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Think my Verizon Tab is dead

My Verizon tab was having issues, so I used heimdall to reflash it to stock like ive done in the past. It takes it now about 5mins on the samsung screen before it goes to the verizon logo. Then it proceeds to stay in a boot loop. Getting into recovery also takes about 5mins now. Managed to get there once and I saw there was some errors in some of the logs. I think i killed my tab any suggestions?
In Recovery it says
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
E:Can't mount Cache: recovery/command
#Manual Mode#
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(Invalid Argument)
E:Can't mount CACHE: log/recovery.log
E:Can't Open CACHE: log/recovery.log
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(Invalid Argument)
When I try to factory reset it says
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(invalid argument)
E:install_application_for_customer:Can't mount DATA:
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions

Try using heimdall to put the standard KhasMek kernel and recovery on it.

No change its just sitting on the samsung logo now

Part of the installation of KhasMek kernel involves about 3 minutes of sitting at the Samsung logo, but there should be a voice playing over the speaker letting you know what it is doing.
EDIT: Try getting back into recovery if it is still just sitting at the samsung logo, and see if it put CwM recovery on it, then you might be able to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. If not, then you will probably need to go into a little more detail how you "reflashed to stock" in order to get the answers you need.

Installed the KhasMek kernel had it install cwm. Was able to boot into recovery Wiped data cache, factory reset, Then restored a nandroid backup. Since then its been stuck on the samsung screen. Went back to stock originally using the pieced together verizon stock firmware. This entire problem started when I found that my tab wasnt booting after a battery drain. I turned if off one night it was acting perfectly fine and since it hasnt booted past verizon screen. Figured it might help to flash it to stock after that point.

Since it has not worked since you tried flashing to stock, I would assume that the issue was in that step but was not the kernel or recovery, and since you have done it successfully before, you might just need to try flashing to stock again. I had a link to a guide but I can't find it now, but a quick google search returned these:
/how-to-restore-verizon-galaxy-tab-back-to-stock/
and
how-restore-vzw-galaxy-tab-stock-dj11
It appears that as long as you can get to DL mode you should be able to bring it back.

[Q] Stuck on boot image..

Hi everyone,
I have the Galaxy S4 (i9505) on FoxHound 0.5 and I have a problem..
My phone wont boot up, stuck on boot image (White Samsung S4 logo).
I am still able to get in Download mode and Recovery (TWRP).
Things I have tried:
Reflashing Rom
Flashing Stock firmware using odin (3.07)
Flashing Stock firmware using odin (3.07) + new PIT
Formatted internal storage
Factory reset
Wiped cache & dalvik
Flashing Pre-rooted firmware -> Flashing recovery (TWRP) -> Factory reset -> Formatted /system -> Flashing FoxHound
What I did the last 24 hours:
Flashed CrossBreeder
Installed and used 'Pimp My Rom (beta)'
I am hopeless :crying:, please help me!

tom12e said:
Hi everyone,
I have the Galaxy S4 (i9505) on FoxHound 0.5 and I have a problem..
My phone wont boot up, stuck on boot image (White Samsung S4 logo).
I am still able to get in Download mode and Recovery (TWRP).
Thing I have tried:
Reflashing Rom
Flashing Stock firmware using odin (3.07)
Flashing Stock firmware using odin (3.07) + new PIT
Formatted internal storage
Factory reset
Wiped cache & dalvik
Flashing Pre-rooted firmware -> Flashing recovery (TWRP) -> Factory reset -> Formatted /system -> Flashing FoxHound
What I did the last 24 hours:
Flashed CrossBreeder
Installed and used 'Pimp My Rom (beta)'
I am hopeless :crying:, please help me!
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I see u have tried many things and still have a issue
May be do one thing flash philz recovery again on top of twrp whatever u have
Then go to recovery philz them wipe cache and dalvik reboot see if u are able to boot
If it does not boot try flashing stock using odin and see if reboot if not again same wipe cache / factory reset and dalvik hopefully u should have ur device back
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---------- Post added at 01:04 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:03 AM ----------
And ya since its still able to boot rec / dwnld mode pls be calm and don't panic I m sure u will have ur phone working again
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not offending TWRP, but i noticed that most users who use TWRP recovery stuck somehow in a bootloop

123hiten said:
I see u have tried many things and still have a issue
May be do one thing flash philz recovery again on top of twrp whatever u have
Then go to recovery philz them wipe cache and dalvik reboot see if u are able to boot
If it does not boot try flashing stock using odin and see if reboot if not again same wipe cache / factory reset and dalvik hopefully u should have ur device back
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
---------- Post added at 01:04 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:03 AM ----------
And ya since its still able to boot rec / dwnld mode pls be calm and don't panic I m sure u will have ur phone working again
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
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Thanks for your replay,
I flashed CWM on top of TWRP.
Cache wipe & factory reset completed, but this is wat is get after your frist solution:
no boot, now trying your other solution.
Code:
- - Wiping cache. . .
Formatting /cache. . .
Cache wipe complete.
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
- - Wiping cache. . .
Formatting /data. . .
Error mounting /data!
Skipping format. . .
Formatting /cache. . .
Formatting /sd-ext. . .
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!
Skipping format. . .
Data wipe complete.
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
EDIT: Your next solution worked, my phone booted. But right after I put my PIN in, the phone restarted the shell/hotbooted and freezed.
Pulled battery out and phone booted succefully again, freezed and so on..
EDIT 2: I performed a factory reset and I think it is all solved! Did 3 reboots and everything is going smooth!
Thank your very very much!

tom12e said:
Hi everyone,
I have the Galaxy S4 (i9505) on FoxHound 0.5 and I have a problem..
My phone wont boot up, stuck on boot image (White Samsung S4 logo).
I am still able to get in Download mode and Recovery (TWRP).
Things I have tried:
Reflashing Rom
Flashing Stock firmware using odin (3.07)
Flashing Stock firmware using odin (3.07) + new PIT
Formatted internal storage
Factory reset
Wiped cache & dalvik
Flashing Pre-rooted firmware -> Flashing recovery (TWRP) -> Factory reset -> Formatted /system -> Flashing FoxHound
What I did the last 24 hours:
Flashed CrossBreeder
Installed and used 'Pimp My Rom (beta)'
I am hopeless :crying:, please help me!
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trying to flash Full Rom " PDA + pit + bootloader + CSC + MODEM "

tom12e said:
Thanks for your replay,
I flashed CWM on top of TWRP.
Cache wipe & factory reset completed, but this is wat is get after your frist solution:
no boot, now trying your other solution.
Code:
- - Wiping cache. . .
Formatting /cache. . .
Cache wipe complete.
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
- - Wiping cache. . .
Formatting /data. . .
Error mounting /data!
Skipping format. . .
Formatting /cache. . .
Formatting /sd-ext. . .
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!
Skipping format. . .
Data wipe complete.
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
EDIT: Your next solution worked, my phone booted. But right after I put my PIN in, the phone restarted the shell/hotbooted and freezed.
Pulled battery out and phone booted succefully again, freezed and so on..
EDIT 2: I performed a factory reset and I think it is all solved! Did 3 reboots and everything is going smooth!
Thank your very very much!
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Thats great happy to hear that :thumbup:
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[Q] Bricked nexus 7 first generation? Fastboot recovery won't work

I know there's already dozens of threads with this problem but I've been going through them for three days now and I've pretty much given up trying to fix this. I'm posting here as a last resort.
All of sudden my nexus started shutting off or restarting and then it froze at the google screen, not the X logo like most people. I went into fastboot and then to recovery then tried the wipe data/factory reset option, doesn't do anything. Left it on that screen overnight and all that happened was the battery drained.
Now I'm stuck with in the android recovery screen because I kept trying to wipe it so much
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_install
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_install
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
I've downloaded sdk files, images and toolkits. I've done commands but I can only get up to unlock bootloader because it fails. I don't know what else I can do at this point, nothing seems to work. I've watched a video of a guy doing the wipe data/factory reset and it reset in seconds so I'm very frustrated with this thing. It's only 10 months old and I can't remember if I got a warranty or not and I don't even know how long a warranty is on these anyway.
Forgot to mention a couple things. When I try to wipe it, the android is frozen unless I press the power button and volume up again. Then the blue line and the little shape in front of the android start moving. There's no text here and the text freezes on -- Wiping data... Formatting /data and I never rooted it.

I am getting this same issue. The lack of replies is concerning.

broncop3t3 said:
I am getting this same issue. The lack of replies is concerning.
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The reason there are no replies is probably because there is no solution if people can't help they won't comment and clutter up the board with useless posts. Tell me everything you can about your situation is your bootloader unlocked? Rooted? What ROM are you on? Can you access fastboot mode? Ect and I will see if I can help
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I was on cyanogenmod 11 4.4. I had many random reboots and was going to do a factory reset through recovery, it was freezing too much to reset through Android. I used Nexus root toolkit when I rooted/ installed CM11. Now when I try to use the toolkit I get fails and trying though recovery gets me the E: failed to mount errors.
Nexus 7 Wifi (2012)
unlocked bootloader (still shows unlocked on "google" screen
Was Rooted
I can access fastboot mode.
I tried to flash via fastboot and was unsuccessful.
Thanks for your help.

What error message do you get when you use wugfresh NRT back to stock and unroot with the option for soft bricked
Edit: It just occurred to me the most common reason for flashing failing or "failure to mount" is a corrupted nand memory, a bit like bad sectors in a hard drive.
Nand going bad could produce the spontaneous reboots and would explain why you are unable to reflash it.
The only option if that is the case is RMA or a new motherboard.
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[Q] Bootloop on stock Nexus 4

Hi threre,
Yesterday, my WhatsApp kept crashing so I decided to reboot my stock Nexus 4 (4.4.4). Now my phone is stuck in a boot loop. I have access to the recovery menus.
The first thing I tried was wiping my cache. When I open the Android system recovery There is already an error on the bottom half of the screen.:
Code:
E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument
)
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open cache/recovery/log
E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument
)
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open cache/recovery/log
E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument
)
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open cache/recovery/log
E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument
)
I have tried wiping the data and cache partitions but when I do that the same errors as above fill up my entire screen and it does not help anything at all.
Next thing I tried was to flash a stock image using this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2010312. Since I am posting here you can probably guess that this did not work as well.
The problem is that my device is not rooted, and I can not get my bootloader to stay unlocked after a reboot. I have the bootloader drivers installed on my Windows 8.1 pc using the advanced reboot method so I have access to my phone in cmd. fastboot oem unlock does seem to work at first since the "'LOCK STATE" turns to UNLOCKED, but when I do the required reboot for flashing images it turns back to locked.
Perhaps this is a symptom of a bigger cache problem?
I am definitely not a pro at this but I have some experience with rooting phones from my Samsung Galaxy S II.
I really hope that anybody knows an answer other then try you warranty plan because then I will not have my phone for 5 days or more and I am not sure whether they really can fix this...
Lastly, here is the information displayed in my fastboot screen:
Code:
FASTBOOT MODE
PRODUCT_NAME - mako
VARIANT - mako 16 GB
HW VERSION - rev_11
BOOTLOADER VERSION - MAKOZ30d
BASEBAND VERSION - M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.0.1701.03
CARRIER INFO - None
SERIAL NUMBER - xxx wil post this if nescesarry
SIGNING - production
SECURE BOOT - enabled
LOCK STATE - locked
Thanks in advance!

If you can't lock the bootloader that is a symptom of your emmc flash memory failure. Afraid there isn't much you can do. Are you still under warranty?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

I still have warranty but I'm a little worried that they will complain about the damage (unrelated to the crash) of my phone. Is there no way of repairing the flash memory?

Nexus 7 2012 Wifi Nakasi Stuck in Bootloop

My nexus is stuck in bootloop.
When I open the recovery mode it says
E:/ can`t open /cache/recovert/lasty_log
E:/ failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
When I click wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition it says the same errors
It says "Locked State - Locked " in the Fastboot mode
Please Help