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[Q] Can't Anyone Help ???

I'll try this forum, over 200 views on my other posts and no suggestions. Is the problem that obscure ? The tablet, while not worthless, is getting there as I am unable to load any of the hacks and fixes to the SD card to install. Is there a work-around the SD card so I could reinstall the g-sensor fix ?
With all the great minds on this forum, surely someone will have some insight into my problem. To start with I am running the latest Vegan release (thanks Team) and have been since 1/1. The only thing I can think of that might have caused this problem was that I foolishly removed my SD card without dismounting it and popped in a blank one to see if it was working. Since then, I am unable to mount an SD card. If just says "Unmount in Progress". When I click on unmount, it will unmount it and give me the "Mount SD card" option, when I try to mount it, it will say "preparing SD card", then go back to "Unmount in Progress". When I try to mount a new card, it says "Card blank or unsupported file system". But all the other card I have used in my Gtab give me the same Unmount in Progress issues. I reinstalled Vegan. Apps that used to work, no longer work, they just open and close (No FC message)
Someone please help !!!

milo2541 said:
I'll try this forum, over 200 views on my other posts and no suggestions. Is the problem that obscure ? The tablet, while not worthless, is getting there as I am unable to load any of the hacks and fixes to the SD card to install. Is there a work-around the SD card so I could reinstall the g-sensor fix ?
With all the great minds on this forum, surely someone will have some insight into my problem. To start with I am running the latest Vegan release (thanks Team) and have been since 1/1. The only thing I can think of that might have caused this problem was that I foolishly removed my SD card without dismounting it and popped in a blank one to see if it was working. Since then, I am unable to mount an SD card. If just says "Unmount in Progress". When I click on unmount, it will unmount it and give me the "Mount SD card" option, when I try to mount it, it will say "preparing SD card", then go back to "Unmount in Progress". When I try to mount a new card, it says "Card blank or unsupported file system". But all the other card I have used in my Gtab give me the same Unmount in Progress issues. I reinstalled Vegan. Apps that used to work, no longer work, they just open and close (No FC message)
Someone please help !!!
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I'm not one of the g tablet great minds but I'll make a suggestion that always works for me.
1) Format your external SD card in a computer with Fat32. Preferably not a quick format.
2) Using Recovery wipe EVERYTHING, repartition/format the internal memory.
3) Reboot into Recovery
4) Connect to a computer, mount usb, copy your files over again.
5) Re-install the rom of your choice.
In my experience (at least on the HD2 with Android) crazy FC's and otherwise unexpected behavior from a freshly installed ROM means there are leftovers that were not removed from the previously installed rom.
IMHO the device should be completely empty of every bit of software before reinstalling.
Edit: On a side note, I have NOT been able to get an external SD card from recovery which is why I do everything through USB-Mount with the computer.

If you can mount via usb, you could put the ClockWorkMod (CWM) update.zip and recovery file and then reboot with Pwr/Vol+. That should install CWM.
Then you will be able to boot into CWM and repartition or whatever you need to do. Personally I would repatition, clean out the caches, wipe data, etc. and then start with a clean slate.
Hope I have not misunderstood what you need. Hope this helps.
Rev

Factory Re-set
Don't know if this will help or not, somtimes you need to clear out the cashe.
Have you tried going into settings and clicking factory reset?
You will lose your user data, but this might be enough to fix the problem. I think you have parts of two installs overlapping each other.
Also, reformatting the SD card sounds like the next step to try if factory reset does not fix the problem.
Third you could NVflash back to stock and then start over. Then do factory reset after each install.

If you have to wipe everything I would suggest formatting your internal sdcard in clockwork to 2048 and 0

GaryHypnosis said:
Don't know if this will help or not, somtimes you need to clear out the cashe.
Have you tried going into settings and clicking factory reset?
You will lose your user data, but this might be enough to fix the problem. I think you have parts of two installs overlapping each other.
Also, reformatting the SD card sounds like the next step to try if factory reset does not fix the problem.
Third you could NVflash back to stock and then start over. Then do factory reset after each install.
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I did a factory reset and nothing happened, didn't even lose my user data. Nest step is to restore to stock, is there a simple way to do this ???
THANKS TO ALL WHO TOOK THEIR TIME TO HELP

milo2541 said:
I did a factory reset and nothing happened, didn't even lose my user data. Nest step is to restore to stock, is there a simple way to do this ???
THANKS TO ALL WHO TOOK THEIR TIME TO HELP
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If you did a factory reset and nothing happened then the reset didn't work. I would install clockwork recovery from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=851657
Then boot into clockwork recovery and clear data/cache. You will have to redo the market fix and install your apps. If this doesn't stop the force closes then boot into clockwork recovery and repartition your sdcard to 2048 and 0

I'm having the same problem. I did nvflash and started fresh. Installed CWM making sure to wipe data/cache. I partioned the SD to 2048/0. I installed vegan 5.1 and its update. I think I did everything by the book, yet it still says Unmount in progress. This did not occur when I was running stock.
I tried the sd card from mt Evo as well. It does the same thing. It also does not recorgnize any USB flash installed as well.
I've run out of ideas. Can anyone help?
Thanks very much.

rover442 said:
I'm having the same problem. I did nvflash and started fresh. Installed CWM making sure to wipe data/cache. I partioned the SD to 2048/0. I installed vegan 5.1 and its update. I think I did everything by the book, yet it still says Unmount in progress. This did not occur when I was running stock.
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My VEGAn 5.1.1 says same thing but I never have a problem accessing files on it (/mnt/sdcard2). Are you sure you are not confused by the fact that the internal memory is divided into 2 GB "system" and 14 GB SD1?
rover442 said:
It also does not recorgnize any USB flash installed as well.
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Be patient, it took forever to mount a thumb drive for the first time and I too had thought something was wrong. Try again after a reboot and a couple of minutes.
Hope this helps

Thanks for trying to help. I pretty much gave up and installed TNT 5.0. I've had the thumb drive in there for 5 minutes but I'll keep it in to see if it shows up. In TNT, the SD card seems to be working/appearing fine.
I really liked Vegan, but I'll keep TNT for at least a few days to see how it does.
Thanks again!

[Q] Unable to mount SD card

Ever since I first got this phone, I have been unable to detect/mount the SD card in CWM, and under "Storage" in "Settings."
Oddly, I have no issues accessing "sdcard" in the My Files folder, or in Root Explorer.
Whenever I flash a ROM, I have to select "choose zip from internal" instead of "choose zip from sd card."
I have no issues with doing this, however the reason I think that I should fix this is because I keep having problems with Market FC's and "phone is not compatible" error messages when trying to get apps from the market. Also, I am unable to use Nandroid in CWM because of this.
I have followed the instructions here except I obviously was unable to format the SD card.
Thanks for any help!

I got help in another thread and fixed my Market compatibility problems.
Schwaxdoc said:
LCD Density Modder Pro installs a custom Market app that maintains compatibility despite a changed density. Have you changed your LCD Density?
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Thanks to Schwaxdoc for that.
So no more issues with the market anymore. I'm still interested seeing if there's anything I can do about my sd card not mounting.

I've had the same issue, ROM Manager tells me that the SD card needs to be mounted when it already shows as mounted in settings OR it says "unavailable" in the space for both internal and external.
I can fix it by removing the SD card, turning off the phone, inserting the SD card, and turning the phone back on.
It almost always reoccurs every time I flash a new ROM.

I'm having the same problem, and I've tried to use seanscreamz fix in the link you posted but that didn't work (but, like you said, since I can't mount the sd card I can't format it ).
Does anyone have another solution? Even after going back to stock, wiping data, cache, system etc. nothing seems to work. I can't use ROM Manager, can't restore nandroid backups, can't mount the damn sd card!
I've attached a picture of the Storage display if it helps (USB Storage appears to be my sd card and the sd card is 0 out of 0).

Woo hooo!!! Fixed it. I can now run Nandroid backups and presumably restore them.
I'm not sure what worked, but I think it was flashing the latest CWM from ROM Manager. The Odin-flashable cwm I had didn't have the options for "Backup to Internal SD Card", "Advanced Restore", etc.
Other things that may have helped:
--Tried seanzscreams repair here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21424179&postcount=1 (but obviously couldn't format the SD Card that I couldn't mount).
--Flashed back to stock, wiped data/cache in 3e recovery.
--Rooted, then clean install of Alien 5.5 rom using DARKSIDE SUPER WIPE first (new! found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487706)
But I'm pretty sure that flashing the latest CWM from ROM Manager was what fixed it.

twrp 2.4.0

Just a heads up. I was in the process of flashing a new rom and used goomanager to update my recovery. It had me flash twrp 2.4.0. It was a successful flash. I then rebooted into recovery, did my normal wipes, including system, and when I went to install, when I hit external sd, it bounced right back to internal. I tried to access my sd card, and it showed it was empty. I had to odin back and start over.

danstar said:
Just a heads up. I was in the process of flashing a new rom and used goomanager to update my recovery. It had me flash twrp 2.4.0. It was a successful flash. I then rebooted into recovery, did my normal wipes, including system, and when I went to install, when I hit external sd, it bounced right back to internal. I tried to access my sd card, and it showed it was empty. I had to odin back and start over.
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I experienced the exact same thing. So after you flashed back via odin, did that fix the missing external sd issue in TWRP 2.4? For now, I just flashed the previous version of TWRP. I was then able to see my external sd again.

danstar said:
Just a heads up. I was in the process of flashing a new rom and used goomanager to update my recovery. It had me flash twrp 2.4.0. It was a successful flash. I then rebooted into recovery, did my normal wipes, including system, and when I went to install, when I hit external sd, it bounced right back to internal. I tried to access my sd card, and it showed it was empty. I had to odin back and start over.
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What size is you ext SD card? TWRP has been known to have trouble recognizing cards over 16GB. I have a 16GB ext sdcard and the latest TWRP and Ive never had trouble flashing from external.

Not using an sdcard here, but all has been fine for me this far.

huskyjayboy said:
I experienced the exact same thing. So after you flashed back via odin, did that fix the missing external sd issue in TWRP 2.4? For now, I just flashed the previous version of TWRP. I was then able to see my external sd again.
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I also used an older version of TWRP. I wasn't going to try 2.4 again and have to start over.

corbn89 said:
What size is you ext SD card? TWRP has been known to have trouble recognizing cards over 16GB. I have a 16GB ext sdcard and the latest TWRP and Ive never had trouble flashing from external.
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I have a 32GB SD card. I had no issues with version 2.2 and the 2.3 versions. It was just when I had to use the 2.4 that it didn't work.

I'm using a 64gb with no issues
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danstar said:
I have a 32GB SD card. I had no issues with version 2.2 and the 2.3 versions. It was just when I had to use the 2.4 that it didn't work.
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Hmm. Maybe they broke something when they added exFAT support? What formatting is your card btw?

[Q] android.process.media crashing after changing sdcard

I am trying to move from a 32 GB sdcard to a 64 GB card.
On my first effort I windows robocopy'd my files from the old sd card to the hdd and then from the hdd to the new card. When fired up the phone I instantly got a flood of android.process.media has unexpectedly stopped messages which I have never seen before. I was able to clear them out and have brief period where I was not interrupted by them. I was able to play new music off the card. It did appear that the gallery was potentially having difficulty with my old photos though. The messages keep coming though making the phone unusable.
I also tried just doing a fresh full format and putting the card in blank. Same problem.
I have used titanium backup to move some apps on to the sdcard. I assumed my robocopy on the first attempt would of preserved those.
I am using a 4.3.1 based rom.
I did try clearing the data of a couple of things like the play store and google services but they didn't seem to help. For the DRM process I tried freezing it, wiping the data, and thawing it but that didn't seem to help either.
Did I miss something? Any ideas?

wipe dalvik + cache from recovery

rzr86 said:
wipe dalvik + cache from recovery
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Good idea, thought that was going to do the trick! Still getting the same message though. The recovery does complain about not being able to mount this one so I haven't been able to do the "fix permissions" in there (TWRP 2.6)
Maybe the card is incompatible? Seems weird that it partially works though.

fredrick255 said:
Good idea, thought that was going to do the trick! Still getting the same message though. The recovery does complain about not being able to mount this one so I haven't been able to do the "fix permissions" in there (TWRP 2.6)
Maybe the card is incompatible? Seems weird that it partially works though.
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hmm,
try to delete thumbnails from DCIM folder
see how it goes

rzr86 said:
hmm,
try to delete thumbnails from DCIM folder
see how it goes
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Ooo getting less errors now it seems. The gallery still won't open though so maybe some in DCIM is still the culprit.

fredrick255 said:
Ooo getting less errors now it seems. The gallery still won't open though so maybe some in DCIM is still the culprit.
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keep searching in that way or something similar
i am out of ideas mate

have you tried rebooting into safe mode? And is your phone even compatible with the 64 GB card? look for the phone supported sd cards in your phone's specs

Well, one difference between the cards is that the old 32GB is formatted FAT32 and the new 64GB card has been formatted to exfat.
I also noticed in the log:
E/AndroidRuntime( 7147): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can't obtain external volume ID for external volume.

This guy TWRP wiped the sdcard and than formated the card in Windows.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743929
Is that any different than just formatting the card?

fredrick255 said:
This guy TWRP wiped the sdcard and than formated the card in Windows.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743929
Is that any different than just formatting the card?
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probably if you format the card from windows you will have success but i am not sure
if you do it format it to fat32 system

Well I updated to Albinoman's 4.4.2 rom and it seems to work fine!
Thanks for the for the ideas! :cyclops:

hammadyi said:
have you tried rebooting into safe mode? And is your phone even compatible with the 64 GB card? look for the phone supported sd cards in your phone's specs
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rzr86 said:
probably if you format the card from windows you will have success but i am not sure
if you do it format it to fat32 system
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Formatting a 64GB card with any ROM will do the trick. Don't worry, it's compatible.
Happy to help.

Flashed stock rooted mm ROM wifi, now any app on the SD card force closes

Title says it all. Everything is force closing and tablet is detecting the SD card and asks to format it although it reads it and that the apps are on it. When I try to use an app it force closes. Only for apps on SD.
Thoughts?

Marshmallow changed a lot with the extSD. I believe you have to reformat it to get it working with apps on the extSD again. Be sure to backup any photos etc. you have on the card and then choose to format it as internal. If you want to keep your extSD usable with your PC and other devices, you have to keep it as portable, but I believe you will not be able to put apps onto it then. Hope that helps

sounds like im screwed then... i tried restoring my old 5.1.1 install via twrp and it wont boot.. now im stuck in marshmallow

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Marshmallow changed a lot with the extSD. I believe you have to reformat it to get it working with apps on the extSD again. Be sure to backup any photos etc. you have on the card and then choose to format it as internal. If you want to keep your extSD usable with your PC and other devices, you have to keep it as portable, but I believe you will not be able to put apps onto it then. Hope that helps
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tried reformatting it via settings, and it didnt work, never reformatted so all my stuff was still there
not getting the prompt to reformat it anymore either

the hilarious matter here if you format for sdcard by MM your sdcard working well on lollipop (supporting 128gb) but if you format it from elsewhere MM not stable. Also MM sometime just ejects your card during sleep mode or screen off

joshtb86 said:
sounds like im screwed then... i tried restoring my old 5.1.1 install via twrp and it wont boot.. now im stuck in marshmallow
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You could flash the factory images via fastboot, but that might be dangerous if you flash the bootloader as well. Ask someone else as well as I'm not sure though