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I am having some serious issues with my phone today. What exactly is the point of formatting system, data, and cache after you wipe? What is the advantage and what happens if you just wipe and not format? I have never had issues making backups and restoring them until I started having to format before flashing these new JB roms. I have noticed that any backup I make (even ones that I have successfully restored without issue numerous times) completely stop working after I format my phone. Phone has bricked three times today.
This morning I had to bust out ODIN again and flash the Root66 (stock root) to fix the phone. Annoying, but no big deal. After I'm done I made a backup of the stock root. No issues. Then I go into recovery and factory wipe, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik. Did that twice. Then formatted system, data, and cache twice too. Flash the TasteOfBeans rom...installs no problem. Working great. Spent about two hours setting my phone up the way I used to have it. Boot into recovery and make a backup of this rom since I have set it up. About an hour goes by and I need to use my GPS so I boot into recovery and attempt to restore the stock root backup I made just this afternoon and it fails. Why the hell is it failing? Then I go to reboot system so I can at least get back into the JB rom and it just get stuck on the samsung boot logo (my boot loader is unlocked).
I had these exact same order of events occur with JellyWiz last night. I'm pretty over the whole format system, data, cache after wiping because this is the only new thing I have been doing and its cause me to bust out ODIN about three times in two days and all my backups are failing.
VERY frustrating...
To make it even worse after my most recent run in of failed restores and stuck on boot, I just ran odin again flashing the same Root 66 that I have been using to solve my issues all day and now its stuck in the Verizon 4G LTE boot.
So, even after using ODIN the phone is stuck in the Verizon 4G LTE bootloop. I flashed the Stock Root 66.
After I gave up on that, I decided to completely unroot the phone and start from scratch so I flashed the stock unrooted zip in ODIN. Same result...cant get past the Verizon boot screen. What is happening? Is my phone completely screwed or is it fixable?
Alright, perhaps you should try odin flashing the phone back to complete stock. No Root66, just factory firmware.
yosterwp said:
Alright, perhaps you should try odin flashing the phone back to complete stock. No Root66, just factory firmware.
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Odin the stock Verizon ROM.
During first reboot after Odin, sometimes the phone will hang. Pull out the battery. Count to 10. Put the battery back and hopefully the phone should boot.
....just double check all the proper boxes are checked and unchecked in Odin. PDA only.....
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Hi All,
I think my phone may be done for, but I wanted to ask all of you first. It all started when I booted up my phone, and it went into Stock GB and before I could do anything at all, everything started force closing (i.e. twlauncher, clock, 10 other things etc.) basically the entire OS and the phone would reboot and then again same problem. Sometimes it would get stuck on the ATT "Rethink Possible" screen for a while, and then immediately it would get to the Your phone is locked screen, and everything would be force closing again. I booted up into recovery mode and wiped user data and cache. Nothing. So then I decided to re load the firmware using jscott's completely stock rom. I used ODIN with PIT, PDA, and Phone and let it do its thing. PASS. Once again, phone did the SAME thing over and over. I then thought let me try either a custom ROM or rooted stock GB. I used jscott's "I997UCLB3-CWM-root-deodex.rar" and used ODIN. PASS. Cleared user data, cache, dalvik. Tried to boot. Still SAME problem. Then I thought maybe I could load ICS Custom ROM and fix the issue (a stretch I know, but no idea what else to do). So, I used ADB to push "Infinitum" ICS ROM to the /sdcard Booted to CWM Recovery and installed the zip. The phone rebooted with the blue android logo and then once again, got to the welcome screen and everything started force closing and the phone rebooted.
Am I just out of luck? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
SuperG03
SuperG03 said:
Hi All,
I think my phone may be done for, but I wanted to ask all of you first. It all started when I booted up my phone, and it went into Stock GB and before I could do anything at all, everything started force closing (i.e. twlauncher, clock, 10 other things etc.) basically the entire OS and the phone would reboot and then again same problem. Sometimes it would get stuck on the ATT "Rethink Possible" screen for a while, and then immediately it would get to the Your phone is locked screen, and everything would be force closing again. I booted up into recovery mode and wiped user data and cache. Nothing. So then I decided to re load the firmware using jscott's completely stock rom. I used ODIN with PIT, PDA, and Phone and let it do its thing. PASS. Once again, phone did the SAME thing over and over. I then thought let me try either a custom ROM or rooted stock GB. I used jscott's "I997UCLB3-CWM-root-deodex.rar" and used ODIN. PASS. Cleared user data, cache, dalvik. Tried to boot. Still SAME problem. Then I thought maybe I could load ICS Custom ROM and fix the issue (a stretch I know, but no idea what else to do). So, I used ADB to push "Infinitum" ICS ROM to the /sdcard Booted to CWM Recovery and installed the zip. The phone rebooted with the blue android logo and then once again, got to the welcome screen and everything started force closing and the phone rebooted.
Am I just out of luck? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
SuperG03
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Have you tried qkster's hiemdall back to stock? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
If it doesnt work, try using different computer/usb cable/usb slot
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Have you tried qkster's hiemdall back to stock? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
If it doesnt work, try using different computer/usb cable/usb slot
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Have you tried qkster's hiemdall back to stock? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
If it doesnt work, try using different computer/usb cable/usb slot
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Ok, I did that as well. Same thing happens. Everything completes successfully on the Heimdall 1 click, but when it boots, same problem...
I tried multiple times with multiple computers.
I also tried GTG Unbrick complete stock as well just in case. Same thing...
Anyone else know what I can try / do?
Thanks!
SuperG03
clean your power button?
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clean your power button?
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LOL! Guess we are running out of options...
My situation is the weirdest thing and makes no sense and I hate things that don't make sense...
SuperG03
I would suggest formatting EVERYTHING except the boot partition on the phone and try again to stock. Something is screwed up and is causing the force closes. If you do that and it STILL does this, then there is a hardware failure that is most likely causing the issue.
MrBooMY said:
I would suggest formatting EVERYTHING except the boot partition on the phone and try again to stock. Something is screwed up and is causing the force closes. If you do that and it STILL does this, then there is a hardware failure that is most likely causing the issue.
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Sounds like a plan. How would I format absolutely everything?
SuperG03
SuperG03 said:
Sounds like a plan. How would I format absolutely everything?
SuperG03
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Can you get into recovery mode at all? Forgot to mention that.
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Can you get into recovery mode at all? Forgot to mention that.
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Yes, I can get into recovery or download mode.
When I ODIN or Heimdall into the stock, I have 3e recovery. If / When I add CWM entropy kernel then I have CWM red recovery mode.
I have tried wipe user data, cache, dalvik cache, etc. to no avail.
SuperG03
There should be a mounts and storage menu where you can format stuff. Format EVERYTHING except the BOOT partition. IF you format boot you are screwed! Also if you have IMPORTANT info on the external or internal SD card back that up first!!!!!
MrBooMY said:
There should be a mounts and storage menu where you can format stuff. Format EVERYTHING except the BOOT partition. IF you format boot you are screwed! Also if you have IMPORTANT info on the external or internal SD card back that up first!!!!!
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Oh yes, I have done that several times already. I have mounted everything and then proceeded to format them all. It does keep telling me that sd-ext is not found... (not sure if that is normal)
So to recap, I have tried installing / flashing with the following:
ODIN GTG UCKD5: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251 Flash PASS - same problem exists
ODIN JScott UCLB3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260 Flash PASS - same problem exists
Heimdall qkster UCLB3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081 Flash Successful - same problem exists
ODIN JScott UCLB3 Rooted CWM (Entropy's Daily Driver): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523 Flash PASS - same problem exists
CWM Install ROM Infinity ICS - Successful Install - same problem exists
CWM Install ROM SlimBean (Jelly Bean) - Successful Install - same problem exits
Problem occurs no matter how many data/factory reset wipes I do. As soon as OS boots, everything immediately starts force closing (I can see the welcome screen, but can't get to it with all the force closes on top).
Example of some of the force closes: "android.process.acore has stopped" & "com.google.process.gapps has stopped", etc.
Ran EMMC Brick Find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823918 and it went through each MB up to 16 GB and said OK.
I think that covers it all.
Anymore ideas on what to try?
If it is hardware, what could it be?
SuperG03
I'm guessing you did let it do the bootloaders on the flash? Other than that it sounds like a serious hardware issue like a failing processor.
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Oh yes, I have done that several times already. I have mounted everything and then proceeded to format them all. It does keep telling me that sd-ext is not found... (not sure if that is normal)
So to recap, I have tried installing / flashing with the following:
ODIN GTG UCKD5: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251 Flash PASS - same problem exists
ODIN JScott UCLB3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260 Flash PASS - same problem exists
Heimdall qkster UCLB3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081 Flash Successful - same problem exists
ODIN JScott UCLB3 Rooted CWM (Entropy's Daily Driver): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523 Flash PASS - same problem exists
CWM Install ROM Infinity ICS - Successful Install - same problem exists
CWM Install ROM SlimBean (Jelly Bean) - Successful Install - same problem exits
Problem occurs no matter how many data/factory reset wipes I do. As soon as OS boots, everything immediately starts force closing (I can see the welcome screen, but can't get to it with all the force closes on top).
Example of some of the force closes: "android.process.acore has stopped" & "com.google.process.gapps has stopped", etc.
Ran EMMC Brick Find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823918 and it went through each MB up to 16 GB and said OK.
I think that covers it all.
Anymore ideas on what to try?
If it is hardware, what could it be?
SuperG03
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Here are the steps I would try to bring the phone back to a working stock GB. I can only offer a Heimdall approach.
1. Take out your microSD card.
2. Boot into DL mode.
3. Flash this in heimdall: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23118162&postcount=3
4. Boot into recovery.
5. In cwm: factory reset. Wipe cache. Advance: wipe dalvik. In Mount: format -system, data, cache, SDCard.
6. Power off.
7: Heimdall UCLB3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081. Read the op. Flash it once to complete. If successful, on the PC screen, click the boot loader flash and wait for the phone to complete booting up. After the phone finishes, go to /Settings/Privacy: factory reset and wipe SDCard again. Put it back into DL mode
8. Flash the UCLB3 Heimdall again, with the BootLoader box checked.
9. Once complete, let the phone boot up and run it as stock without the microSD card.
It should run as stock uclb3 - factory new. Go through the set up - do not accept GOGGLE BACKUP for now.
If the phone process continues to crash, you are sol.
gl..
ps..you can always sell the screen..it's worth at least $75-to another user with a broken screen.
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Here are the steps I would try to bring the phone back to a working stock GB. I can only offer a Heimdall approach.
1. Take out your microSD card.
2. Boot into DL mode.
3. Flash this in heimdall: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23118162&postcount=3
4. Boot into recovery.
5. In cwm: factory reset. Wipe cache. Advance: wipe dalvik. In Mount: format -system, data, cache, SDCard.
6. Power off.
7: Heimdall UCLB3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081. Read the op. Flash it once to complete. If successful, on the PC screen, click the boot loader flash and wait for the phone to complete booting up. After the phone finishes, go to /Settings/Privacy: factory reset and wipe SDCard again. Put it back into DL mode
8. Flash the UCLB3 Heimdall again, with the BootLoader box checked.
9. Once complete, let the phone boot up and run it as stock without the microSD card.
It should run as stock uclb3 - factory new. Go through the set up - do not accept GOGGLE BACKUP for now.
If the phone process continues to crash, you are sol.
gl..
ps..you can always sell the screen..it's worth at least $75-to another user with a broken screen.
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Thanks. I did try exactly as you stated. No go. Still crashing.
I wonder what hardware failure it would be?
SuperG03
Not sure if this will help figure out anything, but if someone is really good at looking at a logcat file, I am attaching one that I obtained from ADB from when the phone started to boot at the ATT Rethink Possibilities Screen all the way through the constant unending force closes of everything as soon as the OS loads.
Thanks again for anyone willing to look this over.
SuperG03
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Not sure if this will help figure out anything, but if someone is really good at looking at a logcat file, I am attaching one that I obtained from ADB from when the phone started to boot at the ATT Rethink Possibilities Screen all the way through the constant unending force closes of everything as soon as the OS loads.
Thanks again for anyone willing to look this over.
SuperG03
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Just a guess and I may be wrong but I looked briefly through the beginning of your logcat. The stock gb kernel should not be looking for /etc/init.d and there were some items listed for voodoo and lagfix and some mentioning of entropy. Is your OS messing up when you are trying to run Entropy's DD kernel?
If you are running a diagnostic with complete stock to make sure the phone and firmware is using complete stock and rfs file system, these items should not be a part of your logcat...
The only suggestion I have is wipe the sdcard and voodoo folder and try a complete re-partition and boot loader flash.
gl
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Just a guess and I may be wrong but I looked briefly through the beginning of your logcat. The stock gb kernel should not be looking for /etc/init.d and there were some items listed for voodoo and lagfix and some mentioning of entropy. Is your OS messing up when you are trying to run Entropy's DD kernel?
If you are running a diagnostic with complete stock to make sure the phone and firmware is using complete stock and rfs file system, these items should not be a part of your logcat...
The only suggestion I have is wipe the sdcard and voodoo folder and try a complete re-partition and boot loader flash.
gl
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This actually isn't with stock. This is with the Entropy DD kernel. I followed your earlier thread to go back to complete stock and same error. I needed CWM to do other things, so I installed the Entropy DD, but same errors. I just happened to dump the logcat during that run.
As far as your suggestion, I believe that is what was already happening with your earlier post? As for RFS file system, does your Heimdal One Click do that already? If not, what do I need to do to create that specific FS? I think it might actually be Fat32 and EXT4? Thanks!
SuperG03
Heya,
Did you ever have any luck with this issue? I've a phone with similar issues.
Odin to stock - force closes and/or boot loops
Heimdall to stock - force closes and/or boot loops
Install various roms through CWM - force closes and/or boot loops
(I followed all directions to the letter, multiple times)
the last attempt lead me through a series of odins/heimdalls/roms ... basically following a path to install the latest CM10, during which sometimes a rom would seem to be stable before I moved on to the next and other roms would bootloop / fc right off the bat ..
once on CM10, though, it was stable... I was able to install apps from the market, play with settings, etc .... I did experience a 2 or 3 random reboots though in the process and ultimately, when I put my sim card and sdcard in, it was stuck in a boot loop
It doesn't appear that I'm experiencing a power button failure like other people are having ... only reason I mentioned it is because of the random reboots
My P5100 had CM10 nightly on it and was running fine until I upgraded to the latest version of CM10 after wiping the cache & Dalvik cache. After the upgrade I couldn't get Google Play to run even after wiping its data and fixing permissions so I tried to do a CWM restore. Unfortunately there was a fault restoring the Data partition and now my tablet is stuck at the animated bootscreen. If I long-press the power button it powers off but immediately restarts. There is no way to start in in recovery or flash mode. I've plugged it into my PC and the Samsung Android ADB interface is showing but the other references to the tablet all have a yellow triangle in Device Manager. I'm hoping some clever person can help me rescue the tablet with ADB. Thanks!
dwl99 said:
My P5100 had CM10 nightly on it and was running fine until I upgraded to the latest version of CM10 after wiping the cache & Dalvik cache. After the upgrade I couldn't get Google Play to run even after wiping its data and fixing permissions so I tried to do a CWM restore. Unfortunately there was a fault restoring the Data partition and now my tablet is stuck at the animated bootscreen. If I long-press the power button it powers off but immediately restarts. There is no way to start in in recovery or flash mode. I've plugged it into my PC and the Samsung Android ADB interface is showing but the other references to the tablet all have a yellow triangle in Device Manager. I'm hoping some clever person can help me rescue the tablet with ADB. Thanks!
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IF CWM is not working use Odin to flash CWM again then use CWM to flash CM10,
You may need to do a factory reset (full wipe) from CWM.
If all else fails use Odin to flash stock JB ROM
DigitalMD said:
IF CWM is not working use Odin to flash CWM again then use CWM to flash CM10,
You may need to do a factory reset (full wipe) from CWM.
If all else fails use Odin to flash stock JB ROM
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Thanks but Odin cannot see the tablet to re-flash the recovery.
Downlods mode
Then flash new firmware
sembre said:
Downlods mode
Then flash new firmware
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That's the problem - I cannot access download mode
UPDATE - it just started in download mode! I can manage from here!!
Just for the record you can install adb on the pc and run the command 'adb reboot recovery'. This will force the tablet to reboot in recovery mode.
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Jeez, this has taken up most of the day to fix. I came across many problems I have not previously experienced:
1. When the tablet was stuck at the boot animation and I tried to turn it off by long-pressing the power button it immediately restarted. The only way I could get it to turn off was by long-pressing the power button whilst it was connected to my PC.
2. Flashing the stock ROM with Odin appeared to complete successfully but it would never fully boot, it always got stuck at the black & white Samsung screen. Same problems turning it off as above.
3. Flashing CWM with Odin caused the tablet to reboot into the stock ROM which would not load, in the end I had to untick the "reboot" button in Odin, power it off then manually restart with the Vol- & power buttons.
4. The only way I could get a bootable ROM was by flashing CM10 with CWM. I tried to restore 2 previous CWM backups but on each occasion there was an error restoring the Data partition and I got stuck at the scenario at (1). The backups were made to the external SD card with CWM Touch - is the Touch version unreliable?
I would be really interested if anyone could shed any light on any of this stuff!
For how long did you let it install during the first reboot? It happened to me too, and it took about 10 minutes, maybe even more...
Also, did you try in the "Mount and storage" cwm menu the options "format system", "format data", "format cache" and "format preload" options, prior to re-flashing a ROM? I have read somewhere that for a clean install it's better to do this, as it really clears everything that could mess up the system between two different bases ROMs (like CM and stock).
What I do everytime is using in CWM these 4 "format" options, plus "wipe" system, cache and dalvik, then immediately after this I flash with cwm the new "zip" copied on the card. Then the first reboot is much longer than usual, as at this stage it installs the files, rebuild the dalvik cache etc.
Good luck
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2. Flashing the stock ROM with Odin appeared to complete successfully but it would never fully boot, it always got stuck at the black & white Samsung screen. Same problems turning it off as above.
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I think I gave it a good 20 mins to boot. When I got up this morning there was an error message saying that there was no room to install any more apps even though I had very few installed. Settings -> Storage would not calculate the space available so I figured that the partitions had become corrupted. I did the step by step format you described and reflashed & it all seems to be OK now.
I had FP8 stock -rooted, and it was working fine. This morning for some reason I found it turned off. When I turned it on, the phone starts normally, but it reaches home and turns black.
I restarted more than 5 times and it didn't work, so I decided I will reset with the pit file and EP4D. It flashes fine, but then it loops again! Tried Odin 6 times till now!!! with and without pit, and still loops. Did this happen to any of you before?!
did you try entering Recovery and doing re-flashing and/or doing a data wipe/factory reset?
Yes, that was the last thing I tried before resetting! I had one CWM backup after the fresh FP8 install. I got error while restoring (error: formatting system, I think). Then I odined back to EP4D
Any Help??!
I think you have to Odin stock ROM.
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Hi JihadSquad, The Stock ROM is the Stock EP4D, right? the one from imnuts reset instructions. I did odin it almost 7 times. I tried to use the Stock CWM, and chose reset again from the menu, and it formats everything, but it gives an error in formatting system!
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Hi JihadSquad, The Stock ROM is the Stock EP4D, right? the one from imnuts reset instructions. I did odin it almost 7 times. I tried to use the Stock CWM, and chose reset again from the menu, and it formats everything, but it gives an error in formatting system!
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Have you tried to Odin tweak?
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I screwed up my phone! I got it starting yesterday after rebooting A LOT! then I got an error on the SD card. I opened it on my computer and it worked fine. I decided it to format it, and I format it to FAT32, and now it doesn't recognize it anymore!
So, I then thought may be I need to odin the pit file again to re-partition, Odin gave me an error, couldn't write to the phone. So now the phone actually starts, but doesn't recognize the SIM card nor the SD card. Yeah! I am gonna try to get a replacement today.
After searching through countless threads on this site, I've had no avail in resetting my Rogers Samsung Galaxy S6 running XtreStoLite 2.2.
A little while ago, I thought it would be a good idea to encrypt my phone with a custom ROM installed. I knew I had recovery and download mode, so I thought It'd be no biggie. Left the phone on overnight encrypting, came back 24 hours later and knew that it hung somewhere. Booted it up and this screen came up: Reset it and restored from TWRP backup, the same screen right here came up: http ://i.imgur.com/J37aZaq .png (sorry XDA will not let me post links, remove spaces) after this, I tried pressing the "reset device" button without success. It just rebooted the phone. Tried to restore from a different backup, no avail, then I tried to flash my custom ROM again through TWRP, no avail. I download ODIN and flashed stock Samsung firmware onto it and it still gave me this screen when I was done. Tried going into TWRP and factory resetting (where it wipes all partitions) and nothing happened. Currently, I'm trying to flash my Samsung Galaxy S6 with the stock firmware through ODIN with the "re-parition" box checked.
It seems there's a hardware flag of some sort stopping this from working. I mean, my file system is brand new, reset to factory defaults, I even checked with ADB and everything has been formatted. Checked with TWRP file manager and everything is good. But I can't get past the "Encryption Failed" screen.
Help me! Thanks.
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did you fix this?
Hi, i am encountering the same problem with my G920F.
I have the XtreStoLite_Deo_Mod_v.2.3 and also TWRP installed
I started encrypting but it got stuck so i rebooted my phone and got the same message (Encryption failed, please do a factory reset). So i did the reset but the same screen appeared. I also tried restoring from a back-up from TWRP but the same screen was still there. So i decided to do a full wipe and restore the phone with a twrp back up witch was on my laptop. But when i am in TWRP i can not copy files to (or from) my phone. So it is not possible to get the backup on my phone. I am able to get in to download mode and connect the phone with odin.
My questions are :
- what was the solution to the problem?
- What causes the copying error? And what is the solution? So i can put the backup on my phone and try to restore it this way.
- What are my option with odin? Can i use the TWRP files in odin?
Thanks a lot in advance
Jules
Solved the issue. After a full wipe i installed a stock firmware with odin. It still displayed encryption failed after reboot. But after the factory reset the notification was gone.
I have fixed this
Best solution is on a stock rom to reset. If rooted with recovery -format and wipe all data, reset, let sit at boot for a while, go into recovery and install new rom from USB-OTG, or odin from download mode.