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Credit goes to Sombionix for this tip, Eugene, and all the others how helped me out when my phone was messed up. This is from the thread for Sombionix's ROM.... Works great!
Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? Then This Fix is For You.
So you forgot to disable the voodoo lagfix before you flashed a new rom and now you're getting an error, similar to the one posted below. Even Odin won't allow you to flash back to stock. Well, pay close attention and with some luck, you'll be good as rain...or something like that.
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
Copying files...
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
E: Can't mount DATA:
E: Failure at line 372:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
Installation aborted.
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine! BAM!
how long did it took you to re-partition the SD? i tried to re-partition but it just sits in there and it does not show any indication it is being partitioned.. so i just did evrything except the repartitition part it it works great for me..
My Galaxy S from Bell I9000M, It was installed with JM8 with Voodoo lagfix. Last night phone freeze, i pull the battery, and reboot always stuck in black screen after S log and music. Today, without uninstall Voodoo lagfix (obivious I couldn't), I have been flashing it with all kind of ROM (with repartition), and same issue "always stuck in black screen".
Recovery Mode, it show error message:
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:copy default media content failed.
Looks like Voodoo Ext4 is causing SDCARD not able to be mounted by system.
Do you know if this method will work on Galaxy S? it is safe for me to try it (I guess if I try it, at step #9, I will use I9000M stock ROM)? also where can I download " Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file."?
PLEASE HELP!!
mingqlin said:
My Galaxy S from Bell I9000M, It was installed with JM8 with Voodoo lagfix. Last night phone freeze, i pull the battery, and reboot always stuck in black screen after S log and music. Today, without uninstall Voodoo lagfix (obivious I couldn't), I have been flashing it with all kind of ROM (with repartition), and same issue "always stuck in black screen".
Recovery Mode, it show error message:
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:copy default media content failed.
Looks like Voodoo Ext4 is causing SDCARD not able to be mounted by system.
Do you know if this method will work on Galaxy S? it is safe for me to try it (I guess if I try it, at step #9, I will use I9000M stock ROM)? also where can I download " Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file."?
PLEASE HELP!!
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Do you guys have an Odin 1-click back to stock rom for the i9000? Does it have a Master Clear button? I have a Captivate so sorry for posting in here folks.
(The usual disclaimer - if this finishes bricking your phone - not my fault - but it worked for my phone )
My buddy just restored my phone by doing the following:
Downloaded Odin 1 Click back to Stock for Captivate
It has a MASTER CLEAR button on it - put the phone into Download Mode and hit the button... and let it ride for 15-20 minutes.
It didn't finish - he just unplugged and pulled the battery and when it came back up it was at the "computer++++" message.
Turned Odin 1 Click back up - put the phone into Download Mode - phone restored as normal.
Back to stock with a the ugly live wallpaper!
Thank you!!! I was screwed!!!!
Edit: Quick question, before I did this, when I was running fine, I had an option at the bottom of the pop up window you get when you hold home and see recent applications - this option would let me go in and kill running apps - it isn't there anymore and I can't remember if it was something I added - any ideas?
this worked for me ..... thank you!
How to unbrick a vibrant without Eugene's Froyo ROM?
I'm new - but searching doesn't seem to help much , i get all dead ends.
I've got a softbricked brant because of voodoo and a rom flash. The vibrant boots past the galaxy S logo and then goes black with all 4 buttons lit up at the bottom.
Everywhere I look seems to indicate I need to reflash with Eugenes Froyo that doesn't brick, but that seems to have been pulled from XDA.
Is there some other way around this or is the ROM stored offsite somewher else still?
Crankycoder said:
I'm new - but searching doesn't seem to help much , i get all dead ends.
I've got a softbricked brant because of voodoo and a rom flash. The vibrant boots past the galaxy S logo and then goes black with all 4 buttons lit up at the bottom.
Everywhere I look seems to indicate I need to reflash with Eugenes Froyo that doesn't brick, but that seems to have been pulled from XDA.
Is there some other way around this or is the ROM stored offsite somewher else still?
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Froyo that does not brick can be found here:
http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=8
After flashing this via Odin, reboot to download mode again, and flash a stock rom of your choice in Odin, and you'll be up and running in no time.
The instructions in the OP of this thread are the short and sweet of this process, follow it, being sure to check repartition in Odin only at the last flash, ie stock firmware.
Ginger Clone's of the World Unite! Via the XDA App
not good
I hate it when that happens
thank you thank you thank you so much it work again
This should be in the bible sections if it's not yet there.
Hi,
I wanted to try the Roto JME firmware, and I flashed it using the instructions at the dev forum. It seemed to work nice. Now I want to get back to stock firmware, and I am having a lot of trouble doing it.
I tried downloading the stock ROM at the sticky thread in the dev forum and decrypt it. It is not possible for me, I have tried four different computers with both Win XP and Win 7. All I get is "System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040154)".
Anyhow, I downloaded the file already decrypted at the first post in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881952&highlight=Official+ROMs.
I extracted the zip-file and in Odin v.1.70, I selected PDA = JME.tar which I got from the zip-file. I did not select re-partition. Odin says PASS! but the galaxy tab goes to a screen with a triangle with a exclamation mark in it, and it says "E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage is not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed. "
I tried the reboot option. The screen says "SAMSUNG" and nothing happens. I don't dare try the other options.
Please help, I don't know what to do!
Sounds like the internal sd is corrupted. Try a factory reset in recovery
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
That did not work. It still just shows the Samsung logo, it waits some time and then it vibrates, and it seems it does some kind of new boot atempt.
Please help!
No one can help me?
Please.
I think you need to get a copy of dbdata.rfs.tar and flash it using odin.
You can find a link to download it in the second post in this thred.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875557
Thanks man, it worked!
Still not back to stock FW though. I wonder why no-one has written a howto on that.
No problem
I have been using jk5 firmware which allowed my at&t tab to make calls. However, I noticed after a while, that 90% of my use of the tab was wifi and certain apps would not download because the vendor thought my app was from a different country. None the less, I thought it was best for me to just return to the stock firmware. i called Samsung, told them I wanted stock firmware back on my tab, they gave me a prepaid ups label and I just shipped it off today for a 7 day turnaround.
What?! So you're saying there is no known procedure for getting back to stock, without calling samsung? This is ridiculous... So I have a tab wich is more or less ruined in regards to future official updates, i.e. Honeycomb and such?
I feel sad and fooled..
If you know what the original firmare was, you can download it at samfirmware.com
I think the rom you downloaded has the protected bootloader :-(
Doesn't restoring your rotobackup get back to stock?
Just have have to remove the root , unlock and any other changes after restore?
Can't you point me to a description on how to do that? I would be very grateful.
If you have a signed bootloader you cant go back to stock until the new fix is ready. Read all about it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888071
Could someone make a "howto get back to stock FW" for the tab? Lots of howto's here, but no one that reverses the process. If someone also could decrypt the file here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889165 and upload it, it would be great. The decodertest.exe does not work.
Thanks a lot!
Why not you?
rangercaptain said:
Why not you?
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Whowww, what a productive answer......
mondy1 said:
Could someone make a "howto get back to stock FW" for the tab?
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Hello,
before I start
Flashing a device always comes with a certain risk - if you do not pay attention, you may end up with a device you cannot use anymore. For this reason,
* READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY ! *
If there are any videos, you can feel lucky + should watch them,
and follow the instructions step-by-step.
If questions do come up, I recommend to ask them BEFORE you flash being unsure if the settings are really ok. You can send me a PN or post in here
* * *
To go back to aka flash Stock Firmware for Galaxy Tab,
1) back up your files
2) go here: http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-p1000.htm
(if you have not yet registered for samfirmware, do it! Believe me, you will sure not regret it)
3) make sure to read the instructions
4) Download and read the PDF instruction guide in the link (especially the pages explaining how to pick the files for ODIN)
5) Watch the Video
6) Download: ODIN v1.7 & the appropriate Firmware for your device
- ! .. everything below here is also well described in the PDF guide .. ! -
7) Open ODIN, pick the files
(!) if you need to repair, make sure to also pick the .PIT file and tick re-partition (personally, I always flash with the .PIT file + re-partition when I flash a new firmware; only when I upgrade I do not flash the .PIT)
8) Switch the Tab to USB Debugging (Settings - Applications - Development - tick: USB debugging / go to: Yes in the pop up window)
9) Power Off the Tab
9a) I always take out the SIM Card and the External SD Card at this step
10) Start Download Mode (hold: Volume Down + then: Power, once screen starts release only the Power button; until you see the yellow droid with the shovel)
11) Connect Tab with the PC
12) now PC installs drivers & in ODIN: on the left hand corner there should be [COM:...] in yellow (this means: ODIN has recognized your device)
13) check once more if the appropriate files have been chosen in ODIN
14) once you are ready, click: START
15) ODIN will now flash - check the Message field on the left hand bottom
(!) don't run anything now, leave the PC and the Tab, and let ODIN do its work, it will take a few minutes
16) once ODIN is done it will say: "PASS" in green on the top left hand corner & the Tab will reboot
- the reboot will take longer than usual, let it fully reboot!
In my case, after flashing Firmware my Tab was in Russian language - I had to go to Settings and set my language to English (if you need help let us know)
Let me assure you that I have flashed two times using Firmware from SamFirmware.com and both times, everything went really well!
Thanks man! You're the best!
you are very welcome /
only a few days ago, I was sitting with my tab in my hands, the tab was stuck in boot loop, I was totally frightened of having ruined it .. asking myself exactly the same question: "How can I flash a stock firmware?"
.. Users sharing experience and helping each other out this is what this forum is here for
I followed your description and it seems everything went well! I still have a question, though; When I connect the tab with Kies, it says under "firmware information": This version of the unit can not be updated" (it's in norwegian, I have translated it so it might not be word-by-word the same as in the english version). The question is: how come?
When I now enter *#1234* the tab states:
PDA: P1000XWJMF
PHONE: P1000XXJMA
CSC: P1000SERJM4
Thanks!
pakalrtb said:
Whowww, what a productive answer......
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I was inviting someone to research and study, then share their new knowledge. That is what pushes android development forward. My suggestion could have benefited many! At least I wasn't bashing anyone!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzi_U-fH5Us
That is amazing! Can I suggest adding a few key words in the description? No, nevermind, the title is perfect. Good work!
I was going to follow this guide to see if I can get my VZW USA Tab back to stock because it constantly force closes everything.. I just can't figure out if my firmware is on that website. It says if your from America you shouldn't flash any of those firmwares.. Is there any firmware that I can use for my Verizon Tab?
rangercaptain said:
That is amazing! Can I suggest adding a few key words in the description?
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Absolutely please, go ahead!
Hmm, I was considering flashing my Verizon Tab as well with a custom ROM, but from what I am reading it still seems to be an iffy process.
If I were to go ahead and attempt it can anybody tell me if any of the ROMs out right now offer signifigant improvements over the stock? And since it is a Verizon Tab would the procedure for flashing a ROM as well as flashing back to stock be the same as the other carriers? Many kudos to the person who gave the detailed response about flashing back to stock, but I just wasnt sure if it applied to Verizon's version as well, as it's the Tab I've found the least info about.
Edit: Just for clarity, making the Tab into a phone isnt something I'm too concerned about...just wanted to slip that in as it seems to complicate the process of flashing these things much more.
Sent from my SCH-I800 using XDA App
QueenAmy:
I follow your instructions exactly, adding PIT file and my fw which is P1000JPJM4
I get Pass in Odin 1.7
when the tab reboots, it takes me to recovery menu 3e automatically and get this on the screen:
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update media, please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/st110
(invalid Argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed.
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what Should I do?
I flashed using odin 1.7 like 4 times, with each time I get PASS, but after the reboot , I get the above text.
Should I select (WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET) ?
and
Wipe cache partition?
please help me, I really appreciate the few minutes you take to reply me.
thx in advance
EDIT:
I tried wipe data/factory reset, then reboot
Now I m stuck in a boot loop with the word SAMSUNG and vibrations, nothing happens
Willy318is said:
QueenAmy:
I follow your instructions exactly, adding PIT file and my fw which is P1000JPJM4
I get Pass in Odin 1.7
when the tab reboots, it takes me to recovery menu 3e automatically and get this on the screen:
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update media, please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/st110
(invalid Argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed.
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what Should I do?
I flashed using odin 1.7 like 4 times, with each time I get PASS, but after the reboot , I get the above text.
Should I select (WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET) ?
and
Wipe cache partition?
please help me, I really appreciate the few minutes you take to reply me.
thx in advance
EDIT:
I tried wipe data/factory reset, then reboot
Now I m stuck in a boot loop with the word SAMSUNG and vibrations, nothing happens
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See my reply in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920844
Thank you, indeed that fixed the problem, I'm now on the JM4 FW.
Was Lost w/o you, thanks much for your help, truly appreciate it.
Will
Hi Guys,
Been sent over here as you're the "bees knees" at fixing problems.
I have a Galaxy S which I rooted with Z4root and had the OCL lagfix also.
Was on 2.2 but updated via KIES to 2.2.1 yesterday ( sorry can't remember the last letters).
Phone now sits in boot loop, so tried reflashing stock firmware via Odin3. Phone WILL go into download mode, and WILL accept .PIT files and .TAR files. Odin says successful, but when phone boots, the Galaxy S screen comes up, then recovery screen with the following message
E:Can't mount/dev/block/st110 (invalid argument)
E;copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet,please use UI menu for format and reboot actions,
copy default media content failed.
Trouble is the phone won't boot so can't get to UI menu to format
Is this bricked big time or is it repairable? I presume the default media is the whole workings of the phone?
I have only limited knowledge of these things, and shouldn't have played with it in the first place.
Just need to know if I ought to claim for a new one on my house insurance?
Thanks
Do you have your stock jpy firmware already downloaded?
Follow the directions in the block 2 section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
presume you did not unroot or disable lagfix .
two different file systems is why it broke .
You need 3 button download mode + stock Firmware + odin
Flash stock firmware .
Or take the phone to Samsung and hope repaired under warranty .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=810686
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939752
jje
This one is easy to fix so don't panic.
Download this ROM and extract (Odin 1.7 and 512.pit are included), then do as follows:
-Start Odin and load 512.pit, don't connect the phone yet.
-Make sure "Re-Partition" is checked, don't change anything else.
-Load PDA.tar.md5 as PDA, MODEM.tar.md5 as PHONE and CSC.tar.md5 as CSC.
-Put your Phone on download mode and connect it, start flashing.
When flashing is done, the phone will enter recovery mode, if it get stuck at the same error, simply do a wipe/factory reset and reboot the phone, the phone shall boot normally then.
Link: http://www.multiupload.com/PZNPALHVDW
Good luck.
electrotune1200 said:
Do you have your stock jpy firmware already downloaded?
Follow the directions in the block 2 section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
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Tried all that, loads it but phone won't boot up properly cos it can't write media to internal partition E
[Ramad] said:
This one is easy to fix so don't panic.
Download this ROM and extract (Odin 1.7 and 512.pit are included), then do as follows:
-Start Odin and load 512.pit, don't connect the phone yet.
-Make sure "Re-Partition" is checked, don't change anything else.
-Load PDA.tar.md5 as PDA, MODEM.tar.md5 as PHONE and CSC.tar.md5 as CSC.
-Put your Phone on download mode and connect it, start flashing.
When flashing is done, the phone will enter recovery mode, if it get stuck at the same error, simply do a wipe/factory reset and reboot the phone, the phone shall boot normally then.
Good luck.
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Thanks for this. Got that file, using Odin and it gets as far as saying "Do not turn off Target" and it has been on that for approx 15 mins now. Is that too long?
tojjer said:
Thanks for this. Got that file, using Odin and it gets as far as saying "Do not turn off Target" and it has been on that for approx 15 mins now. Is that too long?
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Yes, that is too long. Unplug the cable and take out the battery for 2 min. then put on download mode before you connect the phone and flash again.
When you unplug it now an error will appear, don't worry about it, just take out the battery for 2 min. and you shall be able to enter download mode again.
[Ramad] said:
Yes, that is too long. Unplug the cable and take out the battery for 2 min. then put on download mode before you connect the phone and flash again.
When you unplug it now an error will appear, don't worry about it, just take out the battery for 2 min. and you shall be able to enter download mode again.
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You are one clever fella, don't know how to thank you enough.
It worked by doing that, and now it's back to stock I presume?
Is it safe for me to root again to use things like setcpu and lagfix?
Again, I can't thank you enough. My wife was in her element nagging me that I'd just cost us a lot of money !!
Tojj
tojjer said:
You are one clever fella, don't know how to thank you enough.
It worked by doing that, and now it's back to stock I presume?
Is it safe for me to root again to use things like setcpu and lagfix?
Again, I can't thank you enough. My wife was in her element nagging me that I'd just cost us a lot of money !!
Tojj
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You are welcome, yes, it's back to semi-stock now.
In phone dialer enter the following : *#272*your_imei_number_here#
Put the phone IMEI-number in the code above and see if your CSC is XEU, if it's XEU then you are at stock, if not then choose XEU and hit "Install", the phone should reboot and reset and you will be fully at stock.
Root with SuperOneclick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682 Use 1.5 after enabling USB-debugging mode , and reboot, newer ones tends to hit or miss.
I think that you might need to try using the phone without a lagfix, if you can't live without it then try voodoo http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774500 which uses EXT4 filesystem, it's way more secure than EXT2 that you were using, and it has a nice audio fix.
You will be good anyway...tell your wife that it's not easy to kill a Galaxy S, unless you use a hammer ofcourse.
I think she'll be saving the hammer for me !!
Hope it doesn't matter which 1.5, gonna try 1.5.5.
I'll take your advice on trying it without lagfix for a while, see how it goes.
Sorry to be a pain, but doesn't Froyo have apps2sd built in, cos at the moment it seems to be saving them to my phones internal memory, not internal/external sdcards?
The applications are always saved to a partition called /data , it's 2GB in size.
The internal SD-card is divided as 2GB /data and 6GB /sdcard.
some applications can be moved to the internal/external SD-cards, you can check that under Settings>Applications>Manage applications and choose an application, if the button "Move to SD card" is highlighted then the application can be moved/run from the SD-card.
Thanks, that explains it.
Phone was a little laggy at first but seems to have speeded up after a reboot.
I'll leave you alone now ( for a while at least )
Thanks again, you've been really helpful, and hopefully shut my Mrs up for a while
And that takes some doin, believe me !!
This morning I was attempting to update the firmware on my i9505.
I downloaded and extracted the .tar.md5 file and opened Odin in administrator mode.
Stupidly I then added the downloaded file as Phone and not PDA and pressed start in Odin. Unsurprisingly it failed.
I downloaded and tried other firmware (as Phone) before I realised my error.
When I boot the phone "normally" I get the failed firmware update message and have tried Kies but it can't connect to the phone.
Download mode does work, but when I try with the firmware (stock and pre-rooted) as PDA it always fails.
Can someone please help to recover my phone? I'm feeling pretty stupid just now
floydart said:
This morning I was attempting to update the firmware on my i9505.
I downloaded and extracted the .tar.md5 file and opened Odin in administrator mode.
Stupidly I then added the downloaded file as Phone and not PDA and pressed start in Odin. Unsurprisingly it failed.
I downloaded and tried other firmware (as Phone) before I realised my error.
When I boot the phone "normally" I get the failed firmware update message and have tried Kies but it can't connect to the phone.
Download mode does work, but when I try with the firmware (stock and pre-rooted) as PDA it always fails.
Can someone please help to recover my phone? I'm feeling pretty stupid just now
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do you have custom recovery that you can boot into it?
samersh72 said:
do you have custom recovery that you can boot into it?
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djembey sent me a couple of files and a ROM passed in Odin.
I don't think it's loading though as it's stuck on the SAMSUNG logo (and has been for about 15 mins) ....
floydart said:
djembey sent me a couple of files and a ROM passed in Odin.
I don't think it's loading though as it's stuck on the SAMSUNG logo (and has been for about 15 mins) ....
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remove battery then insert it, boot into recovery, wipe cache and data, reboot
samersh72 said:
remove battery then insert it, boot into recovery, wipe cache and data, reboot
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I rebooted to recovery and did a wipe data then a wipe cache. Recovery crashed and the phone rebooted.
This time the boot sound played completely and my phone is back to initial setup screen - thank you :good:
floydart said:
I rebooted to recovery and did a wipe data then a wipe cache. Recovery crashed and the phone rebooted.
This time the boot sound played completely and my phone is back to initial setup screen - thank you :good:
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Did you feel the adrenalin flowing? I thought I bricked mine earlier. We had a mini power cut half way through flashing and it booted up with "Connect to Kies to do emergency firmware upgrade" or something like that. lol
Felt the cheeks of my bum twitch a bit there. lol
Managed to reflash one of the few stock ROMS I have to hand.
artnada said:
Did you feel the adrenalin flowing? I thought I bricked mine earlier. We had a mini power cut half way through flashing and it booted up with "Connect to Kies to do emergency firmware upgrade" or something like that. lol
Felt the cheeks of my bum twitch a bit there. lol
Managed to reflash one of the few stock ROMS I have to hand.
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Aye, you could say that
I would say that I won't try flashing again after 3 or 4 hours sleep, but knowing me I probably will ....
S4 bricked after freeze during unmount internal sdcard
Dear friends. I need your help!
I did the actualization on my S4 i9500 (I9500XXUAMDK with root) and after this, I was trying to put more space in my SDcard (editing vold fstab files). During this process, appeared a message on phone about one error in sdcard and it suggested me to unmount the sdcard to try solve the problem. So, when I click yes, the phone froze and then I turned it off, but now it dont pass to Sangung Logo and the phone just go in recovery mode. In recovery mode I tryied clear/mount/unmount some file, but return with error to mount any directories.
I think the phone have the files or some partition corrupted!!! I can access it through ODIN and adb shell as well. There is (in adb commands) a command to fix the partition? How can I do?
I can access the phone in ODIN, and I tried to re-install the original FW. It did well (OK for update), but the phone cant finish the instalation after, because it cant mount anything. And returns to recovery mode with many messages about it cant mount directories.
Every thing I try to do, the phones (in recovery mode) returns "cant mount... or error to mount". I as said, I cant clear cache, format /sdcard or other directory or reset to factory data as well (because I think, the system cant mount any directories).
Somebody had this problem or could help me to solve it, please!!!
Tks in advance!
Barros
rgbarros said:
Dear friends. I need your help!
I did the actualization on my S4 i9500 (I9500XXUAMDK with root) and after this, I was trying to put more space in my SDcard (editing vold fstab files). During this process, appeared a message on phone about one error in sdcard and it suggested me to unmount the sdcard to try solve the problem. So, when I click yes, the phone froze and then I turned it off, but now it dont pass to Sangung Logo and the phone just go in recovery mode. In recovery mode I tryied clear/mount/unmount some file, but return with error to mount any directories.
I think the phone have the files or some partition corrupted!!! I can access it through ODIN and adb shell as well. There is (in adb commands) a command to fix the partition? How can I do?
I can access the phone in ODIN, and I tried to re-install the original FW. It did well (OK for update), but the phone cant finish the instalation after, because it cant mount anything. And returns to recovery mode with many messages about it cant mount directories.
Every thing I try to do, the phones (in recovery mode) returns "cant mount... or error to mount". I as said, I cant clear cache, format /sdcard or other directory or reset to factory data as well (because I think, the system cant mount any directories).
Somebody had this problem or could help me to solve it, please!!!
Tks in advance!
Barros
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Why on Earth would you mess around with stuff like that? I hope you get help here, and next time just flash it and don't mess around. Perhaps get an external SDCard to solve your "space" problem.
artnada said:
Why on Earth would you mess around with stuff like that? I hope you get help here, and next time just flash it and don't mess around. Perhaps get an external SDCard to solve your "space" problem.
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hehehe... I agree totally with you. But, it wasnt brick because there is some mistake in vold.fstab edition (I suppose). My fault is to accept unmout sugestion in the phone message.
But, it has a soft brick now. I got the access thought adb and odin and I'm trying to find a valid pit to rebuild the partition, that I think is corrupted now (I cant mount anything there. I can access it, but not change anything there).
I found a post here that there is a pit file. I cant ask there because I dont have enough privileges to post in development topic. The links are http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217777 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214865
I´d like to know if this pit (the second link has a file attached), is a valid pit. If yes, I could fix the phone!!!
Tks
rgbarros said:
hehehe... I agree totally with you. But, it wasnt brick because there is some mistake in vold.fstab edition (I suppose). My fault is to accept unmout sugestion in the phone message.
But, it has a soft brick now. I got the access thought adb and odin and I'm trying to find a valid pit to rebuild the partition, that I think is corrupted now (I cant mount anything there. I can access it, but not change anything there).
I found a post here that there is a pit file. I cant ask there because I dont have enough privileges to post in development topic. The links are http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217777 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214865
I´d like to know if this pit (the second link has a file attached), is a valid pit. If yes, I could fix the phone!!!
Tks
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i think it is the right pit file for I9500 "Adonis.pit"
samersh72 said:
i think it is the right pit file for I9500 "Adonis.pit"
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@rgbarros: That is for I9500. Do not try it for I9505
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samersh72 said:
i think it is the right pit file for I9500 "Adonis.pit"
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Tks samersh72. I'll try it and I'll give the feedback after. :fingers-crossed:
demlasjr said:
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@rgbarros: That is for I9500. Do not try it for I9505
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Tks demlasjr. My phone is a i9500 (not the ...905).
I run the adonis.pit on pit magic and it generated a analisys report (attached). Before I put it to run on ODIN, you (or somebody) could give a feedback about the entry memory below:
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Entry Memory Address: 0x754
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Binary Type: 0 (UNKNOWN)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 12
Attribute: 5 (READ / WRITE)
Update Attribute: 1 (FOTA)
Block Size: 196.608
Block Count: 16.384
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CDMA-RADIO
Flash FileName: modem_cdma.bin
FOTA FileName:
My doubt is about the Partition Name CDMA-RADIO. Is this correct for a i9500 S4? I just really confirm and just to avoid to brick totally my phone, because when I run this pit through ODIN, or fix it or break it (no more chances to revive it)!!!
Tks very much!!!
I've seen that you have the 9500 later, but the forum was down and I couldn't edit my post. On that thread is a discussion about it. Somebody days that may be from 9502. I just seen the art you posted there, try adding this info too, including the pit magic report. Kinda hard to get confirmation and a trustful pit yet.
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I've seen that you have the 9500 later, but the forum was down and I couldn't edit my post. On that thread is a discussion about it. Somebody days that may be from 9502. I just seen the art you posted there, try adding this info too, including the pit magic report. Kinda hard to get confirmation and a trustful pit yet.
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Dear demlasjr, the forum was down and I forgot to attach the pit magic report when the forum goes up. Im attaching the files now (magic pit report and the adonis.pit that I got in other topic about S4 forum).
If you (or somebody) could help me to analyse it and give us a feedback if this pit is a valid pit for samsung S4 i9500, I will thank a lot!!!
Ps.: I´m trying to solve the problem too, looking for a way to mount the files through adb shell, because I got access my phone with this way and I can see all the files inside there. I just cant to mount any drive yet. Is it possible the problem be only a vold.fstab file corruption or missed? And in this case, is only to solve this file (vold.fstab) to revive my phone?
Or there is a some command in adb shell that could repair the structure files (like scandisk for dos?). I'm newbie on linux and I'm trying to use fsck command, but it returns a error message (fsck: not found). I dont know if I'm putting a correct/complete command to scan and repair the system/drives/files (or if there is a error)...
So, I´m trying to solve it using 3 differents ways of thinking (finding a valid pit, edit/restore vold.fstab and find a correct adb command line to scan and repair eventually corrupt files/directories) and if I solve the problem, I'll be happy to post a tuto here to help some other guys in the future.
Until there, Im working to find a solution.
Tks for help me!!!
nothing worse than this feeling. I remember when I did this to my S2, felt a cold sweat instantly... :crying:
crimptool said:
nothing worse than this feeling. I remember when I did this to my S2, felt a cold sweat instantly... :crying:
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I agree totally with you my friend!!! I put it down in the first day I bought it... Its terrible!!! hehehe I put other phones down too, but how the others were olds phones (more then 6 months in the market), always I found the cfw or pit's to revive...
S4 is a newest phone, so, there is not a consistent or many topics/files/cfw tested yet. I´m looking for 3 full days about this and I found a lot of topics in how to root/unroot the phone, but not yet about pits, commands, etc...
The problem is that phone has a corruption files inside (my first diagnostic) and this is avoid to flash any firmware there until I fix this problem.
I´m trying to keep calm to avoid to worst the situation. I can access the phone yet, so I see a light in the end of tunnel yet!!!
But, the feeling is terrible!!! hahaha
Until Odia or GSMCN came back to you, we can't help you my friend. Only them can confirm the .pit file comparing the one already published with his phone's pit file.
One question....what if you try Emergency recover in KIES. Connect your phone to pc, open KIES, open emergency recover and insert your phone serial number. I read that people messed some times with the partitions and KIES saved their phone. It will not hurt to try, KIES is a putty compared with the repartitioning.
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Until Odia or GSMCN came back to you, we can't help you my friend. Only them can confirm the .pit file comparing the one already published with his phone's pit file.
One question....what if you try Emergency recover in KIES. Connect your phone to pc, open KIES, open emergency recover and insert your phone serial number. I read that people messed some times with the partitions and KIES saved their phone. It will not hurt to try, KIES is a putty compared with the repartitioning.
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I tried to connect it in KIES, but KIES didnt recognizes the phone. I'll try once again!!! I think I really discovered what the problem is, reported by adb parted command in /dev/block/mmcblk0: "error: Both the primary and backup GPT tables are corrupt. Try making a fresh table, and using Parted´s rescue feature to recover partitions"
So, probably when the phone froze during unmounting sdcard, the partitions were corrupted. I'm really thinking to use the adonis.pit, due I think there is no other manner to solve the problem.
I'm waiting any reply from Odia, to see if him can help me. Otherwise, I'll cross fingers and press "enter", to see what happen!!!
My friend, tks for all!!! After I´ll post the results!!! :fingers-crossed: