ok here is my situation i am running a rooted g1 with amon ra 1.5 recovery and cyanogen 4.2.12.2, i used the partitioning function from the recovery options to format my sd card , now that i have the fat32 , ext3, and swap partition i was able to move my cache and apps to the sd and everything is working great, the problem i am now having is i cannot access the fat32 partition , the mount/unmount option is faded i can see how much space is on it but i cannot put any of my files back on the card it also doesnt give me the option to mount the sd card anymore when i plug it into my computers i have tried it on my mac, windows xp laptop and my asus eee linux laptop
any help would be great thanks
You have probably corrupted the partition table somehow.
If you don't have anything precious on the card, try to wipe it and start over.
But since i know life i'm almost sure you have files there that you wish not to lose.
Tell me, did you format all the partition after creating them?
Did you unmount/re-mount the partitions after creating/formating and BEFORE you copied any files to them?
If the answer to any of the above question is "no", you've probably screwed up.
Regards,
Bushman
No I partitioned the card using amon ra recovery 1.5 it has the option to do the ext2, Swap and the fat 32 partitions all at once I did 96m swap 512ext2 and then upgraded it up to ext4 and left the remaining for fat32 , when I save files it does put them in the fat32 patitition I believe since my ext4 partition does not loose any space and I already ftp'd most of my files back to the card that would easily exceed the 512m partition I just can't get the mount option to come up now when I plug it into my computer other then that everything works perfectly
open console and type "dmesg", then insert the card and type it again, compare the few last lines, if there's anything diferent saying about MMC/SD, post it here (only the card related stuff)
Good luck,
Bushman
Hi,
I have a 16GB Micro SD card that I want to create a 1GB exts partition on.
I have the free versions of Paragon and Acronis, but it would seem I need the full version to create a partition on an SD card?
I therefore got minitools partition manager and I was able to create a partition, but it is unallocated and it's status is NONE.
The FAT32 partition is Primary and the unallocated one is logical.
If I click on this partition almost everything is grayed out so I cannot format to ext2.
Please help.
I am running this on a cheap card reader from ebay on Windows XP.
PoshCat1 said:
Hi,
I have a 16GB Micro SD card that I want to create a 1GB exts partition on.
I have the free versions of Paragon and Acronis, but it would seem I need the full version to create a partition on an SD card?
I therefore got minitools partition manager and I was able to create a partition, but it is unallocated and it's status is NONE.
The FAT32 partition is Primary and the unallocated one is logical.
If I click on this partition almost everything is grayed out so I cannot format to ext2.
Please help.
I am running this on a cheap card reader from ebay on Windows XP.
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Ext2 obviously
If it helps the card has a 4 on it, so does that mean it's class 4?
I think I'm a bit dumb !!!
I'd resized the partition only, so it was simply unallocated.
Are there any free partition software downloads that allow me to create a partition please?
It is MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition from partitionwizard.com
sanelh said:
It is MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition from partitionwizard.com
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Cheers, I managed that and now I have another problem.
Thread to follow.
Hi, I`ve got the same problem. Have you found out how to do it?
flash608 said:
Hi, I`ve got the same problem. Have you found out how to do it?
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I did, I think I used ROM Manager in the end.
It didn't work to begin with, I played with the Partition software above, then I went back to ROM Manager and it worked.
help
I got class 4 4gb memory card and has used minitool partition wizard to create 3.5gb fat32 partition and 500mb ext2 partition. but when i connected to my SE x10mini and it says 'damaged memory card'. but then i format the memory card via my phone and the ext2 partition has been erase. may i know any suggestion to create 2 partition and make the phone able to recognise the memory card??
one more question, may i know what is the next step to make ext2 partition to be apart of system's space??
I`ve managed to make two partitions using Gparted (win).
Hi all,
I have been reading about an issue that I have: 'android.process.media' keeps stopping.
One of the suggestions is that there maybe a corrupted file on your external sd card.
The fix is to either delete the file; good luck trying to find which file. or to reformat the sd card.
Since I have the keyboard dock and several 32gb microSD cards. I plan on copying all my files to the other card and then formatting the card in question.
However, it seems on the Asus tablet, I am not given the format option. I had it on my Samsung phone before the upgrade to ICS.
But one thing I wanted to do after some other reading is to format the card the same file system that is used on the internal memory.
If I have my facts correct, the internal memory is formatted as 'ext' and external SD cards get formatted as 'fat' (or is that fat32).
I think it's formatted as fat, is for compatibility with your PC.
However, the article, said that 'ext' is much more secure and less prone to corruption.
So is there anyway to format the external SD card in this 'ext' file system and how would one do that process?
Thanks!
Rob
You would need to do it in linux or find a windows program that could do it, as ext is not supported in windows. Im not sure the microsd will work right in the tablet formated as ext and your windows desktop wont be able to access .
Ok, I read in another thread, they suggested to put the microsd card in the phone and format from there.
I did do that.
And I have another question, my phone is rooted and it contains CWM.
I noticed in CWM, that you can fomat from there.
There are options to format areas, like /system /cache and the one I am interested in is /sdcard.
My question is this, is this /sdcard the external micro SD card or is it simply the partition /sdcard which is Samsung's internal memory. I don't want to take a change and format the internal SD card.
I think once formatted the external SD card, but I was on a different version of CWM, I have a different one after the ICS upgrade that was recommended by someone helping me do the ICS upgrade.
Anyway, thanks in advance!
Rob
Whoops almost forgot, there is thread on xda about formatting memory in ext4. I would like to try that and see if the Asus tablet can read that if I get to format the external card in ext4 Still looking for a Windows program that will format in that mode.
/sdcard is internal. /Removable is external.
I would be surprised if you can find a Windows program that reads, let alone writes, any type of ext filesystem (and forget about anything less mainstream like JFS or ReiserFS). Microsoft only made Windows compatible with their own filesystems, FAT32 and NTFS.
I have Xperia Active with JellyVanilla 2 rev0 [Unlocked BL] installed
Yesterday I partitioned a second partition on my sd card so as I can link apps to sd, created 1027 MB ex2 primary partitoin!
Then, It was mounted, I linked the apps and everything was just GREAT!!!
Then, I slept for about 12 hours and when i'm awake i found the apps I linked yesterday are not shown.
Link2sd couldn't mount the partion, although it could see it!!
It gives me this message:
"Mount script cannot be created.
mount: mounting /dev/block/vold/179:2 on /data/sdext2 failed: Invalid Argument
ext2 may not be supported on your device. Try FAT32 on the second partition"
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Minitool partition wizard can not see the partition "although I used it yesterday to create it!!"
And now, the windows doesn't read the sd card at all!!
Please, any ideas???
Thanks
If Windows can not read the SD card, then the card is probably hosed. Reboot your computer, try a different card reader / USB port. If you still can't read it, you'll have to reformat the card. Use this program to reformat the SD card (obviously, all data will be lost).
Citizen T-FA said:
I have Xperia Active with FXP CM 10 installed
Yesterday I partitioned a second partition on my sd card so as I can link apps to sd, created 1027 MB ex2 primary partitoin!
Then, It was mounted, I linked the apps and everything was just GREAT!!!
Then, I slept for about 12 hours and when i'm awake i found the apps I linked yesterday are not shown.
Link2sd couldn't mount the partion, although it could see it!!
It gives me this message:
Minitool partition wizard can not see the partition "although I used it yesterday to create it!!"
And now, the windows doesn't read the sd card at all!!
Please, any ideas???
Thanks
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The message you have means that your device doesn't support 2nd partition in ext2 so you have to create a 2nd partition in FAT32, or eventually in ext3 or ext4. But what do you mean by "the windows doesn't read the sd card at all"?
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If Windows can not read the SD card, then the card is probably hosed. Reboot your computer, try a different card reader / USB port. If you still can't read it, you'll have to reformat the card. Use this program to reformat the SD card (obviously, all data will be lost).
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Thanks for your reply
But, when I used the usb connection between the device and my laptop, it read the sd card BUT not the ext2 partition
I think the problem not making windows reading the sd card is about the adapter
p337 said:
The message you have means that your device doesn't support 2nd partition in ext2 so you have to create a 2nd partition in FAT32, or eventually in ext3 or ext4. But what do you mean by "the windows doesn't read the sd card at all"?
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It supported it yesterday
I linked some games to sd card ext2 and I played them for a long time
When I was awake I didn't find the shortcuts nor the apps i linked and used after linking
There's something weired!
Citizen T-FA said:
Thanks for your reply
But, when I used the usb connection between the device and my laptop, it read the sd card BUT not the ext2 partition
I think the problem not making windows reading the sd card is about the adapter
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Ah, that's different! Windows does not have built-in support for ext-formatted partitions! You will not be able to see anything on the ext partition from your computer, either directly or through the phone (when SD card is mounted). You will only be able to see what's on the card from within your phone, or by putting the SD card in a linux or mac computer.
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Ah, that's different! Windows does not have built-in support for ext-formatted partitions! You will not be able to see anything on the ext partition from your computer, either directly or through the phone (when SD card is mounted). You will only be able to see what's on the card from within your phone, or by putting the SD card in a linux or mac computer.
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so?
Last step I did is that I formatted the sd card by the software you gave me a link to.
BUT, it only formated 13.7 GB!!!! My SD is 16GB, so the real capacity is 14.8!
The difference is the 1GB ext2 partition I created yesterday!
How could I recover it?
Thanks so much by the way for your help
Ok, you need to delete the ext2 partition. Best just delete all partitions, and create a new, primary partition formatted as FAT32.
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Ok, you need to delete the ext2 partition. Best just delete all partitions, and create a new, primary partition formatted as FAT32.
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man, how could i do that? I told you, i can't find this partition at all :S
Minitool can't delete all partitions?
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Minitool can't delete all partitions?
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No it can't see excep 13.7GB from the 14.8GB sd card
see attachement below
Try using EaseUs.
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Try using EaseUs.
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didn't see the partition too :S
Dunno what to do!
nothing reads the ext partition
and in my country it's easier to find a coin in the ocean than to find a linux machine
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in my country it's easier to find a coin in the ocean than to find a linux machine
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That's not so hard, it's just big. Wubi let's you kind of dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu, but you can uninstall it any time through Control Panel.
In any case, the ext partition is still there, and your phone should still be able to see it, if it's mounted properly.
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That's not so hard, it's just big. Wubi let's you kind of dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu, but you can uninstall it any time through Control Panel.
In any case, the ext partition is still there, and your phone should still be able to see it, if it's mounted properly.
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i'll try this
how could i start over?
now i formatted my phone
how can i find the ext partition and use it?
What do you mean you formatted your phone? You reflashed the ROM?
When you partition the SD card, those partitions will stay there until you remove/change them. In order to access an ext partition on your SD card, it just has to be mounted. All of those *2sd scripts will do that. Link2SD has a menu option which says recreate mount scripts.
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What do you mean you formatted your phone? You reflashed the ROM?
When you partition the SD card, those partitions will stay there until you remove/change them. In order to access an ext partition on your SD card, it just has to be mounted. All of those *2sd scripts will do that. Link2SD has a menu option which says recreate mount scripts.
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Oh sorry, I meant that I formatted my card
the menu option in Link2SD doesn't read any ext2 partitions
Citizen T-FA said:
Oh sorry, I meant that I formatted my card
the menu option in Link2SD doesn't read any ext2 partitions
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It gives me this message
Second partition not found
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2: device not found
Make sure you have two partitions on your SD card and both are primary.
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Is it too complicated?
That means that your phone cannot read the 2nd partition on the SD card (but you already knew that). Either the partition needs to be reformatted, the partition needs to be removed & recreated, the whole SD card is going bad, or you're using a ROM which does not support ext-formatted partitions (i.e., stock ROMs).
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That means that your phone cannot read the 2nd partition on the SD card (but you already knew that). Either the partition needs to be reformatted, the partition needs to be removed & recreated, the whole SD card is going bad, or you're using a ROM which does not support ext-formatted partitions (i.e., stock ROMs).
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the rom supports it, it's not a stock rom, coz as i said before i'm using JellyVanilla JB 4.1.1
no stock JB for xperia phones yet!
also, it already supported the partition and used it yesterday!
So I think i'll try to open the sd using WUBI when it finishes downloading and installing then i'll tell you the results
Thanks anyways
You'll have some fun learning how to use stuff in linux. When you get it up and running, you'll want to use gparted to examine the SD card.
I have been using a 4gb memory card out of which 3.6 was usable. One day, I connected it to my chromebook and transferred a few files and directly pulled the wire off forgetting about ejecting the device and turning the usb mass storage off. Then I opened the file manager it was showing total storage:447MB and availabel storage:447MB. pls help me with this problem.
Here you go
First point first - Backup your data
I assume that you have access to a Windows or a Linux desktop...
For Windows you will need Minitool Partition Wizard Free Version...
For Linux - GParted will do the job...
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For your specific problem, it appears to me that the primary partition of your SD card is accidentally shrunk...
So, Plug in your SD card
Open up Minitool Partition Wizard or GParted, find your SD card.....
... and if I am right, you can see 2 or more partition in your SD card
[Make sure you have backed up your data before proceeding]
1. Delete all of the partitions present in your SD card one by one (right click on the partition to find 'delete')
2. You will now end up with an unallocated space of size of your SD card.
3. Right click on that unallocated partition and Create
4. Make sure your new partition is Primary, NOT LOGICAL, and FileSystem = FAT32
5. Apply your changes, and your SD card will be showing it's full capacity.
Thank you I will try it out and let you know if it works
One reason may be that your sd card has some bad sectors due to which some part of the sd card may not be accessible or maybe there is some kind of virus in your sd card. Actually it happened with me also but in my case it was my pen drive and the reason was some of the sectors were not working properly and at last pen drive did'nt work at all....
If that is the reason wouldn't formatting the sd card work out.