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Need Help - POST brick recovery + app space

a day ago i rooted my Vibrant, then i flashed to the rom nero-5-voodoo
Everything worked fine.
Couple hours later i decided to boot into recovery and restore to factory settings
before i did i came across an option to format my internal storage to add additional app space so i did
Then i deleted cache, deleted all user data and tried to restore to factory settings.
Upon boot up my screen was stuck on the "vibrant" splash logo and would go any further
So i came across sticky in this forum to help fix bricked devices
I download ODIN T959UVJFD.tar, and the s1_odin_20100512.pit and the correct samsung drivers which i found after an hour of searching online.
I followed the tutorials and like magic my Vibrant was fixed and able to start up again.
I then proceeded to root my vibrant again and download Rom Manager from the market place.
The root went well but when i tried to download Rom Manager from the Market i was given the message "Sorry, there's not enough space to install this item."
Now im thinking "how is this possible" i just did a factory restore and the only apps on my phone are the ones samsung preinstalled. So i navigate to "SD Card and Phone Storage" i read that i now have 11.26GB of total space under phone storage and 3.66GB of available space under Application storage.
I then format my phone storage and reset all cache and user data removing the root i performed earlier.
I then navigate back to the SD and phone storage and still read i have only 11.26GB of total/availble space and 3.66GB of free app space.. I go the the market and try to download an app and i still get the message "Sorry, there's not enough space to install this item."…even tried to install an app from an SD and got the same message, . Also removed my external SD just incase the system was confused between the external sd and the internal storage and i got the same message.
So now im stuck in Samsung's Factory settings unable to download even a single app.. The most i can do i root the device and load the "recovery-update.zip" from a backup folder named "Clockworkmod" that i had backed up on my computer from when i initially had nero-5 installed. If i try to restore to any of my backups the vibrant goes into a loop booting into recovery mode…
Does anyone have any idea on how i can
1. Revert to my original Phone storage space
2. Revert to my original app space.
3. Download apps again without being told that there is no space left when there clearly is.
Thanks for your time

Is your vibrant connected to the computer? Maybe it is mounted on the computer which is why you can't access the sd.
Oh and if you want to get the original phone storage space, you should try to odin the same way you did before, except this time, also check "re-partition" along with the other two options that are already checked.

Ok, Well, ONE THING TO REMEMBER, once you custom rom the phone, do not use or hit the buttons that say "factory update or settings" until you really know more about the phone an d the operating system.
1. You will need to Odin back 1st to the Froyo that does not brick (do not check repartition), make sure to pull the sd and sim out before starting, Then:
2. Odin back to stock JFD rom. REPARTITION this time
3. Then after it comes up into the stock boot, let it go all the way through until you try the phone and make sure you can call on it.
Then, root the phone, download Clockwork Mgr, make sure this is all good, THEN you can reflash and you will be on your way
MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE STICKIES IN GENERAL AND DEV FORUMS.
Member s15274n has a very good sticky look in that for additional info,
Good luck

oka1 said:
Ok, Well, ONE THING TO REMEMBER, once you custom rom the phone, do not use or hit the buttons that say "factory update or settings" until you really know more about the phone an d the operating system.
1. You will need to Odin back 1st to the Froyo that does not brick (do not check repartition), make sure to pull the sd and sim out before starting, Then:
2. Odin back to stock JFD rom. REPARTITION this time
3. Then after it comes up into the stock boot, let it go all the way through until you try the phone and make sure you can call on it.
Then, root the phone, download Clockwork Mgr, make sure this is all good, THEN you can reflash and you will be on your way
MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE STICKIES IN GENERAL AND DEV FORUMS.
Member s15274n has a very good sticky look in that for additional info,
Good luck
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Thanks,This worked perfectly.

recovering data from download mode?

A coworker of mine installed the OTA update Verizon was pushing down, after rebooting the phone was stuck at the Samsung logo.
We can get the phone into download mode, but recovery errors and none of the buttons respond. (Similar to this thread)
If need be I can take a screenshot or type out the error text he receives trying to go into recovery (stock)
A little more info i can give as is: his phone is stock rom, but I do believe he has it rooted.
I have flashed roms onto my phone (Captivate) so I am familiar with working with Odin, but the problem is that he has data on the phone he needs to recover.
ADB does not recognize the phone, but his computer does seem to detect it.
Does anyone have any advice on getting something to recognize the phone so we can pull data, or is there a rom/setting that would leave his data as is?

If you odin a rom or even flash a rom it doesnt touch any of the data on the SDcard. he will loose call history and sms history. Pictures and things will be left on the sdcard untouched.
This is the most complete and up to date guide for the fassy:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070

Thanks for the heads up.
Just to be clear we are talking about the internal SD card right? Not the removable one.
He is apparently mostly concerned with losing his app data. As long as that will be safe I can have him up and running in a matter of minutes, especially with your link.

NO app data will be gone as well
What rom did he have or was it stock?
when i said the sd card i was referring to the removable one.

I figured that was the case
He is running the stock Froyo rom.
Would it be possible to use Odin (or some other tool) to push CWM onto the phone and maybe get it to mount from there?
He did say Odin recognizes a device when it's plugged in.

You may be past the point of no return. Since the phone is boot-looping and not actually booting up there may be no way to root the phone to flash CWM.
Odin is unfortunately a one-way street. Its designed to flash data ON to the phone, Not pull data off.

the phone does not have to be rooted to odin cwm....that being said, op try odining cwm2.5.1.x red and three finger into recovery, wipe cache & dalvik, then go to my guide section 1, use ccampos powerwashed ed05 froyo. That rom is close enough to what stock froyo is, so it might work! Or you can try geewiz froyo also, but one of those might get the phone back up and running without completely wiping everything.

just fyi once you odin a full rom all app data is gone. I have never attempted to pull app data from the mounting of the internal memory using cwm.

xwhofarted said:
just fyi once you odin a full rom all app data is gone. I have never attempted to pull app data from the mounting of the internal memory using cwm.
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Thats why I suggested to try and flash a close to stock froyo rom in cwm without wiping data. odin will do a full wipe, so thats his only option that I am aware of.

Could he odin a recovery, make a back up, flash a new close to stock rom, advanced restore data? It would probable have alot of issues but may give him the opportunity to make a backup.

mentose457 said:
Could he odin a recovery, make a back up, flash a new close to stock rom, advanced restore data? It would probable have alot of issues but may give him the opportunity to make a backup.
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my co-worker had something similar happen and this is what I had him do. It didn't fair too well but it was worth a shot.
Ended up using odin to push a stock verizon rom and started over. Then I MADE him put cwm on his device and make a backup immediately incase it were to happen again.

[Q] Soft-Brick Assistance

Note: I may not use terms correctly, I have spent the past hour reading threads similar to mine in order to (hopefully) use the correct terms to describe my predicament.
I was using TriForce ROM 3.0 and I wanted to mix things up a bit because it was too much like the stock ROM. I found Negalite S4 and tried my hand at that, with devastating consequences. I booted my phone into TWRP did a wipe and then proceeded to install the Negalite S4.zip onto my phone. It got stuck in a boot loop. After a good 30~ minutes of it continuously rebooting I turned it off and booted back into TWRP. However, now that my phone was wiped, it is not a recognized device by my computer any longer. Since I wiped the phone clean the .zip is no longer on my phone either. So, all I have now is a phone that can boot into recovery (TWRP); which is a soft-brick (correct me if I'm wrong).
I have read other threads and the xda community informs the user to use KIES or ODIN (I have used ODIN once before). However, try as hard as I can to understand their directions... I don't know what to do with ODIN.
My computer does not recognize my device at all. It will only boot into recovery otherwise it's stuck in an infinite boot loop. I am really scared that I have ruined such a valuable phone and so I am not thinking clearly - which is only adding to my "noobishness."
Can anyone please help me out in a way that I can understand? All help is much appreciated!

_retro said:
Note: I may not use terms correctly, I have spent the past hour reading threads similar to mine in order to (hopefully) use the correct terms to describe my predicament.
I was using TriForce ROM 3.0 and I wanted to mix things up a bit because it was too much like the stock ROM. I found Negalite S4 and tried my hand at that, with devastating consequences. I booted my phone into TWRP did a wipe and then proceeded to install the Negalite S4.zip onto my phone. It got stuck in a boot loop. After a good 30~ minutes of it continuously rebooting I turned it off and booted back into TWRP. However, now that my phone was wiped, it is not a recognized device by my computer any longer. Since I wiped the phone clean the .zip is no longer on my phone either. So, all I have now is a phone that can boot into recovery (TWRP); which is a soft-brick (correct me if I'm wrong).
I have read other threads and the xda community informs the user to use KIES or ODIN (I have used ODIN once before). However, try as hard as I can to understand their directions... I don't know what to do with ODIN.
My computer does not recognize my device at all. It will only boot into recovery otherwise it's stuck in an infinite boot loop. I am really scared that I have ruined such a valuable phone and so I am not thinking clearly - which is only adding to my "noobishness."
Can anyone please help me out in a way that I can understand? All help is much appreciated!
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Okay, download and install Samsung drivers from the Internet if your phone isn't installing them on its own. Download MDL stock. Open ODIN. Put your phone in download mode. ODIN should see your phone. Flash stock MDL. Use goo manager to install TWRP again after your booted on stock MDL. Or use ODIN to do it. Redownload the custom ROM you want and then flash in TWRP. Also wiping the phones dalvik, cache system ect shouldn't have erased your SD card in the first place. You mist have accidentally checked the wipe SD card in advanced wipe options. You never need to do that. So next time also have a nandroid backup on your external SD. I keep one on internal as well in case external card goes bad cause sometimes that happens. And never select that wipe SD card option. Unless of course you really do want to wipe your SD card. Don't do that and keep a full backup of your last working ROM and you'll not have this problem again.

3ncrypt3d said:
Okay, download and install Samsung drivers from the Internet if your phone isn't installing them on its own. Download MDL stock. Open ODIN. Put your phone in download mode. ODIN should see your phone. Flash stock MDL. Use goo manager to install TWRP again after your booted on stock MDL. Or use ODIN to do it. Redownload the custom ROM you want and then flash in TWRP. Also wiping the phones dalvik, cache system ect shouldn't have erased your SD card in the first place. You mist have accidentally checked the wipe SD card in advanced wipe options. You never need to do that. So next time also have a nandroid backup on your external SD. I keep one on internal as well in case external card goes bad cause sometimes that happens. And never select that wipe SD card option. Unless of course you really do want to wipe your SD card. Don't do that and keep a full backup of your last working ROM and you'll not have this problem again.
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Thank-you for the detailed response, I'll get started now! I did wipe the SD card, you're right. I'm so glad that you posted, thanks again.
If I need help I'll edit this post (no bumping within 24 hours). I'm hoping I have enough smarts to knock this out though. Again, thank you so much.
EDIT: Excuse my ignorance. I'm not sure what MDL stock is, I figured it was the default ROM - I have a nandroid of that. However, even after re-installing the samsung drivers, rebooting both my phone and computer - nothing happens. I don't know how to proceed from here. I can imagine I'm becoming a pain and do apologize.

_retro said:
Thank-you for the detailed response, I'll get started now! I did wipe the SD card, you're right. I'm so glad that you posted, thanks again.
If I need help I'll edit this post (no bumping within 24 hours). I'm hoping I have enough smarts to knock this out though. Again, thank you so much.
EDIT: Excuse my ignorance. I'm not sure what MDL stock is, I figured it was the default ROM - I have a nandroid of that. However, even after re-installing the samsung drivers, rebooting both my phone and computer - nothing happens. I don't know how to proceed from here. I can imagine I'm becoming a pain and do apologize.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
The link above is the tar file for stock MF9. If you just use the link for the from the first post you just need to download the first file (not the kernel). Once downloaded you need to extraxt that zip and you will get a .tar.md5 file from it. Later open odin and make sure only auto reboot is checked. Click on the PDA slot and find the .tar.md5 file you downloaded click on it. Next put your phone into download mode and connect it to your computer. Wait for it to install drivers and you will see a yellow box with "com:[some number]" once you see that click start and from there let it do its thing and whoola you have your phone back to MF9 stock. Good luck!
Sent from my SPH-L720

ROMANTiC KiD said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
The link above is the tar file for stock MF9. If you just use the link for the from the first post you just need to download the first file (not the kernel). Once downloaded you need to extraxt that zip and you will get a .tar.md5 file from it. Later open odin and make sure only auto reboot is checked. Click on the PDA slot and find the .tar.md5 file you downloaded click on it. Next put your phone into download mode and connect it to your computer. Wait for it to install drivers and you will see a yellow box with "com:[some number]" once you see that click start and from there let it do its thing and whoola you have your phone back to MF9 stock. Good luck!
Sent from my SPH-L720
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Well, you did it! That post is solid, I understood every-bit! My phone (most likely) is downloading the firmware now. I don't know how long it will take to get off the "Downloading... Do not turn off target !!" screen, but I'll edit this post after letting it sit over night! Thank you both so much.

_retro said:
Well, you did it! That post is solid, I understood every-bit! My phone (most likely) is downloading the firmware now. I don't know how long it will take to get off the "Downloading... Do not turn off target !!" screen, but I'll edit this post after letting it sit over night! Thank you both so much.
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Your welcome glad to help again, should take less than 10 mins. If its more than that just reboot your computer and repeat the steps from opening odin and finding your file. Another GS4 saved ;D
Sent from my SPH-L720

ROMANTiC KiD said:
Your welcome glad to help again, should take less than 10 mins. If its more than that just reboot your computer and repeat the steps from opening odin and finding your file. Another GS4 saved ;D
Sent from my SPH-L720
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You were right, it was quite snappy. I cannot believe I was so panicked over this! My babies safe ... for now.

So how did Twrp wipe nor SD card? When by boot into recovery and immediately click on Wipe, it'll wipe everything Necessary except the internal and external memory. Did you click the option to choose what you want to wipe? Happens more than ya may think, cause I've done it myself lol. Good to hear it's back up, I still get freaked out by those occurrences
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reverepats said:
So how did Twrp wipe nor SD card? When by boot into recovery and immediately click on Wipe, it'll wipe everything Necessary except the internal and external memory. Did you click the option to choose what you want to wipe? Happens more than ya may think, cause I've done it myself lol. Good to hear it's back up, I still get freaked out by those occurrences
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 2
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It wasn't human error through TWRP, it was an error while flashing Negalite. It asks if you want to wipe everything, data, or nothing at all. Silly me thought let's wipe EVERYTHING! Heheh

3ncrypt3d said:
Okay, download and install Samsung drivers from the Internet if your phone isn't installing them on its own. Download MDL stock. Open ODIN. Put your phone in download mode. ODIN should see your phone. Flash stock MDL. Use goo manager to install TWRP again after your booted on stock MDL. Or use ODIN to do it. Redownload the custom ROM you want and then flash in TWRP. Also wiping the phones dalvik, cache system ect shouldn't have erased your SD card in the first place. You mist have accidentally checked the wipe SD card in advanced wipe options. You never need to do that. So next time also have a nandroid backup on your external SD. I keep one on internal as well in case external card goes bad cause sometimes that happens. And never select that wipe SD card option. Unless of course you really do want to wipe your SD card. Don't do that and keep a full backup of your last working ROM and you'll not have this problem again.
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ODIN IS NOT RECOGNISING MY PHONE ...WHAT TO DO????:crying::crying::crying:

Ridddeathmetal said:
ODIN IS NOT RECOGNISING MY PHONE ...WHAT TO DO????:crying::crying::crying:
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Reinstall drivers, use different USB ports, used different USB cables?
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romantic kid said:
reinstall drivers, use different usb ports, used different usb cables?
Sent from my sph-l720 using xda app-developers app
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tried 4 ports...in different pc also but same result used 3 cables...but none recognising it.....drivers have been downloaded and reinstalled

S5 Won't turn off, won't boot into recovery

I tried 2 ROMs: Alliance and Extreme Debloat. If I try to turn off the phone it gets stuck at the booting down logo. This happens when I try to restart it, when I try to boot into SafeStrap, or any other way I attempt to power off the phone.
If I pull the battery & boot up, at the SafeStrap splash screen, even when hitting the "Recents" button it does not let me get into SafeStrap.
How do I fix this? What's the cause?

Haloman800 said:
I tried 2 ROMs: Alliance and Extreme Debloat. If I try to turn off the phone it gets stuck at the booting down logo. This happens when I try to restart it, when I try to boot into SafeStrap, or any other way I attempt to power off the phone.
If I pull the battery & boot up, at the SafeStrap splash screen, even when hitting the "Recents" button it does not let me get into SafeStrap.
How do I fix this? What's the cause?
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Odin back to stock, re-root and try it again. I'm not sure what causes this but it happened to me a few times with my old Note 3 and SafeStrap.

Misterxtc said:
Odin back to stock, re-root and try it again. I'm not sure what causes this but it happened to me a few times with my old Note 3 and SafeStrap.
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Doing this now. Thanks for the prompt reply.. I've been going insane
How I rooted originally: Installed towelroot successfully, then installed safestrap, booted into recovery, backed up system, created ROM slot #1, and installed a ROM.
Did I do something incorrectly?
edit: p.s. nice avatar

Haloman800 said:
Doing this now. Thanks for the prompt reply.. I've been going insane
How I rooted originally: Installed towelroot successfully, then installed safestrap, booted into recovery, backed up system, created ROM slot #1, and installed a ROM.
Did I do something incorrectly?
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Not really but I stay away from ROM slots because there is a bug with having to pull the battery on reboot. Re-download the latest SS because the first one had a problem with memory corruption witch sounds like happened to you. If you can get into stock recovery try clearing cache or factory resetting from there. Either way you will have to reset. It's safe to flash to the stock slot as long as you have a good backup.
Edit: Thanks on the avatar, quite a few people like it. Hopefully it helps someone out.

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Not really but I stay away from ROM slots because there is a bug with having to pull the battery on reboot. Re-download the latest SS because the first one had a problem with memory corruption witch sounds like happened to you. If you can get into stock recovery try clearing cache or factory resetting from there. Either way you will have to reset. It's safe to flash to the stock slot as long as you have a good backup.
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So after I ODIN I should:
1. Re-root
2. Re-download & install SS
3. Backup, then wipe everything & install in the main ROM slot
?

Haloman800 said:
So after I ODIN I should:
1. Re-root
2. Re-download & install SS
3. Backup, then wipe everything & install in the main ROM slot
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Yup, run towelroot and update SU from SS.

Worked perfectly. Thanks!!

Haloman800 said:
Worked perfectly. Thanks!!
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Cool, I'm glad it worked for you.

Accidentally wiped internal storage in twrp, device wont boot past GS5 screen.

Im using a SM-G900P (Sprint). Device wont connect to my computer, so I cant flash the stock ROM with Odin (I dont know how to, even if it did connect).
Help....

M4ttR said:
Im using a SM-G900P (Sprint). Device wont connect to my computer, so I cant flash the stock ROM with Odin (I dont know how to, even if it did connect).
Help....
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Find a stock custom rom to flash in twrp. Always back up your data so thing like this don't happen.

Carlos2200 said:
Find a stock custom rom to flash in twrp. Always back up your data so thing like this don't happen.
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I have a Nandroid backup, but no way to flash it.

Are u sure you install device drivers properly ??
Try to re-install device drivers using smart switch amd try again
Or u can try smart switch to install stock rom if ur not rooted
Remove root from supersu if u want to use smart switch

how to recover wiped internal storage by mistake using TWRP
Hi
I have Samsung galaxy s5 SM-g900h
recently, I tried to fix the flickering display at low back light. but I was not to catch the goal. finally I tried to change the custom ROM into lineage-14.1-20180907-nightly-k3gxx-signed. I wiped the dalvik and cache and system and date. by mistake, I ticked the internal storage and it wiped the whole phone.
I installed the ROM. but it has been installed into SD card. now, when I power my phone on, IT does not start. when I connect it to the computer, It shows two memory, one for internal storage with a empty folder of TWRP and one for sd card.
when I tried to install TWRP and use Odine to install ROM again, the download page does not start. I have a black screen.
would you please help me?