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Possible to Unmount SD card?

Hi all.
Is it possible to unmount and remove an SD card when using CM v4.0.2 with a partitioned SD card, and CM v4.0.2 is running A2SD, while the phone is on? I just can't seem to figure it out. The unmount button is "greyed out".
If so, please let me know how.
Thank you.

i have the exact same problem....my pc wont even recognize the phone anymore....i'm trying to get the usb pop up on the phones notifications n nuttin happens

As I am tinkering, I think it has to do with the A2SD that the rom supports.
Obviously we cant be removing a card that the system is using.
I can still mount when I plug into my PC, but most/if not all(haven't tested all) the apps wont run, I get a "Please Check Your SD card" message.
I would just like to hear from someone more experienced than me(newb) to back up what I am thinking to be true.
Thanks

It's kinda weird, you can't unmount the card because you'll have issues, but on linux it mounts ext too, so you can modify the contents while the phone is running. Although whenever I've tried it's caused loops ><
@Teflon - Try using usb mode in recovery: go to the console and type to mount "ums_enable" and "ums_disable" to unmount.

Hi!
I would like to be able to remove the SD card from my phone.
I can't do it right now b/c I have Apps on SD configuration.
Is it possible to kill all running applications and to unmount the SD card?
I don't see any reason why not, but has anyone tried it already?
Thanks

The safest method imho would be to 'power off' the phone, remove card, boot phone. Cumbersome - maybe - but it's a trade-off with the excellent App2Sd.

I believe it is swap that is not allowing you to unmount/ mount to the computer, try disabling swapper and then try or download and burn an ubuntu live cd and use that to acess it, I can make changes to my ext3 partion while it is mounted in ubuntu. But I never had a problem mounting untill I started using swap which I would have to turn off to mount

Born, must of us have our dalvik-cache running off our ext partion so even if you killed all apps you could still corrupt your card

SD card not recognized after Froyo update

What's up guys. Anyone else have an issue with their Nexus not recognizing your SD card after the Froyo update? I have a 16 GB class 2 Sandisk. The phone recognizes the phone in recovery without any issue. I tried formatting the card and also reflashing Froyo, but I still get nothing. Any ideas? Thanks!

Same issue here. Stock card that came with the N1, have never had an issue...now it keeps telling me it's safe to remove, and when I go into SD settings and mount, it just goes back to that notification over and over. Probably about to restore to cyan 5.0.6 for now...

I took my card out. Using my SD card reader, backed up files, formatted, SD card in phone, connect to computer. And it worked. Then loaded my files back on. Btw I also have a 16gb card
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Yeah...try just popping the card out the phone and then reinsert.

It seems like i'm still having this issue. I decided to stick with CM 5.8 until they officially released 2.2. It doesn't matter if I install the official update or a rom based on 2.2, my phone still refuses to recognize my card. I've searched all over the net and i've yet to run into anyone else with this issue. It sees the card fine in recovery and when using CM 5.8. I've wiped the phone, formatted the card and i'm not sure what else to try.

Same problem here, also a 16Gb SDCard
works 100% in 2.1, but refuses to work with Froyo.
Any workarounds, or is this a bug in the current Froyo builds?

Suggestion is to copy the contents of your to your computer, then format, and try again
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I think I have this too - with a workaround
hi,
On my Nexus one I am running Froyo OTA.
I noticed that when I turn on my phone the SD card is not fully recognized. All the icons of my apps appear blank for all SD moved apps. I tried switching cards and reformatting and everything but it always happens.
I found one workaround which usually works:
1. When turned on and apps not recognized, run ASTRO files manager
2. Even though card is not fully recognized you can access all files on the SD from ASTRO. Now run the SD Card Tool from the menu.
3. After the scan is finished showing usage of directories on SD, I close the ASTRO which twice hitting the back key and when I return to the home screen all apps are re-enabled and icons are updated. From here on everything works.
Hope this is the same issue you are having and this helps you to solve it.
Perhaps Gingerbread will make this obsolete
Gil

What you're describing is a function of Froyo's Apps2SD together with either custom launcher (LauncherPro, ADW, and such), or long loading time after reset. It's a known and much discussed issue, help files for both custom launchers suggest force-closing the launcher a couple of minutes after reset.
It doesn't have anything to do with SD card not being recognized.
There is no such thing as "partially recognized" SD card, it's either working or it doesn't, and when it doesn't - no files can be seen on it at all.

after connect n1 to computer

im using cm6.0 rc1 right now
i would like to trans some thing to my n1
then i used usb to connect it to my pc
but i forgot all my apps were on sd card
then all apps wont work anymore,especially widgets。
anyone know how to fix this
thx
ps: sry for my bad english

Reboot. And widgets shouldn't be on SD card.

What are you trying to transfer to the card?
Just transfer over, if you have apps that are installed on the sd card via the menu/settings/applications, they'll reappear after you unplug the cable.

Or just go into Settings --> Applications --> Manage applications, select the "On SD Card" tab, and look for the widgets/applications you need access to while the phone is connected to your computer. Select each of those applications and hit the "Move to phone" button. You're golden!

as stated already, widgets and running services should not but saved onto SD card because once the SD card is removed or unmounted those apps arent there anymore. Remount SD card via notification bar and widgets should restore, if not then do a reboot and that should fix it.

Internal and externa Sd issues

Hello, this is my firt post and i need help!
Now when i connect in kies mode the phone keeps mounting and unmouting the Sd cards! and hangs in starting,doesnt get recognised by keys. This issues only occurs in kies mode and not in mass storage. Could it be related to kies, the usb port or phone?
Thanks
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Ok, I've tested in another pc and it does the same: keeps mounting and unmouting both sd cards and stays in starting to kies without connect to kies... So i thinks it's not kies itself or usb ports... Is there anything wrong with the phone or it's something i installed to? (before the problems it disconnected by mistake from kies then I got a damaged internal sd card info and external sd card corruption, but both are working fine and I didn't get that notification anymore...). What can i do? Shall a format solve this?
Formated the internal sd and nothing... but wait... removed the external sd card and voilá! it now works!!!

Odd. I know there's a bug in kies that won't let you connect if you have media files with more then 16 letters. That could be reason. Check your files and rename them. Also do a format the SD car dwith your phone in settings. Unmount then format. That should also help
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Ok, it's doing the same again, with or without external sd... So i realy don't know what's appening!

Be sure to use the latest kies , it's a kies bug , but i am prety sure that the latest one has it fixed .

[Q] SOLVED: Connecting with USB shows only internal memorycard...

HI!
I have this problem that when I turn on the file sharing, the computer shows only internal memory card and not the external. Because the phone itself recognizes the external card I have tried to unmount and mount several times without any improvement. I am currently using the latest CM7 nightly, but the problem seemes to have started after I changed the card from 4gb to 16 gb. Any ideas?
EDIT: Erasing sd card from the phones menu helped to solve the problem.

Go Setting>Storage and remount your sd card and try???

I've done that several times....no help... android system accesses the card without problems...music, pics etc.

Did you physically remove your card and reinsert it, or just software remount?
Have you tried the card directly in your computer?
Have a look in windows device manager and see if it reports any problems. (right
click my computer and select manage)

I have tried it all and everything is ok with the sd card itself (I copied recent nightly from the computer on the sd card) also recovery recognizes is... there are also no problems in device manager...

Try to put on debugging mode. And try it with debugging mode on.
If the debugging mode is on try to take it off.
Regards Kali

I tried that also and nothing changed.... I have a feeling that it is somehow attached to me using mybackup pro... I restored application apk and data from another phone to this one and It seems that usually the application data should go to internal memory card. In this case it is on external card... so i believe that somehow the programs are still using the card when connected and do not allow phone to share it out... It's just a guess though...
EDIT: so I think the solution is to wipe everything and start all over again

So I fresh installed Rom and wiped everything and the problem still exist... still can see files with file managers in phone and when connected to computer, autorun shows only internal card...
Edit: I tried now 2gb sized sdcard and it works perfectly... the problem is with 16gb card.

Weird. Did you try another USB-port?

I tried different USB-s now and still same I found out that when I connect the phone, under my computer appears two removable disks.... if I turn on the usb connection, only one transforms to usable removable disk (internal) and the other one asks to insert the removable disk. I used the same sd card on my HTC desire with CM nightlies and it worked perfectly... could it be CM-s bug?

Sorry to ask (maby the obvious)
On Your phone.. using your filemanager (Root explorer astro or what-ever..)
Browse to sdcard
Do you have a folder called _externalSD?
On this phone, for some reason the external SD is not mounted under./ but as i said under ./sdcard/ (i.e its mounted under the internal SD card..)
Just a thought

Where the different cards are mounted doesn't make any difference. And as he said, it works with other cards (2GB and 4GB).
CyanogenMOD mounts internal card as /mnt/emmc, and external card as /mnt/sdcard by default.
When turning on USB storage, both cards should be unmounted and shared over USB.

Hi, I had the same problem with mine, and as you said in one of your previous posts, I had to do a format through the phone and as soon as I did that I was good to go.
I did use the same memory card in my old hero so this might have something to do with it... I'm not sure.

By formatting do you mean from the menu Erase SD card? On the desire I actually had the formatting request from the computer, but there was another problem (some of the rom's files were on the sdcards ext or something and I had no access to the card from the USB).... kind of a similar problem if I think back now but after changing to CM, the problem disappeared.

I forgot to mention I am running completely stock rom and unrooted (for the time being) and there is just an option under sd card & phone storage setting to format external sd card

After erasing the sd card from the phone, the computer recognized it i'm currently copying stuff back and i'm pretty sure it does not affect the recognition

I faced the same problem. I had Swapper2 on my NC, and after I uninstalled it (and cleared the data of Swapper2, just in case) everything went to normal back again.
^ a solution.