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CWM can't see sdcard

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

Help with recovery

OK I have a friend who rooted his phone and has voodoo lag fix recovery v5.0.2.7 when he first rooted I helped him put a rom made a nandroid backup first but now he wanted to make a back up and flash a different rom but when he goes into recovery and goes to back up it gives him error "can't mount backup path" so I went to mounts and storage and tried to mount the /sdcard and it says "error mounting sdcard" but with phone on everything thing works fine pictures and music save to SD and can be looked at or listened to just fine
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Hmmm, I believe I recall having that problem before. I would backup his sd card to a computer and then formatting it and trying to wish just the rom on there
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[Q] CWM can't mount /sdcard

I've installed CWM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671598 and then from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855686 on my TF101 and neither one can see the microSD card to back up the data
Am I doing something wrong?

Fry-kun said:
I've installed CWM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671598 and then from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855686 on my TF101 and neither one can see the microSD card to back up the data
Am I doing something wrong?
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Change to TWRP, works so much better and can use the internal or external storage for your backup. Search the forums for the how-to.

Just tried it, from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818452
No dice, can't select "external sd card" and can't mount it...

I will look up the TWRP install and link it to you. I did an app install to flash it. I just gotta remember how I did it. I didn't have my PC with me when I went from the HD rom to CM10 and I couldn't mount my SD card with CWM at all. I remember trolling these forums to find the TWRP install. I have 24 hour duty, so i will dig for it.
*EDIT*
Can you not boot into the OS? or are you stuck in CWM?
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I can boot into the OS just fine and I'm not stuck in CWM. What I meant in my previous reply was that I installed TWRP via GooManager but after rebooting into it, it doesn't see my microsd card, just like CWM...
The booted OS (original, rooted) does see the card and it's empty

Fry-kun said:
I can boot into the OS just fine and I'm not stuck in CWM. What I meant in my previous reply was that I installed TWRP via GooManager but after rebooting into it, it doesn't see my microsd card, just like CWM...
The booted OS (original, rooted) does see the card and it's empty
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Install twrp, use super wipe script from android revolution HD forum.. super wipe will wipe and format everything, then format your micro SD card... then try doing a fresh install
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[Q] [Solved] Problem with Nandroid backup not working [noob]

Hi,
I'm having a succesfully rooted LG Optimus One, P500 phone. Stock GB 2.3.3 (rooted). Stock Kernel. [Yeah..noob ]
I flashed a custom recovery using the "Flash Image GUI" app (given here under sticky, Step 2. b). The flashing was successful and I was able to enter recovery mode successfully using adb shell (reboot recovery).
The problem is I can't take any Nandroid backups.
1) When I try to create any backup it gives the "Oops. . . something went wrong!
Please check the recovery log!" message.
2) So I try to use Others> Move recovery log to SD card and again get the same message
3) I tried using SD-Card option so that I can use the SD card using my PC. However, only the drive shows up (0 size).
I've tried the following custom recoveries and had the same problem in all of them:
- AmonRa (from above sticky link)
- Thunderg (3.0.6 from their official location here)
Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong here and How I can access the recovery.log?
Edit1:
I've installed Thunderg 2.2.1 now. I am now able to create Nandroid backups on my SD card. However, restore still gives the same error..
Tried with boot, system only and even that failed to restore..It gives the same message "oops....something went wrong. Please check the recovery log"

Make sure to check if the root was actually successful with a app like root checker basic. There are some instances where I have seen a root process say it has been successful but when I check for root access it actually was not granted.

lord_nathan9 said:
Make sure to check if the root was actually successful with a app like root checker basic. There are some instances where I have seen a root process say it has been successful but when I check for root access it actually was not granted.
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Hi lord_nathan9, Thanks for replying. I'm quite positive that I have root access. I checked the root access in the following ways:
Using the Root Checker app (+ve)
While installing Titanium Backup (was able to move Handcent SMS to external card successfully)
Installing BusyBox (it required the root access) - message flashed that it was granted
using the "su" command on the adb shell. A message flashed on the phone that permission was granted and I got the # symbol showing up
When I open the SuperUser app it doesnt show me any problems either. So I'm positive that I've got root access..

Can you back up the sd card to your pc and try reformatting it in recovery?

upconvert said:
Can you back up the sd card to your pc and try reformatting it in recovery?
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Sure thing. So the steps would be as follows?
1. Connect phone to PC with USB
2. Copy everything from SD card
3. Reboot to recovery mode
4. Format SD card
5. Start phone
6. Copy everything back to SD card???
7. Check whether everything is working fine..

Between steps 4 and 5, try making a nandroid.

upconvert said:
Between steps 4 and 5, try making a nandroid.
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I've installed Thunderg 2.2.1 recovery (updated my 1st post). I'm now able to create Nandroid backups. However, restore is still failing with the same oops error message. Should I still try out this wiping SD card thing?

Re: [Q] Problem with Nandroid backup not working [noob]
Couldn't hurt, as long as you back it up first.
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upconvert said:
Couldn't hurt, as long as you back it up first.
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Okay. I'm going to try it out and post an update whenever it gets done.
Edit:
Tried the option "others> wipe SD Card".
Created a Nandroid Backup (got created)
Tried a restore (same oops error)

Is there an option to format, instead of wiping? If not, can you format it with a card reader and your pc?

upconvert said:
Is there an option to format, instead of wiping? If not, can you format it with a card reader and your pc?
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Unfortunately there is no other option besides wipe. However, I noticed something suspicious about the "Mount" setting. It has the following options:
Mount /system
Unmount /cache <--- No idea whether this is normal or not
Mount /data
Mount /sd-ext
Mount /sdcard
Should I try to unmount the cache and then try restoring the Nandroid backup or what?

Thanks a lot for your help upconvert. I have found the solution finally! This whole investigation took me an entire day but finally the restore is working!..
TWR custom recovery is working for me when others are failing and giving me all kinds of weird errors. I found the solution in this link here.
Any idea how to mark this thread as answered?

Re: [Q] Problem with Nandroid backup not working [noob]
Just go to your original post and edit the title. Glad it worked out!
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[Q] ROM Manager - external SC card backup Error

I installed ROM Manager 5.5.x and CWM 6.0.4.8 (touch version). When I enabled the backup to external SD card and started the ROM backup, I got error in CWM: it couldn't find the external SD card. Backup then failed CWM menu appeared on screen.
If I select backup to internal memory, it backup fine.
Is there a way to fix this issue ?
Thanks,
Ching-Ho Cheng

lcc014 said:
I installed ROM Manager 5.5.x and CWM 6.0.4.8 (touch version). When I enabled the backup to external SD card and started the ROM backup, I got error in CWM: it couldn't find the external SD card. Backup then failed CWM menu appeared on screen.
If I select backup to internal memory, it backup fine.
Is there a way to fix this issue ?
Thanks,
Ching-Ho Cheng
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How old is your external SD card? If you've been writing to it a lot, it might be going bad. SD cards have a limited life span. The more you write to it (and in bigger chunks), the more it "wears down" the SD card.
You might want to try and reformat it and do a chkdsk on it to see if it finds any bad areas on it.

iBolski said:
How old is your external SD card? If you've been writing to it a lot, it might be going bad. SD cards have a limited life span. The more you write to it (and in bigger chunks), the more it "wears down" the SD card.
You might want to try and reformat it and do a chkdsk on it to see if it finds any bad areas on it.
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Thank you. I will give it a try.

lcc014 said:
I installed ROM Manager 5.5.x and CWM 6.0.4.8 (touch version). When I enabled the backup to external SD card and started the ROM backup, I got error in CWM: it couldn't find the external SD card. Backup then failed CWM menu appeared on screen.
If I select backup to internal memory, it backup fine.
Is there a way to fix this issue ?
Thanks,
Ching-Ho Cheng
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I found that backing up from rom manager from within android usually fails for me. If you boot into recovery and do a backup that way it is usually successful. Just make sure you chose the sdcard1 option when starting the backup.

bill0405 said:
I found that backing up from rom manager from within android usually fails for me. If you boot into recovery and do a backup that way it is usually successful. Just make sure you chose the sdcard1 option when starting the backup.
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That is true in my case. I had no problem to backup rom from recovery.

lcc014 said:
That is true in my case. I had no problem to backup rom from recovery.
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Good to hear!
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bill0405 said:
I found that backing up from rom manager from within android usually fails for me. If you boot into recovery and do a backup that way it is usually successful. Just make sure you chose the sdcard1 option when starting the backup.
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lcc014 said:
That is true in my case. I had no problem to backup rom from recovery.
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Never thought of that! I myself have never used ROM Manager to backup my ROM image. Sorry about steering you in the wrong direction. I had assumed ROM Manager worked regardless.