I was formatting my SD card on my comp thru my phone, but I also thought it would be a good idea to format my phone's internal memory to free up space. Since then I can't text or do other various abilities with my GSII. What can I do? Currently running Litening ROM. Tried flashing and updating other roms but nothing has worked. Thanks.
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just thought I should mention I'm on Vodafone UK monthly contract APN.
have you checked your imei to see if it's intact?
Can you explain how would i check that?
Attempted to flash stock vodaphone firmware and now stuck in continous boot loop.
He can't text and call. He deleted his folder. Not so smart, this is a not recoverable mistake when this is not backed up if I am correctly.
that's what I thought... formatted the wrong drive and it messed me up Thanks anyways.
d19375 said:
Can you explain how would i check that?
Attempted to flash stock vodaphone firmware and now stuck in continous boot loop.
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did you select repartition and wipe?
d19375 said:
Can you explain how would i check that?
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recovery, wipe cache.
As only the /sdcard partition will be mounted by windows automatically im pretty sure that's what he formatted.
Your best bet is to go into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache.
If that doesn't work, do a backup and wipe user data from recovery.
To check IMEI go to settings > about phone > status
It should be down the bottom.
If its not there, you are kinda buggered and it will need to go back to a service centre (so make sure you flash back to stock and reset your flash counter with a jig).
Unless of cause you backed up your EFS folder.
But if you had formatted your whole internal storage, the root dir, then the phone wouldnt boot at all, so its probs just a cache problem.
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As only the /sdcard partition will be mounted by windows automatically im pretty sure that's what he formatted.
Your best bet is to go into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache.
If that doesn't work, do a backup and wipe user data from recovery.
To check IMEI go to settings > about phone > status
It should be down the bottom.
If its not there, you are kinda buggered and it will need to go back to a service centre (so make sure you flash back to stock and reset your flash counter with a jig).
Unless of cause you backed up your EFS folder.
But if you had formatted your whole internal storage, the root dir, then the phone wouldnt boot at all, so its probs just a cache problem.
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Ok I wiped the caches and reinstalled the original firmware from Voda, the only thing that doesn't work is sending text messages. I can recieve them though but when I send I get a message saying it fails. Any thoughts?
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Ok I wiped the caches and reinstalled the original firmware from Voda, the only thing that doesn't work is sending text messages. I can recieve them though but when I send I get a message saying it fails. Any thoughts?
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The settings in message centre Voda number etc .
jje
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has a strange probolem can not restore the phone in odin ellipse recovery pour boot up with my usual settings, and everything new that I do before I start on mibilen disappears if I restart the sms apps but not the one that was installed before yesterday, it is left running on kh3
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has a strange probolem can not restore the phone in odin
Odin is not a restore tool .
Rest of your post sorry i dont understand .
jje
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say if i flash a ke2 firmware and boot the phone its still on kh3 when i hav booted it up if i unistall apps and reboot the are still there
If you have KH3 on your phone and flash full firmware via Odin then KH3 is replaced by what you have flashed . If not your are not following the instructions in some way .
jje
i format tht internal sdcard when i boot up. its all there i flash i odin and its the old kh3 i had before
ps i drooped the phone yesterday i delete foldes i root explorer an reboot yhe are still there
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i type in the code *2767*3855# it restores all but when i reboot its all there the factory reset says ok but its not restored when i boot it up
Their is no usb sd card in the phone its internal sd card or add on sd card .
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jje
My I9100 behaves quite strange.
I am unable to perform factory reset (using code from keypad or command from settings menu) - the phone reboots, goes into recovery mode where I can select wipe data/cache. Doing so has no effect on my phone, after another reboot the I9100 restarts in the same state as before factory reset.
The other thing is that I am unable to format interal memory. After using command from settings menu it says that memory is disconnected, formated, and after that all data (pics, mp3s, etc) are still available.
Also I am unable to flash ROM with any stock (tried KE4 and KE7) or aftermarket (Lightening) software. I tried Odin with and without PIT/Re-partition, also with no effect. The phone boots into previous state nevertheless confirmation in Odin that flashing completed successfully.
And the most aggravating thing is that after I reboot phone I am loosing all the recent data. The phone is booting in the state from before couple of days, with no recent messages etc. Thanks to Google account sync, the mail, calendar and so on re-sync properly, but it is no good solution since pictures, todos etc are gone after reboot.
I believe the thing started to occur after unsuccessful update to Twitter. Tried to do Market cache wipe (as suggested for similar cases to I9000 users), but also to no effect.
Have you any suggestion what else can I do?
this is my problem like this dude have
hytin said:
My I9100 behaves quite strange.
I am unable to perform factory reset (using code from keypad or command from settings menu) - the phone reboots, goes into recovery mode where I can select wipe data/cache. Doing so has no effect on my phone, after another reboot the I9100 restarts in the same state as before factory reset.
But wipe data/cache is not a factory reset . Thats called wipe data /factory reset .
The other thing is that I am unable to format interal memory.
In CWM recovery mounts and storage format data cache system and if you want to wipe all data off sd card wipe sd card .
After using command from settings menu it says that memory is disconnected, formated, and after that all data (pics, mp3s, etc) are still available.
Thats a clean phone nothing on SD card all data and OS wiped will not boot .
Then download mode
Odin and flash a stock rom .
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dont work i`ll retun it tomorow
Ok so heres the info burb:-
My phone is UK SGS3 i9300 Vodafone, I rooted it a little while ago, tried a sammy variant custom rom (JB), then changed to paranoid android (cm10). I then tried injecting the sammy firmware files to try and get s memo work - it didnt work anyway, and i lost some data (had backups), so I updated the ROM (without data wipe) but things weren't right, so I was going to do a factory reset, but decided to change to a sammy rom again. aaaaand now it goes really wrong :/
I tried Psycho ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1947072) I did a factory reset, and then installed it. the boot logo changed but it just began to bootloop. no adb logcat... o and i had the touch CM recovery with extsd support. I tried again, but also wiped dalvik, cache factory reset, this time i noticed that when i did the factory reset, it rebooted recovery. flashed it again to no avail. so i found UltimaROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911572) it had the aroma installer which i liked. I used a laptop to transfer the files onto my extsdcard. factory wipe (rebooted), wiped dalvik n cache, and went thu the installer fine, but still hung on the bootanimation. and to my surprise it was still the one from psycho rom. I wiped again and tried to install again but same problem. EDIT: I just remembered that it came up with a modem choice... I wasnt sure which to pick...
so I did some research tried to find out what was wrong... Following a few suggestions, I downloaded the I9300BUBLG3 (search on sammobile says thats uk vod - 4.04) from sammobile.com and flashed it via odin. I did skip triangle away, because I was just going to put a custom rom back on it. I'm more concerned about data wipe causing a reboot recovery... I also flashed cf-root again over the top to get recovery again. It STILL hangs on the samsung logo! I have even used the recovery after cf root flash, it still reboots when you select factory reset -_- I can get into recovery, and download mode - so that something right? why is it rebooting when i wipe data? did i flash the wrong stock firmware? Whats the next step? what haven't i tried? PLEASE tell me its not fully bricked?
Thanks in advance
/data GONE?!?!
UPDATE: I've just tried wiping again, and viewed the recovery log, it said it couldnt find /data/... it looked on the sdext as well i think same with other wipes... it cannot find source :'( HELP! I've got to go out for now (without my phone :'( ) - so i hope to return to some advice...
When you go to advanced mode you can mount all parts? Try to set permission only to test.
You can format each part at advanced?
ok so the mount / unmount feature appears to work (or so it says), but when i go to fix permissions, and check log - sh:fix_permissions: not found
when I format system n cache n preload it works as far as i can tell via logs, when i did /sdcard/ it said it couldn't remove "." and ".." I guess that just mean it was already blank (which i had done b4 messing all these roms)
it also just occurred to me to try adb shell in recovery! ha and it works! I can see the sdcard0 and sdcard1 can even access /data!
ok heres what I've got in /data/...
/data/app/*.apk - - - - LOTS OF APKS (i guess wipe didnt work)
/data/data/ -- - - the data for my apps
/data/dalvik - - empty
/sbin/fix_permissions - - is there!
there are obv all the other folders like app-private, media, user,system, gps etc etc
SO why cant my recovery perform a data wipe without rebooting(and failing)?? Ooooorrr what do I have to remove via adb to flash a rom?
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right heres how ive SORT OF fixed it.
I used adb shell with su to wipe data (didnt work without su) then formatted system, cache dalvik etc etc all with adb. I rebooted recovery and flashed UltimaROM. It works and it HAS booted - this is how my phone was left today.
I do have several strange problems tho. I know my cable is a little odd - it doesnt always connect right (maybe thats how i caused the problem - mtp style fyi)- but i cannot seem to get it to copy to the the extsd or sd via the cable. I can use solid explorer to transfer files etc, I can use wifi explorer to transfer files... so the sdcard appears to work. My internal sdcard shows a could of ROM zips that are 0 bytes, and I cannot delete them. I cannot "convert to user app" with titianium backup pro (aka TT) to uninstall the stock email app. TT also shows my internal as 12.1gb total?!?!?! I've not restored any of my apps bar a couple which ive done via the market.
Soooo is my internal partitioned wrong? or does it need an error fixed, or partition alignment... and WHHHHYYYY does my recovery STILL reboot when i try to wipe data (i tried just after installing the current ROM)?? what have I done wrong?!?!
internal screwed i think
BUMP! XD please see above for the update...
So much words! •_• anyway, since you are stuck on Sammy logo, then i guess you are on a bootloop? Just go to download mode and flash a stock firmware from sammobile.com
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So much words! •_• anyway, since you are stuck on Sammy logo, then i guess you are on a bootloop? Just go to download mode and flash a stock firmware from sammobile.com
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you might wanna read all those words
I downloaded the I9300BUBLG3 (search on sammobile says thats uk vod - 4.04) from sammobile.com and flashed it via odin. I did skip triangle away, because I was just going to put a custom rom back on it.
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Ive done it already, ive got it to boot... look at my update post above. I mean 12.1gb internal is kinda worrying me.
Cannot make head nor tail of the problem .
Standard reply to a non boot is .
Boot to recovery format cache data sd card and system .
Flash stock rom via Odin .
No recovery flash CF root recovery first .
That should give you a clean wiped phone .
jje
OK well I'm going to make another thread now because it is booting. I have a different problem ATM really even tho its kinda a continuation of this... I'll change topic head to solved if I can...
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I just flashed the XXBLFB ROM (T-Mobile stock ROM; coming from CM9.1). After three OTA updates (BLFB>BLH3>DLIH>ELLA) I found that not only the data partition was wiped (as expected), but also the sdcard partition with all photos and other data were deleted. Is this normal? I'm pretty sure I've flashed firmwares to different devices with Odin before (no repartition!) and the sdcard was never wiped. I'm so annoyed right now, because my CWM backup was saved on the internal sdcard.
Flash a custom rom and u will not lose ur data because s3 data add in the system
Sorry, I do not understand what you are saying.
Im sorry im not a english men lol ok. First flash a custom rom its simple and after that all your data will not be lose after
rida007 said:
Im sorry im not a english men lol ok. First flash a custom rom its simple and after that all your data will not be lose after
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That is the observation I have made in the past. However, my question is why my data was deleted with the stock ROM.
Stock + ODIN = Always wipe of /data AND /sdcard?
The answer : galaxy s3 is like that . System + data not like a i9100 or i9000
well, did you do a factory reset from recovery? because if not, flashing a stock ROM doesn't wipe anything - it doesn't even touch the /data/
But a factory reset does in fact wipe /data/, including /data/media, which is /sdcard0
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well, did you do a factory reset from recovery? because if not, flashing a stock ROM doesn't wipe anything - it doesn't even touch the /data/
But a factory reset does in fact wipe /data/, including /data/media, which is /sdcard0
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Yes, I believe I did the factory reset in the stock recovery, because the ROM didn't boot after flashing. This must have done the damage. Doing a factory reset from CWM recovery never touched my /sdcard, if I remember correctly.
Ralfioni said:
Yes, I believe I did the factory reset in the stock recovery, because the ROM didn't boot after flashing. This must have done the damage. Doing a factory reset from CWM recovery never touched my /sdcard, if I remember correctly.
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That is the reason why you lost everything, stock 3e recovery factory reset wipes everything, in future always back up sd to computer before Odin flash, but I don't think you need telling that now
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That is the reason why you lost everything, stock 3e recovery factory reset wipes everything, in future always back up sd to computer before Odin flash, but I don't think you need telling that now
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Yes, screw 3e! I was used to the CWM behavior, that's why didn't back up to the external sdcard (which was filled with an older CWM backup). Anyway, thanks for all your answers.
Hi all,
I'm having a very strange issue with my i9300 today. I left it charging switched off overnight, and when I tried to switch it back on, it hangs on the Samsung bootscreen. I thought it was odd, but solvable. I went into recovery to try and reflash with the backup I have stored on my sdcard, however when it tried to wipe /Data, it rebooted and hung on the bootscreen again.
I initally had CWM 6.0.4.4 recovery installed, however I have tried PhilZ and TWRP to no avail. All three reboot on flashing /Data.
Anyone have any ideas?
For information, I was running 4.4 KitKat Unofficial. If you need any more information (preferably what can be pulled in Recovery/Download), I'll be happy to post it.
I need my phone running back normally ASAP!
Hi just a little confused..When you say all three reboot on flashing data do you mean data from your backup? If so your backup might be corrupt have you tried doing a clean flash with another rom or tried returning to stock?..Also if you don't want to lose data stored on your backup you can try flashing the original rom that you where on when you made the backup then using philz recovery in advanced settings/ restore you can then just restore data from your backup not the whole rom...And try formatting data system and cache but don't forget this will leave you without a rom so have one ready to install on your sd card....Hope all that makes sense
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Hi just a little confused..When you say all three reboot on flashing data do you mean data from your backup? If so your backup might be corrupt have you tried doing a clean flash with another rom or tried returning to stock?..Also if you don't want to lose data stored on your backup you can try flashing the original rom that you where on when you made the backup then using philz recovery in advanced settings/ restore you can then just restore data from your backup not the whole rom...And try formatting data system and cache but don't forget this will leave you without a rom so have one ready to install on your sd card....Hope all that makes sense
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Sorry, I should have been clearer. I was trying to Format the /Data partition in recovery in preparation to restore the backup, and every time a Recovery attempts to Format the partition the phone reboots.
I understand now thanks..Mmm..If you can't format data I would probably just flash stock again with Odin get your phone stable, then try to restore your backup...
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I understand now thanks..Mmm..If you can't format data I would probably just flash stock again with Odin get your phone stable, then try to restore your backup...
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Bleh. Returning to stock didn't work. It went past the bootscreen to the green android loading bar screen, went part way then rebooted, and stuck on boot again. >.>
Stickied faqs and guides .
But first what does Product Code say in download mode .
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I understand now thanks..Mmm..If you can't format data I would probably just flash stock again with Odin get your phone stable, then try to restore your backup...
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Bleh. Returning to stock didn't work. It went past the bootscreen to the green android loading bar screen, went part way then rebooted, and stuck on boot again. >.>
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You now have to go to recovery and wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and reboot. It'll most probably work.
Sent from my silky smooth Samsung GALAXY S3
Rayan28 said:
You now have to go to recovery and wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and reboot. It'll most probably work.
Sent from my silky smooth Samsung GALAXY S3
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Ah, that would make sense. I'll give that a try now.
Nope. It's still hanging on the Samsung Bootscreen. Sigh.
I think I'm resigned to the fact I'm going to have to replace this. Most likely with a Nexus 5. Oh well. That sets back some of my luxury spending for the month again.
TermyJW said:
I think I'm resigned to the fact I'm going to have to replace this. Most likely with a Nexus 5. Oh well. That sets back some of my luxury spending for the month again.
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Are you even flashing the correct ROM for your device with the correct model number? If yes, redownload the ROM. It could be a bad download. This time try the latest 4.3 Jelly Bean.
Hi,
I am having some issues with my SGS2 and wondered if anyone had any suggestions before i send it back for repair. It is a stock sim free UK model, not rooted. There is no SD card installed just the internal 16gbyte flash.
I was noticing more force closes on apps than normal so i decided to reboot the phone. I then noticed that my recent text messages had disappeared back to the 19th Jan. So after sending some more i rebooted the phone again and they had gone..I then deleted all the text messages and sent some more, rebooted the phone and the old ones were back and the new ones had gone back to the same date.
I thought i would then just factory reset the phone and start over again. However it won't factory reset. It goes through the motions and sends me to the bootloader screen where i wipe data and clear cache. However still it refuses to delete the stuff on the phone or factory reset it!
Things i have tried..
-Factory reset both with security menu and keypad sequence
-Reset by going to bootloader from cold boot and wiping data and cache
-Mouting it as a usb flash drive in use developer mode and formatting the drive through windows (even this doesn't get rid of the photos on the flash drive)
-reflashing the default firmware with odin
Basically i cannot do anything to the phone to make it reset or delete any of the things on it. I can go into the gallery and delete all the photos but as soon as you reboot they are all back!
I don't want to root the phone to try and solve the problem as it may need to go back but as an engineer it is frustrating being beaten by a phone, so i wanted to see if i could get any advice from here.
Thanks in advance.
Help :crying:
Suradjify said:
Hi,
I am having some issues with my SGS2 and wondered if anyone had any suggestions before i send it back for repair. It is a stock sim free UK model, not rooted. There is no SD card installed just the internal 16gbyte flash.
I was noticing more force closes on apps than normal so i decided to reboot the phone. I then noticed that my recent text messages had disappeared back to the 19th Jan. So after sending some more i rebooted the phone again and they had gone..I then deleted all the text messages and sent some more, rebooted the phone and the old ones were back and the new ones had gone back to the same date.
I thought i would then just factory reset the phone and start over again. However it won't factory reset. It goes through the motions and sends me to the bootloader screen where i wipe data and clear cache. However still it refuses to delete the stuff on the phone or factory reset it!
Things i have tried..
-Factory reset both with security menu and keypad sequence
-Reset by going to bootloader from cold boot and wiping data and cache
-Mouting it as a usb flash drive in use developer mode and formatting the drive through windows (even this doesn't get rid of the photos on the flash drive)
-reflashing the default firmware with odin
Basically i cannot do anything to the phone to make it reset or delete any of the things on it. I can go into the gallery and delete all the photos but as soon as you reboot they are all back!
I don't want to root the phone to try and solve the problem as it may need to go back but as an engineer it is frustrating being beaten by a phone, so i wanted to see if i could get any advice from here.
Thanks in advance.
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I don't know if it's possible in the standard android recovery, but can you go into recovery, then mounts and storage, mount system, format system and do the same for data and cahe (mount and format). Everything will be lost! Then flash your firmware again through odin.
Christiaan91 said:
I don't know if it's possible in the standard android recovery, but can you go into recovery, then mounts and storage, mount system, format system and do the same for data and cahe (mount and format). Everything will be lost! Then flash your firmware again through odin.
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when i go into recovery i just found clear cache and clear data !
Suradjify said:
when i go into recovery i just found clear cache and clear data !
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It looks to me that you've tried everything you could for a non rooted device.
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Hheelp please
I can't understand. You tried to wipe data and cache ?