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I was flashing some new ROM's and, as you should do, created a clockwork back-up. The only problem is once the new ROM's weren't working, i tried to recover my back- up but it keeps saying "sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restore of /sd-ext." at the end of the recovery. And since i always keep a few extra back-ups, i tried those but a message saying that there is an error while formatting /system.
Everytime i try to boot the phone, it stays on the boot screen with the X and won't load any further.
I'm begging for anyones help
You using clockwork 3.x by any chance?
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yeh the latest version
I would suggest switching to an earlier clockwork or Amon Ra...
Not sure what to suggest about your backup though. You could try flashing the img files individually?
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I tried flashing them individually and it still stays on the X boot screen..
I fixed the problem. I just flashed a different ROM and it finally started working again. Thanks for helping out
My Tab is rooted and it says I have the correct recovery, yet I can't flash roms/backup current roms/get into Clockwork recovery. Everytime I try to flash something it gets aborted but before that it says Installing MICS failed or something similar. I'm familiar with flashing roms yet I don't know what's going on.
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First, download ROM Manager and reflash clockwork mod.
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I've done that a few times, still fails.
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adrieono said:
My Tab is rooted and it says I have the correct recovery, yet I can't flash roms/backup current roms/get into Clockwork recovery. Everytime I try to flash something it gets aborted but before that it says Installing MICS failed or something similar. I'm familiar with flashing roms yet I don't know what's going on.
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is you TAB GSM or CDMA? if you TAB is GSM you should use this tutorial . The Kernel it has already the CWM recovery, also will convert your system to Ext4 ..... Did you applied the patch from here . I believe you have a protected bootloader....
Thanks for the info. I'm not by a pc but it seems I don't need the secondary link, it seems I don't need the patch because it already is patched. And I have a gsm tab.
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I just wanted to chime in to say that I'm having this problem too. I've rooted using the the proper steps and installed tom manager and downloaded the lastest cwm. I tell it to reboot and I get the aborted, signature cannot be verified blah blah.
I tried everything step over and over again and I always get that error so I cannot get into cwm.
Like the OP I have a t849 tmobile galaxy tab.
Any ideas?
EDIT: I figured it out
OK so this may sound stupid but when I first flashed the recovery rom using the adb push method for the recovery image and tmobile_zImage I did not have a micro-sd card because the SGT-849 has 16GB of built in memory. I just tried it again but this time I popped in a microsd and used adb to push the recovery flash files, ran recovery, rebooted, ran ROM Manager and told it to boot into recovery and ClockWorkRecovery Mod worked
So if you havent used the method if implementing an ADB bridge to push the tmobile flash files you need to do that WITH a microSD apparently.
My boot screen changed from the boring Samsung Logo to a Galaxy Tab + Samsung Logo. Which boot logo do you have?
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I dont have knowledge in adb because I'm never on a pc, but I ordered a 32gb sd card so i'll see what happens.
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Alright, I recently factory reset my rooted and CWM'd Revolution and I was getting immediate boots into CWM recovery. I followed the steps outlined http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161537, and I was able to successfully boot to the LG screen. Here in lies the problem, it is now infinitely bootlooping... it stays on the LG screen indefinitely. I have left it lit for hours at a time, no luck. I have googled for hours and found nothing. Also, factory resets in CWM don't give a completed script, but recovery just resets and I have no idea if anything was actually erased, but I do know it still doesn't work.
So, is there anyway to save my phone?
quick recap:
1. phone is rooted and has CWM installed.
2. it is bootlooping.
please help!!!
edit: with some good camera work, I was able to capture the error string at the end of the factory reset:
E:format_volume: make_ext4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
then a rapid reboot and back to step one. The phone will then boot back into CWM, and if I reboot, it will stick on the LG screen indefinitely.
when it fails to wipe data, does it go back to clockworkmod as if clockworkmod restarted?
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when it fails to wipe data, does it go back to clockworkmod as if clockworkmod restarted?
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yes, verbatim.
It is as if nothing happened, no log at the bottom, it is fresh.
The reset at the end of the factory reset is normal. Can you flash anything in cwm? You may need to flash a rom to get further.
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tried, both using the advance restore method via Revolt ROM 1.3 and the install ZIP from SD Card method using Revolt 1.4.
Would another ROM be more suitable?
Do you have any back ups made?
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Not to thread-jack but I'm in a similar situation. I was trying to get RevRom1.4 to work. I'm rooted. I've installed that premium version of clockwork, and then installed clock work recovery. I was able to boot into CWR and get to the sd card and see revrom1.4 but it would not install. I get the error message "cannot open folder/file" something to that effect.
But I was still able to restart and go back into stock LG phone. After hours of frustration I decided to do a factory reset from the lg settings menu. My phone restarted, the LG logo comes up and then it goes to clock work recovery. I can't get out of it, and restarting it simply brings back up CWR.
I found the fix from thecubed about clockwork exit fix. But I have yet to try it (at school). Is this the way to go? Why won't it let me install roms from clockwork recovery?
Being a noob, I have no backups. Please help me!
Bob_Bobber0 said:
Not to thread-jack but I'm in a similar situation. I was trying to get RevRom1.4 to work. I'm rooted. I've installed that premium version of clockwork, and then installed clock work recovery. I was able to boot into CWR and get to the sd card and see revrom1.4 but it would not install. I get the error message "cannot open folder/file" something to that effect.
But I was still able to restart and go back into stock LG phone. After hours of frustration I decided to do a factory reset from the lg settings menu. My phone restarted, the LG logo comes up and then it goes to clock work recovery. I can't get out of it, and restarting it simply brings back up CWR.
I found the fix from thecubed about clockwork exit fix. But I have yet to try it (at school). Is this the way to go? Why won't it let me install roms from clockwork recovery?
Being a noob, I have no backups. Please help me!
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Run the xip you saw that cubed posted that should fix you. Idk I never ran into that situation myself so I can't promise anything.
And side kick: Just do a full restore even if its from like your first backup. The restore will give you your boot image and everything back hopefully allowing the phone to finish the boot process. After it boots go back to CWR and do a data wipe then flash 1.4. Reboot and set the phone up. Should work fine. Hope this helps.
Bob_Bobber0 said:
Not to thread-jack but I'm in a similar situation. I was trying to get RevRom1.4 to work. I'm rooted. I've installed that premium version of clockwork, and then installed clock work recovery. I was able to boot into CWR and get to the sd card and see revrom1.4 but it would not install. I get the error message "cannot open folder/file" something to that effect.
But I was still able to restart and go back into stock LG phone. After hours of frustration I decided to do a factory reset from the lg settings menu. My phone restarted, the LG logo comes up and then it goes to clock work recovery. I can't get out of it, and restarting it simply brings back up CWR.
I found the fix from thecubed about clockwork exit fix. But I have yet to try it (at school). Is this the way to go? Why won't it let me install roms from clockwork recovery?
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That CWM is not correct for our phone you need to use thecubed's CWM, it can be installed from the Revo_toolkit.
The exitrecovery.zip file should get you out of recovery. Then download the Revo_toolkit and install the correct version of CWM. After that you should be able to successfully install zip files and perform backup/recovery.
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That CWM is not correct for our phone you need to use thecubed's CWM, it can be installed from the Revo_toolkit.
The exitrecovery.zip file should get you out of recovery. Then download the Revo_toolkit and install the correct version of CWM. After that you should be able to successfully install zip files and perform backup/recovery.
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+1 to K0G for knowing that.
I did use Rev_Toolkit to install clockwork recovery. It is version v4.0.0.2.
The error I get when trying to install RevoltRom1.4 is "E:Can't open /sdcard/download/RevoltRom1.4zip (bad) Installation aborted."
I have no way to transfer that file to my sd card (well I do but its at my house) when I connect the phone to the computer, the sd card storage does not come up.
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I did use Rev_Toolkit to install clockwork recovery. It is version v4.0.0.2.
The error I get when trying to install RevoltRom1.4 is "E:Can't open /sdcard/download/RevoltRom1.4zip (bad) Installation aborted."
I have no way to transfer that file to my sd card (well I do but its at my house) when I connect the phone to the computer, the sd card storage does not come up.
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How are you trying to install?
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How are you trying to install?
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By using clockwork recovery:
-install zip from sd card, -choose zip from sd card, -/download -RevoltRom1.4.zip
I also have no backup files :/
Bob_Bobber0 said:
By using clockwork recovery:
-install zip from sd card, -choose zip from sd card, -/download -RevoltRom1.4.zip
I also have no backup files :/
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It shouldn't be in a download folder. It should be in the external sdcard in no folders. did you change the name of the zip file to /download/RevoltRom1.4.zip?
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My phone downloads all files to the external sd (16 gig that came with phone) that is why it is there.
Should I eject the card and manually move it on my computer to just sd/revoltrom1.4 ?
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My phone downloads all files to the external sd (16 gig that came with phone) that is why it is there.
Should I eject the card and manually move it on my computer to just sd/revoltrom1.4 ?
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Yes, try that
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Yes, try that
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That did not work but I was able to download thecubed's clockworkrecover loop and put it on the sd card and that indeed worked.
So why can't I install revoltrom1.4? from the sd??
*EDIT*
After I got back into my stock OS I redownloaded 1.4 and installed it in clockwork from the download folder on my sd card and it worked great. Who knows why. So it looks like I'm good to go, this thing is amazing!!!
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That did not work but I was able to download thecubed's clockworkrecover loop and put it on the sd card and that indeed worked.
So why can't I install revoltrom1.4? from the sd??
*EDIT*
After I got back into my stock OS I redownloaded 1.4 and installed it in clockwork from the download folder on my sd card and it worked great. Who knows why. So it looks like I'm good to go, this thing is amazing!!!
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I've been flashing Roms for over 2 years now sometimes you just get a bad Download..before flashing even an update to a Rom always do a Back up in clockwork first that way you have a fall back option
well, before this gets TOO off track, I do have back ups, but they all lead to the same thing. bootloop...
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well, before this gets TOO off track, I do have back ups, but they all lead to the same thing. bootloop...
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Does it get to the Verizon splash screen or just the LG?
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Ok first off, I am pretty green newbie, please help me understand this stuff.
This is my girlfriend's phone, she was using it and it reset itself and now it seems to be stuck in a boot loop.
We'd like to try and recover the original system back to normal without having to use the built in system reset. I've heard I can do that by wiping the dalvk cache?
It is not rooted, and I'm driving myself crazy trying to figure it out. There's ways to root it but I can't get into the system to run things like zergrush or the other options.
I tried to flash clockwork mod, but since the built in recovery tool only sees the INTERNAL SD contents, I only have access to the EXTERNAL SD card to put ZIPs in. I tried to use ADB to push the zip onto the internal SD Card but it says access denied (because it's unrooted?) Now what?
So short of system resetting it and loosing all the system settings or trying to see if we can send it into samsung for a replacement, how do I do this?
Thank you for any help in advance. Please be gentle.
Put cwm on the phone via Odin, on a question asked yesterday almost exact problem I posted a link with instructions how to do this, MAKE SURE it is a t679 not t759! Otherwise you will brick your device
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Unrooted, your only real options are factory reset or use Odin.
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That is not true, if he gets cwm on it via Odin he can flash to stock through cwm, doing so would bring the phone back to out of the box condition with 2.3.6. Also it will save ALOT of time doing cwm through Odin rather than return to stock via odin
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It is a T679, yes.
OK according to the wiki page for the phone, I see how to use Odin to bring the phone back to stock, which is great, but I just want to be able to root it to wipe the dalvik cache in hopes of stopping the boot loop. Hopefully this would get the phone working like normal again without deleting the old system, right?
With the Odin program, how would I use it to force the CWM.zip to root it and give me access to the recovery menu to wipe the cache? Or am I missing something?
Again, sorry for not quite getting this stuff. Thank you for helping.
Check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26860509&postcount=4
Down near the bottom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1686384
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That is not true, if he gets cwm on it via Odin he can flash to stock through cwm, doing so would bring the phone back to out of the box condition with 2.3.6. Also it will save ALOT of time doing cwm through Odin rather than return to stock via odin
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My bad, I forgot there was a cwm for Odin on this phone. I got mine after the 2.3.6 update and you could flash it thru stock recovery. Plus I've only used Odin once and that was to root my Gtab 2.
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OK thank you guys, using Odin did manage to get CWM recovery pushed into the phone.
The current problem is that wiping cache/dalvik is not fixing the boot looping.
I tried wiping battery stats, fixing permissions, wiping cache/dalvik, etc. and while it does cause the phone to sit on the "SAMSUNG" opening for about 2 mins, it still bootloops after that.
now, because I want to try and somehow preserve the old stock system (she has a lot of settings and programs that she needs to get access to) I can't just wipe everything and start over fresh.
Now, again, I am a newbie, but if I'm not mistaken, can I do a nandbackup onto the external SD card and this will allow me to just wipe to original stock, get it fully working again, then do an ADVANCED RESTORE of only the /system to get it back to the way it was before?
Again thanks for the help (and putting up with newbies) :3
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now, because I want to try and somehow preserve the old stock system (she has a lot of settings and programs that she needs to get access to) I can't just wipe everything and start over fresh.
Now, again, I am a newbie, but if I'm not mistaken, can I do a nandbackup onto the external SD card and this will allow me to just wipe to original stock, get it fully working again, then do an ADVANCED RESTORE of only the /system to get it back to the way it was before?
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If you go back to stock and then advanced restore system you will probably be right back where you are now. Do another backup before trying that.
P.S. Make sure you have a way to keep track of the backups. Write it down or something.
Sorry bro if it is sticking on the Samsung logo, your phone does not have a rom
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Hi,
Got a major problem with my new Nexus 6. During initial set up, I rebooted. Upon reboot, I was informed that my data was corrupt and that I need to reset my phone. I have not been able to use my phone since.
Using recovery, I was apparently able to flash the stock ROM. However, I was completely unable to boot into it. The boot process would stick on the boot animation screen.
I am now unable to boot into anything - not even Recovery. I am stuck on the bootloader.
I can go through the process of flashing a new recovery using FASTBOOT without any errors being returned. However, I am unable to boot into it.
When I had a working recovery partition, it always seemed to go through a lengthy process of formatting the data partition before making the recovery options available. The following message would show in yellow text for approximately 45 minutes: "Formatting /data..."
When attempting to format the /data partition in order to try a clean install, I get the a message along the lines of: "Format not available for partitions with file system ' '."
After reading around on the internet, I have a suspicion that the file table is corrupt.
Any idea how I can repair this or what route I can take to get a working phone?
Thanks
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BadHead1970 said:
Hi,
Got a major problem with my new Nexus 6. During initial set up, I rebooted. Upon reboot, I was informed that my data was corrupt and that I need to reset my phone. I have not been able to use my phone since.
Using recovery, I was apparently able to flash the stock ROM. However, I was completely unable to boot into it. The boot process would stick on the boot animation screen.
I am now unable to boot into anything - not even Recovery. I am stuck on the bootloader.
I can go through the process of flashing a new recovery using FASTBOOT without any errors being returned. However, I am unable to boot into it.
When I had a working recovery partition, it always seemed to go through a lengthy process of formatting the data partition before making the recovery options available. The following message would show in yellow text for approximately 45 minutes: "Formatting /data..."
When attempting to format the /data partition in order to try a clean install, I get the a message along the lines of: "Format not available for partitions with file system ' '."
After reading around on the internet, I have a suspicion that the file table is corrupt.
Any idea how I can repair this or what route I can take to get a working phone?
Thanks
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Have you tried fastboot format cache?
Yeah. I've formatted the cache partition, boot, recovery, and userdata. I did also format the system partition as a way of ensuring a clean install.
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Have you tried using fastboot to flash all the stock image separately? It makes sense if you formatted everything that you did but i ask for completeness as you didn't explicitly say that you did.
Yip. Did that, too. Unzipped the stock ROM and fastbooted each individual .IMG file separately. No dice.
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Yip. Did that, too. Unzipped the stock ROM and fastbooted each individual .IMG file separately. No dice.
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At this point I would consider locking it up and sending it in to be looked at. 'm not saying there's no hope for you, but if fastboot flashing and formatting isn't working - I can't think of much else you can do.
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Yip. Did that, too. Unzipped the stock ROM and fastbooted each individual .IMG file separately. No dice.
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Just to clarify, have you been trying to flash TWRP recovery or stock? I'm just going back over the thread and want to make sure we didn't miss something. Is your bootloader unlocked? Again, just to verify.
Yeah. Bootloader is unlocked. I have tried flashing TWRP and stock. No luck. I have now given up sent it back to Motorola for repair as I have done everything I can think of to solve this and it is beyond my skill or inventiveness.
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