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Can no longer flash a rom

So I have an issue. After I was formatted system and wiped my data to install 1.9 I accidentally reboot the phone before I installed the rom, now when I'm in clockwork mod I get a
E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard]
E:Can't mount /sdcard/
error whenever I try to select the zip to install. How do I fix this?
The phone won't load past the boot screen either because there is no rom installed. I even tried to reset it to stock and it won't load past the startup screen

This happened to mine too. Looking for answers

There's always a usb jig to force it into download mode. Then just reflash a tar. Look for the thread "the jig is up"
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This happened to me. I odin'd an older version of cwm, and installed a rom from the internal storage. For some reason the older one worked for me.
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Or you can try to mount USB in mounts and storage, transfer rom to internal storage, and flash from there.
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Happened to me tons of times. Just Odin the recovery again and it'll work fine.

OP, much like others have suggested, boot into odin mode and reflash recovery

Having major issues here please help and thanks!
My phone-Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch (Sprint) SPH-D710
RUNNING AOKP ICS ROM DOWNLOADED FROM EPIC4GTOUCHROOT DOT COM
From my understanding i should have flashed this rom through odin instead of my rouge recovery.I enjoyed the rom for a day or two than decided to flash back to a different rom and rouge recovery no longer showed up. Anroid system recovery <3e> shows up instead. i went to try to flash a rom here and it started than the android guy came up laying down with the chest area open and an exclamation mark above him than said
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
installation aborted.
My computer no longer recognizes my phone iv tried re-installing the drivers and no luck. I've tried installing from sd card and still no luck. Ive tried mobile odin and it doesnt pick up anything in my sd card.
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP WHAT DO I DO???
-THANKS

[solved] Cant update to new CM rom?

Hi, I got a notice on CM updater that there was an 10.2 update so I dloaded it and let CM do its thing. Upon reboot everything seemed a little squirrley so I decided I was just going to do a clean flash.
Booted into recovery, wiped everything, but now every rom I try to flash gives me "set metadata recursive: some changes failed. Error executing updater binary n zip [path]" no matter what I try?
Any clue as to what is going on here?
edit: I can get in and out of recovery. I can push via adb. Also wiped via fastboot -w.
thx
EDIT: ended up getting everything back to stock and starting over. Thanks for looking.

Try updating your recovery (CWM/TWRP) to the latest.
Sent from Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G @ CM11

updated to latest TWRP.
I'm getting errors about it being unable to mount /sdcard when I attempt to flash...

Ok it turned out I installed an older version of TWRP.
Flashed 2.6.3.2
When I attempt to flash a new rom I get this:
updating partition details.......
Full SELinux support is present
E: Failed to decrypt data
Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs fucntion.
Updating partition details...
E: Failed to wipe dalvik
Updating partition details...
Error flashing zip /sdcard/cm-11 nighty blah blah
Updating partition details...
FAILED
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Am I screwed at this point? Do I need to revert everything back to original somehow? Kind of lost here at the moment.
thx

[Q] Please help. I have bricked my N5110

i followed a guide from techbeasts.com
using ODIN to push "CF-Auto-Root-konawifi-konawifixx-gtn5110"
then with ODIN i pushed "RECOVERY_GT-N5110-CivZ_rev1.1-PhilZ_5-ODIN.tar"
then i downloaded a rom and through the CWM recovery i chose "clean for new rom" or something along those lines
trying to install several different roms keeps giving me a "status 7". i tried multiple recovery versions of CWM, and 1 TWRP.
now the backup i MOVED to an external SD wont flash back, it gives me a md5 mismatch error.
please help!!!

right before i get the "status 7" error it says:
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed

i was able to get my old back up to work when i went to restore.
THIS IS WHY ITS IMPORTANT TO BACK UP YOUR RESTORE FILE TO AN *EXTERNAL SD CARD*
i broke in to the back up file and cleaned out the "nandroid.md5" with a text editor, tried the restore and it worked!

Bricked Note 8? Can't flash any Rom | Please Help! E: Unable to mount '/preload'

Hi!
I'm having a big problem with my Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 N5110. I have installed a new rom using TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery but now I can't change Rom because when i try to flash .zip files i get the following error:
E: Unable to mount '/preload'
But once flashed the new rom the tablet doesn't boot (I can see the Bootanimation but no more! And I have Wiped all data)
What is working:
Download mode accessible
Recovery accessible
I can flash files
What I noticed:
I can flash zip roms but I always get the mount preload error, I tryed to mount preload partition in my recovery settings but it doesn't mount!
Originally I have had this firmware: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/32115/N5110XXDNF1_N5110ITVDNF1_ITV/
Ok, I tried to download the stock rom from Sammobile (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/57737/N5110XXDNK1_N5110UVSDNK1_TPA/) but when i try to flash that with Odin I get the Failed! message.
I tryed to change recovery and to flash a new rom (Gnabo rom) but it doesn't finish booting.
I think that this is a partition problem and that I need a PIT file to restore them, i found this thread about this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2333191. I tryed to flash the file but i get Failed!
Now, I'm trying to download a new stock rom, I found this http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/56156/N5110UEU2COI3_N5110XAR2COI3_XAR/ I hope it will work!
Please can someone help me?:crying::crying::crying::crying:

leofabri said:
Hi!
I'm having a big problem with my Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 N5110. I have installed a new rom using TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery but now I can't change Rom because when i try to flash .zip files i get the following error:
E: Unable to mount '/preload'
But once flashed the new rom the tablet doesn't boot (I can see the Bootanimation but no more! And I have Wiped all data)
What is working:
Download mode accessible
Recovery accessible
I can flash files
What I noticed:
I can flash zip roms but I always get the mount preload error, I tryed to mount preload partition in my recovery settings but it doesn't mount!
Originally I have had this firmware: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/32115/N5110XXDNF1_N5110ITVDNF1_ITV/
Ok, I tried to download the stock rom from Sammobile (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/57737/N5110XXDNK1_N5110UVSDNK1_TPA/) but when i try to flash that with Odin I get the Failed! message.
I tryed to change recovery and to flash a new rom (Gnabo rom) but it doesn't finish booting.
I think that this is a partition problem and that I need a PIT file to restore them, i found this thread about this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2333191. I tryed to flash the file but i get Failed!
Now, I'm trying to download a new stock rom, I found this http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/56156/N5110UEU2COI3_N5110XAR2COI3_XAR/ I hope it will work!
Please can someone help me?:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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I've had such problem when tried to change partitions using this manual.
After I flashed modded PIT file I see that my partitions changed, but I couldn't restore backup or flash any ROM withour errors. Though TWRP 2.8.7.0 said "successful" I seen a lot of errors in log "E: Unable to mount '/preload' ". So when I try to boot my I777 I have bootloop on ROM logo, either SlimLP, CyanogenMod or CyanideL. I tried to repair\resize partition in TWRP with no luck. Odin and stock firmware is no help - it always fails because of partition. So I found original PIT file pulled out from stock ROM, flashed that PIT using Odin and now I can either flash stock firmware thru Odin or flash some kernel with custom recovery to flash custom ROMs. So my guess is to find such PIT file that will fix your issue.
Hope this help.
UPD: I was be able to install SlimSaber(KK 4.4.4), so I suppose if you getting "E: Unable to mount '/preload' " you can either flash original PIT or you can find ROM that don't use /preload partition.

Having A Tablet Stuck At Boot Logo Is A Serious Problem
It Happened Also To Mine But A Different Tablet
Its A Time Where I Just Have To Replace A Motherboard To Fix The Problem
I Know Its A Easy Repair But Its Also Expensive To Repair

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Error installing Cyanogenmod on Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-T989 with TWRP recovery

Hi everyone,
I've been having an issue with installing the Cyanogenmod to my Samsung Galaxy S2 T-Mobile SGH-T989 phone using TWRP v2.8.7.0.
I was having an issue where the external SD card where I had the ROM zip file (and my nandroid backup) was not recognized and so I couldn't access the ROM file from Recovery. My husband helped me using adb push and we put it into /data/media/0.
When I tried to install the ROM file, it says "Unable to find partition for path '/data'" and it says an error flashing zip and said it Failed. If I try to reboot, it says "No OS installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?"
We tried putting the ROM zip file into /data, but it does the same thing.
Any ideas? Any help will be appreciated.

Carolyncasl said:
Hi everyone,
I've been having an issue with installing the Cyanogenmod to my Samsung Galaxy S2 T-Mobile SGH-T989 phone using TWRP v2.8.7.0.
I was having an issue where the external SD card where I had the ROM zip file (and my nandroid backup) was not recognized and so I couldn't access the ROM file from Recovery. My husband helped me using adb push and we put it into /data/media/0.
When I tried to install the ROM file, it says "Unable to find partition for path '/data'" and it says an error flashing zip and said it Failed. If I try to reboot, it says "No OS installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?"
We tried putting the ROM zip file into /data, but it does the same thing.
Any ideas? Any help will be appreciated.
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try to flash the rom via adb sideload! (advanced->adb sideload) if the data problem persists you may need to wipe /data
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I finally got it to work. The next day when I went to retry sideload instead of push, the phone wouldn't even power on, and I had to soft reset my phone by taking out the battery and holding down the power button for a minute. I ended up using ROM manager to install Clockworkmod Recovery and used that to install a different Cyanogenmod zip instead. It took a couple of tries to get the Cyanogen mod to install and boot, but it's working now.
Thanks for your help.

I had that problem before. It happened. I believed there are various versions of TWRP out there. However, I am using the one posted in the T989 forums (Pananoid Thread) and it works ok.