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Won't Boot

i accidentally formated everything in the recovery and not sure which affected it but now my phone doesn't boot. it only starts until the Samsung Galaxy S3 logo. any help would be appreciated ><

If you have a backup you can restore do that... if not flash a ROM/kernel combo
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capcanuck said:
If you have a backup you can restore do that... if not flash a ROM/kernel combo
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download mode, odin, ??????????, profit

well right now i have no files on my internal sd card cause i formatted that :S
i think one way i can fix it is if i can restore from external sd card which i can't find a cwm recovery version that supports it at the moment...

Have you tried using TeamWin recovery? I cant confirm if it reads external SD but others have reported that it does.

ionic7 said:
download mode, odin, ??????????, profit
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Yupp.. if you have to files Odin is your way out.. pretty sure theres some stock tar. Files around here
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thanks infamous_cheez
i flashed twrp through odin and flashed a new rom from external sdcard since i only have a 1gb microsd on hand.
thank you so much!

External sdcard readers and a recovery that reads external (cwm touch 4.8.4.5) ftw. I'm pretty sure twrp does read ext also though.
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Touch Recovery with Internal and External SDcards

Can anyone recommend a touch recovery with both internal and external storage?
I currently have the latest CWM recovery but it only has access to the internal storage.
I was hoping an update will come out for the last few weeks and so far no luck.
thank you.

Try twrp. I have access to both with that.
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Right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28687877
Use 5.8.4.7. Or use TWRP
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TWRP
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CWM

I can't figure out under cwm when u goto
Under settings use external drive is greyrd out and wont let me use external sd im running stock SGH-T999 rooted with cwm clockwork touch 6 flashed thourgh rom manager please if someone
Can help Ty
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What kind of sd card is it? What did you format it as? (Exfat, fat, ntfs, etc)
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CWM external SD card unable to mount

I was having no problems using and accessing my external sd card from within CWM. Than after some flashes and wipes trying out different roms, and even a complete reset to original rom through ODIN to try and fix it. I can no longer use my external sd card in CWM. It says something along the lines of E:/ cannot mount external sd. Does anyone know what could be causing this, and if there are any solutions?

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I was having no problems using and accessing my external sd card from within CWM. Than after some flashes and wipes trying out different roms, and even a complete reset to original rom through ODIN to try and fix it. I can no longer use my external sd card in CWM. It says something along the lines of E:/ cannot mount external sd. Does anyone know what could be causing this, and if there are any solutions?
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If the card still reads on your PC I would try to take everything off it and re-format the card.Also maybe try TWRP.I don't have CWM right now but there is probably a selection in it to mount/unmount sd.I know in TWRP the option is there.

HaHa, I had the same problem last night and after spending 5 hrs +, I finally fix it...
After flashing some PA, Jellybam roms, both recovery and the rom can no longer see my mircoSDXC 64gb card. Flashing the latest cwm or twrp did't work. Doing numerous quick and full format on the card to fat32 and exfat didn't work. Restore the stock rom and finally the rom can see the card; however recovery still can't read it. Formatting the card with the rom didn't work. Went to the store and grab a brand new card and still no luck. FINALLY... odin a new cwm recovery fix the problem.... :banghead:
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I did Odin a new recovery. Still nothing. Gonna try formatting.
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Have you tried TWRP?
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jyazzie110 said:
Have you tried TWRP?
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Flashing TWRP sens my phone into boot loop. No matter how I flash.
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Optimuscle said:
Flashing TWRP sens my phone into boot loop. No matter how I flash.
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Did you use goo manager to flash? That just pushes the recovery img to the phone not flash it. Ive never had a problem with TWRP with any phone or tablet ive used. CWM on the other hand....thats a different story.
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Here's my data point. I had the exact problem of clockworkmod unable to mount external sd card while making a nandroid backup. I tried it via the paid ROM manager plus app without any luck. I sent them a log file.
Then I tried goo manager + twrp and it worked. I donated to twrp.
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GooManager/TWRP worked for me.
Sucks trying to use internal memory to flash with only 16GB total.

This is a limitation of driver support for ExFAT, you can force windows into formatting fat32 using a 3rd party utility like this one:
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm

[Q] Possible hwr problem need advice.

So here's my issue. My phone no longer allows me to flash roms from my external or internal sd card safely. What happens with every rom I flash is twofold. Data connection is always lost, and any reboot causes the phone to boot directly into download mode bypassing the odin flash page. The phone recovers from this with a simple odin back to stock. However, not being able to use non stock roms is no bueno to me.
Does this sound like some internal hwr problem? Is this an SD card issue? Would love some insite.

Which recovery are you using?
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Using clockwork recovery current version
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Every ROM I flashed had some bugs and they started to multiply. I used Super Wipe and killed EVERYTHING.
I then loaded every zip onto my micro SD via my computer and put it in my phone. Flash and Go.
I went back to stock rooted MA7. The glitches were gone,
So my suggestion is to do a recovery of your first full backup or do what I did.

Okay will try super wipe tonight thanks
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Or if that doesn't work use twrp.
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Honestly after I Odin it I think Ill try twrp first. I think I've used the superwipe before
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rezistrat said:
Honestly after I Odin it I think Ill try twrp first. I think I've used the superwipe before
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Okay, I can't find the thanks button for you guys. THis is the solution. Don't use CWM recovery. TWRP worked wonders, and because I didn't format recovery in cwm so superwipe would probably had helped as well

Glad its working now. I have never used cwm on this phone. But twrp has been smooth sailing.
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Use twrp on my s3, and cwm on the wife's note 2. Never had a problem with cwm. Sounds like the problem was not doing a full wipe with cwm (and not a problem with the cwm recovery itself)? But, whatever works for you.
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Ive been flashing phones since htc touch pro and ive never had this much problem. Granted I know its me and not the recovery
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