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[Q] Phone won't recognize internal storage from SD partition

Hello everyone -- like everyone always says, I did quite a bit of research before posting this, but I can't seem to find the right answer for me.
(I use Cyanogenmod 7 on my HTC Hero (Sprint).)
After using ROM Manager to partition my SD card (it says it successfully partitioned, and the phone boots fine), my phone won't recognize its new internal storage. Like when I go to "manage applications" it only shows my 156 MB, not the 512 MB like I expected from my ROM Manager partition.
The only other person I've found who said the same thing, after quite a bit of searching, said ROM Manager wouldn't work for him for some reason, but Amon_RA did.
So I flashed Amon_RA, partitioned the SD card that way too, and my phone still will not recognize its internal storage. I set the partition w/ Amon_RA to 700+ MB and rebooted but the phone again only says I have 156 MB of internal storage.
I would use ClockworkMod, but the highest level supported for the HTC Hero doesn't have the partition mode. And considering how the other two programs were unable to partition it, I feel like it's more a mistake on my end.
Am I making some dumb mistake on the last step? I don't know of many other options I can be messing up -- in the case of ROM Manager, I simply enter in my specifications (I've tried with no swap and small swap) and it does that fine and boots fine. My phone just doesn't recognize the internal memory.

I forgot to add -- when I go under Cyanogenmod's settings --> application settings --> the "Use internal storage" option is grayed out, saying "This device doesn't have extended internal storage."

Format the sdcard,Delete all of the partitions you have made and try again using clockworkmod (An older version would be nice thats what i use).Then make a partition through the recovery's menu set the swap size to 0 and select ext2/3
You can also try an ext-4 partition

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Format the sdcard,Delete all of the partitions you have made and try again using clockworkmod (An older version would be nice thats what i use).Then make a partition through the recovery's menu set the swap size to 0 and select ext2/3
You can also try an ext-4 partition
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Thanks for the reply! Clockworkmod's website says the latest supported version for the HTC Hero (CDMA) is 2.5.0.7 -- do you know of a version that would be safe for me to use that will also support partitioning? Also, I've read that ROM Manager simply uses Clockworkmod to partition SD cards, so would using Clockworkmod itself offer a better solution than my failed ROM Manager efforts?
After reading your post, I used the 2.5.0.7 CWM to format my SD card and Ext, then I flashed and booted Amon_RA again to wipe the partitions. I then used Amon_RA to partition my card (with no swap as you specified). And I used Amon_RA to upgrade my Ext2 to Ext3. After rebooting, my "Use internal storage -- This device doesn't have expanded internal storage" was still grayed out and the internal memory still showed me at 156 MB.
I returned to Clockworkmod to mount /sdcard and /sd-ext (which I had never tried before). Still no new internal memory, same checkbox grayed out.
Am I being a total idiot here? Thanks for any help in advance!

I don't mean to spam this thread, but upon returning to Clockworkmod 2.5.0.7 to reformat the SD card and try again -- I find that it still offers me the option to mount /sdcard and mount /sd-ext.
Does this mean that my previous mounting didn't take? Maybe this is the source of my problem, that my phone won't let me permanently mount the /sdcard or /sd-ext. Any ideas along these lines?
Edit: I went back, formatted and re-installed partitions w/ Amon_RA (no upgrade from Ext2-->Ext3 this time though). After the box was still grayed out and my internal storage still 156 MB, I went back to CWM to mount /sdcard and /sd-ext -- then I simply rebooted CWM, and it STILL said I had the option to mount /sdcard and /sd-ext.

gjs16 said:
Thanks for the reply! Clockworkmod's website says the latest supported version for the HTC Hero (CDMA) is 2.5.0.7 -- do you know of a version that would be safe for me to use that will also support partitioning? Also, I've read that ROM Manager simply uses Clockworkmod to partition SD cards, so would using Clockworkmod itself offer a better solution than my failed ROM Manager efforts?
After reading your post, I used the 2.5.0.7 CWM to format my SD card and Ext, then I flashed and booted Amon_RA again to wipe the partitions. I then used Amon_RA to partition my card (with no swap as you specified). And I used Amon_RA to upgrade my Ext2 to Ext3. After rebooting, my "Use internal storage -- This device doesn't have expanded internal storage" was still grayed out and the internal memory still showed me at 156 MB.
I returned to Clockworkmod to mount /sdcard and /sd-ext (which I had never tried before). Still no new internal memory, same checkbox grayed out.
Am I being a total idiot here? Thanks for any help in advance!
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the version is ok
i think you should better use windows to remove partitions (with disk management)I dont know if the problem persists then try a different sdcard(maybe a friend's)

Hi,
I'm running Cyan 7 on Legend and having the same problem.
The option for 'expanded internal memory' is still grayed out, no matter what!
I tried using CMW to partition, it only gave me maximum 512 MB while I wanted 1 GB but whatever. That doesn't work.
I tried Ubuntu live CD to format and partition the card into 2 parts, first FAT and second ext3/ext4 -> doesn't work.
The last option is to use an app called S2E from the market. It does the job, but still isn't the official supporting of expanded internal memory from Cyan.
There's a tutorial how to manually partition the card. It mentioned using rm 1 command to remove the partition. However I found that it was impossible because the recovery was running on that partition and thus cannot remove itself.
Any other solution?!
Thanks guys!

For gjs16: mounting partitions in recovery are only in effect when you are in that recovery session; once you boot the phone the mounts are gone.
I was looking into this CM7/Use internal storage thing myself (I'm playing with my old Nexus One) which is how I came upong this thread. I think this option works "out-of-box" only on devices that have some internal flash in addition to an sd-card slot, like the Samsung Galaxy S (2 GB ROM for apps + 8/16 GB internal storage + sd-card slot).
So, this is just a guess but I think you'd have to play with the mount points, perhaps with symlinks, to make it work with a partitioned sd-card, so that CM7 recognizes the fs structure the way it is handled in e.g. SGS.
Edit. This solution worked for my NX1+CM7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18911182&postcount=1784
Just flash this right after flashing CM7 (and gapps if you want them). It mounts the sd-ext to /data so you can have all the space you need for your apps...

[Q] Can't Mount Internal /SDcard SGS2

Hi Guys,
After installing the Jellybean version of Resurrection Remix using a clean install like I'd done a million times before, I came across the problem where now the internal "/sdcard" won't mount. I've read a lot of different threads on the web about this but no one seems to have a fix, except for a similar thread from Android Stack Exchange (I can't post it yet).
However, that doesn't work (when I use the ADB shell, I can detect the device, reboot it, remount the /system but not remount the /sdcard). I thought it might possibly be because I tried to fix it a few days ago by formatting the "phone" drive when it popped up on my after connecting it, and the page I referred to talks about the internal SD card being FAT formatted (not NTFS which WIn7 does automatically!).
I've also used Odin to reflash a stock ROM thinking that would fix it, done the whole "format", "factory reset", wiped partitions, caches and delvik caches etc etc to no avail. Now, even when I use recovery to try to mount the /sdcard I get an error, and if I try to format the /sdcard from the recovery menu that doesn't work either.
Problem started with Clockwork Mod 6.6 and so I've downgraded to 5.5 and ICS stock ROM. Still no good.
It's affecting a lot of apps (for example, I can't restore by backup password file to awallet, and it has all my banking details on there!) and I really need to fix it ASAP.
Any ideas?
I'm absolutely desperate and have spent days trying to figure this one out, but I am beat. I need some serious help here and you guys are the ones I think who could help. Anyone??
Cheers,
CJ.
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CWM 6.0.1.0 cant backup to local SD?

Hi,
I tried to run a nandroid backup & I am getting this error message:
Unable to find mounted volume: /sdcard
error finding an appropriate backup handler
I then tried to mount the SD card using CWM, that didnt not work but I can mount my external card & perform a backup - but it takes much much longer.
Any ideas why this would be?
I am running the stock ICS rom that is rooted. I did try to upgrade to a JB rom & updated the modem and rpm to a JB one. I dont know if that is the issue.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks,
Rich

Are you using an SDXC card? If so, try formatting it to FAT32 using this guide (I used the GUIFORMAT.EXE program to do it): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773735. I have a 64GB SDXC card in mine and couldn't see it in recovery (or in AOSP ROMs) until I did that.

I am not using a SD card at all anymore. I am sort of stuck. I want to try another rom but I want a nandroid backup before I start messing around so I have somewhere to get back to.
I tried deleting .android secure but that did not help.
Any ideas on what I could try?
When I backup it says:
no /sdcard/.android_secure found skipping backup of applications on external storage.
no /sd-ext found,skipping.
Complete
My backup (which by the way says its in 1970) is only about 30 megs which seems way to small to be a real backup.
Thanks,
Rich

That's the backup. They use blobs that store common info so backups seem small. My stock backup is only 20.82 mb
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[Q] CWM Restore fails with "Error formatting /sd-ext!"

Ok, a little background. As we all know, the Evo Shift is sorely lacking on internal data space. I have been using Link2SD with my CWM created 4GB ext3 partition for several weeks. However, Link2SD doesn't allow for linking other folders in /data to save even more internal space. So I installed FolderMount to see if I could use it to link /data/data to my ext partition. Before I started, I made a backup in CWM, as is necessary when messing with stuff you don't know. I rebooted the phone after the backup and linked /data/data with FolderMount and rebooted again. BAM! Bootloop. Ehh, oh well, right? I gotta backup, so no worries. Yeah, I wish. Slam into recovery, start the restore, and get "Error formatting sd-ext!" I'm not too worried, just wipe the SD and recreate the ext partition. Still the same. Try again, making every effort to pay close attention to every detail. Still no dice. I tried doing a fresh format with my PC, going into CWM and formatting SD again, recreate ext partition, try to format it and same error. I even tried throwing the SD card in completely unformatted, just to make sure, and of course CWM didn't even see the SD card at all (duh, but you gotta be sure). I am kinda stuck... I don't have the $$ to buy another 32GB Class10 SD card, and I don't have another SD card to use at all. Can anyone give me any guidance as to maybe something that I have missed or haven't thought of? I'm really scratching my head trying to get around this formatting error. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Ok, nevermind, I figured it out. Main thing was, don't be up for 48 hrs and try messing with your phone. LOL! Second, while CWM will create a 4gb ext3 partition, it doesn't like to format or recognize them correctly. So I opted for a 2gb ext3 partition and I am good to go. This thread can be deleted. Thank you.
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Sorry we couldn't be more help. Lol. Glad you got it worked out.

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Ok, a little background. As we all know, the Evo Shift is sorely lacking on internal data space. I have been using Link2SD with my CWM created 4GB ext3 partition for several weeks. However, Link2SD doesn't allow for linking other folders in /data to save even more internal space. So I installed FolderMount to see if I could use it to link /data/data to my ext partition. Before I started, I made a backup in CWM, as is necessary when messing with stuff you don't know. I rebooted the phone after the backup and linked /data/data with FolderMount and rebooted again. BAM! Bootloop. Ehh, oh well, right? I gotta backup, so no worries. Yeah, I wish. Slam into recovery, start the restore, and get "Error formatting sd-ext!" I'm not too worried, just wipe the SD and recreate the ext partition. Still the same. Try again, making every effort to pay close attention to every detail. Still no dice. I tried doing a fresh format with my PC, going into CWM and formatting SD again, recreate ext partition, try to format it and same error. I even tried throwing the SD card in completely unformatted, just to make sure, and of course CWM didn't even see the SD card at all (duh, but you gotta be sure). I am kinda stuck... I don't have the $$ to buy another 32GB Class10 SD card, and I don't have another SD card to use at all. Can anyone give me any guidance as to maybe something that I have missed or haven't thought of? I'm really scratching my head trying to get around this formatting error. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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Cool you figured it out. I just saw this post, but if it happens in the future, you can try a program Partition Master. I've used it to take an SD card with didn't partitions (ext3 and ext4) to reformat it to a single volume. Plus, you can partition it this way too. I haven't used it in a year or so, but I remember it working when I was just messing around. You have to stick the micro SD card into an adapter and then connect it to your computer as a regular SD card. Then run the program and mess around with it.

Bro, I had tried everything. I used EaseUS Partition Master to reformat, repartition, and all. I checked the CWM log, which I had completely missed, because I had been up working for 48 hours straight. Log showed this error, which I basically commited to memory.
Mke2fs: lseek: Value too large for defined data type
A little more research on that error told me that CWM doesnt like 4gb ext3 partitions. It's weird though, because I've had this 4gb ext3 partition for a while and have flashed many roms and restores without issues. It started after I tried using 2 different symlinking apps. So I just tried a 1gb ext3 partition and everything works. I'll work out the error to get my 4gb partition back when I get some time.
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I've never needed more than 1gb myself. 4gb seems like a lot.

I have a 2GB ext.4 for the tester.

Problems with TWRP Backup - unable to mount sd/ext

I've been searching both this forum and the net generally and not found an answer to my specific problem so I'm hoping someone can help.
I'm trying to swap out my ROM, I'm currently running CM 11 nightly but I'm getting endless FCs with apps so thought I'd try something different.
When I try to run the nandroid backup with TWRP v2.7.0.1 the backup fails every time with the error E: unable to mount '/sd-ext'
Can anyone advise? Thanks

tht looks like external sd card.
Try changing location for your backup to internal memory or make sure you got SD card plugged in to SD slot.
you may also try command on terminal emulator (or via adb shell):
ln -s /storage/emulated/0/ /sd-ext/
it will create symbolic link named sd-ext in root of your system and it will point to internal storage (if I am not mistaken, from now on it should not matter if you select internal or external storage as target for your backup - it will end up as internal anyways)
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Thanks, the backup was to be created on the internal SD card, but you are right it is almost certainly a problem with the external card. I'm unable to mount either the dock SD or micro SD cards in TWRP - the options are just greyed out and can't be selected.
I can't get either card to mount when I boot to system ether I have noticed. I've tried formatting them as FAT32, EXFAT and NTFS and no dice so I'm wondering if this is a KK issue - they both worked flawlessly when I was running PA and Omnirom JB ROMs.
I've managed to find a workaround - I've flashed CWM and have been able to do a nandroid backup with that - but I still can't mount either the micro SD or dock SD cards with CWM or in system when I flashed KatKISS ROM - and of course now I can't use any old TWRP nandroids I have from JB ROMs without reflashing TWRP. I'd also rather be running TWRP ultimately if I can so it would be good to get to the bottom of what is causing this issue.
Not quite sure what the command line you suggested does, but I'm guessing it won't be useful with the problem as it stands now?

sorry for late reply as I was out of internet lately.
that command creates /sd-ext/ folder that acts similar to shortcut to intertnal sdcard
any call for /sd-ext (for example: cd /sd-ext) will end up on internal sdcard.
That wont help with accessing your external sdcard (as this was main issue here) - it would merely fool installer to 'think' it is working on external sd while it was still on internal.
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Thanks for your help. I've had endless troubles which ultimately ended in a hard brick during a failed flash of the stock ROM. I'm waiting for a replacement motherboard - something wasn't right with the old board anyway, it doesn't seem that it was just ROM issue. Hopefully when it comes I'll find that it wasn't a hardware issue associated with the SD cards as well.