[Q] Alfs kernel + GingerDX cant install update-rom-chargemon+vold-AlfsKernel.zip - XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. I've been pulling my hair out for over 4 hours now.
I boot into clockworkmod, choose install from zip, I can see the .zip but everytime I choose it the phone refuses to install it and gives me an error about cannot mount /sd/ or something similiar. From there the SD card cannot be found until i restart the phone.
Ive cleared all caches, done a factory reset..
The rom and phone works like it should except that I of course cant mount my phone with the sdcard while booted into GingerDX.
I've tried using two different SD cards and one of them is brand new (i just opened it because of this error). I've formatted both cards via a usbadapter on my computer and the only thing on them is the update file.
Every zip i try to update gives me the error that the card cannot be mounted even though the phone finds the different zipfiles on my card. And every time after i get the error the SD card cannot be found until I restart my phone.
Please help me, Ive spent hours searching on this problem but the only one who had this problem and got it fixed got it because he had his phone plugged in via usb while he was trying to update.

This is the error message I get.
-- Installing /sdcard/update-rom-chargemon+vold-alfskernel .zip
Finding update package...
E:Can't mount /sdcard/update-rom-chargemon+vold-alfskernel .zip
Installation aborted.
Just tried reflashing the Alfs kernel as well. Didn't work.

niggnogg said:
This is the error message I get.
-- Installing /sdcard/update-rom-chargemon+vold-alfskernel .zip
Finding update package...
E:Can't mount /sdcard/update-rom-chargemon+vold-alfskernel .zip
Installation aborted.
Just tried reflashing the Alfs kernel as well. Didn't work.
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mhm...
epic...
trie to backup and format sd and clear cache and retrie it. i've never had this error .

safix8 said:
mhm...
epic...
trie to backup and format sd and clear cache and retrie it. i've never had this error .
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I have nothing to backup but as I said I've tried 2 different cards and formatted them both atleast 5 times each.

WOW! I think I solved it. I flashed the nAa kernel which just made my phone not start at all, the screen just turns on but nothing happened. Then I reinstalled v6 of Alfs kernel. But this time I booted into CWM by tapping back instead of tapping the screen (I was actually trying to get into xrecovery). There my first sdcard didnt mount at all so I put in the second one, chose the .zip, got a "are you sure bla bla" screen, pressed yes and it FINALLY flashed.
This is a really weird error..

niggnogg said:
WOW! I think I solved it. I flashed the nAa kernel which just made my phone not start at all, the screen just turns on but nothing happened. Then I reinstalled v6 of Alfs kernel. But this time I booted into CWM by tapping back instead of tapping the screen (I was actually trying to get into xrecovery). There my first sdcard didnt mount at all so I put in the second one, chose the .zip, got a "are you sure bla bla" screen, pressed yes and it FINALLY flashed.
This is a really weird error..
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you could not have 2 recovery at once by costum kernel. you must use the recovery in the kernel.

I haven't done anything but whipe my phone, install alfs custom kernel and GingerDX. I haven't installed anything else. Wierd error that starting CMW by pressing back instead of touching the screen lets you actually flash the update.

Hi guys, i was trying to find a solution and i think i made it. It's not that everything is connected but it did work for me.
What i did:
1. settings/application settings/ unknown sources - ON
2. settings/application settings/Development
- usb debugging - ON
- USB debugging notify -ON
- Allow mock locations - ON
3. Reboot in CWM recovery
- go to mount and storage (important!!)
- mount /sdcard
- go back, install zip from Sdcard
- choose zip from sdcard, find it and install it!!
That's it!

niggnogg said:
Hi. I've been pulling my hair out for over 4 hours now.
I boot into clockworkmod, choose install from zip, I can see the .zip but everytime I choose it the phone refuses to install it and gives me an error about cannot mount /sd/ or something similiar. From there the SD card cannot be found until i restart the phone.
Ive cleared all caches, done a factory reset..
The rom and phone works like it should except that I of course cant mount my phone with the sdcard while booted into GingerDX.
I've tried using two different SD cards and one of them is brand new (i just opened it because of this error). I've formatted both cards via a usbadapter on my computer and the only thing on them is the update file.
Every zip i try to update gives me the error that the card cannot be mounted even though the phone finds the different zipfiles on my card. And every time after i get the error the SD card cannot be found until I restart my phone.
Please help me, Ive spent hours searching on this problem but the only one who had this problem and got it fixed got it because he had his phone plugged in via usb while he was trying to update.
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This happened to me a few times. On your SD card make sure you have "clockworkmod" folder all lowercase. Inside that folder there should be a "backup" folder. You need this folder for CWM to work

I've encountered the same problem as OP. sdcard wont mount. I installed the CWM v3.2.0.0-r3 via this script so I tap the screen to enter CWM but the back key opens xRecovery so solution in #5 doesn't apply.
Tried a different card, reply #9, cleared cache and data. Nothing seems to help so far.

Solved by flashing SE2.1 kernel back, installing recovery tools from x8toolbox this time and it let me go ahead with the rest.

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No SD card after Full Wipe

Hi, I have performed a full wipe operation in CWM. It took less than a second and the internal files were still there. So I tried to boot up the phone to check but the phone didn't boot up. I went back to recovery menu but when I tried to install CM9 the phone doesn't see the sd card. "can't mount sdcard" is one of the things written there.
What should I do now?
I got it to work but I've lost IMEI number...
You must install firmware with odin ,... i have this same problem

[Q] problem in clock work mod with sdcard

hi friends...i have a problem.i had flashed the naa ics 04 kernel in my xperia x8.and i get boot to clockwork mod.but in clockwork mod when i tried to install custom zip and i clicked choose zip from sdcard.but,it continuously says that "E:can't mount/sdcard".so i tried the mounts and storage menu and when i clicked the mount/sdcard its continuously says "Error mounting sd card....".so i took the memory card out and formatted the sd card with the help of card reader and copied the custom roms and tried to install custom zip.but,it continuously says that "E:can't mount/sdcard".so i took the phone and reflashed it.and then i tried to install custom zip then also the same problem.now please help me friends from with this problem.
Did U read whole thread? maybe someone else have similar issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576002
Usually things U can do:
-redownload kernel
-try on another sd card
-try on another pc
and the most obvious question did U do wipe data/factory reset before installing?
if this all not working then sorry i cant help U.
raziqfarid said:
hi friends...i have a problem.i had flashed the naa ics 04 kernel in my xperia x8.and i get boot to clockwork mod.but in clockwork mod when i tried to install custom zip and i clicked choose zip from sdcard.but,it continuously says that "E:can't mount/sdcard".so i tried the mounts and storage menu and when i clicked the mount/sdcard its continuously says "Error mounting sd card....".so i took the memory card out and formatted the sd card with the help of card reader and copied the custom roms and tried to install custom zip.but,it continuously says that "E:can't mount/sdcard".so i took the phone and reflashed it.and then i tried to install custom zip then also the same problem.now please help me friends from with this problem.
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try to turn on your phone WITHOUT sd card
then turn on WITH sdcard
make sure if the sdcard format is FAT
cek your phone driver dude! :laugh:
Please use the search function before posting a question.
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[Q] I9000 Soft-bricked after Jellybean flash

Evening,
After trying nearyl everything I found online to get my phone back into a working state I finally gave up and decided to ask
you for help.
So, it all began with me trying to flash the Jelly Bean Port onto my SGS in the hope it would fix my constant crashes and other problems
I had after another flash.
I got it working at some point, but it did not react when I plugged it in the usb port as mass storage device or any other mode for that matter.
So I tried some other solutions.
A couple tries later i started getting the "cant mount /dbdata" error which i fixed with a solution from this forum using a dbata.tar as PDA, using the JW4 firmware.
However because I wanted the usb to work I tried again to get jelly bean to run, without success.
I'm no unable to boot the phone passed "Enter your password to decrypt storage" or in any other mode.
When flashing I keep getting "Failed to mount /data" which seems to disappear at times when the external sd is inserted.
My Computer regocnizes the Phone as two different drives, even when i remove the sd...
So yeah.
The moral of the story is: I cant get the phone to run on any mode except jellybean and there without usb connection, if i get passed the decrypt thing.
Currently all flashing leads me to the recovery screen saying:
"Can't mount /data " and "Cache wipe failed" after that it just bootloops.
So, can anyone help me out?
P.S. I can at all times enter recovery and download mode.
Hey
If u can enter download mode, why dont u flash 2.3.6??that should clean all your problems..
Plus if you upgrade to JB your external sd-card wont be mounted to ur system...(you cannot alter any data directly to your external sdcard...
There are 3 ways to solve your prob..
1.use CWM..
--goto mounts and storage, then hit external sdcard..
2.use your external memory card directly with ur system..that means without your phone
3.(long method)
Transfer ur data to internal sdcard then use a file manager and transfer to external memory card
Cheers
If I Helped, dont mind Hitting the Thanks button...
Flashing an old Stock Rom mostly fixes all problems for me and should do the same for you
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Hi,
Thanks for the answers.
Flashing an old Stock Rom mostly fixes all problems for me and should do the same for you
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I tried this approach and flashed the JVU Version from samfirmware.
It leads to the following error:
Code:
Failed to mount /sdcard (file exists)
(...)
Format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
During the boot up, after the first flash.
Note: The external SD-Card was not in the phone, as well as the sim card.
After that it starts bootlooping.
If I insert the external SD-Card before the flashing process i only get:
Code:
Format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
And the Phone starts to bootloop again.
I've tried to google this and I get two reactions:
The internal SD is fried.
Format the internal SD using CWM.
I believe I did try the second approach, but i would greatly appreciate a short guide on how-to properly format my internal SD
There are 3 ways to solve your prob..
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I was under the impression they had fixed that bug in V6.
Anyway, it's not the real problem since I would rather get my phone to work again, before I go ahead and try out jelly bean again.
The ics semaphore.tar odin kernel from the semaphore thread has worked for everyone I've suggested it to.
For some reason it seems to work where other flashable packages don't, worth a try.
Sent from horseback.
First of all I flash stock firmware. / 3 PDA files, MODEM, CSC / odin with the pit512 and Re-partition.za second is that the flash / ICS, JB / clearing script to use the kernel, then the full wipe and cwm JB installation ....
adytum said:
The ics semaphore.tar odin kernel from the semaphore thread has worked for everyone I've suggested it to.
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Did you mean this Semaphore Thread?
If so, just tried it, didnt work, still get the same error as before:
Code:
Format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
misacek said:
First of all I flash stock firmware. / 3 PDA files, MODEM, CSC / odin with the pit512 and Re-partition.za
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At this Point, I get the first error concering the formating, see above.
If I still continue and manage to get JB to work (I event tried the kernel cleaning script). I get locked out because of this "Enter password to
decrypt storage" Error. Which is known to be fixed by performing a factory reset, which I cant do, because of the first error.
f_erin said:
I get locked out because of this "Enter password to
decrypt storage" Error. Which is known to be fixed by performing a factory reset, which I cant do, because of the first error.
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try and enter any password five times until prompted that this will wipe the card, than you should be able to do so
So, today I decided to buy a new smartphone after one last try of getting my old one to work.
I used the default guide to flash JellyBean and now it works ...
I guess it was scared or something, I'll keep using it to check of fluently it works for now and bought and sd reader to solve the usb issue.
So this thread can be closed.
Thanks to all for their tips.

Soft-bricked my phone? FIXED

EDIT4: Well I had to NVFlash my phone and flash the LG stock rom, and it worked, but I lost all my data, o well I'm so happy now
It all begins when I first flashed CM7.1 stable for the first time, I had initial problems with the browser not downloading files to my internal sdcard, but I think I fixed that by editing vold.fstab and build.prop files following some guide I found on the internet. Everything was good but I was unable to flash vorkkernel because when I did, It would not boot. To fix that I recovered a back up, I think:cyclops:? months went by and I was happy with my CM7.1, but I still wanted vorkkernel for the voodoo sound. I end up just flashing cm-7-20120902-NIGHTLY and was able to flash vorkkernel sucessfully. I again ran into the browser problem + it also duplicated corrupt copies of all my music files into the sdcard again and again, and tried my best to once again figure out how to properly edit vold.fstab and build.prop, with many unsuccessful attempts, I end up making my internal SDCard unreadable, so I tried to revert the files back to their original by looking in the rom zip and using those files. It did work somewhat, I was able to read my exeternal sd card, but the internal couldn't mount, I was so fed up. I was gonna reflash cm-7-20120902-NIGHTLY so I rebooted into recovery and then I decided not too so I tried to reboot, but I got stuck in a boot loop (phone always booted into CMW recovery mode) with an error
E:can't mount cache/recovery/command
E:can't mount cache/recovery/log
E:can't open cache/recovery/log
E:can't mount cache/recovery/last_log
E:can't open cache/recovery/last_log
I'm unable to get into internal sdcard where my backup is located, however I am able to access external sdcard. I am also unable to wipe cache, I tried to flash cm-7-20120902-NIGHTLY (wipe data/factory reset, wipe divik cache, install zip) again but it doesn't do anything. I have also formatted /sytem with success but unable to format /data and /cache of course.
I'm not really concerned too much about the data on phone, I can get all of it back except some pictures and video I don't value too much. So wiping everything is an option, but would waste a bunch of my time if I didn't have to, but I'm not sure how to do it because I can't find a stock rom for fido (I am aware of the stock roms posted here on this site, but mine is dead). I actually am no longer with fido and don't use this phone as a cell phone anymore, so do I really need the offical stock fido rom or can I download the european one? I
Sorry I have googled this for about 8 hours before posting here and I can't find any clear cut solutions, all I find is similar problems and outdated links.
EDIT1: Cannot boot into S/W mode screen just goes black and shuts off
EDIT2: Found a old backup in my computer that I had transferred to my SDCARD which doesn't work because it says MD5 mismatch!
EDIT3: Was able to restore backup but now it says error formatting /data (I also can't mount /data /cache /emmc, but can only mount /system
and /sdcard)
Thanks
UPDATE
I Can't boot into S/W mode, I take out battery, hold vol down button, then plug phone. What happens is the white logo boots, then goes black and shuts off. I'm running out of options...
PeterSK said:
I Can't boot into S/W mode, I take out battery, hold vol down button, then plug phone. What happens is the white logo boots, then goes black and shuts off.
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Try this.. if u have a custom ROM installed.. plug the phone in>reboot phone from power menu> as soon as phone turns off press and hold volume down.. this worked for me before.. hope it helps.. remember only if on a custom ROM
Sent from my LG-P990 using xda app-developers app
darenb4 said:
Try this.. if u have a custom ROM installed.. plug the phone in>reboot phone from power menu> as soon as phone turns off press and hold volume down.. this worked for me before.. hope it helps.. remember only if on a custom ROM
Sent from my LG-P990 using xda app-developers app
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I can't load my rom I'm stuck in a CWM boot loop. I have tried rebooting from there but the phone never really shuts off.
PeterSK said:
I can't load my rom I'm stuck in a CWM boot loop. I have tried rebooting from there but the phone never really shuts off.
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Yep nv flash would be the answer lol.. glad u got it sorted
Sent from my LG-P990 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Installing ROM on external SD

Hello boys and girls,
I think the internal SD card of my i9000 is corrupted. I've tried everyting: wiped/factory reset, reinstalling Cyanogenmod10, installing Stock ROM, installing stockrom with re-partitioning on etc. Nothing works. I'm using odin to reinstall the stock ROM. 'Uploading' the stock ROM to my phone goes well, but then when I restart and android is installing, I get error messages like:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 or
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
After reading a lot on XDA, my conclusion is: broken internal storage.
Now I want to install everything on my external SD. So I bought a 8GB cat10 SD card.
I followed the instruction given in this youtube video (the error in the video is the same as mine): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdMhYYdMB08 Unfortunatly this didnt help. Reading the Youtube comments it seems this method only works when you're SD card is totally broken. Mine is not I guess
Then I found this XDA-post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893354 Seems very promising, but I seem to get stuck on '-- Extract initramfs from zImage ( https://github.com/mistadman/Extract-Kernel-Initramfs )'. I;ve got a virtual machine running Ubuntu. When I start the script, nothing happens..... the terminal just closes.
The easiest solution for my problem would be a ROM that is altered to directly install on my external SD. I red somewhere that ROMS like that exist. Can't seem to find one though.
Well.. thanks for reading my post, and accept my appologies for my bad english. You can probably notice I'm not a native speaker.
Does someone have a solution for me? Maybe know of a good thread?
Thanks in advance!
Greatings, Eldoro
eldoro said:
I think the internal SD card of my i9000 is corrupted.
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check out My Android Solutions and My Android Collections on How to Flash a Rom with a broken SD card
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....Do remember to backup your contacts, data, images etc and also your EFS folder before flashing a ROM and make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.
Corrupt internal storage
xsenman said:
check out My Android Solutions and My Android Collections on How to Flash a Rom with a broken SD card
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....Do remember to backup your contacts, data, images etc and also your EFS folder before flashing a ROM and make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.
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Thanks for your advice. There are a lot of solutions in 'My android solutions'. I have taken another look at my error message, but it's a bit different then the onces that a there. So I don;t know wich one to pick. I will attach a screenshot of my error message:
Trying the other link you gave me (My android Collections), I don't really understand the second step. See my remarks in red:
[I]ROM update without SDcard
If you don't have an sd card, or your slot is broken you can try this trick, but you will need a custom recovery like Clockwork.
Boot up your phone to recovery. And move your rom file to the adb directory, and start a command line ( cmd ) (How do I do this? Where is de adb directory? Where do I start cmd, on my pc or on my android? What is a adb shell?)
adb shell
mount data
adb push D:\custom_rom.zip /data/
Wait until the push finised, and restart your device to recovery again with "adb reboot-bootloader"
mount data
mount /data /sdcard ( mount the data folder into your sdcard folder, so your recovery will think that you have an sdcard installed )
Locate the ROM .Zip file you wish to flash.
Confirm the flash by following the on-screen instructions (ie: pressing the trackball, pressing the call button, etc.)
If no errors arise during the flashing process then the ROM flash was successful, Reboot the device.
With some root file explorer, remove the rom file if you don't need it anymore, to free up space.
Or use adb to remove the custom recovery
adb shell rm data/custom_rom.zip
[/I]
Hope you can point me in the right direction.
screenshot
HEre is the link to my screeshot. Didnt seem to work in my previous post:
postimage.org/image/8451hvzuz/
Greatings, Eldoro
eldoro said:
HEre is the link to my screeshot. Didnt seem to work in my previous post:
postimage.org/image/8451hvzuz/
Greatings, Eldoro
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what are you trying to flash with 3e recovery, its better to use CWM recovery, just flash a semaphore kernel to get root and CWM
still problems with semphore
xsenman said:
what are you trying to flash with 3e recovery, its better to use CWM recovery, just flash a semaphore kernel to get root and CWM
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I've flashed smaphore kernel with Odin. I also downloaden Cyanogenmod-10-20121017.
I started my phone with the 3 button combo and got into CMW 6. Then I mounted USB storage and tried to transfer CM-10 to internal storage. While transfering my phone reboots...
I then succesfully copied the CM-10 file to my external SD. When I install the zip (after a wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache) I get the following error: postimage.org/image/5ma4nnnhj/
When I restart my phone I can't get into CMW again... so I flash semaphore again.
When I;m in CMW again I tried some thing... maybe its interesting for you to see:
After I wipe data/ factory reset, and I go to advance -> show log, I see the following errors: postimage.org/image/ygj9q6o1v/
Another example. In CWM, when I try to mount /data and /system, I get the following error: postimage.org/image/hol1hhhyd/
Mounting /data or /cache goes doesnt give any problems.
Hope this gives you some more insight..
eldoro said:
I've flashed smaphore kernel with Odin. I also downloaden Cyanogenmod-10-20121017.
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The root cause of your problem is status 0 ( see My Android Solutions) likely you have flashed an ICS or JB kernel on a Gingerbread , thus having the wrong version of CWM on your phone . go here My Android Collections and download the correct kernel to use according to the firmware you are using
Check Here to chose your forum/Guide by Version of your phone or you will have more problems by using wrong solutions due to different versions of Galaxy S
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....
(Do remember to backup your contacts, data, images etc and also your EFS folder before flashing a ROM and make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.)
xsenman said:
The root cause of your problem is status 0 ( see My Android Solutions) likely you have flashed an ICS or JB kernel on a Gingerbread , thus having the wrong version of CWM on your phone . go here My Android Collections and download the correct kernel to use according to the firmware you are using
Check Here to chose your forum/Guide by Version of your phone or you will have more problems by using wrong solutions due to different versions of Galaxy S
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....
(Do remember to backup your contacts, data, images etc and also your EFS folder before flashing a ROM and make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.)
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I have flashed the semaphore GB kernel 2.7.4 (first pulled out battery, ext sd and hold powerbutton for 60 seconds). Getting other errors now:
postimage.org/image/4pjqlcgb7/ -> screenshot initial booting in CMW
postimage.org/image/8i4rltz7r/ -> screenshot trying tot install zip
Then I flashed Gingerbread (I9000XXJVU_I9000OXAJVU_OXA) -> pda, modem and csc file, partitioning unchecked). After flashing, android keeps restarting on this screen: postimage.org/image/o5ojzxvnr/
Then I pull out battery again, hold powerbutton and power on my phone again. Then I get this error message: postimage.org/image/ecnm34gmf/
I then flash again with semaphore GB 2.7.4. When I restart my phone I don't get past the first 'Galaxy S' screen....
eldoro said:
When I restart my phone I don't get past the first 'Galaxy S' screen....
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Do a clean flash, meaning you will wipe everything and format your SD card too, since you will have CWM recovery
1) First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power
button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....
2) use combo keys to get into CWM recovery
a) wipe everything, data, cache, dalvik cache in advance
b) go into > mounts and Storage> format everything (except boot) repeat ..do it twice....than pull out battery and use combo keys to boot into download mode ( you will lose everything in your phone by doing this, hope you have backed up your contacts, images and game data etc) If you did not mout to USB storage first and copy the entire SD card to your PC first)
3) connect to PC, use ODIN3 and flash the JVU ROM with a 512 PIT file with repartitioning checked
Once it has booted , check your phone, check your SD card ( so that everything is functioning)
4) Flash the GB semaphore kernel and check again all is functioning, backup your efs before you try custom roms like this
xsenman said:
Do a clean flash, meaning you will wipe everything and format your SD card too, since you will have CWM recovery
1) First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power
button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....
2) use combo keys to get into CWM recovery
a) wipe everything, data, cache, dalvik cache in advance
b) go into > mounts and Storage> format everything (except boot) repeat ..do it twice....than pull out battery and use combo keys to boot into download mode ( you will lose everything in your phone by doing this, hope you have backed up your contacts, images and game data etc) If you did not mout to USB storage first and copy the entire SD card to your PC first)
3) connect to PC, use ODIN3 and flash the JVU ROM with a 512 PIT file with repartitioning checked
Once it has booted , check your phone, check your SD card ( so that everything is functioning)
4) Flash the GB semaphore kernel and check again all is functioning, backup your efs before you try custom roms like this
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After finishing step 3 my phone tries to install android but comes up with a Error. It only shows for a few seconds, so didnt have time to take a screenshot. It said someting about 'can't find directory samsung/music' ...'vox'.... Then the phone restarts and the samsung intro video starts but the video crashes after a few seconds and my phone restarts again. And again and again...
Not much luck so far )-:
eldoro said:
. It said someting about 'can't find directory samsung/music' ...'vox'.... Then the phone restarts and the samsung intro video starts but the video crashes after a few seconds and my phone restarts again. And again and again...Not much luck so far )-:
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Fundamentally your problem seems to be related to an SVOX installation ( text to speech engine) you must have used when your phone was functioning ...which seems to be mounted and giving you this error
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't unmount "/dbdata"
E:Format_volume failed to unmount "/dbdata"
so you need to get back into CWM > mounts and storage> unmount everything and also format everything including boot, after that , ( DO NOT BOOT phone after doing this)
after this pull out battery and this time include i9000 JVU bootloader + JVU + 512 PIT ( update bootloader and repartition TICKED and reboot UNTICKED )
after that flash again the JVU ROM and reboot phone
If this fails, we may need to downgrade the ROM to 2.2 and use a speedmod kernel and try, basically, your Internal SD partition is stuck on this one dbdata partition and you need to get it formatted to solve your SD problem ( looks like you are in luck as someone else had this problem earlier , read this thread and solved it.
suggest you use a note book to note down what you are doing (step by step) and what was the result to get to the bottom of solving this , once and for all, will be useful for others who may have this problem.
xsenman said:
Fundamentally your problem seems to be related to an SVOX installation ( text to speech engine) you must have used when your phone was functioning ...which seems to be mounted and giving you this error
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't unmount "/dbdata"
E:Format_volume failed to unmount "/dbdata"
so you need to get back into CWM > mounts and storage> unmount everything and also format everything including boot, after that , ( DO NOT BOOT phone after doing this)
after this pull out battery and this time include i9000 JVU bootloader + JVU + 512 PIT ( update bootloader and repartition TICKED and reboot UNTICKED )
after that flash again the JVU ROM and reboot phone
If this fails, we may need to downgrade the ROM to 2.2 and use a speedmod kernel and try, basically, your Internal SD partition is stuck on this one dbdata partition and you need to get it formatted to solve your SD problem ( looks like you are in luck as someone else had this problem earlier , read this thread and solved it.
suggest you use a note book to note down what you are doing (step by step) and what was the result to get to the bottom of solving this , once and for all, will be useful for others who may have this problem.
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Tried your first advice. Couldnt unmount SD Card and didnt saw a boot partition to unmount.... Flashed with JVU bootloader, JVU, 512pit like you said. Then flashed again JVU. Got the same result... didnt work. Still error messages.
Then flashed with ROM 2.2 and speedmod kernel. Could format the SD Card with CWM now... Again no result in the end. Didnt get the error messages though when android install... but still keeps rebooting when booting.
Then used the EZbase recovery kit, like described in the thread you gave me (althoug the thread is a bit old and hard to understand). Flashed everything in the kit with EZodin. Result: no error messages after reboot, but I can see it doesnt finish the first install. Then it reboots and gets stuck on the Samsung video..
Now trying to connect to my phone via ADB. Downloaden the ADB toolkit. Want to try this:
adb shell
mount /sdcard
su
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
rm 1
rm 2
rm 3
quit
Its hard to understand if above commands fixed the problem in the thread you gave me... it's not very well described..
Do you have tips to connect to my phone through ADB? Downloaden ADB-toolkit and started adb-toolkit-main.cmd.
Reinstalled Samsung USB drivers..tried to connect in download mode and in recovery (with different CMW versions). Installed the drivers included in ADB-toolkit through zadig.exe.. tried in download mode and recovery...
eldoro said:
Do you have tips to connect to my phone through ADB? Downloaden ADB-toolkit and started adb-toolkit-main.cmd.
Reinstalled Samsung USB drivers..tried to connect in download mode and in recovery (with different CMW versions). Installed the drivers included in ADB-toolkit through zadig.exe.. tried in download mode and recovery...
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suggest you just flash the Ezbase gingerbread rescue kit again, might solve it since your error message is not there anymore
xsenman said:
suggest you just flash the Ezbase gingerbread rescue kit again, might solve it since your error message is not there anymore
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Flashed with ezbase_recovery_kit_gb. Powered down and flash the stock kernel first. Then flash with partitioning ticked. After reboot it starts to install, but reboots. Then I don;t get past the first Samsung screen. Installed the rooted kernel and rebooted.. didnt got passed the Samsung screen.
Then powered down again and flashed the ezbase_gb bootloader, After that I flashed again with PDA, SCS, Phone and pit (repartioning ticked). Rebooted and the phone starts installing but reboots when doing so. Then again don't get past Samsung Screen.
I;ve made a movie of the initial install. I don't get red error messages, but looked at the video in slomotion and noticed there is still a error message in yellow. Got you a screenshot: http://postimage.org/image/gxhu8tvf7/ Sorry for the lack of focus, it's hard to read.. Think the path in the screenshot is /system/csc/KOR/system
eldoro said:
Think the path in the screenshot is /system/csc/KOR/system
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looks like all your earlier problems is solved but strange its not booting, try flashing a JVU Bootloader with an 803 PIT ( RePartition UNTICKED) from My Android Collections
after this try a custom ROM, meaning flash a semaphore kernel, after that do the wipes, after that mount to USB storage and copy i9000 CM 9.1 stable to SD card and flash it
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copy i9000 CM 9.1 stable to SD card
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Did like you described. Didnt restart/reboot after flashing the bootloader and pit, went straight on to flashing semaphor... Hope I interpreted your description well....
Only when copying CM 9.1 to my phone, my phone restarts when it's halfway.... Tried it a few times, but can't copy the file to my phone...
eldoro said:
Did like you described. Didnt restart/reboot after flashing the bootloader and pit, went straight on to flashing semaphor... Hope I interpreted your description well....
Only when copying CM 9.1 to my phone, my phone restarts when it's halfway.... Tried it a few times, but can't copy the file to my phone...
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you can try any other way to do it, you can even copy it in your EXt SD card and flash from there..which ever suits you.
Bottom line, the errors are not there, so you may just flash the ROM, twice or thrice to get it working
xsenman said:
you can try any other way to do it, you can even copy it in your EXt SD card and flash from there..which ever suits you.
Bottom line, the errors are not there, so you may just flash the ROM, twice or thrice to get it working
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Installed CM9.1 from external SD card. Installing zip finishes without errors, but on boot it gets stuck on the cyanogenmod video. Reinstalled a few times, but no succes. Then flashed with semaphore Jellybean kernel and tried installing CM10nightly... no succes either didnt finisch install... Then flashed semaphore ICS kernel again and tried again with CM9.1.. Result: not errors installing, but freezes on boot...
Then I flashed again with cm9.1 and looked in the log after installing te zip. Seems there are errors! Screenshot of log: http://postimage.org/image/cp1devyfl/
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Seems there are errors!
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Basically, it is CWM errors and not what you should solve first, you need to get your phone booting, so get back to Stock ROM , try Darkys Resurrection with PIT, IF all goes well try for CM 7 first...DO not Flash a CM kernel First, always flash the ROM and only after that, use the relevant kernel for that ROM
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....

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