Hi,
My Galaxy SL i9003 suddenly lost all my personal settings like contacts and data.
I flashed the stock rom to see if the issue is resolved. It didn't help. Resulted in a boot screen loop.
Flashed with Cyanogenmod 7.2 now the phone boots. But the data partition stays temporary, it clears on every boot.
When i try to use Clockworkmod to format data, it fails and internal memory isn't working either. I have seen few posts to overcome the internal memory failure. But none refer to corrupted data partition.
I think this is a hardware failure of data and internal memory and my phone is already out of warranty and i don't want to spend money on my already aged phone.
Is there a way i can force the system to mount data partition from sd card in cyanogenmod 7.2.
I tried mounting data after the system boots using terminal in my phone and phone crashed immediately. Tried mounting data/data partition alone, the phone does not crash but doesn't pick the data from the newly mounted data/data partition.
Is there a way i can mount data partition from sdcard, before the actual boot process begins
Thanks in advance
Bala.
try to factory reset your phone. settings - backup and reset - factory data reset.. and do a full factory reset..it saved mine.. hope this saves your phone too..
maxs8007 said:
try to factory reset your phone. settings - backup and reset - factory data reset.. and do a full factory reset..it saved mine.. hope this saves your phone too..
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I tried that a lot of times... Flashed with odin too.. didnt help.. Think my data partiton hardware is gone
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I am trying to fix a friend's i9003 , the major problem is that the phone somehow has got some apps cached which doesn't goes away even when stock rom is put.
It seems the internal sd is corrupted and it has got all the files cached.
I've rooted it and have mounted it as readonly
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/vold/179:1 /mnt/sdcard
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Still I'm unable to delete all the files from ADB, I've CWM.. but I'm not sure how can I see the internal SD from CWM. Mounting sdcard mounts the external sd.
Also :
Factory Reset didn't reset the internalSd, though it finished successfully.
Have tried formatting everything from CWM.
Have used Odin to reset partitions
Tried to load other stock ROMs and custom roms. Have tried Miui, Nexus and had tried putting KPE stock rom also.
I'm back to the DDKP3 firmware and stock rom, bit lost in how can I fix this problem.
Superuser app doesn't run, but I can get acces to su from adb. due to superuser not running titanium backup also doesn't work, I thought it might let me format.
settings > factory data reset > tick format usb storage > press reset
dont do it from recovery
Have tried that already, somehow the internal memory stays back with everything, rest all resets.
Also I have tried, [MOD]Swap external-internal SD Gingerbread Version, still doesn't work.
Additionally, when I connect the phone to the computer using MTP, it shows the external SD, but another disk is shown as Removal Drive, which most probably is the corrupt internal memory.
Any more suggestions guys, this phone is out of warranty, need to do it badly.
A factory reset doesn't reset the internal SD. Try flashing cm9. Since the mount points are different(the external is on /emmc, it wiped my internal SD for the first time.
Cheers
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settings >>>> factory data reset >>>> tick format usb storage >>>> press reset
dont do it from recovery
Im having a trouble reflashing a ROM. During my efforts to fix my horrible battery life problem by doing Odin back to stock and reflashing DK ROM something else has gone wrong.
I go to to Recovery and I tried to wipe data and Reset to Factory
it says
Formatting / data......
Formatting / Cache....
Formatting / sd-ext....
E:format_Volume: make_extf4fs failed on on dev/block/mmcblk1p2
Formatting/sdcard/.android_secure....
Data wipe Complete.
It also says, sd-ext.img not found when I restored my Nandroid backup. Not sure whats going on here...
When it restarts, its still the same old rom with everything still there, just with user data wiped like my google login. How do I fix this? I have already Odin back to stock, rerooted and CWM and am still getting this issue. Could this be contributing to my terrible battery drain?
Nothing wrong, that's normal.
ROMs on phones that didn't have enough local space to install any real number of apps, etc (think Nexus One, or HTC Evo 4G) used to create a second partition on the SD card. This partition was formatted to ext4 and mounted in place of stuff like /system/apps or /data, etc..
Nandroid simply tries to format the partition if it's there, and obviously it isn't. I doubt anyone here has that partition. The sd-ext.img would be the image file nandroid would create if you did have the partition and you backed it up.
But the problem is I cant flash another ROM without doing the factory reset, and when I do factory reset I get that error and the new ROM isnt flashed.... I have never had this error before when I flashed DK originally, or on my last Blaze phone. I need to fix this issue so I can flash a different ROM, or next newest update to this ROM.
You've got some other problems then, because I get that error all the time and have for some time on all sorts of phones.
Once the /data partition is formatted, your wipe is complete. The /cache is good stuff too... once you see those two lines, you are all resetted.
If you nandroid restore, you're going back to what you had.
So why wont it factory reset then? Everytime I do factory reset in recovery, it shows all my files and stuff still on the phone. It never completely wipes my phone. I dont know what to do or what the problem is...
Is there a certain way everything is supposed to look in mounts and storage? Whats supposed to be mounted or unmounted? And what should be formatted?
Factory reset doesn't wipe your sd card. For that you have to format it from the settings menu.
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Factory reset doesn't wipe your sd card. For that you have to format it from the settings menu.
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Can you explain how to do that?
I beilive he means in CWM, under mounts and storage, format /sdcard
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No, I meant in android. I'm sure a quick Google search would turn it up, but here goes: Settings -> Storage... you'll want to unmount first, then format.
SD card = removable card
USB Storage = internal storage
Just remember, this will destroy ALL your data on whichever you choose to format. Everything, your pictures, music, etc...
Please, help me, i have an LG P920 OPTIMUS, and i wipe factory reset using clockwork,and after the reset this is what i get LG OPTIMUS, not enough free space clean up your data and try again. I deleted everything in the sd cards and formatted them, still i get the error.. I can't download from the market thing, and i can't receive or send text because the storage is full, when it is not. please help
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Hi!
What is your android system?
Try to reflash the system, when it finished, power on, let it boot to system, click exit on setup wizard, restart to recovery and do a factory reset.
After it done, do a reboot, and your storage now working.
It worked for me in official GB 21E.
On stock GB Roms, don't do a factory reset with CWM installed, it will keep giving that error. Flash stock recovery on your phone and do another factory reset. That always gets the job done for me.
try this:
1. first check in settings - app manager - how much is the total size of internal storage and SD card (sometimes corrupt installation can access only little of these space). then backup whatever you want to on the computer . download and put a rom.zip in external SD card.
2. if you have root access then boot into recovery , wipe delvik cache , wipe cache , factory reset and wipe system , format internal storage this will completely remove the ROM installed and all the apps. then reboot into recovery and flash the rom.zip from sd card.
reboot and enjoy!
ill keep this simple. tried to advanced wipe data and cache with TWRP which returned an E:/ unable to mount for both data and cache. internal storage is now saying its 0MB after i "fastboot erase" on as many of the partitions it would return success with (ie, what was mounted) flashall is asking me for a specific device.
How do i reset the internal partitions so they become mountable again? i believe in erasing the ones i had, it has deleted them altogether and i need to flash original firmware to get it to auto restructure (im guessing)
EDIT: so i downloaded this (link not allowed) i just dont know how to implement it through adb or fastboot
somewhere i read that the latest moto PQ versions for CWM and TWRP both have some selinux problem when wiping data, causing a force unmount (parroting. i DONT know what im talking about)
the first time i installed with CM11 with twrp (after CMW only allowing me to install 10.2) it worked great, except google play and whisperpush(whatever that is) crashing consistently. i should have used 'fix permissions' instead of going for a wipe+re-install
please help, what commands do i need to use through fastboot to restore the partitions, or where can i get the fxz file to use with RSD?
this is a brand new out of the box Sim-modded and pre-rooted PQ
SOLVED (i think)
god im so ****ing stupid.
due to corrupting the file structure and not being able to mount the cache or data partitions, when i installed CM11 snapshot it picked my external SD as the data storage /android/data/
FIX: unmounting and removing the external SD i rebooted to system, booted back to recovery. -> factory reset.... auto reboot, cant mount messages, then a second time it said SELinux supported message. ->factory reset again and finally no red messages, wipe to system (got an error, but probably cause system = external SD). i then inserted the external SD, installed the ROM and everything looks normal and working right
TWRP will restore file structure with 'factory reset' BUT ONLY IF you remove your external sd
i hope this thread saves time and headaches for someone.
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Im having trouble flashing new Roms to my S7. When I enter TWRP recovery, it shows my device as 0MB and it doesnt picK up any files. I looked into this and read that Encryption should be disabled on the handset. I followed instructions to do this and noticed that there is no option for Encryption Protection. Its not there!
I disabled any passwords and Pin numbers to erase decryption and it still didnt work!
last resort was to try a factory reset and the device restarted to recovery and failed as TWRP recovery cant find any mounted devices due to the encryption crap.
Any help appreciated.
Chris
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Hi Guys
Im having trouble flashing new Roms to my S7. When I enter TWRP recovery, it shows my device as 0MB and it doesnt picK up any files. I looked into this and read that Encryption should be disabled on the handset. I followed instructions to do this and noticed that there is no option for Encryption Protection. Its not there!
I disabled any passwords and Pin numbers to erase decryption and it still didnt work!
last resort was to try a factory reset and the device restarted to recovery and failed as TWRP recovery cant find any mounted devices due to the encryption crap.
Any help appreciated.
Chris
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Hi mate
Seems like you did not format your data partition during TWRP installation.........
Try flashing your custom rom from the External SD card......your data partition has all your app , files , passwords, photos...there is still a chance that there it may be a incompatibility issue between your apps and the new rom....that is why they recommend a factory reset when flashing a new custom rom
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Hi mate
Seems like you did not format your data partition during TWRP installation.........
Try flashing your custom rom from the External SD card......your data partition has all your app , files , passwords, photos...there is still a chance that there it may be a incompatibility issue between your apps and the new rom....that is why they recommend a factory reset when flashing a new custom rom
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hi mate
thanks for your reply. I dont have an external SD card
Is there any other way of sorting this? I am downloading a stock rom as we speak.
scientificharmony said:
hi mate
thanks for your reply. I dont have an external SD card
Is there any other way of sorting this? I am downloading a stock rom as we speak.
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Hi
TWRP can not handle Samsung encryption . if you wish to use TWRP and have access to the Data partition ( internal SD card) you need to format it so the encryption is disabled ( you lose all your apps , data and user configuration AKA factory reset) , you can have TWRP and data encryption but mods and roms have to be flashed from external memories also you will not have available MTP in recovery or factory reset from it.
There is no way to disable data encryption without format data.....
Ok, I got a friends SD card and placed the Rom on there. I can now see the Rom but the trouble is, TWRP wont let me wipe Dalvik / data / system / cache as it wont mount the storage....
can I still apply the ROM?
Unable to restart your device. The integrity verification has failed. You need to reset your device to factory default settings. This will erase all of your data.
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Unable to restart your device. The integrity verification has failed. You need to reset your device to factory default settings. This will erase all of your data.
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That is why I point it out " factory reset is recommended when flashing custom rom" if you wish to flash a custom rom you will have to format your data partition and flash the data verify file........
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That is why I point it out " factory reset is recommended when flashing custom rom" if you wish to flash a custom rom you will have to format your data partition and flash the data verify file........
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I have tried to format/wipe data. TWRP keeps saying it failed as it cant mount the storage.
I tried flashing the stock rom via odin and it also failed as it goes to recovery to wipe data and it fails again as it cant mount storage.
scientificharmony said:
I have tried to format/wipe data. TWRP keeps saying it failed as it cant mount the storage.
I tried flashing the stock rom via odin and it also failed as it goes to recovery to wipe data and it fails again as it cant mount storage.
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How did you flash the stock rom...which files did you use?
Wipe data is not enough you have to Wipe / FORMAT DATA and type yes....
1 To get rid of encryption, go to "wipe", format data (TWRP) (keyboard will pop up) then type "yes" and format it, then reboot to recovery
2. After flashing this, hit wipe, full wipe (this will clean all internal memory and your data will be lost
3 you can test if encryption is still enabled, if TWRP shows error about not mounting data your phone is still encrypted
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Josh Smith10 said:
1 To get rid of encryption, go to "wipe", format data (TWRP) (keyboard will pop up) then type "yes" and format it, then reboot to recovery
2. After flashing this, hit wipe, full wipe (this will clean all internal memory and your data will be lost
3 you can test if encryption is still enabled, if TWRP shows error about not mounting data your phone is still encrypted
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What version of TWRP are you guys using and what version Super SU?
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