[Q] recover mmc error (can't mount efs) without PC? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, im stuck in a boot loop. i can only boot into recovery (TWRP)
I'm trying to reflash my rom and I'm unable to mount my efs partition..
there is many solution on how to fix this, but all of them involve flashing something to the phone via the data pins... which is my other issue
the data pins on my S3 are damaged so I can not flash anything to it!..
anyone know of a way I can fix this???
EDIT: i think i solved it, i realized i had backed up the EFS in one of the TWRP backups on my SD.. it restored and i was able to flash my rom without errors.
thanks

djmickyg said:
Hi, im stuck in a boot loop. i can only boot into recovery (TWRP)
I'm trying to reflash my rom and I'm unable to mount my efs partition..
there is many solution on how to fix this, but all of them involve flashing something to the phone via the data pins... which is my other issue
the data pins on my S3 are damaged so I can not flash anything to it!..
anyone know of a way I can fix this???
EDIT: i think i solved it, i realized i had backed up the EFS in one of the TWRP backups on my SD.. it restored and i was able to flash my rom without errors.
thanks
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Since you have got it sorted I suggest you go and get the micro usb fixed.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 International (EFS Error)

guys i have a problem with my phone i was working on it and unexpected it restarted and its stuck on Samsung Logo i entered recovery to see whats wrong i wiped data and cache and i got this error
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/4651/photookc.jpg
phone is full unlocked and o i didnt do anything to it
and then i flashed with odin latest android 4.1.2 and still get that same error is there anything i can do JTAG box or something to fix
thanks and sorry for my bad english
im waiting for an answer im without phone now help
Can you manually mount the efs partition in recovery or access it from within the Rom?
If not then your efs partition might be corrupt, format and restore your efs backup.

i9300 Dead?

*figured it out myself. Data format in teamwin recovery did the trick
Hi Guys,
After trying to fix my i9300 that was having radom freezes with Fstrim and the Dummy File Generator my phone died.
It doesn't boot past the sgs3 logo, but i am still able to boot recovery. I recovery i can see that /data cannot be mounted. Does that mean that my internal memory is now completely broken?
with regards,
Joost
theBIGone said:
*figured it out myself. Data format in teamwin recovery did the trick
Hi Guys,
After trying to fix my i9300 that was having radom freezes with Fstrim and the Dummy File Generator my phone died.
It doesn't boot past the sgs3 logo, but i am still able to boot recovery. I recovery i can see that /data cannot be mounted. Does that mean that my internal memory is now completely broken?
with regards,
Joost
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Download mode is available?? If yes flash stock ROM via Odin
theBIGone said:
Data format in teamwin recovery did the trick
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I am having the same problem. I am kinda noob here. Can you help me with whatever you are saying Data format in teamwin recovery did the trick
Is there something I need to download??
Grim_R3apeR said:
I am having the same problem. I am kinda noob here. Can you help me with whatever you are saying Data format in teamwin recovery did the trick
Is there something I need to download??
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I think he means he formatted is data partition with Twrp recovery (you can do this with any recovery)....Basicly a factory reset which wipes your data partition (so if you don't want to lose anything back it up).
tallman43 said:
I think he means he formatted is data partition with Twrp recovery (you can do this with any recovery)....Basicly a factory reset which wipes your data partition (so if you don't want to lose anything back it up).
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That is indeed what I meant. The weird thing was that I was not able to do a factory reset and was not able to mount the data partition. Only going into your recovery and selecting format -> data partition worked. I can add that the phone is also not experiencing any of the freezes I experienced prior to this incident.

Soft brick - stuck at boot logo; need suggestions

Hey all,
I've got a N7105 (Galaxy Note II LTE) running CM12.1 and TWRP which I was planning to change shortly as it's old and the USB port has issues (charges but doesn't pass data; luckily it has a microsd slot). As it happens, the other day I left it discharge fully and turning it back on left it stuck at Samsung logo (not boot animation, the splash screen before it) forever.
I am: not a noob, I've rooted and flashed plenty of devices before.
I tried: removing battery for a while, charging fully, removing microsd and sim, clearing Cache and Dalvik. Nothing works.
I can: get into ODIN mode (but it's useless as USB data is not working); get into TWRP recovery; explore the Data partition in TWRP
I cannot: mount the System partition in TWRP, not even manually. It just does not let me select it, and gives an error whenever it needs to access it (e.g. if I try to backup it is says Error: unable to mount System)
I want: if possible to solve the issue without formatting Data. I had a TB backup but kinda old, so I got a Nandroid of Data and Boot out from TWRP and I suppose I could then recover stuff extracting from Nandroid through TB, but I've never done it and would rather be able to get a fresh TB backup and move on from there.
A few questions I have: any idea on why I am not able to mount System in TWRP? Could it help to reflash Boot or System, and if so how do I go to do that considering what I have is the whole CM rom package? (I remember being able to fastboot flash single partitions on Nexus devices but that's because the stock rom comes packaged in separate images).
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
Lazer Bear said:
Hey all,
I've got a N7105 (Galaxy Note II LTE) running CM12.1 and TWRP which I was planning to change shortly as it's old and the USB port has issues (charges but doesn't pass data; luckily it has a microsd slot). As it happens, the other day I left it discharge fully and turning it back on left it stuck at Samsung logo (not boot animation, the splash screen before it) forever.
I am: not a noob, I've rooted and flashed plenty of devices before.
I tried: removing battery for a while, charging fully, removing microsd and sim, clearing Cache and Dalvik. Nothing works.
I can: get into ODIN mode (but it's useless as USB data is not working); get into TWRP recovery; explore the Data partition in TWRP
I cannot: mount the System partition in TWRP, not even manually. It just does not let me select it, and gives an error whenever it needs to access it (e.g. if I try to backup it is says Error: unable to mount System)
I want: if possible to solve the issue without formatting Data. I had a TB backup but kinda old, so I got a Nandroid of Data and Boot out from TWRP and I suppose I could then recover stuff extracting from Nandroid through TB, but I've never done it and would rather be able to get a fresh TB backup and move on from there.
A few questions I have: any idea on why I am not able to mount System in TWRP? Could it help to reflash Boot or System, and if so how do I go to do that considering what I have is the whole CM rom package? (I remember being able to fastboot flash single partitions on Nexus devices but that's because the stock rom comes packaged in separate images).
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
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The note 2 has this issue that makes it unable to be recognized by PC, so this isn't your phone problem, the only way to solve it is replacing the usb socket in your phone, anyway i can recommend dirty flashing your rom first, just flash the rom in recovery and wipe cache and Dalvik cache only then reboot.
If that didn't work, I'm afraid you might have to...... clear data ?
MigoMujahid said:
The note 2 has this issue that makes it unable to be recognized by PC, so this isn't your phone problem, the only way to solve it is replacing the usb socket in your phone, anyway i can recommend dirty flashing your rom first, just flash the rom in recovery and wipe cache and Dalvik cache only then reboot.
If that didn't work, I'm afraid you might have to...... clear data
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Thanks for the input, I was thinking something along those lines but I wasn't totally sure, I always avoided dirty flashing as I heard of people having issues. Happily, it worked! Weirdest think I saw in a while, it gave me a bunch of errors with System partition (unable to mount, unmount, find), then it gave a "proceeding to patch system partition unconditionally", then it completed. The whole thing took less than 20secs so I do not think it even actually flashed the ROM. Now I am just getting some Play Services error, likely need to reinstall gapps, but phone boots just fine!

TWRP shows 0mb internal storage

I'm using TWRP recovery and decided to take a nandroid backup but to my surprise I found it doesn't detect data and/or internal storage partition. I then flashed another recovery but the problem remains there. Now after searching for this fix the result end up with formatting the partitions. Is there any other way to fix this before I take the highway?
Just came to know it's a recovery problem and another recovery called Orange Fox can fix this issue. Let's see.
tried orange fox recovery but still same prob do you find another solution ?
Try this,
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=5862345805528058222
THEALLSTAR said:
I'm using TWRP recovery and decided to take a nandroid backup but to my surprise I found it doesn't detect data and/or internal storage partition. I then flashed another recovery but the problem remains there. Now after searching for this fix the result end up with formatting the partitions. Is there any other way to fix this before I take the highway?
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Had the same thing occuring with treble recovery. It seems that the password is the same as the one u input after u had installed a ROM. Maybe if you had kept a pin/password for your ROM, keep the same one in the recovery. It shows up as decrypting and allows you to enter the Recovery.

TWRP - Can't decrypt data/mount my storage.

TWRP recovery used to ask for a password to decrypt/mount my storage.
I flashed a new image to update the recovery and wiped my data too as I wanted to flash another rom,
but now when I'm opening the recovery with my password, it shows "Wrong Password"
and I can't mount storage and that's why I can't flash another rom.
Please help.
ajinkya0721 said:
TWRP recovery used to ask for a password to decrypt/mount my storage.
I flashed a new image to update the recovery and wiped my data too as I wanted to flash another rom,
but now when I'm opening the recovery with my password, it shows "Wrong Password"
and I can't mount storage and that's why I can't flash another rom.
Please help.
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Did you do data partition format? Not only wipe, format is needed
Hello, to delete the encrypted partition if you don't know the password, you have to format it, but if you don't want to lose something of what there is, install Orangefox recovery, the same thing happened to me and this recovery mounts the partition even if it is encrypted. ...
Mine's worst, despite the efforts of wiping and formatting I still can't install a rom due to unable to mount storage problem. I hope anyone help me, this will speed up my nonstop search for a fix -_-
xdajbsolis said:
Mine's worst, despite the efforts of wiping and formatting I still can't install a rom due to unable to mount storage problem. I hope anyone help me, this will speed up my nonstop search for a fix -_-
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Dear i am facing the same problem. This is what happens when we install a rom without logging out our passwords and accounts from the device. The Lockscreen password is the one which encrypts the storage. And when we try to flash another rom without decrypting our storage on the first hand.. It stucks.... TWRP will never be able to decrypt it. The only one solution which i have in my mind is to relock the bootloader through Stock Rom and then unlocking the bootloader might have the chances to resolve the issue. Just thinking to do so.......... Its an idea rather........
wasim_shahzad_81 said:
Dear i am facing the same problem. This is what happens when we install a rom without logging out our passwords and accounts from the device. The Lockscreen password is the one which encrypts the storage. And when we try to flash another rom without decrypting our storage on the first hand.. It stucks.... TWRP will never be able to decrypt it. The only one solution which i have in my mind is to relock the bootloader through Stock Rom and then unlocking the bootloader might have the chances to resolve the issue. Just thinking to do so.......... Its an idea rather........
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I see but for some reasons I can't flash the exactly same firmware stock rom, it always says corrupted file, I dunno what will I do now, I tried every versions of my phone's stock roms all with the same error corrupted file. I'm using orange fox recovery cause I can't seem to find a compatible TWRP since I updated to latest firmware, by the way my phone is RMX2061_11_C23. I tried using adb sideload but with no luck. I'm still stuck...

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