Hi all
i went to install another custom rom and decided after flshing roms nearly every day i would do a complete clean install
and i stupidly formatted sd card from CWM recovery, now my phone will not boot.
I can still get into recovery and download mode but from recovery there is nothing to flash from,
no roms or kernels.
Will i have to flash a stock rom from PC odin and start again? I have read Dr Ketans guide but nowhere can i find
any instruction how to flash when my phone is not recognised. My Pc will not see any cards but odin can see the phone.
If im wrong can anybody point me in the right direction?
many thanks in advance
Go to mounts and storage in recovery and select "USB mass storage mode" (or something like that at the end of the list). Connect your phone to your PC, copy the zip, unmount from PC, unmount from recovery.
in recovery its " Mount USB storage"
Direct on PC
In that situation, as the phone does not work, except recovery or download mode, it's better to take the SD card out of the phone, put it on the PC and copy a ROM on it. Then put back the SD card to the phone, return to the recovery mode to flash the new ROM.
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ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.0 will not mount /sd-ext and now I cannot get my ROM installed on to the phone.
everything inside the phone has been formated
I think the next step should be to update recovery to the latest version and see if it recognizes the sd card. If this is the case I'm not real clear how to go about doing this. , or if there is an alternative way to load a ROM.
Any help would be appreciated
As an alternative u could flash (through Odin) a Dev Kernel that has CWM baked in, reboot into CWM and flash ur Rom from there. Ur choice of Kernel is dependent on what Rom ur wanting to go to... Froyo, Gingerbread, i897, i9000, etc. [as a side note, if u want a gingerbread rom, u will need gingerbread bootloaders]
I'm not sure how to flash through Odin (ill look that up) any other recovery on my phone at this point, i've always had a rom installed any time I change or update a recovery.
Let us know how it turns out.
Why are you trying to install a Rom from the external SD card? From cwm, click on mounts and storage, mount usb, copy your Rom to the internal sd card
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can you explain with some more detail the process of coping the rom to the internal sd card? I know that cwm can recoginze the internal sd card and if I get the rom on there I'm sure I can get this phone working.
ROID R4GE said:
can you explain with some more detail the process of coping the rom to the internal sd card? I know that cwm can recoginze the internal sd card and if I get the rom on there I'm sure I can get this phone working.
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reboot to recovery
plug phone into computer
'mounts and storage'
'mount usb storage'
copy rom of your choice from your computer to the drive that now shows up on your computer
unmount
in cwm recovery, browse to INSTALL ZIP FROM SDCARD
point it to the rom you just copied to the internal sdcard
confirm
after flash reboot...new rom
Thanks to Pirateghost & For2ndTwin for you input. Pirate, what you suggested worked like a champ and I now have the phone working.
flashed couple roms all through internal memory (not the sd-card, as the phone does not recognise external card in recovery), now accidently did phone reset in the HBOOT, load again found that can't even access internal memory in discovery to flash new roms. what i do? please help.
at least tell me why couldnt access sd-card?
from the recovery, it only can read the internal partation but not the sd-card, why？ ｃａｎｔ ｅｖｅｎ ｆｉｎｄ ｉｔ ａｎｙｗｈｅｒｅ
First.. download twrp... CWM don't work right
Now
Boot to fastboot... install twrp
Boot to recovery..
Choose mounts...
Choose USB mounts...
Plug into Windows computer...
Let windows format it...
Profit
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Hey Guys.
I'm in a bit of ****.
I did my first rom flash yesterday, and all worked well. However the system would reboot once every 12 or so hours.
I noticed when I did CWM Recovery 5.5, that the total data wipe failed, but I researched that it was an issue, and had been fixed in CWM 6.0
The rom description said that if a total data wasn't done, you would have problems.
So I flashed 6.0, and did the CWM Recovery again with all the wiping options, but when I went to 'install zip from sd card', the file wasn't there. I assumed that the contents of the card wouldn't move, or be deleted, but it obviously was.
Now when I followed the original guide on XDA, I did the backup as stated, but it must not have worked, as in restore it's telling me there's no backup file found.
So at the moment, all i'm getting is the Samsung Galaxy S3 loading screen, but it's not going beyond that.
All I can access is CWM, and the Downloading screen.
What can I do to get my phone accessible again?
Thanks
plug your phone to PC (with downloaded ROM)
go to cwm -> mounts and storage -> mount usb storage. Now you should see Phone SD card on your PC. Put ROM in main folder uplug and flash.
if it doesn't help you should flash via odin (at download mode) 3 file ROM (f.e. JW1) with pit512 and re-partition checked, then flash kernel with cwm and start fun with cwm flashing.
Keep your ROMs and gapps and kernels etc on microSD next time
I do that so when I flash a new ROM I just wipe and format everything. I know its not necessary to format SD, I just do it anyway to clean up folders from old apps etc.
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I have installed semaphore cwm on a stock Galayxy S 2.3 phone. I can get into recovery mode and also download mode. However, when I try and boot the phone it just flashes up the usual Glxy S boot screen and goes no further. I cannot work out how to get Cyanogenmod 10.1.2 zip on to the /sd card when I can't boot the phone. I have put the zip on to the external sd, but that is no good as CWM doesn't see the external SD.
I am getting desperate as it is my daughter's phone and she will not be happy if I have bricked it. I am running linux mint 14.
Ozdemon said:
I have installed semaphore cwm on a stock Galayxy S 2.3 phone. I can get into recovery mode and also download mode. However, when I try and boot the phone it just flashes up the usual Glxy S boot screen and goes no further. I cannot work out how to get Cyanogenmod 10.1.2 zip on to the /sd card when I can't boot the phone. I have put the zip on to the external sd, but that is no good as CWM doesn't see the external SD.
I am getting desperate as it is my daughter's phone and she will not be happy if I have bricked it. I am running linux mint 14.
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To put files into sd card when you are in recovery mode, just go:
Mounts & Storage -> mount usb storage
Then put your zip file and flash it.
1 step forward and 2 steps back.
TenKoX said:
To put files into sd card when you are in recovery mode, just go:
Mounts & Storage -> mount usb storage
Then put your zip file and flash it.
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Thank you so much for this advice. It worked. I got the phone going again and then, to my eternal shame, I did a restore on CWM. I should have done an advanced restore and only selected what I needed. So now I am back where I started, but in a worse position. CWM is displaying error messages such as failed to open /etc/recovery.fstab, can't mount /cache/recovery....I can't install from the internal sd as it can't be seen. I feel like screaming. I have tried re-installing CWM, doing a factory re-set, wiping the cache and dalvik cache, all to no avail.
I wouldn't blame you for giving up on me!
Ozdemon said:
So now I am back where I started, but in a worse position. CWM is displaying error messages such as failed to open !
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You can use a Rescue Kit from My Android Collections to solve your problem or look in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30415128#post30415128 for a solution
You can use a Nandroid Manager app ( from google) to recover data from your backups
Up and running
xsenman said:
You can use a Rescue Kit from My Android Collections to solve your problem or look in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30415128#post30415128 for a solution
You can use a Nandroid Manager app ( from google) to recover data from your backups
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Thanks very much. I am now up and running. You have a mighty impressive set of android software.
I have trouble with my one, after install cm11 ROM my one did not recognize the internal sdcard,I tried connect to PC and there’s same problem. Reboot the phone in recovery mode and go to file manager I can see the sdcard. Any one can tell me what could I do( i did try format the sdcard).
i used Adb but it not detect the phone in recovery mode.
Thx for any help.