Error mounting ANYTHING in CWM to flash root...

[petrafan007]

Hi all.... I've flashed recoveries and rooting many a phone in my day. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong but I have followed the instructions to a T. I can get the recovery to flash and I boot into recovery mode but both recoveries cannot mount anything. I did a search of this entire subforum and found no one else complaining about it. The phone boots up fine, just can't mount in recovery. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[DroidArmy]

Hi all.... I've flashed recoveries and rooting many a phone in my day. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong but I have followed the instructions to a T. I can get the recovery to flash and I boot into recovery mode but both recoveries cannot mount anything. I did a search of this entire subforum and found no one else complaining about it. The phone boots up fine, just can't mount in recovery. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Could you explain the issue more? Are you getting any errors during the mounting process? If so, which ones? I need a little bit more information to troubleshoot your problem

 

[petrafan007]

This is the error I get right after I've just flashed the recovery in Odin, took the battery out, and rebooted into recovery for the first time. It won't mount anything, including the system...and it won't find any files, which means I can't flash the root.

 

[DroidArmy]

This is the error I get right after I've just flashed the recovery in Odin, took the battery out, and rebooted into recovery for the first time. It won't mount anything, including the system...and it won't find any files, which means I can't flash the root.

Alright, that helps a little bit. Could you please explain the exact issues clockwork mod recovery is displaying? This will help to find a solution. At this point it could be a few things

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Samsung has changed something in the latest S3s, and prior root procedures don't work correctly. Try this one:

[Beginners Guide] Rooting the Sprint GalaxyS3 the Easy Way - xda-developers