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Hey guys I have been trolling this forum for some very useful information, and it has helped me quite a bit, but on this one I am stuck. Every time I try and delete something on this phone (Samsung Vibrant) it just comes back. This was not my phone before, I am just trying to put it back to stock.
I have flashed the phone 3 times using odin, including using the re-partition option.
When I hook the phone up to the pc, and load update.zip into the root folder, and reboot into recovery mode, it says cannot find sd card/update.zip. Even when I go in and manually delete apps if I reboot the phone, they all just come back.
Am I missing something? part of me wants to say its something easy.. but I have searched and searched about this and found nothing. Is there a mod out there that does this? -Thanks
*edit* Oh, and it seems like any time I think I might get close, I get the little android and the triange w/ the exclamation point.
Bueller?
How are you deleting? What are you deleting? Why are you using odin to delete apps? Not enough info to help you.
Hi, I am just trying to totally wipe the phone back to stock, hence odin. I dont care about info being lost. But like I said.. if I go in and manage applications, and remove them manually, I restart the phone and like magic they are all back.. I am quite confused. I hook the phone up to the pc, open the phone and manually delete pics and songs that way.. unplug the phone from the pc, and its like i never did anything.
jorsh03 said:
Hi, I am just trying to totally wipe the phone back to stock, hence odin. I dont care about info being lost. But like I said.. if I go in and manage applications, and remove them manually, I restart the phone and like magic they are all back.. I am quite confused. I hook the phone up to the pc, open the phone and manually delete pics and songs that way.. unplug the phone from the pc, and its like i never did anything.
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If you want to wipe the best thing to do is flash Eugene's Froyo that does not brick. That will get rid of EVERYTHING. From there flash JFD. That will give you the clean start you want.
icandy75 said:
If you want to wipe the best thing to do is flash Eugene's Froyo that does not brick. That will get rid of EVERYTHING. From there flash JFD. That will give you the clean start you want.
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Yeah, that is the problem. I already did that, and the stuff is still there. I did it 3 times. I flashed it with the 512 pit, did a re-partition and the JFD. Then went back and even updated it to the JI6 firmware, and loaded it with the stock kernel.
I'll help you out before you needlessly flash roms over and over and over.
Before you say, "WTF!!!! That doesn't answer my question" please read to the end.
1. As I understand your problem, you want to wide everything from your INTERNAL SD Card.
2. as such, The steps are as follows:
3. Go to settings.
4. Go to "SD Card and phone storage"
5. "Unmount phone storage"
6. "Format phone storage"
This is assuming that you are ALREADY on stock Rom.
If not, flash the stock first, then wipe your internal SD.
Remove your External SD and SIM card. *(Not required), but i'm paranoid, and this always helps me feel better on the off chance that something does happen while i'm wiping the internal SD.
GL
That was first thing I tried to do, sorry I didnt post that in OP. I tried to unmount and format using the in phone software. I have tried a hard reset using the button combinations on the phone. I have also done a factory format using the service code. All to no avail.
Thanks for the input.. believe me, if I could have avoided the time and hassle of reading about odin I would have. Odin was a last resort.
I dont know if this is helpful or not but after I format the internal sd.
Total Space: 13.18 GB
Free Space 12.31 GB
I am really beginning to think that the internal SD is broken/corrupted or something. As I said in the OP when I boot into recovery, it says it cannot find sdcard/update.zip. Furthermore, if I mount the usb as mass storage, and go into the folders and delete pictures/whatnot. Even if I unplug the phone from the computer, its as if I never did anything. The pictures will all still be there as if nothing happened. If I go in and manage apps, and remove them all one by one, then reboot the phone all the apps are there. These are all reasons why I think the internal storage is messed up.
I was/am quite confused. This is why I requested ideas from people smarter than me.. i.e you guys . Thanks for all the input this far, my OP was a little lacking I suppose.
Did you ever get problem resolved?
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@jorsh :
I had the same problem with u. Can't delete few old files that stored in the internal SD. Also, I can't use update.zip in the recovery mode. It says "cannot find sdcard/update.zip.
My phone also can't play MP3 file or 3GP file that transfered from other phone / PC.
Anyone can help us ?
How are you deleting the files?
What are you running?
the update.zip, are you guys talking about rooting, or clockwork recovery?
Sorry, thanksgiving was preventing me from following the thread. The problem is still unresolved. I was trying the update.zip in recovery mode, as far as I know there is no clockwork on the phone. I thought the update.zip was just a recovery image that the phone used as a basis for restoring the phone.
s15274n said:
How are you deleting the files?
What are you running?
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I have tried deleting files a few different ways.
Odin, directly via pc with usb mount, and using the software on the phone itself, and tried using factory formats/resets hard and soft.
What do you mean by what am I running?
i just buy a used vibrant. There are some photos & files in the internal memory. I can erase it with file manager, but when I restart the phone, those photos & files appear again.
Same thing with with the gmail account. This gmail account is sign up by previous user. I can't remove this account.
I already try using "factory reset", but it's useless. Those photos & gmail account still in my phone.
I'm running in 2.1 T959UVJI2
about the update.zip, I'm using for rooting. I can't root the phone too. I'm using the file "SGH-959 Root Update.zip" then rename it to "update.zip"
I put this update.zip that the root folder of my internal SD. Bad thing is, this file is gone when I restart my phone (turn off then turn on). So, when I goes to recovery mode, it always said : cannot find sd card/update.zip
anybody can help me ? pleaseeee. So frustated >.<
Yeah that sounds pretty much exactly like my problems.
Perhaps people are having a hard time helping because we cant determine what you are trying to do....
first, yes, there is a clockwork recovery... download rom manager from the market.
there are going to be folders on the internal memory you can not remove because the OS puts them there.
could you please say exactly what you want to do???
I am just trying to delete everything and basically restore the phone back to factory. But it seems like the normal ways of doing that are not working.
Use ODIN to go to stock ji6 or jk2. I have a guide in my signature
Once you reboot mount the internal memory and format it. Settings > sd card and phone storage
s15274n said:
Use ODIN to go to stock ji6 or jk2. I have a guide in my signature
Once you reboot mount the internal memory and format it. Settings > sd card and phone storage
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ok ok.... I'll try at weekend. I'm out of town in few days. Thx for the info.
please report back, want to make sure all is well
When i try to connect my phone to my computer it wont show up(sd card ect) i looked threw some of my system files and they have a error symble by them. My phone isnt rooted anymore so no way to flash a stock rom threw Clockwork. Any sugestions?
Thanks in advance
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hi ,
i try to flash a new rom from the phone turned out that was not the correct zip file i downloaded. now i wiped cache and system and when i try to system boot it says no os so i cannot boot again. basically i'm stuck in twrp. can somebody please help. how should i flash new rom ?
Did you not make a backup?
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Not sure if this is what you need,a member here much smarter than I told me this about my E970 when it was unplugged before the backup was made.
In the end these phones are basically unbrickable, so you can always get into download mode (Vol up + Vol down +usb cable +power) and use LGNPST to restore back to stock. LGNPST info can be found on irc
I do not know what irc is but there ya go,google away and hope it works .
I don't completely understand what I'm doing when I'm doing things to my phone. All I know is that some pretty great people with a much better understanding of the inner workings of phones tell me to do this or that. On that note, why are people so quick to say their phone is bricked when they still have a phone that will boot into something? Anyway...
What if you try removing the sd card, use another phone or an adapter for a pc, to download a rom to it. Put it back in your phone boot into recovery and flash it.
Or use that LGPNST, or whatever you call it, method...
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Murasakiii said:
Did you not make a backup?
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i guess not.
TangoXray said:
I don't completely understand what I'm doing when I'm doing things to my phone. All I know is that some pretty great people with a much better understanding of the inner workings of phones tell me to do this or that. On that note, why are people so quick to say their phone is bricked when they still have a phone that will boot into something? Anyway...
What if you try removing the sd card, use another phone or an adapter for a pc, to download a rom to it. Put it back in your phone boot into recovery and flash it.
Or use that LGPNST, or whatever you call it, method...
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hi thanks for the reply,
i did took out the sd card and put att stock rom from xda forum but somehow i cannnot flash it from external sd card . when i try to install it keeps up opening the file instead of asking to flash or install. and i'm not sure what LGPNST means . does it work with mac ?
Bababooey said:
Not sure if this is what you need,a member here much smarter than I told me this about my E970 when it was unplugged before the backup was made.
In the end these phones are basically unbrickable, so you can always get into download mode (Vol up + Vol down +usb cable +power) and use LGNPST to restore back to stock. LGNPST info can be found on irc
I do not know what irc is but there ya go,google away and hope it works .
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i tried this but all it says is download mode do not plug the phone. please help
kishanyonzan said:
hi thanks for the reply,
i did took out the sd card and put att stock rom from xda forum but somehow i cannnot flash it from external sd card . when i try to install it keeps up opening the file instead of asking to flash or install. and i'm not sure what LGPNST means . does it work with mac ?
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There should be two choices, flash from internal and flash from external. Did you choose the correct one?
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robstunner said:
There should be two choices, flash from internal and flash from external. Did you choose the correct one?
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yes, i choose the rgt now cuz i can see the attstock which is name of the folder. researching a litlle bit i dont think we can flash it from the
sd card but can from adb sdk whatever. but i cannot seem to figure out head or tail even if i read the steps .
kishanyonzan said:
yes, i choose the rgt now cuz i can see the attstock which is name of the folder. researching a litlle bit i dont think we can flash it from the
sd card but can from adb sdk whatever. but i cannot seem to figure out head or tail even if i read the steps .
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If you are in TWRP you could use the file manager under advanced to try and move the .zip to internal memory. Then see if you can flash.
But I always flash from external and never have issues.
You may have a corrupt .zip, maybe try downloading it again and then try again.
I had an issue where my SD card wasn't Fat32 so TWRP wouldn't put anything on the SD or boot anything off the SD. I can't remember if I could browse the folders with TWRP's file manager or not though. That's not much help I know, but might be worth looking into. You can try formatting your SD as Fat32, loading the stock ROM on it, then see if TWRP will flash it.
bleached45 said:
If you are in TWRP you could use the file manager under advanced to try and move the .zip to internal memory. Then see if you can flash.
But I always flash from external and never have issues.
You may have a corrupt .zip, maybe try downloading it again and then try again.
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That was my next question, what zip, exactly, are you using?
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http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lg-optimus-g
Go there, ask for help using lgnpst.
TangoXray said:
That was my next question, what zip, exactly, are you using?
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i;m not really sure . I downloaded from xda lg android development .
bleached45 said:
If you are in TWRP you could use the file manager under advanced to try and move the .zip to internal memory. Then see if you can flash.
But I always flash from external and never have issues.
You may have a corrupt .zip, maybe try downloading it again and then try again.
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I tried it but it says unable to mount usbotg . thank you for you reply
. any suggestion what should i do next.
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lg-optimus-g
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kishanyonzan said:
I tried it but it says unable to mount usbotg . thank you for you reply
. any suggestion what should i do next.
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That error will always happen. You can safely ignore it.
Wait so if you can get to TWRP why not just push the zip you need using ADB?
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i can send the files to external card but can anyone suggest me the installer.zip file so that i can flash the rom . i cannot seem to the flash the file even if i have in the internal storage?
Thank you all you guys XDA FAMILY for helping me . I finally fixed my phone installing the stock Rom through LGPNST .
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Refering to this ROM install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1669170, I for the life of me cannot get my phone to connect to Kies after installing this ROM. I've searched the the forms and have tried all the suggestions but still nothing works. I just want to put my phone contacts back on using Kies since that's where I backed up my pictures and contacts. I've updated the device drivers using windows automatic update and it updated to wpdusb and wudfrd .sys drivers. My computer indicates all drivers and devices installed and I see my phone listed on windows explorer. I've formated internal and external sd cards, I've mounted and unmounted internal external sd cards. Under this rom I can't find where to select Keis mode for the USB connection, all I can find is a USB utility which just gives option to download to computer. Please help!!!!
I believe to have to be on stock for it to connect
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I suggest you get a different ROM. That ROM is old, buggy, and the base stolen from a real Dev.
Agoattamer said:
I suggest you get a different ROM. That ROM is old, buggy, and the base stolen from a real Dev.
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Thanks for the link but these ROM's are not for my phone. Did a search for Energy (Energy ROM, which is the ROM's by NRG) in Android Development forum for my phone ATT Galaxy Note but nothing found. Looks like he makes these ROM's for the HTC phones. His ROMs look totally awesome though.
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Refering to this ROM install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1669170, I for the life of me cannot get my phone to connect to Kies after installing this ROM. I've searched the the forms and have tried all the suggestions but still nothing works. I just want to put my phone contacts back on using Kies since that's where I backed up my pictures and contacts. I've updated the device drivers using windows automatic update and it updated to wpdusb and wudfrd .sys drivers. My computer indicates all drivers and devices installed and I see my phone listed on windows explorer. I've formated internal and external sd cards, I've mounted and unmounted internal external sd cards. Under this rom I can't find where to select Keis mode for the USB connection, all I can find is a USB utility which just gives option to download to computer. Please help!!!!
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Try flashing back to stock 4.0.4 ICS and it should be able to connect again. Here's a link for the .tar file. Just use Odin to flash it and make sure repartition is OFF.. this is a good .tar to keep stored. This is how I always revert to REAL At&t ics stock.
https://hotfile.com/dl/162862329/47b1784/I717UCLF6_I717ATTLF6_ATT.zip.html
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Kies looks for binaries that are not altered, especially those without super user access, which all custom roms have.
Additionally, kies looks for the 3e recovery when it connects, which is lost upon flashing of CWM/TWRP..
Stock roms and recoveries will restore kies function....g
Thanks guys and I hit you both up on the thanks meter, I will do this and take your advice. Once I get all my contacts which are backed up on Kies restored I will sync to google so I won't have to rely on Kies. This way If I use a custom ROM I can get access to and restore my contacts pic, and vid's without Kies, should have done this in the first place.
Guys I made a dumb mistake. After trying to install Pinky and the Brain rom coming from another rom, I wiped my internal sd card. Well I downloaded the pinky and the brain rom and put it on an external sd card. the rom shows when I go to install but it shows all the folders, but it doesn't see the rom.zip file. I don't think this is something I have to flash with odin and Casual is out of the question since im rooted, unlocked, and on a custom rom. I am currently have TWRP. do I have to manipulate the pinky and the brain rom. Im sure im missing a step. I don't want to odin back to a stock rom then using casual to get back. is there an easier way.
I use my droid as my main internet source. Now im stuck with a POS sony Erickson experia just to have a working phone and im connecting via 3g..sucks for me lol..seriously what am I doing wrong that my phone is not showing the zip file to install via TWRP.
Again I have no rom on the phone at this point...just to be clear
Did you make a nandroid backup before attempting to flash anything?
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No..I thought I had previous backups ..
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Bad idea. ALWAYS nandroid. Download a rom on your comp and use a card reader to transfer it to SD. Then flash it. Idk what else you can do other wise.
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Seems you still have access to TWRP correct?
I would then load into it, under advanced, go to sideload. Connect it to a computer with a functioning adb and sideload the zip of the rom you want to flash over.
teamw.in /ADBSideload (that's a URL, I can't put them in posts yet, too new)
I have saved a phone in a similar situation this exact way.
Hope this helps.
I do still have twrp...I'm gonna try to download Scotts rom and put it on sd card and hopefully twrp will see the zip
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