I have a rooted thunderbolt running bamf and i found the font settings in the toolkit and i thought wow this would be cool to change fonts, so i picked out one that i liked and it said has to reboot to apply so i clicked reboot and now my phone is stuck on the htc screen when you initially boot.. the only thing i did was pick a font..
.. i tried to get into bootloader but it wont let me pick any options to reboot it just goes to a update and wont let me pick any option..
i did have a backup in clockwork made but i dont know how to get into it since i cant even get the phone on
need some help guys..
Well if it is trying to update while in HBoot that means you have an existing PG015img.zip on your phone (probably a radio that you flashed awhile ago). This is a big mistake to have not deleted this file. Always delete a PG015img.zip after using it (or renaming it)
The only thing I can suggest is if you have a friend with another smartphone, put your SD card in their phone, and delete that file.
Or if you have a micro sd card reader for your computer, use that to delete the file.
With that file on your SD card, you won't be able to boot into your bootloader, because it will automatically flash a PG015img.zip
xebryus said:
Well if it is trying to update while in HBoot that means you have an existing PG015img.zip on your phone (probably a radio that you flashed awhile ago). This is a big mistake to have not deleted this file. Always delete a PG015img.zip after using it (or renaming it)
The only thing I can suggest is if you have a friend with another smartphone, put your SD card in their phone, and delete that file.
Or if you have a micro sd card reader for your computer, use that to delete the file.
With that file on your SD card, you won't be able to boot into your bootloader, because it will automatically flash a PG015img.zip
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Yeah thats where im at right now, i just got a sd card reader and removed it so i could get it into recovery, got that part out of the way, now i need to put it back on so i can get it updated and then get a radio on there
Willis_G said:
Yeah thats where im at right now, i just got a sd card reader and removed it so i could get it into recovery, got that part out of the way, now i need to put it back on so i can get it updated and then get a radio on there
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?? Don't put the radio back on there. Once you flash a radio, its done, its on your phone. The only time you should have a radio on your SD card is when you need to actually put a different one on your phone. You phone does not run off of radio on your SD card
I agree...the one time I forgot to delete the radio image off my SD after an update...I had my phone get caught in hboot trying to update again while at work. I had to borrow a friends micro SD reader to pull the file before I could resolve my issues. Would have been much easier if I had deleted it when I was done.
xebryus said:
?? Don't put the radio back on there. Once you flash a radio, its done, its on your phone. The only time you should have a radio on your SD card is when you need to actually put a different one on your phone. You phone does not run off of radio on your SD card
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I know i realised that shortly after and never reinstalled it Thank you for the reminder.
jbg25 said:
I agree...the one time I forgot to delete the radio image off my SD after an update...I had my phone get caught in hboot trying to update again while at work. I had to borrow a friends micro SD reader to pull the file before I could resolve my issues. Would have been much easier if I had deleted it when I was done.
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Yeah thats exactly what i had to do too, it freaked me out becuase i couldnt use any of the options in the menu and it kept just jumping to the updates
but its all good now.. kinda crazy how the phone bricked because of a font selection, i wont ever touch that option again though.
If you have a back up from clockworkmod try using adb... type adb reboot recovery in command prompt while your phone is connected to your computer, and once you get into clockworkmod recovery restore your back up. I had a problem with my lockscreen, I also didn't delete my radio, and this worked for me.
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Willis_G said:
Yeah thats exactly what i had to do too, it freaked me out becuase i couldnt use any of the options in the menu and it kept just jumping to the updates
but its all good now.. kinda crazy how the phone bricked because of a font selection, i wont ever touch that option again though.
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It didn't brick. It just froze.
If it bricks you will know it.
As for the radio, keep it on your SD. That way if you need to change it, its there. Just rename it.
For example: "MR2-PG05IMG.zip"
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CanesDrew said:
It didn't brick. It just froze.
If it bricks you will know it.
As for the radio, keep it on your SD. That way if you need to change it, its there. Just rename it.
For example: "MR2-PG05IMG.zip"
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That's exactly what I do, and what I suggest in my q AND a thread. Also, after it's there on your root and renamed, CHECK the MD5!
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Hey guys I have been trolling this forum for some very useful information, and it has helped me quite a bit, but on this one I am stuck. Every time I try and delete something on this phone (Samsung Vibrant) it just comes back. This was not my phone before, I am just trying to put it back to stock.
I have flashed the phone 3 times using odin, including using the re-partition option.
When I hook the phone up to the pc, and load update.zip into the root folder, and reboot into recovery mode, it says cannot find sd card/update.zip. Even when I go in and manually delete apps if I reboot the phone, they all just come back.
Am I missing something? part of me wants to say its something easy.. but I have searched and searched about this and found nothing. Is there a mod out there that does this? -Thanks
*edit* Oh, and it seems like any time I think I might get close, I get the little android and the triange w/ the exclamation point.
Bueller?
How are you deleting? What are you deleting? Why are you using odin to delete apps? Not enough info to help you.
Hi, I am just trying to totally wipe the phone back to stock, hence odin. I dont care about info being lost. But like I said.. if I go in and manage applications, and remove them manually, I restart the phone and like magic they are all back.. I am quite confused. I hook the phone up to the pc, open the phone and manually delete pics and songs that way.. unplug the phone from the pc, and its like i never did anything.
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Hi, I am just trying to totally wipe the phone back to stock, hence odin. I dont care about info being lost. But like I said.. if I go in and manage applications, and remove them manually, I restart the phone and like magic they are all back.. I am quite confused. I hook the phone up to the pc, open the phone and manually delete pics and songs that way.. unplug the phone from the pc, and its like i never did anything.
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If you want to wipe the best thing to do is flash Eugene's Froyo that does not brick. That will get rid of EVERYTHING. From there flash JFD. That will give you the clean start you want.
icandy75 said:
If you want to wipe the best thing to do is flash Eugene's Froyo that does not brick. That will get rid of EVERYTHING. From there flash JFD. That will give you the clean start you want.
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Yeah, that is the problem. I already did that, and the stuff is still there. I did it 3 times. I flashed it with the 512 pit, did a re-partition and the JFD. Then went back and even updated it to the JI6 firmware, and loaded it with the stock kernel.
I'll help you out before you needlessly flash roms over and over and over.
Before you say, "WTF!!!! That doesn't answer my question" please read to the end.
1. As I understand your problem, you want to wide everything from your INTERNAL SD Card.
2. as such, The steps are as follows:
3. Go to settings.
4. Go to "SD Card and phone storage"
5. "Unmount phone storage"
6. "Format phone storage"
This is assuming that you are ALREADY on stock Rom.
If not, flash the stock first, then wipe your internal SD.
Remove your External SD and SIM card. *(Not required), but i'm paranoid, and this always helps me feel better on the off chance that something does happen while i'm wiping the internal SD.
GL
That was first thing I tried to do, sorry I didnt post that in OP. I tried to unmount and format using the in phone software. I have tried a hard reset using the button combinations on the phone. I have also done a factory format using the service code. All to no avail.
Thanks for the input.. believe me, if I could have avoided the time and hassle of reading about odin I would have. Odin was a last resort.
I dont know if this is helpful or not but after I format the internal sd.
Total Space: 13.18 GB
Free Space 12.31 GB
I am really beginning to think that the internal SD is broken/corrupted or something. As I said in the OP when I boot into recovery, it says it cannot find sdcard/update.zip. Furthermore, if I mount the usb as mass storage, and go into the folders and delete pictures/whatnot. Even if I unplug the phone from the computer, its as if I never did anything. The pictures will all still be there as if nothing happened. If I go in and manage apps, and remove them all one by one, then reboot the phone all the apps are there. These are all reasons why I think the internal storage is messed up.
I was/am quite confused. This is why I requested ideas from people smarter than me.. i.e you guys . Thanks for all the input this far, my OP was a little lacking I suppose.
Did you ever get problem resolved?
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@jorsh :
I had the same problem with u. Can't delete few old files that stored in the internal SD. Also, I can't use update.zip in the recovery mode. It says "cannot find sdcard/update.zip.
My phone also can't play MP3 file or 3GP file that transfered from other phone / PC.
Anyone can help us ?
How are you deleting the files?
What are you running?
the update.zip, are you guys talking about rooting, or clockwork recovery?
Sorry, thanksgiving was preventing me from following the thread. The problem is still unresolved. I was trying the update.zip in recovery mode, as far as I know there is no clockwork on the phone. I thought the update.zip was just a recovery image that the phone used as a basis for restoring the phone.
s15274n said:
How are you deleting the files?
What are you running?
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I have tried deleting files a few different ways.
Odin, directly via pc with usb mount, and using the software on the phone itself, and tried using factory formats/resets hard and soft.
What do you mean by what am I running?
i just buy a used vibrant. There are some photos & files in the internal memory. I can erase it with file manager, but when I restart the phone, those photos & files appear again.
Same thing with with the gmail account. This gmail account is sign up by previous user. I can't remove this account.
I already try using "factory reset", but it's useless. Those photos & gmail account still in my phone.
I'm running in 2.1 T959UVJI2
about the update.zip, I'm using for rooting. I can't root the phone too. I'm using the file "SGH-959 Root Update.zip" then rename it to "update.zip"
I put this update.zip that the root folder of my internal SD. Bad thing is, this file is gone when I restart my phone (turn off then turn on). So, when I goes to recovery mode, it always said : cannot find sd card/update.zip
anybody can help me ? pleaseeee. So frustated >.<
Yeah that sounds pretty much exactly like my problems.
Perhaps people are having a hard time helping because we cant determine what you are trying to do....
first, yes, there is a clockwork recovery... download rom manager from the market.
there are going to be folders on the internal memory you can not remove because the OS puts them there.
could you please say exactly what you want to do???
I am just trying to delete everything and basically restore the phone back to factory. But it seems like the normal ways of doing that are not working.
Use ODIN to go to stock ji6 or jk2. I have a guide in my signature
Once you reboot mount the internal memory and format it. Settings > sd card and phone storage
s15274n said:
Use ODIN to go to stock ji6 or jk2. I have a guide in my signature
Once you reboot mount the internal memory and format it. Settings > sd card and phone storage
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ok ok.... I'll try at weekend. I'm out of town in few days. Thx for the info.
please report back, want to make sure all is well
Hey guys,
I did something stupid, by accident, that I know better than, and now I need help. So my phone is rooted, using the 1 click root method that came out when the phone first dropped. Everything went fine with that and it has been working great. Someone asked about an update and if it was available and so I thought I would use my software update to check and see if one was available. Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.13.605.7-1.12.605.6 was sitting there waiting to be installed, and I accidentally hit OK instead of reject. This cause the phone to reboot and attempt to install the update. It fails however, with CMR saying failed to verify whole-file signature, which is fine. The problem is, when I reboot and the phone starts up, I get in for about 15 seconds and then it shuts the phone down and attempts to install the update file again. It will then fail on the signature verification again, and I can then reboot, and that just starts the whole process over. What do I need to do? How can I keep my phone from attempting to install this update every time it starts up?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Ray
I take it that you did not make a backup in recovery. If so you should try to boot in recovery and install the backup.
I didn't. My guess is because I was stupid and lazy and did the one click method rather than putting in the time and energy to do it all myself and make sure that step was done. What recourse do I have at this point? Is my only option to wipe data/factory reset?
Remove your SD card, put it in an adapter, put it in your PC (or a card reader connected to your PC), and delete the PG05IMG.zip file.
Agree with the post above. But the issue doesn't have anything to do with your method of rooting.
There are a few things you should always do... Make backups and either rename the PG05IMG files or delete them.
Don't even need to remove the card most explorer apps can delete from the sdcard
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tumbleweed65 said:
Don't even need to remove the card most explorer apps can delete from the sdcard
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Not if its in a loop that only gives him 15 seconds to access it. Unless he is crazy fast lol. Try using the card reader method...although I wonder if an update sent by Verizon is handled the same way as the ones we do are. Hopefully it will be as simple as finding the PG05IMG.zip file on your sd-card.
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Not if its in a loop that only gives him 15 seconds to access it. Unless he is crazy fast lol. Try using the card reader method...although I wonder if an update sent by Verizon is handled the same way as the ones we do are. Hopefully it will be as simple as finding the PG05IMG.zip file on your sd-card.
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My bad didn't catch the 15 sec reference.........but with REALLY fast fingers......lol
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so this is what happened, i installed a fresh rom, checked the music app and it could read all my music files. then after running antutu benchmark, the music app will show "please insert an sd card".
i tried unmounting and remounting the card but doesnt work.
however, if i go into astro, i can see all the contents of the card and can play music and movies from the app.
does anyone know how to fix this?
reboot maybe?
tried that. doesnt work.
Try clearing the data on the music app. In setting/applications/manage application
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Same thing happened to me on miui. I just hit the play button and it just started working.
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i tried that but didnt work.
with no music, the play button is "greyed out".
so far the only method to make it work is to full wipe and reflash rom. but i was hoping someone would have an asnwer before i do that as a last resort.
Have you tried clearing the data in the music app??
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I get errors playing some mp3 files. says it's the wrong format. I can ALWAYS play these files from root explorer fine. very weird & annoying.
eddyz said:
i tried that but didnt work.
with no music, the play button is "greyed out".
so far the only method to make it work is to full wipe and reflash rom. but i was hoping someone would have an asnwer before i do that as a last resort.
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Try Reinstalling the App that's giving you the Problem... For Instance if its the Music.apk Go to System/Apps and the Click the App, then when Asked to Install just Select Yes! Or try using Titanium Backup to Make a Backup, then Uninstall/Reinstall... See if that Works, I'm Curious to hear if that Helps...
Good Luck...
eddyz said:
i tried that but didnt work.
with no music, the play button is "greyed out".
so far the only method to make it work is to full wipe and reflash rom. but i was hoping someone would have an asnwer before i do that as a last resort.
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I think we might both be having the same problem...my Music app can't find any music, and my Gallery app can't find any pictures!
Someone told me to reformat my sd card (which was a two-hour chore) and re-load all my files, but that didn't help. Like yourself, the only way I've been able to fix the problem is to flash a rom from scratch, but the problem invariably returns.
Is your Gallery app able to see any of your pics?
I'm extremely anxious to find a cure, as Ive been living with this problem for about three weeks now..
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Try Reinstalling the App that's giving you the Problem... For Instance if its the Music.apk Go to System/Apps and the Click the App, then when Asked to Install just Select Yes! Or try using Titanium Backup to Make a Backup, then Uninstall/Reinstall... See if that Works, I'm Curious to hear if that Helps...
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What's with you and capital letters... seriously...
Anyway, there are a few things you can do to fix the problem.
First, try clearing data in the app like suggesting before. Go to settings, applications, (system or downloaded apps), select the music app, and clear data.
If that doesn't work, try removing the music.apk (or whatever music app you're using) from /system/app/ and reboot. Get one from your ROM and put that in /system/app/ and reboot. If it ever worked on your ROM, it should work now.
If for some reason even that won't work, it sounds like a kernel/device/SD Card problem. Device/SDcard would be extremely unlikely because if it works in root explorer, it should work in Music. Even a kernel issue sounds unlikely, but you should try flashing the kernel the ROM came with to be sure.
That should fix it, but if any of those don't, chances are getting a new music player app should detect the SD card. Uninstall your original music app from /system/app/ and install google music from the market. This should definitely fix the problem if the other stuff didn't work.
If it STILL doesn't detect the SD card, try reformatting the SD card.
yousefak said:
What's with you and capital letters... seriously...
Anyway, there are a few things you can do to fix the problem.
First, try clearing data in the app like suggesting before. Go to settings, applications, (system or downloaded apps), select the music app, and clear data.
If that doesn't work, try removing the music.apk (or whatever music app you're using) from /system/app/ and reboot. Get one from your ROM and put that in /system/app/ and reboot. If it ever worked on your ROM, it should work now.
If for some reason even that won't work, it sounds like a kernel/device/SD Card problem. Device/SDcard would be extremely unlikely because if it works in root explorer, it should work in Music. Even a kernel issue sounds unlikely, but you should try flashing the kernel the ROM came with to be sure.
That should fix it, but if any of those don't, chances are getting a new music player app should detect the SD card. Uninstall your original music app from /system/app/ and install google music from the market. This should definitely fix the problem if the other stuff didn't work.
If it STILL doesn't detect the SD card, try reformatting the SD card.
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Can't speak for the OP, but for my own part I've already tried everything you suggested (as I stated, I've been wrestling with this for several weeks now), with no joy. And the problem recurs regardless of rom or kernel, or any particular combination thereof (and I've tried LOTS of rom/kernel combos).
Clearing data from the app didnt work. also tried going to system/app to reinstall the app. cannot install. shows a error parsing package message.
@oldjackbob
yeah, my gallery isnt functioning as well.
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by the way, reflashing the kernel didnt fix the issue.
eddyz said:
Clearing data from the app didnt work. also tried going to system/app to reinstall the app. cannot install. shows a error parsing package message.
@oldjackbob
yeah, my gallery isnt functioning as well.
edit:
by the way, reflashing the kernel didnt fix the issue.
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So our phones are acting like there might be some kind of system flag that somehow keeps getting set to the wrong state by a custom rom or kernel (or rom/kernel combo), and the only way to reset the flag is by flashing a rom (any rom) again. But eventually the flag gets bumped to the wrong condition again, and clearing caches or re-installing apps doesn't fix the flag setting.
Is there anyone out there who might be able to make any sense out of a debug dump if I was to generate one? Such a person would need to let me know exactly how to get a dump of info for them.
Sure hope someone with more brains than myself can help us through this!
If anyone else is having the same problem that the OP and I are having, please speak up..
TIA
what ROM are you guys on, and what ROMs have you tried? I know you said it's across various ROMs I'm just curious. Also, what hboots do you guys have and how you rooted? And what recovery and version? Any kernel you flashed? Just trying to get as much info as possible.
For info, please get a logcat. I do NOT think I'll be able to fix this, but I'm willing to *Try*...
get this WHILE trying to play music, or access gallery.
Code:
adb logcat > logcat.txt
then upload to pastebin and link here, or PM.
I has an sd scare last week where recovery wouldn't read it. This was after removing the sd, inserting into a reader on my comp to mess with files, and reinstalling into phone. Booted into recovery to flash an update I had just made on comp and put into sd from comp - but recovery wouldn't read it. So I (oddly) had to pull the sd again, reinsert, reboot to OS, reboot to recovery, and it worked, thankfully. Unrelated, but it was my sd story
I'm curious as well. What rom are you guys on???
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oldjackbob said:
I think we might both be having the same problem...my Music app can't find any music, and my Gallery app can't find any pictures!
Someone told me to reformat my sd card (which was a two-hour chore) and re-load all my files, but that didn't help. Like yourself, the only way I've been able to fix the problem is to flash a rom from scratch, but the problem invariably returns.
Is your Gallery app able to see any of your pics?
I'm extremely anxious to find a cure, as Ive been living with this problem for about three weeks now..
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After you formated it threw your pc did you format it threw your recovery??
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il Duce said:
what ROM are you guys on, and what ROMs have you tried? I know you said it's across various ROMs I'm just curious. Also, what hboots do you guys have and how you rooted? And what recovery and version? Any kernel you flashed? Just trying to get as much info as possible.
For info, please get a logcat. I do NOT think I'll be able to fix this, but I'm willing to *Try*...
get this WHILE trying to play music, or access gallery.
Code:
adb logcat > logcat.txt
then upload to pastebin and link here, or PM.
I has an sd scare last week where recovery wouldn't read it. This was after removing the sd, inserting into a reader on my comp to mess with files, and reinstalling into phone. Booted into recovery to flash an update I had just made on comp and put into sd from comp - but recovery wouldn't read it. So I (oddly) had to pull the sd again, reinsert, reboot to OS, reboot to recovery, and it worked, thankfully. Unrelated, but it was my sd story
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Kind thanks, Duce. I'm at work right now so I won't be able to get a logcat until I get home this evening, but here's my current phone setup:
Currently on Warm2.3 Sense3.5 r52 (damn, I love this rom!) and Tiamat Sense kernel (early 1.03 I believe). I was hoping this rom might immunize me from the problem, but apparently not. Currently running System Tuner Pro, but when the problem first appeared I was running System Tuner free. Baseband 0.97.10.0808, PRI 1.24_003, PRL 21081. Rooted via the Revolutionary exploit, hboot 1.04.2000, Eng S-off RL. TWRP 1.0.3 recovery (I don't care for the capacitive buttons on 1.1.1). Running a 32GB class 10 sd card, low-level formatted it last night and restored all my files, but that made no change from before. Prior to that, I tried pulling the sd card from its slot and re-inserting it, that didn't work either.
When the problem first occured I think I was running one of chad's Infected kernels (not saying the kernel caused the problem). I've played with a number of his undervolt kernels over the last couple of months, very nice kernels, but they always get laggy for me after a few hours (a reboot fixes that for awhile, then it gets laggy again). The problem also occurs now with RCMIX v11 kernel. I think I was running ARHD's 1.1.2 rom when the problem first surfaced, but I can't be sure now (not that the rom caused the problem, either). I was also running xron's rev117 rom for awhile, so maybe I had that one installed then, I just can't remember now. In any case, it doesn't matter what rom or kernel I run now, the problem always pops up eventually, and will only go away with a new rom flash, and will always return again after a day or two.
I've even tried pulling the sd card from its slot and re-inserting it, didn't work.
I'll get a logcat for you this evening, thanks again Duce.
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laie1472 said:
After you formated it threw your pc did you format it threw your recovery??
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I did a low-level format from the pc, laie. Took two hours to format a 32GB card, lol. Then I reloaded all my files and rebooted the phone, and Gallery and Music apps still weren't working.
Edit: Yes, after the low level format I did a Format SD Card from recovery's Advanced Menu (but that operation took less than a second to complete, if that matters).
Edit: I also tried a Factory Data Reset in settings a few days ago, problem still remained.
You skipped the recovery format step. When my sd card starting acting wacky this always worked for me. But just formatting it threw my pc wouldn't solve my issue. It wasn't untill I formated it threw my recovery did it actually solve the issue. Not saying it will solve yours but it might. So If you have the time I'd suggest format your sd threw your pc and a quick format should suffice. Then before you place your data back on ypur sd put the sd in your phone and format it threw recovery. With no swap no partitions. Then put your data back on and see if that helps. Hope it does.
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laie1472 said:
You skipped the recovery format step. When my sd card starting acting wacky this always worked for me. But just formatting it threw my pc wouldn't solve my issue. It wasn't untill I formated it threw my recovery did it actually solve the issue. Not saying it will solve yours but it might. So If you have the time I'd suggest format your sd threw your pc and a quick format should suffice. Then before you place your data back on ypur sd put the sd in your phone and format it threw recovery. With no swap no partitions. Then put your data back on and see if that helps. Hope it does.
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Yes sir, I did all that (see my edited post above yours). Sorry I didn't answer that earlier.
Edit: I'm fairly certain at this point that the sd card itself isn't the problem. The low level format from the pc does an extremely thorough multiple write/read on every sector (that's why it takes so long to complete).
Besides, the OP and I are both experiencing the exact same multi-faceted malfunction, which suggests some other problem besides a random card defect.
verizon forced an update on my rooted stock thunderbolt. i have Revolutionary for recovery but when i load it up it immediately tries to install an update. i cannot select any options.
it asks for me to install or cancel the update. after canceling there are no options but reboot.
what should i do to try to recover out this?
thanks
You need to download a recovery and clear caches and then see what happens. You will have to fastboot flash the recovery. I'm not 100% sure but you may be able to delete the update file from your sd card to stop the update.
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you need to boot into rev and goto advanced unmount /cache and format /cache and reboot the ota update will say failed when u and you'll be good had the same issue couple days ago
the issue is i cannot clear cache via Revolutionary because as soon as it starts i get "Do you want to start update?". if i choose no i can only reboot from there. if i choose yes it will just try to update and hang
i also cannot seem to get to fastboot because of the above as well.
any other options here?
You need to delete the downloaded update from your sd card. If you don't then it will continue to do this.
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thanks so much.
i booted to Revolutionary w/o the SD card. Then flashed Clockwork using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122694
After that i was able to the wipe the cache using Clockwork and get back into my phone. from there deleted the update file
going to add the OTABlock from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664082
hopefully that will stop verizon from pushing on another one
thanks!
Deleting Update File
Forgive me, bit of a noob to rooting and such. I downloaded Astro File Manager and also hooked up my phone to my PC and entered the USB storage but cannot find the update zip.
How should I find it?
It will be in the root directory of the SD card and called "PG05IMG.img" i believe
Finding update ZIP
Can I find it via Astro File Manager or do I need to plug into a PC?
Yeah you sure can
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Big Red been killing me too. I just cleared the cache on the sd and will see what that does. I am a complete n00b at this so I dont know how to load the blockota program without a .exe. GGRRRR
Deleting Zip
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I have looked all over the SD Card, and I cannot find the file. For the third straight night, after deleting the cache, it tried to force the update, and my phone went into the shut down loop.
I went into a folder labeled "root" but it was empty. I'm trying to flash the zip that will disable the OTA now, but can anyone instruct me on where to go on the SD Card to delete the update?
SBS0311 said:
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I have looked all over the SD Card, and I cannot find the file. For the third straight night, after deleting the cache, it tried to force the update, and my phone went into the shut down loop.
I went into a folder labeled "root" but it was empty. I'm trying to flash the zip that will disable the OTA now, but can anyone instruct me on where to go on the SD Card to delete the update?
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When you open the SD card it will be below the folders. You won't have to go into any folders to find it.
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disconnecktie said:
When you open the SD card it will be below the folders. You won't have to go into any folders to find it.
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When I Open the SD card with Astro, the only files below the folders are "pcsc_pcsc_00001," "SELog," and Superuser. No update Zip.
Try this. Go into system/etc/security and change otacerts to otacerts.bak this will prevent the update from trying to start ever again.
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disconnecktie said:
Try this. Go into system/etc/security and change otacerts to otacerts.bak this will prevent the update from trying to start ever again.
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Before I do that, I finished installing the OTA Block Zip about an hour ago. Should I wait to see if that holds and fixes the issue before I do what you suggested? Thanks for all the help, appreciate it.
SBS0311 said:
Before I do that, I finished installing the OTA Block Zip about an hour ago. Should I wait to see if that holds and fixes the issue before I do what you suggested? Thanks for all the help, appreciate it.
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It wouldn't hurt to wait and see.
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SBS0311 said:
Before I do that, I finished installing the OTA Block Zip about an hour ago. Should I wait to see if that holds and fixes the issue before I do what you suggested? Thanks for all the help, appreciate it.
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Did it work for you? My girlfriend's phone is in the same situation and I really don't want to take her off stock as she is happy with her phone even after all this time (got her tbolt a month after it dropped).
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I really thought I got it when I found what I thought to be the update in the folder temp.apk. but no. please give me a cliff note hoe to load the OTAblock HELP ME I AM GOING TO SET MY HAIR ON FIRE
ok I'm also new to the thunderbolt on 2.2.1 but this is what i did to fix it. first thing i did was turn on wifi and connected to my home network by the time it connected the phone rebooted and tried to flash update but it failed and got stuck at the android with the triangle so i did a battery pull and it booted normally as soon as i could open the playstore i downloaded rom manager free.as soon as it finished installing the phone powered down and tried the update again and failed and got stuck so i did another battery pull. i powered up and as soon as i could i opened rom manager and flashed a recovery as soon as it finished the phone powered down again, it tried to flash again and failed i did one last battery pull and when it rebooted i opened rom manager and rebooted into recovery and just cleared cache and then rebooted. finally when it booted it said install failed and hasn't came back yet I'll post if it tries to update again
Today, I wanted to flash myself to the "stock RUU" provided by Wind Mobile for my HTC Amaze (4.0.3). Since I no longer had the stock recovery to flash this and, for some reason my phone had cleared the backup I made of HTC sense, I decided to use a trick I read on the forums. This trick some of you may had heard is to Relock the bootloader. Which I did using Hasoon2000's Amaze All in one tool kit. My problem after I had done that was it displayed a "Security Error" in the Bootloader and, each time I turned off the device it will put me in the bootloader with that devastating message. So being the person I am I panicked and, reverted back to what I knew before. So I had unlocked the bootloader again, without having access to Android so far. Now as I turned on the phone, I was greeted with the Cyanogenmod 10 bootscreen. I had thought that it was over.However I could have not been more wrong. It would not get passed the screen. I kept it there for a good hour. Again I knew my next course of action is to go into my recovery which is 4ext for your information. It took longer then usual to get into the recovery. In the past it only took the recovery to the count of 11 to get in however this time at the count of 21 . "Please wait! Recovery takes a long time booting without access to /internal_sdcard" at around the count of 42 it says "Error mounting sdcard" Then the recovery booted into safemode. In safe mode I cannot run backups recoveries or anything. After a bit of looking around at what I can and cannot do I decided to wipe the cache and, return to factory settings. This seemed to work because, Now I can boot into Cyanogenmod 10. However I am now encountering my roadblock. Apps and, the system cannot access the SD saying it is not mounted. Which I find ridiculus because, I had been able to save my Google Account, It synced my settings and, background and, gave me my wifi pass code. I am also to set alarms and, rearrange icons on my homescreen. Now I am not entirely sure but, I am almost certain to does kind of changes you need to write to the internal memory. Another odd thing is I can flash recoveries onto the device from my PC using Hasoon2000's tool. Which from what I remember while dragging files to my phone a week before this is saved to the internal storage. Unfourtionatly I think the worst that there is some corruption on the phone storage. All I know is I cannot install Apps,Can not access my storage in anyway but, use all basic services like phone calls text messages and, data. If any of you have encountered this problem and, fixed it please tell me I am stuck with a crippled phone for another year until I have the ability to purchase another.
Thank you for reading all this I wanted it to be in detail so I won't need to write it later on. Hope this issue can be solved ASP but, I am not picky as of when it can get fixed. If you skimmed it please read it all the way through.
Can you format the internal phone memory?
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Can you format the internal phone memory?
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I have not tryed to but it maybe possible since 4ext does show me I have a possibility to format my card. However I am afraid if I do this and, it does not work I maybe left with a pretty serious softbrick. So I need to be insured that I won't brick my device before I get to doing that. Thank you for the suggestion I will take it into account as a last ditch effort if nothing else which seems more favorable to me comes in.(or if I can build up the courage to do it which ever one comes first)
Are you s-on? I don't think you can flash ruu of you are. You need to place the ruu on you SD card and rename it to PH85IMG (for t mobile, may be different for wind). Install it from boot loader. Search the return to stock thread for more info
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jaytee20 said:
Are you s-on? I don't think you can flash ruu of you are. You need to place the ruu on you SD card and rename it to PH85IMG (for t mobile, may be different for wind). Install it from boot loader. Search the return to stock thread for more info
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Thank you over much for posting a reply however, my current problem is that my Amaze won't read or write to the phones storage. (Or mount the internal storage) However, thanks for telling me this it will come in handy once I fix my current issue.
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Thank you over much for posting a reply however, my current problem is that my Amaze won't read or write to the phones storage. (Or mount the internal storage) However, thanks for telling me this it will come in handy once I fix my current issue.
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You have to do that on the external card. Try putting the stock ruu on a micro sd and rename it PH85img and then boot into bootloader.
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Can you format the internal phone memory?
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Thank you I finally built up the confidence to do this. It worked. I appreciate it alot.