[Q] Unable to mount /sdcard ?? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
I have a a galaxy s i9000 with cyanogen mod on it. about a week ago it became laggy. I upgraded it to the latest cyanogen rom (gingerbread 2.3.5) and it got even even worse. every now and then it restarts itself if the wifi was on. so I decided to flash the stock 2.3.5 I did and everything went smoothly but it always get stuck in the tutorial because it couldnt load the keypad. I flashed it again and boom, it doesnt work at all now. all I get is unable to mount /sdcard I tried flashing it again but nothing changed. looked around I found people with similer problems but none fixed !
help please?

Make sure you wipe all data, cache, etc. before you flash again.
If you have clockworkmod recovery, this is quite easy...just erase/wipe everything you can find in the options.
I didn't have the same problem, but have had problems with ROMs not wanting to flash, and this worked. All depends on the type of ROM being flashed, wipe/non-wipe, etc.

Search the forums for ezbase 4.0.. flash that with ezodin... saves me everytime
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I did try to swipe/erase everything
I can't, it gives me the same error unable to mount /sdcard
I flashed EZbase 4.0 still the same problem.
Thanks alot though

Any ideas ??

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[Q] Can't mount /dev/block/st19

My problem is really complicated. Things first: My phone didn't work for the last 3 months properly. I mean it booted and everything worked, but I could only update 3-6 apps and then I had a kind of lock (apps downloading, but no more installing). The solution for that was to go to CWM recovery and to clean cache, fix permissions and reboot. Now I could update the next apps until it locked again. Today I was really upset with that and tried some different things. I can go to download mode and CWM recovery (2.5.1.3) is still there but phone doesn't boot anymore. I can flash other firmwares with heimdall (using only linux) without errors, but the phone doesn't boot (stuck before the big S should come). If I go on CWM mount and storage I can't mount /system and /data, think thats my biggest problem right now. Is there any possibility to delete the whole SD card? I mean everything? Already tried flashing XWJS5 with repartition ticked, but it doesn't change anything. Tried now also to flash an old 2.1 firmware, no difference. Any idea how I can fix that problem (adb recognize the device)? Can't go to samsung centre because CWM is the recovery and they will know I rooted the phone...
Comprehension: Can flash other firmware with heimdall without errors, but the phone won't boot further then Galaxy S GT-I9000. The big S logo doesn't appear. In recovery can't mount /system and /sdcard
I tried already so many things, so I'm very happy for any advice!
Try flashing an older stock rom like jpy or js3 or your official rom, with repartition. As far as i know js5 rom is not a full package as jpy or js3 which also have the bootloaders. Those roms should also restore default recovery.
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Reflash FULL firmware
*EDIT- rechecked the error code*
I'm pretty sure "can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0" error = Bad SD Card
try to flash it back to stock so you get the I9000M splash and bring it back for service.
you can try, just make sure it's stock firmware:
flash a full firmware (pda/csc/phone/pit w/repartion), it might recognize the drive after re-boot.
good luck
flashed to JS3. updating now. Gonna see if it works again or if the installation bug is still there... Thanks for helping lilraindon
EDIT: Back on darky again. Problem is that my error still exist. Sometimes you can't update or install any new apps, needs to go to recovery and to wipe cache and fix permissions... Pretty annoying. Bought the phone in Germany and I'm now in Vienna Austria for studies. Do I need the warranty and bill (both in germany) or will they take it to repair without any of them? Can I sell this phone on ebay and buy from the money a Nexus S2?........ last one just kidding, just pretty annoyed my sd card is somehow broken. Any possibility (like an sgs tools script) to wipe cache, fix permissions and mount /data with phone on? With that I could live...

[Q] HELP ! CM7 install

When installing cm7 1.0 rc on i9000, ive been trying for a week now to get this right. Tried to install cm7 from froyo stock, no luck. Tried installing GB 2.3.4 stock and tried again.
When installing in cmr it says install complete and then the phone reboots into cm7, now installation guides say the phone should boot into cmr and then you can install Gapps or whatever. This is not the case though.
Also i asked for advice in XDA regarding another issue and was advised to run a nightly version of cm7. This i dont understand.
Also when i try and restore to GB 2.3.4 stock in cmr, it says resore sucessfull/complete, then the phone reboots and gets no further than the Samsung Galaxy S startup screen, the phone then reboots into cmr and i get E: errors such as cant mount cache, or cant find cache/mount/log, then the phone has to be re-flashed back to stock GB 2.3.4.
1. there is no suck thing as rc10...
2.you can`t restore old gb rom...you need to flash through odin using repartition and then restore, because cm7 is mtd
Its cm7 1.0 rc sorry
can you please point me to a link that shows how to do this this is my first samsung phone and these thing are different to me thanks in advance
this is what he has been trying http://tips4tech.net/2011/04/how-to...cm7-on-galaxy-s-review-tutorial-and-download/
any help would be greatly appreciated

htc bootscreen lock if I flash any rom and can't mount error

I looked at all other threads on here and couldn't find a start forward answer to my problem most talk about the SD and ext partitions that I have never done
Problem started last night when trying to flash the new RC1 of Zero Hero once flashed phone just sat there at the first boot screen then tryed to go back to my current rom I was using and got a error while writing boot
then I noticed when I wipe dalvik cache I get
E: CanĀ“t mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (File exists)
So I was able to get the stock rom back rooted and reflashed CWM and works just fine but if I try to flash another rom it does the samething again would really like my ASOP back
Little update on the issue made a ext2 partition on my sd card resolved the mount errors but still if I try to flash something after formatting everything phone is still locked up at the HTC screen
Also if I try to restore a backup it errors when trying to write to boot using Clockwork Recovery 2.5.0.7
Try pointing this out in the zero ROMs thread. Maybe the development team would know more. Or just PM one of their developers
Sounds like u could try a different recovery.
Good luck
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Tried a different recovery and that worked for me
so if you have these problems just flash a different recovery guys
I have the same issue whenever I flash any of the newer cwm recoveries. Only certain ones work for me. Strange.
Right now I'm using a custom 3.0.2.4 image from april 9th, 2011 I found on XDA.
There for awhile the 2.5.07 was working just fine but decided it was too cool for my phone so I got the stock 5.0.2.6 version on here and it worked like a charm running TeamHeroC 2.3.7 has to be the fastest I have ever used

[Q] Stuck in bootloop...need help

So I updated the MIUI on my Cappy from whatever I had before to 2.3.30 that is GB 2.3.7 from this location:
http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/archived-miui-versions-captivate-gb.16558/
I didnt care for it so I downloaded SlimICS. I downloaded the base and the cappy essentials. Put them both on my internal sd. I factory reset, wiped data, cache and system and dalvic, just as i do for every phone i work on. I ran the SlimICS base and now it keeps rebooting and going back into recovery and doing this:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Slim ICS
Once Slim ICS pops up, it reboots and does it all over. I can yank the battery and manually go into recovery, but if i try to boot it up normal, it goes back into the loop. I am on CWM 5.0.2.7 also.
So what did i miss?
GB bootloaders most likely missing - flash 'em using Heimdall. And SlimICS doesn't have modem. So. Flash my ROM for a change may be.
Sounds like you just need to flash again. You have to do that when you are going from GB to ICS, and vice versa I believe.
And you flashed the base and the cappy essentials right? Not just the base
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korockinout13 said:
Sounds like you just need to flash again. You have to do that when you are going from GB to ICS, and vice versa I believe.
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trying to flash again just put it back in the loop. And I read that that does happen alot going from GB to ICS on the Cappy. But for Slim it didnt work.
Wdustin1 said:
And you flashed the base and the cappy essentials right? Not just the base
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I never could get that far because it was the base that I started to install and it got bootlooped on, everytime it restarted, it went back into recovery and started to run the base again, and repeated boot loop. I read somewhere that teamhacksung's rom would get me over the GB to ICS bridge. This one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363760
It did the bootloop to, but when i yanked the battery and went back in and installed it a 2nd time, it didnt restart and installed correctly. After that I installed SlimICS. But I dont like it as much as i thought i would and now when i try to reinstall teamhacksung ROM, it errors out during the beggining of the installation. The MD5 is still fine. I dont think it likes the version of CWM recovery that SlimICS installed. I know CWMR went to an older version when i went from teamhacksung to SlimICS.
Flash glitch kernel first. Also, don't use the builds from that thread, it is old. Just flash the latest CM9 nightly
Swyped from my ICS Samsung Captivate
Stuck in A boot loop after flashing paranoid rom to cappy i897
I downloaded all needed files to internal SD just as the (how to upgrade the captivate i897 to Paranoid ROM said to do )
wipe data factory reset,wipe cache,selected install zip zip>package (pa_captivatemtd-1.99-13AUGUST2012.zip, md5sum: cc03bacf0f07a94bf25b482d64b94e63) then it started boot looping / att screen twice then android guy ,, then falling over with exclamation point in the middle of him , let it go considering options of 3 button combo weren't working ,, beside guide said 5-10 min to install then it made it to devil kernel installed gapps >> (gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip, md5sum: f62cfe4a827202899919fd932d5246d7) now back in the boot loop again>>
i did make a nandroid backup but cant seem to get into cwm recovery or download mode . I did follow that guide to a tee.
any help or suggestions on this i would greatly appreciated if this post in wrong spot sry im new.
Also stuck in bootloop reverting to Gingerbread
I am also stuck in boot loop after attempting to restore back into Gingerbread.
Here's how I got in this mess: I had been running Gingerbread on my Captivate for several months (rooted). I decided it was time to try upgrading to Jelly Bean (cm9 version). I installed ClockworkMod Recovery and that appeared to be working, so I made a NANDroid and proceeded to install CyanogenMod on my phone.
It booted OK, but I didn't like it and figured I'd just revert by restoring my NANDroid. Only thing is, it didn't restore correctly and my phone was stuck at the initial AT&T "bars" screen.
So I attempted to reboot in recovery and restore my latest update.zip. This did not seem to help at all. My phone would just boot to the AT&T screen and be stuck there. I checked to see adb was reachable behind the scenes but it wasn't.
After that I loaded Odin 1.85, downloaded a copy of the stock Captivate ROM, unzipped it and loaded it to my ROM (using the method described in this link I'm not allowed to show you because I'm a new user), more or less.
Odin said it was successful, but the phone is now still stuck in a boot loop. The ClockworkMod Recovery options are gone from the recovery menu. Now it looks like my stock recovery menu. There are some diagnostics on the recovery screen:
-- Copying media files --
E: failed to mount /dbdata (Invalid argument)
E: copy_dbdata_media: Can't mont /dbdata
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu
for format and reboot actions.
Meida files copy failed.
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Applied CSC-code 'ATT'
Successfully copied multi-CSC.
-----
the bold text indicating errors appears in orange.
I tried "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" and rebooting. This had no apparent effect. The Captivate still continues to loop on reboot.
What next? It seems like it's missing something it needs to boot that's not in the standard Gingerbread Captivate image I downloaded with Odin. What else do I need to do? Keep in mind that right now the only way I can get files onto the phone is Odin (or similar) via the USB port. The phone never gets booted enough to get to it with adb, let alone mounting as a drive on my computer.
Thanks
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HG_User said:
I am also stuck in boot loop after attempting to restore back into Gingerbread.
Here's how I got in this mess: I had been running Gingerbread on my Captivate for several months (rooted). I decided it was time to try upgrading to Jelly Bean (cm9 version). I installed ClockworkMod Recovery and that appeared to be working, so I made a NANDroid and proceeded to install CyanogenMod on my phone.
It booted OK, but I didn't like it and figured I'd just revert by restoring my NANDroid. Only thing is, it didn't restore correctly and my phone was stuck at the initial AT&T "bars" screen.
So I attempted to reboot in recovery and restore my latest update.zip. This did not seem to help at all. My phone would just boot to the AT&T screen and be stuck there. I checked to see adb was reachable behind the scenes but it wasn't.
After that I loaded Odin 1.85, downloaded a copy of the stock Captivate ROM, unzipped it and loaded it to my ROM (using the method described in this link I'm not allowed to show you because I'm a new user), more or less.
Odin said it was successful, but the phone is now still stuck in a boot loop. The ClockworkMod Recovery options are gone from the recovery menu. Now it looks like my stock recovery menu. There are some diagnostics on the recovery screen:
-- Copying media files --
E: failed to mount /dbdata (Invalid argument)
E: copy_dbdata_media: Can't mont /dbdata
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu
for format and reboot actions.
Meida files copy failed.
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Applied CSC-code 'ATT'
Successfully copied multi-CSC.
-----
the bold text indicating errors appears in orange.
I tried "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" and rebooting. This had no apparent effect. The Captivate still continues to loop on reboot.
What next? It seems like it's missing something it needs to boot that's not in the standard Gingerbread Captivate image I downloaded with Odin. What else do I need to do? Keep in mind that right now the only way I can get files onto the phone is Odin (or similar) via the USB port. The phone never gets booted enough to get to it with adb, let alone mounting as a drive on my computer.
Thanks
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While searching threw all this mess on this site and various other :
I did stumble on something that might help u get your cwm
mode Look up Captivate Q&A the scroll to T, Russel thread has file needed to get your cwm mode working using rageagaistcage method.
Odin has multi file upload for stock alone check to make sure you selected right one . then just reflash should be good
mine i examine really thoroughly and figure out i try to jump to high .
i had stock then firefly then darkfire which is based off i900 <> Cappy rom bad <>idea on my part i try to jump to paranoid rom from darkfire '
don't think files were save to SD internal card - download section instead so firmware lost track of it self .
reviewing errors made on my part order 2 jig for my 2 cappys
my plan use jig get into download flash back to stock using odin one click using kies flash to froyo and stick with it for another six months
while reading everything i need to know about flashing that high up , besides that rom will become more stable less bugs and it will give me
time to see what errors occurs with this phone model on that rom last time i check there was only 7 posted user using it
again i was trying to flash paranoid rom for Samsung captivate SGH_I897'' I hope you get your issue resolved.
If u try one click unbrick and on win xp uninstall kies the drivers will not work together log in to administrator account <> just Google it if not on welcome screen there a few ways to get into that account,, but that did work for me on my cappy . let me know how u make out. ??
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321321wrick said:
While searching threw all this mess on this site and various other :
I did stumble on something that might help u get your cwm
mode Look up Captivate Q&A the scroll to T, Russel thread has file needed to get your cwm mode working using rageagaistcage method.
Odin has multi file upload for stock alone check to make sure you selected right one . then just reflash should be good
mine i examine really thoroughly and figure out i try to jump to high .
i had stock then firefly then darkfire which is based off i900 <> Cappy rom bad <>idea on my part i try to jump to paranoid rom from darkfire '
don't think files were save to SD internal card - download section instead so firmware lost track of it self .
reviewing errors made on my part order 2 jig for my 2 cappys
my plan use jig get into download flash back to stock using odin one click using kies flash to froyo and stick with it for another six months
while reading everything i need to know about flashing that high up , besides that rom will become more stable less bugs and it will give me
time to see what errors occurs with this phone model on that rom last time i check there was only 7 posted user using it
again i was trying to flash paranoid rom for Samsung captivate SGH_I897'' I hope you get your issue resolved.
If u try one click unbrick and on win xp uninstall kies the drivers will not work together log in to administrator account <> just Google it if not on welcome screen there a few ways to get into that account,, but that did work for me on my cappy . let me know how u make out.
There also Ginger Bread Boot loaders Needed for it to start up Correctly - i personally don't know that much bout gingerbread rom i didn't like it as much as froyo WiFi issues'' the the stock odin should erase all info on your part thou 'e use Is OCD 1 i897UCJF6>lowercase work every time for me.
cept now because my usb is not able to charge phone or enter download mode or recovery which leaves jig option .
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HG_User,
U can't go back to GB (or froyo/eclair) from CM, MIUI, ICS, JB, AOSP etc., etc. without using Odin or Heimdall---because of the different partitions used---Stock firmware is bml/rfs and all the AOSP etc etc are mtd/yaffs(2).
And u can only restore a backup when u r back running the base rom where u made the back up.
Use this...Stock i897ucKK4 GB 2.3.5 with or without bootloaders... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370912
This kk4 should get u going. Then u can use Odin to flash Corn Kernel to get a cwm back...:thumbup:
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... one step on the way: Back to Eclair
thanks for the advice. Ultimately, I decided I should use Odin 3 1-click to revert back to original (2.1 Eclair) firmware that I found on the first post of thread titled
[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader and Drivers CAPTIVATE ONLY
This is a huge step forward because it makes my phone work, but it's also a step back in time to the early Eclair days.
Now my next step is to upgrade back to Gingerbread...
Edit: Thanks to all who pointed me in the right direction. I took the phone back to Eclair then used Samsung KiesMini (twice) to get it back to Gingerbread. After re-rooting and removing the AT&T Bloatware, it works fine again. I might try upgrading again to ICS or JB, but I didn't like Cyanogen 9 at all. Maybe I'm just used to the way AT&T polishes the UI, but Cyanogen didn't appeal at all. Now looking for a relatively polished but lightweight ICS or JB version... Also, it would be nice if when I upgrade it preserves the installed apps and what's on my home screens, but that seems unlikely going from AT&T-branded Gingerbread to an independent ICS or JB.

[Q] Cannot install any custom roms. Phone acting weird

Hey guys. I've been using CyanogenMod on my Galaxy S for quite a long time. Few days ago my battery died and phone wouldn't pass the CyanogenMOD logo. I've decided to go back to stock rom and then upgrade to one of the new roms.
So I flashed the stock rom using Odin 3.07, rooted, went to recovery mode and tried to flash: Mackay ROM, Beast ROM ( black and white as well as beastxl), Avatar ROM, Slim Bean, Tsunami, CyanogenMOD but none of the above worked.
It starts the installation and after few seconds phone restarts itself and gets stuck on new boot logo.
The only thing that gets installed is the CWM which won't let me do the factory reset, wipe data, wipe dalvik cache etc. Keeps saying can't mount /data, /cache, /system.
The only time I can do factory reset is when I install stock rom.
I only succeeded installing Franzy ROM once but after reboot gets stuck on boot logo.
Sometimes even the stock ROM is giving me issues like process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly (does it for dialer, calculator, market, launcher)
Another weird thing is that even when I go back to stock rom and open up for instance a picture with bright background or web browser I can see transparent battery and CyanogemMod in the middle of the screen even tho phone's not charging and running on stock rom not CyanogenMod.
I think I've tried everything from fixing permissions, flash and re-partition using Odin and 512 pit file.
Even rang my Mom like advised in xda's video, didn't help either
Is there anything else I can try to get my phone in "shape"?
Any suggestions?
AllUsernamesAlreadyInUse said:
Hey guys. I've been using CyanogenMod on my Galaxy S for quite a long time. Few days ago my battery died and phone wouldn't pass the CyanogenMOD logo. I've decided to go back to stock rom and then upgrade to one of the new roms.
So I flashed the stock rom using Odin 3.07, rooted, went to recovery mode and tried to flash: Mackay ROM, Beast ROM ( black and white as well as beastxl), Avatar ROM, Slim Bean, Tsunami, CyanogenMOD but none of the above worked.
It starts the installation and after few seconds phone restarts itself and gets stuck on new boot logo.
The only thing that gets installed is the CWM which won't let me do the factory reset, wipe data, wipe dalvik cache etc. Keeps saying can't mount /data, /cache, /system.
The only time I can do factory reset is when I install stock rom.
I only succeeded installing Franzy ROM once but after reboot gets stuck on boot logo.
Sometimes even the stock ROM is giving me issues like process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly (does it for dialer, calculator, market, launcher)
Another weird thing is that even when I go back to stock rom and open up for instance a picture with bright background or web browser I can see transparent battery and CyanogemMod in the middle of the screen even tho phone's not charging and running on stock rom not CyanogenMod.
I think I've tried everything from fixing permissions, flash and re-partition using Odin and 512 pit file.
Even rang my Mom like advised in xda's video, didn't help either
Is there anything else I can try to get my phone in "shape"?
Any suggestions?
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try to flash stock rom again via odin , root , then flash cm 9 ( to not loose you IMEI ) , then flash CM 10.1 stable from here : http://get.cm/?device=galaxysmtd&type=stable
then install any costum rom you want
The Tox said:
try to flash stock rom again via odin , root , then flash cm 9 ( to not loose you IMEI ) , then flash CM 10.1 stable
then install any costum rom you want
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Thanks for your reply. Installing CM 9 worked but trying to install CM 10 throws up this error:
assert failed: run_program("tmp/updater.sh") == 0
E: Error in sdcard/cm-10.1.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Flash this one :
http://get.cm/get/3Fb
then install this one :
http://get.cm/get/9aJ
Thanks for your help. CM 9.1.0 installs fine, same error for 10.1.2 :/
AllUsernamesAlreadyInUse said:
Thanks for your help. CM 9.1.0 installs fine, same error for 10.1.2 :/
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did you tried to install other costum roms , like slimbean ?
There MIGHT be a problem with your internal SD card. Slight chance :/
did you tried to install other costum roms , like slimbean ?
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Yes I did and only Franzys installed successfully but then stopped working after phone reboot.
There MIGHT be a problem with your internal SD card. Slight chance :/
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I think that might be the case. I get encryption unsuccessful with my sdcard in and CWM doesn't see any files with sdcard out.
I found an article here on forum that explains how to use your external sdcard as the internal one. Will give it a try and see if it works.
For now I don't mind using CM 9.1.
Thanks for your help guys and let me know if you have any other suggestions.

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