With a swapfile partition, will just the partition go bad overtime or the whole sd card itself?
Whole card but in like 2-3 years
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Okay so I'm pretty sure my SD card got fried (or damaged) last night.
The notification of "Damaged SD card" kept on showing up.
I tried running the repair file systems from CM recovery 1.4, all variations of rebooting, powering down, removing the SD card and all that to help 'fix' my problem.
I also went into settings to see if i have the option to mount and format the SD, but shows unavailable. Also SD secondary is unavailable as well.
So for sure my SD card is fried..... i think lol.
The thing that I am confused about is that I have apps2sd and try to use the apps that I know are installed on my SD card, I'm still able to access and use them, even though my SD card is damaged. I tried rebooting without the SD card inserted and I get FC's galore.
So does that mean my FAT32 partition is damaged and not my EXT partition?
How do I go about to remedy this?
Do I go ahead and click the on the notification to format my SD card?
Then it'll format my FAT32 partition and not my EXT partition?
Or is that totally wrong?
Confused and in need of some guidance. Thanks.
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So does that mean my FAT32 partition is damaged and not my EXT partition?
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Spot on
Format your card. If you use Linux, you can back up your apps, but you'll have to format and then re-install the EXT2 partition.
Basically, the FAT32 partition got corrupted. Anytime you actually see anything about the SD card on the phone itself, it's always the FAT32 partition.
hey there i had that same problem all i did was resize my fat32 partition
i used GNU parted so go to console and type
Code:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
now type
Code:
print
this displays the sd cards size in MB write down the max memory
now type
Code:
resize
it will ask what partition number type 1 it will the ask for a start size just type 0 if it errors saying couldnt write 0 but can write 8192B just say yes and for the end size type 1MB less than your max
Example for my 8gig card
Code:
resize
1
8192B
7965 - change to 7964
this will bring up a error saying the filesystem is damaged do you want to fix say yes
then type
Code:
quit
then
Code:
upgrade_fs
and that should do it
forgot to add your going to have to delete your ext partition FIRST! for that type
Code:
rm 2
Hi
I have some big problems when I use an EXT2, EXT3 ore EXT4 partition on my SD card.
I want to use APPS2SD to save memory space, but as soon as I make an EXT partition on my SD card, my phone always hangs all the time in the startup.
I get the Android logo, and that the screen goes black with background light, and hangs like that fore 30min with no change.
But if I eject my SD card and start up without it, it's no problem, but now all my programs are in the SD card so they are missing.
What I've done:
I had CyanogenMod-4.2.05.
Made an EXT3 partiotion on my SD card.
Made an linux-swap 31mb partiotion
Updatet to CyanogenMod-4.2.11.1 and than it started up, added my progs to the SD.
Had 1 reboot with no problem, tried to update some programs, than it hang up on the update, woudnt update.
So I had an reboot, that when it started up I got a lot of error messages on the updates.
Tried an new update, and now it wont start up with the SD inserted.
I tried ext partition on my erlier CyanogenMod but same problem than also...
What could my problem be?
Have an 8gb class 4 micro SD card
when I now trie to install programs I get an error message "Insuffcient storage availble"
Clearly this is a problem with your sdcard. Try complete re-format first, followed by complete wipe and re-flash. If that doesn't help then you need a new sdcard.
Good luck.
In what order are your partitions? It sounds like you no longer have the FAT32 as mmcblk0p1? Make sure the first partition is the FAT32, the second is EXT, and the third your swap.
Hi
Could be my card, it's an ebay card so, but works fine with music...
I use an guide fore formating my card, and I make the fat32 first, than ext and so the swap.
Now I tried to make an partition with ubuntu, and without the swap, but dosent seem to help, black screen after the adroid logo....
I guess I give up and its my card...
When i use the Print comand in parted i get the fat32 up first...
Print
number start end size type file system fla
gs
1 0 7500 7500mb primary fat32 lba
2 7500 8000 500mb primary ext2
3 8000 8032 32mb primary linux-swap(v1)
Use AmonRa's recovery? It will paritition the card for you the right way with whatever size partitions you specify.
Ok so my partition could be the problem?
ill try the AmonRa's recovery than, and if not I guess its not ment to be apps2sd on my phone...
Well, I wouldn't say that apps2sd is not ment for your phone since so many of us are using this hack (including myself) however this may be a tedious process of eliminating possible causes. I would not rule out the possibility of damaged SD card. It has happened before to many people. Re-format and re-partition your existing card first. Wipe everything off your phone, re-flash the rom of your choice (following the instructions) and see if it works. If it doesn't work - then I would look into getting a different SD card. I just received a tweet that compUSA has class 6 8GbB card with adapter for $30. I also saw something in "Dream accessories" forum in the "Promotions" thread, I believe 8GB card for $15 from Amazon. Cards are a lot cheaper then new phone, you should try that out. Good luck.
Ok.
I've now installed the AmonRa's recovery 1.5.2
Partition the card with AmonRa's recovery
Wiped data/factory
Shud I wipe dalvik-cache, battry status, and rotate settings also?
Wipe dalvik-cache, others should not matter for what you're trying to accomplish.
Ok thx.
I'll try that, if it doesnt work now, I'll buy an new sd card
So AmonRa's recovery didnt help, so I guess it's my sd card than.
Will buy an new one and test with that.
So fore now on it's low on space
Maby this time I will remember to take an backup when I have y phone the way I like, getting tierd of setting up my phone all the time
I am having issues with trying to partition my SD card (Transcend 16GB class 6 fwiw.) When i go into recovery and after setting the parameters for the swap (0) and ext2 (512MB) partition and when i have the phone create the new partition it seems to give me the little 'i am working' dots forever and never finishes creating the new partition.
I have let the phone run until the entire screen is filled with the dots.
My smaller 2GB card partitions in about 45 seconds, so i dont think it is the software.
What can i do to save my SD card?
I have tried setting the swap and ext2 size to 0 and it successfully partitions the card that way. I have formatted the card through the phone and through my computer.
All help is appreciated, and i apologize if the answer is lying right in front of my face. I searched all of yesterday for this.
Installed CWR on an 8 GB SD Card. The card only used about 40 MB and the rest is hidden. Is there any tool I can use to reformat the SD card to get my full space back? If I try with Windows, I can only see the 40 MB partition. Under My Computer/Manage/Disk Management, I can see all the partitions, but cannot make any changes.
KararM said:
Installed CWR on an 8 GB SD Card. The card only used about 40 MB and the rest is hidden. Is there any tool I can use to reformat the SD card to get my full space back? If I try with Windows, I can only see the 40 MB partition. Under My Computer/Manage/Disk Management, I can see all the partitions, but cannot make any changes.
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I'm on the original 1.1.0 OS, Rooted and Overclocked, and this worked for me...
Put the card back in your Nook. Then go to Settings/Device Info/SD Card. Once there tap on Unmount SD Card and then Format SD Card. That should get you your full capacity back.
BUT! It will completely erase the card.
Do you want to keep CWR or erase it?
In any event, get Minitools Partition Wizard. If you want to preserve the existing CWR, resize the partition. If you don't, delete and recreate a partition that uses the whole card.
EDit: all good now only question is about LCD density does anyone know how i would be able to set it to a certain thing and save it after i reboot instead of having to reset it each and every time
I was wondering how is it possible to transfer my existing data from my slow class 2 card to a much faster class 10 card. The actual card is 16GB in size, and the new one should be only 2 GB in size. I have 1 GB ext4 partition and the remaining space is FAT32. The new card should have 1 GB ext 4 and 1 GB FAT32. I know I can format my card in CWM, but is there any way I can move the data and everything to work as before? How can i read EXT4 on Windows and write the data on the new card? Should I use same partition serial numbers when formatting?
If o do a nandroid backup of EXT4, should it restore successfuly on the new microsd?
Solved, made a nandroid backup of sd-ext, swaped cards, copied all from the old fat32 to the new partition, and then used avanced restore for sd-ext.
have you get problem unmount / mount sd card with cm7?, just try it unmount your sd card, and get it out then mount again, and your phone got freezzz