Hello, I am Stelios. I am a new owner of Motorola Atrix although I have already encounter my first serious problem. I will describe the story from the beginning:
I was trying to recover some old sms using Titanium backup but after the sms restoration the system messaging application was crashing after reboot so I decided to restore a previous Nandroid Backup.
I start the restoration but suddenly the process stopped giving me the message: “Error while restoring /system!”. I tried more than one times but every time the procedure stops at the same time while it restores a specific file of the /system. I also tried two different Nandroid backups that I had previously made from the same ROM but the result was exactly the same:
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CWM-based Recovery v5.02.7-atrix5
Checking MD5 sums…
Erasing boot image…
Restoring system…
Error while restoring /system!
I also tried to format /system before restoration but nothing happens again.
Any ideas that could help me to solve my problem?
Please help I need this device, I don't have a second one.
Maybe it is possible to restore through RSD Lite. I believe you'd lose all of your data on the phone though, I'm not sure. You could always copy it over through CWM and then try RSD Lite.
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ccrowe3 said:
Maybe it is possible to restore through RSD Lite. I believe you'd lose all of your data on the phone though, I'm not sure. You could always copy it over through CWM and then try RSD Lite.
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Do you mean that I can restore .img archives through RSD Lite?
Hi, what's your recovery ? (from ROM Manager, Tenfar or Romracer ?)
First of all, I hope you know what RSDLite (or sbf_flash if you're Linux/Mac user), fastboot, ... etc.
Try flashing RSD file into your Atrix by RSDLite/sbf_flash. You can access RSD mode by booting with volume down pressed.
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Hi, what's your recovery ? (from ROM Manager, Tenfar or Romracer ?)
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This is my recovery.
Custom CWM-based Recovery 5.0.2.7-atrix5
vctshim said:
First of all, I hope you know what RSDLite (or sbf_flash if you're Linux/Mac user), fastboot, ... etc.
Try flashing RSD file into your Atrix by RSDLite/sbf_flash. You can access RSD mode by booting with volume down pressed.
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Sorry but I am not an advanced user yet and I don't know too much.
I have only one time used the RSDLite (I am a windows user) when I flashed the recovery.
I know that RSDLite is a motorola tool for flashing the original ROMS to the phone and I have also read that it is a too dangerous procedure that may cause hard-bricks.
Can RSDLite recovers .img archives from the Nandroid Backup I have made or do you propose me to flash the sbf archive of my official rom? Is it a dangerous procedure?
I now have a new bigger problem:
The phone can't go in fast boot by pressing the main key and the volume down.
When I plug the charger the Motorola logo or an battery image with a "?" instead of the battery image with the % percentage is appeared
When I disconnect the charger only a black screen appears and I can't boot the device by pressing the booting key.
After trying a lot, I found that the only way to go to fastboot is to put the changer holding simultaneously the volume down. After that, the fastboot loads and I can go to CWM recovery.
But I can't stay a CWM recovery if I disconnect the charger.
I think that I am out of battery and my battery can't be recharged in this state...
HELP!!!
Try formatting /system through CWM and then run restore.
^
And if it still doesn't work, download any ROM, plug your Atrix in your PC and then boot into recovery mode, go to mounts and storage, and finally select mount USB storage to put your ROM on your Atrix. Then flash this ROM to let your charge Atrix.
I think that recovery is corrupted or recovery did a wrong backup, it already happened to me.
ravilov said:
Try formatting /system through CWM and then run restore.
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Thank you. However as I have already referred in my first post I tried this but didn't solve the problem.
Xkz said:
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And if it still doesn't work, download any ROM, plug your Atrix in your PC and then boot into recovery mode, go to mounts and storage, and finally select mount USB storage to put your ROM on your Atrix. Then flash this ROM to let your charge Atrix.
I think that recovery is corrupted or recovery did a wrong backup, it already happened to me.
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I tried to do that but the only way to boot at flashboot is to have my phone connected with the power cable.
If I connect my phone with my pc I can't boot but there in only a black screen.
So there no way to put another rom in the internal sd card.
A solution could be to put another rom in the external sd card but CWM can't see my sd.
I can't flash ROMS from external sd card because it is not visible by CWM.
So what else could I do??
Please guys help, I have totally despaired...
Romracer CWM based recovery (yours) can see files on internal/external memory, is there any message when you try to search a ROM in your external memory ?
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Romracer CWM based recovery (yours) can see files on internal/external memory, is there any message when you try to search a ROM in your external memory ?
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Yes, the message is:
E:Can't mount /sdcard
Then go to mounts and storage and select mount /sdcard, it works ?
When you're on recovery, can't you plug in your Atrix on your PC ?
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1.Then go to mounts and storage and select mount /sdcard, it works ?
2.When you're on recovery, can't you plug in your Atrix on your PC ?
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1.There are the options "mount /sdcard" and "mount /sd-ext".
I think that my external card is the /sd-ext and the /sdcard is the internal one.
Selecting mount /sd-ext gives me the result : "Error mounting /sd-ext!
Selecting mount /sdcard gives me the result : "Error mounting /sdcard!
However, CWM can normally see the Nandroid backups at internal storey but it just can't restore the /system.
2.No, if I plug in my atrix on my pc that recovery closes due to energy lack. The battery has run out so the only way to boot to fastboot and then to CWM is to have the phone connected to the charger.
So what could I do?
if a flashable .zip of a custom recovery is in your internal memory storage you can try to flash it.
Otherwise, in recovery mode select reboot to recovery from advanced menu and while the time it takes to boot into your recovery, plug in Atrix on your PC. And if it still doesn't work you can try to charge your Atrix with MacGyver method, i'll explain you.
Xkz said:
1.if a flashable .zip of a custom recovery is in your internal memory storage you can try to flash it.
2.Otherwise, in recovery mode select reboot to recovery from advanced menu and while the time it takes to boot into your recovery, plug in Atrix on your PC.
3.And if it still doesn't work you can try to charge your Atrix with MacGyver method, i'll explain you.
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Thank you for your answer.
1.No, unfortunatelly there is no a .zip with a of a custom rom in my internal memory, That's the reason that I am trying to find a way to put a custom rom in the internal storey or make CWM to read the external sd.
2.I have already tried this. If I disconnect the phone from the charger it directly closes due to lack of energy so I can't plug it to the pc.
3.What is this method??
I bought a new micro SD card that finally was recognized by CWM.
I successfully installed this ROM but the phone still can not boot in the new ROM.
It can only boot in fastboot..
I thought that the boot inability was caused by lack of any ROM.
Now having install a new ROM why I still can't charge my phone????
What could I do to charge my phone????
If all were normal and I had forgotten for days to charge Atrix I would have encountered the same problem?
edit: I also tried a "wipe battery stats from CWM" but nothing changed.
You can charge the battery with universal charger
e.kotear.pe/original/2777/cargador-universal-para-cualquier-celular-o-camara-digital1285054084.jpg
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beriel said:
You can charge the battery with universal charger
e.kotear.pe/original/2777/cargador-universal-para-cualquier-celular-o-camara-digital1285054084.jpg
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Thank you for your reply but could you answer please my question about why I can't charge my phone?
If all were normal and I had forgotten for days to charge Atrix I would have encountered the same problem?
Try format system if it isnt work reflash the recovery
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Try format system if it isnt work reflash the recovery
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Do you mean that this is not normal?
The phone should be able to be charged under this state?
Why should I format the system? I have just installed a new rom.
Can someone explain me how the charging of Atrix works???
If all were normal and I had forgotten for days to charge Atrix I would have encountered the same problem?
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Guys, i tried flashing ROM. But this trying failed. I rebooted the phone after wiping data -.- . And now i stucked in Emergency mode NEED HELP! :C
Have you tried accessing recovery? Try accessing it. If you can, then simply flash a rom. If you can't access recovery, then flash a stock rom while in emergency mode using the KDZ method. Use this tool to get a different stock file than the 2.2.2 given in the guide.
mihir287 said:
Have you tried accessing recovery? Try accessing it. If you can, then simply flash a rom. If you can't access recovery, then flash a stock rom while in emergency mode using the KDZ method. Use this tool to get a different stock file than the 2.2.2 given in the guide.
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I tried it. I can acsess my phone's recovery but i can't see my sd card on my pc(sorry for bad english)
Did you toggle USB Mass Storage in recovery? If you have Clockworkmod recovery it is under Mounts>Mount USB Storage. If you have AmonRa it is on the main page 'USB MS Toggle'. Toggle this and then connect to the computer when in recovery. See if the sd card is detected now. Then copy a rom zip file and flash it.
normal73 said:
I tried it. I can acsess my phone's recovery but i can't see my sd card on my pc(sorry for bad english)
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connect your phone to PC
Go to recovery, mounts and storage, mount usb storage
transfer ROM on sd card and flash it...
fundoozzz said:
connect your phone to PC
Go to recovery, mounts and storage, mount usb storage
transfer ROM on sd card and flash it...
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Thanks man! i flashed a ROM thank +1
Hi, I was rooted and tried to add some ringtones to my system/media folder. Instead of saving it to my SD card and then using a file explorer to move the files like I usually do, I tried to use droid explorer and do it from my PC. Now my phone won't get past the motorola logo when I start the phone. I'm not really sure what to do, can someone help me?
the_KEV said:
Hi, I was rooted and tried to add some ringtones to my system/media folder. Instead of saving it to my SD card and then using a file explorer to move the files like I usually do, I tried to use droid explorer and do it from my PC. Now my phone won't get past the motorola logo when I start the phone. I'm not really sure what to do, can someone help me?
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I doubt that adding some ringtones to your /system/media folder from your PC would result in a non-boot condition. Sounds like you may have messed up some system files when you were doing what you were doing. Are you sure you did not inadvertently move/delete/alter any other files?
Do you have an unlocked bootloader?
I figured that was what I did... I dont have an unlocked bootloader. Should I?
I'm going to assume that my phone is bricked...
Will this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23191999&postcount=3
the_KEV said:
I'm going to assume that my phone is bricked...
Will this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23191999&postcount=3
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Its too early assume your bricked...I don't think your bricked. Have you tried to access your recovery? You can try a factory reset from there.
Sent from my MB860 running Jokersax's CM9
Well I got it going again. I flashed the factory sbf. I'm happy I didn't have to go back to the factory settings
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giqbal said:
Its too early assume your bricked...I don't think your bricked. Have you tried to access your recovery? You can try a factory reset from there.
Sent from my MB860 running Jokersax's CM9
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turn on your smartphone, and when apear logo press volume up, go into recovery CWM and make a factory reset, or ... get one rom and put in your sd card and make a factory reset and wipe cash, dalvik and flash new rom, and try to boot ....
stuck at boot screen
CaelanT said:
I doubt that adding some ringtones to your /system/media folder from your PC would result in a non-boot condition. Sounds like you may have messed up some system files when you were doing what you were doing. Are you sure you did not inadvertently move/delete/alter any other files?
Do you have an unlocked bootloader?
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I have a similar problem and I know I am not bricked but can't currently get out of my jam. This is the process I used so far:
I unlocked bootloaders and rooted with an automatic script program
I installed superuser and CWM from the market
I placed the cm-7.2.0-olympus and gapps .zip files in my root of internal sd
I wiped with moto-fastboot followed by wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and Dalvik
Then I installed the CM7.2 and Gapps zip files from the sd - and now I'm stuck at the M boot screen with Unlocked at the top.
I can boot into recovery and at the top of the recovery screen it reads Atrix 4G Recovery v4.0.0.2 goapk.com so I am thinking that the script I used initially installed a different recovery program and I am not actually using CWM. Also when I get into fastboot mode it says my battery is too low to flash and I don't have an indication that the battery is accepting a charge when it is plugged in...
I can get into recovery but even if I wipe and reinstall the zip I can't get past the boot loop - any suggestions?
mikl0018 said:
I have a similar problem and I know I am not bricked but can't currently get out of my jam. This is the process I used so far:
I unlocked bootloaders and rooted with an automatic script program
I installed superuser and CWM from the market
I placed the cm-7.2.0-olympus and gapps .zip files in my root of internal sd
I wiped with moto-fastboot followed by wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and Dalvik
Then I installed the CM7.2 and Gapps zip files from the sd - and now I'm stuck at the M boot screen with Unlocked at the top.
I can boot into recovery and at the top of the recovery screen it reads Atrix 4G Recovery v4.0.0.2 goapk.com so I am thinking that the script I used initially installed a different recovery program and I am not actually using CWM. Also when I get into fastboot mode it says my battery is too low to flash and I don't have an indication that the battery is accepting a charge when it is plugged in...
I can get into recovery but even if I wipe and reinstall the zip I can't get past the boot loop - any suggestions?
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I think that tenfar recovery that you flashed through automatic script. You can just get rom racer recovery flash it through fast boot or Just download this recovery and flash it like any ROM and reboot.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659890
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Try to flash your phone with your stock firmware using rsd lite
here a list of firmwares ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1125944
WARNING! : flash it with YOUR stock sbf !!!
OR
Flash the latest sbf for your phone. I've done several with no problems. Yes, you do lose the unlocked bootloader though.
This will return you to stock. I used the same files.
You can avoid bricking your device by not flashing any over-the-air updates to Android 2.3.4. Instead, try flashing the 2.3.4 zip over here. Or, flash the pure stock images from here.
Worked!
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I think that tenfar recovery that you flashed through automatic script. You can just get rom racer recovery flash it through fast boot or Just download this recovery and flash it like any ROM and reboot.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659890
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Not sure why the other recovery wasn't working but your solution worked swell! Thank you for the assistance. I think it is communities like this online that make Android superior to other mobile OS platforms. It is a highly customizable experience but without these forums I'd be lost.
Many thanks,
Hi everyone,
I don't like to post here, as I prefer to find the thinks by my self,
but this is an urgent case,
I was running foxhound + boeflla kernel witch I read that support swap, and I'm trying to get this work,
i download the app called : swapper 2 or something like that, I ticked some options on the app, and PUF my phone restart and stick at bootlogo, I can enter in CWM and Download mod,
1- I tried to flash the combo that contain all the files ( mix.pit, bootimage, rom, csc and modem ), and tick re-partition, but still at bootlogo,
2- my s3 go until the samsung bootlogo ( pass the samsung galaxy s3 gt-I9300 ) but stick there, i've tryed a lot of things, even in CWM, like do a full wipe and install other rom, or make and nandroid recovery, but nothing happened
3- when i try to do a full wipe on CWM I get a mensage E: /data partition can't mount, if I try to mount /sdcard the CWM retorns the same mensage, somethimes it shows E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
so, my phone is bricked ?, the only way is to do a unbrick JTAG ?
:crying:
Could someone please help-me ? =/
if someone have tha correct pit file for international SGS3 16 gb, i found a lot of files but none have a functional link,
sorry for my bad english if I have a mistake .....
Re: [HELP] Please help with: Can't mount /data and internal storage
Why would you mess with your phone if you have no idea what you're doing?
restore your efs for starters. google how
hi,
my internal sd card is currupted, i can acces the others partitions like /system etc, but i cant acces the /data and /efs,
my phone stick on bootloop, why can I restore the efs partition ?, I have tried to restore to stock in Odin, they show pass but the phone stick on boot ( samsung logo ).
if don't want to help please dont be rudge, i'm not a noob, and not just because I'm new I do not know what I'm doing...
any way, is there a chance to flash a rom, and start it in external storage ? i see that if i change some parts of a kernel and repack it i can do this.......
i was searching a lot on google, and nothing can help me, that's why i post here !
please someone that are expert, help me !
U have deleted EFS folder ( i had the same problem this weekend, send my s3 to servise.) Try installing (first that u had) stock rom 4.0.4 and install whith odin. If u have your efs folder backedup is the best solution.
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However if you don't have your /efs folder then... BRICK. Your last choice is probably some restore options like repartitioning of /sdcard (option from CWM/PhilZ) but if that doesn't help then game over.
Enea307 said:
U have deleted EFS folder ( i had the same problem this weekend, send my s3 to servise.) Try installing (first that u had) stock rom 4.0.4 and install whith odin. If u have your efs folder backedup is the best solution.
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Thank's for the answers,
You mean that flash android 4.0.4 can make something diferent than the 4.1.2 ?
i have a backup of my efs partition, but the problem is that i can't boot my phone, only recovery and download, and i have tried to partition my internal sd with CWM and with PIT file on odin, but nothing happen =/
I think that the only way is to buy an JTAG kit and make a unbrick process, someone have another idea to solve my problem ? my phone is under warranty but my flash counter show 6, is there a way to reset the flash counter to 0 using Odin or CWM ???
this will be a very hopefull information, please if someone know how to reset the flash counter usin only Odin or CWM tell me !!!
thanks again !
nobody ? =/
Did you try?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2197515
And this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
I have the same problem. Also I can mount /efs but not /data. My phone doesn't go past i9300 splash screen and keeps on rebooting. Any help is greatly appreciated.
You will have to help yourself by reading and experimenting, there is no instant solution.
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karanfire123 said:
I have the same problem. Also I can mount /efs but not /data. My phone doesn't go past i9300 splash screen and keeps on rebooting. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/s3-stuck-boot-loop-help-t2737707
Same here, still didn't found how to fix it.. I guess our motherboard just died..
Howewer I have a solution that "almost" worked for me.
Get a stock firmware in odin and turn on Nand erase and T-flash
When it's done phone reboots and you'll see just "Downloading..." mode when you turn it on.
Then got to Kies and Select firmware recovery...
Enter s/n and model name and wait for the flash to complete.
With it , I got past boot logo and actually booted into android but the phone crashed because I guess I have a memory issue..
Well , gl. If you don't find anything else helpful , try going with this method..
there is soulution for this look in cwm-mount/unmount-format data,sd,.... last option and after reinstall sys using odin to oryginal android or some custoom room if rooted (offcourse):good: i just did like this and it workd !! boot screen some seconds and please enter pin code
krajowa said:
there is soulution for this look in cwm-mount/unmount-format data,sd,.... last option and after reinstall sys using odin to oryginal android or some custoom room if rooted (offcourse):good: i just did like this and it workd !! boot screen some seconds and please enter pin code
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This actually worked! Thank you for posting this. That option in CWM was the only one that actually recognized the /data and removed the corrupted image/preloader I flashed previously using the S5 SIII rom.:victory:
Thanks again.
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I had this same issue, but I solved it now running DeoDex 8.1 with Magisk and TWRP.
Basically, this is a brick, but Knox doesn't let you recover from it the normal way. As long as you can boot into TWRP you should be good. Usually caused by safety net issues.
Access TWRP. Select Wipe and then press format data. Once this is done you should be able to boot to your carrier logo or phone logo and be stuck.
Basically what's happening is your phone (Knox) is preventing you from rooting. This is a method Samsung uses to validate that damage to a phone was from Custom Rom, Custom Recovery, Root, etc. Samsung doesn't have permission to void your warranty without proof that the brick was directly from the mod/hack.
In order to bypass this you need to trick the phone to think you undid it, even though you didn't. First off, boot into Odin. It cannot be done through recovery, as that skips a step. Next you'll want to press Volume Down (Cancel (Reboots Phone)). You will be on the logo for a while, than you should see a loading symbol. Once booted into android, you'll want to boot back into recovery.
From here, you want to do I standard factory reset. Once that is done, reboot. Once Android is up and running boot back into recovery.
Select Backup and make sure only the standard three options are selected. Press backup.
Go ahead and install your root, and if something happens press Restore and select your backup.
Cannot mount internal storage (or any other partition)
TechNash said:
I had this same issue, but I solved it now running DeoDex 8.1 with Magisk and TWRP.
Basically, this is a brick, but Knox doesn't let you recover from it the normal way. As long as you can boot into TWRP you should be good. Usually caused by safety net issues.
Access TWRP. Select Wipe and then press format data. Once this is done you should be able to boot to your carrier logo or phone logo and be stuck.
Basically what's happening is your phone (Knox) is preventing you from rooting. This is a method Samsung uses to validate that damage to a phone was from Custom Rom, Custom Recovery, Root, etc. Samsung doesn't have permission to void your warranty without proof that the brick was directly from the mod/hack.
In order to bypass this you need to trick the phone to think you undid it, even though you didn't. First off, boot into Odin. It cannot be done through recovery, as that skips a step. Next you'll want to press Volume Down (Cancel (Reboots Phone)). You will be on the logo for a while, than you should see a loading symbol. Once booted into android, you'll want to boot back into recovery.
From here, you want to do I standard factory reset. Once that is done, reboot. Once Android is up and running boot back into recovery.
Select Backup and make sure only the standard three options are selected. Press backup.
Go ahead and install your root, and if something happens press Restore and select your backup.
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Can you please describe in a little more detail how you managed to trick the Knox system? I have an I9305 where neither internal och external storage is possible to mount. I can boot TWRP but every try to wipe or format the system is failing because one cannot mount the storage. I also can put the phone in download mode and connect to Odin, but the same happens, that every operation fails... probably because the internal storage cannot be mounted. In download mode I can see that the Knox flag is activated, and I hope that your trick can help to get access to the internal storage again. Can you please tell step by step how you did it? What does "boot into Odin" mean? Can it be done differently than starting Odin and connect the phone in Download mode?
perwhis said:
Can you please describe in a little more detail how you managed to trick the Knox system? I have an I9305 where neither internal och external storage is possible to mount. I can boot TWRP but every try to wipe or format the system is failing because one cannot mount the storage. I also can put the phone in download mode and connect to Odin, but the same happens, that every operation fails... probably because the internal storage cannot be mounted. In download mode I can see that the Knox flag is activated, and I hope that your trick can help to get access to the internal storage again. Can you please tell step by step how you did it? What does "boot into Odin" mean? Can it be done differently than starting Odin and connect the phone in Download mode?
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Sorry if I was confusing.
Basically what I meant was boot up the phone into Download mode, and once at the screen instead of pressing volume up, press volume down, and you shouldn't see the original error anymore.
TechNash said:
Sorry if I was confusing.
Basically what I meant was boot up the phone into Download mode, and once at the screen instead of pressing volume up, press volume down, and you shouldn't see the original error anymore.
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Thanks for the clarification. I have now tried that, but unfortunately the phone is still stuck on the first boot screen, and TWRP is not able to mount any storage.
perwhis said:
Thanks for the clarification. I have now tried that, but unfortunately the phone is still stuck on the first boot screen, and TWRP is not able to mount any storage.
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When you say any storage, do you mean it is all unmountable, or do you mean the certain ones are unmountable, and the rest are listed as 0b?
Anyways, there are many more options, the only problem is most of them do in fact require you to lose your data. Hopefully you allowed Google to automatically back up your Android device, and if so you won't lose any data. Check out this thread, but it is designed for the J7, so when you download something, make sure it is designed for the Samsung Galaxy S III 19300/19305.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...t/how-to-recover-verification-failed-t3775722
Long ago, I unlocked my s5830i and installed CWM 5.x, but keeping Samsung's firmware. Long story short, I decided to try a new rom recently. I used CWM to take a backup, wiped and flashed the new rom, and used it a month, before deciding yesterday I preferred the previous rom.
So today I went into CWM, hit "restore", and it started to reflash back as normal, but after erasing the boot partition said there was an error in flashing and stopped. I tried a couple more times, same error. So I retried with my other 2 backups on the sdcard to get at least boot flashed properly, but both of those gave md5 errors. I haven't done more. Right now I have the phone showing the CWM screen, and on a charger so it can't shut down. If it truly doesn't have a valid boot partition then I am scared that any reboot or exit from CWM might leave me with an unbootable phone. Please help, as I have no idea what to do next and terrified I'll lose the device entirely or something.
Things I've tied and information that might help:
No evidence of error or issue on the sdcard itself, though I can't rule out the chance it has an issue.
The /recovery directory was previously copied via USB mass storage to my desktop, and SHA1 verified as accurate on backup. The SD card was formatted at some point. I used sha1 verification to copy /recovery back to the sdcard, today, again using USB mass storage.
The phone's been plugged into a USB2 port all day, but I'm not sure if that charges it or not, and some people say there is a 70% charge limit otherwise flashing won't wor, could that be the problem? Might my boot partition be ok after all?
No other sdcard holding device, I could borrow a Galaxy S2 from a friend and change the card then reinsert it, if needed?
adb + fastboot 1.83 + samsung USB drivers + copies of the /recovery backups are all on still the desktop if needed and all good AFAIK (if they work when at the recovery screen). Don't know if fastboot helps but I have it and it works.
Two backup subfolders on the desktop have a boot.img file in them (5,242,880 bytes). No idea why the others don't.
I don't want my phone bricked or inaccessible, and I don't want to make it worse by mistake, what can I do?
Try this........
Stilez said:
Long ago, I unlocked my s5830i and installed CWM 5.x, but keeping Samsung's firmware. Long story short, I decided to try a new rom recently. I used CWM to take a backup, wiped and flashed the new rom, and used it a month, before deciding yesterday I preferred the previous.....................
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You can try to flash the stock ROM using Odin. Download the stock ROM from:-
h t t p : / / w w w .mediafire.com/download/x22525oizrrzmr7/S5830i_XXLI1_ODDLI1_DDLI1_by_SplitFUS2 . zip
[Remove the spaces. I'm new here so I can't post URLs. Forgive the cheating]
Download Odin from:-
h t t p s : / / w w w . dropbox.com/s/44mi0ybm3i0qbvo/Odin . rar
Happy flashing!
Go to backup and restore option in cwm and in restore go to advance restore there you restore only system and boot your mobile..if that dosnt boot your mobile then flash stock rom thru odin..
Here is the link for all your doubts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840645
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amolgosavi said:
Here is the link for all your doubts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840645
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That's a pretty good resource page. I'll look at it when I get home! Thank you!!
I have two questions before going ahead with whatever it says.
Is adb active during CWM? Can I also use that to reflash boot.img orthe system recovery, or something, because if so, I'm used to adb but so it's got the advantage it's familiar compared to odin.
If the boot partition flash did fail, and its contents are corrupted, how does it reboot after CWM? Or does it warm reboot and not use the boot partition in that case? When does it use the boot partition?
Okay, made progress, almost there
Okay, I found out partly what went on, enough to fix it part way.....
Like many people, I renamed my CWM backups to be clear what they were, and CWM doesn't warn that files with spaces will fail to recover with an MD5 error. Fixed that with ADB. Second I moved from stock to CM7.2 and obviously the file system was silently updated or something (my CM7.2 /system seems to use ext4). None of my CWM backups of the original install work, they all fail. But all my backups from CM7.2 onward worked fine, so it's got to be something CWM can't do if /system was previously used on CM7.2, or something. No idea why it couldn't mount system but could restore a CM7.2 backup to it even if the file system was updated though, doesn't make sense (yet!)
I'd like to understand what actually happened, so I don't make the same mistake again, and what's the best way (now I have access to CM7.2 again) to restore my CWM backup I took before CM7.2 when I was running the stock rom?
You can't restore your cwm backup of stock rom if you are on cm7.2
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amolgosavi said:
You can't restore your cwm backup of stock rom if you are on cm7.2
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Because the device storage was converted from rfs to ext4, I guess? But it can be converted back surely.
If so, surely a key part of "recovery" is to be able to recover old backups. Seems a bit weak to say it can't restore unless the filing system is working and unchanged (I appreciate you're explaining how it is, but don't you agree it just seems very weak to have that issue when a different rom often uses a different fs and at least 3 or 4 are common).
Presumably a way exists to convert the storage back to rfs, just not built into recovery. Any ideas what would be needed to return to my stock backup? I'd really like to avoid odin + stock flash + re-root if possible as it's simply a fs format change and I still get nervous of rooting in case of error
I dont know much about it...
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Stilez said:
Because the device storage was converted from rfs to ext4, I guess? But it can be converted back surely.
If so, surely a key part of "recovery" is to be able to recover old backups. Seems a bit weak to say it can't restore unless the filing system is working and unchanged (I appreciate you're explaining how it is, but don't you agree it just seems very weak to have that issue when a different rom often uses a different fs and at least 3 or 4 are common).
Presumably a way exists to convert the storage back to rfs, just not built into recovery. Any ideas what would be needed to return to my stock backup? I'd really like to avoid odin + stock flash + re-root if possible as it's simply a fs format change and I still get nervous of rooting in case of error
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Go to XDA search for MultiFormator
and Download it and Flash it in CWM , Aroma will startup now Choose your System to be changed like RFS to ExT4 or EXT4 to RFS
For stock base Rom restoration Select RFS ,After process completes do wipe data ,wipe cache ,dalvik in CWM and then hit restore , your phone will boot up with your backup.
Stilez said:
Long ago, I unlocked my s5830i and installed CWM 5.x, but keeping Samsung's firmware. Long story short, I decided to try a new rom recently. I used CWM to take a backup, wiped and flashed the new rom, and used it a month, before deciding yesterday I preferred the previous rom.
So today I went into CWM, hit "restore", and it started to reflash back as normal, but after erasing the boot partition said there was an error in flashing and stopped. I tried a couple more times, same error. So I retried with my other 2 backups on the sdcard to get at least boot flashed properly, but both of those gave md5 errors. I haven't done more. Right now I have the phone showing the CWM screen, and on a charger so it can't shut down. If it truly doesn't have a valid boot partition then I am scared that any reboot or exit from CWM might leave me with an unbootable phone. Please help, as I have no idea what to do next and terrified I'll lose the device entirely or something.
Things I've tied and information that might help:
No evidence of error or issue on the sdcard itself, though I can't rule out the chance it has an issue.
The /recovery directory was previously copied via USB mass storage to my desktop, and SHA1 verified as accurate on backup. The SD card was formatted at some point. I used sha1 verification to copy /recovery back to the sdcard, today, again using USB mass storage.
The phone's been plugged into a USB2 port all day, but I'm not sure if that charges it or not, and some people say there is a 70% charge limit otherwise flashing won't wor, could that be the problem? Might my boot partition be ok after all?
No other sdcard holding device, I could borrow a Galaxy S2 from a friend and change the card then reinsert it, if needed?
adb + fastboot 1.83 + samsung USB drivers + copies of the /recovery backups are all on still the desktop if needed and all good AFAIK (if they work when at the recovery screen). Don't know if fastboot helps but I have it and it works.
Two backup subfolders on the desktop have a boot.img file in them (5,242,880 bytes). No idea why the others don't.
I don't want my phone bricked or inaccessible, and I don't want to make it worse by mistake, what can I do?
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Flash stock rom from odin..
Go to this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840645
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@Stilez if you made your backup on temporary cwm then restore with that cwm. Cm7 kernel's inbuilt cwm is different.
But it would be best to flash stock ROM via Odin then restoring that backup.
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Hitesh2626 said:
Go to XDA search for MultiFormator
and Download it and Flash it in CWM , Aroma will startup now Choose your System to be changed like RFS to ExT4 or EXT4 to RFS
For stock base Rom restoration Select RFS ,After process completes do wipe data ,wipe cache ,dalvik in CWM and then hit restore , your phone will boot up with your backup.
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Wow. Just exactly what I was after - thank you! Worked brilliantly.
NightRaven49 said:
But it would be best to flash stock ROM via Odin then restoring that backup.
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Probably yes I might do that anyway seeing as the CM7.2 kernel is still lingering and boot flash is fail. But at least I can switch back and forth between my original rom (which mostly does work) and cm7.2 if I need to.
Interesting point on the side - my original CWM (5.0.2.6) worked but the one installed with cm7.2 didn't, any idea why?)
Long story short i tried to partition sd card to increase internal memory. I knew i might screw up, so did a Nandroid back up as well.
So as predicted after the partition my phone went into a boot loop, so i went into recovery mode but clearing caches did not help (android system recovery 3e).
So Tried to flash the stock rom (update firmware). I have no idea what went wrong but SP flash tool showed everything was fine and the whole process was complete with a green tick pop up as well.
So after that the phone did not reboot/start/.. :crying:
Im pretty sure its hard bricked. But everytime i plug the USB to my phone i hear the windows notification sound??
Can anyone please help?? I bought this online and sending it back is not an option.
PS: The phone has a light adapter (like iphone 5s), SD card cannot be removed, Battery cannot be removed.
I have the complete rom with me. Model MTK6572 RAM512MB. Not original goophone.
fezzan said:
Long story short i tried to partition sd card to increase internal memory. I knew i might screw up, so did a Nandroid back up as well.
So as predicted after the partition my phone went into a boot loop, so i went into recovery mode but clearing caches did not help (android system recovery 3e).
So Tried to flash the stock rom (update firmware). I have no idea what went wrong but SP flash tool showed everything was fine and the whole process was complete with a green tick pop up as well.
So after that the phone did not reboot/start/.. :crying:
Im pretty sure its hard bricked. But everytime i plug the USB to my phone i hear the windows notification sound??
Can anyone please help?? I bought this online and sending it back is not an option.
PS: The phone has a light adapter (like iphone 5s), SD card cannot be removed, Battery cannot be removed.
I have the complete rom with me. Model MTK6572 RAM512MB. Not original goophone.
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Two things:
1. Please post in the correct section, instead of just randomly picking a place to post
2. Maybe provide more information about what device this is?
jerdog said:
Two things:
1. Please post in the correct section, instead of just randomly picking a place to post
2. Maybe provide more information about what device this is?
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My bad, im new to the forum and i was only allowed to post in Q/A thread.
The phone is Chinese, as mentioned in the title its i5s (goophone), android 4.2, MTK 6572, has lightning adapter instead of the regular micro usb.
Its chinese man.... what else do u expect.....
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bump.
fezzan said:
Long story short i tried to partition sd card to increase internal memory. I knew i might screw up, so did a Nandroid back up as well.
So as predicted after the partition my phone went into a boot loop, so i went into recovery mode but clearing caches did not help (android system recovery 3e).
So Tried to flash the stock rom (update firmware). I have no idea what went wrong but SP flash tool showed everything was fine and the whole process was complete with a green tick pop up as well.
So after that the phone did not reboot/start/.. :crying:
Im pretty sure its hard bricked. But everytime i plug the USB to my phone i hear the windows notification sound??
Can anyone please help?? I bought this online and sending it back is not an option.
PS: The phone has a light adapter (like iphone 5s), SD card cannot be removed, Battery cannot be removed.
I have the complete rom with me. Model MTK6572 RAM512MB. Not original goophone.
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Try backing up your nvram folder. Found in /data/nvram. For backing up go to recovery go to terminal / cmd and type adb pull /data/nvram. Skip the backing up if you have a cwm backup.
then format your whole phone using spflash tools.. Then click download on after selecting your scatter file...
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MasterAwesome said:
Try backing up your nvram folder. Found in /data/nvram. For backing up go to recovery go to terminal / cmd and type adb pull /data/nvram. Skip the backing up if you have a cwm backup.
then format your whole phone using spflash tools.. Then click download on after selecting your scatter file...
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My phone is hard bricked not shoft bricked. So no response whatsoever.
So i downloaded like 6 different versions of this phone rom and found a working android scatter to flash via Sp flash tool.
Now im able to snter into the phone default recovery, but i cannot go any further as it just restarts if i press any key.
I paid a guy online to create a CWM recovery.. I flashed that onto the phone but still only the defualt recovery boot up!
Im certain that CWM recovery will enable me to access the sd card and restore my nandroid backup. but unfortunately cwm does no load up.
If i format my phone via SP flash tools will it delete my nandroid back?
If so is there a way to add the nandroid backup onto the sd card? (my sd card cannot be removed and yes i have a backup of the nandroid on my pc)