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[Q] SD Not Mounting in CWM "Unable to write ums lunfile"

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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xmc wildchild22 said:
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.

AgentCherryColla said:
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?

WeekendsR2Short said:
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.

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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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
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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!!!!

WeekendsR2Short said:
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.

[Q] root error

im using the [TOOL] HTC MyTouch 4G Slide All-In-One Toolkit V2.0 [6-9-2012][Noob-Proof] and when i try to install zip from sd card it says e: cant mount /sdcard/....help please

Use HTCdev/Juopunutbear.
Sent from Spaceball One.

blackknightavalon said:
Use HTCdev/Juopunutbear.
Sent from Spaceball One.
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thanks but im kinda new to this and i screwed up...i wiped the phone and its stuck on the splash screen and cant get any boot.img to take....

curtisparker82 said:
thanks but im kinda new to this and i screwed up...i wiped the phone and its stuck on the splash screen and cant get any boot.img to take....
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Are you running a stock ROM or one of the variations of stock?
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....I'd say with S-On And bootloader locked, you are. The boot.img you're PROBABLY looking for is in the "Blue6IX" Thread in my signature. About halfway down post #1 & you'll find the retail stock images. That sounds mostly likely where you're at.

Pantech Flex P8010 - Stock Recovery and Root (IMG Files)

Thanks to XDA Member noobfordroid we now have the original Boot.img and Recovery.img files that we can use to further our development for this great phone. I plan on taking a better look at them later today, but until then you all are free to check them out! noobfordroid would of posted himself but he doesn't have enough posts to post a link yet.
BOOT IMG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gq3d442q8hendyp/boot.img
RECOVERY IMG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k49ll0mjerj84xi/recovery.img

jSterling said:
Thanks to XDA Member noobfordroid we now have the original Boot.img and Recovery.img files that we can use to further our development for this great phone. I plan on taking a better look at them later today, but until then you all are free to check them out! noobfordroid would of posted himself but he doesn't have enough posts to post a link yet.
BOOT IMG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gq3d442q8hendyp/boot.img
RECOVERY IMG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k49ll0mjerj84xi/recovery.img
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awesome i will work on a cwm port ! rite now! i should have it by the end of the week now it would be on the rest of the community on how to flash it as im a noob at recoveries
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jSterling said:
Thanks to XDA Member noobfordroid we now have the original Boot.img and Recovery.img files that we can use to further our development for this great phone. I plan on taking a better look at them later today, but until then you all are free to check them out! noobfordroid would of posted himself but he doesn't have enough posts to post a link yet.
BOOT IMG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gq3d442q8hendyp/boot.img
RECOVERY IMG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k49ll0mjerj84xi/recovery.img
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if im not mistaken cant we just do this ? http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Build_a_custom_recovery_image now that we have the image

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atadres said:
awesome i will work on a cwm port ! rite now! i should have it by the end of the week now it would be on the rest of the community on how to flash it as im a noob at recoveries
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if im not mistaken cant we just do this ? http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Build_a_custom_recovery_image now that we have the image
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I ported the cwm recovery and tried to push it to the phone but it is giving an error.
[email protected]:/home/shyamalapati/android/out/target/product/p8010# fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (6904 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.707s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Not Support !!)
finished. total time: 1.713s

fails to write smh have u tried to manualy write the recovery image using root explorer on the phone just replace the file in the directory ?

I'm going to have to take a look when I get to my mother in laws. Has anyone tried asking a developer for the Pantech Burst? There may be a simple solution to the issue that we are overlooking.
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EDIT: Also, maybe the recovery partition has a type of lock? Similar to S-ON maybe? I'm going to ask some Pantech Burst developers to see what they have to say.

From doing a few searches with the error it seems to come up often in Pantech phones (other brands as well). It could be the version of CWM or it could just be a locked bootloader issue, or just a bootloader issue. I'm not sure myself but I'm getting my netbook set up with Mint and ditching the VM so I can find out myself.
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EDIT: My VM is up and running now and I'm going to explore. From what I've gathered so far we need to unlock the bootloader to be able to flash anything to the partitions, this can be done with "fastboot oem unlock" I don't know if that command is going to be that easy but I'm going to check it out! If that fails then were going to need to tackle the bootloader first, also for the recovery, Rootzwiki has been a great source, and they have a tutorial for everything we are looking into, there is a command but I can't remember it right now in fastboot that allows us to boot partitions without them effecting the phone. We should try booting the recovery to see if it works, if it works we may need to flash something in the recovery to unlock the bootloader. I might be completely wrong but hopefully the unlock command works.

jSterling said:
From doing a few searches with the error it seems to come up often in Pantech phones (other brands as well). It could be the version of CWM or it could just be a locked bootloader issue, or just a bootloader issue. I'm not sure myself but I'm getting my netbook set up with Mint and ditching the VM so I can find out myself.
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EDIT: My VM is up and running now and I'm going to explore. From what I've gathered so far we need to unlock the bootloader to be able to flash anything to the partitions, this can be done with "fastboot oem unlock" I don't know if that command is going to be that easy but I'm going to check it out! If that fails then were going to need to tackle the bootloader first, also for the recovery, Rootzwiki has been a great source, and they have a tutorial for everything we are looking into, there is a command but I can't remember it right now in fastboot that allows us to boot partitions without them effecting the phone. We should try booting the recovery to see if it works, if it works we may need to flash something in the recovery to unlock the bootloader. I might be completely wrong but hopefully the unlock command works.
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yeah sounds right youve had an evo before idk when but if ur one of the early users of the froyo root method we had to unlock a bootloader using a certain comand in adb to be able to downgrade to an earlier 2.2 that was rootable before the one clicks came out ill try to find that old evo tutorial and find that command lol there was a video i belive with it and the rootz wiki is what my other link on the other page was supposed to send u to i guess i missed a couple of words in the URL on that other page lol good luck to you keep us updated im glad the flex has gotten a community like ours that can use examples to start from scratch

Command should be "fastboot boot recovery.img". User attn1 from the burst developers said if it boots the recovery we should be able to install it with the recovery. I can also use fastboot on Windows in case anyone is interested. Also can we get the custom CWM posted?
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@noobfordroid could you please PM us a link to your cwm recovery ? wow @jsterrling someone from burst actually replied ive been trying for a while now lol hope we can get this up and going using the fastboot command and that the security measures on this boot loader are not insane like that of HTC
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Btw any of you heard about the pantech discover coming out soon specs are close to ours but with better hardware like camera and display

Yeah, I actually joined the IRC channel and left a message, he was nice enough to reply back right after I got off of work. I'm probably going to be pretty busy up until Friday with work, I took a lot of time off for other reasons but I'm going to try to work on unlocking the bootloader when I can. Fastboot can be used in Windows just installed the Google USB drivers that come with the SDK and all is well.
We just need a custom CWM which I guess I'm going to start working on unless noobfordroid can post his.

jSterling said:
Yeah, I actually joined the IRC channel and left a message, he was nice enough to reply back right after I got off of work. I'm probably going to be pretty busy up until Friday with work, I took a lot of time off for other reasons but I'm going to try to work on unlocking the bootloader when I can. Fastboot can be used in Windows just installed the Google USB drivers that come with the SDK and all is well.
We just need a custom CWM which I guess I'm going to start working on unless noobfordroid can post his.
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at the risk of being fired ive been on here at work all day lol i was also at work when me and donovan01 were working on the root for the flex lol im captivated at starting from scratch feels like were all pioneers that our work would prbly help out future pantech users since it seems pantech is trying to become a top tier cell phone company now

atadres said:
at the risk of being fired ive been on here at work all day lol i was also at work when me and donovan01 were working on the root for the flex lol im captivated at starting from scratch feels like were all pioneers that our work would prbly help out future pantech users since it seems pantech is trying to become a top tier cell phone company now
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Yeah they're showing some nice phones now and this has to be probably the best smartphone I've ever owned, camera aside. They just need to support developers but as soon as they do that ill be a pantech customer for life.
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I will send the link a soon as i get home
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noobfordroid said:
I will send the link a soon as i get home
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I tried teh fastboot recovery but it is still booting to the phone. Will try to create the recovery again and try
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noobfordroid said:
I tried teh fastboot recovery but it is still booting to the phone. Will try to create the recovery again and try
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boot.img - http:// db .tt/kKJM0n6z
recovery.img - http:// db .tt/SNmTapqg
cwm recovery - http:// db .tt/k6eVZagS

Awesome, I'll take a look tomorrow. Also boot.img and recovery.img are stock I'm assuming?
EDIT: Post #100!!!

Yes.they are stock
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[/COLOR]Ok guys boot into recovery with volume up plus power button! then tap volume up + DOWN at the same time it pulls up a menue with the words reboot system now apply update from external Storage wipe data factory reset apply update from cache and when your rooted a new button comes up that says rooted! lol ? ? and when u press on it it says this device was rooted lol seriously pantech tryinna thruw our warrinties under the bus or what!

cwm recovery
The cwm recovery i posted above is not working. I followed a guide online to port that recovery. Can someone post any tutorial for posting cwm?

Looks like we need to consult the burst.developers. did it just hang at fastboot?
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http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/10/porting-clockwork-recovery-to-new.html here you go i think youd have to change the repo from gingerbread to ICS u know lol so we dont end up with abad port

[Q] ZTE Warp CWM recovery flash

Hi!
This is my first post so please be patient and tolerant if i dont use the right place to put this thread, use wrong terminology, or if simply my question is to stupid....
My problem is the following:
I was searching for a way to flash cwm recovery over my twrp and instead of using the one for my Skyrocket i flashed one for the ZTE Warp... (I later found the right zip file here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659)
The phone is still working but it takes a very long time to load when i turn it on and it crashes all the time.... Without knowing what the problem was I flashed the correct cwm recovery for Skyrocket thinking it would solve the issue, but it didnt...
I have tried wiping (factory reset), restoring from previous backups and flashing the cwm over but nothing seems to work...
Please help me solve this problem!
Im running on CM10 stable version.
Thank you very much

I would flash a stock rom with Odin and hope that clears everything up. And then start over with the correct custom recovery. You've found the right guides by vincom to do that.
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jd1639 said:
I would flash a stock rom with Odin and hope that clears everything up. And then start over with the correct custom recovery. You've found the right guides by vincom to do that.
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Ok thanks ill try that and tell you how it went

It works
It wooooooooooooooooooooorked!!!! :good:
My phone came back from the dead and I am soooooo happy!!!
Here is what I did:
Flashed Gingerbread Stock Firmaware with Odin. After it was successfully flashed the phone rebooted on its own. The att "rethink possible" logo appeared and after a while it went away but the same animation with the same logo loaded itself again... this happen millions of times (for about an hour) and it never loaded the OS. When I tried to turn it off it wouldnt let me but finally made it somehow... then I manually entered stock recovery mode made a factory reset and cahe partition wipe as well, rebooted the phone and it worked!
I am really happy!!! thank you all for helping me out!

The boot loop is typical if you don't do the factory reset. That's what got you through the boot loop. Glad everything is working.
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el.marco23 said:
It wooooooooooooooooooooorked!!!! :good:
My phone came back from the dead and I am soooooo happy!!!
Here is what I did:
Flashed Gingerbread Stock Firmaware with Odin. After it was successfully flashed the phone rebooted on its own. The att "rethink possible" logo appeared and after a while it went away but the same animation with the same logo loaded itself again... this happen millions of times (for about an hour) and it never loaded the OS. When I tried to turn it off it wouldnt let me but finally made it somehow... then I manually entered stock recovery mode made a factory reset and cahe partition wipe as well, rebooted the phone and it worked!
I am really happy!!! thank you all for helping me out!
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All you need to do is factory reset. Lmao.
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el.marco23 said:
Hi!
This is my first post so please be patient and tolerant if i dont use the right place to put this thread, use wrong terminology, or if simply my question is to stupid....
My problem is the following:
I was searching for a way to flash cwm recovery over my twrp and instead of using the one for my Skyrocket i flashed one for the ZTE Warp... (I later found the right zip file here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659)
The phone is still working but it takes a very long time to load when i turn it on and it crashes all the time.... Without knowing what the problem was I flashed the correct cwm recovery for Skyrocket thinking it would solve the issue, but it didnt...
I have tried wiping (factory reset), restoring from previous backups and flashing the cwm over but nothing seems to work...
Please help me solve this problem!
Im running on CM10 stable version.
Thank you very much
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Where did you find a STABLE VERSION of CM10, could you send me that zip??

flash mygalaxy s2 i727 cell phone
I change the lcd and the mother board and i flash my samsung galaxy s2 i727.The problem when you turn it on the samsung word comes up and go into dark and don't show nothing after that? what can i do to resolved that problem help.....
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I have change my lcd and the mother board out because the lcd was broken and got wet. When i fix it i flash it and theonly thing it do is the samsung word come up but go blank. the main screen is not showing or the the symbols the screen is in a sleeping mode and not showing anything?.How can i resolve that situation please help.....
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I change the lcd and the mother board and it got wet. I flash my samsung galaxy s2 i727.The problem when you turn it on the samsung word comes up and go into dark and don't show nothing after that? what can i do to resolved that problem help.....

So which is it? It's wet now or what?
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xcrazydx said:
So which is it? It's wet now or what?
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I replace the lcd and the mother board. It is not coming up period just show the samsung logo and go into death mood......
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kangenlionel said:
I replace the lcd and the mother board. It is not coming up period just show the samsung logo and go into death mood......
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And i also flash the phone too....

kangenlionel said:
I replace the lcd and the mother board. It is not coming up period just show the samsung logo and go into death mood......
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And i also flash the phone too....
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What is death mood?
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[Q] Hard Brick? Unauthorized Software

So I took the 4.3 OTA (like an idiot) and Saferooted. All has worked very well. No custom ROMs etc, just few root-authorized apps (TBU etc.)
Last night in the dead of night I decided to factory reset my phone and let my wife use the phone for a bit (she is thinking about switching from her iPhone). So I backed up with TBU then wanted to back up a Nandroid with CWM. I used ROM Manager to update to the latest version of CWM then asked to reboot into recovery.
Here is where the problems begin. When the phone went to boot into recovery the phone says in small red letters 'SECURE FAIL: KERNEL'. Then in a large warning 'System software not authroized by verizon has been found on you phone. Please turn off you phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help.'
What are my options to move forward? I saw this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166 but that specifically references hard bricked phones. Is that what I have?
I feel like if I could boot into the ROM I would be okay as that is stock, but the phone keeps trying to boot into recovery. Just before the unauthorized warning I see the small blue letter saying 'RECOVERY BOOTING'
I feel like an idiot. In my late night haze I totally forgot that this phone is all locked up. I have been messing about with several phones (installing ROMs and recoveries etc.) that I totally forgot that this phone does not have a custom recovery because of this exact issue.
Any advice? Thanks!

Well, I must not have searched before my first post adequately because, as expected there are several posts about this issue. All basically amount to Odining stock 4.3 onto the phone. Problem is I cannot find stock 4.3 anywhere. Links seem to be broken. Can anyone help?
Thanks

Your problem was flashing CWM, right now only safestrap will work for a recovery. At the moment can you get into download mode? If so, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
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You can also try this thread; http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-s-iii-rooting-roms-hacks/348558-help-odin-4-3-a.html
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shewantsmyduck said:
Your problem was flashing CWM, right now only safestrap will work for a recovery. At the moment can you get into download mode? If so, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
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You can also try this thread; http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-s-iii-rooting-roms-hacks/348558-help-odin-4-3-a.html
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Perfect. Thanks for the link, not sure why it didn't come up in my searches