I just rooted my moto xoom 4g and when I install rom manager and go to install rom from sdcard, it lists my internal memory as my sdcard and vice versa. When I install astro file management I get the same thing. I also booted into recovery and I select install from sdcard, I get the same thing. When I flash Tiamat recovery it works just fine and sees the sdcard as the sdcard. Please someone help.
This is normal! Like with EOS 4g nightly my internal storage is called sdcard when you look via path /mmt/. you look via path /media/ it is called internal.
Through /mmt/ my sd card is named external1
Through /media/ my SD card is named sdcard.
I do not know of any way to change. Pretty sure it is set by the rom you are using
Not sure about ROM Manager but Astro can be changed in the settings/preferences.
Looks for the "path" settings and change "external_sd" to "external1"
Cheers.
bigkris74 said:
Not sure about ROM Manager but Astro can be changed in the settings/preferences.
Looks for the "path" settings and change "external_sd" to "external1"
Cheers.
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Thx, Ill try that when I get home.
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It seems that Rom Manager wants to use internal storage but recovery wants to use my external SD card. When I back up my phone from Rom Manager it reboots into CWM and backs it up on the SD card. When I go back into Rom Manager to manage backups it doesn't see it because its looking in the internal storage. If I download a rom from Rom Manager it downloads it to internal storage and when it reboots to CWM it can't find the rom because its not on the SD card.
What am I doing wrong? How do I get this to work properly?
I am experiencing the same exact problem. I can not download roms to the external SD. It a freaking hassle to download and flash a rom on this phone. Any help is appreciated.
I am not even sure I can flash a rom with it. The couple times I tried it failed because I chose the rom through the /externalSD directory and thats linked from within the internal storage.
How is everyone else using it?
I copy the files from the internal and put them in the same directory on the SD card. For example the folder internally is /sdcard/clockworkmod.. i just move that directory to /sdcard/_externalsd/clockworkmod
that way when you reboot everything is already work CM is naturally looking for it. Yes.. it's a pain.
Alternatively.. when I had my G2 i got into the habit of just moving the roms to the root of the sdcard so it was easier to flash right from cwm (I rarely flash via rom manager). Nandroid backups HAVE to stay in the backup folder in the clockwork directory tho.
I found out with boat browser mini I set the download dir to /mnt /sdcard/_ExternalSD and my roms actually download to the root of my SD without errors. That's a start its a lot easier than hooking up to a computer and moving stuff around
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It seems that this would be a normal feature to come with such a product. It makes more sense to have access to the ext. sd card than not.
Maybe there is a very good reason for it? I.e. It can't be done?
ikarma said:
It seems that Rom Manager wants to use internal storage but recovery wants to use my external SD card. When I back up my phone from Rom Manager it reboots into CWM and backs it up on the SD card. When I go back into Rom Manager to manage backups it doesn't see it because its looking in the internal storage. If I download a rom from Rom Manager it downloads it to internal storage and when it reboots to CWM it can't find the rom because its not on the SD card.
What am I doing wrong? How do I get this to work properly?
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Same here.
This is a bit of a pain.
Instead of moving backup files across, I restore directly from the recovery screen.
As for ROMs I have to download them directly from my laptop and copy them the external SD card.
Not good.
I had a android file explorer that when you installed an apk from the sd card it gave you an option to install to internal or external. Does anyone know of the app or any app that does this? thanks.
i dont know anay file explorer that can do that, but if you are using gingerbread you can just go to settings and apps and then move to the sd, otherwise of course just with app2sd
there is a way where you can make apps install by default on sd card,one way is you can use apps2sd application to move apps from internal memory to sd card
another easy way is rather than moving, just install it on sdcard itself
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I had a android file explorer that when you installed an apk from the sd card it gave you an option to install to internal or external. Does anyone know of the app or any app that does this? thanks.
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http://androinica.com/2010/08/how-to-install-apps-to-the-sd-card-by-default-on-android-2-2-froyo/ try to use this or one way is you can use apps2sd application to move apps from internal memory to sd card
another easy way is rather than moving, just install it on sdcard itself.
thx for the help guys.
I wanted to flash and try another ROM, but when I go into Recovery and try to insert a file from the SD card, the file is not there. Is there any way to fix this? Is there also a difference if the Recovery menu is red or green? Thanks.
GAPY427 said:
I wanted to flash and try another ROM, but when I go into Recovery and try to insert a file from the SD card, the file is not there. Is there any way to fix this? Is there also a difference if the Recovery menu is red or green? Thanks.
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Red CWM is preferred, but no. Put the zip file on your Internal SD, that way as soon as you select choose zip from sd card it will be right there (usually near the bottom for me)
Like above post, red is preffered but you can also use green. And make you're putting the rom.zip on the phone memory and not the removable SD card.
Yeah usually it doesn't read your sd card that way the things that are saved there are safe. You can leave a copy there, but flash from the one on the phones memory. Also maybe try "ROM manager" it's free in the market place. Although I've never flashed a ROM from sd it has the option available. Give it a try an see if that works for ya.
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Thanks everyone for the guidance. I transfered the files to the phone's internal memory and it worked.
Alternatively, you can go into the mount settings menu and mount "emmc". Then, you should have an option under zip flashing for selecting a zip from "internal sdcard" at the bottom of the menu. From this point you can select zips on the external sdcard. This is the case for
Blue CWM but I assume in other versions.
Yes, it seems counterintuitive that:
"sdcard"= internal storage, and:
"internal sdcard"= external sdcard (emmc)
Hey,
I would like to install the android revolution hd but I got a weird problem.
In my tf101 the main storage 16gb is somehow (dont know why) called sdcard and when I put real micro SD to the tablet - it is called MicroSD instead of sdcard.
Now, because of that I cant instal new rom cause it always thinks i have not sdcard in. (in rom manager pro - it sees my sdcard a the main storage called sdcard)
In root explorer I can change sdcard into something else but cant change MicroSD into sdcard. Do you have any idea what should I do?
Do not use ROM Manager. And what you're reporting is the normal storage for the TF101. sdcard is the internal storage, microsd and sd are the 2 extension slots.
ok then, why my android cant see any sdcard when im in recovery mode (without using rom manager, and I tried 3 sd cards yet), Oh and btw I got Clockwork recovery mod 6.0.2.1
Hmm, is that possible to change the rom into revolution hd with easyflasher ?
maciekiel said:
ok then, why my android cant see any sdcard when im in recovery mode (without using rom manager, and I tried 3 sd cards yet), Oh and btw I got Clockwork recovery mod 6.0.2.1
Hmm, is that possible to change the rom into revolution hd with easyflasher ?
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There should be a menu in recovery to attempt to mount the card. Maybe advanced menu I think. Try that.
well, I tried but there is no such thing in advanced also. So what about easy flasher, can I try with that?
Use the mounts and storage menu and you should be able to manually mount your microSD card.
problem solved, i used goomanager to instal other flash which recognized sdcard,
it turned out that reading alot of old stuff actually helps alot xd
thanks for all anyways
I just swaped my internal and external sd card by changing out ext_card and sdcard in /etc/vold.fstab
The swap works fine after restart.
I tried to copy everything from the sdcard to the external card, so it would be possible to use the apps again.
But it won't work after restart. If I swap it back it works like before.
What am I doing wrong or miss? Is there something I have to edit?
I only find tutorials for swaping and not really moving apps after swap.
I tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2548546
But the swap didnt work and the moving didnt work either. Thats why I did the swap manually with text editor as described in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2045778
Thanks for input
Maybe I should add that I copied all files with rootbrowser directly on the phone by selecting all folders and copy them.
Will that copy everything? Or maybe do I have to use a shell with adb?
Re: swap, sd-ext
you need to copy everything, including the hidden "." folders, like ".android_secure", "Android".... you can use an the "Aroma File Manager in CWM mode", (try to search the forums), i used it to move everything because if Android is running even in Root Explorer i t wont let me move the files from sdcard to ext card vice versa....
cool, that worked fine! thanks
thought it would be better to do it with cwm, but didn't know that there is a filemanager, that is definitely convenient!!
your welcome
ndobode said:
cool, that worked fine! thanks
thought it would be better to do it with cwm, but didn't know that there is a filemanager, that is definitely convenient!!
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Glad that I could help, your welcome