I've been trying to flash the XXLA4 firmware as instructed in this thread. However, i always get a triangle with android logo when the process starts and then reboots. I've tried both with CWM manager & Mobile Odin Pro without any success.
I've been able to install it with Odin PC but there was no root so i'm back with a rootable ROM XXKL3. What am i doing wrong?
I've attached the relevant screen shots.
Make confirm you have extracted file after downloading ROM.
In case of using CWM, you shud place that file to 'firmware' folder of ext SD card.
then follow the steps as you have mentioned a link.
I did extract the downloaded file, so my file now reads N7000XXLA4_N7000OXALA4_N7000XXLA4_HOME.tar.md5.
The file is placed inside sdcard/external_sd/firmware filder and i've also verified the md5 with mobile odin pro.
As you desrcibe everything is OK, but in few cases Ext memory card can be faulty, Try to put file on Int memory n try with Mobile Odin
YES YES putting the file in the internal memory works!!! Thanks you so much dr.ketan.
BTW does it mean there is something wrong with my external card?
ya obviously
I cannot wipe, format, mount the internal SD partition
I can boot into the rom(Nova HD Plus RC2-6), get into the recovery CWM 5.0.2.0
When I connect my phone to PC, my phone shows I can choose USB connection (MTP/PTP)
choose PTP, nothing happens
choose MTP, it shows LG-P990 as a portable multimedia device
open internal storage, it shows no file, but the available space is 3.63GB/5.27GB
I cannot transfer any file from my PC to the phone, it always says error
I tried to flash the rom again, (I can choose update zip from internal SD)
the NOVA PLUS rom is stored in internal sd because I have no external SD
but none of the any method works ..
how can i fix this ... and i know nothing about adb ...
Try updating through official lg tool
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk
Send to warranty if you at least can wipe modded sw
In CWM.. there is an option to fix permissions.. have you tried that?
Also.. I recently saved my screwed up partitions on my phone using NVFlash (I hope you don't need to go that far though).
Same problem guys!!
Please help
Cant access internal SD .. Now trying to reinstall a gingerbread rom and see if i can work it back.. Cant restore my back up as well.
Do this..the rom files, baseband are corrupted..
On the pc download smartflash and install it..
download the official rom 20q .bin and .fls files
pull down the battery and connect the phone to the PC with the button vol -
pushed..Now flash the bin and fls files and the problem ids resolved..
Hope this helps
If the above from morenosorina doesn't work, then try NVFlash next. Saved me phone recently when I couldn't access the internal SD properly
Hi, I am seriously confused about this.There seem to be loads of threads but no proper description.I have a gti9000 with a corrupted but not dead internal memory.Hence I was looking for a knowledgeable person to please guide me on installing a rom from the external SD card (8GB).
The only partial solution is provided in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893354&page=2 but the link to the modified tar file is dead.Yes, I have partitioned my external sd into 6gb fat32 and 2gb ext4 and also tried 6gb fat32 and 2gb reiserfs.It seems as my internal
memory is not dead and only corrupted ,the issue remains.Please I am sure someone knows exactly what to do.Thanks for reading.Your reply is greatly appreciated.
shail31 said:
Hi, I am seriously confused about this.There seem to be loads of threads but no proper description.I have a gti9000 with a corrupted but not dead internal memory.Hence I was looking for a knowledgeable person to please guide me on installing a rom from the external SD card (8GB).
The only partial solution is provided in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893354&page=2 but the link to the modified tar file is dead.Yes, I have partitioned my external sd into 6gb fat32 and 2gb ext4 and also tried 6gb fat32 and 2gb reiserfs.It seems as my internal
memory is not dead and only corrupted ,the issue remains.Please I am sure someone knows exactly what to do.Thanks for reading.Your reply is greatly appreciated.
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Already tried to flash back a stock rom?
You could try to flash a Stock ROM. First, make sure you have installed all Samsung Galaxy S i9000 drivers on your computer, download Odin, CF-Root Kernel for Odin, PIT file and the stock rom files under .md5 ( CSC, PDA, PHONE) , after that enter in Odin, prepare the files there...( P.S: you can re-partition there ) , enter in Download Mode using the 3 button combination Home + Vol.Down + Power , Odin will detect your phone , click Start and wait.
You can find all files under "GB Flash KIT"
I had a similar problem and this method, solved it.
Hope it helps.
I have already tried this many times over .Also tried the recovery kit.The problem is installing is not possible because of a corrupt internal memory and hence I want help with installing a rom, from the external sd.
[B]It seems this guide sorts the problem out but could some smart guy please explain in detail or could he just do it i.e do the necessary changes to the rom and upload the link as i am sure many people like me are stuck.
I bypassed dead internal memory on a GT-I9000M.
Symptoms:
- Your GT-I9000M is not booting or bootlooping no matter what firmware you are flashing it with.
- In recovery, you are seeing I/O errors on /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
- Trying to repartition and format the internal storage with fdisk or parted and mkfs.whatever fails.
To recover:
- Partition and format your 16GB+ external microSD with at least two primary partitions, vfat on the first one and rfs (or whatever fs is supported by your firmware) on the second one.
- Acquire a stock ROM, in my case I used JL2
- untar the PDA portion of your ROM of choice (you want zImage and factoryfs.rfs)
- Extract initramfs from zImage ( https://github.com/mistadman/Extract-Kernel-Initramfs )
- grep for /dev/block/mmcblk, there should be 4 .rc files containing references to it as well as within the binary file /init.
- use a text editor to replace all occurances of "mmcblk0" with "mmcblk1" (and vice-versa if you feel so inclined) in the .rc files.
- use a hex editor to replace "mmcblk0" with "mmcblk1" in /init.
- create cpio archive of your modified initramfs with `find . | cpio -H newc -o > ../initramfs.img`
- repack kernel and initramfs ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789712 ), you should have a new_zImage now.
- Mount the factoryfs.rfs as a loop `mount -o loop,rw -t vfat factoryfs.rfs /mnt/loop`
- Modify vold.fstab - this topic is well covered elsewhere (swap sdcard and sdcard1, swap mount points), then umount your loop
- Flash factoryfs.rfs and zImage using your favorite method.
That's it! Your phone will now boot and complain forevermore that the external memory is corrupt. ToDo: use third partition on external microSD as external_sd...
dead internal storage
shail31 said:
[B]It seems this guide sorts the problem out but could some smart guy please explain in detail or could he just do it i.e do the necessary changes to the rom and upload the link as i am sure many people like me are stuck.
I bypassed dead internal memory on a GT-I9000M.
Symptoms:
- Your GT-I9000M is not booting or bootlooping no matter what firmware you are flashing it with.
- In recovery, you are seeing I/O errors on /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
- Trying to repartition and format the internal storage with fdisk or parted and mkfs.whatever fails.
To recover:
- Partition and format your 16GB+ external microSD with at least two primary partitions, vfat on the first one and rfs (or whatever fs is supported by your firmware) on the second one.
- Acquire a stock ROM, in my case I used JL2
- untar the PDA portion of your ROM of choice (you want zImage and factoryfs.rfs)
- Extract initramfs from zImage ( https://github.com/mistadman/Extract-Kernel-Initramfs )
- grep for /dev/block/mmcblk, there should be 4 .rc files containing references to it as well as within the binary file /init.
- use a text editor to replace all occurances of "mmcblk0" with "mmcblk1" (and vice-versa if you feel so inclined) in the .rc files.
- use a hex editor to replace "mmcblk0" with "mmcblk1" in /init.
- create cpio archive of your modified initramfs with `find . | cpio -H newc -o > ../initramfs.img`
- repack kernel and initramfs ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789712 ), you should have a new_zImage now.
- Mount the factoryfs.rfs as a loop `mount -o loop,rw -t vfat factoryfs.rfs /mnt/loop`
- Modify vold.fstab - this topic is well covered elsewhere (swap sdcard and sdcard1, swap mount points), then umount your loop
- Flash factoryfs.rfs and zImage using your favorite method.
That's it! Your phone will now boot and complain forevermore that the external memory is corrupt. ToDo: use third partition on external microSD as external_sd...
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Hi,
I am a Noobie. I have read various threads and came across this thread. I have a dead internal storage. I followed the first few lines, got the custom rom and untared the PDA portion. I have a few questions, from the 3rd line of the above post:
- Extract initramfs from zImage ( https://github.com/mistadman/Extract-Kernel-Initramfs ) [[I created a GITHUB account. How do I proceed with extracting the initramfs from the zimage on my computer. Please explain the steps, bit confused.]
grep for /dev/block/mmcblk, there should be 4 .rc files containing references to it as well as within the binary file /init.[[what is grep? Are these files in the zimage?
- Please explain cpio archive, mount factoryfs.rfs as a loop and also how to modify vold.fstab.
Please explain the steps in detail as the steps are very confusing. I will really appreciate your help
]
I'm confused too, help!
Basically I can't connect my phone to my laptop due to faulty usb connector and earlier I did a factory reset on my phone (Samsung Galaxy SII / S2) but after my phone rebooted, it only came up with the notification bar and a black screen along with the message "Application Installer is not working" so after searching around, apparently my firmware has f***ed up. Now I'm trying to flash the firmware - original or any, I don't mind - via the external SD but can't find an article that's clear so can anyone help?
Thanks!
NandishV said:
Basically I can't connect my phone to my laptop due to faulty usb connector and earlier I did a factory reset on my phone (Samsung Galaxy SII / S2) but after my phone rebooted, it only came up with the notification bar and a black screen along with the message "Application Installer is not working" so after searching around, apparently my firmware has f***ed up. Now I'm trying to flash the firmware - original or any, I don't mind - via the external SD but can't find an article that's clear so can anyone help?
Thanks!
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To solve USB problems try this , since your device is S2, (this is S1 forum) visit S2 forum for better S2 guides ( search under device for your device forum)
To Flash a ROM, you can do it with Odin3 from PC, or on CWM recovery or with Mobile Odin, direct from Phone ( only to get the idea , look here ) but go here for S2 ROM's
If you still want to know how to flash with a broken Sd card check out the guides here
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​
shail31 said:
Hi, I am seriously confused about this.There seem to be loads of threads but no proper description.I have a gti9000 with a corrupted but not dead internal memory
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I can understand how irritating it is when we try everything to bring alive our smartphone. Even the Asia's biggest mobile phone market (Gaffar Market, New Delhi) repairmen refused me about the hope to make my device alive. Thanks to @rxxxni which made my phone alive.
Now coming to the point, go to the link:
www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=520348
the site is in Spanish language, so enter the link
in Google search and go the link (on a PC).
(Google will show you an option of translating it
in English on the top of the site when you open
it. Now click on the translate and you will be able
to see in English)
There are 2-3 ROMs available for download.
I am more than 100% sure that one of them will
bring smile on your face.
(I think that you are familiar with SD card
partitioning, even the instructions are given on
the site)
If not familiar with partitioning then read below:
The easiest method is to partition the card using
recovery as most of the recoveries ( except
stock recovery) provide an option to partition.
You have to Google search for partitioning using
windows/Ubuntu as I don't have PC right now to
help you. I did by making bootable Ubuntu on my
pendrive. Then I booted in Ubuntu Linux and
made partition by its default program. There is a
video on YouTube which shows how to partition
on Linux.
make sure you are using at least class 8 or 10
SD card with at least 8 GB card. I always failed
with class 4 card.
In my opinion, a 2gb of ext4/rfs + 6/14gb
(depending on if you have 8gb or 16 GB card) of
fat32 partition is perfect for running OS on
sdcard.
In my post
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2276729
, there is given a link of Spanish
website, translate it using Google. (I also included the link in this post. There you find
3-4 ROMs to download.) One of them will surely
work depending on your system layout.
All the best.
If you still have problems, feel free to contact
me.
*don't forget to press the thanks button under
my post
Please let me know the current status if you have successfully made your sgs alive or still need the help
i installed this KK and followed all rules and now from 4 GB space i left 400 MB space. How can i get back those 4 GB space ?
Slapiukas said:
i installed this KK and followed all rules and now from 4 GB space i left 400 MB space. How can i get back those 4 GB space ?
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If you see a lost.dir folder in your phone's storage, delete it!
odin didnt find my phone
androidlight said:
Already tried to flash back a stock rom?
You could try to flash a Stock ROM. First, make sure you have installed all Samsung Galaxy S i9000 drivers on your computer, download Odin, CF-Root Kernel for Odin, PIT file and the stock rom files under .md5 ( CSC, PDA, PHONE) , after that enter in Odin, prepare the files there...( P.S: you can re-partition there ) , enter in Download Mode using the 3 button combination Home + Vol.Down + Power , Odin will detect your phone , click Start and wait.
You can find all files under "GB Flash KIT"
I had a similar problem and this method, solved it.
Hope it helps.
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i tried atleast 5 different odins and nothing.
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i tried atleast 5 different odins and nothing.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...rick-os-installed-t2022472/page4#post71519269
I am using a LYF water 2 mobile and i have installed moto g3 custom rom . Will my phone able to operate it?
How much does it take to install and run that rom in my device?
Hello! First sorry of my english!
I have i9000 internal memory of his burnt. As a result, the device turns on only to symbolize Samsung Dwonload Mode and Recovery. I found a solution to put an external sd card partitioned and install ROM through Odin and then error correction dbdata file then the device increases. I Divided with minitool partition but the device did not initilaze. So i installed Recovery blue cwm that comes with cm10.1 (do not remember the version of Recovery) partitions divided his card and rose with the beauty device Orange Rom 2.3.5. currently i have a problem access to my files and when i run camera you get an error "Turn off USB storage". I found solutions to Root the device and install on your computer myphoneexplorer and through root explorer installed on your device. Then access the device via root explorer etc folder name change or replace the file vold.fstab the same file, but the device instruction set that gives access to an external card if it is inside. I did it but without success.
Would appreciate help on this issue and if I was wrong for the whole process I will be happy to correct Thank you very much!
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i need help
Please anyone help me. Thank you
So you have a corrupted internalSDCard and want to install a ROM ?
Driv said:
So you have a corrupted internalSDCard and want to install a ROM ?
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I did. But there is an issue when turn on the camera "turn off usb storage" and can't get the internal sd storage. I did the solutions to chage the file vold.fstab but it didn't succese.
Long story short -- I'm selling my Note 4 so I wiped/formatted EVERYTHING (used "format data" option in TWRP which required me to type "yes"). After that happened I found I didn't have an OS installed. Ok, no big deal right? I'll mount my sdcard and copy the stock firmware over than flash with TWRP.
WRONG. Every time I try to copy a file to either the sd card or the internal storage, I get the following error message:
"Cannot copy Trltetmo_N910TUVU1ANJ7_Stock_Deodexed.zip
Its file size is larger than the device limit."
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Wtf? In file explore it says that the SD card has 29.7GB free space available. And internal storage has 24.1GB. Obviously something is not right here.
Is it possible that TWRP didn't format things correctly? I just want to know how to fix this so I can get the stock firmware back on this bad boy and get it sold. I have been out of the android scene for awhile so any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Also, not sure if it's worth noting but when I mount my Note 4 in windows with TWRP both the internal storage and sd card have like no file structure or files whatsoever. Completely empty. Also interesting is every time I reboot with TWRP, it asks if I want to install supersu or whatever to root the phone. I say "yes" but each time I reboot after that it asks me the same thing like it didn't actually do anything.
You can use ODIN to install Stock firmware on phone. So you won't need to copy anything to phone/sdcard memory.
If you still want to install that deodexed rom you mentioned, you need to plug your sdcard to computer using a sdcard adapter. TWRP built-in mount fails most of the times when trying to copy big files.
pvsgh said:
You can use ODIN to install Stock firmware on phone. So you won't need to copy anything to phone/sdcard memory.
If you still want to install that deodexed rom you mentioned, you need to plug your sdcard to computer using a sdcard adapter. TWRP built-in mount fails most of the times when trying to copy big files.
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I guess that's not actually the "stock" stock firmware. Because the file I have is a .zip and is apparently incompatible with Odin. I will go to sam mobile and download the firmware there.
Do you recommend I download the most recent firmware should I flash the one that came with the phone?
Also, I hope that once I get the firmware back on, I will be able to copy large files when mounting normally once booted into the OS...
lmills.117 said:
I guess that's not actually the "stock" stock firmware. Because the file I have is a .zip and is apparently incompatible with Odin. I will go to sam mobile and download the firmware there.
Do you recommend I download the most recent firmware should I flash the one that came with the phone?
Also, I hope that once I get the firmware back on, I will be able to copy large files when mounting normally once booted into the OS...
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Yes, download the latest firmware and install it using ODIN.
You would be able to see and copy/paste to your internal and memory card normally after phone boots into android.