yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] technique00:
Okay. Will do as you advise and follow up. Really appreciate the quick feedback regardless, even if this doesn't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] technique00:
This worked Thank you very much. Strange though getting only 14/21 satellites max on AOSP vs up to 20 on TW in same location. Nevertheless I am getting a lock now on AOSP so unless anyone knows how to obtain additional satellites or enhance device GPS here i'm quite satisfied. Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chanukya4528:
Hi,

I am trying to compile a kernel for a specific device on AOSP 4.4.2 and got the following error. I understand that the variable is declared twice and need to be removed from one. Vendor folder cannot be removed since it has device specific configuration files. Looking into external/jpeg folder I am not able to decide which particular file to remove. Could some one let me know how to fix this.

build/core/base_rules.mk:134: *** vendor/google/libs: MODULE.TARGET.SHARED_LIBRARIES.libjpeg already defined by external/jpeg. Stop.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MissLaniS:
Seems that I have no room left on my phone storage & tons of space left on my SD card. How can I get my phone to put everything on the card, by default??

Would this work: if I hook my phone up to my PC, then just took all the folders on my phone storage, and moved them to the Card. Would my apps & stuff still work or would doing that not be good??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MissLaniS:
I am rooted also
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bsliv:
I don't think just copying the apps will allow them to work. You can use Application Manager to move some apps to the sd card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MissLaniS:
I went thru all my apps & moved whichever ones I was able to move. But I did that a long time ago. So I still have no room on my phone storage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ryant35:
Move photos, downloads and any music on your phone to your SD card too. Then in your camera app go to settings and change the SD card as default.

Download the free version of SD Maid and use it to clean up old thumbnails and program files still on your phone from before you moved them.

I once deleted 2gb of photo gallery thumbnails from my phone with this app. You can also see which files are the largest on your phone and SD card to see if you can move or delete anything.

I have this app on my phone, tab, and my kids tabs to keep up with their memory and storage usage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MaXaZoR:
Thanks, I'm also running out of space, I'll give this a shot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MissLaniS:
Tonight I was gonna try to just backup all my.stuff and then start over. I use GO launcher and I saw that I have GO backup on my phone, so I was gonna try to.use that. I started the app & it said my SD card is corrupted or damaged. I included a screenshot of what it said:

So would this be the reason why everything is on my internal storage instead of my card? Or is that message just something I.should ignore??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ryant35:
If you have a card reader unmount your SD card, take it out and try reading it on a computer. If you can read it I would copy everything off and put in a temporary folder on your desktop. Then format the card with the computer and put it back in the phone, format it using the phone and try your back-up again.

If it works put the card back in your computer and copy your files back. Be sure to unmount the card each time. Mine went corrupt once because I didn't.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MissLaniS:
How do I make the SD card, the default storage for everything? Or is that not possible...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ryant35:
You would have to change defaults on all your apps, camera is a big one.
[Samsung Gear Fit] redzone321:
So ive been trying to a while to get custom wallpapers onto my gear fit with my nexus 5 and i just cant seem to get it to work..

It all seems to stem to the face we dont have the galaxy gallery app. and that app needs touch wiz to work.

So far i have tried the following.

-installing note 3 and galaxy 5 versions of gallery (gallery crashes).

-Tried adding the touch wiz framework to my system framework folder(still crashes).

- I found a reference to missing dlls in a note 8 thread so installed the libs / files from that thread with no luck.

Does anyone know if there is another way to get a custom wallpaper with a non samsung phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sony guy:
Hi

How can I make a custom ftf rom ? and how to install it on my device ?

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalpetros:
Read this. It might help.
[Galaxy S III General] anukilimanoor:
My phone was dead due to unknown reason. It was very slow for last couple of days, so I reboot the phone into recovery and then wipe cache and dalvik. After the wipe I reboot the phone but it stuck on Samsung logo. So I tried different unsuccessful methods like, flash stock ROM, restore efs folder, etc...

After flashing the stock ROM, rebooted the phone into recovery for factory reset, then only I noticed the error E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument). If you are on CWM recovery then you may not see this error.

Solution:

Flash an official firmware from sammobile

Flash CWM recovery

Boot into Recovery

Select mount and storage -> mont /system

Connect your phone to PC using USB cable

Open ADB command window and type the following commands

adb shell

mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

reboot

Now your phone will boot, but it may be in factory mode (ie you can see yellow box showing some ROM information).

Remove factory mode:

There are different methods that we can use to remove factory mode

In my case

1. Installed custom ROM to get root access

2. Instaled kTool

3. Copy the backup of my efs into sdcard (you can use .img or tar file)

4. Open kTool and restore the efs

5. Reboot the phone

* This method is the easiest and safest method because when you are getting the efs mount error there is a chance of loosing your IMEI and some other files, in that situation the following methods will not work.

OR

1. Root your phone (Either root manually or install a custom ROM)

2. Install ES File Explorer

3. Open ES File Explorer and turn on Root Explorer

4. Navigate to /efs folder

5. Open factorymode as txt in ES Note Editor

6. Change it from OFF to ON and save

7. Reboot your phone

OR

1. Root your phone (Either root manually or install a custom ROM)

2. Install Terminal Emulator

3. Run the following commands

su
rm /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
rm /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
reboot
[Galaxy S III General] w9999:
I can't find factorymode in efs folder.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] ArkThompson:
Restoring this kind of backup http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305/warning-guide-backup-restore-imei-nv-t1946915 will also remove factory mode (at least it did when I softbricked my i9305 and had to recover efs).
[Galaxy S III General] cruising6n:
Hi,

my GT-I9300 is stucked at Samsung Boot Logo. When I start the phone in recovery mode it shows e:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument).

I have no efs or any other backup....

Tried to flash stock rom with odin but it doesnt work.....

Does your soloution work in my case?

Do you have any other soloutions for me? I´m reading XDA threads since hours....
[Galaxy S III General] anukilimanoor:
Are you able to boot the phone?

Try the other option and see the imei. If it is ok then no need to restore it.
[Galaxy S III General] w9999:
---------- Post added at 09:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:45 PM ----------

i restore efs folder.now everything is ok.
[Galaxy S III General] ndmuni:
Fixed -cannot mount efs

Thanks OP, I just recovered my S3 moments ago, followed yr instructions to the T:D:D:D:D,

My original imei intact, albeit booted to safe mode, just turn to ON in root explorer and all system back to normal. Thanks again

EDIT: Just for info I install philz_touch_4.00-b21-i9305-fixed_Ported_By_ausdim.tar.md

and i did not mount system.
[Galaxy S III General] nachocarp:
i did it but i have this issue when inputing "mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3"

It says "mount: can´t find /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 in /etc/fstab"

Please, save my day.
[Galaxy S III General] anukilimanoor:
Is there any error while running this command

mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
[Galaxy S III General] nachocarp:
No, its all fine.
[Galaxy S III General] ahmmyreal:
same with me too, pls save my day

Edit: so in the command window, last line of code after running

mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

i got :

The filesystem will be automatically checked every 35 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

So in the code:

mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

I replaced -w and -t with -c and -i respectively.

Note: -c and -i was pulled from:

The filesystem will be automatically checked every 35 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

reboot

Boom! it worked.

DONT FOEGET TO HIT THE THANKS BUTTON
[Galaxy S III General] nachocarp:
I did it and this is what it shows. Then when i try to remove factory mode, i have trouble when inputing

chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr

and

chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr

Still, it worked but i dont have my imei.

When you reboot from adb, does the phone starts with the correct imei?

Do i need to have a previous backup for this method to work?
[Galaxy S III General] nachocarp:
When you reboot from adb, does the phone starts with the correct imei?

Do i need to have a previous backup for this method to work?
[Galaxy S III General] andrewwright:
Nice tut mate. Nice and detailed. :thumbup: great info for the community.
[Galaxy S III General] risvegliare:
I've got a couple of questions

1. On what official firmwares should i choose from sammobile? because there's a lot firmware from different region

2. I've install adb before, but in the command prompt, it said that adb is not recognized. What should i do?
[Galaxy S III General] mihafiz:
path

>>2. I've install adb before, but in the command prompt, it said that adb is not recognized. What should i do?

The path to adb.exe may not have been properly set in the environment variable PATH.

You may just 'cd' to the folder named "platform-tools" and run adb.exe . It should work as it's meant to.
[Galaxy S III General] awilmets:
help for samsung Galaxy S3- I9300

My S3-I9300 not detect in Adb. "error: device not found"
[Galaxy S III General] mihafiz:
tool to move about factory and user mode

I've used the following tool to go 'to and fro' the factory mode. It's useful enough.

[TOOL] Updated! 26/06/14 - EFS Professional … | Samsung Galaxy S II I9100 | XDA Forums

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/orig-development/tool-updated-09-06-14-efs-professional-t1308546
[Galaxy S III General] waldezca:
Same trouble and fix it!

At this step:

Code:

mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

at the end of the sentence put an space slash and efs, you have to see something like this:

Code:

mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 / efs --> (then push enter key, then make the last step "reboot" to reboot your phone).

Then your phone have to start normaly but in recovery mode [showing you a yellow information of the system phone]. Look at this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2389426
[Galaxy S III General] saidhabla:
Hello!

I have a T210 and I have done everything. I did the restore from 4.4.2 from SamMobile, I flashed it, then installed CMW, then follow the steps and it said it "can't find /dev/block/mmcblk0p3...". I've tried changing the -w and -t as somebody else suggested and nothing, then I tried your solution and it doesn't show any error (only "There are some filesystem-specific -o flags", is that it?) but it doesn't work either.... any ideas will be appreciated.

I'm still stuck on the Samsung logo.

Thank you so much.

PS Sorry for grammar and stuff, English is not my first language.
[Galaxy S III General] dansar324:
Error: Device not Found

I think what may be happening is that you need to enable debugging mode. There is a really good guide for how to do it if you search for "enable usb debugging android s3" (sorry, can't link until I've made 10 posts).

Hope that helps! (Just about to start trying to recover my IMEI too)

EDIT: Ah... Two minutes after posting I tried to carry on with the guide, but also getting "error:device not found" when trying to access the adb shell after >mount/system. I guess this can't be done out of cwm recovery mode? Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] magspie:
Help with rooting

Hi, I've got this exact problem with my S3. I am having a problem with how to root the device if it's still stuck on samsung logo after the firmware flash (successful). All guides use some in-phone options. Will I be able to follow the root guide from this page: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3#romList without booting up the phone? Could someone please give me some advice or a link to a guide that I can follow? I know how to use ADB in later stages, I just don't know how to root when the phone is DEAD.

Thanks in advance

(initial problem: phone stuck on samsung logo, GT-I9300)
[Galaxy S III General] Hermeiro:
help me

I did this tutorial and works fine, but now i dont have de same IMEI, how can i put the original IMEI?
[Galaxy S III General] I AM THE HSS:
Hi

I have the same problem here,But I didn't Flashed anything on my phone since the day I Bought it

I think it has something to do with my Faulty battery (When it hits 2% My s3 gets Voltage Spikes)

btw I checked Everything and beside this efs Error ,Everything is Fine (NAND Memory,eMMC etc.)

After reading OP , I Flashed CWM Recovery and tried to do what You said Just to find out another problem,I Can't get my Windows to Recognize My s3 While it's in Recovery Mode,so my device won't show up using "adb devices" Command(GT-I9300 Shows up in Device Manager but w/o any drivers)

I'm a Complete Newbie on these stuff so Please Help me

please :(
[Galaxy S III General] J4zz G1deon:
I have to same problem, and also the command

"mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3"

isn't working, in any way described here. But I was still able to boot the phone whithout it.

Nonetheless I'm still with the corrupted /efs, and tried to flash the samsung stock again.

Now again I'm stuck at the Samsung boot screen. :(
[Galaxy S III General] refaat_ibo:
same problem with S4 gti-i9500

i've got the same problem with my galaxy s4 gt-i9500, is it the same method ?
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
Has anyone got a solution to this yet or are we bricked?

I have an S4 (I9505) - it mounts in ADB but none of the commands above dont work for me
[Galaxy S III General] d_myke:
Efs error

Hello. I have a similar problem on my s4 i9505. I get: E: Unable to mount '/efs/. So I followed the instructions. On adb, I get: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while setting up superblock. And then, the efs error remains.

Please help.
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
So basically I have this issue and the knock-on effects are as follows:

1) if i flash the official Lolipop rom along with the official PIT file for my device, the device boots into lolipop no problem and all LOOKS fine....uuuntil i start getting random messages about factory mode. it then drops my wifi and wont let me put it back on for a while. also, when i reboot, it forgets the wifi passwords and i have to keep putting it in. When i try to use terminal emulator to remove factory mode it doesnt work as there is nothing in my efs folder...what the hell can i do to obtain these files which are supposed to be in my efs folder? I think this is the root of my problems.

2) If i try and flash any cyanogenmod rom (lolipop or otherwise) it just bootloops all the way
[Galaxy S III General] m1l05z:
When I connecting with adb and type "su" I get error:

/sbin/sh: su: Permission denied

I need root access but I install rooted rom and still this error...:(
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
Did you go to the options of the rom and turn on root though?
[Galaxy S III General] m1l05z:
But my rom stuck on the Samsung logo...

I try to connect with adb in recovery mode
[Galaxy S III General] j.ern:
Hi, I really need help. I rooted my phone and it keep hanging on the samsung logo even though it was successfully flash. I removed the battery and tried to flash again the ROM but still occur the same thing. I remove the battery again and enter to Recovery Mode. I tried to factory reset and also advanced reset to erase everything and this is where i seen "E:failed to mount" failure thing. I remove the battery and also the SD card to power it up but my phone is currently dead. I cant even power up in any mode. I cant seems to charge my phone as well. There is no battery indicator and also no vibration when USB is plugged and cant detect on my PC. No vibration felt also when i tried to power up. What could have went wrong? I really need help. :crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
Hi mate. Does it start in download mode? Hold Volume down+home button togethet then power on keeping those pressed?
[Galaxy S III General] j.ern:
Hi nk33,

I cant start up in any mode. No vibration at all as well. But i can feel my phone heats up a little when i leave it for a while after trying to enter any mode. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
Thats wierd. If I had to guess I would say your display is gone. Obviously your phone is stuck in bootloop.

I was going to say I had the same issue on my S4. You have to get to download mode first though to fix the issue. After that you can flash twrp and then instal CM 11. Its the only ROM which works if your phone has this mount error.

Not sure if you can test your display by using and hdmi adapter to the tv to see if you get anything? Just to confirm if it is the display…?
[Galaxy S III General] j.ern:
Hi Nk33,

I dont have a HDMI cable. Even the LED Is not blinking when i tried to enter any mode or just a normal power up. Is it possible that the LCD is damaged?
[Galaxy S III General] lukecz81:
Hi (sory for my english)

I had also problems with efs - It started wit error: E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument):

One day my phone freezed (Archidroid 1.7.18) and after restart it stucks on archidroid boot animation.

I have flashed 1-file stock rom with Odin, and it still stucks on Samsung boot logo.

In recovery I have a message: "E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)"

So I flashed CWM recovery, connect with ADB and used commands:

adb shell

mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 (at this command I had error: can't find /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 in /etc/fstab)

reboot

I was able to flash Archidroid 1.7.18 (with modem flash during install) and start it normally, but there is a message "Emergency calls only" and my IMEI is 0049...

I tried to flash 3-file stock rom I9300XXALEF with ODIN but after flashing and restarting still "Emergency calls only" and my IMEI is 0049...

I don't have EFS backup :( (now I know how important it is)

Is there any way to repair/restore my IMEI or to program it from my S3 sticker?
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
I mentioned many previous times that I have exactly this issue and flashing cm11 sortedd this out for me. 100%.
[Galaxy S III General] lukecz81:
That didn't helped me - maybe I'm doing something wrong?

I flashed Philz CWM recovery, wiped data,cache,dalvik, then I flashed newest CM11 (12.07.2015) and still "Emergency calls only".

Still in Settings->About phone->Status Imei is 0049... (but Serial number changed from 000... to a random number)

Any suggestions?

And If I understand correctly efs and imei problems occur mostly during rom change - but my problems started during normal use of my S3 (I was downloading GTA China Town from Google Play store when my phone stucks and didn't reboot correctly, then info about corrupted efs etc...)

Maybe my problems are somehow related to error which I had with ADB?:
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
Aha! I flashed the first cm 11 .that was the only one that worked for me
[Galaxy S III General] lukecz81:
I don't think it will make any difference but when I get back from work I wil try to flash the very first CM11 (maybe you can provide exactly date of CM11 that you've used?)

I'm losing hope to succesfully repair my S3 & IMEI :(

EDIT

The oldest versions of CM11 can't be downloaded due to an 404 error -they're deleted from CM site :(
[Galaxy S III General] lefsp:
hello eveybody,

I did this process and even though this command returned an error

: mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

the phone boots now in factory mode. I also removed factory mode so it boots normally

However my IMEI is a generic one, I didn't have any EFS backups so is there any way to restore the original IMEI?
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
only if you have a backup - otherwise where would you restore from?

how did you remove factory mode please?
[Galaxy S III General] coleraine:
Please help,I don't understand all this stuff

Hi guys please help my Samsung S3 GT-I9300 ,I dont understand how to get past this problem with E:failed to mount everything and when I tried to do that adp comand prompt thing it gives me an error.

I followed another guide and used Odin 3.10 to flash GT-I9300XXUGMJ9_KOR_FACTORY it said PASSED at the end but my phone starts adroid logo and then red triangle and scrolling text E:failed to mount no such file or directory for everything.

Please could someone help,and give me a simple guide.

Cheers...
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
install TWRP and install CM11 rom as per guide (search forums) and that worked for me.

As an update to above, i installed the latest CM12 nightlies and this is also working for me. This is your best bet as it is the latest version of Android and runs smoother than a baby's bottom!!
[Galaxy S III General] coleraine:
Cheers I will give it a go later,thanks for replying.
[Galaxy S III General] coleraine:
Hi,I tried to install the latest cm11 but it keeps saying installation aborted Status 7,do you have any idea what i can do.
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
Mate - i would try the Nightlies first. link below. They are more likely to work. follow the instructions exactly (to get instructions click "device wiki"):

https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=jfltexx
[Galaxy S III General] d44.amitd:
How to make efs.img back up? I already wiped all user date from the device. (Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos I9082). device showing only "SAMSUNG......" logo. I tried several time to download through Samsung Kies. Kies shows firmware downloaded 100%, but not installed in device. (In download mode). tried to install Rom, Kernel, recovery through Odin. Odin shows "Pass", device shows "E: Failed to Mount/catch......E: Failed to Mount.......etc." Please give a suggestion, What can I do for the next? or, any other process. Please reply. my mail id "d44.amitd@gmail.com". Thanks a lot in advance.
[Galaxy S III General] nk33:
Please read previous posts before asking the same questions. If you have not made an EFS backup then it is too late.

The solution is to install CM 12.1 Nightlies. See link below for Unofficial

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-grand-duos/development/rom-cm-12-1-galaxy-grand-duos-i9082-t3073108

Also see link below, there are a whole bunch of other 5.1 Roms you can try

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-grand-duos/development
[Galaxy S III General] iMehran:
Good work , Thanks for your info .
[Galaxy S III General] irocneekes:
did everything stated through adb, typed reboot and now the phone wont turn on? when i plug it into the pc, it still makes a sound as if a device is being connected, but no response with the phone
[Galaxy S III General] IzzatJaradat:
Not Done !!!

Hi Thanks toO much for your instructions and this thread , but when I tried to do that with grand neo gt-1960 which is stuck on samsung logo .. and flashes Su zip for root done , but when I'm typing su , I get (( Permission Denied )) ,,

any idea for this issue ??? thanks :rolleyes: