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[Q] Titanium Backup Problem: can't mount SD

I'm at my wit's end trying to get my Cappy to mount on either my personal MB Pro or my work PC laptop via USB. AT&T store I went to yesterday suggested a warranty replacement, but I want everything in order first.
Is there any way to do a Titanium Backup (have the Pro version) & save that folder w/o being able to mount the phone to my computer? If they master clear to fix it I wanna be able to restore easily.

Are you on a custom rom, how are you trying to mount?
You can buy an external sd, and move the titanium backup to it

Running stock JH7 rooted. Tried Dropbox with Root Explorer but couldn't get it to work with multi select. Then zipped without realizing Dropbox didn't support that haha.
Edit: How do I move to an external SD card without being able to mount?
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edtonn said:
Running stock JH7 rooted. Tried Dropbox with Root Explorer but couldn't get it to work with multi select. Then zipped without realizing Dropbox didn't support that haha.
Edit: How do I move to an external SD card without being able to mount?
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Put an SD card in the phone, run TIBU, use MyFiles to move or copy the TIBU folder to the external SD on the phone, remove the sd card from the phone, stick sd into computer of your choice and copy to computer.
There's no need to connect the phone to the computer directly as long as you have a computer that reads an sd card. For that matter there is no real need to copy them to the computer. When you get the new phone stick the sd card in the phone, copy TIBU folder back to internal sd card and restore.

mxracer101 said:
Put an SD card in the phone, run TIBU, use MyFiles to move or copy the TIBU folder to the external SD on the phone, remove the sd card from the phone, stick sd into computer of your choice and copy to computer.
There's no need to connect the phone to the computer directly as long as you have a computer that reads an sd card. For that matter there is no real need to copy them to the computer. When you get the new phone stick the sd card in the phone, copy TIBU folder back to internal sd card and restore.
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Worked perfectly. Hadn't even ventured into My Files because I was always using Astro/Root Explorer. Ironically, My Files made it much easier to differentiate external SD b/c of a different icon...knowledge for next time. Everything's backed up, unrooted & ready for a warranty replacement conversation (2nd so far).

[Q] CM9 wifi fix and reading SD card in general

I hate to post but I have been searching through this forum and the net for a few days and cannot find the answer.
I have a NC that I have been running CM7 on for about 5 months ( thank you to everyone who has worked on these programs ). But I saw that CM9 came out and wanted to play.
I installed CM9 and gapps and my NC is working fine except it has no internet. So I saw that there was a fix to change a file using a text editor and that is where I run into problems.
I am running Windows 7 and when I hook up the SD card all I see are 4 files and I cannot see the other folders etc.. I even installed Ubuntu and that showed the SD card as 3 different devices.
So All I need is to find out what progam I need to read the SD card. So that I can configure my internet correctly and add my books and movies onto the SD card.
Thanks for any help on this.

You should not need any fix to connect to the internet wirelessly from CM9 on your nook. There may have been a solution a long, long, long time ago, but out of the box it should be fine now.
What happens when you connect to Wifi? Click on your wifi network after it shows "Connected" and see if it shows an IP address. If so, post it. It should be something like 192.168.x.x

antiochus said:
I hate to post but I have been searching through this forum and the net for a few days and cannot find the answer.
I have a NC that I have been running CM7 on for about 5 months ( thank you to everyone who has worked on these programs ). But I saw that CM9 came out and wanted to play.
I installed CM9 and gapps and my NC is working fine except it has no internet. So I saw that there was a fix to change a file using a text editor and that is where I run into problems.
I am running Windows 7 and when I hook up the SD card all I see are 4 files and I cannot see the other folders etc.. I even installed Ubuntu and that showed the SD card as 3 different devices.
So All I need is to find out what progam I need to read the SD card. So that I can configure my internet correctly and add my books and movies onto the SD card.
Thanks for any help on this.
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Are you running CM9 on an SD? And are you taking the SD out and putting it in the PC? That what it sounds like with your description.
If you are, the system is acting properly. On an SD install, the SD is partitioned onto four partitions and when you remove the SD and put it in the PC, only partition one can be seen by the PC. That is the boot partition, which normally has only four files in it.
That being said, you do not edit system files that way. You use a root file manager like Root Explorer to do it on the nook itself. I think that file you were talking about was under /system somewhere. (Wifi adhoc or something?)
But I also agree with the last poster that said wifi should work without having to edit system files.

leapinlar said:
Are you running CM9 on an SD? And are you taking the SD out and putting it in the PC? That what it sounds like with your description.
If you are, the system is acting properly. On an SD install, the SD is partitioned onto four partitions and when you remove the SD and put it in the PC, only partition one can be seen by the PC. That is the boot partition, which normally has only four files in it.
That being said, you do not edit system files that way. You use a root file manager like Root Explorer to do it on the nook itself. I think that file you were talking about was under /system somewhere. (Wifi adhoc or something?)
But I also agree with the last poster that said wifi should work without having to edit system files.
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Yes I am running CM9 on a SD card. So what you are telling me is that with the SD card physically in the nook I should have no problem seeing the folders etc. when ii is hooked to my computer by a USB cable. Thanks.
As far as the internet problem I am still having it. I " forget " all the wireless and then hook up to mine and put in the password and it tries to connect but then comes up with " Authentication problem " and cannot hook up. I am running WPA2 and had no problem connecting in CM7.
This is what I found on the net and the date of the post is 5/11/12
"1.Power off your Nook Color
2.Remove the SD card and put it into your computer
3.Navigate to the partition on SD card that contains the “etc” folder
4.Go into “etc/wifi/”
5.Open “tiwan.ini” using any text editor as administrator
6.Find “WifiAdhoc = 1″ and change it to “WifiAdhoc = 0″
7.Save the file and close it (check to be sure your changes saved)
8.Put the SD card back into your Nook and turn it on
9.You can now connect to WPA and WPA2 secured networks"
This is why I was trying to read the folders on the SD card with it plugged into my computer.
is there sometimes a problem using WPA2?
I am using the " generic sd card v1.3 ICS large img.zip " and the nightly I used is " cm-9-encore 20120708-800 open gl " the gapps I am using is " gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip"
One thing I did notice is my NC is listed as a " mobile device " when I hook up to the computer and not as another HD.

antiochus said:
Yes I am running CM9 on a SD card. So what you are telling me is that with the SD card physically in the nook I should have no problem seeing the folders etc. when ii is hooked to my computer by a USB cable. Thanks....
This is what I found on the net and the date of the post is 5/11/12
"1.Power off your Nook Color
2.Remove the SD card and put it into your computer
3.Navigate to the partition on SD card that contains the “etc” folder
4.Go into “etc/wifi/”
5.Open “tiwan.ini” using any text editor as administrator
6.Find “WifiAdhoc = 1″ and change it to “WifiAdhoc = 0″
7.Save the file and close it (check to be sure your changes saved)
8.Put the SD card back into your Nook and turn it on
9.You can now connect to WPA and WPA2 secured networks"
This is why I was trying to read the folders on the SD card with it plugged into my computer.
is there sometimes a problem using WPA2?
I am using the " generic sd card v1.3 ICS large img.zip " and the nightly I used is " cm-9-encore 20120708-800 open gl " the gapps I am using is " gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip"
One thing I did notice is my NC is listed as a " mobile device " when I hook up to the computer and not as another HD.
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No, you do not edit that file with your PC. Whoever posted that stuff was all wrong. You cannot 'navigate to a partition' using a PC (maybe you can with Linux, but not Windows.) You edit it with your nook while it is still in the nook using a root file manager like Root Explorer.
And that 'mobile device' you see is the new protocol that cm9 uses called MTP. It is not a drive letter, but you are still seeing your 'sdcard' and 'emmc'.
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[Q] SD Card Error

I searched the forums but could'nt find a similar problem. My SD card is read by my phone. But when i connect it to the computer through USB storage, only a few folders are seen(lost.dir, buildprop.tmp, .profig.os) along with any new folders that i create. But while browsing the card through a file explorer on my phone i can see all the files and folders. Anyone know what's wrong??

Try to put it in a card reader and see what happends.

Hey
I bought a sd card from eBay and had countless errors and trouble with it, I bought a new sd and had no issue what so ever. So try a new sd card or even formatt the memory card
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See if you can back the contents up to the pc then run disk check or format.

Formatting at the moment is not an option. I have a lot of data on it that needs to be backed up like photos, videos, music etc. Unfortunately i cant backup the contents onto the PC since they cant be seen! Guess i have to upload everything onto dropbox and then format it. And with my current upload speed its going to take days . Unless there's someother way of doing it

Try doing a backup using a card reader for your pc.

Even with a card Reader only the "New" folders that i create can be seen. But on the phone All the folders can be seen.

Have you tried to connect it with Linux based OS or only with Windows?
Try this also. Currently there's a troyan round the globe. When it activates it hides all the folders on external media devices connected to PC, and creates .exe files with names of hidden folders. When you connect your storage to a PC with good antivirus it deletes .exe files but leaves folders on storage in hidden state. Try to configure your Windows Explorer or Total Commander to show hidden files and folders and maybe you'll be lucky.

Only with Windows XP and 7 based systems as im at a cousin's place. Found this problem when he wanted some songs from my card. I did scan the SD card using AVG. During the scan i noticed that the current files being scanned included those that i couldn't see using windows/commander file explorer. Hope that helps
Edit: A little messing around and i got it!! Folder Options > Hidden Files and Folders > Unchecked "Hide Protected Operating System Files"
Thank you for all your help

[Q][HELP]Sd card not writable after fix on Kitkat 4.4.2

I'm having problems with the new sd card kitkat permissions, I have rooted my phone for that reason,I have applied the fix but nothing seems to make it work.
The sd card is readable, I am simply unable to write anything on it from my phone.
1. I am using a rooted device, no need to tell me a need a rooted phone.
2. I have used 2 different apps to modify the permissions file
3. platform.xml as been correctly modified
4. I am unable to copy files to the sd card from my computer when its in my Z1.
What is wrong with my phone and as this happened to anyone else ?

If you have 2 apps they may be causing conflicts
Please post a copy of your platform.xml

Here's a copy of my platform file.

That seems correct.
Try to create a file on your SD card using any explorer app that is not installed in system (i.e one you download from the play store)
If that works then the fix is working, it may be something to do with your PC

I can't create any files or any folder from ES file esplorer. I can't even create one fom file commander.

BustedHead said:
I can't create any files or any folder from ES file esplorer. I can't even create one fom file commander.
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Try putting your sd card into your PC and seeing if you can create a file directly onto it that way

I'm able to create a file from a computer but only from an adapter, not directly in my phone.
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I take it you mean that if you put your sdcard into a card reader or sdcard slot in our PC it works, but not when you are connectint the phone via usb cable
If so, what error does it give? Can you copy things off the card?

gregbradley said:
I take it you mean that if you put your sdcard into a card reader or sdcard slot in our PC it works, but not when you are connectint the phone via usb cable
If so, what error does it give? Can you copy things off the card?
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Yes I can copy things to my computer.
If I try to delete something off of it, it will act as if its deleted but when I remove it and plug it back its still there.

This is the exact same problem I have! Something happens to the cards as 1 out of 3 cards is perfectly fine but something you do with the phone ****s them up permanently I think.

Using Airdroid , what path for SDCard

Coming from a moto G with no external SDCard, I'm trying to figure out where the mounted SDCard is, I have an option in 'Files' to add External SD Card, then Choose SD Card path.
Anyone able to assist?

Your question is somewhat vague, please elaborate.

I connect my phone using airdroid, rather than USB leads etc, on the browser screen on my PC I can access various parts of the phone, contacts, files etc, in files it only shows the internal memory space, although there is provision to add an External SD Card, I don't know what the correct file path is to tell Airdroid.

http://goo.gl/TDVAgk

To be honest this isn't just an Airdroid thing, using any file manager, it's not clear how to navigate to an external SDCard, being unfamiliar with Sony equipment isn't helping either.
So using a file manager on the phone, how do you navigate to and locate your MicroSDCard that you fitted to your device, anyone?

On z1c it's /sdcard1. You should also be able to get to it via /storage/somethingorother

techguyone said:
To be honest this isn't just an Airdroid thing, using any file manager, it's not clear how to navigate to an external SDCard, being unfamiliar with Sony equipment isn't helping either.
So using a file manager on the phone, how do you navigate to and locate your MicroSDCard that you fitted to your device, anyone?
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When you use a file manager just navigate to the root (Until you can't go up anymore directories). There you'll see External Card/SDCard 1 or what ever.
I would suggest using: Solid Explorer.
Not free, but totally worth it in my opinion (There is a trial version)

Some apps, for example my backup pro, don't allow you to navigate. It simply invites you to write the path to the SD card in order to save your backup file. It's ridiculous, I know. But it would be useful to know what to write there.
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The exact path to the SD card on the Z3C is...
/storage/sdcard1
Thanks to Google, with KitKat, one can only read from the micro-SD but not write (except for the camera). Once we have root tools/apps like "SDFix: KitKat Writable MicroSD" could make it writeable again.
For the sake of completeness, all folders/mounts under /storage are:
- emulated
- remote
- sdcard0
- sdcard1
- uicc0
- usbdisk
- usbotg