So I seemingly bricked my i9000m after switching between a few roms, using lagfixes, and custom roms. I thought my phone was bricked until I downloaded the stock rom (ECLAIR.UGJH2) and flashed it via ODIN 1.3. I am able to use my phone fully now on the stock rom but the internal and external SD cannot be mounted.
Is there anyway to reformat or repartition the storage?
I figured that people with this problem were completely bricked or are they able to boot just without the use of any internal or external memory..
UPDATE: Decided to fool around a bit more and upgraded to Froyo JDM. Newest Froyo roms would not boot. Can see 1.89 GB in Internal rom.
Where did you get the stock rom from??
Hello,
firstly, i am very sory for posting this two times as i already posted this in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882822&page=4
Please do not flame me.. i'm only doing this because i'm getting desparate, and maybe it could, to some extent, help some of you to at least make your phone usable as a dumbphone.
I have a problem with my internal SD.. it's very complicated how it came to all this so i'm going to give you a short version..
I've had the phone for over a month now using darkys roms (with voodoo enabled) and then my cat peed on the phone which resulted in me opening it up and cleaning it with alcohol as it went into a restart loop. the phone then booted into recovery but i couldn't mount the sd card.. i then used the JPU 2.2.1 firmware and instaled it with odin. and it worked.. i could access everithyng normaly, but then:
I tryed to do a wipe version of darkys 8.0 and the phone froze when installing.. afterwards i tried to install a stock 2.2.1 JPU firmware and it kept restarting, then i tried the 2.1 again and after the boot animation it booted into a black screen with buttons working (LED).. after some research i installed 2.2.1 again and used speedMod 256 Hz with odin.. now it boots normaly to the system but the internal sd can't be mounted any way so i cant install any apps or use the camera, etc.. it's strange, cause i can't even mount the external SD not in the system and not in recovery (clockwork or e3) (it seems the ext SD is recognised only as a subfolder of the internal SD.. it sucks) so i can't format it.. i still have some hope because the phone boots every time i flash speedmod over 2.2.1 firmware and works as "normal", even if i restart (except some settings not being saved like my google account info..
I guess i hope there is some way to make the phone recognize the external SD card as it's default with some custom kernel, that is why i posted in this thread..
My phone is Europe I9000 non carrier version..
If someone can help me i will be extreemely grateful!
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845708
if you have missed the post .
I tryed to do a wipe version of darkys 8.0
I would try a install of stock Eclair and nothing else first .
jje
I have a problem and i would be very thankful if anyone could help me solve it:
I looked around the guides here and on youtube and found out that installing a custom rom is much better than sticking with the original gingerbread, so that's what i did. I tried RocketRom for a while and decided that i want to try checkrom to see which is better. So i downloaded the rom, performed all the wipes (cache, dalvik and battery stats) and reset the phone to factory. However due to my immense stupidity i forgot to put the rom on the internal phone memory and i saved it on my microsd card instead. so now i'm stuck: I can't access my internal phone memory because my phone won't start (either bootloops or it shows the boot animation once and then a black screen with nothing on it). And i wasn't able to use CWM to flash the rom using my microsd card because it keeps giving me the error "unable to mount". I looked around again and read that i should format the microsd card but nothing changed and i kept getting the same error.
So this is basically it. Is there a way to access the internal phone memory with my phone turned off? If not, what should i do? I just need to paste the damn rom but i couldn't figure out what to do :S
Any suggestions will be very very appreciated, and thank you for your cooperation
basharno_1992 said:
I have a problem and i would be very thankful if anyone could help me solve it:
I looked around the guides here and on youtube and found out that installing a custom rom is much better than sticking with the original gingerbread, so that's what i did. I tried RocketRom for a while and decided that i want to try checkrom to see which is better. So i downloaded the rom, performed all the wipes (cache, dalvik and battery stats) and reset the phone to factory. However due to my immense stupidity i forgot to put the rom on the internal phone memory and i saved it on my microsd card instead. so now i'm stuck: I can't access my internal phone memory because my phone won't start (either bootloops or it shows the boot animation once and then a black screen with nothing on it). And i wasn't able to use CWM to flash the rom using my microsd card because it keeps giving me the error "unable to mount". I looked around again and read that i should format the microsd card but nothing changed and i kept getting the same error.
So this is basically it. Is there a way to access the internal phone memory with my phone turned off? If not, what should i do? I just need to paste the damn rom but i couldn't figure out what to do :S
Any suggestions will be very very appreciated, and thank you for your cooperation
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Seems like you have issues with CWM as I can access the external sd card without problems..
I think that your only solution is to:
-flash a pre-rooted GB ROM from THIS thread
- Use Chainfire's corresponding kernel to the ROM you flashed so you can get CWM recovery, get it from HERE
- after having both rooted ROM and the CWM recovery transfer the ROM you want to the sd card and flash it from CWM Recovery
Hope this helps
thanks
Thank you for the prompt reply, but i am still quite confused: how can i flash a rom if my phone does it boot? how will i get the rom to the phone memory? Remember the microsd card isn't working so i can't use it for flashing.
basharno_1992 said:
Thank you for the prompt reply, but i am still quite confused: how can i flash a rom if my phone does it boot? how will i get the rom to the phone memory? Remember the microsd card isn't working so i can't use it for flashing.
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The ROMs in that thread use the .tar format and are flashed using PC Odin which uses download mode follow the instructions posted there and you're out in no time hopefully
OK
Ok which version do you recemmend? and should i use a wipe or non-wipe version?
Hi, I flashed to LP9 and could not see my SDcard in file mgr. Same problem when booting to recovery mode.
When I flashed back to stock GB ROM (LC2), card is OK. Tried LPF but also could not detect the card.
Pls help.
Anyone else experiencing same problem as me?
Card is readable with card reader on PC. Card is readable on GB ROM.
I tried flashing via Odin PC with Singapore and Taiwan ROM.
Also tried OTA upgrade from stock GB ROM.
All 3 methods could not detect Sdcard / external storage whether from filemgr or from recovery.
first, sorry for my bad english.
I flash Slimbean 3.1 on my cappy and it work well ... until yesterday. The phone is and i have to reset phone, but its stucked on the semaphore screen. Then I try to remove battery, restart again and its stucked again.
I try to flash stock ROM 2.3.5 using odin and but i realize that it can't detect a internal SD and my 4GB micro SD.
my phone status :
- it will bootloop if i remove the SD card althoug it doesnt detect ??
- boh SD card and USB storage are "unavailable"
- can't flash any ROM or install a app or take picture
Help me, is my phone gone
tquang620 said:
first, sorry for my bad english.
I flash Slimbean 3.1 on my cappy and it work well ... until yesterday. The phone is and i have to reset phone, but its stucked on the semaphore screen. Then I try to remove battery, restart again and its stucked again.
I try to flash stock ROM 2.3.5 using odin and but i realize that it can't detect a internal SD and my 4GB micro SD.
my phone status :
- it will bootloop if i remove the SD card althoug it doesnt detect ??
- boh SD card and USB storage are "unavailable"
- can't flash any ROM or install a app or take picture
Help me, is my phone gone
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Are you able to boot in recovery? (3 buttons combo)
From there, you can try to clear cache/dalvik and reboot (booting will take a while).
Another option would be to try to mount the your SD through recovery, backup your files, get in download mode, flash KK4 with Odin one click, flash corn kernel with Odin 1.85 and finaly, get back on Slimbean as per their instructions.
BWolf56 said:
Are you able to boot in recovery? (3 buttons combo)
From there, you can try to clear cache/dalvik and reboot (booting will take a while).
Another option would be to try to mount the your SD through recovery, backup your files, get in download mode, flash KK4 with Odin one click, flash corn kernel with Odin 1.85 and finaly, get back on Slimbean as per their instructions.
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i can boot in recovery, clear cache/dalvik but can not factory reset it because internal storage is not available. I have a ROM file in internal SD but I can't access to it. Is there a ROM with a extension that can be flash through Odin?
The phone work well in 2.3.5, just cant detect both storage, and if i put out the SD card, it will boot loop.
tquang620 said:
i can boot in recovery, clear cache/dalvik but can not factory reset it because internal storage is not available. I have a ROM file in internal SD but I can't access to it. Is there a ROM with a extension that can be flash through Odin?
The phone work well in 2.3.5, just cant detect both storage, and if i put out the SD card, it will boot loop.
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So you flashed KK4 already? If not, you should.
As for flashing a ROM with Odin, you'd need it to be packaged for it (or made into a one click). Before flashing a new custom ROM, you'll need to fix your SD card problem.
If you're able to connect your SD card to your pc, backup it's files, format it and try it again.
BWolf56 said:
So you flashed KK4 already? If not, you should.
As for flashing a ROM with Odin, you'd need it to be packaged for it (or made into a one click). Before flashing a new custom ROM, you'll need to fix your SD card problem.
If you're able to connect your SD card to your pc, backup it's files, format it and try it again.
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i find this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303&page=1, Is my phone have that issue?
Can I access to the internal storage again or i lost it forever?
tquang620 said:
i find this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303&page=1, Is my phone have that issue?
Can I access to the internal storage again or i lost it forever?
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Did you see the EU screen? If not, then no.
You didn't answer nor reply to my last post, I need you to in order to help you.
BWolf56 said:
Did you see the EU screen? If not, then no.
You didn't answer nor reply to my last post, I need you to in order to help you.
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This is my friend's phone, so i dont know it had EU screen or not. I flash KK4 but it is bootloop, i try KF1, KJ2, bootloop. Yesterday KF1 work but today it doesnt, Only JF6 working now. Its still not detect internal memory, and i must put a external SD card in to make it work.
IF i see EU screen then my internal SD gone ? I use captivate too, so im very worry now.
Thanks for helping me
i dont want to use SD anymore so i think it is not necessary to format or backup it. Captivate can work well without a SD card.
tquang620 said:
This is my friend's phone, so i dont know it had EU screen or not. I flash KK4 but it is bootloop, i try KF1, KJ2, bootloop. Yesterday KF1 work but today it doesnt, Only JF6 working now. Its still not detect internal memory, and i must put a external SD card in to make it work.
IF i see EU screen then my internal SD gone ? I use captivate too, so im very worry now.
Thanks for helping me
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Well first step would be to ask your friend if he got the EU screen. If so, follow the guide to recover from it.
You will need the bootloaders version of KK4 now as JF6 flashes old bootloaders. If Odin doesn't work, you can try Heimdall (know that Odin won't work on the same USB port as Heimdall, due to Heimdall flashing it's own drivers to that USB port).
I'm not sure what you mean by having to put the external SD card to make it work, do you mean that the internal SD works when the external is in? If so, copy it's content to your pc or external SD while you still can as you might need to completely wipe it.
BWolf56 said:
Well first step would be to ask your friend if he got the EU screen. If so, follow the guide to recover from it.
You will need the bootloaders version of KK4 now as JF6 flashes old bootloaders. If Odin doesn't work, you can try Heimdall (know that Odin won't work on the same USB port as Heimdall, due to Heimdall flashing it's own drivers to that USB port).
I'm not sure what you mean by having to put the external SD card to make it work, do you mean that the internal SD works when the external is in? If so, copy it's content to your pc or external SD while you still can as you might need to completely wipe it.
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I ask him, he said that he saw a black screen, he press power button but it did't work, then he put out battery then the phone was stucked in semaphore screen. When he give me his phone, I try to restock it using odin and JF6 . Thats all.
I mean that if external SD is put in, then phone then boot successful, if not it will bootloop. When using phone, it say both internal and external is unavailable, if i put out external SD the phone turn off immediately.
tquang620 said:
I ask him, he said that he saw a black screen, he press power button but it did't work, then he put out battery then the phone was stucked in semaphore screen. When he give me his phone, I try to restock it using odin and JF6 . Thats all.
I mean that if external SD is put in, then phone then boot successful, if not it will bootloop. When using phone, it say both internal and external is unavailable, if i put out external SD the phone turn off immediately.
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That sounds worse than the EU bug.. But I would still try their fix so follow their guide. Hopefully it helps, one thing though, EU is a ICS bug and you were on JB so there's something missing here.. Was there any changes or mod made before the black screen? Tried to install something perhaps?
As for JF6, it should never be flashed anymore as it flashes the old bootloaders. KK4 is what you need (GB 2.3.5) and since you flashed JF6, you'll need to reflash the GB bootloaders, so Odin KK4 with bootloaders.
So here are your next steps:
1- Find out what exactly happened before the black screen
2- Try to flash Odin KK4 (with BLs)
3- If it doesn't work, try with Heimdall KK4 with bootloaders (Use it on a different USB port)
4- If all of the above don't work, follow the EU bug guide
Thanks alot for your help, i will try tomorow, then i will report.