Corrupt settings.db

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Here's one for the genius'

1. I rooted my phone successfully

2. I edited the settings.db file to allow side apps

3. I copied to copy the original settings.db file (that I think I may have corrupted) back and when I restarted my phone, I get a blank screen.... it will not boot into android.

I have a backup of the original settings.db file, but I need to know if there is there a way that I can copy this file back from recovery mode so that I can boot. I do get command line access in through adb, but it will not let me gain su access. Any help would be great.

I would say just hard reset the phone. It'll restore the settings.db back to the factory one.

Originally Posted by masterofthebass

I would say just hard reset the phone. It'll restore the settings.db back to the factory one.

is it possible to do a hard reset without booting into android? I didn't know about that drats!

Originally Posted by systoxity

is it possible to do a hard reset without booting into android? I didn't know about that drats!

I'm fairly sure there's a way to completely reset the phone while in recovery mode. Haven't done it, but I read about it somewhere.

I did a reset, but the phone still goes blank after the Galaxy logo. If I can mount the sdcard in recovery I think I can fix it. But I can't get it mounted.

take it back and ask for a replacement. Use your imagination.

If this fails and you have a brick phone that you cant do anything with, then i personally would try to open it up and see if that internal microsd card can be removed and hooked up to a card reader. Ofc this is very risky, and i am in no way telling you that you should follow in my theoretical footsteps. Be careful and good luck.

Is there a way to mount the internal sdcard. I have adb access in recovery mode, but not root. I have removable sdcard, but it does not seem to access that one from the recovery mode.

Also, I see the drives in "My Computer", but when I click them they ask me to insert a card. Is there a way to manually mount it from the ADB shell?

you have adb access? So when you have it plugged in and you go to cmd and type adb devices, the phone pops up as connected?

Yes... I have shell access, just can't get root or mount anything. I had already rooted the phone before all this began.