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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] How long should the Wipe data/ factory reset take?

from CWM? I started it 20 min ago and every time I look at the screen it says:
-- Wiping Data...
Formatting /data...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
E;format_volume: make extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure

Terra27 said:
from CWM? I started it 20 min ago and every time I look at the screen it says:
-- Wiping Data...
Formatting /data...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
E;format_volume: make extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure
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It happens in seconds. last time it happened to me i had to odin. i suggest using ayoteddys cmw3xx

How do I acquire that? Sorry I'm very new to phone dev

Terra27 said:
How do I acquire that? Sorry I'm very new to phone dev
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nahh no problem dude, i know what its like to soft brick your phone so ill help to the best of my knowledge. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126631 it's here. on teddy's first post. so pretty much, you would download it, put it onto your phone which is the /sdcard part, then 'flash it' (fancy word for install) by going into cwm mode, and going to install .zip from sd card, find the cwm3xx file at the bottom, then flash it. THEN it'll pop up a 'new' cwm mode and from there factory reset, reset the cache, go to advance and erace dalvil cahe and check your mounts, then flash the new rom..if your trying to flash a rom that is lol. if you have questions post away!

oh and i think this should go in the general section.

Im stuck on the Sidekick/Tmobile/Samsung screen now and it will vibrate once, then 3 times then wait 3 seconds then vibrate once then 3 times etc.. WHy?? is it bricked now?

Terra27 said:
Im stuck on the Sidekick/Tmobile/Samsung screen now and it will vibrate once, then 3 times then wait 3 seconds then vibrate once then 3 times etc.. WHy?? is it bricked now?
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its soft bricked you have to odin!

tylermaciaszek said:
its soft bricked you have to odin!
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Yeahh that happened to me too, and i had to odin, but it wouldnt read the phone so i had to uninstall and reinstall the drivers on my comp. then go into download mode and odin.

Yup, that kept happening to me.. Im gonna try and install this cmw now.. By the way, do i still have to check the mounts and storage because i've successfully installed the maximus rom gingerclone. Do i have to check mounts and storage everytime i need to flash a rom, if so what should they be, as far as Data, sd card, cache, and system etc..?

Blaggah said:
Yup, that kept happening to me.. Im gonna try and install this cmw now.. By the way, do i still have to check the mounts and storage because i've successfully installed the maximus rom gingerclone. Do i have to check mounts and storage everytime i need to flash a rom, if so what should they be, as far as Data, sd card, cache, and system etc..?
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no you do not have to check!

Yes you do need to check! Not checking is what makes you soft-brick.
it should read:
System: Unmount
Data: Unmount
Cache: Unmount
Anything else isn't an issue.
Don't worry about the errors reading that cache file, they happen to everyone, it's part of the kernel.

sduvick said:
Yes you do need to check! Not checking is what makes you soft-brick.
it should read:
System: Unmount
Data: Unmount
Cache: Unmount
Anything else isn't an issue.
Don't worry about the errors reading that cache file, they happen to everyone, it's part of the kernel.
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i thought once your on the red recovery you don't need to check! i never check....

terra i'm having the same problem you are. keep this thread in mind http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1214432 hopefully i'll be getting a response soon. orange cwm is my nightmare

Please help!
I am getting this error on my sidekick 4G
E:format_volume: make extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure
i was trying to upgrade to Lite'ning ROM but it gave me this error, i did already ODIN to stock and it did not work and what i mean by it did not worked i did get to stock and started from scratch but still getting the same errror..... any other suggestions?

Don't worry about that error, that just means that you don't have an android secure partition on your sdcard. nothing to worry about.
I don't see why red CWM would be any different from Orange CWM in having to check mounts... I always check my mounts, and have always had to.

well u say not to worry but i can't update the rom to the lightning rom b/c i cannot factory reset, if i don't factory reset, phone bricks

You don't have to factory reset, just make sure you check your mounts. that's why it's bricking.

ok... so what are the mounts?

Please see thread: [RECOVERY] CWM for the SK4G. Enjoy!
therion0 said:
I am getting this error on my sidekick 4G
E:format_volume: make extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure
i was trying to upgrade to Lite'ning ROM but it gave me this error, i did already ODIN to stock and it did not work and what i mean by it did not worked i did get to stock and started from scratch but still getting the same errror..... any other suggestions?
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Please see thread: [RECOVERY] CWM for the SK4G. Enjoy!
You will find in the OP (original post #1) there is a step:
CWM Final
http://www.krylon360.com/file_host/sk4g/update.zip
Place in the root of your SD.
After your in clockwork mod recovery (orange) (and have downloaded the update.zip to sd card) make the selection: -apply sdcard:update.zip (this will load cwm again (red cwm)
Now: reattempt!

[Q] Samsung P6200 Stuck on boot

Hi guys,
i've a samsung p6200 and i was running on ics 4.0.4 austria, then i've tried to move to P6200/P6210/T869 CyanogenMod 10 using cwm recovery.
so, since then i couldn't install any other rom without bootlooping.
I tried putting back ICS (previous version) using odin like i did before, it completes without errors but i get stuck on galaxy logo.
I tried several ways of flashing through cwm and heimdall, all go through but end up with the same results :S
Can i get some help? I'm kinda lost here and don't know what to try next.
Thanks in advance.

xzard said:
Hi guys,
i've a samsung p6200 and i was running on ics 4.0.4 austria, then i've tried to move to P6200/P6210/T869 CyanogenMod 10 using cwm recovery.
so, since then i couldn't install any other rom without bootlooping.
I tried putting back ICS (previous version) using odin like i did before, it completes without errors but i get stuck on galaxy logo.
I tried several ways of flashing through cwm and heimdall, all go through but end up with the same results :S
Can i get some help? I'm kinda lost here and don't know what to try next.
Thanks in advance.
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Reinstall cwm, wipe data, install cm9/10, wipe data again, reboot. Don't wipe data using stock recovery, only cwm
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ringnutz said:
Reinstall cwm, wipe data, install cm9/10, wipe data again, reboot. Don't wipe data using stock recovery, only cwm
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i reinstalled cwm , wiped data :
-- wiping data...
formatting /data...
error mounting /data!
skipping format...
formatting /cache...
formatting /sd-ext...
formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure...!
skipping format...
data wipe complete.
then when i go to choose zip from sd card it gives me " E:Can't mount /sdcard
or if i try choose from internal sdcard : "E:Can't mount /emmc/
Can u please help me ...
thank you in advance

xzard said:
i reinstalled cwm , wiped data :
-- wiping data...
formatting /data...
error mounting /data!
skipping format...
formatting /cache...
formatting /sd-ext...
formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure...!
skipping format...
data wipe complete.
then when i go to choose zip from sd card it gives me " E:Can't mount /sdcard
or if i try choose from internal sdcard : "E:Can't mount /emmc/
Can u please help me ...
thank you in advance
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Your EMMC is gone, tipical hard brick ! look at releated thread ....
It's possible you have executed a "Factory reset" from ICS recovery before ?

losteagle said:
Your EMMC is gone, tipical hard brick ! look at releated thread ....
It's possible you have executed a "Factory reset" from ICS recovery before ?
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i tryed so many options thant i don't remember i've executed that from ICS...
but now the only thing i can access on my TAb is the dowload mode cause if i try recovery gives the mensage " firmware upgrade encountered an issue"
and if i try to flash ICS again with odin it hangs on move to FACTORYFS.IMG and appears the fail menssage on odin.
any kind of help pleasee!???
thanks in advance

xzard said:
i tryed so many options thant i don't remember i've executed that from ICS...
but now the only thing i can access on my TAb is the dowload mode cause if i try recovery gives the mensage " firmware upgrade encountered an issue"
and if i try to flash ICS again with odin it hangs on move to FACTORYFS.IMG and appears the fail menssage on odin.
any kind of help pleasee!???
thanks in advance
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Right now i've downloaded samfirmware pit file and tryed to flash ICS with that pit file selected and repartition too...
i've succeed to finishing the installation and now i can access to stock recovery. but when i try to turn tab on it hangs on galaxy tab logo !
any idea?
thanks in advance

Have a look at this thread, should work for our device as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
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Hi,
After a weekend lost searching for a fix to my problem I've decided to take the Tab to repair at the dealer. my tab has an insurance and i will activate it.
for a small resume, i've scanned for partition errors, having received I/O error on mmcblk9 / 10 / 11.
i tried re-partition without success
at last i 've flashed my tab with pit file modified for devices who have bad sector issues and i nearly succeeded, because get an ICS boot but gave me a message that need to do a data wipe because of some encryption. when i made the wipe with the CWM recovery i get mount /data and /sdcard error...
so once that i have insurance i'll use it .
the bad news is that it can take up to ninety days, i'll prai that does not happen and take much less time.
tks

[Q] AT&T Rethink Possible screen looping

Ok folks. Im running a Samsung Infuse 4G. I was running a custom rom of rooted gingerbread. It worked great. So, I did a backup under my clockwork mod recovery. I then flashed a new rom of jellybean. It also worked great, but I was more comfortable with my rooted gingerbread so I did a restore of my backup for gingerbread. After this restore, Im now getting to the AT&T Rethink possible screen looping. I tried to do a factory reset in my clockwork mod recovery, and this was the result that it stated:
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.3 - Voodoo Lagfix
--Wiping data...
Formatting data:...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/st110
(File exists)
Error mounting /datadata/!
Skipping format...
Formatting CACHE:...
Formatting SDEXT:...
No app2sd partition found. skipping format of /sd-ext.
Formatting SDCARD:/.android_secure...
Data wipe complete.
Anyone know of any way that I can resolve this issue? I cant live without my infuse lol

[XT 1040] won't boot, can't factory reset, can't install TWRP [please help]

my phone wasn't booting so i unlocked the bootloader and reinstalled android 5.1, now when i try to boot into recovery mode it says "no command"
if i open the recovery menu to try to wipe the disk and factory reset it fails
it says:
qr 0/0
- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
E:
blkdiscard on partition /dev/block/pla
form/msm.sdcc 1/by-name/userdata failed
ormatting /cache...
E:
blkdiscard on partition /dev/block/pla
form/msm_sdcc. 1/by-name/cache failed
-- /Wiping clogo...
Data wipe complete.
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if I try to wipe just the cache partition it gives me:
--Wiping cache...
Formatting /cache
E:
blkdiscard on partition /dev/block/pla
form/msm.sdcc.1/by-name/cache failedCac
e wipe complete.
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i also tried installing TWRP and removing the boot warning about the unlocked bootloader, but despite saying it was installed ok seems the phone just ignored or discarded it because nothing happened when i installed these.
please help!
when i try to boot in any mode other than recovery it hangs on the boot splash and vibrates once.