yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmbomb:
OK guys... I've got the ad shell working and am on step 3..

started up e2fsck...

e2fsck -yfDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9... was started and finished..

I got a very low %..

now onto..

# e2fsck -yfDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p10.... was started at 9pm last night CST..

its now after 2pm the next day...about 15 hours later and its still working..

"Error reading block 852463.... ignore..y....force re-write....y.... and so on and so on...."

is this normal? taking a long time... I'm wondering if its doing its job...

seems like every 2-3 minutes it moves to the next block...

plus my tabs screen has been on showing CWM recover for going on 18 hours... do you think that I'll get screen burn in before this is all done?

thanks a lot for all hour opinions and recommended moves to save my tab...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] abelong:
can`t access to mmcblk0p10..

i have running e2fsck -yfDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 on my p6800 found error and e2fsck say it fix my mmc .but i still cannot boot to my tab . then i reset to factory setting using cwm 6.0.2.3 . and reboot. after that i cannot access internal sdcard. what i found /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 not appear anymore. try to mount /data fail.. can i get my data back..?

plz help..:crying:
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmbomb:
You may not have waited long enough

I've been on e2fsck.....p10 for over 55 hours now..

started on 820051 something.. and an now over 1015905 and its still working...

I suggust to run it again and wait it out..

I'm still waiting for it to finish before moving on...

I don't know if this is a normal wait time... but I am gonna wait it out as my tab is still bunked..

good luck
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] abelong:
now its ok, after restore my pit file using odin. thank to Allah restore my data :laugh: maybe i accidentally delete partition by use command "rm 10".

what problem with my tab . until now my tab brick for 7 times .it happen suddenly . maybe faulty rom or cause of broken mmc?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmbomb:
Hey abelong.... can you tell us HOW TO put that pit file on using Odin?? and where to get the file?

How did you do it...

Im waiting 72 hours on my e2fsck p10... Id like to use your method if this thing never kicks over..

Thanks.. please tell us how you put the pit file in and a link to the file too.

thanks....
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] abelong:
hi jimmbomb...maybe my case is different with yours cases, my problem is totally lost my p10 partition but you can try it.(I'm not responsible for any further damage made to your tab).

1) put your tab to download mode

2) run Odin3_v1.85.exe and put pit file...

3) tick Re-partition and start

4) try e2fsck p10 again.. fixing corrupted file..

good luck.:D
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmbomb:
thank you... I'll give it a whirl tomorrow

..

so to be clear... do the pit file first....

then do the e2fsck p10 AGAIN?

thanks....
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmbomb:
I did the pit file with Odin..

"PASS"..

then did e2fsck P9... got a .2%.. good...

back to P10... and started all over again.... one file at a time.. force re-write..

startting at 8500052 something...

Now I just got off of 6 days straight of this...over 70 hours,, and still working..

is it supposed to take this long???dammmnnn

Im ready to give up and send it to someone to fix...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmbomb:
lost partition 9

oops mistake.. cant delete,,,
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] abelong:
How going on, after restore pit then try format yr sdcard, after that e2fsck ..
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmbomb:
Thanks for asking abelong.....

seems like i bunked it bad..

now i cant get to recovery.. only download mode,,,, and nothing ever passes in Odin..

i have to send it off to get repaired, i think.

Anyone know of a place to send this to?

thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] massdown:
i got this while running this code:

e2fsck -yfDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9

and hang on this :(

what is that mean :confused:

i changed the partition size and tried again , i got this result

and hang
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] grim64:
Trouble with gapps integration into ROM

Thanks very much for this guide, which has enabled be to rescue a bricked p6810!

The only part I have been unable to follow is installation of the Google apps as described:

QUOTE:

"If you flash the gapps after flashing the rom you'll be screwed, you'll have to redo the e2fsck part and maybe even the parted, and I know you don't want to.

So the workaround is to add the gapps to the cm-based rom you downloaded.

It's easy, just follow me :

Open the zipped rom you downloaded with 7zip or WinRar (Windows), or with Archive Manager or else (Ubuntu). Do not extract it, we'll modify the zip directly.

Do the same with the gapps, so you have both archive side to side.

In the rom, you have boot.img, and two folders : "META-INF" and "system". We will modify things in "system" folder ONLY. Open "system" folder.

In the gapps we will only use things from the "system" and "optional" folders.

The rest is pretty easy to figure out. In the gapps's "system" and "optional" folders you have folders which have the same name as some folders in "system" of the rom.

Just copy/replace everything that is in those folders of the gapps to the corresponding folders of the rom. Don't forget to do that with both "system" AND "optional" folders of the gapps.

When it's done just close the freshly modified rom, copy it to your tab's external sdcard and flash it."

I have tried to merge the two downloaded files in Windows7 using both the inbuilt ZIP support and 7zip, but it did not work because the CM10.1 ROM included files with the same name but different case characters, which Windows regards as the same, so 7zip reported a duplicate file name error.

Has anyone managed to do this in windows?

I assume it could be done in Linux. Can anyone explain a procedure? I did try on a Raspberry Pi but had difficulty, but could run a liveCD on my PC.

Many Thanks...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] massdown:
i've done this on windows 7 using winrar without any problems noticed ... just follow the instructions.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] massdown:
i managed to get it working again with (0.0% non contiguous) for both DATAFS & FACTORYFS partitions ... but it's hang alot :( about every 10 or 15 min.

i've installed paranoid android 2.55 rom

is there anything i can do ? like scan and fix data partition or something like that ???

PLEASE i need help
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] XX The Sniper XX:
guys i opened the emmc scan start

and it stopped at 1023 mb

and the end stopped at 3033 mb

i putted the patched--brick-between-00281-and-03233-MB with stock HC

and it works and installed the stock ics ...

but the device is freezing every 15 minutes and most be restart to work ???

is there any solution !!!!!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Androguide.fr:
You guys need to swap your external & internal storage, this way, your external sdcard will be used as internal storage (apps will be installed onit etc...) & it will freeze a lot less

To do so, just follow these steps :

Open a terminal emulator, and type the following (or open a file explorer and navigate to /dev/block/vold) :

ls /dev/block/vold

The result should be something like :

179:48
179:49

Write down the second line, you're going to need it.

Now issue these commands and replace the XXX:XX with the number you wrote down at the previous step :

mount -o remount,rw /system
cd /system/etc/init.d/
touch ext2sd
echo "#!/system/bin/sh" >> ext2sd
echo "" >> ext2sd
echo "mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/[COLOR="DarkRed"]XXX:XX[/COLOR] /storage/sdcard0" >> ext2sd
echo "mount -o bind /data/media /storage/sdcard1" >> ext2sd
chmod 755 ext2sd
sh ext2sd

Go to settings/storage and verify that your external sdcard's capacity is now listed as your internal storage, or open a file emulator and go to /storage/sdcard0 and verify that the content is what was on your external sdcard.

Enjoy up to 64gb of internal storage and much fewer freezes.

Please note that if your kernel doesn't support init.d you'll need to do this after each boot :

sh /system/etc/init.d/ext2sd
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] d0shu:
Thank you for this thread, helped me root without bricking my tab!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Silver-7:
Hello. And thanks for this very helpful thread..

I just wanna share my experience , I got this device few days ago, and made the same mistake that many ppl did, by wiping system and data in recovery, I was running stock JB 4.1.2, and my tab just got stucked on Samsung Galaxy tab logo, and nothing happened, I still could enter recovery and download mode, but couldn't make benefit from that coz my laptop couldn't recognize the tab what so ever.. So Odin couldn't recognize the tab..and couldn't use the PIT file method, So I tried the adb method which explained very well thanks to OP. but got error that device not found...

My last resort was to try flashing some kernels, no luck.. Then I downloaded the CM 10.2 , formatted system in recovery and flashed the ROM, and everything went right! The device booted and back to normal using the CM 10.1 , now my only problem still, that my tab can't be detected by laptop AT ALL, so I couldn't flash a stock ROM by Odin or anything...

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] UpInTheAir:
I don't use CM, but maybe Chainfire Mobile ODIN app can flash a full firmware package (or part) from the running ROM itself. The PRO version may have more options, but although I've installed it many times, never really used it. Worth a look.

After flash, you may need to factory reset in recovery to boot
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Silver-7:
Thanks for info. well I tried flashing a stock firmware(3.2) by Odin mobile pro. but device didn't boot..tho i did factory reset in recovery after flashing.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Silver-7:
Thanks alot man, I've tried again and it worked 100%.;)

I also changed the 30pin cable, it was messing up sometimes tho it's original.

now I've got latest stock JB without any problems.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Androguide.fr:
It looks like you simply don't have the adb/usb drivers installed on your pc
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] blackspy_:
hello community,

a while ago i managed to revive my bricked 6800

now it's time to modernize it a bit.

to avoid above, what would be my best bet ?

- flash a stock no-wipe rom as zip through philz recovery

or

- flash a stock through mobile odin

- i think the PC-odin-way is someting to stay away from

what do you guys think ?

thank you for advice :)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Sheenl1996:
Thank you

Enviado de meu GT-P6800 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] superalby69:
Hello,

I have a problem.

I used my Samsung Galaxy GT-P6800 until a week ago. My tablet is not rooted.

I downloaded the latest version of kies and I installed it.

When I plugged my tablet to the program kies, this told me that there was an update available. So I accepted the upgrade.

Unfortunately not been successful upgrade. So I tried to make the recovery of the old firmware. I receveid again an error. Kies tells me to call the service center.

The tablet did not turn on and that only went in odin mode by holding down the power button plus the volume down button.

It should not be in recovery mode because if I try to press the power button for 10 seconds nothing happens.

Then i have used Odin 3 and i have mounted the CWM 6.0.3.0 recovery.

But i have made an error, I have made wipe all from the recovery.

Now I'm using Odin 3 to make the rom stock, but the operation doesn't finish well.

It doesn't compare the code error.

I do not know if it depends on the driver. I do not know if it depends on something else.

Could it be I have bricked my tablet with the wipe all?

I would like to re-use my tablet. Help me, please.

Edit:

I am writing the comand line for ubuntu and now I have an error code from terminal:

# e2fsck -yfDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)

e2fsck: Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

Filesystem mounted or opened exclusively by another program?

I don't have problem with FACTORYFS(10) but with DATAFS (10) Yes.

I Have restart many times the recovery but the error message is the same.

How can i do to resolve, please?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] elaptev:
Parted not found

okay, so for some reason, i can't seem to push files from adb to the device. from what i've read, i have to manually install parted to sbin, (or there's a flashable kit available also) but i can't figure out how to get it to pick up the file (its in the folder with ADB.exe, so i shouldn't need to reference the path for the copy location, right?)

now i'm looking up general "ADB device navigation and testing"

---ugghhh....[/QUOTE]

Hi!

I had the same problem - parted not found. I resolved is this way - i install last CWM recovery v.6.0.1.1 via ODIN. That recovery includes parted.

After that i could use it via ADB shell.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] NikosPx:
I have a question regarding the first part of this thread, the "How to avoid Superbrick"

Having already stock ICS and CWM, is it save to flash one of the custom kernels then wipe data and dalvik and after that flash the stockrom again? All that done with Mobile Odin Pro?

Hope that doing a clean ICS install will eliminate the launcher fc and shutdowns.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Steve_max:
If you have CWM, it's safe to wipe through it. If you're flashing through Mobile Odin, remember to set it not to flash the recovery (select "open file", select your .tar, then click on "recovery", and "clear". That way, it will flash everything on the ROM except for the recovery, and you keep CWM). You can select the kernel on Mobile Odin as well, so you install it all at once. After installing, go to CWM and wipe (or select "wipe data" from Mobile Odin, if you feel so inclined. Not sure on how Chainfire's kernel stands on MMC_CAP_ERASE, though).
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] h_amak:
Completely Died - Help!

I fall into this brick situation

I did all the above steps to recover my Tab, and after completing every thing, I started to Flash an official 3.2 ROM, the flashing is completed successfully and my device is restarting then my screen become black and nothing happening. I tried to restart, press power button for a minute, power + vol. up, power+ vol. down, all there buttons with no luck

I can feel it, it is hot but no response

I let the battery drain then connected it to the charger for 5 hours and tried again all the combinations with no luck :(

I opened the device, removed the battery and connected it again and nothing!

I don't know what to do, any advice before sending it to a repair center ?

Thanks in advance

H K
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Androguide.fr:
​

You did not follow till the end. You certainly don't wanna flash a stock firmware through odin after doing that, you can only flash a custom rom with cwm (it's how it works for me at least, each and every odin or restore tries were useless). Here's a quote from the OP :

If you manage to get it to boot in recovery again, I can only recommend you re-do the e2fsck part (install latest cwm first). If your data and system e2fsck are clean then try flashing cm9 or cm10 or paranoid, whichever you prefer.

If both /data and /system e2fsck's aren't clean or one of the two, then delete and remake the faulty partition(s) with parted.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmbomb:
Big thanks to **androguide.fr** for this tut!!! and for your follow-up responses to the people in need!

And also, big thanks to **elaptev** for his link to the ever important .latest. CWM link. when I was reading the first post, i was wondering."where in the hell am I a gonna find that?".. and BAM! there it is in his post.

Thanks again to all!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Androguide.fr:
You're welcome, good idea to link cwm in the OP, sorry that I didn't think about that earlier.

OP edited.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aletheus:
and after all the stuff i've read, i'm not so sure which ROM to use. i think it said in these instructions to only flash roms through odin, doesn't it need to be a .tar file for that to work? from what i can tell, all three, (CM9, CM10 and paranoid android) are zips to be flashed through CWM, not through ODIN

starting the process though, thanks for everybody's help!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aletheus:
okay, so i can't get /data to convert to ext4 from ext2 even when i format /data from cwm, even though i get no errors mounting data...

actually, i can get the command to format /system to ext4 to work on /data, but it converts it to ext3

that's the only thing hanging me up right now. well, that and i'm not sure how to flash a zip file with odin, or if windows will convert zip to .tar.md5....
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmbomb:
try and 'un-zip' the rom file(s) after downloading. You may find the .tar's there after un-zipping with your PC..

Good Luck
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aletheus:
/data doesn't have to be ext4? i got my tab working, but i couldn't get the code to convert /system to ext4 to work for /data (yes i know i had to change /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 to p10--but it still would only convert to ext3)

also:

i've read this a dozen or more times (the whole guide) and somehow i STILL missed copying gapps into the rom BEFORE i flashed. so am i screwed? or is there some way to push them all directly to /system/?

i wasnt really clear on exactly what i'm doing to eliminate the need to flash gapps: do i copy and replace (merge) gApps /system with ROM /system? or only merge the app folder? and what do i do with /optional again?

and finally:

what rebricks the tab when you reflash a rom every time? i want to get up and running on my tab again, but not having gapps makes it pretty impossible. i almost wanna go through the whole guide again and go with paranoid android--- which would you guys recommend?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aletheus:
one final thing on the gApps problem

I'm not sure where to move /options to. There's no corresponding directory in either cm10 or nexess pro.

And if someone could explain why one would have to repartition every time one flashes a new ROM? Haven't tried ANYTHING since really don't wanna f**k this poor tab up anymore....or worse---brick it for good... :-/
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aletheus:
not just any CWM. i'm pretty sure i super bricked mine using cwm 5.8.1 (the temporary zip recovery, its in our development forum). but it MIGHT have been CWM 5.3 or whatever other 5.x version is floating around. i know it wasnt ICS stock recovery that i used cus i am well aware of the bug. i have successfully revived my tab from the superbrick using this thread's guide. and i used the 6.0.1 version, a link to which is also provided in this thread. i lost 4 GB total, and it seems to be running fine. now i'm just worried about having to do this every few days, even just keeping the same rom.

if i were anybody who HASNT super-bricked their tab yet, to AVOID it at ALL COSTS!!! cwm 6.0.1 seems to be the safest bet for /data /system /factory wipes.

does chainfire have any blog on the mmc_cap_erase problem, seeing as how it affects several devices?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] h_amak:
I couldn't boot it till this moment, there is no response from the device, do you have any advice for me or should I send it to the service center ??
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Steve_max:
Yeah, I forgot that crucial piece of information. You want to be on a safe recovery, such as CWM 6.0.1.X or TWRP. Other CWM versions may be unsafe.

About the info on MMC_CAP_ERASE, most of it is on the Note forums, since it was the first affected device. Even info on other devices tend to be put there. Entropy512, one of the leading devs to tackle the problem, came here on one of the first threads about the superbrick to gather information. Not sure if it has been published as a blog /wiki /whatever.

---------- Post added at 07:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:22 AM ----------

Did you try to adb push them?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Androguide.fr:
If it really doesn't respond, I guess you got a hardware problem, most likely a motherboard problem as you said you felt it was hot (just a guess, I'm a noob to hardware).

Anyway I guess you might want to send it to Sammy or to a JTAG equipped repair shop.

Really glad it helped you reviving your tab :good:

In my experience you won't need to redo this process unless you try to flash anything (gapps, rom, addon or whatever).
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aletheus:
So is there a way to side load gapps now that I've gotten this far?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Androguide.fr:
Well here are the two ways I found that I've been using :

1) The first on is to do before you flash your rom, it's simply to merge the rom of your choice and the gapps.

To do that, simply open both zips in your favourite archive manager, go to /system folder in both, and add the files from gapps in the corresponding folders of your rom.

Then flash the rom, which now has the gapps included.

2) The second way is to do after you flashed your rom, you're going to use adb push to install the gapps. This is longer.

First, I recommend you to set things up this way :

- Go to the location where you installed the android sdk. Open the platform-tools folder.

- Copy the content of the "system" folder from the gapps in platform-tools

- Open the "optional" folder of the gapps, and add each sub-folder's content to the corresponding folder in platform-tools (if the folder doesn't exist, create it).

Once all the files found in the gapps are merged in the right folders, reboot your tab in recovery, open a shell/command prompt in the platform-tools folder and type the following :

adb push XXX/YYY system/XXX/YYY

where XXX is the name of the folder (i.e : addon.d, app, bin, etc, framework...) and YYY is the name of the file (i.e Facelock.apk, gapps.sh....)

You can try to push the whole folder at once but not sure it works (i.e it replaces the actual folder instead of merging contents).

Hope it helps you.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aletheus:
pushing each file individually, would talk ALOT longer.... i was scared i was WAY over my head before i started trying to revive my tab, but after getting through it successfully, it was really pretty easy... just most people aren't used to thinking that way i think.... so let me get this clear before i try it:

i need to merge /system and /options from gApps to the ROM i'm using, like in windows, it should just merge, do let /options sit in the same directory relationship it has to system already? also, once i've modified the ROM, from which step will i need to redo the superbrick guide? can i keep the repartition scheme i came up with last night?

and one more question: CM10 wasn't loading audio for video files last i checked. so should i just stick with cm9? (even though it seems like development has stopped) --if i'm going to have to redo this tutorial every time i flash a new ROM, i just want to find one i can stick with for a while.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Androguide.fr:
Video hardware acceleration works very well in cm10 based roms, just use bsplayer. Mxplayer won't work.

So I guess you chose to include the gapps to your rom.

You'll most likely only have to redo the e2fsck part of the guide. If your /data partiton's e2fsck isn't clear (>0%) just wipe data in cwm, reboot recovery, and e2fsck it again.

- To include the gapps to your rom, it's easy. open your rom zip and the gapps zip in winrar or 7zip so you have both side to side.

- Then go to /system in the rom

- In the gapps go to /system too

- Now you 'll see that every folder in /system of the gapps has a folder with the

same name

in the /system of the rom

- So you're going to copy/paste the content of each of the gapps /system folder into the corresponding /system folders of the rom

- Now do exactly the same thing but using the content of the /optional folder of the gapps

- Once you copied everything, just close the rom zip and copy it to your tab, then flash it.