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ok... so i think I'm f***ed!
was trying to repartition & totally clean my phone out at work last night, and i think I made a wrong selection while selecting cache size and such... (i should pay more attention)
but yeah... i get boot-loops on the Samsung screen. It will stay there for 1-2 minutes, then reboot... never making it to the boot animation. I also cant get into recovery, for the fact that EVERYTHING was wiped.
I got into download mode, but Heimdall (i use ubuntu) wont detect it... I've tried unplugging and re-plugging several times, I also tried a battery pull then reloading everything... still nothing.
I'm out of ideas and ways to fix this... please dont tell me im totally bricked... cause i have zero money for a new phone.
Ph0z3 said:
please dont tell me im totally bricked... cause i have zero money for a new phone.
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If you can get into download mode you're not bricked completely. Heimdall was working for you in Ubuntu before you did this I take it? I am not a Linux guy so I can't help there but if you have access to a windows pc , you may want to try Odin and/or Heimdall on it.
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jvanlew said:
If you can get into download mode you're not bricked completely. Heimdall was working for you in Ubuntu before you did this I take it? I am not a Linux guy so I can't help there but if you have access to a windows pc , you may want to try Odin and/or Heimdall on it.
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Yeah ive used Heimdall a few times now... much better than driving 20 minutes to my tech buddies house to use his machine for use of Odin.
but yeah... been sitting in download mode for 20 minutes now, and still nothing.
You may need to reflash efs. You did make a back up right? If not, search the forums, i posted a flashable backup. Just use Odin to flash it.
Truckerglenn said:
You may need to reflash efs. You did make a back up right? If not, search the forums, i posted a flashable backup. Just use Odin to flash it.
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yeah i made a backup last night before i flashed Mitra 5.0... but wouldnt it be gone if i repartitoned everything? cause that would sweep my whole SD
:: UPDATE :: (again)
alright, made a big long post about everything i did and finally got into recovery and tried sweeping it and it said app2sd ext didnt exsist and all this other crap.. then tried went into my backups and it said "couldnt open directory" and "no files found"
then swept again, then rebooted & once it booted, it wasnt stock, but Mitra 5.0.... the very rom that started all my issues in the first place. (-_-)*
so yeah... phone is up and running... what do i need to do from here? i want to revert back to MitRa 4.7 or go to ZEUS-rom... do i need to repartiton and fix my efs or what?
No, don't repartition, either boot back into recovery and try to restore. Unless you formatted, it should still be there. Or just wipe and flash Zeus.
ignore: app2sd ext didnt exsist
Truckerglenn said:
No, don't repartition, either boot back into recovery and try to restore. Unless you formatted, it should still be there. Or just wipe and flash Zeus.
ignore: app2sd ext didnt exsist
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well i dont have root, so i have to try and get Heimdall to recognize my phone, so i can flash back before i swap out, cause it appears i did reformat, so yeah.. lost everything.
::update::
just connected my phone to my PC... yep... EVERYTHING is gone on my internal-SD
just a few folders... thats it.
android, DCIM, external_sd, LOST.DIR, VooDoo
thats it... everything is gone. FML
Reinstall drivers if u can get into download mode u r ok
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tupirujp said:
Reinstall drivers if u can get into download mode u r ok
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im not on windows, so i dont need the drivers or anything like that...
im assuming from this point, i just flash back to stock and start over? ...or do i need to load the /efs again?
Okay so i am using a stock galaxy s 4g
i rooted it so that is done i changed my recover so i can get into cwm i got like version 3.something
i am trying to install valhalla black edition
i seen valhalla final says KJ6 kernal
so i am assuming i need to go into cwm and update file from sd card
so i do this but my phone wont mount my sd card
i even tired to update the file from the sd of the rom i downloaded
but when i went to mount my sd card it says cant mount error
when i seen the instructions its UMMU im assuming it means this
unmount
mount
mount
unmount
the last unmount is my system and it says i cant unmount that
what am i missing???
i need to get the kernal then the rom install can someone help i read the bible and all but it doesnt really cover this well not clearly anyways....
any am i right the kernal is flashed the same way as a rom?
what steps did you follow to get root & cwm installed? which version of android do you currently have installed?
Since you're using a stock sgs4g I'm gonna assume you're on froyo. You need to be on Gingerbread before you can flash a GB rom. If you were to flash a gb rom through cwm you wouldn't get the froyo bootloader which means you'd have a very unhappy phone. It would work in the sense that it would turn on and then do nothing.
If you follow my GB Starter Pack guide (there's a link in my signature) you'll get your phone ready for Valhala Black.
Remember to read all the instructions carefully once before you attempt anything, then re-read them following the steps.
FBis251 said:
Since you're using a stock sgs4g I'm gonna assume you're on froyo. You need to be on Gingerbread before you can flash a GB rom. If you were to flash a gb rom through cwm you wouldn't get the froyo bootloader which means you'd have a very unhappy phone. It would work in the sense that it would turn on and then do nothing.
If you follow my GB Starter Pack guide (there's a link in my signature) you'll get your phone ready for Valhala Black.
Remember to read all the instructions carefully once before you attempt anything, then re-read them following the steps.
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i read it before a few times
and i read it a couple more times right now im kinda scared of odin i think its gonna brick my phone but im trying ur method
its stuck on the Set Partition part for a couple mins
i read somewhere else its not suppose to be checked but u said dont touch anything even if odin changes it
is it normal to take really long?????? its been about 5 mins and nothing....
dawebmaster said:
i read it before a few times
and i read it a couple more times right now im kinda scared of odin i think its gonna brick my phone but im trying ur method
its stuck on the Set Partition part for a couple mins
i read somewhere else its not suppose to be checked but u said dont touch anything even if odin changes it
is it normal to take really long?????? its been about 5 mins and nothing....
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Did you reformat the sd card for Fat 32? Odin can take awhile. If your phone is recognized, and you loaded the right files without changing anything, then you should be fine. Just don't worry, get a magazine, and do battery pulls when instructed.
finch8423 said:
Did you reformat the sd card for Fat 32? Odin can take awhile. If your phone is recognized, and you loaded the right files without changing anything, then you should be fine. Just don't worry, get a magazine, and do battery pulls when instructed.
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okay yeah sorry dumb mistake on my part i didnt put the sd card back in the phone lol so i softbricked my phone but i used that unbrick program and it unbricked it
so after i unbricked my phone did everything u said and it all worked
but the only problem i have now is when i try to install valhalla it gives me an error saying its bad i made should all the mounts and unmounts where right and i cleared everything i was suppose to i tried the final and black edition same problem any idea?
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okay yeah sorry dumb mistake on my part i didnt put the sd card back in the phone lol so i softbricked my phone but i used that unbrick program and it unbricked it
so after i unbricked my phone did everything u said and it all worked
but the only problem i have now is when i try to install valhalla it gives me an error saying its bad i made should all the mounts and unmounts where right and i cleared everything i was suppose to i tried the final and black edition same problem any idea?
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Try re-downloading it to insure it's just not a bad download.
stephen_w said:
Try re-downloading it to insure it's just not a bad download.
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its not because even if i try to flash the kernal thats in beta thru cwm it says bad as well any file i try to flash it says error
it first says updating or whatever then opening then cant open error (bad) installation aborted. no matter what i try to open no matter what rom it is
its annoying me i have no idea what i have done wrong i tried to reinstall everything and still nothing
say i wanted to start from step one all over again even though my phone is pretty much blank since it wont load up so i do a factory wipe or something? so nothing is left behind to ensure i get a good install?
i am pretty much willing to try anything just to even get my phone back
thank you for the replys i really appreciate it
P.S. i cant do a restore because i was running froyo and since i did the GB starter stuff it says md5 mismatch so thats out the question
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its not because even if i try to flash the kernal thats in beta thru cwm it says bad as well any file i try to flash it says error
it first says updating or whatever then opening then cant open error (bad) installation aborted. no matter what i try to open no matter what rom it is
its annoying me i have no idea what i have done wrong i tried to reinstall everything and still nothing
say i wanted to start from step one all over again even though my phone is pretty much blank since it wont load up so i do a factory wipe or something? so nothing is left behind to ensure i get a good install?
i am pretty much willing to try anything just to even get my phone back
thank you for the replys i really appreciate it
P.S. i cant do a restore because i was running froyo and since i did the GB starter stuff it says md5 mismatch so thats out the question
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Let me read back through your thread to see what all you've done.
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Let me read back through your thread to see what all you've done.
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thanx....
when i start my phone it stays on the first screen u see when u start ur stock phone
i did everything in the GB Starter pack up to the point where i load my own rom when it came to that i made sure all my mounting was right and stuff but no matter what it will not let me flash a rom
im running cwm voodoo lagfix recovery v3.0.2.8x
i did all the steps in the GB starter up til the rom like i said but I installed it twice
cause the first time it didnt work so i reinstalled in again no wipe or nothing basically it was having the error so i put it back in download and tried again
idk if that was bad since i know if i dont do a full wipe i can leave bad files idk
help i dont even care if u help me get back to stock 2.2 i just want my phone on
but i would really like to end my night with valhalla black edition
from the point im at now how i can i start all over again? factory wipe or what?
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thanx....
when i start my phone it stays on the first screen u see when u start ur stock phone
i did everything in the GB Starter pack up to the point where i load my own rom when it came to that i made sure all my mounting was right and stuff but no matter what it will not let me flash a rom
im running cwm voodoo lagfix recovery v3.0.2.8x
i did all the steps in the GB starter up til the rom like i said but I installed it twice
cause the first time it didnt work so i reinstalled in again no wipe or nothing basically it was having the error so i put it back in download and tried again
idk if that was bad since i know if i dont do a full wipe i can leave bad files idk
help i dont even care if u help me get back to stock 2.2 i just want my phone on
but i would really like to end my night with valhalla black edition
from the point im at now how i can i start all over again? factory wipe or what?
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I was reading back through FB's GB Starter Pack to re-familiarize myself with it. As much as I hate to say it, I'd go back through it one more time from the beginning; don't skip any steps. That way you know you're getting a clean install all the way around.
Out of curiosity, does the phone boot up? If so, what does it say in Settings --> About Phone:
Firmware version
Baseband version
Kernel version
?
stephen_w said:
I was reading back through FB's GB Starter Pack to re-familiarize myself with it. As much as I hate to say it, I'd go back through it one more time from the beginning; don't skip any steps. That way you know you're getting a clean install all the way around.
Out of curiosity, does the phone boot up? If so, what does it say in Settings --> About Phone:
Firmware version
Baseband version
Kernel version
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no it wont boot it just stays on the Galaxy S 4G EXCLUSIVELY FROM TMOBILE screen it just stays there
imma redo it but should i do a factory wipe or something to make sure i get all the bad stuff off? im more comfortable with odin now can u recommend a rom or something for me to flash back to to start over?
or should i just put it in download mode and take a crack at it again?
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no it wont boot it just stays on the Galaxy S 4G EXCLUSIVELY FROM TMOBILE screen it just stays there
imma redo it but should i do a factory wipe or something to make sure i get all the bad stuff off? im more comfortable with odin now can u recommend a rom or something for me to flash back to to start over?
or should i just put it in download mode and take a crack at it again?
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If it's sticking there, then there's a good chance you have either a Froyo ROM with GB boot loaders or vice versa. Yeah, if you can get into recovery do a factory reset then go back through the GB Starter Pack one more time. I'm sure you'll be successful. Just be patient as you go through the steps.
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If it's sticking there, then there's a good chance you have either a Froyo ROM with GB boot loaders or vice versa. Yeah, if you can get into recovery do a factory reset then go back through the GB Starter Pack one more time. I'm sure you'll be successful. Just be patient as you go through the steps.
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i figured out my problem i basically copied the SD card changed it to FAT32 and copied every single file back to the SD card
when i just put the rom and busybee it worked everything worked it installed my rom now Valhalla black edition and installed busybee after that
but now when it loads it keeps looping
Galaxy s 4g exclusively from tmobile sign over and over the first sign u see when ur phone starts
dawebmaster said:
i figured out my problem i basically copied the SD card changed it to FAT32 and copied every single file back to the SD card
when i just put the rom and busybee it worked everything worked it installed my rom now Valhalla black edition and installed busybee after that
but now when it loads it keeps looping
Galaxy s 4g exclusively from tmobile sign over and over the first sign u see when ur phone starts
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Yeah, you're boot looping. Are you sure you flashed the KJ6 files from FB's starter pack? It really sounds like the wrong boot loaders are in place.
stephen_w said:
Yeah, you're boot looping. Are you sure you flashed the KJ6 files from FB's starter pack? It really sounds like the wrong boot loaders are in place.
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i got it working... the whole system booted up and everything and yeah im sure i got the right bootloaders cuz i see the animation as it boots up
only problem i have is the blackedition rom doesnt have text messaging i am USA based and it forced closed if i try to message from the contact list and it doesnt even have a sms icon i assum a rom problem
u have been so much help thank u so much
my about info
fireware 2.3.6.
baseband t959vukj6
kernel 2.6.35.7-sms-kj6-v0.1.1-rc1+..............
imma downgrade to valhalla final cuz text messaging doesnt work i cant even see text in the black edition.......
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i got it working... the whole system booted up and everything and yeah im sure i got the right bootloaders cuz i see the animation as it boots up
only problem i have is the blackedition rom doesnt have text messaging i am USA based and it forced closed if i try to message from the contact list and it doesnt even have a sms icon i assum a rom problem
u have been so much help thank u so much
my about info
fireware 2.3.6.
baseband t959vukj6
kernel 2.6.35.7-sms-kj6-v0.1.1-rc1+..............
imma downgrade to valhalla final cuz text messaging doesnt work i cant even see text in the black edition.......
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Glad you got it working, at least for the most part. I've not messed with the Valhalla ROMs so I'm at a loss there. Best of luck
i got it working perfectly mms and everything thanks for all your help this rom is awesome
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okay so i managed to install valhalla black edition got all the settings and widgets i needed to make this rom the ishhhhhhhhhhh
but when i used the USB mode as a mass storage to drag all my music basically the cord many have unplugged during the transfer now my sd card wont work
when i plug it into the computer without the phone it ask me to format the sd card
some apps dont work due to sd card not working anymore
when i tried to format it that didnt work it said i had 259GB on it and its only 8GB
i have a 16GB that came with the phone i was wondering how far back do it need to start over? i already have a KJ6 kernel but since the sd card is done with voodoo is gone as well
can i start with the second ODIN rom from the GB starter pack???????
instead of doing the whole thing all over again...
dawebmaster said:
okay so i managed to install valhalla black edition got all the settings and widgets i needed to make this rom the ishhhhhhhhhhh
but when i used the USB mode as a mass storage to drag all my music basically the cord many have unplugged during the transfer now my sd card wont work
when i plug it into the computer without the phone it ask me to format the sd card
some apps dont work due to sd card not working anymore
when i tried to format it that didnt work it said i had 259GB on it and its only 8GB
i have a 16GB that came with the phone i was wondering how far back do it need to start over? i already have a KJ6 kernel but since the sd card is done with voodoo is gone as well
can i start with the second ODIN rom from the GB starter pack???????
instead of doing the whole thing all over again...
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No, don't start over. Check Google for FAT32 repair tools. Then put the SD card in a reader connected to the PC & run the tool. It'll probably recover OK.
Hey All,
First time poster, long time lurker! i have learned so much from this community. thank you all for what you do. anywho lets get on with the show.
Having an issue with my SD. I cannot mount it all of a sudden in CWM. if i /mount/sdcard the error message i receive is something along the lines of error mounting sdcard.
if i try to mount USB storage i receive the error "E: unable to write ums lunfile (no such file or directory exists).
i cannot for the life of me figure out why.
I am Unlocked, rooted, S-on, running Pyro-ice 1.1.3
i have even tried to flash the stock recovery, flash stock rom, but it wouldnt even take that. through bootloader it would recognize the PG59IMG and get to the point where it would be checking the .zip and it would fail about 75% of the way through. i am at a complete loss guys. any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!
sd issue
sounds like a problem with your sd card. you should format your sd card to fat32. if that doesn't work, go to settings>sd & phone storage>factory data reset and make sure the 'erase sd card' option is checked (assuming you're still on the stock rom).
not on the stock rom. still on pyro-ice 1.1.3.
i have backed up my sdcard and reformatted to fat32 two times now. that doesnt seem to be the issue.
have tried a different sd card as well to no avail. how would i be able to get it to stock if i cant get my phone to read a sdcard? im assuming the answer is YOU CANT... ugh.
EDIT- i have just flashed stock recovery via fastboot and relocked bootloader. PG59IMG was found in bootloader during the scan and it has finally asked me to update. Going through the process now. WIll report back. Hope this short lived thread will hopefully be able to help at least someone in a predicament similiar to mine.
WELLLLLLL. i managed to get back to the stock rom. I unlocked bootloader once again and flashed cwm. once again. no sdcard can be mounted. i was able to mount the sd card with a mounting app in the market before i went stock. but CWM will not recognize the sd whatsoever. i need to flas su to get root so i can finally get s-off.
this is killing me. ugh.
cwm
try to re-flash/upgrade cwm recovery. it could be that your current cwm recovery is corrupted. xmc wildchild22 posted his cwm 5.5.0.4 in the dev section and it has worked well for me.
So here is where I am at now.
Managed to get stock rom installed and running with stock recovery and a relock of the bootloader. After that I was able to use the sd card normally while the phone was on, and in bootloader.
CWM will not mount the sd, nor will it mount usb storage. That being said, I can't install su via cwm to root, which I would then run JB to gain s-off. I flashed and reflashed all available versions of cwm, new and old with the same result.
Its certainly not a hardware issue seeing as I can use the sd normally while its on, and it even scans during bootloader. But cwm just will not take... I'm officially out of ideas... Help????
ota zip
if it's not a hardware issue, there might be an issue with your internal memory. i've seen instances where the recovery mmcblkxxx on internal memory can get corrupted.
so if you have an htcdev unlocked bootloader and jb s-off, you can flash zip's and ruu's now. try to flash the latest ota 1.63.531.2 PG59IMG.zip and see if it fixes the internal memory partition. i did this last week and although i had to re-unlock bootloader, the device kept s-off so you don't have to do jb all over again.
if this doesn't work, i would pm blue or another dev to find out how to actually format and restore the internal memory.
EDIT: have you always had this problem with all recoveries
I'm having this same issue, I can't even mount my SD while on a ROM. This happened after I flashed CWM 6.
Edit: Also the LED is ALWAYS orange now. Even in recovery.
AgentCherryColla said:
I'm having this same issue, I can't even mount my SD while on a ROM. This happened after I flashed CWM 6.
Edit: Also the LED is ALWAYS orange now. Even in recovery.
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try flashing back to a stable version of cwm...never had these problems :/
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This problem is also in the not working list in CWM 6....thats why its still an alpha....just flash back to a stable version
AgentCherryColla said:
I'm having this same issue, I can't even mount my SD while on a ROM. This happened after I flashed CWM 6.
Edit: Also the LED is ALWAYS orange now. Even in recovery.
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That's the very same way mine was reacting as far as the orange light goes after a CWM 6 flash. But I COULD mount my sd card from there. It, for me, ended up being a corrupted user data partition that I couldn't get around for the life of me. I'm now waiting on a replacement phone. Should be here tomorrow.
IMHO, there's something about CWM 6 that isn't playing nicely with SEVERAL of the DS's partitions. That seemed to be indicated when it gave me errors on partitions 31 & 24 in particular when trying to do a test restore after my install.
XMC has added to the top of his OP under the header to not use CWM 6 until some of these issues can be addressed & resolved. I would heed that warning!
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try flashing back to a stable version of cwm...never had these problems :/
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This problem is also in the not working list in CWM 6....thats why its still an alpha....just flash back to a stable version
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Opps. Sorry XMC. I didn't realize you'd responded to this.
WeekendsR2Short said:
That's the very same way mine was reacting as far as the orange light goes after a CWM 6 flash. But I COULD mount my sd card from there. It, for me, ended up being a corrupted user data partition that I couldn't get around for the life of me. I'm now waiting on a replacement phone. Should be here tomorrow.
IMHO, there's something about CWM 6 that isn't playing nicely with SEVERAL of the DS's partitions. That seemed to be indicated when it gave me errors on partitions 31 & 24 in particular when trying to do a test restore after my install.
XMC has added to the top of his OP under the header to not use CWM 6 until some of these issues can be addressed & resolved. I would heed that warning!
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Opps. Sorry XMC. I didn't realize you'd responded to this.
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Well I'm currently out a myTouch 4G Slide, can't afford to get it repaired. :Y Was a nice run while it lasted. Hopefully I can figure out how to get it working. I need to get ADB working on my Laptop.
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Well I'm currently out a myTouch 4G Slide, can't afford to get it repaired. :Y Was a nice run while it lasted. Hopefully I can figure out how to get it working. I need to get ADB working on my Laptop.
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If you're not getting any partition error messages you MIGHT be able the use jonnycat's method pinned to the top of the developer's section to 'go back'. Mine seemed to be doing great until HBoot got to the user data partition and just hung there. It DID replace my boot & system files that CWM 5 OR 6 wouldn't touch. That is if you can't get ADB running to try what you may have in mind. I wish you ALL the luck in the world my friend!
I take it you're no longer under warranty?
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If you're not getting any partition error messages you MIGHT be able the use jonnycat's method pinned to the top of the developer's section to 'go back'. Mine seemed to be doing great until HBoot got to the user data partition and just hung there. It DID replace my boot & system files that CWM 5 OR 6 wouldn't touch. That is if you can't get ADB running to try what you may have in mind. I wish you ALL the luck in the world my friend!
I take it you're no longer under warranty?
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I have my Deadma5 going, and some coffee brewing. I'm game mode right now.
Sent from my MIUI V4
AgentCherryColla said:
I have my Deadma5 going, and some coffee brewing. I'm game mode right now.
Sent from my MIUI V4
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I hope they inspire you....the coffee recharges you and it delivers you an epiphany that helps you save your phone. I'm sorry to hear about your's & other's predicament. I was "lucky" I suppose.
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I have my Deadma5 going, and some coffee brewing. I'm game mode right now.
Sent from my MIUI V4
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Love deadmau5.
+1 for warranty.
As long as your void sticker is still intact and no water damage, it should be ok.
You should call up htc asap, and figure it out. You may be in the last month or so, but a very good chance (90%+) you're still covered...
Do it! Do it now!!
I'd hate to see you go like this
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using xda app-developers app
That's true! HTC's warranty is for 1 year whether you took TMobile's insurance or not. I didn't have it but was covered by the manufacturer's warranty.
Ok so here is whats up. 1, my SD was fried. Put in a new one, still did not work. Flashed official CWM, then wiped data/cache/dalvik. Phone booted, and SD is working fine. I can mount via CWM.
Thank goodness!!!!
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Thank goodness!!!!
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I'm glad, I can't use my work phone for anything but calls. I used my doublshot as a PMP.
My phone battery died last night, so I plugged it in and let it charge for 10 min then when I went to power it on, after the second samsung logo it shuts off and restarts, I boot into recovery and ive tried doing a factory reset and when it tries to format it crashes, and restarts about 5 seconds after saying formatting...
I was running a embryo rom, cant remember which one...
Any help is appreciated. I've looked around and cant seem to find much to help me so far.
Can you do a fresh install over top the existing ROM? Instead of trying to salvage the existing ROM.
Can you mount the USB in recovery?
Heeter
Heeter said:
Can you do a fresh install over top the existing ROM? Instead of trying to salvage the existing ROM.
Can you mount the USB in recovery?
Heeter
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When I boot into recovery and try to wipe data/factory reset, it sats wiping data.. Formatting.... then 10 seconds later it reboots and goes into a boot loop.
When I try to install zip from sdcard (embryo 3.1 dist.zip) it says
-- Installing: /sdcard/embryo-3.1-dist.zip
Finding update package...
E: Cant mount /sdcard/embryo-3.1-dist.zip (Installation aborted).
Is there a way to wipe data/factory reset other than in CWM? I am running v5.8.4.3
Can you put the phone in download mode? If so, restore to stock from there. Format your SD cards, internal and external, as well, and make sure to wipe x3 so any damaged remnants are swept away.
T.J. Bender said:
Can you put the phone in download mode? If so, restore to stock from there. Format your SD cards, internal and external, as well, and make sure to wipe x3 so any damaged remnants are swept away.
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When I plugged it into my computer it went to ODIN mode and says downloading...
I am not sure how I got it there, or what to do from this point. Do you have a link to the instructions on how to do that?
D-Duub said:
When I plugged it into my computer it went to ODIN mode and says downloading...
I am not sure how I got it there, or what to do from this point. Do you have a link to the instructions on how to do that?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
BEFORE YOU DO THAT, a few quick notes and thoughts:
1. Don't ever mess around in recovery/download if you don't know what you're doing. If you're not sure how you "got it there" or "what to do from this point," you don't know what you're doing. Read or brick.
2. Looking back at your first post, a couple of thoughts occur to me. One, are you trying to use recovery while plugged in? That can sometimes cause things to mess up, especially if you're plugged in while going into recovery. Wouldn't cause a bootloop though.
3. CWM 5.8.4.3 was a troublemaker, if I recall correctly. Are you on CWM touch, or CWM button-masher? CWM button-masher has a history of doing bad things to Skyrockets.
4. If your phone is not successfully completing the factory reset and you're not sure which ROM you're running, what in God's name made you think flashing a ROM on top of what's there was a good idea?
99.9999999% this is not a ROM problem. Lots of people are using the Embryo family without bootlooping on a battery charge, so I'm inclined to believe it's something else.
Restore to stock and pray, bud. Too many red flags for me to chalk this up to anything other than user error. Sorry.
@D-duub I do hope yiubread the above
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T.J. Bender said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
BEFORE YOU DO THAT, a few quick notes and thoughts:
1. Don't ever mess around in recovery/download if you don't know what you're doing. If you're not sure how you "got it there" or "what to do from this point," you don't know what you're doing. Read or brick.
2. Looking back at your first post, a couple of thoughts occur to me. One, are you trying to use recovery while plugged in? That can sometimes cause things to mess up, especially if you're plugged in while going into recovery. Wouldn't cause a bootloop though.
3. CWM 5.8.4.3 was a troublemaker, if I recall correctly. Are you on CWM touch, or CWM button-masher? CWM button-masher has a history of doing bad things to Skyrockets.
4. If your phone is not successfully completing the factory reset and you're not sure which ROM you're running, what in God's name made you think flashing a ROM on top of what's there was a good idea?
99.9999999% this is not a ROM problem. Lots of people are using the Embryo family without bootlooping on a battery charge, so I'm inclined to believe it's something else.
Restore to stock and pray, bud. Too many red flags for me to chalk this up to anything other than user error. Sorry.
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Not using recovery while plugged in.
Not using CWM touch.
I couldn't recall the ROM when I wrote the OP, its stated in one of my replies. I tried re-flashing the rom that I had on my SD card (the one I had when everything went wrong).
Not sure how it could be user error when I have not messed with anything before my problem and since then all I have tried doing is reinstalling the rom, and when that didn't work I tried wipe data\factory reset.
So far I haven't done anything that was not recommended.
I am downloading the stock firmware now and I will use ODIN to flash and let you all know how it goes.
Thanks for the help so far.
Fixed!
I didn't lose anything, just my rom. Sweet.
I expected to lose my stuff, thats great news.
Thank you very much.
Now to reply to the million messages I got while my phone was down...
When in doubt, restore to stock.
Seriously though, I'm really glad you brought it back. If you're going to flash/mod/whatever, please, for your own sake, read through the stickies here. It'll take you a couple hours or so to do, and it'll save you from turning your phone into a paperweight later. And get rid of that non-touch CWM lol! sk8rwitskiis does a great version of CWM Touch for our Skyrockets, and TWRP is an excellent recovery as well.
T.J. Bender said:
When in doubt, restore to stock.
Seriously though, I'm really glad you brought it back. If you're going to flash/mod/whatever, please, for your own sake, read through the stickies here. It'll take you a couple hours or so to do, and it'll save you from turning your phone into a paperweight later. And get rid of that non-touch CWM lol! sk8rwitskiis does a great version of CWM Touch for our Skyrockets, and TWRP is an excellent recovery as well.
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Will do. Thanks again.
I thought I would change the title of my thread as the issue seems to have changed. I hope that isn't a problem. I am able to get into loader mode just fine and have loaded CWM twice through ODIN but am unable to get the internal SD Card to mount or USB mode to work. HAs anyone seen this before? I searched carefully and could not find any reference to my problem. I was careful to uncheck re-partition but there is a chance I may have not, I suppose. Would that cause my problem? Any input would be most appreciated....I'm stuck.
Well, the good news is as long as you have Odin mode nothing is broken that cant be fixed the bad news is, I've been following your progress, and I'm stumped and out of ideas :-/ the way I understand it, you have a working Clockwork Mod recovery, you can boot to recovery. Correct? When you try to mount USB mode in Mounts and Storage, it gives you an error? Do you have an external microSD that you could copy a ROM over to and try to flash from there?
Which version of CMW did you flash,I found issues with ver 6.XXX and went back to ver 5.XXX non touch. In the newer versions including touch USB and mounting the drives didn't work for me. I thought it was my phone because of everything I've done since rooting
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flyers00 said:
Which version of CMW did you flash,I found issues with ver 6.XXX and went back to ver 5.XXX non touch. In the newer versions including touch USB and mounting the drives didn't work for me. I thought it was my phone because of everything I've done since rooting
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i believe (based on the other thread he was in) that he's using the 5.xxx version from k0nane's thread (which is what I'm using)
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i believe (based on the other thread he was in) that he's using the 5.xxx version from k0nane's thread (which is what I'm using)
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I wasn't sure either that's why I threw it out there. I'm using the same version from k0oane 5.XXX as well
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Well, the good news is as long as you have Odin mode nothing is broken that cant be fixed the bad news is, I've been following your progress, and I'm stumped and out of ideas :-/ the way I understand it, you have a working Clockwork Mod recovery, you can boot to recovery. Correct? When you try to mount USB mode in Mounts and Storage, it gives you an error? Do you have an external microSD that you could copy a ROM over to and try to flash from there?
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Sounds interesting, but wouldn't this explode needing to access the internal SD? i don't know if my PC has a SD Slot, but that is easy enough to fix. I'll try the solution below then this one.. One step at a time. Glad I've got a stumper even if it is a pain in my @ss.
Thanks again to all for the thoughts.
Mike in Houston
CWM 5.0.0.4
flyers00 said:
Which version of CMW did you flash,I found issues with ver 6.XXX and went back to ver 5.XXX non touch. In the newer versions including touch USB and mounting the drives didn't work for me. I thought it was my phone because of everything I've done since rooting
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I'm using CWM 5.5.0.4 Still stumped. IF I did something stupid I sure wish I knew what it is. Phone is one week old and of course store claims it is my fault..........rrrrgh. I bought a Galaxy Express to hold me over until I get this fixed. The store offered me a job if I could fix it and as I'm not working, I'm calling in all the troops to help me here if possible........Thanks a million. or a thousand. They don't pay much.I Just checked and the sd card ext will not mount either in CWM and gives errors. I'd like to mod the express I bought to replace this one but am a bit gun shy now. It seems this problem is buried pretty deep.
Stil grateful but in need of help..
Ready to send it off to a JTAG repair shop but as I can still boot into both download and recovery modes there must be something I can do myself to fix this. Anybody out there??????
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Ready to send it off to a JTAG repair shop but as I can still boot into both download and recovery modes there must be something I can do myself to fix this. Anybody out there??????
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All you've gotta do is Odin the ORIGINAL GB or ICS from Sammobile. Your soft bricked (no biggie). Your more than likely missing a few important files that GB or ICS could fix. I'd go with GB, IMO
Close but no cigar.
jbats said:
All you've gotta do is Odin the ORIGINAL GB or ICS from Sammobile. Your soft bricked (no biggie). Your more than likely missing a few important files that GB or ICS could fix. I'd go with GB, IMO
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I went to Sammobile and downloaded the firmware but it comes in Zip format and Odin does not recognize that rrgh. I can't get it onto a sd card because it won't mount in CWM. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll hold off for another response before I ship it out. Seems like I should be able to find something to flash on here somewhere, but i'm stumped.......
You need to unzip the file and extract the files there's a tar file inside. Use the instructions in konanes thread with the file you have. I can walk you through it better tommorow when I get off work, its very easy.
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You need to unzip the file and extract the files there's a tar file inside. Use the instructions in konanes thread with the file you have. I can walk you through it better tommorow when I get off work, its very easy.
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I can't imagine someone would be so kind as to take their time to walk a stranger through a process. (Even if I would). I'm having a hard time finding konanes thread on this subject and would appreciate any direction to it so I won't be such a bother. Sorry for the delay in response, but I've been on a short vacation. Thanks to all.
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I can't imagine someone would be so kind as to take their time to walk a stranger through a process. (Even if I would). I'm having a hard time finding konanes thread on this subject and would appreciate any direction to it so I won't be such a bother. Sorry for the delay in response, but I've been on a short vacation. Thanks to all.
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Here is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601 now just grab the GB zip from sammobile and extract the tar and follow the instructions in the thread.:good:
Progress but no prize......
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Here is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601 now just grab the GB zip from sammobile and extract the tar and follow the instructions in the thread.:good:
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Well I found it before you replied and low and behold I am able to boot my phone. Now it won't recognize the sim card. I made sure the SIM works in another phone. BTW this is a T-Mobile phone originally but I run on simple mobile. I tried the unlocking process but I did not pay for an unlock code because it won't boot to the unlock code screen. It just goes all the way through and then reports "no sim card Emergency calls only" Thanks for getting me this far. The phone worked fine before I started playing with it. Now I'm really stumped...rrgh.
Thanks
Mike in Houston with dead Blaze. And the store was going to offer me a job if I got it working....
Moving backwards
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Well I found it before you replied and low and behold I am able to boot my phone. Now it won't recognize the sim card. I made sure the SIM works in another phone. BTW this is a T-Mobile phone originally but I run on simple mobile. I tried the unlocking process but I did not pay for an unlock code because it won't boot to the unlock code screen. It just goes all the way through and then reports "no sim card Emergency calls only" Thanks for getting me this far. The phone worked fine before I started playing with it. Now I'm really stumped...rrgh.
Thanks
Mike in Houston with dead Blaze. And the store was going to offer me a job if I got it working....
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Also of note only flashing T769UMB1 from Sammobile will allow the phone to boot at all. Whet I try to flash the root kernel the phone locks up as always at the blue bar when it completes and when reflashing T769UMB1 I go into CWM and am still unable to mount the SD Cards or USB Storage. Appears my little bit of progress was in vain. When it does boot as mentioned above, I still have "no sim card" Any advice would be appreciated. Being a NOOB, I am unsure if I started out with GB or ICS in the first place it that offers any assistance.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
You need to buy an unlock code, than you can enter it through your dialer.
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You skipped the next step. You can't flash from GB to the latest. You have to do it in steps first GB than ICS uvlh5 than uvlmb1, uvlh5 was a prerequisette to the latest mb1. Start over...
Still grateful and lost.....
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You need to buy an unlock code, than you can enter it through your dialer.
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You skipped the next step. You can't flash from GB to the latest. You have to do it in steps first GB than ICS uvlh5 than uvlmb1, uvlh5 was a prerequisette to the latest mb1. Start over...
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I have done as you suggested and really appreciate all the time you have taken to help me out. When I loaded UVLH5 the phone said it was updating 62 apps as it booted and I was in the same predicament. The phone boots and recognizes the internal memory card but will not recoginze my SIM card. I thought it was supposed to ask for an unlock code when it saw the foreign sim as I have seen that on other sites. The phone just boots and says "No SIM card" whether or not one is installed. Would sending it off for a JTAG repair solve my problem? I think I may have screwed the pooch so to speak when I loaded uvimb1. I am determined to fix this phone. It shouldn't be so difficult, famous last words. I think there may be a way to force the dialer to allow me to enter an unlock code, but before I spend more money on the phone I want to make sure that is what I need to do. I also cannot seem to get back into CWM for some reason. Maybe the button sequence has changed with the update. Confirming that procedure would be quite helpful.
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I went to Sammobile and downloaded the firmware but it comes in Zip format and Odin does not recognize that rrgh. I can't get it onto a sd card because it won't mount in CWM. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll hold off for another response before I ship it out. Seems like I should be able to find something to flash on here somewhere, but i'm stumped.......
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You need an account with samfirmware and you should be downloading a .tar.md5 file. Shouldn't be a zip. Just curious, what's inside the zip?