Failed to mount /efs error - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
i've search and tried most of the methods on threads with similar issue but to no avail.
So i'm posting my situation here hoping someone with the expertise can help me.
My IMEI became null/null after flashing Criskelo rom. I had previously saved a copy of my efs.img on my PC.
When restoring my EFS backup, it says "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3: write error: No space left on device"
So i used Odin, flash a stock ROM with pit, bootloader, pda, phone and csc.
The flashing was successful with no errors but stuck samsung logo for as long as i can wait.
I then booted to stock recovery and notice it says "E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)"
so i did a wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition.
Reboot. Still stuck at Samsung logo.
I tried to sideload my efs.img but there is a "E: signature not verified" error
So i thought what the heck and flashed Chenglu's CWM via Odin. Phone successfully boot to CWM
i wiped data/factory reset, cache and dalvik. Reboot and still stuck at Samsung logo.
I then tried flashing CF-Autoroot, it was ok as well with no issues but stuck at Samsung logo again.
Rebooted back to CWM, Tried to mount efs, got an error saying error mounting efs
i flashed various stock rom via Odin, all process PASS with green but mostly stucked at samsung logo...
is my device soft bricked? or is my sd card is dead? or is my efs partition fried?
anyone kind enough to share his complete backup file? my country sells the n7105.
i bought the export n7100 instead so its kinda hard for me to find a friend with the same fone.
i have been flashing roms since the good old Galaxy S and this is the 1st time i cannot revive my phone from past experience...

bump for you, im facing the same error.

Hi mate, im not sure if this would work but have you tried the super wipe mod here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925402.
worth a shot cant make it any worse.
also checkout this for a solution http://forum.xda-developers.com/sitesearch.php?q=E: signature not verified

Hi thanks... sadly links are down. will try the super wipe thing.
i remember doing the wipe in TWRP before flashing Criskelo.
i did get away with the signature thing. its easy. just turn it off in CWM.
i went to my local samsung service center and they rejected my phone as its considered "export" to them

did the super wipe.
Flash stock with Odin.
Still keep getting stuck at samsung logo on boot and recovery still shows : Error: Can't mount /efs

cant you restore it to factory settings and return it to where you bought it from.

GezDixon said:
cant you restore it to factory settings and return it to where you bought it from.
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mine is under warranty, so I could try to restore to stock rom which gets stuck at the samsung logo.
problem is that going into download mode shows this :
custom binary download : 12
Current binary : samsung official
system status : custom

iv had alook round and cant see anything that will fix it, in odin theres a clear efs button.
edit: just found this info on a usb jig that resets counter to 0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934771

how do I go about clearing the EFS since it is greyed out.
so there's no work other solution to this, except for getting the jig?

likepeas said:
how do I go about clearing the EFS since it is greyed out.
so there's no work other solution to this, except for getting the jig?
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Edit the ini file for Odin and set PhoneEFSClear=1 that'll check the EFS Clear option (even though it remains grey). See if that helps.

likepeas said:
mine is under warranty, so I could try to restore to stock rom which gets stuck at the samsung logo.
problem is that going into download mode shows this :
custom binary download : 12
Current binary : samsung official
system status : custom
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same. my counter is 15
but i already ask a friend in malaysia to help me with samsung service center malaysia this weekend
i don't have the phone now. hope they don't nitpick on the counter thing

i got the same problem
xenocide976 said:
Hi all,
i've search and tried most of the methods on threads with similar issue but to no avail.
So i'm posting my situation here hoping someone with the expertise can help me.
My IMEI became null/null after flashing Criskelo rom. I had previously saved a copy of my efs.img on my PC.
When restoring my EFS backup, it says "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3: write error: No space left on device"
So i used Odin, flash a stock ROM with pit, bootloader, pda, phone and csc.
The flashing was successful with no errors but stuck samsung logo for as long as i can wait.
I then booted to stock recovery and notice it says "E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)"
so i did a wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition.
Reboot. Still stuck at Samsung logo.
I tried to sideload my efs.img but there is a "E: signature not verified" error
So i thought what the heck and flashed Chenglu's CWM via Odin. Phone successfully boot to CWM
i wiped data/factory reset, cache and dalvik. Reboot and still stuck at Samsung logo.
I then tried flashing CF-Autoroot, it was ok as well with no issues but stuck at Samsung logo again.
Rebooted back to CWM, Tried to mount efs, got an error saying error mounting efs
i flashed various stock rom via Odin, all process PASS with green but mostly stucked at samsung logo...
is my device soft bricked? or is my sd card is dead? or is my efs partition fried?
anyone kind enough to share his complete backup file? my country sells the n7105.
i bought the export n7100 instead so its kinda hard for me to find a friend with the same fone.
i have been flashing roms since the good old Galaxy S and this is the 1st time i cannot revive my phone from past experience...
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plz help im doing factory restet with odyn and evrey stock firemwere from difrent country doesnt worck. the phone is stoping on samsung logo ,i can instal custum recovery by odin but , after instaling in custum recovery omega 7.2 or cm10 the phone is not boting its stoping on first boot animation plz help, sorry for my bad eglish

i have the same problem ????

same here
Has anyone found a solution to this yet?! I have the exact same issues, phone died, then when powered back on was stuck in a boot loop, returned to stock and got the unable to mount efs invalid argument text, now its still stuck in a boot loop with a flash count of 8 so cant be sent in for repair, any advice is greatly appreciated!

I have the exact same problem
i have the same problem . . and to make matter worse i don't even have any warranty . . :crying: . ..
is there no way to to get the phone to boot in to the OS regardless of any functionality ??

I couldn't find the topic where i learned this info, but it's something like this: if you flashed the modem (i think so) and you have an EFS backup like me, you just need to flash any other thing and restore the EFS backup. But, if you don't, you must stay with the modem.
okay, i just found it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332913
Good luck. (And press the thanks button if i've helped you :fingers-crossed: )
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same problem, korean note 2
lost my IMEI, no EFS back up , cant detect internel storage ( SD card works though )
i have access to DL mode, i can flash recovery , but stuck in boot loop for flashing ROM

blueazure said:
same problem, korean note 2
lost my IMEI, no EFS back up , cant detect internel storage ( SD card works though )
i have access to DL mode, i can flash recovery , but stuck in boot loop for flashing ROM
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Seem to have been struck by the same issue and no efs backup prior to this.
Custom binary download: 0
Completely stock Note 2 just got screwed after flashing new 4.4.2 ROM for my country via Odin, the ROM booted fine, transferred contents to PC, factory reset the phone, set google account and reinstalled apps and transferred saved data back. Data, phone calls and everything else was working. The phone got to 10% battery lost network (this is normal lately lol) and shut off when battery died. Phone never rebooted and stuck at Samsung logo. Recovery reports "/efs I/O mount error" tried the guides by ketan and a couple others nothing seems to help

same applies to me. Perhaps some hardware fried is my guess.

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[Q] Chainfire 3D brick :(

Hello guys, i need serious help with my Samsung Galaxy S3, I just rooted today, and everything was working fine.
I decided to download chainfire 3d, thought i'd enable some unstable games to run, but quite the opposite my phone is now BRICKED.
I tried re-flashing my rom with ODIN, but to no help, the phone remains bricked.
I read some tutorials how to flash using the 'transfer to sd card from PC' rom. But there is another problem..
My pc doens't recognize my phone completely(icon doesn't show in My computer - winows 732bit).
Now im stuck at the Samsung logo, with no other options but hope someone here can help.. ..
Ps; I tried cleaning the cache and dalvik cache from CW mode. Anything else im missing out??..
When you Odin did you wipe data / factory reset after or before? Usually when you Odin and didn't wipe data in recovery mode you will get stuck at the Samsung boot up. So try going back to recovery and do a factory reset /wipe data and see if it boots up pass samsung logo.
teambestyrandy said:
When you Odin did you wipe data / factory reset after or before? Usually when you Odin and didn't wipe data in recovery mode you will get stuck at the Samsung boot up. So try going back to recovery and do a factory reset /wipe data and see if it boots up pass samsung logo.
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In fact i dont even know if I'm doing it correctly, i only flash one file, the one i ROOTED with. its in the PDA location. I will try to wipe before and after..
Edit: I used ODIN and then i wiped data/factory reset from CW, and still stuck at the boot logo
I also got this error on my PC, MTP USB device did not install correctly. I downloaded the drivers from the official t-mobile support page, so i don't think its the Pc's fault. .
Any ideas?
knight26 said:
In fact i dont even know if I'm doing it correctly, i only flash one file, the one i ROOTED with. its in the PDA location. I will try to wipe before and after..
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Try wiping data and see if it works. I it should pass the Samsung logo boot up.
teambestyrandy said:
Try wiping data and see if it works. I it should pass the Samsung logo boot up.
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Doesn't work.
Should i try to format my /data, /sdcard, etc, from the CW menu?.
Is there a risk in doing that?, I dont mind losing my data as long i get the phone back running.
EDIT: I flashed Odin, and it seems to be working now, I'm only left to wait for the phone to pass the bootloop.
what I had forgotten was to flash the stock firmware after i do the CW mode. Lets hope for best, I'll edit this post if it works.
EDIT 2: IT WORKS!. I'd post links to the stock firmwares, but not sure if that is allowed on the site. Anyway just google galaxy s3 stock firmware download.
writing this response to the other people in need of the same help

Note 2 softbricked, TWRP recovery says (system/data/EFS/usb/data etc...) cant mount!

Hi guys,
New to XDA, I have a Note 2 which was getting a bit sluggish but worked fine, I rooted and custom flashed TWRP and saved a NANDROID BACKUP using TWRP to SDCARD and kept that on the desktop for safe keeping.
The phone worked fine after that for some time, Now spontaneously I woke up in the morning with the phone stuck on the samsung logo screen, so i knew it was softbricked but i cant understand how that happened.
First thing i tried apart from multiple restarts, removing battery etc, was then boot into custom recovery TWRP and try and restore from SDCARD nandroid backup. But it says EVERYTHING CAN'T be mounted!
E: Unable to find partition size for '/boot''
E: Unable to find partition size for '/recovery'
E: Unable to find partition size for '/modem'
E: Primary block device '/dev/block/mmcb1k0p16' for mount point '/data' is not present!
unable to mount '/data', EFS, System, cache and so forth.....
The phone was sincerely working fine and this happened seemingly randomly while asleep. Phone hadnt dropped and was connected to charger, and prior to this was restarted several times with no issues.
I have been looking at endless articles, I changed to CWM, TWRP, Philz and Stock Recovery and ALL OF THEM are unable to mount. So this does NOT seem to be a problem in the recovery. I used TWRP 2.8.0.1 for my Note 2 as well as 2.7.0.1. So I have a perfect NANDROID RESTORE on my SDCARD and DESKTOP to fix this but no way of mounting it to recovery?
Odin works fine and each time i flashed the recovery it would work fine. Is there some way of fixing it with ODIN?
Any input here would be greatly appreciated, and hopefully this helps someone else with the exact same issue.
Cheers.
the9kill said:
Hi guys,
New to XDA, I have a Note 2 which was getting a bit sluggish but worked fine, I rooted and custom flashed TWRP and saved a NANDROID BACKUP using TWRP to SDCARD and kept that on the desktop for safe keeping.
The phone worked fine after that for some time, Now spontaneously I woke up in the morning with the phone stuck on the samsung logo screen, so i knew it was softbricked but i cant understand how that happened.
First thing i tried apart from multiple restarts, removing battery etc, was then boot into custom recovery TWRP and try and restore from SDCARD nandroid backup. But it says EVERYTHING CAN'T be mounted!
E: Unable to find partition size for '/boot''
E: Unable to find partition size for '/recovery'
E: Unable to find partition size for '/modem'
E: Primary block device '/dev/block/mmcb1k0p16' for mount point '/data' is not present!
unable to mount '/data', EFS, System, cache and so forth.....
The phone was sincerely working fine and this happened seemingly randomly while asleep. Phone hadnt dropped and was connected to charger, and prior to this was restarted several times with no issues.
I have been looking at endless articles, I changed to CWM, TWRP, Philz and Stock Recovery and ALL OF THEM are unable to mount. So this does NOT seem to be a problem in the recovery. I used TWRP 2.8.0.1 for my Note 2 as well as 2.7.0.1. So I have a perfect NANDROID RESTORE on my SDCARD and DESKTOP to fix this but no way of mounting it to recovery?
Odin works fine and each time i flashed the recovery it would work fine. Is there some way of fixing it with ODIN?
Any input here would be greatly appreciated, and hopefully this helps someone else with the exact same issue.
Cheers.
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It is possible that your Nandroid Backup is corrupt. It happens. Also, as you tried everything, I think you should flash fresh stock rom via odin.
Press thumps up if you found this suggestion helpful.
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ceomaverick said:
It is possible that your Nandroid Backup is corrupt. It happens. Also, as you tried everything, I think you should flash fresh stock rom via odin.
Press thumps up if you found this suggestion helpful.
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Hi ceomaverick,
Thanks for replying so fast, I may have not explained clearly but, the NANDROID BACKUP should be fine, its on the SD but cant be seen by any of the Recoverys (TWRP,CWM,stock,Philz) because nothing is able to MOUNT. So whether or not the nandroid backup is corrupt doesnt matter because we cant use it yet, as first problem is mounting to use the custom recovery restore.
Thanks for the suggestion about the Stock ROM , I have been downloading that for the past few hours! (XME-N7100XXUFNI4-20141020155451.zip) haha! That is what I will try next via Odin, just not sure how to do it safely. I will try and google and article for re-flashing stock rom via odin to make sure i tick all the correct boxes. If anything works will be back to update.
Cheers
P.s If anyone is interested in looking for this phones Stock ROM I found it here:
samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-N7100 (Select the one for your country/region)
the9kill said:
Hi ceomaverick,
Thanks for replying so fast, I may have not explained clearly but, the NANDROID BACKUP should be fine, its on the SD but cant be seen by any of the Recoverys (TWRP,CWM,stock,Philz) because nothing is able to MOUNT. So whether or not the nandroid backup is corrupt doesnt matter because we cant use it yet, as first problem is mounting to use the custom recovery restore.
Thanks for the suggestion about the Stock ROM , I have been downloading that for the past few hours! (XME-N7100XXUFNI4-20141020155451.zip) haha! That is what I will try next via Odin, just not sure how to do it safely. I will try and google and article for re-flashing stock rom via odin to make sure i tick all the correct boxes. If anything works will be back to update.
Cheers
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Well, no hassle really. ODIN 3.09 does a great job. Just dump your file in AP tab and start after MD5 is verified. You should be fine. Welcome.
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ceomaverick said:
Well, no hassle really. ODIN 3.09 does a great job. Just dump your file in AP tab and start after MD5 is verified. You should be fine. Welcome.
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Bad news, Odin failed halfway through. Was able to boot back into download mode thankfully. But after rebooting again, seems the phone is now HardBricked. Meaning it wont even turn on.
Not sure what options are left now (if any). Anyone know what to do with a Note 2 hardbrick (apart from use it as an expensive door wedge).
Cheers
the9kill said:
Bad news, Odin failed halfway through. Was able to boot back into download mode thankfully. But after rebooting again, seems the phone is now HardBricked. Meaning it wont even turn on.
Not sure what options are left now (if any). Anyone know what to do with a Note 2 hardbrick (apart from use it as an expensive door wedge).
Cheers
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This should not happen unless the cable or the usb ports are faulty. ( or if u have not followed the instructions correctly )
Anyway,
Can u still go to download mode? If yes, try a different cable and flash.
If no, use a USB jig to revive your phone. Ebay has them in plenty. With this you might get into download mode.
Also, are u flashing the correct firmware?
I have flashed custom ROMs n number of times without a single instance of failure.
Best of luck.
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ceomaverick said:
This should not happen unless the cable or the usb ports are faulty. ( or if u have not followed the instructions correctly )
Anyway,
Can u still go to download mode? If yes, try a different cable and flash.
If no, use a USB jig to revive your phone. Ebay has them in plenty. With this you might get into download mode.
Also, are u flashing the correct firmware?
I have flashed custom ROMs n number of times without a single instance of failure.
Best of luck.
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Hi again,
Yes, I can fully appreciate why you would say that, from what I see ODIN is very straight forward and unless you do something totally (silly), like jiggle the cable or do something midway it should not hardbrick. Therefore it makes sense you suggesting the cable is faulty, but it seemed to copy over 32GB of data seemlessly in one go. Although i will change the cable as a precaution as there is a slight cut.
When I say hardbricked, I mean hardbricked as in no recovery and no download mode, and no display whatsoever no matter what you do.
[UPDATE] Okay, the strangest thing happened. After a whole day of charging the phone, sometimes trying it on for luck, hoping something would happen. I went to the doctors and came back, and oddly enough the screen had life!!! Yes, this gets bizarre, I repeat a clearly hardbricked phone resurrected back to life with a screen showing ("A firmware upgrade encountered an error, please retry with kies") or something like that, so overjoyed with this sign of life I carefully put it into download mode and its now waiting.... But before I try Odin again, I think I will take a leaf from Ceomavericks suggestion and get a brand new cable from another samsung phone and use that this time.
By the way Ceomaverick, last time i just tried to flash to stock rom using AP, and kept autorebook and Ftime checked.
This time I am seeing on a thread to do the following, please advise (given that my TWRP doesnt mount anything at all).
It says do this: from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43760271&postcount=22
Open ODIN, and check Re-Partition, Nand Erase All, Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time. Uncheck all other boxes. Click the PIT button and select the PIT file appropriate for your device (16GB or 32GB). Click the PDA file and choose the Stock Rom you downloaded. Press start and wait.
File Type: rar PIT_t03g_0907_16GB.rar - [Click for QR Code] (899 Bytes, 84 views)
File Type: zip BOOTLOADER_N7100.zip - [Click for QR Code] (1.03 MB, 75 views)
click start.
If everything goes well, the process should succeed and the phone should reboot. Don't wait for the phone to boot into android. Immediatly boot into recovery, factory reset the phone and wipe cache. Reboot to Android.
Now, if everything worked well, your phone should boot into Android. And then sort out the sleep of death issue.
I think I will wait for some feedback before doing this and just enjoy that my phone is mysteriously back in download mode, perhaps a hardware issue......
Another thread reading http://www.theandroidsoul.com/unbrick-restore-samsung-galaxy-note-2-gt-n7100/
Cheers
UPDATE:
Now that we are back to softbrick, I tried download mode and ODIN again, this time it fails right near the end. Last time it failed somewhere in the middle. So it seems to randomly fail and this is with the brand new USB Sony PS4 Cable. I ditched the worn out samsung cable because of the first fail. So twice its failed, but at different points. If it doesnt hardbrick again this time I suppose I will keep repeating till it passes.
For now just a straight rom flash, not sure if i should repartition with the before mentioned PIT Files and bootloader etc. Wont do that unless im told.
Thanks
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the9kill said:
UPDATE:
Now that we are back to softbrick, I tried download mode and ODIN again, this time it fails right near the end. Last time it failed somewhere in the middle. So it seems to randomly fail and this is with the brand new USB Sony PS4 Cable. I ditched the worn out samsung cable because of the first fail. So twice its failed, but at different points. If it doesnt hardbrick again this time I suppose I will keep repeating till it passes.
For now just a straight rom flash, not sure if i should repartition with the before mentioned PIT Files and bootloader etc. Wont do that unless im told.
Thanks
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Good news is you can visit download mode.
Ok. Alternative.
Download Philz recovery latest version. Flash it via ODIN. If it succeeds, u can flash a touchwiz rom
If that fails, then your partition table is corrupt (asumming thr r no hardware issues. )
Download firmware from different region for your note 2. India maybe. And flash them. May be this might do the trick.
If all above fails, it has to b a hardware issue.
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ceomaverick said:
Good news is you can visit download mode.
Ok. Alternative.
Download Philz recovery latest version. Flash it via ODIN. If it succeeds, u can flash a touchwiz rom
If that fails, then your partition table is corrupt (asumming thr r no hardware issues. )
Download firmware from different region for your note 2. India maybe. And flash them. May be this might do the trick.
If all above fails, it has to b a hardware issue.
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Hi ceomaverick!
Just going to highlight what you said with a few questions please.
"Good news is you can visit download mode. " - Yes, and once I tried to flash it for the second time it got hardbricked round 2. So somehow me flashing it gives it a seemingly temporary hardbrick. That was some hours ago and still no way to turn it on or get any sign of life, just like yesterday before it miraculously came to life again. Which since it has happened once I am guessing it will come back to life again as i followed the exact same procedure as before but Odin failed much later on into the process rather than halfway through.
"Download Philz recovery latest version. Flash it via ODIN. If it succeeds, u can flash a touchwiz rom" - Okay I had Philz before I will reflash it when it comes up and i suppose search for a note 2 touchwiz rom. Philz as before wont be able to mount anything though, even sim card. As i did this prior none of them, TWRP, Philz or CWM can mount anything. So even if i have the ROM file i wont be able to use it on SD if the SD doesnt mount, but i can try it through Odin?
"If that fails, then your partition table is corrupt (asumming thr r no hardware issues. )" - I suspect this is the case hence not mounting, so do I use that PIT file and select Re-Partition in Odin to resolve that?
"Download firmware from different region for your note 2. India maybe. And flash them. May be this might do the trick." - Good idea, while the hardbrick is waiting to resurrect (LOL), I will start a download.
"If all above fails, it has to b a hardware issue. " - Again something I suspect, from forum could be this dreaded eMMC "insane samsung chip" problem which is as far as i know a 16gb internal SD? If so, perhaps there is a way to put in a 16gb SD and edit boot to mount from there as internal instead from the eMMC? Sorry if thats way out there, but i read something like this once.
Appreciate the help, waiting for it to spring back into life
the9kill said:
Hi ceomaverick!
Just going to highlight what you said with a few questions please.
"Good news is you can visit download mode. " - Yes, and once I tried to flash it for the second time it got hardbricked round 2. So somehow me flashing it gives it a seemingly temporary hardbrick. That was some hours ago and still no way to turn it on or get any sign of life, just like yesterday before it miraculously came to life again. Which since it has happened once I am guessing it will come back to life again as i followed the exact same procedure as before but Odin failed much later on into the process rather than halfway through.
"Download Philz recovery latest version. Flash it via ODIN. If it succeeds, u can flash a touchwiz rom" - Okay I had Philz before I will reflash it when it comes up and i suppose search for a note 2 touchwiz rom. Philz as before wont be able to mount anything though, even sim card. As i did this prior none of them, TWRP, Philz or CWM can mount anything. So even if i have the ROM file i wont be able to use it on SD if the SD doesnt mount, but i can try it through Odin?
"If that fails, then your partition table is corrupt (asumming thr r no hardware issues. )" - I suspect this is the case hence not mounting, so do I use that PIT file and select Re-Partition in Odin to resolve that?
"Download firmware from different region for your note 2. India maybe. And flash them. May be this might do the trick." - Good idea, while the hardbrick is waiting to resurrect (LOL), I will start a download.
"If all above fails, it has to b a hardware issue. " - Again something I suspect, from forum could be this dreaded eMMC "insane samsung chip" problem which is as far as i know a 16gb internal SD? If so, perhaps there is a way to put in a 16gb SD and edit boot to mount from there as internal instead from the eMMC? Sorry if thats way out there, but i read something like this once.
Appreciate the help, waiting for it to spring back into life
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If the firmware from other region fails, then find pit file for 16gb to flash. If that too fails, I think your phone needs hardware repair.
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Frozen at "Galaxy Note II".

My daughter's note 2, which looks to be in perfect condition, was running dirty unicorn. She messages me in a panic because the phone turned off on her, and wouldn't reboot.
I could get into recovery, but many of the options like factory reset wouldn't work. Reformatting /cache gives an error with ext4 and can't write, and at the bottom of some of the screens is an error about unable to access some log files in the /cache directory. Going to install zip to reinstall dirty unicorn doesn't seem to do anything, it can't find any files.
Wipe system gives errors like "format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p12". It can't mount /data, just gives an error.
I tried reflashing the stock mj4 via odin, which ran successfully, but didn't resolve anything.
Tried using KIES 2.6, which did go into download mode and said it downloaded a bunch of stuff and then flashed the phone, but it's still stuck at the bootloader.
I tried flashing a bootloader, but am unclear of how to flash the param file if necessary (does it go in bootloader? PDA? what slot in odin?).
I need some ideas. Maybe the flash has died on it, and it's unrecoverable, but it's in such perfect shape that I hate to just toss it.
I have recover 6.0.4.3 (CWM) installed, and can still get into it. But upon loading recovery, it gives me errors like "Can't mount /cache/recovery/command", "Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log", etc.
Any help appreciated.
mrcpu said:
My daughter's note 2, which looks to be in perfect condition, was running dirty unicorn. She messages me in a panic because the phone turned off on her, and wouldn't reboot.
I could get into recovery, but many of the options like factory reset wouldn't work. Reformatting /cache gives an error with ext4 and can't write, and at the bottom of some of the screens is an error about unable to access some log files in the /cache directory. Going to install zip to reinstall dirty unicorn doesn't seem to do anything, it can't find any files.
Wipe system gives errors like "format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p12". It can't mount /data, just gives an error.
I tried reflashing the stock mj4 via odin, which ran successfully, but didn't resolve anything.
Tried using KIES 2.6, which did go into download mode and said it downloaded a bunch of stuff and then flashed the phone, but it's still stuck at the bootloader.
I tried flashing a bootloader, but am unclear of how to flash the param file if necessary (does it go in bootloader? PDA? what slot in odin?).
I need some ideas. Maybe the flash has died on it, and it's unrecoverable, but it's in such perfect shape that I hate to just toss it.
I have recover 6.0.4.3 (CWM) installed, and can still get into it. But upon loading recovery, it gives me errors like "Can't mount /cache/recovery/command", "Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log", etc.
Any help appreciated.
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The other weird thing is that I used odin 3.06 to flash twrp 2.8.5, or at least attempt to, download processed, device reset, but recovery is still CWM 6.0.4.3. WTH?
Ok check this thread where I just helped fix a note 2, simular to your situation ok.
Plenty of links in there for you. Keep in mind everything in this thread I'm sending you too it's for the AT&T i317 ok.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59000961
Which I'm sure that is what you have, posting your problem in the Att q&a thread.
Bajanman said:
Ok check this thread where I just helped fix a note 2, simular to your situation ok.
Plenty of links in there for you. Keep in mind everything in this thread I'm sending you too it's for the AT&T i317 ok.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59000961
Which I'm sure that is what you have, posting your problem in the Att q&a thread.
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Correct, it is an AT&T. I have tried the options in that thread, but I swear, nothing I flash actually "sticks". I've used odin 3.06, put the files in PDA, plugged it in in download mode, the progress bar appears on both odin and the phone, it resets, it reboots, and nada. Hung.
I can't even flash a replacement recovery, nothing "sticks". I've used KIES to flash, it tells me it's successful, but I still have CWM 6.0.4.3. I've tried the original 4.1.1, NJ1 (rooted), I've tried flashing a bootloader, then tried the one with the param file attached, I downloaded a pit file, followed the directions on that page with the Re-partition option, and I still can't get anywhere with it.
If I cold even just get a different recovery installed, just so that I *know*, my odin is OK, then I'd feel better about making progress.
I've tried to flash philz_touch 6.48.4, openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5 through odin, and I can't even get the CWM recovery replaced. Odin reports success, reboots the device, frozen.
I swear, if this was one of my servers at work, I'd figured the NSA has hacked the firmware to just discard writes and report back success.
I'm not crystal clear in ODIN how to flash bootloaders, on one hand, presumably, the "bootloader" button, but one guide shows the bootloader file being put in PDA, so who knows. I may have ended up with a bootloader mismatch, but I thought flashing the latest stock recoveries.
FWIW, the phone was running Dirty Unicorn, although I'm unsure of specifically which version, she's had it for a while.
Thanks for any help.
Just realized something.
If I hold down the power/vol down/home and boot into download mode, I get the little red "odin mode" at the top left, 4 lines of text about custom, etc, and then the green android icon.
If I boot into recovery, then use it to boot into download mode, the green android is there, but none of the text (odin mode, etc) is on the screen. Is this normal?
I have also been having some strangeness with my Telus Note II. Very similar symptoms to what you're describing. One morning I woke up to my phone stuck on the Samsung logo as the phone must have rebooted itself overnight. When I tried to reboot it would freeze at the same spot once again. I tried to go into recover (TWRP) and it wouldn't, and a subsequent reboot left me in a boot loop.
Nothing I tried would help. I couldn't get into TWRP. Using ODIN 3.07 I put on CWM and I was able to get into recovery now, but nothing in it worked. Finally I tried using ODIN to put on CF-Auto-Root-t0ltecan-t0ltevl-sghi317m and I was finally able to get into a recovery that allowed me to do a factory reset. Once I did that I was able to boot up the phone.
I then re-installed TWRP and restored a back up that I had, and everything was normal again. The phone was running great. However, sometime at night things get messed up again. The phone has either reboot itself, and get's stuck again. I then have to repeat this whole process. During the day, the phone runs amazing. It almost seems to run better than before. However at night, if I'm on battery it will get messed up again.
I hope this helps you. Good luck.
have you tried all this using the same computer and usb cable? i would try a different computer, port, usb and re download all files again. perhaps use a different version of odin. good luck:fingers-crossed:
It's the same computer and cable I do my Note 3, and kindle fire 8.9, and with a different cable my nook HD, so I'm skeptical that it's any of those pieces, but for the heckuvit, I will try a different one.
Note 2 GT N 7100 --Stuck on CWM 6.0.4.3
gizhola said:
I have also been having some strangeness with my Telus Note II. Very similar symptoms to what you're describing. One morning I woke up to my phone stuck on the Samsung logo as the phone must have rebooted itself overnight. When I tried to reboot it would freeze at the same spot once again. I tried to go into recover (TWRP) and it wouldn't, and a subsequent reboot left me in a boot loop.
Nothing I tried would help. I couldn't get into TWRP. Using ODIN 3.07 I put on CWM and I was able to get into recovery now, but nothing in it worked. Finally I tried using ODIN to put on CF-Auto-Root-t0ltecan-t0ltevl-sghi317m and I was finally able to get into a recovery that allowed me to do a factory reset. Once I did that I was able to boot up the phone.
I then re-installed TWRP and restored a back up that I had, and everything was normal again. The phone was running great. However, sometime at night things get messed up again. The phone has either reboot itself, and get's stuck again. I then have to repeat this whole process. During the day, the phone runs amazing. It almost seems to run better than before. However at night, if I'm on battery it will get messed up again.
I hope this helps you. Good luck.
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Dear friends, sorry for my interference, i having CWM recovery v 6.0.4.3 on GT N7100, i used to flash omega ROM 4.3, everything went well until i got stuck on Samsung log and the phone did want restart, i decided to go on CWM recovery, stunned with this message
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
Still I can go on download mode, I tried use odin to flash stock rom but failed it takes me always to CWM v 6.0.4.3 where it stuck and dont allow me to format or do any thing except my external sd1 that I tried to flash from but returned to same prob ( CWM v 6.0.43)
also I tried to flash tried twrp 2.8.0.4 but failed
the prob is my internal sd can't be mounted and whatever i do don't pass
I read in your post something about flashing auto root in odin or fix CWM root
can you help please Im stuck in CWM v 6.0.4.3

failed to mount /efs (stale NFS File Handle)

Hi, i need fix those error, the tablet just ask by install a upgrade via ota, but when the tablet restar the device does´t pass from the samsung logo and i get in the recovery and see the error "failed to mount /efs (stale NFS File Handle)" and i be search for a solution, thanks in advance.
Any customation like custom recovery?
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Any customation like custom recovery?
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No, the tab never has been root or tuned with a diferent recovery. Thanks in advance for your help.
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