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[Q] Boot loop

Hi guys,
I have browsed the forum and have tried several of the remedies here but still no luck. I have been running Darkyy's 9.0.2 rom for a few weeks now, with a 500hz- speedmod kernel (don't remember what flavour, but was flashed via CWM). It has been running great since I flashed.
The problem arose when I went into settings to simply change the lock screen. I selected another lockscreen and my phone rebooted. Then it gave me quite a few FC errors,so I decided to boot into recovery and 'restore' a previous save. Now my phone just shows the samsung logo and reboots.
I am able to get into download mode but not recovery. This will be the fourth time I have to send it away. Is there another option or is this still my only option?
Any thing specific I should try to flash.
If it helps I am on the BEll network (gt-i9000M)

try to flash JPY base stock ROM with Odin......
try without repartition and pit (1 file PDA, no pit file from samfirmware.com)....
Then flash the latest speedmod kernel.....
Now it should work (maybe! XD)!!

Thanks for your reply, I tried your suggestion but still the same problem. I also tried all of the suggestions on this link. I finally was able to get into the recovery console by flashing JPY (no part, no pit), then immediately flash JL2 (with bootloader, no flash, no pit) but I got the dreaded 'no such directory'...again. So I am SOL but have to take it back today.

Did you tried flashing with 3 files + pit + repartition?
With this method it should work...
Remember: no bootloader update!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Did you ever upgrade to the official Bell JL2? If not, I'd probably do that through Odin and have it update the bootloader. I had gone from JH2 to different cooked roms and would always run into corruption/fc problems a week later. And eventually the phone would just not boot into the OS. The last time it happened, even flashing to another cooked ROM would not work. The official bell JL2 has an bootloader update that seemed to have fixed the issues I was having.
Booted official JL2 and remembered how much I hated lag After that, flashed a 2e kernel through Odin then seeARM's cooked JL2 through clockwork. Been running that for 3 weeks now without any issues.

Hi Guys,
I should probably write down what I flash when I flash it. I honestly do not remember what I flashed. I went through all the threads I could find and tried everything. So to answer your question, I cannot say for sure if I did that or not. But I ended up sending the phone away. It was weird, I asked my fiance to take my phone in while I was at work. She called me later that day and told me that her phone did the same thing so she sent hers back the same day....weird.

[Q] Galaxy Note bricked when used "u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit" in Odin

Okay. Some history to start with...
I got Chinese version of Galaxy Note which runs i9220 ROM and been trying to flash with HK/EU ROM last several days but out of luck so far. (And whenever failed, I re-loaded stock ROM found from Samsung-updates.com site for i9220. It then worked fine but still with original problem unsolved.
I then tried one last method that I saw someone succeed flashing Chinese ROM via use of PIT file came from one of the other downloads.. yeah, I didn't check the source PIT came from before try... which is my bad.
Without confirming it, I instantly located "u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit" that's packaged with odin 1.85 and carelessly gave a try.
And now... my precious GalaxyNote became the most expense brick in my house and am looking for professional help from you guys.
Steps I did before bricking and tried:
1. Load GalaxyNote in Download mode (volume down + home + power)
2. Launch Odin 1.85 and no change to default setting. (Check mark on #Auto Reboot & #F.Reset Time, uncheck on #Re-Partition & #Flash Lock)
3. Set PIT to "u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit"
4. Set PDA to "N7000XXKL7_N7000OXAKL7_N7000XXKL7_HOME"
5. Click #Start
Soon after around 5%, it failed.
I then attempted to restore factory ROM via usual way - doing same as above except no PIT this time and choosing original stock ROM for i9220.
It failed! OMG...
I then tried again (#1 ~ 5 above) but this time, check on #Re-partition for luck. Still no luck!
I then downloaded Heimdall1.3.1 and tried to extract PIT file but the tool fails as well and gives "ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -12".
At all times, GalaxyNote screen shows android icon with 'Downloading... Do not turn off target!!'. And the device can also be seen from odin.
Soon as turn off galaxynote and disconnect from computer, it shows 'Software Update Fail' message.
How I can restore to original factory setting? And if possible, how I can restore to EU or Hong Kong ROM?
My Chinese friend has the same device as mine. In this case, will Heimdall tool help extracting PLT from it and help restoring my device via odin?
Your professional help is sincerely appreciated!!!!

Resolved
Using "Q1_20110914_16GB.pit" and re-partition check from odin while flashing to original stock rom has resolved an issue.
Referred from following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1533214

Never use pit and do not tick repartion when flashing.

bootloader?
U are fine. It is a recovery issue and not a bootloader. Install custom recovery and flash stock firmware w odin. Oh yea, and profit.

Toolmighty said:
U are fine. It is a recovery issue and not a bootloader. Install custom recovery and flash stock firmware w odin. Oh yea, and profit.
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Why do you revive an old thread? The user has resolved it the day after his problem.

[Q] Failed to mount efs, repartition failed, internal memory 0.0mb : PLease help

Hi friends ,
I am using Samsung S Advance since last eight month, Till now i have flash more than 300 nightly and custom roms over my mobile and evry time i succeeded, but two days back when i got stuck in omnirom I use ODIN to Flash Stock JB . My Phone Boot After that And got stuck on initial setting wizard everytime i try to pass that it shows
unfortunately samsung setting wizard stopped , so i can not pass that point ,
So i flash stock firmware again and again but everytime same problem
Then I reboot in Recovery which show message " fail to mount efs( invalid argument)
I ignore it and Start Recovery again and root my mobile using update.zip(which is temporary recovery) and then flash cocore kernel And try to restore my backup( I have 6 different rom backup , i tried them all) but every rom got stuck in bootloop .
Then I try to Flash CM10.2 but that also didn't work
Then I Flash some custom rom like sami-os and galexperia which are based on stock firmware and they start working but those roms are freezing a lot, When i try to install any software in those rom they says insufficient memory , I Check storage and it shows
"DEVICE MEMORY 0.00B"
Everytime I reboot all user data get wiped and evrytime setting wizard appear like first boot
I have tried to mount efs, data, ,system via cwm . There is error to mount efs via cwm . I mount data, system successfully but after every reboot they are unmounted.
So Made some search and finally decide to repartition via odin using PIT file given somewhere in this forum but odin shows "fail"
My Friend suggest me to revert back to gb but i couldn't find Indian firmware ( All sites give link to hotfile page which is banned), so i followed post in xda about downgrading from JB to GB and try to flash PIT, PDA , CSC file given by OP via odin but it fails everytime .
So again I flash JB via odin but same result( Got stuck in setting wizard)
So I Tried to root again using update.zip(which i mentioned earlier and which works for me everytime in past) but it switched off during update in recovery so now i can not start cwm now and can use only stock recovery and unable to flash custom rom.
I have Given All Details about how problem start and here is summary of all problems
1. fail to mount efs(invalid argument)
2. 0.0b internal memory
3. unable to repartition using ODIN
4. user data deleted on every boot and boot as first boot
5. can not pass setup wizard in stock firmware after flashing stock via Odin
I think i have messed up with internal memory and which is causing problem or my recovery is damaged.
please give me solution .
If any one have INDIAN GB firmware with pit, csc , pda, bootloader please upload and give link , i searched everywhere no link is working.
Thanks in advance
EDIT: I have successfully downgrade to GB and 0.0b internal memory problem is solved , for detail read 7th post
But still FACING " efs error" and unable to upgrade to jb
Every time i flash jb with odin it get stuck in start up in setting wizard with message " process com.google.process.gapps has stopped" and then " setting wizard stopped"
please help me to solve this
Any one need to know how i solved my problem of 0.0mb and downgrade GB he can read post and even PM me.

androiddoctor said:
Hi friends ,
I am using Samsung S Advance since last eight month, Till now i have flash more than 300 nightly and custom roms over my mobile and evry time i succeeded, but two days back when i got stuck in omnirom I use ODIN to Flash Stock JB . My Phone Boot After that And got stuck on initial setting wizard everytime i try to pass that it shows
unfortunately samsung setting wizard stopped , so i can not pass that point ,
So i flash stock firmware again and again but everytime same problem
Then I reboot in Recovery which show message " fail to mount efs( invalid argument)
I ignore it and Start Recovery again and root my mobile using update.zip(which is temporary recovery) and then flash cocore kernel And try to restore my backup( I have 6 different rom backup , i tried them all) but every rom got stuck in bootloop .
Then I try to Flash CM10.2 but that also didn't work
Then I Flash some custom rom like sami-os and galexperia which are based on stock firmware and they start working but those roms are freezing a lot, When i try to install any software in those rom they says insufficient memory , I Check storage and it shows
"DEVICE MEMORY 0.00B"
Everytime I reboot all user data get wiped and evrytime setting wizard appear like first boot
I have tried to mount efs, data, ,system via cwm . There is error to mount efs via cwm . I mount data, system successfully but after every reboot they are unmounted.
So Made some search and finally decide to repartition via odin using PIT file given somewhere in this forum but odin shows "fail"
My Friend suggest me to revert back to gb but i couldn't find Indian firmware ( All sites give link to hotfile page which is banned), so i followed post in xda about downgrading from JB to GB and try to flash PIT, PDA , CSC file given by OP via odin but it fails everytime .
So again I flash JB via odin but same result( Got stuck in setting wizard)
So I Tried to root again using update.zip(which i mentioned earlier and which works for me everytime in past) but it switched off during update in recovery so now i can not start cwm now and can use only stock recovery and unable to flash custom rom.
I have Given All Details about how problem start and here is summary of all problems
1. fail to mount efs(invalid argument)
2. 0.0b internal memory
3. unable to repartition using ODIN
4. user data deleted on every boot and boot as first boot
5. can not pass setup wizard in stock firmware after flashing stock via Odin
I think i have messed up with internal memory and which is causing problem or my recovery is damaged.
please give me solution .
If any one have INDIAN GB firmware with pit, csc , pda, bootloader please upload and give link , i searched everywhere no link is working.
Thanks in advance
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If your phone is I9070 and not I9070P then use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195673
After that you can use your country GB. We all downgrade this way, and after that use any other firmware.

shut_down said:
If your phone is I9070 and not I9070P then use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195673
After that you can use your country GB. We all downgrade this way, and after that use any other firmware.
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ithink your internal memory can broken..missd=ing the repartition table index

shut_down said:
If your phone is I9070 and not I9070P then use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195673
After that you can use your country GB. We all downgrade this way, and after that use any other firmware.
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Thank you for replying so fast , but i have already tried it and now trying one again .
i follow all the step , even odin say pass but phone stuck at Samsung galaxy S Advance logo

nowfalsalahudeen said:
ithink your internal memory can broken..missd=ing the repartition table index
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yeah you are right , i m also thinking that internal memory is broken but i m unable to solve it. Give me some solution please

downgrade to gb if you know the procedure... this'll fix your problem .. if you get any error after downgrading then go to recovery and wipe factory and cache...

0.0b memory problem and downgrading GB is solved BUT still efs , JB error
Hi friends , Finally i have succeeded to downgrade to GB with given procedure in forum and solve low memory problem also
here is what happened
As i Said earlier when i follow procedure to downgrade to gb my phone stuck at samsung logo,
The problem was pit file given in that procedure was 8gb and my mobile was 16 gb with only 1gb usb storage remaining and it shrunk my memory and as my usb storage was full and it eat my whole internal memory so i again flash JB which is also not working but with recovery i flash Sami-OS which was working partially with lots of problem And i format my usb storage there and it shrunk to 3.9gb from 11gb then from download mode I flash GB as per this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195673 and it start working , then I flash 16 gb pit file then official gb for my country and evrything is fine with GB it works flawless
BUT when i try to upgrade to JB via odin its showing same problem
when phone start there is warning" process com.google.process.gapps has stopped" and when try to go further "setting wizard stopped" and i got stuck in there again again
also recovery show failed to mount efs(invalid argument)
So please help me to get rid of this efs problem and Ugrade to JB

androiddoctor said:
Hi friends , Finally i have succeeded to downgrade to GB with given procedure in forum and solve low memory problem also
here is what happened
As i Said earlier when i follow procedure to downgrade to gb my phone stuck at samsung logo,
The problem was pit file given in that procedure was 8gb and my mobile was 16 gb with only 1gb usb storage remaining and it shrunk my memory and as my usb storage was full and it eat my whole internal memory so i again flash JB which is also not working but with recovery i flash Sami-OS which was working partially with lots of problem And i format my usb storage there and it shrunk to 3.9gb from 11gb then from download mode I flash GB as per this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195673 and it start working , then I flash 16 gb pit file then official gb for my country and evrything is fine with GB it works flawless
BUT when i try to upgrade to JB via odin its showing same problem
when phone start there is warning" process com.google.process.gapps has stopped" and when try to go further "setting wizard stopped" and i got stuck in there again again
also recovery show failed to mount efs(invalid argument)
So please help me to get rid of this efs problem and Ugrade to JB
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is your baseband working ok? I had a similar problem when flashing a rom, couldn't get out of setup wizard and also my baseband was XXXX as soon as i fixed the baseband and re-flashed the problem was gone, here is how:
I've flashed modemfs.img.md5 now 3G is working.
On another device (same model and region) I did:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/modemfs.img.md5
Copied generated file to my sdcard and did:
dd if=/sdcard/modemfs.img.md5 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Reboot and it's done.
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Thanks to @Skarllot @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2119292&page=3
more on the thread i created because of this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2548933
good luck!

alete89 said:
is your baseband working ok? I had a similar problem when flashing a rom, couldn't get out of setup wizard and also my baseband was XXXX as soon as i fixed the baseband and re-flashed the problem was gone, here is how:
Thanks to @Skarllot @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2119292&page=3
more on the thread i created because of this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2548933
good luck!
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Thank You For Helping,
I have exact same problem like you and i have successfully downgrade to GB but the only difference between your problem and mine is i can still see my baseband which is ddlk and i still have imei number and network
I understand my problem that unable my phone "unable to mount efs"
which is very imp .And i think i m facing all problem just because of that , solution given by you restores efs but i dont have efs backup ,
I will discuss this in your post in more detail

Here's your Solver !
I have the same problem with you and now its solved!
check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2353293

[Q] Unable to flash Lollipop. Can't install this package on top of incompatible data.

Here's the backstory. Skip to the next paragraph if you don't want to bother reading it. (Phone is GT-I8190N)
Originally, all was well with custom cyanogenmod kitkat from novafusion. I got a USB dac which didn't work with the kitkat I had. Phone freezes upon plugging in. So I decided to go to lollipop.
So I flashed cm12.1_golden.nova.20150627 into the phone with 2.8.0.0 teamwin recovery. (Couldn't update to 2.8.3.0 for some reason. Used Odin. Said PASS! But version stays the same in phone.)
Everything went well, I got lollipop running. I decided to do a reset in android through the settings menu.
Phone restarted and this happened (teamwin splash screen flashes): /watch?v=Wr-dlk7q06A (Newcomer can't post link... This isn't spam but if I really can't put links I'll remove it)
I admit I panicked and did some things I'm pretty sure screwed myself even further so here goes:
Went back to Odin and tried to flash a stock rom onto it. (I8190XXAMJ2_I8190ORGAMJ1_HOME) Unfortunately. I was dumb and didn't realize my phone was GT-I8190N and not GT-I8190. So I got the wrong stock rom.
Odin FAIL! with error stuck on "complete(write) operation failed."
The second time I tried it the error was "There is no PIT partition."
So I did Re-Partition with goldenxx + the stock rom. It errored at "nand write start modem.bin fail complete(write) operation failed"
I did finally realize I got the wrong stock rom. That flashed properly and stock rom is working. Not sure if the PIT thing blew something up. Anyhow, onto the next paragraph where the current situation lies.
So now it's in stock ROM.
I got Odin to flash CWM 6.0.2.7 then I tried to use that to flash the same lollipop I used before. It got the error status 7. Can't install this package on top of incompatible data. No file context detected.
I tried the delete assert line trick. Now CWM gives no error. I don't remember what it exactly said. I think it said Updating. Then installation failed. No specific error.
So I flashed TWRP 2.8.0.0 and tried to flash lollipop again. Again error. Can't install this package on top of incompatible data. Error executing updater in zip.
And that's about it. I have absolutely no clue how to continue this. All help is appreciated! Thank you for your time!

Have you tried flashing a different rom, lp or kk? Also rooting & doing full wipes, maybe jump from stock to lp is too big, I'm not too sure
Sent from my GT-I8190 using XDA Free mobile app

Cannot instal STOCK ROM after instlling CM12/13

Hi!
I have installed TWRP and CM13 on my S5 mini (G800F), but i got many bugs and restarts, so i decided to go back to Stock ROM, unfortunatelly i cannot do this.
When i open Odin and try to install STOCK Rom from samsungmobile everything is good, till the and, when i got:
Write finished (filed)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I tried on laptop and deskop using various USB port but everytime i get the same message.
And when i get the battery out and power on i get:
"firmware upgrade enountered an issue. Please select recoery mode in Kies and try again"
I tried to connet it with Kies in recovery odin mode but Kies does not recogenize it.
Then i need my phone so i decided to move back to CM this time i have installed the CM12, after using it, one day and having many restarst i tried one more to move to STOCK ROM. I downloaded the older verios of STOCK ROM then i had before. But i got the same messege.
Then someone tell mi to make full wipe, so using TWRP i done the full wipe, cache, data, system and internal storage/sd.
After wipeing internal storage i get only:
"firmware upgrade enountered an issue. Please select recoery mode in Kies and try again"
and cannot even install recovery via Odin any more, beacouse i get bugs ;/ ;/ ;/
as a result i cannot even use my phone with CM12/13.
1. Do You have any tips or solution of this problem?
2. How can I instal STOCK ROM or even CM?
3. Can I install the CM via Odin?
4. Do You have any other recovery for S5 mini G800F?

He there, sorry to hear you're having troubles with the phone. I experienced a similar problem and found that this worked:
Try and flash your stock firmware, when it fails, take out battery, put it back in and restart into recovery mode (stock recovery). From there, do a factory reset and wipe (not using Team Win Recovery Project, using the stock Recovery).
Now go back to odin and try flashing again.
Hope this helps...it worked for me.

Do this when error occurs after flashing stock firmware!
1. Flash stock firmware
2. Get error message
3. Remove battery and start in Recovery Mode
4. Flash hidden.img that you can extract of the stock file!
Quote from reddit.com:
If you've tried to flash firmware off of Sammobile, and had your heart stop when the flash fails, fear no longer.
To fix the soft brick:
Open the firmware file in winrar and extract the hidden.img. Rename it as hidden.img.tar.
Load the new file into the PDA tab, and flash.
When the phone boots, the displayed image will be touchwiz teal, there will be a little android and GALAXY spelt above it. Don't freak out.
Give it a minute and it should boot.

Hi, jest i did happend after flashing a stock firmware, but fortunatelly now it work.
How do i manage to fix it? I do not know. I just tried to flash it with a stock firmware one more time, and than tried to flash TWRP recovery via Odin. It get a fail. But the phone got power on, and it works till now !!!!
What was the problem? I have read that if you have the other CSC than XEO and want to flash the ROM with XEO CSC on S5 mini this problem occurs on many phone. Espesially on that from UK, so mine was.
thanks!!
Kuba