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I just got a sidekick 4g off craigslist and whenever I put my SD card in the phone it will recognize its there but wont mount. Im not sure whats wrong,I tried formatting it(In Fat32,NTFS and FAT) but it didnt work. I tried using Astro and that was a fail as well. I even tried doing a hard boot. When I go inside the SD card setting it doesnt show the total space or avalible space and formatting it does nothing. When I click on mount,it attempts to mount but after awhile it just times out and gives me the error "activity sd card and phone storage (in process settings) is not responding" and I have the option to wait and force close. clicking wait doesnt change anything. Also my laptop reads the card perfectly,its just the phone that seems to reject my SD cards. BTW I tried 2 cards using the methods mentioned and the phone just refuses to mount the card. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
It fails to mount either of the cards you've tried? That's a concern. Did you do a factory reset of the phone after you bought it?
yea I did,im so confused.
I would try rooting the phone and either odin it or flash a new rom and see if that works either that or maybe that's why the kid was selling it on craigslist
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Is there a way to do that without a SD card because it seems like a SD card is a requirement to flash anything.
You can both root and odin without an SD card.
Alright,i rooted and unrooted my phone multiple times. Its currently rooted so im going to try ODIN now.
Once you Odin , try to see if the /SDCARD mount's if it dosen't it could be a /SDCARD faulty .
STravers said:
Alright,i rooted and unrooted my phone multiple times. Its currently rooted so im going to try ODIN now.
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I used odin and i think i bricked my phone . It said in the first box of the application failed in red and on my phone it was a status line in blue that seemed to be not moving. So what i did was rebooted the phone and it hangs on the samsung splash screen. It is able to go back into downloading mode but theres nothing i can do because it always fails to complete the process.
STravers said:
I used odin and i think i bricked my phone . It said in the first box of the application failed in red and on my phone it was a status line in blue that seemed to be not moving. So what i did was rebooted the phone and it hangs on the samsung splash screen. It is able to go back into downloading mode but theres nothing i can do because it always fails to complete the process.
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what boxes do you check?
I got odin to work but the memory cards still fail to mount.
Do you have another phone/sdcard slot in your computer that you could use to try mounting them? they could just be dead SDcards.
EDIT: read the OP, jk about another computer.
If known good cards won't mount in your phone, it's most likely a hardware defect. Send it back home to Samsung
Hey guys,
I think my phone is partially bricked. I know that sounds weird, but here's the situation:
I was able to unlock my bootloader (faced multiple write errors using fastboot but it did unlock eventually), I can't reflash using Odin (it fails Error is "Complete Write Fail"), when I tried to format some partitions using clockwork I get:
E: format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/system
Error formatting /system!
No linux newb here, so I'm guessing my internal partition is fubared..
Here's what's funny... I can flash a rom and boot into the rom usually on the first try. If I boot into the rom, it runs fine until I reboot the phone. Then it takes another *LITERALLY* 10 times of pulling the battery and rebooting the phone because the phone sticks at the Google boot logo. I can boot into recovery, fastboot, no problem.
As my phone sits right now: I can flash clockwork, bootloader unlocked. I'm having to try the NAND restore to 2.3.1 to get it to work. I rebooted the phone multiple times, no problems but then after a phone call...get a notification that the sd card was suddenly removed and now I'm back to square one..
Does anyone have a clue as to why my phone decided to unmount the internal storage and why I can't get this thing to work correctly 100%?
Thanks guys..
Btw, I usually can't mount the USB storage using clockwork when I get these errors. I have to keep rebooting the phone until I get lucky enough to format the /sdcard, then try and mount it up to my computer.
Just rebooted the phone, flashed /system, and mounted up the USB..
Can anyone explain this??
otisranson said:
Hey guys,
I think my phone is partially bricked. I know that sounds weird, but here's the situation:
I was able to unlock my bootloader (faced multiple write errors using fastboot but it did unlock eventually), I can't reflash using Odin (it fails Error is "Complete Write Fail"), when I tried to format some partitions using clockwork I get:
E: format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/system
Error formatting /system!
No linux newb here, so I'm guessing my internal partition is fubared..
Here's what's funny... I can flash a rom and boot into the rom usually on the first try. If I boot into the rom, it runs fine until I reboot the phone. Then it takes another *LITERALLY* 10 times of pulling the battery and rebooting the phone because the phone sticks at the Google boot logo. I can boot into recovery, fastboot, no problem.
As my phone sits right now: I can flash clockwork, bootloader unlocked. I'm having to try the NAND restore to 2.3.1 to get it to work. I rebooted the phone multiple times, no problems but then after a phone call...get a notification that the sd card was suddenly removed and now I'm back to square one..
Does anyone have a clue as to why my phone decided to unmount the internal storage and why I can't get this thing to work correctly 100%?
Thanks guys..
Btw, I usually can't mount the USB storage using clockwork when I get these errors. I have to keep rebooting the phone until I get lucky enough to format the /sdcard, then try and mount it up to my computer.
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otisranson said:
Just rebooted the phone, flashed /system, and mounted up the USB..
Can anyone explain this??
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yup, this ones explainable. classic symptoms of a ns with its internal sd card dying/dead. it happens way too often unfortunately. luckily its a fairly easy and inexpensive repair, if youre not under warranty.
Any direction on how to fix it while not under warranty?
Or take it to tmobile?
otisranson said:
Any direction on how to fix it while not under warranty?
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check out any local mobile device repair shops. you could probably do it yourself if you dont fear taking the phone apart, it should be to difficult of a repair. its just a matter of buying a replacement(ebay?), taking the phone apart, and replacing the sd.
Found this breakdown, but I don't see where the internal storage is..
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-S-Teardown/4365/1
I've been having similar issues..what is the exact part name for the SD?...I wanna search to buy one
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I think its:
Samsung KB100D00WM-A453 memory package and S5PC110A01 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Processor.
I'm going to try to find another nexus s mother board as a whole, that's my only option.
otisranson said:
Found this breakdown, but I don't see where the internal storage is..
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-S-Teardown/4365/1
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I think it's in step 10
i seen something a few weeks ago online on how to replace this...it was a video..i just cant remember where i seen it!
I ended up just purchasing a new phone on ebay.. If I find a nexus s with a cracked screen, I will swap out the mobo.
You can check whether there are blocks flagged as bad by FTL (Flash Translation Layer) in recovery. Check recovery.log file (it can be, the bad blocks will show up after formats).
first off, im not sure if im putting this in the right forum section, forgive me if im not also this is long, but please read on.
anyway heres whats up.
Recently the Nexus S line started receiving their 4.1 update. I have a Nexus S 4G (so obviously Sprint). Angry - again- that the 4G model did not get the update (or will be anytime soon) i rooted my phone again after some time.
after some random issues with it (apps would crash constantly) i attempted to switch to CM10. that didnt work. so i went to CM9 and then CM10. everything was fine until the phone would reboot on its own from time to time and every now and then i would pull the battery. After some time the issues stopped.
NOW, the other night my phone died. this morning i decided to charge it. after charging for about 20 minutes i attempted to turn it on, but i ended up getting stuck at the bootlogo (Google with the unlock) i pulled the battery, and tried again. Same thing. I proceeded to go into recovery and flash a ROM that i knew was safe to boot into, except, the SD card would not mount- saying there was an error. Thats where im at now. the SD will not mount, and im stuck at the bootlogo. I believe i "bricked" my phone.
heres what i need help with. I locked the bootloader with Fastboot,but i still have CWM on the phone. i cant delete CWM without getting into the SD card, but the SD card refuses to mount. I want to get CWM off, so that i can send the phone in for repair/a new one. my warranty - although void now - still has a 5 months left on it. Im not worried about switching the ROM because the phone wont boot anyways,which means that when i give in, they wont be able to do anything besides see that its not rooted.
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i think i bricked my phone, but i still have hope for it. SD wont mount, and im stuck at bootloader. i need a way to either fix this, or delete CWM somehow. Im on a Nexus S 4G.
PLEASE! Any suggestions are appreciated!
Do u have a backup showing when u go to backups?
Or is it SD card not mountable at all?
Next can u mount via USB?
If so copy ur SD to then format it.
Do u have a backup of ur SD card on ur computer b4 this happened?
If so then try to format SD card then put ur backup in it and then flash a backup or new ROM.
Vs Nexus S 4G
if you have fastboot then you can flash factory images... read this guide a couple times before trying it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
but you need a ns4g image from here
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#sojus
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Do u have a backup showing when u go to backups?
Or is it SD card not mountable at all?
Next can u mount via USB?
If so copy ur SD to then format it.
Do u have a backup of ur SD card on ur computer b4 this happened?
If so then try to format SD card then put ur backup in it and then flash a backup or new ROM.
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no backups at all, but even if i did, the backups would be stored on my SD card,which i cant access. when i go into CWM and go to install zip from SD card, it says "error mounting SD card"
AlphaEchoViktorSierra said:
if you have fastboot then you can flash factory images... read this guide a couple times before trying it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
but you need a ns4g image from here
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#sojus
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ill check that out. another issue im having is that i think i found a way to fix this, but i can only fix it if my bootloader is unlocked, which, in attempt to mask my errors, i locked, and now i cannot unlock it. when i press "yes,unlock my bootloader" the phone freezes up. i need some way to unlock my bootloader OR enable USB debugging from my computer. thing is, while i DO have all the drivers for my phone, the computer will not recognise the phone. It makes a sound when i plug in the phone, to show something IS plugged in, but it does not show up in my drives.
Is the phone locked by a provider?
CWM works? Format all - data & system & cache & SD CARD.
Then use ODIN to flash a proper stock firmware, unlock & root your phone one again.
A lot of work but necessary...:fingers-crossed:
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Is the phone locked by a provider?
CWM works? Format all - data & system & cache & SD CARD.
Then use ODIN to flash a proper stock firmware, unlock & root your phone one again.
A lot of work but necessary...:fingers-crossed:
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heres the catch about CWM, i can format all my data and system and wipe the cache. When i format the system, that also formats the SD.BUT under the advanced options in CWM, i cant format ONLY the SD. it gives me a mounting error. And i believe i found a solution through linux, but i need the bootloader unlocked, which i locked up again. Everyone says odin is the way to go but i cant get it on because the SD is unmountable.
is there some sort of adapter i can plug into the USB port at the bottom of the phone that lets me attach an external SD? i believe if i can attach an external SD card which contains the things i need such as a stable ROM, then i can get the phone working. i came across a website which repairs bricked phones. In a video of a Nexus S brick repair, the tech guy installed some files through a "jig"(?) do you think if i can get my hands on one of those i can fix my phone?
Good evening,
My phone seems to be complete trashed. My phone restarted to the Google boot loop. I went to recovery mode and my phone won't recognize the SD card. The SD card is unmountable so I can not flash a new ROM anymore. Any tips guys?
Thanks!
jeetjshah said:
Good evening,
My phone seems to be complete trashed. My phone restarted to the Google boot loop. I went to recovery mode and my phone won't recognize the SD card. The SD card is unmountable so I can not flash a new ROM anymore. Any tips guys?
Thanks!
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Yes I've been through the same problem before, it's ended up my modem/radio chip had electrical leakage and fried my flash memory chip. I eventually went to a repair shop and replaced both of the chips.
So I've just told you a really bad news...
jeetjshah said:
Good evening,
My phone seems to be complete trashed. My phone restarted to the Google boot loop. I went to recovery mode and my phone won't recognize the SD card. The SD card is unmountable so I can not flash a new ROM anymore. Any tips guys?
Thanks!
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dont worry, seems like you have one of those buggy recoveries that could not mount usb storage. Just use fastboot to flash a new recovery(use philz recovery on nexus s development section) and then usb mount will work. Unless it is a hardware failure...
This is my first thread and the reason for registering, I hope you can help me.
My SM-N915FY seems to have died a week ago. I had the dreaded MMC_READ_FAIL error since four months, but I kept using the phone and lived with the sudden crashes since I had no money to buy another, and for me it has to have the S-Pen feature.
I made the stupid mistake not backing up data regularly tho... since I was able to reboot it every time with the old "remove everything and wait, before reboot wiggle all switches" trick.
It's state now: No signs of life whatsoever. Will not boot normally and also not into any emergency mode (Recovery, Download etc). I just tried it now after having it in the freezer for a few hours (since I read that this might help it).
I ruled out that the battery might be the cause of it - it crashed while recharging - and I tested if the battery still had charge by holding it's contacts to the battery contacts of an old Galaxy SII and it shows the battery as nearly full. Also my Note Edge won't boot with the SII battery either.
The only thing that happens is a connect / disconnect sound when I connect it via USB to a computer running Windows where I installed the drivers earlier.
I want to recover the data since I need it. Is there anything I can do? I even thought about desoldering it's flash chip to read it out on a computer. I've never done this, just read that it is principally possible. It just might be complicated because on this model Samsung decided to combine the 3GB RAM and the 32GB Flash into one die... Didn't research if that might make this effort impossible.
Fact is that I would need a SMD rework station for that, but since I wanted to learn to solder SMD parts anyway I need one of those anyway....
RECOVERED
After a bit of research I found this useful post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69194863&postcount=14
I just tried it (after being able to source a micro SD card finally - short on cash at the moment, my own are somewhere where I can't find them - a used goods / electronics shop just gave me a 2GB one) and it worked! It didn't matter that the BL linked there is for the SM-N915F, it worked with my SM-N915FY. It went straight into Download mode and I flashed TWRP. After Odin finished my phone rebooted, and straight into Android with no errors. It's still a bit sluggish, but now I'm copying all the data and then I'll try this tutorial, maybe the dredes MMC read fail will be gone then: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66879466&postcount=10
scragnothh said:
After a bit of research I found this useful post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69194863&postcount=14
I just tried it (after being able to source a micro SD card finally - short on cash at the moment, my own are somewhere where I can't find them - a used goods / electronics shop just gave me a 2GB one) and it worked! It didn't matter that the BL linked there is for the SM-N915F, it worked with my SM-N915FY. It went straight into Download mode and I flashed TWRP. After Odin finished my phone rebooted, and straight into Android with no errors. It's still a bit sluggish, but now I'm copying all the data and then I'll try this tutorial, maybe the dredes MMC read fail will be gone then: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66879466&postcount=10
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Good luck with it.
The Radius Kid said:
Good luck with it.
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Unfortunately no luck yet. It got through the whole re-flashing described in that tutorial just once, but then it got stuck in recovery while it said "Upgrading firmware" (or something) with the droid animation... Some times it reached the stock recovery menu after the animation where I tried "reboot" since the tutorial wanted the user to launch the OS and wipe the data there again. But it never got there...
Not counting the numerous other attempts where it refused to commence flashing (giving me a fail at the start with differing error messages) or just went halfway through...
I wanted to gave this a try: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71757019&postcount=27
It flashed TWRP (twrp-3.2.1-0-tblte.img) foun here https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxynote4edgeint.html once successfully but then it didn't boot into TWRP, gave me that "Recovery is not senandroid enforcing"... I read that this could mean that I flashed the wrong version.
Edit: TWRP 3.1.0 seems to work better, at least it doesn't produce the senandroid error, but the phone didn't completely boot into TWRP, i pulled the battery after it was sitting on the TWRP boot screen for a few minutes. Have to try again if it can manage to boot into TWRP...
Most important thing tho is that I was able to recover the data. I installed Lineage 14.1 on an old Galaxy S2 for now... don't know for how long I have to use this spare phone. I'm looking to buy an Note 5 maybe, but I couldn't find out which versions of it work fine in Germany and if that has similar dreadful flaws - don't want such a fiasco again.
Edit 2: Bought a Note 5 SM-N920C now for 230 € - the version which has the essential LTE band 20 (for people in Germany at least). Bye Note Edge, bugs me that you didn't last longer.
scragnothh said:
After a bit of research I found this useful post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69194863&postcount=14
I just tried it (after being able to source a micro SD card finally - short on cash at the moment, my own are somewhere where I can't find them - a used goods / electronics shop just gave me a 2GB one) and it worked! It didn't matter that the BL linked there is for the SM-N915F, it worked with my SM-N915FY. It went straight into Download mode and I flashed TWRP. After Odin finished my phone rebooted, and straight into Android with no errors. It's still a bit sluggish, but now I'm copying all the data and then I'll try this tutorial, maybe the dredes MMC read fail will be gone then: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66879466&postcount=10
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hello.. please provide more info.. i'm stuck in the same problem and nothing seems to work. i'd be thankful for your help-
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scragnothh said:
After a bit of research I found this useful post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69194863&postcount=14
I just tried it (after being able to source a micro SD card finally - short on cash at the moment, my own are somewhere where I can't find them - a used goods / electronics shop just gave me a 2GB one) and it worked! It didn't matter that the BL linked there is for the SM-N915F, it worked with my SM-N915FY. It went straight into Download mode and I flashed TWRP. After Odin finished my phone rebooted, and straight into Android with no errors. It's still a bit sluggish, but now I'm copying all the data and then I'll try this tutorial, maybe the dredes MMC read fail will be gone then: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66879466&postcount=10
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can you please provide an image of this SD card you have.. or any piece of information would be helpful
thank you again.
muhammad_h said:
hello.. please provide more info.. i'm stuck in the same problem and nothing seems to work. i'd be thankful for your help-
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can you please provide an image of this SD card you have.. or any piece of information would be helpful
thank you again.
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Hi, just follow the guide in https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69194863&postcount=14
Download the image file posted there, the link is still valid.
Any old small micro SD card should work as that debrick image is not huge at all - it just contains the essential files which enables the phone to boot again.
Recover (if necessary) any data that is still on the SD card because all data on the card will be lost.
I used an USB-stick-type SD card reader with an adapter Micro-SD->Full Sized SD
Use any program that can make bootable USB sticks (Win32DiskImager is just one example)
Load the image file downloaded before into the program and use the SD card (either in a card reader plugged into USB or inside an internal reader) as the target and let itdo it's thing
If it worked, your SD card size should be only a few MB now (you can re-format it later to get back it's full capacity)
Make sure your battery has charge left - and note that your phonecan't charge it's own battery in the state it's in. So, get another Samsung (as mentioned, the Galaxy S2 even works), hold the battery to it's contacts and try to boot it (make sure not to mix up + and - !). If you need to charge the battery, use for example packaging tape to keep the battery in place (since it can't stay in place on it's own as it's of another shape).
On 8. I used the key combo to get it into download mode, don't know what an USB Jig is.
On 9., I pulled the SD card as described and flashed the compatible TWRP via Odin using a Windows Computer. It rebooted by itself and therefore into the firmware it had before it died. Recover all your data and buy another phone.
Because you can't get it ever to work properly again, since it's a hardware flaw (at least if you encountered that MMC_READ_FAIL error).Maybe you can get it repaired / replaced by Samsung bit for me that was out of the question since I bought my Note Edge used. Switched to a Note 5 which still works flawlessly. Maybe the Note 8 is already cheap enough for you. Or look elsewhere, another Samsung, or another brand whatsoever. But if you want to switch brands, you need to recover your data with a 3rd party app, not with Samsung's SmartSwitch, since that one will only recover to another Samsung device.
Feel free to ask me if you still need help.
scragnothh said:
Hi, just follow the guide in https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69194863&postcount=14
Download the image file posted there, the link is still valid.
Any old small micro SD card should work as that debrick image is not huge at all - it just contains the essential files which enables the phone to boot again.
Recover (if necessary) any data that is still on the SD card because all data on the card will be lost.
I used an USB-stick-type SD card reader with an adapter Micro-SD->Full Sized SD
Use any program that can make bootable USB sticks (Win32DiskImager is just one example)
Load the image file downloaded before into the program and use the SD card (either in a card reader plugged into USB or inside an internal reader) as the target and let itdo it's thing
If it worked, your SD card size should be only a few MB now (you can re-format it later to get back it's full capacity)
Make sure your battery has charge left - and note that your phonecan't charge it's own battery in the state it's in. So, get another Samsung (as mentioned, the Galaxy S2 even works), hold the battery to it's contacts and try to boot it (make sure not to mix up + and - !). If you need to charge the battery, use for example packaging tape to keep the battery in place (since it can't stay in place on it's own as it's of another shape).
On 8. I used the key combo to get it into download mode, don't know what an USB Jig is.
On 9., I pulled the SD card as described and flashed the compatible TWRP via Odin using a Windows Computer. It rebooted by itself and therefore into the firmware it had before it died. Recover all your data and buy another phone.
Because you can't get it ever to work properly again, since it's a hardware flaw (at least if you encountered that MMC_READ_FAIL error).Maybe you can get it repaired / replaced by Samsung bit for me that was out of the question since I bought my Note Edge used. Switched to a Note 5 which still works flawlessly. Maybe the Note 8 is already cheap enough for you. Or look elsewhere, another Samsung, or another brand whatsoever. But if you want to switch brands, you need to recover your data with a 3rd party app, not with Samsung's SmartSwitch, since that one will only recover to another Samsung device.
Feel free to ask me if you still need help.
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thank you so much.. i'll try it and keep you updated.
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scragnothh said:
Hi, just follow the guide in https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69194863&postcount=14
Download the image file posted there, the link is still valid.
Any old small micro SD card should work as that debrick image is not huge at all - it just contains the essential files which enables the phone to boot again.
Recover (if necessary) any data that is still on the SD card because all data on the card will be lost.
I used an USB-stick-type SD card reader with an adapter Micro-SD->Full Sized SD
Use any program that can make bootable USB sticks (Win32DiskImager is just one example)
Load the image file downloaded before into the program and use the SD card (either in a card reader plugged into USB or inside an internal reader) as the target and let itdo it's thing
If it worked, your SD card size should be only a few MB now (you can re-format it later to get back it's full capacity)
Make sure your battery has charge left - and note that your phonecan't charge it's own battery in the state it's in. So, get another Samsung (as mentioned, the Galaxy S2 even works), hold the battery to it's contacts and try to boot it (make sure not to mix up + and - !). If you need to charge the battery, use for example packaging tape to keep the battery in place (since it can't stay in place on it's own as it's of another shape).
On 8. I used the key combo to get it into download mode, don't know what an USB Jig is.
On 9., I pulled the SD card as described and flashed the compatible TWRP via Odin using a Windows Computer. It rebooted by itself and therefore into the firmware it had before it died. Recover all your data and buy another phone.
Because you can't get it ever to work properly again, since it's a hardware flaw (at least if you encountered that MMC_READ_FAIL error).Maybe you can get it repaired / replaced by Samsung bit for me that was out of the question since I bought my Note Edge used. Switched to a Note 5 which still works flawlessly. Maybe the Note 8 is already cheap enough for you. Or look elsewhere, another Samsung, or another brand whatsoever. But if you want to switch brands, you need to recover your data with a 3rd party app, not with Samsung's SmartSwitch, since that one will only recover to another Samsung device.
Feel free to ask me if you still need help.
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it actually did not work.. i have tried everything so far.. can you please use win32diskmanager to make an image of that card you used and send it to me .. since i'm starting to lose hope :'(
muhammad_h said:
it actually did not work.. i have tried everything so far.. can you please use win32diskmanager to make an image of that card you used and send it to me .. since i'm starting to lose hope :'(
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This won't help you. Please tell me what's the problem exactly - is it that you cant't get that image onto the SD card?
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This won't help you. Please tell me what's the problem exactly - is it that you cant't get that image onto the SD card?
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i managed to get the image on the sd card but when i put it in the phone and put the battery in nothing happens.
it's just not reacting at all (it's hard bricked and the computer recognizes the phone as qualcomm hs usb loader 9008.
muhammad_h said:
i managed to get the image on the sd card but when i put it in the phone and put the battery in nothing happens.
it's just not reacting at all (it's hard bricked and the computer recognizes the phone as qualcomm hs usb loader 9008.
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You need to engage Download mode after putting SD and battery in, holding VOL-, Home and Power at the same time. The other symptoms sound like those I had (recognized as Qualcomm on my Computer, nothing else).
Maybe you have another model revision? I had the SM-N915FY, the unbrick image is for SM-N915F but it worked for me. Did your phone die because of the MMC-READ_FAIL or because of something else?
scragnothh said:
You need to engage Download mode after putting SD and battery in, holding VOL-, Home and Power at the same time. The other symptoms sound like those I had (recognized as Qualcomm on my Computer, nothing else).
Maybe you have another model revision? I had the SM-N915FY, the unbrick image is for SM-N915F but it worked for me. Did your phone die because of the MMC-READ_FAIL or because of something else?
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i have actually done that but couldn't access download mode by pressing this combination of buttons.
and yes, my device's Model number is SM-N915FY and it also died the same way.. at first it would shut down and i need to wait a bit for it to work again and sometimes it gave the error MMC_READ_FAIL and then i had to jiggle the battery or take it out and leave it for a while in order to be able to boot successfully to Android but one day it just stopped working forever.
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scragnothh said:
You need to engage Download mode after putting SD and battery in, holding VOL-, Home and Power at the same time. The other symptoms sound like those I had (recognized as Qualcomm on my Computer, nothing else).
Maybe you have another model revision? I had the SM-N915FY, the unbrick image is for SM-N915F but it worked for me. Did your phone die because of the MMC-READ_FAIL or because of something else?
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i know i'm asking for too much but would you be kind enough to consider making me a debrick.img with your working device because now i'm desperate and would literally try anything to get it to work.
thank you again.
muhammad_h said:
i have actually done that but couldn't access download mode by pressing this combination of buttons
would you be kind enough to consider making me a debrick.img with your working device
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That's unfortunate, only thing I can think of now is an empty / too low powered battery or a bad SD card, or the flash memory is actually damaged too badly already.
Or, leave it alone for the night with battery, SIM and SD card removed and try again the next day.
I don't think it's the image's fault, and I don't even know how to create that image. I still have that phone around, since it's twice worthless because of a cracked screen and that hardware defect on the PCB.
And, again, don't use it anymore, it's a waste of time. I wasted hours trying to write a clean image with that other guide I linked to. Most the time it would fail right away during Odin's writing process, or if not then, it would hang itself during the various reboots, or show that error message again. Only pursue it if there's important files you need to recover.
Otherwise I read that there might be a chance of running the whole Android from an SD card bypassing the crippled internal flash memory, but didn't find anything specific about the Note 4 / Edge in that regard. And that SD card won't live long either, furthermore there's speed concerns.
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That's unfortunate, only thing I can think of now is an empty / too low powered battery or a bad SD card, or the flash memory is actually damaged too badly already.
Or, leave it alone for the night with battery, SIM and SD card removed and try again the next day.
I don't think it's the image's fault, and I don't even know how to create that image. I still have that phone around, since it's twice worthless because of a cracked screen and that hardware defect on the PCB.
And, again, don't use it anymore, it's a waste of time. I wasted hours trying to write a clean image with that other guide I linked to. Most the time it would fail right away during Odin's writing process, or if not then, it would hang itself during the various reboots, or show that error message again. Only pursue it if there's important files you need to recover.
Otherwise I read that there might be a chance of running the whole Android from an SD card bypassing the crippled internal flash memory, but didn't find anything specific about the Note 4 / Edge in that regard. And that SD card won't live long either, furthermore there's speed concerns.
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i have already bridged the battery to another charged battery to eliminate aby doubt about the charge of the battery. and i've tried 2 different SDs and the issue still presists. i guess that leaves the damaged emmc as the only possibility.. i'll see what i can do.. maybe i'll manage to flash it using QFIL.. but later cuz i'm exhausted and haven't slept for 2 days.
muhammad_h said:
i have already bridged the battery to another charged battery to eliminate aby doubt about the charge of the battery. and i've tried 2 different SDs and the issue still presists. i guess that leaves the damaged emmc as the only possibility.. i'll see what i can do.. maybe i'll manage to flash it using QFIL.. but later cuz i'm exhausted and haven't slept for 2 days.
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OK then I don't know any more things to try, seems you ruled out all error possibilities already. As I heard the flash memory chips in Note 4 / Edge and another from the S line were of bad quality, creating that error.
I wouldn't even have known about any further steps if this method didn't work for mine.
Good luck, hope you still get it working. I hope nothing like this happens with the Note 5 since they eliminated the SD card slot on that one... and brought it back with the Note 8. If the new 9 has it I don't know, it's not that interesting to me to read about the newest phone's specs if I don't plan to buy them...