Hey guys I seem to have quite a problem with my skyrocket. My internal storage has become read-only. No amount of wiping, formatting, or flashing with ODIN changes anything.
As soon as anything on my phone tries to save data, the /data partition gets remounted as RO and every app begins to crash.
I tried a factory reset, which reported success until I booted up and everything was still there on the phone.
So I tried to reflash the phone with ODIN which also reported success, but when the phone rebooted it was still running the same ROM (CM10 nightly) and all my old data was still there. I've tried flashing both the rom and the recovery and neither can be written to.
Any ideas on what happened? Sadly the phone was a refurb and so it's 90 day warranty is up so I can't just send it in.
Edit: I should add that I didn't do anything to the phone when this happened. It happened during the evening while I was out. I woke up the next morning to my phone force closing and on reboot all the texts and pictures I had since about 12:30 AM were gone.
What did you flash with Odin?
Try flashing a completely stock build.
Remounting partition as RO happens when partition has errors. You might want to reflash stock with repartitioning, there is a PIT map in one of the threads on the main page of Q&A.
Jack_R1 said:
What did you flash with Odin?
Try flashing a completely stock build.
Remounting partition as RO happens when partition has errors. You might want to reflash stock with repartitioning, there is a PIT map in one of the threads on the main page of Q&A.
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Originally I tried flashing a different CWM build and TWRP. Neither of which actually got written to the phone.
I just tried flashing stock ICS without repartitioning and it booted right back into CM10.
So next I tried flashing stock with re-partitioning checked and a PIT file vincom had posted in another thread. It still booted right back into CM10 after reporting success in ODIN.
Very strange, but if even download mode doesn't succeed in writing to the device - I don't think there's anything that can be done but HW repair.
That's what I thought as well. I've found a couple of other people with the same problem throughout the various GS2 variants. Unfortunately the only fix I've seen anyone find is to get a replacement from Samsung.
I may have to buy one off someone with a broken screen and swap out the circuit boards.
to clarify, do not check "repartitioning" in odin, it will cause a hardbrick for the skyrocket, in op's case he has a nand error so repartitioning wont cause a hardbrick because it wont repartition since it wont write anything because a failure in the nand(write failure). as far as i know its a hardware failure and there is no workaround for that failure. but u can read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704646 and see if the steps there will help
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I have a strange issue with my samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket AT&T, it keeps on rebooting every one or two minutes, by itself.
I have been busy with this for two days without success, I tried the following:
- unstalling apps: not working, after any reboot (automatic or manual) the apps reappear again.
- using Odin to install another rom. Not working, even after a green success signal in Odin, the phone reboots and nothing has changed. All (many) apps that I installed still are present, the same settings etc, everything is the same. I tried to install different ROMS with Odin, without any effect.
- deleting all folders and files when the phone is plugged in the pc,...after phone reboot all folders and files re-appear again, nothing changed.
Assistance with this issue is very welcome.
Thank you
I've seen this issue before with it rebooting because of a stuck power button. Not sure if that would be the culprit in your situation or not. Especially with folders re-appearing and what not.
sounds like the same as this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751338
possible fix Using loop devices to workaround corrupt eMMC partitions
Had the issue before. Never pinpointed the exact cause, but I moved all my pics/music/crap I wanted to keep to my external and went ape chyt on wiping. Formatted internal via the comp, then went into mounts & wiped everything! Fresh install & only reinstalled apps (no data) with titanium. Been smooth sailing since.
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vincom said:
sounds like the same as this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751338
possible fix Using loop devices to workaround corrupt eMMC partitions
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This ^^^^^ Is what fixed mine
Tsaxmafia said:
This ^^^^^ Is what fixed mine
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The workaround in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704646 is too complicated for me. I'm not a programmer, just a regular user that knows how to use Odin and install a custom ROM, but that's it. I guess I have to return it under warranty by AT&T
Although I would like to erase everything (i got a backup). At the moment all data, apps, email and phone numbers are visible when booting up (at least for 1 or two minutes before it reboots by itself) and I don't like them at ATT checking that out.
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The workaround in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704646 is too complicated for me. I'm not a programmer, just a regular user that knows how to use Odin and install a custom ROM, but that's it. I guess I have to return it under warranty by AT&T
Although I would like to erase everything (i got a backup). At the moment all data, apps, email and phone numbers are visible when booting up (at least for 1 or two minutes before it reboots by itself) and I don't like them at ATT checking that out.
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then try bricking it, use odin and check repartition and see what happens, also see if a factory reset will wipe your data
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then try bricking it, use odin and check repartition and see what happens, also see if a factory reset will wipe your data
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I tried to brick it without success yet.
Odin repartitioning gives this message:
"Can't open the specified file. (Line: 1876)"
and give a FAIL
Factory reset has not effect whatsoever, all stays the same. By the way, gives this message
Error mounting /sdcard/ .android_sercure!
Any other bricking methods/tips are welcome
Thanks
orfeo.one said:
I tried to brick it without success yet.
Odin repartitioning gives this message:
"Can't open the specified file. (Line: 1876)"
and give a FAIL
Factory reset has not effect whatsoever, all stays the same. By the way, gives this message
Error mounting /sdcard/ .android_sercure!
Any other bricking methods/tips are welcome
Thanks
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try mount the sdcard, flash a tar file from another phone or a zip file from another phone like the i777, i know that it didnt write to the nand before but you never know. or learn how to use adb, maybe it can delete stuff, but i never used it so cant help u there.
u can also try to short out the usb port by touch wires inside the port as it may fry something up in the phone so it cant turn on
If you installed an app that seems chair than what it should be worth or from a random website, you could have a virus...first try uninstalling the culprit, if not, you may need to do a factory rest
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raynan said:
If you installed an app that seems chair than what it should be worth or from a random website, you could have a virus...first try uninstalling the culprit, if not, you may need to do a factory rest
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I've gone through all that, factory reset, uninstalling apps etc..nothing works since after the auto reboot all changes appear to have no effect. I.e. new pictures taken are not stored after the reboot. I'm stuck with all settings and files of one particular time a week ago, that keeps on reappearing. As far as I understand this is a corrupt partition issue. But thanks for replying anyway..this issue doesn't seem to happen very often.
I used an app called Divide (yes I went to their website to find an answer first) and it divides your device between work & play. Acts like a partition. I removed the app but the device is still maintains the partition. It is not visible my device is only showing as a 4 GB device and it is a 8GB 3113-wifi only.
I'm running a rooted 4.12 JB version of a 3110 rom on the only partition visible. Tried flashing other roms thru odin but it never changes from the current version. Or I get aborted/fail. Anyway I think it is a partitioning issue. The back up I made before using the Divide app won't restore it back to the way it was.
Is there any way I can repartition it back from 4GB to 8?
Have you tried contacting the app's developer for support?
Yes, but it didn't help
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Have you tried contacting the app's developer for support?
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It still won't unpartition the device what they are suggesting. So I have just 4GBs now out of 8. I tried reflashing, factory resets from both the device settings menu and CWM. It won't restore the unrooted version. So it will just wipe the user data that's it.
So I take it I can't try the other rooting version TRP or TRW not sure what it is called? It is not bricked don't want to brick it. Have a fail safe a product warranty. I can drop it water for awhile or on cement crack the screen and get another one. Can't send in for repair because of rooting. Only thing is I am still under manufacturers one year warranty but not really with rooting.
Any suggestions?
Have you tried formatting your system through recovery? mounts and storage > format system. I would then try kies instead of odin to do an emergency recovery.
Tried Odin
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Have you tried formatting your system through recovery? mounts and storage > format system. I would then try kies instead of odin to do an emergency recovery.
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Mounts & storage? I tried it too, so far nothing changes the partitioning. I can't flash another rom on it. I tried flashing one of the latest ones and it keeps giving me aborted. Even after reflashing to stock from odin. Nothing changes it from the one I'm using stock 4.12 signed leftist or something like that. The rom that says go have a sandwich and come back.
Hello!
I can no longer flash anything to my GT-P5110, even factory reset has no effect. The internal storage seems to be read-only.
I think this is a longer story: About one year ago the stock firmware became incredibly slow, to the point that processes started to force close, then my user data was lost, and after factory reset the tablet went into endless boot loop.
So I decided to give CM10 a try and it worked flawlessly. The tablet was fast again. I even could upgrade to CM11 later. But around 2 month ago, only sometimes processes started to force-close or the tablet randomly rebooted itself - mostly during charging. I left it that way in the charger for some days because I had no time to bother with that issue. Then, I tried to factory reset my device only to find out that this has absolutely no effect. Installing app updates: No effect. Changing system settings: No effect. And apps start to force-close at an insane rate short after boot. The device is unusable. My could only shut down and reboot into recovery. I left the tablet lying around, turned off, out of charger, for 2 months. Now I tried to investigate:
When I "adb shell" into recovery and call dmesg, I see lots of these lines:
Code:
mmcblk0: timed out sending SET_BLOCK_COUNT command, card status 0x400d00
I think something is really broken with the internal storage. I tried to flash a newer recovery but it has no effect, even when done from download mode.
Factory reset sometimes fails with an error. Reinstalling CM fails with an error. Wiping cache seemingly succeeds but I'm sure it has no effect. I tried installing SlimRom instead which seemingly succeeds, too - but after reboot I'm greeted with the CM boot logo again.
I tried to flash stock firmware with Odin. It is very very slow, runs for about 15 minutes, then fails at around 50%. Of course: That "half flashed firmware" does in no way affect the device: It still boots CM11 "without problems", then a few seconds after finishing boot (showing home screen), force-closes start to pop-up.
What should I do? I suppose the device is out of warranty for a few weeks or months, now. And even when not: It has been flashed with CM, the triangle counter is not zero. I suppose that combination of problems (read-only/failing storage, non-stock firmware) voids warranty in a way that Samsung will deny any repair. If at least I could return the device to stock firmware things would be different maybe.
Any ideas what I could try? Is it possible that the internal storage is simply fried? fsck'ing the partitions shows no errors, just the data partition is unclean with unwritten journal data but all data is readable. So the internal storage has probably not died. It just sticks to read-only mode for whatever reason.
I've found some posts with similar problems but those seem to be about older Galaxy Tab 1 devices built 2011 or before.
Just reading over this and it sounds very similar to what I'm currently facing, which is doubly annoying as no one else has chipped in a solution
I had reboot issues with my Tab2 10.1 (GT-P5110) on stock so after realizing I'd need to factory reset bite the bullet and rooted so I could use CM10.
Had occasional reboots but nothing I couldn't live with however from yesterday evening the tablet is seemingly stuck in a boot loop. It comes on, some apps fire up and an update starts. Sometimes apps force close then BOOM I get the boot splash screen.
I've tried factory reset in recovery (CWM 6.0.2.7) to no avail and wiping just about everything which also had no noticeable effect as all my settings and the rom are still the same when I get back in (albeit briefly!).
I've tried flashing new recovery via ODIN which reported a success however that also didn't appear to take. I'm beginning to think it some serious file system or storage corruption ;(
Same problem here...
Hopefully someone can come up with a solution or at least a cause. I've tried to Odin every recovery available for my 5113 and nothing has taken. I'm currently on Omni with cwm and tried to update to the latest cwm and twrp and aroma installer yet nothing takes. I too rooted because of the incessant bootloops about 3 months ago.
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Hopefully someone can come up with a solution or at least a cause. I've tried to Odin every recovery available for my 5113 and nothing has taken. I'm currently on Omni with cwm and tried to update to the latest cwm and twrp and aroma installer yet nothing takes. I too rooted because of the incessant bootloops about 3 months ago.
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For what I can tell, my device is effectively read-only. Even in download mode (Odin) I cannot even flash a different recovery (tried to flash TWRP, still boots CWM).
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For what I can tell, my device is effectively read-only. Even in download mode (Odin) I cannot even flash a different recovery (tried to flash TWRP, still boots CWM).
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exactly, can't even uninstall an app. It's as if it boots from a permanent back up because even deleting pictures or files isn't permanently successful. You can uninstall and delete to your hearts content, get false hope, and get crushed after it reboots and everything is unchanged
Not looking very optimistic for this I was getting a similar inkling that it's gone into a permanent RO mode as not even the wipes from recovery have an effect. I'd also tried un-installing apps as I noticed one updating and thought it was crashing it however even when it did fire up and I disabled WLAN to stop Play Store auto-updating and removed the app on the next reboot cycle the app was back:crying::crying:
I fear I may have a big white paperweight....
Sounds like the internal partitions might need to be completely reformatted. This CAN be done through recovery, but is tricky... However without actually having your device in my hand I'm not sure 100 what the best course of action would be. Try searching for the commands to format (or maybe someone else will post them) or maybe PM me for them but no promises. I won't post them publicly on XDA because honestly there are too many users who do stuff like one-click root and don't actually know what they're doing and I don't want to be in some way responsible for someone following the command wrong and bricking their device for good. I don't need that on my conscience. Personal choice.
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Sounds like the internal partitions might need to be completely reformatted. This CAN be done through recovery, but is tricky... However without actually having your device in my hand I'm not sure 100 what the best course of action would be. Try searching for the commands to format (or maybe someone else will post them) or maybe PM me for them but no promises. I won't post them publicly on XDA because honestly there are too many users who do stuff like one-click root and don't actually know what they're doing and I don't want to be in some way responsible for someone following the command wrong and bricking their device for good. I don't need that on my conscience. Personal choice.
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Would this method be any different to the way it attempts to reformat the internal partitions when you select to format the various mounts from CWM? If so I'm more then willing to give it a go as I really have nothing to lose as the damn thing is useless atm!
shakatu said:
Sounds like the internal partitions might need to be completely reformatted. This CAN be done through recovery, but is tricky... However without actually having your device in my hand I'm not sure 100 what the best course of action would be. Try searching for the commands to format (or maybe someone else will post them) or maybe PM me for them but no promises. I won't post them publicly on XDA because honestly there are too many users who do stuff like one-click root and don't actually know what they're doing and I don't want to be in some way responsible for someone following the command wrong and bricking their device for good. I don't need that on my conscience. Personal choice.
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Good call......Smart move?
help!!
same issue here , sort of .. i have stock rom and stock recovery and i cannot flash CWM .. no matter how many times i try through ODIN or hemidal nothing changes.. any idea what is going on here?
PMs have been sent. Hopefully it works.
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im also having this issue with my galaxy tab2 7".. help is badly needed
Well, the proposed fix I had didn't help. Was worth a shot...
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hope someone finds a solution for this.
No Access to ADB
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PMs have been sent. Hopefully it works.
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Hi Shakatu,thanks for the PM, however, my device in ADB is unauthorised, so wont let me get into shell. Is there a way around this please?
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same issue here , sort of .. i have stock rom and stock recovery and i cannot flash CWM .. no matter how many times i try through ODIN or hemidal nothing changes.. any idea what is going on here?
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Unmark "Auto Reboot" in Odin when CWM is flashed... Stock room overwrites it during start.
After flashed CWM start in Recovery mode and flash new ROM.
this is offtopic in this tread
same problem please help me... :crying:
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Unmark "Auto Reboot" in Odin when CWM is flashed... Stock room overwrites it during start.
After flashed CWM start in Recovery mode and flash new ROM.
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i have tried that 100 times .. its also exactlly what this thread is about , not being able to flash because nothing changes..
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i have tried that 100 times .. its also exactlly what this thread is about , not being able to flash because nothing changes..
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same here too, i have same issue.. unable to flash or do anything to my phone....
Probably this is the end for our tab. As off now the tab is useless.
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The tab P6800 I got here with me had data corruption, boot-loop. I tried to flash CWM/TWRP using odin to backup the data first, but unfortunately whenever flash complete (without error) and the device reboot, it still go back to stock recovery. I think this tab had some kind of protection.
Gaining root in stock recovery, I managed to backup the data using dd. However when I tried to wipe and reboot, nothing changed. It boots back with all previous data intact.
Then I tried to manually zeroed out the partition using dd. No luck there, stills intact.
Tried to mount the data partition, delete and write some stuff into it, it can successfully delete, write and read back. However when rebooted, the data is gone and back to where it was before. Which probably means the data written before probably cached into ram.
Is the memory is in some kind of read-only mode? Is there is any fix for this? Or is it just emmc wear out and need a board replacement?
Sorry to hear your experience, it does seem remarkably similar to mine that I posted here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-7-7/help/wont-install-rom-wont-install-apps-t2908578
I never did find a solution though but if you get some success I should love to hear it.
Likewise I suspect the emmc, I think I have the superbrick bug as I recall running the test app when I first got the device. So I am guessing this has manifested itself. Very frustrating too, my Tab is in tip top condition otherwise.
Sorry to hear you too.
I already tried everything I can think of except NAND erase and Flash lock on ODIN. Don't know what flash lock means though.
Guess replacing emmc/board is the only way to solve it now.
I'm giving up.
I have been routinely flashing CM 11 ROMs on nightly basis since the past year without any problems. However, the last Nightly I installed started giving me errors like xyz.process.com stopped etc etc. So, I decided to wipe everything through my TWRP recovery by wiping cache, data, internal storage (I have done this before for a clean install many times), but this time even when I wipe EVERYTHING and flash the latest nightly and the Gapps, the tablet boots into the same old version. I have done this repeatedly but with no success.
The strange thing was that when I even tried uninstalling individual apps, like I installed Whtsapp, Viber, Twitter, a few games, they did get uninstalled but on the next reboot, all the apps were back?! How is it even possible?!
Steps I have done to resolve this issue:
1-Flashed the newer ROM, nothing changed.
2-Tried wiping everything to no avail.
3-Tried flashing stock ROM like 20 times via Odin but it always fail midway.
4-Tried flashing Philz recovery via Odin, it succeeds but when I reboot in recovery, the same old TWRP recovery is there.
5-Tried flashing newer TWRP recovery via img file by booting into recovery,finding the img file and flashing it, it also succeeds but when I reboot into recovery, it still boots into the older TWRP recovery.
6-Tried flashing newer TWRP via Odin, it too succeeds but when I reboot into recovery, the old version is still there.
I mean, anything I do, the system wont change/wipe. Please help!
16gb Tab2?
Sounds like a emmc issue,maybe a emmc firmware update is needed to get back right access to your tab, in bad case the emmc needs a replacement. If you are from europe: i know someone from austria who can fix it for you. Added some notes about that issue on the faq on my github userpage.
Can you install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check and post a screenshot of it?
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I tried install the app but was unable to as the gapp.google.com stop working thing wont let me. So I tried installing it through the web, it didnt install but the tab rebooted and is now stuck at boot. Wont shut down either
How to fix the emmc issue? Update? I m far away from Europe
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How to fix the emmc issue? Update? I m far away from Europe
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Update the emmc firmware (only via ISP possible) or replace the emmc. Maybe you can find someone who's able to do it...
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Update the emmc firmware (only via ISP possible) or replace the emmc. Maybe you can find someone who's able to do it...
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Via ISP? Pleas explain. And are we sure that this is am emmc problem? Because I can boot and use the tab to some extent, it's not totally bricked I guess. What about the procedure here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-2/general/discussion-alternative-tab-2-emmc-bug-t3306862
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Via ISP? Pleas explain. And are we sure that this is am emmc problem? Because I can boot and use the tab to some extent, it's not totally bricked I guess. What about the procedure here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-2/general/discussion-alternative-tab-2-emmc-bug-t3306862
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I am not an expert on this, someone else would have to explain it if you have further questions about ISP etc.
I am quite sure it's the problem, if wipe / format does nothing and flash via odin also doesn't change anything... Your emmc is read only...
From the EMMC data sheet:
5.1.7 End of Life Management:
The end of device life time is defined when there is no more available reserved block for bad block management in the device. When the device reaches to end of its life time, device shall change its state to permanent write protection state. In this case, write operation is not allowed any more but read operation are still allowed.
But, reliability of the operation can not be guaranteed after end of life.
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On a faulty EMMC firmware it happens a lot faster.
There's no way to boot from microSD, you would need to flash a modified boot.img at least which is imposible if the emmc is read only.
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Thanks for your input. Well, Odin is able to write the recoveries to the Tab, and shows that they are pass, doesnt that mean it is still writing? Also, Odin attempts to write the stock firmware but fails half way, I also also suspect a faulty cable. And should I try the procedure given in the link I quoted?
I am also downloading the Jtag suite like here: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f672/p5100-how-repair-2118618/
Ok, I just saw your website https://andi34.github.io/faq_de.html I think I am screwed.