Related
I think the internal SD card of my i9000 is corrupted. I've tried everyting: wiped/factory reset, reinstalling Cyanogenmod10, installing Stock ROM, installing stockrom with re-partitioning on etc. Nothing works. I'm using odin to reinstall the stock ROM. Flashing the stock ROM to my phone goes well, but then when I restart and android is installing, I get error messages like:
/can't mount sd card
After reading a lot on XDA, my conclusion is: broken internal storage.
Now I want to install everything on my external SD. So I bought a 8GB cat10 SD card.
Found this XDA-post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1893354 Seems very promising, but I seem to get stuck on '-- Extract initramfs from zImage ( https://github.com/mistadman/Extract-Kernel-Initramfs )'. I;ve got a virtual machine running Ubuntu. When I start the script, nothing happens..... the terminal just closes.
The easiest solution for my problem would be a ROM that is altered to directly install on my external SD. I red somewhere that ROMS like that exist. Can't seem to find one though.
Well.. thanks for reading my post, and accept my appologies for my bad english. You can probably notice I'm not a native speaker.
Does someone have a solution for me? Maybe know of a good thread?
Thanks in advance!
Greatings, Eldoro
also formatted my internal sd through adb...doesnt help either
You need to search for a data/data file that you can flash in Odin that will fix your internal SD card. I had same problem. My Android soultions helped me. Try searching for that also
Sent from my GT-I9000
Search in this forum for a thread called Dead Internal SD Solution Galaxy S.
The thread is just a few days old but i can't send you the link with the app.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app
KUN1 said:
Search in this forum for a thread called Dead Internal SD Solution Galaxy S.
The thread is just a few days old but i can't send you the link with the app.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried that already... didn't work. That method only works if your sd card is totally dead. The phone then automaticly switches to the external sd
My isn't totally dead..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
camsurf said:
You need to search for a data/data file that you can flash in Odin that will fix your internal SD card. I had same problem. My Android soultions helped me. Try searching for that also
Sent from my GT-I9000
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried everything on My Android solutions... doesn't work... really searching for a method to install on external sd.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
Close to a solution...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893354
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
Install stock rom JVU in ODIN, then flash this kernel
How do I have to flash? With repartitioning checked or unchecked?
Do I have tot restart and let android try to install after flashing? Or must I flash your kernel directly after flashing the rom...
Eldoro
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
eldoro said:
I think the internal SD card of my i9000 is corrupted. I've tried everyting: wiped/factory reset, reinstalling Cyanogenmod10, installing Stock ROM, installing stockrom with re-partitioning on etc. Nothing works. I'm using odin to reinstall the stock ROM. Flashing the stock ROM to my phone goes well, but then when I restart and android is installing, I get error messages like:
/can't mount sd card
After reading a lot on XDA, my conclusion is: broken internal storage.
Now I want to install everything on my external SD. So I bought a 8GB cat10 SD card.
Found this XDA-post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1893354 Seems very promising, but I seem to get stuck on '-- Extract initramfs from zImage ( https://github.com/mistadman/Extract-Kernel-Initramfs )'. I;ve got a virtual machine running Ubuntu. When I start the script, nothing happens..... the terminal just closes.
The easiest solution for my problem would be a ROM that is altered to directly install on my external SD. I red somewhere that ROMS like that exist. Can't seem to find one though.
Well.. thanks for reading my post, and accept my appologies for my bad english. You can probably notice I'm not a native speaker.
Does someone have a solution for me? Maybe know of a good thread?
Thanks in advance!
Greatings, Eldoro
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
first of all apologize for asking a question and not answer your question, when you were CM10 and came back to a stock rom had to do some special way or just did you use odin? in my case I had installed CM 10 and accidentally format the internal sd through cwm now my cel just go to recovery and download mode.
excuse my English, English is not my native language, I use a translator
Thank you rxxxni, flashing the sdcard fix worked. My internal sd card had been stuck in read only mode and it took more than a week to find a fix.
Sent from my XT910 using xda app-developers app
Thanks rxxxni.:good:
rxxxni said:
Install stock rom JVU in ODIN, then flash this kernel
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This works for my SGS I test almost everything but the internal sd always returned all the data even before a wipe format re-partition noting work to delete the internal sd, wit this kernel the phone will create 2 partitions 1 fat and 2 ext4 wit the same size of the internal sd 1.89GB.
I will like to install a new version for 4.0 or 4.1 but dont know how to change this kernel to work wit another 2.3.6 like jw4 or jw9
if anyone know pleas let mi know
Thanks rxxxni.:good:
Hello, Finally made an account after lurking and flashing for a few months. This one is really stumping me...
SO.....
I was going to do a new install and wiped everything. I was trying to get the full size of my external 32gig card back after partitioning it for a app2sd setup and formatted it with disk utility(OSX). I ended up formatting the internal(I Know) by accident being a fast-click McGraw. I caught my mistake and formatted the external like originally planned. I think I formatted them to vfat.
After all this formatting, CWM and ADB won't mount my disks. CWM will not format them either because they won't mount. I have no rom loaded to boot into and I can't flash a new one because neither drive will mount.
I have been trying what seems like so many different things to include trying to make an EFI bootable Linux Live usb(didn't boot). This issue would probably be fixed by now if I wasn't using OSX but hey, it's what I have to work with. If anyone can help end my multi-day madness with a solution, great appreciation would be had.
sand_dog said:
Hello, Finally made an account after lurking and flashing for a few months. This one is really stumping me...
SO.....
I was going to do a new install and wiped everything. I was trying to get the full size of my external 32gig card back after partitioning it for a app2sd setup and formatted it with disk utility(OSX). I ended up formatting the internal(I Know) by accident being a fast-click McGraw. I caught my mistake and formatted the external like originally planned. I think I formatted them to vfat.
After all this formatting, CWM and ADB won't mount my disks. CWM will not format them either because they won't mount. I have no rom loaded to boot into and I can't flash a new one because neither drive will mount.
I have been trying what seems like so many different things to include trying to make an EFI bootable Linux Live usb(didn't boot). This issue would probably be fixed by now if I wasn't using OSX but hey, it's what I have to work with. If anyone can help end my multi-day madness with a solution, great appreciation would be had.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use Odin and flash back to stock Google xda wiki exhibit. You will have to be on windows so just install windows 8 trial on a virtual machine. You all ready tried all the other ideas i have for getting it to mount so...
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
theAPANT said:
Use Odin and flash back to stock Google xda wiki exhibit. You will have to be on windows so just install windows 8 trial on a virtual machine. You all ready tried all the other ideas i have for getting it to mount so...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is there a linux or OSX solution? I have no problem running a Linux VM. I really don't want to have to sign up with M$ if I can avoid it.
sand_dog said:
Is there a linux or OSX solution? I have no problem running a Linux VM. I really don't want to have to sign up with M$ if I can avoid it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea i understand im not a big of ms. Running Linux isn't really beneficial since you can do everything in osx. You can even compile but getting some packages is a pain. Anyways can you not push anything to / or does that partition not even exist? You could try mounting USB storage from recovery but i doubt that would work. We don't have hiemdal for this phone or you could use linux. Windows might be your only option find an iso somewhere if you don't want to register or download enterprise 7 by providing whatever the info it asks for, make it up.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
theAPANT said:
Yea i understand im not a big of ms. Running Linux isn't really beneficial since you can do everything in osx. You can even compile but getting some packages is a pain. Anyways can you not push anything to / or does that partition not even exist? You could try mounting USB storage from recovery but i doubt that would work. We don't have hiemdal for this phone or you could use linux. Windows might be your only option find an iso somewhere if you don't want to register or download enterprise 7 by providing whatever the info it asks for, make it up.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can connect USB storage in CWM recovery and can shell into the system. What, where, and how would I to push to the device?
sand_dog said:
I can connect USB storage in CWM recovery and can shell into the system. What, where, and how would I to push to the device?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use this command or something similar.
./adb push /file path of ROM /
But if USB works then when its mounted just put a ROM on drag and drop and flash it.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Got it fixed!
While my Exhibit was down, I started using this Blackberry Curve I have as a backup. Decided to put my microSD in it and formatted it. I saw that it put the card back to its original storage space and got rid of the non-accessible partition. Loaded my backup onto it, CWM finally mounted it, and I flashed it.
Please mark solved or closed
The name of the file in question is:
í/à=√f+ⁿ.bí£
Yes, that filename has a forward slash in it!!!!!!!!
How do I get rid of this file??
It is preventing me from running NanDroid backups, and I cannot format the partition (bizarrely).
I suspect the filename is corrupted.
If I run ls -il I do not get an inode number, just a series of question marks ?????
Have you tried renaming it and then deleting? Try also a different file manager if that doesn't work (Solid Explorer Trial shouldn't have any problem)
It can't be renamed unfortunately.
I have used a variety of android file managers with no success.
I'm rooted on CM10.1 and have tried CWM tools also.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
Connect device as mass storage and delete from PC
still you can't delete it then install unlocker (attached here) to PC and delete with that
This should work otherwise
Last option copy data to PC and format internal memory.
dr.ketan said:
Connect device as mass storage and delete from PC
still you can't delete it then install unlocker (attached here) to PC and delete with that
This should work otherwise
Last option copy data to PC and format internal memory.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks Dr. Ketan
I can't delete from Windows or Linux on a PC.
The forward slash confuses both O/Ss.
I'll give the UnLocker a go, thanks very much for that :thumbup:
I've tried formatting through CWM and Android, it fails for some reason.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
The unlocker tool didn't do the job I'm afraid.
And Windows would not format the partition.
I found a Windows tool for formatting FAT32 on large memory sticks.
Copied all the files from my internal memory, apart from the dodgy file.
Used the FAT32 tool to format the partition.
Copied all my files back.
NanDroid now works
Awesome
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
Answer to Question found - please close this thread
Hi moderators.
I have an answer to the question I posed, so happy for this thread to be closed.
Thanks.
FabreFaction said:
The unlocker tool didn't do the job I'm afraid.
And Windows would not format the partition.
I found a Windows tool for formatting FAT32 on large memory sticks.
Copied all the files from my internal memory, apart from the dodgy file.
Used the FAT32 tool to format the partition.
Copied all my files back.
NanDroid now works
Awesome
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hello.
I have exactly the same problem as you. Could you explain the way you format the partition? I tried with 3 different usb format tools but I cant find the way to format it from my computer, they dont detect my internal memory as a usb drive and I dont know how to do it
Thank you very much.
diripirate said:
Hello.
I have exactly the same problem as you. Could you explain the way you format the partition? I tried with 3 different usb format tools but I cant find the way to format it from my computer, they dont detect my internal memory as a usb drive and I dont know how to do it
Thank you very much.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had the same issue with multiple files not deleting. The solution I found was the following. I have Chasmodo's Asylym ROM installed, and its kernel has the TWRP recovery, and in advanced settings of that recovery mode you have the option to pick what you want to mount. I connected Note to my PC and picked Mount USB storage in TWRP, and the phone's internal storage was now accessible on my computer. After that, I just formatted it on my PC using the usual method: right click on the drive, Format, picked FAT32 and quick format. It cleaned the entire thing and the freakin files were finally gone. Do keep in mind that this wipes your entire internal storage.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
diripirate said:
Hello.
I have exactly the same problem as you. Could you explain the way you format the partition? I tried with 3 different usb format tools but I cant find the way to format it from my computer, they dont detect my internal memory as a usb drive and I dont know how to do it
Thank you very much.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi
So sorry I haven't replied earlier, I removed the subscription from the thread once I nailed the problem.
Basically you have to connect to the N7000 as a mass storage device.
There are different ways of doing this depending upon the Rom you are using.
This mounts the internal and external drive on the N7000 as drives in Windows.
Then using a FAT32 formatter you can format the internal drive.
It's that simple.
Take it easy.........FF
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk
igesem rent
FabreFaction said:
Hi
So sorry I haven't replied earlier, I removed the subscription from the thread once I nailed the problem.
Basically you have to connect to the N7000 as a mass storage device.
There are different ways of doing this depending upon the Rom you are using.
This mounts the internal and external drive on the N7000 as drives in Windows.
Then using a FAT32 formatter you can format the internal drive.
It's that simple.
Take it easy.........FF
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When I face these problems on Linux, usually I use " rm -i * ".
That is the interactive mode of "rm".
So basically the system will ask you to delete each file it founds on the directory. You'll answer "no" for each file except the one you want to delete.
The system should be able to pass the right info to the rm command (I think it will not pass the name but the inode) to delete it.
I wiped my system with TWRP and now I am searching for a solution to install an image from an external sd-card or from a pc. I thought I could mount the external sd-card, because there is an option but I can't.
lg-optimus said:
I wiped my system with TWRP and now I am searching for a solution to install an image from an external sd-card or from a pc. I thought I could mount the external sd-card, because there is an option but I can't.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
try using other sdcard, are u using 16gb microsd? dont know if its work but somehow some sd cannot be recognized by recovery.try different size.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
compacity said:
try using other sdcard, are u using 16gb microsd? dont know if its work but somehow some sd cannot be recognized by recovery.try different size.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used a 32GB sdcard. I think it is a Patriot. So you mean, it should be possible to mount an external sdcard with TWRP and install from it? In the meantime I could solve it using the advanced options. There was nothing under /sdcard but the install-image under /emmc. So I copied it with TWRP to /sdcard and then thank God the installation worked after a few tries.
lg-optimus said:
I used a 32GB sdcard. I think it is a Patriot. So you mean, it should be possible to mount an external sdcard with TWRP and install from it? In the meantime I could solve it using the advanced options. There was nothing under /sdcard but the install-image under /emmc. So I copied it with TWRP to /sdcard and then thank God the installation worked after a few tries.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well Done! emmc can be recognized by cwm, what i mean before, sometimes (rarely) some external sd cannot be mounted, i m now searching for some info on that, as some of my friends here complaint their cwm cannot detect emmc or externalsd but da card can be access from inside ROM, i try it myself n found several sd (dont know if size n type or class differ) cannot be mounted.
If success then well done
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
compacity said:
Well Done! emmc can be recognized by cwm, what i mean before, sometimes (rarely) some external sd cannot be mounted, i m now searching for some info on that, as some of my friends here complaint their cwm cannot detect emmc or externalsd but da card can be access from inside ROM, i try it myself n found several sd (dont know if size n type or class differ) cannot be mounted.
If success then well done
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have no idea, if it was important to copy form /emmc to /sdcard. So the img was on an internal partition.
lg-optimus said:
I have no idea, if it was important to copy form /emmc to /sdcard. So the img was on an internal partition.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
most file(any from app or image or etc) will go to internal as system recognized internal as first partition.
if u already solving ur problem then try not to alter anything more as safety.
n sorry if i cant help much
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
compacity said:
most file(any from app or image or etc) will go to internal as system recognized internal as first partition.
if u already solving ur problem then try not to alter anything more as safety.
n sorry if i cant help much
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh yes, I don't touch it again, at least until the next update and things start to fail. I have banned gmail now, it was something with gapps and I had no idea why I got errer messages every few seconds.
lg-optimus said:
Oh yes, I don't touch it again, at least until the next update and things start to fail. I have banned gmail now, it was something with gapps and I had no idea why I got errer messages every few seconds.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
try clearing cache or dalvik cache
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
me too
lg-optimus said:
I wiped my system with TWRP and now I am searching for a solution to install an image from an external sd-card or from a pc. I thought I could mount the external sd-card, because there is an option but I can't.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
for two days now i've been trying to get jellybean 4.1.2 onto my galaxy s plus. i used odin multi-downloader to do the things suggested and when i get to the part involving the zip file on the sd card everything goes south. it gives me a "cannot mount" message and now basically the phone can either be put into downloading or recovery mode. i'm making a last attempt to get something going using the pda button and a zip file. but it's been over an hour now and i don't think i've resolved anything. got this message initially "<1> setup connection..." but the clock just keeps on ticking away.
i'm desperate and feeling stupid. and tired. time for bed. maybe someone can help walk me through this again.
angelori said:
for two days now i've been trying to get jellybean 4.1.2 onto my galaxy s plus. i used odin multi-downloader to do the things suggested and when i get to the part involving the zip file on the sd card everything goes south. it gives me a "cannot mount" message and now basically the phone can either be put into downloading or recovery mode. i'm making a last attempt to get something going using the pda button and a zip file. but it's been over an hour now and i don't think i've resolved anything. got this message initially "<1> setup connection..." but the clock just keeps on ticking away.
i'm desperate and feeling stupid. and tired. time for bed. maybe someone can help walk me through this again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
why are you using odin?
thanks but don't know what to do all the same
ktulu84 said:
why are you using odin?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
being a noob i followed instructions. but i ain't doing anything now. getting the classic phone...!...pc icon. how do i use your advice? if it's advice... thanks for taking the time to write.
angelori said:
being a noob i followed instructions. but i ain't doing anything now. getting the classic phone...!...pc icon. how do i use your advice? if it's advice... thanks for taking the time to write.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
can you go in recovery mode? wich recovery do you have?
EDIT: can you please tell us wich files are you trying to flash through odin?
odin
ktulu84 said:
can you go in recovery mode? wich recovery do you have?
EDIT: can you please tell us wich files are you trying to flash through odin?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
somehow got the phone into download mode again. then WORKED2.rar archive, press the OPS button and select the AriesVE.ops file from the uncompressed archive;
Mark the One Package option, press the One Package button on the bottom of the window and select the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-ariesve.tar.md5 file; got a PASS; but now all i get is the samsung galaxy s plus gt-i90001 on the black background.
angelori said:
somehow got the phone into download mode again. then WORKED2.rar archive, press the OPS button and select the AriesVE.ops file from the uncompressed archive;
Mark the One Package option, press the One Package button on the bottom of the window and select the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-ariesve.tar.md5 file; got a PASS; but now all i get is the samsung galaxy s plus gt-i90001 on the black background.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
and you cannot go in recovery mode or download mode again?
recovery mode
angelori said:
somehow got the phone into download mode again. then WORKED2.rar archive, press the OPS button and select the AriesVE.ops file from the uncompressed archive;
Mark the One Package option, press the One Package button on the bottom of the window and select the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-ariesve.tar.md5 file; got a PASS; but now all i get is the samsung galaxy s plus gt-i90001 on the black background.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
into recovery mode now. getting E:can't mount/cache/recovery/command no files found. this is where the nightmare began a couple of days ago. i've got smoothieJB, broodROM and others on the SDcard. but can't read any.
angelori said:
into recovery mode now. getting E:can't mount/cache/recovery/command no files found. this is where the nightmare began a couple of days ago. i've got smoothieJB, broodROM and others on the SDcard. but can't read any.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
that message is normal, you have the roms in external sd or internal? if they are in external sd you have to search with "internal sd" option (is an error, internal sd shows you the content of external sd and sd shows you the content of internal one). make a factory reset and then try to flash one of the rom you have on your sd (if you can find them), if you want 4.1.2 rom i suggest you ivendor's one
keep getting a can't find
ktulu84 said:
that message is normal, you have the roms in external sd or internal? if they are in external sd you have to search with "internal sd" option (is an error, internal sd shows you the content of external sd and sd shows you the content of internal one). make a factory reset and then try to flash one of the rom you have on your sd (if you can find them), if you want 4.1.2 rom i suggest you ivendor's one
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
first off THANKS!!!!!! second. keep getting a no files found message. i know they're there. so what are you suggesting?
angelori said:
first off THANKS!!!!!! second. keep getting a no files found message. i know they're there. so what are you suggesting?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mmm... Do you have an external SD? If so put it in your PC and download a ROM, put on the SD and try again
Inviato dal mio GT-I9001 con Topatalk 2
Mmm
ktulu84 said:
Mmm... Do you have an external SD? If so put it in your PC and download a ROM, put on the SD and try again
Inviato dal mio GT-I9001 con Topatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mmm is what i've been saying for days. i put the zip file ROM on the SD from my pc. then i put the SD card into the phone. but the result is always the same. i'm wondering if there are some drivers missing? it all seems so straightforward but it doesn't work.
angelori said:
Mmm is what i've been saying for days. i put the zip file ROM on the SD from my pc. then i put the SD card into the phone. but the result is always the same. i'm wondering if there are some drivers missing? it all seems so straightforward but it doesn't work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no, is not some driver... try to format your extternal sd, then put the rom on it again, if it doesn't work try to flash another recovery , you can try this one, it is an odin package, so you can flash this the same way you flashed the other one http://d-h.st/beP
Hey bros please help me. i cant install any rom, only in stock slot. cant create any rom slot. the create button is gray out no matter the size selected, any idea ?
i have safestrap 3.73 before that 3.65 and in two versions i can not create rom slot´s
course droid 4
i hope you can help me. regards from mexico.
:highfive:
Do you have enough available space on SD card?
yes bro was that thnks a lot for your help. regards from mexico
Great, easy fix.
Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
sd_shadow said:
Great, easy fix.
Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i have a problem with slot 1,it was created but i can't instal rom on it
it said unable to mount system
I Also have a problem
Following directions here:
<can't post link yet.... standard cyanogen for maserati instructions>
using safestrap 3.65, it seems like it's trying to create the rom-slot in internal (flash) storage and there isn't enough room.
Am I missing something for selecting the sd card?
I put in a mostly blank 16GB micro-sd with the cyanogen and google zips...
osbock said:
Following directions here:
<can't post link yet.... standard cyanogen for maserati instructions>
using safestrap 3.65, it seems like it's trying to create the rom-slot in internal (flash) storage and there isn't enough room.
Am I missing something for selecting the sd card?
I put in a mostly blank 16GB micro-sd with the cyanogen and google zips...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
rom slots must be made on internal sd card
sd_shadow said:
rom slots must be made on internal sd card
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ah, quite confusing, as I didn't think of internal storage as an sd card (no card) but I understand why they refer to it that way, as it can be mounted just like a usb attached camera.
Turned out I thought I was storing pictures on the micro-sd, but instead had filled up the internal one. Zip, zap and I now have CM11!
Thanks so much! seems a lot zippier than the verizon crap!