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[Q] Help--May have bricked my phone

Checked other threads but didn't see anything like my problem
CWM recovery 6.0.14
Get msg saying can't open /cache /recovery /log. Won't perform any actions like restore or install zip.
Any ideas?

This will help. It will show you how to get your phone back to stock so you can leave it be or start over if you decide. Whatever you do, follow the directions to the T and you should be fine. Good Luck.

act586 said:
Checked other threads but didn't see anything like my problem
CWM recovery 6.0.14
Get msg saying can't open /cache /recovery /log. Won't perform any actions like restore or install zip.
Any ideas?
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I have some problem with 6.0.1.4 too.. seems my phone is bricked. trying a restore and it is stuck at restoring cache. I was using 5.0.2.7 and installed a couple 4.0.4 roms with no issues. Was wanting to install CM10 and was told I should get 6.0.1.4 Everything is falling apart now.. Might be able to go back to 5.0.2.7 via odin?
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kalo93406 said:
I have some problem with 6.0.1.4 too.. seems my phone is bricked. trying a restore and it is stuck at restoring cache. I was using 5.0.2.7 and installed a couple 4.0.4 roms with no issues. Was wanting to install CM10 and was told I should get 6.0.1.4 Everything is falling apart now.. Might be able to go back to 5.0.2.7 via odin?
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I just went back to 5.0.2.7 via odin and on reboot my last ROM is booting up.. It's like nothing has changed.. All of this is a bit sketchy as there is really no good info on how to do thing. Like upgrading from 5.0.2.7 CWM to 6.0.1.4.. why doesn't the CWM website give basic info on steps to use.
I also put ROM manager on my phone to see if that would update to 6.0.1.4 and it just seemed to get stuck.. so removed it
I tried putting 6.0 on from ODIN and that seemed to leave NO CWM on my phone at all.
Then was scared so tried flashing SGH-T989_TMB_1_T989UVKL1_CL799405_REV00.rar to restore my phone to original, and that didn't work. just stuck at startup screen.
Then I restored CWM 5.0.2.7 via odin.. thankfully it worked
Then I found a zip file for 6.0.1.4 so put that on my micro sd via and adapter on my computer. The installed it via 5.0.2.7. Thought I was set with 6.0.1.4 on my phone.. but then it didn't seem to work at all. Luckily could put 5.0.2.7 back on via odin and now Executioner 777 4.0.4 comes right up.
No idea what to do next.. or maybe do nothing as it is very hard to really know what is the best way. :s

6.0.1.4 has issues with our phone. 5.0.2.7 is fine with darkside scripts, twrp is good because you don't need the scripts.
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link for twrp??
mintharis said:
6.0.1.4 has issues with our phone. 5.0.2.7 is fine with darkside scripts, twrp is good because you don't need the scripts.
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I tried to download from the twrp website without success. Any idea where else I couldget it?
BTW, when I followed the instructions linked to in the second post, Odin sat there "initializing" for over 20 minutes before I aborted the process. I was able to flash cwm recovery without problems.
I'm stuck in a boot loop and need to do something. Tried flashing the stock ROM mentioned above without success via Odin.

You don't have to use twrp. Use CWM to get you out of your loop
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Can't run CWM
damastah said:
You don't have to use twrp. Use CWM to get you out of your loop
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When I try to run CWM recovery the menu comes up then it immediately goes to a dark screen with just the tophat and yellow circle and "ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.1.3" in white at the bottom of the screen.
Any ideas??

act586 said:
I tried to download from the twrp website without success. Any idea where else I couldget it?
BTW, when I followed the instructions linked to in the second post, Odin sat there "initializing" for over 20 minutes before I aborted the process. I was able to flash cwm recovery without problems.
I'm stuck in a boot loop and need to do something. Tried flashing the stock ROM mentioned above without success via Odin.
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Try reinstalling drivers then rebooting your PC, then Odin
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question about order of restoration
LoopDoGG79 said:
Try reinstalling drivers then rebooting your PC, then Odin
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OK. I'm going to re-load the drivers on the PC and reboot. Then start Odin. Seeing as CWM isn't currently working, I'll load it thru Odin. Now Reboot the phone and see if CWM works. If yes, install the ROM from there. If not, can I install the ROM from Odin?

[q] cmw & twrp

Anyone having issues with either of these, I just had to warrenty my wifes phone, so when I got it back I rooted it no problem then of course first thing I want to do is a nandroid backup, so I flashed the newest cmw 6.0.1.5 it hangs on wipe cache, tried to reinsatll cmw a few times same thing. so then I installed twrp newest version, it installed and when I go into recovery(the screen with the twrp logo and gray background) I get the home screen with no options, again tried several times to install same issue, lastly I tried the touch version of CMW keep getting errors, cannot open cache etc. Any Ideas??? I really need to clear the cache between different roms, shouldnt have to use super wipe, besides have no clue where to find that anymore. Im personally on a sgs3 and all works well. I'm very familiar with bot of these as I flash non stop on my sgs3 but Huston we have a issue here! UGH
Thanks Rob

I would recommend that you odin clockworkmod tar so you can flash superuser zip from it. Once you have root/superuser, download goomanager via playstore. Run install script andbit will download then flash the latest TWRP by itself.
TWRP is the best recovery i have used.
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I like twrp but I wish it had a better way of handling the backups, like the way ROM manager let's you..
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muasxees said:
I would recommend that you odin clockworkmod tar so you can flash superuser zip from it. Once you have root/superuser, download goomanager via playstore. Run install script andbit will download then flash the latest TWRP by itself.
TWRP is the best recovery i have used.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2
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I did this but twrp latest does not work as stated above, when in recovery the main screen shows up but no buttons, and cwm works fine but hangs on clear cache.

twrp getting stuck on team win boot img when i try to get to recovery

hey i just tried to change my recovery bc cwm got messed up with the whole cache not being able to wipe. so i went through goo manager and tried to install twrp it looked like it install right and when i go into recovery it get stuck on teamwin boot img and doesnt do anything. what should i do?

mightymike889 said:
hey i just tried to change my recovery bc cwm got messed up with the whole cache not being able to wipe. so i went through goo manager and tried to install twrp it looked like it install right and when i go into recovery it get stuck on teamwin boot img and doesnt do anything. what should i do?
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Cwm 5.0.2.7 all day.
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I have exactly the same issue. I had problems trying to wipe cache on CWM 5 so I installed through Goo, now when I boot into recovery, it gets stuck on TEAMWIN screen.

files- images
make sure you have the file in the right place wwhen you know you do get the switcher and then down ld. the file again i had to trial and error it a few times :victory:

The newest twrp gets stuck for me too. I just flashed back to a cwm

noodles2224 said:
The newest twrp gets stuck for me too. I just flashed back to a cwm
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Same issue here on the Telus T989D. Any solutions without using cwm?

You can always try the manual method if your brave and familiar with the terminal. Go to Team Win's for our phone here: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/101. Download the .IMG file and follow the instructions under Download - Recovery Image Method (using dd): Not hard but doublecheck your typing before hitting enter or you'll brick your phone.
I'm not responsible for any actions taken because of this post. Good Luck, its worth it in the long run.
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One small problem with that.....
Hi guys. I'm having a somewhat similar issue, but it's a little more problematic than that. I was in mid-flash when I unfortunately learned that any attempt to work with the cache resulted in an immediate freeze-up. From what little of the log I've seen, it's trying to tell me that the cache partition is read-only. Any attempt to unmount, wipe, or work with the cache in any way will result in an immediate lock up. This is *after* wiping the system and data partitions. I have been able to get TWRP to start correctly twice in the last 40 times I've tried to boot up the phone.
Question: I noticed that TWRP has a button where you can enter a terminal command. I don't have adb set up yet on this machine, since reloading it. I would imagine the answer would be 'no', but is it possible to put a different recovery image on the sd card, then use TWRP's terminal button to issue the command to flash it, or would that make matters worse? Or am I going to have to set up adb and odin again on another machine and use that? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Side note: I should've stayed with CWM non-touch. :crying:

This worked for me:
reflash CWM, flash superwipe, install TWRP through goomanager.

i had the same problem on my t989 and this odin flashed version posted here worked fine
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852753

dailo23 said:
i had the same problem on my t989 and this odin flashed version posted here worked fine
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852753
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I flashed that version through Odin and it seems to be running just fine. I wiped caches and now TWRP appears to be working normally :fingers-crossed:

mightymike889 said:
hey i just tried to change my recovery bc cwm got messed up with the whole cache not being able to wipe. so i went through goo manager and tried to install twrp it looked like it install right and when i go into recovery it get stuck on teamwin boot img and doesnt do anything. what should i do?
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EDIT: Wow I guess I didnt read the critical part where your stuck on the recovery boot screen so the attachment below wont help.... JUMP DOWN TO POST #21 AND FOLLOW IT TO RECTIFY THE GETTING STUCK ISSUE
Here, try this file guys. Someone over in the Jedi threads made a CWM flashable TWRP zip. You can thank me for bringing it to your attention if you want, but I did not create this ( I just clicked on the attachment paperclip for the thread and browsed through all the attachments because I knew I saw it somewhere in the development section...)
I also checked TWRP's own website and for the Hercules, v.2.3.1.1 is the latest version supported for our device so far but I only found 2.3.0.0 packed in a recovery flashable form.
Just flash it via CWM like any other zip and once its done it'll reboot your device automatically to system, so just reboot it back to recovery to make sure it worked. It did for me when I did awhile back with v.2.2.2.0 and I just used the below file to flash and update it in TWRP to v.2.3.0.0
Hope it helps

incgnito said:
Hi guys. I'm having a somewhat similar issue, but it's a little more problematic than that. I was in mid-flash when I unfortunately learned that any attempt to work with the cache resulted in an immediate freeze-up. From what little of the log I've seen, it's trying to tell me that the cache partition is read-only. Any attempt to unmount, wipe, or work with the cache in any way will result in an immediate lock up. This is *after* wiping the system and data partitions. I have been able to get TWRP to start correctly twice in the last 40 times I've tried to boot up the phone.
Question: I noticed that TWRP has a button where you can enter a terminal command. I don't have adb set up yet on this machine, since reloading it. I would imagine the answer would be 'no', but is it possible to put a different recovery image on the sd card, then use TWRP's terminal button to issue the command to flash it, or would that make matters worse? Or am I going to have to set up adb and odin again on another machine and use that? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Side note: I should've stayed with CWM non-touch. :crying:
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i just started having this exact problem with the cache partition. it will freeze on me whenever i try to reformat it, i can't unmount it, etc. i also get stuck on the twrp "teamwin" blue start up screen. have you figured out a solution?
edit- got it working again.. ended up odin flashing twrp 2.2 and i was able to wipe everything and install the new rom stuff.

noodles2224 said:
The newest twrp gets stuck for me too. I just flashed back to a cwm
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Will you kindly explain how you did this?

y0urm0msname said:
Will you kindly explain how you did this?
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What exactly is your issue?

Eks Dee Aye said:
What exactly is your issue?
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Same as OP. I have never re-flashed CWM. This was my first time trying TWRP. I am looking for instructions to either...
Re-flash CWM
Re-install a version to TWRP that works
Thanks!

y0urm0msname said:
Same as OP. I have never re-flashed CWM. This was my first time trying TWRP. I am looking for instructions to either...
Re-flash CWM
Re-install a version to TWRP that works
Thanks!
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Do you currently have CWM or TWRP as your recovery?

Eks Dee Aye said:
Do you currently have CWM or TWRP as your recovery?
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Currently the non-functioning TWRP. I tried flashing CWM from the Rom Manager app, but that froze too. Looking for a reliable fix. I do not have a preference for recovery.

Eks Dee Aye said:
Do you currently have CWM or TWRP as your recovery?
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If you have either I guess it doesn't really matter. Just install/flash the attached file below just like you would any other rom via your recovery.
After it installs reboot back into recovery and you will see the old recovery replaced with the latest TWRP for the T989.
Lemme know if this works for ya.

Eks Dee Aye said:
Just install/flash the attached file below just like you would any other rom via your recovery.
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This is the part I don't understand. If my TWRP is stuck, how do I install/flash via my recovery?

[Q] I can't Factory Reset

I was getting bored of my old rom, so i decided to install another one via CWM. When i went into recovery mode, i chose to do a factory reset. When the operation starts, my phone freezes at "Formatting /data..." and i need to take out the battery and try again. Is this common? Is there even a fix to this? For the rom I am trying to use, Android 4.2.2 Liquid Smooth, I need to reset in order to get past the boot logo.

I would try TWRP instead of that CWM. CWM only gives me as well as others issues; however, some people have no trouble at all with it.

Gorostone123 said:
I was getting bored of my old rom, so i decided to install another one via CWM. When i went into recovery mode, i chose to do a factory reset. When the operation starts, my phone freezes at "Formatting /data..." and i need to take out the battery and try again. Is this common? Is there even a fix to this? For the rom I am trying to use, Android 4.2.2 Liquid Smooth, I need to reset in order to get past the boot logo.
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Down load goomanager then install twrp through goomanager. It will be way better than cwm.
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seko666 said:
Down load goomanager then install twrp through goomanager. It will be way better than cwm.
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THanks alot! that really helped me, i like teamwin a lot better than CWM... I never tried TWRM because all i heard about was clockwork

[Q] Softbrick/bootloop

So, I decided to root my wifes Galaxy S2 due to it being a little older and to get more out of it for her, however I seem to have got my self stuck in a bootloop.
-Downloaded Odin, flashed CWM recovery and rooted phone all relatively easy and with no issues. However I wanted to get CM 10.1.2 stable cuase thats what i run on my Nexus 4. Before i flashed, i ran a Nandroid backup from cwm and did a wipe data/factory reset and rebooted. this is where i got the boot loop, on the T-mobile screen. Tried restoring from the back up, and still boot looped. tried flashing CM and it boot looped on the CM splash screen. On the CM forum it seems someone else had this issue and that kinda how i got pointed here. CM Admin suggested downloading an updated Bootloader. I honestly looked all over this site and couldnt find ANYTHING. I can still get into Download mode, and Recovery mode with no issues.
Thanks for your time
CWM v 5.0.2.6
Samsung T989 (JB 4.1.2)
Rooted

EgoTrip26 said:
So, I decided to root my wifes Galaxy S2 due to it being a little older and to get more out of it for her, however I seem to have got my self stuck in a bootloop.
-Downloaded Odin, flashed CWM recovery and rooted phone all relatively easy and with no issues. However I wanted to get CM 10.1.2 stable cuase thats what i run on my Nexus 4. Before i flashed, i ran a Nandroid backup from cwm and did a wipe data/factory reset and rebooted. this is where i got the boot loop, on the T-mobile screen. Tried restoring from the back up, and still boot looped. tried flashing CM and it boot looped on the CM splash screen. On the CM forum it seems someone else had this issue and that kinda how i got pointed here. CM Admin suggested downloading an updated Bootloader. I honestly looked all over this site and couldnt find ANYTHING. I can still get into Download mode, and Recovery mode with no issues.
Thanks for your time
CWM v 5.0.2.6
Samsung T989 (JB 4.1.2)
Rooted
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U need to flash the newest twrp recovery, a lot of ppl have been having issues with cwm lately so my advice would be to DL the twrp tar file and use that to root and not cwm
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soupysoup said:
U need to flash the newest twrp recovery, a lot of ppl have been having issues with cwm lately so my advice would be to DL the twrp tar file and use that to root and not cwm
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I will try that, I use TWRP for my Nexus 4. That being said, do i have to go back to stock and unroot, or just flash TWRP and attempt to install CM?

EgoTrip26 said:
I will try that, I use TWRP for my Nexus 4. That being said, do i have to go back to stock and unroot, or just flash TWRP and attempt to install CM?
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Just flash recovery then cm rom.
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Thanks a million!
Thanks to both of you for prompt response, Used TWRP and at least got CM to flash and startup, so far so good. hope it works as well on the S2 as it does on my phone!
Thanks again