N900a Failed to Mount EFS

I woke up today and my Note 3 was dead. I assumed the battery died as that is in all likelihood what happened. I plugged my phone into the charger and attempted to turn it on. It stayed on the Samsung logo for several minutes. I then booted it into recovery mode, and noticed at the bottom, E: Failed to mount /efs (invalid argument). I attempted a cache wipe and at first it said failed to mount /cache, however another attempt and it completed without error. I then tried a reboot with the same problem. Next I tried a system/data wipe and got the same problem (failed to mount efs).

So, I used a 4 part Odin flash to 5.0 Lollipop OEM. This succeeded and upon reboot the phone got as far as the AT&T logo then hung again. Once in recovery I noticed the same E: Failed to mount /efs (invalid argument). I have searched on this and many other forums attempting to resolve this issue without success. I've been at this nonstop for 12 hours now. I know of a way to use adb to create a generic EFS folder, the problem is the phone is 100% stock, including no developer options(adb), custom recovery, etc. Not even busybox.

Anyone with any info on how I can unbrick this phone would greatly appreciated. Or even how I can use Odin to install safestrap w/ root thereby giving me the ability to mount the system with TWRP and send adb commands that way. To clarify, I have access to nothing but the stock recovery and download mode without ADB active on the phone. Thanks for your time.

N9005 Encryption Failed

Hi Guys

I'm selling this note 3 so followed advice to encrypt the phone to protect any data on it from recovery.

The processes staled after multiple hours so I restarted the phone and its not stuck on the Encryption failed screen and the reset device option doesn't work.

I tried using TWRP to erase all the data on the phone and tried flashing a new rom but the message remains.

The phone was on a custom lollipop rom and has now been flashed to the latest omega rom.

Any one managed to resolve this on a note 3 ?

Thanks

Richie

Failed to download language list

I bought Samsung Note 5 DUOS [SM-N9208] Running Android Ver 5.1.1 everything is running perfect except I can not add another Language for Samsung keyboard. whenever I try to download a new language I get error "Failed to download language list"

I tried the same steps on another NOTE 5 and it works. But in my phone it is not accepting and keep giving error "Failed to download language list"

I need help to add another language.

FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error)) when trying to flash anything to phone

I have S-ON and a non-HK phone with an OS of 2.16.651 I believe. @Sloth tried to help me but to no success, so I'll try to see if anybody else can help me figure out the issue.
Basically, everything works up until I actually start to flash the phone. It gives me this error:
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))
There's a bit more to it, but that's mostly unrelated stuff (the command and blahblahblah).

I've tried 2 different computers and different ports on all of them. I don't have any other USB cables for my phone available, but this one works with my PS4 controllers finely so I'm guessing it should work fine.

If someone could help me and anyone else with my luck in the future, please answer. I don't want to have to resort to a store as I have no money and the store is quite far. Thanks!

EDIT: Something else to mention, there is no firmware on this device and only has an accessible bootloader and recovery. I currently have the bootlocker relocked. I had ViperOneM8, although uninstalled after realizing I had no access to WiFi (I ignored the disclaimer :c). I don't have a SIM card as this phone was given and I didn't buy it myself from any carrier, I have no service.

Bootstrap failed

Phone was on 20% battery. I put it on the original charger and activated the sync with my laptop. I noticed from the laptop that it stopped responding. I went in to find it off and very warm. It wouldn't come on so I help the power button down and it finally came on. Once it did I got an alert that said bootstrap failed. It kept coming up every so often. I shut it back off . Anyone know what causes this?

Camera Failed Error! PLEASE HELP. Rooted my Galaxy S5 SM-G900T, now have error.

I rooted my Galaxy S5 SM-G900T with Odin and TWRP using something called trapkernal.
Now after the root succeeded, I can't use my camera. It says "Warning - Camera Failed".
I really need to fix it because I want to be able to use my camera. I am new to this root stuff and I need help. Please help ASAP?

HTC One M7 OTA Failed with Red Triangle and Exclamation.

Hi,

I have a htc one m7 and was pushed the lollipop update and chose to download and install it. After doing so the phone rebooted and went to the red triangle and exclamation error. Been doing some research and based on that it seems that i have the wrong stock recovery on the device.

Observation:
1. - I recently got the phone and it was intended to be an International variant however when it turns on it would normally boots to htc logo then T-Mobile. My concern with this is that the phone doesn't show any T-mobile branding on the casing.

2. - I went into bootloader and realize that the CID is set to 11111111 instead of its own info. It seems that the phone was originally tampered with and the t-mobile ruu was installed thus the supercid.

Is there a way to revert to its previous settings? I have already ran factory reset and clear cache partition but the problem still persists. How can I fix this problem?

Thanks

Bootstrap Failed....

Running totally stock on 5.1.1 (N920PVPU2A0I6). Starting about an hour ago I'm getting a pop-up saying "Bootstrap Failed...".

Phone is unresponsive and reboots by itself.

Thoughts?

late,
Coz

Failed Recovery

Hello!

I have a pair of Atrix 4g phones I have retired to the roles of a mini tablets. Both have un provisioned sim cards and are used only on my home wifi network.
One phone is unlocked and has CWM recovery installed. I saved the OEM recovery before I installed an Aura DL rom. I decided to roll back to the OEM ROM and
it was all down hill from there. Several attempts at recovery have failed using different time stamped recoveries. The recovery shown is the best I could do however
it will not reboot. The phone boots goes to the Motorola Logo and stops (soft brick). All the recovery menus are accessible but that is about it. No USB access of course. I note that an
error during recovery stated "android.secure.img" not found. Is this significant?

I have a Win 10 desktop and and an older Linux laptop available as well as temporary access to a micro SD card if needed. I tried to use Flash_SBF on the Linux laptop to
reflash the OEM Olympus 2.3.6 sbf file but, I get a "cannot access memory" error. I have tried to use RSD Lite but RSD lite will not recognize the Atrix. I am aware of the
Motorola driver issue. I installed the Moto drivers but it did not help. ( Used the OEM cable as well). I have Tegra NVflash available on the Linux machine but I have no instructions.

I do have copies of several recoveries on my PC if that is of value. There are some mentions of Fix Atrix brick files out there but they seem to be gone as this phone is so old.
At least this is an interesting exercise. I would like to overcome this problem.

Thanks in advance

G900A Odin Failed at boot.img

Model: G900A
Version: 4.4.4
Baseband: G900AUCU2AOA2

I'm trying to root my G900A via the instructions from muniz_ri thread. While flashing with Odin3 V3.10 I load G900A_ND3_Stock_Kernel into the AP and press start but freezes on boot.img forcing me to unplug and power off. Is it because its ND3 and not NG3. I found it weird that his kernels were in the S4 files and not the S5 files. Any ideas?

<ID:0/006> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> G900A_ND3_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/006> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/006> boot.img

How to ROOT & Flash TWRP; Cannot flash. FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)

Hey,

I got an M4 Aqua but none of the rooting tools or guides are working for me.
I don't have xperia protect activated.

Bootloader is unlocked; using flashtool and unlockcode.
When I try to flash TWRP I get: FAILED (remote: Command not allowed) (with whatever time)

I have tried a few root programs and none are working;
TowelRoot, Z4Root, KingO-Root, OneClick Root, SuperOneClick.

Is there any guide that works and isn't a spamming website ;) (geeksomething website is just survey spam).

Thanks!!!!!!!

Reboot problem - Failed to mount cache (Boot loop)

Hi guys,

I'm seeking your help in assisting me getting my tablet works again. It's Nexus 7 2012 with last updated Android version 5.1.1 (LMY47V). The problem started when the tablet suddenly restarted and the loading intro (that appears after Google's logo) didn't change for long time. I entered the recovery mode and tried to wipe cache partition unfortunately which made my problem worse! upon reboot I only get the Google logo repeatedly with no change!

The recovery logs are as follow:

E: failed to mount /cache (invalid argument)
E: Can't mount / cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open / cache/recovery/log

I've searched on the forum and found an opinion that I should download the Android Image from the developers.google website and unzip till I find a cache.img file, but it wasn't there after I've extracted the image zip file.

I've important data that I need to retrieve from the tablet. What should I do? Taking into consideration that I didn't unroot the tablet but I did make the undebugging step before (working with pdaNet).

Thank you very much in advance! :o

I have failed at flashing

Yes, another one of these threads, but I need some help.

I got the bootloader unlocked, flashed twrp into recovery using fastboot. Unfortunantly the device rebooted into stock which I'm reading got rid of twrp. One problem is I can't figure out how to get twrp on there, and to stay on there, so I can use it.

Ignoring this issue I just continued. The guide simply said flash cm11. I searched around for a little bit on how to do this with fastboot (since my twrp wasnt working), but ended up doing the stupid thing of running:
fastboot flash system cm-11-20141115-SNAPSHOT-M12-ghost.zip

I know my problem is that I flashed the system with just a zip update file. I should've performed an update.

But now I can't figure out how to find the stock system image for my phone, the actual img file, so I can flash the system again. I have a sprint moto x.

Thanks for any help!

hab check failed on unlocked bootloader

Hi guys !

Strange problem: I flashed the US 5.1 on XT1032 and the boot and recovery gives me hab check failed on the phone screen. On the PC gives that the partition has been successfully flashed (OKAY). (unlocked bootloader) the system doesn't give me errors. Any solution ?

Thanks !

Galaxy Note 3 CM12.1- "Symlink: Some Symlinks Failed" Error

i was installing a new rom from cm12.1 to norma's note 5/ s6 edge hybrid rom to note 3. then an error came up saying symlink: some symlinks failed but it said that the installation was completed anyway. after that i kept on recovery booting :( pls help

[ZTE nubia Z5s mini] malware and failed ROM & need pan.baidu roms

Hi, somehow i managed to get malware on my z5s mini and it kept turning on 3g and wifi and installing random apps and had adds popping up every few minutes.
So i did a hard reset and soft reset and it was gone for 1hour and then it came back.
I didnt have it in safemode.

Now i tried to install the same rom over using the standard system recovery.
I used this one: needrom.com/download/nubia-z5s-mini-kk/#comments
In the comments they say you dont need cwm or anything so i tried and got these logs:
[log]
-- Install /ext_sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Warning: No file_contexts
set_metadata_recursice: some changes failed
installation aborted.
[/log]

Since then i cant boot up my phone it goes to the splashscreen and after a while automatically in the system recovery.
Appearanty it cant handle kitkat roms so i need roms before kitkat.

The only thing that seems possible is that i use the standard recovery to flash a standard rom. But they are located on pan.baidu site so i cant download them(you need chinese number).
Does someone has them or can download them and post a link?
here is official link: nubia.cn/service.php?sid=5 (click the Z5smini without chinese characters)
i think i need the Z5Smini V0.20, Z5Smini V0.22 or Z5Smini V1.20 (4.2 to 4.4)

HTC desire c "unknown USB device(Device failed enumeration)" in Fastboot mode

hello everyone my HTC Desire c got loaded into bootloader by volume down + power button
but in the device manager..i got a yellow triangle with "unknown USB device(Device failed enumeration)"
and i think in fastboot mode windows 10 is not recognizing my phone what to do ..? any help would be appreciated
-thanks in advance

Bricked Galaxy S5 (mmc_read failed)

Hello,

I purchased a Galaxy S5 SM G900A (AT&T) whose previous owner supposedly only wanted to upgrade it to Android 5.0 and then stopped working. According to him, the phone was working properly before trying to upgrade it.
I have tried almost I have found and searched here and other sites, but it seems that anything is working. I think the phone is dead.
As a last resource, I have ordered a JIG, and should have it early next week. Do you think this can help?
Please see attached images for your reference, and would appreciate if someone can help me to confirm if this can be solved or not.

Odin Log (With Repartition Enable)

Code:

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<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/005> FAIL!
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Re-Partition operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/005> Removed!!

---

Odin Log (Without Repartition Enable)

Code:

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<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

---

Thank you in advance.

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sony xperia z2 failed flash with flastool

my sony xperia z2 failed flash with flashtol because i am forget enable unknow source and now my sony must the software update failed. can help me for solution?

unlock & root failed, then flash FTF, but now cannot fastboot boot recovery.img

First time success unlock & use TWRP,
then install SU.zip in TWRP but the phone cannot normal boot in;
therefore flash FTF, now can use the phone but cannot use TWRP again ( fastboot boot recovery.img).
Unlock status is unknown.
Can flash FTF.

What the driver is used in fastboot in Windows?
How can I know the phone is connecting correctly?
Any solution to use TWRP & root? :confused: