My phone samsung vibrant is not starting, i was using google maps and it hanged and now it goes in idle mode after S sign, nothing on screen and all touch buttons have light on them.
I was using voodoo kernel and android 2.1.
I know how to format it back, but i seriously need data backup. When i connect the phone via USB cable to pc, it hows 2 removable drives (phone and memory card) bu t i am not able to access them.
Is there any way to get the data?
Thanks
If you have CMW recovery see if you can mount your sd card to pc in recovery.
and may I say 2.1?????????????????????????????????????????????
wow I forgot the original SGS line came with eclair
I data i require is from phone memory and not from memory card, i had CMW but not sure how to use it.
I used 2.2 for a while and then shifted back to 2.1 with voodo
What options i get in CWM are
- reboot system now
- apply sdcard:update.zip
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
- install zip from sdcard
- backup and restore
- mounts and storage
- advanced
-- Reboot recovery
-- wipe dalvik cache
-- wipe battery stats
-- report error
-- key test
-- partition sd card
-- fix permissions
-- +++ go back+++
- ++ go back++
is there anything from this by which i can backup my phone data?
mounts and storage
should be able to mount your internal sd and view your files.
I am not sure your device is dead either proabbly could revive it with some effort
likely an odin flash will do the trick, you would lose your apps and what not but your pictures and music etc would be kept
I tried mounts and storage
it shows me two drives but they aren't accessible, i think as you said the device is dead.
Should i go ahead with odin flash? hope it keeps my pictures, thats all i want right now.
And odin flash with just the pit file right?
where you able to mount to pc prior? Do you have correct drivers installed? as to which odin to use I would suggest asking in the vibrant section. I am coming from previous experience with the captivate which is similar but different. Maybe try a factory reset via recovery. This does not erase pictures and files but deletes all apps. If you are not concerned with losing your current set up it may be worth a shot.
hey thanks a lot for replying
i installed and tried with new drivers, the pc shows my drives but i am not able to access them.
In vibrant forum some one told me to try wipe data/factory reset but it did not help.
Trying odin flash now..hope it works
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So I've followed the steps to the letter in the NOOB GUIDE on ODINing back to factory. I've done this successfully a number of times before flashing a new ROM. But I can never seem to wipe off all of the application folders, downloads, pics, music, etc. I've spent way too many hours searching this forum for the answer. Am I missing something?
The question: How to do a complete factory wipe (as if it came straight from the box)? I don't care about backing up.
Thanks,
NSR
make a backup via Titanium Backup
make a nandroid
move all internal/external to your PC (backup)
on phone, go to sdcard/phone storage, format BOTH
ODIN to JFD (partition checked)
root > rom manager > CWR
move desired rom to phone
reboot to CWR
factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik
flash rom
wipe cache/dalvik (not a factory again)
reboot
wait 10 minutes
reboot
move important files from pc back to phone.
s15274n said:
make a backup via Titanium Backup
make a nandroid
move all internal/external to your PC (backup)
on phone, go to sdcard/phone storage, format BOTH
ODIN to JFD (partition checked)
root > rom manager > CWR
move desired rom to phone
reboot to CWR
factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik
flash rom
wipe cache/dalvik (not a factory again)
reboot
wait 10 minutes
reboot
move important files from pc back to phone.
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Great! So just so I'm clear, if I don't want to save anything from my phone, can I skip the first 3 steps and just check "partition" in the ODIN to JFD?
Thanks,
K
O yeah, if you have nothing you need to save, then yeah. Format those cards. Fresh is always nice.
All you need to do is obin back to stock the format the internal memory and your done.. that is the only way.. nothing should be installed when you obin just visable on the internal memory... I hope this helps
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Excellent, I had a feeling this was the way to go. I appreciate the help.
-NSR
s15274n said:
O yeah, if you have nothing you need to save, then yeah. Format those cards. Fresh is always nice.
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Now I feel like an annoying idiot...
So, I connect the phone to my windows laptop via usb, select the internal sdcard in windows explorer, right-click, click "format", it will be FAT32, format, pull battery, then do the whole normal ODIN thing?
Sorry, I just want to make sure I don't brick my phone.
Thanks for your patience,
NSR
No.
Boot up your phone like normal
Menu > Settings > SD CARD and Phone Storage
Format both there
Power off
ODIN.
Over the last year I along with others have had great run (and some scares) changing roms, now however I am getting messages telling me my sd card is full and i need to delete items. Having deleted various things I am still getting this message and my gallery will not load !
Question is .....is it worth trying to clean up sd card by copying it, reformat and then reinstall items, or is there a better route to go down.
Just as a point of interest the current rom I am running is Turkbey ICS V4 XWLP4.
Thanks
sr
Try in CWM recovery wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache .
jje
Can you tell me did you Full-Wiped data before Flashing the rom?
Hmm try to clear dalvik cache & Wipe-Cache through recovery. It might help. Always full wipe before moving to a new rom.
Clean..
Hi, yes did full wipes before installed. tried further wipes but still getting message telling me sd card full. Looked in settings and the USB Storage is showing full but dont really want to delete as I will loose photos etc. Can some of this be transfered to my external card as theres a fair bit of space there ?
Thanks
sr
Why not put photos pictures videos songs etc on external sd card .
Nothing is lost if you back it up .
jje
I did it this way:
1. backup the whole intermal sd-card onto my computer (via USB cable)
2. delete (still via cable from pc, because more comfortable) any folder created by an app that's no longer installed)
2a. DO NOT delete the following folders:
.android_secure
DCIM (if you want to keep photos/videos)
EFS_BACKUP (if you have it)
external_sd
media
clockworkmod (if you have CWM installed)
3. reboot device and test, if some program is missing important data, plug in usb again and restore from computer
kilrogg said:
I did it this way:
1. backup the whole intermal sd-card onto my computer (via USB cable)
2. delete (still via cable from pc, because more comfortable) and folder created by an app that's no longer installed)
2a. DO NOT delete the following folders:
.android_secure
DCIM (if you want to keep photos/videos)
EFS_BACKUP (if you have it)
external_sd
media
clockworkmod (if you have CWM installed)
3. reboot device and test, if some program is missing important data, plug in usb again and restore from computer
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Lol, if you want to clean you phone, reboot in recovery and format system and data, then boot in download mode and flash stock rom or Litening. Good luck
078gregory said:
Lol, if you want to clean you phone, reboot in recovery and format system and data, then boot in download mode and flash stock rom or Litening. Good luck
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I think you're missing the point. Of course factory reset and formatting the whole sd-card is an option but often you don't want to lose ALL your data, just some of it that's not used anyway.
After browsing and reading a lot of threads I decided to go with WanamLite, because from what I read everything is working like stock Samsung firmware and it's fast. I'm hoping encryption and tv-out work.
I already zergrushed root and installed CF-root CWM some days ago.
So if I flash WanamLite my new bootloader will be the one from ICS? That means I'll get an increase in the flash counter and the yellow triangle, right?
Or is it that this ROM doesn't include the bootloader section?
The instructions in the official thread say:
1 - Copy my Rom to internal sdcard
2 - Backup, backup, backup
3 - If you came from a Gingerbread or AOSP Rom, you MUST WIPE your data
4 - Flash my Rom from recovery
5 - Reboot & enjoy (and let the phone to boot up, at least 5 minutes required for media scanner to finish)
I just want to be sure on this so I don't mess up.
1 - done
2 - I have made a backup using CWM
3 - so for this I must boot into CWM recovery mode and then select Wipe Data/Factory reset and then Wipe Cache Partition?
4 - still in CWM I then must select Apply Update From SDCard?
5 - reboot
Is the above correct?
Thanks a lot for your help.
BTW, is it just me or v10.7 has more features than v10.8?
Check the changelogs in the links after the text "Before you download PLEASE vote for you preferred mods" in the original thread here
The procedure you follow is right.
I would do couple more things before flashing a new ROM.
*cwm -advanced - wipe dalvik cache.
*mounts and storage - format system. This step won't be mentioned in installation steps.but its good to do.sometimes you may have problems moving from aosp rom to sammy rom this ensures that there are no issues.just be careful that you don't format SD card.
Any new flash will increase the counter.you can reset it using the USB jig.
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Don't bother about the counter and yellow triangle if you get one, there is an app called triangle away, it will help you remove both the counter and yellow triangle with ease in ics
#*posted on the move *#
netcitizen said:
*mounts and storage - format system. This step won't be mentioned in installation steps.but its good to do.sometimes you may have problems moving from aosp rom to sammy rom this ensures that there are no issues.just be careful that you don't format SD card.
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I just want to make sure I understand this...
So what the "Wipe Data/Factory reset" does is the same as "format /data" in the CWM advanced menu.
And the "Wipe Cache Partition" is the same as "format /cache".
And you're saying to also "format /system"
Is that correct?
netcitizen said:
Any new flash will increase the counter.you can reset it using the USB jig.
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bala_gamer said:
Don't bother about the counter and yellow triangle if you get one, there is an app called triangle away, it will help you remove both the counter and yellow triangle with ease in ics
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I may be wrong on this but, I think I read somewhere that the USB jig was not working with some newer kernels.
So I thought that if the jig doesn't work then it could be that the triangleaway also wouldn't work.
But do all ROMs, or in this case WanamLite, overwrite the bootloader?
Once again thanks.
@ghost shell
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=triangle+away&c=apps this is for the trinangle Isue for rooting , but theirs another way for rooting the phone without yellow triangle by using self recovery .if u came in GB u need to wipe delvic cahce ,data .
ghost shell said:
I may be wrong on this but, I think I read somewhere that the USB jig was not working with some newer kernels.
So I thought that if the jig doesn't work then it could be that the triangleaway also wouldn't work.
But do all ROMs, or in this case WanamLite, overwrite the bootloader?
Once again thanks.
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usb jig wont work with newer bootloaders that comes with ics. triangleaway is the simpler and easy way to remove counter , usb jig is not required for ics.
for anyone who finds this thread when trying to answer their questions...
All went OK and I didn't got any yellow triangle.
So either the bootloader wasn't flashed or CWM doesn't increase the flash count.
I'm still exploring things, but the phone seems less responsible. Sometimes I tap and it does nothing.
And I think I screwed up by allowing google to backup and restore my data. Either that or WanamLite still comes loaded with a lot of crap (like widgets). I'm not sure.
To my understanding:
1. Flashing bootloaders won't give you a yellow triangle or increase flash counter.
2. Flashing with CWM or mobileODIN will not increase the flash counter as well. (Flash counter only increase when flashing non-official kernel in ODIN mode?)
3. Wananlite CWM zip doesn't flash bootloaders, you need to manually flash the ICS bootloaders if coming from GB.
4. I'm on V10.3 with siyah kernel 3.0.1, everything works as it should. (Next ROM: Sensation v3, perhaps?)
5. If you are not satisfied with the touch sensitivity, you may download ExTweaks from play store and adjust vitalij value.
Hope it helps.
Hi I was thinking of trying this rom to, but I am bit concerned about *mounts and storage-format system operation can someone exlpain this process in more depth as I don't want to loose my saved roms/back ups which are on the internal sd card and my external sd card.
The procedure you follow is right.
I would do couple more things before flashing a new ROM.
*cwm -advanced - wipe dalvik cache.
*mounts and storage - format system. This step won't be mentioned in installation steps.but its good to do.sometimes you may have problems moving from aosp rom to sammy rom this ensures that there are no issues.just be careful that you don't format SD card.
maxal said:
Hi I was thinking of trying this rom to, but I am bit concerned about *mounts and storage-format system operation can someone exlpain this process in more depth as I don't want to loose my saved roms/back ups which are on the internal sd card and my external sd card
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its very simple.....
Yesturday only I have done this for my MIUI ROM, I came from Samsung ROM earlier, but it was continuesly giving one error on each MIUI rom I flashed,
I understand Wiping and formating are same, but in the main menu it is only given few wipes which will not effect your ROM's system file and you will be able to boot even after all that wipes,
But by formating System (at Mounts & Storage) you are completely wiping your ROM with its data, but this will not wipe any data which is stored on the user partion of SDcard (which you can access from Computor through mass storage) . now your pnone is Romless and you will not be able to boot until you install a new ROM from recovey or from ODIN.
the steps are:
1) Put your favourite ROM on your iternal SD
2) wipe data factory reset
3) wipe Dalvik cache from Advance
4) go to mouts and storage and select only format system and do it.
5) go back and select install zip from SD card and install your ROM...
Reboot - DONE
Just click on the link of CWM in my signature for more knowledge about CWM menu and partitions which I gathered for me and shared with you....
Hi all
I am about to install Wanamlite and have a question. If I copy Wanamlite in my internal SD (the 11.5 GB memory space I had afrom the beginning with my SII) and that I select wipe data/factory reset, won't it delete everything on the internal SD including the Wanamlite zip ?
Thansk for your help
nsidb said:
Hi all
I am about to install Wanamlite and have a question. If I copy Wanamlite in my internal SD (the 11.5 GB memory space I had afrom the beginning with my SII) and that I select wipe data/factory reset, won't it delete everything on the internal SD including the Wanamlite zip ?
Thansk for your help
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No, wiping will not delete any user data on your SD card which is accessible through PC
wiping Cache and Data will only wipes your phon's some temporory files and applications and its data...
I've read some other posts where this has caused a certain amount of controversy but no post seemed to actually answer the question..
Using the Wipe data\Factory reset in ClockWorkMod Recovery has started to wipe the ENTIRE device
(excluding the external SD card)
I have flashed dozens of custom ROMs in the past and what normally happens is my external SD card contents remains safe, this still happens, no problem there, and all my personal documents such as music, pictures, videos and all other files that are not part of the actual ROM itself remain safe too.
BUT
Yesterday, i flashed a certain ROM designed to resemble the S4 (with leaked 4.2.2). Its performance was shockingly bad and other reasons caused me to flash a new ROM which i had used in the past - but when i wiped data/factory reset through CWM - ALL MY INTERNAL SD CONTENTS WHERE GONE
Things i did notice with the 4.2.2 ROM before re-flashing were that:
-When i connected it to the computer (via USB) my device was seen as i9500 (the S4)
-Also, it had created a "0\" folderto store the system ROM.
-I also noticed, wehn re-flashing, it took longer to wipe data than usual..
NOTE: I DID NOT USE THE FACTORY RESET THROUGH ANDROID SETTINGS - THIS, I KNOW, WILL WIPE THE ENTIRE INTERNAL SD, PERSONAL FILES AND ALL. THIS WAS DONE THROUGH CWM.
Because obviously the 4.2.2 ROM wiped my entire Internal SD i had no ROM packages left on it to flash and because obviously i didnt know this until i wiped/reset it involved me having to use ODIN to reflash a STOCK ROM just to be able to boot up and transfer files (ROM packages) from PC to phone - which obviously then meant i had to reflash CWM aswell before i could install the new ROM.
Final Note:
The problem i have, is that i have to do the above EVERYTIME i want to flash a different ROM (i flashed 3 last night).
For some reason when i wipe through CWM my internal SD card is COMPLETELY WIPED!
The question is......Why???
Could the 4.2.2 ROM have re-partitioned my internal SD card and now CWM thinks the ENTIRE thing is data to wipe?
This is the only reasoning i could put to why it wont leave MY FILES alone...
If this IS the case, how do i get it back to normal??
I'm told, on numerous websites in BIG BOLD RED LETTERS that selecting 're-partition' in ODIN is bad and is just a ticket for a free paperwieght (the phone!).
Thank you to ANYONE who can help with this......
The clue may be in the 0 folder. Please read link in my signature to see if it helps
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
rootSU said:
The clue may be in the 0 folder. Please read link in my signature to see if it helps
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Thanks for your help, however the info you suggested does not solve my query..
The info you've provided assumes that the data is stored somewhere else, ie. 0\
Although my device did create a 0\ location when wiping the data, no personal data was in this location.
When i flashed back to stock using Odin, i could see that my phones internal storage was only 1.0-1.5GB used.
Before i started this i only had about 900mb left on my device!
So its not that my data is hiding somewhere.....its gone, and everything on my hones internal storgare is wiped everytime i "wipe data/factory reset" through CWM.
I am a complete noob and got my lesson for messing up with my phone. I have an already rooted SGH i777 and was trying to flash OMNI Rom for 4.4. I wiped emmc by mistake. Although I did back my stuff up, they are no where to be found.I get cannot mount SD card error through CWM v6. I read somewhere that this is resultant of having no operating system in my phone anymore.
My phone is not recognised by computer. But I can access an external microSD card while booting recovery using CWM. Please help me as I am completely lost without my phone. You patience is deeply appreciated.
stupidnoob1 said:
...but I can access an external microSD card while booting recovery using CWM.
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If that's the case, you should be able to put a rom on the micro SD card and simply flash it in recovery. You may have lost your backups, but if you can flash a rom via the SD card you ought to be fine.
Let us know if you need any more help,
sent from the i777
I'm not clear what you mean by "I wiped EMMC." Can you please describe exactly what you did, and describe the options you used if it was through recovery, which I assume it would have been.
If you put the phone into download mode while Odin3 is open on the desktop, does Odin3 recognize the phone?
FYI: TWRP file browser sees internal memory as "emmc". From the advanced wipe menu of TWRP, exists the option to wipe internal memory.
edit: really annoyed that I am limited to eight thanks at a PC, which has a much more comfortable interface than the XDA app, where I have unlimited thanks to offer my peers.
This is what happened
Dear all,
Thank you for your help. This is what I did. I tried to install Omni ROM for 4.4. I I downloaded the .zip file for the ROM and Gapps package zip and SuperUser zip. I went to CWM based recovery mode and wiped data/factory reset and wipe cache partition and in advanced wipe dalvik cache.( I did not run any wipe script as mentioned in this forum. I would have avoided all this if i actually paid attention and read the correct way of flashing here.)
I then went on to mounts and storage and did format/cache , system, data and preload. But also format /emmc
After that no ROM could be flashed and I could not access any recoveries. I realised my error when I saw the log that No files are found and couldnt open directory.
Update :
My phone is not recognized by Odin v1.85 and I also put a SAMSUNG_UCLE5.zip for SGHi777 given by a friend on to a microSD card and tried flashing that ROM from external microSD.
The log says:
I:Can't partition unsafe device: /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
I tried to partition just to see if it works. This time the log says
I:Can't format unknown volume :/external_sd. I never had an external sd card, but I gather that the system was partitioned in such a way that one chunk is considered external_sd.
Odin doesnt recognise it in download mode. I tried every USB port, changed data cables, tried different drivers available on Samsung website.
Please tell me I didn't ruin my phone. Any help is deeply appreciated.
stupidnoob1 said:
Dear all,
Thank you for your help. This is what I did. I tried to install Omni ROM for 4.4. I I downloaded the .zip file for the ROM and Gapps package zip and SuperUser zip. I went to CWM based recovery mode and wiped data/factory reset and wipe cache partition and in advanced wipe dalvik cache.( I did not run any wipe script as mentioned in this forum. I would have avoided all this if i actually paid attention and read the correct way of flashing here.)
I then went on to mounts and storage and did format/cache , system, data and preload. But also format /emmc
After that no ROM could be flashed and I could not access any recoveries. I realised my error when I saw the log that No files are found and couldnt open directory.
Update :
My phone is not recognized by Odin v1.85 and I also put a SAMSUNG_UCLE5.zip for SGHi777 given by a friend on to a microSD card and tried flashing that ROM from external microSD.
The log says:
I:Can't partition unsafe device: /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
I tried to partition just to see if it works. This time the log says
I:Can't format unknown volume :/external_sd. I never had an external sd card, but I gather that the system was partitioned in such a way that one chunk is considered external_sd.
Odin doesnt recognise it in download mode. I tried every USB port, changed data cables, tried different drivers available on Samsung website.
Please tell me I didn't ruin my phone. Any help is deeply appreciated.
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This is beyond my level of understanding. I'm not sure what block 1p1 is. All of the partitions are designated as 0px where x is a number 1-15~.
I assume you've tried all the variables to get Odin to recognize the phone in download mode. Since Odin doesn't recognize download mode, I don't know of anything else to do but send it to someone with jtag equipement. It'll cost you maybe 40 or 50 bucks, but at least you can get your phone back. The person most trusted in the forums here for this sort of repair is Josh at Mobile Tech Videos.