My SGS seems to have got itself screwed. I had been on Darky's 9.5 but had been getting rapid battery drain, so decided to go back to a stock rom for a while.
Went into Recovery from 9.5 and checked lagfixes were disabled.
Flashed JPY via Odin 1.7 - all worked absolutely fine.
Then tried flashing the JVH file from Samfirmware again via Odin 1.7 - 512 pit file in the appropriate field and the single JVH file in the PDA field. Appeared to flash OK according to Odin - got the usual sequence of messages in the lower left of the Odin screen and the box went to PASS.
However, when Odin rebooted the phone, it went into Recovery which displays the following - coloured as it appears on the screen (items in green are actually yellow, but used green here for clarity):
Android system recovery <3e>
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
Enter: OK Key, Select: Vol Up / Vol Down
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
format internal sd-card
----------------------------------------
update media. please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(Invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed.
Can perform a factory reset and format the sd-card using the options in blue, but when I then go to reboot, it then pauses on the swirling S animation. SD card buzzes once, then three times in rapid succession and the screen goes to sleep. Pressing the home key lights up the menu and back arrow lights but the screen stays black and the sd card continues the one, followed by three rapid buzzes routine.
Took the battery out and rebooted back to Download mode and attempted to flash JPY back again. Appeared to be successful via Odin, but Recovery still shows the same error messages and will only boot to the S animation as described above.
I've pretty much convinced myself I've bricked it, but do any of you SGS experts have any ideas? Wishing I'd stayed put and kept with Darky's now ...
EDIT: Now fixed - got hold of a JS7 firmware consisting of PDA, PHONE, CSC and 803.pit files, flashed that and all is now fine
Had same thing , actualy its 1.7 Odin is bad , use 1.3 or 1.82 , flashed original JVH for buddy of mine and phone reboots in to recovery and gives me same messages u got , for a moment i though internal memory gon bad , flashed again all files with bootloaders , same e:\ cant mount and etc , took his phone home and on my pc i only have odin 1.82 so reflashed it again and it booted right away with no problem at all
Hitec
Can't say I've had a problem in the past with 1.7, but the irony is I think 1.8 is the version I've got on my laptop - all this was done on my other machine. If that turns out to be the case, will copy it over ASAP!
Either way, it was a bit of a wake-up call not to be so complacent!
A well known error : trying to repartition without dbdata.rfs, it's far from a brick but Recovery log is a little scary for this error
Yes. When repartitioning you need all 3 files. Pda, csc and phone.
I've lost count of the number of times I've told people this recently but odin 1.7 is not designed for the i9000. Odin versions are device specific, you should be using 1.0, 1.3 or 1.8.
See this link from samfirmware.com
http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-programandroid.htm
Sent from my GTI9000 using XDA App, gingerbread 2.3.3 jvh rooted, ADW launcher + gingerbread theme
His fault was using pit and repartition with single file tar, that doesn't have DBData file inside....
This is a soft brick, just install JVB 3 files with pit and repartition and then flash JVH without pit!
ps: odin is not specific, 1.85 works for I9000 as well the 1.7
Sent from my SGS with Simply 3.3 FINAL ROM
You have to flash "dbdata.rfs.tar " as pda. Please read TechKidTarek method for solving this problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984140&highlight=stl10
Related
Think im doomed.. today i updated my phone for doc's XWJPA v9 to stock I9000DDJP6:... now my phone is bricked. it starts up then i see the sparkling S logo and then the screeen goes black and after 2 mins or so the touch button lights lit up and thats it. my phone never worked on 3 button recovery mode... i used rom manager or adb. so basicaly i cant do nothing.!! please Help... i donno much abt these things.. so if someone could kindly write to me a step and step procedure on how to get the phone back to working... it will be really appreciated.. I love this phone
Can you get your sgs to go into download mode?
(Vol down + Home and then powerbutton (while pressing vol down and home))
If so try to reflash with Odin..
nente002 said:
Can you get your sgs to go into download mode?
(Vol down + Home and then powerbutton (while pressing vol down and home))
If so try to reflash with Odin..
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yes i am able to get into download mode .i have tried reflashing but still of no use.
earlier i had clockwork mod recovery installed and now when is press vol up+home+power android system recovery <2e> appears.
and also in recovery i am getting this:
upadate media. please wait ...
E: Can't mount / dev/block/stl10
(Invalid Argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed.
i guess earlier i was using One Click Lag Fix - 2.0 but i uninstalled it and i probably the file system didn't fully got converted back to RFS..
..am i right???
Have had this problem myself, did you repartition in odin? Not entirely sure how I solved it, but I flashed JP7 from odin (pda, csc and modem) with repartition selected (pit 512) then reflashed it without repartition and it worked
flash back to the rom you came from? when you say 'uninstall' the lag fix, you mean you uninstalled the apk and didn't undo the lag fix? I had something like that before, when i flashed back to the rom that i had lagfixed it on, it worked again.
I have had the exact same error..I was on Darkky 4.1 and wanted to flash the latest speedmod, so I removed lag fix and flashed the speedmod.
Then rebooted the phone and was stuck with the exact same error.
I googled a little and found a galaxy forum.
There a guy gave the solution... I shall now share...
First flash this zimage:
http://www.4shared.com/file/jHJyZZ32/SO_zImage_opt_ext_root_JPM-JP6.html
Using odin (no repartition and no pit file)
If all is well you can get into recovery mode, clear all cache you can find, and format all there is to format (i got on error on one format can't remember which one..) Then when you are done go back into download mode and connect to odin
Then flash JPM from samfirmware (no repartition) and you are back in business (atleast I was)
The I re did the clockwork recovery and flashed darkky 4.1 speedmod again..
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Have had this problem myself, did you repartition in odin? Not entirely sure how I solved it, but I flashed JP7 from odin (pda, csc and modem) with repartition selected (pit 512) then reflashed it without repartition and it worked
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thanxx nagrom78 for your help.Did whatever you said..you really saved me.
You're welcome mate, I posted my prob in another forum and everyone told me my internal sd card was fk'd! So I know how you feel when your phone don't boot and you see all that crap on your screen, scary stuff, especially the thought of having to send the phone back to Samsung...
Hi,
was very interested in rooting my phone (Samsung Galaxy S) and putting a custom rom on it. I managed to put on Darky's latest rom last night. However it was giving me problems with the Android market (it crashed when it came to the installation part). Therefore, I want to get rid of all the modifications I made to my phone and go back to the settings how the phone was shipped to me.
How can I do that?
I already downloaded the original firmware (2.2.1) using this forum. It is a .tar file and I tried to flash it with Odin. Seemed to work at the beginning but there were still some elements, like apps, of the old Rom left. So I did the process again.
Now my phone starts up but after the boot screen I only have a black screen with the typical crash vibration patterns all the time. After flashing it again I get into the recovery mode showing errors.
Can somebody please tell me how to go back to my original firmware, without a custom rom, root access etc.?
I'm afraid that I will brick my phone now.
thank you
(I searched this forum but couldnt find anything related to my question)
Try a different firmware. Had the same issue when flashing a 2.1fw on an already 2.2 custom rom. Try a US 2.2 jpy. You can get any galaxy s firmware from (www samfirmware com).
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
thank you for the quick reply.
I am not 100% exactly sure if my procedure is right. Here is what I do:
1. Put your phone to download mode (hold down: volume down, home key, power)
2. Do not plug in your phone yet.
3. Start Odin3
4. Tick "Re-Partition", and also check that "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" have been ticked.
5. Click "PIT" button and select s1_odin_20100512.pit file.
6. Now, plug in the phone and wait until Odin finds it.
7. Click "Start" button... <Firmware update start...> <Get PIT for mapping...> appear. The phone will turn off and the screen indicates "Reset". Wait until Odin indicates "Pass".
8. Plug out your phone, remove the battery, put it back in and put phone to download mode again.
9. Click "Reset" button in Odin and untick "Re-Partition" box.
10. Do not select PIT file again. Just leave it empty.
11. I select here the downloaded firmware (2.2.1) in PDA. Everything else is blank (PHONE and CSC)
12. Phone installs and Odin shows pass
Now, the phone does not boot but goes into system recovery 3e showing an error message E: Cant mount /dev/block/st110
E: copy_dbdata_media:Cant mount DBDATA
After I select "reboot system now" the phone boots but gets stuck right after the Samsung logo disappears. then I only see a black screen and the vibration.
What am I doing wrong here?
thank you I really appreciate it!!
Follow instructions Block 2 method Odin and use the firmware you want .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
jje
Hi all I own an international i9000 (Hong Kong version),
My little woe started like this, I was uninstalling RyanZA's OCLF, when I encountered an error where I couldnt uninstall the ext2 tools. I read somewhere on a fix for it, where I downloaded a app called Mount /system (rw / ro) in which i set the system to RW, and then I was able to uninstall ext2 tools.
Afterwards I tried to install the Voodoo lagfix via odin.
After that, it refused to boot to the load screen (Galaxy S logo) and stayed in the i9000 screen saying restore operation then the device reboots itself.
Out of desperation I reflash my phone with my phone's 2.2 firmware "I9000ZSJPE" but that didn't work either, the first time it boots when I flash the firmware, I get taken to recovery mode, and I get this message:
update media please wait
E:Can’t mount /dev/block/stl10
(invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:can’t mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet,please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed
No matter how many times I flash the firmware, I keep getting this message...
Is there any way to get my phone up and running again?
Thanks!
Hey, dont panic, its no biggie... this happened to me last week, you need to find a firmware that contains 'dbdata' im unsure which ones do contain it... i know darkys 9.2 Odin version definately has it... thats the rom i used to fix my phone last week.
EDIT: found this.... this should work :
This one is easy to fix so don't panic.
Download this ROM and extract (Odin 1.7 and 512.pit are included), then do as follows:
-Start Odin and load 512.pit, don't connect the phone yet.
-Make sure "Re-Partition" is checked, don't change anything else.
-Load PDA.tar.md5 as PDA, MODEM.tar.md5 as PHONE and CSC.tar.md5 as CSC.
-Put your Phone on download mode and connect it, start flashing.
When flashing is done, the phone will enter recovery mode, if it get stuck at the same error, simply do a wipe/factory reset and reboot the phone, the phone shall boot normally then.
Link: http://www.multiupload.com/PZNPALHVDW
damn, this is why we NEED XDA forums and other members! I would have hyperventilated if this happened to me! good thing there is a solution posted here
It seems my earlier reply did not send through, but I'll say it again,
Thanks a lot!!! my SGS i9000 is up and running again!!!"
Hey no probs !!! glad to hear you got it fixed nothing worse than the feeling of your beloved precious phone dying infront of your eyes, and the sweat dripping down your forehead when you try mouth to jack input resuscitation.................. or is that just me ??
haha anyways hitting the thanks button would suffice
can someone please help me!!
i had oclf and z4root installed and i installed an app and it reset my phone and now it wont start up..
i have went into recovery mode and i deleted everything, reset my phone data/settings, but when it switches on it goes blank and vibrates every 2 seconds then comes up with ->
'no package found that provides factory test.... Mozilla/5.0(;U; android android.process.media) AppleWebKit/533.1(khtml, like gecko) version/4.0 mobileSafari/533.1'
and at the bottom it says [ read browsers history and]
i have no idea what this all means but i cant get past it!!!
i have tried using samsung kies but it just keeps on saying 'connecting' forever!!
please help someone i dont know what to do now!!
Get into download mode (volume down + Home button + Power button)
Download a firmware from samfirmware.com (preferably 3 files and pit)
connect the USB, Open up Odin, and flash it
ok i can get into download mode but what do you mean by '(preferably 3 files and pit)' ?
i have got a pit file and a tar file but only goes into pit and pda section..
where can i download those 3 files?
ive tried flashing the phone a few times. it says passed and completed but it turns on it just stays on the galaxy s screen. wont go into recovery mode but i can get into download mode.. :S
what to do?
ok i can get into download mode but what do you mean by '(preferably 3 files and pit)' ?
i have got a pit file and a tar file but only goes into pit and pda section..
where can i download those 3 files?
ive tried flashing the phone a few times. it says passed and completed but it turns on it just stays on the galaxy s screen. wont go into recovery mode but i can get into download mode.. :S
what to do?
I have a similar problem...
The phone was 2.1 stock, then i rooted, made a backup in clockworck recovery, and flashed one of darky's custom roms and it was fine until i wanted to restore from that backup I made... if I remember corectly it did the restore part and couldn't boot after that... anyway i got into download mode (3 buttons method works) and tried to flash a stock firmware with odin. after that it couldn't boot. I tried it again, and still nothing, it just vibrates in a very scary way. Like it's trying to tell me something but can't because I killed it!
Please help! I would hate to tell my dad I bricked his phone...
There is a new XWJS5 (jan 2011) firmware on samfirmware.com that comes in 3 files
If that doesnt work or it leaves you with some sort of error 'Cant Mount dbdata' Flash an old firmware like JM8 with 512 pit.
Yeah, after Odin finishes and the phone tries to reboot, it ends up in the recovery (3e) and I see this:
update media, please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(Invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy deafult media content failed.
I am downloading JM8 firmware now so we'll see how that goes... If anyone else has any ideas, they're most welcome to share
As I was looking at the recovery screen, I gave the "wipe data/factory reset" option a try... and it worked. I don't know how or why but now the phone works and has a XPY firmware... now I need to root it again and get to that damned backup...
DISCLAIMER: I am amazingly new to the Android, as I have been a hardcore Apple fanatic for years now (Since iPod Touch 1G came out).
I tried flashing my Samsung Captivate i897 from 2.2 Froyo to Cognition 4.3 and I some how seriously screwed up. I rebooted into CWM's recovery mode, but got "E:unable to authenticate whole-file verification"
I tried multiple times and continued to get the same result, so I uninstalled and reinstalled CWM and tried again, only to get the same result. After trying 8, or so, times, I decided to try to flash a CWMrecovery.tar with Odin only to have it fail.
My phone, after rebooting got the [phone]--!--[computer] image and was frozen.
After entering download mode successfully, I tried re-flashing a stock ROM, only to have IT fail as well...
And now we get to my Captivate's current state. My phone automatically boots into an odd system recovery screen.
It sorta looks like this:
Android system recovery (2e)
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
[ reboot system now ]
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
__________________________
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl11
(Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl11
(Invalid argument)
Since I cannot mount /dev/block/stl11, I cannot apply an sdcard update, and wiping cache does me no good. I try to factory reset, but am confronted with a PRESS VOLUME UP TO CONTINUE AND VOLUME DOWN TO CANCEL screen.
This wouldnt be a problem except that the up button is not a working button in this mode. The touch buttons at the bottom work, and the volume down works, but power and volume up wont. The menu button hides the "console" text, the home button selects the option, and the other 2 are useless.
I probably sound like a complete moron and I know I cannot fix this on my own, as I have tried everything I can think of, from the Odin One-Click (which wont work because I have no 3-button mod for download mode), to factory resetting (which doesnt work because the menu I am at doesnt support the up volume button), to reflashing with Odin (which cant read my phone without download mode). The only thing I can come up with is buying a download mode jig and using the Odin One-Click to see if that would work.
So my question to XDA-Dev. is this: "What must I do to get my phone back onto a stock 2.2 Froyo ROM?"
Please help in any way and any comments are welcome, and thank you for taking the time to actually help a complete idiot.
~iZ3RO
iZ3RO said:
DISCLAIMER: I am amazingly new to the Android, as I have been a hardcore Apple fanatic for years now (Since iPod Touch 1G came out).
I tried flashing my Samsung Captivate i897 from 2.2 Froyo to Cognition 4.3 and I some how seriously screwed up. I rebooted into CWM's recovery mode, but got "E:unable to authenticate whole-file verification"
I tried multiple times and continued to get the same result, so I uninstalled and reinstalled CWM and tried again, only to get the same result. After trying 8, or so, times, I decided to try to flash a CWMrecovery.tar with Odin only to have it fail.
My phone, after rebooting got the [phone]--!--[computer] image and was frozen.
After entering download mode successfully, I tried re-flashing a stock ROM, only to have IT fail as well...
And now we get to my Captivate's current state. My phone automatically boots into an odd system recovery screen.
It sorta looks like this:
Android system recovery (2e)
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
[ reboot system now ]
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
__________________________
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl11
(Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl11
(Invalid argument)
Since I cannot mount /dev/block/stl11, I cannot apply an sdcard update, and wiping cache does me no good. I try to factory reset, but am confronted with a PRESS VOLUME UP TO CONTINUE AND VOLUME DOWN TO CANCEL screen.
This wouldnt be a problem except that the up button is not a working button in this mode. The touch buttons at the bottom work, and the volume down works, but power and volume up wont. The menu button hides the "console" text, the home button selects the option, and the other 2 are useless.
I probably sound like a complete moron and I know I cannot fix this on my own, as I have tried everything I can think of, from the Odin One-Click (which wont work because I have no 3-button mod for download mode), to factory resetting (which doesnt work because the menu I am at doesnt support the up volume button), to reflashing with Odin (which cant read my phone without download mode). The only thing I can come up with is buying a download mode jig and using the Odin One-Click to see if that would work.
So my question to XDA-Dev. is this: "What must I do to get my phone back onto a stock 2.2 Froyo ROM?"
Please help in any way and any comments are welcome, and thank you for taking the time to actually help a complete idiot.
~iZ3RO
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ok all i can say is read next time read, then ask questions because alot of the information is dated and doesnt apply in 2.2. 2.2 has 3e recovery that only accepts digitally signed update.zip files. 2e recovery runs self signed update.zip files
cwm cannot be flashed in odin as far as i know, instead you need a kernel with cwm baked in, speedmod is my kernel of choice for this as it has a .tar version and is super stable.
you are lucky and not beyond repair but we may need to try a few things. did you try a master clear(in recovery mode not download mode)? then another flash?
you can odin flash 2.2, i need to find the thread. once on 2.2 flash speedmod kernel in odin, from there you can do all the mods you need.
most on att are using kies to get 2.2 after they flash 2.1. still looking for the kb1 odin. i can get you the thread for the rogers rom if you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143
this odin is safer(dont forget 512.pit file). if you get the phone bootable put a custom rom on the sdcard>flash speedmod kernel>boot into recovery(phone wont boot on 2.1 rom and speedmodkernel but will enter cwm recovery)>flash rom. that's the quickest way to a custom rom, also maybe the quickest way to root
for a safer alternative i can .tar unhelpfuls kernel v1.7 which has cwm as well and will boot on jf6 but im not gonna test it for you, still a lot of risk involved.
are you rogers by chance? i had the cant mount/dev/block error from flashing a bad stock and incorrectly choosing to use pit.
the error is due to the "stock rom" not having dbdata file and using PIT. which will repartition and format, loosing your original dbdata.
if you are rogers, use the stock in my sig to fix!!
if you are AT&T use the Odin-one-click downloader. not the odin flashing util
Trusselo said:
are you rogers by chance? i had the cant mount/dev/block error from flashing a bad stock and incorrectly choosing to use pit.
the error is due to the "stock rom" not having dbdata file and using PIT. which will repartition and format, loosing your original dbdata.
if you are rogers, use the stock in my sig to fix!!
if you are AT&T use the Odin-one-click downloader. not the odin flashing util
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oh didn't realize that can be a problem, im definately taking a note of that.
I had that problem once. Try removing the battery, hold both volume up and volume down then put the battery in. That may put you into download. If not buy a jig. I use mine all the time when I soft brick. Once in download mode you can use odin one click to go back to 2.1 stock. Then I use baywolfs AIO toolbox to root and load the first 2.2.1 ROM back in. Just make sure you dont mount your SD card.
Thanks for the help guys. I ended up going to RadioShack and building a solderless jig to get back to download mode.