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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] whiper:
I get the error when trying to access external sd,

install zip from sdcard, choose zip from sdcard -> E: can't mount /sdcard/

In recovery:

mount

rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)

tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)

proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 on /cache type ext4 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered)

and

mount /sdcard

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 on /sdcard failed: No such file or directory

Maybe diffenrent layout? Internal SD works

/dev/block # ls

ls

loop0 loop6 mmcblk0p12 mmcblk0p7 ram1 ram15 ram7

loop1 loop7 mmcblk0p2 mmcblk0p8 ram10 ram2 ram8

loop2 mmcblk0 mmcblk0p3 mmcblk0p9 ram11 ram3 ram9

loop3 mmcblk0p1 mmcblk0p4 mmcblk1 ram12 ram4

loop4 mmcblk0p10 mmcblk0p5 platform ram13 ram5

loop5 mmcblk0p11 mmcblk0p6 ram0 ram14 ram6

After choosing install zip from internal sd another device ist listed in mount

/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 on /data type ext4 (rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered)

this is /emmc
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] sjgore:
Since flashing Omega 4.1 (which has CWM Recovery v1.4) I can now successfully make backups to my external SD card. Previously, with v1.3, I got the "can't mount /sdcard" error.

Strange.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Err... this may be a silly question, but do you have an actual SD card inserted into the device ? Because the kernel itself is not seeing the sdcard partition...

Insert the sd card into your PC, right click on the drive, select Format... (don't actually format!) and screenshot the screen that comes up with.

Because an /sdcard issue got fixed into v1.4 maybe ? ;) This is not strange ...

I think whiper has a different issue - that is, unless he is also running v1.3 still, in which case he needs a good spanking.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] whiper:
I have inserted my SD into the phone.

Outside recovery i can access ist, also on a connected pc via mtp.

I use CWM v1.4

In phone it is mounted as /mnt/extSDCard

/dev/block/vold/179:16 /mnt/ExtSDCard vfat, rw ...

any other information you want?

I can check the card in the evening, i have no micro-sd adaptor a at work.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] whiper:
I found the problem:

external sd is

/dev/block/mmcblk1

after a "mount /dev/block/mmcblk1 /sdcard" in recovery

mount shows the following:

rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)

tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)

proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 on /cache type ext4 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered)

/dev/block/mmcblk1 on /sdcard type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro

sdcard is mounted and accessable in CWM.

But i don't understand it. Why is it named mmcblk1?

recovery fstab shows

/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /cache ext4 rw

/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /data auto rw

/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system ext4 rw

/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /sdcard auto rw

But my device shows:

cat /proc/partitions

major minor #blocks name

179 0 15388672 mmcblk0

179 1 4096 mmcblk0p1

179 2 4096 mmcblk0p2

179 3 20480 mmcblk0p3

179 4 8192 mmcblk0p4

179 5 8192 mmcblk0p5

179 6 8192 mmcblk0p6

179 7 32768 mmcblk0p7

179 8 1048576 mmcblk0p8

179 9 1572864 mmcblk0p9

179 10 573440 mmcblk0p10

179 11 8192 mmcblk0p11

179 12 12091392 mmcblk0p12

179 16 1993728 mmcblk1

Where is the problem?

Is mmcblk1 or mmcblk1p1 somewhere coded in the firmware?

Do i need a diffent fstab in recovery?

my firmware is I9300BUALE6

---------- Post added at 01:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:44 PM ----------

I understand: My sdcard was formatted as supperfloppy without a partition table.

Because of this there was only a mmcblk1 and no mmcblk1p1.

I backed up data and formatted the card in my phone.

Now recovery works and recognizes my card.

Can you change recovery to work like the phone's standard kernel? There are both variants supported
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Yeah that'd do it :D

The problem is not that the kernel does not support, it is CWM itself which is being a pain here. Maybe I can fix it... but it will take me a lot of work and testing to fix this minor thing (due to CWM *grrr*), you shouldn't format SD cards without a partition table anyways.

How do you do this format anyway ? I don't think the normal format thing can do it ?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] whiper:
I think i never formatted this card. I took it from an old Nokia phone. The card always worked without a problem. I updated even my Lenovo A1 with this card. Never noticed any problem so i didn't thought it could be the sdcard itself which causes the problem.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] PAULO76:
Can't boot into Clockwork Recovery

As the title says, I am unable to boot into CWR.

I hold the Vol up-Power-Home and leave go as soon as the Samsung logo appears but it goes to what looks like the GS3 recovery menu (Its in blue with Manual mode written underneath in yellow).

I have looked in forums, this one too and googled it but I can't find a simple solution even though I know their will be one.

I used Odin without any issue and the root worked first time round, I flashed the .tar file as described in the first post. SU and CWM are all present in my app drawer.

Would love it if one of you kind folks can help.

Cheers in advance.

Paul

PS. Any other info you guys need, let me know as I probably forgot to put some detail in this post.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Power off phone and try button combo again vol up, home, and power then, after a second let go of power button and continue to hold vol key and home key. This should put you in CWM.

Or try reflashing the recovery. Sounds like you may be entering a system recovery of some sort.

sent from my Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] RMXO:
just in case no one has requested but can you make a bigger font version? My poor eyes. I'll donate an 18pack of cold ones if you ever do.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
You must of not flashed the first version.. the text was VERY tiny. Its much better now. And ..was recently updated to reflect that change.

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] PAULO76:
Tried it mate, in different iterations as well. Still boots to the actual Samsung recovery.

Would it be worth flashing OEM firmware to remove the root etc then start all over or is it just a case of reflashing the root/su/recovery as it would be quicker?

Paul
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] RMXO:
yeah, I never tried the 1st version but the current v1.4 is still small. No worries, just asking.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
I would reflash recovery/root from scratch and go from there!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] PAULO76:
I gave it a try with the CF-ROOT 6.2 .tar file I had and everything went well as before.

The one thing I noticed is that when it's on the black ROM manager style page loading info on, it seems to put the root on and the CWM but nothing is mentioned in the list about the recovery.

When I reboot the CWM and SU apps are in the app drawer but it still only reboots into the system recovery.

I've tried everything I can think of and it's really bugging the **** out of me now.

Paul.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] igorzaniolo:
h

Hi,

i have the same problem,

i tried two times to load cmw recovery with odin (only recovery no su files)

everything seems ok but when i reboot the phone, comes blue screen of samsung recovery.

Can you help me?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] PAULO76:
I'm sure someone will know what's up, just a case of waiting my friend.

Paul
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ngky7:
I got this "E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]

Dalvik Cache Wiped"

Any fix for this? Or should I re-root again?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 9Lukas5:
If you wipe the dalvik-cache it searchs for a sd-ext partition, too. If there isn't one, it gives you the info and goes on, if it finds one it wipes dalvik on data and sd-ext. So that's nothing bad or a bug, that's normal behavior because you haven't an ext partition on your sdcard. ;)

L

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] igorzaniolo:
i know Paulo...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] boostermbkking:
with the new cwm 1.4 i don't to make a nandroid backup on the external sd card, i have a samsung 32gb class10, only on the internal sdcard, why?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] rokyrakoooon:
Is it necessary to upgrade from v1.2 to v1.4 and so on?,and if it is should i just flash the latest i.e. 1.4 from CWM or do i have to use mobile odin?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Aoler:
great brilliant ,rooted .thanks
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
It not "necessary" but would probably be in your best interest. The updates are there for a reason.. its best to be on the latest so if you run into a problem, your not using an old recovery that nobody else is using anymore.. will also be easier for other users to help troubleshoot if you ever did run into a problem.

And yes, you can go straight to the latest version. But there is no zip file to flash in CWM. Flash .tar file via Odin or mobile Odin.

Download zip in the Op, extract, pull .tar and flash.

sent from my Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ftanner:
I asked this about the Omega ROM and got the big thumbs down, so I figured that I would ask about this too.

Will this work with the US branded phones?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Nope.. there will be a different port for the US varients. It will be the same recovery but you will need to get it in that respective forum.. not the 9300 GS3 forum.

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] MrKunle89:
I've done the CF root method a few times but for some reason I can get full root access however the recovery does not flash. On the cwm app on the top it says cwm manager v3.60 the it says current recovery:

but there's nothing after the colon
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] smsmasters:
This happens to me too. I'm on the latest UK ROM.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] MrKunle89:
Wait are you guys experiencing this too? (No recovery just the normal android one)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] smsmasters:
Yes I am
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] MrKunle89:
Hmm... Anyone have any idea on why the recovery any flashing?

Edit: you got full root right? just don't have Cwm recovery
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] smsmasters:
No root, CWM doesn't work even after flashing through odin. I just get the stock samsung recovery.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
The problem is known, hopefully the fix tonight !
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] xbreaker:
Hi all. I have sd card formatted to exfat, after I backup my data with CWM on sdcard, phone and PC lost the card and can't read. But in CWM card is normal - I can see all folders. Any idea how repair my card?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] silvio82:
No chance to have a touch recovery? :-)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Updated to v1.5

Updated to v1.5 !

Now supports flashing OTA updates as well. But flashing an OTA may overwrite recovery. You need to re-flash CF-Root after an OTA to get CWM back - just re-flashing recovery will likely not work, unless you manage to boot into recovery immediately after flash, before Android starts :)

If you currently have the stock recovery issue, please flash CF-Root v6.

3

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ahac85:
it would be nice to have to a feature within cwm manager which checks if a new recovery is out and then downloads it to the phone and flashes it automatically to the recovery partition. :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] timberwolf60:
Goto here and you should have an answer: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1698672

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] xbreaker:
No, my card corrupted after I do backup with CWM, now card read only in CWM.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Faryaab:
Are you running a stock ROM ?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] caiyilun:
Hi

i encountered "can't mount emmc" when trying to flash a rom using CWM via internal storage.

Can someone help pls?

TIA
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] MrKunle89:
Thanks chainfire the new update has fixed it!! Backup up and looking forward to ROMS :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Eodun:
Updated to 1.5, no problems so far. Even bought Mobile Odin Pro and Super Su, keep up the good work! :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] xbreaker:
I tried two firmware (stock and paranoidandroid), on both the card is not readable

upd: Maybe there is a way to mount the card via CWM and copy data from it to the computer?

upd2: Maybe helpful: if sd card isn't readable after CWM backup - mount this card in CWM, plug to computer and copy information with ADB or Android Commander
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Fornowagain:
Just open it in winrar and drag to desktop.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] pdagenius:
Please can we have a change log in the first post. Thank you for your great work.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] aarick:
Is it possible to grab recovery.img from a stock firmware and create a tar file from it to create a stock recovery to flash for warranty purposes? Is all stock recovery.img same for all rom?

Basically what I plan to do is flash this recovery..create a nandroid backup of my carrier firmware..then if i need to go back to stock..

1. Run triangle away

2. Restore nandroid backup

3. Flash stock recovery created above

4. Wipe rom

Then the phone should be back to stock firmware from my carrier..

Only reason I need to go through this is because my carrier's firmware (Vodafone Australia) is not available anywhere yet..

Thanks..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] GadgetCheck:
Touch Recovery needs some CWM app goodness...

Seems ota flashing is not working Chain.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] djglenn1337:
Probably a completely stupid question...especially that I am now onto my 3rd Android device, but is it possible to remove network locks by using this method?

I just bought a SGS3, and its locked to the "3" network..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ogdobber:
Chainfire,

do you have your source for your port of clockworkmod somewhere?

seems yours is the best one since the support of internal and sd I also prefer your cwm app;)

I want to add touch support (gweedo's method)

thanks
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] m33ts4k0z:
Check this.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] giftedgiggsy11:
This didn't work for me, It says it's 'passed' in Odin but when i reboot the phone its still the stock Android system recovery, 2nd time i've tried it now. I am rooted.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] djglenn1337:
Excellent, thanks for the help (I guess my searching skills are poor).

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
What are you talking about ? Touch Recovery is not supported by my CWM, so if you tried OTA falshing on Touch Recovery, that's completely not related to this thread.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Flash CF-Root instead, it should fix that problem.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] giftedgiggsy11:
Thanks, that worked :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] GadgetCheck:
I know that..

what i mean to ask is will you provide a touch recovery, which will support cwm app..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] caiyilun:
any kind soul willing to advise?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] drygmasken:
+1 can only find ext sd in recovery.

Using 1.5. no custom anything :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] aneeqkhan:
If u r talking about installing zips... then there must b an option at the bottom to install zip from internal sd... i dont know if this was the issue or not just wanted to give u heads up
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] drygmasken:
Thanks! First thing you'll go blind on is the eyes ;P

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ceo.mtcl:
rom managers recovery works on external SD card now.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ahac85:
hi will wiping data/factory reset in cwm recovery wipe my internal sd card aswell?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] aneeqkhan:
no
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] alex1986cy:
PLEASE HELP!

I followed the instructions for the installation of the recovery using oding and the installation was successful but when i booted the phone with vol up + power + home it says Android system recovery not cww recovery and from my mistake i didn't saw that and i already did wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition.

I tried two times to install the ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.5.0.4 following the instruction very carefully but when odin is finished and the phone reboot i then power it down and then start it holding vol up + power + home and it says again android system recovery.

Problem solved i flashed the recovery using mobile odin pro
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] mario06:
I don't seem to understand in using this CWM meaning is the data file getting bloated on a backup or not?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Jettubby:
Deleted post.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] docsamsom:
Mounting internal SD card in recovery mode

Hi,

I rooted my S3 using CF-root last night and flashed a new ROM. Unfortunately I had forgotten to do a backup. The new ROM does not boot and keeps displaying the Samsung logo. Now, when I try to mount the SD card in recovery to copy another working ROM, it says it has mounted the sd card...but does not show up on my PC.

I know I was stupid not to have done a backup...but was 2 in the morning and was careless :(

Hope I haven't bricked my phone...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] LJE:
Install a Rom with Odin.

That way you don't have to transfer a zip file to your phone.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] docsamsom:
Do I just use the zip file for any rom in the PDA bit?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] RoadXY:
As long as something starts you havent bricked your phone.

Did you try wiping dalvik cache?

You can't mount your SD to you pc in recovery. Remove your SD and put it in a sd-card reader on USB and copy your zip file via the pc and after that install that via recovery.

Make sure you wipe dalvik cache and factory reset before installing zip.

Good luck!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] LJE:
It has to be a .tar file

try this Rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746253

download zip, unzip and use tar file

instructions here

http://liteningrom.zapto.org/index.php?threads/installation-guide.152/
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] docsamsom:
Thanks a lot to everyone for their advice. I will let you know how it goes.

Cheers

Edit: Thanks, guys. Managed to flash the rom via odin....

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] funb0b:
Thank you for all your hard work I have purchased several of your apps to support your efforts.

Is it possible to have FAT32 support also? Mainly for us guys who have had to format our 64gb cards to get them to work consistently. ExFAT is unstable.

Many thanks

FB
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] siliconaddict:
Strange

Backup to extSdCard doesn't work, it does backup files but the backup is incomplete:(. Backup to the internal SD Card works fine however. So for now I backup to the internal card and move the backup files to the external card afterwards. Still it is strange :confused:...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] sewe:
Works for me

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] sarbe:
Also works for me.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] funb0b:
Nudge :good:
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] vegeta1:
help

:

i rooted my phone and got cwm 5.5.0.4 v1.3

after that no matter which kernal i flash my cwm remains the same no change at all :(
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] bedtime_with_the_bear:
Do you come from earlier Samsung by any chance?

With the S3 they started using the same sensible system as other manufacturers which means that everything gets its own partition.

So, the kernel is in the boot partition, CWM is an n the recovery partition, and so on. You need to flash the recovery separately if you want to upgrade it, though some custom ROMs will also install a new recovery but they are not required to.

Just flashing a kernel is almost guaranteed to not change your recovery (though again, it's possible but typically a kernel dev will only release a kernel, recovery devs only release a recovery and so on).
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] vegeta1:
thanx big time man , this was really helpful

yup i upgraded from s2
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] BlackBull85:
"error while restoring data"

Hi folks

i´ve got the same problem like member68. If i try to restore an backup, CWM gives me the error "error while restoring data". So the whole restore makes no sense. Ive tryed it serveral times with differend backups. All the same results. I´m running Omega 7.1 rom.

Please help me.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] alias_neo:
Hey

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] trein91:
Sorry if it's a noob question, but I've already googled for an answer but found none. I rooted my SGS 3 with the androidauthority video as a guide. After installing I realised that the links provided were old. (it linked to the CF6.2 version and desktop odin 1.85, when I see the newest is now CF6.4 and desktop odin 1.87). Well, the rooting process worked fine.

But my issue, is that I'm unable to boot into "CWM based Recovery". Instead I boot into "Android System Recovery <3e>". That shouldn't be the case since CWM recovery is installed by default right? (I can see SU, CWM manager in my apps) I need that to do a backup so I can try custom roms ^^

Also, how should I update to the newer CF 6.4 version? Do I flash in ON TOP of the (already rooted) 6.2 version?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] DatDude123:
+1
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Rob2222:
Yes, just (re-)flash CF via odin or mobile odin. :)

BR

Robert
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Neokazaki:
Maybe this question may sound stupid for many of you...

When I create a nandroid backup and do a full wipe (e.g. if I want to try out a different rom) and decide switch back to my backup - are all apps (including settings like launcher, screens, folder and so on) be included in the nandroid backup? Or will I just have the system and apps back and I will have to edit all the settings again?

Thank you for your help.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] gsw5700:
Everything will be restored, its a full backup. Never failed me yet

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] earthworm1102:
Hi all, so coming from HD2 i'm new to SG3 , i accidentally upgraded CWM to v5.8.4.5 thru ROM Manager. Does this mean i cannot flash a ROM using this CWM version? If so, how do i revert back to v5.5.04 v1.5? Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] spamcakes:
The only problem with 5.4.8.5 is that there's a bug that grossly inflates nandroid backups, you can flash with it though. Also, you can just flash this recovery over 5.4.8.5, nothing fancy needed, wipe caches just in case as usual.

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