[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arielCo:
[HELP] Cannot return from 31.0 -> 26.0

Hello everybody,

After months installing the 2x versions of ARHD, and decided I'd try 31.0 but didn't quite like it. So I wipe, install 26.0 again, and it gets stuck at the black screen with the logo. It doesn't vibrate and there doesn't seem to be a loop. I can still boot to recovery (PhilZ touch 4 based on CMW 6.0.2.7), and I can install 31.0 so it's not “bricked” in any sense.

This is what I've tried to no avail:

Wiping inside the AROMA installer.

Android_Revolution_HD_Super_Wipe _Galaxy_S3.zip (sure, it blanked my internal SD and don't know what else)

‘Partition Internal sdcard’ returns:

I: using /data/media for /sdcard.
i: Can't partition non-vfat: datamedia

‘Fix Permissions’ returns:

Fixing permisions...
sh: fix_permissions: not found
Done!

[/done]

I can connect ADB when I boot recovery, and this is my FS structure:

~ # 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=writeback)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 on /system type ext4 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=writeback)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 on /data type ext4 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 on /external_sd type vfat (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)

~ # ls -l /
drwxrwx--- 4 system cache 4096 Jan 1 00:21 cache
drwxrwx--x 19 system system 4096 Jan 1 00:21 data
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2469 Jan 1 1970 default.prop
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 3620 Jan 1 01:45 dev
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 1 01:45 efs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 1 01:45 etc
drwxrwxrwx 33 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 external_sd
-rw-r----- 1 root root 911 Jan 1 1970 fstab.smdk4x12
-rwxr-x--- 1 root root 109336 Jan 1 1970 init
-rwxr-x--- 1 root root 1610 Jan 1 1970 init.rc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1618 Jan 1 1970 lpm.rc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 1 01:45 preload
dr-xr-xr-x 110 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 proc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 res
drwx------ 2 root root 0 Dec 22 2012 root
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 sbin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 1 01:45 sdcard -> /data/media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 1 01:45 sdcard1
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 Jan 1 01:45 sys
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 1 00:19 system
drwxrwxr-x 2 root shell 0 Jan 1 01:46 tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272 Jan 1 1970 ueventd.goldfish.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3879 Jan 1 1970 ueventd.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3430 Jan 1 1970 ueventd.smdk4x12.rc

~ # ls -l /data
drwxrwx--x 3 system system 4096 Jan 1 00:21 app
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 1 00:21 app-asec
drwxrwx--x 2 system system 4096 Jan 1 00:21 app-private
drwxrwxr-x 2 system system 4096 Jan 1 00:21 cfw
drwxrwx--x 2 system system 4096 Jan 1 00:21 dalvik-cache
drwxrwx--x 3 system system 4096 Jan 1 00:21 data
drwxr-x--- 2 root log 4096 Jan 1 00:21 dontpanic
drwxrwx--- 2 drm drm 4096 Jan 1 00:21 drm
drwxrwx--x 2 system system 4096 Jan 1 00:21 gps
drwxr-x--x 3 root root 4096 Jan 1 00:21 local
drwxrwxr-x 2 system log 4096 Jan 1 00:21 log
drwxrwx--- 2 root root 4096 Jan 1 00:21 lost+found
drwxrwx--- 2 media_rw media_rw 4096 Jan 1 00:15 media
drwxrwx--t 11 system misc 4096 Jan 1 00:21 misc
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 1 00:21 property
drwxrwx--x 2 system system 4096 Jan 1 00:21 resource-cache
drwxr-x--- 3 root shell 4096 Jan 1 00:21 ssh

I'm downloading XXEMD2, but there has to be a simpler way.