Does anyone know how to REALLY wipe the Vibrant's internal sd? I have tried to flash different ROMS through Odin, partitioning the sd in the process, I've tried to hard reset phone, factory reset, but there is nothing that can clear the sd. There allways seem to be old crap still lingering, causing all kinds of FCs.
When I check the files through adb shell I find this:
drwxrwxr-x system sdcard_rw 1969-12-31 19:00 sdcard
drwxr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 19:00 sys
dr-xr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 19:00 proc
What is going on? Any and all help appreciated.
I was able to wipe the SD with this sequence. *2767*3855#. This does a factory format. Not sure if this is what your looking for.
EDIT: This is for the internal SD btw.
Also be sure to back up anything you don't want to lose that is on the Internal card, because this erases everything on it.
Do not partition your sd card through Odin. Make sure that is unchecked. That may be your problem.
bigragu said:
Do not partition your sd card through Odin. Make sure that is unchecked. That may be your problem.
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I tried this, but nothing changed. Still cannot get rid of the old stuff that sits on the internal sd.
The factory restore doesn't cut it either.
Weird stuff, this.
When I wanted to clear it out I downloaded the 'froyo that does not brick' flashed that with odin, then flashed the stock rom with odin. Search the vibrant bible thread, it as all the files and instructions
The cake is a lie!
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When I wanted to clear it out I downloaded the 'froyo that does not brick' flashed that with odin, then flashed the stock rom with odin. Search the vibrant bible thread, it as all the files and instructions
The cake is a lie!
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I haven't tried that particular combo yet, though I have tried flashing 'froyo that does not brick', and that did not cure it. I'll try what you say, and report back later.
Thanks for your suggestions!
No prob, it worked for me, should work for ya
The cake is a lie!
Mine will not format either.
Tried ODIN, the key combo in a previous post, and all the ROMs that allegedly wipe the internal SD.
I think I have repartitioned the internal when I used "format sd" from Rom Manager. Now, none of the methods work as it is no longer seen as the correct size.
Can anyone confirm the size? Mine shows as 13gb in explorer.
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ok i flashed with odin back to stock but now my internal storage is at 0 ..any ideas?
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This is what i did
1. Flash Odin Stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
2. Root Phone Via One click root http://forum.androidcentral.com/fasc...-how-root.html
3. Remove Voodoo & Replace Files http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804784
4. After step 3 do not restart just yet While in clockwork after you install Stock.zip go to "WIPE DATA" then "Restart"
It should work now. it did for me... *THANK THE HEAVENS* and the devs on here. i didnt have to do that long ass process that was stated earlier even though it was much
Did you wipe and format your sd card. Cause that's where the voodoo file is located. Delete and redo Odin.
also if u flashed with Odin back to stock u must do the disable lagfix. First off, I take it u flashed voodoo, before u flashed back to stock with Odin did u disable the lagfix?
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i thought i wiped it... so if i didnt how do i get rid of it..i tried the adb push but it kept telling me premission denied even though i could get into adb shell
HELP*** lol
Install v0.2, it fixes the internal storage problem.
OK here is what I would do. I would do the root explorer thing and add the folder disable_lagfix in sdcard>voodoo. Add the folder there and turn off the phone, then power up the phone. The phone will acknowledge the disable lagfix you installed. Give it some time . Then once the phone reboots, check your internal memory.
i cant download and install anything because of the damn 0 internal
can you get into your sd card at all?
i reformated it now i put the update.zip back on the root for clock work but now i cant boot into clockwork via normal recovery using update.zip gives me a failed signature error
oik i see odin has a option for re partition next to auto boot..should i do that?
I'm having the same problems as you. Hope someone can figure this out. I went thru with odin restore after voodoo messed things up now I am stuck.
geez i keep gettin a E: cant mount /dv/block/mmcblk0p1 (invalid argument)
Idk what the hell you are talking about. Take out your sd card completely. Put another sd card in there format it to your phone. Do Odin on your phone. Odin clockwork recovery. Apply update DI01. Then root it. Now put back your 16gb sd, format it first before hand. Then flash voodoo.
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geez i keep gettin a E: cant mount /dv/block/mmcblk0p1 (invalid argument)
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Your mbr doesn't seem to be back to stock. You can try getting into the OS and doing a privacy wipe, but if your mbr is still the voodoo mbr it won't work.
In that case you should basically try re-installing voodoo like new, then walk through the uninstall process again. You need to remove the /sdcard/Voodoo/disable_lagfix file in order to re-install voodoo.
If you get this error in stock recovery each time, the problem is still there.
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Your mbr doesn't seem to be back to stock. You can try getting into the OS and doing a privacy wipe, but if your mbr is still the voodoo mbr it won't work.
In that case you should basically try re-installing voodoo like new, then walk through the uninstall process again. You need to remove the /sdcard/Voodoo/disable_lagfix file in order to re-install voodoo.
If you get this error in stock recovery each time, the problem is still there.
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Well right now update.zip fails so we can't get back to clockwork to try to re-install voodoo
yeah i've gone back to stock numerous times i dont have voodoo onthe phoen anymore no way it could be wiped phone wiped cache wipe sd card but still no goo even put a new sd card in
Does anyone know if it is safe to try to restore thru odin with phone boot loader update checked. Just was wondering if that might solve it.
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Well right now update.zip fails so we can't get back to clockwork to try to re-install voodoo
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Have you tried going into cwm recovery manually?
meaning how? i've done cm2recovery.tar through odin but still no luck
The Situation:
I a currently stuck in ClockworkMod Recovery with no backups, no usable flashable ROMs, no ROM installed, a screwed up internal SD, and virtually no way to use the ADB or ODIN in Download, because my phone rarely, if ever, recognizes USB cords for anything but charging (This is a hardware, not software issue. It persists from ROM to ROM.)
Thoughts?
Additional Info
There's a lot, so I will be clear, as concise as possible, and will try to remember everything.
You might ask, "How did this happen?" or even "WTF?"
These are the steps I've taken:
Originally, I used OCLF for rooting + ext2 lag fix, followed by Team Whiskey's latest Bionix ROM. I hadn't removed the lag fix as I was told it should not matter. I was having a multitude of problems, so I wished to revert to Stock. When a standard nandroid restore didn't work, I searched and learned that flashing back to J12 should let my nandroid restore work. This did NOT work, however, and, once again, I was stuck in the boot sequence. I re-flashed the Bionix ROM to see if I could just live with it, and, no, I couldn't. I looked some more and found that, given I could flash a JFD or J16 (I believe) image, I could then perform a restore, then install a 2.1 kernel. I found the image and flashed it. THAT worked, but the nandroid was still refusing to cooperate.
Today, I flashed Team Whiskey's Obsidian V4.2 ULF Kernel ROM, succeeded, and found that my internal SD partition that hosts apps existed, but was 0.00KB. I thought about installing App2SD, but I decided I had too much room internally to want to deal with that. I tried to add a partition via CWM ROM Manager, but did not take into consideration the fact that it would need a ROM to flash once it had wiped and partitioned. I'm not sure how that partition creator is supposed to work, because it wipes the drive that the ROM is on. At that point, I somehow managed to get back in business by formatting w/ backup.
I tried flashing Obsidian V4.2 w/o the lag fixed kernel, thinking this was the issue with my internal partition system, but I never found out because install, post-wipe, failed at line 11. I could not turn the phone back on because it had no complete install, and nandroid was still not restoring, so I went through Recovery and factory reset, wiped cache, tried mounting and unmounting different file systems, including the sd-ext which refuses to mount, citing "E:INFO is WRONG Error mounting SDEXT:!".
I've installed Superuser, messed with the Lagfix and Tweak options, and reset default permissions in the ULF Kernel Menu. All to the effect of allowing the ROM flash to progress to line 85 before failing. I can't remember the errors it gave, and can't flash again, because, in my frenzy, I formatted the system, data, cache, and sdcard. I still have a nandroid available, but it has an md5 sum mismatch. There are three more viable ROMs on my external SD card, but I have no way of moving them to the internal, and the "install zip from sd card" menu won't access the CWM backup folder or the external because it says there aren't any there, which isn't true.
I am completely at a loss as to what to do. Is there any way to move files from external -> internal sd in recovery?
ANY help that isn't "You're screwed" would be appreciated.
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The Situation:
I a currently stuck in ClockworkMod Recovery with no backups, no usable flashable ROMs, no ROM installed, a screwed up internal SD, and virtually no way to use the ADB or ODIN in Download, because my phone rarely, if ever, recognizes USB cords for anything but charging (This is a hardware, not software issue. It persists from ROM to ROM.)
Thoughts?
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Semi_Interested said:
There's a lot, so I will be clear, as concise as possible, and will try to remember everything.
You might ask, "How did this happen?" or even "WTF?"
These are the steps I've taken:
Originally, I used OCLF for rooting + ext2 lag fix, followed by Team Whiskey's latest Bionix ROM. I hadn't removed the lag fix as I was told it should not matter. I was having a multitude of problems, so I wished to revert to Stock. When a standard nandroid restore didn't work, I searched and learned that flashing back to J12 should let my nandroid restore work. This did NOT work, however, and, once again, I was stuck in the boot sequence. I re-flashed the Bionix ROM to see if I could just live with it, and, no, I couldn't. I looked some more and found that, given I could flash a JFD or J16 (I believe) image, I could then perform a restore, then install a 2.1 kernel. I found the image and flashed it. THAT worked, but the nandroid was still refusing to cooperate.
Today, I flashed Team Whiskey's Obsidian V4.2 ULF Kernel ROM, succeeded, and found that my internal SD partition that hosts apps existed, but was 0.00KB. I thought about installing App2SD, but I decided I had too much room internally to want to deal with that. I tried to add a partition via CWM ROM Manager, but did not take into consideration the fact that it would need a ROM to flash once it had wiped and partitioned. I'm not sure how that partition creator is supposed to work, because it wipes the drive that the ROM is on. At that point, I somehow managed to get back in business by formatting w/ backup.
I tried flashing Obsidian V4.2 w/o the lag fixed kernel, thinking this was the issue with my internal partition system, but I never found out because install, post-wipe, failed at line 11. I could not turn the phone back on because it had no complete install, and nandroid was still not restoring, so I went through Recovery and factory reset, wiped cache, tried mounting and unmounting different file systems, including the sd-ext which refuses to mount, citing "E:INFO is WRONG Error mounting SDEXT:!".
I've installed Superuser, messed with the Lagfix and Tweak options, and reset default permissions in the ULF Kernel Menu. All to the effect of allowing the ROM flash to progress to line 85 before failing. I can't remember the errors it gave, and can't flash again, because, in my frenzy, I formatted the system, data, cache, and sdcard. I still have a nandroid available, but it has an md5 sum mismatch. There are three more viable ROMs on my external SD card, but I have no way of moving them to the internal, and the "install zip from sd card" menu won't access the CWM backup folder or the external because it says there aren't any there, which isn't true.
I am completely at a loss as to what to do. Is there any way to move files from external -> internal sd in recovery?
ANY help that isn't "You're screwed" would be appreciated.
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Well, adb would be able to move files from external sd card to the internal one but if you don't know how to use it then Odin might be simpler. I'll pm you some instructions but if you cannot get your phone to be recognized in Odin because of USB issues then I'm not sure how to help.
I didn't know where to put this but I had to put this somewhere since it helped me so much.
I was trying to back up my ROM in cwm but it said it couldn't mount /system. I tried everything. I tried to update busybox, reinstall su, format SD card, everything. Nothing worked. I was going to wipe everything clean, when I had one last idea.
I tried to flash a new kernel in CWM, and when I did it remounted the system partition for me and I could create and restore backups! So if nothing works and you have the /system problem, try installing a kernel.zip from your SD card.
Hi xda,
I'm not a typical android user and this was one of my firsts in messing around with my Tab 10.1. I have GTP7500 which I recently loaded up with CM10 and it's working fine except for the camera. Leave that and what I was going to say is that I'd like to remove my entire Internal Storage ( all the downloads, music, videos ) and stuff, i.e, like formatting the sd card. I'd like to know a way to format the internal storage of my Tab without affecting the system files as I don't want to create any troubles here. So, my questions are:-
1. Whether I can delete all the stuff shown inside the internal storage from my PC directly and would it affect the system? I cannot see any format option when I connect my tab to my PC so, I was hoping if I could manually delete all the files inside the storage and then doing a factory reset from cwm and installing the rom once again?
2. Or is there any app to do this?
3. Or if it is quite simple to do it the hard way, well, entering the fastboot and wiping the whole system (Read it somewhere before) and installing all the stuff again, then please do tell me that too. Otherwise, I'd go with the easy method, i.e, just format the internal storage.
Also, what about the format /sdcard option in the mounts and storages menu in CWM? I'm using CWM 5.5.0.4.
I think doing the "format /sdcard" in CWM should do what you are looking for as I have done that in the past. I would also temporarily back up the /sdcard contents onto your computer as a precaution in case an app was depending on any folders there, but I think it should be fine.
Thanks but still...
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I think doing the "format /sdcard" in CWM should do what you are looking for as I have done that in the past. I would also temporarily back up the /sdcard contents onto your computer as a precaution in case an app was depending on any folders there, but I think it should be fine.
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Thanks for the quick reply. But would it remove other stuff including the boot files and other core files of Android? I've somewhere seen similar posts and whom did the format /sdcard but they proclaimed they lost whole files and had to do bootloader and install cwm and other stuff all over again to gain access. I've already managed to do format the sd card while installing the ICS official ROM for my tab but I did that via Samsung's recovery menu, i.e, one you get when installing their official ROMs and did a factory reset which erased all my internal storage files. But the same option won't remove internal storage in cwm. So, is format /sdcard the option to do this? I'd be glad to get a clear answer.
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Thanks for the quick reply. But would it remove other stuff including the boot files and other core files of Android? I've somewhere seen similar posts and whom did the format /sdcard but they proclaimed they lost whole files and had to do bootloader and install cwm and other stuff all over again to gain access. I've already managed to do format the sd card while installing the ICS official ROM for my tab but I did that via Samsung's recovery menu, i.e, one you get when installing their official ROMs and did a factory reset which erased all my internal storage files. But the same option won't remove internal storage in cwm. So, is format /sdcard the option to do this? I'd be glad to get a clear answer.
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Yep, format sdcard in CWM. It will only wipe the data stored there. Your bootloaders and ROM will remain unaffected, however I would still backup the sdcard to your computer before doing this just in case.
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Yep, format sdcard in CWM. It will only wipe the data stored there. Your bootloaders and ROM will remain unaffected, however I would still backup the sdcard to your computer before doing this just in case.
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I was wondering about this, too. Thanks for helping!
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The method above does work. However, if you really want to wipe the whole device completely clean, using Odin to flash stock firmware will blow it all out and make you factory-fresh in one operation.
Hi,
im quite new to rooting and custom roms.
I have rooted (ALLINONE) my device with the S3 ToolKit (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488)
My device had stock rom and was encrypted. I performed a factory reset from the stock rom (after a nandroid backup from the toolkit.
But the phone failed and booted into TWRP. When i try to wipe Dalvik Cache it sais failed..
I get "cannot mount internal storage" in the logs.
What sould i do?
I want to install the Paranoid Android ROM. But for now, whatever goes. Is there always an possibility to fix the phone as long as i get into the TWRP menu, or can it be permanently bricked now?
Download mode yes no ???
jje
Yes im am able to open download mode. thanks for your quick reply
Could i try to install a ROM from a external card without wiping dalvik? I was able to wipe "cache", but not factory reset or dalvik. havent tried anything else yet.
To my knowledge, you can only access encrypted data with the instance of the ROM you encrypted it with.
I would expect you'd have to decrypt fully before wiping and flashing.
I may be wrong but there is a chance there's nothing you can do to get the data back :/
Everything possibly needs to be formatted.
I just took "format data" - it worked just to confirm i was on the right track, i tried dalvik again - it worked! OH YES. going forward
Whatever doesnt kill your phone makes you stronger, or something But what should i do now..?
sponsen said:
what should i do now..?
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It depends where you want to be...
rootSU said:
It depends where you want to be...
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I want to flash the Paranoid Android ROM.
I have downloaded the ROM + gapps from as stated in this link: (remote the [DOT] and replace it with a real dot) tothemobile[DOT]com/install-paranoidandroid-4-2-2-jelly-bean-custom-rom-on-galaxy-s3
but im not sure what steps i should do now. The toolkit dosnt have a feature covering my situation as far as i can see (a formatted phone), since the toolkit want me to boot it as normal to start the flash procedure - if i havent misunderstood this totally
sponsen said:
I want to flash the Paranoid Android ROM.
I have downloaded the ROM + gapps from as stated in this link: (remote the [DOT] and replace it with a real dot) tothemobile[DOT]com/install-paranoidandroid-4-2-2-jelly-bean-custom-rom-on-galaxy-s3
but im not sure what steps i should do now. The toolkit dosnt have a feature covering my situation as far as i can see (a formatted phone), since the toolkit want me to boot it as normal to start the flash procedure - if i havent misunderstood this totally
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You don't really need the toolkit. Plus, it's really good to learn how to do things manually, in case you get in situations like this.
Sol exactly what state is the phone in?
What recovery has the phone got?
Does the phone now boot?
Is it wiped and internal storage works?
Thanks for your help - really appreciate it
Im not sure how i can describe the phones state more than i have now used "format data" in the TWRP recovery screen, the device is listing in the toolkit and im able to go into download mode. I dont have an external card for the phone now, but if its critical for the ongoing progress, ill get a hold of one.
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When i hit "Install" in TWRP i am able to browse the internal memory. I can see:
cache
data
dev
efs
etc
external_sd
extSdCard
preload
proc
res
root
sbin
sdcard
sys
system
tmp
sponsen said:
Thanks for your help - really appreciate it
Im not sure how i can describe the phones state more than i have now used "format data" in the TWRP recovery screen, the device is listing in the toolkit and im able to go into download mode. I dont have an external card for the phone now, but if its critical for the ongoing progress, ill get a hold of one.
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When i hit "Install" in TWRP i am able to browse the internal memory. I can see:
cache
data
dev
efs
etc
external_sd
extSdCard
preload
proc
res
root
sbin
sdcard
sys
system
tmp
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Have a read of the "sticky roll-up thread" in general where there are guides for flashing etc
im not familiar with twrp. usually android sees /extSdCard as your removable sd. But recoveries usually use external_sd for the same location.
Essentially you put the zip on your sd and install via recovery. Have a look through those guides. I cant really help withy your recovery though as i dont know it.
I believe that the case is resloved!
To users experiencing that wipes/factory reset fails on a device that have/had encrypted data, you must "format data" and then mount a SD card with the desired ROM and gapps. If you dont have the option of a external SD - i dont know what you have to do - but im sure the internet do