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I was trying to install my apps to my sd card today and now my phone wont reboot. This is what went down. I partitioned my 4g micro sd card, or so i thought. I used Paragon and it gave me an error after reboot;
invalid partition data- partition control blocks information incompatible"
So I restarted my computer. I checked on my phone and it showed i only had 3 gigs available. The partition i made was for 1, so i figured what the hell. It did work. I checked in Paragon and it showed the two partitions. Anyway, i proceeded to input the prompts in adb and it connected, but the second cmd wouldnt work $ mkdir /backup. I went ahead and followed the rest of the commands. At $ adb shell reboot the phone of course rebooted.
I didnt finish the last two commands but accidently restarted my phone. Now it hangs at the G1 screen. rooted g1 by the way.
I have wiped the data and cache, but of course that will do nothing in this case. So it does get me to that screen. I can also hold the camera and power and see my skating androids. But how do i get my phone to boot back up?
At the recovery utility using Alt X to get to console gives me a # prompt.
Help would be greatly appreciated guys, i dont have another phone haha!
Thanks
I'm guessing what you means by "I didnt finish the last two commands but accidently restarted my phone." is that you weren't able to do the "ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app"? If so then at that # prompt, you need to type those very same commands,
Code:
ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app
reboot
hopefully will work after that
Nope. Thats a no go. However, i decided to throw the update back onto my sdcard via sdcard reader. I put the sd card back in and its about done updating back to rc33. I'll report. Seems good so far.
Its all good!
Thanks
you wiped data and that symbolic link is still there?
I wiped my phone and want to redo the app to sd process, but the apps are still on my sd card ext2 partition is there a way I can restore those apps after a wipe or do I have to wipe the ext2 partition and just start over, if so how would I go about doing so.
Joeriginal said:
I wiped my phone and want to redo the app to sd process, but the apps are still on my sd card ext2 partition is there a way I can restore those apps after a wipe or do I have to wipe the ext2 partition and just start over, if so how would I go about doing so.
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You've done accidentally what I did intentionally.
I moved apps and data over to the SD ext2 partition, then intentionally wiped the phone to start as fresh as possible.
I thought all I needed to do was recreate the symlinks with:
Code:
ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app
ln -s /system/sd/data /data/data
reboot
That should have worked, but didn't. Maybe you'll have better luck than I did.
I was using the LucidREM mod of the JF1.42 firmware which comes with scripts for moving the data and apps.
If you aren't using this version, you'll need repeat the whole manual process of modifying the mount.d and init.rc files so you can see the /system/sd partition on the card.
If you are, you can use the copy.sh undoapps and copy.sh undodata commands and that will put everything back on your phone. At that point it should be exactly as it was before.
If successful, you can try moving everything back either with the Market app, or one of the other scripts floating around on here....
For what it's worth, I never could get things to work when I moved /data/data.....I've had to keep that on my phone and just move the apps. Others seem to have more success moving both without issue.
Joeriginal said:
I wiped my phone and want to redo the app to sd process, but the apps are still on my sd card ext2 partition is there a way I can restore those apps after a wipe or do I have to wipe the ext2 partition and just start over, if so how would I go about doing so.
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I can give you the code to do it, or you can just use my app that runs the same commands I'd give you. If you use the app just uncheck the checkbox before pressing the move apps to sd button. If you want to go the code route, follow my tutorial starting from the recovery terminal part.
EDIT: oh and 4phantomii: did you just do that code or did you rm -r /data/data and rm -r /data/app first? If you didn't remove the directories first I have no idea what that would do but it seems like it'd make a symlink INSIDE the /data/app and /data/data rather than making them the symlinks.
This was the original problem: Resolved
kevdawg said:
Hi Guys,
-This problem came about after I've installed two programs on my phone (to the SD Card).
-After installing them my phone froze and then rebooted. I can't tell which one would be causing this.
-After the reboot I get to the Android screen and I see it going into a reboot cycle.
-When I wipe the phone I can get to my home screen and use the phone again.
-If I move my Apps back to my SD card to get them all back again one of the problem app (or both) causes my phone to go into a reboot cycle.
Million dollar question: What are the commands I need to uninstall an app from the sd card via the recovery console?
I know I could probably just reformat the SD card and I'd be good but I'd rather not have to reinstall all of my apps again . Also, I'd like to learn a little bit more about how to use root to my full advantage.
If my question can't be answered are there any other options besides reformatting the card?
Thanks!
Running The Dude's cupcake 0.92.
Also may be helpful to note that I've used Maximus's Apps to SD app
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New issue: Unresolved
kevdawg said:
Error: cd: can't cd to app
I am in a new infinite loop now and when I try to adb shell into my phone and navigate to my app directory on my SD card I get this error.
Any ideas?
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I'm getting antsy to fix my phone so I'll probably be going ahead and reformatting my ext2 partition.
no need to reformat your card, just let the phone boot and go in with adb shell , use the ls command to find the programs in /system/sd and use rm -r /system/sd/application.apk to remove it
even if the phone only goes to the "flashing android" screen you can use adb shell as long as you have it set up
if you don't have adb set up then go to recovery console and mount /system and try getting to the app that way
I will give it a try now and report.
EDIT: It worked! I found the app that killed my phone too. I tried installing they HTC keyboard from the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=507244
Thank you sir!
Error: cd: can't cd to app
I am in a new infinite loop now and when I try to adb shell into my phone and navigate to my app directory on my SD card I get this error.
Any ideas?
try to wipe and when you're in the home screen go to adb and delete the app that cause you're G1 to hang and after that do the symlink to restore all apps from your SD
jrherras said:
try to wipe and when you're in the home screen go to adb and delete the app that cause you're G1 to hang and after that do the symlink to restore all apps from your SD
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Thanks for the tip. So, I've tried that now and it's still acting like I don't have access to the "app" directory so I can try to find the "bad app" that won't let my phone boot.
EDIT: Just to clarify: I am trying to access the directory with the following command: "cd /system/sd/app"
it seems the file system on your sdcard is corrupted.
I've been trying to move my apps to my sd card for the past few days. I've tried just about every method on this board and they all result in the same thing, a looping Android screen. I've had to wipe my phone almost a dozen times during the past 2 days. I've partioned my sd card, 1.5 gb Fat32 and 500mb Ext2 and I can see the the system/sd folder when I type df in adb. Can anyone please tell me why it won't work for my phone.
I'm currently running Lucid's modded version of JF's 1.5 build.
Your help would be greatly apreciated!
Thanks
have you tried deleting everything under /system/sd/app(along with any other ones for caches if you tried those too)? Could be that there's some bad files in the app directory and every time you've tried copying the apps over it'd just be blocked because they're already there.
No I haven't tried that.
How would I go about doing that?
in terminal emulator:
su
busybox rm /system/sd/app/*
NOTE: if you get any errors from this don't continue, just post the error here. My guess is you will hit some but I'd like to see what they are.
and then try one of the methods again(my app would probably be easiest)
Have you tried Apps2Sd app here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=177501&d=1240018328
Okay, I've finally resolved the problem but I'm not sure how I did.
Today I had tried Lucid's way of moving the apps. I had wiped my phone downloaded his modded version of JF's 1.5 build then typed "lucid app" and "lucid data" into adb. When I rebooted my phone it looped at the android screen. So I then went back into adb and typed "lucid undoapp" and "lucid undodata" and rebooted my phone. My phone didn't loop at the android screen and came on. But strangely all my apps were back. It was strange because I had wiped my phone almost a dozen times trying to get my apps to sd and hadn't downloaded any apps in two days. But all the apps I had before wiping were back. So I then wiped my phone again and flashed the build again. In adb I tried:
su
busybox rm /system/sd/app/*
But it said no such directory so I typed in "lucid app" and "lucid data" then rebooted my phone. It came on normally and everything is working. And my apps are being downloaded to my sd card.
So after 2 days and a dozen wipes I finally accomplished moving my apps to my sd card. lol
So ive been trying to get apps2sd and i have succesfully done it by using apps2sd2 from the market to partition my card and then i followed the steps by Mailman below and it worked..all my apps were in the sd etc with 73 MB free...but when i click on market...it gives me an option that there is no connection when in fact i do and 2 seconds after it showa the force close message.. anyone have any idea how to fix this?
I had the same issue, had to do a full data wipe to fix it.
well seems that a full data wipe fixes it, but then when i input the commands in the terminal emulator
lucid app
lucid data
lucid dalvik
so i can get everything to the sd card it starts doing the same thing again..any ideas what is causing it?
I'm unfamiliar with the method you're using to get your apps on your SD card - mine are running on the SD card also, but I used the good ol' symlink method to do so...
It would appear your marketplace can't access your apps, or, is being locked out of something - perhaps a permissions issue on your sd partition? I had that issue when I first set up mine. All the apps were copied over with the same user/group and the market place freaked out.
The only way I was able to fix it was to copy all my apps off the sd partition to my computer, do a full datawipe, nuke all my apps, and reinstall them.
I set up a shell script that took the contents of ~/apps/*.apk and sent each to adb install, on its own line, and automated the whole thing. Took about 3 minutes to reinstall my 80 or so apps, and it restored all the app permissions to what they were supposed to - market didn't have a problem afterwards.
futango said:
I have found my problem. This works great. I can't have data on my SD or it will be really sluggish. I redid the flash and the commands, but left out "lucid data" and the phone has 72MB free and feels fast again.
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Don't move the data and everything should work fine.
i see what your saying. ill have to try that out, but now it seems that after i wiped my data and pressed home+back to reboot my phone it is stuck at the T mobile G1 screen and doesnt want to do anything at all anymore...it just got worse.any way to fix this? ove tried wiping again and i formatted my dscard so no update to reinstall..what should i do?
just wait... when you wipe under the new builds, it may take 10mins to boot for the first time.
also I don't know how it is possible to do app2sd with terminal emulator. when you rm dalvik-cache or app that program should crash before the shell script or command finish
I had this happen as well.. more than once.
And each time it was a result of moving the "data" over to the SD card.
I finally learned my lesson... and my phone is now solid.
Hi,
My experience on 5.02 h is that the data move does not work correctly also.
I have moved the :
apps
apps-private
davik-cache
without any problems.
85 apps installed and 61 megs free with this method.
Browser and market cache cleared 1st.
I found this to be an issue only when I had tried to make my EXT2 partition too big (Over 2GB). Exact same error, moving data to the SD, Market crash. The problem was tied to moving the data though.
I had the same problem. It apeard after I installed TA utility.
The problem is that Market is looking for it's cache directory and can't find it. In my case it's looking for it on the SDcard and I have to make the directory myself: /sdcard/cache/market.
If you have not attempted to move the Market cache to SD you might want to see if you have a /cache/market in your internal memory, and if not create it.
It should solve your problem. (worked for me)
im having the same problem too.. the Application section doesn't work for me, but im able to still go into the Game section. i tried adding a cache folder to the SD still doesnt work
Hi everyone, looking for a little guidance.
Phone: Android G1 (Rogers Canada Dream) running Cyanogen 4.2.15.1, been running fine since 4.2.6.1
Removed SD card while it was on and it rebooted... when it restarted it showed no applications and said the SD card was inaccessible and required a format. After rebooting a few times with no success I bit the bullet and formatted it... all apps are gone except for the ones that are on that image for Cyanogen. I have no market app to download new apps and when I plug it into my PC and mount it I don't see it show up as a drive like it did so I have no way to get the apps back on.
Has anyone had this happen before? Phone still works but I need to get it back to a state where I can get access to the SD and install the market... Any suggestions appreciated!!
There is a thread on the HERO section of Modaco site called "no adb, no sd". I think the 1st post on the last page MIGHT help. There are adb commands you can run to see if the phone has randomly stopped accessing the SD. Worth a shot.
PM me if you have trouble finding the thread n I'll have a look when I'm at my laptop.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
I misunderstood I think.
So it is now showing an sd present? Have you tried formatting in a pc?
Tried reboot without the sd in, then insert once fully booted again?
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
I remove the SD Card, formatted it in my PC put it back in the phone and I can store pics and vids on it and access them but cant see or access it from the PC when in the phone. I also have no file browser so I cant install any apps or even access the market icon is gone).
D RoiD said:
Hi there! I had posted on the forum with the G1 issue where my SD card seemed to have died.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=738105
I have since removed the SD card and reformatted it, I can store pics and vids and replay them so the card is fine. I tried letting it boot up then adding the SD card when booted, that caused it to reboot, same issue...
Not having access to the card, I cant install any apps or browse the SD to install from there... really sucks
I'd be willing to blow it away and restart too and install CyanogenMod-5.0.8 but I need some guidance.
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I got your message pal....
Ok,.... So pictures and videos taken with your phone camera DO save to your SD?.... and you CAN access them on your phone OR if you put your SD into your PC/Lappy?... But not when trying to "mount SD"?
Or have I got that completely wrong?.... Did you put pics&vids onto it through your PC, and thats the only access you get to it?
ddotpatel said:
I got your message pal....
Ok,.... So pictures and videos taken with your phone camera DO save to your SD?.... and you CAN access them on your phone OR if you put your SD into your PC/Lappy?... But not when trying to "mount SD"?
Or have I got that completely wrong?.... Did you put pics&vids onto it through your PC, and thats the only access you get to it?
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Pics taken DO save to me SD. I Can access them from a PC is I remove the SD and put it in the PC. Not when I plug the phone in via USB then tell it to mount.
I just did a low level format, same issue.
UPDATE: Just tried the Android System Recovery and Toggle USB-MS and it shows on my laptop now! Going to try the recovery backup now.
aha,... so its just a mounting issue, not that the hardware has turned itself off.
Once when using an older ROM (maybe Villain 10?) we had this same issue, not able to mount SD,... going into Settings --> Connect to PC --> and turning off Notify/ask me solved the problem.
I just partitionned it using:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print (to verfiy we know what size card we are dealing with, the details should be straight forward)
rm 1
rm 2
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7500
mkpartfs primary ext2 7500 7948
quit
upgrade_fs
reboot recovery
Then put CyanogenMod-5 For Dream/Magic on the SD and renamed it update.zip
I'm in Android System recovery now and just did a nandroid backup.
I should be able to WIPE then FLASH UPDATE IMAGE right?
D RoiD said:
I just partitionned it using:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print (to verfiy we know what size card we are dealing with, the details should be straight forward)
rm 1
rm 2
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7500
mkpartfs primary ext2 7500 7948
quit
upgrade_fs
reboot recovery
Then put CyanogenMod-5 For Dream/Magic on the SD and renamed it update.zip
I'm in Android System recovery now and just did a nandroid backup.
I should be able to WIPE then FLASH UPDATE IMAGE right?
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Yes, if you have the ROM image on the SD Card (FAT32 partition), you can go flash the image.
akapoor said:
Yes, if you have the ROM image on the SD Card (FAT32 partition), you can go flash the image.
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Stupid question but when I wipe will it delete my contacts as well?
I assume yes but...
D RoiD said:
Stupid question but when I wipe will it delete my contacts as well?
I assume yes but...
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If your contacts are saved in the phone's memory, then yes. Any settings, apps, configurations that are stored on the phone will all be gone.
A wipe pretty much gives you the factory settings. (As if you just bought the phone) So you'll have to re-signin into your Google Account and let the Contacts Sync, etc..
EDIT: Depending on what you are flashing (flashing and wiping are two different things), you may not even need to wipe.
Hmmm I tried flash update image and got:
E: Cant open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory)
When I mount it in system recovery I see the LOST.DIR and update.zip
D RoiD said:
Hmmm I tried flash update image and got:
E: Cant open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory)
When I mount it in system recovery I see the LOST.DIR and update.zip
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Try this:
-Confirm the Image-
1) Make sure you have the full image you are going to flash. (Compare MD5 Hashes and/or just redownload the image)
2) Make sure the image you are flashing is the in the ROOT directory of your SDCard. In other words, it shouldn't be in any folder.
-Flash the Image-
1) When in Recovery, choose to flash an image.
2) Depending on what recovery you have, you may have to select/find the Image you want to flash.
3) Flash the image
-Wipe (Depends)-
1) If you are coming from a different ROM base (ie anything -> cyan), you'll want to wipe.
2) After the phone successfully flashes the image, wipe the phone.
Reboot.
Let me know how it goes.
I pulled the new image from: Latest version: 5.0.8-DS - 06/19/2010
Download: http://cyanogen-upda...8-DS-signed.zip
but it says no such file or DIR... weird...
The only partition I can see on my PC to put it on is the main partition...
I just downloaded the file and renamed it update.zip
D RoiD said:
I pulled the new image from: Latest version: 5.0.8-DS - 06/19/2010
Download: http://cyanogen-upda...8-DS-signed.zip
but it says no such file or DIR... weird...
The only partition I can see on my PC to put it on is the main partition...
I just downloaded the file and renamed it update.zip
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I just realized the main reason that you posted this topic. From what I am assuming, either:
a) Your SD Card reader is dead
b) The software isn't recognizing the SD Card reader.
Best bet at this point is to setup ADB (ADB For Dummies) and flash the image from your computer. It can get a slight bit complicated, but just slowly go through each step for installing ADB.
Once ADB is set up, you can flash the image from the computer.
akapoor said:
I just realized the main reason that you posted this topic. From what I am assuming, either:
a) Your SD Card reader is dead
b) The software isn't recognizing the SD Card reader.
Best bet at this point is to setup ADB (ADB For Dummies) and flash the image from your computer. It can get a slight bit complicated, but just slowly go through each step for installing ADB.
Once ADB is set up, you can flash the image from the computer.
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The SD card reader in my phone? It has to work if I can read an write to it ( tested photos and videos) and in recovery I was able to make a backup.
If its the software I need to flash it then right? ADB does make me nervous as I only used it once... I just tried using the terminal emulator on the phone to flash a recovery image I had made while back:
cd /sdcard
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-backup.img
and got the message "error writing recovery: Permission denied"
D RoiD said:
If its the software I need to flash it then right? ADB does make me nervous as I only used it once... I just tried using the terminal emulator on the phone to flash a recovery image I had made while back:
cd /sdcard
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-backup.img
and got the message "error writing recovery: Permission denied"
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If you can view the pictures that you saved on the SD card from the phone, then both the software and hardware are functioning correctly.
Regarding the permission denied:
1) What happens if you "su - " in terminal?
2) First try one(1) ^ and then try to reinstate the permissions. (In recovery, go to console and type : fix_permissions)
Not sure otherwise.
akapoor said:
If you can view the pictures that you saved on the SD card from the phone, then both the software and hardware are functioning correctly.
Regarding the permission denied:
1) What happens if you "su - " in terminal?
2) First try one(1) ^ and then try to reinstate the permissions. (In recovery, go to console and type : fix_permissions)
Not sure otherwise.
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Ok I did a wipe and now I see the SD when mounted on the PC with the phone on.
I have my market icon back so I can reinstall my crap.
I'll leave it as is for a bit but appreciate everyones input!!!