So I rooted my phone using unrevoked and all was fine, flashed a few roms and kernals, and i wanted to create an ext partition so i formatted the 8gb micro sd card and used easus to try and seperate it, this did not work so i reformatted it using android, i coppied all files back over and went into recovery to try a diffrent rom ( Currently on oxygen v2.0 RC7) but when i went to choose a zip file clockworkmod showed up saying no files found even though all the files are visible in android and astro, so i reformatted again using android and windows same problem both times, so i thought it might be clockworkmod problem, so i tried to reflash it and didnt work again, so i tried flashing the amon ra recovery but that just didnt flash at all (using unrevoked) when i came back onto oxygen v2.0 , superuser permissions does not work and fc's all the time so i cannot use rom manager or any terminal console
i'm having a similar issue.
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A buddy suggested posting this here instead of dev 'cuz my problem seems possibly more general
When I Odin flash CWM 5.0.2.6, CWM is never able to see, mount, or format my sdcard.
I'm stuck at square one. Without being able to mount or see the sdcard I can't actually use CWM for anything. I've tried several combinations of repartitioning and formating the sdcard in CWM (can't format it since it wont mount), in Android and in Windows, but no matter what I try CWM can't access the sdcard. Otherwise, I have no indication that there's anything actually wrong with the sdcard.
I should say it's an _internal_ sdcard as I have no external, if this is relevant. Any help is appreciated.
I'm using CWM 5.0.2.6 as there doesnt seem to be a newer one floating around (that's Odin flashable anyway)
edit: fix0red -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22401881#post22401881
Originally Posted by skrambled
Flash the latest cwm using ROM Manager (5.0.2.7). There are advanced options there like Backup to Internal SD Card, Advanced Restore from Internal SD, etc.
I was having the "unabke to mount sd card" problem with the Odin flashable cwm, but this fixed it. I can do nandroid backup and restore again.
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Used your method, got 5.0.2.7 on there, but same problem/behavior ;(
edit, almost same thing if I try to install the rom from recovery app, was timing out after it rebooted, but eventually started installing the ROM. so, it worked, though I still don't trust CWM >_<
thanks for the input
So ive been at this for 2 days. I finally got the micro sd card with both files to install rom but in clockworkmod recovery i cant mount sd card nor format or anything. I can mount and unmount in the normal settings of the device and see it in root explorer but thats it. Its formatted to fat32. also on rom manager where it says to install from sdcard it only takes u to the internal sdcard which makes no sense because i was told u cant install a rom from the internal sdcard.
PS. This is my first Android Device!!!!
yeah
I am in the exact same situation. I am rooted on 4.0.3 and I wanted to install 4.0.4 or one of the custom ROM's. This is not my first android device but I am at a loss. I can not enter fastboot, can't load anything from the SD card in CWM recovery (get the message E:Can't mount /sdcard/), can not connect via ADB on my PC.
I feel that I have enough skill to do all of this because I have done it in the past. My ADB works fine with my Galaxy Nexus (just updated that and installed new kernel) so I don't know what is causing the problem. I have tried different SD cards(3) as well and nothing.
The biggest problem is I can not get into fastboot and SBF if I wanted to. I have been having issues with drivers even though I have installed motohelper like 6 million times.
I have tried factory resets and wipes and everything. I tried to do the factory update that is being pushed to me and I get an error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry if this is stealing your thread but I think we are having the same problems.
check out my thread at xoomforums:
I PM'd it to u cus it dont let me put it here
Read all 3 pages. I think it will help u. posted same question there and a guy suggested to install the rogue cwm 1.5 recory via adb fastboot or whatever. he says that will read your sdcards. if i were u id try and fastboot on a different pc cus it looks like thats what we both have to do unfortunately. it looks like a pain!!! u have a xoom?
anyone figured out how to sort this?? really frustrating it just sayin E:can't mount sd card.. any help will be appreciated!!
platt said:
anyone figured out how to sort this?? really frustrating it just sayin E:can't mount sd card.. any help will be appreciated!!
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If you are using CWM recovery from Rom Manager (not recommended for Xoom) it does only read your internal flash memory (called sdcard) but not your external microsd card (called external1???). So you need to flash a different custom recovery using adb/fastboot to flash a recovery.image file or, if you can flash through cwm (from internal sdcard) a recovery.zip file (either EOS or Rogue, depending on the ROM you will flash afterwards), Actually, any custom recovery is supposed to work for any rom, but in reality Eos works best for Eos and Rogue works best for the CM9 Kang.
Please, just remember, never flash a .zip file through fastboot, only an .image file!
+1 i agree with the above, fixed this last night. I download a couple recovery images, which were blank for some reason, so i downloaded the zips and extracted the recovery image folder. Then opened the command window from the folder with the recovery image and flashed it with fastboot. Now it works perfect.
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Fastboot
I had to use fastboot to flash an entire stock config when I got stuck in this loop.
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I had to use fastboot to flash an entire stock config when I got stuck in this loop.
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Atleast you got it out, mines been acting up since i flashed cm9. I think i might have to do that
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okantomi said:
If you are using CWM recovery from Rom Manager (not recommended for Xoom) it does only read your internal flash memory (called sdcard) but not your external microsd card (called external1???). So you need to flash a different custom recovery using adb/fastboot to flash a recovery.image file or, if you can flash through cwm (from internal sdcard) a recovery.zip file (either EOS or Rogue, depending on the ROM you will flash afterwards), Actually, any custom recovery is supposed to work for any rom, but in reality Eos works best for Eos and Rogue works best for the CM9 Kang.
Please, just remember, never flash a .zip file through fastboot, only an .image file!
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Thanks for saving the last half of my hair which I hadn't pulled out yet.
Got the backup on SD ONLY after flashing the EOS recovery 1.5.0 (i tried the latest to begin with, did not work, made it worse flashing recovery from ROM Mgr)
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...ing-flashing-unrooting-under-one-roof-59.html has this particular recovery listed.
I still cannot boot in recovery using power+volUP...i have to get at least adb running. Any suggestion would be golden.
error mounting /internal_sdcard!
error mounting /internal_sdcard! pls help me it got stuck in boot loop tried to wipe cache and user data bt cwm says error mounting /internal_sdcard!
Ipse_Tase said:
Thanks for saving the last half of my hair which I hadn't pulled out yet.
Got the backup on SD ONLY after flashing the EOS recovery 1.5.0 (i tried the latest to begin with, did not work, made it worse flashing recovery from ROM Mgr)
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...ing-flashing-unrooting-under-one-roof-59.html has this particular recovery listed.
I still cannot boot in recovery using power+volUP...i have to get at least adb running. Any suggestion would be golden.
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Delete any zip files or IMG files from sdcard and reboot it this helped me ............ Hit thanks if helped
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This is my first attempt at unlocking and rooting. So far I did manage to get unlocked. Now I am stuck at: Can't mount/sdcard . . . . .
I have been following the thread: [HOW] Rookie Rooting, Flashing And UnRooting Under One Roof
It seems to be layed out quite well and well, I'd never have gotten this far if it weren't for following those directions. I'm not discouraged because I know this is just a stumbling block. I can't wait to kill the bloatware and see if I can O/C this beast just a little.
Good luck to the folks who posted above me. I will post my results here.
Mike P.
I think the solution is much more simple...
The recovery uses normally e: an external sd card , you just trying by d: internal sd card , so take another sd card and dun let it be internal sd card...
And the recovery back on working with you
ok, so my TF101 is rooted and i had Android revolution 3.4.2 installed, i wanted to update to the newer Android revolution 3.5.0, i downloaded both the rom file and super-wipe full and placed them on my memory card. I then ran super wipe and started flashing my new rom, however when i did it said cannot open (bad). Now i cant get any further than the splash screen because i have no rom. I CAN boot to CWM 5.8.3.4 however it will no allow me to either
1.) mount my sd card to get a new rom installed, or
2.) when i put my TF101 memory card in my phone and then put the rom on it, the changes are not there after i put the card back in my TF101. It seems to have the same information for the files on my card as when i originally messed up.
Ive tried rebooting to recovery multiple times, i have even tried a different memory card, however CWM always shows me the same list of files.
Im really at a loss here and i would love some help. someone please give me some advice on what to do here.
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Mods can feel free to close this, after much trial and error i finally for adb working and managed to push a new rom image and recovery to my memory card. I am now up and running
Ok..so I've been using HTC explorer for 2-3 months and everything was going fine but the low internal memory kept bugging me so I rooted the phone (i delayed rooting because it voids warranty..)..I deleted the pre installed apps and all other unnecessary crap..but the internal memory was still low so I went for factory reset..:|..and thats how you get into bootloop but searching for solutions..i found that my problem can be solved by flashing new rom..so I downloaded 1 and flashed it (yes i followed all the steps like creating ext4 partition and wiping cache etc).. but suddenly 'can't open /sdcard/*rom*.zip (bad)' popped up..so I went through the forums but didn't found any approved solution but suggestions like re downloading the rom..or checking if signature verification is off or flashing any other rom..i tried all of them..i retried re downloading the rom..I tried flashing cm 9..explode^1..Jaggyrom..even the stock rom but nothing positive happened..I am clueless..Please Help...
What recovery did you flashed, another thing, try with another sd card, or repartiotion this one through recovery after that get some rom on it. If you have a card reader, check if the card is ok.
And don't rename zip's live them with their original names.
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What recovery did you flashed, another thing, try with another sd card, or repartiotion this one through recovery after that get some rom on it. If you have a card reader, check if the card is ok.
And don't rename zip's live them with their original names.
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i flashed with A310e recovery...and the card is fine..I read somewhere to format the card with sdformatter and flash the rom from there and create the partition after the rom has booted..so i am trying that..I'll update you..thnx for reply btw.. :highfive:
Try installing CM10 Beta 2 on a clean, unformatted sd.
If that doesn't work, change your recovery.
Working fine
everything's alrite now..the thing that was causing the problem was the partitioned sd card...I removed partition and then flashed it and everything went well...:laugh:
Hi,
I can't mount the SDcard in any recovery. The strange thing is that I CAN acces the card in the OS(Maximus HD) using ESfile explorer, and I CAN acces the card when connected with USB to my PC.
So at this moment, I can't flash anything anymore..
I have S-OFF and running Maximus HD. It happend when I tried to flash another ROM. The installation went fine but after the installation there was only 47 MB left as phone storage the rest was ''other''.
I couldn't fix it, so I wiped the rom, formatted the SD card so I had a clean start to try another ROM.
After this, the pc recognized the SD card as only 47 MB(total size). This was a problem, I couldn't reinstall a new ROM because there was not enough space..
I fixed this using ADB sideload and pushed the MaximusHD rom back to my phone. This worked and so at this point my phone is running fine, all the storage is back But as I said, I can't flash anything anymore
I tried different recovery's but they all say, can't mount /sdcard/.
Anyone ideas?
Thanks Allready!
Robert
Lieseratski said:
Hi,
I can't mount the SDcard in any recovery. The strange thing is that I CAN acces the card in the OS(Maximus HD) using ESfile explorer, and I CAN acces the card when connected with USB to my PC.
So at this moment, I can't flash anything anymore..
I have S-OFF and running Maximus HD. It happend when I tried to flash another ROM. The installation went fine but after the installation there was only 47 MB left as phone storage the rest was ''other''.
I couldn't fix it, so I wiped the rom, formatted the SD card so I had a clean start to try another ROM.
After this, the pc recognized the SD card as only 47 MB(total size). This was a problem, I couldn't reinstall a new ROM because there was not enough space..
I fixed this using ADB sideload and pushed the MaximusHD rom back to my phone. This worked and so at this point my phone is running fine, all the storage is back But as I said, I can't flash anything anymore
I tried different recovery's but they all say, can't mount /sdcard/.
Anyone ideas?
Thanks Allready!
Robert
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You need to go back to the older firmware to run other ROMs
See this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2480278
I just brought mine back to stock again yesterday again as a matter of fact.
Doing the 2nd way I posted in that thread.
Lieseratski said:
Hi,
I can't mount the SDcard in any recovery. The strange thing is that I CAN acces the card in the OS(Maximus HD) using ESfile explorer, and I CAN acces the card when connected with USB to my PC.
So at this moment, I can't flash anything anymore..
I have S-OFF and running Maximus HD. It happend when I tried to flash another ROM. The installation went fine but after the installation there was only 47 MB left as phone storage the rest was ''other''.
I couldn't fix it, so I wiped the rom, formatted the SD card so I had a clean start to try another ROM.
After this, the pc recognized the SD card as only 47 MB(total size). This was a problem, I couldn't reinstall a new ROM because there was not enough space..
I fixed this using ADB sideload and pushed the MaximusHD rom back to my phone. This worked and so at this point my phone is running fine, all the storage is back But as I said, I can't flash anything anymore
I tried different recovery's but they all say, can't mount /sdcard/.
Anyone ideas?
Thanks Allready!
Robert
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i just experienced the recovery can't mount sdcard error today this worked for me..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2206434
be sure to backup all data before as it will erase your data...