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Hi guys, i'm in desperate need of your help. i think my precious o3d might have been screwed.
first let me tell you what i did. as you know the internal sd card of o3d is 5gb or so and it fills up very quickly. this internal sd card is mounted as /sdcard. i have a class 10 16gb micro sd card and when i insert it, its automatically mounted as /sdcard/_ExternalSD. The applications or games, especially the ones that have external data folders which are like 1gb in size insists to be installed on /sdcard. You can't move those data folders to _ExternalSD, because then the apps doesn't work.
Then i came across this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1189701
As you can see that was exactly what i needed. I had CWM 5.0.2.0 installed so i downloaded the first .zip then copied all of the files and folders excluding the _ExternalSD folder to the external sd card then rebooted into recovery. From there i flashed the zip and rebooted again. phone booted up and all was ok and it worked. now the phone sees the external sd card as the internal one and the internal sd card was mounted as /sdcard/_ExternalSD. I then formatted the internal sd card from the settings menu because i already copied all of the stuff there to the external card. It worked fine and the internal card is formatted. After that i decided to get a nandroid backup so i opened the rom toolbox program. From the menus i selected the backup option, gave it a name, clicked ok. the phone rebooted into cwm recovery screen but nothing happened. then i noticed something was not right because there was some error lines under the cwm menus saying "E:can't mount CACHE:recovery/command" etc. Then i selected the reboot phone option but the phone rebooted right back into the CWM recovery again!! At that point i knew that i was @#?^ed.
Anyways i researched a lot and came across this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1156549
i did exactly what he said and it worked, i mean it flashed nicely. then i rebooted the phone but it booted into the recovery again!!! But this time the CWM recovery was gone and i believe this is the stock recovery screen. I can browse the menu of it and make selections but the phone boots into the recovery every time it reboots.
The recovery screen looks like this:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6654644033_b616bc0635_z.jpg
Then i flashed the phone to the latest official firmware V21A_00, it flashed nicely but it still boots right into the recovery everytime.
Then i installed the Android SDK and tried to push the original vold.fstab file to the system using the adb command line tool but it doesn't see the phone. I think adb works only when the system boots up normally, not in the recovery mode.
I don't know if there's a way to install the CWM from the stock recovery somehow. If you know how, please tell. The CWM has more options.
I don't know what else i can do. It started to look ridiculous. If there are any experts cool enough to help please do so. I'll be waiting. Thank you...
Edit:
I also tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1244490
I starts just fine but get's stuck on the "RESET" command, after a while it gives "DOWNLOAD FAIL!" error. I think the phone is supposed to restart automatically but it doesn't. Manually resetting the phone doesn't work either.
I'm about to pull my hair out...
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I also posted on the official LG Mobile forum here:
http://www.lgforum.com/forum/boards...d-goes-into-recovery-mode-every-time-it-boots
Fingers crossed
Quite a post!
From all your post there is no mention that you formated and did a factory reset after 21a flash.
Can you please try that if you haven't?
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thank you for the reply!
i tried all 4 wipe options on the recovery screen then rebooted. it's the same, i'm back at the good old recovery again
Did you try with the external sd card out?
This is strange, usually a kdz flash coupled with a format fixes the problem.
Some how it still can't find the internal SD card.
I don't have further recommendations. Sorry
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yes i tried with the external sd card out. it didn't work..
vpamir said:
yes i tried with the external sd card out. it didn't work..
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Hopefully someone else on this forum can suggest a way for you to unbrick.
your problem is although you have reset your phone, somehow it can't find a partition to boot from.
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somehow the KDZ flashing is not totally successful.
good luck
If only there could be a way to be able to use the adb command from the Android SDK then i might be able to restore the vold.fstab file to its original, if the problem is that at all. Maybe then it'll work. To be able to flash the CWM Recovery again somehow might be a good thing too because it has more options like flashing .zip format roms but i have no idea how. Does anyone know if the stock recovery can flash some specifically named file to the system, does it have that kind of functionality? I'm desperate, please share your thoughts.
.............anyone?
I am sorry to say that but there is no solution for this problem yet. I have done the exact thing that you do and tried every single solution with no luck. The only way is to send it to lg repair service. My solution was to replace the mainboard.
Dostum gecmis olsun malesef tek cozum yolu anakarti degistirmek. Uzaman sayilirim android konusunda bosuna ugrasmayasin diye soyluyorum. LG servisi bile anca anakarti degistirerek cozum sunabildi. Temel problem internal karti formatlamis olman. Partititon table'i bozuyor bu islem malesef ve bu yuzden hicbir yontem ise yaramiyor.
Gecmis olsun tekrar...
so you say that the main problem was to format the internal sd card? well if formatting the internal sd card bricks the phone then why the hell is there an option to format it in the settings menu?
well if you didn't apply the swap fix, it wouldn't be a problem to format. When you swap the sd cards and format, it is the problem.
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well if you didn't apply the swap fix, it wouldn't be a problem to format. When you swap the sd cards and format, it is the problem.
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so you did exactly the same thing as me right? i mean you applied the swap fix then formatted the internal sd?
replacing the motherboard to fix this seems to be a bit nonsense to me to be honest. what does the partition table have anything to do with the motherboard?
if only there would be a .kdz format custom rom which factory resets the internal sd card during the flash process and maybe fixes the bootloader somehow, that might be the solution.
yes i did the same and the only solution was to replace the motherboard. we need a sowftware that can reach to the emmc in low-level. like omap flasher. but we also need the correct drivers which doesn't exist yet.
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yes i did the same and the only solution was to replace the motherboard. we need a software that can reach to the emmc in low-level. like omap flasher. but we also need the correct drivers which doesn't exist yet.
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i don't know what the emmc is, i need to do research on that. but i still think that replacing the motherboard won't solve this issue because it seems non relevant to me. i messed up with the vold.fstab file. but after that it worked fine. i mean the internal and external cards swapped just fine. only after i decided to make a nandroid backup using rom toolbox all hell broke loose. i plan to wait a couple of days before turning the phone to LG service. i believe someone will come up with an idea.
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Well, there´s a new recovery for the O3D, v5.0.2.7 (I got it with ROM Manager).
It fixes 2 bugs of the previous (5.0.2.0) version: now the USB mass storage option in the mounts menu works (mount external SDCARD), and we can use ADB while in recovery. That way we can fix stuff in the phone filesystem while in recovery: we can now use ADB shell, or ADB push to replace files.
The problem is that I don´t know how to flash it to the phone while in the stock recovery. If someone can guide me on creating a signed ZIP containing this new recovery, flashable in the stock recovery, I would be glad to do that and post it here. I think these phones of you guys can be fixed using this method!
Marcovecchio said:
Well, there´s a new recovery for the O3D, v5.0.2.7 (I got it with ROM Manager).
It fixes 2 bugs of the previous (5.0.2.0) version: now the USB mass storage option in the mounts menu works (mount external SDCARD), and we can use ADB while in recovery. That way we can fix stuff in the phone filesystem while in recovery: we can now use ADB shell, or ADB push to replace files.
The problem is that I don´t know how to flash it to the phone while in the stock recovery. If someone can guide me on creating a signed ZIP containing this new recovery, flashable in the stock recovery, I would be glad to do that and post it here. I think these phones of you guys can be fixed using this method!
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Great news! But now i need to find a way to install the new CWM. Just as you said i believe what i need is to find or make a .kdz update which includes this new CWM.
What do you think?
I know this is possible, at least for the Galaxy Ace: I have a ZIP file for this device with a custom recovery image, flashable in stock recovery!
To make one for the Optimus 3D, I need to know the following:
- How can I obtain the .IMG of the new recovery? I have found some temp files in clockworkmod folder in my sdcard. The creation date of one of them matches the exact moment I upgraded my recovery, and the file size also matches a recovery image: 5.54MB. Is it the recovery image? Can I just rename it to recovery.img? How can I extract it to ensure it´s ok?
- After I get the recovery image, I can use the Galaxy Ace ZIP as the base to build the O3D zip file. Any help on what do I have to change to make it work correctly?
I also tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1244490
I starts just fine but get's stuck on the "RESET" command, after a while it gives "DOWNLOAD FAIL!" error. I think the phone is supposed to restart automatically but it doesn't. Manually resetting the phone doesn't work either.
I'm about to pull my hair out...
Edit: I'm 99% sure that this isn't a hardware related problem. And LG's software not being able to turn the phone to stock is totally [email protected]#$%!
On some "unbrick your optimus 3d" threads i came across this image:
http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=667470&d=1311752328
i tried all methods around here but not once i came across a screen like it. weird...
well i give up guys. so much technical [email protected] going on and no one seems to understand this device enough. i'll turn it to the LG Repair Service today. Thank you everyone for your help...
Hi, I've been trying to hunt down an answer to my problem with no avail, hopefully someone here can help. I've a rooted Huawei y300 0100 back on factory stock again.
My problem is this after I rooted (went fine first time doing this) installed TWRP created backups, Flashed Fusion x rom no problems at all, found a few bugs thought I would try another ROM, restored my stock from twrp saved backups all good I thought...
Upon re entering recovery everything is fine, factory wipe etc then when it comes to installing any ROM I get the message E: cannot open zip. This happens on any ROM I try, so I know its not the file, file can also be opened on PC and phone explorer.I've formatted the external SD card and re-downloaded ROMs still nowt.
I would just use the stock again and run a new launcher and delete the bloat myself but I can't get Orbit working at all now I'm rooted and back on factory stock when it was working fine on fusionx and orbit/Pandora are pretty much what I did all this for
Any ideas would be appriecated as I'm pretty noobish at this.
Would installing cwm over the top of twrp work?
Do I need to do a special kind of wipe in case of file corruption?
Solved, after some fiddling got flashing working again. What worked for me was to redownload the file direct to internal SD and flashing from there. Downloading anywhere else ie PC or ext SD and copying across still gave same error. Not sure why but I've flashed 3 ROMs today without issue this way. Hope this helps anyone else who encounters this.
petehippy said:
Solved, after some fiddling got flashing working again. What worked for me was to redownload the file direct to internal SD and flashing from there. Downloading anywhere else ie PC or ext SD and copying across still gave same error. Not sure why but I've flashed 3 ROMs today without issue this way. Hope this helps anyone else who encounters this.
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Hey Pete, did you flash rom from Int. Sd card or ext. sd card?? Getting the same problem flashing DN3 for note 2 on TWRP 2.7.2.0.
Yay!
petehippy said:
Solved, after some fiddling got flashing working again. What worked for me was to redownload the file direct to internal SD and flashing from there. Downloading anywhere else ie PC or ext SD and copying across still gave same error. Not sure why but I've flashed 3 ROMs today without issue this way. Hope this helps anyone else who encounters this.
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ABSOLUTELY confirmed. I was trying it for days. After finding this post, direct downloading to sdcard worked for me.
petehippy said:
Solved, after some fiddling got flashing working again. What worked for me was to redownload the file direct to internal SD and flashing from there. Downloading anywhere else ie PC or ext SD and copying across still gave same error. Not sure why but I've flashed 3 ROMs today without issue this way. Hope this helps anyone else who encounters this.
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yeeah... thank you bro
I also had problems with "unable to open zip file" and "bad" errors, seemed to be fixed by formatting a spare 4gb MicroSD to FAT and making sure it was the first thing copied to the SD card. I was using PHILZ recovery, but I'd assume that TWRP will work just as well. I have a suspicion it may have something to do with file fragmentation or maybe allocation block size. Before this I checked MD5SUMs on a few MicroSD cards and they were all perfect, so it wasn't a download or copy corruption, the bootloader just has an issue with the file or filesystem for some reason.
Can confirm. Was having trouble installing Boeffla 3.0 kernal on gnabo 4.4.2 (v8). ( samsung galaxy note 10.1 n801x / n8013 )
Deleted the zips I downloaded, then re-downloaded straight to zip. installed like a boss!
Thanks!
This is a most underrated thread.
Just had the same issue with my old Galaxy S3. Needed to copy the zip directly to internal storage via mtp in twrp.
In newer twrp version it shows zip file corrupt instead of unable to open zip.
I have spent the last 3 days trying to upgrade my Tf101 with an up to the minute os but have bitten off more than I can chew. I spent the whole of the first day just trying to root it to no avail. Ok, no problem, sleep on it. Next morning tried a different method and " hey presto " I have done it.
So, next job is download " Titanium " and make back up to micro sd card, all done. I then followed " Frederuco's Guide and installed EasyFlasher with TWRP 2.3.6.0 and with a bit of fiddling and button pushing managed to load it and followed his guide right through to the second option " Custom Rom with custom recovery ". I had loaded KatKiss 4.4.2_019.zip along with the add on pack and the latest Gapps package. So far so good. Did full the full wipe/ factory reset, cache, davlick cache, system etc, more success, nearly there. Back to TWRP home screen an click INSTALL to start the flash............where is the micro sd..........? Check further.........micro sd not mounted......oh sugar.......
So now I'm screwed, I think I have bitten off more than I can chew. My little TF101 was working fine before I messed with it albeit a bit slow but it was working. Micro sd card slot was working fine up until now. I am not that PC literate if anyone can help me it needs to be in simple terms please, but I can follow instructions. My pc is running on win 7 32 bit. The Asus was totally stock on the last firmware that ended with .27
I do have a keyboard dock with it but has not been coupled to it through out this process.
Have I trashed my little Asus..?
I appreciate any thoughts even if it bad news. This is the first time I have ever attempted something like this, a total newbie.
Thanks,
Steve
Go to the "Mount" option in TWRP and mount the MicroSD ?
If I remember correctly, with the newer TWRP builds, you have to change between Internal and External SD using a dropdown on the Install page
Also, you need to have the micro SD installed on boot I believe. It is not auto mounted in TWRP.
*Detection* said:
Go to the "Mount" option in TWRP and mount the MicroSD ?
If I remember correctly, with the newer TWRP builds, you have to change between Internal and External SD using a dropdown on the Install page
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Tried that, it says something like " unable to mount in the logs " Did it quite a few times.
Thanks for the reply
frederuco said:
Also, you need to have the micro SD installed on boot I believe. It is not auto mounted in TWRP.
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I thought that and that could have been my first mistake as I had not got the files on it when the Guide told me me to install the rom to flash.
I then put the files on a inserted the card but obviously it still did not mount. I did try the " mounting option " in the program but as you can see I did not manage it. I will try again but I am not holding my breath...!
Thanks for your reply.
Steve
Tyr flashing a different version with Easyflasher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
Or
Download a different flashable TWRP zip - 2.3.2.3 is the latest official build
Connect PC > TF and boot into TWRP
Use adb to push version 2.3.2.3 to the TF internal sdcard
adb push twrp.zip /sdcard/
Then flash from internal sd
You could do the same with the ROM
ok, lost me there....what is ADB ?
Just use Easyflasher, it's easy and quick
ADB
http://www.geek.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-do-i-use-it-1461697/
I'm still trying now, have Easyflsher open but am struggling with it.......I've done so much reading my brain is pickled...!
I have been trying to use ABD sideload but it is not loading........
I am still trying to sort my problem out.
I have downloaded fresh copy of EasyFlasher- 0.8.3b-STABLE_2.6.3.0 which I assume is the latest version?
I am able to get the TF101 into APX mode and load TWRP.
It would appear that the TF is not connecting to my win7 PC because of a driver issue. When I go to device manager the Android ATP device has a yellow triangle through it which I asume is the driver issue. It keeps trying to load a new deiver but ends up as " Failed "
The drivers that I am pointing it at are " Universal Naked Driver 0.72 which I thought where the ones required or perhaps I am doing something wrong...?
I assume if I can get this connected I can move forward.
Can anyone help me with this issue please. I tried till 02.30 this morning, I never figured that it was going to be this hard..!
Thanks in advance
Steve
trwp 6.3.2.0
i am the first homebrew said:
I am still trying to sort my problem out.
I have downloaded fresh copy of EasyFlasher- 0.8.3b-STABLE_2.6.3.0 which I assume is the latest version?
I am able to get the TF101 into APX mode and load TWRP.
It would appear that the TF is not connecting to my win7 PC because of a driver issue. When I go to device manager the Android ATP device has a yellow triangle through it which I asume is the driver issue. It keeps trying to load a new deiver but ends up as " Failed "
The drivers that I am pointing it at are " Universal Naked Driver 0.72 which I thought where the ones required or perhaps I am doing something wrong...?
I assume if I can get this connected I can move forward.
Can anyone help me with this issue please. I tried till 02.30 this morning, I never figured that it was going to be this hard..!
Thanks in advance
Steve
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Hi, don't panic, you have already install TWRPP. At first be sure your microsd card is always on fat32 and get rom and googapps
If ok put your pad off and insert your sd in. Reboot on twrp. To see your sd card hit install, on the high of the screen you can see "choose a zip to install", above hit on "storage internal storage", a new screen will open, select micro sd, your rom and should be here. If you want to remake all wipe before flasing hit the back arrow in the hight right corner. Hit Wipe on the menu, select partitions to wipe, hit all except micro sd and external (of course). Install rom and gapps, wipe cache and dalvik cache, reboot. I try it this day on twrp 2.6.3.10, i don't remenber for 2.6.3.0, but the way is the same. Good luck
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Hi, don't panic, you have already install TWRPP. At first be sure your microsd card is always on fat32 and get rom and googapps
If ok put your pad off and insert your sd in. Reboot on twrp. To see your sd card hit install, on the high of the screen you can see "choose a zip to install", above hit on "storage internal storage", a new screen will open, select micro sd, your rom and should be here. If you want to remake all wipe before flasing hit the back arrow in the hight right corner. Hit Wipe on the menu, select partitions to wipe, hit all except micro sd and external (of course). Install rom and gapps, wipe cache and dalvik cache, reboot. I try it this day on twrp 2.6.3.10, i don't remenber for 2.6.3.0, but the way is the same. Good luck
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Thanks for the reply.
I had 3 hrs on it yesterday before your reply and got nowhere so decided to give it a break last night..!
I appreciate your help with this and will attempt to follow your instructions tonight after work. Are you saying that I should disregard the driver issue as you think I am connected to TWRP ok?
Thanks again
i am the first homebrew said:
Thanks for the reply.
I had 3 hrs on it yesterday before your reply and got nowhere so decided to give it a break last night..!
I appreciate your help with this and will attempt to follow your instructions tonight after work. Are you saying that I should disregard the driver issue as you think I am connected to TWRP ok?
Thanks again
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Yes, that the way i try first, if you can boot on TWRP there'snt any reason to reflash it !
To jh1969
I followed your instuctions......perfect, I don't think I would have figured it without your help. My micro sd card was formatted in NTFS...! Did format to fat32 and things started to work. Started form the beginning again and now I have it working again....!
I did a back up using Titanium (Apps+data) to the micro sd before I screwed it all up, just got to figure out how to restore that then things will be a lot better. Any idea how I get Gmail back ?
Thanks again for your help.
Figured out my Gmail problem, found the app on the play store, not sure how I missed it the first time.
Could not figure out Titanium, did try loads of times to restore apps & data but no luck so another late night downloading all the apps one by one and getting them all going.
At least I now have my pad working again but still have some issues to sort out.
I cannot get the camera working, when I try to open it I get " Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped"........I get the response also when I try to open " Gallery "
I have not yet figured out a quick way to look at the Micro SD....on the stock TF101 rom there was an icon you could open up in the bottom left corner but of course that has gone now. Any ideas?
Overall I am very please the way it is performing now, it is much quicker than it was prior to this update so thanks to all for there time for all who have developed these software's/roms etc to enable people like me to enjoy my TF101 and extend its life further. I would like to increase it speed a bit more but I think I had better get any issues sorted before I attempt anything else. I have not put it in its dock yet so will try that later today.
Ok, I have searched high and low to try and solve this issue without having to post it on the forums. There are several old threads about the Micro SD having issues here, and many many more across the net. At any rate let me start from the beginning.
So, I decided to root my stock tf300t and try the KatKiss 6.0 rom. Micro SD working excellent at this time. I also installed TWRP recovery image 3.0.2.0. Then for some simple reason ( read it somewhere) I dropped back to TWRP 2.5 and Micro SD still working excellent at this time. So, everything is great up to now.
I had found out that I had not formatted to f2fs and somehow with my big hand while doing so on the bootloader screen my pinky brushed the wipe data button. Yep, I lost it all and was stuck in the splash screen or TWRP 2.5 If I booted to recovery. My Micro SD and my TF300T's system files (all of them) showed 0mbs across the board. My file partitions were a mess to say the least. --- I posted about it in another thread.
Finally with the help of forum member gs-crash-24-7 I was able to flash the factory rom back to my TF300T and got my tablet back, with the exception of the fact my Micro SD no longer shows in my Tablet or on my pc when plugged in via the data cable. Now when placed in a card reader on the pc all my files were shown on the MicroSD< so I saved them elsewhere and using SDFormatter did a complete format and complete overwrite. (currently in fat32 mode - but have tried them all) Put a file on it and the pc reads it like a charm.
So, I went installed KatKiss 6.0 again in hopes the MicroSD would magically show up, also installed Kang TWRP 2.8.7.2, pico gapps, and supersu 2.52 to gain root access. But to no avail, I still have a Micro SD card that works great in my Galaxy S5, TF101, and my pc. I tried several different Micro Sd Cards as well, from a 128mb to 8gb one, which is the card I use in the Tf300T.
Ok, throughout my search of the net I found a similar issue that had been solved by adding a few lines of code to their phones permissions/platform.xml file. I have not tried this (honestly it was late and I forgot to bookmark where it was posted. lol Anyway, I did however go into my platform.xml file and did not find very much code in there at all and nothing mentioning External Storage R/RW etc etc ..... so Now I am wondering if I should revert back to JB 4.2.1 and start over in hopes it will restore my files and Micro SD. what are your opinions????? Open to suggestions.
Or if someone who has an Asus TF300T with a custom rom or factory rom (with a working MicroSD, could possibly take a look at their Platform.xml file and see if what is mentioned in it about External Storage etc .... I really feel like something somewhere that got deleted/wiped was not rewritten during the unbricking of my TF300T.
I Thank you in advance for any help or suggestions you may have to offer.
Flash back to stock 4.2.1 JB and still the card does not show up when inserted.
If I add the following lines into my system/etc/permissions/platform.xml file do you think it would bring back the ability to see my External Micro SD?
Code:
<permission name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
</permission>
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>
<permission name="android.permission.ACCESS_ALL_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="sdcard_all" />
</permission>
Anyone ever try this?
BTW, my Micro Sd was working just fine in the tablet until the accidental data wipe. I am stuck here, I would really like to get the ability to use the Micro SD card/cards again.
Thank you in advance.
ImaPoBoy said:
Flash back to stock 4.2.1 JB and still the card does not show up when inserted.
Anyone ever try this?
BTW, my Micro Sd was working just fine in the tablet until the accidental data wipe. I am stuck here, I would really like to get the ability to use the Micro SD card/cards again.
Thank you in advance.
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It seems there is an unknown issue remaining after things you have done in the past. Please start your TWRP and "Format /Data". It may take one hour plus. Wait patiently until it finishes. After that your system is clean. So you can clean install the ROM of your choice. Simply follow the install instruction given by Timduru carefully!!! Finally the SD card issue should be solved.
Thanks will give it another try.
Several attempts at this using the latest stock rom and my own twrp backup (from when the sd card was showing up) and still not showing up. Tried to change files system in twrp and got this e:block device not present, cannot wipe ext_sdcard .... only close reference I found so far was in the following thread and according to post #16 my sd card partitions are not correct???
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tr...kang-twrp-tf700t-2-8-x-xarea51-t3049395/page2
also, according to twrp manager:
Storage Info
External SD Location
/Removable/MicroSD
But of course it does not show up in file manager. Thoughts?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/tr...kang-twrp-tf700t-2-8-x-xarea51-t3049395/page2
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This thread deals with Data2SD. That's not your problem. The SD card should be FAT32.
However what's the result of Format /Data? Has it been accomplished successfully? Does your TWRP finally show the external SD card?
No, I have yet to get it to show any SD from 128mb to my 8gb card, I have tried them all. The card is formatted in fat32 (I have tried all formats though). The only time TWRP seems to see it is if I want to fix or change the file system, (now when I was in twrp 3.0.2.0 was the last time it worked) TWRP shows it as vfat. If I try to change it I get the error string below (red text).
All of this started when I corrupted the partitions in the tablet and had to flash a factory rom on to get it going again. Since then no SD card, well actually no SD card while it was corrupted either only before the mess I made.
I feel confident that the SD card issue has something to do with where it's actual path or permission might be placed or written. As the card works excellent in my galaxy s5 and Tf101 and Windows. just not the tf300t. Attached several images maybe one of them will give a clue. Keep in mind under mount, when I choose the Ext SD it just greys out and will not accept a check mark for selection, same when I choose where I want to install a file from.
Again thank you for your help.
Well I have tried going back to the latest stock rom and now I am flashed to the latest KatKiss 7.1, but still no luck. is it possible that somehow when I messed up my file partitions that it, that they just will not clear up completely for some reason? Grasping here I know.
This happened to me and I am still currently dealing with this. I believed that there is a problem with that device recognizing the SD card, as in the card is not making contact with the device. The SD card comes up as corrupted when the ROM is running. I had to side load the last few time through TWRP to get a new ROM flashed because I wiped everything. On this last try I was able to get the device to recolonize the SD card by pushing and hold the SD card all the way in and holding it there for the duration of the flash. I went through all the same as you did including flashing back to stock. Sorry you are dealing with this.
Thanks, I will give that a try also when I load my next rom.
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This happened to me and I am still currently dealing with this. I believed that there is a problem with that device recognizing the SD card, as in the card is not making contact with the device. The SD card comes up as corrupted when the ROM is running. I had to side load the last few time through TWRP to get a new ROM flashed because I wiped everything. On this last try I was able to get the device to recolonize the SD card by pushing and hold the SD card all the way in and holding it there for the duration of the flash. I went through all the same as you did including flashing back to stock. Sorry you are dealing with this.
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Tried the hold the Micro SD card in deal, didn't work for me.
So now I am currently on a clean install of KatKiss 6.0 with same results. Micro SD card not being recognized.
My install process:
Wiped everything then formatted data
Even fastboot erased everything again just in case via fastboot:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase cache
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot bootloader
Flashed KANG TWRP 2.8.7.2
Wiped davlik and cache, then changed data to F2FS file system
Rebooted to Bootloader then entered RCK / KANG TWRP where I did a TWRP BACKUP (it will not backup I know this) so I would have the TWRP folder it would create, so I could load my zips etc, once I was no longer in fastboot. Once in Twrp, you can see internal files then like the TWRP folder, where transferred my zips via the pc to. (now I have a place to load them from)
Loaded the Micro SD just in case with my zip files and also copied them from my pc to the TWRP folder in tablets internal storage.
disconnected from pc and loaded MicroSD into tablet slot.
rebooted into recovery (TWRP still would not load Micro SD ... so plan b) from internal storage via the TWRP folder that was created I flashed all my zip files together:
Flash KatKiss 6.0 rom
Flash the SuperSU 2.52 zip
Flash gapps nano
Wipe cache/dalvik
Reboot
Everything was done per Timduru's instructions, except where I had to load my files via the internal TWRP folder, and I use the Nano gapps over the pico. Also, one tablet reboots to the system i updated the SuperSu Binary.
Some of the Erasing was probably overkill, but I was trying to clean as much as I could in hope my Micro SD would show back up.
Tablet is working fine, in fact very fluid and speedy. I just do not have access to my Micro SD card, except via a usb adapter when used on the pc, which does me no good lol.
At any rate If you do not have a Micro SD card, maybe my process will help someone do a clean install at least.
I hope a solution appears. I just upgraded from cyanogenmod 4.4 to katkiss 6.0 today, and have the same problem . microsd was there for the install, but after booting, ES file explorer doesn't see it. Can see the usb drive plugged into keyboard, but not microsd. frustrating. was thinking of trying to reflash everything but what I am reading in this thread, it seems like that won't help. (btw, there was also issue of tf300 not rooted after install. I reflashed superSU, and after a few reboots and attempted binary updates, suddenly root appeared. I don't know really what fixed it)
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I hope a solution appears. I just upgraded from cyanogenmod 4.4 to katkiss 6.0 today, and have the same problem . microsd was there for the install, but after booting, ES file explorer doesn't see it. Can see the usb drive plugged into keyboard, but not microsd. frustrating. was thinking of trying to reflash everything but what I am reading in this thread, it seems like that won't help. (btw, there was also issue of tf300 not rooted after install. I reflashed superSU, and after a few reboots and attempted binary updates, suddenly root appeared. I don't know really what fixed it)
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What version of TWRP are you running? .... I also had a problem at first with root, but none since and I have flashed every katkiss rom and my back up of JB 4.2.1 and even the fresh stock Asus JB rom with no success as of yet. But I have yet to stop messing with it, going to keep on til I break it, fix it or possibly shoot it. lol
Also, mine still does not work at this time. I actually went online with lj50036 and went through lots of force load commands etc etc and it still never showed up. Crazy thing was at one point it was showing I has 2 Internal Storage folders both with the exact same file size and files within it. I suppose there is a possibility that the card slot stopped functioning in my tablet, but I just keep coming back to my original issue before the card disappeared (corrupted file partitions). I don't know why, but I just feel something somewhere is still fubarred with the file partitions dealing with external storage. Plus with all the research I have done on the issue and such close to it, there seems to be an issue with happening with many devices and custom roms and recovery.
I wish you luck and if I do find a solution I will most definitely post it here.
Issue solved:
Turns out one of the SD Slot connecting pins was broken in the back of the card slot. Oh well, at least it's a 32gb tablet.
Many thanks goes out to Josh lj50036 and the others who tried helping me.
I installed (4 th install, 3 with 6.1) kat kiss naugetella, 7.1. microsd card is now seen. I have no idea what was different about this install other than the 7.1 and different supersu, version 2.79.
still not having keyboard recognized during sleep. previously I could wake the tablet by hitting the keyboard sleep key. No more. have to use the tablet power button.
Hi all,
In my quest to breathe more life into my OP6, I've decided to install TWRP and Magisk. Once doing so, it seems that I cannot install apps or update some already preloaded apps - I get an error message saying that the app can't be downloaded and I need to install to a SD card or external USB storage.
The exact error reads: App requires external storage. (insert app name) can't be downloaded. Insert an SD card or USB storage with sufficient storage, and try again.
I tried to Google a solution but didn't really find anything. I've already tried to do a wipe with TWRP and reflashed the recovery and Magisk but am still getting the same error. Maybe I'm doing something wrong or missing a setting.
Any help would be appreciated. I'd like to stick to OOS but am not opposed to another ROM.
Currently on OOS 10.3.4, TWRP 3.4.0, and Magisk 20.4. Thanks.
Same here.
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Same here.
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Finally got it to fix itself after several system and dalvik wipes. Hope that works for you too. Also had to re-flash Magisk after every wipe.
Well... Here is the solution:
Download stock ROM ( 10.3.2 or higher). Download latest TWRP.zip from @mauronofrio - Link HERE
Then.
1. Boot to TWRP recovery
2. Format data.. (say yes when it's asked)
3. reboot to recovery
4. Move Stock ROM and downloaded TWRP to your internal sdcard.
5. Flash Stock ROM.zip + TWRP.zip -> reboot to recovery -> Flash Stock ROM.
6. Boot to Stock recovery
7. erase everything in your internal SD card. (Trivial part)
8. Boot to System and set your device.
Voila.
After this... You can flash TWRP and Magisk as it's recommended in several guides for enchilada....
That worked for me.
Cheerz
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Hi all,
In my quest to breathe more life into my OP6, I've decided to install TWRP and Magisk. Once doing so, it seems that I cannot install apps or update some already preloaded apps - I get an error message saying that the app can't be downloaded and I need to install to a SD card or external USB storage.
The exact error reads: App requires external storage. (insert app name) can't be downloaded. Insert an SD card or USB storage with sufficient storage, and try again.
I tried to Google a solution but didn't really find anything. I've already tried to do a wipe with TWRP and reflashed the recovery and Magisk but am still getting the same error. Maybe I'm doing something wrong or missing a setting.
Any help would be appreciated. I'd like to stick to OOS but am not opposed to another ROM.
Currently on OOS 10.3.4, TWRP 3.4.0, and Magisk 20.4. Thanks.
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same problem in my one plus 5 and i did these simple steps and the problem was fixed
1 open settings
2 about phone
3 tap 5/6 times until you are a developer message pop up
4 go back from about phone and go to system
5 you see developer option then open it
6 scroll down until you see (force allow apps on external) and turn on
hope these steps fixed your problem too...