ive been stuck in a bootloop for days now. i managed to get it back to the "3 birds" but thats about as far as i can get.
it feels like im pretty close to getting this thing back up and running i just need to flash a new rom. the problem im having with this is i cant find the rom to flash. i put the rom on the sd card, but when i put it back in and boot up i cant find it anywhere in clockwork. (says no files found when trying to install zip from sd card.
So my question, is there a way to mount my device to the computer through clockworkmod so i can finaly flash a new rom.
or can anyone point me into the direction where i can find the files on the sd card.
could possibly have to do with partitioning the sd?
thanks in advance!
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I am stuck, I have been working on this for hours and can't get out of this. I am coming from Illuminate. The tablet started acting up so I decided to go back to a Froyo based ROM. The problem is that every ROM I try and apply get's flagged as corrupt. Clockwork shows file corrupt/installation aborted. I am able to nvflash back to a stock build to either boot loader. I even did a stock build without clockwork, then tried an upgrade using the update.zip and recovery folder and it failed as well because of the corruption. I have downloaded half a dozen ROMs and they all get marked corrupt. I have had problems with the USB connection to the tablet being a little unstable. Transfer speeds are mediocre and some file copies end up being zero bytes. I realize that the file copy could be getting corrupted but why would nvflash work through the USB cable?
Just an update, I tried using the micro sd card from my phone to copy a ROM to the internal SD card and got same corruption error. This appears to be an issue with the tablet and not the files. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
th3pun1sh3r said:
Just an update, I tried using the micro sd card from my phone to copy a ROM to the internal SD card and got same corruption error. This appears to be an issue with the tablet and not the files. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Try doing the rom update from the external sd card. NVflash to stock without CWM, then go here http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/rom.htm and follow the instructions in "Flashing a rom without CWM", Part B, Option II.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I will try this tonight when I get home.
I was planning on flashing my phone to the Charmeleon rom. I had TWRP installed and was ready to go. I wiped the system (rom) and when I went to install the new one (which I had an external sd card, it's not showing up. My phone will not start because I wiped the stock rom. I have no idea why my the file is not being detected. The sd card is showing up as ext-sd but nothing is showing up in the folder, but when I put it in my computer it is. I did not save a backup. Someone please help me figuring this out.
Sorry guys, I feel stupid. I've been within TWRP for 2 hours trying to figure out what happened and of course as soon as I post this I finally stumble on the problem. I had to go into something and actually select to use the sd card. Thanks to everyone who was going to offer help.
You can try a factory reset. I don't think wiping the system partition affects the ability to restore the installed ROM but it's entirely possible I'm wrong. Worth a shot.
With the file not showing on your sd card in TWRP, is it a .zip file? I think recoveries can only see .zip files and I might have read that there's an issue if a file is named xxxxzip.zip. might try renaming it on your computer and copying it back to your sd card.
Hi SGP users!
Last night, I installed the Jellybean CM10 ROM (the Nightly one). I also installed the GApps that came with the post. So I booted to Recovery Mode, I tried installing the ROM (Install zip from sd card>Install zip from internal sd card>downloads>the jb rom), but it says "INSTALLATION ABORTED". I repeated to install but to no avail. I rebooted the system to research on this, and the user said that you have to format system and try again. I booted to Recovery Mode again, formatted the system (it says system formatted or something like that), and installed the ROM for the nth time. It still says INSTALLATION ABORTED. Now, I tried installing the GApps zip file, and it worked (I installed the zip file because I want to know if all the files on the internal sd card are broken). So I tried installing the ROM again. Aborted. I rebooted the system, and now it's stuck with the white Samsung text! I don't know why, so I just drained the battery with the Samsung text still ongoing.
Today, I'm pretty sure the battery is drained (there's no text anymore), so I tried charging it. Nada, it's stuck with the loading logo on the battery image.
I think my device is bricked, I don't know. I researched it and all I found was the BootLoop. Is that the error on my SGP? I want to know if my device is bricked, and what caused this. Help?
Its not a brick..reboot to recovery (home + volume up + power ) and install some ics rom for player ..boot to that rom and then go again to recovery and install jb rom.That is offcourse if you have 5.0
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Thanks, and one more question: Is it okay if I download the ROM zip from my computer and just transfer it to my player with Download Mode? Because I can't open my player, just to Download and Recovery mode.
HeyyahAndrea said:
Thanks, and one more question: Is it okay if I download the ROM zip from my computer and just transfer it to my player with Download Mode? Because I can't open my player, just to Download and Recovery mode.
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transfer the zip files to your SD card; use those files to flash. Also, now, can you get into recovery/download mode? Like after having removed the player from the USB?
just curious- did you originally download the ROM/app package to your device (ie /mnt/sdcard/????) and flash, or did you place the files in the SD card (ie /mnt/sdcard/external_sd [or something like that]) before flashing?
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Edit: Ok, so literacy kicked in and I carefully read your OP. My guess, and I could be wrong, though I doubt it, is that the installation aborted because you flashed the packages from your internal SD and NOT your external SD (ie the actual SD card). Since the ROM rearranges directory tree (or whatever), it would stand to reason that the installation aborted during the installation process since it could no longer locate the zip. Ie it is no longer /mnt/sdcard/downloads (or wherever), but rather /storage/sdcard0/downloads. I'm guessing that CWM bypasses this and accesses your SD card directly, rendering installation from your actual SD card immune to these effects.
So, try again (assuming your device can still go into CWM recovery) and flash the packages in the proscribed order, but this time, from the ACTUAL SD card, and NOT internal. I "upgraded" directly from a GB rom, having flashed the zip files from the external SD card, and suffered no problems, so I know it isn't necessary to go through ICS. Good luck!
This is a helpful one! I'm sorry, but one last question, (I'm a newbie sorry!) how do you move the zip files to the external SD Card? And if I do that, and it flashed successfully, do I have to start again if I remove my SD card? Really sorry for the questions, but I really want to know.
Thank you so much! Since my computer didn't recognize my SGP (suckish USB cable lol), I placed my external SD card on my cellphone and plugged the cellphone into the computer to download the zip files (I downloaded them directly to the card). Afterwards I placed my SD in my SGP and flashed--It's working, thank you!!!
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This is a helpful one! I'm sorry, but one last question, (I'm a newbie sorry!) how do you move the zip files to the external SD Card? And if I do that, and it flashed successfully, do I have to start again if I remove my SD card? Really sorry for the questions, but I really want to know.
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All you need to do is use a file manager to move zip to sdcard1. Make sure you follow the steps in op of rom.
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Thanks for the tip! I switched to JB ParanoidAndroid already because the Gapps on CM10 Nightly don't appear. Thank you anyway!
After rooting and messing around with different ROMs I now only have around 1.5 gigs of free space. I've tried deleting every file I can find. I'd rather just wipe my SD card and reinstall a new ROM and kernel. I tried searching, is there a link as to how to do this with odin or adb or any way?
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After rooting and messing around with different ROMs I now only have around 1.5 gigs of free space. I've tried deleting every file I can find. I'd rather just wipe my SD card and reinstall a new ROM and kernel. I tried searching, is there a link as to how to do this with odin or adb or any way?
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Go into recovery and wipe internal sd card or format it.. Just make sure you have a rom or backup on the external..Or else youll be wiped with nothing to install...:good: