Managed to screw up clockworkmod recovery. Need some serious help. - T-Mobile LG G2x

In recovery I keep getting errors.
Error mounting /cache
Can't mount /sd card
Basically I can not do anything.
I tried to reload Clockworkmod but can not get to the S\W Upgrade screen.
Can boot into recovery but nothing works. Is there a fix?
I do not have a rom loaded. The phone is dead besides the broken recovery.

Try to nvflash again?

This has happend to me before. I used this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17258229 it works. Just follow the instructions exactly as they are described. but you will lose everything on the device.
When this happend to me it also fried my external 16gb sd card....
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Worked like a charm. Thank you! This phone is idiot proof! Even a bad screw up is fixable.

jcbofkc said:
Worked like a charm. Thank you! This phone is idiot proof! Even a bad screw up is fixable.
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Glad it worked out. Did it fry your external sd? What where you doing when this happened? I was trying to uninstall swiftkey when it happend to me. I have yet to replicate it again though.
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Well, it is kind of embarrassing. I try not to do stupid things. Um...I was in the middle of a backup in clockworkmod and I had the battery cover off (I had just changed the sd card). My 3 year old daughter felt that would be the best time to try and play with my phone and the battery fell out.
All is good now thanks to you! My sd card was fine after a re-format.

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After flashing trinity, computer won't detect SD card

Title basically explains it all, it says the USB device has failed and won't show it at all under my computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Did you install the lg drivers? For some reason you have to use same usb port each and every time. Have you tried a different computer if possible?
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sk8erbg207 said:
Title basically explains it all, it says the USB device has failed and won't show it at all under my computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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Is it Trinity CM9? If so, this is a known problem and is being worked on.
Checking the thread before posting would've helped a lot.
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IRASadPanda said:
Is it Trinity CM9? If so, this is a known problem and is being worked on.
Checking the thread before posting would've helped a lot.
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Nope, it's CM7.
I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling LG Drivers, and that didn't work either. I tried another PC as well, and it also failed to recognize the device.
Not sure if this means anything but when I go into CWM on my phone, I can't choose any of the options, it just goes to the icon and does nothing until I battery pull.
Is there any way I can format the SD while it's in my phone, or will that screw things up, like my ROM, ect.
You can reformat the sd card while on cwm but it's gonna clear ur sd. It's gonna erase everything on it. Your rom will be fine
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chrisram88 said:
You can reformat the sd card while on cwm but it's gonna clear ur sd. It's gonna erase everything on it. Your rom will be fine
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Alright, I'll try that, I don't have anything on it besides music and my zip files. I put the micro SD in a regular SD adapter and it works fine on my PC, it's something about when the card is in my actual phone.
sk8erbg207 said:
Alright, I'll try that, I don't have anything on it besides music and my zip files. I put the micro SD in a regular SD adapter and it works fine on my PC, it's something about when the card is in my actual phone.
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Wait, did you flash CWM through NVFlash or ROM Manager?
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Wait, did you flash CWM through NVFlash or ROM Manager?
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NVflash, I just erased the SD and reinstalled my ROM and kernel, maybe that will do something lol.

E:unknown value for path [/sd-ext]

That's what I get when accessing the "advanced" part of CWM Touch 5.8.1.3 on my skyrocket(to wipe dalvik cache). I also got something similar during a nandroid backup.
What does this mean and why am I getting this message?
Something to do with your external sd card. Might want to Odin cwm again.
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It's done this since I've had the phone.. part of me thinks it's because of all the weird partitioning i had to do when i was using this external card with my atrix and the lapdock.. trying to unlock the webtop and all that insanity. I've tried repartitioning but it doesn't do the job.. now what?
I don't think re-odining CWM will do it, I've been on 4 different CWMs since getting my skyrocket and they've all done this.
I'm also having trouble running sean's newest ICS rom(i went back to GB for a while, too many little bugs were driving me crazy) now. Phone won't boot with it installed. Could this be because the dalvik can't be wiped? where is the dalvik cache written to?
Have you tried using a different external SD card to see if it still gives you that error?
naw, i know i should. i will soon, i was just kind of looking to see if this was a common thing. just formatted the card and will try again. the issue never caused any problems until right now, i'm thinking it's part of the reason i can't boot the ROM. will try reflashing after formatting the external card, then if that doesn't work i'll try going back to the GB nandroid, if it still doesn't boot then i'll try the external card and get back.
You shouldn't need an external to boot the rom. Everything should be flashed from the internal. Just leave the external out, reflash everything, and boot up.
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yeah i figured it couldn't really be the external causing the boot failure. but would not being able to properly wipe the dalvik cause it? because it returns the error when i go to wipe the dalvik. sorry, i'm like a half-noob... got all the terms and procedures down, but the under the hood stuff is still coming slowly lol
edit: no dice. just won't boot at all. going to ODIN cwm again as suggested and try that.
now things are getting really weird. after ODINing CWM, when i go to install from the external SD it just keeps going to my internal. both "internal" and "external" sd card options go to the internal. there's a subfolder for the external_sd as it would be in root explorer, but that just loops back to the normal internal sd folder.. what the hell is going on?
stevenavm said:
now things are getting really weird. after ODINing CWM, when i go to install from the external SD it just keeps going to my internal. both "internal" and "external" sd card options go to the internal. there's a subfolder for the external_sd as it would be in root explorer, but that just loops back to the normal internal sd folder.. what the hell is going on?
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Your on ATT so get the odin oneclick and properly start with the leaked ICS rom.
The onclick has bootloader updates thats CWM wont give you and it also installs the most recent radio and most recent ril's.
The odin "oneclick" will wipe the entire phone and set it up stock and should correct any wierd formatting errors.
Then use the Odin "program" to flash CWM tar
Then try flashing a rom again.
Oh take that card from your atrix and format it FAT32 with a pc and only put the rom and rom updates on it to start with. If you get this far, you should be good to go.
stevenavm said:
That's what I get when accessing the "advanced" part of CWM Touch 5.8.1.3 on my skyrocket(to wipe dalvik cache). I also got something similar during a nandroid backup.
What does this mean and why am I getting this message?
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Well you are a noob for one but to answer your question its a file on you SD card used for the apps to SD feature the file will not exist nor will it be found if the feature is not used in the rom its not an error and its nothing to worry about your phone is fine and to all of you giving advice stop none of you know wtf your doing
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nrm5110 said:
Well you are a noob for one but to answer your question its a file on you SD card used for the apps to SD feature the file will not exist nor will it be found if the feature is not used in the rom its not an error and its nothing to worry about your phone is fine and to all of you giving advice stop none of you know wtf your doing
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Hey don't be a ****, go take your disgruntled ass elsewhere. No need to be a douche when people are trying to help. This q and a. And he is having other problems too, guess you missed that part.
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Dirtburgler said:
Hey don't be a ****, go take your disgruntled ass elsewhere. No need to be a douche when people are trying to help. This q and a. And he is having other problems too, guess you missed that part.
i727-ucle2-SkY IcS
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Hey, the clueless noobs were giving incorrect answers, He answered his question with an informative answer. What more do you want.
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stevenavm said:
yeah i figured it couldn't really be the external causing the boot failure. but would not being able to properly wipe the dalvik cause it? because it returns the error when i go to wipe the dalvik. sorry, i'm like a half-noob... got all the terms and procedures down, but the under the hood stuff is still coming slowly lol
edit: no dice. just won't boot at all. going to ODIN cwm again as suggested and try that.
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Your second issue is likely a bad download
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Dirtburgler said:
Hey don't be a ****, go take your disgruntled ass elsewhere. No need to be a douche when people are trying to help. This q and a. And he is having other problems too, guess you missed that part.
i727-ucle2-SkY IcS
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While you are so called trying to help. Nrm actually did help. Take the attitude elsewhere.
Its not good to have a question when you all give wrong answers lol
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nrm5110 said:
Its not good to have a question when you all give wrong answers lol
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So your just a douche then? At least people tried to help without insulting others.
i727-ucle2-SkY IcS
Yes I am when your dealing with repeat questions but I did answer no less and correctly
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Dirtburgler said:
So your just a douche then? At least people tried to help without insulting others.
i727-ucle2-SkY IcS
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They are all wrong answers.
I was going to say, I get this all the time and never worry about it. Everything runs fine.
Dirtburgler said:
So your just a douche then? At least people tried to help without insulting others.
i727-ucle2-SkY IcS
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He didn't insult them personally. He gave constructive criticism for the noobs to build on. You are the only butt hurt noob insulting the one guy who gave correct information. If he didn't help the OP, he would have flashed his phone repeatedly with the same results. Quit trying to be a tough guy, and swallow your pride
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stuck

So i tried to flash the latest evervolv jb rom. Didn't boot,oh well.
Went to recovery to restore, error while restoring system, hmmm, never seen that b4.
So went to usb mass storage and downloaded roms 3 times they all say bad , of course they're not all bad.
I am using CW-enhanced recovery v1.1b but have been for a couple weeks not sure if that has anything to do with the problem or not.
trsix said:
So i tried to flash the latest evervolv jb rom. Didn't boot,oh well.
Went to recovery to restore, error while restoring system, hmmm, never seen that b4.
So went to usb mass storage and downloaded roms 3 times they all say bad , of course they're not all bad.
I am using CW-enhanced recovery v1.1b but have been for a couple weeks not sure if that has anything to do with the problem or not.
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Are you Downloading over WiFi , Hardline , or the Network? Are you making sure to check the MD5 Checksum before trying to flash? Did you Restoring a different Rom? I don't think it's the Recovery, as I am currently using Dreads Recovery on several devices with no issues. Has your SD Card been giving you any issues?
I've had this issue when I ran out of space on my SD card (using Dread's Recovery). Probably never did a complete backup but I didn't really pay attention and when I tried to restore it errored out... Perhaps reboot into bootloader and then back into recovery. Then try a different backup (I occasionally save copies of nands on my pc) or a different ROM. Good luck!
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Sonkway said:
I've had this issue when I ran out of space on my SD card (using Dread's Recovery). Probably never did a complete backup but I didn't really pay attention and when I tried to restore it errored out... Perhaps reboot into bootloader and then back into recovery. Then try a different backup (I occasionally save copies of nands on my pc) or a different ROM. Good luck!
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haven't noticed any problems with the sd.
only have one backup n it's not working, none on pc.
dloading using the pc. tried 3 different roms, can't open blah blah it says. bad.
ok tried another the 5th i think not gonna work.
aaa
Ok. Stop and take a brake. Come back and read the instructions on flashing ROMs in prboy1969's sig again. I've found that when I encounter probs I get more and more impatient and thats when I start overlooking things.
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good advice
Chad The Pathfinder said:
Ok. Stop and take a brake. Come back and read the instructions on flashing ROMs in prboy1969's sig again. I've found that when I encounter probs I get more and more impatient and thats when I start overlooking things.
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But none will flash and my backup errors out also. Something strange in the neighborhood. I always wipe the 3 times, then with a corncob for good measure.
Looking at my sd card on the pc and it all looks normal.
recovery
how can i get cmod 5.0.2.0 back on here
i reformatted then tried to run a rom no go
new
Now when i reboot it takes about 3 minutes to make it through the hboot screen. the blue indicator on the right loads in small chunks.
lol
i reformatted earlier.
stuck a rom on there same problem.
so hooked it up to pc again and let windows check the sd card for errors. no problems found.
then i connected to the pc using usb storage again and all my files are like they were BEFORE i reformatted an hour or so ago.
trsix said:
i reformatted earlier.
stuck a rom on there same problem.
so hooked it up to pc again and let windows check the sd card for errors. no problems found.
then i connected to the pc using usb storage again and all my files are like they were BEFORE i reformatted an hour or so ago.
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Try a different sd card (if available) otherwise the RUU may be your only option... Unless anyone else has better ideas? This is what I would do.
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trsix said:
how can i get cmod 5.0.2.0 back on here
i reformatted then tried to run a rom no go
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In Vicodan's rooting guide one of the steps is fastboot flashing a cwm image (link provided in the step).
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actually
Sonkway said:
Try a different sd card (if available) otherwise the RUU may be your only option... Unless anyone else has better ideas? This is what I would do.
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In Vicodan's rooting guide one of the steps is fastboot flashing a cwm image (link provided in the step).
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I put one of the ruu's on there earlier and tried to run it. same thing, said bad. just reformatted again, now windows checking for errors etc and we'll see.
same
reformatted again, let windows check for errors again after that. none. looking at sd on the pc it's wiped clean. put new sense on it. disconnect from pc. go to recovery it's showing all my files again. and of course the rom is bad it says . don't see how thats possible but thats life.
trsix said:
reformatted again, let windows check for errors again after that. none. looking at sd on the pc it's wiped clean. put new sense on it. disconnect from pc. go to recovery it's showing all my files again. and of course the rom is bad it says . don't see how thats possible but thats life.
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Maybe windows isnt actually formatting it.
Do you have a usb or blank cd laying around?
Try live booting linux and formatting your SD that way.
Use SD Card Formatter. I've posted it up several times. Not on the PC. But give me a bit, and I'll repost it
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MikROMs Since 3/13/11
sd
sd card was bad. fooled windows and me.
trsix said:
sd card was bad. fooled windows and me.
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Well glad you found out what it was. But before you go throwing in the towel on that SD Card. Try the program I've attached below. It may be able to salvage the card. Just UnZip onto your desktop, and give it a go.
mail it to you
if u want that sd and a free super duper 2000 mha battery bought from sears let me know prboy. bought 3 never used em.
u might even get lucky and see the wifes ta ta's
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perky ta ta's
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prboy see my last post.

[Q] Help with flashing rom

Hey guys, I think I botched my tab... Stupidly I accidentally flashed a kernel that was not for my device...It's stuck in a boot loop, and I don't have my original CM9 rom to flash back. When I try to mount the sd card to my computer to try and put the CM9 rom back on, it won't mount. If I use an SD to Micro SD card adapter I can throw the rom back on and flash it right?
Any help is greatly appreciated. I am about to try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007876&highlight=stock+rom but I need a backup plan if it doesn't work.
Thanks!
EDIT: Guide worked like a charm. Won't be making that mistake again.
irpwnz said:
Hey guys, I think I botched my tab... Stupidly I accidentally flashed a kernel that was not for my device...It's stuck in a boot loop, and I don't have my original CM9 rom to flash back. When I try to mount the sd card to my computer to try and put the CM9 rom back on, it won't mount. If I use an SD to Micro SD card adapter I can throw the rom back on and flash it right?
Any help is greatly appreciated. I am about to try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007876&highlight=stock+rom but I need a backup plan if it doesn't work.
Thanks!
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That would be your best bet. Everyone makes mistakes like this once in a while but make sure that you always create backups so you wont lose all your data. Best of luck
yeah...u can use that procedure to get back to stock which will unroot ur device..this is a safe procedure..
but, if can get a rom in your sd card, flash it and make wipes..it'll be shorter method i guess, it'll save a lot of time!
Haha yeah it's funny the download link for the stock restore zip was downloading 700mb at roughly 100mb/s so yeah...slow af. But it worked so that's all that matters.
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irpwnz said:
Haha yeah it's funny the download link for the stock restore zip was downloading 700mb at roughly 100mb/s so yeah...slow af. But it worked so that's all that matters.
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I dont know about you but 100 mb/s is lightning fast to me...
Wow really? I can usually pull 1.3mb/s to 2mb/s on some torrents. Guess I'm in a good area.
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Soft Brick?

Hey guys,
Just experienced what I think is a soft brick. I know that this has been talked about a dozen times, and I have searched. I just want a more experienced yes or no to be sure.
Basically, last night I tried flashing PAndroid on my skyrocket and I went through the format system, format data, factory reset, and wipe cache. Then when I went into flash a zip it said something to the effect of "E: Can't access SD Card". So then I tried to use my band road but that also gave me the error. I then tried to mount the SD card, but it gave me another error. So, guessing that it would just factory reset me, I rebooted.
Now, my phone will vibrate and flash the Samsung logo before going to a black screen (but the screen is on). It also had the symptom of sticky power button for a while with the few second interval buzzing, but I jammed the power button and it seemed to stop doing that and is now doing the aforementioned thing instead.
Should I go use Vincom's soft Brick guide? Also, does anyone have a link to a 7zip extractor that isn't riddled with viruses? (had a hell of a time getting rid of them the first time I rooted haha)
Again, I know this is probably a fairly obvious answer, but yall have just been so helpful in the past that it makes me want to come here before just winging it. And I'm really nervous with this being my first time haha.
Thanks a lot guys, yall are the best!
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Use vincoms guide and Odin back to stock. I just googled for 7-zip and didn't get any viruses. Don't have the original file or I'd put it up on dev host for you
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You wiped system. That's why nothing is happening. You should still be able to enter recovery. Now why your recovery was giving you that error is a different story. Go to recovery and copy the version down here.
hechoen said:
You wiped system. That's why nothing is happening. You should still be able to enter recovery. Now why your recovery was giving you that error is a different story. Go to recovery and copy the version down here.
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Okay, I managed to get into recovery, but I'm still getting the error about the SD card not being mounted. I was looking on Google and I found two different solutions. One was to re flash CWM with Odin, but would that mess up my phone because it already has CWM on it? The other was to reformat my SD card on the computer, but I have no honest idea how to do that haha.
EDIT: v6.0.1.4
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SlushySolid said:
Okay, I managed to get into recovery, but I'm still getting the error about the SD card not being mounted. I was looking on Google and I found two different solutions. One was to re flash CWM with Odin, but would that mess up my phone because it already has CWM on it? The other was to reformat my SD card on the computer, but I have no honest idea how to do that haha.
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Re-Flashing cwm won't mess anything up. Formatting the sd card will remove everything on it including the rom you're trying to flash.
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Fixed it! Luckily I saved a backup I made yesterday, so I'm back up and running. Thanks for all the help everybody!
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Nice :thumbup:

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