Plz help asap - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

ok so Im having PROBLEM with my G1 that's never happened to me before!!
i basically tried to flash drizzy's motorola cliq beta beta and so I wiped ext3, wiped, and did repair ext. when I flash ANY rom now i keep getting an error similar to this:
E: can't chown/mod /system/bin
no such file or directory
failure at line 65
set_perm_recursive 0 2000 0755 0 6755 SYSTEM:xbin
installation aborted.
when i try flashing another rom it'll say the something along the same lines exept it says error on line 42. so basically I cannot flash any rom right now... can anyone knowledgeable plz tell me whats goin on nd how to fix!

jroid said:
ok so Im having PROBLEM with my G1 that's never happened to me before!!
i basically tried to flash drizzy's motorola cliq beta beta and so I wiped ext3, wiped, and did repair ext. when I flash ANY rom now i keep getting an error similar to this:
E: can't chown/mod /system/bin
no such file or directory
failure at line 65
set_perm_recursive 0 2000 0755 0 6755 SYSTEM:xbin
installation aborted.
when i try flashing another rom it'll say the something along the same lines exept it says error on line 42. so basically I cannot flash any rom right now... can anyone knowledgeable plz tell me whats goin on nd how to fix!
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Use gparted and reformat your ext partition that will fix it

Ok not a dumb question. Do you have your g1 connected to your computer??

osokrayzay said:
Ok not a dumb question. Do you have your g1 connected to your computer??
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well right now I do to charge the battery from all these flashes. but will repartition to see if it fixes it thnx

If you are flashing with it plugged to computer, It will give you that error.
Here is a quick video, nothing special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oAyQdH-6EM

jroid said:
ok so Im having PROBLEM with my G1 that's never happened to me before!!
i basically tried to flash drizzy's motorola cliq beta beta and so I wiped ext3, wiped, and did repair ext. when I flash ANY rom now i keep getting an error similar to this:
E: can't chown/mod /system/bin
no such file or directory
failure at line 65
set_perm_recursive 0 2000 0755 0 6755 SYSTEM:xbin
installation aborted.
when i try flashing another rom it'll say the something along the same lines exept it says error on line 42. so basically I cannot flash any rom right now... can anyone knowledgeable plz tell me whats goin on nd how to fix!
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another thing you can do if the wipe wont work even after re-partitioning the sdcard is to re update.zip haykuro spl looked like a spl issue i ran into before. just a thought!
Jester....

jesterdroid said:
another thing you can do if the wipe wont work even after re-partitioning the sdcard is to re update.zip haykuro spl looked like a spl issue i ran into before. just a thought!
Jester....
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ok i will try that, i reformatted my whole sdcard and its still giving me the same error. dam what did i do?? ive done the same procedure over a 1000+ times nd never had this issue flashing. now i try flashing this cliq rom and it magically appears. dam man

That's good news thats its working. To me, I left it connected to the comp, so i coudlnt find the file and it gave me that error, but all is well. Good
jroid said:
ok i will try that, i reformatted my whole sdcard and its still giving me the same error. dam what did i do?? ive done the same procedure over a 1000+ times nd never had this issue flashing. now i try flashing this cliq rom and it magically appears. dam man
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should i re-flash the spl?? I have the haykuro spl already.. and btw, i never had my g1 plugged into the comp. while flashing.. still have this error

jroid said:
ok i will try that, i reformatted my whole sdcard and its still giving me the same error. dam what did i do?? ive done the same procedure over a 1000+ times nd never had this issue flashing. now i try flashing this cliq rom and it magically appears. dam man
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well at the absolute worst you will just have to re-root again.. time consuming but its not gonna kill your phone.
one more thing i just thought about if SPL dont fix it.. the other thing i did was reinstall the cyanogen recovery... one of the 2 will work hopefully.. i am leaning more toward the SPL tho good luck and let me know what happens..
Jester

osokrayzay said:
That's good news thats its working. To me, I left it connected to the comp, so i coudlnt find the file and it gave me that error, but all is well. Good
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na its not working lol i meant that the issue just magically appeared..

ok re-flashed spl and still have the error. dam what else can I do?? i ran out of ideas.. it sayin /system/xbin doesn't exist.. i guess

try unrooting your G1 by flashing the Dream.nbh, im sure you can find it in the forums. then root your G1 again. oh and also try out AMON_RA's recovery images, you can easily repartition your sdcard with it.
Good luck man, hope this works
*EDIT: actually i think i didnt mention everything you needed to do to unroot.
this website has links to the files you need and great instructions on how to unroot.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/

Acsteffy87 said:
try unrooting your G1 by flashing the Dream.nbh, im sure you can find it in the forums. then root your G1 again. oh and also try out AMON_RA's recovery images, you can easily repartition your sdcard with it.
Good luck man, hope this works
*EDIT: actually i think i didnt mention everything you needed to do to unroot.
this website has links to the files you need and great instructions on how to unroot.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/
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yea i was thinkin of doin this awile bak.. i think this has to do somethin with a problem i had yesterday flashing cyans latest rom. i flashed the htc recovery and rebooted; loosing my root. i re-rooted and nandroided back to 1.6.. so i have the .nbh nd recovery img. thnx i think this will do it

ok so i re-rooted, flashed cliq rom nd gave me the same error.. apparently someone else got the same error so Im not the only one. BUT I flashed akirah's 1.6 and it installed successfully.... hmm. startin to think there somethin iffy bout that update idk

jroid said:
ok so i re-rooted, flashed cliq rom nd gave me the same error.. apparently someone else got the same error so Im not the only one. BUT I flashed akirah's 1.6 and it installed successfully.... hmm. startin to think there somethin iffy bout that update idk
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did you remember to update back to haykuro's SPL? blur and drizzys rom all use it..

jroid said:
ok so i re-rooted, flashed cliq rom nd gave me the same error.. apparently someone else got the same error so Im not the only one. BUT I flashed akirah's 1.6 and it installed successfully.... hmm. startin to think there somethin iffy bout that update idk
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maybe its something wrong with his install script. anyways, flashing your system image from your safe nandroid restore from fastboot just before flashing the blur image should work

how about ..
you unzip your update.zip
hop in the meta-inf folder open up google then anroid
then update-script
open that with textpad
scroll down to the part where it says
CHOWN 1,0,1,0,5,*some other numbers* System:xbin
delete it
save
rezip and then resign and flash
theres even a resigning.exe floating around somewhere all you gotta do is put "update.zip" in the same folder as the exe and it signs for you

wow 2 great Ideas!! will try and return thannks!

ok guys I finally got it!!! created my moto account and signing in!!
ok so I flashed danger spl and it worked!! thank guys for your support on this issue i really appreciiate it

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help!!!!

so i was watching a video
to SUPER D 1.5.1 WITH NEXUS LAUNCHER
followed the steps to install it
but now i get an abort alert
saying E:cant symlink/system/xbin/bb]
E:failure at line 59:symlink/xbin/busybox SYSTEM:xbin/bb]
installion aborted. whats going wrong
also it tries to boot up and boots right in to recovery?
Can you give us more information? Like wich recovery you have, what radio, spl...
well i got it back to normal so its now on 1.0 rc29
i would really like things to work but its seems not to go my way
i know it may be simple to the vets but to me rooting is a bit hard
Might be a build.prop problem. Someone may have edited it incorrectly.
Got a link to this information?
tehseano said:
Might be a build.prop problem. Someone may have edited it incorrectly.
Got a link to this information?
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ok so i got it right thanks to the unlockr and a guy on here named jackslim(props to that guy)
it seems that i rebooted my phone which made the phone overwrite the recovery img with its own.
i so i fixed that problem
now im running super D 1.5.1 with nexus launcher and i must say it is awesome!!!!!!!!
pfkis2010 said:
ok so i got it right thanks to the unlockr and a guy on here named jackslim(props to that guy)
it seems that i rebooted my phone which made the phone overwrite the recovery img with its own.
i so i fixed that problem
now im running super D 1.5.1 with nexus launcher and i must say it is awesome!!!!!!!!
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Do you have a link to it? I'd love to have that function.

Market screwed up completely (I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING!!)

So I was running Cyanogen for about a month w/o wipe then wiped and tried the new King 2.1 AOSP v1.5 rom....
My market doesn't show downloads (tab), no paid apps, and it breaks when it tries to get to the permissions screen to download an app.
I wiped and reflashed to Cyanogen after flashing the HTC recovery and the problem remains....help me!
EDIT/UPDATE:
I've reformatted and repartitioned my whole sdcard...and have reflashed roms (yes, multiple different roms), and still the Market is broken!!!!
I NEED ASSISTANCE!!!
Did you wipe your ext/x ? You might have to repartion your card again. If you already wiped Everything.
Yup I've wiped everything....I might just repartition. Easiest way would be by using gParted in the console?
more than likely there are some things lingering from your cyanogen build. you should try wiping everything again (wiping data a 2nd time after wiping ext) and repair your ext, and flash again. also try fixing uid permissions located under "other" on amon-ra 1.5.2 recovery
I never used Gpart but from what I've read and seen it is the easiest way. I use Paragon Partition some ppl have issues using it but it has always worked for me.
guitarfreak846 said:
Yup I've wiped everything....I might just repartition. Easiest way would be by using gParted in the console?
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deeb215 said:
more than likely there are some things lingering from your cyanogen build. you should try wiping everything again (wiping data a 2nd time after wiping ext) and repair your ext, and flash again. also try fixing uid permissions located under "other" on amon-ra 1.5.2 recovery
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I'm trying that...when i click repair ext it took a good 30seconds to repair which is not normal....hopefully your method will fix my market
guitarfreak846 said:
I'm trying that...when i click repair ext it took a good 30seconds to repair which is not normal....hopefully your method will fix my market
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yea i think you should be good. post results plz
FAIL!
Still is messed up :/
I guess I'm going to try repartitioning everything.
guitarfreak846 said:
FAIL!
Still is messed up :/
I guess I'm going to try repartitioning everything.
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aah yea just start from scratch my man good luck bro
I repartitioned and STILL broken Market!!! WTF!?!?!
I tried installing fasttest today and after that the market has been screwy. It takes for ever to load the permissions screen and after an app is done installing it still shows as Installing... in market.
I wiped everything and went back to superD and its the same.
I can't even get to the permission screen!
I just tried a different rom and still the same problem...I'm seriously getting pissed lol
I NEED apps!
I had a similar problem to twice.
The market needs looooong to connect but it works if I wait about a minute. But after I use it a while and several reboots it works fine for me. Sounds strange - but that was my soloution in both cases.
Just look if you got the same problem.
If not, maybe you should try to get a log so we can see the errors....
I checked and mine seems to have fixed itself..
Mine fixed itself after reboots... yay!!!
i have the same problem,mine is not working 9 days,so i have transfered to1mobile market.it has all market app,but itreface is retarded.if you manage to fix the problem PLEASE PM me.there is allot of mine friends that heve the same problem,and it is weird that market stopped working,at approximately same time,and on tottaly diferent devices,android versions,and some of phones are not rooted at all.if you manage to fix yours please send me pm link

Phone only boots to recovery, nothing else!!!

Hi!
Yesterday my msging app wouldn't open so I rebooted the phone, something I do at least once every 2 days, and it booted into recovery without me touching anything.
This error would also show up:
E:Can't read MISC:
(No space left on device)
I can't do ANYTHING. It ALWAYS goes to recovery mode. reboot bootloader goes into recovery. power + camera button goes into recovery. letting it boot goes into recovery.
--all with the same error in recovery, the can't read misc thing.
Did anyone have this problem? I didn't even flash anything, i was just rebooting the phone like I always do and it just appeared. Any ideas? Is this bricked? I don't want to get a new phone until I know I've tried everything. I've already scoured the net for this error with no results.
Thanks!
What recovery do u have? Do u know your phone info? Running a custom Rom? What have u done to the phone before now?
Not bricked btw if u can get into recovery it's fixable
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Hey, thanks for replying!
I'm using RA 1.7 recovery, not sure what phone info you want, its a G1, I'm using CM 6.0 RC1 and have been using for a month now, and before that I've just been using CM, keeping my phone up to date with the stable releases (I don't flash the nightlies)
I'm glad that its not bricked. The problem is that it ONLY boots into recovery, even if I don't press anything...
Thanks!
johnson8cyl said:
What recovery do u have? Do u know your phone info? Running a custom Rom? What have u done to the phone before now?
Not bricked btw if u can get into recovery it's fixable
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Ok. I'm looking for spl and radio. Do u have danger spl? Or firerat mtd patch? Sounds like u ran out of internal memory somehow and now won't boot into os is why I ask
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Oh Gotcha - yeah I followed the guide on the CM wiki, so I have danger SPL i believe, and yes, I used firerat's MTD patch
If i remember correctly I used the "all" thing so it went through everything in that patch.
I did that maybe around the time I got CM 6 - so I've been using CM6 and firerat's patch for maybe a month before this happened.
thanks!
johnson8cyl said:
Ok. I'm looking for spl and radio. Do u have danger spl? Or firerat mtd patch? Sounds like u ran out of internal memory somehow and now won't boot into os is why I ask
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Interesting. U don't need danger and mtd patch they do the same thing. I'm confused but maybe u have conflicting internal memory partitioning and that's causing it. Do u have a nandroid backup u can go back to that will boot into the os?
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I do but it gives me the same error:
"Can't read MISC: etc etc etc"
This happens when I try to do anything, data wiping, wiping the cache, anything!
I don't even know if it acutally restored the image or not or if the wipe actually happened, because the progress bar is always present for whatever I'm trying to do, its just at the end the error comes up.
In terms of wiping I've tried wiping everything and installing CM6, to no avail. I can't re-reroot the device or downgrade it because recovery always comes up instead of fastboot... I'm stuck!!
Thanks for your insight!
If u plug your phone into the computer and select USB toggle does your sdcard show up on your computer?
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Yep! I can select that MOUNT SD thing and I can transfer files over. Thats what I did to try and flash the rom again, but like always it just gives me that error after its done.
Well i hope you have a spare phone for the time being. I will try to figure something out and keep you informed. Or someone smarter than me will come along and give you the answer. It seems several people have had this prob. but i have not found the solution. Has to be something you can do from a shell in recovery mode to create some space or something to get back into the os. Ill get back with you hopefully with some good news.
johnson8cyl said:
Well i hope you have a spare phone for the time being. I will try to figure something out and keep you informed. Or someone smarter than me will come along and give you the answer. It seems several people have had this prob. but i have not found the solution. Has to be something you can do from a shell in recovery mode to create some space or something to get back into the os. Ill get back with you hopefully with some good news.
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yeah hopefully something like that will be a solution.. thanks!
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=669019
It would appear that you can run adb commands while in recovery using a shell. Maybe you can do that and use df to see what has low space. When you find that out you can cd to that directory and type ls and get a list of what is in that directory. Maybe delete a few things to clear some space? Can anyone confirm this?
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http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=669019
It would appear that you can run adb commands while in recovery using a shell. Maybe you can do that and use df to see what has low space. When you find that out you can cd to that directory and type ls and get a list of what is in that directory. Maybe delete a few things to clear some space? Can anyone confirm this?
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Yeah I saw that post but I didn't try what the guy suggested - I will definitely try this when I get home. Too bad that post ended up having no resolution.
johnson8cyl said:
Well i hope you have a spare phone for the time being. I will try to figure something out and keep you informed. Or someone smarter than me will come along and give you the answer. It seems several people have had this prob. but i have not found the solution. Has to be something you can do from a shell in recovery mode to create some space or something to get back into the os. Ill get back with you hopefully with some good news.
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If your in recovery, can't you just do a full wipe ?
crz6662 said:
If your in recovery, can't you just do a full wipe ?
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He tried. Doesn't seem to be working. Gets same error. Need more help. Lol. Fun fun.
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johnson8cyl said:
He tried. Doesn't seem to be working. Gets same error. Need more help. Lol. Fun fun.
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Yeah, when I do a full wipe it says wipe completed and then right after I get the same error.
What could be wrong!!
Ok, looks like you are in the elite group....this issue is not that common...
See below thread...some useful information from Lbcoder and ezterry....check and see if this can help..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7225151
harryema said:
Hi!
Yesterday my msging app wouldn't open so I rebooted the phone, something I do at least once every 2 days, and it booted into recovery without me touching anything.
This error would also show up:
E:Can't read MISC:
(No space left on device)
I can't do ANYTHING. It ALWAYS goes to recovery mode. reboot bootloader goes into recovery. power + camera button goes into recovery. letting it boot goes into recovery.
--all with the same error in recovery, the can't read misc thing.
Did anyone have this problem? I didn't even flash anything, i was just rebooting the phone like I always do and it just appeared. Any ideas? Is this bricked? I don't want to get a new phone until I know I've tried everything. I've already scoured the net for this error with no results.
Thanks!
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Yeah I found that thread already... but like me they didn't find a solution either. Plus I do not have a backup misc image so me deleting it would be rather disasterous.
Any other ideas or things I could try?
I'm just about ready to wait for the desire Z or the galaxy S instead of trying to tinker with this old phone...

Flashing Errors

I have done many searches trying to find the answer but I haven't found an answer that I thought explained it. Some people have said that the file downloaded incorrectly and I should just re-download the ROM again. I have flashed many ROMs such as Cog, Perception, Phoenix, FF, SN and for every one of my flashes I have gotten one of these errors at least once.
I have flashed back to stock, master cleared, fixed permissions, flashed over ROMs without doing those steps and I still get at least one of these:
E: Can't symlink /system/bin/cat
E: Failure a lin 7:
symlink toolbox SYSTEM:bin/cat
installation aborted
E: Can't chown/mod /system/xbin/su
(no such file or directory)
E: Failure at line 71:
set_perm 0 0 04755 SYSTEM:xbin/su
Installation aborted
I have started putting 3 to 4 .zip files on my phone before I try to flash to save me from having to flash back to stock. I would just like to know if there was any way to do something about this on my end so my flashing time doesn't take an hour or more instead of a few minutes.
Quick question you are using cwm to flash and not stock recovery
[ROM] Precision 3.5 [Kernel] Suckerpunch #51
I am using cwm
Wow dude i have the SAME exactly problem and no one can help me! This all started cause i tried the cog4 rom and my phone has been ****ed ever since! Wont install any roms, all symlink errors, and now i can't even get it to restore a backup. It will successfully restore but upon reboot it just goes back to stock recovery UGH. I just want my phone back! And yes i am doing odin and master clear EVERY SINGLE TIME. Have downloaded each rom file over 10 times each. This is killing me!
xsteven77x said:
Wow dude i have the SAME exactly problem and no one can help me! This all started cause i tried the cog4 rom and my phone has been ****ed ever since! Wont install any roms, all symlink errors, and now i can't even get it to restore a backup. It will successfully restore but upon reboot it just goes back to stock recovery UGH. I just want my phone back! And yes i am doing odin and master clear EVERY SINGLE TIME. Have downloaded each rom file over 10 times each. This is killing me!
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I actually just responded to the thread you started before I noticed that you replied to mine. I just suggested that you download some more files but it seems like you have done that already.
If someone with knowledge would just PLEASE read this they can fix this for us. I found someone with the same problem, just different phone. They fixed it! We just need someone with the know-how to convert the directions into how you would do the same things on our phones...
http://forum.samdroid.net/f38/cannot-install-any-rom-recovery-4091/
PLEASE PLEASE GUYS HELP
You will need to flash back to stock. Odin 1-Click should do the trick, however you should Master Clear BEFORE you start flashing the stock ROM. The idea is to wipe the card of any inconsistencies in file system structure; sometimes parts can still be in Ext4 (even after 'unlagfixing') when other partitions are back to rfs.
I'd try that. I had a devil of a time with the same issue and after a lot of troubleshooting this worked for me.
Good luck!
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You will need to flash back to stock. Odin 1-Click should do the trick, however you should Master Clear BEFORE you start flashing the stock ROM. The idea is to wipe the card of any inconsistencies in file system structure; sometimes parts can still be in Ext4 (even after 'unlagfixing') when other partitions are back to rfs.
I'd try that. I had a devil of a time with the same issue and after a lot of troubleshooting this worked for me.
Good luck!
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I have flashed back to stock with one click odin, 3 button odin, and every odin ever made(exaggerating) probably 40-50 times today . I have master cleared before flashing, after flashing. I have re-partitioned. I have fixed permissions. I have done all of the above in every order imaginable.
I have also tried to install over 5 different roms. This all started whenever i flashed the cog4 that was ORIGINALLY posted yseterday. It had a line 15 error and apparently a wrong kernel. Ever since my phone has never been the same. It must have really ****ed something up.
After reading all night...this is NOT exclusive to the captivate. This has happened to just about every android phone out there. And every topic in existence ends up dying and no one ever gives a solution. Most point to the system partition being full, and it messing up and thats why it's not able to symlink. Others say apps2sd being built in a rom can do that. ONE guy did the rm wipe system thing through adb and got it to work. Please guys HELP PLEASE. My phone is absolutely useless right now being able to run nothing but stock. PLEASE.
I am trying to do a rm -rf /system in an root adb shell in recovery. It always says device is busy. Any ideas!?
Sorry, wrong thread. Ignore me.
Dam thought we were finally getting some help!
Are you using some kind of download accellerator or manager?
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Pirateghost said:
Are you using some kind of download accellerator or manager?
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No? I'm not getting where your going with this....
BTW XDA i'm NOT gonna let this go till i get some answers my phone is totally useless right now. I either accept that i just wasted hundreds of dollars on a phone OR that i may annoy some of the community to get them to pay attention. Obviously i'm gonna go with no. 2.
xsteven77x said:
No? I'm not getting where your going with this....
BTW XDA i'm NOT gonna let this go till i get some answers my phone is totally useless right now. I either accept that i just wasted hundreds of dollars on a phone OR that i may annoy some of the community to get them to pay attention. Obviously i'm gonna go with no. 2.
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEONE PLEASE. i have scoured the entire internet...if someone here can't help then my phone is garbage.

Every custom rom gives a symlink error on install

My phone has/was working fine for the longest time. Was running cog 3.04. Ever since trying to update to cog4, i get symlink error EVERY time i try to install. I am flashing back to stock, and doing a master clear every time.
Thinking it was the cog4 rom, i have tried serendipity, and paragon. Though the error is on different lines, it gives me a symlink error everytime it is installing. What gives! I will throw this phone in the garbage if i have to be stuck on stock now!
On another note, anytime i try to restore a backup (os backup, not apps), it will successfully restore, but then when it reboots it is back to the stock recovery. UGH. Someone please give me some guidance!
Do you get an error like this:
E: Can't symlink /system/bin/cat
E: Failure a lin 7:
symlink toolbox SYSTEM:bin/cat
installation aborted
I probably get at least one of these errors every time that I flash. I have asked around and some people say that it can be a bad download. I would recommend downloading cog4 again and maybe even 2 to 3 times and putting all of those on your internal memory (name them cog4, cog4a, cog4b.zip or something like that). This is what I do and typically at least one of the three/four that I have on there will work.
Yea I had one of these last night and it was just a bad download. Compared the file size and they were different
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PLEAE SOMEBODY HELP I AM BEGGING PLEASE.
The ONLY custom rom i can install is cog3.04. Nothing else will work. I have flashed back to stock 2.1 and 2.2 and it does not make a difference. I have master cleared a million times. I have repartitioned my sd card also. From what i am gathering on the internet, is that i need to change the size of the system partition. It is too small. I cannot find ANY WAY AT ALL to do that. I will seriously send someone money over paypal if they just please try to help me. I am dead serious.
xsteven77x said:
PLEAE SOMEBODY HELP I AM BEGGING PLEASE.
The ONLY custom rom i can install is cog3.04. Nothing else will work. I have flashed back to stock 2.1 and 2.2 and it does not make a difference. I have master cleared a million times. I have repartitioned my sd card also. From what i am gathering on the internet, is that i need to change the size of the system partition. It is too small. I cannot find ANY WAY AT ALL to do that. I will seriously send someone money over paypal if they just please try to help me. I am dead serious.
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The errors are different on every rom, but pretty much the same. It's always symlink error system/xbin/su or system/xbin/cap. ALWAYS. No matter what rom it is. BESIDES COG 3.04. That was the rom i had RIGHT before all this started. I tried to install cog 4 and it ****ed my phone. Not sure what to do....
Dead serious about paying someone to help me.
xsteven77x said:
The errors are different on every rom, but pretty much the same. It's always symlink error system/xbin/su or system/xbin/cap. ALWAYS. No matter what rom it is. BESIDES COG 3.04. That was the rom i had RIGHT before all this started. I tried to install cog 4 and it ****ed my phone. Not sure what to do....
Dead serious about paying someone to help me.
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You have tried the full ODIN, and using Partition?
When flashing back to stock, use Odin3, and have the Re-Partition box checked
Note: Note I have not ever had to do that before, so not sure if would work
indomikey said:
You have tried the full ODIN, and using Partition?
When flashing back to stock, use Odin3, and have the Re-Partition box checked
Note: Note I have not ever had to do that before, so not sure if would work
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Yes i have used the one click and the regular full odin. And yes i clicked the re-partition thinking that would help me. Makes no difference
The key to this mystery i think is the fact that cog 3.04 is the ONLY custom rom that will go on here...and was the one i had right before my phone got royally ****ed.
xsteven77x said:
Yes i have used the one click and the regular full odin. And yes i clicked the re-partition thinking that would help me. Makes no difference
The key to this mystery i think is the fact that cog 3.04 is the ONLY custom rom that will go on here...and was the one i had right before my phone got royally ****ed.
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How about formatting through recovery menu? and then reinstalling with odin
indomikey said:
How about formatting through recovery menu? and then reinstalling with odin
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Yes i have. Someone with a different phone but the same problem fixed it by doing some type of rm- rf /system through adb? It just totally deletes/wipes system partition? Not sure if that would help but anytime i try it says it cannot access system whether i have it mounted or not.
The problem seems to be (gathered this from reading) that the system partition is full and thats why it can't symlink or something. But if the system partition is getting formatted everytime i dont understand how that makes any sense.
xsteven77x said:
Yes i have. Someone with a different phone but the same problem fixed it by doing some type of rm- rf /system through adb? It just totally deletes/wipes system partition? Not sure if that would help but anytime i try it says it cannot access system whether i have it mounted or not.
The problem seems to be (gathered this from reading) that the system partition is full and thats why it can't symlink or something. But if the system partition is getting formatted everytime i dont understand how that makes any sense.
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But even then, why would cog 3.04 install? And no other custom rom?
xsteven77x said:
But even then, why would cog 3.04 install? And no other custom rom?
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Maybe Cog is still "suck" in that partition and can't be deleted, thereby taking up the space..... not sure why though and how to get at it, can you see the files through adb?
indomikey said:
Maybe Cog is still "suck" in that partition and can't be deleted, thereby taking up the space..... not sure why though and how to get at it, can you see the files through adb?
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Thats an interesting theory, seems to make sense! I know how to do basic adb functions but i never really messed with the files/file system thorugh it. If you wanna give me any type of directions i would love it!
xsteven77x said:
Thats an interesting theory, seems to make sense! I know how to do basic adb functions but i never really messed with the files/file system thorugh it. If you wanna give me any type of directions i would love it!
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Sorry I'm noobish when it comes to ADB, try this thread.... not sure if it will help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717874 realize, it is not specific for captivate or any of our ROMS, its talking about Cyanogenmod, but hopefully you can use something there
I have to head out, if you are still having problems when I get back, I'll keep searching, good luck
Somebody ANYBODY. I can only install cog 3.04. Anything else and i mean ANYTHING gives me symlink system/xbin/su. That file is not even IN the roms i'm trying to flash in that folder! WTF
xsteven77x said:
Somebody ANYBODY. I can only install cog 3.04. Anything else and i mean ANYTHING gives me symlink system/xbin/su. That file is not even IN the roms i'm trying to flash in that folder! WTF
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if the file isnt there, THAT is the problem. the update-script is looking for that file. have you tried actually removing that line from the update-script?
Pirateghost said:
if the file isnt there, THAT is the problem. the update-script is looking for that file. have you tried actually removing that line from the update-script?
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I have tried removing that line, and tried moving that file into the folder. Makes no difference. It's doing this error on EVERY custom rom...i can't believe that every rom maker messed up the su symlink lol.
xsteven77x said:
I have tried removing that line, and tried moving that file into the folder. Makes no difference. It's doing this error on EVERY custom rom...i can't believe that every rom maker messed up the su symlink lol.
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they didnt. there are literally thousands of people flashing roms every day....
that symlink works properly on all the captivates i have with all the roms that i throw together.....
Pirateghost said:
they didnt. there are literally thousands of people flashing roms every day....
that symlink works properly on all the captivates i have with all the roms that i throw together.....
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That didnt come out right. It was meant to read "i do not believe that every rom maker messed up the su symlink". Meaning that ya, it is just me, i know it works fine for everyone else.

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