Hi,
Last week i installed the galaxy s value pack firmware XXJVU on my phone and everything went well. I then decided to install Slim ICS 2.5 and for some reason, the phone detected no network. I then decided to return to the XXJVS firmware that i had used before for other ICS ROMS that worked perfectly. This is when my troubles began.
After flashing XXJVS using odin i then installed Slim ICS 2.5. When the phone started, i got a screen asking for a pin code. Even though my sim lock is always off, i thought it required my sim card pin code. After the phone booted, i got a message saying encryption unsuccessful.
After trials and errors, i discovered that this error only comes up on ICS roms. When i use gingerbread ones, the phone is accessible but very unstable. Apps force close every now and then. This happens even with stock roms.
After flashing firmwares with odin, when the phone restarts, i now get the error below in recovery mode.
E:check_point2:sdcard/vox is not directory
E:copy_dbdata_media: Can't unmount /dbdata
Media files copy failed
E:format_volume failed to unmount "/dbdata"
Also my internal USB is read only. I cannot write/delete or even format it.
I have connected it to my PC and used tools like Eraser and nothing works. When i format it on the PC, it appears successful but as soon as i mount it again all the files reappear. This also happens when i use the phone to format.
Does anyone know of a tool or method that i can use to solve this problem. My technical skills are intermediate.
daudi78 said:
Hi,
Last week i installed the galaxy s value pack firmware XXJVU on my phone and everything went well. I then decided to install Slim ICS 2.5 and for some reason, the phone detected no network. I then decided to return to the XXJVS firmware that i had used before for other ICS ROMS that worked perfectly. This is when my troubles began.
After flashing XXJVS using odin i then installed Slim ICS 2.5. When the phone started, i got a screen asking for a pin code. Even though my sim lock is always off, i thought it required my sim card pin code. After the phone booted, i got a message saying encryption unsuccessful.
After trials and errors, i discovered that this error only comes up on ICS roms. When i use gingerbread ones, the phone is accessible but very unstable. Apps force close every now and then. This happens even with stock roms.
After flashing firmwares with odin, when the phone restarts, i now get the error below in recovery mode.
E:check_point2:sdcard/vox is not directory
E:copy_dbdata_media: Can't unmount /dbdata
Media files copy failed
E:format_volume failed to unmount "/dbdata"
Also my internal USB is read only. I cannot write/delete or even format it.
I have connected it to my PC and used tools like Eraser and nothing works. When i format it on the PC, it appears successful but as soon as i mount it again all the files reappear. This also happens when i use the phone to format.
Does anyone know of a tool or method that i can use to solve this problem. My technical skills are intermediate.
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I have the exact same problem on my Sprint Galaxy Tab. My tab doesn't retain any data after a boot cause it can't write to internal SD card.
Try to get in the downloadmodus (i used the USB-JIG for that) and flash the stock 3part with repartition and pit file.
After that, i have no problems with this.
Slim ICS with no network: you have to flash a modem seperatly, its not included in the ROM (maybe since SlimICS 2.x).
greets Mr.AfK
I have tried reflashing again with re-partition. Re-partition only works for the system memory, not user memory. I am thinking of flashing the phone back to stock ROM then taking it back to the shop and claim warranty. The only problem is all my ROMS are on the internal memory and there is nothing i can do to delete them.
Did you trie The hardreset by use this Code : *2767*3855# ?
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I've just tried that code. It resets the phone to factory setings but leaves the memory untouched. Then when the phone restarts it goes to recovery mode and I get the same error as before.
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My last Suggestion is : make a Tornado wipe. Cant Link, so Google Form Damian & Tornado With a seperat Forum. This wipe clears more than normal, please read there what happend and what is To do. After the wipe you must mount the sdcard before you can do something!
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Thanks Mr.AFK. I have tried tornado wipe and on the device it says the SD has been formatted but in reality nothing is changed.
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I got the SMS from vodafone that the Froyo update was available for my phone, and fired up Kies to run the update. Lo and behold, it wouldn't start. Tried to reinstall - that wouldn't work - installer failed.
Grabbed another laptop, installed Kies there, plugged in the phone - nothing - Kies didn't recognise phone.
Got to the point where Kies on the phone was restarting every second and not doing anything else.
After reinstalling USB drivers on computer, decided to do a factory reset on the phone, so did this - and then the phone won't start properly. It starts up but then I get error messages saying that TWLauncher has crashed and needs to restart.
Try another factory reset - nothing.
Decide I'm on a hiding to nowhere here, so progress down the ODIN route.
Download Odin and the various files, manage to flash the phone just fine.
When it restarts however - start up animation plays ok, then the screen goes blank and the phone starts vibrating randomly.
If I go into recovery mode, then I get a red error message on the screen saying
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.
I've tried the wipe data/factory reset, the wipe cache partition, the format internal sd-card options - none work.
Any ideas?
I have a completely disfunctional phone right now ;(
Update: I found this posting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788850 and have resurrected my phone via the instructions linked to here: http://briefmobile.com/how-to-android-2-2-on-galaxy-s
So I'm now on JP1 - but am a little wary of upgrading to anything else!
What is the recommended way of doing so - ideally I'd actually like to get onto the Vodafone UK version of Froyo, purely for warranty purposes...
Well - decided in for a penny, in for a pound... went with another JPO install - it did the same weird black screen / vibrating thing, but when I yanked the battery and did another factory reset, it seemed to sort itself out.
Now I just need to find a lagfix/root that its happy with
Nice one, I flashed the cl kernel from xda developers it gives you root and 2e recover so you can use update.zip files. Need to fladh using odin but it's very easy just follow instructions. I them installed voodoo 5 pre 6 using update.zip, wonderful! Good luck
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Hi,
I installed Galaxian Soup 1.5.1 beta a week ago and all has been running fine. This morning the tab was blank like it had run out battery so I put it on charge and found it wasn't dead. Tried to reboot and it's just stuck at the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9" screen. I was using it fine last night and haven't changed anything!
I've tried ODIN to restore Stock Recovery which said it passed and worked, but still the same problem. It has removed CWM though. When I try to do anything in Stock Recovery it complains about not being able to mount the /data directory.
Is there anything else I can try, do I need to use ODIN to flash a ROM again? If so, can you tell me which file to use as there are hundreds in the Galaxian Soup zip.
Thanks!
Flash stock rom with Odin. Unfortunately you also need to wipe data in stock recovery for this to work, so you will loose everything.
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately this hasn't worked, it passes in Odin but then on the tablet it says E:failed to mount /data, and "your storage not prepared yet, please use UI for format and reboot actions.
Trying to factory reset fails.
Any other ideas?
OK, a bit more detail. I use ODIN to flash the stock rom found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483168
It passes and goes into recovery but complains in red letters about not being able to mount /data, can't access /system/csc/XEU/system in yellow and can't mount /cache or a few other subdirectories.
I select wipe data which appears to work although it complains about make_extf4fs failing on /dev/block/mmcblk0p8. It then complains about not being able to mount /cache and other subdirectories again.
I then select reboot, it complains again about not being able to mount /data and /cache and switches off, not reboot. If I turn it on again I'm straight back to recovery.
Got to be something I'm missing here!
Any input appreciated.
It seems your partition tables are messed up, but i have no idea how this could happen if you didn't flash anything that could cause this, maybe a hardware problem?
There is a way to repartition the tables, you need a PIT file for this. I have not done this myself, so unfortunately i don't know much about it. Try to search for a PIT file, but make sure it's for your tab model, otherwise you can mess it up completely.
Many thanks - that fixed it! For future reference and for anyone searching this thread I found the pit file here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406137&page=9 and flashed it with ODIN together with the standard firmware I mentioned in the earlier post.
It's not all good news though. The tablet now keeps freezing. Even in recovery while I was trying a factory reset for the freezing. This leads me to believe it may be a hardware problem that caused the original brick and ongoing freezing issues. What do you think? Does it save a dump anywhere when it crashes?
Glad to see it worked. Maybe try to flash the stock rom again, now without the pit file. Also try factory reset in stock recovery. If you are still having problems, then im afraid its a hardware problem.
Yeah, I came to the same conclusion. It was hanging even whilst in stock recovery which means it had to be a hardware problem. Took it back to the shop and got a refund, new one is on it's way.
Bit nervous about ROMing the new one! The only thing I can think of is maybe overclocking damaged the cpu, although I only set it to 1.4Ghz. Or I was attaching a card reader and it was complaining about a service crashing when I removed it. Maybe it would have happened whether I messed with it or not!
Mbuxton said:
Yeah, I came to the same conclusion. It was hanging even whilst in stock recovery which means it had to be a hardware problem. Took it back to the shop and got a refund, new one is on it's way.
Bit nervous about ROMing the new one! The only thing I can think of is maybe overclocking damaged the cpu, although I only set it to 1.4Ghz. Or I was attaching a card reader and it was complaining about a service crashing when I removed it. Maybe it would have happened whether I messed with it or not!
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I have been flashing different roms, kernels and recoveries on my tab for more then 200 times probably. And i have been using Galaxian-Soup AOSP ICS rom with molteys kernel for almost two months. Never had any problems (that i didnt create myself). Never used overclock, but havent heard of anyone who has had problems with it either.
I have had a ATT captivate for almost 2 years now. It falls in the IMEI range specified by ATT. But it wasn't really a problem until very recently.
It got much worse about 3 weeks ago when the phone kept constantly rebooting. It would load the OS, begin media scanning, once that concluded, it would immediately reboot (almost every 20 seconds). Only way to stop the reboot cycle is to take out the battery. No new apps were installed, no system changes were made when this happened.
I am able to get the phone's menu which allows me to wipe and I am able to get the phone into download mode.
I have read (4) of this article regarding sleepdeath and all corresponding articles referenced.
This is what I did...
1) Performed hard reset, cleared storage. This eliminated all third party apps, returned the phone to stock (I think), but the phone is still rebooting.
2) Attempted to install a brand new rom (CM) via CWM = Problem got much worse. Still rebooting but this time, after the ATT logo appears, the screen changes to static (noise) and reboots. Followed instructions and diles from here.
3) Since the phone became useless, I hunted around to return it to stock again and used this. The phone now boots up into the OS, but now it's back to rebooting.
I repeated steps 2 and 3 just to make sure I didn't miss a step, but same problem.
I have 2 goals:
1) Get the phone working, if at all possible!
2) If that's not possible, recover the 300 pictures that are on the device.
My challenge is that since the phone keeps rebooting every 20 seconds, by the time it connects to my PC via USB as external storage, it reboots! This ofcourse is also preventing me from loading a ROM directly on to the SD card.
So if anyone can help me to do the following:
1) Point me in the right direction to how I can keep the phone in a certain mode or setting (download mode doesn't work) where I can transfer files, recover my pics, and perhaps load a custom ROM?
2) Next steps?? Am I even on the right track? Since the stock rom keeps the phone rebooting, will a custom ROM solve the problem (have not been able to get a conclusive answer on this on the threads referring to sleep death (which this is an exaggerated version of) or is the phone a lost cause?
I know I can call ATT and try to haggle a replacement (since the phone is out of warranty), the only benefit being they don't renew my contract, and I don't have to upgrade.
Any help or guidance is much appreciated.
Wow, bummer
Well i don't know if you can mount the sd card in stock recovery (never used it) but if you can't then you could flash one of the stock one click roms with cwm recovery from this thread.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
In cwm recovery there is an option to mount sd while connected to pc so you can backup your stuff.
For the reboots, could it be your power button? Mine is acting up, and often seems to cause reboots. There are threads about fixing that. Idk just a thought.
Hope that helped a bit
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Like the previous post says, maybe try a custom recovery, go to mounts and storage, and mount USB storage. While you're at it, try flashing a compatible ROM through that recovery i.e. GB rom if its a GB kernel with CWM recovery or ICS rom if its an ICS recovery.
Did you try to do a dump of SD card data with adb?
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The static issue is because you flashed a gingerbread kernel but you don't have gingerbread bootloaders. You can fix this by flashing an AT&T stock one click with bootloaders.
Once there, you can flash corn kernel and use recovery to mount the sd card.
Or I guess you could flash a froyo kernel.. there's a number of ways to do this.
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I was in the process of recovering my Captivate - that I had upgraded to Gingerbread - from a corrupted OS. I was able to factory reset back and get the phone running again. While on this forum and getting help resolving that issue, I thought I would see how stable the new 4.2's were. I was walking through the steps of the update and I had just finished flashing CWM with Odin and then it all fell apart.
<<< Noob alert>>> When reading the posts and the walk-throughs, I always read SD Card as the mini-SD card that you add to the phone - the external card. Therefore I put the new custom rom on the external SD.
I wiped the data and went to apply the new rom from zip, and (of course) I couldn't find it. After several tries, I realized my problem. However, my Captivate will not mount my external SD. It is the same one that was in the phone and has been working. I formatted it and checked it for errors - none - but the phone will not mount it. I cannot get access back to the internal SD memory to put the ROMs there - when I turn on the phone is gets to a black screen that says "Galaxy S sgh-1897" and sits there - and my computer does not recognize the phone when I plug it in to the USB.
What can I do? Do you have any ideas?
ktvanhorne said:
I was in the process of recovering my Captivate - that I had upgraded to Gingerbread - from a corrupted OS. I was able to factory reset back and get the phone running again. While on this forum and getting help resolving that issue, I thought I would see how stable the new 4.2's were. I was walking through the steps of the update and I had just finished flashing CWM with Odin and then it all fell apart.
<<< Noob alert>>> When reading the posts and the walk-throughs, I always read SD Card as the mini-SD card that you add to the phone - the external card. Therefore I put the new custom rom on the external SD.
I wiped the data and went to apply the new rom from zip, and (of course) I couldn't find it. After several tries, I realized my problem. However, my Captivate will not mount my external SD. It is the same one that was in the phone and has been working. I formatted it and checked it for errors - none - but the phone will not mount it. I cannot get access back to the internal SD memory to put the ROMs there - when I turn on the phone is gets to a black screen that says "Galaxy S sgh-1897" and sits there - and my computer does not recognize the phone when I plug it in to the USB.
What can I do? Do you have any ideas?
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Here's a good start to get your pc to recognize your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
From there, flash Odin KK4 without bootloaders in download mode to get your phone back up. I believe to know the steps to flashing a custom ROM
GL!
got it going
Thanks, it's up and running, but I went back to speedmod and tried to update from SD - and it worked, but didn't like the ROM. I'm trying a different ROM to see what the issue is.
Thanks for the help.
ktvanhorne said:
Thanks, it's up and running, but I went back to speedmod and tried to update from SD - and it worked, but didn't like the ROM. I'm trying a different ROM to see what the issue is.
Thanks for the help.
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You'll have to flash the ROM twice to get past the partition on JB coming from GB.
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I've never used a forum before, but I'm having a very tough time with my i897 captivate. Its previous owner left it in a box while software updates passed it by. When I came in possession of it, I used rooting, custom ROMs, and flashing to update it to more useful firmwares. I mainly stuck to CM 7, 9, and 10. Eventually I fell victim to that "ICS Encryption Unsuccessful" error and clicked reset, triggering a period of bootloop. I've since fixed the bootloop issue but I still can't get my phone to boot to any firmware. Over the past year, I've been trying all sorts of things to get my phone to work again and I don't know if I've made the problem worse or not. I can get my phone to boot the At&t screen, download mode, and whatever recovery kernel I'm on at the time, but nothing more. I don't even think I have a ROM installed anymore.
What I've tried:
several Odin One-clicks
Heimdall One-click unbrick
Partitioning my external sd card to act as an internal one
ADB sideload
ADB push and install zip from sd card
The errors I run into the most are the "can't mount sd card" ones when I'm trying to flash a custom ROM in recovery. I guess my internal sd is corrupted somehow? Is there a way for me to fix this mess?
asertap said:
I've never used a forum before, but I'm having a very tough time with my i897 captivate. Its previous owner left it in a box while software updates passed it by. When I came in possession of it, I used rooting, custom ROMs, and flashing to update it to more useful firmwares. I mainly stuck to CM 7, 9, and 10. Eventually I fell victim to that "ICS Encryption Unsuccessful" error and clicked reset, triggering a period of bootloop. I've since fixed the bootloop issue but I still can't get my phone to boot to any firmware. Over the past year, I've been trying all sorts of things to get my phone to work again and I don't know if I've made the problem worse or not. I can get my phone to boot the At&t screen, download mode, and whatever recovery kernel I'm on at the time, but nothing more. I don't even think I have a ROM installed anymore.
What I've tried:
several Odin One-clicks
Heimdall One-click unbrick
Partitioning my external sd card to act as an internal one
ADB sideload
ADB push and install zip from sd card
The errors I run into the most are the "can't mount sd card" ones when I'm trying to flash a custom ROM in recovery. I guess my internal sd is corrupted somehow? Is there a way for me to fix this mess?
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sd card issues are usually due to kernel, have you tried flashing a custom one to boot in recovery?
If your internal is dying, partitioning an external sd should work but since it's still not fully booting, I feel like that's not the issue. I had that happen to mine, tried many Odin and Heimdall, when finally one Heimdall worked (after like 10-15 different attempts). Shortly after my internal died though.
So I would start by flashing a kernel with Odin 1.7, see if you can boot in recovery (always took me a few attempts to get it). From there you can flash a custom ROM (I always suggest GamerzROM for the cappy but really it's personal preference). Otherwise, your 2nd option is bashing your head on Odin/Heimdall one-clicks lol
PS.: Just came across this if all else fails: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61479845&postcount=58
I have this exact same issue... Thank god I'm not alone! I wondered what that stupid "encryption failed' message was all about.
So I've done just about everything the above has done, except the problem is I continue to get a boot loop. The ODIN one-clicks all boot loop. Ive been able to install a custom kernel and CWM, and surprisingly my internal storage is still accessible, but when I try to install the CM9 that's on there it freezes at "opening update package".
So, stuck between a rock and a hard place. I can't put any other ROM's on the internal storage because I have no way of accessing it. Therefore I have to rely on a ODIN one-click. All of which boot loop or just fail outright. Is there a way to access the internal storage without fully booting android?