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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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..
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.
Edit: I think i fixed it by "cleaning" with diskpart and using an sd card to copy a rom and flash it, then booting up android and letting it format the internal storage. Will report back if any problems occur! Check post # 6 on this page for the solution. Also, sorry for the erratic writing, it's 4:55AM here and i need to be up at 9AM!
AtrICS rom did a random reboot and was saying something about encryption failed. Strange, i've never used that setting (i don't even have a screen lock). I rebooted the phone and it wouldn't get to the ROM, so i went into recovery and tried restoring a backup. After a few seconds it aborted. Strange. I mounted usb so i could copy a fresh rom.zip to flash, but after a few MB, it was throwing a "cannot read from source disk" error. Internal storage was corrupted.
I can read data from the partition, but after a while it'll lock up. I cannot write to it at all. I also get an error in CWM "unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory)".
How can i fix this? I was thinking full sbf flash, but is that too risky? I'm in the UK (t-mobile), came with stock froyo, unlocked bootloader and flashed gingerbread onwards. Is it safe for me to flash back to froyo or something, or will my unlocked bootloader get me bricked? How can i fully clean this pesky corrupted partition any other way?
Thanks.
coolnow said:
AtrICS rom did a random reboot and was saying something about encryption failed. Strange, i've never used that setting (i don't even have a screen lock). I rebooted the phone and it wouldn't get to the ROM, so i went into recovery and tried restoring a backup. After a few seconds it aborted. Strange. I mounted usb so i could copy a fresh rom.zip to flash, but after a few MB, it was throwing a "cannot read from source disk" error. Internal storage was corrupted.
I can read data from the partition, but after a while it'll lock up. I cannot write to it at all. I also get an error in CWM "unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory)".
How can i fix this? I was thinking full sbf flash, but is that too risky? I'm in the UK (t-mobile), came with stock froyo, unlocked bootloader and flashed gingerbread onwards. Is it safe for me to flash back to froyo or something, or will my unlocked bootloader get me bricked? How can i fully clean this pesky corrupted partition any other way?
Thanks.
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Sound like the same issue myself and some others are having. I was using the atrics rom and icsrom as well before my phone went to heck. We cannot delete stuff from sd card or flash any other rom..
boonemeat said:
Sound like the same issue myself and some others are having. I was using the atrics rom and icsrom as well before my phone went to heck. We cannot delete stuff from sd card or flash any other rom..
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Did you mess with the encryption settings? I know i didn't. Whatsapp was throwing errors so i rebooting the phone and now all this has happened. Can't even moto-fastboot flash system because it always gives an error :crying:
coolnow said:
Did you mess with the encryption settings? I know i didn't. Whatsapp was throwing errors so i rebooting the phone and now all this has happened. Can't even moto-fastboot flash system because it always gives an error :crying:
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Sure did not mess with encryption. Rsd flashing did nothing, fastboot does nothing for me. Now the rom I'm stuck on is getting errors and fc's like crazy and the touch screen is beginning to fail.
boonemeat said:
Sure did not mess with encryption. Rsd flashing did nothing, fastboot does nothing for me. Now the rom I'm stuck on is getting errors and fc's like crazy and the touch screen is beginning to fail.
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Damn. I would have thought RSD would be the last resort...
I think i've made some progress. I have to be up in 5 hours so i'll be making this short. You will need an SD card.
I was sick of the lockups created by the corrupted /emmc/ partition, so i rebooted my phone, went back into recovery (it would never mount any filesystem after mounting emmc once, so a reboot was needed every time) and mounted emmc. Showed up on my computer, and gave me a chance to copy my photos and all that. Thank you!
I started CMD as an admin and typed in
diskpart
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When it loaded up, i typed
list disk
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I saw a 10GB partition as disk 2 so i then
select disk 2
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then i did
list partition
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and saw only 1 partition, as partition 1, so
select partition 1
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Went into Disk Management and right clicked the black bar "unallocated space" and made a new simple volume, formatted as fat32 and that's that.
I then copied a rom onto my sd card and flashed via cwm. Everything seemed to go well, i could boot up (remember, because of the failed encryption, i was wiping my /system/, /data/ etc to try to get a fresh start so i had no rom to get on.
Will report back any problems. Just had one, i booted up fine but realised my usb cable was still plugged in so sd and internal storage were unmounted. Unplugged USB and phone froze (due to corrupted partition?). I recognise that freeze, i had it earlier on today (is that when the partition got corrupted?). It's rebooting right now, no usb cable plugged in. Wish me luck.
Android gave me a "your internal storage is corrupted" notification and offered to format. I allowed it and everything seems to be well! I will be filling it up right now before going to bed to see if it will lock up, but i think i fixed it!
Well congrats I'm glad you had such luck! It seems our problems are a bit different unfortunately because it goes a little deeper on my end. Thank you so much for the help.
Here is my struggle with the same problem. I have no solution, but maybe something here will help you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1967620
Okay, this is quite a long story, so I apologise in advance.
I decided to update my Galaxy S2 today to a newer ROM (SuperNexus 2) with the latest version of Android. I was coming from a CM9 build. I went through the usual process of backing up data and performing a full NANDROID backup via CWM Recovery, booted the phone again and transferred the backups to my PC via USB. These files transferred fine.
I then downloaded the zip files for the new ROM and proceeded to copy them to the internal storage of my phone. The copy dialog in Windows said that it was "discovering items" and stayed like this until I turned off USB transfer mode on the phone and removed it (ie. the files failed to copy) This happened a number of times and I didn't get anywhere. I have plenty of space free on the SD card, but just to make sure I started the phone in CWM again and formatted the SD card, and since I was going to do it anyway, the data and cache partitions too. When I booted the phone again, the files still wouldn't copy. I managed to copy a text file to the phone which was about 32kb but anything larger just seemed to fail.
I then went back into CWM and decided to partition the SD card, as I thought that it may have been corrupted somehow and needed to rebuild the filesystem. This however, caused even more problems as trying to format the SD card (In CWM) now just reported "Error, can not mount E:/sdcard".
Feeling fairly frustrated, I decided to download the Stock ICS ROM for the Galaxy S2 and install it via Odin, thinking that the problem was probably with CWM. The install went fine, but upon reboot the phone just stayed on the boot animation, no matter how long I left it. To make sure the install went smoothly I decided to try and reinstall the Stock ROM via Odin again, but now Odin didnt seem to get past the "Initializing.." stage.
So all in all, I now have a phone which wont boot into Android, cant copy anything to internal storage, and Odin wont seem to connect to.
I am convinced this is a software issue and therefore fixable. But maybe the internal storage was not working correctly in the first place. I have installed many ROMs before and never had such issues.
Anyone know anything about this or how I could potentially fix it? Thanks so much in advance!
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Okay, this is quite a long story, so I apologise in advance.
I decided to update my Galaxy S2 today to a newer ROM (SuperNexus 2) with the latest version of Android. I was coming from a CM9 build. I went through the usual process of backing up data and performing a full NANDROID backup via CWM Recovery, booted the phone again and transferred the backups to my PC via USB. These files transferred fine.
I then downloaded the zip files for the new ROM and proceeded to copy them to the internal storage of my phone. The copy dialog in Windows said that it was "discovering items" and stayed like this until I turned off USB transfer mode on the phone and removed it (ie. the files failed to copy) This happened a number of times and I didn't get anywhere. I have plenty of space free on the SD card, but just to make sure I started the phone in CWM again and formatted the SD card, and since I was going to do it anyway, the data and cache partitions too. When I booted the phone again, the files still wouldn't copy. I managed to copy a text file to the phone which was about 32kb but anything larger just seemed to fail.
I then went back into CWM and decided to partition the SD card, as I thought that it may have been corrupted somehow and needed to rebuild the filesystem. This however, caused even more problems as trying to format the SD card (In CWM) now just reported "Error, can not mount E:/sdcard".
Feeling fairly frustrated, I decided to download the Stock ICS ROM for the Galaxy S2 and install it via Odin, thinking that the problem was probably with CWM. The install went fine, but upon reboot the phone just stayed on the boot animation, no matter how long I left it. To make sure the install went smoothly I decided to try and reinstall the Stock ROM via Odin again, but now Odin didnt seem to get past the "Initializing.." stage.
So all in all, I now have a phone which wont boot into Android, cant copy anything to internal storage, and Odin wont seem to connect to.
I am convinced this is a software issue and therefore fixable. But maybe the internal storage was not working correctly in the first place. I have installed many ROMs before and never had such issues.
Anyone know anything about this or how I could potentially fix it? Thanks so much in advance!
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I9100?
Can get to DL mode?
Can get to recovery?
Get an older Odin version and flash siyah just to see if it can be flashed again.
If you can get to recovery, Nuke Script is the way to go.
It sounds to me that maybe your memory is corrupt...
Not just yet, smells like soft brick.
Sent from the little guy
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.