I don't know if I'm an idiot or what but I can't find any answers.
I used the bootstrap from the market and got the success popup and when I boot into recovery it says error mounting sdcard.
I can mount everything else though.
Should I just be using safestrap?
I'm also using the vzw droid 3 and all that.
everything seems like 2+2 until this point
EDIT:
Just tried safestrap with the same outcome following all the normal precedures.
But backup just launched under internal sdcard, I don't need a external to flash right?
I feel like a Fck noob
To a noob
make shure the sd card is not corupt. plug it into a usb reader(not the phone, throu the usb, it will screw the phone up). then right click on the device when it pops up on my computer. click format. format as a FAT32 or else... then put the software back on. hope this helps.
Its the internal sd card on the droid 3. I'm about to see if I can flash. heres to hoping
How'd it go? Thinking of rooting my droid too.. Had it for 5 days not liking the bloat
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Everything went fine. You dont need to be able to mount the sd card in safestrap from the mount menu.
Bootstrap was comming up with an error about mounting it and not letting me backup, so switch to safestrap if anyone else runs into this problem.
CM9 ICS now on my droid 3
Thats whatsup
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I'm cleaning up my N1 and going from Enoms to Cyans and decided to start fresh. So I formatted (had a couple partitions for A2SD) but now I'm stuck. I don't know if I accidentally partitioned something I wasn't supposed to, or what.
Here's my current situation...
- Right now I've Clockwork's recovery and cannot boot android
- I cannot mount SD card to throw anything on it
Is there a way to mount it, remove all partitions so there's just the one (I dont want A2SD anymore) and throw Cyan's update.zip on there?
I'll gladly answer any questions, but right now I don't know what I don't know so if you've any suggestions on directions I should be going that'd be great too. It'd give me a starting point to find the answer at least.
Which recovery are you using? Clockwork 3.x by any chance?
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Not sure. I don't have it with me right now. I'll find out later today.
Take the sdcard out of the phone, find usb adapter to use it directly on your computer and reset the partitions to original with some partitioning program and try it in your phone again after that.
I'm running clockwork 2.5.1.0.
I don't have a card reader. I suppose I could get one but is there a way to do it without one? I usually use my phone as a reader but I've even put the card in my thunderbolt but no dice.
Figured it out... I put cyan on the sd of my thunderbolt and put it into my N1 and installed cyan 7 on my N1. From there I was able to use rom manager to re-partition the card. Appears to be working fine now.
I was wondering if a dev would be able to come up with a SD Storage flip flop for the Bionic? I had always used the modified app that navenedrob had posted here for my Droid X2,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229294
I'm hoping someone could come up with this for the Bionic.
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I'd also second this.
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Terri M said:
I was wondering if a dev would be able to come up with a SD Storage flip flop for the Bionic? I had always used the modified app that navenedrob had posted here for my Droid X2,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229294
I'm hoping someone could come up with this for the Bionic.
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I would like to "third" this.
Fourth?
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sd flip flop
i would love to have the flip flop. it would fix a few things
Count me in!!
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+1 for me.
What a pain in the ass the two storage systems are.
I haven't tested this but it's just a theory since Linux is generally pretty flexible. Hypothetically you could just use the Terminal to unmount both the storage spaces, and then re-mount them but switch the addresses. See here:
/dev/block/vold/179:1 is the address of the external storage, named '/sdcard-ext'
/dev/block/vold/179:58 is the address of the internal storage, named '/sdcard'
so you could HYPOTHETICALLY type into the terminal:
su
unmount /sdcard-ext
unmount /sdcard
mount /dev/block/vold/179:58 /sdcard-ext
mount /dev/block/vold/179:1 /sdcard
and it should mount the two in each others' locations.
Again, I haven't tested this and my phone is on the charger right now so I'm not going to yet, but assuming that works it would probably just restore itself to normal when you reboot since I'm assuming there is a script that mounts the hardware locations to everything when Android loads.
K.AuthoR said:
I haven't tested this but it's just a theory since Linux is generally pretty flexible. Hypothetically you could just use the Terminal to unmount both the storage spaces, and then re-mount them but switch the addresses. See here:
/dev/block/vold/179:1 is the address of the external storage, named '/sdcard-ext'
/dev/block/vold/179:58 is the address of the internal storage, named '/sdcard'
so you could HYPOTHETICALLY type into the terminal:
su
unmount /sdcard-ext
unmount /sdcard
mount /dev/block/vold/179:58 /sdcard-ext
mount /dev/block/vold/179:1 /sdcard
and it should mount the two in each others' locations.
Again, I haven't tested this and my phone is on the charger right now so I'm not going to yet, but assuming that works it would probably just restore itself to normal when you reboot since I'm assuming there is a script that mounts the hardware locations to everything when Android loads.
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The "script" is vold.fstab in /etc folder. I edited this and was able to change mount locations, but had random reboots when trying USB mount to computer.
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The "script" is vold.fstab in /etc folder. I edited this and was able to change mount locations, but had random reboots when trying USB mount to computer.
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Probably because when it's trying to mount it sees them still as what they really are instead of the edited vold.fstab. There is probably somewhere else you would need to edit to get that working correctly also. Or you could try something such as Auto Mount in the Market. Maybe it'd work.
Anyone have luck downloading that file? Seems like its down or its just me?
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The "script" is vold.fstab in /etc folder. I edited this and was able to change mount locations, but had random reboots when trying USB mount to computer.
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I was wondering if it was an fstab file but I didn't really poke around. Good to know, thanks!
frostincredible said:
Probably because when it's trying to mount it sees them still as what they really are instead of the edited vold.fstab. There is probably somewhere else you would need to edit to get that working correctly also. Or you could try something such as Auto Mount in the Market. Maybe it'd work.
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The problem is after the swap when you connect to the PC over USB it unmounts the internal memory, and dual-mounts the microSD card. If the phone accesses the card at the same time as the PC the phone will reboot. To fix this the init.rc file would need to be modified, but it reverts to the stock file on each reboot.
cvmaas said:
The problem is after the swap when you connect to the PC over USB it unmounts the internal memory, and dual-mounts the microSD card. If the phone accesses the card at the same time as the PC the phone will reboot. To fix this the init.rc file would need to be modified, but it reverts to the stock file on each reboot.
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Good to know. I was messing around with it. Ill check into this. Maybe I can magically make something happen
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Let us know if you have any luck, even if it's just a temp solution, because I would most certainly like to quit using this stupid internal memory if possible.
cvmaas said:
The problem is after the swap when you connect to the PC over USB it unmounts the internal memory, and dual-mounts the microSD card. If the phone accesses the card at the same time as the PC the phone will reboot. To fix this the init.rc file would need to be modified, but it reverts to the stock file on each reboot.
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Oh okay. Does the bootloader need to be unlocked to edit that? I'm coming from the Incredible (hence my name) and have just become used to the Incredible's unlocked bootloader.
Anyone have any luck downloading any file in the browser?
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CWM zip originally by navendrob
Does not have full functionality yet! Read below!
Here is a CWM zip that I have modified that will flip flop SD storage locations. This is just to speed the process when someone figures out how to mount them to computer.
Important Facts
make your own back up before flashing
mount storage in CWM
Flash
This will mount the actual SD card as SDCARD and internal as SDCARD-EXT, but will not mount via USB to a computer. This will reboot phone and has already been discussed in thread.
sk8tingusmc said:
Does not have full functionality yet! Read below!
Here is a CWM zip that I have modified that will flip flop SD storage locations. This is just to speed the process when someone figures out how to mount them to computer.
Important Facts
make your own back up before flashing
mount storage in CWM
Flash
This will mount the actual SD card as SDCARD and internal as SDCARD-EXT, but will not mount via USB to a computer. This will reboot phone and has already been discussed in thread.
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Thanks to everyone who is working on this!! Sk8, I will give this a try and will let you know! Thank you!
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dadsterflip said:
Anyone have any luck downloading any file in the browser?
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The stock browser is actually a POS. Try using the Dolphin hd browser.
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Ok, I need some serious help. I Have to clue what happened. Have a lg Revolution, I rooted it and put gingervolt 1.3. Was working fine, then I was starting so have some issues so I thought that I would do a factory reset. Ok Im starting to think that wasnt such a good idea because now the phone wont boot past CWM. Hell I plug phone in to charge and CWM opens up. Any thoughts. What the hell do I do. At this point I would like to just go back to froyo/Gingerbread.......STOCK!!!!
believe you have same issue as this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412422
download and flash that exit-recovery zip, hope it fixes it for you!
Do I have to put that on my sd card and run the zip file. If I do how the hell do I do it if I cant get past cwm
spider021 said:
Do I have to put that on my sd card and run the zip file. If I do how the hell do I do it if I cant get past cwm
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Simple take your sd card out of your phone and put it into a card reader or something else that you can move it from you computer to that sd card then after you move it put the sd back in your phone and boot into cwm flash the exit recovery zip
also thanks for using the search feature
Beamer9408 said:
Simple take your sd card out of your phone and put it into a card reader or something else that you can move it from you computer to that sd card then after you move it put the sd back in your phone and boot into cwm flash the exit recovery zip
also thanks for using the search feature
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Or just mount the sd while in cwm
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so i woke up this am and the phone was dead. dark screen but the bottom row keys lit up.
the phone is a original galaxy s captivate on att. i was running stock gingerbread with a root for at least a year or so. i have put custom roms on in the past but went back to stock using Kies
I've tried a couple of things that have worked for me in the past but no luck. here is what I've already tried
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...-3-gingerbread-firmware-on-samsung-captivate/
Odin doesn't return any errors just won't boot, only DL mode or recovery. i can use the volume and plug in to get to download mode and the three button combo to get to recovery console but i keep getting the same error msg. i've tried to 'wipe data/factory reset' and 'wipe cache partition'
see attached image (used a friends phone)
is this recoverable?
I'm not familiar with either method you tried but since you can get into download mode I would suggest the following. Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 go to the third post and download the kk4 one-click without boot loaders. Run that then boot back into download mode. Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294477 and download the corn kernel .tar file. Use Odin to flash it to your phone if you want root or to flash custom ROMs.
If you just want a working phone with gingerbread then the first link should get you set up. And to answer your question in the title yes the internal memory can get corrupt.
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thanks for the quick reply. but i got the same screen after odin competed it said PASS! in green. but then the phone booted to recovery and a simmilar screen came up with ''failed to mount /sdcard (no such file or directory) but the rest of the red part is the same.if i hit' reboot device it brough back the ATT logo and the galaxy S but then it loops back to the ATT and keeps looping. anything else i can try? thx
Was this the Odin one-click or was it the kernel?
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that was Odin one click. i didn't even try the second one.
OK well try using Odin to flash the kernel I listed above. That should give you a custom recovery which will allow you the option of mounting and also formatting the SD card. Try mounting it to your PC first so you can backup anything you want.
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ok, which Odin? and which slot does the kernel go in? sorry for all the dumb questions
ok, i got it. put it in the PDA slot and i'm running the custom kernel. but it still gives me an error when i try to mount the sdcard, just says 'error mounding /sdcard!'
if i try to mount 'data' the screen goes blank.
gisxer said:
ok, i got it. put it in the PDA slot and i'm running the custom kernel. but it still gives me an error when i try to mount the sdcard, just says 'error mounding /sdcard!'
if i try to mount 'data' the screen goes blank.
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Formatting anything will of course cause you to loose any data on the internal SD. I'm sure you know that I just want to be clear before you do what I'm suggesting.
Ok if you have an external SD card in the phone remove it now. Then in recovery go to Mounts and Storage. In there format sdcard and emmc. Then back out of that screen and select advanced and then reboot recovery. Then try mounting your sd card again or there should be a mount usb storage option which will allow you to mount it to your pc(if its working).
i totally understand. i keep backups of everything and i havent had the ext-sd or sim in this whole time.
in recovery i dont' see emmc, and when i try to format sdcard, the msg at the bottom is
'using format_unknown-device... '
'Error mounting /sdcard!'
'Skipping format...'
'done.'
gisxer said:
i totally understand. i keep backups of everything and i havent had the ext-sd or sim in this whole time.
in recovery i dont' see emmc, and when i try to format sdcard, the msg at the bottom is
'using format_unknown-device... '
'Error mounting /sdcard!'
'Skipping format...'
'done.'
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Can you load another snapshot of what is listed in the mounts and storage screen?
sorry, i'll have to wait till tomorrow at work. i don't have a other phone that can take the pic
it's a little blurry but you can read it.
I have the exact same issue as you and I've worked around it by following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303
I think your internal sdcard is dead
can you use mount usb storage option found in mount and storage
gisxer said:
it's a little blurry but you can read it.
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Try selecting - mount /data then try to reboot. ...a shot in the dark but its all i can see that is different from my corn kernel recovery. But probably as stated above, ur internal sdcard may b gone.
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When I try to mount USB storage, it give error 'Unable to write to ums lunfile (No such file or directory
I'm going to try Siesta410 method next
thanks for everyone's input so far...
gisxer said:
When I try to mount USB storage, it give error 'Unable to write to ums lunfile (No such file or directory
I'm going to try Siesta410 method next
thanks for everyone's input so far...
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Any luck there?
Had similar issue long back, could not revive internal SD, I partitioned my external SD card (3 partitions, i forgot how), then loaded AOCP 5+ , it installed on to external sd which was considered internal by OS. It worked fine, but you can't swap out any other SD card easily as OS is in your external card.
Don't remember many details..
This from a real noob, but I thought I would solict some additional input if there is some trick I have missed on my problem.
Since installing CM 10 on my Vivid, everything has worked well except the fact my internal SD has gone away. Based on stuff I have read here I have tried the following:
1. Factory Reset - no help
2. Mount drive using installed recovery, CWM - No Help
3. Install TWRP recover and try that, no help
4, Try various apps from Play Store, No Help
At this point it seems best to me to return the phone to factory state and see if the internal card is there, if it is, unlock the boat loader, install TWRP recover, then flash the rom, then boot imate (s on) and hope it works.
Any app that requires root and access to all the drives errors out.
A large group thanks to all of you who post so much info on the phone, and how to do things.
I assume you've tried mounting Internal SD in the Settings/Storage menu?
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Internal Mounting
Thanks for reminding me about this, but yes, I have tried it numerous times but it doesn't work. A bit frustrating since it keeps me from storing certain stuff or using some rooted apps. Unless I find some other way, I will give the restore option a try in a few days when I get home.
Appreciate the reply.
pwebber09 said:
This from a real noob, but I thought I would solict some additional input if there is some trick I have missed on my problem.
Since installing CM 10 on my Vivid, everything has worked well except the fact my internal SD has gone away. Based on stuff I have read here I have tried the following:
1. Factory Reset - no help
2. Mount drive using installed recovery, CWM - No Help
3. Install TWRP recover and try that, no help
4, Try various apps from Play Store, No Help
At this point it seems best to me to return the phone to factory state and see if the internal card is there, if it is, unlock the boat loader, install TWRP recover, then flash the rom, then boot imate (s on) and hope it works.
Any app that requires root and access to all the drives errors out.
A large group thanks to all of you who post so much info on the phone, and how to do things.
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My guess... Is you did a reset from fastboot...
If that is the case... I recommend getting twrp... Installing that... Mounting both storages in recovery... Then hook to your windows PC... And let windows format your internal SD...
After a reboot... Your phone will either mount your internal... Or offer to format it again... At which point it will work...
Unless we are talking about apps2sd in CM11...
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rignfool said:
My guess... Is you did a reset from fastboot...
If that is the case... I recommend getting twrp... Installing that... Mounting both storages in recovery... Then hook to your windows PC... And let windows format your internal SD...
After a reboot... Your phone will either mount your internal... Or offer to format it again... At which point it will work...
Unless we are talking about apps2sd in CM11...
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As far as I know I did not reset from fastboot, but I have been in that mode a good number of times, so it is very possible.
I replaced CWM recover with TWRP and it would not allow me to mount the internal card, but the phone booted up OK, just no internal card. So I tried another factory reset and while in TWRP I noticed I was also getting a "can't mount /emmc/" message. Phone still boots up ok and works except for apps requiring access to the internal card.
I ran across some reference to a recovery called aroma something that is supposed to help with this problem, but am not sure it will work with my phone, still researching that.
So maybe this is pretty good evidence I did screw up and reset from fastboot?
I figure I am going to have to restore the phone to factory status, and start over, but I will wait to see if there any other suggestions.
Thanks again for the feedback.
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As far as I know I did not reset from fastboot, but I have been in that mode a good number of times, so it is very possible.
I replaced CWM recover with TWRP and it would not allow me to mount the internal card, but the phone booted up OK, just no internal card. So I tried another factory reset and while in TWRP I noticed I was also getting a "can't mount /emmc/" message. Phone still boots up ok and works except for apps requiring access to the internal card.
I ran across some reference to a recovery called aroma something that is supposed to help with this problem, but am not sure it will work with my phone, still researching that.
So maybe this is pretty good evidence I did screw up and reset from fastboot?
I figure I am going to have to restore the phone to factory status, and start over, but I will wait to see if there any other suggestions.
Thanks again for the feedback.
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Ok...
You were close...
Don't mount internal for twrp...
Mount as USB mass storage in the same menu...
Then connect to windows...
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I will give it a try
rignfool said:
Ok...
You were close...
Don't mount internal for twrp...
Mount as USB mass storage in the same menu...
Then connect to windows...
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Thanks very much, I will probably do this a bit later today and will let you know how it goes. Thanks for taking the time to help me out.
It Works!
Thanks againk, that solution did the trick.