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[Q] Need priceless photos off internal SD. Recovery says can't mount SDCard??

So my phone got stuck at boot screen. Bell says I get full replacement, but I'm gonna lose all the data. I have the internal full of children opening gifts on Christmas.
Reading a million forums. Tried to learn enough to flash the firmware with odin. Tried flashing the stock JH2 back to phone. Phone boots to recovery and says problem mounting SD.
Can ADB be used to connect to phone in "Download mode" to Pull the media???
PLEASE PLEASE help?????
after odin is done the phone reboots to:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(no such file or derectory)
E:copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount SDCARD:\copy default media content failed

I'm still desperately trying to get my files. I've read about 1254 more threads. Found this one about flashing back to eclair...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797302
So far I tried JH2, JL2, JM8 and still no luck. Anybody out there got any ideas?? links to help or compassionate remarks?
Phone no boot need remove files inside...is this really an impossibility??

Argh.... it never happens when the internal has useless data aye.
You tried flashing a firmware using all three files (PDA, modem, CSC) with repartition?
P.s. apologies if you have tried all this, just trying to establish a baseline
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

From what i understand the internal SD card has 2 main partitions. One that's about 2 gigs for Android OS and apps and the remainder of the card stores media and such. (I think that's correct) So I've tried carefully to just poke around the OS area of the SD card in hopes that I can get it to boot up just once to connect and get the pictures off it. I'm fairly sure that "re-partition" would erase the whole card.
I'm starting to consider ripping this damn phone apart and physically removing the internal SD, but I'm not even sure if that is possible or helpful.

Hoodmin said:
From what i understand the internal SD card has 2 main partitions. One that's about 2 gigs for Android OS and apps and the remainder of the card stores media and such. (I think that's correct) So I've tried carefully to just poke around the OS area of the SD card in hopes that I can get it to boot up just once to connect and get the pictures off it. I'm fairly sure that "re-partition" would erase the whole card.
I'm starting to consider ripping this damn phone apart and physically removing the internal SD, but I'm not even sure if that is possible or helpful.
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Repartition only erases the 2GB portion, ive done several repartitions and it never touched my personal files on the internal SD

Hoodmin said:
I'm starting to consider ripping this damn phone apart and physically removing the internal SD, but I'm not even sure if that is possible or helpful.
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That won't work...the 'internal SD' is not a SD card in the traditional sense (standard, mini, micro) - it's a physical chip (IC) that's soldered on to the mainboard.
I haven't heard of anyone being able to pull data off a phone that's got the mmcblk0p1 failure. The best I've heard is of people repartitioning/formating the sd memory in order to get it working again - but of course, that would mean losing all data...sorry...

As what EarlZ said, repartition won't touch the part of the SD dedicated to user data. I've flashed via Odin countless of times and never once did my internal SD get wiped with a repartition so why not flash to something like JPU with repartition using 512 pit file?.
Edit: and reading the error seems to tell me it's a problem in the 2GB portion of the internal SD where the system and such get stored. So yes, do try a repartition. I guarantee you that your user data will be safe. The only time it would get wiped is if you actually choose to format that partition like how one does in Windows or through the settings. Odin flash won't do this most definitely.
If that fails...
Also take a look at this...
This guy seemed to have been lucky and got is supposed dead I9000m SGS working again. Here's his procedure:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905975
Worth a shot.

Well hot damn them are some good replies. I was brave enough to try re-partition and a few mod roms like in the thread mention as well as a few thread techniques I read. I must have read about 4622 threads by now. Still no luck for me I really really appreciate the help.
Thinkin I might just go wrap up the kids christmas presents tonight while they sleep and just make em open them all again hahaha.
In the mean time I'll just keep readin and keep tryin. Learned a lot at least.

So....
Original problem = boot cycle
-I flash back to JH2 and at least to phone gets to recovery mode and i see the mmcblk0p1 error. progress
-try flashing to the newer JL2 and it goes back to boot cycle
-try flashing back to JH2 to get recover mode again and still boot cycle
-read a million forums about trying mod roms and other techniques and still boot cycle
-get encouraged that re-partition will only affect OS side of SD card and try a million things again. Still boot cycle
-decide to go back to the JK4 that i started on and seems to be the root of all evil and then BAM recovery mode returns and this time it even recognized the device
-any attempt to connect with device either with kies or windows explorer causes PC crash
-phone even recognized by ADB I "think" this program could be used to try and "pull" media from the device but that's just a guess and I don't know how to use it
-the error now is not mmcblk0p1 instead: E:Can't/b mount /devlock/stl10 which could mean something or could be just the same and it leads me to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788850
-try flash techniques in the thread and back to boot cycle
-try going back to the JK4 so I have recovery mode again and still boot cycle. progress gone
I'm gonna flash this damn thing again and again until the damn copper lights on fire

Wow i Admire you man.Listen i dont know much about ADB but i think i saw a post of someone that literally pushed files in his internal card with it,and i clearly remember him saying he could browse through his phone although its card was burned.If so then a single copy would be possible.Since i cant help more,you better start reading on how to use it and find basic commands for it.
I wish you the best man!!!!

Have you tried this kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901772
I seem to be able to get that running on my dead GT-i9000M. It has a file browser so maybe you can see if your pictures are even there/accessible. Also has a USB Mass Storage option but it didn't seem to work for me.
However, phone is still dead and needs to go in for repairs/replacement.

OK so now I'm f&*#ed
Tried JP1 method from this stupid page
http://briefmobile.com/how-to-android-2-2-on-galaxy-s
and now I don't have download mode anymore.
somebody plz just shoot me
EDIT: Ok excuse this panic post. I still had connection to ADB and a simple "adb reboot download" command got me back.

Wow thank JDROM. This recovery mode really looks promising. I got the file manager working but I can't seem to find any directories with DCIM/ label or any media. Sure looks like this could help me somehow. Might only have half the SD mounted or something. I'll have to play around and read some more, but I gotta say this is the best progress I made in a while.
THanks SO much
Edit: Found in File manager to run partition manager and formating options show up. In here there is mounting options to /mnt/sdcard or /mnt/external_sd except when I try it returns the E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 to /mnt/sdcard with parameters vfat(null) So hmmmm....
Edit: Also learned a bit more about ADB commands to possibly ""Adb pull /sdcard/DCIM"" if I ever get it mounted.

Well that's it for me. The quest is over. I admit defeat. Memories Lost. Game Over

That sucks man...i had a bunch of stuff on my phone that i lost when the internal died....mine took out the external sdcard i had in it too - so all my backups were destroyed as well!
Moral of story: Save important crap on something like dropbox!
Some dev should make a program that automatically syncs certain directories (like pictures, or backup folders) to dropbox. I'd donate for that.....

Help, partially bricked phone

I’m hoping someone can help me out with my phone. I have been searching the forums but it’s all getting a little much and i just need some advice please.
The background
I flashed my UK sgs (i9000 i think) with a darky modded ROM which has worked fine for about 6 months my phone has become more and more unstable. Seeing as i can work Odin i thought i would flash it again and fix my issues. Then my phone crashed and wouldn’t boot up, it was stuck on the Samsung Galaxy screen, before the flashing S. I then downloaded the official 2.3.3 ROM’s from the link of official Samsung ROM’s from the thread in the General forum and flashed it. This all went fine until i rebooted my phone, it went into recovery mode fine, although i got some error messages about being unable to mount the SD cards (i can add the proper error message tomorrow for you) i cleared user data and cache, rebooted and my phone came up with a new Gingerbread ROM. This was fine until i realised it had not mounted either my Internal or External SD cards. The operating system worked fine but i could not format or mount my SD cards. I then decided to reimage the phone using the same image i had downloaded in case something had gone wrong but i got the same error messages and now i couldn’t boot into the OS. Since this has happened i have downloaded a 2.2.x ROM and flashed that but i still have the same problem. I have also downloaded and flashed the Darky Resurrection ROM but that doesn’t seem to have helped. I have asked Odin to repartition, i have used PIT 512 and a couple of others, 1 and 3 file ROM’s and if i am honest, i have got nowhere apart from a headache.
I think i have some how corrupted the internal SD card and need to reimage all the right folders and stuff but with the huge amount of official ROM’s, custom ROM’s, recovery tools and tips and tricks, my head is just swimming. Can someone please just point me in the right directions and hopefully i can have a working phone in the morning.
Many thanks in advance,
Simon

do you have any lagfix before you flash to the official 2.3.3 ROM’s ?

I'm having a similar issue w/ mine. The external sd wouldn't mount and i had kind of already started the process to update the rom. It was a dumb mistake. i knew the sd wasn't mounting so i used a different phone to mount put the updates on. Nevertheless i can't use my phone, other than to get on clockwork.

I think i may have had a lag fix on it but as i was unable to get my phone to start there was no chance of removing it before i reflashed the phone. Now i just need to get the damn internal SD working again so i can have a working phone, can you help?
Also, sorry if my main post is a little rambling, i wrote it when i got home from the pub drowning my sorrorws and may have been a little drunk...

Ok, now i've had a coffee and my headache is dying down i can add a little more info which will hopefully help.
I just downloaded GT_I9000_XWJS7_XXJPY_XEEJS1 from Darky rom user guides page on restoring a SGS to a stock ROM and followed all of the instructions. the flash in Odin goes just fine, no errors or anything, my phone the reboots, gets to the Samsung Galaxy screen and i get into the recovery mode with the following messages :
Update media. please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(no such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount SDCARD
Your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions
copy default media content failed.
This is where i then get stuck, my phone will just get stuck in a boot loop and there seems to be no way to get into the phone. This is starting to drive me to dispair now as everything i have tried has failed badly! Does anyone have any idea how i go about recovering from this?

ok so,
-flash froyo firmware (2.2.1 might be better) then flash speedmod kernel
-get into recovery mode and check your phone's file system in lagfix option
-if it is rfs change it to ext4
-if it is ext4 change it to rfs
im not sure about this method but i ever had this preblem after i converted system to rfs (ext4 before)
hope it helps you and tell me that it works or not,thanks.
edit:wrong word

FLash darky's resurrection Rom ...that error caused by you forget disable lagfix before...
or try Flashing a full rom (3files) with .pit to repartitioning your phone... thick repartition...and thats not "Brick" if you can go download mode...
Come on lets see

I once had the same problem. Same error.message. I searched a lot in xda n finally read something which says to flash Rom with 812 pit and eclair (2.1) with 3 files. After flashing the error message came again so I relished using only pda file. Next time it rebooted normally into home screen. Hope it helps
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

OK, we're getting somewhere now but not there yet. Flashing the speedmod kernel lets me boot the phone which is further than i have got for a day so thats good, but it still won't recognisse any internal or external SD cards, if you look in the settings section it just shows options to format the sd cards.
I tried changing the filesystem to ex4 as recommended but once it reboots when it says it will go to the recovery menu to debug it just presents me with the option to convert it again as it says the filesystem for /data is RFS still.
Any ideas why it would be doing this and why it won't recognise any of the memory cards? I have also noticed that when i connect the phone to my PC now and tell it to go into Mass storage mode, it shows the drives but says there is no media there! I'm very confused by the whole thing now but at least i do have a phone again of sorts!

So i flashed Darky's resurrection ROM and this is now booting up much as the phone was with the speedmod kernel flashed but i still have the same issue where it won't recognise either the external or internal SD cards so i have no storage space at all. Is it possible i have broken them? I assume at least a bit of the internal card is working or the OS wouldn't be there but why can it not see the other half of the card?

Right, after messing about for far too long i have bitten the bulit and sending it in for repairs, i've read through a couple of posts that seem to say it's the only way to fix it so will see how good the Samsung techicians are!
Thanks for all the help though, you've got me a working phone again, even if i can't save anything on it!

[FIX] Data wipe error or Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

Data wipe error, Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1, or Vibrant screen boot loop even after flashing stock odin JFD phone will not boot. Phone will only boot Eugenes JK2 but internal and external storage will still list as corrupted and Lists 0.00 MB in storage.
Internal storage has been destroyed, I’ve been able to fix a phone using this technique to be mostly working. The external SD card will always have to be in the phone for this to work.
1. Partitioning the MicroSD Card
Get an 8gb(or larger) micro sd card. Class 10 would be better here. Put it into a Card Reader, then run Gparted.
Gparted (usb method is easiest) - http://gparted.sourceforge.net/liveusb.php
Using Gparted, delete everything else and create 2 partitions and :
6000mb FAT32 as PRIMARY
1607mb(remainder) Reiser as PRIMARY
2. Flash to Stock
Open up Odin flash stock JFD with pit file and repartition checked.
After phone boots completely, power off.
3. Flashing CM9
Take MicroSD out of phone an put it in pc, then copy update.zip, GAPPS, Cyanogenmod Rom all to the FAT32 partition that we created earlier. In Windows it should show up where all of your drives are listed in.
update.zip (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ju5eg5ernxcaqpt/update.zip),
GAPPS (www.goo-inside.me/gapps/gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip)
CyanogenMod Rom Zip(http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get...e-cm-9-20120520-NIGHTLY-vibrantmtd-signed.zip)
Enter recovery mode with volume buttons and power.
Reinstall packages twice.
Install zip from sd card select update-cm-9-20120520-nightly-vibrantmtd-signed.zip phone will boot loop on vibrant screen so take out the battery then enter recovery a second time installing the cm9 update again.
Then flash Gapps zip the same way.
When phone boots up camera, and gallery will not work until the next step.
4. Edit Vold.Stab file
Downlad ES File Explorer from play store.
Hit Menu button, settings, Check box for Root Explorer, Check box for mount file system, check box for Up to Root
Press Up once, you should now be at "/"
Open system directory, open etc directory, scroll to bottom and select Vol.fstab, select Text, Select ES Note Editor, update text to the following:
#internal sdcard dev_mount emmc /mnt/sdcard 1 /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/mmc_host/mmc0
#external sdcard dev_mount sdcard /mnt/emmc auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc2
After edits, click back and click yes to save changes. Exit out of es file explorer and restart phone. Post results:
Should work with any version of CM9, newer nightlies would obviously be preferred. Will make more detailed guide soon.
Credit to these guys for providing the solution -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdMhYYdMB08
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303

...and to think that I've "lost" a Vibrant about a year ago because such tecniques had not developed yet (back then we had no CM and the modding scene was all about samsung roms).
If that works, "thanks" on behalf of all those which are in the position that I was in. If only I still had the phone, I would had probably made it working one way or another

Yea luckily for me the phone's internal died about 3 days ago.

Hmm... oddly enough this fixed the internal storage.
This time i made two partitions on the microsd, fat32(6gb) and ext4 (1.6gb)
Flashed to stock through odin. Flashed Overstock through odin(http://cmw.22aaf3.com/aries/sgh-t959/root/cmenard-t959-cwm.tar)
Linda started talking about converting data parition.
After a while it sounded like it stopped converting so i popped out the battery. Took out the micro sd card and oddly enough recovery was booting normally without the card. Flashed to stock again, this time without the micro sd card in, phone booted up, all my old pictures showed up and everything was working perfect. Glad I found this fix, and I hope it works for others.
For reference sake overstock is Cmenard's kernel with ClockworkMod Recovery and voodoo lagfix

ferhanmm said:
Hmm... oddly enough the internal started working again.
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Good news about this. You are back full and completely. Can you please go to this thread and read the OP and post your findings in it?

The error came up from a phone that was boot looping that was running stock kb5 with the "stock + voodoo kb5" kernel.
I tried flashing stock jfd then ics in attempts to fix the unmountable internal SD data. After that I did receive the encryption bug but only with the initial fix that I applied. But after the second fix I applied the internal was surprisingly brought back to life so I haven't had to deal with the encryption issues yet and I hope never again lol.
Regardless, I'll run those adb commands for you and post them when I see her again. Which should be soon.

ferhanmm said:
Hmm... oddly enough this fixed the internal storage.
This time i made two partitions on the microsd, fat32(6gb) and ext4 (1.6gb)
Flashed to stock through odin. Flashed Overstock through odin(http://cmw.22aaf3.com/aries/sgh-t959/root/cmenard-t959-cwm.tar)
Linda started talking about converting data parition.
After a while it sounded like it stopped converting so i popped out the battery. Took out the micro sd card and oddly enough recovery was booting normally without the card. Flashed to stock again, this time without the micro sd card in, phone booted up, all my old pictures showed up and everything was working perfect. Glad I found this fix, and I hope it works for others.
For reference sake overstock is Cmenard's kernel with ClockworkMod Recovery and voodoo lagfix
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how did you get this to work. i have followed every step. i did get the encryption error after the first step, but this second step must have been a fluke. i havent even heard lindas voice. what am i missing?
i already have stock jfd, i also have eugenes. i have stock pit. and the sd is formatted as you have it. but still no dice for me.

McBang2023 said:
how did you get this to work. i have followed every step. i did get the encryption error after the first step, but this second step must have been a fluke. i havent even heard lindas voice. what am i missing?
i already have stock jfd, i also have eugenes. i have stock pit. and the sd is formatted as you have it. but still no dice for me.
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After following my typed up steps you shouldnt receive the encryption error, mine didnt come back after I made edits to the vold.stab file.
The second step may have been a fluke. What I did was.
1. Create two partitions in gparted, fat32(6.0gb) & ext4(1.3gb)
2. Flash to stock JFD.
3. Flash Overstock through odin
4. If linda starts talking after the overstock flash reboot then it worked, if not then it was a fluke and you would have proved that with your test.
please let me know how it goes, or if you want help pm me and we can gchat

ferhanmm said:
After following my typed up steps you shouldnt receive the encryption error, mine didnt come back after I made edits to the vold.stab file.
The second step may have been a fluke. What I did was.
1. Create two partitions in gparted, fat32(6.0gb) & ext4(1.3gb)
2. Flash to stock JFD.
3. Flash Overstock through odin
4. If linda starts talking after the overstock flash reboot then it worked, if not then it was a fluke and you would have proved that with your test.
please let me know how it goes, or if you want help pm me and we can gchat
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i tried it exactly how you put it. it works fine (the ics fix) but the fix for internal sd card, must have been a fluke. i never even hear linda voice. so you must be extremely lucky.

McBang2023 said:
i tried it exactly how you put it. it works fine (the ics fix) but the fix for internal sd card, must have been a fluke. i never even hear linda voice. so you must be extremely lucky.
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Hmm thats odd, well i hope after a few days yours starts to work also. And at least your phone is usable with this.

ferhanmm said:
Hmm thats odd, well i hope after a few days yours starts to work also. And at least your phone is usable with this.
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absolutely. and thanks again

Bump for interest of knowing if anyone else recovered internal memory after doing these steps

So I'm pretty sure I've seen this error. I see it after I odin back to stock from ics...while wiping in recovery. However my internal sd is fine, everything on froyo works. Does this mean my internal is going?
Is there something close to this error I might be mistaking it for? I don't want to go a find out and mess anything up, but I remember seeing the dev/block error...
just not 100% sure it's ---> mmcblk0p1

accordex said:
So I'm pretty sure I've seen this error. I see it after I odin back to stock from ics...while wiping in recovery. However my internal sd is fine, everything on froyo works. Does this mean my internal is going?
Is there something close to this error I might be mistaking it for? I don't want to go a find out and mess anything up, but I remember seeing the dev/block error...
just not 100% sure it's ---> mmcblk0p1
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If you can access your internal sd after flashing stock jfd, then yes your phones storage is fine.
If you flashed eugenes jk2, check storage if it lists as unavailable then yes its messed up.

i flashed eugenes and it says unavail. but when i flash jfd, my phone never actually boots. its goes to vibrant screen and phone turns off.

McBang2023 said:
i flashed eugenes and it says unavail. but when i flash jfd, my phone never actually boots. its goes to vibrant screen and phone turns off.
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Can you try flashing my KB5 odin image I make for Moped_Ryder - LINK
If it loads for you... you can try this code to re-format you SDCard *2767*3855#
it's a Full EEPROM Factory Reset with SDCard format.... this WILL delete anything you had on your int SDCard... I use it to get a super clean install to make my Odin images.

fishman0919 said:
Can you try flashing my KB5 odin image I make for Moped_Ryder - LINK
If it loads for you... you can try this code to re-format you SDCard *2767*3855#
it's a Full EEPROM Factory Reset with SDCard format.... this WILL delete anything you had on your int SDCard... I use it to get a super clean install to make my Odin images.
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i would be willing to try it....but the link is broken. so no valid download.
EDIT: i found a workaround. downloading and flashing now. i will post results later.
EDIT 2: after flashing, the phone does similar to if i flashed stock jfd. the only difference is it will restart after showing the vibrant splash scfeen back to the splash screen. on stock, it completely shuts down.

anybody ever try something like this with samsung tab sph-100..?
or think i could try this? what would i need to change?
I received this tab from someone over ebay and have never once been able to get past samsung boot screen.
I have the same errors in recovery mode, have tried a lot in odin but i came to believe from other xda members that there must be some internal memory / nand chip damage.
I just got an sd card in hopes i could try something with sd card.
Is this what i'm looking for?
mind, I've never worked with android before this.. noob status still.
sender said he never had any issues with it before sending, hoping to take his word for it, i think i can return it if nothing ends up working, but he's caught in hurricane at the moment, so i am willing to work on it a few more days.
wonder if somehow magnets thru shipping could have done something?

I doubt magnets messed anything up. My suggestion is go to the section here in xda for your device and ask your question there. I would also find out if the previous owner had a custom ROM?, if so which ROM. Is it rooted and does it have a custom recovery?
All will be important info to find a fix.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using xda premium

Basically what I need is to use this mod to boot my experimental builds on the external sd w/t wiping my main ROM (which would be installed to my phone). Is that possible?
So that whatever happens I could always boot back to stock (what I will have installed in my phone), with some minor tweaking through adb shell of course. It sounds doable, ain't it?

[Q] Internal/ External Storage cannot be read

Hi all
For days I've been flashing all different kinds of things in hope to get my phone fixed, but I just can't find the answer.
So for those of you most kind enough to help, here's what's going on with my captivate (at&t)
I took it out of my pocket last week and the phone was frozen. Sometimes it happens... a quick pull out of the battery and re-insert fixes it in most cases... but not this time.
After restarting the phone was hanging on boot screen (CyanFox bootscreen).
I restarted... 15 minutes on that bootscreen still. I had no idea what was going on.
So I decided to reflash. It was a big decision, seeing as this ROM has been working absolutely fine for weeks, but I needed to get it working.
Soon after getting it into recovery, CWM was saying that it couldn't mount /sdcard
I tried even flashing using Odin to go back to stock following the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 still not working.
Most of them ended up showing that little android loading bar for a second or two, but then get stuck in a boot loop.
I tried flashing many different kernels, and different recoveries, but everything all pointed towards: Unable to mount /sdcard
But alas, finally I found something that more or less works. I flashed the Initial Kernal for Cognition: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127578
And I finally got back into a working device... or so I thought.
The phone is still unable to access the internal SDCARD. Just says 'unavailable'. I tried putting in an external 2GB sdcard, but that reads as Total Space: 00, and Available Space: 00
The external sdcard I know works, because my wife's samsung mini2 reads it just fine.
Multiple formats and it still can't be read.
I tried plugging in the device into my pc and select mass storage, but although the computer detects that the phone is plugged in (in device manager) the 2 drives for internal and external both remain hidden, and cannot be accessed.
I have absolutely no idea what to do next. I've used Odin and Heimdall, Repartitioned, and followed every stickied guide here, but I still can't find what to do.
I really appreciate any help anyone can give me on this.
Just for the record, ADB works just fine from my PC. I can send the commands to the device, but mounting the sdcard still proves impossible at this stage (no file exists).
Thanks again, I look forward to any advice anyone can spare.

flapsy said:
Hi all
For days I've been flashing all different kinds of things in hope to get my phone fixed, but I just can't find the answer.
So for those of you most kind enough to help, here's what's going on with my captivate (at&t)
I took it out of my pocket last week and the phone was frozen. Sometimes it happens... a quick pull out of the battery and re-insert fixes it in most cases... but not this time.
After restarting the phone was hanging on boot screen (CyanFox bootscreen).
I restarted... 15 minutes on that bootscreen still. I had no idea what was going on.
So I decided to reflash. It was a big decision, seeing as this ROM has been working absolutely fine for weeks, but I needed to get it working.
Soon after getting it into recovery, CWM was saying that it couldn't mount /sdcard
I tried even flashing using Odin to go back to stock following the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 still not working.
Most of them ended up showing that little android loading bar for a second or two, but then get stuck in a boot loop.
I tried flashing many different kernels, and different recoveries, but everything all pointed towards: Unable to mount /sdcard
But alas, finally I found something that more or less works. I flashed the Initial Kernal for Cognition: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127578
And I finally got back into a working device... or so I thought.
The phone is still unable to access the internal SDCARD. Just says 'unavailable'. I tried putting in an external 2GB sdcard, but that reads as Total Space: 00, and Available Space: 00
The external sdcard I know works, because my wife's samsung mini2 reads it just fine.
Multiple formats and it still can't be read.
I tried plugging in the device into my pc and select mass storage, but although the computer detects that the phone is plugged in (in device manager) the 2 drives for internal and external both remain hidden, and cannot be accessed.
I have absolutely no idea what to do next. I've used Odin and Heimdall, Repartitioned, and followed every stickied guide here, but I still can't find what to do.
I really appreciate any help anyone can give me on this.
Just for the record, ADB works just fine from my PC. I can send the commands to the device, but mounting the sdcard still proves impossible at this stage (no file exists).
Thanks again, I look forward to any advice anyone can spare.
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i had the same problem a couple of weeks ago...
you internal sd card is dead...
you can do nothing about it for now...
if you want to confirm open your camera app and see if you can take any pictures...
if no, then follow the things as i say..
this requires you to do a partition of your external SD card and to that it should be formatted, so take the neccessary backups..
1) download this http://www.mediafire.com/download/sbjd049x4m36pb6/I897UCKI2_noBL_BoogsKernel.rar
2) after flashing this stock firmare with cwm, open up the recovery.
3)follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303
4)i couldn't get ICS to work..
5)so you can now use kitkat roms only on the captivate as we have the kernel for 4.4 only with swap sd
6)so after you follow the guide and boot into ICS, copy the rom.zip which you want to flash and the neat kernel swap sd, which can be found here http://www.mediafire.com/download/s34o69u39u66x8n/NeatKernel_v1.03-[02-08]-cma-swap-captivate.zip, be sure to thank the developer here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2548081
7)so flash the kitkat om which you want to use,and then flash the neat kernel after flashing the rom after that you can flash the gapps and reboot..
if you do everything like i said, your cappy will be up and working again..

Sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar
Although it didn't go exactly as planned step by step, with your instructions I finally managed to get it working on my 2GB external card.
Here was the process I did
1) Downloaded CM11, Gapps, Stock Kernal and the SwapSD kernal you linked
2) Flashed the stock kernal, the phone just went on a rebooting spree.. but after a few attempts I got it into recovery using the 3 finger combo
2) Followed the instructions on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303 to partition the external SD card. (Since I have only a 2GB card, I partitioned 1GB for data, and 0MB for swap)
3) Done the classic wipe sys/ cache/ data
4) (Here is where things changed a bit for me, as I couldn't boot into ICS either. And no other rom would work at this point) I installed the new SwapSD kernal to get a newer version of CWM by mounting USB storage via CWM and copying the files to there.
5) The device rebooted a couple of times during install, but it automatically went straight back into the newer CWM.
6) Installed CM11, let that finished and installed Gapps straight after.
7) Rebooted and the phone is now reading my external sd card as its internal storage, which is fantastic
Although with it's limited storage and broken internal storage, it still needs replacing, but at least I now have a device from which I can still run a few apps on regardless.
So thank you again dude
*edit* just need to figure out why the adb drivers decided to not work anymore.
Sometimes I hate having windows 8...

[Q] Help !! :( unable to mount /modemfs

Ok, first time posting here, so pardon me for any stupidity. I need help, been using unofficial slimkat rom on s3 mini, was trying an app that uses part of your external SD as RAM, turns out my Kernel doesnt have the swap feature, tried to install another kernel, the phone got stuck in a boot loop shows this "unable to mount /modemfs" in recovery whenever I try to do anything, also there was unable to mount sdcard and unable to mount data, but those got fixed by too many formats and wipes and flashing some PIT and Modem files though Odin, have no idea what to do, can someone help please ?

kfatah22 said:
Ok, first time posting here, so pardon me for any stupidity. I need help, been using unofficial slimkat rom on s3 mini, was trying an app that uses part of your external SD as RAM, turns out my Kernel doesnt have the swap feature, tried to install another kernel, the phone got stuck in a boot loop shows this "unable to mount /modemfs" in recovery whenever I try to do anything, also there was unable to mount sdcard and unable to mount data, but those got fixed by too many formats and wipes and flashing some PIT and Modem files though Odin, have no idea what to do, can someone help please ?
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Also new to android, but I know linux well
modemfs seems like another partition on the internal storage
since you reflashed this it might be in the wrong format / filesystem
my phone reports this entry in the fstab (mine is ext4 format)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /modemfs ext4 noatime,nosuid,nodev,journal_async_commit,errors=panic wait,check
you need to flash one in the correct filesystem, maybe try one of these from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2526831 not sure if these are odin compatible
if all else fails you can download the stock rom from http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/

thanks for your help
thanks for replying, and sorry for the late answer.
I will try the link you sent me, but there are a couple of stuff i failed to mention last time, before showing me that it used to show failed to mount /data and /sdcard .. I think the internal sdcard is damaged because I did flash the stock rom, the phone boots without the ability to install any apps, no network, yellow text is displayed on the screen saying stuff like PDA and Csc .. etc, inside settings baseband is XXXXXX. also when I connect the phone to my windows ... the internal is empty with incorrect size and you cant create or copy folders in it and was not able to formate it in windows or linux .. even recovery was not able to formate it.
update: I did try one of the files, but it is the same unfortunately .. I think its the sdcard issue .. but that is ofcourse my humble opinion. any other solutions ??

kfatah22 said:
thanks for replying, and sorry for the late answer.
I will try the link you sent me, but there are a couple of stuff i failed to mention last time, before showing me that it used to show failed to mount /data and /sdcard .. I think the internal sdcard is damaged because I did flash the stock rom, the phone boots without the ability to install any apps, no network, yellow text is displayed on the screen saying stuff like PDA and Csc .. etc, inside settings baseband is XXXXXX. also when I connect the phone to my windows ... the internal is empty with incorrect size and you cant create or copy folders in it and was not able to formate it in windows or linux .. even recovery was not able to formate it.
update: I did try one of the files, but it is the same unfortunately .. I think its the sdcard issue .. but that is ofcourse my humble opinion. any other solutions ??
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I seriously doubt that the internal memory itself is damaged. If you were able to flash anything then it still works.
Or are you referring to the removable SD card? Via USB connection none of the storage size is also not reported correctly on my phone.
What recovery do you have installed?
1. Firstly you should get the phone working again and work off WIFI.
I am not sure if the stock rom installer only copies files or if it dd the whole image (incl filesystem format).
Your IMEI is stored on a filesystem and mounted on /efs - You should not remove / format this filesystem !!! Do not even touch it!
When you installed the custom rom intially you probably formatted in the f2fs file system? I would install the custom rom again, and in the install menu format "data" and "swap" to ext4 filesystem just to be sure.
Flash back to stock make sure about model and baseband
The phone should boot up and at least be able to install apps via WIFI.
I installed the app "ssh/sftp server" and then login via ssh to browse and inspect the phone.
2. Step two is fixing the baseband (not having any network signal)
2.1 What is your original baseband?
2.2 What phone variant do you have 8190/8190L/8190N? If you flash a different one to your phone it will not work.

I mean the internal sdcard, cause previously it showed unable to mount /sdcard, right now I have the stock rom, each time the phone reboots, it resets itself again, all my changes are gone, yes I can turn on wifi but no apps are to be installed, using pc can't copy anything to the internal storage (I can only copy on my external card which I use to flash) right now I have TWRP and I tried CWM as well. as for installing a custom ROM, it didn't work, the phone doesnt get past the s3 mini logo, only the stock rom passes through, my phone is 8190 and I have no clue what is the original baseband um really sorry I am a total noob. I will try again to flash the customer rom using Odin and will get back to you.
thanks so much for going through the trouble.

kfatah22 said:
I mean the internal sdcard, cause previously it showed unable to mount /sdcard, right now I have the stock rom, each time the phone reboots, it resets itself again, all my changes are gone, yes I can turn on wifi but no apps are to be installed, using pc can't copy anything to the internal storage (I can only copy on my external card which I use to flash) right now I have TWRP and I tried CWM as well. as for installing a custom ROM, it didn't work, the phone doesnt get past the s3 mini logo, only the stock rom passes through, my phone is 8190 and I have no clue what is the original baseband um really sorry I am a total noob. I will try again to flash the customer rom using Odin and will get back to you.
thanks so much for going through the trouble.
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The baseband is linked to your country, it specifies the frequencies that you are allowed to use to communicate with the cellphone network. So If I know what country you are from we might be able to locate the correct Stock ROM on SanMobile. You might be flashing a wrong stock rom to start off with.
What country do you live in and what network operator?
Are you using ext4 filesystem for data and swap?
I personally used twrp 2.8.0. I think this is the way to go.
Do you know Linux?