Hi, Still very new to all this. Was wanting to use link2sd app. Upon loading up the app and finding out more. It states "second partition not found, no sd card present"? So i'm reading all these threads on how to partition. Concern is, this guide for dummies writes that they want me to unmount sd and put in computer via usb or sd card reader? I don't have a sd card reader on laptop. Am i not able to leave it mounted in my phone while partitioning? This sd is internal and i don't see anything else under my sim card. Looks empty as if nothing is there. Is that where the external would go? Under sim card? Anyways, aside from that. I can't use CWM. Has no option for format sd card in 6.0.4.7. So was told to use Minitool partition wizard. Is this free? Says freeware. I'm guessing yes, though someone said it asked for license after partition. Shrugs.
My biggest concern is that even if i figure this out and get a second partition going..... What is going to be lost after format? My guess is everything right? So when i do a factory reset, will i still be flashed with beanstalk rom...Or wiill i have to start from stock again and update back to beanstalk? Sorry to sound stupid. Only been playing around with this phone a couple days. First smartphone and still very new to flashing, etc.
come on....60 views and not one helpful answer? surely someone has knowledge on this discussion. Please help! Does this phone ship with a sd card internally or no? I swore i used app2sd on earlier build before i return phone for a replacement. Why does it not work no longer? is there a specific build/rom that would allow me doing this? new to smartphones. be nice to the newb. thx.
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I didnt know the root would format my SD card, so I foolishly used my main 16gb sd card to root it. My quick question is, is there any way I can get all my data back? I have many nandroid back ups but I wasnt sure if the nandroid back ups backed up the SD card or just the phone/rom image?
Cant recall what I would have used to back up my SD card
Oooooh, even if I dont get an answer to this, I just discovered that I made a back up of my SD card on my desktop in April of this year so im fairly peachy. Me from the past must have known future me was going to be stupid. Way to go me from the past. Im such a bad ass
Thank god..cause I had a lot of important data, photos, vids, and music on that card. Excuse me while I continue to pat myself on the back for being such a damn bad ass....
You could try a file recovery program on your SD card. It depends whether the data has been actually overwritten, or whether the partition has just been erased. If the data has been overwritten, it probably won't be possible to get it back this way, but if the card has just been formatted then the data will still all be there, it's just the partition isn't readable by the os, you could well be in luck!
Have a bit of a search around google, most recovery software costs about $40 usually, but you could probably find some from less err legal sources, if you looked hard enough.
I've used R-studio to recover data in the past, but it was a while ago and I can't remember how effective it was, but might be a place to start looking if you don't have any ideas.
Good luck!
Search for photorec. It has a program to recover data deleted from sd cards. It's opensource. There are versions for Linux, windows, and Mac. It will copy deleted files to a directory on another device.
Hi, I have been messing with rooting and installing custom roms on my Droid Charge. I'm totally new to it and have been getting the hang of it, lots of wipes, reinstallations, etc. Unfortunately, it looks like my 32gb microSD card has been a casualty of all this. Since I had managed to install a custom rom on my Charge, my card cannot be read by any device, I've tried it in two computers and two Android phones. All are unable to format the card either, showing it in RAW format.
I believe when I was looking at some threads here, there was an issue with some of the roms maybe damaging the sd card, maybe forcing it to read-only mode? Is there a way I can definitively find out if my card is toast or I can still save it?
Thanks!
I don't have a solution but a question. Was the last rom you flashed a GB rom?
Charged up post!
No, all my roms and kernels have been 2.2 Froyo based.
Flash the SD card fix, not sure how since the SD card isn't working but I would attempt to flash a stock ee4 through Odin & actually use the SD card fix this time....
Also, you might want to consider using Titanium Backup to get all your apps saved to your SD card so you don't lose them from the wipe.
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Flash the SD card fix, not sure how since the SD card isn't working but I would attempt to flash a stock ee4 through Odin & actually use the SD card fix this time....
Also, you might want to consider using Titanium Backup to get all your apps saved to your SD card so you don't lose them from the wipe.
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He said that he can't even format it in a separate reader, so changing out the software on his phone isn't going to fix anything.
To the OP: Honestly, it sounds like your card might be bad; it happens. I doubt that any software/ROM could have caused this since software can't physically damage hardware. One suggestion I can make is to try cleaning the contacts on the card; I recommend q-tips and isopropyl alcohol for that. If it still doesn't work and can't be formatted in your computers reader, you simply have a bad card. At that point, try calling VZW and hope they will replace it. They may insist on replacing your whole phone as well; I don't know. Or, you can use this as an excuse to get a faster (Class 4+) card.
hey guys,
1 month ago i've buyed a new sd card(16 gigs, class4) it works pretty good until now.
now i can't erase anything, when i try it the datas seemd to be away, but on the next plug they're there again...
and the phone doesn't recognize the card either, so what i can do?!
Corrupted. Use minitools to do a full wipe and try.
doesn't work anyway,
or explain what i have to do exactly
Have you tried it on a different device to make sure the problem is the sd card and not your phone. Tried backing up and formatting the sd card?
on different devices it's like read/only...
formatting doesn't work,
Assuming the sd card is MicroSD ( it is isn't it?), and you've tried formatting it on a phone as well as from a computer, always making sure the lock of the microSD adapter was off, the only thing i would think of, is trying with different formatting tools software, there are plenty of them on the internet.
A program that might work:http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-127-hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool
yes it's micro sd but it hasn't any lock,
when i try that program there's written: the device is write-protected..
When you plug your micro sd card to the computer you do it with an adaptor in wich you should find a lock, if it's off or doesn't exist the following tutorial should help.
http://www.troublefixers.com/remove-write-protection-on-usb-pen-drive-or-memory-card-or-ipod/
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doesnt work...
what type of format does it have? did you formatted it at first use? with which kind of format ? i'm running out of possible solutions.. argh!
it has 1 gig ext, and the other's fat32..
Repartitioning, trying with the disk utility on ubuntu...or if your on time, or return it to the store and change it for a new one... i've no idea what so ever apart from what i've already answered. Sorry mate. May be someone around the forum can help you further...
cannot partitioning it, read only,...
when someone knows how to fix that he would answer..
Hi all and thanks for reading.
I successfully unlocked and rooted my HTC Status/ChaCha (S-ON) yesterday using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452173
I'm glad I found this site because I was about to pay someone to do it. I literally just bought this phone a few days ago from eBay and sold my BlackBerry. All in all, I love it but just dislike the fact that we have to go through these steps just to make it capable of holding a few apps.
I just found out that I need to enable a2sd in order to use App2SD but first I need to partition my SD card. I currently have a 2gb sd card in my phone but don't have a card reader. So I ordered a new 8gb sd card along with the reader so I can continue with the process. My question is how do I go about installing the new sd card since the rooting and unlocking was done using my 2gb sd card? I already found the tutorial to partition the card using Mini Tool.
Please bear with me and I'm sorry if my question irritates anybody. I'm just new and ignorant when it comes to Android. I've read dozens of threads and many of them might as well be in Chinese lol.
TIA!
Just partition your new card, then copy the contents of the 2Gb card over to the main partition of the 8Gb card.
The rooting/unlocking is held within the system partition (or another internal partition) which is held within the handset, so switching out the memory card won't affect it.
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Just partition your new card, then copy the contents of the 2Gb card over to the main partition of the 8Gb card.
The rooting/unlocking is held within the system partition (or another internal partition) which is held within the handset, so switching out the memory card won't affect it.
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Thank you so much for answering my question! I appreciate it! Cheers.
Hi all. I'm flashing from Froyo to ICS, using NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.4-CM9-HWA V2.1. I've flashed new radio, MAGLDR etc... with no issues, but when I've come to actually flash the ROM, my SD Card has chosen this second to give up on me. It wouldn't transfer any files etc... using the MAGLDR USB mass storage mode, and now refuses to format it.
So, I assume the SD card is screwed (unless there's some weird setting I've missed?) - basically, my phone obviously won't boot into anything now, it's half past midnight and I don't have any more SD cards on me.
How can I flash this ROM using a bootloader? Is that possible? I vaguely recall using a Bootloader to flash to Froyo from WinMo, rather than an SD card.
Any ideas? I need to get this running very soon, so my phone will work.
Cheers in advance.
(also, I did a search, but I couldn't find an answer. Sorry if it has been answered already).
Alternatively, does anyone know of a NAND ROM with a daf.exe loader? Any will do, just so I can get my phone functional until I get a new SD card.
Thanks.
Fixed it, by going into clockworkmod, partitioning the card, formatting it within CWM, mounting the SD card, then mounting USB storage. Seeeeeems to have worked.
So, feel free to delete. That said, would still be interested in finding an alt. solution to this.