Hi,
I tried to install CM10 on my Motorola Defy+ (MB526), which was successful to some extent.
When I tried to install the latest gapps through CWM, it froze at the starting applications part.
I force restarted it, seeing that there was no change for a while.
When I restarted the phone, it kept on rebooting, with limited functionality, so I downgraded to CM9.
An error message pops up which says with Encryption Unsuccessful. A reset button was available, but didn't help.
I then re-upgraded to CM10, but the phone has limited functionality.
After researching the problem, I realised that the /data partition is not mounted as it is probably corrupted.
Is there any fix to this problem? Will flashing a sbf recreate the /data partition?
Please advise as the phone is basically useless without /data (no apps and constant reboots)
Thanks,
neiljain
neiljain said:
Hi,
I tried to install CM10 on my Motorola Defy+ (MB526), which was successful to some extent.
When I tried to install the latest gapps through CWM, it froze at the starting applications part.
I force restarted it, seeing that there was no change for a while.
When I restarted the phone, it kept on rebooting, with limited functionality, so I downgraded to CM9.
An error message pops up which says with Encryption Unsuccessful. A reset button was available, but didn't help.
I then re-upgraded to CM10, but the phone has limited functionality.
After researching the problem, I realised that the /data partition is not mounted as it is probably corrupted.
Is there any fix to this problem? Will flashing a sbf recreate the /data partition?
Please advise as the phone is basically useless without /data (no apps and constant reboots)
Thanks,
neiljain
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Hi Buddy,
I went through the same process last evening, earlier i was on 2nd boot then it was very slow hence I decided to move to CM9 for better UI and good battery life. but while doing so my phone also got encrypted.
I did following and installed CM9 yestrday night.
Removed SD card, read it through computer (CArd reader) and put CM9 in one folder along with GAPPS.
Charged my battery till green light pops up.
Entered the SD card again and then started the phone in Custome Recovery.
Full data Wipe
Dalvik Cache wipe
Install CM9 and Gapps.
again clear Cache and dalvik and reboot.
It should work, let me know if it doesnt work post that as well.
Regards,
Amit Sharma
Plz hit thanks button if this work
[email protected] said:
Removed SD card, read it through computer (CArd reader) and put CM9 in one folder along with GAPPS.
Charged my battery till green light pops up.
Entered the SD card again and then started the phone in Custome Recovery.
Full data Wipe
Dalvik Cache wipe
Install CM9 and Gapps.
again clear Cache and dalvik and reboot.
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Hi,
If the /data partition is corrupted (which I believe it is), will this still work?
Also, did you get any "Can't mount /cache/recovery/command" errors in CWM at anytime.
Thanks,
neiljain
[email protected] said:
Hi Buddy,
I went through the same process last evening, earlier i was on 2nd boot then it was very slow hence I decided to move to CM9 for better UI and good battery life. but while doing so my phone also got encrypted.
I did following and installed CM9 yestrday night.
Removed SD card, read it through computer (CArd reader) and put CM9 in one folder along with GAPPS.
Charged my battery till green light pops up.
Entered the SD card again and then started the phone in Custome Recovery.
Full data Wipe
Dalvik Cache wipe
Install CM9 and Gapps.
again clear Cache and dalvik and reboot.
It should work, let me know if it doesnt work post that as well.
Regards,
Amit Sharma
Plz hit thanks button if this work
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Hi,
I tried the above procedure, yet there was no success.
Please advise any alternative methods.
Thanks for your quick reply though.
Regards,
neiljain
neiljain said:
Hi,
I tried the above procedure, yet there was no success.
Please advise any alternative methods.
Thanks for your quick reply though.
Regards,
neiljain
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remove SD card, log into Stable recovery mode. wipe data / factory reset and try rebooting.
if problem still persist, read your phone through RSD and flash CM7.2 file. let me know if you need link for the same.
It will work.
Regards,
Amit Sharma
This will format your data partition, be warned!
neiljain said:
Hi,
I tried to install CM10 on my Motorola Defy+ (MB526), which was successful to some extent.
When I tried to install the latest gapps through CWM, it froze at the starting applications part.
I force restarted it, seeing that there was no change for a while.
When I restarted the phone, it kept on rebooting, with limited functionality, so I downgraded to CM9.
An error message pops up which says with Encryption Unsuccessful. A reset button was available, but didn't help.
I then re-upgraded to CM10, but the phone has limited functionality.
After researching the problem, I realised that the /data partition is not mounted as it is probably corrupted.
Is there any fix to this problem? Will flashing a sbf recreate the /data partition?
Please advise as the phone is basically useless without /data (no apps and constant reboots)
Thanks,
neiljain
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Boot to recovery and turn on adb (in Advanced). Open a shell on the phone through adb from a PC. Try to find out if data is mounted, and if so what filesystem type it uses:
Code:
$ adb shell
~ # mount|grep /data
/dev/block/mmcblk1p25 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,nobh,data=writeback 0 0
If /data is corrupted it will not be mounted. On my phone /data and /cache are formatted ext4, which is only supported in the latest CM10. If yours happens to be formatted ext4 as well and you want to go back to CM9 you'll have to reformat both to ext3. If /data is corrupted you can also reformat the filesystem as you don't seem to have data worth keeping on it anyway (seeing that you talk about doing a full SBF flash to 'recreate the /data partition'). This can be done manually or - if you have not nuked the scripts installed by CM10 - using one of the scripts made for that purpose. Those scripts live in /system/bootmenu/script:
Code:
~ # ls /system/bootmenu/script/|grep format
format_ext3.sh
format_ext4.sh
If you have access to these scripts you can just run format_ext3.sh to reformat /cache and /data in ext3:
THIS WILL FORMAT YOUR DATA PARTITION - ALL DATA WILL BE LOST!
Code:
~ # /system/bootmenu/script/format_ext3.sh
If you don't have access to them you can achieve the same effect using the following commands:
THIS WILL FORMAT YOUR DATA PARTITION - ALL DATA WILL BE LOST!
Code:
PART_CACHE=/dev/block/mmcblk1p24
PART_DATA=/dev/block/mmcblk1p25
umount /data
umount /cache
# if you want to check the filesystems you can run these commands...
#/system/bin/e2fsck -y $PART_DATA
#/system/bin/e2fsck -y $PART_CACHE
# to format the filesystems to ext3 use these commands
/system/bin/mke2fs -j $PART_DATA
/system/bin/mke2fs -j $PART_CACHE
mount -t ext3 -o nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1 $PART_CACHE /cache
Once you have formatted /data and /cache you should be able to install CM9 - no need for any SBF flashing unless your phone is really messed up (as in 'deleted the stock kernel' or something like that).
THIS WILL FORMAT YOUR DATA PARTITION - ALL DATA WILL BE LOST! Or did I say that already?
No matter. THIS WILL FORMAT YOUR DATA PARTITION - ALL DATA WILL BE LOST! Just to be clear...
YetAnotherForumUser said:
Boot to recovery and turn on adb (in Advanced). Open a shell on the phone through adb from a PC.
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Hi,
Highly appreciate your efforts.
I am new to Android, so could you please explain what "adb" is.
Thanks,
neiljain
SBF flash and data wipe in stock recovery should work too...
The other method is a bit more nondestructive, but probably harder for you
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thekguy said:
SBF flash and data wipe in stock recovery should work too...
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Hi,
Could you please advise an SBF suitable for this.
I have a Defy+ that is locked to Telstra (Australia).
Thanks,
neiljain
Hi Everyone,
I will be taking the following steps to fix my Defy+.
I would like to reinstall CM9 (ICS) by quarx2k
Please advise if anything needs to be changed.
CWM
/data is corrupted, so no point in trying to wipe data and cache.
SBF
Flash DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_CN_SIGN_UCADEFYEMARAB1B50AA009.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRIRD15_P015_A030_Service1FF.sbf
Rooting
Flash firmware.sbf
2ndinit
Install SndInitDefy_2.3.apk
CWM
Wipe data and cache and Dalvik cache in recovery.
Install from zip CM9-NIGHTLY-120716-Defy+.zip
Install from zip gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip
Install from zip Baseband_change(EP93_U_00.59.01).zip
Install from zip ICS_Defy_softunlock_v1.3(EPU_U_00.59.01).zip
Wipe cache and Dalvik cache
Reboot.
Thanks,
neiljain
Hi,
I tried flashing DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_CN_SIGN_UCADEFYEMARAB1B50AA009.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRIRD15_P015_A030_Service1FF.sbf.
The flash was successful, but the phone looping the boot animations, not actually loading Android.
I have also lost access to CWM and recovery.
Please help.
Thanks,
neiljain
[email protected] said:
remove SD card, log into Stable recovery mode. wipe data / factory reset and try rebooting.
if problem still persist, read your phone through RSD and flash CM7.2 file. let me know if you need link for the same.
It will work.
Regards,
Amit Sharma
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Hi Amit,
Could you please send me the link to the CM7.2 SBF.
Highly appreciate your efforts.
Thanks,
neiljain
neiljain said:
Hi Amit,
Could you please send me the link to the CM7.2 SBF.
Highly appreciate your efforts.
Thanks,
neiljain
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820282 its working, step by step guide, just flash the first SBF file through RSD lite and it should start. charge your battery first please.
All the best.
neiljain said:
Hi,
Could you please advise an SBF suitable for this.
I have a Defy+ that is locked to Telstra (Australia).
Thanks,
neiljain
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adb is the Android Debug Bridge, a program running on both the phone as well as your PC which makes it possible to access your phone (through either a command line shell or some GUI-thing layered on top of it).
Are you also new to Linux and/or computers in general? In that case you're probably better off flashing the phone as detailed, even though that takes way more time and does involve more risks. If you feel comfortable running commands from a command line I'd advice you to install the ADK (Android Development Kit) on your PC, get adb working and run the commands as I explained. That way you regain access to your phone without all the hassle and risks involved in flashing all the way from SBF. Both methods work, so the end result should be the same.
I'm intentionally not going into excruciating detail on the task of installing and running adb as I don't think you should use your phone as a guinea pig to start experimenting with adb - for that use the emulator which comes with the ADK.
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for your very helpful suggestions.
I was able to recover my phone after flashing the SBFs
Just to be on the safe side, I will stick with CM9.
I will also post the instructions on XDA for other people who have the same problem.
Once again, thanks everyone,
neiljain
neiljain said:
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for your very helpful suggestions.
I was able to recover my phone after flashing the SBFs
Just to be on the safe side, I will stick with CM9.
I will also post the instructions on XDA for other people who have the same problem.
Once again, thanks everyone,
neiljain
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Thanks Buddy, I too stick to CM9, which is giving best battery 2 days and awesome UI. will move to CM 10 once we have stable version.
Njoy your Defy.
how were u able to flash any file... neither the bootmenu nor the recovery is working... please revert back.
So guys, I downloaded the latest CM nightly through the CMupdater app, I rebooted into recovery TWRP 2.6.3.0 at that moment I think, when I tried to flash my update it said "Unable to mount /system" and just stood there, I rebooted into recovery again and tried to mount it from the mounts menu without result.
Next I updated to the latest TWRP but the problem persisted, changed to the latest CWM and that too, is unable to mount /system displaying the message "Error mounting /system!"
I seriously don't want to lose my data as this was a simple update so I didn't make a backup but I don't know what the hell else I'm supposed to do.
Oh and BTW, trying to boot to system leaves me at the Google screen for an indefinite amount of time.
Thanks in advance
Edit:Turns out formatting system doesn't delete my data, I got impatient and did that, problem solved.
Fidelator said:
So guys, I downloaded the latest CM nightly through the CMupdater app, I rebooted into recovery TWRP 2.6.3.0 at that moment I think, when I tried to flash my update it said "Unable to mount /system" and just stood there, I rebooted into recovery again and tried to mount it from the mounts menu without result.
Next I updated to the latest TWRP but the problem persisted, changed to the latest CWM and that too, is unable to mount /system displaying the message "Error mounting /system!"
I seriously don't want to lose my data as this was a simple update so I didn't make a backup but I don't know what the hell else I'm supposed to do.
Oh and BTW, trying to boot to system leaves me at the Google screen for an indefinite amount of time.
Thanks in advance
Turns out formatting system doesn't delete my data, I got impatient and did that, problem solved.
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Can you add SOLVED to the thread title..
Glad to see everything is ok :good:
Thx Josh
So, i just started getting this same error after updating to TWRP 2.8.2.0, I tried wiping the system and still got the error? I downgraded to TWRP 2.8.1.0 and wiped system again, and that seemed to fix the issue. Not sure if it was my own bug or 2.8.2.0 but just wanted to leave feedback for the next person who may be searching for help.
Hi friends
I have rooted galaxy S5 (G900H) with android 5 and I want to install XtreStoLite_G900H_ROM in philz recovery
but when install zip from /sdcard I see a problem that says
E:can't mount /sdcard
E: unable to create brightness sys file!
I have been searching for a few days but I couldn't find a solation for Galaxy S5 (G900H)
please help me and Show me the easy ways that impossible
Thanks with best Regards
Hello faridp30world,
please wipe data and internal storage to reapir this partition.
Trafalgar Square said:
Hello faridp30world,
please wipe data and internal storage to reapir this partition.
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I did these steps and again I see the problem that says
E:can't mount /sdcard
Hi,
please flash TWRP and check, if the problem consists.
Trafalgar Square said:
Hi,
please flash TWRP and check, if the problem consists.
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thank you very very very much, YOU SOLVED This Error!
faridp30world said:
thank you very very very much, YOU SOLVED This Error!
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No Problem mate ☺
This error comes when a file system is corrupted. i have faced this error and fixed it by using the following method.
in twrp
select wipe
select the partition that is corrupted
tap on repair file system
select ext4
all done
Hope it helps this method also works for yunique(jalebi) yuphoria(lettuce)
thanks
Nothing is working
I tried all things i can found out on xda, yureka fourm and YouTube. I watched all videos related to this issue but failed.
Phone can't write any thing. I tried anand bhatia hard brick software for format every thing but results r obvious.
Plzz help us......!!!
Rmoraj said:
I tried all things i can found out on xda, yureka fourm and YouTube. I watched all videos related to this issue but failed.
Phone can't write any thing. I tried anand bhatia hard brick software for format every thing but results r obvious.
Plzz help us......!!!
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Tried in fastboot mode??
AmalRam said:
Tried in fastboot mode??
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Yes i did but no use storage not mounted so unable to write ant think
You are seeing 'storage not mounted in twrp' know..?
Rmoraj said:
Yes i did but no use storage not mounted so unable to write ant think
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You are seeing 'storage not mounted in twrp' know..? What's the error in the commad prompt using fastboot??
Does this method removes or wipes the current OS? I have Lineage OS installed and as on installing the OTA update through TWRP. there is this error which states unable to mount storage. I really don't wanna format wipe my data. Any help would be appreciated. thanks
Have anyone wipe everything before proceeding new installation.?
I had this Mount issue few minutes back and luckily i found this thread..And yeah repairing the mounts did worked out for me.
Thanks to Hitler_72485.
And yes! It will format everything.
I fell into this when i was doing normal wipe of partitions to install new rom, strangely it got struck while doing format..So i removed the battery and came up with those mounting issues. which ever partition i tried to wipe, mounting those failed afterwards. Then i tried this repairing thing with EXT4 FS. now everything is fine.
I did faced problems while repairing few but i did a normal repair swipe and then selected EXT4 swipe. (Don't know exactly what i did)
Hope No one will have this problem again. unless its a diff. case..!!
See ya.!!