Hey guys, I got a Galaxy Ace from my friend (he got a new phone and this one wasn't working, so he gave it to me), and now I'm trying to fix it. But seems like this little guy will be hard to fix.
You turn it up, the logo screen show up and the boot animation starts. Shortly after, the animation will hang and will start over. I've tried booting it in recovery mode and wiping data/cache, but I get two messages when I reboot:
E:failed to mount /data (Invalid argument)
E:copy_log_files_to_data :: can't mount /dataRebooting
Any idea about how should I try fixing it?
Edit: recorded a small video, so you can have a general idea of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDRL4QkL9c
fr4n said:
Hey guys, I got a Galaxy Ace from my friend (he got a new phone and this one wasn't working, so he gave it to me), and now I'm trying to fix it. But seems like this little guy will be hard to fix.
You turn it up, the logo screen show up and the boot animation starts. Shortly after, the animation will hang and will start over. I've tried booting it in recovery mode and wiping data/cache, but I get two messages when I reboot:
E:failed to mount /data (Invalid argument)
E:copy_log_files_to_data :: can't mount /dataRebooting
Any idea about how should I try fixing it?
Edit: recorded a small video, so you can have a general idea of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDRL4QkL9c
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Flash stock via Odin.
Hitesh2626 said:
Flash stock via Odin.
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With or without a .pit file?
fr4n said:
With or without a .pit file?
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Yours choice
Hitesh2626 said:
Yours choice
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Ah, I hope it helps!
Will try it later!
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Downloaded the ROM from SamMobile and tried to flash. Odin aborts the installation few seconds after starting :s
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My sister's phone had the same problem. I had used Odin successfully for my phone before, using this guide. But the same did not work for my sister's phone.
She had never rooted her phone or tweaked it in any way but suddenly one day it started bootlooping. I tried MANY guides, wiped everything, and tried a custom ROM but /data wouldn't mount. Even Odin aborted installation. I left it as a lost cause for 2 months.
Today I completely uninstalled and reinstalled Kies, installed the USB drivers and tried this guide, and used "Open Austrailia". I used Odin with pit. Somehow it worked!
Re-partition was ticked and I used the bootloader as well. Just follow the video, even if it's not your country's firmware.
1rdc said:
My sister's phone had the same problem. I had used Odin successfully for my phone before, using this guide. But the same did not work for my sister's phone.
She had never rooted her phone or tweaked it in any way but suddenly one day it started bootlooping. I tried MANY guides, wiped everything, and tried a custom ROM but /data wouldn't mount. Even Odin aborted installation. I left it as a lost cause for 2 months.
Today I completely uninstalled and reinstalled Kies, installed the USB drivers and tried this guide, and used "Open Austrailia". I used Odin with pit. Somehow it worked!
Re-partition was ticked and I used the bootloader as well. Just follow the video, even if it's not your country's firmware.
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I've tried your suggestion, and it worked perfectly!
After flashing the Open Australia firmware, I've download the brazilian one, repacked and flashed. Now it's all back to the normal!
Thank you very much
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Boot loop
My GT-S5830i is stuck in the boot loop.
When booted into Android system recovery, it fails to wipe data/factory reset with
E:format_volume:rfs format failed on /dev/stI11
It won't boot into download mode.
Can it be fixed with an update via sdcard ?
Failing that, does anybody want it for spares !!!
5830i stuck at logo
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I think my phone is dead. Need help bad.
I went to flash gapps 20121011 in recovery. When recovery loaded I saw this:
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log/last_log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log/last_log
I didn't take much notice. I went on to install gapps 20121011 and the phone restarted. Resurrection logo (Custom ROM I am using) kept on loading. I went back to recovery and I couldn't wipe the cache, it would freeze.
I tried to mount EMMC and I get this: E:can't mount /emmc/
I tried reflashing the ROM, but it got stuck on 50% in AROMA installation. Stayed like that for a very long time before I turned the phone off.
I then tried to use Odin to flash a stock ROM via download mode, Odin recognised my phone and when I started it, nothing would happen, it will just stall
Then when I turned my phone off after waiting for a long time, I get this message with a yellow triangle in the middle and 2 computers side by side: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies.
Every time I turn off and on my phone I get that message.
I have a USB jig and can get into download mode. Nothing seems to work.
Please, I really appreciate the help here. How can I get this phone to work again?
justmiike said:
I think my phone is dead. Need help bad.
I went to flash gapps 20121011 in recovery. When recovery loaded I saw this:
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log/last_log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log/last_log
I didn't take much notice. I went on to install gapps 20121011 and the phone restarted. Resurrection logo (Custom ROM I am using) kept on loading. I went back to recovery and I couldn't wipe the cache, it would freeze.
I tried to mount EMMC and I get this: E:can't mount /emmc/
I tried reflashing the ROM, but it got stuck on 50% in AROMA installation. Stayed like that for a very long time before I turned the phone off.
I then tried to use Odin to flash a stock ROM via download mode, Odin recognised my phone and when I started it, nothing would happen, it will just stall
Then when I turned my phone off after waiting for a long time, I get this message with a yellow triangle in the middle and 2 computers side by side: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies.
Every time I turn off and on my phone I get that message.
I have a USB jig and can get into download mode. Nothing seems to work.
Please, I really appreciate the help here. How can I get this phone to work again?
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as u said u can get into Dwnld mode using an USB jig, if so then try flashing a stock ics 4.0.3 rom pertained to ur region in ODIN by dwnld'ng the same from www.sammobile.com and see
Sun90 said:
as u said u can get into Dwnld mode using an USB jig, if so then try flashing a stock ics 4.0.3 rom pertained to ur region in ODIN by dwnld'ng the same from www.sammobile.com and see
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Does it make a difference if it's ICS? I was trying to use Odin to flash stock GB version which is pretty old and it didn't work, just did nothing and stalled.
I'm downloading stock ICS as we speak. It's 717MB.
justmiike said:
Does it make a difference if it's ICS? I was trying to use Odin to flash stock GB version which is pretty old and it didn't work, just did nothing and stalled.
I'm downloading stock ICS as we speak. It's 717MB.
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There should be no difference. If GB doesn't work your only choice is ICS. Don't flash 4.0.4 just to stay safe
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Tried to flash ICS and this time I get a hint of green bar progress but stalls at cache.img. So far 25 minutes with no progress.
GB stalled on NAND Write Start!! which is the next one up.
Is it screwed?
justmiike said:
Tried to flash ICS and this time I get a hint of green bar progress but stalls at cache.img. So far 25 minutes with no progress.
GB stalled on NAND Write Start!! which is the next one up.
Is it screwed?
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There is some hope. Try to get help in existing threads: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449771 and forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886. Do not do anything before some knowledgeable guy give you some advice.
Do u have killed all Kies Background processes before try to Flash with odin?
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I haven't got Kies installed on my computer.
pilgrim011 said:
There is some hope. Try to get help in existing threads: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449771 and forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886. Do not do anything before some knowledgeable guy give you some advice.
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I wrote in forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449771
Some posters have the same issue as me but getting no responses.
justmiike said:
I haven't got Kies installed on my computer.
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You should have the correct drivers installed right? You can try installing kies again and this time make sure everything has been installed correctly.
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preseodymium said:
You should have the correct drivers installed right? You can try installing kies again and this time make sure everything has been installed correctly.
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I installed Kies when I first got the phone and installed the correct drivers.
Then I uninstalled Kies but the correct drivers remained.
Odin recognises my phone (becomes yellow, which indicates drivers are installed) and stops at a certain point. I am pretty sure if Odin recognises my phone correct drivers are installed.
Sounds like a nad usb connection to me. Try Odin with a different usb port on your pc. Or a different computer.
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skrambled said:
Sounds like a nad usb connection to me. Try Odin with a different usb port on your pc. Or a different computer.
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I did try different USB ports, same result.
Currently the same results happen here at work too. Doesn't make sense.
justmiike said:
I think my phone is dead. Need help bad.
I went to flash gapps 20121011 in recovery. When recovery loaded I saw this:
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log/last_log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log/last_log
I didn't take much notice. I went on to install gapps 20121011 and the phone restarted. Resurrection logo (Custom ROM I am using) kept on loading. I went back to recovery and I couldn't wipe the cache, it would freeze.
I tried to mount EMMC and I get this: E:can't mount /emmc/
I tried reflashing the ROM, but it got stuck on 50% in AROMA installation. Stayed like that for a very long time before I turned the phone off.
I then tried to use Odin to flash a stock ROM via download mode, Odin recognised my phone and when I started it, nothing would happen, it will just stall
Then when I turned my phone off after waiting for a long time, I get this message with a yellow triangle in the middle and 2 computers side by side: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies.
Every time I turn off and on my phone I get that message.
I have a USB jig and can get into download mode. Nothing seems to work.
Please, I really appreciate the help here. How can I get this phone to work again?
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Can you get into recovery?
Can you get to mounts and storage?
If so I have got out of a few sticky situations by:
*Go to mounts and storage and format cache, system, data and internal SD card. (Gives you a nice clean slate)
*Connect to Odin and flash a complete 4.0.3 firmware package that includes CSC, ROM and Modem.
Obagleyfreer said:
Can you get into recovery?
Can you get to mounts and storage?
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I can't get into recovery anymore. Just download mode.
Hi guys,
Thanks for all your assistance.
I tried all the methods listed here on another computer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449771
The last step was to .PIT and Re-Partition. I did that and now the phone is dead. Won't boot up. I have no USB Jig here, but a repair center is close by.
I gave them the phone now and let them deal with it.
I'm pretty sure they will offer a replacement as I have nooo idea what they would do that I would have done different. I tried almost everything.
Hi, I'm new to these forums and need some help!
I just rooted my Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 yesterday using the Odin ver 1.85 tool and it was working perfectly all day. I was doing a little research as to how you can use custom ROMs and so I decided to give it a try.
I downloaded the ROM Manager application and flashed the ClockworkMod Recovery that comes with it before attempting to flash a ROM. I then proceeded to download the CyogenMod ver. 9.1.0 that comes with ROM Manager as well. I made sure to make a backup of my current ROM on both my internal and external SD cards and then went ahead and flashed the Cyogen ROM using the application. I also chose to wipe the data/factory reset before confirming.
After the process was done, the phone rebooted with the Cyogen logo and it was all working fine for the first 2 minutes. Then all of a sudden while going through the new ROM's screens, my phone rebooted showing the "Samsung GALAXY S III GT-I9300" message and with a little red "!" mark on the top left. It stays like that all the time. I tried turning the power off and taking out the battery but it always goes back to that screen immediately after.
I'm able to go into the ClockworkMod recovery by holding the volume up+power+home buttons but I see the following lines below:
ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.2
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I've tried wiping the cache, wipe data/factory reset, and wiping the dalvik cache options but it doesn't seem to work. I also tried flashing the ROM again from the SD card, but when I try to do it, it says "E: Can't mount /sdcard/". Same thing with my external SD card.
When I plug the phone to my computer, it doesn't seem to detect my device either. Is my phone bricked and will I have to get a new one if this is the case?
I tried to do some searching and this thread seems to be similar to what I'm facing but not quite as the methods suggested by the users are unknown to me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500947
I appreciate any help I can get!
Zernell said:
Hi, I'm new to these forums and need some help!
I just rooted my Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 yesterday using the Odin ver 1.85 tool and it was working perfectly all day. I was doing a little research as to how you can use custom ROMs and so I decided to give it a try.
I downloaded the ROM Manager application and flashed the ClockworkMod Recovery that comes with it before attempting to flash a ROM. I then proceeded to download the CyogenMod ver. 9.1.0 that comes with ROM Manager as well. I made sure to make a backup of my current ROM on both my internal and external SD cards and then went ahead and flashed the Cyogen ROM using the application. I also chose to wipe the data/factory reset before confirming.
After the process was done, the phone rebooted with the Cyogen logo and it was all working fine for the first 2 minutes. Then all of a sudden while going through the new ROM's screens, my phone rebooted showing the "Samsung GALAXY S III GT-I9300" message and with a little red "!" mark on the top left. It stays like that all the time. I tried turning the power off and taking out the battery but it always goes back to that screen immediately after.
I'm able to go into the ClockworkMod recovery by holding the volume up+power+home buttons but I see the following lines below:
ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.2
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I've tried wiping the cache, wipe data/factory reset, and wiping the dalvik cache options but it doesn't seem to work. I also tried flashing the ROM again from the SD card, but when I try to do it, it says "E: Can't mount /sdcard/". Same thing with my external SD card.
When I plug the phone to my computer, it doesn't seem to detect my device either. Is my phone bricked and will I have to get a new one if this is the case?
I tried to do some searching and this thread seems to be similar to what I'm facing but not quite as the methods suggested by the users are unknown to me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500947
I appreciate any help I can get!
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put your phone to download mode and flash rom with odin.
That should fix it.
austibor said:
put your phone to download mode and flash rom with odin.
That should fix it.
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How can he do that?
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rootSU said:
How can he do that?
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power off the phone than hold power + menu + down key till you get to download mode.
than connect USB to pc run odin and flash a rom of your choice.
austibor said:
power off the phone than hold power + menu + down key till you get to download mode.
than connect USB to pc run odin and flash a rom of your choice.
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Thanks this post should be a sticky .
jje
Thanks for the responses!
I tried to flash the i9300 firmware using Odin as suggested but it failed during the process (attached screen shot). I tried doing this 2 or 3 times but I always got the FAIL message. Is there anything else I can try doing before giving up on my phone? Maybe I flashed the wrong file?
Zernell said:
Thanks for the responses!
I tried to flash the i9300 firmware using Odin as suggested but it failed during the process (attached screen shot). I tried doing this 2 or 3 times but I always got the FAIL message. Is there anything else I can try doing before giving up on my phone? Maybe I flashed the wrong file?
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Hmm not an expert here but can you try to check the "Re-Partition" checkbox
take your sdcard out, it should not matter but just in case
austibor said:
Hmm not an expert here but can you try to check the "Re-Partition" checkbox
take your sdcard out, it should not matter but just in case
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If you're not an expert, please don't make suggestions.
Re-partition bricks the s3. I understand its semi bricked now but there is no return from re-partition.
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Zernell said:
Thanks for the responses!
I tried to flash the i9300 firmware using Odin as suggested but it failed during the process (attached screen shot). I tried doing this 2 or 3 times but I always got the FAIL message. Is there anything else I can try doing before giving up on my phone? Maybe I flashed the wrong file?
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You're system partition looks broken. What info does it say on the screen in download mode
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rootSU said:
You're system partition looks broken. What info does it say on the screen in download mode
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When I enter download mode on the top left it says:
Odin Mode
Product Name: GT-I9300
Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
austibor said:
Hmm not an expert here but can you try to check the "Re-Partition" checkbox
take your sdcard out, it should not matter but just in case
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Expert sir you are a positive danger .
jje
Zernell said:
When I enter download mode on the top left it says:
Odin Mode
Product Name: GT-I9300
Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
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OK we can rule out SDS at least....
The firmware you have tried to flash is the leak. Try the official firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
It might help, not sure
mikep99 said:
The firmware you have tried to flash is the leak. Try the official firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
It might help, not sure
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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do I know which firmware out of the ones from the list on that thread should I use? Does it matter?
Zernell said:
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do I know which firmware out of the ones from the list on that thread should I use? Does it matter?
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Doesnt matter - try EME2 that's in the first post.
You will probably end up with an ODIN fail again but its worth trying...
mikep99 said:
The firmware you have tried to flash is the leak. Try the official firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
It might help, not sure
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As expected, it failed even after using the suggested firmware. Does this mean the phone is completely bricked now and nothing can be done?
Did you fix your phone?
Maybe you should consider this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
austibor said:
Did you fix your phone?
Maybe you should consider this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
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Great advice only trouble its a totally different phone you are linking to .
jje
JJEgan said:
Great advice only trouble its a totally different phone you are linking to .
jje
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Yeap you are right, I should have stated that!
The article states that you should user root66 and Linked boot chains for your device.
This sounds like it might help with OP problem.
He for sure has wrong kernel ... that is similar enough to work but screw is mounting point. Try change kernel with odin ... then flash with odin twrp or philz recovery and flash a proper rom
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
I have the same problem and still searching the forums for an answer.
does your problem solved? does this flashing and kerneling and odining worked? because I think the internal memory in baked!!
Okay so recently I tried flashing a custom Cyanogen mod 10.1 to my S5830 yet I did not install ClockworkMod. My phone is now caught in a reboot loop where it gets stuck on the Samsung loading screen, and does not change, I tried entering recovery mode and "wipe data/factory reset" but it comes up with the error E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/stl14, and when I try to wipe the cache partition i get the same error. I have also tried flashing stock standard drivers back to the phone, through Odin Multiloader, yet Odin does not pick up my phone due to being unable to boot my phone up.
For Odin I can load all the files yet I cannot start due to it not identifying my phone.
Any help regarding this issue would be immensely appreciated.
Ricckosx said:
Okay so recently I tried flashing a custom Cyanogen mod 10.1 to my S5830 yet I did not install ClockworkMod. My phone is now caught in a reboot loop where it gets stuck on the Samsung loading screen, and does not change, I tried entering recovery mode and "wipe data/factory reset" but it comes up with the error E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/stl14, and when I try to wipe the cache partition i get the same error. I have also tried flashing stock standard drivers back to the phone, through Odin Multiloader, yet Odin does not pick up my phone due to being unable to boot my phone up.
For Odin I can load all the files yet I cannot start due to it not identifying my phone.
Any help regarding this issue would be immensely appreciated.
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First, try to flash a stock rom using odin,should to work. You can´t install a custom rom with the stock revovery, you need CWM, so thar flash and stock rom.
Ricckosx said:
Okay so recently I tried flashing a custom Cyanogen mod 10.1 to my S5830 yet I did not install ClockworkMod. My phone is now caught in a reboot loop where it gets stuck on the Samsung loading screen, and does not change, I tried entering recovery mode and "wipe data/factory reset" but it comes up with the error E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/stl14, and when I try to wipe the cache partition i get the same error. I have also tried flashing stock standard drivers back to the phone, through Odin Multiloader, yet Odin does not pick up my phone due to being unable to boot my phone up.
For Odin I can load all the files yet I cannot start due to it not identifying my phone.
Any help regarding this issue would be immensely appreciated.
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Do you have the galaxy ace drivers on your pc? If not your pc can't connect to your ace.
To use odin it isn't necessary to boot up your phone as far I know. You have to go into the download mode and then use odin.
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Blackbox421 said:
Do you have the galaxy ace drivers on your pc? If not your pc can't connect to your ace.
To use odin it isn't necessary to boot up your phone as far I know. You have to go into the download mode and then use odin.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app
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I do have the drivers installed on my computer, yet when I enter download mode as soon as I connect my ace to my laptop it restarts into the bootup loop again. I have all the necessary files to initiate the stock reset, such as cooper.ops and the MD5 file, yet all I need is for Odin to register my phone When I connect my phone to my laptop in download mode I get a 5 second (give or take) window before it restarts itself.
Any pointers into which I could get Odin to connect to my phone would be much appreciated.
As I said I have all the necessary files but Odin just does not register my phone
Ricckosx said:
Okay so recently I tried flashing a custom Cyanogen mod 10.1 to my S5830 yet I did not install ClockworkMod. My phone is now caught in a reboot loop where it gets stuck on the Samsung loading screen, and does not change, I tried entering recovery mode and "wipe data/factory reset" but it comes up with the error E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/stl14, and when I try to wipe the cache partition i get the same error. I have also tried flashing stock standard drivers back to the phone, through Odin Multiloader, yet Odin does not pick up my phone due to being unable to boot my phone up.
For Odin I can load all the files yet I cannot start due to it not identifying my phone.
Any help regarding this issue would be immensely appreciated.
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Hi there,
Questions should go in Q&A section not in General section..Please have a look at the Forum-Rules AND don't repeat the mistake .. .. R.T.P.D
thank you,
p.007
puneeth.007 said:
Hi there,
Questions should go in Q&A section not in General section..Please have a look at the Forum-Rules AND don't repeat the mistake .. .. R.T.P.D
thank you,
p.007
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I completly agree with you!!
REPORTED!
I have a couple more questions.
1.) I have the brick bug, right?
2.) Flashing a safe kernel and then restoring the backup won't help either I presume?
3.) Would flashing the PIT file from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26428986&postcount=1 solve my problem?
thx in advance
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Hi everyone
first of all, this is my first post so if i posted in the wrong section i am sorry
now here's my problem:
i have a Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) with rooted stock ICS 4.0.4. I wanted to restore a backup which I created using the Nandroid Backup app on the same day. So i went into recovery mode, flashed a temporary CWM (from this thread http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472) then restored the backup from my SD card. if i remember correctly, if the restoration of the backup was succesful the phone should stay in CWM. In my case the screen went black for a few seconds then it looked like it would boot. However it just got stuck showing the Samsung logo with model number, so Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100.
I can still enter recovery and download mode. I did a factory reset, wiped cache partition and even re-flashed the stock ROM using odin but to no avail. After flashing the ROM, it didn't work so i did a factory reset again. It still got stuck on the logo so i went into recovery again. In recovery mode it says "E: failed to mount /sytsem (invalid arguement)". i could solve that problem by reflashing the ROM though.
does anybody know what caused this and even more imortantly, how to solve my issue?
On a side note, could be relevant, my phone just froze all of a sudden some times in the past months. i had to reboot my phone everytime it froze
Thx in advance
EDIT: ok, i've re-flashed the ROM again with odin. at first there is the green droid and the blue loading bar right below, but after a few seconds the screen goes black again and it tries to boot and gets stuck. I pulled battery, reinserted it and went into recovery, wiped cache. when i select "reboot" from the menu it says "E: failed to mount /sytsem (invalid arguement)"
Edit2: after flashing the ROM i get this "E: failed to mount /data (invalid arguement)" when rebooting over recovery. I've found a thread where it says i need to flash the dbdata.rfs.tar using odin. i will try that now
Edit3: when i try to flash the file i get a "NAND write start" "fail" error. I've been to a store that will take care of my problem.
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-shadow.walker- said:
Hi everyone
first of all, this is my first post so if i posted in the wrong section i am sorry
now here's my problem:
i have a Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) with rooted stock ICS 4.0.4. I wanted to restore a backup which I created using the Nandroid Backup app on the same day. So i went into recovery mode, flashed a temporary CWM (from this thread http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472) then restored the backup from my SD card. if i remember correctly, if the restoration of the backup was succesful the phone should stay in CWM. In my case the screen went black for a few seconds then it looked like it would boot. However it just got stuck showing the Samsung logo with model number, so Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100.
I can still enter recovery and download mode. I did a factory reset, wiped cache partition and even re-flashed the stock ROM using odin but to no avail. After flashing the ROM, it didn't work so i did a factory reset again. It still got stuck on the logo so i went into recovery again. In recovery mode it says "E: failed to mount /sytsem (invalid arguement)". i could solve that problem by reflashing the ROM though.
does anybody know what caused this and even more imortantly, how to solve my issue?
On a side note, could be relevant, my phone just froze all of a sudden some times in the past months. i had to reboot my phone everytime it froze
Thx in advance
EDIT: ok, i've re-flashed the ROM again with odin. at first there is the green droid and the blue loading bar right below, but after a few seconds the screen goes black again and it tries to boot and gets stuck. I pulled battery, reinserted it and went into recovery, wiped cache. when i select "reboot" from the menu it says "E: failed to mount /sytsem (invalid arguement)"
Edit2: after flashing the ROM i get this "E: failed to mount /data (invalid arguement)" when rebooting over recovery. I've found a thread where it says i need to flash the dbdata.rfs.tar using odin. i will try that now
Edit3: when i try to flash the file i get a "NAND write start" "fail" error. I've been to a store that will take care of my problem.
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hey buddy .. just wana know .. all u have done .. I mean to flash CWM ,, backup ,, restore and any stuff ... u performed all of these things using stock kernel .. ???
c0olmad said:
hey buddy .. just wana know .. all u have done .. I mean to flash CWM ,, backup ,, restore and any stuff ... u performed all of these things using stock kernel .. ???
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yeah, stock ICS kernel and ROM
-shadow.walker- said:
yeah, stock ICS kernel and ROM
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buddy it is advised to not to perform any thing like .. restore .. flashing etc etc .. as stock kernel is not safe to perform these operations .. whats the progress of ur fone now .. ???
-shadow.walker- said:
yeah, stock ICS kernel and ROM
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Like c0olmad said, there is a brick bug in ICS. It would be alot better and safer to flash stock jellybean 4.1.2 link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
Unsure of why your still on ics but below is a link to get a safe kernal where brick bug has been fixed. Make sure you get the kernal for your build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270
c0olmad said:
buddy it is advised to not to perform any thing like .. restore .. flashing etc etc .. as stock kernel is not safe to perform these operations .. whats the progress of ur fone now .. ???
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I've been to the store today. He said my case is a bit complicated and he will call me when it' finished.
stonedpsycho said:
Like c0olmad said, there is a brick bug in ICS. It would be alot better and safer to flash stock jellybean 4.1.2 link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
Unsure of why your still on ics but below is a link to get a safe kernal where brick bug has been fixed. Make sure you get the kernal for your build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270
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TBH, I was aware that there was a brick bug but I thought i wouldn't be affected :silly:
And I was happy with ICS so I didn't upgrade. Also there is an app that currently only works on 4.0 or lower, so I didn't bother with upgrading.
the technicians of the store weren't able to repair it. i guess i have the brickbug :crying:
I'm sorry for posting this here but after about almost a day searching the entire internet for a proper solution, I have given in and have created this thread. So recently I was using my phone and all of a sudden it froze, and after pulling out the battery, it hasn't able to boot. Thinking that it was just another random soft brick, I proceeded to TWRP in order to perform factory reset and wipe data in order to flash a new rom. But unfortunately I keep getting the following errors:
E: Unable to mount '/efs'
E: Unable to mount '/cache'
E: Unable to mount '/system'
E: Unable to mount '/data'
E: Unable to mount '/preload'
...done
E: Unable to mount storage
I have tried to format through adb but haven't been able to find a proper command, most require the phone to be at least booting. Please can someone help me out, I don't want to lose my data but also want to be able to use the phone again!
The problem is most likely twrp. Flash a clockworkmod recovery from the official website in .tar format. Flash via odin as you would a rom. You could also flash a stock recovery the same way.
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This problem has been happening a lot recently, you might have to repartition
shivadow said:
The problem is most likely twrp. Flash a clockworkmod recovery from the official website in .tar format. Flash via odin as you would a rom. You could also flash a stock recovery the same way.
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Exactly, not only have I tried to install cwm but also tried to upgrade twrp but even through Odin it fails and I get a NAND Write error. Any ideas on how to over come that?
This looks like my problem, but after trying to wipe in recovery, I can no longer boot into recovery at all. Download mode doesn't work either, no Samsung logo is shown, just a completely white screen.
gw666 said:
This looks like my problem, but after trying to wipe in recovery, I can no longer boot into recovery at all. Download mode doesn't work either, no Samsung logo is shown, just a completely white screen.
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That sounds like your phone got bricked, mine too on the verge of it....
If odin cant see the phone it's pretty much dead as you need odin to flash a stock rom. If you can get it seen by odin just flash a stock rom.
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shivadow said:
If odin cant see the phone it's pretty much dead as you need odin to flash a stock rom. If you can get it seen by odin just flash a stock rom.
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Odin is detecting the phone but I can't flash stock firmware due to some "NAND Write" error. Any ideas?
@Deathshead747, the standard way: try to flash a 3part firmware + PIT-file to repartition the internal memory. But probably it's gone
rp158 said:
@Deathshead747, the standard way: try to flash a 3part firmware + PIT-file to repartition the internal memory. But probably it's gone
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As rp158 says. Pit file method. If no go with that its gone to the great big landfill in the sky..
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