Ok guys so I wasn't sure where to post this so here it goes.
I've recently rooted my xoom (3.1) because I was just sick of not being able to use the usb hosting or the sd card. So I went a head and rooted, everything went just fine. I can use flash drives through the micro usb port so that seems to be working smoothly. But I cannot for the life of me get sd card going.
I've read nearly all the threads out here about this but still no go. I've tried rebooting, and of course reformatting with sd formatter. I have created the sdcard/external folder and the sdcard2 (just in case). Any other suggestions??
I used the Tiamat 1.4.4 Full throttle version and like I said everything flashed smoothly. I just can't get to my sd files. PLEASE HELP!!! I've been at this for two days now and i can't seem to do anything with it!!
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Hi All,
I searched the Xoom Q&A and could not find any thread on anyine having issues with their Wifi Xoom recognizing a Micro SD card. I cannot work out how to get it to recogixe it.
Anyone got any suggestions or experienced the same issue?
have you unlocked, rooted, or installed custom kernel? that is where you need to start. the tiamat kernel has support for SD card. make sure you read the threads very well about the tiamat or cybertronix kernels to understand the type of SD support they provide.
see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978013 for the kernel. look in the dev section of the xoom forums for a guide on how to root.
Thanks!
I have not rooted the Xoom yet, do i assume that the Micro SD card will nt work straight out of the box? (if so that is very frustrating!!!)
Puck1980 said:
Thanks!
I have not rooted the Xoom yet, do i assume that the Micro SD card will nt work straight out of the box? (if so that is very frustrating!!!)
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Yeah, unfortunately that's the case - there is no Micro SD support out of the box, but will be enabled "in a future Motorola update"... Of course, who knows when that will be.
I am only guessing, but I assume there will be a new kernel (tiamat?) supporting the SD card based on 3.1 relatively soon, but again that will take rooting, etc.
I got the xoom going into the fact that the Micro SD Card wasn't going to be working. I think (and I'm just guessing here) that Motorola is waiting until they released the 4G update before allowing for the Micro SD Card to work.
Now, if you root and install Tiamat then you'll need to make sure you have a sdcard2 in your /sdcard/ directory. You'll get a directory of /external/ which is where your Micro SD Card is located (at least, last time I checked anyways) and the SD Card does work with the Tiamat kernal.
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.
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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.
Hi
Up to now I flashed two diffrent roms (RcMix and Android Revolution HD) and I had always the same problem:
After rebooting and restoring my apps with Titanum Backup Pro, The Phone doesn't recognize the micro sd card (Kingston 32gb class4). When I connect the sdcard (via a cardreader) to my laptop, it recognizes the card but I can't open any folders (if I do so then the file explorer doesn't respond and I have to reboot my laptop).
I can "repair" the micro sd by formatting it first in the laprop and then in the phone (via 4ext recovery).
Does anybody know why this happens and how to fix it?
Thanks in advance.
Nobody got an idea?
Sounds to me your kingston is going out, only reason i say that is i had same issue with my Kingston! and finally it jus died and nothing wouldnt read it, or i couldnt format, so i went with sandisk 32 and its working flawless
Hi all. I'm flashing from Froyo to ICS, using NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.4-CM9-HWA V2.1. I've flashed new radio, MAGLDR etc... with no issues, but when I've come to actually flash the ROM, my SD Card has chosen this second to give up on me. It wouldn't transfer any files etc... using the MAGLDR USB mass storage mode, and now refuses to format it.
So, I assume the SD card is screwed (unless there's some weird setting I've missed?) - basically, my phone obviously won't boot into anything now, it's half past midnight and I don't have any more SD cards on me.
How can I flash this ROM using a bootloader? Is that possible? I vaguely recall using a Bootloader to flash to Froyo from WinMo, rather than an SD card.
Any ideas? I need to get this running very soon, so my phone will work.
Cheers in advance.
(also, I did a search, but I couldn't find an answer. Sorry if it has been answered already).
Alternatively, does anyone know of a NAND ROM with a daf.exe loader? Any will do, just so I can get my phone functional until I get a new SD card.
Thanks.
Fixed it, by going into clockworkmod, partitioning the card, formatting it within CWM, mounting the SD card, then mounting USB storage. Seeeeeems to have worked.
So, feel free to delete. That said, would still be interested in finding an alt. solution to this.
Hey guys, I need help.
After countless hours of stressing over my SD Card, I still can't get it to mount. I even went downtown to get a new one. I have a Motorola XOOM.
Problem is, I can't even get adb to work cause I can't access usb debug, because I wiped data hoping to re-install the rom. Now I'm still in CWM with nothing to do.
What could it be that's causing my SD Card's to not mount? There was one SD Card that mounted but that's not here right now. Would it be the SD Cards? I reformatted them to FAT32 as well.
Go here see if you can find some solution, search.... the search is a powerful tool, thank you sir.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=945
qwahchees said:
Hey guys, I need help.
After countless hours of stressing over my SD Card, I still can't get it to mount. I even went downtown to get a new one. I have a Motorola XOOM.
Problem is, I can't even get adb to work cause I can't access usb debug, because I wiped data hoping to re-install the rom. Now I'm still in CWM with nothing to do.
What could it be that's causing my SD Card's to not mount? There was one SD Card that mounted but that's not here right now. Would it be the SD Cards? I reformatted them to FAT32 as well.
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It happens some time
I have two sd cards
One of them shows in recovery mode other is not mounting though both works great in device for other stuff..
I think its due to lack of some files on them after i use the second card for one week in my device for now they both mounts in recovery.
So what you have to do is use your card in some other android phone for some time..
Installed one or two app on it etc.
Then try again
we all should be polite enough to press thanks for anyone who helped US.