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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.

Can't install new rom

Hey
I already tried to install 3 different version of roms and all of them have the same issue. The problem is "Status 0" .
I have recovery ClockworkMod Recovery v3.2.0.0. When I'm tried to change recovery for 4EXTRecovery v2.1.3 RC2 I recieve error "Status 7".
I tried few guides but with no success.
I tried wipe reset(wipe factory reset) but nothing help me.
Any ideas?
Thanks

After a quick google for "status 7" it seems either the rom you have downloaded is damaged, or its incompatible with your phone.
What roms have you been trying, and are you sure they are compatible with Desire S?

andrey85 said:
Hey
I already tried to install 3 different version of roms and all of them have the same issue. The problem is "Status 0" .
I have recovery ClockworkMod Recovery v3.2.0.0. When I'm tried to change recovery for 4EXTRecovery v2.1.3 RC2 I recieve error "Status 7".
I tried few guides but with no success.
I tried wipe reset(wipe factory reset) but nothing help me.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Need more information....
Have you rooted you phone and how?
What does your HBOOT Screen?
How method did you use to get to S-OFF?
What ROM were you running?
What happened when you tried full factory reset from RECOVERY?
did you get any errors?

basse1978 said:
After a quick google for "status 7" it seems either the rom you have downloaded is damaged, or its incompatible with your phone.
What roms have you been trying, and are you sure they are compatible with Desire S?
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I tried to install the rom that I already have. So it's 100% good and working.
ben_pyett said:
Need more information....
Have you rooted you phone and how?
yes
What does your HBOOT Screen?
HBOOT-6.98.1002
How method did you use to get to S-OFF?
AlphaRev
What ROM were you running?
Currently I don't have any rom but I use
CoreDroid_Desire_S_GB_2.3.3_v1.2_RV.zip before
What happened when you tried full factory reset from RECOVERY?
I have recovery ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.2.6 on starting I have errors
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/comand
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: can't open/cache/recovery/log
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
--Wiping Data...
Formating /data
Formating /cache
Formating /sd-ext
Formating /sdcard-.androind_secure
Data wipe complete
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/comand
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: can't open/cache/recovery/log
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
did you get any errors?
After wipe reset and installing rom I get:
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E: can't mount /cache/recovery/comand
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: can't open/cache/recovery/log
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
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sounds like a fried eMMC chip to me.. there are plenty of threads about this. Did you at any point remove the battery while the phone was on?

basse1978 said:
sounds like a fried eMMC chip to me.. there are plenty of threads about this. Did you at any point remove the battery while the phone was on?
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Yes I did remove the battery when the device stack.

andrey85 said:
Yes I did remove the battery when the device stack.
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See my signature Fried eMMC Chip? for a link to a long thread which contains a series of commands that will determine whether you do indeed have fried eMMC chip or not.
From the numbers of users that are currently encountering this problem it does seem to me that you can get these errors without necessary having one, so don't panic just yet.
Although I'll be completely honest I haven't yet discovered how to resolve these errors...but am working on it.
EDIT: hadn't read properly.

[CWM Flashable] Unbrick Data Partition

Hi
after having a lot of bricked data partition devices I decided to make this flashable zip may help some devices to return to life ! this is nt an odin flashable pack ! it refresh data and format it
Download this and flash via cwm or twrp
http://db.tt/MS085yWW

I hope it works for the people who got a bricked /data

No one tried ?

alireza7991 said:
No one tried ?
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stay calm - not everybody has a broken data partition

hm i cant flash ur recovery with odin http://d-h.st/Yot (maybe bricked data?) but i can flash a stock rom. strange. can i flash this stuff via stock recovery?

janesz1981 said:
hm i cant flash ur recovery with odin http://d-h.st/Yot (maybe bricked data?) but i can flash a stock rom. strange. can i flash this stuff via stock recovery?
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but your phone boots and you can use it ?
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Jonboy2011 said:
but your phone boots and you can use it ?
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No. Stock recovery works but thats all. After installing a stock rom with odin its reboot into recovery and finish installing another reboot but stuck at samsung logo and my phone turns off after a few minutes.
edit:
i installed ivendor new cwm with odin. tried datafix.zip but it says:
E: Error in /external_sd/datafix.zip
(Status 0)
installation aborted
edit2:
with ur cwm 6.0.3.0:
Fixing data... ( 1-2 min pause)
format() expects 2 args, got 5
E:Error in /external_sd/datafix.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
off: ur cwm not shutdown btw ivendor's version do it after 3-4 mins doesn't matter what i do. :]

after installing stockrom reboot to recovery ant wipe all
janesz1981 said:
No. Stock recovery works but thats all. After installing a stock rom with odin its reboot into recovery and finish installing another reboot but stuck at samsung logo and my phone turns off after a few minutes.
edit:
i installed ivendor new cwm with odin. tried datafix.zip but it says:
E: Error in /external_sd/datafix.zip
(Status 0)
installation aborted
edit2:
with ur cwm 6.0.3.0:
Fixing data... ( 1-2 min pause)
format() expects 2 args, got 5
E:Error in /external_sd/datafix.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
off: ur cwm not shutdown btw ivendor's version do it after 3-4 mins doesn't matter what i do. :]
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@janesz1891
Why you don't try to install cwm 5.5.0.4 (in i9001 wiki page you'll find 2 versions: 1 for odin and 1 for stock/custom recovery ) because i think it's most stable and you can flash with it ics,jb(4.1.2, 4.2.2) roms ( gb i'm not sure) then try to wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache , wipe dalvik cache.. good luck !!

Hello
First: thanks all who try to help people with bricked /data like me
Second: I have some feedback for you: try alireza7991 fixdata.zip (CWM 6.0.3.0 by alireza) and i have same as janesz1981:
Fixing data... ( 1-2 min pause)
format() expects 2 args, got 5
E:Error in /external_sd/datafix.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
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Without reboot i try format /data partition and it was succesful (wow), try next to mount /data but cant (error: cant mount /data) .
I try with other partitions (system, cache) but situation was same like /data - cannot mount. Next i try restore (without reboot) Broodrom RC5, without succes (cant mount system). When i restart phone (battery out) i try format /data but situation was like always - formating data... and nothing works, wait 10-15 minutes and abort, positive is i can mount partitions now but still can't format data.
Next strange thing when i flash your zip was external memory and infernal memory change their place in CWM (for example when i try flash zip like always from internal memory says i dont have it, when i try with external memory i see its my internal memory). When restart phone all back to normal.
Now i try with CWM 5.5.0.4 and update here.
UPDATE:
CWM 5.5.0.4 - same like cwm 6.0.3, dont work, same errors
I try flash one more time (cwam 5.5.0.4) and i have new tip maybe:
Fixing data... ( 1-2 min pause)
format() expects 2 args, got 5
E:Error in /external_sd/datafix.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
E: Error in /cache/recovery/log
(Read-only file system)
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
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Help!! problem with efs.

hi, i think there is something wrong with my efs. when i boot into recovery mode. this message show up. E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument). what should i do?

reddevilboyz said:
hi, i think there is something wrong with my efs. when i boot into recovery mode. this message show up. E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument). what should i do?
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wipe data and wipe cache in recovery mode or clockworkmod

Jaspreet.master7 said:
wipe data and wipe cache in recovery mode or clockworkmod
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i alr done that many times its still the same

reddevilboyz said:
i alr done that many times its still the same
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steps i did on the s5830i may work with the note 10.1
1 flash stock rom via odin
2 it will reboot but wont boot
3 now power off completely by holding down the power button
4 now enter recovery mode STOCK RECOVERY and wipe data and cache
5 flash stock rom again and viola it boots and no errors
flash stock rom according to your country or region from sammobile
IF THIS HELPS DO PRESS THE THANKS BUTTON
AND MY GUIDE TO RESET FLASH COUNTER AND STATUS
AND I ALSO HAVE A NOTE 10.1 SO I AM EXPERIENCED http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2200613

[Q] Error while wiping Data/Factory Reset

Hello guys, I'm in trouble here, everytime I wipe Data/Factory Reset my phone in TWRP, I get this message.
E: Error opening :/data/lost+found'
E: Error opening :/data/lost+found'
E: Error opening :/data/lost+found'
E: Error opening :/data/lost+found'
E: Error opening :/data/lost+found'
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Is anybody have the same problem to me?

skyss07 said:
Hello guys, I'm in trouble here, everytime I wipe Data/Factory Reset my phone in TWRP, I get this message.
Is anybody have the same problem to me?
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I get it after having issues booting into a custom ROM a second time and I go into TWRP to roll back to my stock backup. I have to do a full wipe/format in order to clear it and do my restore. Have not seen a fix for it that works yet.

oh I see, when I want to Wipe Data, it wipes though that problem came out of nowhere.
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