Hi,
My GNEX is keep rebooting. I tried flash with stock rom or other custom rom and it is said in the CWM recovery that I have successfully flashed but then when reboot, it keeps using old rom. I already check the emmc block and i fsck some block which got problem and it is success. But then, after reboot, it still using old rom.
Behavior:
1) Keep rebooting to old rom although already flashed with stock rom, delete dalvik cache and so on.
2) When in adb shell, i tried push some custom rom in the /sdcard in my GNEX, it is transferred successfully. But when I reboot, the file i transferred gone and left old file. I already do rm -rf to /sdcard and check the /sdcard is empty. But when reboot, /sdcard is back to having old file.
3) My behavior is becoming stress with the issue.
Please help me guys.
Thanks in advance.
ariffisariff said:
Hi,
My GNEX is keep rebooting. I tried flash with stock rom or other custom rom and it is said in the CWM recovery that I have successfully flashed but then when reboot, it keeps using old rom. I already check the emmc block and i fsck some block which got problem and it is success. But then, after reboot, it still using old rom.
Behavior:
1) Keep rebooting to old rom although already flashed with stock rom, delete dalvik cache and so on.
2) When in adb shell, i tried push some custom rom in the /sdcard in my GNEX, it is transferred successfully. But when I reboot, the file i transferred gone and left old file. I already do rm -rf to /sdcard and check the /sdcard is empty. But when reboot, /sdcard is back to having old file.
3) My behavior is becoming stress with the issue.
Please help me guys.
Thanks in advance.
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I have same problem. When i turn on my phone there is a google screen and then "X" screen. After 30 seconds it reboots again and again. I tried everything that i found on xda forum. Pls help !
ariffisariff said:
Hi,
My GNEX is keep rebooting. I tried flash with stock rom or other custom rom and it is said in the CWM recovery that I have successfully flashed but then when reboot, it keeps using old rom. I already check the emmc block and i fsck some block which got problem and it is success. But then, after reboot, it still using old rom.
Behavior:
1) Keep rebooting to old rom although already flashed with stock rom, delete dalvik cache and so on.
2) When in adb shell, i tried push some custom rom in the /sdcard in my GNEX, it is transferred successfully. But when I reboot, the file i transferred gone and left old file. I already do rm -rf to /sdcard and check the /sdcard is empty. But when reboot, /sdcard is back to having old file.
3) My behavior is becoming stress with the issue.
Please help me guys.
Thanks in advance.
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This is the behavior that happens when your emmc dies. It gets stuck in a read only mode.
I'm sorry to inform you that nothing will fix it. It is DEAD!
If you check the forums you will find dozens of threads exactly like yours.
Even though flash storage lasts a lot longer than mechanical storage. It is not immortal.
DR3W5K1 said:
This is the behavior that happens when your emmc dies. It gets stuck in a read only mode.
I'm sorry to inform you that nothing will fix it. It is DEAD!
If you check the forums you will find dozens of threads exactly like yours.
Even though flash storage lasts a lot longer than mechanical storage. It is not immortal.
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Erk.... No wonder sometimes when in fastboot mode, when flashing the userdata.img, it will failed with "Read Only Mode" error.
:crying::crying::crying:
But, thanks bro for your information.
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Getting this in Clockwork recovery after trying to get the Vanilla lock screen posted in the Dev section. I failed to type #exit before I disconnected the usb. When I went to hit unmount system I got this error. I've tried a nandroid backup from a week ago.. no go... gives me basically the same error.
My question is... can I reboot from this condition or what can I do to resolve this?
EDIT: Running the leaked 2.2 Stock rom if it makes a difference
rebooted without incident.. didn't brick. Hope this helps anyone else that get this error in clockwork.
if you are using adb shell, you have to cd / or just cd .. until you are back at the root directory, then it will allow you to unmount the /system... because it is still in use.
There doesn't appear to be anyone that has this problem, and I wasn't able to find anything in the development forum for CWM.
Per what everyone says, can't format /data or "factory reset" in CWM due to some sort of partition thing.
1. I boot to CWM
2. I go to mounts and storage and unmount /data
3. I plug the usb into the computer
4. Open Command Prompt and go to the adb directory
5. Enter Command adb shell and opens ~# at least that is what it looks like
6: I type "/sbin/mke2fs_static -t ext4 -b 4096 /dev/block/mmcblk0p30"
7: the response "/sbin/sh: /sbin/mke2fs_static: not found"
What am I doing wrong?
Edit: I figured it out. I ended up having to reinstall practically everything. But it worked
1 Loaded backed up rom from cwm
2 reinstalled adb
3 copied the backup recovery image back to it's original place.
4 factory reset
5 copy the cwm back
6 boot to recovery mode
7 adb commands work!!!
edit: I really should learn better grammar. I cleaned the wording up a bit.
edit2: I solved my own problem
The command not being recognized was a result of not having the latest CWM from bytecode installed. He updated it from his initial release to add support for these commands. Glad you figured it out! It can be frustrating when stuff like that happens.
Personally I'm avoiding CWM all together at this point. It's been almost a month with not a single problem (besides the BT incident) with no CWM installed, no boot loops, no reboots. There is something seriously wrong with current CWM...
[email protected] said:
Personally I'm avoiding CWM all together at this point. It's been almost a month with not a single problem (besides the BT incident) with no CWM installed, no boot loops, no reboots. There is something seriously wrong with current CWM...
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You are right, i brick my phone today.
I was lucky that Bell change it for a brand new.
Rom development is not that safe with a so bad recovery...
HO!NO! said:
You are right, i brick my phone today.
I was lucky that Bell change it for a brand new.
Rom development is not that safe with a so bad recovery...
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Indeed, but I have been ok since not touching /data via CWM. The manual format of /data works fine. I have flashed my own ROM zips over 20 times without issue.
Sent from my LG Nitro HD
[email protected] said:
Personally I'm avoiding CWM all together at this point. It's been almost a month with not a single problem (besides the BT incident) with no CWM installed, no boot loops, no reboots. There is something seriously wrong with current CWM...
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I still feel CWM is a very important safety net if anything goes serious wrong ( I saw there is some download mode, but I still feel cwm is much easier to use than download mode).
For example, if you phone /system messed up, how do you fix, you only have download mode, right? If you have cwm, you will have one more option.
HO!NO! said:
You are right, i brick my phone today.
I was lucky that Bell change it for a brand new.
Rom development is not that safe with a so bad recovery...
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I saw these unfortunately case several times in this forum, even though I never met for my self ( I following instructions never touched /data), so when you say brick, what happen exactly? Can you boot into cwm?
gte460z said:
The command not being recognized was a result of not having the latest CWM from bytecode installed. He updated it from his initial release to add support for these commands. Glad you figured it out! It can be frustrating when stuff like that happens.
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I figured I just had a bad install. Because I think the version was the same...
but anyway, it was most definitely a fun experience.
I love CWM if it weren't for CWM I wouldn't be able to reset my phone. Which was way necessary...porting a new rom over existing data instead of a clean system caused some really interesting errors.
adb shell
umount /data
/sbin/mke2fs_static -t ext4 -b 4096 /dev/block/mmcblk0p30
/sbin/e2fsck_static -y /dev/block/mmcblk0p30
its working on LG SU640，you can try
USA Tmobile Galaxy S3
Ok so i soft bricked my phone after i flashed a rom and a kernel at the same time. They had originally worked one by one(flashing and rebooting one at a time) but i was fliddling around and decided to go back and flash them both at once with one reboot....well now i get a black screen after the galaxy S3 logo....and it hangs.
I have acess to recovery
I can ODIN but since that happened no flashed kernels or roms have made a difference
(all connections and flashes are successful in ODIN)
I have reverted to stock recovery and can access ADB through ADB shell in the SDK BUT i dont have permission to push files or even see inside data folder.... <su> issues a Segmentation fault, and <adb root> root all it does is restarts the session, ID's the port says successful and then issues a device not found and reverts to adb shell access to phone without permissions....
(should i flash a factory PIT file or maybe fix the partition tables? i say this because i assume a segmentation fault is the result of that?)
and where do i find a factory USA Tmobile Galaxy S3 Pit file? i found all these international ones in another thread but that doesn't help
So I have a recovery file on my SD card, Is there a Clockwork Recovery installation that has the ability to flash recoverys from the external SD? (this new touch version lets me mount the external SD but it doesnt pull any files up its formatted FAT32, but do i need to create certain folder names for CWM to see it?)
so that's where im at, In a nutshell:
Cant push via adb because no root permission, i have a recovery on an external SD that CWM does mount but doesn't pull it up and none of the Roms, and kernels i flash through odin(albeit successful without a hitch) make a difference on my boot situation.
thanks for any input i have over 19 flashes on my counter, and 2.5 days of 8-10 hours researching various things ive no decided to ask the community for help....
So far i got ahold of the previous Clockwork before the touch came out but it doesnt have options for external and internal im still allowed to mount externalSD card but whats the for if you cannot ADB with clockwork nor install from exernal SD?
Thanks for your time guys
xgp0006 said:
USA Tmobile Galaxy S3
Ok so i soft bricked my phone after i flashed a rom and a kernel at the same time. They had originally worked one by one(flashing and rebooting one at a time) but i was fliddling around and decided to go back and flash them both at once with one reboot....well now i get a black screen after the galaxy S3 logo....and it hangs.
I have acess to recovery
I can ODIN but since that happened no flashed kernels or roms have made a difference
(all connections and flashes are successful in ODIN)
I have reverted to stock recovery and can access ADB through ADB shell in the SDK BUT i dont have permission to push files or even see inside data folder.... <su> issues a Segmentation fault, and <adb root> root all it does is restarts the session, ID's the port says successful and then issues a device not found and reverts to adb shell access to phone without permissions....
(should i flash a factory PIT file or maybe fix the partition tables? i say this because i assume a segmentation fault is the result of that?)
and where do i find a factory USA Tmobile Galaxy S3 Pit file? i found all these international ones in another thread but that doesn't help
So I have a recovery file on my SD card, Is there a Clockwork Recovery installation that has the ability to flash recoverys from the external SD? (this new touch version lets me mount the external SD but it doesnt pull any files up its formatted FAT32, but do i need to create certain folder names for CWM to see it?)
so that's where im at, In a nutshell:
Cant push via adb because no root permission, i have a recovery on an external SD that CWM does mount but doesn't pull it up and none of the Roms, and kernels i flash through odin(albeit successful without a hitch) make a difference on my boot situation.
thanks for any input i have over 19 flashes on my counter, and 2.5 days of 8-10 hours researching various things ive no decided to ask the community for help....
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You said you can ODIN, so ODIN the stock ROM and/or kernal does not work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737855
Have you tried a simple wipe cache and dalvik, fix permissions?
I had tried a stock rom ealier. I shall try a stock rom and kernel in a few again and wipe caches and fix permissions and see what i get.
thanks for throwing that out there at least ill give this and another suggestion i got a shot and reply with my results....
B-Naughty said:
You said you can ODIN, so ODIN the stock ROM and/or kernal does not work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737855
Have you tried a simple wipe cache and dalvik, fix permissions?
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xgp0006 said:
I had tried a stock rom ealier. I shall try a stock rom and kernel in a few again and wipe caches and fix permissions and see what i get.
thanks for throwing that out there at least ill give this and another suggestion i got a shot and reply with my results....
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If you're already running CWM, try the wiping and fix permissions before ODIN flash to stock with the TMobile image
So, I recently acquired an Incredible, the second one I've owned. The first one I rooted, turned S-off and installed CM7 with zero difficulties, after that I rooted/flashed my Xperia Play CDMA with all the issues that accompany that device. (after the ease with which I modded my first DINC, the hoops through which I had to jump to unlock my bootloader blew my mind)
This DINC, though, refuses to clear user data. Even after multiple wipes via CWM, and multiple updates using the PB31IMG method, user data remains. Attmepts to preform a factory reset via HBOOT result in a balck screen with a red triangle and exclamation point.
I tried to install MIUI, thinking maybe a fresh rom would fix it, but it gets stuck at the room splash screen.
I've even tried recovering a clean CM7 install from my old incredible, but it gets stuck in a bootloop at the rom splash, same story trying to flash the .zip in recovery.
I've seen a few threads that deal with a few of these symptoms, but not the issue as a whole
Thanks in advance for any answers you guys have!
Cheers
I found a solution, finally. Admittedly, it was a bit drastic, but it worked, nonetheless.
I ended up disassembling both DIncs and putting the motherboard of the working device (with the smashed screen) into the device that was unable to format /data.
It was a bit touch and go for a bit, but my new DIY refubished phone is up and running.
Thanks for the help guys!
What error do you get? Can you upload the logs from /cache/ recovery after trying to wipe?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
I'm still a bit of a noob, if you could point me towards some basic instructions on how to do that, I'll post a log when i get back to the house.
Last time I tried to logcat something in recovery, I nearly bricked my phone somehow.
Edit: It either gives me the red error triangle/exclamation point if i use HBOOT, or it gives me an error when trying to format the data partition on a recovery attempt.
mattdubuc said:
I'm still a bit of a noob, if you could point me towards some basic instructions on how to do that, I'll post a log when i get back to the house.
Last time I tried to logcat something in recovery, I nearly bricked my phone somehow.
Edit: It either gives me the red error triangle/exclamation point if i use HBOOT, or it gives me an error when trying to format the data partition on a recovery attempt.
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Re-flash CWM recovery. The red triangle is a problem with recovery most likely. You can flash the latest CWM for the incredible from the app.
If that doesn't work then pull all the files from /cache/recovery location, use a file explorer app that can read it and copy it to the /sdcard location and upload it in a zip.
tiny4579 said:
Re-flash CWM recovery. The red triangle is a problem with recovery most likely. You can flash the latest CWM for the incredible from the app.
If that doesn't work then pull all the files from /cache/recovery location, use a file explorer app that can read it and copy it to the /sdcard location and upload it in a zip.
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The red triangle happens when you try to do a factory reset from hboot wile on cwm recovery. If you really need to do a factory reset, you will need to flash to the stock recovery first. http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/Stock_4.08.605.15/PB31IMG.zip Then if it works or even if not flash back to cwm recovery http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip.
The weird thing is, that even after flashing PBG31IMG via HBOOT I'm retaining all the previous user data. I've tried formatting the internal drive, using a few different versions of the image, even manual formatting of /data via CWM, which only gives me an error. the same error as when I tried to restore a nandroid from my functioning DINC.
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If that doesn't work then pull all the files from /cache/recovery location, use a file explorer app that can read it and copy it to the /sdcard location and upload it in a zip.
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So do i just make a .zip file out of the contents of /cache/recovery or is there something more to it?
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So do i just make a .zip file out of the contents of /cache/recovery or is there something more to it?
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That should be fine. Try to wipe data in cwm again just so it logs it.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
I'm having the same issue, even after reflashing a rom or hard reset my system is as it was before, but most apps don't work. After turning on device instantly shows many errors such as error in com.android.phone etc... While trying factory reset in Recovery (5.0.2.0) the only error that logs is "no app2sd partition found. Skipping format of /sd-ext ". What can you advise? Please help, tomorrow I'm going to another country and in this moment working phone is very needed Device S-OFF Rooted HBoot 0.92
zslashy said:
I'm having the same issue, even after reflashing a rom or hard reset my system is as it was before, but most apps don't work. After turning on device instantly shows many errors such as error in com.android.phone etc... While trying factory reset in Recovery (5.0.2.0) the only error that logs is "no app2sd partition found. Skipping format of /sd-ext ". What can you advise? Please help, tomorrow I'm going to another country and in this moment working phone is very needed Device S-OFF Rooted HBoot 0.92
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Same error if you flash stock GB sense and factory reset from recovery? You have the errors when booting and the apps are still there?
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Thank you for reply, I solved reset issue by installing Amon Ra recovery. But the problem with apps still exists, it looks like system is restoring back up after reboot, I can do everything with system but after reboot it's like it was before with no changes made. Additionally, it seems that the problem is with emmc, just because when I delete EVERYTHING on it, after restart all files appear again!
I'm also getting an error when I try to manually format the data partition under >mounts and storage in CWM, I'm assuming that may be to blame for retained user data?
When I run show log after running only a manual /data format it displays:
6 black groups
32768 blocks per group. 32768 fragments per group
8112 inodes per group
superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768. 98304. 163840
The filesystem already has a journal,
tune2fs 1.41.6 (30-May-2009)
Setting current mount count to 1
Failure while running mke2fs
Error formatting /data!
mtd: succesfully wrote block at 0
I:Set boot command ""
I have no idea what that means really, or even if it's pertinent.
I had to remove the user info (owner data, phone number, etc) from my inc after canceling my contract with verizon. After about 25 different attempts to wipe it, I finally found something that worked (at least for me)
Tried running the RUU, could not reboot into HBOOT (version error)
Tried the RUU again, this time starting it after manually booting the phone to HBOOT. Got a little farther than before, but still errored out. Did not work. Disconnected phone, pulled battery, rebooted to HBOOT.
Factory reset in HBOOT got me stuck on the stock recovery screen. Battery pulled, could not boot.
Flashed CWM in HBOOT (by renaming to PB31IMG.zip), was able to get into CWM recovery.
Tried to flash the 2nd GB OTA in CWM, did not take. Every option I clicked in CWM gave me about 7 errors after sitting on the logo for a moment. Battery pull, reboot. Boots into CM9. >.<
Booted to my rom, saw about 300 force closes. Tried to reflash CWM from Rom Manager, got a bunch of force closes. Updated Rom Manager from market, reflashed CWM, and this time it worked.
Rebooted to CWM, wipe data/cache/dalvik, reboot.
This time I booted in CM9, but to the initial ICS set up (click next to begin, wireframe pic of Andy)
After skipping thru initial setup, I checked Settings>About Phone>Status. My phone number was removed, network is Unknown, and all my data was removed. Activation prompt appears on each boot.
Not sure if this will help, but worth a try. I think that the HBOOT factory reset is what cleared my data, and then I just needed to fix CWM so I could get back to a working ROM.
Yeah that's what I did in june except I just got service on mine but I would think that would help getting your data out forever. If that does not work I wouldn't know what to tell u besides grab a magnet. Lol
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Hi there!
Got kind of a strange Problem with my Nexus:
I had big troubles last weak after i fully the battery by accident. I was stuck in a bootloop, so first thing i tried was a factory reset and restoring a nandroid backup. Didn't work, it randomly rebooted while restoring the backup. Same with a aokp rom i still had on my sd card.
Fastboot flashing didn't work either, i always got a "too many links" error.
It wasn't the usb cable, because i tried three, and it wasn't the pc, the drivers or the usb ports, cause i tried 3 different pcs, too.
At first i thought maybe the internal sd was corrupted somehow, but that didnt really make sense.
As a last resort i switched too odin, always hated it, didn't use it since the galaxy s first came out.
Guess what: It didn't work! It just got stuck at "sending data" or something like that while trying to flash a stock 4.2 rom.
What finally did the trick was:
After i ****ed up the whole device with odin and got the "phone exclamation mark pc" screen after turning it on, i tried flashing the attached zip with odin to get at least my recovery back, which worked after some tries.
After that i flash the slim rom via adb sideload and my nexus came to life again. Which didn't make sense at all, but i was happy.
UNTIL NOW:
I wanted to re calibrate my battery so i fully discharged the phone. And guess what: Same **** all over again.
I just can't get my head around it. It doesn't make sense at all, for me at least. It has to be some kind of hardware failure, but what?
Is there something like the bios battery on pc motherboards which is broken on my device? But flash storage doesn't need any current to save data, so....
I'm no Linux programmer but i'm no rookie either, so i don't think i commited any severe mistakes while trying to fix it. (well, despite odin being a failure in itself )
So, any ideas? I searched the forums a bit, but i didn't find anything similar, just the usual bootloop stuff.
You should never fully deplete a battery. Batteries have their own OS, which allows them to recalibrate themselves. When the system asks you for juice, give it to him.
a maguro wrote this.
I didn't do a full discharged, sorry for being unclear. I just used it until it turned off (5%), nothing more.
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Ok, i guess it is a real brick now. When i try flashing a rom via sideload, it gets stuck at "formatting data" and reboots after a while. flashing with odin doesn't work either.
Guess i got a bit closer to the core of the problem.
it seems like i have no /data partition on the sd card.
Rom flashing always gets stuck at formatting data. when i try to adb push a file to /data or data/media, it says "no such file or directory found".
When i try to unmount /data in cwm, nothing happens.
Any ideas?
Try adb pushing to /mnt/sdcard/ or /sdcard/ directly.. I remember an issue when i could not use adb with the data folder at all, unless i ran insecure adb from the android os.
or even /mnt/shell/emulated/0/
bodh said:
Try adb pushing to /mnt/sdcard/
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Thanks, that worked. But still, i can't access the sd card via cwm, so that didn't really help. it says "couldnt open directory"
flashing with sideload still crashes at "Format and Mount System, Mount Data"
Why doesn't it create /system and /data?
Edit:
CWM Log says:
Can't partition non-vfat: datamedia
Why aren't you using fastboot?
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Why aren't you using fastboot?
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HansBaer2000 said:
Fastboot flashing didn't work either, i always got a "too many links" error.
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That happens when i try to flash system
Seems that just my /data/media folder is gone, at least thats what TWRP tells me
Any way to bring it back? Or are my partitions corrupted?
I guess I missed that. Too bad there's not a manual of common fast boot errors and their causes. I read that the 'too many links error' often relates to bad drivers. I'd try universal naked drivers. Uninstall your current ones, then install. Make sure you're running fast boot as admin. Fast boot erase cache and fast boot format..also, perhaps your data/media got nested by subsequent flashes?
I don't think a low battery should cause any problems to the storage, however if you really have problems with partitions, perhaps try to flash odin with PIT file? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405327)
bodh said:
I guess I missed that. Too bad there's not a manual of common fast boot errors and their causes. I read that the 'too many links error' often relates to bad drivers. I'd try universal naked drivers. Uninstall your current ones, then install. Make sure you're running fast boot as admin. Fast boot erase cache and fast boot format..also, perhaps your data/media got nested by subsequent flashes?
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Have tried both, the Samsung usb and the naked drivers before. Maybe i'll try a 4th PC and a 4th cable.
My Gnexi said:
I don't think a low battery should cause any problems to the storage, however if you really have problems with partitions, perhaps try to flash odin with PIT file? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405327)
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Tried that multiple times. Flashing a PIT file only works, it repartitions just fine. Flashing a stock rom however always stops at "write NAND"
Are you using USB 2 ports? Try USB 3?
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i would try, but my usb 3 doesn't recognize the phone in fastboot or adb mode, can't say why