Galaxy Tab Might be bricked - Help Needed

[scratch135]

I have my daughter's galaxy tab that seems to be bricked. its a SPH-P100 (Sprint).
my son was fooling around with it and left it in the following state:ys the following:

Android system recovery <3e>

Enter: OK Key, Select : Vol Up / Vol Down
reboot system now
apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
_____________________________________________________________________

-- bootmode=7 from cmdline...
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Formatting /dbdata...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl10
Formatting /cache...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
Data wipe failed.
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/recovery_kernel_log
E:copy_kernel_file :: Can't open /cache/recovery/recovery_kernel_log
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:failed to mount /cache (no such file or directory)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)


Can anyone help me to fix this? or is it just an electronic paperweight now?

 

[Devinator]

What was he trying to do?

What happens when you reboot? If nothing, did you factory reset?

 

[scratch135]

I think he was trying to (I don't know the Android term) jail brake it.
When I reboot it the above screen scroll up. The factory reset
brings the same screen back up.

 

[Devinator]

Android equivalent is flash. First you root your phone, which gives you root access to Android, then you flash a custom ROM, which is a custom version of Android.

A lot of those errors are relating to cache. What happens when you try and wipe cache?

 

[scratch135]

When i try to wipe cache the following comes up;

--Wiping cache...
Formatting /cache...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
Cache wipe complete.
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can'y open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)

 

[Devinator]

Hmmm.

I suggest you post your question here as well. This subforum is kinda quiet.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/

 

[scratch135]

Thank you Devinator, I will.

 

[Devinator]

No problem. Good luck!!

If you get a solution, come back here and post what you did, just in case someone stumbles across this one day and it could help them.