adb to flash it. You'll need to have a usb cable, but it should effectively bring back your tablet.
Sent either from my potato phone, or my Nexus 7.