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Internal memory issue - some folders not accessible

Hello!
I had this problem since I got my N7100. I am not able to access the Download or Data folder on my internal storage. I am not able to delete them nor copying something into the folder... nothing. If I download something my phone automatically saves it to extSdcard/Download.
Anyone encounters this problem or has a solution. Help is very appreciated.
Thank you all!
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I know that this Forum is maybe the wrong place, but I know that in this section much more people with propably good answers will come across than in Q&A section.

Silberpfeil3110 said:
Hello!
I had this problem since I got my N7100. I am not able to access the Download or Data folder on my internal storage. I am not able to delete them nor copying something into the folder... nothing. If I download something my phone automatically saves it to extSdcard/Download.
Anyone encounters this problem or has a solution. Help is very appreciated.
Thank you all!
EDIT:
I know that this Forum is maybe in the wrong place, but I know that in this section much more people with propably good answers will come across than in Q&A section.
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jiawei0309 said:
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I found one first "wannabe-solution". It's only a workaround for the Download problem, but no real solution.
I entered the internal storage with my file-manager throught root partition (/data/media/) and managed at least to rename those corrupted folders in something else and with a dot at the beginning to hide them in normal file-managers. Now I changed the Download-Storage-Target in the stock browser to the internal memory. It works now like everything would be fine.
Anyway I can't delete these folders. And they persist. I had them before flashing, and after doing a Super-Wipe (including the internal media part) I got this problem again. So it has to be a Kernel-related or System-related problem. I think it's the second. I'm not sure but I think I had the problem also before flashing Perseus Kernel.
Anyway, some more help would be highly appreciated!
Thank you folks!

Silberpfeil3110 said:
Hello!
I had this problem since I got my N7100. I am not able to access the Download or Data folder on my internal storage. I am not able to delete them nor copying something into the folder... nothing. If I download something my phone automatically saves it to extSdcard/Download.
Anyone encounters this problem or has a solution. Help is very appreciated.
Thank you all!
EDIT:
I know that this Forum is maybe in the wrong place, but I know that in this section much more people with propably good answers will come across than in Q&A section.
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So, all of us have a question, we must post in original development in order to have a quicker answer.....strange
I'll report your thread.
What rom are you using?
For this one "If I download something my phone automatically saves it to extSdcard/Download." go to to your stock browser settings -advanced and find default storage.By default is memory card.Change it to device
edit:you see? You can find your answers.Flash back to stock rom and do wipe data/factory reset. Check again if your problem with internal memory is still there

afilopou said:
So, all of us have a question, we must post in original development in order to have a quicker answer.....strange
I'll report your thread.
What rom are you using?
For this one "If I download something my phone automatically saves it to extSdcard/Download." go to to your stock browser settings -advanced and find default storage.By default is memory card.Change it to device
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At first I have to say that I am sorry, because of my thread-opening here, but I also thought that this might be a more intensive problem to more users here. I know, that I can change the download target (i wrote that in my last post), but that don't gives me the reason why this happened and how I can remove such folders.
Maybe it's more a android-general problem and not SGN2-related.

Moved To Q&A​
Do not ask questions in a development section! The fact you feel it will get more exposure is irrelevant. All users are expected to follow the rules, regardless of there feeling of self importance.​

original_ganjaman said:
Moved To Q&A​
Do not ask questions in a development section! The fact you feel it will get more exposure is irrelevant. All users are expected to follow the rules, regardless of there feeling of self importance.​
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You are right. Sorry for that.
Regarding the problem. Maybe it is a necessary fact, that I used the init.d script to swap internal and external memory.
Could that be the problem?

Silberpfeil3110 said:
You are right. Sorry for that.
Regarding the problem. Maybe it is a necessary fact, that I used the init.d script to swap internal and external memory.
Could that be the problem?
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And again.Flash back to stock rom and do wipe data/factory reset through stock recovery.Then check again if problem persists

Post with nothing relevant.
Can be deleted.

afilopou said:
And again.Flash back to stock rom and do wipe data/factory reset through stock recovery.Then check again if problem persists
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I checked the folder right after flashing a completely new ROM. Already wiped everything in my phone. Problem was there from the beginning. Maybe it's another relict from the Script . I never used the script after the last flash.

I think its from the browser. My browser wont remind my location target. I have to change the lllocation to internal memory nearluly every time I start it. Thats very confusing.

[Q] CM10.1 sd card issues

I just recently installed cm10.1 on my Sprint GNex and pretty much the only problem I have is that it moved everything on my sd card to a 0 folder. I've read that this has to do with the multiple user profiles used in 4.2.1. Is there a way to turn this off? Because it's not recognizing any of my music the way it is now.

This can easily be corrected by searching xda or Google

Really dude? Don't you think I've tried? This is exactly the reason why I posted this question. I searched but could not find an answer. Why even bother replying if you're not gonna help?

If you searched we wouldn't be having this discussion. You're not the first one to face this problem. There are a couple of guides out there that keeps your sdcard the way it was before 4.2
If you can't find the answer by searching go back to stock, give the phone to your mom, then give up on life.

Again, I have searched for the answer to this issue, but the only thing I found was needing to have an updated recovery. Which I do have yet the problem persists. So you can just go **** yourself.

I made you mad bro? Well that makes me glad bro lol
Options are to move your music files back using adb PC or file manager. Or Use a music app that allows you to direct it to certain folders.
I haven't tried flashing the sprint 4.2.1 image or getting the ota but judging by k786's guide flashing the stock image first will keep your sdcard unchanged.

namtombout said:
I haven't tried flashing the sprint 4.2.1 image or getting the ota but judging by k786's guide flashing the stock image first will keep your sdcard unchanged.
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actually he cant use my guide as the 4.2.1 factory image for the sprint version hasnt been released yet
PS- yes this is k786, i changed my username :good:
Edit- oh i was looking at this page and saw that the latest was 4.1.1 but if its out then he can use my guide :good:

Sprint leaked it out awhile back

namtombout said:
I made you mad bro? Well that makes me glad bro lol
Options are to move your music files back using adb PC or file manager. Or Use a music app that allows you to direct it to certain folders.
I haven't tried flashing the sprint 4.2.1 image or getting the ota but judging by k786's guide flashing the stock image first will keep your sdcard unchanged.
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Not mad but frustrated. I knew moving the files was the only thing I could really do to solve it but I was hoping that there was an easier solution. It's kinda bothersome to move 25gigs of music

Use xenoamp. Its a music app that lets you choose where to look for your music

[Q] Deleted Pictures?

I unlocked my Bootloader today and without knowing basically wiped my SD card of all personal files including music, text message backup files, my backup root files, ALL files. I honestly dont care to recover all files that were deleted but am dying to get my pictures back. Is there anyway i can get them back without the guide used to get back all deleted files as seen in this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705 guide? I was trying it but it doesnt wanna play right with my laptop(Windows 8 and it keeps saying i dont have "permission", even though im the main and only user). I tried the disk digger app but its finding all kind of random pictures i never remember and things like that, just too much. So please if anyone knows anyway i can get them back share some insight.

Anything????

That was a super fast bump...you could try recovering everything with disk digger and trying to pick out what you're looking for after it finishes. The recovery applications look for anything that has not been overwritten in memory (even if it was deleted), it won't pick and choose the most recently saved stuff for you; you usually need to do that yourself.

bananagranola said:
That was a super fast bump...you could try recovering everything with disk digger and trying to pick out what you're looking for after it finishes. The recovery applications look for anything that has not been overwritten in memory (even if it was deleted), it won't pick and choose the most recently saved stuff for you; you usually need to do that yourself.
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I Meant DiskDigger On My Phone, It Takes ALL Pictures. But That may be My best Option, Idk But Thanks

Any other ideas?

Did you try this? It's right on the front page of the general forum.

pfmiller said:
Did you try this? It's right on the front page of the general forum.
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Thats the guide i was talking about didnt work

NexusS4gFreak said:
Thats the guide i was talking about didnt work
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Then you are out of luck
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

[Q] TWRP recovery & System folder

tried both Philz & TWRP recovery both are great .. but i tend to like the easiness of TWRP .. but the only problem stopping from totally relying on it is
using TWRP File manager ... the system\ folder shows only 2 folders one is bin and i can't remember the other
but using philz aroma file manager i can see whole contents mainly the framework and app ( main concern)
using the aroma file manager on TWRP didn't do me any good .....back to the problem again ....
is there a way to work with the system\ folder using twrp ???

double post

Found the answer ...
contacted teem win and they gave me the solution ...
feeling dump just writing it but it might help someone
Just open the mount tap and make sure system is checked .....
that's it

devil_slayer said:
contacted teem win and they gave me the solution ...
feeling dump just writing it but it might help someone
Just open the mount tap and make sure system is checked .....
that's it
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Definitely just saved me right now... and I'm sitting here feeling dumb with you.

DeBuelo said:
Definitely just saved me right now... and I'm sitting here feeling dumb with you.
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::good:

DeBuelo said:
Definitely just saved me right now... and I'm sitting here feeling dumb with you.
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Thanks for this! This saved me.. I edited my build.props and forgot to set the chmod back to 0644 before rebooting. I thought I was screwed when the twrp manager showed no files. All good now :good:

devil_slayer said:
contacted teem win and they gave me the solution ...
feeling dump just writing it but it might help someone
Just open the mount tap and make sure system is checked .....
that's it
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you saved my dumb ass as well ;P
thankies
i know kinna old to reply , but i had to
i guess the one who has made a mess like us would understand what a life saver this simple thing is

Puhhh, you saved my ass too, man.
After hours of searching and very short before a full wipe I found this useful post.
I edited the file "build.props" on my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014) too to get on screen buttons instead the hardware buttons and forgot to set the chmod back to 0644 before rebooting. With TWRP filemanager I got it working again.

Thanks ^_^ . Saved me some time.

thx man i feel dumb too

DeBuelo said:
Definitely just saved me right now... and I'm sitting here feeling dumb with you.
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Add me

Christclass said:
Add me
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me too...

you are the boss
itis not dumb, you saved my alot of trouble

i check system and nothing appears.. only internal storage and SD works... why u all feeling dumb , when im doing like all u say and i get no results..

devil_slayer said:
contacted teem win and they gave me the solution ...
feeling dump just writing it but it might help someone
Just open the mount tap and make sure system is checked .....
that's it
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Thank you so much you just saved my ass. I was messing with bloatware apps and bootlooped. I just recovered my long forgotten password to thank you!

My phone is bricked?

Hello every one! so yesterday while doing nothing but leaving my phone on a markipilers youtube video, I see my screen go off I try to turn it back on and nothing happens. I tried power cycling and its still off, just not responding to anything, no sound no light no nothing. I tried then going to recovery mode but well... nothing happened. The only thing that actually makes any responses is when I connect it using a USB to my laptop, my laptop beeps, its not suposed to beep it is broken so is it bricked?
My device is a rooted Samsung galaxy s4 mini i19192 or so I hope it is.
I really hope that this is the right place to be redirected to assistant if not then Iam really sorry, thank you so much every one and have a fantastic day!
Edit: I forgot to mention two things.
1st: It does not seem to charge the battary, I kniw this because I have another identical one though the battary works fine in the working one
2nd: My PC reads it as (something?)_dload, Sadly I do not have acess to a computer just yet. Thanks again

Any help.. please?

Khaled125 said:
Hello every one! so yesterday while doing nothing but leaving my phone on a markipilers youtube video, I see my screen go off I try to turn it back on and nothing happens. I tried power cycling and its still off, just not responding to anything, no sound no light no nothing. I tried then going to recovery mode but well... nothing happened. The only thing that actually makes any responses is when I connect it using a USB to my laptop, my laptop beeps, its not suposed to beep it is broken so is it bricked?
My device is a rooted Samsung galaxy s4 mini i19192 or so I hope it is.
I really hope that this is the right place to be redirected to assistant if not then Iam really sorry, thank you so much every one and have a fantastic day!
Edit: I forgot to mention two things.
1st: It does not seem to charge the battary, I kniw this because I have another identical one though the battary works fine in the working one
2nd: My PC reads it as (something?)_dload, Sadly I do not have acess to a computer just yet. Thanks again
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probably QHSUSB_DLOAD, which is a hard brick, you might be able to fix with a debrick image
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs

its in fact qshusb_dload but iam still a bit clueless on the reason or which method to solve. I read its because the cpu is trying to boot from the sd card and has something to do with something called emmac that is terrible in the s4 so I read three methods to solve
1- Just your method
2- Cooling the emmc?
and three, this
http://cellphonetrackers.org/qhsusb_dload-fix-qualcomm-soc.html
so Iam a bit distracted on what to even do or how to do it, any help would be apriciated plus any further notices about how to even avoid the problem
and thank you so much @IronRoo for your noticable contributions to these stuff!

Khaled125 said:
its in fact qshusb_dload but iam still a bit clueless on the reason or which method to solve. I read its because the cpu is trying to boot from the sd card and has something to do with something called emmac that is terrible in the s4 so I read three methods to solve
1- Just your method
2- Cooling the emmc?
and three, this
http://cellphonetrackers.org/qhsusb_dload-fix-qualcomm-soc.html
so Iam a bit distracted on what to even do or how to do it, any help would be apriciated plus any further notices about how to even avoid the problem
and thank you so much @IronRoo for your noticable contributions to these stuff!
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Yes, the eMMC is prone to fail/corruption on our phones, at least I think. The eMMC is the internal SD memory. Hopefully yours is just corrupt.
The cooling trick is probably only good if there is a bad soldier joint on the chip and will probably only work a few minutes as the board will heat up once turned on
I would try the debrick file as that's probably the easiest. See also Valenti's post on other Samsung device, as better write up on one (Samsung Mega maybe?) as well as by the others who originally come up with the debrick idea to get a better idea of what to do.
I guess (without researching) the method in your link is the same principle as the debrick file but may work even if debrick doesn't work as not dependant on having a matching file from phone with same bootloader (???? I don't know as haven't looked into that method)
Also you can send phone away for jtag if nothing else works
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs

IronRoo said:
Yes, the eMMC is prone to fail/corruption on our phones, at least I think. The eMMC is the internal SD memory. Hopefully yours is just corrupt.
The cooling trick is probably only good if there is a bad soldier joint on the chip and will probably only work a few minutes as the board will heat up once turned on
I would try the debrick file as that's probably the easiest. See also Valenti's post on other Samsung device, as better write up on one (Samsung Mega maybe?) as well as by the others who originally come up with the debrick idea to get a better idea of what to do.
I guess (without researching) the method in your link is the same principle as the debrick file but may work even if debrick doesn't work as not dependant on having a matching file from phone with same bootloader (???? I don't know as haven't looked into that method)
Also you can send phone away for jtag if nothing else works
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Thats great! thank you. however can you give me a link to download that file / tutorial as iam not sure google would help me in that. second off I have no idea where Valenti's post either so that would just be fantastic if you can, Thanks again for every thing!

Khaled125 said:
Thats great! thank you. however can you give me a link to download that file / tutorial as iam not sure google would help me in that. second off I have no idea where Valenti's post either so that would just be fantastic if you can, Thanks again for every thing!
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There are some debrick files here for some of the S4 Mini models (some have broken links but some still work, or find others on internet. This is also one of the thread started by @ValenteL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625628&page=10
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs

IronRoo said:
There are some debrick files here for some of the S4 Mini models (some have broken links but some still work, or find others on internet. This is also one of the thread started by @ValenteL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625628&page=10
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Wanderful, Thank you! should I mark this as solved?

IronRoo said:
There are some debrick files here for some of the S4 Mini models (some have broken links but some still work, or find others on internet. This is also one of the thread started by @ValenteL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625628&page=10
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I have been searching for ever and still zero luck on finding either a way through the s4 mini nor the actual debrick file... all I could find was for the s3 all over, any help?

Khaled125 said:
I have been searching for ever and still zero luck on finding either a way through the s4 mini nor the actual debrick file... all I could find was for the s3 all over, any help?
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Did you try the two debrick images in my post dated the 22nd March in the thread I posted above?
Actually I also pulled one from my phone after I read you can generate one from Cyanogenmod phones that will also work, I will post that on the above thread also a bit later.
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs

IronRoo said:
Did you try the two debrick images in my post dated the 22nd March in the thread I posted above?
Actually I also pulled one from my phone after I read you can generate one from Cyanogenmod phones that will also work, I will post that on the above thread also a bit later.
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Just found it, Though if your link would have directed to page 8 rather than 10 that would have been fantastic! I thought You ment the main post which also helped me alot. How ever do I really have to downoad monster legands to be able to download the foking file?

oh never mind, Just a damn ad

IronRoo said:
Did you try the two debrick images in my post dated the 22nd March in the thread I posted above?
Actually I also pulled one from my phone after I read you can generate one from Cyanogenmod phones that will also work, I will post that on the above thread also a bit later.
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Oh and how do you flash that thing to recovery, How do you pull that debrick file? is really confusing me

And please pardon me if my questions are spammy or annoying, There are a whole lot of steps through it and neither google nor the forum seem to be answering it so I might just consult you for that.
From what I understand, You flash the debrick file to the sd card using this 32 bit sd flasher thing and then it just works because the booting files are on the sd card but it will not boot without it. So how can you fix the corrupted boot loader AND how can I restore my sd card back to normal, I have seen a video for it but he is using ubuntu and command lines and stuff.

Khaled125 said:
Oh and how do you flash that thing to recovery, How do you pull that debrick file? is really confusing me
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The original post by @ValenteL was a file to generate a debrick image, but you need a working phone to use that.
People with phones that are already bricked have to get a debrick file from someone else. This debrick image must be put onto an 16Gig (some report success with 32gig) SD card that is formatted (so you will lose everything else on it) and then the phone will boot with it instead of internal mmc to get your phone going (you have to keep the SD in) so you can then recover data and also hopefully flash a new rom later so you don't need to always boot from SD.
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs

IronRoo said:
The original post by @ValenteL was a file to generate a debrick image, but you need a working phone to use that.
People with phones that are already bricked have to get a debrick file from someone else. This debrick image must be put onto an 16Gig (some report success with 32gig) SD card that is formatted (so you will lose everything else on it) and then the phone will boot with it instead of internal mmc to get your phone going (you have to keep the SD in) so you can then recover data and also hopefully flash a new rom later so you don't need to always boot from SD.
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Yes, that was what I understood already but thank you anyway! My question was How? on both creating the debrick file and restoring both sd card (too make it work as a readable card rather than a booting device if it does not already) and fix the phones internal memory without actually reseting the whole phone and if there are no way else to fix internal memory... to back up the whole thing.
thank you!

IronRoo said:
Did you try the two debrick images in my post dated the 22nd March in the thread I posted above?
Actually I also pulled one from my phone after I read you can generate one from Cyanogenmod phones that will also work, I will post that on the above thread also a bit later.
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WANDEFUL! My phone actually viperated and showed color!
however.. it gives this on a black screen.
boot recovery
check boot partitions
copy from t flash
boot recovery
write 139008
reboot
and obviously reboots, thoughts?

My last two posts are the most important now, if you or any one else can answer that would be fantastic!
some notes: after searching the thing does not mention emmc nor odin at all like for some others with the same issue... just this plain text.
I had upgraded my android version to 4.4.2 not 4.2.2 so I assume that is important, thanks again and please answer as soon as you can as that would be great! thank you for every thing @IronRoo

Khaled125 said:
My last two posts are the most important now, if you or any one else can answer that would be fantastic!
some notes: after searching the thing does not mention emmc nor odin at all like for some others with the same issue... just this plain text.
I had upgraded my android version to 4.4.2 not 4.2.2 so I assume that is important, thanks again and please answer as soon as you can as that would be great! thank you for every thing @IronRoo
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I think the important thing is the bootloader (& pit must be the same) that if I recall was updated from the version you mention to ver 2. So you need a debrick with the ver 2 bootloader. (but I am not 100% sure about this, only read some stuff last year) My phone BL is ver 1
a guy on the below Mega thread with an I9195 did get a stop further by repeating multiple times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600976&page=4
But still didn't fix phone fully
read next few pages, one guy used freeze fix white partial success, might be useful if you want to get data off phone.
Also another link that may offer help
but probably your emmc is bad, is my guess
gotta go now, work calls
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs

IronRoo said:
I think the important thing is the bootloader, that if I recall was updated from the version you mention to ver 2. So you need a debrick with the ver 2 bootloader. (but I am not 100% sure about this, only read some stuff last year) My phone BL is ver 1
a guy on the below Mega thread with an I9195 did get a stop further by repeating multiple times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600976&page=4
But still didn't fix phone fully
read next few pages, one guy used freeze fix white partial success, might be useful if you want to get data off phone.
Also another link that may offer help
but probably your emmc is bad, is my guess
gotta go now, work calls
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs
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Thats great! good luck at your work, when you are back though I need to tell you this
I have another device of the exact same model that is kikkat not rooted (kitkat will have bootloader version 2 right?) if only I knew how to get the file out and then do all the stuff again, ill keep searching since you are at work now, will keep you updated. please help about it though if you can*
so if someone say for example has android 5 on an s4 mini, he will never get his phone back to work unless some one made a debrick file for it? if the previous statments were true?
My questions are:
Extract that file from the other phone, if I managed to answer it ill tell you.
To get my SD card back to work and fix my emmc
Iam not giving up on my emmc yet though, iam sure there is a way to solve it, if not then how to fix that failed emmc?
thanks again!