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[Q] No folders in Open Recovery

I have Open Recovery and was getting ready to flash Kahl's Galaxy and when I went into my nandroid, my back ups were there and the Galaxy folder, however there were no options to "tick" (system, data, cache,...). It was all empty. I can see the nandroids on my PC when I plug it in but can't flash them. Says something like, "Nothing to Restore".
Tried reformatting SD card
Re-installing Open Recovery.
SBF back to stock
32gb card (fat, then 1g ext3, then 125swap- and all are ordered correctly)
Any ideas?

Make sure the folder structure on the sdcard is ...
Code:
/sdcard/nandroid/GalaxyXTV4/ (boot.img, boot.md5, system.img, system.md5)
not
/sdcard/nandroid/GalaxyXTV4/GalaxyXTV4/ (boot.img, boot.md5, system.img, system.md5)
HTH

They are set up the correct way. Even my old bakc ups aren't showing correctly either.
Another clue to the puzzle:
When I go into my Gallery, I get a triangle at the top that says "failed to read/write sdcard. Gallery may not work as expected"
Maybe a mounting issue. Everything was working 2 days ago.

usually the problem is like 3rdstring just said.
but i got also those problem like yours when my sdcard corrupted and can't be mount on phone, try reformating your mem card.

At first I thought it was the card (and still kind of do now) but it seems that Root Explorer, even though you toggle it to r/w, sometimes it kicks back to r/o and that is what is screwing everything up. When reflashed my 2.1 sbf and started from scratch, re-installing Open Recovery, the sdcard was ticked at r/o, so Open Recovery, as hard as it tried, couldn't read the files.
This also created the problem with the media gallery b/c when I tried to save an MMS to the sd card, it would show up as a broken link/pix. This is actually what led me to the r/o vs r/w Root Explorer problem. Ticked it back to r/w and tried to re-save the MMS pix to my sdcard and viola, it worked. Open Recovery shows all my Nadroid back ups and the sub-folders within.
Now if there was some way to figure out how to make Root Explorer r/w all the time and avoid the constant fear that after I reboot sometime, it hasn't gone back to r/o and messes with my head.
I'll tell you that this phone, as frustrating as it may be, is always a learning experience.

1. the software that running on your phone now is came from a "fresh" file master(from market or computer) or from the backup from your sdcard after it crash?
2. is the fat partition set as active?
3. when reformating the card you use card reader or your phone(use phone as card reader) ?
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my problem at that time is quite the same as yours.
and it all happpened bcause i ran the software from the backup file( not a fresh one), i format the card using card reader(maybe my card reader is not run well, so the formating process not run perfectly) and i forget to set partition as active lol
when i tried to use a fresh file master, format through my phone(use phone as card reader) all the problem is gone
just from my experience
*bad english, i hope you understand what i said

same Problem
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I've the same problem in the gallery. (failed to read/write sd card)
I can shot some pictures an then the cam freezes. After that the whole xt720 freezes.
@Woodrube:
have you try it with the phone USB mode to format the sd card twice?
I tryed 3 different sd cards - all the same problem.
- the orginal class 2 card
- a 32GB class4 card
- a 16 GB class10 card
I tryed also differt roms:
- orginal
- dexters
- and this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002993
but ever the same problems...
Is it possible that the SD Card reader inside of the phone is damged?!
I need help. i'm going crazy...

USB reader in phone works fine for me. It isn't the card per se, but rather something messing with it to make it glitchy. I have a 32gb class 10 card that is A-OK but I also tested a 16gb class 6 card I had too and it did the exact same thing on me.
I have narrowed it down to the Camera function. For some reason when I take pix it won't write to the card. Was just on a short vacation with my wife and kids and took a picture of my boys sitting on a canon and lo and behold, it didn't write to the card. I think what I did was take the card out, reboot w/o it in and then once phone was fully powered up, inserted my card and remounted it. Picture wasn't there but could open my media gallery with no issues.
To tell you the truth, I have tried so many ways to figure this out, that they are all jumbled now. Once it happens again, I will pay more attention to how I fix it and post it. Really, I think it all comes down to an issue with the camera and the ROM not mingling together.
Running Steelblue ROM, but had same issues with Personared too.

Woodrube said:
I have Open Recovery and was getting ready to flash Kahl's Galaxy and when I went into my nandroid, my back ups were there and the Galaxy folder, however there were no options to "tick" (system, data, cache,...). It was all empty. I can see the nandroids on my PC when I plug it in but can't flash them. Says something like, "Nothing to Restore".
Tried reformatting SD card
Re-installing Open Recovery.
SBF back to stock
32gb card (fat, then 1g ext3, then 125swap- and all are ordered correctly)
Any ideas?
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I'm sure you've done this, but for completeness, some other things to check are to make sure all partitions are primary and that the fat partition is marked "active" (or "boot" depending on which partitioner you're using)

Been awhile since this was an active thread but I did say I would post a solution when I found one. Seems that something is corrupting the sdcard when you take a picture. Not sure what is causing it but here is the fix.
You will lose that picture, but go into your media gallery and once it all populates in, a triangle will scroll in your notification bar that says sdcard failed to read/write. This seems to screw with all kinds of things.
Solution: delete the picture that doesn't have a thumbnail, pull down notification bar and hit the error message. Unmount sdcard and force stop your media gallery. Remount the sdcard and close out your settings. Reopen your media gallery and you should be good to good. Simple as that. No reboot, battery pull or reformatting needed.
Seems that camera corrupts something during during read/write and it trickles through all SD files, including OR folders.

E:/Can't Mount SD Card

Okay, So I normally never post in these forums. I am always reading and learning new ways to improve my Cell Phone.
Anyways, Today, I experienced a freaky Force Close. It was for my TWLauncher and no matter how many times I clicked FC, it still kept FCing not allowing me to enter into Debug mode to allow me to get to Recovery or even Odin.
Finally after clicking the Search button quick enough I was able to type in settings and then change to debug mode. I rebooted into Recovery mode and flashed to Default, no root, nothing. I then downloaded [ROM][ODIN] Stock DEODEXED KC1 [Root][Einherjar Dev Team][4.21.2011]-Whitehawkx booted that up and now Im trying to install CWM and {rom}Cwm-GB-2.3.5-Octane-V2.x.
Well first off I noticed something strange when I couldnt push from my adb so I manually went in and moved the file myself with a root file manager and placed the update.zip file and the zip file for the rom i wanted into my root.
I recovered mode, booted into CWM, and now when I try and Back up or update from zip file on sd card and I can't. Its telling me that...
"Unable to Mount Sd card"
or
E:/Can't Mount SD Card
I've tried formating SD Card from Phone and Computer. I've removed everything from SD Card, and still not working! Im soo confused. @[email protected]
I hope someone here can help me with this problem!
Thanks!
Josh

Could have something to do witb voodoo being ENABLED before flashing. Not sure though, never happened to me before.
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I have the same problem here!
Any suggestions? I even tried SD Formatter 3.1 to format my sd card but no luck...

TheKucho might be onto the issue. Did either of you have the sdcard formatted with the ext4 filesystem? If so, Windows won't be able to format it because it can't read ext4. I don't know about any of the apps in the market but I would think most of them are written for whatever filesystem is native to the platform (which ext4 is not, usually).
If you guys were on ext4, either mount the card via a Linux box & reformat it to FAT or you'll have to load a voodoo enabled kernel on your phone & reformat it that way.

Thanks for Reply Guys
The SD Card wasn't reformatted from the phone ever til last night.
I reformated to FAT32 on my laptop, readded my pictures to the sd card, and then moved it back to my phone...
I've tried multple sd cards, nothing seems to work. Almost as if the cell phone is finding the sd cards when in recovery mode or from the adb... I can take pictures and save them to sd, and I can mount sd to pc from usb coord, but thats it.

Yay
For anyone experiencing this problem, I have solved it thanks to the help of everyone here...
I followed the GB EXT4 Starter and installed octane 2.x-Updated
The steps worked completely, at one point it was bit fuzzy, right after finalizing EXT4 process, my phone began to boot up, load, auto reboot, but not completely, only went to splash screen, made noise, and then opned up again. OVER AND OVER.
I fixed this by battery drop, recovery mode, loading zip from sd, first the Octane, and then Busy Box.
I HAVE MY BABY BACK!

[Q] Less ROM after each flash

In TiBu, after each time I flash a new ROM, it shows I have less ROM left. What partition is my ROM in? Can I find it in root explorer? Can I erase stuff to free up ROM? I don't want to run out if I try more ROMS. It seems like extra stuff is carrying over with each flash. I erased all the cache and dalvik and whatnot (unless i'm missing something)
Sorry for the bunch of questions together but I can't find any real good answers with google.

No. You have an internal/ external sd card. A rom is the firmware you flash. Each time you flash a new one it replaces the old one. You may be filling your internal card. By downloading new roms. And all you have to do is erase stuff on your sd cards internal, and external sd to free up space. Anything you download takes up space.

i tried to post a picture, but im too new to post outside links it says. anyway, this is what it says:
system ROM 617mb (101mb free)
internal 2.11gb (1.87gb free)
sd card 12.0gb (7.27gb free)
ext.sd card 4.11 gb (2.88gb free)

jeff210 said:
i tried to post a picture, but im too new to post outside links it says. anyway, this is what it says:
system ROM 617mb (101mb free)
internal 2.11gb (1.87gb free)
sd card 12.0gb (7.27gb free)
ext.sd card 4.11 gb (2.88gb free)
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so whats the problem?
every ROM is going to be different in size, and you dont use the system ROM (READ ONLY MEMORY) to install or do anything. so why do you think you need more space on that partition? as long as the rom that you are flashing fits on it (every ROM install will format that /system partition anyway), it will work....

Sounds right to me for rom allotment

I was just making sure that it wouldn't keep building up with each ROM I flash and run out of room. Thanks all.

sdcard/ blank in CM9?

Hey guys,
So I flashed my Rogers i727R to CM9 a4 and found that when I installed ROOT browser to get to my files on my internal sdcard it was completely blank yet the files/apps/back ups are there still for sure. Is this a known problem or is mine just messed up?
Thanks

External SD is emmc not /emmc/SD card. Internal is /SD card. That's how it is with mine on cm9 a4
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA

copene said:
Hey guys,
So I flashed my Rogers i727R to CM9 a4 and found that when I installed ROOT browser to get to my files on my internal sdcard it was completely blank yet the files/apps/back ups are there still for sure. Is this a known problem or is mine just messed up?
Thanks
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The standard mounting in CM9 on a SkyRocket is for the internal sd card to be mounted in /emcc and the external sd card to be mounted in /sdcard.

Thanks guys, I figured that out. It looks like the problem is MUCH deeper. When in CWM recovery I can not back up or restore at all. I can navigate to "clockworkmod/backup" and SEE the folder but it says it's empty (it's not). I get "E: can't mount sdcard". I've tried the CMW Touch version too and I get the same outcome. I've formatted the card through stock, I've odin'd back to stock, I've done everything. "E:Can't mount sdcard" has plagued my fu**ing life. I have googled and searched my fingers off yet nothing works. I can see the card, the card has data, I can backup and recover through the ROM Manager with stock firmware but no matter what I do I can't do sh*t through recovery. What makes things worse is when I was using CM9a4 I couldn't back up or restore anything at anytime and when I went into storage I would have the memory greyed out (no colors indicating pictures/data/music/etc.) yet I could access all my data.
I'm ready to pitch this thing out the window. I try ONE ROM, follow instructions to the T and this happens...

copene said:
Thanks guys, I figured that out. It looks like the problem is MUCH deeper. When in CWM recovery I can not back up or restore at all. I can navigate to "clockworkmod/backup" and SEE the folder but it says it's empty (it's not). I get "E: can't mount sdcard". I've tried the CMW Touch version too and I get the same outcome. I've formatted the card through stock, I've odin'd back to stock, I've done everything. "E:Can't mount sdcard" has plagued my fu**ing life. I have googled and searched my fingers off yet nothing works. I can see the card, the card has data, I can backup and recover through the ROM Manager with stock firmware but no matter what I do I can't do sh*t through recovery. What makes things worse is when I was using CM9a4 I couldn't back up or restore anything at anytime and when I went into storage I would have the memory greyed out (no colors indicating pictures/data/music/etc.) yet I could access all my data.
I'm ready to pitch this thing out the window. I try ONE ROM, follow instructions to the T and this happens...
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I just now restored to CM9 a4 using touch recovery. I go back and forth between this and Sky ICS. Not sure what your issue could be.

I have no idea what to do next. I've tried everything.
Here's one thing...
when I navigate through ROOT Browser the sdcard is showing in the initial folder AS WELL as in mnt/sdcard
so the same card is at:
/sdcard AND mnt/sdcard
is this weird?

have you resolved this?? it just happened to me, can't mount internal sd

Isn't the internal sd mounted at /emmc on cm9?
Edit that's what I get for only reading the last 2 posts... NM, I guess.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

[Q] Can't mount system partition. Anyone, please help.

I am at my wits end here. I've searched for hours now, without getting any results. My problem is as the title says.
Right now I can't mount the System Partition (it's 0 MB) in the latest TWRP recovery. So I can't install any ROM, and my old one is already wiped.
I used to be on CM 11, with my sd-card partitioned in a way (forgot what way) that support mount2sd method of increasing /data size.
Now I want to upgrade to CM 12 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc...dev-cyanogenmod-12-11-19-2012-alpha1-t2945587). Problem is, I lost my sd adapter to connect my micro-sd card to my computer. I was trying other methods of partitioning it. Ended up wiping everything clean, and erasing (all?) partitions on the sd card. I guess I now I've gone and done it. System doesn't wanna mount. All data is backed up, thankfully.
So can anyone please suggest what I should do now?
And on a side note, how to multi-partition the sdcard without PC?