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[Q] Can someone step by step the sd card working for me?

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.

[Q] Honeycomb 3.2 upgrade on Xoom and SD card anymore

I have Xoom which was rooted on 3.1. yesterday, I decided to upgrade it version 3.2 by following the instructions on this site.
This is how I did it:
First of all I flashed it ClockworkMod Recovery (Recovery Zip (solarnz-R4c-100611-1150)
Then performed update with Recovery Zip (solarnz-R4c-100611-1150).
It got upgraded to version 3.2 and everything seems to be working fine except for SD card. It was enabled in my previous root upgrade 3.1 but now it does not work. If I go in recovery mode, I still see files on SD card but not in Xoom any more. I will appreciate any help to resolve the issue.

I just upgraded mine this morning to 3.2 and the SD card works. shows up as External1

Skila15 said:
I just upgraded mine this morning to 3.2 and the SD card works. shows up as External1
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Did you use the same files, I used?

[Q] Why don't I have a /mnt/usbOTG folder?

US 32gb Xoom WiFi, was HC3.0.1 at purchase, I've since rooted it, installed CWM 4.0.0.4, and flashed Tiamat Manta Ray 2.0.0->2.0.1 (from internal storage...I know it is not recommended or supported).
No issues while flashing the ROMs: the messages during installation are appropriate, ending with 'Welcome to the Party!' I don't notice any specific changes to be sure that it worked, but I assume I am now running Manta Ray.
I bought the Motorola Camera Connection Kit today to connect my extHD, and assumed it wound mount to /mnt/usbOTG, but it doesn't. In fact, there is no /mnt/usbOTG folder, and I can't create one.
I downloaded USB Mass Storage Watcher OTG and I can manually mount the extHD to /mnt/external1 and use it normally.
My questions are:
1) Is there a way to confirm which ROM I am running?
2) Why didn't Manta Ray create the usbOTG folder?
3) Why isn't my extHD (or thumbdrive) automatically mounted?
Thanks in advance!

twLoaf said:
US 32gb Xoom WiFi, was HC3.0.1 at purchase, I've since rooted it, installed CWM 4.0.0.4, and flashed Tiamat Manta Ray 2.0.0->2.0.1 (from internal storage...I know it is not recommended or supported).
No issues while flashing the ROMs: the messages during installation are appropriate, ending with 'Welcome to the Party!' I don't notice any specific changes to be sure that it worked, but I assume I am now running Manta Ray.
I bought the Motorola Camera Connection Kit today to connect my extHD, and assumed it wound mount to /mnt/usbOTG, but it doesn't. In fact, there is no /mnt/usbOTG folder, and I can't create one.
I downloaded USB Mass Storage Watcher OTG and I can manually mount the extHD to /mnt/external1 and use it normally.
My questions are:
1) Is there a way to confirm which ROM I am running?
2) Why didn't Manta Ray create the usbOTG folder?
3) Why isn't my extHD (or thumbdrive) automatically mounted?
Thanks in advance!
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1) Go to settings--about--and check to see if you see.....Tiamat_Katana......2.0......if you don't see something like that you are still on stock.
2) There should be, in your internal sdcard directory, a directory called mnt and in that you should have at the least, external1 and usbOTG..
3) Most of us need that utility to help mount drives.

Well that was easy- it seems I am still stock, despite the install seeming to take.
I suppose I'll need to try it from a real SD card before asking for more help...unless someone out there has any ideas why it might not have worked from internal storage.
I have root: I have SuperUser in apps, have ClockworkMod Recovery. Must be the SD card vs internal storage issue.

twLoaf said:
Well that was easy- it seems I am still stock, despite the install seeming to take.
I suppose I'll need to try it from a real SD card before asking for more help...unless someone out there has any ideas why it might not have worked from internal storage.
I have root: I have SuperUser in apps, have ClockworkMod Recovery. Must be the SD card vs internal storage issue.
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Yes, do yourself a favor and install the Tiamat 3.2.0.0. R4c recovery and use that with your external sd card. There's just no way around it.

[Q] help with external sd card after xoom 3g 3.2 root

ok xoom model MZ600 VZW 3g/wifi I succesfully unlocked and rooted 3.2 version. Flashed Tiamat R4c cwm recovery and backed up tablet. so far so good...PC sees internal and sd card downloaded Root Explorer and exterenal sd card is not listed. tried unmount and remount in settings, storage. (sd card shows up there as well...i'm at a loss to find the problem
Thanks in advance Guys
Twisted

twisted955i said:
ok xoom model MZ600 VZW 3g/wifi I succesfully unlocked and rooted 3.2 version. Flashed Tiamat R4c cwm recovery and backed up tablet. so far so good...PC sees internal and sd card downloaded Root Explorer and exterenal sd card is not listed. tried unmount and remount in settings, storage. (sd card shows up there as well...i'm at a loss to find the problem
Thanks in advance Guys
Twisted
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Where are you looking for the external sdcard? Since the HC3.2 update it shows up for me at mnt/external1 on the same directory level as the internal sdcard. Since I had previously flashed the HC3.1 Tiamat rom, I also have another mount point called mnt/MicroSD.

Awesome!
Wow, can't thank you enough...

I know you got your answer, but just to add on for anyone else who gets stuck on this...
astro starts in /mnt so it was "easy" as you'll see externa1 right there. If it starts in /mnt/Sdcard (showing the internal storage), hit UP, then you'll see external1
File Manager HD... Tap the short cut for Storage on the left, then use the UP icon (upper right), you'll see Externa1 there... you can tap/hold and create a book mark for it to make it easier to access later (it will put external1 under Bookmarks along the left)
Mobo Player.. select choose the media directory (it shows the internal storage as /mnt/sdcard), hit the back button, it will bring you to /mnt and you will see external1 there.

CWM defaulting to Internal Memory

I finally had some time today to flash the CWM flashable OTA update and rebooted to CWM however, CWM is defaulting to the internal storage instead of the micro SD card. I've flashed hundreds of .zips and updates in my Android experience and can't ever remember this happening. Though I am admittedly not extremely versed in flashing files for the Transformer so it may be a simple oversight on my part, I can't figure out how to get CWM to see the micro SD instead of internal storage. The SD card is mounted as I can see it with the file explorer and Wi-Fi explorer. I don't see a menu item to mount to external storage either. Am I missing something? A little help would be appreciated.

The only version of CWM for the tf101 that can use the external card is Rouge XM CWM Recovery. All the other version don't have the functionality. There is a link in my sig.

cholywell said:
The only version of CWM for the tf101 that can use the external card is Rouge XM CWM Recovery. All the other version don't have the functionality. There is a link in my sig.
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Thanks for your response, however, I have been using this version. I flashed multiple OTA updates using this recovery before as well as the big ICS update. Never had a problem. Just weird it is rebooting to recovery on internal now.

aburgthing said:
Thanks for your response, however, I have been using this version. I flashed multiple OTA updates using this recovery before as well as the big ICS update. Never had a problem. Just weird it is rebooting to recovery on internal now.
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Exactly which version are you using?
Roach's 3.2.0.1 will read from the external micro sd
Team Rouge's recovery will read from both internal and external micro sd

baseballfanz said:
Exactly which version are you using?
Roach's 3.2.0.1 will read from the external micro sd
Team Rouge's recovery will read from both internal and external micro sd
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I'm using Roach's v5.5.0.4

aburgthing said:
I'm using Roach's v5.5.0.4
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To my knowledge, that version NEVER had the option to read from external sd card.