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[Q] SNS I9020T Stuck at "google" screen with unlocked padlock symbol

Hi I'm aware that there are similar threads as to this issue but the problem i'm having is my computer being able to detect my usb storage. Since I cannot boot the phone up I can't turn on usb storage. How do I go about flashing the right software since I cannot mount the files to my sdcard through my computer?
As it stands right now:
1. SNS status = unlocked
2. I am able to boot in to clockwork recovery v3.0.2.4
3. I have tried a factory reset/wipe data from recovery
4. I am using windows vista, have downloaded the proper driver (i think)
I followed the nexusshacks guide so far
can anybody help?

Go into clockwork recovery, mounts and storage, mount USB.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

vulcanrav3n said:
Go into clockwork recovery, mounts and storage, mount USB.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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Thanks for that! Now I know I can access my sd card. But now I just need help flashing the default software so I can access my sns again! This is my 1st android phone and would really appreciate a straight forward guide as to how to get out of my bad situation and back to a full system recovery. Once again here are my specs:
1. SNS I9020T Running Gingerbread 2.3.4
2. Phone status = unlocked in bootloader mode
3. I have wiped my SD card clean and tried a full factory/data reset through clockwork recovery
4. All I can do it boot to bootloader or boot to cw recovery
5. I need to flash the default software for this phone so I can start a new
Can anyone help me out? would be greatly appreciated

Do you want to reflash the stock ROM or do you want to try a custom ROM? I'd suggest you download a custom ROM, for example Cyanogenmod 7. If you do, it'll also have a compatible kernel and you'll be running your phone again in no time.
Otherwise, search the development section for a stock ROM that suits your phone (http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=883)
Now, I'll assume you download CM7 but the same steps apply to the stock ROM.
1) Download the ROM, it'll be around 86mb in size, a zip file.
2) Copy it to your SDcard using CWM
3) In CWM, go to "install zip from sdcard"
4) "Choose zip from sdcard", obviously, select the ROM.zip file you just downloaded
5) Let it run the installer
6) Reboot
Should work, good luck, let me know if something goes wrong
Greetz

also if you haven't installed the su zip file yet do that. in clockwork recovery mount the usb, copy the su zip file to /sdcard, unmount, and install zip from sdcard.
not sure how you lost the stock 2.3.4 rom, but you can get the GRJ22 rom back onto your ns. read these threads if that's your cup of tea:
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060192&highlight=stock+2.3.4
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056062
if you're brave and step over to the dark side of custom roms, i can guarantee you won't turn back. i've tried several, but i usually oscillate back to nscollab. you'll want titanium backup to backup your apps and rom manager to make nandroid backups. also when you flash between different roms make sure you wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache to prevent foreclose issues.

Download one of the stock/ota roms from vulcan's post.
Extract the zip, and put boot.img in the same folder as fastboot.
<fastboot flash boot boot.img>
Reboot.
See if that works.

[Q] TF101 Installing Custom ROM on Encrypted device

I recently managed to successfully root my TF101.
I installed CWM (Via ROM Manager) and downloaded CM9
I boot into CWM and attempt to do a nandroid...can't find path.
I attempt to just install from SDCard...can't find path
Realization (and research) hits that CWM can't see the external sd, and the system doesn't see it as SDCARD but EXT-.
CWM can't see the internal SDCard because apparently on the Tablet the ICS encryption locks that down (but doesn't on my EVO since the SC Card isn't part of the internal storage)
I attempt to perform a factory data wipe to clear out the encrtyption , but upon reboot CWM loads. I try to perform the boot-launcher data wipe, but then CWM loads.
I try to use CWM to factory reset but since it can see the damned SDCard because of the encryption, no dice.
My machine is not bricked, as I can still boot into the previous install but I can't seem unable to format the thing to install CM9.
What to do, and thanks.

It has been said multiple times before DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER.
Either use Thing O Doom's peri to install a different CWM or Gnufabio's Recovery installer or NVFlash a rom to completely wipe. And don't use encryption there is no point 99% of the time

I didn't check here first, which is obviously what was my first mistake.
Will any of those recoveries be able to access and format the SD Card area?
Also, I use encryption as I do have sensitive things on my machine that I don't want exposed in case the machine is stolen. First time I've ever had it give me a problem, as the phone encrypts differently.

Team roug's recovery has internal and external sd support and i think the encryption is an ics/tegra 2 bug more than anything

Ok, so I managed to get the new recovery on via Thing O Doom's peri. And I was able to install Revolver via the ext card...but upon boot I was prompted for my encryption pin and got the message that android was updating...My Build number is now Revolver but everything is the same as it was. I still can't factory wipe this damned thing.
Upon request to wipe, it boots back to recovery and says formatting data and cache, data wipe failed.
Tis site states http ://0xfeedface.org/blog/lattera/2012-06-04/installing-cm9-encrypted- android-tablet
The dilemma
When you encrypt your Android device, the /data partition is what gets encrypted. The partition in full is encrypted and cannot be mounted within CWM. CWM also cannot perform a wipe, since it cannot mount the /data partition. And CWM cannot mount the external SD card. This is our dilemma. No access to the internal SD. No access to the external SD. No way to perform a wipe and format the internal SD from CWM.
The Solution
What we need to do, then, is use adb while the tablet is in recovery mode to reformat the internal SD card, thereby removing the encryption. On the US Transformer Prime, the internal SD card is at /dev/block/mmcblk0p8. The partition for our spare SD card will be at /dev/block/mmcblk1p1. You will need to replace those device entries for any other device you might attempt this on. After formatting the internal SD card, we will mount it and then mount the external SD card at /data/media:
In CWM, wipe cache
adb shell
mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 # Warning: This can take a while. Be patient.
mount /data
mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /data/media
Now go back to CWM on your device, then go ahead and flash your CM9 and gapps zips like normal. You now have CM9 installed! The /data partition is not encrypted. If you do not need to flash any other ROMs (unlikely if you're reading this article), feel free to re-encrypt your device.
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I don't know the block numbers for the TF01

you need to undo the encryption before you can wipe anything

You can't. Hence my problem. I cannot mount,delete, or format the SDCard. It sounds like the process in the above post is the solution, but I don't know how to find out what block numbers the tf101 uses.

If you don't mine losing your data NVflashing a rom will resolve all the problems

Yep nvflash will do the trick otherwise as the solution you found yourself explains
Use adb in recovery ( in other words hook it up on a pc ) for this you will need android sdk runnin on your pc
More info about adb u can find here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751439&highlight=adb+help
Good luck

Thanks to all, I have resolved my issue!
I had to download the stock rom, extract the blob, and use Wheelie for PC to NVFlash everthing abck to stock. I was then able to update over OTA, and use the excellent Thing O Doom's peri to re-root and flash the working recovery.
There should be several items in the Root FAQ up top, such as:
If you are encrypted and going to root, factory reset to get rid of the encryption FIRST since the encryption locks down the SDCARD partition (Unlike on the phone)and none of the recoveries can access it to mount. DON"T use ROM manage on the TF101 and always, always check XDA first.
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darthrater said:
Thanks to all, I have resolved my issue!
I had to download the stock rom, extract the blob, and use Wheelie for PC to NVFlash everthing abck to stock. I was then able to update over OTA, and use the excellent Thing O Doom's peri to re-root and flash the working recovery.
There should be several items in the Root FAQ up top, such as:
If you are encrypted and going to root, factory reset to get rid of the encryption FIRST since the encryption locks down the SDCARD partition (Unlike on the phone)and none of the recoveries can access it to mount. DON"T use ROM manage on the TF101 and always, always check XDA first.
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That FAQ is sadly pretty outdated, I wish I could liberate the OP
Glad all is working now though.

[Q] i have formatted all the files in cwm

i have formatted all the files in cwm and now my phone not getting switch on.... not even getting anything on my screen
my phone neither getting into recovery boot nor in flash boot
please help me out,,,

Well look. If you format /data, all your app's data and things like that get lost.
If you format /system, there is no system anymore, so nothing to boot. The whole /System folder is empty then.
If you also format /sdcard, you're whole memory is formated, meaning there's nothing left.
Solution:
You can "mount usb storage" in cwm and connect your phone to a computer. Then drag a new ROM.zip into it.
Flash the .zip via "install zip from sdcard"
That way a new /system get's flashed and your android should boot again.
If mounting the usbstorage doesn't work on your phone (I don't know wich phone you have) Then try to sideload the zip via ADB, but that's a bit advanced when you didn't even know what you do when formatting the whole device...
EDIT: Oh, you should still be able to get into recovery. But I need to know wich phone it is, so I can tell you how

my model is micromax a87...
n my phone not getting into recovery mode.....totally its not responding

dinkesh jain said:
my model is micromax a87...
n my phone not getting into recovery mode.....totally its not responding
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Remove the battery and put it in again, you should be able to get into recovery when you boot up the phone with Volume-up and power pressed for a few seconds.
Or else, if you can't remove the battery, press the power+volume up buttons for like 10secs. it should reboot into recovery then
You know, if you really did what you said, and formatted everything in cwm, then cwm is still there.

(SOLVED) [Q] [HELP] Motorola NOOB! Mount point information for XT925?

Hi there, I seem to have messed up my mounting partitions while trying to deodex Stock JB Central Europe. I basically used xultimate to pull the files and deodex then tried using adb shell to mount the system partition and copy them over. After I rebooted the phone, it would get stuck on unlocked bootloader warning or on the motorola logo. I hard reset into recovery and restored a nandroid backup and once booted into android found so many folders under the Storage folder such as "asec", "obb", rfs0" and so on. Now, when I try to wipe dalvik-cache in recovery, i get the following error: "E: unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]". Also, when i try flashing custom rom's and reboot, it gets stuck on the unlocked bootloader warning and wont load - while in recovery after flashing, i also get another error something like this: "E: cant load /cache/recovery.log" or similar. I also sometimes have issues mounting system, cache partitions, data and internal storage, all depending on which custom recovery i am using. I read on another site that downgrading to ics might solve mounting problems so I forced a downgrade to ics but that didnt work either and am still on ics.
Is there a way to restore the partitions correctly or are they stuck this way? Would mounting and remounting solve this problem? Any help would be much appreciated and would very much appreciate it if someone could upload their mount point info so i could use to try and fix it.
Many thanks in advance.
EDIT: Managed to flash Slim Bean 4.3 Official using OUDHS recovery without wiping cache and dalvik-cache at first. After reboot, it would bootloop so went to recovery and wiped cache and dalvik-cache then it worked. Still no sd-ext and some apps can't write or backup to external memory such as Go Backup & Restore Pro so what remains is to mount/unmount the partitions correctly.

[Q] bad scenario

Hello, i am quite panicked about this problem so i will cut to the chase.:crying: I will write down stuff i did in numerical orders.
1. Using TWRP 2.8.6.1, I was curious to try to go to Wipe>Advanced>full wipe (wiping everything). After i did and tried to reboot, it said there is no OS. So i tried flashing my flashable stock rom 4.4.4 in zip form but it didn't boot.
2. So i flashed to stock in fastboot. (For flashing to stock, i used this instructions http://androidforums.com/threads/guide-how-to-flash-a-nexus-factory-image-manually.706533/). After finish flashing, i went to stock recovery and wiped dalvik cache and data.
3. After that, i rebooted and... that when it didn't seem right. Nexus 5 COULD connect to my PC but it only showed "Internal Storage" and nothing else. If i tried to move something to the storage, it would immediately say i can't move it there.
4. So i thought this was because the full wipe i did before and that the system partition got totally wiped. So i used TWRP again but to restore my old nandroid backup.
5. After i flashed my nandroid backup, twrp said this one line that goes in red "unable to mount /firmware. I ignored and rebooted. It still had the problem where i couldn't move anything to my storage by MTP but also adb push. It even couldn't save screenshots and download anything from internet like apk or some sort. When i went into the app called "Zipper", it said 'no sdcard'.
6. I searched through the internet to fix this but i kept failing to solve it. I tried going to TWRP and doing chmod, chmod 755, using these instructions (http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/sdcard-problems-upgrading-android-t2938749)
TL;DR : I did a full wipe in TWRP and lost all permissions to read or write. Nandroid backup didn't help. Whatever i flash in twrp, it says "unable to mount /firmware" at the end.

metallikoh said:
Hello, i am quite panicked about this problem so i will cut to the chase.:crying: I will write down stuff i did in numerical orders.
1. Using TWRP 2.8.6.1, I was curious to try to go to Wipe>Advanced>full wipe (wiping everything). After i did and tried to reboot, it said there is no OS. So i tried flashing my flashable stock rom 4.4.4 in zip form but it didn't boot.
2. So i flashed to stock in fastboot. (For flashing to stock, i used this instructions http://androidforums.com/threads/guide-how-to-flash-a-nexus-factory-image-manually.706533/). After finish flashing, i went to stock recovery and wiped dalvik cache and data.
3. After that, i rebooted and... that when it didn't seem right. Nexus 5 COULD connect to my PC but it only showed "Internal Storage" and nothing else. If i tried to move something to the storage, it would immediately say i can't move it there.
4. So i thought this was because the full wipe i did before and that the system partition got totally wiped. So i used TWRP again but to restore my old nandroid backup.
5. After i flashed my nandroid backup, twrp said this one line that goes in red "unable to mount /firmware. I ignored and rebooted. It still had the problem where i couldn't move anything to my storage by MTP but also adb push. It even couldn't save screenshots and download anything from internet like apk or some sort. When i went into the app called "Zipper", it said 'no sdcard'.
6. I searched through the internet to fix this but i kept failing to solve it. I tried going to TWRP and doing chmod, chmod 755, using these instructions (http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/sdcard-problems-upgrading-android-t2938749)
TL;DR : I did a full wipe in TWRP and lost all permissions to read or write. Nandroid backup didn't help. Whatever i flash in twrp, it says "unable to mount /firmware" at the end.
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EDIT: alright i did a mess up. When i flashed the stock, i didn't rename the radio from radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.16 to radio.img.