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[Galaxy S I9000 General] Partho007:
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl10

I AM facing a serious problem, i was in xgamer rom 3.0 and now i want to move to stock rom . but when i flash stock rom by re-partition i get a bootloop !! when i enter into recovary mode and wipe /ease data factory reset i get this erorr E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl10 , and now what to do to go back to stock plssss help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY PHONE IS I9003 SL!!!!! will it work, and wht your file do?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
i do believe it would work, have not tried on the i9003. the file will fix the error if you follow the instructions in the beginning of the thread
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Soerdroid:
Great How to. Thank you sir.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shahid_s:
E: Can't mount /dev/block/stl10 (invalid Argument)

Hi,

I get the same error .. I initially flashed with one file firmware from samsung-updates . Is it okay if i use this dbdata.rfs to flash irrespective of the android versios(Mine is Gingerbread 2.3.3) or will it potentially brick my hardware if i choose the wrong file even if its for i9000.

Thanks,

Mohammed Shahid
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
glad to have helped
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
follow my instructions it would work regardless of android version or rom
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shahid_s:
Got It Working !

Thank you it works great..No Issues ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
glad to have helped you :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lordxentris:
Hi Bro,

I am getting the same error on my friends i9003, can I use this method to fix the error on his i9003? Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andr01d3:
it's not working on my old I9000 :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] makhdumz:
please help me!!!

i have the same problem for rogers infuse!! pls help me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
the i9003 has different internals so i dont think so you can try but you might brick it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
not sure it depends on the hardware and if it has similar internals as the i9000 also you might brick it if dont incorrectly
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
it depends on the error try flashing again you should only flash the fix if the error shown on your device is the same as the one i mention in the thread
[Galaxy S I9000 General] KenFeel:
Dude thanks you saved me.! (Y):good::good::good::good::fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
your welcome glad to have helped
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ichijoe:
Ya saved my Bacon! Wanted to update to Jelly Bean. But, the WiFi Radio would pick up ever other g******d Router in the whole Neighborhood BUT MINE, and it literally right behind my current position as I'm typing this. I guess 2.3.6 really is the death on this thing then... :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
try do a stock reset and flash a new set of radios
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ichijoe:
Thanks having done that (After having had a similar thought), I only managed to soft brick my Galaxy Tab P-1000.

It seems that Jelly Bean has some Regional Settings that govern the use of which channels it can see. My Router was on CH 13 at the time.

Having changed it to ch4 has since fixed it.

BTW: I'm on the cm-10.1-20121228-HumberOS-p1 ROM Jelly Bean 4.2.1

Unlike other CyanogenMod ROMs I came across this One actually works! Front Camera and all!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
well my fix can un brick a soft brick on the galaxy tab
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ichijoe:
Like I said it saved my Bacon a few times already.

Now I have to find a way to live with this crappy RAM limitation.

Browsers... Games! They all lag like crazy.

I want to stay on either ICS / Jelly Bean. But I hate the mirrored Software Buttons of ICS, and JB it seems is too RAM hungry!

Cause for starters Google Music renders in very badly in Portrait mode - when using Gingerbread 2.3.6, everything is squished up.

But this is getting OT here so I'll can it here...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Harsha Raj:
Oh my goodness! I cant thank the OP enough for this. Saved me from lots of headaches.. I was on CM11 and wanted to go back to stock GB 2.3.6 (INU-I9000DDJVB) flashed ROM from odin and then it would be stuck in bootloop. Tried doing factory reset from stock recovery and still no help. I am so much great full that i stumbled into this thread! Thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jutopa:
Have anyone tried this on a Galaxy 9003 (SL).

Should I try? I'm desperate
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aaron_viet39:
Was having troubles reverting to stock rom... and tried several failed methods. I installed CWM recovery to fix the mouting issues but it still wouldnt boot up the stock rom. this fixed it and it booted up in seconds. thanks very much.. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
Your welcome
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
It will not work the hardware is different you would soft brick it if you do
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
Glad to have helped fix your device
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ikhsaricky:
:D :D

someone try this for smt311?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dunbrokin:
Using Linux and heimdall...

Can somebody explain in some detail how this is done please. I have downloaded heimdall and dbdata.rfs.tar. I can detect the phone via heimdall detect.

If I go to terminal and then go to Downloads - where dbdata.rfs.tar is held and then I go heimdall flash dbdata.rfs.tar it does not work! What am I missing?

---------- Post added at 08:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:26 AM ----------

OK, I flashed across dbdata.rfs using heimdall flash --KERNEL dbdata.rfs and that was successful....but it will still not boot...it never gets past the Galaxy S gt-i9000 screen. What am I doing wrong now?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dracov76:
Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] badrosed:
Thank

Man You Know Something ?! i created an xda account now just to say thank you so much for this help :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] adiprince1:
thank you so much i have been trying to fix it for like a month , tried different rom , spended several days but nothing worked until i saw ur method . i really appreciate your help. God bless you :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
your welcome
[Galaxy S I9000 General] prototype22:
Thank u man!!!

sent from my Gt-i9000 darky's 9.5
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Bockwurst31:
I wish I would have found this thread earlier!

I spent 3 hours trying to fix this problem...

Anyway I finally found out that you can also fix this problem by applying speedmod kernel lagfix (other kernels may also work), so I suppose the error is caused by a file system corruption.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
im just here to help but would appreciate you hitting the thanks button for me :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SHINE.YANG:
hi guy. i flash your data to my phone. but the error for E: Can't mount /dev/block/stl10 (invalid Argument) to E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 and cannot root to system.

have any other solution ? plzzzz help!!

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] phzi:
mmcblk1 is external SD I think... remove it and try again? Otherwise your internal MovieNAND card is likely faulty; send it back for repair.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
u flashed dbdata.rfs.tar with odin by itself ? u taking out sim card and sd ?

if that doesn't work flash a firmware with 3 files which also contain dbdata e.g. jpc
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ekinskofer:
sorry for asking this, however, I didn't see it in the instructions. Where are you supposed to put the .rfs file in the "PDA" or the "etc"? I'm getting the "E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1" error after trying to flash JPU. I'm going to try this next.

Basically trying everything at this point before shipping to Samsung.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
u put it into pda
[Galaxy S I9000 General] terranq:
Just had this error, and this solved the problem. Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] giovanni1:
hi.did this solve your problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] giovanni1:
So it's official for me.Tried it yesterday and it's not working for E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
your error and this error E: Can't mount /dev/block/stl10

are 2 completely separate issues.

the E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 error you got means internal SD failure, this usually means it needs a PCB replacement (a new motherboard)

the E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10 error means internal SD corrupted, which can be fixed by formatting it again with the proper parameters or some ROMs
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zeburial:
thank you so much.

I almost brick my phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
Damn you beat me to the punch only just read then looked dwn but at least you helped someone
[Galaxy S I9000 General] giovanni1:
But it;s strange how the phone it's still working.I still can install apps from the market and I can flash other versions.How is this possible?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yes, it is normal, the phone can boot without the internal SD, on some ROMs

back in 2.1 if you had an external SD inserted, then the phone will think the external SD is the internal SD and boot

many people are looking for a work around to bypass the internal SD failure completely and use the external SD as a "fix"
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Christophe86:
I would like to thank the starter of this thread for his solution to this problem. Was going from cm7 to stock but something went wrong and I got corrupted internal sd. thx mate!

PS. could you tell me what this file exactly does? just curious :p

I have another question. How can I restore internal sd when it get's corrupt and which stock roms are used to 'restore' a phone? I mean, those who contain the bootloader

thx in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] giovanni1:
Well I dont know..in the SD card menu from settings the phone shows only the internal memory capacity and the external card its not even mounted...so?wich one is working?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
try flashing a firmware like jpc and the dbdata.rfs.tar is contained deep within some firmwares like jpc it basically restores the dbdata.rfs.tar which has been deleted or corrupted on your phone
[Galaxy S I9000 General] amin12345:
omg thank you so much.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MaXo64:
now, you are the best person in the world for me :)

I spent 6 hours trying to find a fix. and yours was the one. I cant thank you enough :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] m4ssnet:
best soft-brick fix ever ;)

thank you, you resolve my day
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fy168:
Hi , what about mmcblk1p2 error ? is this a soft brick ? or my hardware is going to fail ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gemini8026:
Thanks, worked for me!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] plemen:
Thank you so much!! This post saved my phone a trip back to shop.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Altimas:
OMG Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omygod:
WORKED!!!!!!!! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RorixRebel:
thanks for the fix mate, srsly saved my life

was starting to get massively frustrated about this

you sir just won the internet
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
your all welcome i am just trying to help others as i had no one to help me when this tragic thing happened
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rafaelperrone:
I love you!

Man, have to tell you something but don't take me bad, as I'm a married guy. Truth is, I love you. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
loool your welcome dont worry i wont tell your wife ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] konx777:
How about i9003 cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 ????

Hi guys,

what should i do,

mine is i9003, need file just like dbdata.rfs to un-bricked mine.:confused:

its said can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

:(:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
Your problem is internal motherboard error sorry but you will have to get a replacement
[Galaxy S I9000 General] r0ugan:
Need my first post to hit the thanks button >.>
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
dont worry as long as i helped you i dont mind :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] barvna:
O my good is working thank you 100x
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tyxerakias:
This can all be avoided if you flash either a) without repartition or , if you have to repartition b) flash a complete firmware, that definitely contains dbdata.rfs and cache.rfs in the .tar file. Most of the 3-file ones contain them.

This problem arises when you flash an incomplete firmware, with repartition. Then you tell your phone to make a partition for dbdata, and then you flash a firmware that doesn't contain dbdata.rfs! Therefore, the mounting of stl10, which is supposed to go to dbdata, fails miserably.

It's as simple as that. If you want to flash a certain firmware, make sure you flash a complete/full one, otherwise, flash it WITHOUT repartition. Samsung hasn't changed the partition table since the old Eclairs, it's always the one corresponding to 512.pit.

The fix of this thread just fills in the gap that stl10 is looking for, by giving the phone the dbdata.rfs file, which would be there if you hadn't destroyed it by repartitioning, or if the firmware you were trying to flash was complete and contained it.

So be careful about what you flash. Most firmwares from the Samsung servers that are bundled in one tar file, do NOT contain dbdata, so you should NOT repartition if you want to flash them. That is the reason that the instructions on samfirmware.com say not to tick repartition with one file. But even the 3-file ones can be incomplete some times. Just look inside the tars before you plug them into Odin, and see if dbdata.rfs and cache.rfs are there.

Having said all that, props to the OP for raising the issue and saving a lot of time and tears :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tyxerakias:
Your problem is completely unrelated... mmcblk0p3 is the /data partition on the I9003. There is no .rfs file for that. My guess is that you probably tried to flash the wrong firmware for your phone. If you go back into download mode and flash another firmware with repartition with the latona file properly, you'll be ok. This is the wrong section for your problem anyway.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
I never knew that is what caused it how interesting thanks for the info :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xWarMachine04:
Worked like a charm!

<3

*thanks*
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kristofa:
Thank you very much! this helped me a lot!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alkalain:
Thank you very much, i flash dbdata.rfs.tar and i9000ugjl2 stock firmware (with sbl.bin inside), no repartition and no pit file and it worked for me, my phone boot and i recover my internal sd card. i9000M unbricked here. :)

Before that i try so many solution with no success , the phone was able to boot, but with no internal storage.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
Your welcome just trying to help others
[Galaxy S I9000 General] moslem63:
Thank you very very very much !!! you are HERO
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
lol your welcome :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DillonBladez:
Thanks a ton!

Can't believe this worked, haha. Been at it for about 1 1/2 days now.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
well i am glad it worked for you now have fun with your device
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arianR10:
From I,

I Love You Sir. Thank You.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] isotoper:
Thank you so much !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
well i love you 2 <3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] manrock111:
i recieved same error as titile said but i have samsung i9003

will this work on my device too.?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
i believe so as there is not much difference except the screen types
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jironda:
OMG!!! OP I love you... worked perfectly for i9000B in case you need to know.

Bye and thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
lol your welcome
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arsalan_mp:
you are the best man you totally saved my phone i thought my sd card was destroyed ... you are the man thank u thank u and thank u
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
lol your welcome just happy to help
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MVP777:
i have same error with my samsung Galaxy SII I9100

will this work on my device too ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BABAK236:
i have same problem and try write this file,problem solved and phone startup normally but just for 5 min...after 5min,phone restart and back to problem

any idea?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
are you rooted or are you on a custom rom if so reflash a stock rom then unroot
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lightsun47:
Nope. This did not resolve my problem. Having the same error again and again after trying so many different rom.

Well my phone is not rooted and is not unlocked too. Please help. Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
what is your error is it this one or does it start with m ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lightsun47:
Actually, I found THIS FIX and it WORKS PERFECTLY!

Even I am back on my official firmware now. Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
i personally never experienced that error as my device was from the uk and we don't have any of those problems
[Galaxy S I9000 General] drkpower:
thanks!! i almost fainted when see the BoD
[Galaxy S I9000 General] iVag:
hi, after i flashed miui mint , i wanted to restore my previous rom (juwe's 6) . i had a back up. i did the restore an after that im getting stuck in samsung galaxy s screen and when iget in recovery it keeps getting error messages like : e: cant mount /cache/recovery/log or e: unknown volume for .....etc.. do you know if this method will help me?? thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
this method should work if not just reflash a stock rom which should fix it or download a tweaked rom which should fix this problem or go to clockworkmod recovery and fix permissions
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ysr84:
I am getting this as Error

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

Cant Mount Sdcard
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
i cant help with that error that error is caused my a fault in the sd card i think the only way to fix is to replace loads of the internals so i advise you to send it back to what ever company you bought it from or find a samsung repair center
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sajibcy:
Thanx man. u r life saver. it just work on my 2.3.5 JVT :) :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
thank you i am happy to help
[Galaxy S I9000 General] HeldCaptive:
Thank you so Much you saved me $350.00 and a new contract!!!! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
i am very happy to have helped you fix your phone and not have to buy a new one
[Galaxy S I9000 General] donsasan:
Thank you very much, Sir!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kimudj:
thank you, nice thread
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
i am happy to have helped you and thank you for visiting my thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bralgei:
Thanks man. I have done this semi bricking many times. Flashing in Odin with 3 file stock version unbricked my phone. Good to know your method.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kage00:
Thanks, it worked great!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hassaan123:
Will try it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SmokeU:
if this can help anyone, i get the same problem, just put a SD card in the device, and the Samsung i9000M from Bell Canada finally boot, (i flash it before with XXJPP)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] noise85:
Tnks, worked for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Firemil:
Hallelujah! That worked! *EXTREMELY RELIEVED*
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
i am happy to have helped guide you though fixing your device
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mtelep:
You got it!

That problem happened to me after reflashing stock 2.3.6 firmware on top of Onecosmic's ICSSGS RC3.1. To be honest I don't know whether it's a kind of 'known issue' or not but I'll try to figure it out.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
it happens due to missing files in some roms
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xepped:
Beautiful! Got my boot looping phone to work again. Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] VeryTinyBee:
Omg, I love you so much <3

Had my phone bricked to a state where I couldn't enter that menu, then I got it "semi-unbricked", so I could, but got that error! I love you so much
[Galaxy S I9000 General] erdemsaid:
+1 thans too much. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jvictor_mp:
Thanks a lot! It worked perfectly here :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
your all welcome i am happy to have helped
[Galaxy S I9000 General] :
Boot Error

I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000, (yes I know this is the wrong thread, but nothing listed in that forum is to do with the issue listed in first post of this thread.

I have had to flash a stock rom to reset my Galazy Tab back to basics, due to a failed flash attempt. I used Odin and all went well with a PASS.

When the Tab rebooted, I had the same issue listed at the beginning of this thread i.e.

E:\ failed to mount / data (Invalid argument)

E:install_application_for_customer: can't mount /data

Your storage not prepared yet. Please use UI menu for format and reboot actions

Copy application failed.

-- Applying Multi-CSC

Installing Multi-CSC

Can't access to '/system/csc/cpw/system/'.

Successfully applied multi-CSC

Any ideas, how to fix this...just keep going round and round.

Simple advice appreciated.

Thank you

Rachel
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SeeZaar:
Help please!! :/

Hi... I have one big problem... I'm flashing the wrong kernel and my cell phone started to constantly turn on/turn off, then I returned the old CF-root kernel with he worked well, but then cell phone got stuck on the screen was the logo Samsung i9000 Galaxy S... Then I used the one click downloader and pressed the start button and it said that the operation was successful... then my cell phone turned on and the screen that read "AT&T World Phone" Now my problem is that it can not be put in download mode (a combination button does not work), or in recovery, the computer does not recognize... What I must do? please help... I am from Croatian... sorry on my bad english... please help... :( :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MindOne:
Hi Guys, I am having this problem too, yesterday my phone went into boot loop madness and I tried flashing with Odin and initially used the wrong firmware but found the correct one for my carrier and country and I am getting this message also, Where in odin do I mount the dbdata file ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
i think you might have to re flash to a older version probably a older 2.2 version and then re flash using a newer version
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
you mount it where it says pda
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
are you sure you have the samsung galaxy s i9000 because at&t only have the captivate they are different phones i think you might have flashed the wrong version to your phone
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MindOne:
Thanks, do I need to mount anything else and does it matter which pit file I use ?

---------- Post added at 10:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:49 PM ----------

Nevermind, its fixed, TechkidTarek your a legend !!!! :):):):)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Aleziss:
oh no...

I was starting to regain hope in starting again my phone but when I read this... crap... my phone died on me on march 18th that is 2½ week after warranty expired with the mmcblk0p1 error... anyone has spare mother board for T959D ? :mad:

That was with a stock phone, no root or custom rom... and most shocking is that I know owe a balance of 320$ to my provider for a freaking dead phone...

But thanks anyway for the great information found on this thread... some have fixed theirs, some found it can't be fix so I'll stop rushing on trying to find a software fix...

Excellent post and thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EVH001:
AHHHH you saved my life. I cannot thank you enough man.

god bless you
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kanakzz:
What a life Savior man !!! My heart almost skipped a beat when SGS came out of that semi bricked state... Thanks so much !!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pratikramjiyani:
sucess

this mathod is great. this is work for me..

thanks..........
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TechKidTarek:
thanks for taking a look at my thread
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DiogoSoares:
This worked perfecly :)