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Please help!!! Phone will not boot!!

I tried to upgrade to ext4 from viperom 4.0. I booted into recovery and installed the flashable zip ext4 file found here i was using clockworkdmod recovery version 2.5.1.0. Everytime i try to boot my phone it stays at samsung. i cannot do a nandroid restore. It gives me an error (sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restore of /sd-ext/.)
anyway to fix this without having to unroot?
P.S. i dont have app2sd partition anymore (i dont know is this information helps)

yungdizz said:
I tried to upgrade to ext4 from viperom 4.0. I booted into recovery and installed the flashable zip ext4 file found here i was using clockworkdmod recovery version 2.5.1.0. Everytime i try to boot my phone it stays at samsung. i cannot do a nandroid restore. It gives me an error (sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restore of /sd-ext/.)
anyway to fix this without having to unroot?
P.S. i dont have app2sd partition anymore (i dont know is this information helps)
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You are gonna have to odin to stock and start over. Same thing happend to me.
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Yea d/l odin and sph-d700-dk28-8g-rel.tar.md5 file. and load sph-d700-dk28-8g-rel.tar.md5 in the PDA and thats it. then make sure u guys follow this guys thread on youtube and litraly follow every single thing he does. your problem is your trying to do the update with wrong clockwork mod. look closer and follow the directions to the "T" dont be lazy hehe good luck it helped my phone allot im happy

thanks you guys...

Please post questions in General section.

Is there a way to flash my ext back?? or do this without a usb cable? cause i lost mine

help bootloop gt-S5360

Hi friends, yesterday i had i mistakes flashing my gts5360 with odin ,using one file package firmware found on samfirmware. The flashing process failed, and now my phone continue to bootloop with "samsung" and the animated screen forever. Luckly i can use the recovery mode and odin mode. I tried to flash some stock doky rom with odin,but nothing changes. When i use the function "wipe data/factory reset" this is the message i got on the phone: E: format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/stl11..
Is there any chance to unbrick this phone? thank you very much in advance

thom80 said:
Hi friends, yesterday i had i mistakes flashing my gts5360 with odin ,using one file package firmware found on samfirmware. The flashing process failed, and now my phone continue to bootloop with "samsung" and the animated screen forever. Luckly i can use the recovery mode and odin mode. I tried to flash some stock doky rom with odin,but nothing changes. When i use the function "wipe data/factory reset" this is the message i got on the phone: E: format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/stl11..
Is there any chance to unbrick this phone? thank you very much in advance
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try to flash another firmware ... may be it will help you ..

thank you, i tried to flash last two european stock firmware, but nothing changes...

thom80 said:
thank you, i tried to flash last two european stock firmware, but nothing changes...
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phone gets into download mode or not .. ?
and check in FAQ section ...

yes phone get the download mode, i can flash it ,but to booloop still continue after flashing correctly. i didnt found any answer in the faq section for this problem

thom80 said:
yes phone get the download mode, i can flash it ,but to booloop still continue after flashing correctly. i didnt found any answer in the faq section for this problem
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have u tried the firmware which was at the time when you bought the mobile .. ??
and try to clear data and cache through cwm

oh...not again. you don't even have sgy. @thom80: enter recovery mode then wipe /data. it will solve your problem.

yes i used the cmw recovery too,wipe data, cache , etc, but anything change.
Unfortunately my original stock firmware (gts 5369 italian) is not avalible in odin format, only one package file in samfirmware, and this one package doesnt work with odin for the samsung galaxy y. I used all gts 5360 firmwares until now, which are 100% working,i had not any problems until the yesterday's fail

kurotsugi said:
oh...not again. you don't even have sgy. @thom80: enter recovery mode then wipe /data. it will solve your problem.
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lol i have sgy then only i am in thread... and i have posted that before .. !!
posting same thing again will not do any thing ... check and read the thread clearly he had done that before... i had told him before ..
and u dont own XDA so it's better that u dont tell me what to do and what not me ..

@thom80 - try flashing a custom rom and check if its boots or not ....
If yes then very lucky ...
Then u can flash dokys firmware via odin ... Ur phone wont go into bootloop that tym
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Hey Avi hows ya buddy
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simplyanin said:
Hey Avi hows ya buddy
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trying to get out of useless guys .. huh .. !!

simplyanin said:
@thom80 - try flashing a custom rom and check if its boots or not ....
If yes then very lucky ...
Then u can flash dokys firmware via odin ... Ur phone wont go into bootloop that tym
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i tried to flash creed rom and aurora rom, but after installing and rebooting the phone freeze on samsung galaxy gts forever

have you try to repartition your phone? you'll need to load sgy's pit file and tick repartition option on odin.

First of all, your phone is just soft bricked.
1.Try wiping data and cache from STOCK RECOVERY... if it fails then your is havin some mounting errors.
2.try to install another firmware via odin.. dont repartition anything
3.Ask for a nandroid backup from someone and restore it.
Even I have tried flashing 1 file firmware and it always fails but it CANT create problems in your previous rom because it doesnt start the process of flashing
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kurotsugi said:
have you try to repartition your phone? you'll need to load sgy's pit file and tick repartition option on odin.
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but i thought that repartitioning was not recommended..

yes i tried to check repartion and used the pit file found on the odin directory while flashing a stock doky rom, but nothing to do..

where can i find a nandroid backup? i dont know anything about it

thom80 said:
where can i find a nandroid backup? i dont know anything about it
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ask people for it.. its just a backup of the stock/custom rom which you can restore through cwm

hell_lock said:
ask people for it.. its just a backup of the stock/custom rom which you can restore through cwm
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ok thanks. i think to have also some mounting errors because when i try the wipe from stock recovery i get this message : E: format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/stl11..

thom80 said:
ok thanks. i think to have also some mounting errors because when i try the wipe from stock recovery i get this message : E: format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/stl11..
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did you install any kernels before ?
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hell_lock said:
did you install any kernels before ?
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check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984140

[Q] ClockWordMod Recovery installation of a ROM fails

Hello,
I tried multiple times to install a ROM with ClockWordMod Recovery on a rooted Samsung Galaxy Y with stock kernel & rom.
Even when I reflash the stock rom with Odin and try everything what people suggest on the internet, it doesn't work.
I get the next error when I try to install a ROM like JellyBlast or some other ROM's: Installation aborted(bad).
What can I do to fix this ?
And also it isn't possible to flash ClockWordMod Recovery for permanent, need to flash it over and over when I restart recovery.

If this problem is with multiple roms, you need to probably try another zip file of CWM. If this is for one particular rom, download the rom zip again; you must not have downloaded it fully.
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there are some roms which install only via recovery not cwm..
nd if u want permanent cwm try to install a kernel with cwm like savie's kernel..
**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...**

This happened because ur downloaded ROM file is bad. Do a redownliading or unzip it with zipper then zip it again. Then it will be ok. Last time i had a problam like this
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Most probably corrupted files
clearly,god is a democrat!

Thank you all for the fast responses and I tried also different roms and I have a second problem too with unzipping the roms.
When I try to unzip all of the roms that I tried, It gives an error that I can't unzip it, and I tried 4 times to download again and again the ZIP, but nothing works.
Do you guys have an idea of a kernel with permanent CWM and an ICS rom for Galaxy Y that works by installing it with CWM ?
So yes, could you please send me the XDA-thread if possible ?
@menewtoroot: Could you send me the correct topic of that Kernel with working download links and can you also confirm that this will work for a permanent CWM ?
Thank you all again, I will wait for you

Firstly :
Problem if you fail to flash, try to check the flashable zip file, maybe Bad file/corrupt file
Second :
if you want to have permanent CWM on your phone, i recommend you to try using Savie kernel
it so fast and more performance and have Permanent CWM

Dr.oidbio said:
Firstly :
Problem if you fail to flash, try to check the flashable zip file, maybe Bad file/corrupt file
Second :
if you want to have permanent CWM on your phone, i recommend you to try using Savie kernel
it so fast and more performance and have Permanent CWM
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If you really want your phone to work fast and default CWM.
I suggest you use Merruk kernel.
Fast and bug free.
If I helped maybe you would consider hitting thanks button.
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prashantj95 said:
If you really want your phone to work fast and default CWM.
I suggest you use Merruk kernel.
Fast and bug free.
If I helped maybe you would consider hitting thanks button.
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Yup, some people isn't same think but all kernel it good
but, in some case some people again hehe it's hard to install merruk

Turkdale said:
Thank you all for the fast responses and I tried also different roms and I have a second problem too with unzipping the roms.
When I try to unzip all of the roms that I tried, It gives an error that I can't unzip it, and I tried 4 times to download again and again the ZIP, but nothing works.
Do you guys have an idea of a kernel with permanent CWM and an ICS rom for Galaxy Y that works by installing it with CWM ?
So yes, could you please send me the XDA-thread if possible ?
@menewtoroot: Could you send me the correct topic of that Kernel with working download links and can you also confirm that this will work for a permanent CWM ?
Thank you all again, I will wait for you
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I dont come on xda via laptop so it will be difficult for me..
Bt i will try me best to help u..
Till then use the search function..
Just type savie's kernel for galaxy y..
U.will surely get it..
**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...**

Thank you guys for all the information. I will look for it and try it if it works.
I will keep you guys updated
And ofcourse I will hit the thanks button if you helped me

Hello guys,
I did try everything like it does need to be working, but it doesn't work.
First time I tried, the ROM booted but everything crashed so I started over again:
Wiped everything
Flashed Stock rom with Odin
Flashed the Jellyblast rom
Flashed CWM with Merruk kernel
Tried to boot and stuck at boot screen
Tried this for several times, even without flashing Merruk's kernel it doesn't work.
Can you please provide me a short SELF-MADE tutorial with the easy steps to do what and FLASH what?
With the files included please ?
Thank you all!

Turkdale said:
Hello guys,
I did try everything like it does need to be working, but it doesn't work.
First time I tried, the ROM booted but everything crashed so I started over again:
Wiped everything
Flashed Stock rom with Odin
Flashed the Jellyblast rom
Flashed CWM with Merruk kernel
Tried to boot and stuck at boot screen
Tried this for several times, even without flashing Merruk's kernel it doesn't work.
Can you please provide me a short SELF-MADE tutorial with the easy steps to do what and FLASH what?
With the files included please ?
Thank you all!
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I dont knw...
I didnt try jelly blast by now..
Bt follow these steps..
Flash stock via odin..
Turn on ur phone..
Then switch it off again..
Now go to cwm nd mount system data...
Now clear data nd cache..
Nd dalvik cache in advanced menu..
Now follow the instructions given in jellyblast rom thread...
.
If still stuck in a boot loop...
Then reboot to recovery..
Try to clear data..cache nd dalvik cache again..
Nd remove battery stats too..
Now reboot..
This will help..
** rooting is new for me,
nd i am a noob to root....**

[Q] mounts

why is it that when im on stock rom (fresh from odin) i cant mount stuff (cache, sd, data, etc)
but when im on savies kernel i can mount and unmount flawlessly
EDIT:
since I cant mount data, whenever I backup stock rom, towards the end it says can't mount /data and when i try to restore it, it says MD5 sum invalid or something like that

I think you have to be on custom kernel
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darkshadow246 said:
I think you have to be on custom kernel
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But I need a nandroid backup so I can flash merruk 2.5 from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229940

Is your phone rooted?

TrojanHorses said:
But I need a nandroid backup so I can flash merruk 2.5 from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229940
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Use a different cwm
My first cwm couldn't backup stuff
Search for another one for galaxy y
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U can NOT create a backup of totally new flashed rom.. U need toturn on ur phone atleast once..
** rooting is new for me,
nd i am a noob to root....**

data mount
menewtoroot said:
U can NOT create a backup of totally new flashed rom.. U need toturn on ur phone atleast once..
** rooting is new for me,
nd i am a noob to root....**
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hi, i have samsung galaxy y which somehow got bricked, i was using hyperion 6 which has savie's kernel, now when i try to flash a rom it doesn't work it shows data mount error ,pls help.

abhihsek said:
hi, i have samsung galaxy y which somehow got bricked, i was using hyperion 6 which has savie's kernel, now when i try to flash a rom it doesn't work it shows data mount error ,pls help.
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Format data & format system in cwm first before mounting
if after formatting you still can't mount you will need to flash stock rom via odin (see dokys thread in dev section)

2 Serious problems

I have been a Samsung Galaxy Y user for more than a year. I have to say that this device is awesome. But.... I have later noticed 2 problems.
1) One day I tried to install Elegance ROM. I followed all steps very carefully and when the installation was done, I rebooted my phone. Unfortunately, my phone booted up again at Samsung stock firmware. I tried to enter recovery mode because I wanted to see what went wrong, but I was automatically redirected to CWM recovery. I tried once again to install Elegance ROM, and the result was the same. From that day, CWM is my default recovery. Why? How to fix this??? I can't access stock recovery and I also cannot install any custom ROMs. How to fix this?
2) Even my SD card is full with songs, photos and videos, the "Gallery" and "Music" apps don't read any file. Why? How to fix this?
P.S. I'm running stock 2.3.6 rooted.
Thanks for help.
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You have a permanent cwm because you are using a custom kernel with a permanent cwm - probably was included in the rom zip
If you want stock recovery flash stock kernel (can be found in general section or flash hells fusion #50 from dev section and select option to flash stock kernel)
you would of remained on stock rom after flashing another rom because you didn't mount system in cwm before you flashed the zip
As for your other problem flash stock rom via odin as you have probably mucked something up from flashing zips incorrectly

So.... If I flash the stock kernel, will I be able to access stock recovery and flash CWM every time I want?
By the way, this mess with the files started when I changed my phone's SIM card. When I turned my ohine on again, I opened by mistake the "Galery" app. I noticed that no images were there. I also thought that the "music" might also had the same problem. And that's what happened. Which Odin version I will need?
Thanks again.
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dimsar2013 said:
So.... If I flash the stock kernel, will I be able to access stock recovery and flash CWM every time I want?
By the way, this mess with the files started when I changed my phone's SIM card. When I turned my ohine on again, I opened by mistake the "Galery" app. I noticed that no images were there. I also thought that the "music" might also had the same problem. And that's what happened. Which Odin version I will need?
Thanks again.
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Dude ur 2nd problem may be caused by Ur sd card!!
Try another sd card may it help you!!

dimsar2013 said:
So.... If I flash the stock kernel, will I be able to access stock recovery and flash CWM every time I want?
By the way, this mess with the files started when I changed my phone's SIM card. When I turned my ohine on again, I opened by mistake the "Galery" app. I noticed that no images were there. I also thought that the "music" might also had the same problem. And that's what happened. Which Odin version I will need?
Thanks again.
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Yes stock kernel = stock recovery and you can flash a temporary cwm
there is no problems with a permanent cwm in custom kernels as you need cwm to flash roms
If you goto phone settings about phone it will show you your current baseband - for example mine is xxlf3
You can either download that stock rom firmware from dokys thread if there or any other from your country

Thanks everybody. You are all really helpful. I appreciate your help. But tell me, do I need to mount system before installing Elegance? And while I'm having a custom kernel installed, can I flash roms or I need the stock kernel?
Thanks again.
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dimsar2013 said:
Thanks everybody. You re awesome. I appreciate your help. But tell me, do I need to mount system before installing Elegance? And while I'm having a custom kernel installed, can I flash roms or I need the stock kernel?
Thanks again.
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Follow instructions on the op of the rom you want to flash
you must always mount system before flashing a zip else nothing will happen - you can flash zips all day and no changes would happen as it can't write to system as it's not mount!
As a general rule
wipe system
wipe data
wipe cache
mount system
mount data
mount cache
flash zip
format data (not always required just for some roms)
restart
you do not need to go back to stock to change rom
There are guides in general section - please read them first then you would understand the process

My current ROM. Stock 2.3.6 rooted
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A few months ago, I installed Creed 3.5 ROM. It was awesome. I want to install it again but tell me:
Can I install it while I have a custom kernel installed? If yes, do I need to mount system before installing? Thanks for help

dimsar2013 said:
A few months ago, I installed Creed 3.5 ROM. It was awesome. I want to install it again but tell me:
Can I install it while I have a custom kernel installed? If yes, do I need to mount system before installing? Thanks for help
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Yes you can flash it over any kernel and yeah mount all the partitions after formatting them.

dimsar2013 said:
A few months ago, I installed Creed 3.5 ROM. It was awesome. I want to install it again but tell me:
Can I install it while I have a custom kernel installed? If yes, do I need to mount system before installing? Thanks for help
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I refer you to my previous post in this thread
wipe data system cache
mount everything
flash rom
you can use any compatible kernel

The problem with the files is caused by the sdcard
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