My appologies for this post. Probably this problem is being dealt before on this forum but cant seem to find a solution to mine.
hi, i have a samsung s3 32gb (original stock unrooted).
Problem my space was running low on my s3. And while shooting a video, the space ran out and the phone froze. then i tried to end the video but obviously the screen was frozen.
After that i tried to reboot the phone but it came to the home screen, and couldnt press anything. (i only can drag the top bar down and that's it, it doesnt come back up).
i tried soft reset, didnt work. i tried to boot in safe mode, it doesnt work (it get stuck at the samsung logo). download and recovery mode works fine.
when i connect it to the pc, in device manager i get under Portable Devices (MTP USB device with a yellow triangle and ! mark). obviously KIES doesnt recognise anything connected.
After reading lot of posts, i installed 'android-sdk' and ran 'adb.exe' in cmd.
adb devices shows my device ; i can see all the directories on my phone.
when i try to copy, move or delete any files from the phone to my pc to empty the phone storage, i get this message "device not found".
i dont wanna lose my pics and videos +data (no backup). ANY HELP GUYS???
masso76 said:
My appologies for this post. Probably this problem is being dealt before on this forum but cant seem to find a solution to mine.
hi, i have a samsung s3 32gb (original stock unrooted).
Problem my space was running low on my s3. And while shooting a video, the space ran out and the phone froze. then i tried to end the video but obviously the screen was frozen.
After that i tried to reboot the phone but it came to the home screen, and couldnt press anything. (i only can drag the top bar down and that's it, it doesnt come back up).
i tried soft reset, didnt work. i tried to boot in safe mode, it doesnt work (it get stuck at the samsung logo). download and recovery mode works fine.
when i connect it to the pc, in device manager i get under Portable Devices (MTP USB device with a yellow triangle and ! mark). obviously KIES doesnt recognise anything connected.
After reading lot of posts, i installed 'android-sdk' and ran 'adb.exe' in cmd.
adb devices shows my device ; i can see all the directories on my phone.
when i try to copy, move or delete any files from the phone to my pc to empty the phone storage, i get this message "device not found".
i dont wanna lose my pics and videos +data (no backup). ANY HELP GUYS???
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Try clearing cache and dalvik. If it doesn't work, u might have to factory reset which deletes ur data. Since android-sdk doesn't work anymore and kies too. There is no way to back up ur data. Ur only hope is tat clearing cache and dalvik works.
masso76 said:
i dont wanna lose my pics and videos +data (no backup). ANY HELP GUYS???
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pictures and videos are stored on the internal sdcard, so they are save even if you decide to wipe your data.
you will only lose your app data and settings
but try first the suggestion from the post above
JellyYogurt said:
Try clearing cache and dalvik.. .
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if you are referring to clearing the cache that is in the recovery mode. i already cleared the cache and still same thing happening.
can you explain 'dalvik' ? what to do step by step if possible
Also you mentioned that android-sdk is not working, (it is true ) but how come i can still see all my phone contents ?
Darkened_Sky said:
pictures and videos are stored on the internal sdcard, so they are save even if you decide to wipe your data.
you will only lose your app data and settings
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if you are referring to the factory reset inside the "settings" menu in the phone, i think it would be true (the pics & videos wont be affected)
but if you are referring to the reset in the recovery mode. i think that will format everything including my personal data (pics & videos) and return the phone to a factory state (which is how it was new). isnt the OS and data are on the internal sdcard as well ?
Their comments refer to a custom recovery, e.g Philz, where you can clear dalvik and also mount your storage for usb access.
I think you have bigger problems, the phone should not have frozen as you describe and you many have partition corruption.
There are step by step guides on how to install custom recovery in general forum, stickies. It will invalidate your warranty, which might not be a good idea if you need a new motherboard.
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masso76 said:
if you are referring to the factory reset inside the "settings" menu in the phone, i think it would be true (the pics & videos wont be affected)
but if you are referring to the reset in the recovery mode. i think that will format everything including my personal data (pics & videos) and return the phone to a factory state (which is how it was new). isnt the OS and data are on the internal sdcard as well ?
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The factory reset on recovery will not delete ur pics or videos.
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Hey guys I have been trolling this forum for some very useful information, and it has helped me quite a bit, but on this one I am stuck. Every time I try and delete something on this phone (Samsung Vibrant) it just comes back. This was not my phone before, I am just trying to put it back to stock.
I have flashed the phone 3 times using odin, including using the re-partition option.
When I hook the phone up to the pc, and load update.zip into the root folder, and reboot into recovery mode, it says cannot find sd card/update.zip. Even when I go in and manually delete apps if I reboot the phone, they all just come back.
Am I missing something? part of me wants to say its something easy.. but I have searched and searched about this and found nothing. Is there a mod out there that does this? -Thanks
*edit* Oh, and it seems like any time I think I might get close, I get the little android and the triange w/ the exclamation point.
Bueller?
How are you deleting? What are you deleting? Why are you using odin to delete apps? Not enough info to help you.
Hi, I am just trying to totally wipe the phone back to stock, hence odin. I dont care about info being lost. But like I said.. if I go in and manage applications, and remove them manually, I restart the phone and like magic they are all back.. I am quite confused. I hook the phone up to the pc, open the phone and manually delete pics and songs that way.. unplug the phone from the pc, and its like i never did anything.
jorsh03 said:
Hi, I am just trying to totally wipe the phone back to stock, hence odin. I dont care about info being lost. But like I said.. if I go in and manage applications, and remove them manually, I restart the phone and like magic they are all back.. I am quite confused. I hook the phone up to the pc, open the phone and manually delete pics and songs that way.. unplug the phone from the pc, and its like i never did anything.
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If you want to wipe the best thing to do is flash Eugene's Froyo that does not brick. That will get rid of EVERYTHING. From there flash JFD. That will give you the clean start you want.
icandy75 said:
If you want to wipe the best thing to do is flash Eugene's Froyo that does not brick. That will get rid of EVERYTHING. From there flash JFD. That will give you the clean start you want.
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Yeah, that is the problem. I already did that, and the stuff is still there. I did it 3 times. I flashed it with the 512 pit, did a re-partition and the JFD. Then went back and even updated it to the JI6 firmware, and loaded it with the stock kernel.
I'll help you out before you needlessly flash roms over and over and over.
Before you say, "WTF!!!! That doesn't answer my question" please read to the end.
1. As I understand your problem, you want to wide everything from your INTERNAL SD Card.
2. as such, The steps are as follows:
3. Go to settings.
4. Go to "SD Card and phone storage"
5. "Unmount phone storage"
6. "Format phone storage"
This is assuming that you are ALREADY on stock Rom.
If not, flash the stock first, then wipe your internal SD.
Remove your External SD and SIM card. *(Not required), but i'm paranoid, and this always helps me feel better on the off chance that something does happen while i'm wiping the internal SD.
GL
That was first thing I tried to do, sorry I didnt post that in OP. I tried to unmount and format using the in phone software. I have tried a hard reset using the button combinations on the phone. I have also done a factory format using the service code. All to no avail.
Thanks for the input.. believe me, if I could have avoided the time and hassle of reading about odin I would have. Odin was a last resort.
I dont know if this is helpful or not but after I format the internal sd.
Total Space: 13.18 GB
Free Space 12.31 GB
I am really beginning to think that the internal SD is broken/corrupted or something. As I said in the OP when I boot into recovery, it says it cannot find sdcard/update.zip. Furthermore, if I mount the usb as mass storage, and go into the folders and delete pictures/whatnot. Even if I unplug the phone from the computer, its as if I never did anything. The pictures will all still be there as if nothing happened. If I go in and manage apps, and remove them all one by one, then reboot the phone all the apps are there. These are all reasons why I think the internal storage is messed up.
I was/am quite confused. This is why I requested ideas from people smarter than me.. i.e you guys . Thanks for all the input this far, my OP was a little lacking I suppose.
Did you ever get problem resolved?
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@jorsh :
I had the same problem with u. Can't delete few old files that stored in the internal SD. Also, I can't use update.zip in the recovery mode. It says "cannot find sdcard/update.zip.
My phone also can't play MP3 file or 3GP file that transfered from other phone / PC.
Anyone can help us ?
How are you deleting the files?
What are you running?
the update.zip, are you guys talking about rooting, or clockwork recovery?
Sorry, thanksgiving was preventing me from following the thread. The problem is still unresolved. I was trying the update.zip in recovery mode, as far as I know there is no clockwork on the phone. I thought the update.zip was just a recovery image that the phone used as a basis for restoring the phone.
s15274n said:
How are you deleting the files?
What are you running?
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I have tried deleting files a few different ways.
Odin, directly via pc with usb mount, and using the software on the phone itself, and tried using factory formats/resets hard and soft.
What do you mean by what am I running?
i just buy a used vibrant. There are some photos & files in the internal memory. I can erase it with file manager, but when I restart the phone, those photos & files appear again.
Same thing with with the gmail account. This gmail account is sign up by previous user. I can't remove this account.
I already try using "factory reset", but it's useless. Those photos & gmail account still in my phone.
I'm running in 2.1 T959UVJI2
about the update.zip, I'm using for rooting. I can't root the phone too. I'm using the file "SGH-959 Root Update.zip" then rename it to "update.zip"
I put this update.zip that the root folder of my internal SD. Bad thing is, this file is gone when I restart my phone (turn off then turn on). So, when I goes to recovery mode, it always said : cannot find sd card/update.zip
anybody can help me ? pleaseeee. So frustated >.<
Yeah that sounds pretty much exactly like my problems.
Perhaps people are having a hard time helping because we cant determine what you are trying to do....
first, yes, there is a clockwork recovery... download rom manager from the market.
there are going to be folders on the internal memory you can not remove because the OS puts them there.
could you please say exactly what you want to do???
I am just trying to delete everything and basically restore the phone back to factory. But it seems like the normal ways of doing that are not working.
Use ODIN to go to stock ji6 or jk2. I have a guide in my signature
Once you reboot mount the internal memory and format it. Settings > sd card and phone storage
s15274n said:
Use ODIN to go to stock ji6 or jk2. I have a guide in my signature
Once you reboot mount the internal memory and format it. Settings > sd card and phone storage
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ok ok.... I'll try at weekend. I'm out of town in few days. Thx for the info.
please report back, want to make sure all is well
Hi everyone,
My first post so please be gentle!
I'm running rooted stock JI6 with RyanZa OCLF.
Everything has been running fine (for many months!), then yesterday I noticed a red triangle in the notification area of my phone and when I opened the tray it said something like "internal SD card corrupted". I thought it was a bit odd but just power cycled the phone thinking it would clear it. No such luck! I would get past the T-Mobile Vibrant logo screen, then see the flashing 'S' screen for a while, then black screen. Left for 20+mins and nothing changed. If you touch any of the touch keys, the back light comes on (and locally disappears when you touch each button) but that's it!
I rebooted into recovery and tried clearing cache data and rebooting, no luck. I also installed the Android SDK and using ADB from the terminal while at recovery console. The only command that returns anything is "adb devices" and I get
List of devices attached
T95900****** recovery
(not sure if the number masked by *s is individual )
I've tried "adb -d shell", "adb -d shell ls", "adb -d mount /sd-card" nothing... many other adb commands, nothing.
My next steps to recover the phone are to:
1 - clear user data and reboot... and if that doesn't work
2 - use ODIN to reflash stock JI6 and re-synch apps / data from Google (then probably venture into 3rd party ROMs using clockwork / ODIN)
The BIG problem I have though and where I could really use some help, is to find a way to pull my pics / vids off the phone *before* I reflash. Does anybody know if there's a way this can be done? Is there a way to reflash part of the image and keep my pics / vids intact then back them up before a full reflash?
Oh one thing I forgot to mention - during my uneducated 'debug' I tried to boot using a micro-SD card from another phone, and my phone corrupted that SD card too!
Any ideas??
Thanks in advance for any help!
Im not sure abt anyone else but even if I ODIN back to stock (pics & videos are still there) reflash any new rom (pics & videos are still there)
I ve never had anything wiped unless I go in thru my pc and delete items from the phone
jmcghee1973 said:
Im not sure abt anyone else but even if I ODIN back to stock (pics & videos are still there) reflash any new rom (pics & videos are still there)
I ve never had anything wiped unless I go in thru my pc and delete items from the phone
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+1 on this or you could try android commander.
Thanks a lot guys! Do you know if "clear user data" from recovery console will delete pics / vids? If not, I might try this first.
wont affect it...
OK i tried flashing via ODIN back to JI6 (without repartition). Same thing... then tried flashing back to STOCK via ODIN with repartition and when it comes back up there's some error about failure to wipe data (in red). Downloading Eugene's T-Mo 2.2 now to give that a try... at least ADB is working at recovery console now, but the phone just sits and resets over and over when i reboot normally. Any ideas?
Go to settings sd card & phone storage and un mount the memory you want to wipe and format.
Sd card is the external card & phone storage is the internal card. That will wipe everything.
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Am I missing something? I can't get the phone to boot. Settings where?
for the JFD.tar your using the 512.pit file with it right? Now for some reason if I ODIN with the JI6.tar I have to do it with just it..no .pit file, no re-partition. It gives me an error in (2e)recovery if I use a .pit file with it.
Yeah i tried reflashing 'original.tar' (JFD) using ODIN with the 512.pit file and 're-partition' selected. I also tried reflashing JI6 using ODIN with the 512.pit file and 're-partition' unselected. Neither work.
UPDATE - I tried flashing Eugene's unofficial T-Mo 2.2 image using ODIN (with / without re-partition). When recover console comes back up there are a few errors related to memory access issues but when I clear user and cache data and reboot, the phone comes all the way up. On the surface all looks OK but then I notice (via settings / file explorer program etc) that the phone has no internal storage capacity or external SD card capacity! I'm beginning to suspect (one of) the Hummingbird's eMMC/NAND flash controllers. The only puzzling thing is that access to some onboard eMMC/NAND flash is clearly working otherwise it would be impossible to flash / boot into the OS at all. Any ideas? Does Vibrant have a separate on-board eMMC for the OS and then an additional on-board eMMC for 'internal storage' (I don't think so!) Is there some kind of configuration / mounting problem at startup?
Just tried reflashing just the JI6 tar file (in PDA) without the PIT file and it does the same thing. No errors in recovery console but same old black screen as when I started.
One other quick question - where can I find Eugene's Froyo that doesn't brick the phone image? I keep following threads to find it but they all seem to lead nowhere...
http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=8
If all else fails and you end up flashing anyways, you can always try using Recuva after mounting the sd card to your computer and getting deleted files back.
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@joe98200: Yeah I did that last night. Not much on the ext SD card TBH (apart from Avatar), my files were all on the internal flash and there's not much I can do about that if the phone doesn't see it.
@jmcghee1973: Thanks! I'll give this a try and if this fails too, it's going back to the shop! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8698655&postcount=150
Since yesterday my phone keeps on rebooting, i dont remember exactly but there was some update and now my phone just keeps on rebooting.
It would start with the Samsung Logo, go on to load android, and finally land at the pattern lock.
Then after 5 to 10 seconds it would just reboot without any message or error.
I tried to uninstall a few softwares like 'skype' , 'swype keyboard' , etc but no use.
What I have noticed is the phone gets very hot , it wasn't that hot before.
I tried changing the battery with another phone, switching off wifi, switching off packet data, uninstall anything I can find which is not needed, but still no use.
I have installed cyanogenmod in it and the phone is also rooted (I did both of these before a year)
Any one else having this issue ?
Recovery Mode and download mode both work fine. (The phone doesn't get restarted in these modes)
If nothing would work I have to factory reset the phone from the recovery mode. (Which also I dont know how to do)
I have some very important images in my gallery (in sdcard most probably) which I desperately need. (i am unsure if factory reset from recovery mode would retain the photos or they would be deleted)
Any guidance please.
Thanks.
You can pull those images from your sdcard with adb when you're in recovery mode.
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I did the adb part and connected my phone but I cant find my sdcard, it seems as it is not mounted.
/mnt/ doesnt exist
/sdcard and /sdcard1 are empty
I tried a lot to navigate and find the sdcard but still I cant find it,
Can someone please guide me how to find and mount the sdcard to copy the images.
Then I can factory reset the phone from recovery mode.
Thanks
I don't know. What are all the folders? Use ls command in adb shell.
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If I select factory reset from the recovery mode, will it clear my sdcard contents as well.
I did factory reset once from within android and it retained my sdcard as it is so will be it be the same in recovery mode also ?
Any one have any experience in this please share.
I have installed cyanogenmod recovery.
Thanks
huzefa_from_kuwait said:
If I select factory reset from the recovery mode, will it clear my sdcard contents as well.
I did factory reset once from within android and it retained my sdcard as it is so will be it be the same in recovery mode also ?
Any one have any experience in this please share.
I have installed cyanogenmod recovery.
Thanks
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It will leave the internal and external sdcard alone.
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I undated to Jellybean last week. All was going well until last night. My phone just turned into a Soft brick.
It is now stuck on Samsung logo.
I am able to boot into recovery mode and also download mode.
I tried remote logging to the device using ADB but I could only see a place holder to the SDCARD and SDCARD1, I could not see any files in there, and I could not mount them either.
Question
Anyway my question is, is there anyway to access the internal memory so I can recover some pics and videos, before I do a factory reset which will wipe all data including the internal memory partition?
By the way, I tried wiping Cache partition, didn't fix the problem.
I don't want to do a factory reset as I have read it will also wipe internal memory partition.
I then tried using Odin to install the original Jellybean firmware from my network which I got from samung-updates. I thought that this might fix what ever issue was preventing the phone from booting up, and hoped it would keep the internal memory partition intact. This uploaded successfully to the phone in download mode, but the phone was still stuck in the Samsung Screen after reboot.
Please help!!!
Thanks,
Anthony.
Re: [Q] Soft Brick. Stuck on Samsung screen. How to access Internal Memory?
First of all, here's clear idea of everything:
1. Wiping data, factory reset or flashing via Odin will format ur internal memory (where ur apps, settings, contacts, call history, calendar, etc are stored).
2. Ur photos, videos and other user files are saved in internal USB storage, and hence will not be deleted.
So u can be sure ur precious files won't be lost.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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immortalneo said:
1. Wiping data, factory reset or flashing via Odin will format ur internal memory (where ur apps, settings, contacts, call history, calendar, etc are stored).
2. Ur photos, videos and other user files are saved in internal USB storage, and hence will not be deleted.
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Thanks Immortalneo. But I read that since the ICS update android stores and accesses the MC in a different way so I just wasn't sure about it. Also I read so many contradicting comments on various forms about this so didn't want to take the risk as I had just recently taken some photos and videos at my Dad's 80th Birthday that I didn't have time to back up, which I didn't want to take the risk and loose them.
Anyway I managed to get access to the Internal Memory before doing the Factory reset.
So for anyone else who stumbles across this thread and needs help this is what I did. I am not sure if everything I did was necessary but I will list everything I did so you can try some or all of it yourself.
Before I start I should mention that my phone was Stock, never been flashed. It was using the latest official Samsung phone network provider Jellybean update.
Using Odin I flashed with latest Jellybean original ROM for my country phone network from samsung-updates. You need to boot your phone into Download mode by holding Volume down, Menu, Power button. By the way Recovery mode is accessed by holding Volume Up, Menu, Power button.
You can probably use any custom rom but I specifically wanted to put on the same ROM to see if it might overwrite some broken files and fix the stuck boot loop issue. It didn't fix it, so maybe this step could be skipped in fact.
Next I decided to ROOT the phone as I read there were extra options in the Recovery boot screen. So again I used Odin to install SiyahKernel. This was the start of my eventual recovery. After I did this and booted up into Recovery mode I had some new options available, specifically lots of Memory card options. I mentioned in my OP that I could access the phone memory using ADB shell but I could not see anything in the SDCARD as it seemed like a link or placeholder. Anyway using Siyah's Kernel I now had an option to Mount the USB storage. As soon as I selected that option my Laptop popped up a message that a new device was connected and would I like to open the folder and view its files. ALLELUIA !!! I could now see the Internal Memory mapped as a drive and I could access all of my files and backup all of my precious videos and photos. However my phone would still not boot up! Arghhhhh
So now that I had my files backed up it was safe to do a Full Data Wipe and Factory Reset. I did that that, and during the process I got an error:
Code:
Wiping data
Wiping cache
[B]Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure![/B]
Skipping format
Format complete
Anyway I tried booting up and it was still stuck on the Samsung Screen. F&%K I thought.
I was almost beginning to loose hope. But then I decided to just manually format memory card first before doing the Factory Reset. So I booted back up into recovery mode and selected Format Memory. Then did a Factory Reset and rebooted. But it was stuck again on the Samsung screen so I just left it down on the desk and started looking again at the forums then I saw the screen change to updating or initializing applications in the corner of my eye. Holy Sh1tballs, its working! It did seem to be stuck on the Samsung screen for ages, but in reality it was probably less than 30 secs,
As soon as I set up my Google account all my apps and settings and contacts started to automatically download back onto the phone. The only thing I lost were my SMS messages, but no big deal there.
So there you have it. I am back up and running with stock Samsung Jellybean phone network version as before, but now with a rooted phone with all the extra delights that enables me to do
In case any of this does not work for you there is another option you could try. It could be your internal MC is actually corrupted. This post below relates to re-partitioning the MC so its not for the faint hearted but it may be worth a try if all else fails.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760107
Cheers,
Anthony.
Re: [Q] Soft Brick. Stuck on Samsung screen. How to access Internal Memory?
That was quite informative!
Thank you for sharing.. :thumbup:
Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post so that others with similar problems can get help too.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
Thanks, I just changed the title and added [SOLVED], took me a while to figure out how to change it LOL.
I learned a lot about Android, Samsung and Modding yesterday. It was something I had planned to look into but never had the time until this issue forced me to
Great write up of the fix. Good job Hopefully someone else finds it useful at some point.
Thank God for this forum and thank God for my own post LOL
This same sh1t just happened to my wife's Galaxy S2 where it got stuck on the Samsung Logo. I couldn't remember how I fixed my phone but I remembered I posted a good write up of how I fixed the issue here, and here it is.
And now I have just successfully fixed my wife's following my own procendure :good: to me hehe
AnthonyFitz said:
Thank God for this forum and thank God for my own post LOL
This same sh1t just happened to my wife's Galaxy S2 where it got stuck on the Samsung Logo. I couldn't remember how I fixed my phone but I remembered I posted a good write up of how I fixed the issue here, and here it is.
And now I have just successfully fixed my wife's following my own procendure :good: to me hehe
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Hey,
I'm having the same issue and want to pull files before wiping but not clear on bit of your instructions - did you root before installing Siyah kernal?
When I googled instructions for installing the kernal it says it I'll need to be rooted and have clockworkmod installed as well: http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...s-root/518798-siyah-kernel-dummies-guide.html
Thanks
spottyelephant said:
Hey,
I'm having the same issue and want to pull files before wiping but not clear on bit of your instructions - did you root before installing Siyah kernal?
When I googled instructions for installing the kernal it says it I'll need to be rooted and have clockworkmod installed as well: http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...s-root/518798-siyah-kernel-dummies-guide.html
Thanks
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YUSSS! Thank you anonymous internet stranger Anthonyfitz!
Managed to get all photos and videos and then also did a full backup of data so have memo's and all that other little stuff.
Phone booted first time after a factory wipe then, happy days!
For anyone reading this in the future, just following these instructions to install siyahkernel: http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...t/482994-rooting-galaxy-s2-dummies-guide.html
Hello
On Galaxy S9+ in recovery menu I can find function called "Lacking storage booting". Someone know what this function do ?
Mine too igot confuse what is this for?Lacking Storage Booting
ive been trying to get info for a whilenow including asking sammy multiple times..
what I gather is, if your storage is full to the point you are having device issues or boot looping you enable that option which does something to where you can boot up and save some of your files.. it isnt a permanent fix as it suggests you should do a reset after u get ur files off
Hi,
I have used "Lacking Storage Booting" option for more than 5 times but I didn't found any lag/misbehave after using it (without factory resetting) & performance was the same all the time. This happened with me but if with you it lags then perform a factory reset.
1) However, this is supposed to be used when your mobile is having any booting problem or heavy storage issues.
2) This option is used when you need to get your storage access as Samsung says to backup your documents you want when mobile boots and perform a factory reset.
Even your Galaxy have no booting problem you can use "storage lack booting" without any problem (proved on my S9+).
Samsung claims that resetting should be placed just because for future steps to prevent any possiblity of issues which do not occurs but they have to think forward for the POSSIBILITIES.
One thing more, later on instead resetting the device you can also do instead of resetting and after using "storage lack booting":
* Delete documents from your phone (S9+)
* Go to recovery mode
* Mount/system
* clear cache
I hope this helped.
Alyaan said:
Hi,
I have used "Lacking Storage Booting" option for more than 5 times but I didn't found any lag/misbehave after using it (without factory resetting) & performance was the same all the time. This happened with me but if with you it lags then perform a factory reset.
1) However, this is supposed to be used when your mobile is having any booting problem or heavy storage issues.
2) This option is used when you need to get your storage access as Samsung says to backup your documents you want when mobile boots and perform a factory reset.
Even your Galaxy have no booting problem you can use "storage lack booting" without any problem (proved on my S9+).
Samsung claims that resetting should be placed just because for future steps to prevent any possiblity of issues which do not occurs but they have to think forward for the POSSIBILITIES.
One thing more, later on instead resetting the device you can also do instead of resetting and after using "storage lack booting":
* Delete documents from your phone (S9+)
* Go to recovery mode
* Mount/system
* clear cache
I hope this helped.
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Hi, I know this is a late reply on this thread but I just wanna ask. Will "Lacking Storage Booting" delete all of the data on my phone then?
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pooch22 said:
Hi, I know this is a late reply on this thread but I just wanna ask. Will "Lacking Storage Booting" delete all of the data on my phone then?
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No Bro, you won't loss anything on your device and even your phone's lock screen won't be affected (By this I mean that your phone would as Like it was).
However, Samsung says "Your Phone might get slow if you use Storage Lack Booting" but only if your storage is full or nearly full. You won't loss any data and this function base is to protect data and not to delete them.
Examples:
1) Your Phone has storage (127/128 GB), and you use "Storage lack booting" so for me the phone was not laggy but if you found your phone laggy restart it thrice and go to RECOVERY MODE and select clear cache.
2) Personally, for me this feature is not beneficial as this feature is for if you can boot into your phone so use it but WAIT I had my S7 with its peak storage full 32/32GB but everyday I restart, power off, dead it but still it is working.
3) Personally, for no reason I have used "Storage lack booting" more than 15 times and I performed speed test from all perspectives and felt the same speed response (all speeding was tested approx and the net-total was all approx and and yeah whenever if your phone is not turning on use this feature and when you will use then it might be laggy but till when its not errupting booting up it won't lag by using it.
* First time , When I used STORAGE LACK BOOTING I was little scared but then I thought did I purchased this phone for being scared.
* At First day, when I purchased this phone, I was scared to test water resistance, but Then I thought did I purchased a NEW phone for being scared. So i just threw it in a pool of 5 meter depth and yeah when I threw it, i belived it won't disturb me and is water resistance.
So bro, everyday learn something, experience it and surley if you are using Samsung orignal version it won't distrub your phone.
Alyaan said:
No Bro, you won't loss anything on your device and even your phone's lock screen won't be affected (By this I mean that your phone would as Like it was).
However, Samsung says "Your Phone might get slow if you use Storage Lack Booting" but only if your storage is full or nearly full. You won't loss any data and this function base is to protect data and not to delete them.
Examples:
1) Your Phone has storage (127/128 GB), and you use "Storage lack booting" so for me the phone was not laggy but if you found your phone laggy restart it thrice and go to RECOVERY MODE and select clear cache.
2) Personally, for me this feature is not beneficial as this feature is for if you can boot into your phone so use it but WAIT I had my S7 with its peak storage full 32/32GB but everyday I restart, power off, dead it but still it is working.
3) Personally, for no reason I have used "Storage lack booting" more than 15 times and I performed speed test from all perspectives and felt the same speed response (all speeding was tested approx and the net-total was all approx and and yeah whenever if your phone is not turning on use this feature and when you will use then it might be laggy but till when its not errupting booting up it won't lag by using it.
* First time , When I used STORAGE LACK BOOTING I was little scared but then I thought did I purchased this phone for being scared.
* At First day, when I purchased this phone, I was scared to test water resistance, but Then I thought did I purchased a NEW phone for being scared. So i just threw it in a pool of 5 meter depth and yeah when I threw it, i belived it won't disturb me and is water resistance.
So bro, everyday learn something, experience it and surley if you are using Samsung orignal version it won't distrub your phone.
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THIS IS AWESOME!
actually here is my situation, I'm just really scared to lose my pictures lol so please bear with me.
My phone is actually locked with PIN Code 4 digits, cant remember the code. its been like this 5 days now.
so my question is this: Can I do~
1. Boot to recovery mode.
2. Do the Lacking Storage Booting, so that it will save my data on my SD Card.
3. Perform Factory Reset so that my phone will be unlocked from the PIN Code that I dont remember anymore.
4. Restore the files from the SD card.
Please correct me if these steps are wrong.
Totally Odd Situation For ME!
pooch22 said:
THIS IS AWESOME!
actually here is my situation, I'm just really scared to lose my pictures lol so please bear with me.
My phone is actually locked with PIN Code 4 digits, cant remember the code. its been like this 5 days now.
so my question is this: Can I do~
1. Boot to recovery mode.
2. Do the Lacking Storage Booting, so that it will save my data on my SD Card.
3. Perform Factory Reset so that my phone will be unlocked from the PIN Code that I dont remember anymore.
4. Restore the files from the SD card.
Please correct me if these steps are wrong.
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For me it's an odd situation because I never went through a locked phone because I have my Samsung account signed in my Galaxy and so when I forget the code I simply go to Samsung Find My Mobile Website and unlock my phone from there. So What I know about this situation is:
1) If you signed your SAMSUNG ACCOUNT in your phone so UNLOCK your phone from the SAMSUNG website.
2) Your Data would definitely be lost and so you have to RESET YOUR PHONE through recovery mode:
After resetting you won't be able to get into the PHONE if Google Protection Lock was turned on (By Default it's ON) and to bypass it you can login your GOOGLE ACCOUNT which was logged in your phone. If you did not logged on your GOOGLE EMAIL then reset it but you would loss all of it's data. In this case if you forgot your GOOGLE ACCOUNT so you can easily bypass it FROM MARKET without logging the account.
3) Go to market and ask the person whether it is possible to get your photos/data if possible so it's best. IF not so, sorry for your lost
- Boot Lacking Won't let you enter into your phone without entering the password ( For you case just ignore it's existence for to HELP you)
Alayaann....
If u r there then please tell me... That lack storage booting needs SD card in phone or not??
Does lack storage booting.. Convert data from phone internal memory to SD card(external storage)??
Fattima said:
Alayaann....
If u r there then please tell me... That lack storage booting needs SD card in phone or not??
Does lack storage booting.. Convert data from phone internal memory to SD card(external storage)??
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no.. y would u need a sd card? it tells u wat it does in recovery when u select it.. all it does is start device with mininal resources so u can back up ur data if its runnin like crap if ur storage is full so u can then factory reset
Fattima said:
Alayaann....
If u r there then please tell me... That lack storage booting needs SD card in phone or not??
Does lack storage booting.. Convert data from phone internal memory to SD card(external storage)??
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I feel sad for being late and I wasn't able to help you at time but thanks to elliwigy for covering this thing at time. My e-mails are so messed up gonna fix this mess up soon. Sorry in literal meaning.
Thou Fattima, I'm here to add that Samsung revoked this feature from all it's devices which had this. It's quiet not possible to be there. Is that feature still on your phone then your phone is not up to date. Not in my S9+ neither on my s20ultra.
Greetings. Can I perform the wipe data/factory reset without the lacking storage mode?
Elvislobo3 said:
Greetings. Can I perform the wipe data/factory reset without the lacking storage mode?
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yes, why wouldnt u be able to?
Elvislobo3 said:
Greetings. Can I perform the wipe data/factory reset without the lacking storage mode?
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Yes, definitely it's possible. Boot Lacking is used when we are stuck in boot loop (phone restarting continuously and doesn't let you boot in) but when we reset phone from recovery option that is a step which comes before looping so obviously we can reset directly.
How do you perform lacking storage booting? Is it a button combination that you do when the phone is booting? Is it an option in the menu that I'm too stupid to understand? Sorry for the late reply.
i know a device can help you to backup everything in your phone if you are interested. it will help you to storage it in a difference micro SD card or External portable hard drive if you have them.
Alyaan said:
Hi,
I have used "Lacking Storage Booting" option for more than 5 times but I didn't found any lag/misbehave after using it (without factory resetting) & performance was the same all the time. This happened with me but if with you it lags then perform a factory reset.
1) However, this is supposed to be used when your mobile is having any booting problem or heavy storage issues.
2) This option is used when you need to get your storage access as Samsung says to backup your documents you want when mobile boots and perform a factory reset.
Even your Galaxy have no booting problem you can use "storage lack booting" without any problem (proved on my S9+).
Samsung claims that resetting should be placed just because for future steps to prevent any possiblity of issues which do not occurs but they have to think forward for the POSSIBILITIES.
One thing more, later on instead resetting the device you can also do instead of resetting and after using "storage lack booting":
* Delete documents from your phone (S9+)
* Go to recovery mode
* Mount/system
* clear cache
I hope this helped.
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Hey there,
I would like to do your suggestions but my power button is not working.. :/ Any suggestions perhaps?
Thank you in advance and stay safe
another problematic person here... what if i press Lacking Storage Booting nd phone doesnt rourn on it goes to phone is statring msg optimasig app..... the after it reset it self and then again i moved to recvery short version with only 4 picks. then i reset the phone i prese volume up and power to go to full recovery and again and again... is my phone dead? is there a way to instal andrond maybe from sd card if so whre to get that file from? i really dont want loose stuff on my phone. also clearing app data wipe them all right?? like msg etc? i just have important msg on some communicators and i would rather not to loose them...any way to access phone while its off to comy data??