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Works great!
I just wanted to report back saying that the pit file provided in the original post works great! For any interested in my setup/procedure, it was:
1) Flash the provided pit file using Odin 3.09
I wanted to switch to a Lollipop ROM, and another person in the main thread had good results with Validus, so I used that. Validus supports and recommends the F2FS filesystem, which requires a different recovery to install. So I followed the instructions found on the XDA Thread and the Google+ page for Validus install instructions.
2) Flash Chet's recovery
Chet's recovery, as downloaded from the above link, can be flashed from inside your current recovery. At least, I could from flash it from inside TWRP 2.7.1.0. Flashed it, rebooted back into recovery, and it loaded up the new one, nice as you please.
3) Format data, cache, and internal sdcard as F2FS. TWRP also gave me an error about preload, so I formatted that as ext4.
If you switch to a different ROM in the future, you'll have to remember to check if the new ROM supports F2FS. If it doesn't, you'll need to reformat those partitions to EXT4, or another filesystem the new ROM does support.
4) Flash Validus
5) Flash Gapps
Validus recommends the Paranoid Android Gapps, but the XDA threads have been closed. You can find the appropriate Gapps packages with a Google search; my search led me here. Since the /data partition is now so large, I don't have to try and squeeze apps into the /system partition just to save space, I can install them normally. Thus, I installed the pico gapps, and just installed the other apps via the market. I recommend you do the same.
The result is a dark themed lollipop ROM that already seems pretty stable. I've been using it for less than a day, but I've noticed very few stability problems or other hitches. My thanks to Lorien_Silmaril and chris4284!

How to change Recovery in semi-bricked phone?
Hello, Noob here and was trying to re-partition my T989 T-Mobile S2 memory. It would appear I need to properly reformat the partitions however the recovery I am using does not support the more advanced "wipe" options the "Re-Partition Internal Memory For T-989! (Confirmed Working)" thread discusses.
As this phone will not boot into Android anymore but I can get into the recovery mode, how would I put something like TWRP onto my phone? It would appear that I can only do it through ODIN if the recovery file is a .tar file rather than a .zip file. So are the various TWRP recovery files available anywhere as .tar files? And if not, then what is my other option (as I can not get the phone to show up as a USB drive to load in the .zip versions)?
Thank you,
P.
EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT
Yes, I am an idiot. After posting realized that I could put the zip files onto a SD card and then use the recovery file currently on my phone to install the zip off the SD card.

Confirming Pit file sizes
I never did get to work correctly but I might give it another go. One thing I noticed was after un-zipping the two ZIP files in the main thread (the stock PIT and the 8GB partitioned one), the 8GB PIT file was only 4k while the back to stock one is 500k. Makes me wonder if the modified one being only 4k means I got a bad file/download? Can anyone who has successfully installed the Modified_8GB pit verify that it is indeed only 4k in size?
Thank you,
P.

Can i flash this on the AT&T variant and if so how do i repartion ?

Everything seems work,but only problem is my laptop does not recognize my phone anymore. I installed driver and the phone is on debug mode. I tried different cables and laptops. Still does not work, at least Odin recognizes it.

patrick2015 said:
Everything seems work,but only problem is my laptop does not recognize my phone anymore. I installed driver and the phone is on debug mode. I tried different cables and laptops. Still does not work, at least Odin recognizes it.
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Try to reinstall the usb drivers and disable debug
Tried it on a at&t variant and works fine and connects to pc aswell

Which partitions do I have to reformat
Great guide!... Please, I need help. I got confused at the moment I have to format the partitions. Which partitions do I have to reformat after the process? I see "dalvik cache, data, system, cache, internal sd card, android secure, micro sd card, and preload"... Do I have to reformat all of them? or just "data, and internal sd card"?.... do i have to reformat with file system "ext4" or with another one?
BTW, do you know what are the default file system for the partitions?... in case I do something wrong, this might help me to factory reset my t989...
Sorry, my english it's not that good, i know.
Please help me.

So I did this using your modified pit file, and it seems to have worked. I'm having a few issues now though. When I start google camera it tells me to mount an sd card first. I rebooted, unmounted and mounted the external sd card, and cleared data/cache. Nothing works. I also can't create a folder on the internal SD.
edit: I fixed it by formatting the internal SD to FAT. Now to look into increasing the /system partition size

mike.weiss503 said:
Great guide!... Please, I need help. I got confused at the moment I have to format the partitions. Which partitions do I have to reformat after the process? I see "dalvik cache, data, system, cache, internal sd card, android secure, micro sd card, and preload"... Do I have to reformat all of them? or just "data, and internal sd card"?.... do i have to reformat with file system "ext4" or with another one?
BTW, do you know what are the default file system for the partitions?... in case I do something wrong, this might help me to factory reset my t989...
Sorry, my english it's not that good, i know.
Please help me.
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It won't let you do davlik. I was a bit confused by this, too, so I hope the OP clarifies. For me, formatting system, preload, cache, and data to ext4, and internal sd to FAT seems to work. I didn't touch micro sd.

Keep it simple!
Hi,
This is my very first post on this forum and what brought me to this thread was a Google search on increasing memory on my Galaxy SII.
My Galaxy SII is an SGH-T989D that can't get any app updated for a while because of insufficient memory. Put simple, all I want to do is re-partition so I can get more "/data" memory. I don't want to install any fancy ROM or root or anything else, anyway I don't have a clue of what that means lol! So I'm not expecting having any trouble following the instructions or getting the PIT file as really I'm good with computers and that kind of stuff, but here come the newbie questions:
- Do I have to perfrom any kind of backup of my device before performing the re-partition steps? If yes, then how do I do this? And once done, how do I restore the backup back into the re-partitioned device?
- If there is no need to perform a backup, does that mean that once the re-partitioning and wipe and reformatting is done, all I have to do is reboot in normal mode again and everything should be fine and as before? If not, then what steps are missing to get my device as it was before re-partitioning (with the exception that now the partitions are different sizes, of course)?
- The last step states: "After you have done the above steps, you can then proceed with ROM installation or recovery. " What does that mean and what should I do then?
Please advise... Thanks for your help!
Regards,
Pat

New PIT File
Is it possible you could create a PIT file that repartitions only 5 gb from the internal sd card, so that the internal memory is at 5 gb rather than 2?
If not, could you redirect me to a working PIT Magic Tool download as the original link doesn't work.

unpartition.
Hi I'd like you to help me un partition my phone.. I want to re install the rooting process a fresh but I found out when I tried reinstalling my stock ROM I couldn't start it up it would go to stock recovery and show data error,cache error . I tried using your un modified pit it didn't help .. Please help me unpartition .

Only Dalvik partition after PIT file flash
All of the posted info and files were much appreciated. I flashed the OC PIT file provided with success according to ODIN and rebooted into TWRP but only the Dalvik cache is showing so I can't partition anything. I tried flashing different variants of the PIT file but I never have any other partition show up. Has anyone come across this?

I can not see system cache data partitions after flash
I am using twrp 2.8.7.0. I did flash SGH-T989-PIT.pit after,but I still can not see system cache data partitions in twrp.
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agaliarept1 said:
All of the posted info and files were much appreciated. I flashed the OC PIT file provided with success according to ODIN and rebooted into TWRP but only the Dalvik cache is showing so I can't partition anything. I tried flashing different variants of the PIT file but I never have any other partition show up. Has anyone come across this?
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I have same problem. I am using twrp2.8.7.0. I only can see Dalvik cache in twrp. I even did flash the unmodified pit ,but it is still doesnt work.

t989 re-partition - not recognized by windows
Hey! Thanks for the guide! This is the perfect solution. I was able to flash the new PIT with no obstacles. Phone is working fine.
My only issue is that my new internal storage is not recognized by windows when I use USB mount in TWRP. It says the partition must be formatted to be used, and of course Windows wants to format it into FAT or ntfs. It opened fine before the re-partition, even as ext4.
Any thoughts on how to get it readable by windows again?

Chet's Recovery F2FS
Hey does anyone have a copy of Chet's Recovery mentioned in the post. I have the same issue as most now that only the dalvik is showing up, but i think we need that recovery to mount and repair the partitions.

Predicus said:
Hey does anyone have a copy of Chet's Recovery mentioned in the post. I have the same issue as most now that only the dalvik is showing up, but i think we need that recovery to mount and repair the partitions.
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same issue here

GT-N7105 no storage problem

Hello everyone,
i just got a 7105 from a friend to try and fix it, and i'm must say i'm amazed, internal storage/ data/ cache/ reads 0mb, it fails to mount everything, but i can access twrp recovery.
tried pit reformatting trough Odin, no success.
can i get some light on how to Reformat every partition something like forced formatting?
i'm willing to try everything, since the phone is as good as a brick now
Thanks

Is it the sudden death problem? mine Note 2 have this too it cant read anything and cannot install roms. Only boot to recovery and bootloader

fsreigner said:
Hello everyone,
i just got a 7105 from a friend to try and fix it, and i'm must say i'm amazed, internal storage/ data/ cache/ reads 0mb, it fails to mount everything, but i can access twrp recovery.
tried pit reformatting trough Odin, no success.
can i get some light on how to Reformat every partition something like forced formatting?
i'm willing to try everything, since the phone is as good as a brick now
Thanks
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MinBCrafter said:
Is it the sudden death problem? mine Note 2 have this too it cant read anything and cannot install roms. Only boot to recovery and bootloader
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The same happened to me once. Just go to twrp recovery >wipe>advanced wipe>select internal storage>repair partition>change file system>ext4 .
Do the file change for every single partition there (not every partition will get file system changed)
And done .. Now flash a rom and you are good to go. (Also dont mess with ext sdcard)
Press thanks if helped

Gurkanwal Chauhan said:
The same happened to me once. Just go to twrp recovery >wipe>advanced wipe>select internal storage>repair partition>change file system>ext4 .
Do the file change for every single partition there (not every partition will get file system changed)
And done .. Now flash a rom and you are good to go. (Also dont mess with ext sdcard)
Press thanks if helped
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I've tried it before, no success

Nope mine is confirmed dead by a technician and the people on XDA that my motherboard is broken so it reads 0mb and needs replacement, anyway i had moved on to Note 4 and huawei p9 plus now, fixing the note 2 is just not worth it.

Is it bricked?

Hello, I was on a meeting and I turn off Note 2. After this it was stuck on boot logo. My TWRP is v 2.8.0.1 It says there is no os; Internal storage is 0mb, External storage is 0mb. I tried sd card on other phones. It worked. My PC can't recognize my phone. Also:
- unable to mount ''/system; data; cash; efs; internal and external; no valid storage partition found for MTP etc.
Is there anything I can do about it? Thanks in advance!

Lavchev said:
Hello, I was on a meeting and I turn off Note 2. After this it was stuck on boot logo. My TWRP is v 2.8.0.1 It says there is no os; Internal storage is 0mb, External storage is 0mb. I tried sd card on other phones. It worked. My PC can't recognize my phone. Also:
- unable to mount ''/system; data; cash; efs; internal and external; no valid storage partition found for MTP etc.
Is there anything I can do about it? Thanks in advance!
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Change the file system to ext4 (for every partition possible). I had the same issue. You will loose all your data in internal storage. And you probably have to flash new rom.

You could try flashing a stock ROM with Odin but you will lose your data.

Ok... thanks... I change he file system to ext4 (for every partition possible). In recovery i wipe everything - loosing data is not important. Now I have problem with Odin. I tried to flash stock 4.4.2 but i have sbootbin fail. My latest ROM (i think) was 4.4.4. What can I do?

Did you confirm the model # in download mode? Sboot.bin is not flashing in Odin because the ROM is not made for the phone.
Did you try using different USB cables and USB ports? Tried using Odin 3.07?

The ROM is official, and latest for my country and carrier. I dont know if there is a problem with custom rom that was on my phone before - which is 4.4.4. I tried with Odin 3.12.3. Now i downloaded Odin 3.07. and now it says NAND write start! FAIL!

Lavchev said:
The ROM is official, and latest for my country and carrier. I dont know if there is a problem with custom rom that was on my phone before - which is 4.4.4. I tried with Odin 3.12.3. Now i downloaded Odin 3.07. and now it says NAND write start! FAIL!
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Try flashing any custom rom. When i faced this issue, i just changed every partition to ext4 and then flashed a custom rom of my choice. And everything went normal.

How can I flash custom rom when I cant see my internal and external storage (it says = 0mb and all folders are empty). I tried different Roms with different ODIN's- mostly Nand write fail! I cant change internal storage to ext4 because :"Invalid partition selection"! Can I flash custom rom with Odin?

Lavchev said:
How can I flash custom rom when I cant see my internal and external storage (it says = 0mb and all folders are empty). I tried different Roms with different ODIN's- mostly Nand write fail! I cant change internal storage to ext4 because :"Invalid partition selection"! Can I flash custom rom with Odin?
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The 0mb issue isnt fixed by changing file system??
Remove any sd card if you have inserted. Try again to change them.
In my case i fixed 0mb issue by changing file system to ext4. Nothing else.

No... I have 0mb.. I changed available file systems to ext4 with and without sd card.. Is there any way to do something?

Your only hope may be flashing the phone with a jtag cable. If that doesn't fix the problem, the memory is defective.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093599

TWRP crashing on startup with blue led and buzzing

Well, I accidentally formatted my phone a few days ago, connected to pc and flashed los 14.1 and gapps.
Now it turns out whenever I hold down the power and volume buttons it takes me to the TWRP teamwin project screen, then freezes with a blue led and a buzzing noise without taking me to the installation screen
Any help/suggestions on what I should do as I still want to download a oreo custom rom later?
Thanks,
B50Corei5

I had that problem, fixed it by flashing the stock kernel (boot.IMG) through fastboot.

I had that problem, also reflashed full stock ROM via fastboot (systemchunk + boot + recovery + cache + userdata even preload in a second time)
Now I can't flash cust recovery, but I can boot in it.
I can flash, via recovery, a custom ROM but can't boot in it.
Any idea?

Same problem
I am having the same problem...I am on lineage os latest unofficial by wonder wicked witch...and whenever I clear data and cache by twrp their is a buzzing sound and blue led...pls help me

sidsob said:
I am having the same problem...I am on lineage os latest unofficial by wonder wicked witch...and whenever I clear data and cache by twrp their is a buzzing sound and blue led...pls help me
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Take complete backup of your internal storage using file manager present in recovery mode. "Format data" or change" format system partition" of data partition. try couple of times to format if first time format not working.

Isn't there any other method by changing recovery? By flashing it again
Pls tell some other method

sidsob said:
Pls tell some other method
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For internal storage backup:
Recovery - File manager method did not work?
Change system partition format of data partition to some other format and revert it to original. It works perfectly.

nothing is happening
Wonder Wicked Witch said:
For internal storage backup:
Recovery - File manager method did not work?
Change system partition format of data partition to some other format and revert it to original. It works perfectly.
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pls help me ....i have formatted but it says encyption unsuccsessful and it only boots into linage os boot animation...i dont know what to do ...pls i beg u pls help me somehow

sidsob said:
pls help me ....i have formatted but it says encyption unsuccsessful and it only boots into linage os boot animation...i dont know what to do ...pls i beg u pls help me somehow
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I formatted data partition by using wipe->format data. U need to type "yes" to confirm, because entire internal sdcard will be deleted. So make sure u have rom and other zip files saved on external sdcard.
Then i used advanced wipe->repair/change filesystem and changed it to ext4 and then back to f2fs.
2nd time i installed los, i made sure not to set up a pin after 1st boot during rom setup, then tried to reboot into recovery, but ended up with black screnn + blue led. I tried to reinstall twrp via fastboot - no success. Then i formatted data partition via fastboot, which made me boot into recovery again.
I still dont get why and when blue led happens or encryption fails although ive never seen a "encryption failed" message. Only the blue led...

Thanks guys for the help, got it sorted by flashing stock ROM in fast boot ?

sidsob said:
pls help me ....i have formatted but it says encyption unsuccsessful and it only boots into linage os boot animation...i dont know what to do ...pls i beg u pls help me somehow
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Fixed it?

Wonder Wicked Witch said:
Fixed it?
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Maybe change data path to exe4?

Data partition
b50corei5 said:
Maybe change data path to exe4?
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In order to fix this, you have to do a data wipe via fastboot and then flash twrp again. If you are coming from stock rom, you need to change data partition to ext4 (by default it;s f2fs) and it should work fine. I think that f2fs has its advantages, but twrp does not seem to support it. Maybe on a future update

TWRP Unable to mount Data HELP!

When i flashed Stock Rom 8.0 to my phone it boot normal. Then i flash TWRP made for my device. Downloaded supersu and going to flash it but then in the end it says Unable to unmount or mount i forgot sorry!I see that my internal storage is 0MB in TWRP but its not! So it seems like TWRP didnt encrypt my data or what? I flashed stock again cuz i got bootloop after that! Than flashed TWRP again and Internal storage is 0MB! HELP!

You have to format (not wipe) /data in TWRP then it will work, although you will lose all data. TWRP can't mount Samsung encrypted partitions.

makeyourself said:
You have to format (not wipe) /data in TWRP then it will work, although you will lose all data. TWRP can't mount Samsung encrypted partitions.
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Lol It working Thanks you! one more issue! I flashed super su and no verity no encrypt and when reboot i have Super Su installed! Okay so now if i want to flash something again i need to format again ? Cuz now i get same errors! Anyway thanks you so much i have rooted samsung galaxy a5 2017 8.0 Now!

gogo9211 said:
When i flashed Stock Rom 8.0 to my phone it boot normal. Then i flash TWRP made for my device. Downloaded supersu and going to flash it but then in the end it says Unable to unmount or mount i forgot sorry!I see that my internal storage is 0MB in TWRP but its not! So it seems like TWRP didnt encrypt my data or what? I flashed stock again cuz i got bootloop after that! Than flashed TWRP again and Internal storage is 0MB! HELP!
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until twrp 3.2.1-0 I think I did not have full support for samsung 8.0, I used twrp 3.2.2-0, and the /data is getting decrypted even after reboot.

caiquess95 said:
until twrp 3.2.1-0 I think I did not have full support for samsung 8.0, I used twrp 3.2.2-0, and the /data is getting decrypted even after reboot.
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Really? Your internal doesn't show 0MB and you can backup data partition with TWRP? I didn't think it was TWRP related... that would be awesome.
What did you do? Only format data or did you flash anything?

gogo9211 said:
Lol It working Thanks you! one more issue! I flashed super su and no verity no encrypt and when reboot i have Super Su installed! Okay so now if i want to flash something again i need to format again ? Cuz now i get same errors! Anyway thanks you so much i have rooted samsung galaxy a5 2017 8.0 Now!
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I think you had same issue as mine
Check this out
https://forum.xda-developers.com/samsung-a-series-2017/help/root-issues-oreo-t3800852

makeyourself said:
You have to format (not wipe) /data in TWRP then it will work, although you will lose all data. TWRP can't mount Samsung encrypted partitions.
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I've tried this "solution" several times and the error come back ever...
How to fix this DEFINITIVELY???

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If you have a5/a7 2017 you can edit this script to reformatting your data partition! (if you don't know how edit it can be very dangerous to your phone)