recovery mode is the only thing that works, shows no storage, no OS... nothing
I didn't do anything for this to trigger... its like the internal storage failed on the phone.
tried to flash a freash stock rom on phone..... I get errors- it can't mount ANYTHING.
what happened!? what can I do!
Was it a custom rom or stock? Which recovery is it, stock/cwmr/twrp?
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Was it a custom rom or stock? Which recovery is it, stock/cwmr/twrp?
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it was a custom rom. delta rm I believe... twrp recovery is on it and the recovery (must be on a separate flash in the hardware) is the only thing that works
when I go to flash stock on odin, it'll say "can't flash, can't mount" can't mount anything, doesn't see storage, no OS installed, can't even see external SD on it which is really weird cause the SD card works.
its gotta be hardware failure... but I'm wondering if there is a way to fix it
Try flashing another recovery like cwmr. The problem is recovery not mounting the partitions and twrp in general being the cause. Twrp is crap at best.
What is the error log from Odin?
odin claimed flashing clean...
then I get stock recovery mode saying it fails to mount.... everything.
I used to thing twrp was junk and sometimes it sucks... but its truly better then dated CWM, trust me twrp is not the issue here.
here's what it looks like
after a fresh stock rom flash
with the stock recovery telling me this
The internal memory could be damaged.
Tried flashing the latest stock ROM with a pit file?
Sorry to tell you this but twrp Is dodgy and there is proof on github.
If you have flashed various recovery's and had no luck then the nand is bad. You can try a pit file but I doubt it'll work.
pit file? what is that?
I knew the internal memory is damaged... but I don't know what caused it.. very random
If the internal memory is damaged, a pit (partition information table) file won't help.
I phoned a recovery guy and he said it is the motherboard.... what the hell?
so the phone is only good for parts then?
I have another galaxy S3 with a bad home button... can I switch them out?
supertac said:
recovery mode is the only thing that works, shows no storage, no OS... nothing
I didn't do anything for this to trigger... its like the internal storage failed on the phone.
tried to flash a freash stock rom on phone..... I get errors- it can't mount ANYTHING.
what happened!? what can I do!
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Hey, I've got the same error and second step from this page helped me: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/fix-s3-to-factory-unroot-stock-recovery-t2323847
@supertac, if they are both the same model, you should be able to move the motherboard from the phone with the bad home button to the phone with the failed internal storage. Hopefully, the defective home button has nothing to do with the motherboard.
Lo now the phone with the bad button is starting to fail...bootloops and half the storage is corropted data that can't be reformatted...
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Lo now the phone with the bad button is starting to fail...bootloops and half the storage is corropted data that can't be reformatted...
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Did that have twrp installed?
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Did that have twrp installed?
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sorry i replied you in another thread too.
holy shxt... my problems started with the eclipse rom a few months ago and I vaguely remembering using twrp for it cos of the aroma installer...
i always used philz touch before.
(i9305)
yeah it did but that phone was litterly dying on its last legs... now it fails to turn on
I was able to get another backup S3 though so no worries- the white bastard served me tremendously well.
if I get another mother board I could use it again!
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Ok so I was flashing the Axura 2.0.5 rom and I didnt see anything happening, so I got anxious and did something incredibly stupid, I pulled the battery. Now in the process i believe that i pulled the battery at the time the internal sd was being rewritten. At this point my phone will boot but will get stuck at the vibrant screen. I can get into download mode but I am unable to get into clockwork recovery (if I could then i'd just flash my nandroid backup). I've tried using odin v 1.0 and 1.30 to no avail. I'm using the 512 pit file and the t959uvjfd.tar files to try and reinstall and go back to stock. However when I do this my screen displays Applying Muti-csc, instaling muti csc. When I try to use odin I am able to see my phone in com9 but am unable to do anything with it aside from get into download mode. I would greatly appreciate any help anyone could give me. I have also tried to use the command propt and ADB to try and get this to work but I get the error of no device found.
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Ok so i was flashing the Axura 2.0.5 rom and i didnt see anything happening, so i got anxious and did something incredibly stupid, i pulled the battery. Now in the process i believe that i pulled the battery at the time the internal sd was being rewritten. At this point my phone will boot but will get stuck at the vibrant screen. i can get into download mode but i am unable to get into clockwork recovery (if i could then i'd just flash my nandroid backup). I've tried using odin v 1.0 and 1.30 to no avail. im using the 512 pit file and the t959uvjfd.tar files to try and reinstall and go back to stock. how ever when i do this my screen displays Applying Muti-csc, instaling muti csc. When i try to use odin i am able to see my phone in com9 but am unable to do anything with it aside from get into download mode. I would greatly appreciate any help anyone could give me. i have also tried to use the command propt and ADB to try and get this to work but i get the error of no device found.
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What happens when you try to get into recovery? If you've borked a rom Install you can *usually* recover from it as nothing is really permanent in the phones memory.
When I try and get into recovery (I assume you mean clockworkmod) I select reinstall packages and I get the following error " E; cant open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) installation aborted.
I am only able to access stock recovery.
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When I try and get into recovery (I assume you mean clockworkmod) I select reinstall packages and I get the following error " E; cant open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) installation aborted.
I am only able to access stock recovery.
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Okay well you aren't completely out of luck, Ive had that before on my Fascinate, try to redownload the update.zip file for CWM and try again. Sometimes that fixes it for me *for some odd reason*
The problem is that I can't get into CWM recovery, only stock recovery, also how would I push update.zip if I cant get any where with odin?
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The problem is that I can't get into CWM recovery, only stock recovery, also how would I push update.zip if I cant get any where with odin?
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If you have a card reader of some sort then you can mount your Micro SD card on your PC and do it like that, or if you have another Android phone then you can use it to mount the Micro SD card, just swap em. download the update.zip and drop it on the root of the card then in the stock recovery try and flash it.
My problem is i dont know how to access the root files right now, i am unable to do anything on the phone aside from access stock recovery
I am currently attempting this method "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817186" but nothing is happening with odin i am only seeing that odin has recognized the device but is stuck at "setupconnection" using odin v1.30
does anyone have a copy of the update.zip file to use to unpack clockwork?
I thought the update.zip had to be on the internal SD to work.
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i think this is it
also I think I have to get it on the internal SD card but I'm not sure how to go about doing that seeing as how I have no access to anything but the recovery menu and odin which fails to make a connection. I get the yellow port but nothing happens beyond that.
Yeah you've got a true problem there I'm not sure what to do about that sorry man
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
out of curiousity is it possible to remove the internal sd card and mount inside a card reader to add or edit files?
Im not sure there is an actual removable chip as much as its a part of the phones memory
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
it was worth a shot, how would yall go about talking to t-mobile so that they would provide a new phone with out me having to pay 600ish for a new phone
Well there is an external SD card in the phone but as for the Internal memory that is NOT on an SD card, its a packaged chip not a removable media
any other thoughts about how i might use odin or the sdk to access my files on the root folders? so that i could insert the zip file?
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it was worth a shot, how would yall go about talking to t-mobile so that they would provide a new phone with out me having to pay 600ish for a new phone
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I'm not sure about that I mean you voided the warranty I guess you could tell them its messed up and hope they don't figure out what you did but its on you, I think you might just have to bite down and take the heat
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
is there really any way for them to tell that i've rooted the phone and what happened, normally dont they just check to see if the phone has physical damage and water damage?
They refurbish phones there is no way they give out new phones on replacements I mean hell you could end up with one I had three months ago lol but maybe they won't check who knows but either way its a gamble
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
After installing a ROM and rebooting the phone everything seemed to work fine. The only problem is that it I can not install any programs because it thinks that I have no space available.
Now I did not backup my system... I do have an older backup on my laptop... but I can not install clockwork because there is no space.
please help!
Thanks in Advance!
it might be a problem with the ROM.
ODIN back to stock, then flash that same rom again, if its still there, contact the DEV and tell him, because its their fault.
If it gets fixed with re-flash something went wrong while flashing and that happened.
What ROM did you install? Was it ODEX or DEODEX?
I agree with the above post, if an ODIN doesn't solve the problem, it sounds like a problem with the rom, but a little more info on your situation wouldn't hurt.
Thanks for the input... I hope to resolve this before tomorrow! The ROM was Bionix Fusion
I am new to this and probably should have researched a little more. lol
Ok I have downloaded the ODIN3 v1.00
How do I ODIN back to stock?
I have the Samsung Vibrant,
Having the same issue when running Odin with Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo ...I ran Odin to fix a brick and didn't know the history of the phone. This is the only tar that will boot the phone all the way up, but I get the 0.00 available space error too. I tried stock and almost get a full boot up, but then goes black before going to main screen... I've tried many different combos including T959UVJFD.tar + s1_odin_20100512 pit , 512 pit + T959UVJI6, T959JL5, etc...
suggestions?
The ROM itself seems nice... I like the changes I've seen. For some reason it does not recognize the space that is available on the SD card as space for Applications. I've read a post somewhere about repartitioning the SD card in ODIN. ROM manager is s pretty much useless without clockwork recovery installed.... can not install it without space available. I tried repartitioning in ODIN but would not do it... is this something that could work? Maybe I am doing something else wrong,... or any other suggestions?
At this point I will be happy to go back to factory settings then start over...
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The ROM itself seems nice... I like the changes I've seen. For some reason it does not recognize the space that is available on the SD card as space for Applications. I've read a post somewhere about repartitioning the SD card in ODIN. ROM manager is s pretty much useless without clockwork recovery installed.... can not install it without space available. I tried repartitioning in ODIN but would not do it... is this something that could work? Maybe I am doing something else wrong,... or any other suggestions?
At this point I will be happy to go back to factory settings then start over...
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I agree... This thread would probably get more attention in the development section, but I may be wrong. I will keep trying things and let you know if I come up with something...
Actually now I am having the same problem... Went back to the original using ODIN now when the phone boots up it goes to a blank screen and will not go any further!
Jayson Simmons said:
Actually now I am having the same problem... Went back to the original using ODIN now when the phone boots up it goes to a blank screen and will not go any further!
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What files did u use to odin back
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s1_odin_20100512.pit
T959UVJFD
Okay... YAY!!! I got it working! Here's how!
I want to note that every time I would Flash the phone with ODIN when the phone would reboot it would fail to wipe the data! This was not a fix that I found on purpose but it did work for me:
I flashed the file EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA
Now that file is for the Vibrant i9000. Not mine
So after that I re-tried the original one that I stated above,.... then it worked! I did notice that it did NOT fail to wipe the data!
So relieved!
Jayson Simmons said:
Okay... YAY!!! I got it working! Here's how!
I want to note that every time I would Flash the phone with ODIN when the phone would reboot it would fail to wipe the data! This was not a fix that I found on purpose but it did work for me:
I flashed the file EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA
Now that file is for the Vibrant i9000. Not mine
So after that I re-tried the original one that I stated above,.... then it worked! I did notice that it did NOT fail to wipe the data!
So relieved!
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Thanks for posting your resolution in the event this happens to someone else down the line. Glad you got it up and running.
Yup that is the true stock firmware... try this, it might help and it might not? when you boot your phone and it loads up, format your internal and external sdcard. (back up first) then reboot.... see if that helps. if not, odin the stock rom again. right now i'm shooting at flies with a BB gun so it is worth a try anyway...... and i'll try and research it for ya......
oops i didnt know you found a way....my bad. glad you got it working!!!!
So is that the way to fix it then? I just want to know if anyone else has tried it with no problem before i do it. Also, will you be able to flash back to stock?
I flashed the files that were included with the ODIN package and i now don't have any memory for applications also is the only way to fix this issue by using ODIN again or has someone found another method?
Did you use OCLF at any time previously?
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Did you use OCLF at any time previously?
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I tried voodoo for the first time and couldn't get past the vibrant screen i then used the odin package the tmobile default files and got to the tmobil boot screen but the screen goes black and nothing happens my hard ware keys were on but that's it so then i used eugenes package based off the tmobile leak and that's where i'm at now it works but no application memory available.
so i want to see if i can just use ODIN with the file that is up a couple of posts to get my app memory back
How much available app space are we suppose to have?
So I know the phone has 2GB of app space, but when I totally wipe everything and go back to stock, it says only about 1.7GB.
go to settings, then sd card and phone storage
scroll all the way down to application storage
how much available space is it suppose to have under stock conditions?
Jayson Simmons said:
Okay... YAY!!! I got it working! Here's how!
I want to note that every time I would Flash the phone with ODIN when the phone would reboot it would fail to wipe the data! This was not a fix that I found on purpose but it did work for me:
I flashed the file EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA
Now that file is for the Vibrant i9000. Not mine
So after that I re-tried the original one that I stated above,.... then it worked! I did notice that it did NOT fail to wipe the data!
So relieved!
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Can you post the EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA file? I flashed Eugene_2E_JK2 Froyo, and then tried flashing the original JFD Stock Rom, but it gave me a black screen after the Galaxy S screen. Also, it didn't wipe the data for me.
has anyone fixed this? i have the same problem im stuck
Sorry to start off my forum account with a thread, but I made the account specifically for this after hours of searching. I had Cyanogenmod 10.1 (Nightly), and was having some problems with phone memory. So I downloaded a sd card partition app, and wiped the sd card (Or so it seemed). Then it said I needed to unmount it first, which I didn't see anywhere. So I looked for another tutorial which involved the recovery mode (Pretty sure that's what CWM is, I'm very new to this.). What I didn't notice was that i didn't have Siyah (Which I had before), but CWM. So I followed the tutorial, made a 2GB partition, and then tried rebooting. What happened then was CM loaded but didn't leave the booting screen. Probably cause of the wipe.
I'm following this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929 , but my problem is after pushing it to the SD card, I can't install it, because I can't even mount the SD card. Any help is very much appreciated, and I would love some detailed explanations of more complex things. Thanks in advance!
If I buy an external SD, can I install it from there?
Provided you have CWM, yes you can......you can also flash a stock firmware via download mode and odin.....
My Wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree.....
Provided you have CWM, yes you can......you can also flash a stock firmware via download mode and odin.....<br />
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My Wife says I'm a phone geek....<br />
I'd have to agree.....
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Think we all are on here. My girlfriend hates my phone hahaha
Just re read the OP, there may be an issue with reinstalling the cm rom due to the borked storage partition. By all means try the install from the external memory, but I have a feeling that an odin install of a firmware *may* be the only option. And even with the odin flash, I'd advise the '3 file JB test firmware' as opposed to the regular single file version as I *believe* the test firmware will wipe and re write the storage partitions where the regular firmwares don't (somebody cmiiw)
Here's the link to the multifile firmware download page. READ ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS detailed there AND FOLLOW THEM EXACTLY.
http://www.sammobile.com/2012/11/15/i9100xxlsj-–-galaxy-s-ii-android-4-1-2-jelly-bean-test-firmware/
@gastonw or @theunderling or @Hopper8 can you comment on this please?
My Wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree.....
Looks like you have it all sorted Keith :thumbup: I would only query... OP, you do definitely have an i9100? Not a variant, i9100g etc?
But yes, definitely give it a go flashing the ROM from external sd. If you have no luck, then it's that link Keith posted via Odin.
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Ok, so I managed to install ICS 4.0.3 (Not upgradeable). Couldn't flash CMMod for some reason, at least from the external SD, it just kept booting nonstop (waited 20 min).
For some reason, once I turned on my phone, my internalSD was fine, not partitioned, which is odd. I'm pretty sure it didn't recognize my external, and no, I'm not mixing them up because the ext is 16GB, while the int is 12. Any way to partition the SD card then? I have everything backed up.
Kinda OT, i'm not 100% sure how to install this ROM., with the kernel and all. Thanks again!
And yes, i have an i9100.
So your phone works well while on 4.0.3?
If so, don't mess with the cards.
All that mounting and unmounting will mess with your device.
PS: We can not tell you what ROM you should flash (as a better ROM suggestion).
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gastonw said:
So your phone works well while on 4.0.3?
If so, don't mess with the cards.
All that mounting and unmounting will mess with your device.
PS: We can not tell you what ROM you should flash (as a better ROM suggestion).
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Thing is i'm always annoyed about storage space, and I read that by partitioning the int, you get that space more.
There is an alternative.... you can swap storage volumes....(cmiiw) by using the vold fstab method....you can also install cm9 and perform the swap in the storage settings (again cmiiw)......both methods were available to me (as stated) with my old galaxy w.......
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Well now I apparently can't flash any ROMS, because I've tried with CMMod and now with the official Slim Bean, no luck, endless boot screen. Could my int SD be damaged? What do I do in that case?
I hate to say this, because the general opinion is to do this as a LAST resort, and I personally advise anybody to leave this option WELL alone....but there's a *possibility* that flashing a .pit file and then reflashing a firmware *might* help. But be advised, if the pit file flash fails...ur phone will be permanently borked. Don't attempt this until someone else has commented on the sanity of this idea.....and only try if.....
A) You have researched it REALLY thoroughly
B) you are sure you have the CORRECT pit file
C) there really is NO OTHER WAY to sort your phone out
USE EXTREME CAUTION IF CONSIDERING THIS METHOD......
CHECK, RE-CHECK AND CHECK EVERYTHING AGAIN BEFORE YOU START........
my wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree......
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I hate to say this, because the general opinion is to do this as a LAST resort, and I personally advise anybody to leave this option WELL alone....but there's a *possibility* that flashing a .pit file and then reflashing a firmware *might* help. But be advised, if the pit file flash fails...ur phone will be permanently borked. Don't attempt this until someone else has commented on the sanity of this idea.....and only try if.....
A) You have researched it REALLY thoroughly
B) you are sure you have the CORRECT pit file
C) there really is NO OTHER WAY to sort your phone out
USE EXTREME CAUTION IF CONSIDERING THIS METHOD......
CHECK, RE-CHECK AND CHECK EVERYTHING AGAIN BEFORE YOU START........
my wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree......
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Gonna try to install Slim Bean from ext first, maybe my int got damaged or something.
UPDATE: Tried doing it with CMMod instead, cause i already had it on there, no luck, just endless boot. Gonna try SlimBean from ext. Does no one have a solution? Flashing a fix with Odin works fine, but that doesnt work with ROMs, and it all was perfect before i tried to partition my int SD card (which it's not right now)
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Gonna try to install Slim Bean from ext first, maybe my int got damaged or something.
UPDATE: Tried doing it with CMMod instead, cause i already had it on there, no luck, just endless boot. Gonna try SlimBean from ext. Does no one have a solution? Flashing a fix with Odin works fine, but that doesnt work with ROMs, and it all was perfect before i tried to partition my int SD card (which it's not right now)
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No luck, actually formatted the /system this time, but waited 15 minutes and no luck. What my main issue is is why I can't flash correctly anymore?
But your stock ROM flashing is doing fine, no?
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But your stock ROM flashing is doing fine, no?
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Not flashing, doing it via Odin. Currently ICS 4.0.3, not even JB which I used to have...
When you flash via odin, is it successful?
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When you flash via odin, is it successful?
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Yes, perfectly.
You could try that boot second Rom if you put dorimanx 8.Xx on It. I read that if you cant boot or flash then install dori and flash as second Rom not 1st and may boot. 8.Xx is for both stock and custom Rom so may be an option to you. But if you flash stock firmware you need modded stock Rom. So flash dori and try and boot second Rom put a custom Rom on it first and see if it boot like that.
Hello, I need help figuring out a way to get my phone to boot back to system.
I was flashing a new ROM, something I've done multiple times on my phone, and for some reason when I wanted to reboot to system another pop up appeared saying "your device does not appear to be rooted. install SuperSU now?" with two options (do not install or install) no matter which option I pick, my phone goes into download mode. I can go back into recovery but can't do much since I don't have any back ups saved.
(Because of my phone's storage problem I saved the back ups to my computer)
I would try rooting my phone again with odin but I don't want to risk actually bricking my phone and making this problem worse.
Help, please!
Yes, I've searched through every thread I could to find a solution but I can't find anything that's even similar to my problem.
AmyDEMxd said:
Hello, I need help figuring out a way to get my phone to boot back to system.
I was flashing a new ROM, something I've done multiple times on my phone, and for some reason when I wanted to reboot to system another pop up appeared saying "your device does not appear to be rooted. install SuperSU now?" with two options (do not install or install) no matter which option I pick, my phone goes into download mode. I can go back into recovery but can't do much since I don't have any back ups saved.
(Because of my phone's storage problem I saved the back ups to my computer)
I would try rooting my phone again with odin but I don't want to risk actually bricking my phone and making this problem worse.
Help, please!
Yes, I've searched through every thread I could to find a solution but I can't find anything that's even similar to my problem.
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There are plenty of no wipe odin packages Hey one and go back to stock re root and try again sounds like you got a bad download. But I would highly recommend making a back up to your phone because you do have an external SD card to backup to also. So you can't say anything about the storage problem. unless you don't own a external card that is. Our you could try to factory reset in recovery then reboot if that didn't work... odin can't really go wrong with odin
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There are plenty of no wipe odin packages Hey one and go back to stock re root and try again sounds like you got a bad download. But I would highly recommend making a back up to your phone because you do have an external SD card to backup to also. So you can't say anything about the storage problem. unless you don't own a external card that is. Our you could try to factory reset in recovery then reboot if that didn't work... odin can't really go wrong with odin
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Thank you! I'm going to try right now.
I do have an SD card but nothing saves on it and the phone doesn't read it
AmyDEMxd said:
Thank you! I'm going to try right now.
I do have an SD card but nothing saves on it and the phone doesn't read it
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Try reformatting it to fat32
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Here are 2 ways to download the new Lolipop 5.0 firmware from T-Mobile. This file was downloaded from Sammobile and is in .tar file format. I am just hosting the file as a torrent on my PC which is on 24/7 and I have Fios 75/75 internet so should download fast and also added a link to the Mega mirror link I made. Enjoy and hope I help people download faster.
G900TUVU1DOB1_G900TTMB1DOB1_TMB - Feb. 18th 2015 - Andriod 5.0 - 1.44gb
Mirror 1 - Torrent
Mirror 2 - Mega
Please be aware this is a stock .tar file and you phone should be on stock recovery. I took my rooted 4.4.2 and backed it up via Kies and then did a factory reset/initialization to factory which will give you the new lolipop software. This file was posted as a backup mirror to the Sammobile.com site as they are on slow servers.
Is this the same as what would get pushed to our phones as an OTA if we were completely stock?
highaltitude said:
Is this the same as what would get pushed to our phones as an OTA if we were completely stock?
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And here I was looking for this in a different forum, silly me. Thanks!
I used the 2'nd mirror, and used Odin to flash it. now my phone is stuck on "recovery booting" [on top of the screen] on Samsung logo. I can't get in download (via power down + volumedown) or recovery (power up + volumeup)
essentially i might have bricked my phone, with no way of recovering it :crying:
-any thoughts on how to fix this?
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I used the 2'nd mirror, and used Odin to flash it. now my phone is stuck on "recovery booting" [on top of the screen] on Samsung logo. I can't get in download (via power down + volumedown) or recovery (power up + volumeup)
essentially i might have bricked my phone, with no way of recovering it :crying:
-any thoughts on how to fix this?
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You also need to use the home key with either of those other key combinations. All three at the same time.
eventheodds1 said:
I used the 2'nd mirror, and used Odin to flash it. now my phone is stuck on "recovery booting" [on top of the screen] on Samsung logo. I can't get in download (via power down + volumedown) or recovery (power up + volumeup)
essentially i might have bricked my phone, with no way of recovering it :crying:
-any thoughts on how to fix this?
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Take the battery out, then boot with volume down+home+power and you will get to download mode. From there you can do it again. Don't unplug until you see the white T-Mobile boot screen!
brees75 said:
Take the battery out, then boot with volume down+home+power and you will get to download mode. From there you can do it again. Don't unplug until you see the white T-Mobile boot screen!
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Also you may have to factory reset after flashing the full tar with Odin. So if you go into a bootloop after Odin reports "success", pull the battery, replace battery, volume up+home+power should get you into stock recovery, from there factory reset and wipe cache partitions. You will lose data, but sometimes that's how the cookie crumbles.
hahaha i know how to get in boot-loader etc, just didn't typed in the comment. i have another issue, i have managed to flash D0B1 (lollipop) but the problem is get constant issue of rebooting, "e:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)".
and it show up as "factor mode on" as toaster when i 1st turn it on! flashed it couple times with odin, thoughts?
Thanks for the file man.
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how long does it take to install? I've been on odin now for about 10 minutes on System...
Any Odin-flashable tars of just the bootloader and modem?
I'm still getting "E: failed to mount/efs (invalid argument)" i did the flash with "NAND Erase all" and "phone EFS Clear" (mod warning - don't do this!)
eventheodds1 said:
I'm still getting "E: failed to mount/efs (invalid argument)" i did the flash with "NAND Erase all" and "phone EFS Clear"
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You're going to need a pit file, you weren't supposed to wipe those as they are the partition info.
adj998 said:
You're going to need a pit file, you weren't supposed to wipe those as they are the partition info.
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how can i get those? links?
Can anyone post the modem, bootloader, etc from the new update? Thanks!
adj998 said:
You're going to need a pit file, you weren't supposed to wipe those as they are the partition info.
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eventheodds1 said:
how can i get those? links?
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Pit file isn't going to restore your efs. efs is specific for each device(i think).. I think you now have a glorified brick. Maybe, just maybe, you will be able to restore it if taken to a repair company. However, if you were getting efs issues before checking wipe efs, it may still be there and just an issue of accessing it (ie permissions or incomplete flash)
Pit files are partition size/location information, hence P-artition I-nformation T-able. Has nothing to do with restoring your efs directory.
You should still be able to reboot to android though. You just won't get signal or anything. I honestly think you are bricked though if your efs is truly wiped without a backup saved. Maybe Samsung can repair it.
~A little caveat supporting Samsung's decision to go through with Knox: This is the exact reason why they implemented it. People were returning phones with similar issues saying "it just stopped working" as a warranty replacement. While I'm not pointing fingers as anyone here saying it is their fault, I just remember people complaining about Knox not being fair and such and saw how this issue was a perfect example as to why they went through with it.
elesbb said:
Pit file isn't going to restore your efs. efs is specific for each device(i think).. I think you now have a glorified brick. Maybe, just maybe, you will be able to restore it if taken to a repair company. However, if you were getting efs issues before checking wipe efs, it may still be there and just an issue of accessing it (ie permissions or incomplete flash)
Pit files are partition size/location information, hence P-artition I-nformation T-able. Has nothing to do with restoring your efs directory.
You should still be able to reboot to android though. You just won't get signal or anything. I honestly think you are bricked though if your efs is truly wiped without a backup saved. Maybe Samsung can repair it.
~A little caveat supporting Samsung's decision to go through with Knox: This is the exact reason why they implemented it. People were returning phones with similar issues saying "it just stopped working" as a warranty replacement. While I'm not pointing fingers as anyone here saying it is their fault, I just remember people complaining about Knox not being fair and such and saw how this issue was a perfect example as to why they went through with it.
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thank you for clearing it up! the weird thing i still have mobile date, i can call/text people fine . just the thing is the wifi wont stick and it reboots at random. (does that change the anything?) Everything else works just fine!
eventheodds1 said:
thank you for clearing it up! the weird thing i still have mobile date, i can call/text people fine . just the thing is the wifi wont stick and it reboots at random. (does that change the anything?) Everything else works just fine!
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Luckily it seems like you haven't wiped your efs then. WiFi may be an issue with a bad kernel flash or /data partition. Have you wiped your data?
elesbb said:
Luckily it seems like you haven't wiped your efs then. WiFi may be an issue with a bad kernel flash or /data partition. Have you wiped your data?
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yea i wiped my data, than i used odin in order to flash the mirrors of D0B1. it stable epect for the wifi, and reboots after 1min or so (than does endless reboot unless i wipe cache and date)
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