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[Q] Samsung I9000 Boot Loop, after Odin reflash etc.

I have a samsung galaxy s, gt-i9000. It was on the t-mobile network. It stopped working one day and is now stuck on a boot loop. (It does go into download mode)
Can anyone help me? ps. I do not know the original firmware names etc.

Hooolagon said:
I have a samsung galaxy s, gt-i9000. It was on the t-mobile network. It stopped working one day and is now stuck on a boot loop. (It does go into download mode)
Can anyone help me? ps. I do not know the original firmware names etc.
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If your phone goes in to download mode you can flash, using Odin, a full stock firmware.
Have you ever update it since you've bought it?

umberto1978 said:
If your phone goes in to download mode you can flash, using Odin, a full stock firmware.
Have you ever update it since you've bought it?
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I have a problem saying Cant Mount sdcard

I have the exact same problem as ysr84.. When i click "reboot system now" it just goes back into the boot loop.
Also.. My phone does go into download mode.. I have tried to flash using Odin3 but get the image as ysr84.. My phone then repeats the boot loop sequence..
PS. I do not know which firmware the phone started with, I have been flashing with JVR.
Since I bought the phone I have not tried to update it, I think there was no available update.. =/ not 100% sure..
Although when flashing with JVR I get the "Can't mount etc"

Android system recovery <3e>
Enter: OK Key, Select : Vol UP / Vol Down
reboot system now
apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
_____________________________________
--Installing package...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Successfully installed package.
--Copying media files...
Successfully copied meida files.
--Wiping data...
Formatting /data
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on dev/block
/mmcblkop2
Formatting /dbdata...
Formatting /cache...
Deleting Meta Data
Data wipe failed.
-- Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Applied the CSC-code 'KOR'
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
^This is the message I get after a fresh install using Odin3 with repartition selected. I had used the firmware package JVR.

ysr84 said:
I have a problem saying Cant Mount sdcard
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Which firmware you tried to flash...and how? If you want more help about flashing follow http://www.hdtechvideo.com

anukilimanoor said:
Which firmware you tried to flash...and how? If you want more help about flashing follow http://www.hdtechvideo.com
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Hello, I have tried to flash my phone with 'any' firmware as I do not know which firmware my phone was on before.

It maybe a trouble with partition.
You can try to re-virgin your phone by flashing an old eclair (JM8/JM9) firmware always using odin with pit 512, re-partition flagged.
Be careful if using a copy with bootloader.
After that (if phone boot regurarly) you can get any gingerbread firmware, obviusly if you used in the previous step bootloader for eclair firmware, than you'll get a copy of gingerbread with it's bootloader.
But i'm not sure this helps you.
Hope you solve this, guy.

umberto1978 said:
Be careful if using a copy with bootloader.
After that (if phone boot regurarly) you can get any gingerbread firmware, obviusly if you used in the previous step bootloader for eclair firmware, than you'll get a copy of gingerbread with it's bootloader.
But i'm not sure this helps you.
Hope you solve this, guy.
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What do you mean by bootloader?

Hooolagon said:
What do you mean by bootloader?
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If you, using 7ZIP, extract the archive PDA.TAR.MD5, from a package firmware with 3 files+pit512, you'll find boot.bin and sbl.bin.
boot.bin --> primary bootloader
sbl.bin --> secondary bootloader
I hope you don't mean what does a bootloader with your question.....

You'll have to try flashing different ODIN or Heimdall Stock builds. Unfortunately, it may or may not fix your problem. Make sure you have a USB Download Jig just in case because you'll probably get times where it looks like it won't turn on and its the only way to get it back up and running. If all else fails and your warranty is still intact, use it. These are the early signs of internal SD Card failure. If warranty is not an option, you should be able to use the external as your primary partition and lose the internal completely. Its what I'm doing currently on my i9000M with the infamous broken internal SD Card. My internal SD Card is gone completely but everything is running under my External SD Card perfectly.

Okay, so it's included within the three files + pit. That's okay, I thought there was more then four files after the extraction.. I am downloading JM8... Will tell you how I get on.

This time it said...
Android system recovery <2e>
Samsung recovery utils
for BML
reboot system now
apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
_____________________________________
E:copy_dbdata_media:format SDCARD:
Formatting SDCARD...
format_root_device: /dev/block/mmcblkop1format_r
fsdevice -> /dev/block/mmcblkop1
format_vfat_device -> argv[1] :-F
format_vfat_device -> argv[2] : 32
format_vfat_device -> argv[3] :-0
format_vfat_device -> argv[4] : android
format_vfat_device -> argv[5] : /dev/block/mmcbl
kop1
update media, finished
#MANUAL MODE#
-- Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
mps_dat value: KOR
copy_multi_carrier from: KOR
multicsc : can not acces tp /system/csc/KOR/system/
copy_common_data
^That's what happend when I flashed with JM8, (I had only flashed with PDA and repartition unchecked, due to phone and csc missing from the download.)
I will now click reboot system now...

dawgpound6985 said:
You'll have to try flashing different ODIN or Heimdall Stock builds. Unfortunately, it may or may not fix your problem. Make sure you have a USB Download Jig just in case because you'll probably get times where it looks like it won't turn on and its the only way to get it back up and running. If all else fails and your warranty is still intact, use it. These are the early signs of internal SD Card failure. If warranty is not an option, you should be able to use the external as your primary partition and lose the internal completely. Its what I'm doing currently on my i9000M with the infamous broken internal SD Card. My internal SD Card is gone completely but everything is running under my External SD Card perfectly.
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Could you perhaps guide me on how to do so, I also think my internal SD CARD is also "buggered"..
Thanks in advance..

Woah WOAH WOAH HAHAHA!... Its alive... slightly! It turns on with the galaxy S logo and does some sort of sound thing.. =/ then turns off! But wahay!... Thanks Umberto1978..
I did this by first flashing JM8 PDA with repartition off...
Then flashing JM1 PDA PHONE AND CSC WITH 512 PIT...
on restart this happened..

Sure. This is what I did on my i9000M. Internal SD Card is useless so everything is now running off my External 8 GB microSD.
Go to this page and grab Heimdall and JVT build:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196179
Heimdall: http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
JVT: http://www.multiupload.com/QMORULUWRQ
ODIN may work but I haven't tried it out myself and the packages above are made specifically for Heimdall. Set up Heimdall along with its specific drivers (included in Heimdall) to allow it to flash the phone.
- Make sure you have an external SD Card in your phone and make sure its formatted to FAT32.
- Flash the Heimdall JVT build with repartion checked using Heimdall
- Once it reboots, it'll try to format the SD Card but fail to do so and give you an error message. Ignore it and reboot the phone.
- It should now boot into Stock JVT firmware. If you go to your Storage under settings, you'll notice that Internal and External SD Card will be unavailable which is expected. You'll have 2 GB of internal storage for apps and whatever other things.
- You have two options here: 1) Continue using stock JVT; 2) Flash a custom ROM.
So let's say you want to flash a custom ROM like Cyanogenmod or MIUI. Fire up Heimdall again and go back into download mode. Flash the CF-Root for JVT kernel by Chainfire using Heimdall:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15188469&postcount=9
This will allows you to flash CWM files. You can now install Cyanogemod or whatever custom ROMs you like.
Switching the primary partitions:
Cyanogenmod has a setting where you can switch the primary partitions in Cyanogenmod settings.
Cyanogenmod Settings --> Application --> UNCHECK use internal storage --> Reboot. Your External SD Card will now be the primary partition.
For myself, I am currently running Galnet's MIUI ICS. It doesn't have the Cyanogenmod settings above. I instead use the vold.fstab trick to switch the two partitions. If you navigate to "system/etc" folder, you'll see a file called vold.fstab. Open it with Notepad++ or some other note editor. You'll see the following (this is only for Galnet's MIUI, other ROMs will have something similar. Just switch the partitions like below):
Code:
# internal sdcard
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard/external_sd auto [U]/devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/mmc_host/mmc0[/U]
# external sdcard
dev_mount emmc /mnt/sdcard 1 [U]/devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc2[/U]
Switch the two underlined around and push the vold.fstab back into system/etc/ and put the correct permissions. Your external card will now be your primary partition and your internal SD card (unavailable) is the external.
So why switch the partitions? You don't necessarily have to but if you want your phone storage to be neat, do it as it changes your sdcard mounts around, etc. You'll also get back USB mounting functions which you can't do with the internal storage being unavailable and the primary partition.
Hooolagon said:
Woah WOAH WOAH HAHAHA!... Its alive... slightly! It turns on with the galaxy S logo and does some sort of sound thing.. =/ then turns off! But wahay!... Thanks Umberto1978..
I did this by first flashing JM8 PDA with repartition off...
Then flashing JM1 PDA PHONE AND CSC WITH 512 PIT...
on restart this happened..
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Yeah unfortunately, you have the dreaded Galaxy S bootloop. Internal SD Card is probably toast. You can test this by removing the External SD Card and trying to boot. It most likely won't get as far. What happened is that ODIN flashed Android to your external card and trying to boot off it.

I have tried to use heimdall, and once it had loaded and the phone rebooted I did get the error message, however after ignoring this, once I had rebooted the phone it goes back into the boot loop.?

Hooolagon said:
I have tried to use heimdall, and once it had loaded and the phone rebooted I did get the error message, however after ignoring this, once I had rebooted the phone it goes back into the boot loop.?
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Have you tried reformatting your external SD Card? Just format it to FAT32 and then try again. Also, first boot may take a few minutes. You can verify that its booting fine by using logcat if you have ADB installed on your computer.

Flash jm9 mate, not jm8. Seems to resurrect better. With odin. Pit 512 with Repartition.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

Hooolagon said:
Woah WOAH WOAH HAHAHA!... Its alive... slightly! It turns on with the galaxy S logo and does some sort of sound thing.. =/ then turns off! But wahay!... Thanks Umberto1978..
I did this by first flashing JM8 PDA with repartition off...
Then flashing JM1 PDA PHONE AND CSC WITH 512 PIT...
on restart this happened..
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I am at work but will give this a shot... I also found a lot of people resolved problem by using JM8 with repartition and 512 pit
then with JPM & pit 803 with no repartition ticked...
Use Odin 1.3... 1.8 wont allow you to tick and untick with a repart file...
Will post results tonight... its been two days and i have tried everything...

[Q] I9000 Soft-bricked after Jellybean flash

Evening,
After trying nearyl everything I found online to get my phone back into a working state I finally gave up and decided to ask
you for help.
So, it all began with me trying to flash the Jelly Bean Port onto my SGS in the hope it would fix my constant crashes and other problems
I had after another flash.
I got it working at some point, but it did not react when I plugged it in the usb port as mass storage device or any other mode for that matter.
So I tried some other solutions.
A couple tries later i started getting the "cant mount /dbdata" error which i fixed with a solution from this forum using a dbata.tar as PDA, using the JW4 firmware.
However because I wanted the usb to work I tried again to get jelly bean to run, without success.
I'm no unable to boot the phone passed "Enter your password to decrypt storage" or in any other mode.
When flashing I keep getting "Failed to mount /data" which seems to disappear at times when the external sd is inserted.
My Computer regocnizes the Phone as two different drives, even when i remove the sd...
So yeah.
The moral of the story is: I cant get the phone to run on any mode except jellybean and there without usb connection, if i get passed the decrypt thing.
Currently all flashing leads me to the recovery screen saying:
"Can't mount /data " and "Cache wipe failed" after that it just bootloops.
So, can anyone help me out?
P.S. I can at all times enter recovery and download mode.

Hey
If u can enter download mode, why dont u flash 2.3.6??that should clean all your problems..
Plus if you upgrade to JB your external sd-card wont be mounted to ur system...(you cannot alter any data directly to your external sdcard...
There are 3 ways to solve your prob..
1.use CWM..
--goto mounts and storage, then hit external sdcard..
2.use your external memory card directly with ur system..that means without your phone
3.(long method)
Transfer ur data to internal sdcard then use a file manager and transfer to external memory card
Cheers
If I Helped, dont mind Hitting the Thanks button...

Flashing an old Stock Rom mostly fixes all problems for me and should do the same for you
Sent from my GT-I9001 using xda app-developers app

Hi,
Thanks for the answers.
Flashing an old Stock Rom mostly fixes all problems for me and should do the same for you
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I tried this approach and flashed the JVU Version from samfirmware.
It leads to the following error:
Code:
Failed to mount /sdcard (file exists)
(...)
Format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
During the boot up, after the first flash.
Note: The external SD-Card was not in the phone, as well as the sim card.
After that it starts bootlooping.
If I insert the external SD-Card before the flashing process i only get:
Code:
Format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
And the Phone starts to bootloop again.
I've tried to google this and I get two reactions:
The internal SD is fried.
Format the internal SD using CWM.
I believe I did try the second approach, but i would greatly appreciate a short guide on how-to properly format my internal SD
There are 3 ways to solve your prob..
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I was under the impression they had fixed that bug in V6.
Anyway, it's not the real problem since I would rather get my phone to work again, before I go ahead and try out jelly bean again.

The ics semaphore.tar odin kernel from the semaphore thread has worked for everyone I've suggested it to.
For some reason it seems to work where other flashable packages don't, worth a try.
Sent from horseback.

First of all I flash stock firmware. / 3 PDA files, MODEM, CSC / odin with the pit512 and Re-partition.za second is that the flash / ICS, JB / clearing script to use the kernel, then the full wipe and cwm JB installation ....

adytum said:
The ics semaphore.tar odin kernel from the semaphore thread has worked for everyone I've suggested it to.
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Did you mean this Semaphore Thread?
If so, just tried it, didnt work, still get the same error as before:
Code:
Format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
misacek said:
First of all I flash stock firmware. / 3 PDA files, MODEM, CSC / odin with the pit512 and Re-partition.za
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At this Point, I get the first error concering the formating, see above.
If I still continue and manage to get JB to work (I event tried the kernel cleaning script). I get locked out because of this "Enter password to
decrypt storage" Error. Which is known to be fixed by performing a factory reset, which I cant do, because of the first error.

f_erin said:
I get locked out because of this "Enter password to
decrypt storage" Error. Which is known to be fixed by performing a factory reset, which I cant do, because of the first error.
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try and enter any password five times until prompted that this will wipe the card, than you should be able to do so

So, today I decided to buy a new smartphone after one last try of getting my old one to work.
I used the default guide to flash JellyBean and now it works ...
I guess it was scared or something, I'll keep using it to check of fluently it works for now and bought and sd reader to solve the usb issue.
So this thread can be closed.
Thanks to all for their tips.

[Q] Unable to mount /data or /emmc

My i9305 is routed, and has clockwork mod installed on it, still running the new EE 4.1.2 official rom thought.
Im unable to mount the data partition in clockwork mod which means i cant create any backups of my phone as it fails.
The internal sd card partition wont mount either when i try and intsall a zip from internal sdcard i get cannot mount /emmc.
I think my partitions are messed up and i probably need to reflash a PIT file to get them back in the right place.
Can anyone confirm that this is right?? And if http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950591 is the corrrect PIT file to use for me?
Thanks

Hey,
which version of cwm do you use?
I only know the emmc error from the 6.0.1.5 touch version in the dev thread.

Dont play with .pit files restore to stock factory reset then use cmw
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

t0nka said:
My i9305 is routed, and has clockwork mod installed on it, still running the new EE 4.1.2 official rom thought.
Im unable to mount the data partition in clockwork mod which means i cant create any backups of my phone as it fails.
The internal sd card partition wont mount either when i try and intsall a zip from internal sdcard i get cannot mount /emmc.
I think my partitions are messed up and i probably need to reflash a PIT file to get them back in the right place.
Can anyone confirm that this is right?? And if http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950591 is the corrrect PIT file to use for me?
Thanks
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had I the same problem [efs] erased and sent him in the Repair Center.wait for still new. they said to me 50% and down probabilities with JTAG

Possible to fix efs unable to mount manualy do with terminal just had problem myself u can also try manual mounting data and emmc using terminal
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

Thanks for your suggestions; I’ve actually managed to fix it now.
I actually forgot to mention a fact which as it turns out was the reason for my problems.
The device was encrypted and CWM can’t deal with encryption or the encryption would be useless!!
I unencrypted the device and I’m now able to mount both partitions.
Can’t believe I didn’t think of this in the first place and nearly flashed a pit file!!!

[Help] Internal SD card failure

Well, I can say that I spent hours on hours trying to search for a solution with no luck,
The internal sd card of my Galaxy S GT-I9000 is corrupt.
I get E: format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 when im trying to format without sdcard inserted.
What I have managed to get after doing everything I can from my own knowlage and from the internet:
100% Working phone with ICS 4.0.3 only with 2 partitioned sd card(reiserfs and fat)
did everything in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31017954
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdMhYYdMB08
also flashed multi-csc firmware with pit(JVU/JVZ) after format everything(except /boot) through CWM with no luck.
main goal:
100% Working phone WITHOUT SD CARD
I thought maybe someone could tell me if this could be solved within software itself or only FLASH IC replacement?
got linux and windows systems so guides with commands involved wont be a problem.
THANK YOU!

Tried flashing stock ROM via odin?

mrjraider said:
Tried flashing stock ROM via odin?
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Yea man,
JVU & JVZ

Noone in this forum knows how to do that??
I need it working without sd card inserted if someone could help me

goto "settings" then "storage" then scroll down to bottom there's option to unmount and erase internal sdcard.

Samsung stuck in logo bootloop! HELP please!

So this is what happened, one day I went to get my phone (Samsung Galaxy S I9000) and he was off. I turned it on but then it started in a SALMSUNG LOGO bootloop, never booting into android. What i've done was flashing him to stock ROM (Froyo 2.2.1) following this toturial - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647890 everything went good during flashing. The problem was when the flashing was over, the phone went to the recovery mode and there were errors (you can see below). I rebooted the system but the SAMSUNG LOGO bootloop was still there. I need some help 'cause i dont know what i should do right now.
This are the errors in the recovery menu:
update media, please wait
E: Can´t mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (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 .
copy deafult media content failed.
I really need some help because im new in this stuff of flashing and using programs like ADB and stuff. Sorry for me being a noob.
PS: Sorry for my English.

sergio627 said:
So this is what happened, one day I went to get my phone (Samsung Galaxy S I9000) and he was off. I turned it on but then it started in a SALMSUNG LOGO bootloop, never booting into android. What i've done was flashing him to stock ROM (Froyo 2.2.1) following this toturial - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647890 everything went good during flashing. The problem was when the flashing was over, the phone went to the recovery mode and there were errors (you can see below). I rebooted the system but the SAMSUNG LOGO bootloop was still there. I need some help 'cause i dont know what i should do right now.
This are the errors in the recovery menu:
update media, please wait
E: Can´t mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (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 .
copy deafult media content failed.
I really need some help because im new in this stuff of flashing and using programs like ADB and stuff. Sorry for me being a noob.
PS: Sorry for my English.
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With PIT files, the internal SD card needs to be re-formatted. If it fails in the recovery, you need to format it with your PC.

gsstudios said:
With PIT files, the internal SD card needs to be re-formatted. If it fails in the recovery, you need to format it with your PC.
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Thank you very much for your answer. Can you please tell me how can I format the internal SD card via computer? Because the phone wont boot so the computer can't format the internal via windows. Do I need to use some program to format the phone while he is in Download Mode or something? If Yes wich one and how?
Thank you again for your reply!

sergio627 said:
Thank you very much for your answer. Can you please tell me how can I format the internal SD card via computer? Because the phone wont boot so the computer can't format the internal via windows. Do I need to use some program to format the phone while he is in Download Mode or something? If Yes wich one and how?
Thank you again for your reply!
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Can your phone go into download mode? If yes, you will need to flash dbdata.rfs via ODIN unda PDA. If recovery prompts for cache, you will need to flash cache.rfs in the same way. (Odin only accepts .tar files but I've attached all of the files you need).
For more help, ask for help in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2444308 . There is a guy who is experiencing exactly the same problem but his phone is completely stuffed. Give my method a chance anyway.

gsstudios said:
Can your phone go into download mode? If yes, you will need to flash dbdata.rfs via ODIN unda PDA. If recovery prompts for cache, you will need to flash cache.rfs in the same way. (Odin only accepts .tar files but I've attached all of the files you need).
For more help, ask for help in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2444308 . There is a guy who is experiencing exactly the same problem but his phone is completely stuffed. Give my method a chance anyway.
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I've done what you say and what says in that thread but the errors are the same and the bootloop is still here, im starting to think that the internal sd is somehow damaged or something. Do you know a way to know if the sd card is damaged or not?