so the title says it all,
a couple of days ago i flashed the kl1 rom from samfirmware, after i didnt like it at all for different reasons, i decided to flash back to kk2 and all went fine,
no wafter a couple of days being on stock rom, i wanted to get root back + cwm
so i flashed cordeworkx's cwm 5.0.2.3 thourgh odin-> PDA
the phoen rebooted but hanged at the Yellow triangle, i reboot back and try recovery, and cwm recovery tells me this
E:can't mount cache/recovery/command
E:can't mount cache/recovery/log
E:can't open cache/recovery/log
E:can't mount cache/recovery/last_log
E:can't open cache/recovery/last)log
also wiping dalvik cache wont work, when i select it, just nothing happens
when wiping normal cache.. i get E"format_volume: make_etf4fs failed on dev/block/mmcblk0p7
can i get some help here ?
grtz
1. Flash stock rom again.
2. Then use CF-Root to get root and CWM.
I don't know if the method you descriped is the right one. The method above will work.
Lennyz1988 said:
1. Flash stock rom again.
2. Then use CF-Root to get root and CWM.
I don't know if the method you descriped is the right one. The method above will work.
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going to try that, ill report back, bedankt
got it back working again, i guess the cwm recovery from codeworkx doesnt work with kk2 and maybe kk5 ? maybe samsung changed something,,,
Cf root works, but i cant flash any rom, well, i can flash it allright but then it bootloops @ the yellow triangle again, no way to get into clockworkmod, download mode works fine
Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
Still problems use usb jig to set rom counter to zero .
Return to service centre .
jje
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Hi peeps
(I've tried looking for related posts but nothing comes up with my stuff)
I have downloaded Rom Manager Premium and also downloaded clockwork recovery, how ever every time I reboot into recovery to install i get this
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
I have flashed the file before using Odin but i get other stuff saying E: cant mount (random stuff)
My phone is rooted
What am i doing wrong?
Rom Manager & CWRecovery don't work together on the SGS2. It's one or the other. For example, if you have CWRecovery installed (as a result of rooting your phone with a CFRoot kernel, for example), using Rom Manager has a tendency to break CWRecovery and/or put your phone into a bootloop.
So you're going to have to decide what you want to use.
Also
I have noticed I have Clockwork recovery once and I flashed a new ROM and i was left with the stock recovery. Is that normal too?
Depends what you used/did to flash the new rom. If you flashed it in CWRecovery, then that's unusual for it to be broken purely by flashing a custom rom meant for a I9100/T. Not completely unheard of mind you, but not usual.
If you used Rom Manager to flash the rom when you already had CWRecovery installed, then as per my previous post, it's obvious CWRecovery was broken by Rom Manager.
Again as per my previous post, one or t'other. Up to you. But use both at your peril.
olster said:
Also
I have noticed I have Clockwork recovery once and I flashed a new ROM and i was left with the stock recovery. Is that normal too?
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So would you recommend that I remove ROM manager and just flash CW Recovery?
I wouldn't recommend you do anything/use one over the other. I'm just saying that you run the risk of having major problems (bootloop/broken CWRecovery) if you have both on your phone/try to use both.
Personally speaking, I've never had a problem rebooting my phone into CWRecovery every/any time I want to flash a rom/kernel/backup/restore.
Up to you which you use.
olster said:
So would you recommend that I remove ROM manager and just flash CW Recovery?
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It looks like Im having problems with my boot recovery as I try to use clockwork its saying cant mount, even trying to access SD CARD.
Is there a way of clearing every thing and starting again?
Also when I use clockwork recovery
Anything I try to do i get this
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
What rom/kernel are you running and how did you root your phone ?
You could try flashing a CFRoot kernel from here, if that doesn't work you should probably get your stock firmware from here and flash that in Odin. After that you can use a CFRoot kernel to root your phone.
That will give you a clean slate with CWRecovery working.
Edit to add - Yes, you're getting that in CWRecovery because Rom Manager obviously broke it as I've already said.
olster said:
It looks like Im having problems with my boot recovery as I try to use clockwork its saying cant mount, even trying to access SD CARD.
Is there a way of clearing every thing and starting again?
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I am using 2.3.6 XWKK5 ROM with the CF-Root-SGS2_XW_OXA_KK5-v5.0-CWM5.tar
Then try my suggestions in my previous post.
Right, I have managed to start again and got it working again.
Thanks your help
NP. Glad you got it working
olster said:
Right, I have managed to start again and got it working again.
Thanks your help
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I have a GT-I9100M from Bell in Canada. My phone is broke and I've spent the last 24 hours trying to fix it with no avail
I was running the stock ICS rom from Bell. I rooted the phone and removed all the Bell bloatware and that was it.
Yesterday I came across a Rom that had the S3 version of Touchwiz so I decided to try it out - Salman ICS ROM for Galaxy S2 i9100! [TouchWiz UX][S Voice][GS3 ROM]
The rom installed perfectly and when it restarted, it stopped at the Samsung Galaxy boot screen. I attempted to go into recovery mode and it couldn't.
It would go into download mode. So I tried to flash the stock bell ICS rom - I9100MUGLD3_I9100MBMCLD3_BMC_www.samsdroid.com. It flashed with no issues but when it rebooted - back to the boot screen I go.
I flashed a CF kernal so that I could get into CWM and attempt to wipe it. It kept hanging on formatting /data.
I came across this guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449771 and followed the steps and got no where.
Is my phone completely dead and if it is not - how do I get it back in working condition?
Help!!:crying:
When you flashed Bell's stock ROM from the guide thread, could you reach the recovery mode screen? I had the same problem and I simply did a factory reset after I flashed the stock ROM.
After I tried to flash my stock firmware with ODIN
I get stuck at Android System Recovery <3e>
and get these errors:
E: failed to mount /cache (no such file or directory)
E: Cant mount /cache/recovery/recovery_kernel_log
E:copy_kernel_file :: Cant open /cache/recovery/recovery_kernel_log
E:failed to mount /efs (No such file or Directory)
E:failed to mount /cache (no such file or directory)
E:cant mount /cache/recovery log
E:cant open /cache/recovery log
and as you can imagine the list goes on..... and when I hit reboot system now - it just freezes at the Samsung i9100 boot screen.
AAARRGGG
I did some more reading and someone suggested trying a Frankenstein rom KK5 as it does a complete wipe of the data partition on the phone. When I tried this, it does stuck on datafs.
I believe that my phone is broken
kmacsouris said:
I did some more reading and someone suggested trying a Frankenstein rom KK5 as it does a complete wipe of the data partition on the phone. When I tried this, it does stuck on datafs.
I believe that my phone is broken
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looks like you have hit the eMMC brick, you could try to flash a pit file, and flashing it with repartition activated... This its the only thing you could try, before sending it off for repair
Best regards
Sendt fra min GT-I9300 med Tapatalk2
try to find a Stock ICS which does a full wipe. Usually the first edition of stock ICS
of each region does that.
Dear friend i understand your fear and i wan t to share with you my research, my trouble came for downgrading from ics to GB and now i have the red letters with the e cant mount **** , so i found that installing this rom (XXKH3) with the Phone Bootloader Update filed checked could fix it.
The original post is in spanish so if you need it it is here.
Scroll down until ERROR: E: Can't mount cache
http://www.taringa.net/posts/celulares/14623579/samsung-galaxy-S2---downgrade-ICS-a-Gingerbread.html
But on this post the link to XXKH3 is broken so i found this other link on english with the link working
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-to-install-xxkh3-on-samsung-galaxy-s-2-ii-i9100/
I'll try this thing in a couple hours when the download finish due to my 1.5 mb internet and i'll let you know any new,
Good luck
Hello Everybody,
my boss got me a Galaxy ACE S5830i in order to test some app development and I immediately managed to root it and install a custom ROM.
These were the steps I took
1- I flashed the update.zip I found around the web, for example here -> http://www.theandroidroot.com/root-install-cwm-recovery-samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830i/
2- I flashed CWM 5.0 and immediately, without rebooting, saw the new Recovery. So it really did install!
3- I updated to CWM 6
4- I flashed thunder kernel in order to make the CWM permanent -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335947
5- I rebooted the phone in recovery mode and got the CWM. Everything was fine up to now
6- I flashed a ROM (after wiping everything). Actually, several roms. I tried first with CGM, then with Aroma and Retribution Beta. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806471 All of them managed to install but none of them works. What ALWAYS happens is that the ROM installs, then I reboot and the phone does not go past the Samsung Logo. Then, and here we come to the weirdest part, when I reboot in recovery mode in order to flash another rom... I get the stock recovery! No CWM, no customizations!
What's happening, in your opinion? I tried to flash a custom ROM with Odin as well, but being on Linux I had to use JOdin and could not manage to flash anything because (as it ALWAYS happens with JOdin) I was not able to load a suitable PIT file. No success with wine+odin as well.
Please, could somebody help me? I can't use my boss phone, and can't return it to him until I get a working ROM on it
Thank you in advance
P.S. When I get to the Recovery I see some rows to the bottom:
-- Appling Multi-CSC --
E:failed to mount /system (Invalid argument)
E:failed to mount /system (Indalid argument)
and (I know 'cause I tried) I can't mount or format the /system partition. Maybe it's related, maybe it's not...
ilsecondodasinistra said:
Hello Everybody,
my boss got me a Galaxy ACE S5830i in order to test some app development and I immediately managed to root it and install a custom ROM.
These were the steps I took
1- I flashed the update.zip I found around the web, for example here -> http://www.theandroidroot.com/root-install-cwm-recovery-samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830i/
2- I flashed CWM 5.0 and immediately, without rebooting, saw the new Recovery. So it really did install!
3- I updated to CWM 6
4- I flashed thunder kernel in order to make the CWM permanent -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335947
5- I rebooted the phone in recovery mode and got the CWM. Everything was fine up to now
6- I flashed a ROM (after wiping everything). Actually, several roms. I tried first with CGM, then with Aroma and Retribution Beta. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806471 All of them managed to install but none of them works. What ALWAYS happens is that the ROM installs, then I reboot and the phone does not go past the Samsung Logo. Then, and here we come to the weirdest part, when I reboot in recovery mode in order to flash another rom... I get the stock recovery! No CWM, no customizations!
What's happening, in your opinion? I tried to flash a custom ROM with Odin as well, but being on Linux I had to use JOdin and could not manage to flash anything because (as it ALWAYS happens with JOdin) I was not able to load a suitable PIT file. No success with wine+odin as well.
Please, could somebody help me? I can't use my boss phone, and can't return it to him until I get a working ROM on it
Thank you in advance
P.S. When I get to the Recovery I see some rows to the bottom:
-- Appling Multi-CSC --
E:failed to mount /system (Invalid argument)
E:failed to mount /system (Indalid argument)
and (I know 'cause I tried) I can't mount or format the /system partition. Maybe it's related, maybe it's not...
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can u get temporary cwm recovery when selecting
'apply update from sd'
then look at this thread
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118688
as9333 said:
can u get temporary cwm recovery when selecting
'apply update from sd'
then look at this thread
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118688
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Hello,
thank you for answering.
I can temporary get to CWM recovery for sure, but I don't know how to push the erase_image file (that I found) to the device. I'm only able to copy files on the SD, using another phone, and then flash them from CWM. Is there a way to make adb able to detect the device even when it's in recovery?
Thank you
ilsecondodasinistra said:
Hello,
thank you for answering.
I can temporary get to CWM recovery for sure, but I don't know how to push the erase_image file (that I found) to the device. I'm only able to copy files on the SD, using another phone, and then flash them from CWM. Is there a way to make adb able to detect the device even when it's in recovery?
Thank you
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First try to flash another rom..if that not work then flash stock rom from odin..
Here is the link for unbrick your device.go here and try to unbrick..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840645
Sent from my GT-S5830i using Tapatalk 2
Are the ROMs you tried based on CM7/9? Because if they are, you need to format your system partitions to EXT4. You can do that with the multi-formatter.
Also, you say that you have your stock recovery back. Check the ROM zips that you flashed for any boot.img. If there is, check which kernel and which version. Some older kernels still have stock recovery.
As even stock recovery cannot mount /system, clearly your system partitions are corrupt. Format with the multi-formatter and flash a CM7/9 based ROM or flash back stock firmware via Odin.
If you choose the multi-formatter, remember to flash a kernel afterwards. And if you prefer, one with a permanent CWM.
Sent because I <3 Aerith
Some time ago i tried to install cwm via Odin in my phone and when i rebooted it came out a black screen. I flashed a stock rom and solve the problem. But when i tried to install cwm using the stock recovery mod and going to "apply update from /sdcard" the message "E: Unknown volume for path [/sdcard]" came out. I looked up and saw it may be caused by a corrupted/outdated version on cwm. I tried to solve it installing a newer version of cwm via Odin, tried to delete the cwm folder using apps and commands, tried to downgrade my firmware but nothing worked.
Someone please help me.
Just use the most recent version of PhilZ recovery. Also, I think you can safely ignore this error, because CWM mounts storage in another folder.
still need help =/
Didn't work. i dont know why but i cant delete this thing and cant upgrade it. have any other ideas?
You need to install PhilZ CWM through Odin, I think it don't work using stock recovery. If you can't do it, try to reflash stock rom and then you install CWM using Odin, again.
hi guys,
i have big problem with my galaxy s2. it is about four years old, fall down couple of times. i had no troubles the first three years. i read into odin and co and did made some upgrades and another mod. usb connector failed to connect to computer and car charging cable. and first time my telephone crashed and was in a boot screen loop. after my usb connection failed and i bought a new online (found one in china, somebody wrote this here in this forum) and put it in (might be the reason for the crashs? i do not know!)
so today my telephone crashed again (i charged it through cable and then i saw boot loop screen "android", although i had NeatROM- Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean installed, so normaly i would have seen "neat rom boot screen", but i saw"android" ... what the heck???) i really do not know what to do.
so far i can say, what i have installed.
PhilZ Build Version 5.15.9 - i9100
CWM Base Version: v6.0.3.7
i tried to install now CM nightly, but failed somehow...i have absolutely no idea what to do.
what i want?
i need help to get a new clean installation with full updates? i do not know if i have best kernel or whatever. appreciate any help. through CWM i am happy i can put my telephone in usb mount and saved my data. so anyone?
so i upgraded the kernel to
Philz Touch 6.48.4 and CWM 6.0.5.0
it was the newest version i could find for i9100. is this correct?
now i can choose a rom which i want? or does some not work with philz or s2?
fu** thi ****.....i wiped and erased cache everything and flashed Hazy Rom 5.02 + Pico Apps + Root and still boot loop....:crying:
i give up....this crap...i flashed now neatrom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-neatrom-lite-extralite-themed-aroma-t1569686
and again i have the "android" boot screen loop...instead of "neat rom" ...what to do???? i am desperate
paxifixi21 said:
i give up....this crap...i flashed now neatrom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-neatrom-lite-extralite-themed-aroma-t1569686
and again i have the "android" boot screen loop...instead of "neat rom" ...what to do???? i am desperate
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Flash philz recovery and go in wipe data -> clean to install a new rom -> yes.
Then try to install a NeatRom.
/format preload is important
well i did this now again. installer works fine. no problems. after it reboots, but shows again boot screen "android"
blog.namran.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/android-boot2.jpg
and loop. i had neatrom before and i know there should be the neatrom bootscreen...
i flashed a stock rom with odin. and again boot loop. i did factory reset and it says "E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)"
might be the problem??? what now??
i see support for this old phone is pretty pretty low
looks like i have to buy a new one...fml
paxifixi21 said:
i see support for this old phone is pretty pretty low
looks like i have to buy a new one...fml
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Try to flash again official firmware with odin.
If doesn't work
Try with repartition. Flash STOCK 2GB pit and kernel with odin. You have tutorial on xda. After repartition and following tutorial:
Then go in recovery and try to flash philz recovery or philz kernel zip. Then reboot again in than new philz recovery and try to format this:
wipe data -> clean to install new rom
Go in mount and storage -> /format sdcard0 -> default
After that go in Download mode and open the Odin and try to flash again firmware.
I don't have idea, try this.
okay, i will try this
repartition means everything will be deleted right? so even pictures and videos?
when i did normal flash, it never erased pictures (even though i do not have an external sd)
paxifixi21 said:
okay, i will try this
repartition means everything will be deleted right? so even pictures and videos?
when i did normal flash, it never erased pictures (even though i do not have an external sd)
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Yes. You will format everything(even internal storage), so that means you will have to make a backup of internal sdcard.
Read repartition tutorial on xda. You have them in s2 android development section.
looks like it did not help...i did repartition with 2GB stock and stock rom (PDA) with odin....i am still having bootloop and now in recovery i see again "E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument) ... crap
well, i just saw after mounting usb, that i still have all my data...what the hell? what did i do wrong? i followed the tutorial, clicked all checkboxes and chose the stock pit and pda?!?!?!?
paxifixi21 said:
looks like it did not help...i did repartition with 2GB stock and stock rom (PDA) with odin....i am still having bootloop and now in recovery i see again "E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument) ... crap
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57694017