I was using Rom switcher with Paranoid android and Touchwiz.
Then I deleted paranoid android and replace the recovery with philz touch recovery.
I wiped data and went to mount format system and format boot.
Then i put my phone in download mode and used stock rom.
Odin showed success, but the phone is unable to boot. I plays the samsung music and stops at halfway.
I tried waiting for long, odin again, I did wipe data/factory reset after odin too.
Now i am getting unable to mount /efs error too.
Please help me.
You will have to restore the backup of your EFS for recover ur phone. Then reflash the STOCK ROM through ODIN.
Joku1981 said:
You will have to restore the backup of your EFS for recover ur phone. Then reflash the STOCK ROM through ODIN.
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how can i do that?
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In my quest to clean my Internal SD card i did a Twrp Format Data. I once done loaded a custom rom.
Worked fine until reboot.
The phone hanhs at the Galaxy S4 boot screen. Whatever i put back, backups etc once i reboot the same story.
How can i fix this gents ??
Please help
Xetalx said:
In my quest to clean my Internal SD card i did a Twrp Format Data. I once done loaded a custom rom.
Worked fine until reboot.
The phone hanhs at the Galaxy S4 boot screen. Whatever i put back, backups etc once i reboot the same story.
How can i fix this gents ??
Please help
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try reflashing the ROM your on
hapticxchaos said:
try reflashing the ROM your on
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I did try a clean flash of my rom... Same thing it goes well until i reboot. Stalls on Samsug Galaxy S4 screen.
It feels like TWRP Format Data screwed up something... V 2.5.0.2
Xetalx
Try reflashing twrp.
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hmm i would probably try restoring sans odin...should fix whatever partition issues your having
I had to restore from KIES...
Wouldnt boot again.
Go in stock recovery and
Format data / factory RESET the thing...
WTH I almost tought i lost it for a sec !!
Never format data. What you should have done is odin back to stock, then factory reset through stock recovery. Kies is hit or miss when it comes to recognizing the phone in that state. You got lucky. There are a few topics on how to fix the problem you had.
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I format /data every time I flash a new ROM and I experience fewer bugs because of it.
I just back up all my important files (data folder) to external SD and then restore after I install the new ROM. Works great for me. :good:
CZ Eddie said:
I format /data every time I flash a new ROM and I experience fewer bugs because of it.
I just back up all my important files (data folder) to external SD and then restore after I install the new ROM. Works great for me. :good:
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What do you use to format data ?
Stock ?
CMW ?
TWRP ?
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I prefer to format as well . But chances are that with the issues i got i wont do it again...
Xetalx said:
What do you use to format data ?
Stock ?
CMW ?
TWRP ?
Thanks
I prefer to format as well . But chances are that with the issues i got i wont do it again...
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I'm mostly on TWRP but I do it in CWM also.
At most, your issue (whatever it was) was due to user-error or a random system glitch.
At worst, you have to ODIN back to stock which only takes about ten minutes to do, five minutes to re-root and install TWRP and then you're good to go again.
Don't know if any further research has been done on this subject, but it's the only thread that came back with TWRP+format.
This same thing happened to me last week, I *think* it was my first internal format on my i337, was able to boot then fail.
Odin back to stock fixed issues.
Any thought why this happens? Any suggestions for best clean format approach besides an Odin? Flash CWM/Philz for the format then back to TWRP if desired?
I'm currently stuck in the same situation. Used TWRP to format /data to try and clean up the internal sdcard and now I'm bricked. Flashed 3 diff recoveries and about a billion roms, nothing works. Downloading a fresh odin flashable stock rom as we speak.
edit: so flashing stock rom via ODIN wasnt quite enough. I then had to enter stock recovery and do a factory reset. I noticed any time I tried to format /data the system would crash and reboot. The stock recovery was able to properly format data and now I'm back on a custom recovery/rom again.
My I337 is stuck on the samsung logo. I was running PAC-Man ROM, and attempted to go back to AOKP using Nandroid restore, and now it won't boot up.
I wiped Data/Cache/D. Cache/System, then tried to flash AOKP, but this did not work. When I attempt to restore using nandroid it says "Restoring Data..." then it stops and says "Restore Complete Failed".
Is there any method to get back to stock using TWRP, I have a Stock Nandroid backup, but it won't restore.
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My I337 is stuck on the samsung logo. I was running PAC-Man ROM, and attempted to go back to AOKP using Nandroid restore, and now it won't boot up.
I wiped Data/Cache/D. Cache/System, then tried to flash AOKP, but this did not work. When I attempt to restore using nandroid it says "Restoring Data..." then it stops and says "Restore Complete Failed".
Is there any method to get back to stock using TWRP, I have a Stock Nandroid backup, but it won't restore.
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If you can't get back into TWRP through normal process, sounds like you will have to go into download mode and Odin it using a stock ROM.
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My I337 is stuck on the samsung logo. I was running PAC-Man ROM, and attempted to go back to AOKP using Nandroid restore, and now it won't boot up.
I wiped Data/Cache/D. Cache/System, then tried to flash AOKP, but this did not work. When I attempt to restore using nandroid it says "Restoring Data..." then it stops and says "Restore Complete Failed".
Is there any method to get back to stock using TWRP, I have a Stock Nandroid backup, but it won't restore.
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Did you make sure to 'factory reset' in TWRP before flashing or restoring?
You could try putting another ROM on your microSD card, boot to TWRP, factory reset, flash the new ROM, wipe dalvik/cache and reboot.
You remembered to flash lokidoki when required?
I was about to ODIN to get back to stock, but I wiped /data and /system on TWRP then REBOOTED (I didn't to that last time and the restore failed because it couldn't access /data). Then I restored to stock using nandroid successfully.
I will try to flash AOKP and see if it works..
Thanks
yeah thats the ticket.
For future reference, in twrp you can dl a rom into your pc and mount your sd card while in your phone in twrp and push the file to it. It has saved my butt a cpl of times after trying to do a restore that I had moved to the external sd card.
Hope this helps for future issues.
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Hello people my phone getting old i think 1.5 year so far my phone started to freeze having lags getting too hot while browsing. And bootloops started without flashing anything. First bootloop happened 2 weeks ago. Today happened again twice i wiped dalvik cache and everything is fine how can i fix it? I thought rom cause it i flashed stock firmware rooted it and removed bloatware. Still happens lags,freeze,getting too hot and bootloop. Is it lollipop update? I never had this issues with kitkat. How can fix this and keep my alive?
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Hello people my phone getting old i think 1.5 year so far my phone started to freeze having lags getting too hot while browsing. And bootloops started without flashing anything. First bootloop happened 2 weeks ago. Today happened again twice i wiped dalvik cache and everything is fine how can i fix it? I thought rom cause it i flashed stock firmware rooted it and removed bloatware. Still happens lags,freeze,getting too hot and bootloop. Is it lollipop update? I never had this issues with kitkat. How can fix this and keep my alive?
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Try a full factory reset. Be careful as this will wipe your internal storage.
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Try a full factory reset. Be careful as this will wipe your internal storage.
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Thank you for your answer but I did it after flash stock rom via odin. Wiped data / factory reset , cache partition , mounted cache , system , data , wiped dalvik cache..
Wiping data does not equal a factory reset. Wiping data does just that, wipes user installed apps. But generally leaves the internal storage alone.
A factory reset returns the phone to the settings it came out of the factory with, including a clean internal storage(If you have the stock rom). I heard that changing roms and just wiping data, dalvik and cache will still leave behind some files.
But it could also be untrue.
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Wiping data does not equal a factory reset. Wiping data does just that, wipes user installed apps. But generally leaves the internal storage alone.
A factory reset returns the phone to the settings it came out of the factory with, including a clean internal storage(If you have the stock rom). I heard that changing roms and just wiping data, dalvik and cache will still leave behind some files.
But it could also be untrue.
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Flashing stock rom is same with factory reset i think clears everything.
I don't know. Haven't flashed stock on this device yet.
But don't most guys recommend doing a wipe before going back to stock?
I dont know i'll try that when i have free time. I did research some guys saying lollipop causing these problems. I'll try wipe before flash stock rom again , if issues keep happen i'll use lates 4.4.2 custom rom. Thank you for your answers i'll report back.
Real reset
This method will wipe everything, including operating system and efs files. Before you do this:
you must root
Download twrp recovery
Install the recovery using the app from the play store
Boot into recovery mode and have twrp backup everything
save your backup to an SD card and the computer (can't hurt to have two backups)
Doing the above will preserve your phone important data like your imei and efs
in case something goes wrong.
NOW
after you have backed everything up use twrp recovery to wipe data. Have twrp wipe everything except for your SD card (don't won't to lose the backup)
After everything has been obliterated have twrp boot you into download mode.
Download Odin from XDA preferably 3.09 (most stable release) and then grab an official stock firmware from a trusted source. The latest stock firmware should be at least 4.4.2
If you have carriers other than t-mobile you will also need to find a PIT file for partitioning.
When you have all of this open up Odin with your phone connected in download mode and make sure repartitioning, clear efs and nand-erase is checked along with the defaults.
Select pda button and choose your firmware (unzipped tar.md5 format.) Then select repartitioning PIT file button and direct to where you have the PIT file downloaded.
now click start (be sure that the Com port is recognized by Odin: will be highlighted in blue or yellow.)
This will take a while depending on your computer.
when it finishes your phone should reboot with a fresh os and filesystem. If you get stuck in a bootloop reboot into recovery mode and do a wipe data and wipe cache. Reboot and your phone should be good as new.
IMPORTANT!!! It is vital you keep your TWRP backups for as long as you have your phone if you lose them and something goes wrong while flashing your phone you will lose important things such as IMEI baseband which will prevent you from connecting to your network and Sim card recognition.
Thank you so much i'll try this now.
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This method will wipe everything, including operating system and efs files. Before you do this:
you must root
Download twrp recovery
Install the recovery using the app from the play store
Boot into recovery mode and have twrp backup everything
save your backup to an SD card and the computer (can't hurt to have two backups)
Doing the above will preserve your phone important data like your imei and efs
in case something goes wrong.
NOW
after you have backed everything up use twrp recovery to wipe data. Have twrp wipe everything except for your SD card (don't won't to lose the backup)
After everything has been obliterated have twrp boot you into download mode.
Download Odin from XDA preferably 3.09 (most stable release) and then grab an official stock firmware from a trusted source. The latest stock firmware should be at least 4.4.2
If you have carriers other than t-mobile you will also need to find a PIT file for partitioning.
When you have all of this open up Odin with your phone connected in download mode and make sure repartitioning, clear efs and nand-erase is checked along with the defaults.
Select pda button and choose your firmware (unzipped tar.md5 format.) Then select repartitioning PIT file button and direct to where you have it downloaded.
now click start (be sure that the Com port is recognized by Odin: will be highlighted in blue or yellow.)
This will take a while depending on your computer.
when it finishes your phone should reboot with a fresh os and filesystem. If you get stuck in a bootloop reboot into recovery mode and do a wipe data and wipe cache. Reboot and your phone should be good as new.
IMPORTANT!!! It is vital you keep your TWRP backups for as long as you have your phone if you lose them and something goes wrong while flashing your phone you will lose important things such as IMEI baseband which will prevent you from connecting to your network and Sim card recognition.
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Odin freeze everytime i put twrp tar.md5 file cant i use philz touch which i use for long time?
Orangley said:
Odin freeze everytime i put twrp tar.md5 file cant i use philz touch which i use for long time?
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Is that another custom recovery?
If so then yes just make sure you have all of your system files and most importantly your efs backed up.
Run odin as administrator if that doesnt work, try using another version of Odin.
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Is that another custom recovery?
If so then yes just make sure you have all of your system files and most importantly your efs backed up.
Run odin as administrator if that doesnt work, try using another version of Odin.
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Doesnt work another versions both twrp and odin. I'll keep my custom recovery and try it.
Orangley said:
Doesnt work another versions both twrp and odin. I'll keep my custom recovery and try it.
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What carrier are you using, model number of the phone, etc.
Have you backed everything up? And can you flash the custom recovery through Odin if it fails?
Try it without wiping efs first just to be safe
Look here for your device you will be able to find standalone flash able versions of twrp that should work through odin.
http://twrp.me/Devices/
Using i9500. And i did what you said and works fine thank you! Mods close thread please.
I am having a problem installing a custom ROM... I root the device using CF-Autoroot and Philz Recovery. TIBU confirms the phone is rooted.
I boot into recovery, then try to install a ROM which is on the ext-SD card. I do a full wipe using Philz Recovery.
When I try to restart the phone, I get a bootloop, NO MATTER WHICH ROM I am trying to install. Then I have to go through the hassle of downloading the original firmware using KIES
and start all over again.
Any help or thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
Wipe before flashing
You must do the full wipe before flashing a new ROM, not after (Because if you are wiping /system after flash, you are leaving your device without OS)
And remember, flash gapps after first boot, not after flashing The rom
P.S you can do a full Nandroid Baclup before flashing a new ROM, because if you get stuck in bootloop again, you can simply enter to recovery and restore backup
Thanks for your input, but that's exactly what I did.. except for the backup part.
I have a SM-G935FD which I rooted using Wondershare Tunes Go. It rooted successfully and I installed TWRP via Odin. But afterwards i noticed than when ever I tried to wipe the cache it failed giving a write error.
I decided to reinstall the original firmware and downloaded it from Sammobile and flashed via Odin. Now i can't boot the phone as it gives an error saying data partition is corrupted and I need to reset the phone to factory settings and there is a reset button at the bottom of the screen. when i press that it reboots, goes to TWRP but gives a write error and again comes to the same Data partition error screen.
I can reboot to download mode.
I am a noob so please help me restore the phone if possible.
RoshanD said:
I have a SM-G935FD which I rooted using Wondershare Tunes Go. It rooted successfully and I installed TWRP via Odin. But afterwards i noticed than when ever I tried to wipe the cache it failed giving a write error.
I decided to reinstall the original firmware and downloaded it from Sammobile and flashed via Odin. Now i can't boot the phone as it gives an error saying data partition is corrupted and I need to reset the phone to factory settings and there is a reset button at the bottom of the screen. when i press that it reboots, goes to TWRP but gives a write error and again comes to the same Data partition error screen.
I can reboot to download mode.
I am a noob so please help me restore the phone if possible.
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Flash latest twrp and you problem will b fixed
Ordinary person with extraordinary wishes.
Thanks,
Managed to fix it.