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failed to mount /sdcard (no such file or directory)

Motorola XOOM 3G. I am trying to upgrade to 3.1. Currently on 3.0.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074609
I am trying to flash a ROM from my external micro sdcard. I getting an error E:\failed to mount /sdcard (no such file or directory) inside Android system recovery <3e> when I choose a package to install. Please help!!!

Reformat your sd card especially if it is partitioned

I did that many times. Even did it with another android phone. Also used other sdcard from my android phone.

I'm having this problem too.
Any ideas?

anothersaddream said:
Motorola XOOM 3G. I am trying to upgrade to 3.1. Currently on 3.0.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074609
I am trying to flash a ROM from my external micro sdcard. I getting an error E:\failed to mount /sdcard (no such file or directory) inside Android system recovery <3e> when I choose a package to install. Please help!!!
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Please take a look at this thread. I'm not trying to boost myself but keep you guys from having problems. I don't know if this is your problem (bad recovery from CWM) but it's been happening to a lot of smart people.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129397

"E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)"
I have been trying to flash the 3.2.2 ROM on my Verizon branded 4g+WiFi Xoom and I am receiving the same message when I choose apply zip from USB:
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
I have tried three different microSD cards, 512MB, 16GB class 4, and 32GB class10. I get the same message no matter what card is tried. It does not seem to be able to see its own internal storage or the external microSD card.
I was following the steps and another odd thing is that I do not have the options to perform and Nandroid backup. I have the purchased version of ROM Manager but I need root access to be able to install ClockworkMod... Since my tablet is already at 3.2.2 all I really needed was root anyway so I can run Cisco Anyconnect VPN that required root.
Any tips on getting the Xoom to see or mount the SD card, either one, would be appreciated.
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Step 1: Getting Ready to Flash Rooted Honeycomb in Xoom
1. Download the ROM Android-HC-3.2.2-Stock+Rooted-1.1-SOLARNZ.zip and save the file on your desktop.
2. Once done, connect your tab to the computer, mount SD Card or SD Ext and copy the downloaded Zip file to SD Card root. .
Step 2: Put Motorola Xoom in Recovery Mode
First you need to reboot Motorola Xoom in Recovery Mode, after that you can perform a factory reset on Xoom. Follow the steps below:
1. Turn your device on, then switch it back on
2. On startup when Motorola logo appears, press and hold Volume Down button
3. When Android recovery text appears, press the Volume Up button. Your device will now enter in recovery mode.
Note: In recovery mode, you can navigate up and down using Volume Up and Volume Down keys while Power button can be used to select an option.
Step 3: Take Nandroid Backup
1. Once in recovery mode, press & hold Power button.
2. While holding the Power button, press & release the Volume Up button.
3. Navigate to “backup and restore” and select it.
4. Select “backup” to perform your data backup.
Step 4: Factory Reset Motorola Xoom
1. Once Nandroid backup is complete, navigate to Wipe data / factory reset, then press Power button to select it.
2. It will ask for confirmation, select Yes, delete all user data option to factory reset Xoom.
Step 5: Flash Rooted Honeycomb 3.2.2 ROM
1. Select Flash Zip from SD Card
2. Then select choose zip from sd card
3. Select the zip file that you put onto the root of SD card.
4. Wait for process to complete.
And there you go! You are now on the latest Android Honeycomb version and are all set to explore what’s new. In case you are facing any issues or just want to thank the ROM chef. Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues while updating your device in the comments section as just in case if you face any issues then we will try to solve them at the earliest.

I suspect that you updated your recovery via ROM Manager to a version that doesn't recognize the external sdcard. You need to flash the solarnz R4C cwm
recovery v 3.2.0.0. Rom Manager is a pain.
Also please don't flash that 3.2.2 ROM. It will break your connectivity. If you have 4G, you can flash the Odachi kernel.

Had a problem similar to yours. Make sure you have your sdcard mounted completely in it's slot. Make sure you turn the xoom off when mounting.

4g xoom root failed
ok i attempted the 5 steps but i dont get an option for a backup nor an option to install zip file, the closest is 'apply update from usb drive' then i get the E:/failed to mount /sdcard (no such file or directory). card is mounted correctly. i bypassed the backup and just did the rest, same issue. should i keep it plugged into pc while doing all this, i plug in to copy zip file then unplug it.

Assuming that you have the correct recovery version installed (see my previous post), you should keep the sdcard mounted in your Xoom. Make sure it is actually mounted. A reboot with the card seated in its slot will usually do it.
You could at least read over this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
and check the steps listed against what you have done. That often helps.

exactly what i needed detailed instructions for dummies. hopefully i will be succesful this time, taking a break for a day this stuff is for programmers, lol.

failed to mount /sdcard (no such file or directory) galaxy y duos
I am trying to flash a ROM from my external micro sdcard. I getting an error E:\ failed to mount /sdcard (no such file or directory)
please help
If somebody can help me with more details how to do tnx.

DeanBuxton said:
I have been trying to flash the 3.2.2 ROM on my Verizon branded 4g+WiFi Xoom and I am receiving the same message when I choose apply zip from USB:
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
I encountered the same issue.
It appears the XOOM does not like SD Cards that were formatted using Windows
(or perhaps Quick Formatted using Windows).
Using a 4GB FlashDrive formatted as Fat32 using Linux (i.e. Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64 bit boot CD)
resolved the issue.
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[Q] SGS Flash ROM with no USB

Hi all,
I have recently flashed RevolutionROM with Galaxian kernel onto my SGS I9000.
I then flashed Darky's ROM 10.2.2 to my wife's phone (same model) and love it so want to flash it to mine too. So I need to flash Darky's Resurrection 10.2 first but can't get any PC (I've tried 3 of them - 2 with Ubuntu Linux and 1 with Windows 7) to recognise the phone over USB.
I plug in the USB and it vibrates and charges, but I get nothing on the phone display (i.e. USB mass storage screen) and the PC doesn't detect it at all.
I also tried it in Download mode but it was again not detected by the PC (Heimdall).
I'm figuring there is something wrong with the physical USB connection in the phone, as the same cable and PC worked on my wife's phone just yesterday.
So, a couple of questions:
1. Any suggestion for how to fix the USB issue?
2. Assuming I can't figure out the USB issue, is there any way to flash a ROM without USB connectivity?
thanks
Aaron

Anyone? Thanks
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Have you tried reinstalling the drivers on your pc?

Hi,
Thanks, I appreciate your response but ask that you read my original post again - as i stated I tried it on 3 different PCs and that my wife's phone is detected fine.
It seems to be moot now unfortunately as I think I may have bricked my phone last night. I tried restoring a previous nandroid backup via CWM recovery and ended up in a boot loop. I was able to get back to recovery but now when I try to do anything I just get a heap of error messages saying it's unable to mount/find various filesystem locations.
I can get into download mode but without access by USB it is no help to me.
cheers
Aaron

Your device is not bricked. As long as you can get into recovery mode, you are fine. Have you tried using a new SD card, placing a rom on it then flashing it via CWM Recovery?

Theonew said:
Your device is not bricked. As long as you can get into recovery mode, you are fine. Have you tried using a new SD card, placing a rim on it then flashing it via CWM Recovery?
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Thanks Theonew. Can you help me with how to go about that?
When I go into CWM recovery and try to restore a backup it simply shows several messages on the screen basically saying it can't mount or find any of the locations it's looking for (sorry I'm at work and don't have it with me to get the exact error messages) then returns to the recovery menu.
With that, I made the (possibly incorrect) assumption that the recovery is not going to be able to access any ROM that I might be able to put on the external SD card (and certainly not on the internal SD card).
If there's a way to do it though, I'm keen to give it a try. I have a 2GB external card that I can place a ROM on, but how would I get CWM recovery to flash it from there?
thanks
Aaron

Now that I'm back from work, here's the error messages I am consistently getting in CWM recovery.
Pretty much anything I try to do results in a variation of these errors appearing:
This one was after trying to apply update.zip from sd card.
Code:
E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard/update.zip]
E:Can't mount /sdcard/update.zip
Installation aborted.
E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/log]
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/last_log]
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]

Try looking for the zip of the rom instead of the update.zip (install zip from SDcard -> Choose zip from SDcard)
Best bet is just put a new ROM in the root (i.e not in any folder) and look for it and flash make sure to clear out all the old stuff.

Hi, thanks again for the response. There are no actions I can take in CWM that don't result in the errors and failure (except reboot and test keys!)
I can't access anything that is stored as it's not mounting any partitions.
I can't add anything to the root because my USB isn't working.
thanks
Aaron

aaronlp said:
Hi, thanks again for the response. There are no actions I can take in CWM that don't result in the errors and failure (except reboot and test keys!)
I can't access anything that is stored as it's not mounting any partitions.
I can't add anything to the root because my USB isn't working.
thanks
Aaron
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Try flashing a new version of ClockworkMod Recovery.

Theonew said:
Try flashing a new version of ClockworkMod Recovery.
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Thanks again. How? I can't find any solutions that don't require USB.
Cheers
Aaron

aaronlp said:
Thanks again. How? I can't find any solutions that don't require USB.
Cheers
Aaron
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Use rom manager. Just hope that you don't get the error during flashing.

Theonew said:
Use rom manager. Just hope that you don't get the error during flashing.
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Thanks but I can't get into the OS at all, it's boot looping unless I get into download or recovery.

[Q] Possibly bricked - what are my options?

Have a Telstra One XL 1.89 - after hours of reading/researching I finally rooted the phone and flashed TWRP (ver 2.2.2.0) recovery with a custom ROM.
Everything was working fine until I tried to install a different ROM - I made a backup via TWRP, installed the new ROM but it wouldn't boot ... no worries I had the backup ... I accidentally selected FACTORY RESET from the bootloader instead of RECOVERY which seemed to have wiped all my data on the internal SD card - so my backup has been wiped.
I'm still able to access TWRP so I thought I could simply mount my SD card to my computer and copy my old ROM to flash - however I can't mount the SD card from TWRP - TWRP's console is throwing up "E:failed to mount /sdcard (Invalid argument)" and "E:Unable to mount /sdcard when trying to read settings file." errors - hence in the Mount menu, I can't check the "Mount SDCard" checkbox! (WTF?) - I Google'd this and someone advised that you will need to partition the SD card from within TWRP before it will allow you to mount it - I tried partitioning it but still throwing up those errors
I can also access the device from command prompt via adb - so I tried to flash a rom directly via fastboot but it throws up a "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" when it tries to flash it.
What are my options here? Am I completely screwed? I'm currently in the process of downloading the Telstra RUU - will this even work in my case?? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated - pulling my hair out here ... 2 week old phone

The RUU will make it all better
just lock your bootloader again before you run it

Look who's still floating
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

So you could post here when you didn't have a hox but I can't? Oooookayyyy.

In my heart I always had a hox......now I hate this p.o.s yet I'm still here, smh
My fastboot oem unlock tabby will be here Tuesday tho
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

slavlazar said:
Have a Telstra One XL 1.89 - after hours of reading/researching I finally rooted the phone and flashed TWRP (ver 2.2.2.0) recovery with a custom ROM.
Everything was working fine until I tried to install a different ROM - I made a backup via TWRP, installed the new ROM but it wouldn't boot ... no worries I had the backup ... I accidentally selected FACTORY RESET from the bootloader instead of RECOVERY which seemed to have wiped all my data on the internal SD card - so my backup has been wiped.
I'm still able to access TWRP so I thought I could simply mount my SD card to my computer and copy my old ROM to flash - however I can't mount the SD card from TWRP - TWRP's console is throwing up "E:failed to mount /sdcard (Invalid argument)" and "E:Unable to mount /sdcard when trying to read settings file." errors - hence in the Mount menu, I can't check the "Mount SDCard" checkbox! (WTF?) - I Google'd this and someone advised that you will need to partition the SD card from within TWRP before it will allow you to mount it - I tried partitioning it but still throwing up those errors
I can also access the device from command prompt via adb - so I tried to flash a rom directly via fastboot but it throws up a "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" when it tries to flash it.
What are my options here? Am I completely screwed? I'm currently in the process of downloading the Telstra RUU - will this even work in my case?? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated - pulling my hair out here ... 2 week old phone
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Hey mate,
RUU will work but before you do just try mounting it through twrp then plugging it into your pc.
When you're in the mount menu in twrp make sure you hit mount usb storage for Windows to recognise it.
When I did this I got a prompt in Windows that said it needed to format the drive so I formatted it then just copied over the rom I wanted to flash then unmounted and flashed the rom.
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda premium

[Q] omni 4.4 help stingray

I am not new to ROM's I have dabbled here and there with my phones and the xoom. I followed the directions to a t for the Omni 4.4.2. I did the first part for putting bigPart TWRP on my xoom. I have the recovery on there and I can find my SD card with the rom and other files on there needed but it will not load after I install everything. The internal storage still shows at 0. I get the Omni bootloader and then a message from google pops up saying encryption unsuccessful and I need to perform a factory reset. When I try that it just brings me back to recovery. I don't know what I did wrong but the only thing that works is recovery. It's like nothing at all is on the internal storage of the xoom. I have tried to copy the files from my sd card over to internal and install, same thing. When I go back to check the files I copied to internal they are gone. The files I have on the sd card are there but it won't load the files on the internal storage to set up android on there. I can't even go back to an old restore cause I was using cwm recovery and the those restore files aren't recognized. I'm at a loss, any help would be greatly appreciated. I can't even get my computer to see so I can push the files over to it and I am pretty rusty with ADB to try and set that up.
I just tried to push the original twrp 2630 through adb and it flashed, I tried to reboot into recovery and it just staid at the twrp screen. Ughhh I'm getting so frustrated cause I had the xoom working perfectly on JB before I started messing around. Any help would be great, Even getting me back to stock and I can take it from there.

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at0msplat said:
I am not new to ROM's I have dabbled here and there with my phones and the xoom. I followed the directions to a t for the Omni 4.4.2. I did the first part for putting bigPart TWRP on my xoom. I have the recovery on there and I can find my SD card with the rom and other files on there needed but it will not load after I install everything. The internal storage still shows at 0. I get the Omni bootloader and then a message from google pops up saying encryption unsuccessful and I need to perform a factory reset. When I try that it just brings me back to recovery. I don't know what I did wrong but the only thing that works is recovery. It's like nothing at all is on the internal storage of the xoom. I have tried to copy the files from my sd card over to internal and install, same thing. When I go back to check the files I copied to internal they are gone. The files I have on the sd card are there but it won't load the files on the internal storage to set up android on there. I can't even go back to an old restore cause I was using cwm recovery and the those restore files aren't recognized. I'm at a loss, any help would be greatly appreciated. I can't even get my computer to see so I can push the files over to it and I am pretty rusty with ADB to try and set that up.
I just tried to push the original twrp 2630 through adb and it flashed, I tried to reboot into recovery and it just staid at the twrp screen. Ughhh I'm getting so frustrated cause I had the xoom working perfectly on JB before I started messing around. Any help would be great, Even getting me back to stock and I can take it from there.
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trying to give as much info as I can. I got the original twrp 2630 running, flash twrp big part, followed next step to to wipe everything except sdcard, this is what I got:
Updating partition details...
E:unable to mount '/system'
E:unable to mount '/cache'
E:failed to wipe dalvik
updating partition details...
E:unable to mount '/system'
E:unable to mount '/cache'

No SD card, NO system, E: Unable to mount storage in Recovery

Hi!
I've installed this ROM on my HTC One S:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-s/development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-lollipop-htc-one-s-t2946468
Everything seemed to be fine, but sd storage broken. Now I can't even boot phone, only thing i see is CM logo. If i'm trying use ADB Slideload or wipe data in recovery i see this:
E: Unable to mount storage.
E: Unable to mount /sdcard during GUI startup.
E: Unable to mount /sdcard/TWRP/.twrps when trying to read settings file.
Please, help me, how I can flash anything? I was looking for solutions but I didn't find :<

noomarsil said:
Hi!
I've installed this ROM on my HTC One S:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-s/development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-lollipop-htc-one-s-t2946468
Everything seemed to be fine, but sd storage broken. Now I can't even boot phone, only thing i see is CM logo. If i'm trying use ADB Slideload or wipe data in recovery i see this:
E: Unable to mount storage.
E: Unable to mount /sdcard during GUI startup.
E: Unable to mount /sdcard/TWRP/.twrps when trying to read settings file.
Please, help me, how I can flash anything? I was looking for solutions but I didn't find :<
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Relock your device install the factory RUU, now your phone turn on and all is ok but you haven't the bootloader unlocked, root and recovery, so if you want any other rom you can flash any rom, boot and recovery.