[Q] Please help! Bootloop - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hope someone can help me with this.
I totally formatted my phone including the internal sd card because I wanted to start fresh.
Now, when I flash a rom I get the yingyang logo blinking and nothing happens.
I downloaded an official firmware and flashed it in odin, and that worked.
So I decided to flash the custom rom I've used for a long time, but the minute i reboot the phone after flashing, the same thing happens.
And now, when I try to reflash the stock rom, i get a MD5 error in odin. Even though its the same firmware that worked earlier.
My phone is useless now, and I cant seem to get it up an running.
Anyone got an idea how to fix this?
EDIT:
Tried to reflash the custom rom with stock kernel and when the i9300 logo appears it hangs for a little while, then I'm back into CWM with the following message:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

mogendroid said:
Hope someone can help me with this.
I totally formatted my phone including the internal sd card because I wanted to start fresh.
Now, when I flash a rom I get the yingyang logo blinking and nothing happens.
I downloaded an official firmware and flashed it in odin, and that worked.
So I decided to flash the custom rom I've used for a long time, but the minute i reboot the phone after flashing, the same thing happens.
And now, when I try to reflash the stock rom, i get a MD5 error in odin. Even though its the same firmware that worked earlier.
My phone is useless now, and I cant seem to get it up an running.
Anyone got an idea how to fix this?
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Here :
Download a good copy of the stock rom from sammobile.com
Flash it in Odin
Go to recovery and wipe data+cache
Start your rom
Flash CF-Root or however you want to re-root + CWM
Flash your custom rom
Wipe in recovery
Should do the trick + fix the log error.

xSpeced said:
Here :
Download a good copy of the stock rom from sammobile.com
Flash it in Odin
Go to recovery and wipe data+cache
Start your rom
Flash CF-Root or however you want to re-root + CWM
Flash your custom rom
Wipe in recovery
Should do the trick + fix the log error.
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Thanks for the quick reply
But the problem is that I cannot flash the stock rom in odin because of a md5 error, which is weird since its the same file I used earlier today.
Luckily I had another ROM on my ext sd. tried to flash that now and that worked, so must have been something wrong with the other rom.
But what to about the stock rom issue?
MAybe try to download another stock rom?

mogendroid said:
Thanks for the quick reply
But the problem is that I cannot flash the stock rom in odin because of a md5 error, which is weird since its the same file I used earlier today.
Luckily I had another ROM on my ext sd. tried to flash that now and that worked, so must have been something wrong with the other rom.
But what to about the stock rom issue?
MAybe try to download another stock rom?
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The file was corrupted/changed in some way so the MD5 doesn't match anymore.
MD5 sums are often used to compare files to see whether it's the same exact file. If that happens just redownload it, bigger downloads = higher chance of corrupting. I recommend SamMobile for all Samsung related stock FW.
P.S Renaming the file changes it's MD5. I know right?

xSpeced said:
The file was corrupted/changed in some way so the MD5 doesn't match anymore.
MD5 sums are often used to compare files to see whether it's the same exact file. If that happens just redownload it, bigger downloads = higher chance of corrupting. I recommend SamMobile for all Samsung related stock FW.
P.S Renaming the file changes it's MD5. I know right?
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I did use SamMobile for downloading. The only thing I did afterwards, was moving it from my desktop to another file location.
Then the md5 error came up, so I downloaded the same file again, but this time I tried to flash it from the download location, but the same error
But now my CM10 rom work, so at least my phone is up and running again. Won't bother for now about the stock rom.
Thanks for your help. Really appreciate it

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[Q] No OS after flashing clockwork from odin

I am very new to rooting and flashing and just finished rooting my phone and flashing clockwork on my phone through odin. Now I don't have an operating system on the phone and if I try to click and drag the ROM onto my SD card it says not enough room. Can I just load my ROM into odin under PDA and click go? or how do I go about getting an OS back on the phone? Do I need to do anything with the PIT in odin? Thanks
Also when I click apply sdcard:update.zip I get a message saying E:can't mount /dev/block/vold179:9
(no such file or directory)
E:can't mount SDCARD:udate.zip
Installation aborted.
You need to make room on SD card, also what is your goal? To get miui, cm7, custom Tom?
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I was trying to flash this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195355
I should have enough room on the sd card, but it looks like it won't mount it.
fult_s said:
I am very new to rooting and flashing and just finished rooting my phone and flashing clockwork on my phone through odin. Now I don't have an operating system on the phone and if I try to click and drag the ROM onto my SD card it says not enough room. Can I just load my ROM into odin under PDA and click go? or how do I go about getting an OS back on the phone? Do I need to do anything with the PIT in odin? Thanks
Also when I click apply sdcard:update.zip I get a message saying E:can't mount /dev/block/vold179:9
(no such file or directory)
E:can't mount SDCARD:udate.zip
Installation aborted.
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You must 3 finger boot into recovery immediately after pushing recovery with odin, and when you are in recovery for the first time you must flash a non stock kernel then and there so that recovery doesn't get overwritten back to stock when you boot up.
Also you should be selecting install zip from sd, and then navigating to said rom and selecting install do not use update.zip.
finally what recovery are you trying to use to flash vgb? I would use otb 3x.x.x, times infinity's 3.x.x.x, or 3-30fix all, those seem to be the best recovery for flashing...just my.02
Edit if you still can't get anything to load you may need to odin back to stock first to get everything straightened back out....if you can't get your phone to boot anything I'd odin eb01 in pda and atlas 2.2pit with repartition checked (you do these both at the same time)....it may be over kill but will get your phone back to stock, and from there you shouldn't have any problems with dev blocks or install problems as long as you follow my suggestions above.
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I would just follow the instructions found here. It's very descriptive and contains all the links to the files you'll need. You shouldn't have any problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212239
Also, please note that JT is no longer updating his posts here and has switched to RootzWiki.. the latest Vanilla GB is V6.. you can find it here..
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=2232
I'm on Vanilla GB V6 myself and it's pretty good. Hope you enjoy it too...

[Q] Custom rom Not getting Falshed

I am XXKI8, and I tried to flash some of the custom roms my phone is getting stuck on Boot logo. And when I go in recovery it says E:\ cant mount system/cache and some other things.
I cant restore backup too...I have to odin it back. this happened with Batista, Touch X power and on Wanamlite.
But when I flashed rarity it worked fine. any Idea why this error is coming up.
zking said:
I am XXKI8, and I tried to flash some of the custom roms my phone is getting stuck on Boot logo. And when I go in recovery it says E:\ cant mount system/cache and some other things.
I cant restore backup too...I have to odin it back. this happened with Batista, Touch X power and on Wanamlite.
But when I flashed rarity it worked fine. any Idea why this error is coming up.
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Try to do a factory reset before flashing a Custom ROM.
And maybe you need to do a hard reset (*2767*3855#) after flashing?!
As this will wipe your internal SD card, be sure to backup everything you need before.
Good luck !
I am always doing Factory reset, Wipe Partition and after flash Wipe dalvik. But this is happening. Also, if my fon is not booting up so how I can Hard reset with those code after flashing.
I was on vibrant and I am very much familiar with this flashing things. Just its not happening this time.
This problem is not going away. Today I tried to flash Villain rom. But still I cant boot back. I noticed when flashing, my progress bar runs for 1/4th and after that it says installation complete. and when I reboot it cant boot beyond boot logo. And when I go back in recovery it says cant mount E:\system\cache and etc.
Please help. I have odin back to stock and re-rooted so many times that my custom binary count is 9.
I never faced this problem with VIBRANT.
zking said:
This problem is not going away. Today I tried to flash Villain rom. But still I cant boot back. I noticed when flashing, my progress bar runs for 1/4th and after that it says installation complete. and when I reboot it cant boot beyond boot logo. And when I go back in recovery it says cant mount E:\system\cache and etc.
Please help. I have odin back to stock and re-rooted so many times that my custom binary count is 9.
I never faced this problem with VIBRANT.
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I had similar issue with as you, i'll post my fix ( or atleast how i think i fixed it) ====>
Phew! NOW I HAVE CM7 RUNNING ON MY PHONE!!
I'm gonna try to explain how i fixed my issue, as clear and explanatory as i can..
lucky i didn't brick my phone during all this, because I tried so many things and none worked.I unsuccessfully tried downgrading to XWkI4, ZCKI4, and alot others via Odin... after flashing all i get is tons of error messages(on 3e recorvery) E: can't open/cache or E:failed blah bla bla to load /efs... i thought OMG! my phone is bricked! then i recalled reading somewhere that flashing the 3 tar (PDA,MODEM,CSC) files usually should work(maybe better than flashing a 1 tar file), so i found a 3 files xxKI3 rom, flashed it and BAM! it booted up this time without any error. so now i went ahead and rooted it since the tar files came unrooted, then went into CWM to flash cm7 ROM, flashed it twice and ofc i got stuck on boot logo.....i didn't panic much, i pulled out the battery, and restarted to CWM where i cleared cache/ dalvik/ and did wipe/factory reset, then i reflashed CM7 again (twice) and it worked!!!! YES, CM7 is fiannly working on my SG2!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312056&page=2
henrychukx said:
I had similar issue with as you, i'll post my fix ( or atleast how i think i fixed it) ====>
then went into CWM to flash cm7 ROM, flashed it twice and ofc i got stuck on boot logo.....i didn't panic much, i pulled out the battery, and restarted to CWM where i cleared cache/ dalvik/ and did wipe/factory reset, then i reflashed CM7 again (twice) and it worked!!!! YES, CM7 is fiannly working on my SG2!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312056&page=2
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When I tried to do the same I cant do it as it says E: cant mount Cache/System etc..
Than I had to go back to Stock. Flashing stock via odin is not problem at all. Even XXKI8 non wipe version also am able to flash & boot up without any issue. Only am not able to flash custom rom through CWM. I think its not getting flashed properly.
zking said:
When I tried to do the same I cant do it as it says E: cant mount Cache/System etc..
Than I had to go back to Stock. Flashing stock via odin is not problem at all. Even XXKI8 non wipe version also am able to flash & boot up without any issue. Only am not able to flash custom rom through CWM. I think its not getting flashed properly.
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Did you try the 3 tar method ? i.e flashing PHONE, PDA, and CSC ?
henrychukx said:
Did you try the 3 tar method ? i.e flashing PHONE, PDA, and CSC ?
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Yes. I said before also, odined back to stock is no problem at all. I flashed KI3 (which has all three files) + KI8 which is a single file, with no issue.
Whenever I am trying to flash a custom rom I am getting stucked on boot screen. Than I have to ODIN back to STOCK.
Hope this clears your doubts.
Just to make sure. What recovery version do you have? CWM from e.g CF-Root. Or Clockwork mod from Rom Manager.
Be aware of the difference.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
zking said:
Yes. I said before also, odined back to stock is no problem at all. I flashed KI3 (which has all three files) + KI8 which is a single file, with no issue.
Whenever I am trying to flash a custom rom I am getting stucked on boot screen. Than I have to ODIN back to STOCK.
Hope this clears your doubts.
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hmm.... Try downgrading to XWKI4,root again and flash a custom kernel like ninpho or speedmod, this would most likely solve it..
cheers!
volapyk said:
Just to make sure. What recovery version do you have? CWM from e.g CF-Root. Or Clockwork mod from Rom Manager.
Be aware of the difference.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
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I am using CWM from CF-ROOT (chainfire's Kernel)
henrychukx said:
hmm.... Try downgrading to XWKI4,root again and flash a custom kernel like ninpho or speedmod, this would most likely solve it..
cheers!
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I ll try your suggestion now..and ll let you know the results.
henrychukx said:
hmm.... Try downgrading to XWKI4,root again and flash a custom kernel like ninpho or speedmod, this would most likely solve it..
cheers!
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Sir I tried your method too. But whenever I am flashing a custom kernel via odin my fon is getting stuck on boot screen with yellow triangle.
So after increasing my binary count to 17 now, I am back on Stock XXKI8 with CFroot.
zking said:
Sir I tried your method too. But whenever I am flashing a custom kernel via odin my fon is getting stuck on boot screen with yellow triangle.
So after increasing my binary count to 17 now, I am back on Stock XXKI8 with CFroot.
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thats wierd...i wonder what you're doing wrong.. type "*#1234#" and write the versions of what you have.
PDA: I9100XWKI8
Phone: I9100XXKI4
CSC: I9100OXXKI2
Build Info: Wed Sep 28 20:51:36 KST 2011
Also, I noticed when I boot into CWM Recovery and go to Wipe Dalvik Cache I get a mesage E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext] (this is before performing actual wipe) but when I wipe dalvik catch it says Dalvik Catch wiped.
One more thing I like to share - first I flashed STOCK KI3 then I noticed it says cant find E:/System/(some folder for CSC which I dont remember exactly) and it says could not install the CSC. Than I upgraded to KI8 same error for CSC came.
now again I tried to flash siyah kernel 2.0 through CWM, still same problem I am stuck on boot logo.
When I go back to recovery it takes a lot more time than usual and following errors I get
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/command
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E: cant open /cache/recovery/log
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: cant open/cache/recovery/last_log
and when I tried to wipe data/factory reset it says
E: cant mount /sdcard/
Even I tried mounting SD card in recovery but its says error mounting sd card.
Please please help.....I never faced this problem with my VIBRANT.
try xxki3 again, but this time make sure you use a 3 tar method i.e PDA, MODEM, CSC... dont use a 1 tar pacjage or you will get stuck at boot agian.
Well of course you never had the problem with your vibrant, you weren't flashing the same packages.
Try flashing Litening or some other complete firmware that has an Odin flashable package, then use that as a base.
Hopefully you haven't selected the "repartition" option in Odin at any stage and mucked up the tables.
knightnz said:
Well of course you never had the problem with your vibrant, you weren't flashing the same packages.
Try flashing Litening or some other complete firmware that has an Odin flashable package, then use that as a base.
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Oki I ll give this a try too. But remember I don't have any problem with flashing a STOCK ROM.
knightnz said:
Hopefully you haven't selected the "repartition" option in Odin at any stage and mucked up the tables.
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No I haven't selected repartition and not even touched .PIT
knightnz said:
Well of course you never had the problem with your vibrant, you weren't flashing the same packages.
Try flashing Litening or some other complete firmware that has an Odin flashable package, then use that as a base.
Hopefully you haven't selected the "repartition" option in Odin at any stage and mucked up the tables.
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OK am here again. I tried Flashing the Litening rom 6.1 through odin. It got succeded but stuck on Boot with yellow triangle.
Also, I noticed when I boot into CWM Recovery and go to Wipe Dalvik Cache I get a mesage E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext] (this is before performing actual wipe) but when I wipe dalvik catch it says Dalvik Catch wiped even if I press back button it says Dalvik Cache wiped.
I dont know whats happening...this way I ll remain stuck on STOCK and soon I have to hang my self......

Stuck on flashing S logo

Ok here is what happened
I tried installing the HyDrOG3N-ICS 25.03 rom today on my S2. Everything went smooth. When I restarted my phone again in recovery mood to install the gapps I got the following error
E:/ Can't mount /emmc
Being scarred I tried to reflash the new XXLPQ rom on my phone through odin. Everything went fine in odin but now after restating my phone is stuck on the S boot logo..
Any help guys please.
Boot into recovery & do a wipe/factory reset.
also to provide information.
I am able to go into recovery and download mode. I have wiped the cache and factory reset but still getting the same error.. I can flash the stock rom again but I am worried that emmc error may cause the phone to brick...
OK. If a reset didn't fix it you're going to need to do an Odin flash.
Find a stock rom in Intratech's thread if the links work, if they don't work, you can download one for Samfirmware.com (follow whatever instructions they have for flashing firmware downloaded from their site).
Or if you're happy with the latest firmware for your carrier/country you'd normally get with Kies, get the PC version of Checkfus which will enable you to download same. Follow the Odin instructions in Intra's thread to flash the package you download with Checkfus.
Well did the reflash on the XXLPQ rom and after 10 nerve racking minutes..its up and running.. Thanks alot.
Don't thank me, you fixed it on your own Glad you got it sorted
helped another noob help himself ....
Hahahaha I guess I did then.
ok new problem.. The mobile is running fine now..
but when I go into recovery mode it can't fine my internal sd card. I can't apply an update from a zip file.
It gives me an error that can't mount E: ... looks like my internal memory is broke..
seems like the custom rom fried it or something. And I can't go post on that thread thanks to xda new members rule :/
Only way to find out if it's a rom problem or something else is to go back to stock as originally suggested. Or wait until you can post on the dev thread.
I am back on the stock XXLPQ 4.0.3 rom for the S2. Still getting the error in recovery mode.
Can't access the internal SD
Do a 'clean' flash, I.E format cache, data, system, & sd card then flash in Odin. Or reflash a GB stock rom & see if you still have the problem. If you do, it might be hardware issue.
I can still access it through the file manager but can't access it through recovery
so it can't be a hardware issue can it?
and I am on the stock kernal and standard recovery so there isn't option for formatting data, system, & sd card, just cache. what do I do now?
the error that i am getting is.
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory exist)
CWM was refereing to that as emmc .. maybe is that the issue???
Probably not in that case.
OK. I'm only going to say this one more time. I have no idea of the nuances of the particular rom you're using, because I've never used it.
However...
If I were running a 'stock' (*coughs* ahem) ICS rom or any other ICS variant & I was having problems like that, I would go back to GB to see if the problem can be reproduced. If so, then it's pretty obvious what the issue is. If not, then it's clearly an issue with the ICS rom & you need to speak to the developer/more experienced users of the rom in question.
As I have no idea of how the rom you're using handles the links to the external/internal SD cards, I have no idea about 'CWM was refereing to that as emmc .. maybe is that the issue ?'.
ok thanks.. one question what do u mean by GB rom? I am using the samfire ICS stock rom
and by cwm meant clock work mode recovery
Gingerbread. Pre-ICS. Country specific/non carrier specific roms here, carrier specific roms here. If links don't work, go to Samfirmware.com & find a stock rom for your carrier/country or a generic one for your country only.
Yes, I know what you meant by CWM.
Thanks will try the XWKI4 rom. That was the one before this one.. will it be ok to flash back to that through odin from ICS??
Yep. Shouldn't be any dramas flashing GB via Odin if you're currently using ICS.
Finally 10 post.. now I can go ask the developer
I had the same issues as you, could not access the SD.
In my case, I could just use USB mode in CWM, and copy over the Rom again to a part of the filesystem CWM could actually access.

Cannot install zip files from recovery.

Hi,
please can someone help, i am unable to install zip file in recovery, it crashes and returns to menu. i am only able to flash ROM's using ODIN. i have tried various custom ROM to no avail. right now i have the CM9 Resurrection Edition installed because i could flash thru odin but i am unable to flash a recent version nor install google apps cause i have to go thru recovery. right no i have almost 50 on my custom counter in odin cause i have rooted and unrooted.
i really wanna rock a custom ROM, please help anyone.
SGS2
tarifiq said:
Hi,
please can someone help, i am unable to install zip file in recovery, it crashes and returns to menu. i am only able to flash ROM's using ODIN. i have tried various custom ROM to no avail. right now i have the CM9 Resurrection Edition installed because i could flash thru odin but i am unable to flash a recent version nor install google apps cause i have to go thru recovery. right no i have almost 50 on my custom counter in odin cause i have rooted and unrooted.
i really wanna rock a custom ROM, please help anyone.
SGS2
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try flashing a proper CF-root kernel with latest Cwm thro odin, then u can flash any custom rom zip file of ur choice without any issue
Sun90 said:
try flashing a proper CF-root kernel with latest Cwm thro odin, then u can flash any custom rom zip file of ur choice without any issue
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hello, thanks, but wanna ask, are the cf root files not stock rom specific. anyways i flashed back to a stock GB ROM together with its pit file and things seem to be abit better, only now it gives an error saying the zip file is bad. does that means its corrupt or any ideas. hope downloading the customs with an accelerator doesnt currpt the files in anyway.
forgive my noobidity.
i have the cf-root 5.2 rooting the xxlph
tarifiq said:
hello, thanks, but wanna ask, are the cf root files not stock rom specific. anyways i flashed back to a stock GB ROM together with its pit file and things seem to be abit better, only now it gives an error saying the zip file is bad. does that means its corrupt or any ideas. hope downloading the customs with an accelerator doesnt currpt the files in anyway.
forgive my noobidity.
i have the cf-root 5.2 rooting the xxlph
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hey know what, i deleted the ROMs from the sd card and re-saved them voila its working, i think they got corrupt from continously trying to install them. thanks. :laugh::good:

[HELP] Bootloop and E: can't mount data/ error

Hi all!
I'm trying to restore my gt-s5830i to stock rom but it won't boot up anymore!
I followed the guide on this forum to flash the stock rom through Odin but when the phone restarts to install CSC it shows up the message E: can't mount data/ (invalid argument), then i restart in recovery, do all the wipes but the phone stucks on the boot animation! I also tried to flash the bootloader included in that guide, but nothing to do...
Please help me, i really don't know what to do!
Thanks
First, some questions.
+ Which version of Odin did you use?
+ Did you install a MTD custom ROM (CM11) or a non-MTD CM7/CM9/stock-based?
+ Is that ROM designed for S5830i and not S5830?
I used Odin 1.85 to restore my phone from CM9. CSC+PHONE+PDA+bootloader, without the Pit file.
Thank's for your response but i finally found the way to make it work!
The strange thing is that the phone was with the stock rom when it felt in bootloop!
Anyway I flashed Bootloader, PDA, CSC and PHONE using odin 1.85 without Pit so i think it's the same solution you used.
I made a package with all the things needed with instructions that can be found here
After flashing this rom (I don't know exactly for with region it is) i flashed my stock rom and now everything is working good!
paulrox said:
Thank's for your response but i finally found the way to make it work!
The strange thing is that the phone was with the stock rom when it felt in bootloop!
Anyway I flashed Bootloader, PDA, CSC and PHONE using odin 1.85 without Pit so i think it's the same solution you used.
I made a package with all the things needed with instructions that can be found here
After flashing this rom (I don't know exactly for with region it is) i flashed my stock rom and now everything is working good!
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Thanks man !!! it really works. I was reverting from cm11 to stock but data was not being mounted.
You just saved my phone

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