First of all, in advance, excuse me my english... it's not so good.
Anyway... guys could someone please help me ?
I'm going nuts, I got a samsung galaxy s3 mini and the damn thing keeps telling that there's not enough space on it whenever I try to download something, so I go over to settings and check it out the storage and it shows 0bytes for everything.
I've done some searching and found out that it's a problem on the efs folder (I think) but I don't have a backup to restore so end of line...
Also, I tried rooting so I could somehow download an efs folder and copy it to my cellphone but guess what ? END OF LINE because I can't install anything.
There's also the fact that everytime I turn off the cellphone he resets.
Just so y'all know, I have none experience on this lmao but any help is welcome and appreciated.
Do you have no signal/sim card detected and can you try booting to recovery, is the message "unable to mount /efs" appearing? If yes, that means efs is corrupted. If you don't have a backup of the efs folder, you need to go to a repair shop to fix the efs.
3liteking148 said:
Do you have no signal/sim card detected and can you try booting to recovery, is the message "unable to mount /efs" appearing? If yes, that means efs is corrupted. If you don't have a backup of the efs folder, you need to go to a repair shop to fix the efs.
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No, I don't.. It doesn't recognize any sim card.
I was hoping I could repair it myself but it seems that there's no way.
henriqueo_ said:
No, I don't.. It doesn't recognize any sim card.
I was hoping I could repair it myself but it seems that there's no way.
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Does it recognize extsdcard so you can push files from computer to phone with adb?
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tys0n said:
Does it recognize extsdcard so you can push files from computer to phone with adb?
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It does recognize extsdcard but what's adb ?
henriqueo_ said:
It does recognize extsdcard but what's adb ?
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Nevermind..
Read this and grab the flashable efs-backup.
Download supersu zip, then put both efs and supersu zips in your external sd.
Download twrp and flash with odin.
Boot to recovery and flash supersu from external sd. (if it even can install)
Now, before you try to flash the efs.zip, it can be a smart thing to back up your own
/efs first even if you suspect it to be broken. (better safe than sorry.)
Use the terminal emulator it twrp for that.
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/storage/extSdCard/my-efs.img
This will dump a 16MB partition image to your external sd.
Flash the efs zip from external sd and reboot to see if it works.
Otherwise you could try to flash the factory/repair firmware from here
tys0n said:
Nevermind..
Read this and grab the flashable efs-backup.
Download supersu zip, then put both efs and supersu zips in your external sd.
Download twrp and flash with odin.
Boot to recovery and flash supersu from external sd. (if it even can install)
Now, before you try to flash the efs.zip, it can be a smart thing to back up your own
/efs first even if you suspect it to be broken. (better safe than sorry.)
Use the terminal emulator it twrp for that.
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/storage/extSdCard/my-efs.img
This will dump a 16MB partition image to your external sd.
Flash the efs zip from external sd and reboot to see if it works.
Otherwise you could try to flash the factory/repair firmware from here
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Thanks man, I'll do that... hopefully it will work
tys0n said:
Nevermind..
Read this and grab the flashable efs-backup.
Download supersu zip, then put both efs and supersu zips in your external sd.
Download twrp and flash with odin.
Boot to recovery and flash supersu from external sd. (if it even can install)
Now, before you try to flash the efs.zip, it can be a smart thing to back up your own
/efs first even if you suspect it to be broken. (better safe than sorry.)
Use the terminal emulator it twrp for that.
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/storage/extSdCard/my-efs.img
This will dump a 16MB partition image to your external sd.
Flash the efs zip from external sd and reboot to see if it works.
Otherwise you could try to flash the factory/repair firmware from here
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Hey man, it didn't work....
Also, this part I didn't understand... "Use the terminal emulator it twrp for that.
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/storage/extSdCard/my-efs.img
This will dump a 16MB partition image to your external sd."
henriqueo_ said:
Hey man, it didn't work....
Also, this part I didn't understand... "Use the terminal emulator it twrp for that.
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/storage/extSdCard/my-efs.img
This will dump a 16MB partition image to your external sd."
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In TWRP, go to Advanced -> Terminal Command and type that command (you must also have an sd card for that).
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Hi guys, first of thanks for taking the time to consider helping me.
Basically, last night randomly my g1 just switched off. When i try to boot up, goes to g1 screen, then boot image, then blank screen.
Boot into recovery, and it doesnt register i have an sd card in it, i wanted to wipe and reflash cm, or nandroid restore. - but cant do either as it doesnt think i have an sd card inserted.
Any ideas how to fix?
Many thanks
Try mounting it on your computer, copying everything over and formatting. You can either put the card in an external reader or try to mount it via usb in recovery using 'ums_enable' and 'ums_disable'.
AdrianK said:
Try mounting it on your computer, copying everything over and formatting. You can either put the card in an external reader or try to mount it via usb in recovery using 'ums_enable' and 'ums_disable'.
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thanks Adrian. it wont let me mount it though, because it doesnt recognice that there is an sd card inserted. iv tried 3 different sd card, and it doesnt recognice that any of them have been inserted, so i figure its not my sd. :/
APEX.7 said:
thanks Adrian. it wont let me mount it though, because it doesnt recognice that there is an sd card inserted. iv tried 3 different sd card, and it doesnt recognice that any of them have been inserted, so i figure its not my sd. :/
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Hmmm... I guess the only thing left to try is formatting it externally and trying again.
AdrianK said:
Hmmm... I guess the only thing left to try is formatting it externally and trying again.
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righto. urm, noob question, is it possible to apply an update.zip via a different method? since its not recognising sd cards, can i flash a different way? thanks
APEX.7 said:
righto. urm, noob question, is it possible to apply an update.zip via a different method? since its not recognising sd cards, can i flash a different way? thanks
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i think an sdcard is necessary to apply an update.zip .. however if you have access to a nandroid backup you could fastboot flash the system, data, and boot .img's without an sdcard
xidominicanoix said:
i think an sdcard is necessary to apply an update.zip .. however if you have access to a nandroid backup you could fastboot flash the system, data, and boot .img's without an sdcard
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thanks, how would i go about doing this?
APEX.7 said:
thanks, how would i go about doing this?
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Do a search in android development. It should be under Nandroid backup.
Basically you boot into fastboot and do these commands via adb:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot.
Look for the thread, though. It's been a while since I've used fastboot.
APEX.7 said:
thanks, how would i go about doing this?
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Using fastboot you can flash each part seperatly via usb, problem is ROMs are never distributed as seperate img's, just one update.zip. Buuuuuuut if your sd card will mount in your computer and you can find your nandroid folder, you will see that they are saved as multiple img's.
Once you have fastboot set up (instructions here) put the boot .img in the same directory as the fastboot executable. Boot the phone in to the SPL (home + camera) and enable fastboot. Then 'cd' to the fastboot directory in the command prompt or terminal (depending on OS) and type:
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
If you're on a unix based OS, you maybe need to put a './' before that command.
Afterwards reboot your phone using 'fastboot reboot' (again you may need the './').
thanks guys i really apreciate this. il report back after iv had a go.
Almost forgot, make sure you clear the cache and data partitions first:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
hello,
I explain what happened.. after a little bad luck I briked my phone, but I have the update.zip to restore the previous state, the problem I have is that update.zip is in my pc.
how can I transfer the update.zip file to my phone if it's bricked?
I tried to go into CWM recovery, and then connect via ADB, but my pc it doesn't detect the phone (I've installed samsung usb drivers from this forum). also I tried the option "mount USB storage" in CWM but my pc doesn't do anything, and I have the sdcard mounted.
what can I do? thanks in advance!
best regards!
Jord
try to put the file on external sd and see if you can flash it thru recovery.
otherwise boot into download mode and flash that son of a ***** !!!
thanks a lot for your answer
the problem is that I have a trip pictures in internal SD card, that's why I'm avoiding to flash again through Download mode. (I have all other data in a backup except the pictures!)
now I've copied the update.zip to the external sd, I've mounted the external sd, but when I chose external_sd folder to apply the update.zip it says that "no files found" all possible methods aren't working
it was worth a shot but i didnt think it would work.
i think to flash from the external sd requires a steam kernel.
anyway, try do do a factory reset and see it that helps. along with formatting cache / dalvik cache
this will not delete items on your internal sd card
jordcrk said:
thanks a lot for your answer
the problem is that I have a trip pictures in internal SD card, that's why I'm avoiding to flash again through Download mode. (I have all other data in a backup except the pictures!)
now I've copied the update.zip to the external sd, I've mounted the external sd, but when I chose external_sd folder to apply the update.zip it says that "no files found" all possible methods aren't working
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Odin doesn't touch the Internal SD, so why should that be an issue?
thanks both for your answers.
the problem is that I have voodoo lagfix enabled, and I can`t disabled it because it says that there is not enough free space on sd card (because of the pictures I want to save), so I think that with voodoo lagfix enabled I can't restore the firmware via odin, unfortunately. I wish I'm wrong
thanks a lot again
Just flash 2.1 with 3 files + re partition checked
u shd be sweet to use it
deadey3 said:
Just flash 2.1 with 3 files + re partition checked
u shd be sweet to use it
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my odin shows that they are two devices connected when I connect my phone (because of voodoo lagfix enabled) so.. are you saying that even if in that state, I reflash my stock firmware with repartition enabled, my sdcard data will be fine after reflashing? I ask that because unfortunately I'm not sure
thanks a lot
hi guys i hope someone can help
somehow my sdcard has become unmounted
i have s-off with revone done with cmd and adb
i have set cid to 11111....
i have updated firmware to 2.17 and 2.14
all was working well until i did factory reset
now i cant access internal storage. camera doesnt work. wifi doesnt work
what do i need to do?
any help would be much appreciated. i have been working on this for hours
flash your ROM again
IINexusII said:
flash your ROM again
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i have not flashed a rom yet and the stock rom works fine i just cant access sdcard
do i need to flash a rom?
which one? a stock one or a custom one?
stock one
okay
i cant access the sd card to copy a rom to
on the laptop the phone comes up like normal. click on it internal storage comes up like normal. but inside the internal storage folder has a folder called storage. inside that is emulated. inside that is legacy. inside that is the normal file structure.
windows errors when trying to copy files anywhere inside the internal storage folder
when in the camera app on the phone it shows a black image and click on the gallery icon it says no sd card
its like the "sdcard" is unmounted. how do i mount it? ive tried CW recovery and TWRP
try sideloading the ROM, there should be an option for adb sideload and use the command adb sideload romName.zip
is there an adb command to mount sdcard?
jtilz said:
is there an adb command to mount sdcard?
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there should be in one of the recovery menus
This is exactly what has happened to my phone, and there seems to be more thread cropping up about this.
I can see in TWRP recovery there is an SDCard but cant do anything with it. I can flash a rom via sideload (hardly flashes, my lack of understanding) and from OTG USB in Recovery but there will be no installed rom once done, or at least it wont boot.
Same thing in CWM except that recovery can not see the SDCard so no mounting.
I am using clockworkmod recovery but I cannot mount storage. Am I missing something? Drivers in place. Fastboot abd both work. But I cannot mount the storage. I am not new to this just new to the phone.
bongo264 said:
I am using clockworkmod recovery but I cannot mount storage. Am I missing something? Drivers in place. Fastboot abd both work. But I cannot mount the storage. I am not new to this just new to the phone.
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Is there a way to get a ROM on via fastboot or something?
bongo264 said:
Is there a way to get a ROM on via fastboot or something?
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When you hit the mount button should the storage show up as a drive? It worked on my old phone with external storage. What am I doing wrong?
bongo264 said:
When you hit the mount button should the storage show up as a drive? It worked on my old phone with external storage. What am I doing wrong?
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Doesn't work for phones with internal storage from recovery, cannot mount in recovery. Something to do with how internal storage works with the MTP
dgtiii said:
Doesn't work for phones with internal storage from recovery, cannot mount in recovery. Something to do with how internal storage works with the MTP
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Thank you for the reply. I had a friend bring over his phone that was only booting to bootloader and had no ROM's in storage. I managed to get it back by fastboot flashing a boot.img from the viper ROM that was installed on his phone before. Normally I would have just copied a good ROM to the storage through recovery and flashed it. Afterwords I made a backup and warned him not to delete it.
Thanks again everyone for all the support this site provides!
bongo264 said:
Thank you for the reply. I had a friend bring over his phone that was only booting to bootloader and had no ROM's in storage. I managed to get it back by fastboot flashing a boot.img from the viper ROM that was installed on his phone before. Normally I would have just copied a good ROM to the storage through recovery and flashed it. Afterwords I made a backup and warned him not to delete it.
Thanks again everyone for all the support this site provides!
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If you need to send a rom or anything to your internal storage from recovery just do : adb push rom.zip /data/media/0/
cuyo11 said:
If you need to send a rom or anything to your internal storage from recovery just do : adb push rom.zip /data/media/0/
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+1
Easiest way is to get a 4 $ OTG cable from Amazon and a SanDisk 16 GB USB stick. Then choose in recovery 'install zip from external SD card'
I also keep a Nandroid on there. In recovery there is the option 'back up to external SD card'
Really gives a peace of mind!
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Good Morning everyone,
I haven't been able to get an answer in the forum related to this question
I keep reading TUTO in order to custom my new Mi5, and everywhere it is written :
Download the ROM
Put the zip files on your SDCard
Reboot in Recovery
Wipe Data / Factory Reset
Select "Install zip from SDCard"
Flash
BUT, Mi5 does not support SDCard. How could I put it into it ?
Thanks,
Laurent
GoOlik said:
Good Morning everyone,
I haven't been able to get an answer in the forum related to this question
I keep reading TUTO in order to custom my new Mi5, and everywhere it is written :
Download the ROM
Put the zip files on your SDCard
Reboot in Recovery
Wipe Data / Factory Reset
Select "Install zip from SDCard"
Flash
BUT, Mi5 does not support SDCard. How could I put it into it ?
Thanks,
Laurent
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You can flash custom rom by going to recovery and select install zip from adb sideload.
Now, adb command prompt and type "adb devices" and press enter, it will recognize your device and then type "adb sideload (your_rom_name.zip)" and press enter it will flash zip file in your device......
[emoji117] NOTE:- Before performing any above steps you must have adb drivers installed in your pc..
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GoOlik said:
Good Morning everyone,
I haven't been able to get an answer in the forum related to this question
I keep reading TUTO in order to custom my new Mi5, and everywhere it is written :
Download the ROM
Put the zip files on your SDCard
Reboot in Recovery
Wipe Data / Factory Reset
Select "Install zip from SDCard"
Flash
BUT, Mi5 does not support SDCard. How could I put it into it ?
Thanks,
Laurent
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Your phone does have SD Card. An internal one. Well, a partion of your internal storage is emulated as SDcard and mounted as /SDCard0
vladimir_carlan said:
Your phone does have SD Card. An internal one. Well, a partion of your internal storage is emulated as SDcard and mounted as /SDCard0
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Yaa this is also good way that you can follow
But when your phone boot up
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AshTechsoft said:
Yaa this is also good way that you can follow
But when your phone boot up
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You don't need to boot your phone to copy the rom zip from your PC. You can do it while you are in recovery via MTP file transfer.
vladimir_carlan said:
You don't need to boot your phone to copy the rom zip from your PC. You can do it while you are in recovery via MTP file transfer.
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Ohh....yaa you are right......
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vladimir_carlan said:
Your phone does have SD Card. An internal one. Well, a partion of your internal storage is emulated as SDcard and mounted as /SDCard0
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Thank you for your quick reply, but I have an issue.
I cannot find the folder /SDCard0 in my phone system. I have only /SDCard, which go directly to my internal storage.
FYI: I use TWRP 3.0.2
GoOlik said:
Thank you for your quick reply, but I have an issue.
I cannot find the folder /SDCard0 in my phone system. I have only /SDCard, which go directly to my internal storage.
FYI: I use TWRP 3.0.2
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/SDCard or /SDCard0 makes no difference. Your internal storage it's seen by system as an SDCard. Copy there your rom. Zip and flash it. Those tutorials you are talking about are made with assumption that you download the rom zip on your PC. You can download those roms right on your phone using your phone browser. Like this it's much easier and you'll skip Step 2 the step that got you confused.