Hello all!
I'm having an issue with my SGS2 Skyrocket. I was attempting to flash on a new ROM (Darkside, not important, you'll see why). I did a full wipe, then went to transfer the .zip file over in CWM. I was in a hurry, and didn't think to wait til it had transferred all the way (in Linux, didn't give me a pop up about it, wasn't thinking). So I unplugged it. Now my CWM is gone, in recovery it boots into Odin. In Odin when I attempt to flash anything on, it gives me a 'no ptn table' error on the phone screen, and it just flat fails on the PC. I've tried the unbrick forum guide, to no avail. Any suggestions? (The CWM was the one installed by ROM Manager if that is important, the ROM was Cyanogenmod 9)
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Oh. Crap. That would explain why it didn't work, and why I now can't boot my phone. Crap.
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Hi I hope someone can help me. I have searched this forum but could not find a similar situation to what I ended up in...
I tried to install a custom ROM on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 using the CWM/Odin.
This seemed succesful but was not, it did not start but was stuck in the Samsung logo.
So I tried entering the CWM and download and install an original Samsung ROM. I can get it into CWM, but CWM cannot enter the download mode only the other mode.
In this mode all options are available:
- reboot
- apply update from SD card
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
All options have been tried without any luck. In the update from SD card it only shows ...
or Error opening /data/media: no such file or directory
Any ideas how I could get this directory back or put a ROM on the Samsung in this situation.
Odin does see the Galaxy but as I cannot get it into Download mode I am unable to download anything to it.
All or any suggestions are very welcome!
1. CWM (Clockworkmod) =! Odin.
In the beginning, you don't have CWM installed. You install CWM, by flashing CWM on your Phone with odin.
Odin is the Windows Programm, that is used to flash Recoveries/ROM's/Kernels onto your device.
2. it seems, that you still have the default Samsung recovery installed, that meand CWM is not yet flashed on your device.
If the flashing process was succesful (I suppose it was done with odin), but you can't get past the Samsung logo, that means, you probably flashed a rom, that isn't made for your device(ex. a GTab 10.1v Rom).
If you DID flash a wrong rom, then you probably ****ed up the partition table and removed the Download Mode(Odin Mode). Strange thing is, that you still have the Stock recovery.
Could you please redirect us to the rom you downloaded?
Also, did you flash with a repartition on and/or a .pit file?
hi Kaukassus,
thanks for the reply.
OK I checked the files and what I did.
I think I totaly screwed this up. It was a theme I tried to install the AOSP_HC_v1.3_3G+KI1.
I rooted the Tab. So first when the Tab was still functioning installed it on the TAB via USB.
Than tried to install this via update from SD card.
This appeared to work initially. But hung at the start.
After that I tried (via Power Volume Up) wipe data/factory reset.
No luck.
After that I tried wipe cache partition followed by wipe data/factory reset.
And this is what I got now..
Bad news is the Tab was/is a X-mas present and I managed to screw it up even before I officially got it !-(
The valuable lesson you're learning is that you need to be aware exactly what things you're flashing and their compatibility with your device and the software it's running.
You haven't mentioned what specific device you're using or the specific things you've tried to flash (as kaukassus pointed out, direct links to threads where you got the files you tried to flash are best). Not sure if you're aware but not all GT 10.1's are equal; there are several models out there and each and every ROM is specific to a particular device. Verizon LTE GT 10.1's like mine can't take ROMs from any other device for example, it's likely that the new T-Mobile 4G one's wont be able to trade ROMs with Verizon ones . . you get the point.
When you say you installed via USB what exactly did you mean? If you simply copied a zip file via USB to the tab to flash in recovery mode that's not installing; the flashing from recovery may be but the file copy operation is not. If on the other hand you pushed things via ADB or you flash using Odin software then that's a different story.
Best thing to do at this point is to properly identify your device, look for a stock recovery image for Odin and flash that via Odin to your device. At that point you can start from scratch again to build what you want.
Thanks Muzzy996.
You are right. I was in a rush and should have taken more time.
However I am getting somewhere. Managed to get in download mode twice today, don't ask me how. This Tab just will not go into download mode!
However I did not have the stock ROM ready to be installed.
Will keep you updated.
i have the same problem. i just rooted my device was going to overclock. decided to save my rom with rom manager. saved it device went to reboot now the samsung galaxy 10.1 shows up screen goes dim then shuts off, and will cont. do this. i can get into download mode but recovery will not work. is there anyway to download my stock rom. im using verizion 4g 10.1 any help would be great, btw sorry to thread jack
Problem solved.
Managed to get it in download mode again and install stock rom via Odin.
Appeared to work fine. But kep switching off, even after full night of charging.
This morning Tab was dead after recharging whole night..
Got it back on by holding volume down and power button down.
i found a stock rom and im trying to upload it via odin, however odin does not find my tab? any ideas. btw congrats on getting ur tab back
I crashed both my I9000 (galaxy s) flashing custom roms and my tab 10.1 (editing some system files) both ended up just looping but managed to get both back. I purchased a small connector of ebay £1.59 that has just a resistor accross pins 4&5 331k I think anyway plugging this into most samsung devices boots them into download mode. Even before getting my resistor I managed to get things working I think that you'd have to be properly unlucky to really brick a samsung I've flashed both my devices with all sorts of crap with my little resistor I just reset them with ease.
Brian
h2bmess said:
i found a stock rom and im trying to upload it via odin, however odin does not find my tab? any ideas. btw congrats on getting ur tab back
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did you ever resolve this issue? i am currently faced with the same issue.
Hi Everybody!
I recently flashed a ParanoidAndroid rom and was trying it, but it was laggy for me and kept crashing.
Anyway, I wanted to restore to the backup I made after rooting the phone, but at first I couldn't, since CWM kept telling me "No Files Found!".
However I managed to start the restore using Rom Manager ( updated CWM from 5.5.0.4 to 6.something). While restoring, CWM tells me that Data recovery failed, now I navigated to reboot, but it told something about returning to Stock or something like that, then I stupidly pressed NO!
The X sign showed up, but it just crashed and rebooted. Then I figured out I'd Re-flash PA, since it's still there on my phone's storage. So I did a wipe, then wanted to install PA rom, only I couldn't find it :/
And now even CWM won't enter, it keeps giving me that open android figure with the red exclamation above it.
Can abybody PLEASE help me?!
it's worse now :/
I tried using odin but with no success, and I know I have the right usb cable and the right drivers, but in the two roms I tried (ParanoidAndroid and CM10.1) both only have a .IMG file, so I converted them to .tar using GalaxyNexusToolkit, it says it passed after operating for like 5 seconds, but the phone is stuck at Google logo and that's it. And tried GNexToolkit to use the .img files,but it only flashed .img but not the whole thing,
Also I managed to flash the new CWM Recovery using GNexToolkit, but it didn't do anything when I press restore, it just says "Couldn't open directory. No files found.", also I screwed with it up a "bit" erasing system, sdcard, cache and everything. And now when I turn on CWM, it says "E:can't mount /cache/recover/command & /cache/recovery/log & /cache/recovery/last_log"
I understand I need to Re-Partition the phone, but I can't seem to find a way to do so, and that I need .pit files that I are extinct as far as I know :/
Help me Please :crying:
Hello there. I wanted to install ROM made by Spiderio
[ROM][4.2.2][D802-10F] Spiderio 380dpi v1.3.2f beta update [Wider Better][26/02/2014]
I entered recovery mode and have done all with instruction, first wipe the partition and next flash the system. But when I chose the option "install zip fromsdcard" I saw error that there's something wrong with tkat packet, there are 4 arguments in format() instead of 5, something like that.
The poin is that I am right now without any system and the only thing I can do now is to connect to my laptop in download mode, yet my laptop suddenly doesn't see the device, there's only this sound when you plug your device on, but there's no device on the list, so doesn't adb devices show anything.
Please help me, what to do? I can't flash stock .kdz now!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2443934
If you followed the instructions then you should have a nandroid backup. Just restore that. If you don't then you can still push a ROM through adb. Your device won't show up in your PC in download mode so don't panic.
The only reason I madea question in General was the fact, that I am not allowed to write that somewhere else yet.
But now it's OK, coz somehow I flashed stock new system, thou I still don't know why did I success, when I couldn't do that at night.
Hello, i will try to be thorough.
BUT, i am a noob and didnt write down everything i did.
Have a I717 at&t note 1. with the 4.1.2 update originally OTA installed by keis.
I recently rooted it using Saferoot. it went well and i didnt see any problems. i flashed a custom rom and didnt like it so using clockworkmod recovery i went back to the 4.1.2. I then tried pac lollipop >pac_quicyatt_lp.beta-1.unofficial_20150327< i liked this rom but needed to flash Gapps.
This is where the trouble started. i didnt/dont know the proper procedure to flash the Gapps on top of or into the rom.
I first tried >gapps-5.0.x-20150404-minimal-edition-signed.zip< and it looked like it loaded correctly. but nothing appeared in the phone. the pac rom was still working well.
I then did more research and tried >gapps-lp-20150222-signed.zip< , again it looked like it loaded well but nothing showed up "in" the phone.
right here is where things got screwy. i had been using clorkworkmod for recovery and rebooting. and i think somewhere in developer settings i clicked something about how rebooting is handled.
because after trying to install the Gapps it went into Cyanogen recovery... and loops.
no matter what i do it goes back to cyanogen recovery.
I never knowingly installed cyanogen and dont know why it all of a sudden is going into cyanogen recovery over and over.
a list of things that may have bearing:
1. i tried reinstalling the pac rom. it loads and completes but it still just goes to recovery.
2. tried different ways of clearing cache and data wipes.
3. computer, kies, and odin 3.09 do not recognize phone.
4. have proper drivers on computer. phone was previously recognized by kies and cpu (4.1.2).
5. currently the only way to get anything into phone is by pulling sd card and reinstalling with info on it then using cyanogen recovery.
6. i have searched for about 11 hours and tried a bunch of things. but just restarts in cyanogen recovery
7. i was scared to fully try things i found that wernt specifically for the i717.
8. i could not find an original gingerbread rom. they all seemed fishy (needed downloaders. or ended in .zip.rar)
9. had backed up with clockworkmod and with titanium recovery (while in 4.1.2).
I dont know if i can reach the clockworkmod save through cyanogen recovery.... if so it seems like a great option.
10. at the bottom of the screen while loading rom is.... ---->>> E: cannot load volume /misc
11. only pac rom will successfully re-flash (even though it still just goes back to cyanogen). any other flash and it crashes halfway through.... i then restart and it just loops back to cyanogen recovery.
I searched here and tried the five recommended posts.
I could not try a lot of the "fixes" because the phone isnt recognized by cpu or odin (computer does beep when connected but doesnt show up anywhere).
Can you help me get back my phone please?
Randall
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This is the only site i am asking for help on. I am willing to reply quickly and put in the time!
Thank you very much for reading this far.
Randall
Hello, this isn't life or death, as this isn't my daily driver, but I do use this phone at lunchtime when I'm at the gym on Wifi and it's always worked well for me. Here are the issues somewhat chronologically:
1) I was on CM10 and have always had connectivity issues with Exchange Server email, so I decided to update to the latest CM11 in the hope that that issue would be resolved.
2) I decided to go to ROM Manager and update the Clockwork Mod Recovery, because I'd had some issues with the Philz Touch V. 6 that was already on there. This was probably my first mistake.
3) When I rebooted into recovery, inexplicably Philz Touch came back up instead of Clockword Mod.
4) I performed a factory reset and went ahead and attempted to flash the newer CM11 and the Gapps like I usually would. After that it's been nothing but problems.
5) Ever since then, I've only been able to make it to the White HTC Screen- the OS won't load up.
6) I can get back into the bootloader and recovery, but can't seem to flash any other recovery (I've tried through HBOOT and installing a recovery zip (always renaming all the images as PJ35IMG.zip)
7) every time I get some kind of error message in HBOOT: aborted "no image" ; "bad" "status 7" ; "status 0" etc
8) This is further compounded because I can't get ADB to recognize the device (USB won't even recognize the device); which I suspect is due to it not booting to the OS, so I can't use Fastboot/ADB commands
9) I've searched and attempted pretty much every fix I could find- I even ran the RUU img (which I renamed to the zip file above) and that made it a little further in the process and actually made it a little further before it aborted (can't run the normal RUU.exe because USB doesn't recognize my phone) Also tried deleting the assert lines in attempts to deal with the Status 7 error. I've also re-formatted my SD card, to no avail.
10) So in summing up, basically my bootloader won't flash any images (always gives "no image" error); and my recovery won't fully install any zip file (neither alternate recoveries nor ROMs (always aborts) (However Gapps does install successfully)
11) I wasted a full day trying all this yesterday, so before I give up completely, just wanted to see if anyone out there might have a fix that has eluded me. I apologize for being so long-winded- I just wanted to get everything in there to see if it would help. Thanks in advance.