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Help me troubleshoot my SDCard errors!

Hello,
Like many other users on this forum, I am having trouble with my i9000M sdcard after doing some ROM flashing.
Although there is some extensive threads collecting the different situations people are experiencing, I was hoping I could get some help for a specific circumstance relating to the sdcard issue.
I'll start by..
- Detailing the firmwares I have flashed, and what happened
- What is working / not working now, and how I got to get to the current situation
- And finally, I'll detail what I'm trying to do and where I'm getting stuck.
I would really appreciate some help with this, and thank anyone who takes the time to read it. I am trying to be very thorough to give you as much information as possible.
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1. Started with stock firmware. I am not sure what it was.. I believe the phone is equivalent to the Bell i9000M, but I am on the SaskTel carrier.
2. Flashed firmware I9000XXJP2: This worked, and I was using Froyo 2.2 fine.
3. Tried to root Froyo 2.2 firmware: This FAILED and the trouble began. I was using the update.zip method, and the source claimed it was compatible with 2.2. I had to hard reboot the phone, but it would stall on the white text intro screen (not the animated one).
4. Went into Download mode. Tried to flash firmware I9000UGJH2 (apparently the most current bell firmware), using Odin v1.1. This FAILED, and I had to hard reboot, which resulted in the PHONE - ! - PC error. I am aware the i9000M can still be recovered from this state.
NOTE: I could do nothing at this point: all firmware flashes failed, UNTIL I CHANGED TO ODIN V 1.3!
Using Odin v.1.3:
5. Flashed a series of firmwares.. (I9000UGJG8, I9000XXJM1, I9000XWJG5), ALL resulted in the phone either being in a shutdown-boot loop to the white Glaxaxy text screen, or the battery charging screen.
I could enter Download mode to reflash, but NOT recovery mode.
6. The ONLY semi working firmware is I9000XXJP2, Samsung Froyo 2.2. This is what the phone is now.
- I CAN enter Download mode, Recovery mode, and the phone stalls on the white Galaxy boot screen, but goes no further, and does not restart.
- I CAN run abd commands
Here is the output I get from each of the options in the Recovery mode:
Code:
I9000XXJP2
Odin 1.3
512.pit
Flashes fine
Goes into recovery mode
Displays error:
(No such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount SDCARD
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI me nu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed.
Try to format sdcard:
Formatting SDCARD:...
ensure_root_path_unmounted**
ensure_root_path_unmounted (/mnt/internal_sd)
ensure_root_path_unmounted ret 0
ensure_root_path_unmounted It's not mounted
update media, please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcb1k0p1
(No such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount SDCARD
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI me nu for format and reboot actions.
Try to wipe cache partition:
-- Wiping cache...
Formatting CACHE:...
ensure_root_path_unmounted**
ensure_root_path_unmounted (/cache)
ensure_root_path_unmounted ret 0
unmount (/cache) attempt 1 (Unknown error: 0)Cache wipe complete.
Try to apply sdcard:update.zip
Same errors as 1) can't mount sdcard therefor installation fails.
Reboot system:
- Will accept adb download reboot
note: I can reach download mode using the button combination
- recovery mode: can access with button combination or 'adb reboot recovery'
- power off: battery charging indicator shows
note: it does not loop the battery indicator
- power on: stalls at Galaxy S GT-19000 white lettering screen.
note: i recieve an indication on windows desktop that a device has been connected which is capable of USB high speed point
ADB COMMANDS WORKS: device is detected
Things I have tried:
I tried booting into a Ubuntu Live cd to see if I could format the sdcard, as suggested in this thread: (sorry, forum won't allow me to hyperlink, thread id=759910)
The disk utility picked up the Samsung drives (One was labeled something like Samsung_Galaxy, and the other Samsung_Galaxy sdcard, but I'm not 100%) but could not format them. There was also no info being listed about the size.
Things I would like to try / have hunches on:
Before all this happened, I made a Nandroid backup of the orriginal firmware, and copied it from the i9000's sdcard to my computer. I made the backup using Rom Manager's Clockworkmod.
Is there a way to use Odin to flash Clockworkmod, so I can restore this backup?
-everything out there says to use Rom Manager, which I can't access because the phone is pseudo dead.
Will the backup even still be on my sdcard?
Wait, my sdcard isn't mounted.. can we try mounting it with abd? (I tried, but am not sure of the command / path of how to do this..
Can abd be used to restore my backup stored on my computer? Is this dependent on the sdcard being mounted?
I fully appreaciate those you take the time to read through this as it is rather lengthy. I just want to ensure I have tried every means to revive the device, and hopefully some more skilled users can help with the mounting and adb syntax.
All comments and ideas are welcome and appreciated! Thank-you

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. But time and time again this error has proven to be a hardware error. Mine did the same thing and samsung/bell had to replace the mainboard in my phone. Good luck, but unfortunately, anything you do further is a waste of time short of sending it back for repair.

[Q] Black vibrating screen after boot animation

I was successfully running my I9000 with
Android: 2.2
Rom: JPM with Doc_Kaplpik_JP6_V6
Clockwork Recovery: recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-galaxys
Lagfix: NO-RFS advanced EXT4
Tweaks: none
Then yesterday I decided to boot into Clockwork Recovery and enable all the tweaks. When it rebooted I got the following error:
Something went very wrong while mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /res/odata /dev/block/loop1 /data/1831634944 rfs
mount: mounting /dev/block/loop1 on /data failed: Invalid argument​
(This may not be exactly the error I got - I don't remember)
So I tried restoring a Clockwork Recovery backup but I got the same error. Then I tried restoring an even older backup and now I get to the Galaxy S animated logo then the screen goes black and the phone vibrates (once - pause - three times - long pause then repeat)
I disabled the lagfixes+tweaks and cleared the Dalvik cache.
I can still boot into Clockwork Recovery and Download mode.
So my question is - what should I do?
Do I need to flash using Odin? If so what PIT, PDA, PHONE, CSC and what options do I need to tick?

Think Odin is the only solution!
Go back to your Original Firmware with Odin,SAMFIRMWARE is your Friend.

Thanks for the reply sndytime.
I flashed
PDA: CODE_I9000XWJM8.tar.md5
MODEM: MODEM_I9000XXJM4.tar.md5
CSC: CSC_I9000OPSJG1.tar.md5
With repartition and my phone just booted up. It's got me a little paranoid about tinkering with my phone now though.

Stuck on glowing Samsung logo

Hello!
This post might be a bit lengthy as I try to explain in detail what happened. Sorry for that!
I already read the posts suggested upon entering the title on this one, but I could not find a solution for my problem....
Three days ago, my P1000 (non-rooted, GB via Kies) froze. I turned it off (by pressing Power for a few seconds).
I turned it on again. It booted, but reached only the Samsung logo and would stay there forever.
I turned it off again, removed the external SD and did the factory reset (via Power+VolUp).
It did the reset, but the problem of the glowing logo remains.
I started to google a lot, and got acquainted with Odin, (Stock)ROMs, tar files, PIT files, etc.
but I could only gain a vague idea of all these things as I lack a deeper background knowledge.
So I downloaded several (Stock ) ROMS and PIT Files and tried to flash them on the P1000 using Odin.
The last combination was GB-Stock-Safe-v5.tar together with gt-p1000_mr.pit, recommended as being a good way to "re-stock" the P1000, which I tried to flash with Odin (repartition checked, since having a PIT file). It almost worked but movinand.mst failed. So I removed it from the tar file and tried again.
This time the hidden.rfs failed. So I removed it as well from the tar file. Then the flashing succeeded (but without the movinand.mst and the hidden.rfs)
And the problem remains.
When going into Android recovery mode <3e>, it says:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
csc : deleting /system/csc
csc : done
Successfully installed package.
-- Wiping cache...
Formatting /cache...
Cache wipe complete.
-- Updating application
E:failed to mount /preload (No such file or directory)
E:install_application_for_customer:Can't mount /preload
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy application failed.
-- Applying Muli-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Can't access to '/system/csc/DBT/system/'
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
Maybe I have now what is called a "soft-bricked" P1000? My P1000 can only go into recovery mode and into download mode (and into "glowing logo" mode).
I would be grateful for any help so that I can bring the P1000 back to normal life...
Thanks in advance.
Larry

[Q] need help! Phone locks up on start up.

I am hoping someone here can help. I have the OG Samsung Captivate. I upgraded to the latest OS (stock rom) & the phone is rooted. I did all this well over 2 months ago. Everything has worked fine except today. I went to make a call and it rebooted on me. After the reboot it locks up while scanning media files. I do not have an extra SD card installed. If I try and reboot it again after the lockup I get the android system recovery screen. Below is what is shows.
__ Copy media files...
Successfully copied media files.
# Manual Mode #
__ Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi_CSC
Applied the CSC-code 'ATT'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
I have no idea why it is doing this. If I try to reboot it keeps doing the same thing. On the nd scanning of media files it locks up. Sceen will not dim, buttons are not responsive.
Is there an OTA update that ATT pushed somehow? Did my phone brick without me knowing it? Did it just up and die?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Chris

Shoktronic said:
I am hoping someone here can help. I have the OG Samsung Captivate. I upgraded to the latest OS (stock rom) & the phone is rooted. I did all this well over 2 months ago. Everything has worked fine except today. I went to make a call and it rebooted on me. After the reboot it locks up while scanning media files. I do not have an extra SD card installed. If I try and reboot it again after the lockup I get the android system recovery screen. Below is what is shows.
__ Copy media files...
Successfully copied media files.
# Manual Mode #
__ Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi_CSC
Applied the CSC-code 'ATT'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
I have no idea why it is doing this. If I try to reboot it keeps doing the same thing. On the nd scanning of media files it locks up. Sceen will not dim, buttons are not responsive.
Is there an OTA update that ATT pushed somehow? Did my phone brick without me knowing it? Did it just up and die?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Chris
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I did some googling because I have no idea what that message means and after doing some reading I am no closer to telling you what that recovery text means. However, I did read a couple that said doing a factory reset from recovery did in fact allow them to reboot.
That being said since you are rooted there should be a way in recovery to mount your internal SD card to your PC. If you don't do it regularly I would mount the SD and backup anything on there thats important to you. I would then suggest you do a factory reset from recovery and see if that allows you to boot.
If all else fails I suggest using a one-click back to stock which will completely wipe and reinstall the software.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
That link will take you to the one-click thread. Third post has the latest stock software.

GalaxyTab Model SGH-T849

Hello,
A friend gave me his previously new Samsung galaxy tab for T-Mobile tablet, he said he's ordered a new nexus 7,and doesn't need the galaxy anymore. The problem with it is when I power it on, it goes through the booting process (the animated screen with music)..then it just 'stops' @ the Samsung logo, and just stays there. When I power it down and press the power key + the volume + key together, it goes to the 'recovery' screen. It's says the following:
--Verifying internal MMC block...
checksum confirmation -> check(0)
Not need checksum confirmation
already executed!!...
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Updating application...
E:failed to mount /preload (No such file or directory)
E:install_application_for_customer:Can't mount /preload
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy application failed.
--Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Can't access to '/system/csc/PHN/system/'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
Does all of this actually mean the tablet is 'un-usable', or can it somehow be re-loaded with 'stock' firmware ? The previous owner never rooted this tablet, or installed ClockWorkMod on it either. Hopefully....someone else has had this issue before.
Thanks,
David :crying:

Try to flash the SHW-M180S firmware...I m using it on my t849 and it works like charm
Just google "White Identity Final.tar" (4shared)