Hi all, I've got brand new Samsung Galaxy S5 mini (SM-G800F), which I rooted already. Also used an app to fix permissions to ext SD card (I've got Android Kitkat). Everything was fine but I didn't have full access to ext SD card. Found online that I need to make one more change in "platform.xml" file. Using ADB I pulled file and after modification changed permissions, had read-only message, to push file back on place (used command below to get permission).
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
chmod 755 /system/app
What happened after these operations:
1) I lost access to all cards (internal and external) through mobile phone. SD cards are "invisible", pictures in gallery disappeared and when I use camera to take a new one it shows file is saved and then pic disappears. Used ADB to find out what's on card and directory /sdcard/dcim/camera has all pics I had before but newly taken are not saved.
2) I've got pop up messages saying "Unfortunately, (name of app) has stopped." Once I press OK, after few seconds new message pops up for another app. Many apps don't work but not all of them.
3) Kies can't connect with my phone. Can't find the device.
4) When phone is connected to PC I can access it but there is no files (empty folder). Files can be accessed with ADB only.
What I've done trying to solve the problem:
1) Restored original copy of "platform.xml". Didn't help so I...
2) Downloaded copy of my sys (G800FXXU1ANL1) from samsung-update website.
3) Unrooted, but all above didn't help so I...
4) Rooted again, installed TWRP recovery and installed sys again. It didn't help so...
I'm here to ask for your help How to restore sys or what should I do to get it back to normal?
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I have TeamWinRecoveryProject installed, running Perfection RC2. I was unable to mount my SDcard when I ran CWM also. When I click on mount in TWRP nothing happens. I did back up my prop.build to my sd card just in case I messed something up, but until I figure out how to mount my sdcards so I can move the file from the external back to /system I'm toast \
I'm wondering if I can extract the prop.build from the Prefection release and flash it to my phone using Odin, but I don't know if it's possible or even how to go about doing it.
*edit* n/m I figured out how to access the system directory in ADB and did a mv for the backup and my phone's working again.
You may already know this or have discovered it but for future reference when you edit the build.prop file and save it you will need to change the properties to rw--r--r
In the process of restoring some backups I ended up with a couple clockwork mod backup folders in the top of the /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard folder. These files store on the internal sdcard (not the removable micro sdcard) are effectively Undeletable. I have checked permissions and tried to remove them via astro and root explorer and when mounted on desktop and via adb shell commands (rm ...). Other files in the folder are removable but these backups refuse to budge.
Have restored to stock. Have restored via cwm. Absolutely refuse to shift and they are not small.
Any advice on ridding my s3 of these files would be welcome.
You checked files's permissions, but what was exactly the chmod applied ? Do you hack checked the owner ?
If these are folders, did you use the correct option of rm ( rm -f ) ?
As they're CWM backup files, you could use ROM Manger to get rid of them as well.
Use "rom janitor" from market to delete cwm backup files
Hey guys,
I had Dark Paranoid 2.3 with MemSwapMod on my SGS3, everything was fine. Today there was an update and i decided to do a full wipe.
So I deleted the mod, copied my files, wiped, flashed Dark Paranoid 2.5, installed the MemSwapMod and wanted to copy my files (from windows to phone). But i cant copy, evertime I got errors. then I checked permissions on sdcard0 (cause now my external SD is my internale and vice versa) and seen that they are d---rwxr-x instead of drwxrwxrwx and belongs to system:sdcard_rw. changing ownership in Terminal gives me a "operation not permitted" (IM ROOT?!?!?!?!) and changing permissions with chmod gives my no errors, but even no changes of the permissions.
any help, gues or whatever????
cheers
Nik
z0mg.jer1Cho said:
But i cant copy, evertime I got errors. then I checked permissions on sdcard0 (cause now my external SD is my internale and vice versa) and seen that they are d---rwxr-x instead of drwxrwxrwx and belongs to system:sdcard_rw. changing ownership in Terminal gives me a "operation not permitted" (IM ROOT?!?!?!?!) and changing permissions with chmod gives my no errors, but even no changes of the permissions.
any help, gues or whatever????
cheers
Nik
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Try change it with adb shell and use adb remount to have writable phone access (need one insecure kernel or adbd insecure (by Chainfire)).
If it doesn't work, flash a stock rom and look what happened. If you can write data, your filesystem (ext4) may be broken.
Tried mount -o remount /storage/sdcard1 (flashed ROM without Mod), no succes.
Now My External is my External again, I can copy files via windows, but not on the phone itself.
Copy Files via FTP to SDCard (SolidExplorer) is working fine, too.
Hello everyone, I'm in desperate need; any hint would be highly appreciated:
My GT-I9100 got drenched in a thunderstorm I encountered on my vacation. Unfortunately, I saved all of my pictures to the internal SD which is now inaccessible. :crying:
What the Phone does:
- When I start the phone it gets stuck at the "Samsung-screen"
- When I try to enter Recovery I get the CWM logo and the message "CWM-based Recovery v6.0.3.2". However the phone will restart after a few minutes and not actually go into recovery
- I can go into Odin Mode (Download Mode)
- I can connect on adb while recovery is supposedly loading (before the phone restarts) --> I can't mount the internal SD card (assuming from fstab that it is /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 or /dev/block/mmcblk0p11; both files seem to have a size of 0 KB); "mount -a" via adb shell freezes the phone.
What I tried/hope for:
My primary goal is to recover the pictures from the internal SD, not to get the phone running again.
- I tried to access the files via ADB. However, my understanding of the partitioning/file system is quite limited. The file system I can see via adb does not include the files I was used to find with my file explorer on the phone. From /etc/fstab I assumed, that the internal memory (that contains the DCIM folder with the pictures) is actually mounted from a file in /dev/block/ called mmcblk1p1. Trying to mount it gives me the following error:
"mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 on /sdcard failed: No such file or directory"
Using adb shell (ls -s) I realized that all files in /dev/block seem to have a size of 0.
- I tried to reflash CWM using ODIN --> Odin on my Computer force closed (both v1.85 and v3.x)
Is there any hope to recover my data? Please share your opinion; any help is highly appreciated!
When these phones get wet chances are 0% mate sorry
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When these phones get wet chances are 0% mate sorry
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Not even a chance to access the memory chip?
You have tried and the phone has failed you.
Hi all.
I goofed and didn’t completely unroot before applying an OTA update on my Zenpad 10 Z300C and I’ve got the classic “stuck on the boot screen” problem. I loaded up an elevated command prompt and applied the mod-recovery-z300c.img recovery image. Now when I try to apply the latest firmware update from Asus, I’m told that my file system is read only. I’ve google’d around and tried the usual fixes like
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
but nothing seems to work with the internal storage or a SD card. Here are the errors I get.
Internal Storage Error
adb push "C:\adb\UL-P023-WW-4.7.5.0-user.zip" /data/media/0/ failed to copy 'C:\adb\UL-P023-WW-4.7.5.0-user.zip' to '/data/media/0//UL-P023-WW-4.7.5.0-user.zip': Read-only file system
SD Card Error
adb push "C:\adb\UL-P023-WW-4.7.5.0-user.zip" /sdcard/
failed to copy 'C:\adb\UL-P023-WW-4.7.5.0-user.zip' to '/sdcard//UL-P023-WW-4.7.5.0-user.zip': No space left on device
I’m following the instructions left by InvisiBot here and got stuck on step 3. I’ve gotten myself out of messes like this before on my phone, but I’m stumped this time. The SD card is completely blank. I've tried NTFS and exFAT file systems with no luck. Even when copying the firmware zip to the SD card from my PC, I'm unable to apply it with adb shell updatezip /sdcard/UL-P023-WW-4.7.5.0-user.zip
I sure would appreciate any help.
Thanks!
I've been banging away on this tablet for about ten hours now. Does anyone have any tips or ideas? I'm open to even the most far fetched ones at this point.
For anyone who has a similar issue in the future, I found the files I needed for flashing here. It resolved my issue.
How did you root it in the first place?