Corrupt Partition, PIT file needed, I think?

chrisb22

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I am trying to fix my friends phone. I believe the partitions are out of whack. The data partition is displaying an abnormally huge size as you can see in the attach picture. I have tried ODIN back to stock and can actually get 4.2.2 MDL to load but I encounter issues from there. Its highly unstable. I have tried to install several custom roms off from TWRP, CWM, and OUDHS and not a single one boots. I definitely can't make backups since the partition is so huge. I think I PIT file will solve the problem but it seems like PIT file for TMobile variant is available. Is there any way to extract one? Is there any other way I can fix this?
 

M9x3mos

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So far I haven't seen a pit file posted for this device anywhere.
And from my knowledge it is not included in the stock firmware files that we would flash from sammobile.com
What happens when you try to format the partitions in the recovery like that.
I had a similar problem before with my s3 and using twrp and formating the partitions was able to fix it in that case.
When you Odin back to MDL and don't root it right away, how does it work then?
 

chrisb22

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When you say format partition in recovery, I assume you mean wiping the partition. Wiping the partition, although it appeared the procedure completed successfully, the size of the partition did not change. Very strange.
As far as ODIN to MDL, the phone does boot into 4.2.2. Its a little quirky but it works. I can always get it back to MDL. Doing any installing from recovery does not work. He may be stuck with a quirky 4.2.2 system.