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I wiped inner SD, recovered image, complementary of marvin, however I am still hanging on dell logo. Inner SD is confirmed to be working (at least on the surface), because it can still transfer files with fat32 partition.
I can access recover, fastboot, everything, just no qualcomm.
I flashed DSC 2.0 and streakmod recovery, still no go. WHAT CAN POSSIBLY BE WRONG WITH MY PHONE???
I bricked my phone and wiped EVERYTHING from the INNER sd card, which in hindsight seems to be a terrible choice.
How do I repartition it to the original condition??
I used gparted, however I cannot use yaffs2 as stated here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_5/Partition_Layout
I also don't know how to name them, or put them in the right location
I believe when all is finished I can finally use stock recovery + rom... Right now it just gets stuck at dell logo no matter what recov/rom i flash.
Qualcomm drivers are a no go as well, couldn't get them installed for some reason, fastboot is fine.
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Hey, hoping some android gurus can help me out here.
I had the latest version of Obsydian on my phone and have not had any issues. Yesterday, my battery on the phone died, and when it started up again I was getting forcecloses all over the place. Tried reinstalling the rom and go errors, tried a different rom and got errors. So I ODINed the Voodoo RFS fix, followed by stock+Voodoo-Froyo-T959-UVJL5.tar , and didn't get anywhere.
I thought there might have been something wrong with the data on the phone so i tried clearing and formatting everything through Clockwork recovery. Then I tried the partition SD Card through clockwork recovery. I assumed it was the EXT-SD it was formatting so i chose 128mb ext, 32 swap, and left the rest for fat32. However, I'm starting to think it might have been the internal SD card.
I tried ODINing back to stock stock using this guide: http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/h...droidSPIN+|+Your+No.1+source+for+Android+news.)
I get the phone in ODIN and it flashes, no errors in ODIN, but when the phone leaves download mode and goes to installation it gives a few errors:
Code:
MBR Checksum Error
Movinand Checksum Confirmation Fail
Then it continues installing, and I get another error:
Code:
Wiping data
Formatting Data
[B]Data Wipe Fail[/B]
Formatting Cache
It still acts like it completely finishes the installation, reboots, I get the Tmobile boot and then Galaxy S, and then I get a black screen with all 4 of the lights/buttons on the bottom of the screen on. It can sit like this for 30 minutes, it doesn't do anything.
I still have access to download mode, and I still have access to recovery, however it's no longer ClockworkMod recovery, it's the stock recovery, and it seems to only work for a few moments before going to a triangle with an exclamation point and the android logo.
Any ideas on what I can do to make this phone functional again, or acceptable for a warranty return?
I appreciate any help.
Welcome to the club
Check out my post http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=887837
Post #3 it might help if it does let me know so we know for sure if it works
Yes welcome to the club!!! glad you could join us!
Anyways here is what I have learned/done, my only working rom currently is the eugene froyo, can use the phone and data BUT cant download anything or install anything. You can adb push apks into the rom though. Heres the link for it
Use Odin, pit=512, pda=eugene..tar Run this to get semi working rom
http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=3
Once here I have access to my Sd card, this is where I placed the clockwork recovery on as an "update.zip" Link to this is posted below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734164
Boot into recovery, note this will take you to stock recovery. REINSTALL update, may have to do this twice but itll get you to the Clockwork recovery....
After this I tried to install two different roms and both times I get some sort of data error, and installation aborted....hopefully this will help a few people
Yeah a bit more google searching for "vibrant mbr checksum" brought me to the same conclusion, that I needed to ODIN the eugene's froyo - it's flashing right now. Will see where that gets me.
It's my belief that using the SD partition in CWM is what caused the MBR issues and the Data Wipe Fail, as others said they messed with a partition in either CWM or something else prior to this happening
And that's a no go. It just reboots back into the stock recovery every time after odining it, with some new errors.
update media. please wait.
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(Invalid argument)
E:copu_dbdata_meda:Can't mount SDCARD:
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed.
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I take it back - i did the wrong one apparently.
Had to use the files located on the link you sent, inside of the Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo.zip file. Apparently there are a few different download files on the first post of that link. This one took longer than all the others I'd tried ODINing, about 5-6 minutes, compared to 2-3 for the others. I had also updated my Odin3 to v1.7, from the v1.3 I was using before.
When it booted up, it gave me an issue with my external SD card, said it was formatted incorrectly, so i formatted it from the phone - it says I have 13gb memory and 1.86 on the ext-SD.
Was able to download and install ROM manager from the market. Attempting to install Nero v3 now.
*** SOLVED ***
I've succesfully installed a rom other than Eugene's froyo, and did not receive any installation errors! Got Nero V3 up and running, very happy.
Note that the MBR checksum error still appeared but did not affect installation at all. Thanks everyone for their help - hopefully this helps the others.
I tried flashing Ken's GB ROM today and for some reason it would just load the AT&T screen then restart. I flashed the zips through CWM, what might I have done wrong?
which recovery did you use? did you wipe? and try to re-download it. you may have gotten a damaged file. it happens. this is why we have MD5 sums
I used rom manager, I wiped after (maybe I should have done it before?), and what's an mds sum?
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I just used the new official CWM for Atrix (as opposed to tenfar's custom build) to flash navalynt's CherryBlur1.2 over my old 2.3.4HKTW ROM, which I had modified with navalynt's 1.8 rollup package.
I'm also bootlooping on the Atrix logo (instead of the Motorola logo; I think it was part of the theme included in the update package, and it'd be nice to be able to change it back to the stock somehow). I'd take your advice and try redownloading the .zip of the ROM, but, uh, I don't really know how to access my phone's internal storage without being able to boot it up.
Should I manually try flashing the .img files via fastboot interface, or what? I really picked a bad time to screw with my phone, because I'm expecting a call about a new job...
Obscene Topiary said:
I just used the new official CWM for Atrix (as opposed to tenfar's custom build) to flash navalynt's CherryBlur1.2 over my old 2.3.4HKTW ROM, which I had modified with navalynt's 1.8 rollup package.
I'm also bootlooping on the Atrix logo (instead of the Motorola logo; I think it was part of the theme included in the update package, and it'd be nice to be able to change it back to the stock somehow). I'd take your advice and try redownloading the .zip of the ROM, but, uh, I don't really know how to access my phone's internal storage without being able to boot it up.
Should I manually try flashing the .img files via fastboot interface, or what? I really picked a bad time to screw with my phone, because I'm expecting a call about a new job...
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Yea, if you didn't make a nandroid backup, you need to flash the image files of your previous rom
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Well, this is very strange. I restored the backup I had made, although I got an error from CWM about being unable to wipe /data... nonetheless it booted properly. I loaded a new download of the .zip, flashed it in CWM with no apparent errors, and now instead of bootlooping on the custom Atrix animation, it's bootlooping on the Motorola "dual core technology" screen (not the actual bootloader screen with "unlocked" in the corner, but after that). I'm really confounded by all of this.
Forum is full of similar threads.
Rom Manager doesn't successfully wipe. You need to run a fastboot -w or reinstall tenfar's CWM and wipe, then reinstall your ROM. This will resolve your bootloop.
EDIT: You're seeing the same problem...bootlooping. The ROM's just have different boot animations: Atrix logo vs. Default Moto.
quicklyspent said:
Forum is full of similar threads.
Rom Manager doesn't successfully wipe. You need to run a fastboot -w or reinstall tenfar's CWM and wipe, then reinstall your ROM. This will resolve your bootloop.
EDIT: You're seeing the same problem...bootlooping. The ROM's just have different boot animations: Atrix logo vs. Default Moto.
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Yes, I just used fastboot to reflash the stock HKTW images, and of course it's fine now. I'd just like to be able to get CherryBlur to work properly.
Edit: Got it. The .zip installed properly using tenfar's CWM. Ironically enough, tenfar's custom implementation of CWM works better than ROM Manager's, although obnoxiously it's unable to mount the phone's internal SD storage, so an external SD card must be used for installing .zips. ROM Manager's CWM can mount the internal storage, but has other issues. Lol, so convoluted.
Obscene Topiary said:
Yes, I just used fastboot to reflash the stock HKTW images, and of course it's fine now. I'd just like to be able to get CherryBlur to work properly.
Edit: Got it. The .zip installed properly using tenfar's CWM. Ironically enough, tenfar's custom implementation of CWM works better than ROM Manager's, although obnoxiously it's unable to mount the phone's internal SD storage, so an external SD card must be used for installing .zips. ROM Manager's CWM can mount the internal storage, but has other issues. Lol, so convoluted.
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It's just a matter of time before rom managers cwm works properly
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It was a stupid mistake, i pressed up down up down and it disabled the back button, and something happened which refreshed the screen so i had to press up down up down to unlock the back button, but it wouldn't show without me doing something and as i went in to have a closer look, i must've pressed the format internal sd option. Stupid me
Now i get that menu with 14 options ticked, ranging from RSD, Fastboot, Android Recovery etc
I've reflashed Romracer's recovery on there, couldn't restore nandroid backup but i reflashed CM7 and it boots, but it doesn't show the Motorola Dual Core screen and instead, this screen shows up. Is there any way i can fix it? Is it safe for me to flash intl-fix-try1.sbf and try doing fastboot oem unlock again through RSD without a chance of brick?
I went from stock 2.2 Tmobile to CM7, then onto Alien, then Homebase and now on Ninja. No OTA whatsoever. Thanks!
To anyone who has this menu, i fixed it.
The problem was that during the format, logo.bin was deleted (the red M logo) which normally covers up the menu. All i did was search for a boot image in the atrix forum and flashed it via
fastboot:
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
Hope i helped!
Hi,
I did the same thing, formated the internal partition to 0mb... and now I also have the red logo missing. Another issue is that the soft keys are not working anymore, did you have that problem too?
Is it even possible to use the partition again or is it gone forever because I partitioned it to zero?
I am soooo lost here
criotare said:
Hi,
I did the same thing, formated the internal partition to 0mb... and now I also have the red logo missing. Another issue is that the soft keys are not working anymore, did you have that problem too?
Is it even possible to use the partition again or is it gone forever because I partitioned it to zero?
I am soooo lost here
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Just flash this pds fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131649
WarEduar said:
Just flash this pds fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131649
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It worked for me, thank you so much!
It happened the same to me... and I did all what the guy who created this post did.
But, Why I CANT flash the nandroid? ... I can flash any other custom rom, but not my own nandroid.
Do anyone knows what really happened to us?
We could fix the "visibles" problems... but I really think something's still broken inside.
Hi there, good night.
I'm having a problem with my Streak that I cannot seem to be able to fix.
I've followed the instructions in XDA wiki to flash the Streak with a stock ROM, downloaded FastBoot files and placed them all together in a folder, put my Streak into fastboot and flash the recovery image, all ok so far, then the screen goes blank and I press vol up and down keys to bring the menu where I can install the update.pkg, and here is where the problem comes up.
After I choose option 2 to "Software upgrade via Update.pkg on SD Card" the screen goes blank and nothing happens, screen's background is lit up but it doesn't get to the point with the blue font giving you the option to press the camera button to upgrade from the update.pkg.
I'm trying to use package 407 from the ROMs wiki here in XDA, I've formatted the SD card on FAT32 and placed in it just the 407 update package, and used the recovery image from 407 as well.
I've tried with a couple more like 405 and also 360, but nothing works, all do the same.
Is there anything I can do? is my Streak's internal disk dead? I can get into fastboot and run some diagnostics, but it seems the Streak cannot read from the SD Card? or cannot apply the recovery image properly? I've tried with 3 different working SD cards, but same result.
Any help will be great, I'm afraid my Streak is bricked...
hmm... that is weird because i never had that kind of problem... are you positively sure you are not missing any steps? usually things happen when you miss even 1 step...
when you choose to upgrade, you are upgrading from what? you should provide more details bout it so that people can know which step you might miss...
I'm assuming you have flashed the recovery again to make sure that went well, correct?
Just for the sake of trying something you could flash Streakmod and boot into it just to get something working. Also from Streakmod you can format the SD (the external one) and then place a fresh copy of your update.pkg on it by mounting the external SD also from Streakmod
If you can boot into Streakmod then go back and flash the factory recovery.img again
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So I tried TWRP and have had extremely bad luck. I thought I bricked the phone at first, then it was stuck in a boot loop, THEN TWRP could not read from the internal memory, and to top it off, when I finally got the phone to boot up, I went ahead and bought a sim card and got it hooked up to ATT, and when I inserted the sim card, it automatically rebooted the phone into TWRP and reset everything (deleting all my apps and stuff) and got stuck in a boot loop.
I had an old phone and used clockwork mod recovery without any issue. Does anyone know where to find a CWM recovery image for the z5 compact?
Actually, if anyone has even the STOCK recovery I would be forever grateful. I would rather stock than TWRP at this point. I don't want to risk my phone being reset and having everything deleted again.
Same issue, unable to boot rom, TWRP has no access..
thegreatyashu said:
So I tried TWRP and have had extremely bad luck. I thought I bricked the phone at first, then it was stuck in a boot loop, THEN TWRP could not read from the internal memory, and to top it off, when I finally got the phone to boot up, I went ahead and bought a sim card and got it hooked up to ATT, and when I inserted the sim card, it automatically rebooted the phone into TWRP and reset everything (deleting all my apps and stuff) and got stuck in a boot loop.
I had an old phone and used clockwork mod recovery without any issue. Does anyone know where to find a CWM recovery image for the z5 compact?
Actually, if anyone has even the STOCK recovery I would be forever grateful. I would rather stock than TWRP at this point. I don't want to risk my phone being reset and having everything deleted again.
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I am experiencing the same issue. I would like any working recovery/rom at this point. My Wife has the identical phone. Can I make a copy of hers to help the OP and my phone out?
I followed the following;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-compact/development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-sony-xperia-z5c-t3339930
and have tried a few times now. As well as other versions of TWRP..
On a side note I wouldn't mind testing new roms/features being implemented by developers. Please let me know where the best place to get involved would be.
Thanks in advance,
David.
found a boot.img and TWRP that worked for me..
So after a lot of flashing I found one that works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-compact/orig-development/twrp-z5-compact-t3235161
at least I can get twrp working for now..
I still can not get CM installed. Each time I get 'Error executing updater binary in zip'. I will have to do some more reading tomorrow.