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[Q] Anyway to master clear???

Ok, so I have some corrupted files on my internal sd that won't let my phone boot normally and I was wondering if there's any way too completely wipe internal sd without being able to boot far enough for usb to be detected? Another words my phone freezes as soon as it tries to prepare internal sd. Also I can get into download and recovery just fine and I've already OC Jf6 back to stock. there was no lagfix involved so not sure what became corrupted. I know CWR is still on internal sd because I can still access it via 2e recovery reinstall pkgs. Any help greatly appreciated.

Can't you just boot into recovery mode and select format internal SD?
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Just go to storage on sd card and there is an option to format internal
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Master Reset Instructions
Following are master reset instructions DM'd to me from USA Galaxy S Twitter support. Copy paste instructions.
This’ll result in the loss of all info not saved on SIM or external SD card. Back up files to PC if you don’t have an external SD.
Sync Contacts & Calendar w Gmail. Make a list of Market apps, as they'll only show up in the list of Downloads the 1st time you log in
Power off phone and remove SIM and microSD (if applicable). Power phone back on. Tap Phone. Dial *2767*3855#
Phone will power off and back on. When fully powered back on, turn off and re-insert card(s). Any questions, let me know!

miztaken1312 said:
Can't you just boot into recovery mode and select format internal SD?
Sent from my Captivate
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Yeah! I tried that already. It was a no go however it did remove everything from internal sd but still freezes at boot as soon as it says preparing internal sd in notification bar. Guess I borked it somehow unless someone smarter than me knows a way to get it back. Thanks

Slowazz28 said:
Yeah! I tried that already. It was a no go however it did remove everything from internal sd but still freezes at boot as soon as it says preparing internal sd in notification bar. Guess I borked it somehow unless someone smarter than me knows a way to get it back. Thanks
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You might just have to reflash and get it over with *shrugs*

One click odin3 has a master clear button if you can get it into download mode
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InobleI said:
One click odin3 has a master clear button if you can get it into download mode
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FALSE. Do not give him bad information. Odin's master clear only works after your phone has been booted fully.
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Why would I try to give him bad info, anyways my bad.
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did you try odin oneclick back to stock?
My suggestion would be to do a oneclick back to stock. It only requires you to be in DL mode not booted up. It will clear your phone, but Im not sure how different that clear is versus the "master clear" option. Either way youll be able to use your fone again if you do the odin oneclick back to stock.
DL Link and Instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989

docflower said:
My suggestion would be to do a oneclick back to stock. It only requires you to be in DL mode not booted up. It will clear your phone, but Im not sure how different that clear is versus the "master clear" option. Either way youll be able to use your fone again if you do the odin oneclick back to stock.
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The master clear in odin is the same as formatting your internal sd card. When you flash, everything gets deleted and overwritten except for the internal sd card. However, I don't suspect that his problem is stemming from a corrupt file, but something screwy with the OS. Reflashing will most likely solve his problem. Bite the bullet and do it!

Well people, I've done everything I can think of which consist of everything mentioned in this thread and I'm guessing something went badly wrong when I OC Jf6 back to stock the other day. When I can get it to boot all the way up it starts force closing tw launcher, phone, android, ect. and vibrating and the screen going on and off trying to restart processes so not sure what else to do short of refurbed warranty phone which I despise the idea of because I bought a new phone. But anyway thanks for all the help and if ya think of anything else I'll still have it a few more days.

In the Stock Recovery, try these two options:
Delete All User Data
Delete Cache Data

Need help with internal storage!

Well guys....i think this problem stems from me prematurely removing the usb cord. I Understand that. But here is the other couple of predicaments. lol Ok i'm on ICS Stunna 4.3 ......well after something went wrong i'm unable to "repair" my internal storage. Everything still works smooth....but i can't add things to my internal card. Every time i hook up to the computer it says it needs to scan and fix the card.Well the problem is starts to fix it.....but never does....progress bar never finishes. Tried this on 3 different computers. Nothing.So try to install a different rom....i have some on my internal and external. Always aborts in cmw....never finishes. So on top of all this Stunna has started acting odd. Likely read errors.....but problem is i can't switch roms! lol I have tried everything. I was wondering should i format both cards? But if i do that how can i back everything up if i can't access my card? Any help would be appreciated guys. Hoping i don't have to Odin back to stock.
Cliffs- Internal storage won't repair on any computer-Can't install anything in CMW because of it

I have the exact same problem now, as you do. CWM can't install any .zip files, I can't flash Abyss kernel, so it's just stuck in that end.
I installed ICS Stunner 4.5 coming from GB with full wipe. This happened to me after I tried to copy some files over to external SD Card and it failed, seemed like the phone froze (SOD), so I figured flashing another modem would do the trick (read it in ICS Stunner thread's 1st post). Tried to transfer the file over a cable, but same thing happened. After rebooting I just grabbed it from dropbox and installed the modem successfully. I went ahead to try and fix the mounting problem, so I plug in the cable and it offers me to scan and fix both partitions (internal and external). External card finishes successfully, but not the internal one. And after that I'm in the same situation as OP.
Any ideas anyone?

Enable usb debugging(setting-appl-development)
Connect to pc
Select to copy file to fr computer from notification
You will find separate drive letter for int n ext card
Rt click on int sd card letter n format(you can backup imp data to pc b4 this)
Hope it shud b fixed
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Gonna try it now. Have lots of pictures to backup first tho
EDIT: Same thing happens as with scan and fix procedure. It starts and just sits there, nothing happens. When I try to stop "USB Storage in use" it just shows the spinner and hangs in there. Only holding the power button helps solve this. My guess is something in the internal SD card partition is broken... just can't say what or how to fix it.

OrangGeeGee said:
Gonna try it now. Have lots of pictures to backup first tho
EDIT: Same thing happens as with scan and fix procedure. It starts and just sits there, nothing happens. When I try to stop "USB Storage in use" it just shows the spinner and hangs in there. Only holding the power button helps solve this. My guess is something in the internal SD card partition is broken... just can't say what or how to fix it.
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Same problem^^^^ Not sure what to do about all this

Short story:
Formatting didn't work.
Long story:
Okay, so following the idea to format the internal sd card's partition, I achieved it not through Windows format dialog, but through the half-broken CWM. Both my SD Cards were formated (internal and external) in the process. So since I used the external one for backing up important info I had to use [email protected] UNDELETE to get it back (after booting to ICS). In the process the native SD Card mount service seemed like broken, I had to perform a few hard resets. Hangs seemed to occur whenever I tried writing to one of the cards. I downloaded multi-mount SD card app from Play Store and transfered AbyssKernel's .zip and now when I try to install it from CWM it says
Installing: /sdcard/AbyssNotekernel42RedTouchOriginalLogo.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
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And that's it... so basically back to the start. Any more ideas?

Please help if you have any ideas on what might work. Us 2 guys are in trouble...lol

I don't know if this will help or not but give it a try.
Enter into the download mode and flash any stock firmware using PC Odin. This way you don't need to access any of the cards. After flashing stock ROM, try fixing the internal SD again and if it still doesn't fix, send in your note to Samsung for repairs.
Sounds too simple to be working though but worth a shot.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

Well for now the phone works, but it's stuck on ICS Stunner. I was thinking to use PC Odin or Mobile ODIN, but what if it doesn't work because the partition is corrupted in some way (as it is now, because CWM can't flash anything).
I'd like to hear more insight before I go the odin-way

OrangGeeGee said:
Well for now the phone works, but it's stuck on ICS Stunner. I was thinking to use PC Odin or Mobile ODIN, but what if it doesn't work because the partition is corrupted in some way (as it is now, because CWM can't flash anything).
I'd like to hear more insight before I go the odin-way
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I'm about to go ahead and give in to odin....lol I'll keep you updated

OrangGeeGee said:
Well for now the phone works, but it's stuck on ICS Stunner. I was thinking to use PC Odin or Mobile ODIN, but what if it doesn't work because the partition is corrupted in some way (as it is now, because CWM can't flash anything).
I'd like to hear more insight before I go the odin-way
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Check out this reply from anti. This is the fix using the pit file option. Try Odin flashing of stock rom....but m doubtful it will work. Fingers crossed!! Hope it gets well for you both
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24783218&postcount=3306

Twistedchild420 said:
I'm about to go ahead and give in to odin....lol I'll keep you updated
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I'm downloading an old GB rom myself..
While I am, I can share a thought: I feel that ICS is not yet ready.. at least not for me. Feels nice and fast but buggy USB transfers is a big no-go for me. Also after trying AOSP derived ROM, I decided to wait for a good Samsung edition ICS because all the little tweaks add a good feeling to the experience, I tend to miss them on AOSP or AOKP or w/e
abhisahara said:
Check out this reply from anti. This is the fix using the pit file option. Try Odin flashing of stock rom....but m doubtful it will work. Fingers crossed!! Hope it gets well for you both
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24783218&postcount=3306
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Oooh thanks! Didn't know this. So now I'm pretty confident because if flashing conventionally fails I'll just repartition and get rid of all the partition errors. What do you know, I feel like I learned something new today

SOB! Just did the whole Odin to stock thing and i am stuck in a bootloop! lol

I think my problem is used a .tar instead of .pit.....where can i get the .pit?

Ye same happened to me. Reboot to recovery (volume up + home + power) and do a data wipe/factory reset. After that it boots. Rooted and flashed CWM just fine after that, copying my old GB nandroid backup to SD card as I write

OrangGeeGee said:
Ye same happened to me. Reboot to recovery (volume up + home + power) and do a data wipe/factory reset. After that it boots. Rooted and flashed CWM just fine after that, copying my old GB nandroid backup to SD card as I write
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Thanks man! That worked!

Twistedchild420 said:
Thanks man! That worked!
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Glad it helped!
Too bad for me, since I had recovered the latest nandroid with undelete software (cus external sd was accidentally formatted) and now I'm getting a MD5 mismatch Guess I might as well start fresh now, since the last good backup is like 2 months old... Another lesson for me.. always keep your nandroids safe

So everything fine now??
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sujal said:
So everything fine now??
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Yeah. After quite a time of failed attempts we succeeded. ODIN > Stock GB ROM > ROOT + CMW > Anything you like. No re-partitioning was needed in the process

i have same problem but more complicated. iam on stock GB and its happened after flash bad kernel
the case in detail's :
i flashed wrong kernel on my device previously and now when iam trying to flash another kernel even use ODIN or CWM everything going well and completed but when check i found the old kernel still. i tried many times with same results and no error .
- system can read/write/mount the internal memory but the new pasted files deleted after restart. external card behave normal and i can preform flash using files pasted on it.
- in CWM wipe/format/flash operations running well but no effect on device even restarted to CWM only.
- device has yellow triangle. is it effected?
- the devil kernel stacked in machine is 2.6.35.7-gb4846d2 [email protected] #2 and the build no. is jpkj4
system running normal but cannot keep any changes i do if restarted.
-system rooted and no problem with root
-can access adb
- ODIN behave same CWM, operation work but no change.
can anyone help me guys?
i did repartition the memory useing PIT for note butno change also
thank you all in advance

[Q] SD card and "com.android.settings has stopped" Problem

Dear htc users
I'm facing a problem with my htc desire 500 but i guess all android users 4.1 can relate or help me
i dropped my phone and it was turned off i piked it up and i turned it on back again to find out that all my sd apps are facing an issue and i cant seem to open them ( as in the picture) ( though i can access all my media files on the sd !!!!) i can re install the app but it will be installed on my internal storage not my sd so i factory reset the phone..
and it didn't helped in anything.. all the apps were gone but still i cant move any app to my sd card
few days have passed and i started to receive the msg "unfortunately, com.android.settings has stopped" and i cant open my setting anymore and the settings icon has changed (as shown in the picture)
Please i need help i only bought this phone like few months ago
Please advise

genius911 said:
Dear htc users
I'm facing a problem with my htc desire 500 but i guess all android users 4.1 can relate or help me
i dropped my phone and it was turned off i piked it up and i turned it on back again to find out that all my sd apps are facing an issue and i cant seem to open them ( as in the picture) ( though i can access all my media files on the sd !!!!) i can re install the app but it will be installed on my internal storage not my sd so i factory reset the phone..
and it didn't helped in anything.. all the apps were gone but still i cant move any app to my sd card
few days have passed and i started to receive the msg "unfortunately, com.android.settings has stopped" and i cant open my setting anymore and the settings icon has changed (as shown in the picture)
Please i need help i only bought this phone like few months ago
Please advise
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Put out sdcard then put in! than make full format of sdcard. Remember all your files on sdcard will be deleted then make a backup..

i tried a new sd and still the same problem ... do u think it may be a damaged pin from when it fell off? and still this dos not fix my "com.android.settings has stopped" Problem
thank you

genius911 said:
i tried a new sd and still the same problem ... do u think it may be a damaged pin from when it fell off? and still this dos not fix my "com.android.settings has stopped" Problem
thank you
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You have stock Rom?

genius911 said:
i tried a new sd and still the same problem ... do u think it may be a damaged pin from when it fell off? and still this dos not fix my "com.android.settings has stopped" Problem
thank you
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Flash stock to make sure it isn't a software problem. Can you access your sdcard via your computer?

vampir74 said:
You have stock Rom?
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yes its a stock rom and not rooted

dummie999 said:
Flash stock to make sure it isn't a software problem. Can you access your sdcard via your computer?
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what do u mean by flash stock??
and yes i can access sdcard via pc

genius911 said:
what do u mean by flash stock??
and yes i can access sdcard via pc
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Than sd card is ok. You make the update to the last version of firmware?

vampir74 said:
Than sd card is ok. You make the update to the last version of firmware?
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i tried once it failed in mid procedure and now i cant try it again because i cant access the settings

You must go in recovery screen ok do this put out the battery then insert the batterry press and hold in same time power and vol- and will come the recovery screen then make factory reset ....
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You will see on screen have fastboot recovery and ... Make factory reset and try go to recovery maybe will continue the update procedure u not delete the sdcard. The problem comes because you update process not finish well...
Not go in this way you must unlock your bootloder, then flash cwm recovery with fastboot, then flash a stock Rom or custom...

you are right my update didn't finish well i am going to try this asap thank you very mush

genius911 said:
you are right my update didn't finish well i am going to try this asap thank you very mush
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after the factory reset im on soft brik
my phone is on soft brick it cant even boot its stuck on the white screen
i have been told that i can re install the htc official default software and rom and all of that if you can please tell me how and send me the links
thank you

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2804938
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[Q] Samsung Galaxy Ace GT - S5830 boot loop and error.

Firstly, I apologize if this is in the wrong spot.
I'll just get to the point.
So about 6 months ago I was using the Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 (Aus) and as it has a terrible internal memory, I decided to root it and try to get some of the unwanted apps off. Worked like a charm, nothing wrong until I had to take the battery out as it froze one time and now I am stuck with a boot loop -.-
I tried looking into trying to fix it like I had in the past but I got frustrated and gave up. Now in current time, I want to try to fix it and get it working again. So I got the stock firmware as well as the latest version of CWM for it and the recommended version of Odin, I get the phone into download mode and then come across an issue where my laptop says that it's connected (while I have Odin up) but is an unrecognizable device. First thing I do is try to factory reset it through the recovery menu but I get the error- E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block.mmcblk0p2
I did a google search on both the boot loop and the error but I can't do anything people have said to do/try as my laptop isn't letting it be a recognizable device
I have done everything I've read in the past and have learned from past experiences but no luck. So what can I do to get the phone to work again?
If anyone can, give the method with pictures as well as I can do it better through pictures rather than reading it and hoping all goes well
Thanks

Samsung Galaxy Ace GT - S5830 boot loop and error
Bigdanzo51196 said:
Firstly, I apologize if this is in the wrong spot.
I'll just get to the point.
So about 6 months ago I was using the Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 (Aus) and as it has a terrible internal memory, I decided to root it and try to get some of the unwanted apps off. Worked like a charm, nothing wrong until I had to take the battery out as it froze one time and now I am stuck with a boot loop -.-
I tried looking into trying to fix it like I had in the past but I got frustrated and gave up. Now in current time, I want to try to fix it and get it working again. So I got the stock firmware as well as the latest version of CWM for it and the recommended version of Odin, I get the phone into download mode and then come across an issue where my laptop says that it's connected (while I have Odin up) but is an unrecognizable device. First thing I do is try to factory reset it through the recovery menu but I get the error- E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block.mmcblk0p2
I did a google search on both the boot loop and the error but I can't do anything people have said to do/try as my laptop isn't letting it be a recognizable device
I have done everything I've read in the past and have learned from past experiences but no luck. So what can I do to get the phone to work again?
If anyone can, give the method with pictures as well as I can do it better through pictures rather than reading it and hoping all goes well
Thanks
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Try to carry out the sd card, then use odin to flash ROM Stock again;
after that do in recovery stock a factory rest and wipe cache partition.
daniga74

daniga74 said:
Try to carry out the sd card, then use odin to flash ROM Stock again;
after that do in recovery stock a factory rest and wipe cache partition.
daniga74
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What do you mean by carry out the sd card? That's all I'm not understanding, sorry.
And I apologise for the lack of reply, haven't had any wifi since I made this post.

remove the sd card and flash the stock rom

I've done that but my laptop just says USB device not recognized and because of that, Odin can't pick up the phone. This is the only issue I'm having now.

Samsung Galaxy Ace GT - S5830 boot loop and error.
Bigdanzo51196 said:
I've done that but my laptop just says USB device not recognized and because of that, Odin can't pick up the phone. This is the only issue I'm having now.
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It means that your laptop doesn't recognize your Galaxy Ace, try to install usb drivers again.
alternatively, if you are able to go in revovery mode (CWM):
format the sd-card from the laptop; create a new fat32 partition (primary) and copy on it Cyanogenmod 7.2;
inser the card in your ACE and flash it from recovery;
later you can re-install usb driver on laptop and flash stock rom.
daniga74

Bigdanzo51196 said:
Firstly, I apologize if this is in the wrong spot.
I'll just get to the point.
So about 6 months ago I was using the Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 (Aus) and as it has a terrible internal memory, I decided to root it and try to get some of the unwanted apps off. Worked like a charm, nothing wrong until I had to take the battery out as it froze one time and now I am stuck with a boot loop -.-
I tried looking into trying to fix it like I had in the past but I got frustrated and gave up. Now in current time, I want to try to fix it and get it working again. So I got the stock firmware as well as the latest version of CWM for it and the recommended version of Odin, I get the phone into download mode and then come across an issue where my laptop says that it's connected (while I have Odin up) but is an unrecognizable device. First thing I do is try to factory reset it through the recovery menu but I get the error- E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block.mmcblk0p2
I did a google search on both the boot loop and the error but I can't do anything people have said to do/try as my laptop isn't letting it be a recognizable device
I have done everything I've read in the past and have learned from past experiences but no luck. So what can I do to get the phone to work again?
If anyone can, give the method with pictures as well as I can do it better through pictures rather than reading it and hoping all goes well
Thanks
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Well from what you said above it seems that somethings wrong with the phones internal memory and not the sd-card. If you are having CWM recovery(the latest one) you can do this-
I assume that your phone is rooted and with CWM installed.
Download any custom rom
Boot into CWM.
Select wipe data reset and you ll see an option saying 'clean wipe to install a new rom' (something like this)
Install zip from sdcard and select the downloaded rom.
Report back if any problem.
All the best.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Free mobile app

Mandark52 said:
Well from what you said above it seems that somethings wrong with the phones internal memory and not the sd-card. If you are having CWM recovery(the latest one) you can do this-
I assume that your phone is rooted and with CWM installed.
Download any custom rom
Boot into CWM.
Select wipe data reset and you ll see an option saying 'clean wipe to install a new rom' (something like this)
Install zip from sdcard and select the downloaded rom.
Report back if any problem.
All the best.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Free mobile app
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I've done the custom ROM part, I used Cyanogenmod 7.2 as daniga74 suggested.
But I'm still getting this error message when I tried to wipe data/factory reset in the CWM recovery menu: E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block.mmcblk0p2
Here's a picture of it.
I apologize for it being rotated, the original picture isn't.

Bigdanzo51196 said:
I've done the custom ROM part, I used Cyanogenmod 7.2 as daniga74 suggested.
But I'm still getting this error message when I tried to wipe data/factory reset in the CWM recovery menu: E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block.mmcblk0p2
Here's a picture of it.
I apologize for it being rotated, the original picture isn't.
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Maybe your internal partitions are corrupted, try to flash a fresh STOCK rom via Odin and start again (Root+CWM5.0.2.6+Custom ROM)

Samsung Galaxy Ace GT - S5830 boot loop and error
Bigdanzo51196 said:
I've done the custom ROM part, I used Cyanogenmod 7.2 as daniga74 suggested.
But I'm still getting this error message when I tried to wipe data/factory reset in the CWM recovery menu: E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block.mmcblk0p2
Here's a picture of it.
I apologize for it being rotated, the original picture isn't.
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Before flash CM 7.2, try to format system and data partition from CWM (advanced menu);
if the operation was successfully flash the rom.
daniga74

Bigdanzo51196 said:
I've done the custom ROM part, I used Cyanogenmod 7.2 as daniga74 suggested.
But I'm still getting this error message when I tried to wipe data/factory reset in the CWM recovery menu: E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block.mmcblk0p2
Here's a picture of it.
I apologize for it being rotated, the original picture isn't.
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The error says "It fails to format sdext". Because, you don't have a sdext partition. Don't worry about it. It is normal.
Mandark52 said:
Well from what you said above it seems that somethings wrong with the phones internal memory and not the sd-card. If you are having CWM recovery(the latest one) you can do this-
I assume that your phone is rooted and with CWM installed.
Download any custom rom
Boot into CWM.
Select wipe data reset and you ll see an option saying 'clean wipe to install a new rom' (something like this)
Install zip from sdcard and select the downloaded rom.
Report back if any problem.
All the best.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Free mobile app
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Viper The Ripper said:
Maybe your internal partitions are corrupted, try to flash a fresh STOCK rom via Odin and start again (Root+CWM5.0.2.6+Custom ROM)
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Sent from my GT-S5570 using XDA Free mobile app

USB not recognized
are you using Win 8 or 8.1 on your laptop? Because win 8 / 8.1 cant work with samsung driver for s5830 via Odin. You must try it on older OS like win 7 to flash stock ROM.

Late reply/update
Sorry about the reply, haven't had much time to check on this as I've been moving and now have to use public wifi -.-
I have seemed to be able to get the Cyanogenmod to work and act as an OS for now, it's not what I was hoping for but it's letting me use the phone for now and that's good enough for me. Will have to properly flash it when I get the chance to and when I have a Win 7 computer to use, thank you gaineeg for pointing that out. It now makes more sense as to why it never picked up on my laptop (Win 8.1) but it did on my dads computer (Win 7).

Bigdanzo51196 said:
Firstly, I apologize if this is in the wrong spot.
I'll just get to the point.
So about 6 months ago I was using the Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 (Aus) and as it has a terrible internal memory, I decided to root it and try to get some of the unwanted apps off. Worked like a charm, nothing wrong until I had to take the battery out as it froze one time and now I am stuck with a boot loop -.-
I tried looking into trying to fix it like I had in the past but I got frustrated and gave up. Now in current time, I want to try to fix it and get it working again. So I got the stock firmware as well as the latest version of CWM for it and the recommended version of Odin, I get the phone into download mode and then come across an issue where my laptop says that it's connected (while I have Odin up) but is an unrecognizable device. First thing I do is try to factory reset it through the recovery menu but I get the error- E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block.mmcblk0p2
I did a google search on both the boot loop and the error but I can't do anything people have said to do/try as my laptop isn't letting it be a recognizable device
I have done everything I've read in the past and have learned from past experiences but no luck. So what can I do to get the phone to work again?
If anyone can, give the method with pictures as well as I can do it better through pictures rather than reading it and hoping all goes well
Thanks
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Well if your laptop doesnt recognize the device you will need to install the latest drivers of samsung device drivers. And then manually update device drivers from unknown device to adb sooner device. Then try flashing using odin.

N950F reporting only 32gb storage ?

Morning guys.
i have a note 8 / 950f bought from CFW .
i am sure its meant ot haver 64gb storage but while checking just its showing as 32gb with only 6gb free...
am i checking it the wrong way ?

magyosha said:
Morning guys.
am i checking it the wrong way ?
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You didn't say how you were checking it, so can't really answer that. Post a screenshot.

Torquemada288 said:
You didn't say how you were checking it, so can't really answer that. Post a screenshot.
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Checked it in storage and also with astro

magyosha said:
Checked it in storage and also with astro
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Yeah, you've got a problem there. You'll want to contact CFW and return it.

do'hh
i did flash it with Three firmware to enable the Volte/voip settings as it came on EE .. could that make it lose it ?

magyosha said:
do'hh
i did flash it with Three firmware to enable the Volte/voip settings as it came on EE .. could that make it lose it ?
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It has happened to me. Wipe Cache/Dalvik from recovery

طوني تبولة said:
It has happened to me. Wipe Cache/Dalvik from recovery
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Can only wipe dalvik if rooted I think.

magyosha said:
Can only wipe dalvik if rooted I think.
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You can boot into recovery with bixby + vol up + power. And then inside recovery it should say something like:
Reboot to system
Reboot to bootloader
Update from zip
Update from adb sideload
Wipe Cache <-- choose this one.
Factory reset
Mount system
Graphic test
Recovery log
Etc.
But I'd recommend a firmware recovery with Smart Switch. Or a full reflash with Odin. You just have to use all files inside Odin and choose CSC instead of HOME_CSC. This way Your phone will be fully wiped etc. Backup Your data before cause You will lose all Your data. Including internal storage files.
Also, using Odin sometimes can trip Your knox for no reason. So be careful. Try Smart Switch first .

ProtoDeVNan0 said:
Also, using Odin sometimes can trip Your knox for no reason.
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No, it can't.
@magyosha
Someone else had this issue with an S8, it was only showing 16 gigs of internal storage on a 64GB unit, a factory reset fixed it and it went back to normal.
You could try doing a factory reset in recovery, if that doesn't work, flash the newest available stock ROM using Odin, and use the CSC_OXM file, not HOME_CSC since that won't wipe your phone.

after flashing your partitions may be messed up. whatever you flashed may created a separate partition to run on.

The problem actually exists. However, the fix is relatively easy. Most times it is caused by a CFW as the geeks here have rightly said. Inthe rarest of situations, it occurs due to a buggy back up from an older phone via the smart switch. To solve this, you really need to hard reset your phone through the recovery menu. This article explains it in the simplest form. https://www.lemmymorgan.com/solve-note-8-32gb-storage-problem/

lemmy28 said:
The problem actually exists. However, the fix is relatively easy. Most times it is caused by a CFW as the geeks here have rightly said. Inthe rarest of situations, it occurs due to a buggy back up from an older phone via the smart switch. To solve this, you really need to hard reset your phone through the recovery menu. This article explains it in the simplest form. https://www.lemmymorgan.com/solve-note-8-32gb-storage-problem/
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The problem is that once I boot in recovery it never gets passed that no command error screen. and once it gets at that point there is no coming back.
Phone never starts again and I have to flash firmware again(without CSC , or it fails to even start).