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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
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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!

sgs4g BRICKED help!

Getting a E: failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
e:\format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl10
on samsungs recovery screen. it boots up only in to here not OS
had OC'd my phone using method in bible and my phone froze and wouldnt boot. tried to just odin a new kj3 and this is where i started to notice the brick.
I also tried a method by krylon which he provided me PIT file and to odin with partition checked and didnt help.
I think my partitions are all wacked. Anybody have a fix for this?
In the vibrant forums there are fixes with the exact same issue but i cant find any on sgs4g forum. And I obviously dont want to flash vibrant files. Their fix requires a odin pit file with partition checked.
Thanks!!

I have had this happen to me. I all I did was reformatted and partioned the drive using pc. The program is called magic something. Do that then ordinary and you should be good as new.

It's not bricked if it still turns on.
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droodski said:
Getting a E: failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
e:\format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl10
on samsungs recovery screen. it boots up only in to here not OS
had OC'd my phone using method in bible and my phone froze and wouldnt boot. tried to just odin a new kj3 and this is where i started to notice the brick.
I also tried a method by krylon which he provided me PIT file and to odin with partition checked and didnt help.
I think my partitions are all wacked. Anybody have a fix for this?
In the vibrant forums there are fixes with the exact same issue but i cant find any on sgs4g forum. And I obviously dont want to flash vibrant files. Their fix requires a odin pit file with partition checked.
Thanks!!
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The method I gave you does work. I know because I made it happen last night. had voodoo enabled, ODINED KH2 (with sbl) and stock KH2 kernel, and the Pit that I pulled off my phone, it rebooted me into stock recovery, with the same error. I did a factory reset through recovery, as well as wiped cache. I still had the same error, but when I rebooted the phone (through recovery) everything came up just as it should.

i appreciate the help you've given me krylon, and i do believe you. how ever im not sure why its not working for me i also tried what you just posted. what does (with sbl) mean? when i try rebooting from the stock recovery after factory reset and cache wipe, it says cant mount data rebooting and just reboots back in to recovery, im also getting errors on factory resetting
@HB66 what do you mean ordinary? is that a program
and it will actually wipe the internal drive?

I got the rainbow screen when i boot into download mode and my phone wont rebboot fully

Sorry I ment odin but the phone got it wrong.

You need gb bootloader, odin the kernel, and kg4 should fix it. The flash your rom

Try unchecking repartition if you get that error again...
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@HB66 now is the program called nortons partition magic? it formats and detects the internal HD? are their any steps i need to know

champ1919 said:
Try unchecking repartition if you get that error again...
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tried that

Will pay
will pay to who ever gets this working for me!
we can gmail chat or whatever if some one wants to help

What ROM did you have on there before?

Well? Still broke or not? Suspense is killing me....
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We PMed a bit and it's fixed. The gist was that he formatted the SD card (he was following an earlier suggestion) and he ODINed the KG4 leak that has the right bootloaders, PIT, CSC, Phone, & PDA file.

Oh Oh
stephen_w said:
We PMed a bit and it's fixed. The gist was that he formatted the SD card (he was following an earlier suggestion) and he ODINed the KG4 leak that has the right bootloaders, PIT, CSC, Phone, & PDA file.
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Can you help me too? Yes, this is an old post but i'm having the same problem. Tried to return to Stock rom & i soft brick.
I get an E: failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
E: delete_data_files:Can´t mount/ data your storage not prepared yet. Please Ui men u for format an reboot actions
e:\discard_filesystem_for_rfs: Can´t mount/ data
I tried installing stock but it never boots, actually it boot loops on Samsung logo.
Any idea how to fix it?

Jordaliz09 said:
Can you help me too? Yes, this is an old post but i'm having the same problem. Tried to return to Stock rom & i soft brick.
I get an E: failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
E: delete_data_files:Can´t mount/ data your storage not prepared yet. Please Ui men u for format an reboot actions
e:\discard_filesystem_for_rfs: Can´t mount/ data
I tried installing stock but it never boots, actually it boot loops on Samsung logo.
Any idea how to fix it?
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Do a factory reset in your recovery.

Emmm...
jd1639 said:
Do a factory reset in your recovery.
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I've tried that but i get this error:
e:\format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl10
Seems useless to reset through recovery.

Reflash. Sounds like lagfix was on when you did whatever you did.

ok so i was switching from audiophile to "rcs unnamed rom??" and then back to audiophile again because something wasnt rtight when i got the second rom running...i had it going before its not the roms fault i did something wrong....then i made ANOTHER mistake going back to audiophile. So its stays stuck on the logo screen forever i waited an hour or two and pulled the battery. every time after that i would get stuck at the samsung logo screen...so i boot into recovery and flash a nandroid backup of audiophile....now its really f'd i cant get past the "asterisk" symbol that shows up right before the "charging battery bar" when i try to get into recovery or download mode if boot normally it stays stuck at the logo screen. need some help here....and odin doesnt see the phone...my pc sees it and calls it an unrecognized device.

[Q] Help! I think im bricked

Hey guys,
The problem all started last week when I encrypted my tf300. For some reason it did not occur to me that this would be an issue when I started the process of rooting today. I used the asus bootloader unlocking tool and got fastboot to work long enough to flash cwm but when I tried to flash from sdcard it said that it cant mount sdcard. This is where I messed up. I realized that I needed to format data so that I could unencrypt. Booted to cwm and formatted system and the two others that are there but it refused to format data. Now it boots to the Asus screen and recovery does not mount sd. fastboot devices list is empty same with adb devices.
Any ideas??
Thank you

So I guess my question is how do I erase or format data partition so that i can flash a rom.
any help is appreciated.
thanks

Switch on with power + VOL down then VOL Down, then VOL Down twice to move across to WIPE DATA, VOL Up or power should select it for you.

when I select wipe data the device boots to clocworkmod recovery.

Davyphil said:
when I select wipe data the device boots to clocworkmod recovery.
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Ah you will probably need the standard recovery image as there is probably some lock on it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668173
You will need to ask XpLoDWilD for it then flashboot it back onto there and try again?

ok ill give this a try. hopefully i can get fastboot to flash the image. i had a hard time getting clockworkmod on there.
thank you

Davyphil said:
ok ill give this a try. hopefully i can get fastboot to flash the image. i had a hard time getting clockworkmod on there.
thank you
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I've been flashing recoveries all day and had no issues with it.
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Did you format:
System,
Cache,
Staging
Data
then wipe cache
then data/factory reset
then advanced and wipe dalvik

i was able to format system cache and staging but when i try to format data it says:
error mounting /data!
skipping format...
done.
says something similar when i try to mount sdcard so that i can flash .zip files

Davyphil said:
i was able to format system cache and staging but when i try to format data it says:
error mounting /data!
skipping format...
done.
says something similar when i try to mount sdcard so that i can flash .zip files
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Have you tried Factory reset from the main menu?

when I choose wipe data/factory reset i get:
--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.

Davyphil said:
when I choose wipe data/factory reset i get:
--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.
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Standard recovery might let you wipe it.
Just had a look on XDA and this might help you?
orcruin said:
Hello Everyone
To flash a new ROM you can do as follows:
boot in Recovery
format cache partition
from your PC use adb to mount /sdcard as tmpfs:
adb shell mount -t tmpfs none /sdcard​
put your ROM on the (fake) sdcard
adb push <your rom> /sdcard​
use the recovery to flesh the ROM as usual
This worked form me.
Sorry to be late...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24923240&postcount=16

i am going to start by apologizing for being such a noob. Thank you so much for your help.
I am not very familiar with adb and fastboot i have only used it a couple times and this is when im being led through it by some forum on xda.
when i run the first line i get
error: device not found
from what i have seen this is a driver issue?
i have used this same stuff to help root my phone a while back. could that be an issue?
i tried the commands while the device was in recovery and while in fastboot mode.
thanks again

Davyphil said:
i am going to start by apologizing for being such a noob. Thank you so much for your help.
I am not very familiar with adb and fastboot i have only used it a couple times and this is when im being led through it by some forum on xda.
when i run the first line i get
error: device not found
from what i have seen this is a driver issue?
i have used this same stuff to help root my phone a while back. could that be an issue?
i tried the commands while the device was in recovery and while in fastboot mode.
thanks again
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Just trying it on my device and I get the same, its not mounting it here either.

sounds like im stuck until i can get my hands on a stock recovery image

Davyphil said:
sounds like im stuck until i can get my hands on a stock recovery image
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Reading from that thread the only way to wipe encrypted image is if you boot into it, not sure the standard recovery will do it

When I found out that the encryption was the problem I tried to do a factory reset in the settings and it just booted me into clockworkmod. I should have just flashed stock recovery then.... lesson learned.
I hope I didnt make an expensive paperweight.

Davyphil said:
When I found out that the encryption was the problem I tried to do a factory reset in the settings and it just booted me into clockworkmod. I should have just flashed stock recovery then.... lesson learned.
I hope I didnt make an expensive paperweight.
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Is it working now?
I've managed to get mine mounted in recovery, just testing the push of files now.

no I havent been able to get it mounted

Davyphil said:
no I havent been able to get it mounted
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Yours is a bit more difficult but I have managed to mount and push files in recovery to my sd card.
Need to work out how to format yours now.
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could there be a way to partition and do some sort of "dual-boot"
just a random idea.

G2x got stuck in CWM, and cant mount.

Could you please help me on this?
I have LG G2X. Today, I successfully flashed it to EB 4.0.3 using CWM via NVFlash. After that, I couldn't use internal SD, then I changed a number in a file in etc folder( based on instruction online). I messed up after that. It said that my External SD card is corrupted. I tried to format it.
After that, it kept booting to Recovery mode with 5 line error : E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command ...
I cant wipe. I can flash the zip files but nothing's changed.
Please help me on this.
Thank you so much,
PSC.

please help
Could you please give me a hint ?

Have you tried formatting all partitions and reflashing the rom?

Theonew said:
Have you tried formatting all partitions and reflashing the rom?
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I am stuck in CWM and cant wipe or format any partitions. Do you know any software that can format partitions instead.
Thank you so much,

phusacon said:
I am stuck in CWM and cant wipe or format any partitions. Do you know any software that can format partitions instead.
Thank you so much,
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What happens when you try to do it using CWM?

try restoring it to factory default
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088728

Same Problem.
PLEASE Help!!!!
Stuck in CWM. After restore phone goes straight to CWM when powering up. I tried to reflash CWM with NVFlash One-Click-Recovery flash, tried different ROMs, still same problem.