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recovery mode not working

Ok, so I was trying to reflash the modified rc30 update to start from scratch because when trying to do the auto rotate browser tweak I kept getting the not enough space message. I rebooted into recovery mode thinking all I had to do was run the update and it didn't do it. I thought maybe I needed to reflash the modified recovery image so I did that, but now when I reboot into recovery mode I get the G1 logo and then a blank screen. I tried pushing home+back to restart and get nothing. So I used adb to push the recovery image on the device and I get "no space left on device" Tried doing a factory reset and it hangs up on a blank screen there too. can I just wipe the data partition to fix it then reflash the recovery image to the device? The phone works fine, I just can't do anything with recovery. Can someone help me out here in getting back recovery mode? Thanks

When you tried to push the recovery image, did you do so to the sdcard?
I am referencing these pages:
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Keeping_Root
http://code.google.com/android/reference/adb.html

Just remount /system as rw and adb push the recovery.img directly in. Also, if you have the engineering bootloader installed, you could try using fastboot to reflash the recovery partition from the bootloader.

doesn't mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system remount the system as rw? That's what i've been doing, and still says device full. I went in and tried by putting the file on the sd card and then flashing it but get the same message. I don't have the engineering bootloader yet that was next on my list. Is there a way to see what is on my partition so I can remove things to free up space?

jdwme said:
doesn't mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system remount the system as rw? That's what i've been doing, and still says device full. I went in and tried by putting the file on the sd card and then flashing it but get the same message. I don't have the engineering bootloader yet that was next on my list. Is there a way to see what is on my partition so I can remove things to free up space?
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If you're on RC30 v1.2 put the recovery.img in /data not /system

so then my it should look like this?
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data
cd /data
cat /sdcard/recovery_testkeys.img > recovery.img
flash_image recovery recovery.img

jdwme said:
so then my it should look like this?
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data
cd /data
cat /sdcard/recovery_testkeys.img > recovery.img
flash_image recovery recovery.img
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mtd3 is system. mtd5 is userdata. Don't execute that first step! userdata partition is rw anyway. Just start with step 2.

ok, i did execute the first step in the terminal emulator, is that bad? i will try it now starting with just cd /data

jdwme said:
ok, i did execute the first step in the terminal emulator, is that bad? i will try it now starting with just cd /data
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Not sure. What do you get if you type mount with no args in the terminal emu?

nothing, it just goes to the next line and lets me enter in the next step. is there a way to flash from the standard bootloader?

jdwme said:
nothing, it just goes to the next line and lets me enter in the next step. is there a way to flash from the standard bootloader?
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Really? What it should do is return a list of mounted devices, like so (this is a Mod RC30 v1.2 device):
Code:
# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (ro)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /sqlite_stmt_journals type tmpfs (rw,size=4096k)
/dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (ro)
/dev/block/loop0 on /system/modules type cramfs (ro)
/dev/block/loop1 on /system/xbin type cramfs (ro)
/dev/block/mtdblock5 on /data type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mtdblock4 on /cache type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /sdcard type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0711,dmask=0700,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,utf8)
Stock bootloader can't be used to flash images to the mtd partitions.

ok i misunderstood, i did type just mount now and it shows what you posted. could i have two modified recovery images on there and it cant pick one so thats causing the problem?

Did you change directory to /data? If you can't get it to work from the terminal, as long as you have the recovery.img in /data, just power the G1 off completely and power it back on. It automatically writes the recovery partition every time you cold boot.
Btw make sure that in the mount report the following two lines read exactly as such:
Code:
/dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (ro)
/dev/block/mtdblock5 on /data type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)

yeah the mount report shows just that. i have cold rebooted everytime i tried to flash, then powered off and tried to boot back up in recovery mode and it doesnt work, gives the g1 logo then screen is black.

jdwme said:
yeah the mount report shows just that. i have cold rebooted everytime i tried to flash, then powered off and tried to boot back up in recovery mode and it doesnt work, gives the g1 logo then screen is black.
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On your cold reboots were you seeing the flashing screen (arrow onto chip) before booting into Android?

nope, only showed that when i was able to upgrade to modified rc 30 or run the update in recovery mode

jdwme said:
nope, only showed that when i was able to upgrade to modified rc 30 or run the update in recovery mode
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Are you sure you have the recovery.img in the /data directory? Strange. Maybe someone else has some ideas about whats going on here?

So I decided to show all my partitions listed on the system using cat
/proc/partitions and this is what I got. Does this look normal? Not sure
what it looks like on anyone else device
major minor #blocks name
7 0 2248 loop0
7 1 3176 loop1
31 0 256 mtdblock0
31 1 5120 mtdblock1
31 2 2560 mtdblock2
31 3 69120 mtdblock3
31 4 69120 mtdblock4
31 5 76544 mtdblock5
179 0 7977472 mmcblk0
179 1 7973376 mmcblk0p1
I pushed it to the data directory before, followed the instruction thread, but using oi file manager recovery.omg shows in system, nothing shows in data

so does anyone have any ideas? I was thinking about going back to rc29 to try and fix this but without being able to get recovery mode to come on I can't do it, I also can't flash over to the dev boot loader

jdwme said:
so does anyone have any ideas? I was thinking about going back to rc29 to try and fix this but without being able to get recovery mode to come on I can't do it, I also can't flash over to the dev boot loader
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Give me an IM if you want. I may be able to help fix your recovery mode. (debugging things like that is such a pain on a forum. real-time is much easier)

[Q] RESOLVED cannot mount sdcard or usb_lun0 have full adb/fastboot

htc one s tmobile us
I have bootloader and fastboot unlocked
I have recovery (official cwr touch) and adb functionality
I have ROM and adb functionality
Its the first build of cm9 without 1. sdcard mount 2. USB_lun0 3 mobile access or 4 wifi. I know... pretty ****ty place to be. But it is what it is
I've been trying to 1 create symlink between system and sdcard and then mount it.... so I can push a ROM to it and then flash it...or so I can push my backup file back in it and then mount with clockwork and restore... I even tried pushing a modaco ROM to /data/ and then try "recovery --update_image /data/mod.zip" but of course cwr isn't amon-ra and will not allow for flashing from anyplace but sdcard
I can write **** to sdcard....I just cannot get it mounted in recovery or Usb .I wiped my sdcard from fastboot "clear storage" and have tried many things. But that's irrelevant because do have my original Nannie saved to my computer...
I can write/push/files to sdcard... I just cant get the phone to see it.
I need help to 1 access sdcard and boot a normal ROM or 2 fastboot a Nannie back in but that's not possible without plain .img files or 2 somehow boot a ROM from a partition I can see...
I've tried many many things. I can remount it gives me rw when I remount... but the phone or the computer cannot see this...yet.
I even tried RUUing the euro version and of course that failed. I just need to flash a different ROM and the trick is getting the phone or recovery to mount sdcard.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.8250]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Fire\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
error:
C:\Fire\tools>adb kill-server
C:\Fire\tools>adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
HT24HWxxxxx recovery
C:\Fire\tools>adb remount
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon
C:\Fire\tools>adb kill-server
C:\Fire\tools>adb remount
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
remount failed: Success
C:\Fire\tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
~ # mount
mount
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p34 /cache ext4 rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,barrier
=1,data=ordered 0 0
~ # # echo 1 > /sys/class/usb_composite/rndis/enable
# echo 1 > /sys/class/usb_composite/rndis/enable
~ # # echo 0 > /sys/class/usb_composite/rndis/enable
# echo 0 > /sys/class/usb_composite/rndis/enable
~ # # echo 1 > /sys/class/usb_composite/usb_mass_storage/enable
# echo 1 > /sys/class/usb_composite/usb_mass_storage/enable
~ # # echo 0 > /sys/class/usb_composite/usb_mass_storage/enable
# echo 0 > /sys/class/usb_composite/usb_mass_storage/enable
~ # ls
ls
boot
cache
data
datadata
default.prop
dev
devlog
emmc
etc
init
init.rc
internal_sdcard
mtdcache
proc
res
root
sbin
sd-ext
sdcard
sys
system
tmp
~ # cd sdcard
cd sdcard
/sdcard # ls
ls
mod.zip
/sdcard # recovery --flash_update mod.zip
recovery --flash_update mod.zip
sh: /sbin/postrecoveryboot.sh: not found
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.8250]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Fire\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
error:
C:\Fire\tools>adb kill-server
C:\Fire\tools>adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
HT24HW408152 recovery
C:\Fire\tools>adb remount
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon
C:\Fire\tools>adb kill-server
C:\Fire\tools>adb remount
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
remount failed: Success
C:\Fire\tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
~ # mount
mount
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p34 /cache ext4 rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,barrier
=1,data=ordered 0 0
~ # # echo 1 > /sys/class/usb_composite/rndis/enable
# echo 1 > /sys/class/usb_composite/rndis/enable
~ # # echo 0 > /sys/class/usb_composite/rndis/enable
# echo 0 > /sys/class/usb_composite/rndis/enable
~ # # echo 1 > /sys/class/usb_composite/usb_mass_storage/enable
# echo 1 > /sys/class/usb_composite/usb_mass_storage/enable
~ # # echo 0 > /sys/class/usb_composite/usb_mass_storage/enable
# echo 0 > /sys/class/usb_composite/usb_mass_storage/enable
~ # ls
ls
boot
cache
data
datadata
default.prop
dev
devlog
emmc
etc
init
init.rc
internal_sdcard
mtdcache
proc
res
root
sbin
sd-ext
sdcard
sys
system
tmp
~ # cd sdcard
cd sdcard
/sdcard # ls
ls
mod.zip
/sdcard # recovery --flash_update mod.zip
recovery --flash_update mod.zip
sh: /sbin/postrecoveryboot.sh: not found
recovery --flash_update mod.zip
recovery --flash_update mod.zip
exit
exit
C:\Fire\tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon
C:\Fire\tools>adb kill-server
C:\Fire\tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
~ # mount /sdcard
mount /sdcard
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
~ # mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /sdcard
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /sdcard
mount: Invalid argument
~ # mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0 /sdcard
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0 /sdcard
mount: Invalid argument
~ # mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk /sdcard
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk /sdcard
mount: Invalid argument
~ # mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2/dev/block/mmcblk /sdcard
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2/dev/block/mmcblk /sdcard
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
~ # mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2/dev/block/mmcblk0 /sdcard
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2/dev/block/mmcblk0 /sdcard
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
~ # mount -o rw,remount
mount -o rw,remount
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
~ # mount
mount
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p34 /cache ext4 rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,barrier
=1,data=ordered 0 0
~ # mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p34 /sdcard
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p34 /sdcard
mount: Invalid argument
~ # mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p34
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p34
~ #
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maybe you should use code tags in the future to distinguish it from normal text. your post is a little bit confusing because of it's length ...
now to your issue:
boot into cwr
select "mounts and storage" -> "mount /sdcard"
now you can push files to /sdcard/
adb push rom.zip /sdcard/

I get Error to mount sdcard when I try to get CWR to get a file off sdcard
and when I try to mount usb -
Error - no ums_lunfile found
Sorry for being so verbose and wordy, the problem is simple, cant mount, cant get to usb.
Trying to create symlink but I dont see a vold file in here... so I am trying to make one...

this blows -----
only thing left for me to do is wait for RUU or find a boot.img and a system.img to fastboot in.
is there anyway to convert the cwr ext4 backups into .img's?
or is there definitely NO way to flash a ROM from /data/ or other partition in clockwork? any other recoveries for the htc one s? amon?
this blows!! if I can find a usable vold.fstab to use or some way to mount sdcard in recovery I would be all set!! but theres no way to mount sdcard or even ums_lunfile.
Will have to either figure something out but I would appreciate direction. thanks.
im on gtalk at joshcues

Can you boot into the os? If you can have you tried automount from the market. No experience with a phone with no external sdcard yet so i don't know if that will help at all tbh. My wife just got one so i guess I'll be learning now

automount just saves you a couple steps when you plug the device into the computer -- so you dont have to enable usb mount..although i am now trying a bunch of apps.
Yes I can boot into OS -- ive been trying different vold files... no luck so far. I can install any app I want, Ive been using stericsons Remount and Android Root Toolkit Beta https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sa.root.toolkit&feature=search_result to quickly remount rootfs as rw... but it never sticks -- still, they are helpful... at least i have full adb control and am able to play with droid explorer because i am all adb'ed out for now.
if only I could at least enable wifi or get the radio going.. i would be fine with the phone without a sdcard... its kind of funny... but yes i can boot into OS, but

androidcues said:
or is there definitely NO way to flash a ROM from /data/ or other partition in clockwork?
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did you try to make a link from /sdcard to /data/sdcard/?
mkdir /data/sdcard
ln -s /data/sdcard/ /sdcard/
if that does not work it would be interresting to know what your friend did to the device. have you tried to manually mount the sdcard?

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Ive got data/sdcard symlink set up and mounted. But recovery cannot flash or restore from data/sdcard. The first time I had the regular mnt/sdcard that I restored from.... but this time I cannot find mnt/sdcard.
Made link to /system/sdcard but cant make it pop up in recovery...
All thats left for me is to find either the fresh rom waiting to be flashed OR the two backups waiting to be restored that reside on sdcard. So, the last thing to do is to get sdcard to freaking pop up in clockwork recovery.
i got somewhere... but not quite at the finish line. Any suggestions? do I need to rebuild the sdcard file system from scratch? Will check back sometime this week... but golly...

jodue said:
did you try to make a link from /sdcard to /data/sdcard/?
mkdir /data/sdcard
ln -s /data/sdcard/ /sdcard/
if that does not work it would be interresting to know what your friend did to the device. have you tried to manually mount the sdcard?
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I am now able to see sdcard from the phone using file manager and adb -- there is a /data/sdcard/ now that is read write and has a nandroid waiting for me as well as a fresh modaco.zip rom
However I still cannot mount sdcard manually and when I get to recovery it is looking for sdcard in /mnt/sdcard/ not /data/sdcard/

androidcues said:
I am now able to see sdcard from the phone using file manager and adb -- there is a /data/sdcard/ now that is read write and has a nandroid waiting for me as well as a fresh modaco.zip rom
However I still cannot mount sdcard manually and when I get to recovery it is looking for sdcard in /mnt/sdcard/ not /data/sdcard/
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as i said before ... why don't you just make a link /sdcard that points to /data/sdcard ?
ln -s /data/sdcard /sdcard

how would you do that? can I create a link using adb? I'm in the same situation except that I formatted my system folder because I had no idea mounting wouldn't work (I"m coming from a different phone).
Thanks in advance.

I tried to create a link using
Code:
adb shell
ln -s /data/sdcard /sdcard
no luck. any other idea?

jodue - I can (and have) link I can see sdcard file (with a modaco rom zip waiting on it, as well as clockwork/backup/2012-5-1xxxx) from the following links -
/data/sdcard
/system/sdcard
i sometimes have them written as mnt/sdcard but they never survive a boot.
I unable to mount sdcard in recovery using either or both of those links
I do not (yet) know how to manually add a ums_lunfile to a ROM that does not yet have it incorporated.
I have played with the permissions, looking at my other devices and seeing how other versions of ROMs have different permissions on the same app I am missing a vital switch that will allow Clockworkmod to see the sdcard. The phone may not be seeing the sdcard but it is definitely there, but cant I try to create a link between the Recovery and the sdcard?
I have messed with the vold.fstab and build.prop files in many many different ways (always restoring to default files after each attempt)
I do not (yet) know how to enable wifi on a ROM that does not yet have it incorporated.
I do not (yet) know how to enable bluetooth on ROM that does not yet have it incorporated.
I do not (yet) know how to enable the mobile connection on a ROM that does not yet have it incorporated.
So either I am going to figure out the top three items, or I am going to figure out how to mount my sdcard or have Clockworkmod recognize my SDcard so it can simply 1. restore back to normal or 2. flash a proper zip file.
It is like this phone is on perpetual vacation unless a number of things happen.... kind of funny...Id really like to fix it before the RUU comes out because once it does.. thatll be a lot of searching (Im now trying the Bing search engine because Google didnt find the answer) for nothing!

LuckyMethod said:
I tried to create a link using
Code:
adb shell
ln -s /data/sdcard /sdcard
no luck. any other idea?
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did you mount and as root?

it's probably the best and simplest solution for you guys to reflash with a stock RUU. i am sure that it's possible to restore a backup from the state you are in however it's hard without actually having the device in front of me ^^
good luck!

bored of waiting for ruu -- another effort
allrighty just logging some more efforts to my morbid problem - the goal was to boot into recovery and then mount..
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p36 (36 wasnt there, tonight it was mmcblk0p34) /sdcard
or
mount -o bind /data /sdcard
i was able to make both succeed (in recovery) but clockwork did not agree, so thus unable to mount sdcard in recovery so I could restore or flash a proper rom.
I then tried flashing diff recoveries... to eliminate the off chance that it was a problem with particular cwm builds... i flashed stock recovery and then tried to make it flash rom from "internal" storage but of course HTC has that stock recovery looking for very specific files... so my "update.zip" went nowhere (pushed to both /data and /system as im not surre where it flashes from....
then i tried the modaco unofficial cwm nontouch recovery -- that did not want to mount...
then i tried the official cwm nontouch 5831 recovery (the touch recoveries take up space and I cant see the logfile in those)
i think i got somewhere with the mounting in recovery -- i wasted too much time trying to mount in runtime (upon boot) --
next ideas or where shall I go from here? Im not done by any means... anyone happen to know exactly what file the STOCK recovery is looking for when it tries to "flash update from internal storage"
any ideas, i will try. Heres a bunch of pastebins...http://pastebin.com/eTJuJuy9 and http://pastebin.com/0vUdaLvB and http://pastebin.com/qUSJMLpn and http://pastebin.com/fGkHzgbw and i am going to try some more on my windoze 8 system at home because the usb twatholes on this machine are pretty much unreliable.
steps -- I could find out if my mounting and binding needs more followup, I could find a system.img to fastboot I could find a way to flash from /data I could find a way to freaking mount another external drive I could pray like crazy that AmonRa gets a HTC One S and puts his flashable-from-anyplace-other-than-sdcard awesomeness on it....but thats about as crazy as the thought of a HTC guy dropping in here and asking me if I would mind testing his RUU.
cheers and thanks for whatever ideas you have no matter how crazy they sound. Waiting for a RUU is about as much fun as waiting for water to boil.

this is resolved.
lesson to be learned -- flashing an alpha build of a "work in progress" rom without the ability or proper OS to create your own .img files is going to 1. break things 2. cause silly threads like this, 3. force you to learn a lot more about android file systems and 4. wait for a RUU that may never come
xkonni was so kind to make me an updated system.img and accompanying boot.img from which I flashed through fastboot and then that was that.
htc sense makes no sense... but it makes no sense to recklessly flash files without reading the thread itself!! although I am just overjoyed I dont have to see sense again!

hey,
i have the identical problem and i am trying hard to solve this. but till now, i wasnt´t successfull. Is it possible that i use the files? It seems worth a try.
thx
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i now see that it is impossible to resore any nandroid backup in recovery, because CW doesnt find the sd-card, mounting and usb mounting doesnt´t work,too.
but the crazy thing is: after formating the sd-card i have access in windows but still not in recovery

So, let me get this straight --
You had this same issue -- could not get clockwork to see sdcard much less mount it or access sdcard?
When you were in Android you could not see sdcard or system would not see sdcard?
When you were in ADB you could see sdcard and mount it but it would never stay mounted? Did you try #mount -o bind? did you try to create link to sdcard? (of course did you mount as read/write first?) If so, let me know
You PM'd me and told me about a successful RUU you found that solved it... thats great -- but do you know why trhe problem happened in the first place?
The first time.. it was probably because I flashed a total alpha rom and shouldnt have...
but now.. it happened after I was already established..
I dont know why it happened.... I just know how to get out of it. Last night I got the flash itch and wanted to see what MIUI was up to and once again I ventured out into miui and once again I got bit hard. All of a sudden (I may have accidentially erased sdcard from one of those settings or wiped it) I could not see sdcard.... so i boot into clockwork and lo and behold.. clockwork was up to its old tricks of "cant mount sdcard!!!" and "no umslun0file!!!!" so I was like wow, whats going on?
I want to know WHY this is happening... the "fix" is there, but i dont know why this is happening.
Two things -- 1. This kind of problem has existed but most devices have removable sdcards. so its easy to give up and get a new sdcard.. etc... (problem doesnt get solved it gets trashed) but now... this problem needs to be resolved.. is there a defect? if so.. then how can we resolve these defects without having to replace the entire phone?

partitioning
yesterday... while in CM9... I decided that I wanted to try a repartition. So i pull all files from sdcard onto my desktop. Then I tried to format sdcard with Windows 8. Bizarre thing -- the computer could mount sdcard and all.. but then I got an error when I tried to do a simple format with Windows it wouldnt do it... I shrugged and booted into recovery and had clockwork do the partition...
i set my partition limits and then it proceeded to partition.. but it was "finished partitioning" less than 2 seconds later. I thought that was odd it should take at least a few moments. So maybe Clockwork could not partition or it did not? I dont know yet.
What benefit do phones with built in solid state drives or nonremovable sdcards have? Whats the point? I never had an issue with any of the dozens of sdcards -- some failed, but i simply got a new one or fixed it.

[Guide] nand recovery [Pico] using phone

I burnt my nand and no rom is booting for me and the procedure of nand recovery isn't working for me because it requires Android debugging mode . So I found another way to recover it
So all of those guys who burnt their nand due to over clock can follow this method to recover burnt nand by using phone
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
HTC explorer (Pico)
Working recovery
FOR ALL THOSE GUYS WHO HAVE TWRP RECOVERY FOLLOW THIS
(Scroll down if you don't have)
First download flash_erase.txt and put it into SD card
Boot into recovery
Go to mounts and storage then mount all things
Then go into advanced then file manger then rename that file to flash_erase
Now move this file to system/xbin and set permission as 755
Open terminal command from recovery then go to system/xbin now hit select and
Now type
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd2 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd4 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd5 0 0
Now Remove
battery and reinsert it .
Goto recovery and:
format /boot
format /system
wipe data / factory reset
Now install your favourite ROM
Once the ROM is booted, goto storage
settings.. Everything should be fine now and
you should get around 140MB free depending
on your ROM
Download link for flash_erase.txt
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1655489&d=1358514526
Hit thanks if it helped
FOR ALL RECOVERIES OTHER THAN TWRP
First download aroma file manager 1.80 version from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646108
Then download flash_erase.txt (link given above)
Put both files in sdcard
Boot into recovery.. now go to mounts and storage and mount all things
install aroma file manager from recovery
A file manager will open now go to sdcard and rename flash_erase.txt to flash_erase
Now put this file into system/xbin and change permission to rwx,rwx, rwx
Now open terminal command and type
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd2 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd4 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd5 0 0
Now Remove
battery and reinsert it .
Go to recovery and:
format /boot
format /system
wipe data / factory reset
Now install your favourite ROM
Once the ROM is booted, goto storage
settings.. Everything should be fine now and
you should get around 140MB free depending
on your ROM
Hit thanks if it helped
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[HELP]Nand Burn RECOVERY!!!!!

I am unable to install some roms(carbon and joilaroi rom) I think my nand is burnt
But i am able to instal cm10.2 by sarthak internal rom is showing 100 mb
ERROR -
Code:
symlink error
status7()
aborting installation
I have tried recovering nand by this method but didnt work from here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389445
it cleaned everything but there is still this error in flashing rom
right now i am using sense rom on Sd card
if u have any solution please tell

sakshamx said:
I am unable to install some roms(carbon and joilaroi rom) I think my nand is burnt
But i am able to instal cm10.2 by sarthak internal rom is showing 100 mb
ERROR -
Code:
symlink error
status7()
aborting installation
I have tried recovering nand by this method but didnt work from here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389445
it cleaned everything but there is still this error in flashing rom
right now i am using sense rom on Sd card
if u have any solution please tell
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./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd3 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd2 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd4 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd5 0 0
use all four of them

Saumitra Yadav said:
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd3 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd2 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd4 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd5 0 0
use all four of them
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ok but in guide there was to format only these
Code:
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd2 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd4 0 0
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd5 0 0
what is this mtd3 partition?

/system i think The guide you followed did not work for me So i erased the mtd3 partition also and it worked

Saumitra Yadav said:
/system i think The guide you followed did not work for me So i erased the mtd3 partition also and it worked
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i am having some problem doing with recovery now can
can u provide the link of thread to erase from fastboot
i was unable to find
edit:thanks a lot it worked only system partition was burnt (in oc was mounted as rw:cyclops: )

sakshamx said:
i am having some problem doing with recovery now can
can u provide the link of thread to erase from fastboot
i was unable to find
edit:thanks a lot it worked only system partition was burnt (in oc was mounted as rw:cyclops: )
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Why don't you change your recovery from terminal command?
su
cd sdcard
flash_image recovery recovery.img
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Taha Haq said:
Why don't you change your recovery from terminal command?
su
cd sdcard
flash_image recovery recovery.img
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read the post complete it worked afterwards:silly:

sakshamx said:
read the post complete it worked afterwards:silly:
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Hi I am having a strange problem from last night.... I never use OC kernels coz m on class 4
but from yesterday night none of my memory scripts are working like m2sd or int2ext
Suddenly my rom is started saying insufficient memory while I have more than enough.... Is it nand burnt??
can u pls help me with this. If I dont use any memory script I am able to install apps....

cuteitsme said:
Hi I am having a strange problem from last night.... I never use OC kernels coz m on class 4
but from yesterday night none of my memory scripts are working like m2sd or int2ext
Suddenly my rom is started saying insufficient memory while I have more than enough.... Is it nand burnt??
can u pls help me with this. If I dont use any memory script I am able to install apps....
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format ur partitions again(only partitions)
and flash a rom clean

sakshamx said:
format ur partitions again(only partitions)
and flash a rom clean
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Yup that''s what i did...re partitioned and now everything seems ok.... Thanks dear....

[Q] Soft bricked tab (GT-P3100)

Hello guys I've run into a weird problem.
I installed SlimLP alpha builds, everything was fine. One day, after trying to format /system etc. before flashing latest version, the tab started rebooting itself every 20 seconds. I tried to uninstall some apps, when I rebooted the tab the apps were back. I booted back into CWM recovery and when I tried to flash old version of this rom, it just stuck at the start. Moreover, when I try to exit recovery it always says "Root access probably lost. Fix?" But that does nothing.
I went into Odin and tried flashing two different stock roms, but it gave error "Complete(Write) operation failed" at system.img .It displayed my model number as "i9505" I then tried to flash through old Odin(v1.75) and it worked. But when I rebooted, it went back into SlimLP. I tried flashing TWRP and latest cwm version but it went back to previous version. The "download count" in Download Mode remained constant. I tried formatting /system and /data through cwm. There was no error but tab still boots straight into SlimLP.
I then tried my luck with ADB in cwm by trying to change file permission. With "chmod 755 /system" it gave the error "Read-only file system" With "mount" , it gave error "Operation not permitted". I booted into slimlp, quickly enabled root for "apps and ADB" through developer options and tried the commands but same error.
I also tried "NAND wipe all" in Odin, but it stuck at "Erase...." and then gave error after sometime.
Is there a way to completely wipe the OS now so I can flash stock one through Odin?

Which recovery version of cwm you have? Probably it will be lower than 6.0.4.4

It is 6.0.4.5

If you're tab still boots then try installing twrp using app called rashr

Tab reboots after 20 seconds, can't install app in that duration.

I9505 means you flashed the wrong firmware to your tablet, I 9505 is an international S4 phone rom.
You need a new tablet.
Reading is very important when it comes to flashing your Samsung devices.
Pp.

PanchoPlanet said:
I9505 means you flashed the wrong firmware to your tablet, I 9505 is an international S4 phone rom.
You need a new tablet.
Reading is very important when it comes to flashing your Samsung devices.
Pp.
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I downloaded the correct firmware from sammobile, checked many times. Also, I flashed from other Odin version, which didin't display any model number. I just checked Odin3, and even without the device connected, it displays i9505 at top.
EDIT: Well downloaded Odin3 from another site, It didn't show any model number. Guess "i9505" was just a title edit.

I think there is a big in cwm, there are many having this problem with that recovery, all Android andi about it, try sending private message to him, our some other developer

Thanks, I'll try that and post it here.

Please do the following:
Boot/try to boot system
Try to get a dmesg using adb
Boot into recovery
Use adb to pull last_kmesg
Please get a recovery.log after wiping.
Attach the files here.
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Android-Andi said:
Please do the following:
Boot/try to boot system
Try to get a dmesg using adb
Boot into recovery
Use adb to pull last_kmesg
Please get a recovery.log after wiping.
Attach the files here.
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I tried the commands like "adb shell dmesg > dmesg.txt" But got error "access is denied" Then I copied dmesg from console window, and pulled other files.

ssqw1 said:
I tried the commands like "adb shell dmesg > dmesg.txt" But got error "access is denied" Then I copied dmesg from console window, and pulled other files.
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Can you upload the cwm you flash first and send me on pm?
Want to check if it's for our tab.
Will check your logs later.
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Did you used rommanager for cwm?
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Nope

Looks like a broken EMMC...
Please boot into recovery and use "adb shell":
Code:
adb shell mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system
if it mounts without problems do the same for data
Code:
adb shell mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /data
Moutns without problem?
Please unmount now.
Code:
adb shell umount /system
adb shell umount /data
Let´s try to check the partitions now:
Code:
adb shell e2fsck -vf /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
adb shell e2fsck -vf /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
if you got error messages, please inform me.
Maybe we can reformat the partition by using adb shell.

Android-Andi said:
Looks like a broken EMMC...
Please boot into recovery and use "adb shell":
Code:
adb shell mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system
if it mounts without problems do the same for data
Code:
adb shell mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /data
Moutns without problem?
Please unmount now.
Code:
adb shell umount /system
adb shell umount /data
Let´s try to check the partitions now:
Code:
adb shell e2fsck -vf /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
adb shell e2fsck -vf /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
if you got error messages, please inform me.
Maybe we can reformat the partition by using adb shell.
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It mounts without problem. Here are the results for checking:
First command:
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb shell e2fsck -vf /dev
e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
1699 inodes used (2.59%)
16 non-contiguous files (0.9%)
1 non-contiguous directory (0.1%)
# of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 0/0/0
Extent depth histogram: 1355
182363 blocks used (69.57%)
0 bad blocks
0 large files
1148 regular files
207 directories
0 character device files
0 block device files
0 fifos
0 links
335 symbolic links (335 fast symbolic links)
0 sockets
--------
1690 files
Second:
Code:
e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p10: recovering journal
Superblock needs_recovery flag is clear, but journal has data.
Run journal anyway<y>?
It doesn't proceed, tried typing Y, Yes and all other keys.

Can you give me the output from:
Code:
adb shell ls -l /dev/block
Please from recovery and booting rom.
Have you tried flashing stockrom + pit file to repartition?
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For reference http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2627490
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Please give me mount output too.
Code:
adb shell mount

Sorry for the late reply, here are the files.
EDIT: I tried flashing the pit file with stock rom 2 times with Odin version 1.75, it flashed successfully but tab booted straight into SlimLP again.