[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Telek:
Hello everyone,

I have a Desire HD (Telus) rooted with Android Revolution 5.2.6 installed and 4ext recovery mod.

Overnight my phone locked up and then after popping the battery I could get maybe 30 seconds of use before it would crawl to a halt and lock up again.

I decided to try to wipe the phone and reinstall. Except all of the processes don't complete now. I'll either get (Error 1) or (Error 255) when trying to use the SuperWipe, install the ROM or use the "Wipe all partitions" option.

Right now it's in the 4ext recovery mod and since I've tried all of the wipe options is it safe to try to reboot (back into recovery) or have I wiped 4ext off as well? I have googled this and can't find an answer.

I've noticed that there is a new version of 4ext available (I have 4.1.3 RC2) but apparently the only way to update is via the app store - which obviously I can't do right now.

When trying to format system partition the screen goes blank for a few minutes and eventually returns to the main menu with no info other than a bunch of "E: Can't mount /cache/recovery" messages. The partition list shows system/data/cache as ext4 with only "iB" in the free column.

I'm not sure what to do. Can anyone offer some suggestions?

Here are some recovery log snips:

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| Wiping Script |
| This operation will remove all your data |
| You have 10 seconds to remove the battery |
| to cancel this procedure |
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unmount of /cache failed; no such volume
about to run program [/sbin/erase_image] with 2 args
1. Erasing & formatting EXT4 *CACHE* partitionCreating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 314572288
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 6400
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 1200
Label:
Blocks: 76799
Block groups: 3
Reserved block group size: 23
Created filesystem with 11/19200 inodes and 2459/76799 blocks

(cache is unmounted already)
error: file_write: write: I/O error
E:Error in /sdcard/Android_Revolution_HD_Super_Wipe.zip
(Status 1)
Installation aborted.

MD5s are valid for the super wipe and the new rom:

Checking md5sum..

md5sum for this file:
89ad0a12c631e28d34d24ee3ea3d64c8

Checking md5sum..

md5sum for this file:
59531c9715527f5725cbd716dfae4549

Here's what happens when I try to flash the ROM:

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| Android Revolution HD |
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 585104896
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7143
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2232
Label:
Blocks: 142847
Block groups: 5
Reserved block group size: 39
Created filesystem with 11/35715 inodes and 4603/142847 blocks
| by mike1986 |
| Be patient - 1st boot may take a while |
===============================================

>>> Formatting partitions
error: file_write: write: I/O error
E:Error in /sdcard/Android_Revolution_HD-4G_5.2.6.zip
(Status 1)
Installation aborted.
W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p27 (Invalid argument)
W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p27 (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p27 (Invalid argument)
W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p27 (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p27 (Invalid argument)
W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p27 (Invalid argument)
W:Can't unlink /cache/recovery/command

-- Formatting boot...
Formatting /boot...
I:Formatting unknown device.

-- Formatting system...
Formatting /system...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 585104896
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7143
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2232
Label:
Blocks: 142847
Block groups: 5
Reserved block group size: 39
Created filesystem with 11/35715 inodes and 4603/142847 blocks
error: file_write: write: I/O error