alright i have this problem and i am quite panicking now.
i will set everything straight , i hope someone reading the forums can help me asap !
- have a sgs2 unbranded (hk)
- has ICS 4.0.3 stock rom, rooted.
- i don't remember if usb debug mode was enabled
- i messed up in some way with the file /system/build.prop but there is a backup in /system/ called build.prop.bak
- phone doesn't boot anymore as it's stuck at the logo
- recovery and download modes work however
#need a way to delete the build.prop and replace the bloody file with the one backupped. I would like to avoid having to format the phone as i do not remember when was my last kies backup...
what i tried:
-adb shell: it doesn't work. for some stupid reasons the drivers won't be recognized (i have download android sdk and usb drivers), but when i plug the phone in recovery windows just says Device Unknown and even if i update drivers manually it would say that current ones are functioning so no need to update.
if i connect the phone to usb while it's stuck at boot logo, it would recognize the device through samsung drivers (except MTP of course, that would give error).
in both cases adb shell doesn't list any connected device: even if i kill-server and start-server it still doesn't list anything.
-tried using droid explorer in both frozenboot mode and recovery mode, doesn't see anything.
-tried using that other program called SuperOneClick or something like that, that has a "check drivers" button in advanced: if the phone is in recovery pressing the button doesn't do anyhing; if the phone is in frozenboot it asks to download and install some drivers but when i press yes a message appears with " no more data is available " !
i tried this procedure on both win7x64 and winXPx86: same results. reading around , someone says that adb shell will never work if usb debug is de-actived, like i said i cannot remember if that's the case.
-zip package: i created a package to try and overwrite the file with a custom working one i got. i put the package in the root of the micro sd , put the sd in the phone and booted in recovery.
but when i am in recovery the bloody CWM 5.0.2.7 says error to mount /sdcard, or E: could not mount /sdcard , same if i try to mount/unmount /sdcard. if i go to mount external usb card or whatever it says that a file or a lib (cant remember the exact message) was not found.
i have no more ideas of how to solve this, please be patient :<
edit: is there a way to soft format the system folder so that i don't have to properly wipe all my user data and it only affects the system without other contents?
If adb doesn't work hen you are in trouble, better download some non wipe rom and flash it over the existing rom so that your user data will still be there.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
bala_gamer said:
If adb doesn't work hen you are in trouble, better download some non wipe rom and flash it over the existing rom so that your user data will still be there.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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can you expand on this?
give any suggestion/example?
isn't there a soft temp rom for emergencies like this that you can just start, make modifies to fix and reboot (similar to the process to boot ubuntu on windows, fix issues and then restart normal windows? )
i would so like to make adb work.. but how.!!!
probebly will not work but try backing up of your ROM from CWM working or not..then just back up current one...
you can restore apps & data lateron from nandroid backup with some application like titanium backup donated version.
i made a backup . but since the external sd card isn't found by the recovery, now the backup is sitting on the internal memory.
the problem is that, if i flash something with odin now, won't odin wipe everything in the internal memory killing my backup as well?
-marco- said:
i made a backup . but since the external sd card isn't found by the recovery, now the backup is sitting on the internal memory.
the problem is that, if i flash something with odin now, won't odin wipe everything in the internal memory killing my backup as well?
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nope....it will be there dont worry,
just check one more option, go to storage and mount, there is one option mount usb storage, after connecting your phone to PC just mout that and check, are you able to access the SDcard from the computor ot not, if yes, just copy paste your backup to the computor.
then flash a firmware from ODIN
Did the very same thing myself yesterday.. Most ICS-roms from Samsung is non-wipe, so you can just flash it over again with Odin.. Then you just need to root and make customizations (if any) again
zaheedahmed said:
nope....it will be there dont worry,
just check one more option, go to storage and mount, there is one option mount usb storage, after connecting your phone to PC just mout that and check, are you able to access the SDcard from the computor ot not, if yes, just copy paste your backup to the computor.
then flash a firmware from ODIN
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nope. i just tried this , and when i "mount /sdcard" it says " Error mounting /sdcard! "
when i try mount USB storage , it says " E: unable to open ums lunfile (no such file or directory) "
mljjlm said:
Did the very same thing myself yesterday.. Most ICS-roms from Samsung is non-wipe, so you can just flash it over again with Odin.. Then you just need to root and make customizations (if any) again
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could you be more specific on the process ? can you suggest me one to flash with odin ? i need to enter the OS , transfer my backup on my hard disk and then restore the whole thing.
currently my kernel is CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_LPQ-PROPER-v5.4-CWM5.tar
and my firmware is GT-I9100_BRI_I9100ZSLPE_I9100OZSLPE_I9100ZSLPE.tar
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nope. i just tried this , and when i "mount /sdcard" it says " Error mounting /sdcard! "
when i try mount USB storage , it says " E: unable to open ums lunfile (no such file or directory) "
could you be more specific on the process ? can you suggest me one to flash with odin ? i need to enter the OS , transfer my backup on my hard disk and then restore the whole thing.
currently my kernel is CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_LPQ-PROPER-v5.4-CWM5.tar
and my firmware is GT-I9100_BRI_I9100ZSLPE_I9100OZSLPE_I9100ZSLPE.tar
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you try to reflash once more CF-Root (.TAR)only from odin
then check "E: cant mout...error" is rectified or not.... also check booting or not,
still no hope...you flash the same firmware again and Cf-root, your SD card data will be there for sure as far as our expereicne till now..
first part of your comment: i tried reflashing the kernel; no changes. same errors
second part: shall i try using the same firmware from my previous post then?? not other roms? after that i will put the root and check if internal memory is still there. if it is i will copy it on my hd and restore.
if it is not there anymore..............
so the end of the story.
thanks to anyone who helped.
the resolution was much easier than everything else.
opened odin, pda loaded my same firmware which was the HK stock update to ICS and reflashed.
what it did was apparently and overhaul of the system folder, that's it.
any data was still there, as well as the backup that i did and all my apps etc etc etc.
however especially at first it looked a bit unstable, with processes failing randomly. now it seems it has stabilized a bit, but still when i try to run a Kies backup, the phone kies process dies and the backup gets stopped.
i still don't know how to fix this, but i'll be looking into it.
so, the morale out of this was at least for me: if there is some **** up within the system folder just reflash the same rom installed. i feel so stupid now for having made such a fuss when the solution was so easy and straightforward
NICE that you finaly came across and able to boot , now you make the Titanium back of your all apps and data transfer to PC....forget the system data.
and move to a nice stable ROM
"Unfortunately, wssyncmlnps has stopped"
anybody knows about this?
Hi,
I'm new to this forum and a beginner to learn about android devices. I have a Gionee E3 android device (Asian version - English) with Android 4.2.1 on it. Unfortunately I have forgot the pattern lock and to make matter worse the following problems are also included -
1) No root - the device is not rooted
2) No USB Debugging
3) No custom recovery (I guess, only (stock recovery), Android system Recovery is displayed when tried pressing volume + and power key combination )
4) No wi-fi or mobile data could be enabled as the lock won't allow even to slide the screen from the top to get quick access to these things.
5) Windows Xp on my pc
I have tried the following -
1) ADB method to delete the gesture.key, but as the device is not rooted, failed with this attempt with several errors.
2) Tried from Cygwin, but the SU command gave error - -bash: su: command not found
3) Tried Aroma file manager zip file from Android system recovery ----> apply update from SD card, returned error - Installation aborted. Tried to resolve by fixing the updater script file through Notepad++ with different versions of Aromafm but nothing works.
4) Tried with several pattern cracking software zip files through Android system recovery ----> apply update from SD card, still getting error - Installation aborted.
Kindly help me to recover my data intact.
Don't want to root the device and there may be the risk of wiping the data off.
I have also tried to backup from Android system recovery ----> backup user data and 300 MB of data has been backup on SD card. Does this include SMS and phone contacts too with whatsapp data also?
Thanks in advance and sorry for long description, just wanted to make sure you guys know all the things I have tried. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Sam
Hi,
I'm new to this forum and a beginner to learn about android devices. I have a Gionee E3 android device (Asian version - English) with Android 4.2.1 on it. Unfortunately I have forgot the pattern lock and to make matter worse the following problems are also included -
1) No root - the device is not rooted
2) No USB Debugging
3) No custom recovery (I guess, only (stock recovery), Android system Recovery is displayed when tried pressing volume + and power key combination )
4) No wi-fi or mobile data could be enabled as the lock won't allow even to slide the screen from the top to get quick access to these things.
5) Windows Xp on my pc
I have tried the following -
1) ADB method to delete the gesture.key, but as the device is not rooted, failed with this attempt with several errors.
2) Tried from Cygwin, but the SU command gave error - -bash: su: command not found
3) Tried Aroma file manager zip file from Android system recovery ----> apply update from SD card, returned error - Installation aborted. Tried to resolve by fixing the updater script file through Notepad++ with different versions of Aromafm but nothing works.
4) Tried with several pattern cracking software .zip files through Android system recovery ----> apply update from SD card, still getting error - Installation aborted.
Kindly help me to recover my data intact.
Don't want to root the device and there may be the risk of wiping the data off.
I have also tried to backup from Android system recovery ----> backup user data and 300 MB of data has been backup on SD card. Does this include SMS and phone contacts too with whatsapp data also?
Thanks in advance and sorry for long description, just wanted to make sure you guys know all the things I have tried. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Sam
I have Redmi Note 4g with miui 8.0.1 kitkat 4.4.4. I have done foolish thing and have restored data from sd card which origanally belonged to redmi 2 prime working on miui 7.5.3 on Android 5.1.1. Phone worked fine for sometime but after rebooting it got stuck on a screen with error "unfortunately process com.android...." (it doesn't even show the complete message. Though i have restored Redmi Note 4g's backup on Redmi 2 Prime but that's working quite fine. The only problem is with Redmi Note 4g.
Step wise options exhausted:
1. I have Philz touch recovery. So first i wiped cache from recovery. Problem not solved.
2. Factory reset. Problem not solved.
3. Placed MIUI 8.0.1 global ROM in sdcard and tried flashing using recovery. E: can't mount external sdcard.
4. attempted to access internal memory from recovery to install zip. E: cant mount sdcard. That means i can't flash from from external sdcard or pushing zip in internal memory.
5. installed adb & fastboot driver. used miflash to flash ROM but error: remote can't erase partition.
6. Used ADB sideload in recovery using platform tool. Flashed MIUI 8.0.1; 7.0.6; 7.2.3 ROMs but all ended in status 7 error stating failed to extract dir from "system" to "/system". error in /temp/update.zip status 7.
i also flashed MIUI 6.2.29 developer ROM which failed on " ApplyParsedPerms:removexttr of //data//miui/cust_variant to 0 failed: operation not supported on transport endpoint set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed E: error in /temp/update.zip (status 7) installation aborted.
All online solution for status 7 errors points to errors arising due to identifying wrong device in updater script od ROM. But as i checked it, my error arise at commands after it has recognised right device by getprop.
Now i am completely exhausted and frustrated. I am not an expert in flashing, just learnt little while going through above steps. Anyone, please guide me out of this problem. Thanks.
Any expert out there to solve this issue or have i posted the thread in the wrong section ???
Is the problem is on kernels level...as i don't know about kernels much...but if so then i have to study it too...
Hi everyone,
I've just bought a Gionee m6 GN8003 helio p10 (...) and the firmware is chinese with a lots of bloatwares and chineses apps. i have tried to install gapps via CWM recovery by puting the gapps.zip in the internal storage with no sd card inserted .but i got this error:
Code:
E: can't mount /storage/sdcard
-Even though the data is mounted (i checked and rebooted so many time from recovery to recovery but no luck, always the error above).
so i tried google installer.apk and i installed google services and play store but got an error:
Code:
unfortunately, google services has stopped.
- tried different google installer apk but no luck.
-tried to make a flashable zip using the system.img and boot.img with assyyeed but got an error : system.img can't created,the operation can't continue.
-i didn't find ant TWRP recovery so i used CWM as mentioned above.
-also tried to flash my gionee m6 Gn8003 with more than 7 version of sp_flash_tools including the one inside the frimeware package, even though all the drivers are correctely installed and pressing the volume down while connecting the device, but always getting the below error:
Code:
status_sec_auth_file_needed
-i have been looking in the internet for an international firmware with google services and multi language(at least EN/FR) but with no luck.
i need your help because i'm unable to use the phone without play store and google services.
-yesterday i got an ota update did that the phone rebooted into CWM recovery and stopped there with error ( E: can't mount /storage/sdcard ) and never rebooted to system , when i press reboot system or power off/on the phone always reboot to CWM recovery. stuck forever there.
if anyone has any information that could help me i would be very gratefull.
if you need any information, let me know.
Thank you so much for helping me
sghir ziane said:
Hi everyone,
I've just bought a Gionee m6 GN8003 helio p10 (...) and the firmware is chinese with a lots of bloatwares and chineses apps. i have tried to install gapps via CWM recovery by puting the gapps.zip in the internal storage with no sd card inserted .but i got this error:
Code:
E: can't mount /storage/sdcard
-Even though the data is mounted (i checked and rebooted so many time from recovery to recovery but no luck, always the error above).
so i tried google installer.apk and i installed google services and play store but got an error:
Code:
unfortunately, google services has stopped.
- tried different google installer apk but no luck.
-tried to make a flashable zip using the system.img and boot.img with assyyeed but got an error : system.img can't created,the operation can't continue.
-i didn't find ant TWRP recovery so i used CWM as mentioned above.
-also tried to flash my gionee m6 Gn8003 with more than 7 version of sp_flash_tools including the one inside the frimeware package, even though all the drivers are correctely installed and pressing the volume down while connecting the device, but always getting the below error:
Code:
status_sec_auth_file_needed
-i have been looking in the internet for an international firmware with google services and multi language(at least EN/FR) but with no luck.
i need your help because i'm unable to use the phone without play store and google services.
-yesterday i got an ota update did that the phone rebooted into CWM recovery and stopped there with error ( E: can't mount /storage/sdcard ) and never rebooted to system , when i press reboot system or power off/on the phone always reboot to CWM recovery. stuck forever there.
if anyone has any information that could help me i would be very gratefull.
if you need any information, let me know.
Thank you so much for helping me
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Please was there any respones? Forward to me, thanks