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[Q] possibly corrutped partition.help to re partition

Just bricked my defy last nigh accidentally then flased a full nordic 2.2.2 via rsd lite everything went fibe BUT when i was going to install some roms via nandroid backup I get this errors.
tried flashing a 2.1 eclair but it wont boot up so I reflashed the 2.2.2 nordic for about 10x already
here's what cwm says when restoring
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.8
Checking MD5 sums...
Restoring System...
Restoring Data...
Restoring ,Android_secure...
Restoring Cache...
Restoring sd-ext
no app2sd partiton found. Skipping format of /sd-ext.
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (file exists)
Can't mount /sd-ext/!
and more when on the stock recovery is says something that it can't mount etc2
please help me out guys this is really important
ive read through some forums and found that I need to repartition.how?what's the easiest way?
tried wiping dalvik cache but it fails too.
cant download from market too.
this sucks.
its my first android phone and now im messed up!!
I will really apreciate your help please
EDIT:now Im using MIUI but still unable to mount sd-ext
and these few errors
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/command
and log
what do O do pls?
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In stock recovery do factory reset wipe cache and reboot and flash ur SBF....
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bricked?
WTH happened?
are u able to go stock recovery? did you do a data & cache wipe?
it should all do it.after u can flash a different & clean SBF.
also try to format sdcard as well..dont bother losing the nand backup...
then just use rsd lite to reflash a different leaked/official 2.2 froyo

hi tnx all for ur help.
yes i am able to go stock recovery and even cwm recovery via 2init 1.4 its a stock clean froyo
im getting this error on stock recovery
it says
E:un able to read cahe/recovery/command and starter
anyone suggestion?
wiping dalvik cant be done due to errors posted above
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After wipe and reset just flash SBF...Error is not problem according to me....
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Ok if you heve stock and second init recovery then nothing is lost. What CWM- says is totally OK. And stock recovery always unable to read /cache/recovery/command.
What firmware were you on when installed second init? You sould try to restore the nandroid of that firmware with CWM.
If you wiped your phone with stock recovery then CWM will not work then you should flash your stock sbf with RSD lite.

ok will try when I get back home and will post the results
note: im on cm7 beta 6 b4 this happened.
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You have to go back to Nordic, via RSD Lite .
Flash the full rom, since you already flashed the whole sbf one time, you won't be worry about downgradability, it's lost.
Then wipe again, at the end the cwm should work as expected.

Just as a note after i flashed the full Nordic sbf i got stuck so i went into stock recovery and wiped data etc. This let me boot the nordic rom. Then just need to root, install 2nd init and reinstall cm7

yay! now im on cm7 and will check if the errors are still there
and btw how do I go back to 2.2.2 stock in order to install ephunord rom
edit:
custom recovery says
E:unable to read cahe/recovery/command
E:unable to read cahe/recovery/starter
then when wiping dalvik cache on cwm
when pressing wipe dalvik cache
E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]
then when I confirm it it says
dalvik cache wiped.
is it normal?
can't install the google apps package too downloaded many times but it always end up on bad installation or something
wew im so stressed with my phone right now

gonemad02 said:
yay! now im on cm7 and will check if the errors are still there
and btw how do I go back to 2.2.2 stock in order to install ephunord rom
edit:
custom recovery says
E:unable to read cahe/recovery/command
E:unable to read cahe/recovery/starter
then when wiping dalvik cache on cwm
when pressing wipe dalvik cache
E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]
then when I confirm it it says
dalvik cache wiped.
is it normal?
can't install the google apps package too downloaded many times but it always end up on bad installation or something
wew im so stressed with my phone right now
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yah that appears on mine too,those unable to read things:i reformat my sdcard clean & i treat it normal since i've been flashing & experimenting a lot,& i dont do a backup of any of my nands i only back up my apps.
since IMO i will never go back to eclair for any warranty,only forward to the developments..
i trust my defy just like i trust the resources i get here in the forums ;D

my thing is i cant do a restore on nands. anyway what's the format of your sd card?is it fat32?

gonemad02 said:
my thing is i cant do a restore on nands. anyway what's the format of your sd card?is it fat32?
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Have you tried to format your sd card with your phone?(not from pc)

yes tried it a couple of times already
anyone knows how do I wipe dalvik cache using adb?
these are the remaining errors I still have
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/command

Hi. I flashed sbf JRDNEM_U3_3.4.3-11. But my phone is stuck on animated bootlogo (with "blur"). I flashed back my 100% previously worked sbf - U3_3.4.2_155-002. And it stuck on animated "android". When i try to load recovery - green android robot with "!" and nothing. What i do wrong?

bomgavs said:
Hi. I flashed sbf JRDNEM_U3_3.4.3-11. But my phone is stuck on animated bootlogo (with "blur"). I flashed back my 100% previously worked sbf - U3_3.4.2_155-002. And it stuck on animated "android". When i try to load recovery - green android robot with "!" and nothing. What i do wrong?
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try wiping cache factory and dalvik cache

gonemad02 said:
my thing is i cant do a restore on nands. anyway what's the format of your sd card?is it fat32?
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most probably yes,my card would be on fat32 on default since its 4gb.
unless i force format it w/ fat16 from my pc.but it shouldnt be an issue.
well i get those kinds of errors too.i cant flash the gapps zip for the cm7
i even get failed write to SD whenever i download an app from the market or an unknown file out of the market.

bomgavs said:
Hi. I flashed sbf JRDNEM_U3_3.4.3-11. But my phone is stuck on animated bootlogo (with "blur"). I flashed back my 100% previously worked sbf - U3_3.4.2_155-002. And it stuck on animated "android". When i try to load recovery - green android robot with "!" and nothing. What i do wrong?
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when u see the green robot:
press the volume up & down together to enter stock recovery.
use the volume up/down & power button to select.
tap ok button on the left corner to continue the process of wipe.

I see. we do really have the same issue.
Im now on MIUI.shame...can't even try roms via nandroid backups.
will parted work to fix/format my cache including the sd-ext one?
I cant mount it no matter what I do
I believe parted will work.
and whenever I try to root using super one click
it gives some error regarding cant mount etc2 file exists
but in the ened it's successful.
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Errors in our sd card
Well yah.thats tthe reason why im back now on stock blur french..everything back to normal & ready to flash again...i dont know,maybe the card gets corrupted whenever im on a custom rom...
Ok so how's miui?any luck on that one? No time to flash now busy w/ my baby.... Im still longing for the cm7,maybe the nxt rel will be complete.

[Q] Can't get PIT file in ODIN

I read teddy's faq in the dev forum and am trying to odin to stock. I'm on odin right now and already downloaded the pit file, but when I click pit to insert the file, I can't find the file. Or...odin can't find it (cause its not a .pit file?). anyway, whats goin on with this?
EDIT: nevermind, i'm an idiot. i got it.

first odin to stock - successful.
one problem, redownloaded rom manager and i can't get to the orange cwm recovery screen. forgot what i had to do and its not in teddy's noob faq. supwiddit?

did you remember this part ?
krylon360 said:
You will need to modify your stock recovery binary to be able to use CWM.
Kernel Devs can also compile CWM into their kernel by extracting the update.zip and building it into their initramfs.
To replace your stock recovery binary with the modified binary:
download this file
http://www.krylon360.com/file_host/sk4g/recovery.zip
Exatract and take the recovery binary file inside of it and use root explorer or adb push the file to /system/bin.
DO NOT delete the current one there, or rename any files.
Just overwrite it.
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thanks ted, completely forgot. just did it but now i can't get to red cwm even after applying updates/using sdu's debugging trick/etc. im gonna try and flash anyway from orange cwm, cross your fingers

Jabrutal said:
thanks ted, completely forgot. just did it but now i can't get to red cwm even after applying updates/using sdu's debugging trick/etc. im gonna try and flash anyway from orange cwm, cross your fingers
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Just check your mounts
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ayoteddy said:
Just check your mounts
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ugh, forgot that. anyway - flash was fine, but someone on the dev page told me to wipe dalvik cache after restoring data. i did that then rebooted, and the creepy GLaDos wannabe said something like "(something something) partition...system not found" and now shes shut up and i've been sitting at the samsung sk4g screen for like 5 minutes.
i remember when i first got a kernel then it took a long time to boot, but im not sure if its just doing that again or if its softbricked again. i'm also not sure if the softbrick is due wiping the dalvik cache before everything was installed or if its cause i didn't change my mounts?

Jabrutal said:
ugh, forgot that. anyway - flash was fine, but someone on the dev page told me to wipe dalvik cache after restoring data. i did that then rebooted, and the creepy GLaDos wannabe said something like "(something something) partition...system not found" and now shes shut up and i've been sitting at the samsung sk4g screen for like 5 minutes.
i remember when i first got a kernel then it took a long time to boot, but im not sure if its just doing that again or if its softbricked again. i'm also not sure if the softbrick is due wiping the dalvik cache before everything was installed or if its cause i didn't change my mounts?
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likely because you didnt change your mounts!
when on the orange recovery it is usually on mount/system and you have to change to unmount/system
and when you flash let it boot up before restoring data and wiping dalvik cache etc..

i keep pwning myself... trying to wipe data and im getting this error
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on dev/block/mmcblk0p2
and its stuck there.

Jabrutal said:
i keep pwning myself... trying to wipe data and im getting this error
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on dev/block/mmcblk0p2
and its stuck there.
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You have to odin with repartion checked. Then when installing the ROM, ALWAYS check your mounts if your in the orange recovery
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I did have repartition checked when I odin'd. Should I odin again and start fresh or could it possibly be something else?

Jabrutal said:
I did have repartition checked when I odin'd. Should I odin again and start fresh or could it possibly be something else?
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I'm sure the install would have went fine if you checked your mounts, its possible that since your mounts weren't correct that when Linda was trying to convert your partitions they got currupt somehow. So just start fresh, and don't forget the checking mounts. If you plan to restore data from a nandroid backup then wait til the ROM loads up, then reboot into recovery and wipe data and then restore your data. Wipe caches then reboot and your good
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teddy, i odin'd to stock, repartitioned, and got everything up to orange cwm. went to wipe data and got the same /dev/block error. i think i need to use red cwm, can't figure out how to get there though...

Red CWM comes from the Bali kernel, as it includes the Voodoo options in that CWM. to get that, you just flash the Bali kernel.

sdu i flashed the kg2 bali kernel and got a softbrick on the samsung loading screen. odin'ing now, im thinking its cause i repartitioned when i odin'd. not gonna do that this time.
if you could suggest another way to get to red cwm thatd be awesome

that is the only way to get into Red CWM. Red CWM is the same as regular orange CWM, it just includes the voodoo tweaks. Which odin file are you restoring with?

sduvick said:
that is the only way to get into Red CWM. Red CWM is the same as regular orange CWM, it just includes the voodoo tweaks. Which odin file are you restoring with?
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the kg2 that was in the noob faqs...i was able to odin with out re-partitioning earlier today, let me give it another shot.

i think im stuck somehow...i keep getting softbricks when trying to flash bali v1.2. i've tried with both partitioned and non partitioned odins (if that matters). i read in the bali thread to use the deodexed stock kg2 rom then flash bali, but i can't even flash the kg2 rom without getting into red cwm.
i'm starting to wonder how i did this in the first place...help me dev gods; i despise this slow, stock rom

Jabrutal said:
i think im stuck somehow...i keep getting softbricks when trying to flash bali v1.2. i've tried with both partitioned and non partitioned odins (if that matters). i read in the bali thread to use the deodexed stock kg2 rom then flash bali, but i can't even flash the kg2 rom without getting into red cwm.
i'm starting to wonder how i did this in the first place...help me dev gods; i despise this slow, stock rom
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ODIN
then
download rom and put it on your sd card
download:
http://www.krylon360.com/file_host/sk4g/recovery.zip (This is the recovery.)
http://www.krylon360.com/file_host/sk4g/update.zip (this is the update)
Root Explorer can't share the link because it is a paid app but you can use astrid i believe or find root manager somewhere such as 4shared.
open the first file on your computer and take out the recovery file inside it and place it on the sd card.
place the second file on the sd card
and install your file manager.(root explorer or astrid etc..)
now open file manager scroll down and find sdcard,
now open it and find recovery and long press on it. hit copy. now hit the back button once.
now find system. open it.
find bin. open it.
hit on the top mount r/w
hit paste and overwrite the file.
next, power down the device and instead of powering on regularly, press volume down+volume up+ power button you should be in the recovery mode.
choose reinstall packages
now you should have an orange recovery
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik cache (adavanced menu)
go to mounts and storage
if it says mount/system (4th one on list) then click it
if not leave it
install zip from sd card
go to mounts and storage
if it says mount/system (4th one on list) then click it
wipe dalvik cach
reboot system
this should take 5-10 mintues
you will here a robot girl (linda talking) then after that you should get the boot up logo and that should take a few minutes then you should be good!

EDIT: Pwned/ninja'd by tyler.
Ok, so partitioning in Odin only matters if you had the creepy converting voice (linda) talk to you in Red CWM. Don't worry about flashing bali 1.2, that's included in the stock deodexed rom I posted.
From Stock:
Enable USB Debugging in Settings > Applications > Development Settings.
You'll root using superoneclick, then use my script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15831175&postcount=124
to push the correct modded recovery and update.zip, and it will reboot you into the modded stock recovery (blue).
Press "Reinstall Packages" and that will take you to orange CWM.
In orange CWM, you can flash any rom that you'd like, it has the same flashing functions and abilities as the Red CWM.
Make sure your mounts read :
/System unmount
/data unmount
/cache unmount
BEFORE AND AFTER you flash, before you reboot.
you'll hear the creepy linda voice telling you it's converting your partitions, then you should be booted into the ROM you flashed.

Sdu and tyler,
I understand what you guys are saying and what I have to do, my Main problem is that in orange CWM, whenever I wipe data I get an error (stated somewhere in this thread) and the flash fails. The only solution I can think of is to get into red CWM (where I Never get that error), but I can't get into red without Bali, BUT I keep getting softbricked when I flash Bali!
The only other thing I can think of is to flash the deodexed stock KG2 rom to give me Bali, but I can't even do that cause I can't wipe data. Would it be safe for me to flash without wiping data?
EDIT: The error is
E: format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

[Q] HELP!! i wiped my cache and sd card partition...

So, to make the long story short...
basically, I have no cache partion.
I was rooting my nexus s and flashing a rom everything was fine until I retardedly pressed wipe cache partition in clockwork recovery so now i can still boot up normally but i can't do anything as you all no, the nexus s doesn't have an external card slot, so my phone says that I haven't got an sd card inserted.
Is there any way to bring back the cache partition and how could i make it recognise it as the sd card?
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The problem above seems to have fixed itself but now I have another problem. I have flashed MIUI rom and I don't know where the superuser app has gone since I rooted it. So now I can't flash a newer version of CWM and I'm stuck with this rom. I have downloaded the CWM 5.x.x.x.x from the other thread but I am not able to flash it even with update.zip. I seem to be unable to flash anything at the moment because in CWM it just aborts everything because the 'cache' partition is not there. Also when I go boot up normally into MIUI, I can't turn wifi on, everytime I change it to on, it just won't let me and it says error below the switch. Is there anyway to fix this at all?

I think you need to go back into clockwork mod recovery, go to mounts menu, make sure sdcard is mounted. If you can't mount it, you'll have to format it. If you can mount it, then do it, then go to mount usb, and hook up to a computer and back up everything you have in your sdcard folder just to be safe. You can now flash your ROM again.
If you have nothing in your sdcard folder when you connect to the computer, download an undelete program that works with flash drives, and see if it can restore your files.
Sent from my SNES

bedalus said:
I think you need to go back into clockwork mod recovery, go to mounts menu, make sure sdcard is mounted. If you can't mount it, you'll have to format it. If you can mount it, then do it, then go to mount usb, and hook up to a computer and back up everything you have in your sdcard folder just to be safe. You can now flash your ROM again.
If you have nothing in your sdcard folder when you connect to the computer, download an undelete program that works with flash drives, and see if it can restore your files.
Sent from my SNES
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thx for the suggestion, but I have tried that already and in clockworkmod it says that I can't mount or format the partition as because they don't exist so I don't have any idea what to do.
Also I am able to boot my phone into the rom I have flashed but when I try to turn on the wifi, it gives me and error and turns off, is there a way to solve this at all?

can you use SD partition in CWM to create it again?
Just throwin it out there, not sure if it would work or not?

blackhemi4x4 said:
can you use SD partition in CWM to create it again?
Just throwin it out there, not sure if it would work or not?
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I have CWM 3.0.0.0.0 so I am not sure about the other versions and this one only allows me to partition up to 4gb so not really useful on the nexus s.
thx anyway

Flash cwm 5.0.2.0 ?
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Flash recovery thru fastboot. Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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vabeachfc3s said:
Flash cwm 5.0.2.0 ?
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vabeachfc3s said:
Flash recovery thru fastboot. Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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do you mean flash recovery through fastboot with cmd? I tried that but in cwm or in MIUI it doesn't flash, it just says waiting for device, so I am guessing the usb connection is not working properly either. I can transfer files though if that is any help...

Then u need to install the proper drivers for your device
sent from an HTC sensation on CM7 alpha #10

wiped, bricked tf300 now installing c/roms but still booting to twrp?

hello, last week i bricked my tf300, this is what happened...
i installed the energy rom along with the 4.2.1 bootloader, i was already using twrp 2.4.3.0 and it seemed to work fine for a while but then i had problems with a double screen after trying a different rom (cant remember which) anyway i tried the usual resets and wipes to to fix it but no joy. I then used the wipe data in bootloader thinking a full clean wipe would sort it but it just booted straight into twrp.
in twrp nothing will mount apart from system, ive used fastboot to flash various stock blobs, proper twrp img etc but even tho fastboot said everything flashed ok, i still boot into the old twrp which wont mount anything apart from system.
i then got an old 8 gig sd card and put stock roms and energy rom on root of the sd card , in twrp i mounted system but cant mount cache, data or sd card but strangely, i was able to copy the above roms from the sd card and move them to the mounted system partition which i was then able to install the energy rom with aroma installer , happy days i thought until after installation it rebooted straight to twrp again asking for password?
when i try to install stock roms by the above method it fails because cache isnt mounted. i think the twrp is corrupted, how do i fix this?
could someone with the know how tell me what im doing wrong,? should i full wipe again? should i wipe the twrp and how do i do this?
i am sort of a newb to this and any advice would be great

sd card will not mount in CWM recovery

Hi all,
I have been using ginger DX for a very long time..i thought of changing the ROM...so flashed UX ONE 2.2 ..it is based on 4.2.2 . As it do not have some features which I need, I thought of trying another ROM..installed Icysnap 2.0...i didn't like it though...
As i did a backup of ginger DX, I tried to restore in CMW recovery...it was restored successfully..but while rebooting it got stuck at boot screen ...so i removed battery and tried rebooting..still the same...I switched off and charged fully...
then i did a full wipe...when i tried to install rom in recovery, it was showing, "E: Can't mount /sdcard/I am using CWM recovery 5.0.2.0
I am not able to mount sd card in recovery...plz help
thanks in advance
I solved myself by formatting SD card "five" times and installed oxygen ROM for time being