As the title states, I have lost my internal memory after install of 1.3 OC Kernel and AXURA Vibrant Edition ▼△ [Devs4Android][2.0.5] ROM.
I had the ROM installed with the Voodoo lag fix but I was having issues with certain areas so I figured to flash with 1.120 B_STOCK Kernel. I later saw a post for a 1.3 clock that made the phone lighting fast. This is where it went downhill. Booting up and running some programs WAS very fast but as I continued to run a screenshot program the phone would lockup on that screen. It wouldn't reboot into clockworks so I removed the battery. I did this three (3) times and on the third time it booted into Bootloader mode and saying it couldn't find sd card and it wouldn't install the ROM. I have used ODIN to flashback probably 20 times but I am still missing my internal memory. I can't install any apps and my computer doesn't show my external SD. Also when I restart my phone it will revert back to it's unregistered state, not holding any info ie. google account, phone numbers.
Any ideas?
And yes I did remove my external SD and my SIM card when I use ODIN. No I did not Partition my internal using ROM manager or clockworks.
Anyone have any ideas?
I just tried again and no success. I did T959UVJFD under PDA, my PIT was s1_odin_20100512.pit and Re-Partition, Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time were all checked. Dump-unchecked, Debug En.- unchecked, File [Dump]-empty along with Phone and CSC.
After it passes the screen will flash a grey battery if plugged in. If unplugged it will show a Vibrant screen and shut off. Will not bootloader.
any ideas?
Still not working. I am now trying Eugene_JK2_Froyo.tar.md5 with s1_odin_20100512.pit I am checking Re-Partition and start.
After It is done it comes to bootloader screen and says;
"update media, please wait
"E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblkop1
"(No such file or directory)
"E:copy_dbdata_media:Cant mount SDCARD:
"your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
"E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblkop1
"(No such file or directory)
"E:copy_dbdata_media:Cant mount SDCARD:"
I will try and use the bootloader menu but only thing that works is the reboot, delete data and delete cache.
format internal sd-card doesn't work and the ODIN screen says, "PASS!"
Any ideas or suggestions?
Any luck? how did you fix this? I'm having a similar tale of woe with my dell streak.
I found out that by installing voodoo lag fix, it never disabled the built in lagfix. Then I flashed another kernel and ROM ontop. It soon bricked and never came back.
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I just bought a used vibrant... sadly it has a huge problem.
Problem consists of:
1.Can't remove previous user gmail account
2. Can't download apps from market
3. If an app is installed to external sd, it will install.
4. If anything is put on the phone (pictures, apps, music), it will be removed after the phone is restarted.
5. Capturing picture from camera, if the file put in internal memory, it can't be opened or sometimes error.
6. Receiving mp3 or mp4 file from bluetooth that put in internal memory, all files gonna error & can't be open.
7. can't root the phone because everything is WIPE while restarting the phone include the update.zip that placed in internal memory.
8. some old photos can't be delete from internal memory, once the phone is restart, those photos are appear again.
Attemps to fix include:
1.Formating internal and external sd
2.Wiping data in recovery
3.Flashing multiple roms in recovery
4.using odin with repartition checked
now i'm using JI6
anybody can help pleaseeee.
thank you
Wait, you used ODIN and the other account is still logged in? If that's the case then it doesn't sound like ODIN is working. ODIN if i'm not mistaken is basically re-writing everything from the ground up, bootloader, recovery, radio, kernel, rom. Can you give us a little more info such as what happens when you flash another rom, or after you use odin.
One other thing, you mentioned that you can't root the phone, yet you said that you have tried to install other roms. Are you sure you're doing everything properly? In ODIN does the console recognize your phone? Can you get into download mode?
Yeah, something in the OP is NOT correct.
OP, could you try the ALT METHOD in the NOOB GUIDE in my signature. It will take care of everything as I have used it many times as well as others. It will give you root, jk2 froyo and then you can flash on top of it.... no way in previous data should be stored.
Also, didnt see you listed a factoy reset which is in the settings options.
@Paging :
Of course Odin recognize my phone & I can get to download mode or recovery mode. I try using odin to flash the ROM to JI6. But everthing inside the internal memory is not wipe. Not much differences after flashing. But everytime I restart my phone, there is a pop-up message that said "sorry can't open maps....." or "sorry can't open amazone...." Those old photos that stored in internal memory is not wipe and the gmail account also not erased / remove.
As I said before, I don't know what should I do for rooting since the phone gonna wipe out all new file. When I put update.zip in the root, it's wipe when I restart my phone. So, how can I use this file in recovery mode ? When I choose "reinstall package"... it said :
E:can't open /sdcard/update.zip
(no such file or directory)
Installation aborted.
I tried using "one click root". It's useless either
What I've done so far is : I can flash the rom to JI6, JI2 and JK2 (all using Odin). Now I'm running in JI6. While flashing using odin, I don't tick the "re-partition" box. So far this this phone is working, but have much trouble as I mentioned above.
@s15274n :
in your noob guide, it said that :
I have already renamed the file update.zip so all that is required is moving this to your internal memory, NOT in a folder. You should use a file manager (or your PC) so that it appears like this:
sdcard/update.zip
1. Download the attached zip and rename to: update.zip
2. On your device, navigate to Settings > Applications > USB settings and select Mass storage
3. Plug your device into your computer, select mount USB from your device's pull-down window
4. Copy the update.zip to the INTERNAL SD memory (~14gb on this drive, not the one w/ Avatar if you've still got the 2gb SD card in)
5. Turn your phone off.
6. Hold down volume up and volume down while powering on the phone, this should get you to a recovery menu, you may have to try this a few times.
7. In Recovery menu select 'Reinstall Packages' (use vol_down then power to select)
when I connect the phone to PC, I can see the 13.6GB internal memory. I can see the folders : DCIM, data, amazonmp3, mobi_drm, slacker svox, Android and SD (external sd).
BUT I can't see sdcard/.
There is another SD folder which is hidden folder.
I already put update.zip file in the root directory, not inside of those folders. But it's wipe after the phone restart. So I try the frustating way, I copy update.zip file to root, and to all those folder include the hidden SD folder. It still not working. All those files wiped after my phone restart.
I haven't install any program / application inside my phone because it's gonna wipe after restart. I check my "sd card & phone storage", it said that
Phone storage:
Total space 13.18GB
Available space 13.15GB
Application Storage :
Available Space : 1.6GB
Is that normal ? Why the application storage is so small ?????
of couse I try the factory reset. I already unmount internal memory & format it.
But... those old photos & gmail account is still untouchable.
any idea how to fix this problem ?
How if I using "one click unroot" ? is it safe ?
please help me.
try doing a phone data reset
you will find that under settings > privacy > reset phone data
also, make sure you're micoSD is plugged in. 2 mintues ago i was having the same exact problems as you were having so i finally decided to give it a one last go before calling it a night. I plugged my microSD card in and re-attempted to root my phone and surprisingly that did the trick....it could be just a coincidence though
good luck!
Unfortunately the phone data reset did not solve the issue.
OK, after playing with the phone somemore, I found out that I can temporarily root my vibrant using the OCLF 2.3.0 - Z4Root app; I verified this by running the "su" command under terminal emulator. However once the phone is restarted, the su/root privilege is gone and I would have to install OCLF and run the Z4Root app again to gain root access. I don't think this is normal?
What's strange is that I can flash different ROMs using Odin without any issue, but I simply can't root the phone permanently. Does any one have any more idea I can try?
mikomikos said:
Unfortunately the phone data reset did not solve the issue.
OK, after playing with the phone somemore, I found out that I can temporarily root my vibrant using the OCLF 2.3.0 - Z4Root app; I verified this by running the "su" command under terminal emulator. However once the phone is restarted, the su/root privilege is gone and I would have to install OCLF and run the Z4Root app again to gain root access. I don't think this is normal?
What's strange is that I can flash different ROMs using Odin without any issue, but I simply can't root the phone permanently. Does any one have any more idea I can try?
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i had the same problem as you my friend.
every night im trying all i can to delete the undeleted files but no success..
i had the exact problem as you with my galaxy s.
please help us.
when i reboot all apps are force closing even my bluetooth cant turn on because
its force closing also.
OP,
I would:
- remove external SD card
- desktop > menu > settings > SD and phone storage > format phone storage.
- ODIN back to original stock, JDF. follow the ODIN instruction [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475]here[/URL].
This should put your phone back to the original stock. There should be none of the old system data, kernel, root or anything. Your SD card should also be clear of all old data, which could be preventing permanent rooting. From this point you should be able to root, install cwr and flash roms at will.
I don't think there is a way for data to survive a JDF odin nor an SD card format.
SykesAT said:
OP,
I would:
- remove external SD card
- desktop > menu > settings > SD and phone storage > format phone storage.
- ODIN back to original stock, JDF. follow the ODIN instruction [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475]here[/URL].
This should put your phone back to the original stock. There should be none of the old system data, kernel, root or anything. Your SD card should also be clear of all old data, which could be preventing permanent rooting. From this point you should be able to root, install cwr and flash roms at will.
I don't think there is a way for data to survive a JDF odin nor an SD card format.
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tried to reformat internal sd card tru pc like what youve mentioned..but still no luck it says formated but when i disconnect and reboot the phone..it comes back..
havent tried jdf should give it a try.
thanks
i think THIS is a situation where you SHOULD check re-partition on ODIN. your doings omething wrong on ODIN.
xriderx66 said:
i think THIS is a situation where you SHOULD check re-partition on ODIN. your doings omething wrong on ODIN.
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i always tick repartition whenever i reflash with new firmware.
jamir5 said:
i always tick repartition whenever i reflash with new firmware.
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same, but some people suggest against it, but this would be a situation where i wouldn't listen to them because you really do NEED to erase everything.
xriderx66 said:
same, but some people suggest against it, but this would be a situation where i wouldn't listen to them because you really do NEED to erase everything.
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been trying to download every firmware hoping some miracle would actually erase everthing..
@jamir5:
so what did u use for your ROM ?
Now I'm back to JFD... everything is back like the factory reset, but those problems still remains. At least there are no pop-up error message anymore.
I don't know what should I do now ? even factory reset or repartition using odin still can't help us. hik...hikss.....
I'm start to thinking that it's a hardware problem.
same here flashed to stock rom force closures are gone bluetooth working again but still cant delete wipe or access the internal sd..tried every solution u could but no luck..
I wanted to clear out my SD card so I used the setting in clockworkmod to repartition the SD card, but that apparently wiped out the system partition and after doing that my phone would not boot up. It would just get stuck at the Vibrant screen. After MANY attempts with ODIN, I finally was able to use Odin3 V1.7 along with Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo to get a ROM on it and get my phone to boot back up, however now I can't update any apps or download new apps. When I look at the settings, it shows available app space as 0. There is plenty of system space and plenty of space on the SD card.
When I used Odin, the V1.7 version automatically checked the option to re-partition, but that doesn't seem to have changed the partition size. How can I get my Vibrant back to good working order? I can't install ClockworkMod again to try and flash a different ROM. Is there any way to change the available application storage space?
I'm pretty desperate at this point.
Thanks,
pamulli said:
I wanted to clear out my SD card so I used the setting in clockworkmod to repartition the SD card, but that apparently wiped out the system partition and after doing that my phone would not boot up. It would just get stuck at the Vibrant screen. After MANY attempts with ODIN, I finally was able to use Odin3 V1.7 along with Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo to get a ROM on it and get my phone to boot back up, however now I can't update any apps or download new apps. When I look at the settings, it shows available app space as 0. There is plenty of system space and plenty of space on the SD card.
When I used Odin, the V1.7 version automatically checked the option to re-partition, but that doesn't seem to have changed the partition size. How can I get my Vibrant back to good working order? I can't install ClockworkMod again to try and flash a different ROM. Is there any way to change the available application storage space?
I'm pretty desperate at this point.
Thanks,
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Can you Go into recovery & then into mount options & format data... worse case is to odin to stock then flash this over...
use the toolbox
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
No luck. If I use the toolbox and flash to stock Rom the phone doesn't fully boot. I get an error immediately after it reboots that says checksum error and then failed to wipe. I then see the Vibrant screen and the T-Mobile boot animation but then the phone goes completely black and does nothing. It seems that none of these processes are correcting the partition size problem that was created when I did the partition command in ClockworkMod. I'm just guessing, but if all of these are doing a format and not actually resizing the reserved application space partition then I'm never going to get a ROM to work.
I'm thinking that I may have to see if I can get it replaced under warranty since in it's current state T-Mobile shouldn't be able to tell that it was rooted. I hate to have to go through all of that though.
pamulli said:
No luck. If I use the toolbox and flash to stock Rom the phone doesn't fully boot. I get an error immediately after it reboots that says checksum error and then failed to wipe. I then see the Vibrant screen and the T-Mobile boot animation but then the phone goes completely black and does nothing. It seems that none of these processes are correcting the partition size problem that was created when I did the partition command in ClockworkMod. I'm just guessing, but if all of these are doing a format and not actually resizing the reserved application space partition then I'm never going to get a ROM to work.
I'm thinking that I may have to see if I can get it replaced under warranty since in it's current state T-Mobile shouldn't be able to tell that it was rooted. I hate to have to go through all of that though.
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Do you have repartition in Odin checked?
I found several other posts regarding this exact same issue and everyone concluded there is no fix and it has to be replaced. Luckily I'm still under warranty and T-Mobile is sending me out a new one. Oh well...
Hi everyone,
In my overzealous attempts to reformat an old 4gb external SD card through CW Recovery, I managed to reformat my internal SD card (I was using the Clockwork Recovery version 2.5). I thought that "format sd card" would reformat my external memory card and not leave me without a usable phone, but I guess I misunderstood.
I spent at least five hours going through all of the ODIN tutorials and trying them out, and found that using Eugene's 2.2 with 2E recovery ROM actually allows me to boot up (hooray! ), while the stock rom from this thread simply forces a bootloop on my poor phone, with occasional freezes. Even using AIO's "Flash to Stock" from Eugene's 2.2 doesn't work.
Further searching has lead to the thread about partitioning using parted, which has been hard for me to use effectively (I made a new partition, but I couldn't get it to mount properly).
I was really excited to come across this tutorial, but it didn't solve my problem. After getting through all of the steps, at step 5, ODIN3 versions 1.0, 1.7, and 1.81 (I tried all 3 on 3 different walk-throughs of the tutorial) never were actually capable of repartitioning the sdcard properly. Every time after the first time of using "parted" to reduce the card to a single partition, I found that that lone partition was always the only one there (15.5 gb /SYSTEM Fat32). No changes had been made to the sd card's partitions.
I don't know if it helps any, but the ROM I was running before I reformatted the card was Bi-Winning 3.0, and Voodoo had not been disabled at the time of the reformat, which may be why I can't flash new ROMs through the recovery as well.
As near as I can tell, ODIN can't actually return my vibrant's partitions to factory settings, so is there a way for me to do that manually? I think that would solve my problem.
Thanks,
-NewbieCube
My guide (you linked to) clearly states its not for this intent... if you read it, you would also see I linked to Eugenes froyo that does not brick. If you did it, THEN you did my guide ODIN to JFD, you are on a fully functional stock 2.1 JFD build.
If your intent was to just format the external sd, go to menu settings, sd card/phone storage, unmount the external and format it.
Right, I know that. In fact I read all through your thread and tried to flash to Eugene's first, and then to JFD, but JFD does not boot properly. It just gives me a black, unresponsive screen. I'll definitely go back through once more and try that again, though, as you clearly know what you're talking about.
I basically formatted the wrong storage (internal sd vs external sd), and would like to get that internal back to stock, so you are right that Eugenes -> JFD should work. I'll report back with results.
^ yeah, exactly... that should work with no issues. let me know if it does not.
Oddly enough, that didn't work for me either. Since my phone still can boot into Eugene's (albeit with 0.00B available to apps), I know this should work, just from reading through your guide. So once more, here's what I did:
1. Download mode -> ODIN 1.70: Flash Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo.tar.md5, and s1_odin_20100512.pit (from Eugene) Re-Partition NOT checked (Eugene's thread says not to)
2. Boot up into Unbrickable Froyo, with no application space remaining Mount sdcard and move Update.zip (s15274n's) into the root folder without issue.
3. Download mode -> ODIN 1.70: Flash s1_odin_20100512.pit, and T959UVJFD.tar (s15274n's) with Re-Partition checked
4. Boots once automatically into recovery, saying something about a failed MBR checksum and failure to clear userdata
5. Bootloops that never get past the VIBRANT logo screen
6. Boot into recovery and try deleting user data and cache data manually and to reinstall packages, but bootloops continue.
I really don't know what I'm doing wrong here...
UPDATE:
I even used Heimdall on another computer and got the same result, so it isn't ODIN. Why is reformatting the internal SD card to stock so difficult to do?
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I FIGURED IT OUT!!! ...by random chance
For my problem, it was indeed the voodoo lagfix that was messing things up, and this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888084
helped me out tremendously.
Hi guys i have problem with a phone thats friends gives me to repair and this is the problem.
Phone was dead so i put in download mode and flashed with "T959UVJFD" , and the phone stucks on GALAXY S logo and then the 4 lights of the down of the phone on and the screen was black so i tried differents combinations of roms, pits files , etc.
The phone finaly booted propely when i flashed a kernel "Bali_1.8.8UV-zImage" with heimdall .
After the phone booted i was happy but i checked and internal 16gb was not recognized and also when i inserted sd card also no detected.
Finaly i was searching solution also when tried to flash with RIFF BOX BY jtag and still same , phone only boots when i flash with kernel "Bali_1.8.8UV-zImage" but still no internal or external storage .
Also in recovery mode messages like
"can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0p1)"
Anybody can help me?
I need to work one of them storages
Did you ever find a solution to this? I have an old Vibrant laying around that has this same problem....both the external and internal memories are unavailable no matter what I do.
rikimaer said:
... Also in recovery mode messages like
"can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0p1)"
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a) When you see this message in recovery, what happens if you simply select "Reboot phone" and hit the Power button? Does it then boot up?
b) mmcblk0 = Internal sdcard. I hate to say it, but it sounds very likely your friend's phone could have been hit by the Encyption Unsuccessful bug (refer to Merio90's thread).
As a test, you could follow Merio90's OP steps and use the updated CWM recovery (via update.zip) to re-partition your external sdcard. Note: all data will get wiped (so backup first). When you "reinstall packages" in recovery, you may get that "can't mount ... emmcblk0" error again. Just "reinstall packages" again. Then see if you get int / ext sdcard detection at that point.
If still not detected, proceed to flash a CM7 v7.2.0-vibrantmtd rom. Flash it twice (1st flash updates recovery; 2nd flash converts to mtd partitioning and flashes rom). Merio90's thead is geared towards ending up at an ICS rom, but keep in mind essentially all of the Vibrant EU occurences have been on ICS rom's. This is why I suggest using that stable CM7 build as a test. For kicks, see if you get sdcard detection (probably not). If not, do the vold.fstab emmc/sdcard swap, which works the same and uses the same syntax on GB & ICS (ie. refer to Merio90's OP for vold.fstab syntax). Flash CM7, edit your vold.fstab, & reboot (for swap to take place).
If you're good to go ... you can always proceed onto a JB rom from there. Read through the last discussions re. JB rom flashing issues and kernel compabitibility - ie. to save you the trial & error.
If you still don't get sdcard detection at this point, maybe this is something different altogether. But, my hunch is that you'll get detection on CM7 (after the vold.fstab swap).
First off, I am no expert so please be gentle! I previously rooted my old Samsung Galaxy S i9000 and installed ICS, which went OK, but the phone became quite slow and unstable. I was advised to install RemICS and downloaded all the zip files from this forum, and put them on the external SD card. I followed the developer's instructions to the letter, as well as reading everything I could find on the subject. The reset and data wiping went fine, but the installation of the ROM didn't. It halted with an error message -`ROM incompatible, trying to use an invalid partition'. I repeat that this is supposed to be the specific ROM for the i9000. The phone now won't boot into recovery. It stops with an orange Android logo and the text `Powered by Mackay Kernel'. It won't boot into download mode either. The Mackay screen stays there however long I leave it. I really need help from the ROM developer but I can't post to that forum. How can I either boot into recovery or into download mode? Is this ROM reliable? What could I have done wrong?
More info:
Presumably everyone is on holiday! But just in case anyone is reading, there is further news. The reason I could not start recovery mode was that the button sequence was different from what I had been told. It now boots reliably into Mackay (which of course is TWRP). I have found that the phone is unable to mount the partitions DATA and SYSTEM - they seem to be corrupted. Hence it has not wiped DATA, although TWRP wrongly reports success. I have tried updating the partitions to ext3 or ext4 but this fails every time. I could format the thing from Windows but that will wipe everything including recovery of course. I need a tool to repair these partitions, but have not found anything so far. This may well have been the reason the phone was getting creaky in the first place.
I have copied a new ROM to the external SD card, using a card reader, and inserted this into the phone. Strangely the TWRP file manager reports that EXTERNAL SD is a sub-folder of SD CARD, and that is empty. The file manager does not show the real external SD card. But the real external SD shows up on the Windows USB connection. What is going on?
When I try to mount the partitions, DATA and SYSTEM can't be checked - the other partitions (Cache, sdcard, and emmc are all checked).
kingGrn Copeland
Well for the benefit of anyone else with the same problem, I have managed to re-flash the ROM back to stock. It just took 3 days of intensive web browsing until I understood how to do it, and found software that worked - a lot of stuff out there has errors.
To summarise, the problem was:
1. Data and System partitions became damaged, so phone became unstable.
2. Attempt to upgrade ROM failed because of damaged partitions.
3. Could not boot phone into recovery or download because button combination was different from what I was told.
The solution was:
4. Boot into download mode using correct button combination.
5. Re-flash back to stock ROM and re-partition using Odin.
Yes, someone did tell me that, and I would have done that straight away if I could have gotten into download mode. We live and learn
The solution was:
4. Boot into download mode using correct button combination.
5. Re-flash back to stock ROM and re-partition using Odin.
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Thanks this wa useful for me too.