I would like to be able to put my various ROM's and kernels on my external SD card but when I boot into recovery, CWM doesn't see it. If I try going into Mounts and Storage --> mount /sd-ext I get the following error:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2
(File Exists)
Error mounting SDEXT:!
I tried following the fix at the bottom of the page on this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984248 but it did not work either. I have also tried formatting the card on my PC as well as on the phone but it still will not recognize or mount the SD card. I am running Infused 1.5, Infusion 1.5.3 as kernel, and CWM 2.5.1.2 Recovery. I was also thinking of trying to install CWM 2.5.1.3 or 4 and see if that helps but not sure if they are stable releases and how well they work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced.
Ya I don't think you can flash from an external sd card. What I did was just copied them to the ext sd, and when I want to flash, I either copy it, or move it to the internal and resume normal operation. Then you can move it back or just delete the copy.
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Ok cool. I wasn't sure if I was missing something or had done something wrong. I think I will just use the 2GB SD card that came with my Infuse as a backup for the ROMs and kernels just in case. Thanks for the help!!!
I don't mean to be an ass, but I think this belongs in general.
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So my phone got dropped in water this week and I immediately got it out, pulled the battery and sd card, and got it in a bag of rice. Took it out two days later and the phone is working fine now, though it said the sd card was damaged and wouldn't let me format or mount it. I put it in my computer and it worked fine, so I pulled all the data and saved it on my comp. Tried putting the blank sd in the phone and it says its blank or an unsupported format, and again it won't let me format or mount the card. I tried with a different micro sd card and it did the same thing. I'm running Humble 1.42 with the OC kernel without voodoo on. Any idea on how to get a card to mount and get my data back on it? Could I possibly just load Humble 1.5 on the sd, update the phone to 1.5 through CWM and then have it work? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
did you flash the SD fix?
I had that problem the other day. You have to flash the sd card fix or it won't be able to mount it. I ended up flashing the full GummyCharged 1.9.1 Odin which included the kernel, recovery, and rom and it's running great right now.
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You will need to put the card into your computer to put the fix on it. Then back into the phone and flash with cwm recovery. Check my sig for the link to the fix.
If your cwm doesn't see the sd card then you may have an issue with hardware.
I put the sd card fix and humble 1.5 on my sd card, but when trying to choose a zip from the sd card in CWM it says "E: Can't mount /sdcard". And if I try mounting through CWM, it says "Error mounting /sdcard!". Any other suggestions? Should I just reflash my rom/kernel/cwm through ODIN?
hey, i'm running honeycomb 3.2. i just used brk.rootkit_v6.1 to root and install cwm version 3.1.0.1, i would love to install a custom rom, but when i boot into cwm it only gives me the option to install zip via internal sd, i have a 32gb class 10 external sd inside and the option does not come up...when i try to install a rom...any rom..it says "E:Can't mount /sdcard" i updated to 3.2 before i rooted and flashed cwm...i'm thinking that may be part of the problem..It mounts perfectly when it's completely turned on..internal sd and external...this is my first tablet and i really love the TF so far. if anyone has any suggestions it would be very much appreciated. thanks!
Try formatting the SD...
i just did a wipe/factory reset...still a no go...i do find it ironic that it was able to mount and do the wipe/reset but not to install the .zip...
Try reformatting the micro sd card like suggested above
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I messed up bad!!
i wanted to set path for internal sd card as external and switched the two mount points in vold.fstab i do not remember exact script last paragraph was using eagleblood v.08. when media scanner finished it said sd card damaged reformat so i did. Stupid Stupid!!! currently i do not have an actual sd card. i am running clockwork recovery v5.0.1.6S from there cant mount I cannot MOunt ****!!
no internal no cache nothing i wiped everything u can have fixed permissions the only thing i havent done is partition sd card. and im afraid if i do that i will take this royal **** up and Cristen it. i can get software all on computer but then again i do not have sd card and even if i did how could i posible load files onto it?
can i reinstall clockwork via nv flash and also flash rom through nv
**** AGHHH Thank you in advance for any ideas
also
I was also wondering if i got my hands on a sd card with a rom on it would it be able to mount as i screwed with that file Am i totally screwed
DAMIT DAMIT DAMIT
I would suggest flashing Clockwork with NVFlash and then trying to flash a rom through recovery.
tried that
nothing will mount in recovery.
not the cache not the internal
i havent got a sd card so never tried that but being that i switched script on file im doubting even if it would work
jbdaka6445 said:
nothing will mount in recovery.
not the cache not the internal
i havent got a sd card so never tried that but being that i switched script on file im doubting even if it would work
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Recovery doesn't read any scripts you changed in the OS. In recovery the memory and sd will be as they are designated in the hardware. You should be able to flash from an sd card even if your internal memory is hosed. If not do the new NVFLash full GB recovery method to return your phone to GB stock. That will fix your partitions.
I second what jboxer said to do I would just reture to stock GB. Make sure that you NVflash CWM to the external SD card not the internal. Dont worry man this phone is almost unbrickable well at least permanently anyway. You will be fine. Good luck man
After installing CM9-RC2, my backups no longer work in CWM. It keeps insisting that my SD card free space is 0MB, which is definitely not true. I have a 16GB card and there is a lot of free space on it. Has anyone else experienced this?
hedpe said:
After installing CM9-RC2, my backups no longer work in CWM. It keeps insisting that my SD card free space is 0MB, which is definitely not true. I have a 16GB card and there is a lot of free space on it. Has anyone else experienced this?
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There are some issues with the SD Card under CM9 (formatting over USB corrupts the FS, slow transfer speeds and possible corruption over USB, and if you try to format the SD Card using CM9, it will format the eMMC instead).
If you have a way to directly connect your SD Card to your PC without using the phone, back up any files the PC can read and format it directly with SD Formatter.
hmmmm, I don't have a microsd adapter to use that reformat tool. However, I'm not sure this is the only issue. I fear that CWM is trying to use /mnt/sdcard which seems to be broken in CM9. My /mnt/sdcard points to nothing. However, /emmc points to the actual internal storage and /emmc/external_sd points to my sdcard. In fact, there is only one file on my external_sd. It is /emmc/clockworkmod/backup where all of my CWM backups are. Also, if I take the external SD card out of the phone, CWM complains that it can't find any SD card and will not backup or restore anything.
i wonder if this is the same issue: http://0xfeedface.org/blog/lattera/2012-06-04/installing-cm9-encrypted-android-tablet
hedpe said:
After installing CM9-RC2, my backups no longer work in CWM. It keeps insisting that my SD card free space is 0MB, which is definitely not true. I have a 16GB card and there is a lot of free space on it. Has anyone else experienced this?
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which cwm version r u using
should be the ones listed in my 1st link in my sig
I highly recommend twrp 2.20 recovery to do the backups. You install the recovery using goo manager from the market. The with haptic button install open script recovery. This is much more reliable no matter how many times you flash.
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netomel said:
I highly recommend twrp 2.20 recovery to do the backups. You install the recovery using goo manager from the market. The with haptic button install open script recovery. This is much more reliable no matter how many times you flash.
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And TWRP is way faster than cwm, it only took 157 SECONDS to backup 1.3Gig of data compared to about 15 minutes for cwm!
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Suddenly, from last week onwards, my internal storage seems to be having some problems.
It stopped working last week and is showing some very strange issues.
Under Settings > Storage, it only lists 1.45 GB of total space instead of the 8 GB it's supposed to.
Nothing gets mounted to /mnt/emmc
Using adb shell, nothing related to the internal storage appears when using the mount command.
Under CWM, I cannot mount /emmc
I've tried reflashing CWM and ROMs using NVFlash and still the same problem persists.
Every time I start Cyanogen Mod, the little "SD card is safe to remove" comes up
When I try to mount /mnt/emmc from Cyanogen Mod, it just brings up this message again.
Any opinions?
Thanks.
EDIT: It works now, I did a nandroid restore of the stock WIND firmware and that freed up /emmc... I don't know why this happened when all of my other efforts did nothing.
/emmc/ is your sdcard, not internal flash.
I've had CM7 corrupt my drive. Had to format and start over.
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My Sandisk 8 GB class 10 microSD card become corrupted. Most files were OK but some jpg and a backup were unable to be read. When read/transfer/copy was attempted of the faulty files it locked up my computer. I tried various programs to fix and/or retrieve those files and tried a CHKDSK repair but those also locked up my computer so I saved whatever I could and did a full reformat, not the quick one, which completed without a problem and appears to work in the phone without any problem (yet?). You should do the same.
I lost my emmc early this year, think from flashing the wrong kernel. Couldn't find a way to recover. Will start doing more frequent external SD card backups.
Another odd thing I have is going into car mode even though I froze it with Titanium backup. Comes and goes with flashing different stuff. Recently flashed Mazout's on 2.3.4 and working good. But occasional BSOD that requires a battery pull and wipe Dalvik.
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redmonke255 said:
/emmc/ is your sdcard, not internal flash.
I've had CM7 corrupt my drive. Had to format and start over.
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...Except no.
When my SD card was removed the problem persisted. Missing 5+ GB.
My SD card is 4GB... How could I be missing more than the capacity of my SD card?
/emmc/ is the internal SD card... the way this ROM manages internal storage. It is configurable in CyMod.
/emmc/ is my internal flash in this case, no doubts.
For anyone who is curious, be careful with mount commands as they will make recovery from this difficult and may be the cause of the problem.