I've got 2 MicroSD cards and 2 android distributions - vanil eclair with .25 kernel as of may 2010 and incubus' froyo with .32 as of january 2010.
vanil eclair installs and works fine on both ccards, however froyo installs only to one of them. On installing on the second one the kernel complains of timeout waiting for mmc and disabling some IRQ.
What does this mean?
How do I tell compatible SD card from incompatible?
CLARIFICITION: Using haret, data.img and system.img on fat
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I rooted my dInc with UnRevoked & 4ever and am now running SkyRaider 3.0 Sense (seems stable & fast) and I see that there's an update available to SR Sense 3.1 RC3 - so I figure now is a good time to use ROM Manager to create an Ext partition for Apps on my 16G Kingston Class 10 SD card - although I've been using App2SD successfully w/o partitioning the card.
So, I did nandroid & Titanium backups and copied my entire card to a folder on my PC.
My first question is what size ext partition should I choose? (I do currently have a ton of apps - but will be paring down to a leaner machine with fewer redundant apps). Also, what swap size do you suggest?
2nd, Which folders and files do I want to copy from the PC's SD Card folder to the ext partition on my card. Then, all the rest to the main partition?
Then, do I just mount the card in the phone and run the update with a full wipe?
I already have the Goodies installed but, will I want to d/l the newest kernel?
Lastly, which of Titaniums' batch restore scenarios is best to finish with? Missing Apps w/ data? All apps & system data?
I realize there are numerous ways to go on this but I'm hoping you folks have some experience you can share before I make any major changes to a phone that's really running pretty well.
Please keep in mind I'm working with ROM Manager and I haven't gotten into , sdk, adb, emulation or overclocking - yet
I have a US WiFi xoom, rooted, running tiamat 1.4.1.
I've formatted the card in a computer and an android device (Evo). No matter what I do, the SD card will not show up on the device in android. It shows up fine in clockwork. I've restarted my xoom as well after inserting the card.
Can someone lay it out for me, because I'm obviously missing something, and I've tried all the answers in the other threads, such as "format it".
I'm having the same problem. Did you get it fixed?
Ok first I'm assuming you have a file manager app (I suggest Astro or Root explorer, file station is a good one too) You should be able to see the files on your memory card located in sdcard and a folder called "external." If you have files on the card but they aren't showing up in the "external" folder a reset will usually make them show up. I hope this makes it a bit more clear.
I've tryed that and I'm not seening that file external anywhere.
In all honesty, you are probably not doing anything wrong. Some sd cards just don't work for some reason. I have a crappy 1 gig card that worked as soon as I restarted my device, and have a 8 gig card that will not work while honeycomb is running, no matter what I do . Same deal though, it will show up in CWM recovery. Maybe the idiosyncrasies that arise from different sd cards is what's holding official updates from including sd support?
So what card seems to work? I've tryed two the one out of my evo and the 16g that I just got.
How did you flash to 1.4.1? Did you come from stock or previous versions. Did you use ADB or Kernal Manger? If it was from stock then you might try flashing the 1.4.0 kernal first and then going back to 1.4.1. I actually liked 1.4.0 better because of some of the memory mounting features that it had.
hipespipes said:
I've tryed that and I'm not seening that file external anywhere.
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Do you see a /sdcard/external folder? Do you see a /sdcard/sdcard2 folder?
Try creating both of these and rebooting your Xoom. Which version of Tiamat did you come from?
Sd Formatter and a reboot solved my issues with a 32g Kingston.
jwb
I upgraded to 3.1 and put on the TDR WiFi kernel but I still don't see my SD Card. I can see it in the Recovery module, but not within HoneyComb. Any ideas?
I'm using a SanDisk 32Gb, no issues.
No SDCard for me outside of CW
I went from Tiamat 1.1.6 installed via adb to Tiamat 1.4.2 installed via CW and I cannot see the external SDCard on my 3G Xoom.
Steps I took:
1) Started at Honeycomb 3.0.1 with Tiamat 1.1.6
2) Installed CW 3.0.2.8 via adb
3) Flashed Honeycomb 3.1 via CW per instructions (SDCard is seen in CW)
a. Flashed New Recovery
b. Flashed HC 3.1
c. Flashed Bootloader Patch
d. Flashed Updated Boot.img (for 3G Xoom)
e. Performed Wipe Data/Factory Reset
f. Performed reboot and verified successful install of HC 3.1
4) Flashed Tiamat 1.4.2 per instructions via CW (SDCard is seen in CW)
a. Flashed 3G Boot image with light off
b. Flashed 1.4.2 1600 Kernel
c. Rebooted and verified new Kernel. Used SetCPU to clock at 1,600 Mhz
I still can't see the SDCard as either /mnt/sdcard/external or /mnt/sdcard2 using Root Explorer, Astro or EStrongs. I reformated the card using XP SP2. I then tried to format via my Droid and finally SD Formatter. I reboot between each format. Nothing works. My SD Card is a Sandisk 16GB. I have tried having USB Debug On and Off...no difference. I reflashed the 3G light off Boot image followed by reflashing Tiamat 1.4.2 with no result.
Could the problem be that I went directly from 1.1.6 to 1.4.2 without any interim update? It is weird to me that CW sees the card but HC 3.1 won't.
Thank you for your help.
Update: I also tried to use the Sandisk 32GB from my OG Droid which I know is a good card. CW sees it on the Xoom; but HC 3.1 doesn't.
I've flashed the HC 3.1 using CWM
I've flashed the Wifi_RootTool_3.1.zip
But somehow can't find the sdcard - slashmntslashsdcard still points to the internal memory.
Xoom Setting - Storage setting still only shows "Internal storage"
My setup is : android version 3.1
Kernel version 2.6.36.3-gc2bee64 android build atapa23
Build number HMJ37
Xoom model : Wifi
anybody can help ?
HJ
hjfritz said:
I've flashed the HC 3.1 using CWM
I've flashed the Wifi_RootTool_3.1.zip
But somehow can't find the sdcard - slashmntslashsdcard still points to the internal memory.
Xoom Setting - Storage setting still only shows "Internal storage"
My setup is : android version 3.1
Kernel version 2.6.36.3-gc2bee64 android build atapa23
Build number HMJ37
Xoom model : Wifi
anybody can help ?
HJ
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Rooting and/or updating to 3.1 does NOT get you a working SD card.
You will have to install a kernel (Tiamat 1.4.4) + a new boot image.
To avoid serious issues I suggest you thoroughly READ the instructions for installing the Kernel and the boot image.
Double check to ensure you are using the right kernel/boot image for your xoom (3g or not, etc). Flashing the wrong thing in the wrong place can brick your xoom.
Note that an .img file is NOT the same as a .zip file. Check your work before you press [Enter].
Good Luck.
Terry
Also once you do have the right files, the /sdcard will still be the internal memory. You will find the external memory card in /sdcard/external.
Thanks bwcorvus, the only thing I missed was were to look for the external sd card!
tbayne said:
Rooting and/or updating to 3.1 does NOT get you a working SD card.
You will have to install a kernel (Tiamat 1.4.4) + a new boot image.
Terry
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Ok I loaded a new boot image and loaded the Tiamat 1.4.4 following the Tiamat instructions
My kernel is now 2.6.36.4 Tiamat_Xoom-v1.4.4-Full_Throttle
However still no joy to access the SD Card. /sdcard/external remains empty when i open it with rootexplorer. It should have the Tiamat kernal zip and wifi_light_ON_Speed.zip on it because these are the files i put onto the sd card and flashed it with CMW.
Any idea what i did wrong ?
hj
After you flash the kernal, you have to restart xoom again for it to read sd card at startup. T least when I did it I had to restart the device one more time.
ok it looks like a SD Card Problem compatibility problem.
I'm using a imation 32 GB card (i-Express 2 microSDHC) class 10
I tried a SD card 8GB from my HTC HD2 and it works.
Strange that I can do the kernal and boot image flash from the card but not read it later. The SD Card also works on my HD2
Live is a mystery
HJ
hjfritz said:
ok it looks like a SD Card Problem compatibility problem.
I'm using a imation 32 GB card (i-Express 2 microSDHC) class 10
I tried a SD card 8GB from my HTC HD2 and it works.
Strange that I can do the kernal and boot image flash from the card but not read it later. The SD Card also works on my HD2
Live is a mystery
HJ
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Try formatting the card in your hd2.
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update on my issue.
I found another thread with someone having a similar problem he used
Panasonic SD Formatter to reformat the SD Card. It resolved his
problem and indeed my problem. After reformatting it with the SD Formater 3.0
the memory card was finally recognised.
I did a erase and rewrite - takes an hour but was worth it.
I can now report that Imation 32GB SD card Class 10 is working on a Xoom with HC 3.1 and Kernal Tiamat 1.4.4
thanks to everyone
HJ
hjfritz said:
update on my issue.
I found another thread with someone having a similar problem he used
Panasonic SD Formatter to reformat the SD Card. It resolved his
problem and indeed my problem. After reformatting it with the SD Formater 3.0
the memory card was finally recognised.
I did a erase and rewrite - takes an hour but was worth it.
I can now report that Imation 32GB SD card Class 10 is working on a Xoom with HC 3.1 and Kernal Tiamat 1.4.4
thanks to everyone
HJ
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Maybe you could edit the title of your thread to say (RESOLVED) so others with that problem can see your solution.
hjfritz said:
update on my issue.
I found another thread with someone having a similar problem he used
Panasonic SD Formatter to reformat the SD Card. It resolved his
problem and indeed my problem. After reformatting it with the SD Formater 3.0
the memory card was finally recognised.
I did a erase and rewrite - takes an hour but was worth it.
I can now report that Imation 32GB SD card Class 10 is working on a Xoom with HC 3.1 and Kernal Tiamat 1.4.4
thanks to everyone
HJ
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I have just installed NTFS mounting from hellcat82, and SD mounting just work!
Hi All,
My first post!
I have installed Cool3D AceS v3 (Android 2.3.5|FAST|STABLE|STOCK|CM7/r2) on My rooted HTC Desire, must mention I really like it, only thing bugging me is that I think my A2SD partiton isnt working.
I say its not working because I only have 45.51mb internal memory left and on my SD card only 13.58 GB out of a Total of 13.93gb is used (1GB not displayed as used for EXT-4 partition).
I havent installed the file a2sd.KD because i believe that A2SD is already bundelled together in the rom:
* Cyanogen A2SD script tweaked by me,
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040121
Here are my Specs:
Recovery: RA-Desire-V2.0.1
HBOOT: AlphaRev CM7 R2
SD Card: Kingston 16gb total with Ext-4 Aligned at 1gb
Kernal: Gingercakes (that with the rom, V6 i think)
Your help would be appreciated on why my A2SD partition isn't working.
Many thanks!
Shaximinion
I've been using GL to SD on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 GT-P3113 for a long time.
It had been a long time since I flashed any ROM on this tablet and decided to place something new on it.
I used CyanogenMod ROM Version: 10.1.3-p3110 Android version: 4.2.2 Build date Sept 23, 2013 since it was the latest stable version.
My problem is that GL to SD will not mount.
I was wondering if anyone else is running that build and having the same issue?
Not sure if it was an update to GL to SD, which happened shortly after I flashed, or the ROM itself causing the problem.
elgecko said:
I've been using GL to SD on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 GT-P3113 for a long time.
It had been a long time since I flashed any ROM on this tablet and decided to place something new on it.
I used CyanogenMod ROM Version: 10.1.3-p3110 Android version: 4.2.2 Build date Sept 23, 2013 since it was the latest stable version.
My problem is that GL to SD will not mount.
I was wondering if anyone else is running that build and having the same issue?
Not sure if it was an update to GL to SD, which happened shortly after I flashed, or the ROM itself causing the problem.
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its workin fine for me i dont think its an app issue..
Did you set the Root access to apps and adb on the new rom?
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Did you set the Root access to apps and adb on the new rom?
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I never had to set anything before, but never used CyanogenMod on my tablet yet.
I did find under the Superuser Access a setting for apps and adb. I set it to that but still I get a mounting timeout.
Log all show superuser giving access to the app.
I tried clearing data and cache in app / uninstalling - re-installing / CWM - wipe cache and dalvik cache.
Something I noticed looking at my phone vs the tablet; the phones path is storage/external_SD. The tablets path /data/sdext2.
I did upgrade from a class 10 16gb card to a class 10 32gb card....
elgecko said:
I've been using GL to SD on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 GT-P3113 for a long time.
It had been a long time since I flashed any ROM on this tablet and decided to place something new on it.
I used CyanogenMod ROM Version: 10.1.3-p3110 Android version: 4.2.2 Build date Sept 23, 2013 since it was the latest stable version.
My problem is that GL to SD will not mount.
I was wondering if anyone else is running that build and having the same issue?
Not sure if it was an update to GL to SD, which happened shortly after I flashed, or the ROM itself causing the problem.
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If you flash new firmware,you need to clear the data of GL to SD in settings.
tnslf2k said:
If you flash new firmware,you need to clear the data of GL to SD in settings.
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My post #4 I stated that I tried that.
I placed the old 16gb card in the tablet and GL to SD mounts without any issues.
Pulled my class 4 32gb card from my phone and GL to SD times out as well.
Before I purchased the 32gb card I checked Samsungs site and it says it is supported...just double checked and it states 32 gb.
Not sure why GL to Sd will not mount when using the 32gb card.
Are others using a 32gb card without issue?
Mines a Sandisk.
I also have this problem,my device only sees my 16 gb card (class4) and other old cards used before rooting (maybe coincidence ) in aroma and recovery . No idea what it is....
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Resolved!
I got it figured out.
I flashed a different ROM and decided to format my 16gb card and start totally fresh. The 16gb card did not mount and timed out.
That lead me to believe that MiniTool Partition version 8 that I recently upgraded to is causing the problems. So I installed the older version I have and low and behold GL to SD can now mount the 32gb card now.
I guess something changed in the MiniTool Partition version 8 that Android does not like.
Thanks for those that tried to help.