I have a new n900a with stock 4.4.2. I rooted the phone with the TowelRoot and then installed SS 4.72. I backed up my phone with a nondroid backup via SS, titanium backup as well as Helium all on my external SD . The problem is that I tried to flash the Alliance ROM v6 and it didnt work. So I said, hey I've got a full backup lets just restore to the stock ROM and no foul. Well it happens that it FAILED and I noticed that SS cant mount the system partition.
From what I have read, the stock system file for AT&T is not available so I cant flash a stock rom back on my phone. I think that somehow the phone got corrupted. I tried wiping, format data, delvic cache, data, etc. via SS 3.72, nothing works. SS shows the system partition empty. I suspect this may have happened because the ROM I was flashing was based on using SS 3.71. The developer said I should not have a problem flashing the ROM with SS 3.72. I've been flashing roms for a couple of years but have never come across this and am totally stumped. Can anyone point me in the right direction or do I have an $800 brick?
ccaceres said:
I have a new n900a with stock 4.4.2. I rooted the phone with the TowelRoot and then installed SS 4.72. I backed up my phone with a nondroid backup via SS, titanium backup as well as Helium all on my external SD . The problem is that I tried to flash the Alliance ROM v6 and it didnt work. So I said, hey I've got a full backup lets just restore to the stock ROM and no foul. Well it happens that it FAILED and I noticed that SS cant mount the system partition.
From what I have read, the stock system file for AT&T is not available so I cant flash a stock rom back on my phone. I think that somehow the phone got corrupted. I tried wiping, format data, delvic cache, data, etc. via SS 3.72, nothing works. SS shows the system partition empty. I suspect this may have happened because the ROM I was flashing was based on using SS 3.71. The developer said I should not have a problem flashing the ROM with SS 3.72. I've been flashing roms for a couple of years but have never come across this and am totally stumped. Can anyone point me in the right direction or do I have an $800 brick?
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Head on over to the soft brick thread for instructions on how to undo what you did. If that fails, well, you always have the hard debrick method.
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Hello!
Before I want to go on to CWM I want to tell you what happened before.
Yesterday I flashed TWRP recovery which resulted in a really bad situation. I was stuck in recovery. If I pressed reboot it went straigt to recovery again, even if I pulled out the battery. So flashed the stock firmware via the KDZ flashing method and everything worked again.
Then I rooted again, installed CWM, installed CM, installed all my apps (TB backup on PC was quite old),....
So all in all it was a big amount of work and it took me a few hours.
Then everything was working again as it should and I updated all my TB backups and then I wanted to make a Nandroid backup so that I wouldnt have to do all that flashing and installing again.
So I went to recovery--> backup and restore --> backup
But it didnt finish. It always stopped with this error: Error while meaking a backup image of /system!
So i thought maybe I should install everything again, which i did. (I had already made a TB backup of all my apps, so i thought this woulb be done fast)
Well, went to recovery again, did a factory reset, wiped dalvik cache and even formated /system. Then I installed the latest CM + GAPPS and rebooted.
And the first thing i recognized was that the screen popped where it says "android is upgrading". And I wondered even more when I realized that all my apps where stille there. So obviously the factory reset and also format /system didnt work properly.
If I format /system and dont install any ROM then the device doesnt boot (which i guess is the normal behaviour). But what I want to say is that the format works there but if I flash CM afterwards all my apps are still there (despite the fact that i also did a factory reset).
All in all the phone does work normal now, but I'm not able to make a Nandroid backup and I'm really wondering why.
(I also reflashed CWM recovery but that didnt change anything)
I would be glad if s1 could help me.
PS: Could the solution be to flash stock again via KDZ and then do everything from the beginning?
Never heard of anything like this before.
Did you flash the recovery as a .IMG or through Rom manager (I would suggest to flash it with Rom manager).
Try this and report back (maybe your recovery image is damaged or smth.)
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I have no idea what caused this crazy behavoiur of CWM, but I started over again with flashing kdz and now everything is fine
Maybe your SD card is full. Try deleting a few files from your SD and then do the backup.
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I dont have any external sd card and on phone memory there were more than 10GB free space
Hi there,
I recently rooted and flashed a custom ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. I'm very new to this thing and find everything quite overwhelming, but I want to learn.
I flashed this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119219 (the v6 No Wipe version because I was petrified about losing my data if I factory reset), but the phone is now extremely laggy and buggy, so I want to go back to the stock ROM (so I can do a nandroid backup) and then try a different custom ROM like Dmod.
So, my question is, do I have to factory reset my phone to go back to stock? Or can I just flash this file (http://hotfile.com/dl/189271016/833...T-I8190N-BTU-I8190NXXALL6-1356151513.zip.html) using the CWN recovery menu without wiping? I'm asking because my phone keeps giving me an error everytime I try to backup using the CWM Recovery menu.
Thanks and if you need me to explain something in further detail, let me know.
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Hi there,
I recently rooted and flashed a custom ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. I'm very new to this thing and find everything quite overwhelming, but I want to learn.
I flashed this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119219 (the v6 No Wipe version because I was petrified about losing my data if I factory reset), but the phone is now extremely laggy and buggy, so I want to go back to the stock ROM (so I can do a nandroid backup) and then try a different custom ROM like Dmod.
So, my question is, do I have to factory reset my phone to go back to stock? Or can I just flash this file (http://hotfile.com/dl/189271016/833...T-I8190N-BTU-I8190NXXALL6-1356151513.zip.html) using the CWN recovery menu without wiping? I'm asking because my phone keeps giving me an error everytime I try to backup using the CWM Recovery menu.
Thanks and if you need me to explain something in further detail, let me know.
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That firmware is a zipped odin-file. Can't be flashed in CWM.
Make a cwm nandroid backup of your "/data" to your external sd (that's your installed apps)
You can also backup your apps and appdata using titanium backup or similar, for later restore.
Just remember to never backup/restore systemapps.
Backup internal sd to computer just to be sure, if you in any situation have to make a factory reset. Make sure any kind of backup is on your external sd before you make factory reset, or it will be lost forever
YamiWheeler said:
Hi there,
I recently rooted and flashed a custom ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. I'm very new to this thing and find everything quite overwhelming, but I want to learn.
I flashed this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119219 (the v6 No Wipe version because I was petrified about losing my data if I factory reset), but the phone is now extremely laggy and buggy, so I want to go back to the stock ROM (so I can do a nandroid backup) and then try a different custom ROM like Dmod.
So, my question is, do I have to factory reset my phone to go back to stock? Or can I just flash this file (http://hotfile.com/dl/189271016/833...T-I8190N-BTU-I8190NXXALL6-1356151513.zip.html) using the CWN recovery menu without wiping? I'm asking because my phone keeps giving me an error everytime I try to backup using the CWM Recovery menu.
Thanks and if you need me to explain something in further detail, let me know.
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Backup your data in CWM, flash my ROM and restore your data with CWM.
Benzonat0r said:
Backup your data in CWM, flash my ROM and restore your data with CWM.
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CWM has NO choice to backup/restore only parts of the device. Only a full backup is possible.
This is only in TWRP. Pity! I only use CWM because TWRP makes corrupted backups (three times) for me.
Or is it possible to pick out only DATA from the backup? And what is happen with the dalvik cache, which
consists of the byte-code for all installed apps, optimized for the ROM which created it?
"advanced restore and restore only /data". Is this the way in CWM that you mean @benz?
JackoMJ
Yes that's exactly what I meant, "advanced restore and restore only /data"
You don't have to worry about cache and dalvik because it's automatically created on the initial start.
thx for the information Benz (usefull in the future perhaps),
but i´ve decided to use Titanium Backup.
JackoMJ
I just bought my first Android phone - HTC One. I'm loving it so far!! The guy I bought it from previously rooted it and ran several roms on it. I'd like to copy all the files to my computer and then figure out how to wipe all the folders back to stock (no need to have all kinds of roms and folders from apps he had installed previously, etc.)
Is there a way to do this and wipe everything back to factory?? I tried to do the reset through the OS but the files are still there. I also seen factory reset in the bootloader but havent tried it since I'm still learning and dont want to brick the phone.
If you have the nandroid backup of stock the mobile.
Then goto recovery mode and wipe all data,dalvik cache, battery stats.etc..then say restore..The original stock will be back.
If atall u see old files delete with no fear using root explorer.(be carefull)
If any thing goes wrong just restore the backup through recovery....
Good luck:thumbup:
Sanjay Kumar said:
If you have the nandroid backup of stock the mobile.
Then goto recovery mode and wipe all data,dalvik cache, battery stats.etc..then say restore..The original stock will be back.
If atall u see old files delete with no fear using root explorer.(be carefull)
If any thing goes wrong just restore the backup through recovery....
Good luck:thumbup:
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Thanks ... I was thinking the same thing last night ... I thought after rebooting into recovery TWRP had a wipe function (not sure if this does a full wipe or not).
How would I restore a backup once I wipe the device if it wipes the entire device? Use USB and upload it back to the device then restore?
Lastly, I restored into the first backup the device has on it but unfortunately it has tons of stuff already installed on it and I'd like it to be a fresh build. Additionally, I'm only on version 4.1.2 and I'd like to upgrade if possible. Perhaps I can find a newer version of the factory AT&T image which is fresh?
I seen a 4.2.2 thread stickied on here ... would that be a factory AT&T image I could restore to after wiping the entire device of everything? Or perhaps I should try the 4.3 leak or even wait for 4.3?
Hi everybody! I recently installed safestrap 3.72 and installed a couple KitKat roms, everything worked great until I tried to install AzureRom it said E: Unable to mount ' /system'. After that it can no longer mount the system partition... I've tried multiple things and I can't find anything that will work including wiping, formatting, and fix permissions. I also cant flash any roms because of this. I figured out how to use ROM-Slot-1 and able to boot SlimNote but it is very, very buggy and I have zero memory whats so ever. I tried to uninstall Safestrap through the apk but it did nothing. Please help and give me any ideas!!! Thank you so much for all your help!!
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Hi everybody! I recently installed safestrap 3.72 and installed a couple KitKat roms, everything worked great until I tried to install AzureRom it said E: Unable to mount ' /system'. After that it can no longer mount the system partition... I've tried multiple things and I can't find anything that will work including wiping, formatting, and fix permissions. I also cant flash any roms because of this. I figured out how to use ROM-Slot-1 and able to boot SlimNote but it is very, very buggy and I have zero memory whats so ever. I tried to uninstall Safestrap through the apk but it did nothing. Please help and give me any ideas!!! Thank you so much for all your help!!
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Because azurerom is 4.3 and you are on 4.4. Boot to slimnote on your slot and try to load up a 4.4 rom on your sd or internal memory. Boot to ss then go to stock slot and advanced wipe and wipe everything EXCEPT sd card then flash the 4.4 rom you loaded.
Last time I checked I wasn't able to flash roms, even after wiping but I'll try it. Thank you
antnyhills said:
Last time I checked I wasn't able to flash roms, even after wiping but I'll try it. Thank you
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Hope you get it figured out, if anything you can restore to mj5 and start out fresh.
posersk8r said:
Hope you get it figured out, if anything you can restore to mj5 and start out fresh.
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How can I do that? Odin?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
Im Having the same issue I cant install ANY rom they all say
E:unable to mount '/system
E:unable to mount '/systemorig
Please help!?!?
mrmead2 said:
Im Having the same issue I cant install ANY rom they all say
E:unable to mount '/system
E:unable to mount '/systemorig
Please help!?!?
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Are you on jb? Kk? What rom you trying to flash?
i Have no rom installed now...I was running Dynamic Kat 3.0
I have safestrap 3.72...
was trying to install URDroid
mrmead2 said:
i Have no rom installed now...I was running Dynamic Kat 3.0
I have safestrap 3.72...
was trying to install URDroid
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That's weird, never had that mounting error before. If you can boot to ss 3.72 try doing a full wipe EXCEPT sd or ex sd. If you still have urdroid saved or kk backup try to flash or restore for kk backup. If it still doesn't work, read 4 posts up.
mrmead2 said:
Im Having the same issue I cant install ANY rom they all say
E:unable to mount '/system
E:unable to mount '/systemorig
Please help!?!?
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i have this issue on my stock slot in safestrap. i don't think it's even able to wipe /system. for some reason, it can't touch /system at all.
i'm googling around and came across this thread. i'll post again if i am able to find a resolution.
If nothing else works, go back to MJ5 (link on page 1).
If that fails, bring the phone to an AT&T Device Support Center. What will most likely happen is that they'll try to reflash it, fail and replace the phone. (If evilpotatoman's MJ5 restore fails, it's usually a bad motherboard.)
isharted said:
i have this issue on my stock slot in safestrap. i don't think it's even able to wipe /system. for some reason, it can't touch /system at all.
i'm googling around and came across this thread. i'll post again if i am able to find a resolution.
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I have the same problem! I achieved root yesterday (finally) and tried to install the Firenote rom. It wouldn't take, so I restored my backup to try again. But when I tried again, it wouldn't mount E:. It wouldn't even allow me to restore backup. It failed to mount every time in stock slot. Eventually, it wouldn't even let me create a slot at all!
Out of desperation, I entered recovery and wiped data, and when I booted into safestrap again, I was able to create a slot, where I installed Alliance KK to have a functioning phone. Wifi works, although it's buggy (wifi doesn't work on Dynamic 3.2). So I'm stuck.
I tried downloading safestrap again and uninstalling/installing it, hoping that would work, but it didn't. The only thing I can think of that I did wrong was that I took the micro SD card out a few times while in safestrap without properly ejecting it, but I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it.
CPT Crunch said:
I have the same problem! I achieved root yesterday (finally) and tried to install the Firenote rom. It wouldn't take, so I restored my backup to try again. But when I tried again, it wouldn't mount E:. It wouldn't even allow me to restore backup. It failed to mount every time in stock slot. Eventually, it wouldn't even let me create a slot at all!
Out of desperation, I entered recovery and wiped data, and when I booted into safestrap again, I was able to create a slot, where I installed Alliance KK to have a functioning phone. Wifi works, although it's buggy (wifi doesn't work on Dynamic 3.2). So I'm stuck.
I tried downloading safestrap again and uninstalling/installing it, hoping that would work, but it didn't. The only thing I can think of that I did wrong was that I took the micro SD card out a few times while in safestrap without properly ejecting it, but I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it.
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Yo fire rom is mj5, read up before you go flash happy. You can't go back to 4.3 once you are on 4.4 with the 4.4 bootloader...
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tylerholbrook said:
Yo fire rom is mj5, read up before you go flash happy. You can't go back to 4.3 once you are on 4.4 with the 4.4 bootloader...
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Doh! Sorry! That explains a lot.Would that have screwed up my stock slot in safestrap?
isharted said:
i have this issue on my stock slot in safestrap. i don't think it's even able to wipe /system. for some reason, it can't touch /system at all.
i'm googling around and came across this thread. i'll post again if i am able to find a resolution.
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I had this same problem until yesterday, I followed the instructions found here . I was able to restore my phone back to KK goodness, root, install busybox and safestrap, then flash a rom to my (previously untouchable) root slot. It worked perfectly
Hello there I am new to this not that new but ya I've been rooting phone for a while know never had no complications what so ever but here comes the boom lol. AT&T SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3 I recently used TowleRoot & Safestrap everything went find I created a slot for rom first backing up my stock rom I went ahead added the rom. I was not satisfied with the romantic so I went back and did factory reset wipe and advanced wipe and it messed up my stock rom I am not able to load a romantic to it or load my back up so I am using the slot I created on safestrap the thing with this is that some how this is taking all my system memory I can't download unless I have a sad card on phone at this point I don't know what to do I tried using odin also oneclick alway get fail on both well in the process of doing this well trying to fix it I saw that a lot of people have been having trouble fixing this some are on boot logo loops others bricked and we'll I want to find out if any body here in this community can help me and others to save the note 3 thank you for your time.
You should be able to use the same backup of your stock Rom that you're using in slot 1 and restore it to your stock slot. I'd do an advanced wipe of your stock slot leaving only wipe sdcard unchecked but wiping everything else. If that doesn't work and you were on NC2, then this will help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54807112
andygev35 said:
You should be able to use the same backup of your stock Rom that you're using in slot 1 and restore it to your stock slot. I'd do an advanced wipe of your stock slot leaving only wipe sdcard unchecked but wiping everything else. If that doesn't work and you were on NC2, then this will help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54807112
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Hi! Andygev35 Thank You so much for your replyI was able to restore backup in slot 1 it is still using all of my hard drive memory 32g device capacity and this slot is using 29.57 gb.
Did you delete slot 1? That will also take up available space.
andygev35 said:
Did you delete slot 1? That will also take up available space.
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Yes I andygev35 did but I had to create it again to install back up I did a advance wipe before install phone came on with my stock rom everything wipe but ya it is still taking up all my memory p.s I still have not try the link you send me I did this on safe strap.
I'm sort of lost with what you did... What you should do is delete rom slot 1 altogether, do an advanced wipe of the stock slot, uncheck wipe sdcard, then do a restore to the stock slot with your backup file.
andygev35 said:
I'm sort of lost with what you did... What you should do is delete rom slot 1 altogether, do an advanced wipe of the stock slot, uncheck wipe sdcard, then do a restore to the stock slot with your backup file.
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Sorry for confusion Andygev35 I did do that I erased slot 1 I also did do a complete wipe on stock rom before I tried installing my stock back up it says E:unable something system let me try it again. Sorry one again I am new to the forums.
K1NGB345TNOTE3 said:
Sorry for confusion Andygev35 I did do that I erased slot 1 I also did do a complete wipe on stock rom before I tried installing my stock back up it says E:unable something system let me try it again. Sorry one again I am new to the forums.
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ok I try it again when I do a advance wipe it says E: unable to mount ' / system when I try restoring back up to stock rom both system and data are checked I hit ok and I get same thing E: unable to mount system so I tried reboo t and it tells me no os installed
It sounds as though you may have used either an outdated version of safestrap or even the wrong version entirely. Best bet is to head over to the link I sent earlier and Odin back to stock 4.4.2. Then you can towelroot again. Make sure you use this version of safestrap: http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=7216
andygev35 said:
It sounds as though you may have used either an outdated version of safestrap or even the wrong version entirely. Best bet is to head over to the link I sent earlier and Odin back to stock 4.4.2. Then you can towelroot again. Make sure you use this version of safestrap: http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=7216
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Hey Thanks a lot you don't know how much I appreciate this I just went a head and use the link you send me work awesome I have my phone back so cool thanks again for everyone else this four links are gold thank you again @andygev35 .:good::laugh:
Glad to have helped.