Hello, today I tried to create swap file for my g2 mini D620 (without I couldnt even listen music because android was killing music player process every 5 min..) and after restart it wont turn on. Not even vibrating.. Cant enter recovery either. I have towel root installed so I cant give phone on warranty :/ Anyone have any idea what I can do now? Maybe there is some app to recover phone from pc? I have stock rom.
I was using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659231
I check other topics but everywhere is something like: go to recovery.. just I cant do it
please help
The swap file alone can't brick your device.
Did you try to unlock the bootloader or something?
Sent from my D620r [Stock 4.4.2 , -V- Kernel]
Vagelis1608 said:
The swap file alone can't brick your device.
Did you try to unlock the bootloader or something?
Sent from my D620r [Stock 4.4.2 , -V- Kernel]
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No, all I did was installing Swapper_2_v0.2.8r2.apk and I set up swap to partition. I didnt mess with bootloader etc because I was too afraid to brick my phone.
valadi89 said:
No, all I did was installing Swapper_2_v0.2.8r2.apk and I set up swap to partition. I didnt mess with bootloader etc because I was too afraid to brick my phone.
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Did you prepair your sdcard?
And which partition did you select for swap?
Try to get to download mode and flash with KDZ. seams the last chance.
And if your phone doesn't turn on at all. Send it to repair, LG will never know you rooted until you tell them.
Zaaap72 said:
Did you prepair your sdcard?
And which partition did you select for swap?
Try to get to download mode and flash with KDZ. seams the last chance.
And if your phone doesn't turn on at all. Send it to repair, LG will never know you rooted until you tell them.
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I prepared sd card like this:
1st partition:
Label: Android-SD
Create as: Primary
File System: Fat32
55GB
2nd partition:
Label: Android-EXT3
Create as: Primary
File System: EXT3
Partition size: 1GB
3rd partition:
Label:
Create as: Primary
File System: Linux Swap
Partition size: 1GB
After brick I tried to make whole sd card as swap (just to make it start )but still nothing.. Cant start download mode either, no reaction at all
valadi89 said:
After brick I tried to make whole sd card as swap (just to make it start )but still nothing.. Cant start download mode either, no reaction at all
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If it doesn't boot the sd card doesn't matter at all.
To me it sound like you used /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 for swap.
That would explain everything.
So, if you can't get to download/fastboot/recovery at all -> send to repair.
Zaaap72 said:
If it doesn't boot the sd card doesn't matter at all.
To me it sound like you used /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 for swap.
That would explain everything.
So, if you can't get to download/fastboot/recovery at all -> send to repair.
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Yup, thats exactly what I did because when I used default value swap was 0, funny thing is that before I made restart and after using "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2" swap file was created
What can I say if LG service ask why there is mess with swap? Or they won't see it at all?
Is there any safe way to make swap file or fix constant killing background apps by lg g2 mini? Or can I only sell this phone and buy different? I tried all apps from google play and none of them worked
valadi89 said:
Yup, thats exactly what I did because when I used default value swap was 0, funny thing is that before I made restart and after using "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2" swap file was created
What can I say if LG service ask why there is mess with swap? Or they won't see it at all?
Is there any safe way to make swap file or fix constant killing background apps by lg g2 mini? Or can I only sell this phone and buy different? I tried all apps from google play and none of them worked
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"/dev/block/mmcblk0p2" is our second level bootloader and swapper did overwrite it.
This is used even before aboot.
Tell them you got the OTA Update notification for Lollipop, you accepted it and when the phone restarted it didn't come up.
You don't know what happened.
With out the second level bootloader no one will be able to boot the phone and see what happened to it.
Good luck.
BTW. the coorect swap partition on sd card would have been "/dev/block/mmcblk1p2"
Zaaap72 said:
"/dev/block/mmcblk0p2" is our second level bootloader and swapper did overwrite it.
This is used even before aboot.
Tell them you got the OTA Update notification for Lollipop, you accepted it and when the phone restarted it didn't come up.
You don't know what happened.
With out the second level bootloader no one will be able to boot the phone and see what happened to it.
Good luck.
BTW. the coorect swap partition on sd card would have been "/dev/block/mmcblk1p2"
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I got my phone back! But Im back on where I start, android is killing music app process every 5 min. I dont want to brick this phone again, so I just wanted to ask if I repeat steps from this guide again using "/dev/block/mmcblk1p2" this line now I wont brick my phone again?
Why don't you try with this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3130339
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Compiled Fota for 8500KK7
from src http://code.google.com/p/badadroid/
It works fine, Tested
Nice job!
Sorry to be a pain, but is it possible to get a fota for 2.0 and XXKK5? I think it's a better firmware than what I've heard.
Razyre said:
Nice job!
Sorry to be a pain, but is it possible to get a fota for 2.0 and XXKK5? I think it's a better firmware than what I've heard.
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Possible, but need extract function addresses from KK5 bootloader
Rebellos did it for S8500KK7 i just compile fota.
Don't get any problems KK7, what's is better in KK5?
Razyre said:
Nice job!
Sorry to be a pain, but is it possible to get a fota for 2.0 and XXKK5? I think it's a better firmware than what I've heard.
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Wait for KL1
Raitis said:
Possible, but need extract function addresses from KK5 bootloader
Rebellos did it for S8500KK7 i just compile fota.
Don't get any problems KK7, what's is better in KK5?
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I heard some things I can't recall xD
It wasn't from personal experience. I'm going to flash XXKK7 soon, once the firmware is down and try the new FOTA.
I was getting massive problems getting android back on my phone after I re-flashed it. Every SINGLE time I did it, the wave S would flash as it initialised and would just crash all of a sudden. Every time I tried doing little changes, I'd reflash and try again and it just got ridiculous. I must've tried 5 times to get Android back on there.
Hopefully I will have more success with this firmware and Bada 2.0!
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Exact same problem. I'm losing the will to lose with this now... I must be doing SOMETHING wrong. Can someone enlighten me?
I'm using XXKK7 with the custom bootloader and was using XXKK5 with the XPKJ1 (Think it's called that) custom firmware and bootloader and a thousand times I've had this problem. I flash the phone with those exact firmware setups and then copy over the galaxyboot folder with the image file in and the other stuff and put the mkextimages into the root of the internal storage and boot into recovery mode. That works perfectly.
THIS is where I have no idea what to do. The tutorial doesn't specify even slightly what I do here. Do I click reboot immediately, or do I select format SD or some other combination? I do remember using some of them before I booted and it worked, but I've tried so much and it's wasted so much time I want to know what I'm doing rather than testing blind and then waiting 10-20 minutes with a wiped phone again. I'm so tired of wasting my time because of what seems to be like laziness. Every time I boot using the normal call and power buttons, it gets bast the galaxy boot screen, does the galaxy animation and flashes for a bit, as it should, to initialise it all and freezes for a second and then crashes. I haven't checked for a while and have forgotten but I think it's in bootloop when it does that. When I say bootloop, I mean black screen on the phone that then turns off after a bit and then on again, like that in an endless cycle. After removing the battery, I can then try to boot using the normal android call+power but it does the same thing.
I did have Android on there but it got so slow and bogged down, corrupted my SD Card that I couldn't stand it anymore and did a clean flash, which should send the phone back to factory default, Bada 2.0. Ever since that I've never been able to put android back on there and I can't be bothered to do it again until someone can suggest something to help the problem.
I've literally reflashed around 10-15 times to try and fix the problem.
Could someone tell me what they do to get android on their phone, specifically using XXKK7, from start to finish, including how they flash? Just for information, to speed things up, I've flashed custom FOTA files on along with standard files. Do I have to put the custom files on after? Bada works fine, as it always has.
Thanks, sorry to sound pissy and arrogant and rude, but I'm just annoyed I can't get this to work because of a lack of guidance.
- Ross
great work guys ,
Best regards,
Razyre said:
this now... I must be doing SOMETHING wrong. Can someone enlighten me?
I'm using XXKK7 with the custom bootloader and was using XXKK5 with the XPKJ1 (Think it's called that) custom firmware and bootloader and a thousand times I've had this problem. I flash the phone with those exact firmware setups and then copy over the galaxyboot folder with the image file in and the other stuff and put the mkextimages into the root of the internal storage and boot into recovery mode. That works perfectly.
THIS is where I have no idea what to do. The tutorial doesn't specify even slightly what I do here. Do I click reboot immediately, or do I select format SD or some other combination?- Ross
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In Android recovery console you don't need do anything, just wait while phone powered down, can take ~ 5min
Then boot android with Call key+Power
Raitis said:
In Android recovery console you don't need do anything, just wait while phone powered down, can take ~ 5min
Then boot android with Call key+Power
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So I press reboot or I just leave it as soon as it is there? It comes up with the menu.
Razyre said:
So I press reboot or I just leave it as soon as it is there? It comes up with the menu.
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Just leave as it is and don't press anything, it must shut down when finish process automatically
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It also mention in Tutorial
Then this should popup (after the SGS screen)
DO NEVER, ABSOLUTELY NEVER PULL OUT BATTERY OR TOUCH THE PHONE IN THIS PROCESS
http://shadowas1.com/badadroid/IMG_0050.JPG
This can take up to 5 minutes.
Now, Two things can happen
1. The phone boots bada
2. The phone shuts down
In any of this cases your phone is absolutely fine. If you have case 2 you can boot bada to check if everythings alright if you wish.
Assuming we all boot bada shut down the phone again
Boot android in the normal way by holding the Power and Call key
Raitis said:
Just leave as it is and don't press anything, it must shut down when finish process automatically
Edit
It also mention in Tutorial
Then this should popup (after the SGS screen)
DO NEVER, ABSOLUTELY NEVER PULL OUT BATTERY OR TOUCH THE PHONE IN THIS PROCESS
http://shadowas1.com/badadroid/IMG_0050.JPG
This can take up to 5 minutes.
Now, Two things can happen
1. The phone boots bada
2. The phone shuts down
In any of this cases your phone is absolutely fine. If you have case 2 you can boot bada to check if everythings alright if you wish.
Assuming we all boot bada shut down the phone again
Boot android in the normal way by holding the Power and Call key
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Thanks very much for the help. It just seemed it was doing nothing and menu popup says... I need to press something and the tutorial didn't confirm that.
EDIT: Works, I've been an idiot, thanks so much.
Just tested the new fota with 8500KK7 and it works absolutely fine, Android boots and no problems whatsoever. Thank you very much.
I have a problem . I boot android with bada 2.0 and it works fine , but SD Card doesn't work ( Sandisk 32GB class 4 ) " It says BLANK SD CARD " and I use nand version
Please I need help
Best regards,
Razyre said:
Thanks very much for the help. It just seemed it was doing nothing and menu popup says... I need to press something and the tutorial didn't confirm that.
EDIT: Works, I've been an idiot, thanks so much.
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yeah i thought the tut specifically stated to do nothing but yeah, i really should work a bit on making my script give feedback on the display
ozeer said:
I have a problem . I boot android with bada 2.0 and it works fine , but SD Card doesn't work ( Sandisk 32GB class 4 ) " It says BLANK SD CARD " and I use nand version
Please I need help
Best regards,
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is this in bada? if so tell bada to format it, sometimes bada likes to be retarded and not like how android handles the sdcard
nbates66 said:
is this in bada? if so tell bada to format it, sometimes bada likes to be retarded and not like how android handles the sdcard
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this happen in android and its really annoying
bada recognizes it, but have problems with android
(I have transcend 8GB microsdhc class 2)
is this in bada? if so tell bada to format it, sometimes bada likes to be retarded and not like how android handles the sdcard
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Honestly, I'd call Android retarded in the SD realm xD
Not only did it corrupt my card, but it puts lots of folders completely unorganised and visible into your SD. I like how Bada manages it personally. I'm sure there's a way to get around it, but it seems clumsy.
i've tested it in movinand and everything works fine.
thank u so much.
yakub234go said:
this happen in android and its really annoying
bada recognizes it, but have problems with android
(I have transcend 8GB microsdhc class 2)
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That's weird...
I'm using a SanDisk 32GB (Formatted in Bada first let me note) and it works absolutely fine with android. It got corrupted the first time, no idea why, but I had backed up data that I copied back on after 3 gruelling hours.
Razyre said:
Honestly, I'd call Android retarded in the SD realm xD
Not only did it corrupt my card, but it puts lots of folders completely unorganised and visible into your SD. I like how Bada manages it personally. I'm sure there's a way to get around it, but it seems clumsy.
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the way i see it, bada causes the issues by not using a 100% fat filesystem (something else likte tfs4 or such), i usually got around it by starting over with wiping the partitions from the SDcard and then creating about 3 primary partitions and ensuring the first is FAT formatted by windows (rest for android data and cache if wanted for such), both bada and android should them manage to use the FAT partition fine.
nbates66 said:
the way i see it, bada causes the issues by not using a 100% fat filesystem (something else likte tfs4 or such), i usually got around it by starting over with wiping the partitions from the SDcard and then creating about 3 primary partitions and ensuring the first is FAT formatted by windows (rest for android data and cache if wanted for such), both bada and android should them manage to use the FAT partition fine.
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You set up the partitions yourself using Linux?
I'm still running off of NAND (Running way faster now), I presume you are using the SD Version?
EDIT: I have noticed that I can't access music on Android now and I was having problems with the gallery. Damnit.
i'm using NAND method because my SDcard is too slow, the Nand version mounts external SDcard as internal SDcard in android.
can som one tell me how i can dual boot my photon4g
lucky.79 said:
can som one tell me how i can dual boot my photon4g
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You can't, yet.
This uses a method called 2ndinit myself and peetr_ have been looking into using this option.
mof9336 said:
This uses a method called 2ndinit myself and peetr_ have been looking into using this option.
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so we can have one androidOS in the internal storage and another android OS in the external storage?? that's really really cool! Would photon 4g be the first phone to have more than 1 OS installed?
rituel said:
so we can have one androidOS in the internal storage and another android OS in the external storage?? that's really really cool! Would photon 4g be the first phone to have more than 1 OS installed?
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Check my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652411
I have used suggestions from Atrix thread and they worked fine. I have tried two or three times and each time I got some issues. I was copying stock 2.3.4 ROM onto SD card. One time USB ports were not working - no charging, no connection to computer with the cable. Next time there was problem with Play Market. I have tried different steps to reset its settings to no avail. It was giving error related to storage unavailability while downloading anything. I have removed Play Market completely, then somehow install it back, but the issue was not resolved. Now I think maybe it's a permissions issue.
Also device was really slow while running OS on sd-card (I have 32GB Transcend Class 10). It's fun to try but I don't see any practical use for it.
bloodhound_ said:
Check my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652411
I have used suggestions from Atrix thread and they worked fine. I have tried two or three times and each time I got some issues. I was copying stock 2.3.4 ROM onto SD card. One time USB ports were not working - no charging, no connection to computer with the cable. Next time there was problem with Play Market. I have tried different steps to reset its settings to no avail. It was giving error related to storage unavailability while downloading anything. I have removed Play Market completely, then somehow install it back, but the issue was not resolved. Now I think maybe it's a permissions issue.
Also device was really slow while running OS on sd-card (I have 32GB Transcend Class 10). It's fun to try but I don't see any practical use for it.
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hey can you write a detailed guide with instructions on how you got dual boot working on photon 4g please !? I cant afford to make mistakes and bork my phone >.>
And like you said as long as i can charge my phone and connect to my computer with one of the operating system its not a problem. But having dual boot will be really helpfull means I can check out more than one Rom simultaneously.
rituel said:
hey can you write a detailed guide with instructions on how you got dual boot working on photon 4g please !? I cant afford to make mistakes and bork my phone >.>
And like you said as long as i can charge my phone and connect to my computer with one of the operating system its not a problem. But having dual boot will be really helpfull means I can check out more than one Rom simultaneously.
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The instructions I followed from Atrix page are very detailed. Link is here
It takes time to have a thread where most of the common questions answered. I think it is useless effort to start similar topic here, in addition - I don't have necessary time, knowledge and wish for this.
Anyway, if you do something wrong - you should always have full backup - then you risk nothing. Remember that if you got soft-bricked and recovery doesn't work, you can always use RSD lite to load stock 198_7 ROM, unlock, write new recovery and restore from initial backup.
The only difference between Atrix and Photon, (relative to this task) that you should keep in mind is the partition sizes. Partition table by LAKSHMAN in Play Market (or any other partition tool) can show you your partition sizes. I didn't guess to use these tools when I followed the instructions. Add up some 10 GB to each partition, just in case. When you partition your SD card, you should create partitions of the following size:
system - 420 MiB (stock ROM system partition size 408 MiB)
cache - 645 MiB (my current cache size on stock ROM is 610 MiB)
data - 2.6 MiB
I would also recommend to use script manager to launch scripts that will replace boot image from one to another. In other words, it will control where you will boot next time.
Note that Windows 7 is going mad about SD card with several partitions - sometimes you can see a single ntfs partition, sometimes it shows the ext3 partition, offering to reformat it.
bloodhound_ said:
The instructions I followed from Atrix page are very detailed. Link is here
It takes time to have a thread where most of the common questions answered. I think it is useless effort to start similar topic here, in addition - I don't have necessary time, knowledge and wish for this.
Anyway, if you do something wrong - you should always have full backup - then you risk nothing. Remember that if you got soft-bricked and recovery doesn't work, you can always use RSD lite to load stock 198_7 ROM, unlock, write new recovery and restore from initial backup.
The only difference between Atrix and Photon, (relative to this task) that you should keep in mind is the partition sizes. Partition table by LAKSHMAN in Play Market (or any other partition tool) can show you your partition sizes. I didn't guess to use these tools when I followed the instructions. Add up some 10 GB to each partition, just in case. When you partition your SD card, you should create partitions of the following size:
system - 420 GB (stock ROM system partition size 408 GB)
cache - 645 GB (my current cache size on stock ROM is 610 GB)
data - 2.6 GB
I would also recommend to use script manager to launch scripts that will replace boot image from one to another. In other words, it will control where you will boot next time.
Note that Windows 7 is going mad about SD card with several partitions - sometimes you can see a single ntfs partition, sometimes it shows the ext3 partition, offering to reformat it.
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@PosterBoy : is this GB really?????? Man give some space to breathe..... lol
amitranjan said:
@PosterBoy : is this GB really?????? Man give some space to breathe..... lol
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no im sure he miss typed he meant MB like he says in his post in the other thread. ok thanks man ill play around with it a bit so you're sure the phone wont be hard bricked right? I'm a very careful person I'm pretty confident I wont make mistakes all i want to know is everything every instruction given there is detailed enough and that nothing is omitted from it(meaning i dont have to do anything different except the partition sizes you mentioned here)
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no im sure he miss typed he meant MB like he says in his post in the other thread. ok thanks man ill play around with it a bit so you're sure the phone wont be hard bricked right? I'm a very careful person I'm pretty confident I wont make mistakes all i want to know is everything every instruction given there is detailed enough and that nothing is omitted from it(meaning i dont have to do anything different except the partition sizes you mentioned here)
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Yes, everything else from that topic applies. Be careful when you use dd. If you specify wrong drive names you might be in trouble (this will require loading sbf with RSD lite to fix partitions, I guess).
The longest part is to extract boot.img, edit the configuration file there and pack the whole thing back to andorid .img format. It requires you to install Android SDK with some tools that might not work straight away.
Hi!
A few days ago something happened to my dad's xperia active.
He said that the battery got empty and when he got home, he wanted me to check what's wrong with it since he said it didn't turn on. When I pushed the power button, the screen was all black, BUT the blacklight for the soft buttons started up. So I thought it must be either a dead screen or a dead battery but I wasn't sure, so I pulled the buttery and tried booting it up and it didn't, even the sony logo didn't appear and this time no backlight for the soft buttons either. Anyway, fastboot maybe works, not sure, semc flash mode works, but no adb...
Is there any way to recover data (SMS, contacts, and some pdf-s) from the phones internal memory? Actually, I'm sure there is, but how to recover the data?
Is it possible too boot a custom recovery with fastboot boot recovery.img on an "untouched" phone without root and without unlocked bootloader and do a full backup from there????
Any help is appreciated!
fastboot unlocking will erase your data to prevent data theft .so you cant use fastboot flash recovery.igmg
There are other ways which I can't clarify but they require submitting the device to an professional analyst and will probably cost more money that the device itself ..
You can just pull out the memory card which should have PDF's since /data,/system and /cache cant be user accessed
karandpr said:
fastboot unlocking will erase your data to prevent data theft .so you cant use fastboot flash recovery.igmg
There are other ways which I can't clarify but they require submitting the device to an professional analyst and will probably cost more money that the device itself ..
You can just pull out the memory card which should have PDF's since /data,/system and /cache cant be user accessed
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Mkay.
You can just pull out the memory card which should have PDF's since /data,/system and /cache cant be user accessed
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Haha, that's what I thought but my dad tried to convince me that they must be in the internal memory, like there was no other way which I found highly unlikely aswell.
Anyway, I think I will try to flash the phone to working state and nevermind the data loss.
Thanks!
MrJyrks said:
Mkay.
Haha, that's what I thought but my dad tried to convince me that they must be in the internal memory, like there was no other way which I found highly unlikely aswell.
Anyway, I think I will try to flash the phone to working state and nevermind the data loss.
Thanks!
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No Problem ...Next time ,backup the contacts to Memory Card and use SMS backup and Restore to backup SMS
Hey guys, my sisters phone for some reason got bricked. There weren't any modifications made on it, after some work I was able to make Sony Update Service recognize it. The big question is: When resetting the phone with Sony Update Service, is the internal storage erased too or not? She has some important pictures which she really needs, so could someone suggest a way in which the internal storage stays the way it is?
I tried the hard reset button found under the next to the sim card already with no result. The phone responds with 3 buzz when the power button is pressed for 2-3 sec.
Norbertooo said:
Hey guys, my sisters phone for some reason got bricked. There weren't any modifications made on it, after some work I was able to make Sony Update Service recognize it. The big question is: When resetting the phone with Sony Update Service, is the internal storage erased too or not? She has some important pictures which she really needs, so could someone suggest a way in which the internal storage stays the way it is?
I tried the hard reset button found under the next to the sim card already with no result. The phone responds with 3 buzz when the power button is pressed for 2-3 sec.
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AFAIK there's no way to make a backup of the internal storage while the phone is off.
I believe that resetting the phone with SUS won't erase internal storage (only apps and related data).
I've never had the chance to try it though, but I say the above due to past experience with other Sony devices.
EDIT: I just read somewhere that repairing phone via PC Companion wipes all data including internal storage.
You can use flashtool to reflash a firmware to your device
Deselect wipe data and select, reset customizations
I think that should do it
Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2775411
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Just supporting answer, download ftf from here. . http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2759934
There is a guide for flashtool also, so if you find difficult with the guide on the page above. You can also have a look it.
HussainQ said:
AFAIK there's no way to make a backup of the internal storage while the phone is off.
I believe that resetting the phone with SUS won't erase internal storage (only apps and related data).
I've never had the chance to try it though, but I say the above due to past experience with other Sony devices.
EDIT: I just read somewhere that repairing phone via PC Companion wipes all data including internal storage.
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Unfortunately in new xperia phone the internal storage is mounted at /data/media so it gets erased too when you wipe /data
Thanks anyway
Envious_Data said:
You can use flashtool to reflash a firmware to your device
Deselect wipe data and select, reset customizations
I think that should do it
Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2775411
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Thank you, I will try it in a few minutes.
CenteaOSD said:
Just supporting answer, download ftf from here. . http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2759934
There is a guide for flashtool also, so if you find difficult with the guide on the page above. You can also have a look it.
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Thanks for the suggestion, will flash it in a few minutes!
Norbertooo said:
Unfortunately in new xperia phone the internal storage is mounted at /data/media so it gets erased too when you wipe /data
Thanks anyway
Thank you, I will try it in a few minutes.
Thanks for the suggestion, will flash it in a few minutes!
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how did it go?
Frantiic87a said:
how did it go?
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Actually nothing happened, she had to go back the next day and I didn't have time to try fixing it. She will just take it back to the service provider and make them fix it.
Hello.
My s3 recently stopped working and it ill only go up to the samsung logo and stay there. (this issue happened right after the battery was completley drained using the led...)
I've tried countless times to reinstall the rom i had, update it to a newer version of the same rom and even go back to an old version i still had on my SD card. I used the Archidroid 2.5.2 at the time and with the setting f2fs (and agni kernel if im not mistaken)
since then, i tried to change the file format back to ext4, ofcourse with full wipes, and change any other possible configuration on the setup of the rom. After all of these tries failed, i assumed i could just go and use Odin to install some stock firmware (following some advices i found here on the forums), and everything seemed to worked perfectly. Odin recognizes the phone, and it finishes the flashing with a big green happy PASS!. However, the phone still sits there at the samsung logo and just chills...
Tried to flash different stock ROMs and even tried to flash the rescue firmware from this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6) which again, seemed to work, but stayed in the samsung logo.
i kinda lost hope, although it seems the phone still can be saved (can access recovery and odin)...
i'd really appreciate the help!
also, i am kinda noobie in this and might need simpler words to understand.
Thanks alot!
Yair
YairMS said:
Hello.
My s3 recently stopped working and it ill only go up to the samsung logo and stay there. (this issue happened right after the battery was completley drained using the led...)
I've tried countless times to reinstall the rom i had, update it to a newer version of the same rom and even go back to an old version i still had on my SD card. I used the Archidroid 2.5.2 at the time and with the setting f2fs (and agni kernel if im not mistaken)
since then, i tried to change the file format back to ext4, ofcourse with full wipes, and change any other possible configuration on the setup of the rom. After all of these tries failed, i assumed i could just go and use Odin to install some stock firmware (following some advices i found here on the forums), and everything seemed to worked perfectly. Odin recognizes the phone, and it finishes the flashing with a big green happy PASS!. However, the phone still sits there at the samsung logo and just chills...
Tried to flash different stock ROMs and even tried to flash the rescue firmware from this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6) which again, seemed to work, but stayed in the samsung logo.
i kinda lost hope, although it seems the phone still can be saved (can access recovery and odin)...
i'd really appreciate the help!
also, i am kinda noobie in this and might need simpler words to understand.
Thanks alot!
Yair
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Do any error messages appear when you boot your phone into stock recovery?
ArkThompson said:
Do any error messages appear when you boot your phone into stock recovery?
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thanks for the quick reply!
when i go to recovery mode it says:
failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
(yea, twice)
any idea?
YairMS said:
thanks for the quick reply!
when i go to recovery mode it says:
failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
(yea, twice)
any idea?
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Do you have an efs backup? (AGNi makes them when you flash it but since you formatted /data/media multiple times I assume they are gone).
ArkThompson said:
Do you have an efs backup? (AGNi makes them when you flash it but since you formatted /data/media multiple times I assume they are gone).
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i have no idea how to check whether or not i have...
Go read the efs sticky thread in general forum, your phone will not boot without it being restored.
YairMS said:
i have no idea how to check whether or not i have...
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Have you ever flashed boeffla kernel with an external SD card inserted?
ArkThompson said:
Have you ever flashed boeffla kernel with an external SD card inserted?
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yes, i suppose... i dont really remember what exactly happend with the phone, through all stages of its life, but the name sure rings a bell (from before this horrible incident).
do you think it is possible to do something with the SD card?
about the efs sticky, looking for it, but so far not finding it... (might be to dumb for this )
YairMS said:
yes, i suppose... i dont really remember what exactly happend with the phone, through all stages of its life, but the name sure rings a bell (from before this horrible incident).
do you think it is possible to do something with the SD card?
about the efs sticky, looking for it, but so far not finding it... (might be to dumb for this )
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Do you have any way to mount the external SD? (E.g. an adapter, or by flashing a custom recovery and mounting it that way). It's possible that you have an efs backup on it.
ArkThompson said:
Do you have any way to mount the external SD? (E.g. an adapter, or by flashing a custom recovery and mounting it that way). It's possible that you have an efs backup on it.
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Well, im not exactly 100% sure what do you mean by mounting... but if i go to the recovery i have, cwm if im not mistaken, i can go to mount and storage and then press mount external_sd and it seems to work (changes to unmount and doesnt say any error occured).
also, i can connect the card itself to my pc using a micro sd to mini sd adaptor...
is it of any help?
YairMS said:
Well, im not exactly 100% sure what do you mean by mounting... but if i go to the recovery i have, cwm if im not mistaken, i can go to mount and storage and then press mount external_sd and it seems to work (changes to unmount and doesnt say any error occured).
also, i can connect the card itself to my pc using a micro sd to mini sd adaptor...
is it of any help?
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Yes, by mount I mean get it to display its contents on your computer. Is there anything with efs in its name on the card?
ArkThompson said:
Yes, by mount I mean get it to display its contents on your computer. Is there anything with efs in its name on the card?
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Did a search over my sd card for "efs" and "*efs*" and found nothing :/
i have at home another s3... is it possible to backup efs there and restore to this one?
YairMS said:
Did a search over my sd card for "efs" and "*efs*" and found nothing :/
i have at home another s3... is it possible to backup efs there and restore to this one?
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Not practically. The efs folder is kind of like the social security number of your phone so every folder is unique.
ArkThompson said:
Not practically. The efs folder is kind of like the social security number of your phone so every folder is unique.
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Anything else left to do? or should i hand it over to repair service?
YairMS said:
Anything else left to do? or should i hand it over to repair service?
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Hmm, so it didn't boot even when it was 100% stock? You said that you got those error messages in stock recovery but then a few minutes later you said that you had CWM. If so, then you might need to. I found some guides but I can't really vouch for them since I've never had to restore /efs like that, so following them would be at your own risk.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i9300-including-t2393289
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/how-to-fix-efailed-to-mount-efs-invalid-t2858056
ArkThompson said:
Hmm, so it didn't boot even when it was 100% stock? You said that you got those error messages in stock recovery but then a few minutes later you said that you had CWM. If so, then you might need to. I found some guides but I can't really vouch for them since I've never had to restore /efs like that, so following them would be at your own risk.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i9300-including-t2393289
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/how-to-fix-efailed-to-mount-efs-invalid-t2858056
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Thanks alot for your time and help, ill look into those guides and see what can be done.
about the recovery... while we were chatting here i was trying a lil guide about that efs issue (didnt know there was an issue with it till you pointed it out, so never looked for it). on that guide i found, it said to install custom recovery, so i installed one i had already on my computer...
about the guides you found, im on it already trying to install that adb stuff and see if something works
anyway, THANKS for your time! although it is still stuck, you helped me alot!!
yair
YairMS said:
Thanks alot for your time and help, ill look into those guides and see what can be done.
about the recovery... while we were chatting here i was trying a lil guide about that efs issue (didnt know there was an issue with it till you pointed it out, so never looked for it). on that guide i found, it said to install custom recovery, so i installed one i had already on my computer...
about the guides you found, im on it already trying to install that adb stuff and see if something works
anyway, THANKS for your time! although it is still stuck, you helped me alot!!
yair
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Ok cool, np. Good luck! Hopefully you can fix it.
Is it possible that it is the gs3 sudden death syndrome? My Samsung galaxy s3 had that during june