I have a Motorola Xoom MZ601 UK WiFi+3G and have rooted with Clockworkmod v5.8.3.1 and installed new roms successfully up to now.
However, I cannot go any further as the sdcard will not mount. I have tried all that I can think of, like formating the sdcard, unmount/mount, partition it, etc.
The operating system shows the card there along with the contents. I have tried different sdcards and they are all visible from the OS but not from the recovery program.
What should I do now? Do I need to re-install clockworkmod recovery again.
(Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, I have tried to search for answers but have failed to find any) This seems to have been an old problem, solved with an upgrade which 5.8.3.1 exceeds.
Problem solved
OK, Problem solved.
The last resort was to reload the clockworkmod image using adb.
Everything is fine now, the sdcard mounts OK.
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A buddy suggested posting this here instead of dev 'cuz my problem seems possibly more general
When I Odin flash CWM 5.0.2.6, CWM is never able to see, mount, or format my sdcard.
I'm stuck at square one. Without being able to mount or see the sdcard I can't actually use CWM for anything. I've tried several combinations of repartitioning and formating the sdcard in CWM (can't format it since it wont mount), in Android and in Windows, but no matter what I try CWM can't access the sdcard. Otherwise, I have no indication that there's anything actually wrong with the sdcard.
I should say it's an _internal_ sdcard as I have no external, if this is relevant. Any help is appreciated.
I'm using CWM 5.0.2.6 as there doesnt seem to be a newer one floating around (that's Odin flashable anyway)
edit: fix0red -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22401881#post22401881
Originally Posted by skrambled
Flash the latest cwm using ROM Manager (5.0.2.7). There are advanced options there like Backup to Internal SD Card, Advanced Restore from Internal SD, etc.
I was having the "unabke to mount sd card" problem with the Odin flashable cwm, but this fixed it. I can do nandroid backup and restore again.
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Used your method, got 5.0.2.7 on there, but same problem/behavior ;(
edit, almost same thing if I try to install the rom from recovery app, was timing out after it rebooted, but eventually started installing the ROM. so, it worked, though I still don't trust CWM >_<
thanks for the input
So ive been at this for 2 days. I finally got the micro sd card with both files to install rom but in clockworkmod recovery i cant mount sd card nor format or anything. I can mount and unmount in the normal settings of the device and see it in root explorer but thats it. Its formatted to fat32. also on rom manager where it says to install from sdcard it only takes u to the internal sdcard which makes no sense because i was told u cant install a rom from the internal sdcard.
PS. This is my first Android Device!!!!
yeah
I am in the exact same situation. I am rooted on 4.0.3 and I wanted to install 4.0.4 or one of the custom ROM's. This is not my first android device but I am at a loss. I can not enter fastboot, can't load anything from the SD card in CWM recovery (get the message E:Can't mount /sdcard/), can not connect via ADB on my PC.
I feel that I have enough skill to do all of this because I have done it in the past. My ADB works fine with my Galaxy Nexus (just updated that and installed new kernel) so I don't know what is causing the problem. I have tried different SD cards(3) as well and nothing.
The biggest problem is I can not get into fastboot and SBF if I wanted to. I have been having issues with drivers even though I have installed motohelper like 6 million times.
I have tried factory resets and wipes and everything. I tried to do the factory update that is being pushed to me and I get an error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry if this is stealing your thread but I think we are having the same problems.
check out my thread at xoomforums:
I PM'd it to u cus it dont let me put it here
Read all 3 pages. I think it will help u. posted same question there and a guy suggested to install the rogue cwm 1.5 recory via adb fastboot or whatever. he says that will read your sdcards. if i were u id try and fastboot on a different pc cus it looks like thats what we both have to do unfortunately. it looks like a pain!!! u have a xoom?
anyone figured out how to sort this?? really frustrating it just sayin E:can't mount sd card.. any help will be appreciated!!
platt said:
anyone figured out how to sort this?? really frustrating it just sayin E:can't mount sd card.. any help will be appreciated!!
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If you are using CWM recovery from Rom Manager (not recommended for Xoom) it does only read your internal flash memory (called sdcard) but not your external microsd card (called external1???). So you need to flash a different custom recovery using adb/fastboot to flash a recovery.image file or, if you can flash through cwm (from internal sdcard) a recovery.zip file (either EOS or Rogue, depending on the ROM you will flash afterwards), Actually, any custom recovery is supposed to work for any rom, but in reality Eos works best for Eos and Rogue works best for the CM9 Kang.
Please, just remember, never flash a .zip file through fastboot, only an .image file!
+1 i agree with the above, fixed this last night. I download a couple recovery images, which were blank for some reason, so i downloaded the zips and extracted the recovery image folder. Then opened the command window from the folder with the recovery image and flashed it with fastboot. Now it works perfect.
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Fastboot
I had to use fastboot to flash an entire stock config when I got stuck in this loop.
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I had to use fastboot to flash an entire stock config when I got stuck in this loop.
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Atleast you got it out, mines been acting up since i flashed cm9. I think i might have to do that
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okantomi said:
If you are using CWM recovery from Rom Manager (not recommended for Xoom) it does only read your internal flash memory (called sdcard) but not your external microsd card (called external1???). So you need to flash a different custom recovery using adb/fastboot to flash a recovery.image file or, if you can flash through cwm (from internal sdcard) a recovery.zip file (either EOS or Rogue, depending on the ROM you will flash afterwards), Actually, any custom recovery is supposed to work for any rom, but in reality Eos works best for Eos and Rogue works best for the CM9 Kang.
Please, just remember, never flash a .zip file through fastboot, only an .image file!
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Thanks for saving the last half of my hair which I hadn't pulled out yet.
Got the backup on SD ONLY after flashing the EOS recovery 1.5.0 (i tried the latest to begin with, did not work, made it worse flashing recovery from ROM Mgr)
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...ing-flashing-unrooting-under-one-roof-59.html has this particular recovery listed.
I still cannot boot in recovery using power+volUP...i have to get at least adb running. Any suggestion would be golden.
error mounting /internal_sdcard!
error mounting /internal_sdcard! pls help me it got stuck in boot loop tried to wipe cache and user data bt cwm says error mounting /internal_sdcard!
Ipse_Tase said:
Thanks for saving the last half of my hair which I hadn't pulled out yet.
Got the backup on SD ONLY after flashing the EOS recovery 1.5.0 (i tried the latest to begin with, did not work, made it worse flashing recovery from ROM Mgr)
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...ing-flashing-unrooting-under-one-roof-59.html has this particular recovery listed.
I still cannot boot in recovery using power+volUP...i have to get at least adb running. Any suggestion would be golden.
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Delete any zip files or IMG files from sdcard and reboot it this helped me ............ Hit thanks if helped
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This is my first attempt at unlocking and rooting. So far I did manage to get unlocked. Now I am stuck at: Can't mount/sdcard . . . . .
I have been following the thread: [HOW] Rookie Rooting, Flashing And UnRooting Under One Roof
It seems to be layed out quite well and well, I'd never have gotten this far if it weren't for following those directions. I'm not discouraged because I know this is just a stumbling block. I can't wait to kill the bloatware and see if I can O/C this beast just a little.
Good luck to the folks who posted above me. I will post my results here.
Mike P.
I think the solution is much more simple...
The recovery uses normally e: an external sd card , you just trying by d: internal sd card , so take another sd card and dun let it be internal sd card...
And the recovery back on working with you
Bear with me, a noob in the woods....
Installed older version of CWM (5.2.8 maybe?) and it worked fine except no access to external sdcard. It did, however, let me browse around the tablet's internal folders and so I could install from there. But... because I wanted to do restores onto an external 8meg sdcard I have (and one I have proven the Asus can write to happily with OS loaded)... I decided to update CWM to ver 6.0.1.2. I did the update via the old version in a recovery session. But now, I get no options at all for directories I can access. Or am I being dense here? the sdcard will not mount and is not accessible. (Even tried reformatting it.)
I would like to install either a version of TWRP or a version of CWM that will let me access both internal directories and external sdcard.
The good news? I can still boot to my EOS (ver 79) customized ver of Jelly Bean. So I have the working OS... just no way to change my Recovery system into something useable. To replace it, it has to work to let me replace it! (Catch 22 big-time.)
Thanks for any help.
Good morning, after searching and installing a lot of Clockworkmod Recovery for my tf101g B90, i've always the same error :
Can't mount sdcard - Error mounting sdcard
I installed as shown in forum Clockworkmod using RecoveryInstaller.apk that install v 3.2.0.1 roarch2010-tf101-r1.
I've not used Rom manager as shown in forum ( i did this, but i read the forum, so i delete all)
What is the right apk to install a working Clockworkmod, that allow me to install/backup from my sdcard ?
Thanks to all !
Gabriele
gab74 said:
Good morning, after searching and installing a lot of Clockworkmod Recovery for my tf101g B90, i've always the same error :
Can't mount sdcard - Error mounting sdcard
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I have this error since today. Befor installs I never had this problem. I didn't install a new ClockworkMod Recovery since rooting. Only the roms I changed.
Edit: Now it's working. With a 16GB card it's working. 64GB not.
Not to meta-mod, but this is really stuff you should post in Q&A or general.
Germanboy4u said:
I have this error since today. Befor installs I never had this problem. I didn't install a new ClockworkMod Recovery since rooting. Only the roms I changed.
Edit: Now it's working. With a 16GB card it's working. 64GB not.
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Format your card for FAT32.
For a 64 GB card you need to use a 3rd party utility
Hi all.
I've been searching the net for hours for a solution to this issue, to no avail.
I have an Asus Slider SL101 that I wanted to upgrade to KatKiss so here's what I've done...
- Root successfully (1-click transformer root 1.1 from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1689193)
- Installed CWM Recovery (6.0.1.3) successfully (also using above)
- put all the relevant zips (katkiss, gapps, slider comp pack) on the sd card ready for flash
- booted into recovery...
Next I went to wipe data/factory reset... but it froze so I did a hard boot and tried again: same thing.
So I went to install the rom zip from sdcard and I get error message 'can't mount /sdcard/'
Also getting 'error mounting /data' and 'unknown volume for path [/sdcard/].
I can't get back to my original Android settings at all, I'm assuming it's all gone or something. Maybe the reset did work.
The big issue is I can't access the damn zip files on the sd card to install a rom.
I have these ADB tools (with adb and all these random executables and various files scattered about) but if I can't start Android then I can't use them can I?
It's a bit of a mess really. I'm thinking if I can just get the slider to mount the sd card then I can install the rom and I should be back in.
I'm not sure how to go back to stock recovery (whatever that means) so if you advise that I should 'flash' then I'm afraid I'm going to need some clear instruction.
Stupidly, I forgot to do a backup, which is probably half the reason I'm here, although that still doesn't account for the sdcard error...
Anyway, please help a moron out?
sliderfan said:
Hi all.
I've been searching the net for hours for a solution to this issue, to no avail.
I have an Asus Slider SL101 that I wanted to upgrade to KatKiss so here's what I've done...
- Root successfully (1-click transformer root 1.1 from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1689193)
- Installed CWM Recovery (6.0.1.3) successfully (also using above)
- put all the relevant zips (katkiss, gapps, slider comp pack) on the sd card ready for flash
- booted into recovery...
Next I went to wipe data/factory reset... but it froze so I did a hard boot and tried again: same thing.
So I went to install the rom zip from sdcard and I get error message 'can't mount /sdcard/'
Also getting 'error mounting /data' and 'unknown volume for path [/sdcard/].
I can't get back to my original Android settings at all, I'm assuming it's all gone or something. Maybe the reset did work.
The big issue is I can't access the damn zip files on the sd card to install a rom.
I have these ADB tools (with adb and all these random executables and various files scattered about) but if I can't start Android then I can't use them can I?
It's a bit of a mess really. I'm thinking if I can just get the slider to mount the sd card then I can install the rom and I should be back in.
I'm not sure how to go back to stock recovery (whatever that means) so if you advise that I should 'flash' then I'm afraid I'm going to need some clear instruction.
Stupidly, I forgot to do a backup, which is probably half the reason I'm here, although that still doesn't account for the sdcard error...
Anyway, please help a moron out?
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Ive got the same problem. CWM cant mount the sd card. Ive been searching for days, but all the links in any solution i did find are outdated. I did read somewhere that it means that the CWM version isnt compitable with the Sl101. I can't find any other/older versions then the Manager i downloaded from Playstore. I want to flash the Twrp Recovery and then the kisskat ROM, compability pack.. Gapps
.etc but i cant seem to get any of that done if CWM can't mount the damn sdcard. (Sorry i got a bit frustrated over this). Ive never rooted anything before so im new to this. Did anyone find a solution for this? Or has an link to some other version of CWM that is compitable to mount the sdcard? Thank you very much in advance)
Probably not what you wanna hear, but I didn't find a solution and had to throw my beloved slider away!