I have a Thinkpad 1838 25U tablet that is stuck at the boot screen after attempting to flash it with closckworkmod. I cannot access the internal storage files to restore the operating system and when I contacted Lenovo they suggested that I reinstall the operating system. When I try to do that in recovery mode all I get is an error that states "file_getprop: failed to stat "/system/build.prop" No such directory E:Error in /tmp/sideload/pack.zip (status 7) Installation aborted. Is there a way to access the internal storage files or a way to re-install the system when the tablet is soft bricked?
What happen was I rooted my tablet with RootDebugfs.bat and then I followed the directions to How to Install ClockworkMod Recovery on the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet on the UnLocker site. Where I messed up was changing the command that was given in the directions. I opened the command prompt and entered each command:
adb push A2109_CWMrecovery-6.0.1.9c.img /mnt/sdcard/
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.backup
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/A2109_CWMrecovery-6.0.1.9c.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
After trying that several time with no luck I changed the last command and file or directory to mmcblk0p5 instead of mmcblk0p1
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
After doing that my screen went blank and when I restarted it, it will not go past the boot screen.
I did back up my system as a backup.ab file. My OS is ICS 4.03 but when I try to re-install the updates on the Lenovo site I get the error message "file_getprop: failed to stat "/system/build.prop" No such directory E:Error in /tmp/sideload/pack.zip (status 7) Installation aborted."
Can anything be done to fix it. I am presently getting ready to start my 2nd semester of college in computer programming and I let my inexperience of commands get the best of me. And caused a big mess.
Is my tablet ruined. Lenovo service dept. said that since my warranty has expired I will have to pay $575 up front to have it repaired.
Any suggestions will be of great help.
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You need a rooted device
1.Step
Patitioning your sd-Card
forum .xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
here is a great Howto for this
2. Step
plug on your device via usb to the computer
if you don't have it enable usb debugging
now extract the zip from the Attachment into the root of your sdcard
3. Step
open and adb shell with
Code:
adb shell
now instert the folloing command
Code:
sh /sdcard/app2sd.sh
4. Step
to install app2sd youst press enter
after some time your phone should be reboot
info : on the x10 they will the led lights show you if there is an error
with the sdcard
but my script creates a failsafe it's on /data/appbak
it will be used if you had an sdcard malfunktion
please say me all errors you have
wolfilein
I may need to edit something because I get this error on my M003 (Via8505) :
mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /dev/block//vold/179:2 on /system/sd failed: Invalid argument
busybox is /busybox/bin/busybox
tet
rm: can't remove '/etc/mount_sd.sh': No such file or directory
Partitioned SDcad with three partitions 1. 7gig Fat32 2. 96MB Swap 3. (1GB-96MB) as ext2
System will not complete boot now. Sits at initial boot screen then goes dark. Never get to animated logos.
Time to reflash ROM
Wanted swapfile. If it's the issue I'll remove it and try again
wolfilein said:
You need a rooted device
1.Step
Patitioning your sd-Card
forum .xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
here is a great Howto for this
2. Step
plug on your device via usb to the computer
if you don't have it enable usb debugging
now extract the zip from the Attachment into the root of your sdcard
3. Step
open and adb shell with
Code:
adb shell
now instert the folloing command
Code:
sh /sdcard/app2sd.sh
4. Step
to install app2sd youst press enter
after some time your phone should be reboot
info : on the x10 they will the led lights show you if there is an error
with the sdcard
but my script creates a failsafe it's on /data/appbak
it will be used if you had an sdcard malfunktion
please say me all errors you have
wolfilein
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so there is a chance that I can brick my phone (kyocera zio 1.6) and since phone doesnt have a recovery i would be screwed? correct?
i would like to know as well...
jcaf77 said:
so there is a chance that I can brick my phone (kyocera zio 1.6) and since phone doesnt have a recovery i would be screwed? correct?
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i've been looking into this as well and was wondering the same thing as jcaf.. i have 0 space on this phone and would love to be able to install stuff onto sd card, thanks in advance
please help me..I got on Xperia X8..
busybox: not found
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, file exists
[2]
rm failed for /etc/mount_sd.sh, No such file or directory
sed: cannot create temp file /init.rccfoXyj: Read only file system
:::finished going reboot now:::
and he keeps restarting after SE logo..
Does it work on i5800 with ROOT?
I bought a CN version, but now try to change to WW version.
But when I try to change the firmware to WW, then I have a error .
status 7 assert failed: write_raw_image (" /tmp/blob" , "staging" )
the TF101 is already rooted.
Any idea how to fix that.
thanks
Are you trying to flash it from the CWM?
Use at your own peril! You have been warned!
You'll need adb on your computer and your TF in CWM recovery. Type in your PC terminal:
adb shell
that will put you in a shell. type the following:
mkdir /staging
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /staging
exit
flash your zip in recovery
after it finishes flashing, reboot and the blob should flash
In the mount command, the last three characters are zero p 4.
The blob flashing command looks for /staging partition or ...0p4. It copies the blob there and the TF is set up to flash whatever is in 0p4 when it starts up. /staging is not mounted in CWM, so we are just helping it along.
I have problem for the MTD device install, when connect to win7.
it said the device cannot start . so, when run the adb shell command, it said no device connect
If you are using my CWM recovery 3.2.0.1 you should be able to mount /staging from the mounts and storage menu. Just do this before flashing the update.
allen03 said:
I have problem for the MTD device install, when connect to win7.
it said the device cannot start . so, when run the adb shell command, it said no device connect
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Did you turn on USB debugging in the settings/applications/development menu?
I recently purchased a Xoom WiFi and wanted to upgrade to 3.2 but due to the fact that I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan I can not get the OTA update in which case I then unlocked, rooted and attempted to install it on my own. I successfully unlocked and rooted my xoom yet I am stuck on the update portion. I'm getting stuck at the "cat /sdcard/update.zip" command in ADB in which it returns with "invalid length" and I can not for the love of me get it to work. The commands I complete until that part are;
adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
adb shell
su
cd /cache
mkdir recovery
then,
cd recovery
echo ‘-update_package=CACHE:/recovery/update.zip’ > command
cat /sdcard/update.zip > update.zip
reboot recovery
which is where I get the "invalid length" after typing the cat /sdcard/update.zip > update.zip command. If anyone could help me out I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks
Mr.Buckley said:
I recently purchased a Xoom WiFi and wanted to upgrade to 3.2 but due to the fact that I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan I can not get the OTA update in which case I then unlocked, rooted and attempted to install it on my own. I successfully unlocked and rooted my xoom yet I am stuck on the update portion. I'm getting stuck at the "cat /sdcard/update.zip" command in ADB in which it returns with "invalid length" and I can not for the love of me get it to work. The commands I complete until that part are;
adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
adb shell
su
cd /cache
mkdir recovery
then,
cd recovery
echo ‘-update_package=CACHE:/recovery/update.zip’ > command
cat /sdcard/update.zip > update.zip
reboot recovery
which is where I get the "invalid length" after typing the cat /sdcard/update.zip > update.zip command. If anyone could help me out I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks
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Nevermind.
Help plz!!!
Hey, I have a similar issue. I'm using adb to install cmw on my p690 but get an error of invalid length for the cat command for /sdcard/flash_image....... can u giv me a soln?
Okay, so i've been trying to find a way to unlock the bootloader on my Samsung Galaxy s3 mini(sm-g730a). In my escapades I managed to screw up the /system/bin/sh file. The phone will still boot up and works for the most part. But it no longer recognizes the fact that the phone has been rooted and i'm unable to use any apps that require root access. I have dd images of my /system partition prior my screw up. My problem is how to get the dd image back onto the phone. I've tried using Heimdall, it didn't work. I can't open the ADB shell to work from there and fix the problem. So, could someone point me in the right direction of how i'd go about restoring the /system partition from the dd image I have?
Hello,
I was trying to update my phone(from settings>about phone) and I had no idea that I should not have done that because my phone is rooted; the downloaded update size was small around 12 megabytes as I remember and after restarting it got stuck into android system recovery <3e> (CWM), gave me that error "Installation aborted" and I can't boot into my system again. Unfortunately I haven't backed up my data and when I try to back them up using CWM it gives me this error "Write error, short write!" I tried recovering the backup file later from SD card on PC, it was damaged but I found out that it always crashes at 4 GB file size; I am using a 32 GB memory card and the size of data to be backed up is around 8 GB.
My questions are: Is there any other way to backup my files and applications data before attempting any repair methods?(My main concern) ;even if it was a physical way...
What should I do next?
This is what I have tried so far (without any luck),
- Wipe cache partition
- I tried installing Aroma file manager in CWM mode from SD card but it always gives me the error "Installation aborted".
- Connecting my phone to PC and choosing apply an update from ADB in CWM (The only way my PC can read my phone). I tried then pull, usb and reboot commands but it always gives me a message saying "error: closed". The only command that works is "adb sideload update.zip(Aroma also)" which gives me "Installation aborted" on the phone.
My mobile version is Acer_AV0K0_E39_1.024.00_EMEA_GEN2 (3 sims version)
=These lines are from the end of the log file for the first time the phone bootlooped trying to install the official update
(Unpacking new recovery...ApplyParsedPerms: chown of /system/bin/su to 0 failed: Operation not permitted
ApplyParsedPerms: chgrp of /system/bin/su to 0 failed: Operation not permitted
ApplyParsedPerms: chmod of /system/bin/su to 420 failed: Operation not permitted
ApplyParsedPerms: lsetfilecon of /system/bin/su to ubject_r:system_file:s0 failed: Operation not permitted
ApplyParsedPerms: removexattr of /system/bin/su to 0 failed: Operation not permitted
script aborted: set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
Symlinks and permissions...
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
E:Error in /cache/alu/update.zip
(Status 7)
Update.zip is not correct
Installation aborted.
write result : MOTA_RESULT_FILE
write result : remove_mota_file
write result : remove_mota_file(DEFAULT_MOTA_FILE)
fw_upgrade: status = 1
fw_upgrade: fw
fw_upgrade_result_fw: dir does not exist, create it.
fw_upgrade_finish)
I hope that there is someone here who can find a solution to my problem. Thank you for your time.
Hello again,
I am about to try something but I am afraid it might crash my phone even more, so I would love to hear an expert opinion first;
I downloaded the same stock rom as the one in my phone from here (vache-android .com /hubicAcer/E700/OS%20Images/EMEA_GEN2/update_Acer_AV0K0_E39_1.024.00_EMEA_GEN2-sds.zip) and then I am planning to flash using the method in this video to preserve my data (youtube .com/watch?v=b5H6EbaCKrw),and then if this method works and the system booted I am planning to back up my data and applications using titanium back and then do a clean install.
Do you think this might work? If not, What other methods can I try to backup my data?