It all started when I was going to disable the Voodoo lagfix to make a CWM backup. I disabled it and then rebooted, and when it came back on, it was back to TW launcher and most of the apps were gone. My market is gone, and when going thru the setup wizard, it doesn't give me an option to log into Google, so my contacts are missing too. I removed voodoo first, then did the Odin process to return to stock. None of this worked, still the same, so I flashed the nandroid stock image. Now I get an error message when I boot up that says "UID's on system are inconsistent, you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable." I have done the factory data wipe from CWM but can not get into the one in settings, as this just FC's. Please help!!!!!!! I also don't have any keyboards or Gmail........
Wipe data from recovery 2e then flash stock kernel, recovery, then system with Odin should b fine
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I wiped data many times, restored all the stock stuff thru odin, and followed adrenalyne's post on completely removing voodoo. I don't get the error message anymore now when I boot up, but still don't have the market or a keyboard. One other weird thing - when I try to go to settings and privacy, it FC's
I also do not have the option to sign in to Google in the start up menu so no contacts either......
I had a similar problem.
Tried using the directions given in another thread to flash back to stock using Odin. In the end, I ended up being stuck in the "Setup Wizard"...there were no forward or back buttons once you hit the Account Setup screen. If I received a call, and hung up and immediately hit the "Messaging" button that shows up on that screen, it would FC.
Ended up taking it back into the store...got a new one.
Was stuck...didn't know what to do.
I don't know what to do, but perhaps you can go to the mIRC channel tomorrow and get some "live" help. Hopefully you'll get some help from someone there! irc freenode, #samsung-fascinate
ktez: your mbr is still stuck (or was) at the voodoo version. The post about fully installing Voodoo should take care of it, but very brifely I'd do the following..
Remove and /sdcard/Voodoo directory
Reinstall Voodoo (flash kernel if necesscary), let it convert and boot fully up
Create the disable_lagfix file, reboot, and let it fully boot up
Reboot into CWM recovery
via adb, mount /dbdata and delete it
- mkdir /dbdata
- mount -t rfs -o nosuid,nodev,check=no /dev/block/stl10 /dbdata
- rm -rf /dbdata/
in CWM, wipe data and cache
flash stock kernel (I'd recommend the CWM stock kernel, but pure stock will work)
reboot
go into initial setup, then exit out, and go to settings - privacy - wipe system / restore to factory
Form this point you're back to stock, you can either restore a nandroid, or start over.
Thank you - I didn't have internet access all day so I just went to Verizon after work and swapped it out for a new phone. I guess Voodoo isn't something to mess with - I did follow all those instructions from the post and still had no luck but on the bright side I learned how to use adb shell now: ) I think I will just leave this phone stock for now........
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I'll tell you...basically not good things
After updating lots of apps, I decided to run the command to remove the boot-cache through a terminal app on my phone, rather than through adb shell (sprint needs to hurry up and fix this bug.)
Unfortunately, the terminal app doesn't like landscape, so when hitting the front slash after the data directory, my finger instead (to my absolute horror) hit the enter key.
Hilarity did NOT ensue. Basically everything started FC'ing. I rebooted into recovery, did a wipe, and started over. Everything seems to be fine, but for those that are more familiar with the filesystem than I, could there be any residual effects, or would the wipe/factory reset basically take me back to step 1? Thanks!
I'm going to try and write an app that not only clears the boot cache, but also turns on net sharing, kinda like a "utilities" app in the interim until Sprint can fix our stuff. Should be simple enough.
Factory reset should take you back to step 1.
Have you installed the recovery ROM? It doesn't modify your actual OS at all, but it enables you to do "whole phone" backups via Nandroid. Very handy for just such an occasion.
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Factory reset should take you back to step 1.
Have you installed the recovery ROM? It doesn't modify your actual OS at all, but it enables you to do "whole phone" backups via Nandroid. Very handy for just such an occasion.
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I do believe so. I followed our five star "how to root the CDMA Hero" thread, and I think the RA-Recovery part was included there.
I'm assuming since I can reboot into recovery mode, this is, in and of itself, the recovery ROM you're talking about. I have the option of a nandroid backup in there.
So, then let me ask you this. If I get my phone how I like it, can I do a Nandroid backup, and always be able to restore to that point, similar to commercially available backup apps? Thanks for the quick reply!
a Nandroid backup will restore everything on your phone (not your SDCard) so it should work to restore even if you delete the whole /data directory. It's not tested but it seems like it should work since it's an image of the whole freaking thing.
Ok I had my phone rooted and had voodoo on it. The phone was having issues downloading from the market, plus I couldnt turn the phone on unless i had it pluged in. So I tried to reset it using odin and the Stock-i500-VZW-Recovery.tar.md5. Now when I turn the phone on i get the android application has an uxpected error and I cant get past that. What do I do? Or how can I get my phone back to stock so I can re-root it.
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Ok I had my phone rooted and had voodoo on it. The phone was having issues downloading from the market, plus I couldnt turn the phone on unless i had it pluged in. So I tried to reset it using odin and the Stock-i500-VZW-Recovery.tar.md5. Now when I turn the phone on i get the android application has an uxpected error and I cant get past that. What do I do? Or how can I get my phone back to stock so I can re-root it.
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Jeff,
See this post for returning to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204. I would do this as a last resort only.
Good Luck!
that is what got me to this problem. there are multiple files there what one do i use?
You apply them in the order they are listed.
1. Apply the "/system" file first
2. Apply the "kernel" file second
3. Apply thie "recovery" file third
This restores stock /system, the stock kernel, and the stock recovery. Pretty much brings you back to stock. Is that what you're trying to do?
I was having the same issues with USB cable looking like it was plugged in so I couldn't reboot unless it was plugged. I tried the voodoo uninstall and screwed up my data partition.
I ended up restoring the CWM_Kernel and Di01 Stock update which brought me back to stock with root and OTA update from Verizon BUT my Data partition is screwed and I have no internal app memory. Also, I have an Nandroid backup that I tried to install but that causes the FC issues that you mentioned. My guess is that my nandroid backup will work once I fix the data partition.
Later tonight, I'm going to try to put the stock MBR back onto the phone which I think you need to do as well.
However, it sounds like you didn't complete the whole recovery process and only applied one file. I'm an android newby so you can't take my advice to the bank but I think you need to restore all the files if you're going to flash with Odin per those instructions.
For me, I had CWM loaded so I just wiped the kernel and put back the DI01 ROM which put me back to stock albeit with some work to do to get my data partition back in shape. I hope this helped, for what it's worth.
Since you've already got the original.mbr copied and the stock.zip flashed...
Boot into CWM recovery and wide data/cache.
If you have a CWM backup of your phone in a rooted state, restore that backup through CWM.
Reboot, and go into "settings" if possible at this point, and factory reset.
This got me back from market failure/0.00/fc hell after utterly failing to heed the voodoo warnings and trying to revert to stock without undoing the lagfix.
You'll likely need to use the unsigned d101 apk if your backup/flash is dh12. The OTA update did not work for me at that point.
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You apply them in the order they are listed.
1. Apply the "/system" file first
2. Apply the "kernel" file second
3. Apply thie "recovery" file third
This restores stock /system, the stock kernel, and the stock recovery. Pretty much brings you back to stock. Is that what you're trying to do?
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My question is do i use the phone. pda or csc buttons for these files?
Ok in Odin use the PDA button for the /system
but what button do i use in odden to load the kernal.tar and recovery.tar
i loaded the pit, and installed all the files using the pda button one after the other. now my phone get no service and it still isnt wiped. what is going on? how do i get the phone back to out of the box condition.
also, now i cant do a factory wipe/reset, im getting the error message Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
Gotta do the mbr fix from the 0.00 internal memory topic and then restore nandroid recovery.
Oh, and it is PDA for all three files, not just system.
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i have the same problem n i havent had a phone for a
week...whats the fix??? did u fix urs??
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i have the same problem n i havent had a phone for a
week...whats the fix??? did u fix urs??
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Use the uninstaller form Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804784
If that does not solve it, follow the steps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
Read all pages of each topic completely prior to initiating *either* of them.
i had problems playing with dirrk oc kernals, so i ended up having to do the complete odin restore and managed to get the phone back to stock it seemed. but no setting will save on the phone, its like a factory reset every time i reboot the phone. can anyone help? when i did the odin restore i lost root, not sure if that means anything. anyone else having issues like this?
You have zero internal memory and the phone is not saving that you have run it.
Find the "FIXED 0.00 INTERNAL MEMORY" Topic in this forum.
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One of the steps I took with the zero memory issues that finally fixed my problem was to "factory data reset" in the privacy menu. I went from 0.0 to 1.0 gb memory.
BTW, I went through the 0.0 internal memory topic as well, but found that the above reset fixed it.
I wasn't patient enough when I did that to my phone on day 1. I just swapped it out at Best Buy, haha. Since it wasn't rooted at all, it just looked like corrupt firmware.
I will keep that in mind if I run into that issue again.
thank you for the quick responses. i tried the factory data reset already and still had zero memory. im not quite sure how to go about trying the solutions suggested in the other thread without having root. maybe im just misunderstanding what they are suggesting? or maybe there is a way i can root my phone now even with no memory???
Meh..
Takes less than 10 minutes, and gets you as close to stock as possible while still being rooted. It's not really monumental or earth-shattering.
I'll be the first to admit I was scared as hell the first time I did it.
Yeah..the first time. You think I actually *learned* from my mistake? Well, I did..I just keep making new, more interesting ones.
That *is* the point of Android, isn't it?
Steps:
Using adb, copy original.mbr (from that thread) to your phone.
flash stock.zip through CWM (you should still be able to get into recovery).
At this point, I diverged from the steps in the topic and restored my original stock+root backup as well)
Reboot, wipe data/cache, delete "databases" folder in /dbdata through root explorer.
(At this point I then did the nandroid revert to stock from the forums, updated, and had a nice functional phone again)
How far are you getting?
ok heres everything i have done and i still have no memory. i used the instructions to get back to stock with odin that came from the sticky on how to do everything. it included putting the original mbr on the phone and a few other things, im not so sure exactly what all it did but i followed those instructions to the t. then i had to use odin to get cwm back and i then used cwm to wipe and then tried to restore a backup. the backup restore didnt fix the memory so i wiped again and reflashed the superclean rom, still with no memory. thats where im at now, im too new to be comfortable doing much in adb without detailed instructions
ok i understand your instructions i think now, but i cant get the mbr on my phone using adb because i lost root. thats where i think im stuck
ok now ive got root back it seems but i cant do the adb thing it says to do for the original mbr. it just says "adb: not found" after i type in the cat /sdcard/original.mbr > /dev/block/mmcblk0 part
adb is part of the root zip you used earlier. Just go into the folder you ran start-root.bat from. Right-click on the folder/command-prompt here, should make it so you can use adb:
Adb shell
Such
Cat.....etc.
G/L.
Beamed from my Zinc 1.1 Fascinate (Dirrks D02 LV 1250) OC.
Anyone following this to ROM/KERNEL their Verizon VZW galaxy Tab
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941781&highlight=cdma+kernel
Getting stuck on SAMSUNG screen?
darkknight1aa1 posted in the dev forum the following and it fixed my problems right away(i personally spent the 2 bucks for the bootstrap app)
I believe that the backup agent is the culprit although since I did all of the following I couldn't test my theory. Seems isolated to VZW owners.
Basically, after putting the stock ROM back on, in the normal recovery console, choose factory default then wipe the cache. After you get all logged back in format your SD and disable the backup assistant crap.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953789
darkknight1aa1 - Hemdall to restore stock VZW system your tab will boot back up and still retain root. Wipe Data and Cache Format SD. Sign back into Google account unchecked restore data for appear. Redownload bootstrap. Run it. It will change system to ext4 then run Ron manager. Flash recovery. Done!
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-Ryan
I used Titanium Backup to uninstall certain packages (not before backing them up, of course) and it seems that I uninstalled too much... Whenever I start certain applications, the phone immediately blanks - and locks.
I have to press the power button 1-2 times before the screen unlock allows me to seep my finger. And it doesn't always succeed in retaining the screen: too often, it will immediately blank and lock again.
Example of applications that make the phone lock: Titanium Backup.
Example of applications that don't blank the phone: Dialer.
I started restoring some of the packages I uninstalled yesterday with the hope that this will fix the problem. So far I tried restoring:
- hiddenmenus
- sns
- Dialer 2.2.2
-setup wizard
- syncMLsvc
But without much success yet.
Any idea which service or package are responsible for correct behavior of the phone?
UPDATE 2: I gave up and decided to flash the EC07-Nuckin-1 ROM. I repeated the entire procedure detailed here and the phone boots fine, but the problem persists - in addition to the fact that the soft menu buttons now disappeared (replaced by faint color dots - LED-like).
How could this happen? Is it possible that my phone contracted an Android virus? (it appears that the problem started immediately after installing Stay Awake from the Android Market.
OK, this is becoming insane: I did a factory reset, re-installed ec07-clean, and not only the problem persists, the settings, home, back and search buttons no longer work!
Not to mention that my account details (and everything else) are still there, even after the factory reset...
And Market won't even start.
How is this possible?
What do I do to simply start from scratch, wiping out everything and all history (except for the SD card)?
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OK, this is becoming insane: I did a factory reset, re-installed ec07-clean, and not only the problem persists, the settings, home, back and search buttons no longer work!
Not to mention that my account details (and everything else) are still there, even after the factory reset...
How is this possible?
What do I do to simply start from scratch, wiping out everything and all history (except for the SD card)?
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those softkey mod (led dots) are in the rom, look at what ur downloading/flashing first.
did u clear caches/dalvik??? clear them before u flash ec07clean and after and see buddy.
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did u clear caches/dalvik??? clear them before u flash ec07clean
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Of course I did.
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and after
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After, too? I didn't know that.
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and see buddy.
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Who is buddy?
ciscogee said:
those softkey mod (led dots) are in the rom, look at what ur downloading/flashing first.
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OK, but they don't respond. Even with your ec07-clean.
Is there a way to do a real factory reset? Start all over again? This problem is driving me nuts.
Thank you ciscogee, you life saver.
Ur buddy lol.
I'm out and about right now. In joshkoss rom thread there is a dl17 stock rom. If u flollow that second post I believe u will achieve 2. 1 stock as in out the box and flash up from there
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I'm out and about right now. In joshkoss rom thread there is a dl17 stock rom. If u flollow that second post I believe u will achieve 2. 1 stock as in out the box and flash up from there
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I'm not really interested in 2.1. I just don't understand why a total re-install of ec07clean.zip + ec07.tar + update.zip won't restore everything to "brand new condition". Surely there is a way to tell the phone to "forget all history". But what is it?
In the meanwhile, I managed to make the Settings (leftmost) button work, by manually restoring SDM from Titanium Backup.
Android Market now starts. But the SCREEN OFF problem persists. I am now beginning to believe that Stay Awake actually caused a permanent damage.
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I'm not really interested in 2.1. I just don't understand why a total re-install of ec07clean.zip + ec07.tar + update.zip won't restore everything to "brand new condition". Surely there is a way to tell the phone to "forget all history". But what is it?
In the meanwhile, I managed to make the Settings (leftmost) button work, by manually restoring SDM from Titanium Backup.
Android Market now starts. But the SCREEN OFF problem persists. I am now beginning to believe that Stay Awake actually caused a permanent damage.
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i understand, but see dl17 is the latest official samsung/verizon release, so what ever you erased will be brought back. the roms that are released here are leaks/hacked so they wouldnt be 100% until tweaked
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i understand, but see dl17 is the latest official samsung/verizon release, so what ever you erased will be brought back. the roms that are released here are leaks/hacked so they wouldnt be 100% until tweaked
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I understand that they aren't 100% and I am OK with that. All I want is bring the phone to that pristine state it was right after I upgraded it from DL17 to ec07clean.zip.
Is this possible at all?
I even tried the built in stock recovery 2e to do "factory restore". Didn't help.
Why doesn't it even delete my account information? This is weird.
Wipe all your data. Cache. Dalvik etc.
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Wipe all your data. Cache. Dalvik etc.
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I tried this at least 4 times. It doesn't get rid of anything. That's really puzzling.
In the meanwhile, I managed to restore my phone to a usable state (i.e. get rid of the original screen-off problem). Here is how I did it:
Settings > Display Settings > Power saving mode: UNCHECK (was checked)
Settings > Display Settings > Screen timeout: 1 minute (non was selected!)
I bet this was some remanent of that Stay Awake app.
Now, I lost quite a few productivity hours due to this. But at least now I know that this phone will always be mine, because in this particular phone, "Factory data reset" simply doesn't work.
Have you thought about using a different version of clockwork for flashing and wiping? That usually helps or perhaps stock recovery even
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I tried this at least 4 times. It doesn't get rid of anything. That's really puzzling.
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But at least now I know that this phone will always be mine, because in this particular phone, "Factory data reset" simply doesn't work.
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Mystery solved!
It turns out that it is the cyan wipe that doesn't work. The red wipe works.
Here is what I did:
Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset (Erases all data on phone) > Reset phone > Erase everything attempt:
Progressed as expected, then rebooted -- right into Android System recover <2e> (blue!):
Code:
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
___________________________________________
-- Wiping data...
Formatting FOTA:...
FOTA wipe failed.
Formatting DATA:...
Data wipe failed.
Formatting CACHE:...
Cache wipe failed.
Formatting DBDATA:...
Db data wipe failed.
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
(No such file or directy)
E: install_application_for_customer:Can't mount HIDDENSDCARD:
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy application failed.
As you can see, there were clear error messages, so now I selected "apply sdcard:update.zip" ==> which brought me you into CwM Voodo Lagfix Recovery v2.5.1.x:
Code:
wipe data/factory reset
-- Wiping data...
Formatting DATA:...
Formatting DATADATA:...
Formatting CACHE:...
Formatting SDEXT:...
Formatting SDCARD:/:.android_secure...
Data wipe complete.
wipe cache partition
-- Wiping cache...
Formatting CACHE:...
Cache wipe complete.
Advanced > Wipe Dalvik Cache
Dalvik Cache wiped
Reboot system now
Phone looks now brand new.
Oh wait! I just examined the SD card and it contains all the old stuff. Nothing wiped, nothing formatted. And the Home button doesn't work. And the ticker-feed button reboots the phone... What's going on???
Edit: Looking into what you said