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[Q] Can't mount... problem.

Hi.
I don't know much about details about root/room/recovery, but know some about
ODIN, CWM and other ROM to use.
I've been using Humble 5.0 for a while and my phone got unstable recently, so I ODIN the same Humble rom again, but that is how the problem started.
The main problem is, I can't wipe userdata or cache at all.
CWM says it wiped, but I always get Force close, so many that I can't even use the phone normally.
I tried to go back to stock ROM or any other, but all failed.
Stock ROM with stock recovery says, E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (Invalid argument). and most of the time, Bootloops.
Humble is the only option I can go into, and actually use the phone, but it has all the apps and data from the past, even though I wipe data/cache thousand times.
I even erased all SD data, formatted in FAT32, and nothing works.
Finalizing my status,
Can't mount...error with Stock ROM.
Bootloop with other ROM.
Constant Force Close with Humble 5.0 (Can't wipe data/cache).
Please help.

So stock, you used ODIN EE4 and PIT file to go back to stock and took the newest update and still have problems?

Thank you for the reply.
Yes. I tried ED1 and EE4, and even with PIT(repartition) and I get "Can't mount..." error.
I went back to Humble 5.0 which has all kind of force close (still showing all app names I had, mysterious), and formatted SD, factory reset, and tried ODIN ED1/PIT, but result is same.
I have a feeling my internal SD partition got screwed.

I am no pro myself.. But I am running GummyCharge Froyo 2.0 which comes with Imoseyon's Kernel and its rock stable even overclocked to 1,200 mhz for me.. You may want to try getting a copy of that as well as flashing with your SIM Card out and Battery in after booting into recovery.. Let me know if this helps at all!

jiehooni said:
Thank you for the reply.
Yes. I tried ED1 and EE4, and even with PIT(repartition) and I get "Can't mount..." error.
I went back to Humble 5.0 which has all kind of force close (still showing all app names I had, mysterious), and formatted SD, factory reset, and tried ODIN ED1/PIT, but result is same.
I have a feeling my internal SD partition got screwed.
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I had a similar problem but dont remember what I did to fix lol like that helps you. Did you format your sd card on a computer or with your phone? If not try using an adapter and format on computer. Going back to stock has always solved my problems. There is a new cwm that came out. Just throwing stuff out there. Have you tried re downloading images of the stock ee4 and pit? It is loading so shouldnt be a problem , hmm. Maybe someone with more knowledge will pop in.

I tried GummyCharge 2.0.zip from SD but it didn't help.
I tried CWM 5.0, with many ROMs to wipe cache/data, no use.
I formatted my SD on PC, and from phone, same result.
What I don't understand is, even after I flashed Humble 5.0 ROM which I used right before, and only ROM it works now, it shows all apps I had even after many times of Wipe Data/cache/dalvic.
Even funnier, I delete some apps causing Force Close, and I reboot my phone, it always goes back to where I start. Same Home, the app is still there.
It is just weird.

Im getting FC now all of a sudden. It's you fault damn it lol. Said I was gonna reload anyhow. Just didnt want to do it twice in one night. Oh it is past 12pm so I guess it is another day.

It's been now 3 days, and I found this thread hopelessly.
Same problem I think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191650&page=2
I hope somebody can help me fix it.

Now I can't even flash Humble, can't even get through recovery(stock or CWM).
I can't do anything now.
I will Odin back to stock and take it to the verizon tomorrow.
Thank you all of you for the help.

Tried a different usb cable, how did you flash the new cwm? So everytime it says pass through ODIN? Are you checking the right selections through ODIN and using PDA? Man just trying to think of everything and thats about it. Get another phone lol. Superuser and busybox?

I tried different USB cable, PC, installed Samsung driver again.
I took the phone to Verizon today, and they can't hard reset it either at that place.
I dropped the phone 3 month ago and it has a little dent, so that they refuse to repair it under warranty. I am sending it to MobileTechVideo tomorrow.
Thank you.

I'm having the same issues. I was on Humble 5.0 and had been using it without a problem for about 2 weeks and yesterday I noticed my phone reboot on it's own. After the reboot it was stuck in the boot loop. I've also tried reflashing Humble 5.0, tried the instructions on the fix your phone thread, tried flashing to stock and also tried the all in one Gingerbread 2.3.6 W/Root/CWR/IMO Kernel 4.0 to see if CWM would help any.
All successfully pass according to Odin, but they all still boot loop and all give error messages in their recovery modes if I try to do anything involving /cache or /data stating that they fail to mount.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Okay, I started this thread with the issue of not being able to root. I bit the bullet and wiped it all and ended up being able to root. Now I have a much bigger issue... My phone wont go into storage mode. Not in the OS, not in CWM, not in download mode. It just can't be recognized by a computer. Yes I have the drivers installed, and the phone knows it's plugged in, it will charge and everything, it just wont give me the option to go into storage mode. This will be an issue if I ever need to flash it for any reason since download mode can't be recognized in ODIN. It was working a day ago... Think it's a hardware issue?

JoeVsFox said:
Okay, I started this thread with the issue of not being able to root. I bit the bullet and wiped it all and ended up being able to root. Now I have a much bigger issue... My phone wont go into storage mode. Not in the OS, not in CWM, not in download mode. It just can't be recognized by a computer. Yes I have the drivers installed, and the phone knows it's plugged in, it will charge and everything, it just wont give me the option to go into storage mode. This will be an issue if I ever need to flash it for any reason since download mode can't be recognized in ODIN. It was working a day ago... Think it's a hardware issue?
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Storage mode and download mode are different to me atleast.
Have you tried settings/usb settings/ask on connection.
When you connect your usb cable from your computer to your phone it should beep and then ask what you want to do. Is your sd card good? Have you checked it maybe on your computer with an adapter?
Or are you talking about getting into ODIN?
Have you usb cable connected to the main usb port. Pull the battery,put it back in, connect the usb cable , hold the volume down button and power key. Worked every time for me. Not sure what else to say from me atleast. Someone else might chime in. Ive done it both with the battery and with out. Try a different usb port.

ODIN Flash Stock
blueis300 said:
So stock, you used ODIN EE4 and PIT file to go back to stock and took the newest update and still have problems?
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If you have the charge pit file and EE4 you should be able to wipe everything on your phone. If I am correct, this bypasses all permissions and partitions and basically supercedes any roms or data you have. This should work. try another cable on a different usb port or another computer. I have hard brocked my phone numerous times and this was the only workable method. (if you want you can do a little solder job and have phone by fixed with the unbrickable mod here

I already sent my phone to the repair shop.
Btw, it is the normal case you described, but I tried different PCs, drivers, cables, USB slot, nothing works.
Thank you anyway.

blueis300 said:
Storage mode and download mode are different to me atleast.
Have you tried settings/usb settings/ask on connection.
When you connect your usb cable from your computer to your phone it should beep and then ask what you want to do. Is your sd card good? Have you checked it maybe on your computer with an adapter?
Or are you talking about getting into ODIN?
Have you usb cable connected to the main usb port. Pull the battery,put it back in, connect the usb cable , hold the volume down button and power key. Worked every time for me. Not sure what else to say from me atleast. Someone else might chime in. Ive done it both with the battery and with out. Try a different usb port.
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Tried it with 2 different computers, different cables, different ports. Ask on connection is on. The SD card works fine when I put in in an adapter. The phone just doesn't data connect via usb. ODIN can't find it. Nothing. Pretty sure this is a hardware issue...

My phone just got back from the repair shop and they say they can't fix it. They think NAND got corrupted. Now I am really stuck...Man...

Infuse Soft Brick - HELP!

I have a Samsung Infuse that I recently rooted and installed Serendipity on. I then attempted to load CM7, which caused some problems. Now the phone gets stuck on the Samsung logo and doesn't go any further; I can only load into CWM (Red), which can be "updated" to Green, after a hard reset. I've attempted to reflash the ROM from the SD card (even after wiping Dalvik cache, cache partition, and factory reset), but it just gets stuck on the Samsung logo.
My issue is further complicated by the fact that Download mode doesn't want to work - my phone can enter Download mode, but my computer (with Kies installed for the drivers) doesn't recognize the phone being connected. I've occasionally gotten Download mode to work if the battery is removed at just the right moment, but it doesn't last. Due to this, I can't get Odin to work.
Any ideas on what to do next?

kmv_007 said:
I have a Samsung Infuse that I recently rooted and installed Serendipity on. I then attempted to load CM7, which caused some problems. Now the phone gets stuck on the Samsung logo and doesn't go any further; I can only load into CWM (Red), which can be "updated" to Green, after a hard reset. I've attempted to reflash the ROM from the SD card (even after wiping Dalvik cache, cache partition, and factory reset), but it just gets stuck on the Samsung logo.
My issue is further complicated by the fact that Download mode doesn't want to work - my phone can enter Download mode, but my computer (with Kies installed for the drivers) doesn't recognize the phone being connected. I've occasionally gotten Download mode to work if the battery is removed at just the right moment, but it doesn't last. Due to this, I can't get Odin to work.
Any ideas on what to do next?
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You have a soft brick.
Odin or heimdall back to stock.
There are about fifty threads previously posted on this topic.
Just read thru a few...
Gl

qkster said:
You have a soft brick.
Odin or heimdall back to stock.
There are about fifty threads previously posted on this topic.
Just read thru a few...
Gl
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Thanks for the attempt, but as I said before Download mode isn't recognized by the computer, and that is an important component for Odin or heimdall to work.
I have occasionally gotten access to the SD card through CWM, so I can place ZIP files directly on the phone. If anyone has any ideas on what to flash from the phone, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks in advance!

kmv_007 said:
Thanks for the attempt, but as I said before Download mode isn't recognized by the computer, and that is an important component for Odin or heimdall to work.
I have occasionally gotten access to the SD card through CWM, so I can place ZIP files directly on the phone. If anyone has any ideas on what to flash from the phone, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks in advance!
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Try it on another computer. I recommended Odin back to stock first before you start flashing!
Sent from my SGH-I997 using Tapatalk

Thanks, I'll give a different computer a try.

kmv_007 said:
Thanks, I'll give a different computer a try.
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make sure you are trying to get into DL mode correctly...
pull battery, hold ONLY the volume buttonS - not the power button -;
insert battery, plug in cable.
if that doesnt work, use a different usb cable.
try different port on the computer
try a different computer or winxp or win7
it's kinda finicky at times.

Finally got it working - needed to use a different computer. Used my brother's laptop and it worked first try. Thanks for your guys' help.

flashing problems

I’m stuck without knowing what to do next.
What did I do? A lot, not knowning exact in which order. I started with stock ICS ROM, rooted and unlocked.
First I tried to install NVFlash, but because in the ATX mode the TF300T wasn’t recognized on my PC the last steps didn’t succeed. Trying all the drivers suggested on this forum didn’t help to solve it.
Though I can manage a connection with the PC in ATX and USB mode. Adb commands works.
I have TWRP installed because I want to ‘see’ the miniSD card for flashing.
When I try to install stock ROM I get the message: unable to Mount “\staging”. Installation failed.
A full whipe and whiping Dalvik are done with no effect.
When I try to install a JB ROM it looks as if it’s succesful, but after a reboot the black screen with bootloader in the left upper corner and NVidia logo right under keeps looking at me.
So turning back to ICS stock doesn’t work and JB neither.
I thought to have a wrong bootloader but which do I need and how to install?
Reading 200 pages for a solution didn’t work for me, maybe I looked at the wrong places but I’m at the end of solutions.
If anyone can help me I’m very gratefull
Regards, Henk-Jan

problem solved
henk-jan said:
I’m stuck without knowing what to do next.
What did I do? A lot, not knowning exact in which order. I started with stock ICS ROM, rooted and unlocked.
First I tried to install NVFlash, but because in the ATX mode the TF300T wasn’t recognized on my PC the last steps didn’t succeed. Trying all the drivers suggested on this forum didn’t help to solve it.
Though I can manage a connection with the PC in ATX and USB mode. Adb commands works.
I have TWRP installed because I want to ‘see’ the miniSD card for flashing.
When I try to install stock ROM I get the message: unable to Mount “\staging”. Installation failed.
A full whipe and whiping Dalvik are done with no effect.
When I try to install a JB ROM it looks as if it’s succesful, but after a reboot the black screen with bootloader in the left upper corner and NVidia logo right under keeps looking at me.
So turning back to ICS stock doesn’t work and JB neither.
I thought to have a wrong bootloader but which do I need and how to install?
Reading 200 pages for a solution didn’t work for me, maybe I looked at the wrong places but I’m at the end of solutions.
If anyone can help me I’m very gratefull
Regards, Henk-Jan
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What did I do to solve it? Taking the right stock rom
I thought I had to flash 9.4.3.30 but it had to be 9.4.3.29 and that did the trick
I'm happy now

That's great to hear you got your tablet working again. Great job! Maybe next time post this in the Q&A forum where it belongs.

Ramrod421 said:
That's great to hear you got your tablet working again. Great job! Maybe next time post this in the Q&A forum where it belongs.
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Your absolutely right, thanks for your instruction.

[Q] GT-N8013 (Galaxy Note 10.1) possibly bricked, how to get back to stock android?

I have a Galaxy Note 10.1 that was rooted and working with no problems. I decided to unroot it so I followed this methodsorry can't post links, if you google "unroot galaxy note 10.1 n8013" it's the first one, it uses Odin v1.85) . The problem is that it keeps failing.
I've tried different USB ports, a different computer with Windows 7 (mine has Windows 8), installing Kies... but I can't get it to work.
Right now I can't even turn off the device, it just goes to a screen saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again". But Kies doesn't recognize the device.
I can put it in download mode, and Odin recognizes it, but it always fails flashing the rom.
I have a backup of the original ROM, that I made with clockworkmod, but now I can't even go into recovery mode or access the devices storage to copy there the backup and be able to install it.
Any ideas on what to do would be much appreciated!

Do you have a spare usb cable, yours could be bad.
I have one that will transfer data to computer and charge fine but fails in odin also, switched cable and all is fine.
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kkretch said:
Do you have a spare usb cable, yours could be bad.
I have one that will transfer data to computer and charge fine but fails in odin also, switched cable and all is fine.
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No I don't... I guess I'll have to buy one, do you know where I can get one?
Also, how can I turn off the device? Will taking the battery out mess something up?

Solved it! Apparently it was a problem with the stock ROM I was trying. I downloaded one for my model from samsungfirmware.com and it worked!
Well, the flashing worked, then my tablet was stuck in the Samsung logo. To fix that I entered recovery mode and wiped data/factory reset and then wiped cache.
Everything seems fine now!

lebertian said:
Solved it! Apparently it was a problem with the stock ROM I was trying. I downloaded one for my model from samsungfirmware.com and it worked!
Well, the flashing worked, then my tablet was stuck in the Samsung logo. To fix that I entered recovery mode and wiped data/factory reset and then wiped cache.
Everything seems fine now!
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Trial by fire, this is one of the best methods to learn what you are doing. It may not be the most fun but you will know how to handle this issue in the future if you had to.
Glad to see you are up and running again.

Can someone help me I downloaded firmware through sammobile and flashed through idin failed. Now my tab is stuck at encountered a problem and neither odin can recognize. I am unable yo do much any help is appreciated.

[Q] Oneplus won't start anymore...

Hello all,
My oneplus one (64gb black) wont start anymore.
How did this happen?
Well,
yesterday after some trouble on my oneplus i tried an factory reset but my TWRP got stuck,
so i started the phone which was still fully working and wiped this: dalvik cache, system, data and cache
But because of that i didn't had a OS anymore ( i didn't know this was going to happen)
So i tried to install CM11 through fastboot commands but every time i got CRC errors in CMD.
So i tried it again and suddenly my phone wouldn't turn on anymore.
I charged it then for 12 hours but still didn't work.
Fastboot wont work, recovery won't work, it doesn't charge ( or atleast i cannot see it on the screen and on the led)
I tried to powercycle it but that doesn't work either.
Can anyone help me please?
Thanks!
BTW: Sorry for the bad english.

Maybe it could help to press the power-button for a long time. That's not a joke Try holding it for a least 10 seconds.

TriKE27 said:
Maybe it could help to press the power-button for a long time. That's not a joke Try holding it for a least 10 seconds.
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Thanks for the answer but that doens't work either.

And what did you think that will happend when you wiped "system" partition?
I also bricked oneplus when I tried to revert to stock CM11 by flashing one-by-one cm11 partitions, but I found thread about unbricking phone using ColourOS firmware.
Look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732

rtomakov said:
And what did you think that will happend when you wiped "system" partition?
I also bricked oneplus when I tried to revert to stock CM11 by flashing one-by-one cm11 partitions, but I found thread about unbricking phone using ColourOS firmware.
Look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732
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Thanks for the answer and yes i know but i was not thinking about it when i did that.
But i did what you said but the tutorial says this:
You can now proceed to install unsigned drivers from the file you downloaded. Open Device Manager, you should be seeing ugly yellow warning under other devices for QHUSB_BULK. Right click on the name and select Update Driver Software > Browse my Computer for driver software.
But the problem is that my pc doesn't recognize anything so i cannot see it in device manager.
Thanks

bboy521 said:
Thanks for the answer and yes i know but i was not thinking about it when i did that.
But i did what you said but the tutorial says this:
You can now proceed to install unsigned drivers from the file you downloaded. Open Device Manager, you should be seeing ugly yellow warning under other devices for QHUSB_BULK. Right click on the name and select Update Driver Software > Browse my Computer for driver software.
But the problem is that my pc doesn't recognize anything so i cannot see it in device manager.
Thanks
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Can you see your phone in modems or ports section of device manager?

rtomakov said:
Can you see your phone in modems or ports section of device manager?
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Thanks for the answer!
My phone is working again! Jeejj
The problem was the unknown device at device manager, so what i did was disconnecting my phone from pc and then press the power button for 1 min, connect it back and then the device manager recognized it!
I'm now flashing it back to exodus rom!
Thanks all!!

I have this situation before, wiping everything dalvik/cache/system/data and internal storage. So my phone has nothing, just few empty file. Now how do I solve it ?
Simply I boot into TWRP. Luckily the driver detect my phone after I connect to pc so I open internal storage, copy the rom and gapps and put em on TWRP folder. Then just go to install on TWRP and look for the folder and voila, flash and phone back to healthy state.
Never ever ever delete that internal storage again lol.

Indeed man
But with me TWRP wasn't available either so yea...
It wont happen again haha
But thanks bro!