flashed fryrom version 7 in galaxy tab2 p-5100 and work perfect but i found traces and folders of old apps not installed in internal sd card how to remove safely i want to begin clean or in other words how to format internal sd card safely to begin clean ?
I believe you can format in Settings. Or ClockworkMod.
no option in setting and how to format in cwm
no option to format the internal memory in setting and how to flash internal memory in cwm version 5
I believe it is "wipe /emmc", but I would wait for confirmation on this.
hi, im Geoff.
recently after flashing the stock 4.0.3 ICS firmware, flashing a old bootloader and using my own USB Jig and resetting
the flash counter for kernels, i finally flashed JellyBean 4.1.2 Original Firmware from Samsung. my mobile is Galaxy S2 i9100.
my problem is i recently bought a 16GB micro sd card and inserted it into my phone before i could install any app onto my phone.
then i installed few apps and games from the Google Play Store. then i noticed the external sd card have about 120 mb of used
memory. but i only had about 20 mb of data that i copied onto it that were certain zip files and nothing else. i noticed that when i install
any app, then go to applications and move to SD Card option [which previously copied apps to the internal SD Card/USB storage],
is now actually moving the apps to the External SD Card. So if I unmount the external SD Card or remove it, none of my installed apps appear.
My external SD Card is meant for songs and movies. I want my internal SD Card to store all my apps so that i can remove my External
SD Card when ever i want to and swap it or not use it at all.
I also removed the external SD Card and then installed a new app, then use the move app to SD Card option. I got a error message,
saying something like insufficient memory/space.
my doubt is, apps are trying to be moved to the internal sd card but because they cannot be moved, they are being copied to the
external sd card.
any help is appretiated. btw i have rooted my phone by doing the temporary update of CWM from the stock recovery using the update from
external card method. then i also installed SuperSU. so its rooted and i didn't have to flash a kernel to root.
[update] im gonna provide some new info here:
I have a Android folder in my Internal SD Card [sdcard0]
and ".android_secure" in my External SD Card [extSdCard]
/mnt contains
asec [software files stored on the internal memory/ not internal SD Card or sdcard0]
obb [empty]
secure/asec [software moved using move to sdcard option. these files get copied to the extSdCard and not the sdcard0]
.lfs
and the sdcard and extSdCard links.
If I remove my External SD Card and try to move apps to the Internal SD Card using the move to sdcard button in application settings,
I get the insufficient memory error.
Also when I use the move to SD Card button in Application Settings, it shows the file being moved to the USB Storage [which is supposed to be
the internal sd card or sdcard0], yet it actually is being copied into my external SD Card or extSdCard.
What apps/games?
A lot of app data is stored on SD card, whether the core files and executable are on the internal or not, so that may just be cache stuff etc... One way to check is to remove the SD card then try to run whichever apps, I am willing to bet they still run.
orangekid said:
What apps/games?
A lot of app data is stored on SD card, whether the core files and executable are on the internal or not, so that may just be cache stuff etc... One way to check is to remove the SD card then try to run whichever apps, I am willing to bet they still run.
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i use the move to sd card for most apps/games. apart from 1-2 apps that dont have that option, about 10 apps+games have the option to be moved to the SD Card. And i used that option. But I am positive they got copied to the External SD Card because after I remove the
External SD Card, all the apps disappear.
Also when i then try installing new apps to the phone and then try to move them again [without the external sd card in its slot],
i get the error message of insufficient space/memory.[i have 8GB+ empty space in the internal SD Card]
its really annoying me
TitanHack said:
i use the move to sd card for most apps/games. apart from 1-2 apps that dont have that option, about 10 apps+games have the option to be moved to the SD Card. And i used that option. But I am positive they got copied to the External SD Card because after I remove the
External SD Card, all the apps disappear.
Also when i then try installing new apps to the phone and then try to move them again [without the external sd card in its slot],
i get the error message of insufficient space/memory.[i have 8GB+ empty space in the internal SD Card]
its really annoying me
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Sounds like you have an option enabled in app settings to install all to SD, check your app settings in system settings.
orangekid said:
Sounds like you have an option enabled in app settings to install all to SD, check your app settings in system settings.
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I have gone through everything in settings. I cant find any option where I can actually select weather to install all to SD.
I appretiate you trying to help me out. I hope i find a solution to this problem.
Initailly I felt that it cound be some code causing the apps to move to the external sd card instead of the internal one. But after I got
the error message that I have insufficient space [with the external sd card removed ], even tho I have plenty of space, about 8GB+,
on the internal sd card...so I dont think this is due to any code somewhere pointing to install into the external SD card.
I read somewhere that when the internal sd card is full and no more apps can be installed, the new apps go to the external sd card by default.
Something like that is happening to me, except my internal sd card is fine.
I updated my first post with more info to help diagnose and solve the problem. ty to all trying to help me.
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I would back up the stuff you want from SD and from your ROM (to your computer), then go to recovery, full wipe + cache + dalvik, then format external SD, then reboot into system, then restore what you want.
orangekid said:
I would back up the stuff you want from SD and from your ROM (to your computer), then go to recovery, full wipe + cache + dalvik, then format external SD, then reboot into system, then restore what you want.
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hey man ty for not giving up on me ive not been well and then got so busy recently....
i did what you asked. i even accidently wiped the system folder from cwm recovery. it went into a boot loop or whatever it is called.
i re-flashed the official samsung jellybean firmware 4.1.2 on my i9100. then again cleant delvic + cache +used data. yet the problem
persists.
i noticed that the android folder is being created in the internal sd card. but that android folder has very small amount of the app
files stored on it. the major chunk is in android_secure which is only being stord on the external sdcard.
when i go to mnt folder in root i see two folders named asec and secure.
1."asec" contains apps stored on internal memory [not internal sd card]
and 2. "secure" contains a "asec" folder which stores app stored on the external sdcard.
i believe somewhere the code which should point the android_secure folder to the internal sdcard is pointing to store apps on the
external sd card. perhaps you guys can show me how i can change the folder path of android secure. then it will behave like
default, the way is was meant to behave.
You might need to repartition your system.
I'll see else we can come up with later today, in the mean time, try to maybe use TWRP instead and a different ROM
little more info
orangekid said:
You might need to repartition your system.
I'll see else we can come up with later today, in the mean time, try to maybe use TWRP instead and a different ROM
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when i click move to sdcard in the application settings/menu, it shows USB data filling up.
that USB data is supposed to be my USB drive or my Internal SD Card. And the external sdcard shows up
as 0 KB of data. But actually the files are being copied to the external sdcard and not internal.
now if we think the android system cannot access the internal sdcard, then thats not the matter because
it creates a folder named Android in the internal sdcard and stores the app cache there.
So to me it seems that the android system is confused and actually thinks that the android_secure folder is
mounted on the internal sdcard while it actually is mounted on the external sdcard.
perhaps anyone can link me a guide to move my android_secure folder...
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perhaps anyone can link me a guide to move my android_secure folder...
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Facing this problem now.
TitanHack, did you found an answer?
Sir,i have recently rooted my phone 10 days back...First thing i have done after rooting is partitioned my external memory card to increase my internal storage capacity..........The phone worked nice....... and then i have installed color os rom,but then my phone got struck at the boot and not started...........so the i have restored to previous rom through cwm recovery.........I have recently backedup my current latest rom and stored in my external sd card just 1 day back..........Today morning , i found my phone to be switched off and when i started my phone many of my apps were found to be missing and the i found that my external sd card is not detected and shown in the settings menu as "mount the sd card."...But my sd card is getting readed in my pc........I have tried many times removing battery and then reinserting my sd card but of no use:crying::crying:When i searched through web, somewhere i found that the sd card may be st as "logical" and advised to change it as "primary" partition with mini partition tool....But to my disappointment, my sd card is already set as "primary partition
And the other option i tired is formatting my sd card with "SD formatter" in my windows 7 pc and when i inserted my mem card back.....i found it is of no use and it is still not mounted
And i have also tried reinstalling cmw.img recovery from dev website which most users said to be the best cwm for my micromax a 110q
I am unable to install the backed up rom as my sd cardis not visible.........
please plz plz help me in getting my phone back to its perfect use........
plz reply and help me brothers.......
plz plz bros.....any one help me with the issue.............I have reverted back to stock rom also........but after that also sd card not detected......but suddenly my sd card is mounted and i am able to see it for few hours only and it again shows as"mount the sd card" in grey colour which cannot be clicked for actio
help me bros
kbharath961 said:
plz plz bros.....any one help me with the issue.............I have reverted back to stock rom also........but after that also sd card not detected......but suddenly my sd card is mounted and i am able to see it for few hours only and it again shows as"mount the sd card" in grey colour which cannot be clicked for actio
help me bros
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same here
xnakeex said:
same here
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haven't you tried anything???
kbharath961 said:
haven't you tried anything???
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I have tried many things like
formatting my sd card with sd card formatter in windows
using mini partition tools for formmating and chanfing its partition
reinstalling the stock rom
reinstalling cwm recovery
But after installing stock rom ,now it sometimes identifies my sd card and get mounted automatically but within minutes it again unmounts itself and my sd card will not be detected in storage
So,please help me
Hi guys. It's me, the stupid guy who formated his SD on Marshmallow with the "Internal Storage option" and then changed the rom . I didn't know all the encrypted stuff!... Well, the problem now is that i have a SD card formated with internal sotage option but i haven't the exactly rom with i did the formatting, only an old backup (before SD formatting). When i put on the SD card in the old backup, it says that cant use it, must format all the stuff. So...
Is there any way to access all my SD data? i tried with the old backup, doing a wipe data... nothing works.
PD: Sorry for my ****ty english
Up!
Any ideas?
You tried putting your SD card into a PC? it might read it though but if it doesnt you have to do the formating. All will be wiped but you can still afterwards try Recuva (program for restoring data) and when downloaded put your SD into your PC and then start it. that would be your best bet.
Hello, I have Sony Xperia C2305 Dual SIM phone. I have the phone rooted and I have 8GB SD card on which I have moved all of my downloaded applications onto. I decided to use Link2SD to increase space for more apps and I took necessary precautions as well.
I made a complete backup of my SD card into zip format filesystem and stored it onto my computer. I have TWRP 3.0 recovery installed. I went to recovery mode and made a complete phone backup from there. (Everything including cache, NVRAM . . .)
Then, I used AIO: Apps2SD tool to partition my SD card into 6GB FAT32 and 2GB EXT4 partition as per some valid tutorial. It formatted my whole SD card before partitioning. It went smooth.
I pushed my previous SD card backup onto the newly formatted SD card (6GB) and unzipped it there including TWRP ROM backup, I setup before and restored the whole ROM. I had 100+ apps but unfortunately all those apps are in unstable form. I can see them in "Settings > Apps > Downloaded" section but I cannot use them. Those apps look like broken pieces.
One strange thing, I found is that I read "SD card apps data gets stored in .android_secure folder" but on my SD card .android_secure folder is empty and instead all apps data went into a simple folder called "Android" and unfortunately TWRP did not back it up during backing up. Therefore, it was a wise move to manually backup the folder. I restored the folder after it, I restored the ROM through TWRP recovery mode. However, BOOM! nothing happened as planned. Above problem came into being.
Kindly guide me if I can recover my previous ROM as neat and OK as I had before or If I cannot recover it then what other things I can do?
Thank you in advance!