i have been running slim bean latest till date for some time now on my Captivate. few days back in the morning while i was playing music, my phone freezed for about 30 seconds and suddenly restarted. the problem is that the phone cant even boot. once it loads the kernel image and enters the bootanimation for about 10 seconds, it will keep rebooting till infinity. i left the phone for hours and flashed another Jb rom through the external sd card. after about 4 hours, the phone freezed and restarted with the same circling restart again. i left it for hours longer than before and succeeded in flashing ics rom. this time around, the phone freezed and restarted as usual in 1 hr. i tried to go back to stock gb which i did with heimdall one click package. after flashing the phone rebooted in recovery with errors that cant mount sd card and so on. i flashed an ics kernel luckily for me i was able to access the sd card this time around and flashed an ics rom. within 10nmins the phone freezed and restarted as usual. from here was the last i got progress with this phone. if i succeed in getting into recovery, i will get an error cant mount sd card likewise cant mount ext sd card. the condition of my phone now is that it never enters recovery no matter what i flash all it does, is restart in 2 - 3 secs whether in recovery or not. please what is the solution to this problem. is the chip responsible for mounting sd cards in the phone's main board dead or alive? because each time i manage to see sd card again, the content is always untouched.
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i have been running slim bean latest till date for some time now on my Captivate. few days back in the morning while i was playing music, my phone freezed for about 30 seconds and suddenly restarted. the problem is that the phone cant even boot. once it loads the kernel image and enters the bootanimation for about 10 seconds, it will keep rebooting till infinity. i left the phone for hours and flashed another Jb rom through the external sd card. after about 4 hours, the phone freezed and restarted with the same circling restart again. i left it for hours longer than before and succeeded in flashing ics rom. this time around, the phone freezed and restarted as usual in 1 hr. i tried to go back to stock gb which i did with heimdall one click package. after flashing the phone rebooted in recovery with errors that cant mount sd card and so on. i flashed an ics kernel luckily for me i was able to access the sd card this time around and flashed an ics rom. within 10nmins the phone freezed and restarted as usual. from here was the last i got progress with this phone. if i succeed in getting into recovery, i will get an error cant mount sd card likewise cant mount ext sd card. the condition of my phone now is that it never enters recovery no matter what i flash all it does, is restart in 2 - 3 secs whether in recovery or not. please what is the solution to this problem. is the chip responsible for mounting sd cards in the phone's main board dead or alive? because each time i manage to see sd card again, the content is always untouched.
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Getting in download mode and flashing KK4 through Odin is your best bet atm. Once that's done, keep it that way (only get the apps you need) and see if it reboots again. If so, it is most likely a hardware issue but I'm thinking it isn't so far.
I would also suggest to redownload the ROMs and kernel you want to use and delete the hold ones.
If everything goes well with KK4, move up to a custom ROM (I'm sure you know the drill). But once again, only install the apps you really need (fresh install instead of restoring). A bit of a slow process but better be safe than sorry.
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Getting in download mode and flashing KK4 through Odin is your best bet atm. Once that's done, keep it that way (only get the apps you need) and see if it reboots again. If so, it is most likely a hardware issue but I'm thinking it isn't so far.
I would also suggest to redownload the ROMs and kernel you want to use and delete the hold ones.
If everything goes well with KK4, move up to a custom ROM (I'm sure you know the drill). But once again, only install the apps you really need (fresh install instead of restoring). A bit of a slow process but better be safe than sorry.
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Thanks for replying but KK4 is the exact stock rom i flashed, two different types of it to be precise. it wont boot aswell as it restarts just like any other and says sd error in its recovery.
so_iccy said:
Thanks for replying but KK4 is the exact stock rom i flashed, two different types of it to be precise. it wont boot aswell as it restarts just like any other and says sd error in its recovery.
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Do you use a external SD?
Usually flashing stock KK4 (through heimdall of Odin) will completely wipe any errors that isn't hardware related.
Just to be clear, KK4 flashes just fine but on the auto-reboot, it goes directly into recovery and gives you that error? If so, are you able to factory reset once you're in recovery?
Usually, after flashing KK4, the phone will fully start so something isn't flashing right. Also, have you tried flashing KK4 with the bootloaders?
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Do you use a external SD?
Usually flashing stock KK4 (through heimdall of Odin) will completely wipe any errors that isn't hardware related.
Just to be clear, KK4 flashes just fine but on the auto-reboot, it goes directly into recovery and gives you that error? If so, are you able to factory reset once you're in recovery?
Usually, after flashing KK4, the phone will fully start so something isn't flashing right. Also, have you tried flashing KK4 with the bootloaders?
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i did exactly that.that is flashing the KK4 rom through heimdall as my cappy refused to be detected by odin since i flashed heimdall. it flashed ust fine and booted to recovery
this is the error i got
-- Copying media files . . .
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount /sdcard
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu
for format and reboot actions
Media files copy failed
-- Wiping data . . .
formatting /data. . .
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblkop2
Formatting /dbdata. . .
Formatting /cache.
-- Applying Multi -CSC. . .
Installing Multi -CSC
Applied the CSC-code 'ATT'.
Succesfully applied muli-CSC
this is the error i got on the recovery after flashing and it booted into recovery on its own. i have an external sd card. i also copied a custom rom to my external sd card and flashed an ICS recovery that enables intallation of zip files from external sd card. but when i succed in booting into recovery with it, it will give me error can't mount sd card likewise error cant mount external sd card. this is as far i can go
Did u ever see the "Encryption Unsuccessful" screen ? That's what ur problem sounds like. There r two threads in the Dev forum about that subject.
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so_iccy said:
i did exactly that.that is flashing the KK4 rom through heimdall as my cappy refused to be detected by odin since i flashed heimdall.
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I believe I mentionned this before but Odin won't work on the same USB port Heimdall installs it's drivers on. You need to use a different port for both. Also, on a PC, I would highly suggest using the ports in the back for Odin (somehow they always seem to work better).
so_iccy said:
it flashed ust fine and booted to recovery
this is the error i got
-- Copying media files . . .
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount /sdcard
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu
for format and reboot actions
Media files copy failed
-- Wiping data . . .
formatting /data. . .
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblkop2
Formatting /dbdata. . .
Formatting /cache.
-- Applying Multi -CSC. . .
Installing Multi -CSC
Applied the CSC-code 'ATT'.
Succesfully applied muli-CSC
this is the error i got on the recovery after flashing and it booted into recovery on its own. i have an external sd card. i also copied a custom rom to my external sd card and flashed an ICS recovery that enables intallation of zip files from external sd card. but when i succed in booting into recovery with it, it will give me error can't mount sd card likewise error cant mount external sd card. this is as far i can go
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If you're able to mount through recovery, put the ROMs and kernel you want to flash on your internal SD (16gb). I'm not so sure why it won't read your external but it might be what's causing the errors. So once you moved those (if you're able to mount of course), turn off your phone, remove your external SD and give it another try. Kinda a shot in the dark but we're running short on options here.
4-2ndtwin said:
Did u ever see the "Encryption Unsuccessful" screen ? That's what ur problem sounds like. There r two threads in the Dev forum about that subject.
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I though about that too but flashing KK4 (through Odin or Heimdall) should take care of it and atleast let him boot on stock. I guess it is worth a try tho!
wow. u wont believe this. after sending my last message, i flashed KK4 again just for luck, i got the error as usual. i now did a factory reset, got an error though and rebooted the system. to my greatest surprise and for the first time, it booted to stock and started up without problem. i did a full format of the hard drive immediately as it was almost full. now i've been running the phone for 5 hrs now. and has not experienced any freeze so far.
as for the encryption unsuccessful, YES i've seen it twice. i will read on that and see what might have happened. thanks guys.
so_iccy said:
wow. u wont believe this. after sending my last message, i flashed KK4 again just for luck, i got the error as usual. i now did a factory reset, got an error though and rebooted the system. to my greatest surprise and for the first time, it booted to stock and started up without problem. i did a full format of the hard drive immediately as it was almost full. now i've been running the phone for 5 hrs now. and has not experienced any freeze so far.
as for the encryption unsuccessful, YES i've seen it twice. i will read on that and see what might have happened. thanks guys.
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Sweet, glad it worked out! :good:
My phone suddenly dead 10 minutes ago :|,same problem with so_iccy :|
KaKaShiHp said:
My phone suddenly dead 10 minutes ago :|,same problem with so_iccy :|
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Read what we wrote. the solution is there.
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i ran the stock rom for 3 days in my cappy and decided to flash cyanogen ics rom. after about 18 hrs, i got the freeze and restart once again. then i flashed back to kk4 yet i didnt see the sd card just as last experienced. after about 6 hrs, i flashed KK4 again and booted normally. at the moment am biased. please is there a way to root kk4 the easy way. the threads i saw in the forum didnt work. i will just have to stick with stock GB. all i need now is how to root this KK4. thanks y'all for the help so far.
so_iccy said:
i ran the stock rom for 3 days in my cappy and decided to flash cyanogen ics rom. after about 18 hrs, i got the freeze and restart once again. then i flashed back to kk4 yet i didnt see the sd card just as last experienced. after about 6 hrs, i flashed KK4 again and booted normally. at the moment am biased. please is there a way to root kk4 the easy way. the threads i saw in the forum didnt work. i will just have to stick with stock GB. all i need now is how to root this KK4. thanks y'all for the help so far.
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Flashing Corn Kernel with Odin 1.85 will root your phone.
BWolf56 said:
Flashing Corn Kernel with Odin 1.85 will root your phone.
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i did that before and did'nt acquire root access. but am counting on ya word, will try it again thanks
so_iccy said:
i did that before and did'nt acquire root access. but am counting on ya word, will try it again thanks
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Perhaps you can re-download the kernel. I believe it has a specific root version.
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Perhaps you can re-download the kernel. I believe it has a specific root version.
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it works now. thanks
Yep KK4 Corn Kernel has the ability to give u Root through its avanced menu in the its cwm recovery. Or [Utility] KK4 Easy Root by Red_81 in the Dev forum works as well.
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Guys need some help here,
I have a vibrant and there has been times that I have flashed a 2.2 froyo rom to repair the data partition on my internal sd card from a bad flash when a lag fix is applied.
I talked a friend into getting a captivate because he loved my vibrant so much. I had him running a stock rom, with unhelpful lax fix kernel and everything ewas gravy for two days until today. he said he got a sd card error, and the phone wont boot past the galaxy s logo, I tried one click odin from this forum, now the phone wont boot past the att logo, because it fails to wipe the data partition.
Can we use the vibrant fix for the captivate? I could try to lash that froyo thru odin and see if it helps, the phone doesnt need to boot up, I just need to flash and wipe the internal sd tru odin. any suggestions
Thanks in advance
Devin5277 said:
Guys need some help here,
I have a vibrant and there has been times that I have flashed a 2.2 froyo rom to repair the data partition on my internal sd card from a bad flash when a lag fix is applied.
I talked a friend into getting a captivate because he loved my vibrant so much. I had him running a stock rom, with unhelpful lax fix kernel and everything ewas gravy for two days until today. he said he got a sd card error, and the phone wont boot past the galaxy s logo, I tried one click odin from this forum, now the phone wont boot past the att logo, because it fails to wipe the data partition.
Can we use the vibrant fix for the captivate? I could try to lash that froyo thru odin and see if it helps, the phone doesnt need to boot up, I just need to flash and wipe the internal sd tru odin. any suggestions
Thanks in advance
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Have you tried flashing in the plain voodoo kernel (atinms thread is around here somewhere) to see if you can get the thing to boot at least?
I have already tried to odin to stock, which didnt work and I knew that. The problem is I cant disable the lag fix, because the phone wont boot all the way up.
What we did in the vibrant forums was to flash a 2.2 thru odin. ( it automatically wipes internal sd and formats it back to original state.) then flash stock reroot and we are all happy again.
Is there anything like this for the captivate?
Unless i am missing something, which I could very well be flashing a kernel wont help the data partition problem will it?
what if you took the stock firmware from samfirmware.com and did a normal odin flash with the repartition selected?
I'm a noob but that seemed like a logical thing to try.
Devin5277 said:
I have already tried to odin to stock, which didnt work and I knew that. The problem is I cant disable the lag fix, because the phone wont boot all the way up.
What we did in the vibrant forums was to flash a 2.2 thru odin. ( it automatically wipes internal sd and formats it back to original state.) then flash stock reroot and we are all happy again.
Is there anything like this for the captivate?
Unless i am missing something, which I could very well be flashing a kernel wont help the data partition problem will it?
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That doesn't really answer my question... I asked if you had tried booting it again with a plain voodoo kernel. Obviously the full flash didn't work for some reason, and now your internal SD isn't being detected... which is strange. You could conceivably try flashing pretty much anything you've used on the vibrant though to see if that helps.
Did you do the Master Clear before flashing with Odin?
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Did you do the Master Clear before flashing with Odin?
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no, my phone wont boot up to do a master clear. After doing some research it seems that the internal sd card got currupted. when I tried to clear data it failed on me, and gave me a cant mount data error in stock recovery
Devin5277 said:
no, my phone wont boot up to do a master clear. After doing some research it seems that the internal sd card got currupted. when I tried to clear data it failed on me, and gave me a cant mount data error in stock recovery
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you can master clear with the one click odin. Its the big button to the right of start that says master clear
xetrev said:
you can master clear with the one click odin. Its the big button to the right of start that says master clear
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I tried 3 times, It just hangs. I think the internal sd got unmounted somehow.
xetrev said:
you can master clear with the one click odin. Its the big button to the right of start that says master clear
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You have to have the phone booted and in USB Debug mode for the odin master clear to work, this person can't get the phone to boot. Is there another way to put the phone in USB Debug mode when it will not boot?
So repartition doesn't work?
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I'm having the same issue
h t t p:/ /forum.xda-developers. com/showthread.php?p=8340023#post8340023
I did try flashing in a voodoo complient kernal (although not atinm's) but it still won't boot...
Isn't there an i9000 2.2 rom that can be flashed to captivate?
Try the jpk tomorrow on the i9000 forum. I was able to go back from it to 2.1.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790637
You may be able to just grab the 803 pit from samfirmware and then put it all back with the 512 when your done *shrug*
yadda yadda yadda not responsible for your phone blah blah blah
Sherpa
I did some experimenting on my friends captivate, only because he was going to take it back anyway . It was stuck in the bootloop because of the ota software update, then had a failed to mount error.
If you dont have a failed to mount error, your internal sd is not corrupted, it just needs to be repartitioned.
The way I was able to get my internal sd repartitioned, so I COULD flash back to original 2.1 stock was to odin flash a 2.2 rom, then odin the stock. So if you can find one that is ok for the captivate try it.
now let me make myself clear, you dont have to have the 2.2 reboot fully, you just need it to repartition the internal SD. As a matter of fact, the one in the vibrant forums doesnt even boot all the way at all, its just a tool for us to get back to 21. original firmware.
so try it out.
1. odin flash the 2.2 rom let odin do its business,
2. get back into downloader mode and odin flash back to stock.
it worked for me on my vibrant. I hope it can work for others.
flashed xxjpk and back to stock. Still get mount errors.
kakalaky said:
flashed xxjpk and back to stock. Still get mount errors.
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http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6433-solved-messed-up-partitions-on-internal-storage/
this might shed some light on the failed to mount error. Its definately an SD card issue.
@devin5277 will the parted linked to in the post you linked to work with the captivate? If its just a generic linux partitioning tool thats run through adb i think it should.
parted works fine on the captivate. In my case it didn't help though. Rooted then tried ffdisk and parted. Both give I/O read errors on /dev/block/mmcblk0. Looks like the internal sdcard no longer works.
I was out today, minding my own business.
In the middle, my phone just shut off. Restarting it, it would not boot past the kernel boot screen, not even into CWM. When I got home, I oneclicked it to stock in an attempt to return to my nandroid CM7 from right before the full-9 package was released. I encountered an issue.
CWM3 said "Error: Can't mount /sdcard". Booted the phone up in JF6, and the storage menu shows both my External and internals reading with total and available space as "Unavailable", and both the mount and format options on both are greyed out. Internal phone storage is normal, however, and reads 1.73GB.
Don't ask me to flash Froyo or something. Standard 2e recovery does not allow me to use a ROM Manager flashable CWM2, thus I cannot flash Froyo or CM7's package. CM7's initial kernel returns the "Can't mount /sdcard" error, so that's also inadequate.
So, anyone have any idea what I'm dealing with here? How would I be able to go about fixing it? If it helps, my IMEI number and all that jazz is still present.
EDIT: I just realised a perplexing quality. The phone will ONLY boot with an external SD in it... Doesn't matter if I remove it after, it just needs an external in it to boot. Once the phone boots, it's dead weight. Funny, as I always flash without it in there...
EDIT2: Found some info from Supercurio on the Bell Vibrant while searching, I wonder if this is relevant...
supercurio said:
On #project-voodoo IRC I helped a user who had issues with his SDcard on a Bell I9000M
Turns out that his internal SD MoviNAND chip was dead!
The system automatically used his external SD as a backup for /data, as the "mmcblk1" device become "mmcblk0".
The internal SD was so dead that the Linux Kernel didn't detected any existence of it anymore.
The symptom that the phone was working (using the external SD) but he couldn't mount his SD card anywhere.
Eventually he had a replacement from Bell in a few days.
What killed the sdcard ? An old Ext2 lagfix when creating the giant 1GB+ loop files.
But it wasn't the lagfix fault. It just acted as accelerator.
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But I've never used that lagfix. I've been on Speedmod then CM7 the entire time.
Maybe flash a kernel with CWM in it, such as speedmod with Odin though I'm clueless as to what happened to your phone. I guess do this, flash a new ROM go from there... Sorry this is my only idea.
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Maybe flash a kernel with CWM in it, such as speedmod with Odin though I'm clueless as to what happened to your phone. I guess do this, flash a new ROM go from there... Sorry this is my only idea.
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Already said, CWM returns "Can't mount /sdcard" in CM7's CWM3 from the initial kernel... I can't flash Froyo, so Speedmod is out of the question.
Thread moved.
I'd try flashing a full odin stock rom and a .pit with it with repartition checked. I heard someone else with this sort of problem, he used odin one click but still got the same thing, flashed stock gb with a .pit and it worked.
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I'd try flashing a full odin stock rom and a .pit with it with repartition checked. I heard someone else with this sort of problem, he used odin one click but still got the same thing, flashed stock gb with a .pit and it worked.
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Did not work; tried flashing JH7, KB1 and JF6, all 3 do not boot past the kernel screen. Only OCD JF6 gets the phone in a working way. I found some other threads, but it's looking worse and worse by the second.
ATT is probably getting a call tomorrow...
Same happened to me, I managed to get JI6 working somewhat. Flash the one click ODIN JI6, wait till bootanimation ends, ROM will not boot up completely so go back into download mode, then flashed speedmod with three button ODIN, let boot up complete then go into recovery and delete user data, wipe cache and dalvik cache.
Still don't have an mnt/sdcard but at least I can make a phone call.
Also, I lost data connection so I had to manually enter APN in settings, wireless and networks, mobile networks, Access point names and create a new APN, I just googled AT&T APN for the values.
Hope it works out as I'm probably going to contact AT&T as well.
I had that happen kinda with "cognadian bacon" it fried my sd card and I flashed odin one click then master cleared in odin. After that I booted up and got my format option back ..... If that doesn't work you could probably hook it to computer (windows) and go under device management and format from there but don't know if will support fat32.. Just a suggestion though.... That what I did for my external sd when it wouldn't recognize it
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Hi All,
I am in desperate need of help.
I have a nexus s. rooted, with cyanogenmod kernel and slimbean rom.
My friend has a galaxy s1 that had unrooted froyo.
A friend of his rooted it, and put gingerbread on it. I wanted to put slimbean on it for him.
I did so.
Except, that his mobile network wouldnt connect.
I googled, and found that this could be because the kernel is not compatible with the rom.
So I downloaded cyanogenmod kernel and flashed.
But this didnt work, because I think the download was corrupted or something.
I tried to re boot into clockwork, but it just got stock on the first loading screen.
Since then I have tried everything and have been googling for hours... I dont know what to do. I have tried so many different things.
Please can some guru help me figure out what to do?
My friend is pissed as hell at me, I told him it will be painless quick and easy. Thats how it was for me and i assumed same for him.
PLEASE!! I need HELP!! :'(
Edit: I reflashed semaphore and it now goes into cwm. But now when I flash the rom and reboot it, it just reboots automatically into cwm again. Anyone know where to go from here?
Thanks in advance,
Zeddicus
zeddicus0 said:
Edit: I reflashed semaphore and it now goes into cwm. But now when I flash the rom and reboot it, it just reboots automatically into cwm again. Anyone know where to go from here?
Thanks in advance,
Zeddicus
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It appears to be a bootloop. That means flashing messed with boot partition and you have to reflash boot. Is this phone i9000 or i9001?
Search for similar topics like: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590747
If you can get to CWM or download mode nothing bad happend - you can repair everything, however it would be wise if you had backup of previous, working ROM
Calm down its fixable first you try to fix it without Odin by
- flashing slim bean again don't forget full wipe flash i9000.zip twice the first time it will reboot half way through at least it did for me
-then pull out the battery and boot into cwm
- flash both slim bean files
- this should get the phone starting again after that to get network working flash this file in cwm http://www.mediafire.com/?fbgxblhbip7bkuv it should get network running credit goes to pwneman for that
Let me know how it goes
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First of all, thank u guys very much for helping me.
right now i am having an even bigger problem.
all of a sudden sometime between my flashing, i started getting this error when trying to mount the external card from cwm
unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory)
so cant flash anything from phone now...
its an i9000
zeddicus0 said:
First of all, thank u guys very much for helping me.
right now i am having an even bigger problem.
all of a sudden sometime between my flashing, i started getting this error when trying to mount the external card from cwm
unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory)
so cant flash anything from phone now...
its an i9000
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Try to format your sdcard in fat32 filesystem (through Windows/CWM or any other various ways if this won't work)
Also try other sdcard...
If formatting card doesn't fix the problem try to reflash CWM via Odin in Download mode.
ok i did a hard reset and left batt out for a good few min and got the sdcard back again.
i followed the steps u said latrop and it didnt fix it... still booted back into cwm...
since i now have the sdcard back i am making a backup zip file of it just in case lol
@divibyzero
i followed that post but it didnt fix the problem
OK you will have to flash with Odin I'll get back to you with instructions
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OK follow the in this website and use the new sourceforge mirror http://www.darkyrom.com/index.php?threads/odin-darkyrom-10-2-resurrection-gti9000.4272/
Make sure you have the Samsung drivers installed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961959/ then once that's done phone should start up if it does follow my previous instructions
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Wait, before you odin flash:
Let me get this straight, your rom .zip is on your external sd card? it has to be in your internal sd card.
From the recovery main menu, go to mounts & storage. From there, plug in your phone to your computer and select "Mount internal USB storage."
You'll be able to then copy the rom file into your internal sd card. While you're at it, I'd recommend X-Bean, as it's currently faster and more stable than SlimBean. Then, unmount your phone and return to the recovery menu and select install zip and choose the file you've just copied.
Please let me know how it goes.
@kngroo
thats what i did.. ive flashed tons of roms and kernels before on my nexus s...
its this galaxy s 1 that isnt working for some reason... it was meant to be a quick and painless proceedure which has turned into a nightmare
gonna probably have to format the sdcard now :*(
Hi All,
I wanna give a SERIOUS thank you to latrop.
This guy is a freaking legend. He just sat with me for almost 2 hours helping me sort out the phone. We did almost everything you can think of and then some... But ultimately it was latrops great experience and knowledge that helped save my ass here...
Phone is running full on slimbean rom with great reception etc.
Latrop... you are a legend!!!
Just wipe/factory reset and wipe cache
its work for me and maybe it would work with you too
Can someone help i was running cm9 for a year then i decided to update to jellybean(cm10.1) it was working fine for a few day then out of nowhere the phone turned off and would only boot into recovery so i tried to factory reset it passed but it still would'nt boot into rom so i tried to install cm9 back but that was a no go. i decided to flash back to jvu. after i did that it booted into recovery it said failed to mount /sdcard. can anyone help?
sorry for a lack of punctuation, im panicking.
original issue idk.
current issue : ics bootloaders with non ics rom.
go back to stock bootloader.
to the jvu bootloader?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RoZU5ZPMS4
try this see if it fixes it goodluck
Did you manage to fix this I have a second SGS like this too.
Seems the internal memory is unmounted the only way to get it to boot was to partition SDCard and boot from that.
Nope I'm just gonna buy a a SD card class 10 and use it
flash darky ROM 10.2 through odi will get it to boot worked for mine
Jesus, third person I've told this to tonight lol
Its not bootloader.
If it happened straight after you flashed back to gingerbread then all you need(ed) to do was flash dbdata.rfs in Odin as PDA and you're done... All good again... Reboot...
No need to go buying SD cards heh
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hey guys
my sister was attempting to flash a jelly bean rom on her galaxy note which was running a stock ICS rom at the time and it froze during the process it froze.
it now shows a yellow triangle and refuses to boot.
i attempted booting into recovery and flashing a new rom.
i tried to do a full wipe first, but the phone freezes. i booted into recovery mode again and cleared the cache. however when i tried to wipe the davlik cache, i got an error message but it proceeded anyway.
when i try to go ahead and flash the new rom it fails.
i suspect the internal memory is corrupt. what should I do?
swagarr10 said:
hey guys
my sister was attempting to flash a jelly bean rom on her galaxy note which was running a stock ICS rom at the time and it froze during the process it froze.
it now shows a yellow triangle and refuses to boot.
i attempted booting into recovery and flashing a new rom.
i tried to do a full wipe first, but the phone freezes. i booted into recovery mode again and cleared the cache. however when i tried to wipe the davlik cache, i got an error message but it proceeded anyway.
when i try to go ahead and flash the new rom it fails.
i suspect the internal memory is corrupt. what should I do?
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You have bricked the phone. Read about the emmc brick bug and wiping the phone on stock ICS.
XxPixX said:
You have bricked the phone. Read about the emmc brick bug and wiping the phone on stock ICS.
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Thanks. Any links?
Have a look at these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633938
and more of the same:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633943
You might be able to repartition the device with Odin, you will have to wait for a more experienced member of XDA though, I don't know all the steps to repartition the device andI wouldn't like to get your Note in worse condition. But even after repartitioning you will only be able to run slim ROM's - such as slim bean.
XxPixX said:
Have a look at these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633938
and more of the same:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633943
You might be able to repartition the device with Odin, you will have to wait for a more experienced member of XDA though, I don't know all the steps to repartition the device andI wouldn't like to get your Note in worse condition. But even after repartitioning you will only be able to run slim ROM's - such as slim bean.
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Thanks for the help. I'll try repartitioning. I don't know how so I'll google it. But even stock roms wouldn't run? and what's a slim rom?
Basically a very lightweight ROM. Slim Bean is only about 95MB + 25MB for the google apps which you have to flash too.
Here is a link to the ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060391
You might also be able to run slim versions of TouchWiz (that is the what you get from Samsung). SlimWizz is about 187MB but that will probably be too much.
That may be a softbrick "only". Are you able to get into Download mode? (Volume Down + Home + Power button) If so, you'll be able to flash an official ROM with PC Odin.
Out of curiosity, what procedure did you follow to flash your Jelly Bean ROM? Directly from the stock ICS recovery?
Kortxero said:
That may be a softbrick "only". Are you able to get into Download mode? (Volume Down + Home + Power button) If so, you'll be able to flash an official ROM with PC Odin.
Out of curiosity, what procedure did you follow to flash your Jelly Bean ROM? Directly from the stock ICS recovery?
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sorry for the late reply. i do not know how my sister tried to flash the jelly bean rom. there have been some interesting developments. i obtained a kernel which has enabled me to boot into recovery mode. the problem now is that the note recognises my internal sd as an external sd and vice versa! any help?
swagarr10 said:
sorry for the late reply. i do not know how my sister tried to flash the jelly bean rom. there have been some interesting developments. i obtained a kernel which has enabled me to boot into recovery mode. the problem now is that the note recognises my internal sd as an external sd and vice versa! any help?
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I guess you have flashed the Speedmod kernel/recovery. Then internal (emmc) and external (micro SDcard) are swapped (that's "normal"). So formatting emmc will format the external SD card and formatting external sd-card will format the internal storage. You just need to be aware of this (if you fear you might lose your data in your SD card, simply remove it from the phone before wiping).
Do a full wipe and then follow the procedure detailed in the thread of the ROM you want to flash. Or if you don't know what to do, just get into Download mode as I explained above and flash an official TouchWiz ROM through Odin PC (you can check Dr Ketan's thread here: everything is nicely detailed. Don't forget to hit the Thanks button on his first post as he's really helpful with people).
Kortxero said:
I guess you have flashed the Speedmod kernel/recovery. Then internal (emmc) and external (micro SDcard) are swapped (that's "normal"). So formatting emmc will format the external SD card and formatting external sd-card will format the internal storage. You just need to be aware of this (if you fear you might lose your data in your SD card, simply remove it from the phone before wiping).
Do a full wipe and then follow the procedure detailed in the thread of the ROM you want to flash. Or if you don't know what to do, just get into Download mode as I explained above and flash an official TouchWiz ROM through Odin PC (you can check Dr Ketan's thread here: everything is nicely detailed. Don't forget to hit the Thanks button on his first post as he's really helpful with people).
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i'm still unable to flash a rom. it freezes at factoryfs.img. i'm using odin btw. when i try exploring the internal(to my phone, external) sd card, it says : 'can't mount emmc'
i'm guessing the internal memory is still corrupt?
swagarr10 said:
i'm still unable to flash a rom. it freezes at factoryfs.img. i'm using odin btw. when i try exploring the internal(to my phone, external) sd card, it says : 'can't mount emmc'
i'm guessing the internal memory is still corrupt?
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That sucks. It seems you've been a victim of the emmc_CAP_ERASE bug. It's a shame you don't remember how you came to this. Anyway, one of the best solutions in this situation is to send your Note to the service center. The problem here is you have that yellow triangle which will void your warranty (if you still have one). Unless someone has a better idea, I think you have 3 possibilities:
1) Use the PIT file method. That will partition your internal storage card. Don't hesitate to ask questions in the thread if you need. You'll find people to help you.
2) Use a JIG USB key to remove the triangle before sending your device to the service center for repair. You'll find one for a few euros on eBay.
3) Try the JTAG.
To be honest, I haven't tried any of these methods as I've always been careful when flashing stuff. Good luck!
swagarr10 said:
i'm still unable to flash a rom. it freezes at factoryfs.img. i'm using odin btw. when i try exploring the internal(to my phone, external) sd card, it says : 'can't mount emmc'
i'm guessing the internal memory is still corrupt?
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try to read this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
i have managed to work around with this thread.. i had a soft bricked too..
Note: after using the pit files and succeeded, do not try to re-partition again specially when you already had 4.1.2
trust me.. youll end up in a hard brick..
jaycm1130 said:
try to read this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
i have managed to work around with this thread.. i had a soft bricked too..
Note: after using the pit files and succeeded, do not try to re-partition again specially when you already had 4.1.2
trust me.. youll end up in a hard brick..
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I tried this and it worked! I repartitioned the internal memory and flashed a custom rom. I'm now running Cyanogenmod 10.1.
HOWEVER, the phone freezes randomly and sometimes would even be unable to boot into recovery mode so i have to start the whole process again. Any thoughts
swagarr10 said:
i'm still unable to flash a rom. it freezes at factoryfs.img. i'm using odin btw. when i try exploring the internal(to my phone, external) sd card, it says : 'can't mount emmc'
i'm guessing the internal memory is still corrupt?
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Well it did happens to me before. But after some reading and proper ways on wiping and flashing it works.. :good: