The EMMC partition is broken, what do? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Basically my internal memory partition is broken, I can USB mount it through recovery but when booted into the ROM I can't access it, I am also unable to mount or format it through recovery. I tried remaking the partition as both exFAT and FAT32 and neither worked. I thought maybe I could repartition through Odin but I can't find an SGSII .pit file?
Thank in advance.

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I can USB mount it through recovery but when booted into the ROM I can't access it
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Then it's ROM related problem.
And do not bump your threads if it was created in the same day / more than once in 24 hours.

Hi. 3 weeks ago my /data partition was broken with the emmc brickbug. My phone didn't boot into the rom, he just booted into recovery. I flashed the latest official samsung rom for my csc, i erased with the jig the custom binary counts and i went to the warranty service from my career. The guy that was there tryed to repartiton it with a pit file but failed (in odin). He sent the phone to the central service and after 6 days i recieved a new one :d. Sorry for the bad english.

przemcio510 said:
Then it's ROM related problem.
And do not bump your threads if it was created in the same day / more than once in 24 hours.
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It isn't ROM related, it's why I can't mount/format it through recovery, I can only USB mount it for some ungodly reason.
Hi. 3 weeks ago my /data partition was broken with the emmc brickbug. My phone didn't boot into the rom, he just booted into recovery. I flashed the latest official samsung rom for my csc, i erased with the jig the custom binary counts and i went to the warranty service from my career. The guy that was there tryed to repartiton it with a pit file but failed (in odin). He sent the phone to the central service and after 6 days i recieved a new one :d. Sorry for the bad english.
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My phone isn't broken, I can boot into Android fine, it's just the internal memory partition which is messed up. So, no .pit files available for stock Samsung then? Or does anyone know the exact adb commands to recreate the partition properly? Also yes I can store files on it fine when I USB mount it through recovery.

seshmaru said:
It isn't ROM related, it's why I can't mount/format it through recovery, I can only USB mount it for some ungodly reason.
My phone isn't broken, I can boot into Android fine, it's just the internal memory partition which is messed up. So, no .pit files available for stock Samsung then? Or does anyone know the exact adb commands to recreate the partition properly? Also yes I can store files on it fine when I USB mount it through recovery.
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Do you try the option to format again your internal sdcard ?
Or the option to repartioning your internal sdcard.
But I believe the first solves your problem.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

Reformat doesn't work, repartition is for making an ex partition which I don't want to do, at least through CWM.

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Bell Galaxy S dead (unable to mount /sdcard) -> LAGFIX Problem?

Hi Guys.
I have a Galaxy S on bell's network, running JPK.
I looked at my phone last night and there was an orange "!" caution icon in the notification area. Said something about the internal sdcard not unmounting properly. So I rebooted the phone and now its booting to a black screen.
I have Ryan's OCLF from the market installed. I'm not sure if this is what is causing the problem (may be confused about ext2?)
I can boot into recovery, but no access to su from there. I can get into download mode. I tried re-flashing JPK, which flashed ok but I still have the same problem.
The error I'm seeing in recovery is:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (No such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:
I tried flash sdcard from recovery but didnt work.
Can anyone help me get my phone back? I heard flashing stock 2.1 Bell firmware may fix my issue, but I don't have that firmware. Please help!
This should help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739091
this will work for you
this is the erro that comes up
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
Copying files...
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
E: Can't mount DATA:
E: Failure at line 372:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
Installation aborted.
this is the way you fix the problem.
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine
You might be better off sticking to the i9000 forums in the future, given that your Bell Vibrant resembles our T-Mobile Vibrant in name only. It's far more similar to the international i9000.
alcangel64, will this work with the GT-i9000? I also see the caution about don't do it if you've flashed JP3.. should I ignore that warning?
alcangel64 said:
this will work for you
this is the erro that comes up
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
Copying files...
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
E: Can't mount DATA:
E: Failure at line 372:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
Installation aborted.
this is the way you fix the problem.
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine
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while in recovery mode, if you have adb installed u can adb reboot download and it'll take u to download mode. Then you'll be able to restore through odin. But I warn u, if it has something to do with the filesystem (ext2, ext4) ur in for a long ride. Other day I spent all day trying to get my phone to boot after flashing like 20+ times in odin due to an error in my filesystem
I think the title is bit misleading. It was likely not JPK that broke but rather the EXT2 loopback created by the lag fix. You might consider changing the title of the thread to something else.
If you get it working again, I wouldn't suggest applying the OCLF again. When the internal SD mounted improperly, it was likely corrupted. This can happen at anytime since the EXT2 is not journaled like Samsung's RFS or EXT4. You might be able to fix the file system corruption if you can run fsck on it through ADB.
Selecting the repartition option in ODIN may get you past any file corruption issues with the SD but it will wipe your internal SD. So, just restore from backup.
I agree. I think it was the lagfix, ultimately. I think the problem now is that I can't reflash because none of these PDA firmwares know anything about ext2.
Are there any releases with ext2 enabled right in the firmware? That might let me re-mount /sdcard at least, or at least remove the symbolic links?
epakrat75 said:
I think the title is bit misleading. It was likely not JPK that broke but rather the EXT2 loopback created by the lag fix. You might consider changing the title of the thread to something else.
If you get it working again, I wouldn't suggest applying the OCLF again. When the internal SD mounted improperly, it was likely corrupted. This can happen at anytime since the EXT2 is not journaled like Samsung's RFS or EXT4. You might be able to fix the file system corruption if you can run fsck on it through ADB.
Selecting the repartition option in ODIN may get you past any file corruption issues with the SD but it will wipe your internal SD. So, just restore from backup.
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What did you do to fix it? Problem is I can't su in recovery mode. If I could I could at least remove the ext2 symbolic links and continue.
jroid said:
while in recovery mode, if you have adb installed u can adb reboot download and it'll take u to download mode. Then you'll be able to restore through odin. But I warn u, if it has something to do with the filesystem (ext2, ext4) ur in for a long ride. Other day I spent all day trying to get my phone to boot after flashing like 20+ times in odin due to an error in my filesystem
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moophone said:
Are there any releases with ext2 enabled right in the firmware? That might let me re-mount /sdcard at least, or at least remove the symbolic links?
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The stock 2.1 / 2.2 kernel should already support EXT2 however it won't mount a corrupted / damaged partition. You should try flashing back to 2.1 with the repartition option checked through ODIN. Once the internal SD is formatted by the repartition, it should then finally mount. It will also return everything back to RFS.
What kernel exactly? I tried flashing i9000_Kernel.tar, and then I9000XXJPH_KERNEL.tar from JPH. I tried JPC. I don't have a stock Bell kernel but none of those did anything.
Could you refer me to a specific kernel that will restore the /sdcard partition?
Thanks,
Greg
epakrat75 said:
The stock 2.1 / 2.2 kernel should already support EXT2 however it won't mount a corrupted / damaged partition. You should try flashing back to 2.1 with the repartition option checked through ODIN. Once the internal SD is formatted by the repartition, it should then finally mount. It will also return everything back to RFS.
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moophone said:
What kernel exactly? I tried flashing i9000_Kernel.tar, and then I9000XXJPH_KERNEL.tar from JPH. I tried JPC. I don't have a stock Bell kernel but none of those did anything.
Could you refer me to a specific kernel that will restore the /sdcard partition?
Thanks,
Greg
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After about 30 tries I was able to boot my phone with UGJH2. The funy part is for it to work and boot OK .. I have to leave my external SD card in it. It will error saying that it can't mount it once booted and both my internal 16G sd or my external 8G sd can't be mounted. All the rest of the phone works perfectly. If there was just a way for format or repartition the internal SD card from in the OS or ADB it would be fine. At least my phone now works until I can get a replacement phone from bell.
I tried to remove the external SDcard and the phone crashed. If I leave it in there , it works fine ??
Having this problem after flashing jp6 on my Bell i9000m. It worked great for like 2 days but suddenly it stopped working and i can't boot anymore. I did apply a lagfix but i removed it soon after because i did not see any speed improvements. Downloading the roms suggested in this thread right now... hope it works
Flashing again doesn't help*
I've flashed back to stock rom and used wipe factory and cache, but it still doesn't fix the issue.
I've read something about using adb to fix it, however adb doesn't even reconize my damn phone. Odin does on the other hand.
If adb reconize your phone, you should be able to push some files,and follow some other procedures to fix the internal sd card then flash it again with odin.
The other solution is changing your internal sd card, don't know how though people have sent back their device to their carrier or went to phone shop, i heard it costs one guy around 80$ to change it.

[Q] /sdcard unaccessible

Good day! This is my first post and don't flame me because i really tried to search
for a solution before posting; either i just didn't look enough or i could'nt understand the solutions.
SO, here's my problem:
I cannot access /sdcard.
I came from CM9 nightly and i know what i did wrong. I mistakenly removed my usb cable when my phone was still in usb mass storage mode. That's the only thing i thought i did wrong.
On ES File explorer i get "SD card empty, unmounted or not present" when accessing /sdcard
So what i did is to return to stock firmware, hard reset, did a factory reset of the internal storage... and thought all is good. IT AIN'T.
What the factory reset did was make a folder /emmc and put the internal storage data there.
I can assume that the /sdcard folder may be corrupted and inaccessible.
I found/thought of some solutions:
1.) Rerouting /emmc as /sdcard like in this thread
Swap the mounting points on ICS (CM9) for emmc and sdcard
2.) Reflashing stock firmware again with PIT file (I haven't done this before, is it that scary? ) Can someone explain what the difference of flashing with or without PIT? And also how can i flash a pit file when the firmware i downloaded has only 1 file (what firmware should i download then?)? Also, should i backup /efs before flashing PIT?
How do I know I am using a correct PIT file?
Any ideas what i should do?
format the sd card cheerz
jeromepaez said:
2.) Reflashing stock firmware again with PIT file (I haven't done this before, is it that scary? ) Can someone explain what the difference of flashing with or without PIT? And also how can i flash a pit file when the firmware i downloaded has only 1 file (what firmware should i download then?)? Also, should i backup /efs before flashing PIT?
How do I know I am using a correct PIT file?
And that's why phones get bricked you would need to read and learn before flashing stuff .
Do not use PIT file is the recommendation for SGS2 as their is far higher chance of hard bricking a phone .
EFS should be backed up on day one .
jje
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Can I mount phone as a USB device from CWM mode?

I've been playing with custom ROM and whatnot. I put the stock ROM on internal SD but somehow it got wiped off so I don't see it there. I was using Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit - rooting ALLINONE, and something happened so I cannot boot the phone now. I can access CWM mode, but I do not see any ROMs in internal SD, so there is nothing I can re-flash to see if the phone will boot normally. So basically I am stuck in a situation when I can access CWM but I cannot flash a ROM since I have no ROM on internal SD. So my question is, is there a way I can mount the phone as a USB device so that I can copy the ROM zip from my PC into internal SD so I can re-flash a ROM and fix the issue?
Any help is much appreciated!
Flash Stock with Odin and Re-Root.
Go to cwm, mount and storage, mount USB
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ROMFlasherAce said:
Go to cwm, mount and storage, mount USB
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks, but there is no such option there. What is there, is:
mount /efs
mount /cache
mount /data
mount /preload
mount /sdcard
mount /external_sd
redcore2k said:
Flash Stock with Odin and Re-Root.
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Thanks, since the phone gets stuck at root I cannot use Odin to flash a ROM onto it - I simply cannot get to the point I can see the phone in the PC. This is my gripe precisely - how to make the phone to be seen by the PC (as a USB device or otherwise) so I can copy a ROM onto it and then flash using CWM.
dual-booter said:
Thanks, but there is no such option there. What is there, is:
mount /efs
mount /cache
mount /data
mount /preload
mount /sdcard
mount /external_sd
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AFAIK it is not possible to mount USB storage from CWM..it is the way samsung had created mount point sin this phone...you have 2 options
1. take your extcard use a card reader or another phone, copy the ROM and then use it
2.Find your original firmware, boot in download mode and flash via Odin
zoot1 said:
AFAIK it is not possible to mount USB storage from CWM..it is the way samsung had created mount point sin this phone...you have 2 options
1. take your extcard use a card reader or another phone, copy the ROM and then use it
2.Find your original firmware, boot in download mode and flash via Odin
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1. I thought so. I have a small micro-sd from my old BB and so checked and I can mount it, so that'd be a solution, only I'd have to go out and buy a new one. I have no plans/intentions to buy a new sd card so that was sup-optimal.
2. Awesome suggestion! Thanks for redcore2k as well - I did not figure from his response that I needed to go into Download mode.
All back to normal now, will be re-rooting shortly. You guys are awesome!

[Q] Format EMMC by mistake - Please help!

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.

[SOLVED] i9300 stopped booting, how to save data? (CWM Recovery is working)

Very well, I have an international S3 (i9300) with the SlimBean 4.3 build 2 installed. It was working flawlessly, no bugs.
10 minutes after I put it in my pocket yesterday, I picked it up and it was stuck on the boot up screen, and it was quite hot. I tried rebooting it multiple times and waiting for a while, nothing happened. I have ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.3.6 installed and working, so I tried wiping cache and dalvik cache and booting up, without sucess. It's stuck on the boot up screen and it gets a little bit hot after a while.
My question is, how do I backup my internal SD card data? Every single time I've wiped the device I used to move the pictures to my PC and made TitaniumBackup backups to the external SD card beforehand, so I could change ROMs and get all the stuff back. Now it stopped working, how should I proceed? I have important pictures and data in some apps...
tl;dr i9300 stopped booting out of nowhere, CWM Recovery is working, how do I save my camera photos and all data from apps?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: Solved this by saving my data to the external SD card with AROMA File Manager, nothing lost!
Easiest solution is format system partition and reflash the exact rom you already have, unless the data partition is corrupt this should enable your phone to boot again.
Failing that you'll need to investigate if ADB pull will work in recovery/download mode.
boomboomer said:
Easiest solution is format system partition and reflash the exact rom you already have, unless the data partition is corrupt this should enable your phone to boot again.
Failing that you'll need to investigate if ADB pull will work in recovery/download mode.
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Just tried formatting system and flashing the same ROM, it is still not booting
What can I possibly do to save my pictures? I'll look into ADB pull, is there anything else?
Flash philz recovery with odin, transfer data using aroma file manager, or custom backup, or usb mount internal sd.
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boomboomer said:
Flash philz recovery with odin, transfer data using aroma file manager, or custom backup, or usb mount internal sd.
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I was googling and I had found about AROMA File Manager 10 minutes ago, but if didn't, I would because of this post. Thank you so much!
I was so damn worried about losing my stuff... I copied everything to the external SD card and now I can erase everything from the device and change ROMs safely. :good:

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