Help! I think I bricked my S4! - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I was going to flash a new ROM, so I booted philz recovery and did a clean wipe to install new ROM. Then I realized that I forgot to download the ROM first! So now I can't do anything with the phone! I tried to flash stock through Odin but it says "there is no PIT partition" I Googled about it and found that I had to flash the PIT file with the firmware and check re-partition. I did all that and it still doesn't work :crying:
What is there to do now? I tried everything. Pls help

just copy the rom that u downloaded in your pc to ur SD card, and insert it to ur phone. then, flash ur rom zip from ur sdcard.
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chorpangara said:
just copy the rom that u downloaded in your pc to ur SD card, and insert it to ur phone. then, flash ur rom zip from ur sdcard.
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I dont have a sd card but I will by one and try. I tried with a USB stick through an otg cable and it didn't work. It said e: can't mount external sd.

ostress said:
I dont have a sd card but I will by one and try. I tried with a USB stick through an otg cable and it didn't work. It said e: can't mount external sd.
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just buy a 4GB one from the market it is cheap and will be enough just in case or you can get 8GB one and store a NAND backup on it you never know

You can push the rom that you will flash using adb. Same thing happened to me last time. Relax and use adb
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aldreiaan said:
You can push the rom that you will flash using adb. Same thing happened to me last time. Relax and use adb
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I can't get adb to work. I have never used it before. It just says device not found. Is there an easy tutorial anywhere? I checked youtube but didn't get it to work

ostress said:
I can't get adb to work. I have never used it before. It just says device not found. Is there an easy tutorial anywhere? I checked youtube but didn't get it to work
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Sounds similar to what I did to mine, I tried to flash through Odin and I got the PIT error.
People say you need to flash the PIT file with the Rom, but when I did it like that, it never worked. I just kept on getting the PIT error. How I got it to work was just select the PIT file on it's own, don't flash the firmware with it, click Re-Partition from within Odin and start. It'll say something along the lines of Success - Rebooting, then you need to get back into Download mode. From there, just flash the stock firmware and you'll be good to go.
It might not work for everyone, but that's how I managed to get mine back from being soft bricked.

You need to install the drivers first. This is the guide I used http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...uoGICw&usg=AFQjCNHqh3z8LRrjALHzds5NP7v_WKctLw Hope this helps
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ostress said:
So I was going to flash a new ROM, so I booted philz recovery and did a clean wipe to install new ROM. Then I realized that I forgot to download the ROM first! So now I can't do anything with the phone! I tried to flash stock through Odin but it says "there is no PIT partition" I Googled about it and found that I had to flash the PIT file with the firmware and check re-partition. I did all that and it still doesn't work :crying:
What is there to do now? I tried everything. Pls help
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Boot into recovery (Philz, right?), go to Mounts and Storage, select Mount USB Storage, connect phone to PC, paste rom into SD and done. You're ready to flash again.

Here some info that could prob help http://droidviews.com/2013/how-to-unbrick-your-bricked-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-gt-i9505/

diego9016 said:
Boot into recovery (Philz, right?), go to Mounts and Storage, select Mount USB Storage, connect phone to PC, paste rom into SD and done. You're ready to flash again.
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Pretty much what i did to mine once.. It Worked fine
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Thanks everyone for the help! I managed to fix it by buying an sd-card and flash from there

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[HELP] Accidentally formated SDCARD!

So I rooted, then put CM10.1 nightly and gapps on my sdcard, then went to flash, and I spaced out and accidentally formatted SDCARD when i know that I shouldnt have. crap.
i tried using the "sideload" feature but it wouldnt work on my adb-mac version, i also tried adb pushing ROM files to SDCARD, it says transfered but when i go to flash it says no files in SDCARD, I also tried pushing to SDCARD/0 but i get an error that it isnt a directory since it is formatted.
SOME ONE PLEASE give me instructions on what to do. Do I have to go back to stock or can I just get this to go straight to CM10.1? Id prefer straight to CM10.1 obviously.
crackmulah said:
So I rooted, then put CM10.1 nightly and gapps on my sdcard, then went to flash, and I spaced out and accidentally formatted SDCARD when i know that I shouldnt have. crap.
i tried using the "sideload" feature but it wouldnt work on my adb-mac version, i also tried adb pushing ROM files to SDCARD, it says transfered but when i go to flash it says no files in SDCARD, I also tried pushing to SDCARD/0 but i get an error that it isnt a directory since it is formatted.
SOME ONE PLEASE give me instructions on what to do. Do I have to go back to stock or can I just get this to go straight to CM10.1? Id prefer straight to CM10.1 obviously.
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Push cwm via fastboot then reflash the rom
Fastboot flash recovery (your recovery)
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Hindsight 20/20, but it never hurts to do an adb backup, it will b/u your sdcard as well.
For the future: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420351
mark manning said:
Push cwm via fastboot then reflash the rom
Fastboot flash recovery (your recovery)
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did this, but still same error, no files found in sd card. i did not think this would solve it but i tried anyway...
crackmulah said:
did this, but still same error, no files found in sd card. i did not think this would solve it but i tried anyway...
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So you've successfully flashed a recovery img via fasboot? Did you also push a copy of the ROM zip back to your phone?
Boot to recovery and then adb push the ROM to the sd card.
Code:
adb push yourROMsName.zip /sdcard/
The above code assumes you've placed the rom zip in the adb or platform-tools folder on your PC.
Can't you just boot into fastboot, flash a recovery, boot into said recovery and mount the internal storage and drag and drop the files from your computer?
How did you format the SD card when the phone doesn't have one?
jakejm79 said:
Can't you just boot into fastboot, flash a recovery, boot into said recovery and mount the internal storage and drag and drop the files from your computer?
How did you format the SD card when the phone doesn't have one?
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The internal storage is considered an SD card.
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CMNein said:
So you've successfully flashed a recovery img via fasboot? Did you also push a copy of the ROM zip back to your phone?
Boot to recovery and then adb push the ROM to the sd card.
Code:
adb push yourROMsName.zip /sdcard/
The above code assumes you've placed the rom zip in the adb or platform-tools folder on your PC.
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yes i did repush the rom file. this isnt working because i dont believe that flashing a recovery adds folder/partition information to the sdcard. maybe im wrong, but it didnt work.
crackmulah said:
yes i did repush the rom file. this isnt working because i dont believe that flashing a recovery adds folder/partition information to the sdcard. maybe im wrong, but it didnt work.
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Are there any spaces in the ROM zips name?
CMNein said:
Are there any spaces in the ROM zips name?
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lol no
I am currently using Wug's Nexus Toolkit to try to flash stock from softbrick mode...will let you know how it goes
EDIT:: This is giving me some trouble as I cant turn on USB DEBUGGING (because i have no OS installed) to install the drivers and such.....
PLEASE KEEP IDEAS ROLLIN...
crackmulah said:
lol no
I am currently using Wug's Nexus Toolkit to try to flash stock from softbrick mode...will let you know how it goes
EDIT:: This is giving me some trouble as I cant turn on USB DEBUGGING (because i have no OS installed) to install the drivers and such.....
PLEASE KEEP IDEAS ROLLIN...
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Just go back to stock
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mark manning said:
Just go back to stock
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this is what im trying to do lol...having trouble tho. what is your recommended method?
crackmulah said:
this is what im trying to do lol...having trouble tho. what is your recommended method?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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You could also try wugfresh's toolkit and selecting "Back to Stock" -> "Soft-bricked".
mark manning said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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ya im gonna do that if this Wug's Toolkit wont do the trick...seems to be working now tho...in middle of flashing stock
crackmulah said:
ya im gonna do that if this Wug's Toolkit wont do the trick...seems to be working now tho...in middle of flashing stock
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You should learn how to do this without tool kits. Those things while helpful are nothing more than a crutch
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mark manning said:
The internal storage is considered an SD card.
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Yeah but doesn't the Nexus 4 lump all the internal storage together, I know other devices like the OXL have like 6GB internal storage and then a 'simulated' mSD card of about 10GB, making 16GB total. But the Nexus 4 uses the whole 16GB (or 8GB) as internal storage.
mark manning said:
You should learn how to do this without tool kits. Those things while helpful are nothing more than a crutch
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yes definitely agreed.
although ive always wanted to try one, and it worked! if this were to happen again (if i dont shoot myself) then i will be doing it manually.
Thanks so much to everyone for all the help! I am now running Official CM10.1 Nightly (newest) and running beautifully so far. This is my second N4 tho, so I will be using my 1st stock one for today since its already setup, have to go to work now and will setup my new CM10.1 N4 later, hopefully wont find any crazy bugs...
I had the same problem and after reading this thread I tried the Fastboot method first:
after I finished it didnt boot so I continue with the inst', then it booted but only with 8GB, so I continue with the inst' and from that stage it just didnt boot.
At the end I tried the root toolkit V1.6.2 and the phone back to life with stock rom and 16GB.
I'm back to stock now. But I've used the sideload successfully. After you get your phone restored, you'll probably want to do a full factory reset because some of your pushes have probably gone through and are now eating up space. You can't delete them that I know of unless you FULLY format.
ANYWAY
When I got sideload to work, I had to push it to /sdcard/0/, /sdcard0/, or something like that. Wish I could be more specific, but I don't want to change from stock to install cwm (the ROMS have too many bugs so far, and we might be getting 4.2.2)
The key is finding the right directory to push it to. Experiment with slashes, and it SHOULD work.

[Q] [HELP!!!] Stuck in Recovery - BRICKED??

Hey Guys
So this morning, i wanted to try to change the DPI because Themer didn't work, and I read in a comment Google Play Store that the DPI should be changed.
But when i changed the DPI, and restartet my phone, my phone got stuck in my Clockworkmod Recovery, and automaticly boots into recovery. I tried to restore to stock backup, but it didn't work.
I am completely lost, and i can't flash a new recovery in ODIN, which i tried because Clockworkmod won't let me mount usb storage. It says that my PIT partition has been removed, and then fails.
I don't know what to do, anyone please help, i am desperate!!!
Thanks in advance
velein
What firmware are you on?
jd1639 said:
What firmware are you on?
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I was using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348272
But i've tried to wipe data and cache, and restore backup. Maybe it will work to install the ROM again?
I think i need to edit the build.prop file and chance the DPI back to 480, but i can't mount USB storage, so i don't know what to dog
thanks
velein said:
I was using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348272
But i've tried to wipe data and cache, and restore backup. Maybe it will work to install the ROM again?
I think i need to edit the build.prop file and chance the DPI back to 480, but i can't mount USB storage, so i don't know what to dog
thanks
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Your using custom roms in twrp or cwm recovery? If so then you're on mdl firmware. Try to re-flash the rom. If that doesn't work you might have to odin the stock mdl firmware
jd1639 said:
Your using custom roms in twrp or cwm recovery? If so then you're on mdl firmware. Try to re-flash the rom. If that doesn't work you might have to odin the stock mdl firmware
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I do not have the ROM on my sd-card, so i can't reflash. I can't mount usb storage, so i can't copy the ROM to my SD Card. I don't care if i lose everything, or have to go on stock mdl firmware.
Just tell me what to do, to fix my phone, and i'll do that - it's a lot of money to lose
That only way i can connect the phone to my PC is with odin, and then the ID-COM is not green but yellow. Hope it gives you some more info, otherwise just ask.
Thanks
velein said:
I do not have the ROM on my sd-card, so i can't reflash. I can't mount usb storage, so i can't copy the ROM to my SD Card. I don't care if i lose everything, or have to go on stock mdl firmware.
Just tell me what to do, to fix my phone, and i'll do that - it's a lot of money to lose
That only way i can connect the phone to my PC is with odin, and then the ID-COM is not green but yellow. Hope it gives you some more info, otherwise just ask.
Thanks
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Yellow comm is ok as long as the port shows up. Go to sammobile.com and download the mdl firmware. You'll have to register but it's free. Then use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from the zip you'll download. Use that file in the PDA slot in Odin.
There is no mdl firmware for GT-I9505 which is my phone.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
There is no mdl firmware for GT-I9505 which is my phone.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
velein said:
There is no mdl firmware for GT-I9505 which is my phone.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
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I assumed you had an i337. Let me look at sammobile
Edit, what country and carrier are you?
Allright!
So i tried to mount usb storage one last time in CWM - In windows i opened device manager, and found a device called SamsungPHONE or somehting like that which had a yellow triangle, so i tried to update and find a driver. And then suddenly it worked! I copied the ROM to my SD card, and when that it had finished copying i wiped data and cache.
then i installed the zip, and rebooted! AND it works!! Finally, goddamn i was scared at that point!
Thanks for the help so far jd1639 - i almost gave up, but then you came!
Now one more thing: I don't want to be en this situation again, so how can i install TWRP without screwing everything up?
CWM is no longer an option for me!
THANKS AGAIN jd1639
(It might seem simple, but when things like this happens, I definitely am too big a noob.
Allright!
So i tried to mount usb storage one last time in CWM - In windows i opened device manager, and found a device called SamsungPHONE or somehting like that which had a yellow triangle, so i tried to update and find a driver. And then suddenly it worked! I copied the ROM to my SD card, and when that it had finished copying i wiped data and cache.
then i installed the zip, and rebooted! AND it works!! Finally, goddamn i was scared at that point!
Thanks for the help so far jd1639 - i almost gave up, but then you came!
Now one more thing: I don't want to be en this situation again, so how can i install TWRP without screwing everything up?
CWM is no longer an option for me!
THANKS AGAIN jd1639
(It might seem simple, but when things like this happens, I definitely am too big a noob.
Glad you got it working. That's what counts. Good luck to you

extSD card broken and cant install ROMs

On my tablet, I just want to confirm what I think I already know. When I plug in an external SD card, and I have tried several, the tablet does not recognize anything has been plugged in in any way. this makes installing ROMs very difficult. I had to install the EUU package via apx mode to get an os on it. I aquired this in an unknown/broken condition as a trade. The tablet now has 3.0.1 on it stock no root. After following the directions of several posts, i managed to get it working with all of the internal storage. According to the directions i followed after flashing the EUU package you would only have 128mb internal storage. And this is true, however if you signin to your google acct then do a factory reset on it, I then had all of my internal storage access able. Anyhow, I want a rooted/custom ROM on this but that is seemingly impossible if the extSD I inaccessable. Is this a known problem or can anybody venture a guess as to how it can be fixed or if there is another way to install a rom that at least has root, or preferably something newer than honeycomb. I'm sure I'm leaving out some bit of helpful info. Thank you for your time.
Tbe only custom rom I can think of is timmydeans v4. Its a modded EUU with a pre-rooted HC3.2.1 and cwm recovery. Download from the root guide in my sig
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mrfishjosh said:
On my tablet, I just want to confirm what I think I already know. When I plug in an external SD card, and I have tried several, the tablet does not recognize anything has been plugged in in any way. this makes installing ROMs very difficult. I had to install the EUU package via apx mode to get an os on it. I aquired this in an unknown/broken condition as a trade. The tablet now has 3.0.1 on it stock no root. After following the directions of several posts, i managed to get it working with all of the internal storage. According to the directions i followed after flashing the EUU package you would only have 128mb internal storage. And this is true, however if you signin to your google acct then do a factory reset on it, I then had all of my internal storage access able. Anyhow, I want a rooted/custom ROM on this but that is seemingly impossible if the extSD I inaccessable. Is this a known problem or can anybody venture a guess as to how it can be fixed or if there is another way to install a rom that at least has root, or preferably something newer than honeycomb. I'm sure I'm leaving out some bit of helpful info. Thank you for your time.
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My tablet also quit reading the ext SD. And it chose to do it when I had just run a factory reset wipe on the internal SD. So my only option is to use APX mode and nvflash to install a ROM. My problem is I can't find the nvflash syntax for flashing a ROM. Can you help me with that? Thanks.
Edit: fastboot can flash a boot image dunno bout a system one. I'd try tdv4 tho. If ext sd still won't work after flashing that then I don't know of anything else that will do so.
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dibb_nz said:
Edit: fastboot can flash a boot image dunno bout a system one. I'd try tdv4 tho. If ext sd still won't work after flashing that then I don't know of anything else that will do so.
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What is the syntax for using fastboot to flash a ROM zip? I think it should be
Code:
fastboot flash part# rom.zip
What partition number should I use? And is that the correct syntax?
Unless you've bricked it in the last few hours it would be my suggestion to leave yr tab be. Especially so by those 2 questions you've just asked.
No u cannot flash a zip via fastboot.
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dibb_nz said:
Unless you've bricked it in the last few hours it would be my suggestion to leave yr tab be. Especially so by those 2 questions you've just asked.
No u cannot flash a zip via fastboot.
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I guess in a sense I did brick it. I installed a Cm-10.2 ROM that hangs during boot. When I tried to go back to the original ROM, I discovered that the tablet would no longer read the external SD card. I tried another card and it wouldn't read that one either.
I'm now trying to "push" the rom zip file to the internal SD card via adb. The problem I'm now having is that if I choose option 1 from the V8.bat menu, the Win7 adb driver doesn't work and that is the only one of the three that lets me choose where to look for the rom zip file. The others have only one choice and that reads "- TWRP". I've tried pushing the zip to /TWRP and /media/TWRP and neither one works.
Does anyone know what the correct mount point is for that directory?
Does anyone have a link for that rom handy? Also, what is an EUU rom exactly? It was the only full rom package in the "bundle market."
mrfishjosh said:
Does anyone have a link for that rom handy? Also, what is an EUU rom exactly? It was the only full rom package in the "bundle market."
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An EUU is the official Acer upgrade Tool which flashes an official Acer Rom via yr PC . Yr cpuid is required but an ext sd is not. The EUU will wipe all data and is normally used to unbrick a non-booting tab.
An "update.zip" can be a Full Rom or an update for a tab already running a stock rom. They do not wipe any data and are used when a tab is stuck in a bootloop or hanging at the Acer logo. They are flashed using either ext or internal sd card.
If you wish to flash an xda ics or jb rom, you need to unlock the bootloader to get a custom recovery. There's a guide in my Sig on how to do this and download links for the tools to achieve this.
Hope that answers yr question.
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E: Can't Mount/sdcard

Hi, i have a note 3 N900L, rooted. I have been using different roms but it was all good and now i cant mount internal sd card. i dont know where i went wrong(noob you can say) and now i tried to install different roms using odin but i am not able to get past the samsung logo and not even able to format internal sd card using CWM recovery.
I am using Philz Touch 6.57.8.
Someone plz help
Hokage-Sama said:
Hi, i have a note 3 N900L, rooted. I have been using different roms but it was all good and now i cant mount internal sd card. i dont know where i went wrong(noob you can say) and now i tried to install different roms using odin but i am not able to get past the samsung logo and not even able to format internal sd card using CWM recovery.
I am using Philz Touch 6.57.8.
Someone plz help
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Try connecting your phone to your pc,mount your sd card via philz and format it from there.Then try copying another rom from pc to sdcard.
bionis.zoto said:
Try connecting your phone to your pc,mount your sd card via philz and format it from there.Then try copying another rom from pc to sdcard.
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im not using any external sd card. i talking about the internal 32 gb storage that i cant mount and cant format using philz
what about latest BL and CP ?
You are saying roms via Odin ??
What are these roms ?? stock firmware .
baja.ja said:
what about latest BL and CP ?
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Have done this work but after that it is stuck on bootloop
JJEgan said:
You are saying roms via Odin ??
What are these roms ?? stock firmware .
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Yes i tried installing stock firmware but its stuck at bootloop.
all it says in the recovery that i cant mount data.
i also tried installing Resurection remix but after flashing RR, i got the error( could not do normal boot).
Try flashing TWRP Recovery .
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JJEgan said:
Try flashing TWRP Recovery .
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i checked the RR thread for the specified error and got my answer . thanx.it was a flashing issue.
i have been flashing the rom without rebooting recovery, thats what created the problem.

Corrupt filesystem - only able to boot from external SD card

So I have a Samsung Galaxy J5 SM-J500F which suddenly refused to boot in any way (normal, recovery, download). I booted TWRP from external SD card but it shows Internal Storage (0 MB). Can't mount or do anything. Is there something to do or is it a hardware issue?
In Odin try to flash different versions of the stock firmware its the only way to restore it.
garylawwd said:
In Odin try to flash different versions of the stock firmware its the only way to restore it.
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I can't. Everything that I am flashing through Odin goes into the external SD card. For the example, tried to flash TWRP and it flashed onto the external SD card. And I cannot go into download mode without the external SD card. Trying to remove it before pressing volume up to confirm makes Odin say no PIT file found and when I flash the PIT it gives error.
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tomadimitrie3 said:
I can't. Everything that I am flashing through Odin goes into the external SD card. For the example, tried to flash TWRP and it flashed onto the external SD card. And I cannot go into download mode without the external SD card. Trying to remove it before pressing volume up to confirm makes Odin say no PIT file found and when I flash the PIT it gives error.
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The only way to restore the phone is by flashing stock firmware in odin.
Twrp and everything else will go to the SD card only the stock firmware will flash to the phone.
Enter download mode WITH the SD card in and go through the steps on Odin to flash stock firmware and absolutely nothing else, no twrp, no custom firmware it has to be 100% pure stock rom or it will flash to the SD card and not internal storage.
Stock firmware contains the necessary PIT files and everything so don't try flashing different PIT files.
This is the only method to restore the device
garylawwd said:
The only way to restore the phone is by flashing stock firmware in odin.
Twrp and everything else will go to the SD card only the stock firmware will flash to the phone.
Enter download mode WITH the SD card in and go through the steps on Odin to flash stock firmware and absolutely nothing else, no twrp, no custom firmware it has to be 100% pure stock rom or it will flash to the SD card and not internal storage.
Stock firmware contains the necessary PIT files and everything so don't try flashing different PIT files.
This is the only method to restore the device
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I understand, but for example if I have TWRP on SD card then I flash via Odin, it hangs at system.img.ext4 (left it over 15 hours). Before system it flashes recovery so I disconnected after 15 hours just to find out the SD card had the stock recovery.
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tomadimitrie3 said:
I understand, but for example if I have TWRP on SD card then I flash via Odin, it hangs at system.img.ext4 (left it over 15 hours). Before system it flashes recovery so I disconnected after 15 hours just to find out the SD card had the stock recovery.
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Dont put twrp on the SD card.
Boot into download and just flash stock.
Once the device is restored do what you want and install twrp and whatever you want but don't do it at the start.
You wont be able to restore unless everything is stock
garylawwd said:
Dont put twrp on the SD card.
Boot into download and just flash stock.
Once the device is restored do what you want and install twrp and whatever you want but don't do it at the start.
You wont be able to restore unless everything is stock
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If I already have TWRP on the SD card should I reflash the unbrick.img?
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garylawwd said:
Dont put twrp on the SD card.
Boot into download and just flash stock.
Once the device is restored do what you want and install twrp and whatever you want but don't do it at the start.
You wont be able to restore unless everything is stock
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Still doesn't work... It hangs at system.img.ext4
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tomadimitrie3 said:
Still doesn't work... It hangs at system.img.ext4
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What version you trying to flash?
Marshmallow or lollipop.
Try flashing the other one if it fails on one
garylawwd said:
What version you trying to flash?
Marshmallow or lollipop.
Try flashing the other one if it fails on one
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Tried with both versions
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tomadimitrie3 said:
Tried with both versions
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Thats strange.
You're sure its not hardware related?
The only thing I can think of now is to try with different versions of the stock rom (different country firmware)
Like you came this far we must be able to fix it.
Im going to do a bit of reading about the issue now and see if there is anything you can try
garylawwd said:
Thats strange.
You're sure its not hardware related?
The only thing I can think of now is to try with different versions of the stock rom (different country firmware)
Like you came this far we must be able to fix it.
Im going to do a bit of reading about the issue now and see if there is anything you can try
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I don't know. This is the story of how it got bricked:
Powered it on some days ago and it showed the Samsung logo with the "odin mode" text in the top-left corner. I thought I accidentally entered download mode so I held down volume down+power until the screen turned black. And after that it didn't boot at all until I managed to make this bootable SD card.
What I find strange is that Odin keeps flashing on my SD card instead of the internal storage. If I enter download mode then remove the SD card and try to flash via Odin it complains that no PIT partition was found. If I have TWRP installed on the SD card, download mode says "CURRENT BINARY: Custom" but as soon as I try to flash via Odin the official recovery.img (it flashes before it hangs at system.img.ext4) and restart the phone it says "CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official". Also if I power it on from the SD card normally or in recovery it shows the blue screen that wants me to connect to Smart Switch but the app does not recognize the phone.
Another thing is that if I reboot into download mode with the SD card but only press power up to confirm after I remove the SD card the first thing to show in the top-left corner is "ddi: mmc_read_failed" and if I try to flash with Odin, Odin says no PIT partition found and the phone shows in the top-left corner the last line as "ODIN : flash read failure".
If I power it on without the SD card it doesn't do anything, not even vibrate.
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From TWRP recovery wipe everything until it shows no OS installed... Then flash any stock rom... Marshmallow will be nice as it is latest update
Rjt KD said:
From TWRP recovery wipe everything until it shows no OS installed... Then flash any stock rom... Marshmallow will be nice as it is latest update
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I can't wipe because I can't mount the internal storage.
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Rjt KD said:
From TWRP recovery wipe everything until it shows no OS installed... Then flash any stock rom... Marshmallow will be nice as it is latest update
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Wipe a bricked device? What? He already said his internal storage is showing 0MB so how is he supposed to wipe nothing?
garylawwd said:
Wipe a bricked device? What? He already said his internal storage is showing 0MB so how is he supposed to wipe nothing?
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If he wipes boot img it will show no os installed... Then he can install another rom
Oh sorry first I didn't notice... I'm checking if i get something...can you please send us screenshots?!
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If he wipes boot img it will show no os installed... Then he can install another rom
Oh sorry first I didn't notice... I'm checking if i get something...can you please send us screenshots?!
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The only screenshot I can send is TWRP (booted from SD card) showing Internal Storage (0 MB)
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tomadimitrie3 said:
The only screenshot I can send is TWRP (booted from SD card) showing Internal Storage (0 MB)
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Can you wipe or reset again using Samsung Smart Switch or Kies? Or maybe you can try to install new os from there... Meanwhile We will check something else to solve this
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Can you wipe or reset again using Samsung Smart Switch or Kies? Or maybe you can try to install new os from there... Meanwhile We will check something else to solve this
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Tried that but it won't recognize the phone and the drivers are good
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tomadimitrie3 said:
Tried that but it won't recognize the phone and the drivers are good
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Navigate to Wipe > Advance Wipe > Data, and choose Repair or Change File System.Press Repair File System to see if this fixes the issue. If not, continue.Press Change File System, choose Ext2, and swipe to confirm.Now switch back to Ext4 and swipe to confirm.Go back to TWRP main menu, then the Mount menu, and check if your partitions can be mounted now.
These actions r possible?

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