Bell Galaxy S dead (unable to mount /sdcard) -> LAGFIX Problem? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi Guys.
I have a Galaxy S on bell's network, running JPK.
I looked at my phone last night and there was an orange "!" caution icon in the notification area. Said something about the internal sdcard not unmounting properly. So I rebooted the phone and now its booting to a black screen.
I have Ryan's OCLF from the market installed. I'm not sure if this is what is causing the problem (may be confused about ext2?)
I can boot into recovery, but no access to su from there. I can get into download mode. I tried re-flashing JPK, which flashed ok but I still have the same problem.
The error I'm seeing in recovery is:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (No such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:
I tried flash sdcard from recovery but didnt work.
Can anyone help me get my phone back? I heard flashing stock 2.1 Bell firmware may fix my issue, but I don't have that firmware. Please help!

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This should help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739091

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this will work for you
this is the erro that comes up
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
Copying files...
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
E: Can't mount DATA:
E: Failure at line 372:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
Installation aborted.
this is the way you fix the problem.
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine

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You might be better off sticking to the i9000 forums in the future, given that your Bell Vibrant resembles our T-Mobile Vibrant in name only. It's far more similar to the international i9000.

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alcangel64, will this work with the GT-i9000? I also see the caution about don't do it if you've flashed JP3.. should I ignore that warning?
alcangel64 said:
this will work for you
this is the erro that comes up
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
Copying files...
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
E: Can't mount DATA:
E: Failure at line 372:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
Installation aborted.
this is the way you fix the problem.
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine
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while in recovery mode, if you have adb installed u can adb reboot download and it'll take u to download mode. Then you'll be able to restore through odin. But I warn u, if it has something to do with the filesystem (ext2, ext4) ur in for a long ride. Other day I spent all day trying to get my phone to boot after flashing like 20+ times in odin due to an error in my filesystem

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I think the title is bit misleading. It was likely not JPK that broke but rather the EXT2 loopback created by the lag fix. You might consider changing the title of the thread to something else.
If you get it working again, I wouldn't suggest applying the OCLF again. When the internal SD mounted improperly, it was likely corrupted. This can happen at anytime since the EXT2 is not journaled like Samsung's RFS or EXT4. You might be able to fix the file system corruption if you can run fsck on it through ADB.
Selecting the repartition option in ODIN may get you past any file corruption issues with the SD but it will wipe your internal SD. So, just restore from backup.

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I agree. I think it was the lagfix, ultimately. I think the problem now is that I can't reflash because none of these PDA firmwares know anything about ext2.
Are there any releases with ext2 enabled right in the firmware? That might let me re-mount /sdcard at least, or at least remove the symbolic links?
epakrat75 said:
I think the title is bit misleading. It was likely not JPK that broke but rather the EXT2 loopback created by the lag fix. You might consider changing the title of the thread to something else.
If you get it working again, I wouldn't suggest applying the OCLF again. When the internal SD mounted improperly, it was likely corrupted. This can happen at anytime since the EXT2 is not journaled like Samsung's RFS or EXT4. You might be able to fix the file system corruption if you can run fsck on it through ADB.
Selecting the repartition option in ODIN may get you past any file corruption issues with the SD but it will wipe your internal SD. So, just restore from backup.
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What did you do to fix it? Problem is I can't su in recovery mode. If I could I could at least remove the ext2 symbolic links and continue.
jroid said:
while in recovery mode, if you have adb installed u can adb reboot download and it'll take u to download mode. Then you'll be able to restore through odin. But I warn u, if it has something to do with the filesystem (ext2, ext4) ur in for a long ride. Other day I spent all day trying to get my phone to boot after flashing like 20+ times in odin due to an error in my filesystem
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moophone said:
Are there any releases with ext2 enabled right in the firmware? That might let me re-mount /sdcard at least, or at least remove the symbolic links?
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The stock 2.1 / 2.2 kernel should already support EXT2 however it won't mount a corrupted / damaged partition. You should try flashing back to 2.1 with the repartition option checked through ODIN. Once the internal SD is formatted by the repartition, it should then finally mount. It will also return everything back to RFS.

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What kernel exactly? I tried flashing i9000_Kernel.tar, and then I9000XXJPH_KERNEL.tar from JPH. I tried JPC. I don't have a stock Bell kernel but none of those did anything.
Could you refer me to a specific kernel that will restore the /sdcard partition?
Thanks,
Greg
epakrat75 said:
The stock 2.1 / 2.2 kernel should already support EXT2 however it won't mount a corrupted / damaged partition. You should try flashing back to 2.1 with the repartition option checked through ODIN. Once the internal SD is formatted by the repartition, it should then finally mount. It will also return everything back to RFS.
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moophone said:
What kernel exactly? I tried flashing i9000_Kernel.tar, and then I9000XXJPH_KERNEL.tar from JPH. I tried JPC. I don't have a stock Bell kernel but none of those did anything.
Could you refer me to a specific kernel that will restore the /sdcard partition?
Thanks,
Greg
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After about 30 tries I was able to boot my phone with UGJH2. The funy part is for it to work and boot OK .. I have to leave my external SD card in it. It will error saying that it can't mount it once booted and both my internal 16G sd or my external 8G sd can't be mounted. All the rest of the phone works perfectly. If there was just a way for format or repartition the internal SD card from in the OS or ADB it would be fine. At least my phone now works until I can get a replacement phone from bell.
I tried to remove the external SDcard and the phone crashed. If I leave it in there , it works fine ??

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Having this problem after flashing jp6 on my Bell i9000m. It worked great for like 2 days but suddenly it stopped working and i can't boot anymore. I did apply a lagfix but i removed it soon after because i did not see any speed improvements. Downloading the roms suggested in this thread right now... hope it works

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Flashing again doesn't help*
I've flashed back to stock rom and used wipe factory and cache, but it still doesn't fix the issue.
I've read something about using adb to fix it, however adb doesn't even reconize my damn phone. Odin does on the other hand.
If adb reconize your phone, you should be able to push some files,and follow some other procedures to fix the internal sd card then flash it again with odin.
The other solution is changing your internal sd card, don't know how though people have sent back their device to their carrier or went to phone shop, i heard it costs one guy around 80$ to change it.