This is my first time rooting my device and all that, I'm still a noob and forever will be.
anyway I followed the normal steps where you download Odin and everything went fine and my phone was still working now I had to update the CWM version to 6.0.4 or something so I downloaded the Kit-Kat compatible zip file and upgraded the version to what I wanted it to be.
Now I read in one of the steps that I need to backup my files and so I did but now I can't recover it and my phone doesn't turn on I'm stuck in CWM I can still see my files on the phone and when I restore it does name the files I already had but my phone does not work just goes black ...so either CWM or a black screen.
My PC does not recognize the phone, Kies doesn't either.
Did I nuke my phone?
Xyloto said:
This is my first time rooting my device and all that, I'm still a noob and forever will be.
anyway I followed the normal steps where you download Odin and everything went fine and my phone was still working now I had to update the CWM version to 6.0.4 or something so I downloaded the Kit-Kat compatible zip file and upgraded the version to what I wanted it to be.
Now I read in one of the steps that I need to backup my files and so I did but now I can't recover it and my phone doesn't turn on I'm stuck in CWM I can still see my files on the phone and when I restore it does name the files I already had but my phone does not work just goes black ...so either CWM or a black screen.
My PC does not recognize the phone, Kies doesn't either.
Did I nuke my phone?
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i can't understand: are you able to access CWM (using the three button combination) or you can't even turn on your phone?
If you can access CWM, go in "mounts and storage" and select "mount USB storage", then connect your phone to the computer and see if it is recognized
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Never mind, I figured it out, thanks anyway
Hi all,
I am in the same situation, but can't figure it out.... I wanted to upgrade to Kitkat so I downloaded Supernexus 4.0 but the install from zip fails everytime I attempt it.. So I'm stuck in the CWM and I don't have a backup ROM to install...
I checked the md5 sum of the ROM, it's ok.
I wipe the /data partition, the cache and the dalvik cache before installing from zip..
I installed the last CWM version (v6.0.4.5).
I don't know what to do next because the only ROM I have in my phone is the supernexus 4.0 which cannot be installed and I cannot mount my phone using "mount USB storage" in CWM, my PC doesn't see the phone mass storage..
Any idea ?
Thanks,
Hervé
delh01 said:
Hi all,
I am in the same situation, but can't figure it out.... I wanted to upgrade to Kitkat so I downloaded Supernexus 4.0 but the install from zip fails everytime I attempt it.. So I'm stuck in the CWM and I don't have a backup ROM to install...
I checked the md5 sum of the ROM, it's ok.
I wipe the /data partition, the cache and the dalvik cache before installing from zip..
I installed the last CWM version (v6.0.4.5).
I don't know what to do next because the only ROM I have in my phone is the supernexus 4.0 which cannot be installed and I cannot mount my phone using "mount USB storage" in CWM, my PC doesn't see the phone mass storage..
Any idea ?
Thanks,
Hervé
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Always keep a working kernel/rom .zip in you internal memory so if you are stuck you don't need to use Odin!
Try to use another USB port or another computer to see if it is recognized, or if you have a MicroSD load a rom on that and insert it in your phone.
if not, you have to use Odin and flash a kernel or rom using the pc.
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Hi,
I have a SGS2, I was trying to get rooted but it didn't seem to work. I flashed the rooted kernel and during the process it said that /sdcard couldn't be mounted. I rebooted and some root functionality seemed to be possible. Rom Manager would start and clockwork manager was generating lots of SU prompts. When I restarted the phone again though, all this was gone and I was getting "SU binary not found".
I tried flashing the kernel again but no change. Seemed that something had messed up in the rooting procedure and after a bunch of googling I couldn't figure out what.
So I booked into CWM and after reading instructions here for doing a full wipe, I did a factory reset, system wipe, cache wipe and dalvik cache wipe.
I'm now a bit stuck and feel a bit stupid for not thinking ahead. What do I need to flash (in Odin I guess?) to get my phone running again.
Eventually I want to run the CM9 nightlies via RomManager, but how I get from my current wiped state to being rooted on any rom and then able to run rommanger I don't know.
At the moment my phone just boots to the SGS logo + yellow triangle.
Any help really appreciated. Thanks
Hi, can you identify your phone to be an i9100 or i9100G?
If your phone can boot into recovery, get the correct version here for i9100 or i9100G. Use adb to push the flashable zip into your sdcard, then install it from there.
If cannot enter recovery, try boot into download mode, flash CF-Root with ODIN, you should be able to get into recovery after that. Follow the instruction above to get CM9.
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Hi, can you identify your phone to be an i9100 or i9100G?
If your phone can boot into recovery, get the correct version here for i9100 or i9100G. Use adb to push the flashable zip into your sdcard, then install it from there.
If cannot enter recovery, try boot into download mode, flash CF-Root with ODIN, you should be able to get into recovery after that. Follow the instruction above to get CM9.
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Thanks for helping me - much appreciated
I'm pretty sure my phone is a i9100.
I could get into recovery mode, (CWM v5.0.2.7) but when the phone was plugged into my computer via usb, I got the message that the device had malfunctioned so I flashed CF-Root (CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_LPQ-v5.3-CWM5) again. I've still got the same issue.
I've never used adb to transfer files, but I tried something called Quick ADB Pusher - but it doesn't recognise my device (presumably because the reported malfunction means I'm not connected). Assuming this is my own oversight, is there a good idiot-proof guide to using ADB to get the CM9 onto the phone for installation via CWM.
Thanks
Since you're not confident with adb, I would suggest flash Siyah kernel 4.1.5 tar version with ODIN. It is the latest supported version for ICS. The CWM recovery that comes with it support USB storage mount, with this you can simply boot into recovery, mount USB storage, and then transfer the cm9 flashable zip file with your computer.
ksilver89 said:
Since you're not confident with adb, I would suggest flash Siyah kernel 4.1.5 tar version with ODIN. It is the latest supported version for ICS. The CWM recovery that comes with it support USB storage mount, with this you can simply boot into recovery, mount USB storage, and then transfer the cm9 flashable zip file with your computer.
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Thank-you so much - this worked perfectly for me
Just in case anyone is reading this and knows even less than me - this is exactly what I did:
1. Downloaded Siyah kernel
2. Flashed using Odin (reboot in download mode, select the siyah tar file in the "pda" box of Odin and press start.
3. Reboot phone into recovery mode, did factory data wipe as instructed on siyah install page.
4. In recovery mode selected mount/storage options, then mount usb storage - then plugged phone into laptop.
5. After driver installed, the phone appeared in "my computer"
6. I deleted everything and dragged CM-10 rom zip file and google apps zip file (available from CM10 thread) onto phone.
7. Exited usb mode on phone and then used the install from zip on internal SD card to install first CM10 rom, then gapps.
8. Rebooted.
All done Thanks again.
hello
i have the following problem,
my phone wont boot into the os
but boots directly into recovery mode
ive tried to go to download mode and try the odin way, but my pc doesnt recognize my phone anymore
i tried installing the samsung drivers and samsung kies
(worked fine before i tried to flash new rom and install recovery cwm)
ive tried to flash another rom, it succeeds to install the rom but still boots in recovery mode
i also tried to install the stock firmware but it says an error: cant open emmc gt-i9001 (bad) seven
i cant try to use recovery 6 because i have no acces to the internal sd card
i use another phone to put the roms in the external sd card
have i overlooked something?
i have read the similar topics, and googled it, but no specific solution to this problem
i think ive tried everything, please help me
Have you tried a factory reset from the stock recovery?
twizzle654 said:
hello
i have the following problem,
my phone wont boot into the os
but boots directly into recovery mode
ive tried to go to download mode and try the odin way, but my pc doesnt recognize my phone anymore
i tried installing the samsung drivers and samsung kies
(worked fine before i tried to flash new rom and install recovery cwm)
ive tried to flash another rom, it succeeds to install the rom but still boots in recovery mode
i also tried to install the stock firmware but it says an error: cant open emmc gt-i9001 (bad) seven
i cant try to use recovery 6 because i have no acces to the internal sd card
i use another phone to put the roms in the external sd card
have i overlooked something?
i have read the similar topics, and googled it, but no specific solution to this problem
i think ive tried everything, please help me
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try this
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24831012&postcount=1330
thank for trying to help
@bodh
yes i have tried factory reset, it still boots into recovery
@dkmali
i already tried that way
but odin doesnt recognize my phone, how do i get that to work?
twizzle654 said:
thank for trying to help
@bodh
yes i have tried factory reset, it still boots into recovery
@dkmali
i already tried that way
but odin doesnt recognize my phone, how do i get that to work?
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How did you get into this situation? DId you try flashing something that caused it? What preceded this issue?
calisro said:
How did you get into this situation? DId you try flashing something that caused it? What preceded this issue?
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it happened when i installed recovery cwm
i still have the problem when i go into recovery mode, i cant get out
i used another pc to make odin work, i used a bootloader and the os got booted
so the issue is sort of fixed.. i just dont go into recovery mode again
appreciate the help!
twizzle654 said:
it happened when i installed recovery cwm
i still have the problem when i go into recovery mode, i cant get out
i used another pc to make odin work, i used a bootloader and the os got booted
so the issue is sort of fixed.. i just dont go into recovery mode again
appreciate the help!
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I had this problem once to. On my HTC Flyer, nothing I could do to recognize the phone. I had to ditch the HTC Driver and tried every copy of the android drive I could find on XDA. I will see if I can find the file that worked for me. But in the interim you may want to try a few.
BTW I am not an expert. This worked for me and it sounds like the same situation to me. :fingers-crossed:
Here's a question: where'd you get the recovery? http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager, i don't see your device as supported. Also, i believe they're called universal naked drivers, that may be of help.
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How did you get into this situation? DId you try flashing something that caused it? What preceded this issue?
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bodh said:
Here's a question: where'd you get the recovery?, i don't see your device as supported. Also, i believe they're called universal naked drivers, that may be of help.
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downloaded it on this forum in the i9001 section
yeah im trying that driver thing out right now thx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20058157&postcount=1 if you havent found them.
and in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2129298, the cwm versions are removed.."CWM 6.0.2.7 is not save to use, you may damage your phone. "
so hopefully you tried these: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843825
I am not a developer or anything & havent read many forums...but while playing with myTouch I did get stuck a few times.
Somethings I cant point out if u wanna try as a layman:
1. can u mount your sd card through recovery?
2. if you can than just pick another rom for your device and put it onto your sd card
3. wipe data & partition, wipe cache, delete davlik. some devices work ONLY with wipe script (for my friend only the wipe script worked)
4. dont use odin. go to cwm recovery & install zip from sd card & choose the rom (the 1 from step 2).
I think that should get u out safely....hope it helps
@bodh
i actually installed a cwm 5 version
maybe thats the cause of the whole problem
@indiankarmas
i did install multiple roms from the sd card, first cm9 then stock rom
but it doesnt really work
how i fixed the problem:
when i flashed cm9 and used the bootloader with odin to pass the recovery mode my phone booted the stock os
installing from the external sd didnt work, i just wiped my phone for nothing
it booted the stock os, i didnt want this but this made my pc recognize my phone
so i transferred the rom and gapps in the internal sd
got back to recovery mode and installed from internal sd
and used the bootloader again to pass the recovery mode
again, i appreciate you guys trying to help me out
Hi Everybody!
I recently flashed a ParanoidAndroid rom and was trying it, but it was laggy for me and kept crashing.
Anyway, I wanted to restore to the backup I made after rooting the phone, but at first I couldn't, since CWM kept telling me "No Files Found!".
However I managed to start the restore using Rom Manager ( updated CWM from 5.5.0.4 to 6.something). While restoring, CWM tells me that Data recovery failed, now I navigated to reboot, but it told something about returning to Stock or something like that, then I stupidly pressed NO!
The X sign showed up, but it just crashed and rebooted. Then I figured out I'd Re-flash PA, since it's still there on my phone's storage. So I did a wipe, then wanted to install PA rom, only I couldn't find it :/
And now even CWM won't enter, it keeps giving me that open android figure with the red exclamation above it.
Can abybody PLEASE help me?!
it's worse now :/
I tried using odin but with no success, and I know I have the right usb cable and the right drivers, but in the two roms I tried (ParanoidAndroid and CM10.1) both only have a .IMG file, so I converted them to .tar using GalaxyNexusToolkit, it says it passed after operating for like 5 seconds, but the phone is stuck at Google logo and that's it. And tried GNexToolkit to use the .img files,but it only flashed .img but not the whole thing,
Also I managed to flash the new CWM Recovery using GNexToolkit, but it didn't do anything when I press restore, it just says "Couldn't open directory. No files found.", also I screwed with it up a "bit" erasing system, sdcard, cache and everything. And now when I turn on CWM, it says "E:can't mount /cache/recover/command & /cache/recovery/log & /cache/recovery/last_log"
I understand I need to Re-Partition the phone, but I can't seem to find a way to do so, and that I need .pit files that I are extinct as far as I know :/
Help me Please :crying:
Hi Guys,
I hope someone can help as I'm at the point where I feel like cutting my face off with a spoon!
This is the standard GT-i9100
My mate bought a Galaxy S2 from someone who flashed CM on the phone, it was working but then apparently it started freezing up and after a reboot it did not go past the initial boot screen that displays the triangle with the exclamation mark.
Obviously I can't boot into the phone to see what version of CM it was but I can get into CWM which I can see is running version 6.0.1.9
From what I can tell it was CM 10 ICS.
I tried some of things I found on the forum but it didn't help
-wipe data/factory reset option in CWM
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik cache
Note: when you get into CWM it straight away brings up E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
it also has logs in the same directory it cant mount or open
I figured to try get back up and running I should just try flash a newer version of CWM so that I can load cm11 kitkat on the device.
So I tried to use Odin3 v1.85 and CWM-KitKatCompatible-i9100.tar
But when I tried to flash it, it just hands at NAND Write Start!!
I uninstalled Kies (but not the drivers) turned off AV and firewall but still cant get it right.
I also tried odin 1.83 and v1.3
I'm not sure what to try next or if I'm even going in the right direction, should I be trying to load a different CWM at this point or do I have to do something else first since the phone seems like its soft bricked?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Try mounting USB Storage from CWM Recovery and see if your sdcard appears on your PC.
If yes, you can flash a CWM compatible with kitkat, wipe data, and flash a cm11 rom
Lysergic Acid said:
Try mounting USB Storage from CWM Recovery and see if your sdcard appears on your PC.
If yes, you can flash a CWM compatible with kitkat, wipe data, and flash a cm11 rom
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I tried that and it still didn't work, something on CWM is actually corrupt.
I actually think the partitions are corrupt but there also maybe an issue with my Samsung drivers on windows 8.1 I should have done it on my win7 PC as I have now hard bricked the phone when trying to repartition with a pit file.
Apparently my local Samsung service centre can fix it and out the original ROM on but they are going to charge the equivalent of $25 which I guess is acceptable since the phone was basically free.
Gex010 said:
I tried that and it still didn't work, something on CWM is actually corrupt.
I actually think the partitions are corrupt but there also maybe an issue with my Samsung drivers on windows 8.1 I should have done it on my win7 PC as I have now hard bricked the phone when trying to repartition with a pit file.
Apparently my local Samsung service centre can fix it and out the original ROM on but they are going to charge the equivalent of $25 which I guess is acceptable since the phone was basically free.
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Have you tried to flash the Stock ROM with Odin? That's always the best thing to do when everything else fails
Hi,
I have a samsung S3 and I want to update it to lollipop or above as my nexus 5 has started randomly rebooting and I need a phone to use whilst I sort a replacement.
I have been following this guide: wccftech.com/install-aosp-android-5-1-1-lollipop-on-galaxy-s3/ as I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to this custom rom business.
I have rooted the device and installed clockworkmod recovery v6.0.1.2. and copied over the rom and the gapps file to my phone.
I then booted into recovery mode and made a backup of the current setup.
I then did the factory reset and the cache wipe(s) and installed the new zip for lollipop and then the gapps.
This is where I received an error "E: Error in /sdcard/0/0/0/Download/gapps-lp-20150314.zip (status 7) installation aborted".
I figured that I should restore to my backup now but when I press it, the app says that files can't be found.
I can see that the files that I backed up do exist but they appear to have been dumped inside a new directory called /0/0/0 (I think this has got three levels because I've tried this a few times).
Now I can't boot into an OS to get any other roms on the phone and I can't edit the files on there (I googled and saw a possible fix for the gapp status 7) and I can't get clockworkmod to recognise an external SD card so I can copy over a new rom or file to try (I have googled and it's suggested the FAT32 is the format for this phone and my size of SD card (16GB)).
Can anyone offer me some advice on how to get out of this situation?
Thanks
Sounds like you're at a place where you should start exploring using your computer instead of a recovery in order to fix your system.
I recommend using the PC software Odin and installing a stock ROM of your device. (Or perhaps using fastboot)
There's plenty of guides on how to use Odin both here on XDA and on the rest of the internet if you just look around a bit
EDIT: This link contains a (possible) fix for your problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522762
Don't use cwm as it is an outdated recovery. Use twrp instead.
Sgt.Mindfudge said:
Sounds like you're at a place where you should start exploring using your computer instead of a recovery in order to fix your system.
I recommend using the PC software Odin and installing a stock ROM of your device. (Or perhaps using fastboot)
There's plenty of guides on how to use Odin both here on XDA and on the rest of the internet if you just look around a bit
EDIT: This link contains a (possible) fix for your problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522762
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I had a look at the link you suggested and it's one of the suggestions that had come up whilst I was googling for a fix. Unfortunately, I don't have any way to get the updated script onto the phone as the phone isn't picked up by my pc whilst it's in this state, and I can't get the recovery tool to recognise the sd card so I can't put it on there either.
I'll take a look at the stock rom or fastboot option and see if I can get back into the phone. Maybe then I can apply the fix in the suggested post.
Thanks
audit13 said:
Don't use cwm as it is an outdated recovery. Use twrp instead.
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I'll see if I can install twrp through odin.
Thanks for your help
If the phone works in download mode, try to flash a stock rom too.
Update - fixed
Hi all, just wanted to let you know that I fixed the device with the combined advice from here:
I installed TWRP after holding the volume down + power + home buttons and then pressing volume up when the message appears (I can't remember what this mode is called). I then flashed the device with the TWRP image.
After this I rebooted into the TWRP recovery mode (Volume up + home + power and then release power button when the samsung logo appears).
At this point, the device appeared on my windows machine so I could upload a new image to the internal memory.
I decided to copy on CM13 and GApps.
I then wiped the cache, system, data, and davik cache using TWRP, then I installed CM13 and GApps.
After a reboot the device came back up as a new install.
Hopefully that information may be useful to somebody.
Thanks for all your help