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[Q] Could'nt install on USB Storage or SD Card

Hi All
I am using rooted Galaxy S i9000 with XXJP2 ROM. while installing and updating few apps,it fails and shows error"couldn't install on usb storage or sd card" after installation. Have tried to locate smdl2tmp1.asec from location /mnt/secure/asec but coulnt find any.Also .android_secure folder is not on internal SD car, however it is on the external SD and it is empty.
Furthermore I also tried that Unmount SD card - Install - Mount SD Card solution without success.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Regards;
-FAwad

Champs still waiting for the reply

What is USB storage .
factory reset that fails reflash firmware .
jje

Hi JJE
USB storage is the error that is being displayed. Tried factory reset...without any success
-Fawad

fawadsaiyed said:
Hi All
I am using rooted Galaxy S i9000 with XXJP2 ROM. while installing and updating few apps,it fails and shows error"couldn't install on usb storage or sd card" after installation. Have tried to locate smdl2tmp1.asec from location /mnt/secure/asec but coulnt find any.Also .android_secure folder is not on internal SD car, however it is on the external SD and it is empty.
Furthermore I also tried that Unmount SD card - Install - Mount SD Card solution without success.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Regards;
-FAwad
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I had same problem. Try to install one "bad" application without SIM card.

External SD card no longer recognized, how to get it back?

Hello,
Today I tested out the wipe feature of an anti theft app (was on JVO stock + CF Root Kernel). The external SD was not modified in any way (no speedmod, ext file system or anything).
For some reason, it failed (it did work successfully in the past). It neither wiped the internal nor the external SD card. Now the external SD card is gone (see below).
After the wipe the phone auto rebooted and recovery mode showed this:
Code:
Android system recovery <3e>
[i]standard options were listed here, the "reboot system now" option was selected and the system was waiting for input[/i]
_________________________________
-- Copying media files..
Sucessfully copied media files
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Formatting /dbdata...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl10
Formatting /cache...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl11
Deleting Meta Data
Data wipe failed.
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Applied the CSC-code "DBT"
Successfully applied multi-csc
So I clicked "reboot now"
Now the main issue: since then the SD card is no longer recognized.
The taskbar icon keeps saying "SD card is empty or" (the rest is outside the screen). Storage info says unavailable (see attached pic).
Any chance to get the card working again? I don't really care about the lost data as I backed this up prior.
Also tried to access the card with a card reader in Windows but nothing happens at all when I insert the card into the reader.

Try to make a folder called external_sd on your internal card.
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Ok, did that and even created a folder inside external_sd. Now what?
It still shows "not available" on the external SD card storage space info. Formatting still does nothing and mounting card via the settings menu just hangs.
edit: copied over a few hundred MB into the external_sd folder. According to the storage space info it consumes space on the internal card so apparently that new folder is not really accessing the external card?

My external sd wasn't recognised too (but with MIUI), after I created this folder everything worked fine. So it would have been possible that it works for you too.
But don't copy anything into the folder, let it empty.

Sadly, that didn't do the trick.
Aren't there any tools or anything in recovery menu that could help me getting the ext. SD card recognized again? I can't even format it in Windows since it's not recognized.

Have you tried another sdcard in your Galaxy?

This is the only SD card of this type I have. :/

did you try flashing your phone ?

Yes, I flashed a few times (downgraded from Gingerbread JVO to Froyo JPU, then flashed to JPY and eventually via Kies to GB again, JVI), the problem remained.

I think you have problems with internal sd card ( storage ) If you have waanty you need to go to service, change phone.

Could you explain this further? What makes you think the internal SD storage is faulty? So far, only the external card no longer works.

Check first message
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Formatting /dbdata...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl10
Formatting /cache...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl11
Deleting Meta Data
Data wipe failed.
As you can see, phone can't format /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 and other partitions.
mmcblk0p2 mounted at /sdcard . Can't format, so can't mount unformated partitions.
External sd card mounted at /sdcard/external_sd. If sdcard not mounted - external too not mounted. Why can't format? I dont know, or memory chip bricked, or some thing with soldering.

I'm so unfamiliar with recovery mode, thanks for these explanations.
So could that mean my internal SD may fall apart at some point too?

I think phone boot in this order:
1. First Bootloader
2. Second Loader
3. Kernel
In first loader we can boot usually or in Download Mode
In Second - Recovery mode to install update.zip or wipe data, cache and sdcard

I have a similar problem. I have a 4GB external SD-card. It functioned fine until updating the MIUI-mod. After that, only the internal 16GB could be seen by the SGS. Even when I went back to Froyo, the card couldn't be read anymore. It wasn't even detected. Except when removing the SD. The system says then that the card can be removed... strange since it already is removed. Connecting it again, the message goes away. I checked the SD in my cardreader on the pc. Working fine there. I formatted it multiple times (FAT32), but no luck so far. The SD doesn't seem to be broken or should I format it with another clustersize or something?

Try this, on my phone it helped:
Lunchbox115 said:
Try to make a folder called external_sd on your internal card.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA Premium App
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But do not copy any files in it. Just reboot after you have created the folder and then your external sd should be recognised.
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Landorin said:
Could you explain this further? What makes you think the internal SD storage is faulty? So far, only the external card no longer works.
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hope ur fone has the right bootloaders..

[Q] Help me for my I9000, pls!

After i flashed my GT-I9000(without external sdcard), it reboot into recovery, and display "can't mount /sdcard" in red. And if i insert an external sdcard, and reboot, it can boot normally, but when i checked in menu -> setting -> sd card and phone storage, the "sd card" and "usb storage" are unavailable, only "system storage" is 1.83G. i tried several sd cards, no matter 2G, 4G, the same result. And if i plug the sd card to pc, 2GB of the card is disappeared. So, i think maybe there are some errors for my internal sdcard, and the system used 2G from external sd card. Can anyone help me to save my internal sd card back? Thanks.

futurehome said:
After i flashed my GT-I9000(without external sdcard), it reboot into recovery, and display "can't mount /sdcard" in red. And if i insert an external sdcard, and reboot, it can boot normally, but when i checked in menu -> setting -> sd card and phone storage, the "sd card" and "usb storage" are unavailable, only "system storage" is 1.83G. i tried several sd cards, no matter 2G, 4G, the same result. And if i plug the sd card to pc, 2GB of the card is disappeared. So, i think maybe there are some errors for my internal sdcard, and the system used 2G from external sd card. Can anyone help me to save my internal sd card back? Thanks.
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try factory reset...if not works thn reflash the rom again. hope that gonna help.

I have tried factory reset from cwm, after reset,i tried to mount sdcard in cwm , still can't find /sdcard.I also tried a lot of roms , all are same results.
sajibcy said:
try factory reset...if not works thn reflash the rom again. hope that gonna help.
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[Q] I can't see my entire internal storage!!

So, after i did the rooting and flashing steps, and istalling with CWM Recovery 6 a CyanogenMod 10 ROM, all goes well(the installation steps) but after rebooting when i started my phone i realize that i can see just 2 gb from 16gb internal storage, why? i mentioned that i don't have an external sd card. I've tried to mount from CWM but it's says: 'error mounting /sdcard'...i've tried to see if i can to the steps again for flashing and when i have to chose a zip file from sd card, now i can access it from internal storage card(an option below in the menu)there is the only way i can see what really in my internal storage and after i want to format sdcard it's says: 'error mounting /sdcard.android security' ....hope you understand me 'cause my enlish sucks! what should i do to view my all internal storage?
PLEASE ANSWER!
Thank you!

ZLyon said:
So, after i did the rooting and flashing steps, and istalling with CWM Recovery 6 a CyanogenMod 10 ROM, all goes well(the installation steps) but after rebooting when i started my phone i realize that i can see just 2 gb from 16gb internal storage, why? i mentioned that i don't have an external sd card. I've tried to mount from CWM but it's says: 'error mounting /sdcard'...i've tried to see if i can to the steps again for flashing and when i have to chose a zip file from sd card, now i can access it from internal storage card(an option below in the menu)there is the only way i can see what really in my internal storage and after i want to format sdcard it's says: 'error mounting /sdcard.android security' ....hope you understand me 'cause my enlish sucks! what should i do to view my all internal storage?
PLEASE ANSWER!
Thank you!
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Did you tried to mount external sd? In some cwm versions its swapped.
Change the kernel. Flash Hydracore....
Swyped From My Flavoured Juicy AOKP JB.

[Q] Cannot back up via CWM Recovery

I think It all started when I using linux to access the sdcard of my p970 2 days ago. I tried to rejected it safely but the computer said some error so I just unplug it anyway.
After that there are some unusual thing such as missing app.
Just then I found that the phone said "The sdcard is either empty or android cannot read this type of sdcard format..."
I used a card reader to check my sdcard but it is broken, so I do a quick format to it.
After that I want to do a clockworkmod recovery backup but it failed with a message
Waiting for SD card to mount (20s)
Waiting for SD card to mount (19s)
Waiting for SD card to mount (18s)
...
Waiting for SD card to mount (1s)
Cannot found SD card marker....
then it failed.
What should I do? I want to make a clean reinstallation.

try accessing to it by an usb adapter. copy datas if possible, then format. if you can't access to it at all, it means it's dead. if memory sectors become unreadable, it's dead.

I've borrowed my brother's sdcard...it works just fine.
So I guess the sd card is broken
In addition, when I checked it on the PC, I can do quick format successfully but the full format failed every time

be sure filesystem is fat32 and well partitionned (unique partition) . quick formating is enough.
if windows is dalaying the access to the card, it probably means the card is corrupted or dying