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[Q] How to flash a ROM with out USB

I started this thread in the "General discussion" section about this but I'm starting to think my problem might be more SGS specific.
My problem is that my phones USB connection stopped working then I foolishly reformatted my system partition with out having another ROM with which to replace it. I still have "ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.3" installed but am unable to find a way to install another ROM. Most people seem to say flashing from an external SD card is trivial with CWM but I can't work out how to do it. Does anyone know a way to flash a ROM from the external SD card with CWM v2.5.1.3 on an SGS, or any other way I could get an image back on my phone that doesn't require a working USB connection?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Go into update from zip as usual then scroll down to external sd... if that's not working go into advanced and check if external sd is mounted
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You may need to update cwm, I don't think the earlier versions hadan option to flash from Ext sd

slaphead20 said:
You may need to update cwm, I don't think the earlier versions hadan option to flash from Ext sd
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Yeah, I think that might be the case. There is an option to "mount /sd-ext" but I don't think that actually mounts the external SD card. I think it has something to do with an "extended" or "extra" partition. In any event, when I select the option I get this error:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2
(File exists)
Error mounting SDEXT:!​
Also, I can't see an "external sd" option under "update from zip". Under "install zip from scdard" there is an option to "choose zip from sdcard" but this doesn't seem to access the external card.
Any idea how I might be able to update to a later version of CWM?

ROM manager should offer you latest cwm,

slaphead20 said:
ROM manager should offer you latest cwm,
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Sure, my problem is how to get it onto my phone though rather than where to download it

Try plugging the phone In to the computer when In recovery and mount USB storage and see if it comes up on your pc?
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S.Bartfast said:
Sure, my problem is how to get it onto my phone though rather than where to download it
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If you get room manager from the market it has options to instal various versions of cwm

Sorry, forgot you had formatted! ^^

calum96 said:
Try plugging the phone In to the computer when In recovery and mount USB storage and see if it comes up on your pc?
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Yeah, I have actually tried that, but alas no :,-(
slaphead20 said:
Sorry, forgot you had formatted! ^^
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No worries (it was pretty stupid of me).
Called a repair shop today, it will cost $80 to get the USB port replaced. Trying to decide between forking out $80 or donating it to landfill.

S.Bartfast said:
Yeah, I have actually tried that, but alas no :,-(
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Have you tried pushing files to sd card with adb?

Since the phone is worth over £200 I would get it fixed you should look online and see how easy it is to fix you might be able to or know someone who can fix it at a cheap price (that part is most likely on sale online for way less)
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slaphead20 said:
Have you tried pushing files to sd card with adb?
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Do you mean Odin? I have tried pushing with Odin but again... )-,:

S.Bartfast said:
Do you mean Odin? I have tried pushing with Odin but again... )-,:
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Adb is the Android debug bridge, google it and you will find plenty of info re. how to instal and use

calum96 said:
(that part is most likely on sale online for way less)
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Well, here it is: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Samsung-...Parts_Tools&hash=item2571b036fe#ht_1558wt_952
Just have to work out how to do it now.
I had the phone in pieces the other night trying to clean the port and that socket seem pretty firmly attached. Have to see if I can turn up any instructions. There are lots of sights saying they'll do it for you but haven't been able to find any instructions on how to do it myself yet.

SD card problem. please help.

I am getting big problem with my Sandisk 8gb micro sdcard.
i mount it with pc via galaxy mini a pop menu came up (scan and fix) i clicked continue without scanning then it shows 6.22 gb free of 6.96 gb (rest is used in 2nd partition). i copy files to sdcard (copy some ROMS and GAPPS). Un-mount sdcard.
Now problem started, i open file explorer and not able to find my files whc i copied.
than again tried to copy, resulted fail.
so decided to format sdcard. For first time when i try to format it showed (Windows cannot complete format) than tried with CMD same problem bad sector filled with zeros. than tried with SD card Formatter (software) but it said card it write protected.
after some time when i tried to format it formatted successfully
so i unmount but boom when i re mount it showed me all the same files before being format.
i try to format again it successfully formatted but after un mount and re mount same files are seen.
Any Help?
see attachment for more:

had the same yesterday, just scan with fix, when it's finished, it might look like it froze, so just click cancel. unmount card and it should be gone...

yackovsky said:
had the same yesterday, just scan with fix, when it's finished, it might look like it froze, so just click cancel. unmount card and it should be gone...
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How would i click "cancel" if the scan with fix thing is "finished". as you said... ?

If it's finished then it's good, I just told you what to do when it stops with full green bar and "cancel" button (like in my case)

yackovsky said:
If it's finished then it's good, I just told you what to do when it stops with full green bar and "cancel" button (like in my case)
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it is finished, tried 4-5 times but every time it is completely finished.
any software to give HARD format to sd card. ?

For me it hanged at the very end, but if it finished for you, it's good if that error still shows up, make a backup of important stuff an go to recovery, choose "mounts and storage", and format SD card. When it's done, boot up your phone and plug in to PC. If you can't access SD card, format it again, but this time from PC.

yackovsky said:
For me it hanged at the very end, but if it finished for you, it's good if that error still shows up, make a backup of important stuff an go to recovery, choose "mounts and storage", and format SD card. When it's done, boot up your phone and plug in to PC. If you can't access SD card, format it again, but this time from PC.
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Yes i did a format via phone but no help then via pc still no help.
any more suggestion?

yeah, mount card, go to my computer, right click on card, properties -> tools tab -> error checking, mark both options, and see after that.

yackovsky said:
yeah, mount card, go to my computer, right click on card, properties -> tools tab -> error checking, mark both options, and see after that.
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I tried it, it is successfully completed but still no help. still can see those files after format :'(

Post names of those files with extension, it should look like "name.***" put letters instead of *

I have the same problem, wasn't able to fix it. 32gb sdcard is "lost" now D:
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You too have some strange files left on it? Care to post names of them?

if you have a Nokia s40 series mobile then use it to format
mime was showing corrupted and was not mounting, I formatted it with 2690 and it was working again

No, no strange file names. When I try to format it via CWM it gets stuck, via Minitool it formats but after it shows unfformated partition or unusable partition, then I check and my files are all there. Tried with windows formatting, gets stuck too...

yackovsky said:
Post names of those files with extension, it should look like "name.***" put letters instead of *
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please see the attachment

dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
if you have a Nokia s40 series mobile then use it to format
mime was showing corrupted and was not mounting, I formatted it with 2690 and it was working again
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Don't have nokia

Try sdformatter. Search on google
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aakashasaj said:
please see the attachment
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Well, i don't see anything strange on this screenshot...

Can the internal SD get corrupted?

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..

[Q] Cant copy files in my SGSA I9070 any help??

this is my first post.I flashed my (unrooted)phone with latest XXLQB(Serbia) update stock rom after that overall phone is working perfectly
but then i noticed that i cant copy any files into internal or even external sd card by chance sometimes it gets copied but almost all times it keeps giving me this error
0x800703EE the volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid
also if i tried to download apps from google play first it gave me 927 error but now it goes into just downloading bar while real download never starts
what should i do i dont want to root my phone.I did factory reset.

multidude1000 said:
this is my first post.I flashed my (unrooted)phone with latest XXLQB(Serbia) update stock rom after that overall phone is working perfectly
but then i noticed that i cant copy any files into internal or even external sd card by chance sometimes it gets copied but almost all times it keeps giving me this error
0x800703EE the volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid
also if i tried to download apps from google play first it gave me 927 error but now it goes into just downloading bar while real download never starts
what should i do i dont want to root my phone.I did factory reset.
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I have never heard anyone having a problem like the one you're having...
But you will have to Root in-order to Backup your Data and/or files... then flash CoCore Kernel with TWRP to boot to Recovery and Backup only your Data in your Micro SD card.... then perform a Factory Reset or go back to Gingerbread....
(You can try this too, but it won't be much help.. also this doesn't require any Root too)... Connect your phone with your PC and copy everything to your PC
About the Error 927 from Google Play.... I don't know about that too... but try Wiping Cache and Dalvik using TWRP...
and BTW. I think the error 0x800703EE the volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid" is a Windows related issue.. not Android related..

About that google play error code...you can try checking with google play support about the error code if it persist.
And are you by any chance using 3g? Because the default setting for Play is to block big downloads if you're using 3g. Check your play setting, and if that didn't help then cancel the download in the app page and then restart it. It will ask you to allow the download with 3g or something like that. Don't use the online google play (play.google.com) from browser for this. Use the app
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cant root my phone
so i decided to root my SGSA but when i go into recovery mod it doesnt show any root.zip even if i have already copied it what to do??

multidude1000 said:
so i decided to root my SGSA but when i go into recovery mod it doesnt show any root.zip even if i have already copied it what to do??
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Where did you put the zip? It has to be in externel. And don't put in any folder. Just throw it in the root of your externel sd card
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redemption024 said:
Where did you put the zip? It has to be in externel. And don't put in any folder. Just throw it in the root of your externel sd card
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yes i know that i did put it into external sd and its not showing it

You doing something wrong.
Tell us exactly what are you doing.

R_a_z_v_a_n said:
You doing something wrong.
Tell us exactly what are you doing.
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Ok here it goes i have flashed my SGSA with serbian jellybean XXLQB i have downloaded root package by shaan(1.37mb) for jellybean i put it into root of my external sd card (not any folder) now when i go into recovery mode and select install from external storage i cant see root.zip there what to do? P.S. i have wiped cache after update of jellybean

multidude1000 said:
Ok here it goes i have flashed my SGSA with serbian jellybean XXLQB i have downloaded root package by shaan(1.37mb) for jellybean i put it into root of my external sd card (not any folder) now when i go into recovery mode and select install from external storage i cant see root.zip there what to do? P.S. i have wiped cache after update of jellybean
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Repartition external SD, told 100 times from me. Search xda, internet... For answer how to do it. It is not just format. You need to remove and add partition. This is if you do not see any file in recovry. If you do, than you are doing something wrong.
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shut_down said:
Repartition external SD, told 100 times from me. Search xda, internet... For answer how to do it. It is not just format. You need to remove and add partition. This is if you do not see any file in recovry. If you do, than you are doing something wrong.
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funny thing happened when i put different sd card i can detect root.zip in recovery mode so it will be okay if i root through different external sd and then start using my old same external sd? will it create any problem?

multidude1000 said:
funny thing happened when i put different sd card i can detect root.zip in recovery mode so it will be okay if i root through different external sd and then start using my old same external sd? will it create any problem?
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Using other external sd card for rooting won't create a problem. But u wud need this root zip file wen u reflash this JB or upcoming variants of JB.
For now its perfectly alrite.
Go on:thumbup:
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multidude1000 said:
funny thing happened when i put different sd card i can detect root.zip in recovery mode so it will be okay if i root through different external sd and then start using my old same external sd? will it create any problem?
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Just as in previous post. And that happend because that second sd is partitioned as it should. That was the case for me too, old 2GB SD worked nice, and 8GB didn't work. After repartition of that 8GB it worked well too.

Chirag_Galani said:
Using other external sd card for rooting won't create a problem. But u wud need this root zip file wen u reflash this JB or upcoming variants of JB.
For now its perfectly alrite.
Go on:thumbup:
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can you please elaborate that i have root.zip stored in my pc in future if i want to flash new stock roms released for my country or other for SGSA
what procedure i will need to do can i just flash new stock rom with odin like last time or any other preparations are needed?

shut_down said:
Just as in previous post. And that happend because that second sd is partitioned as it should. That was the case for me too, old 2GB SD worked nice, and 8GB didn't work. After repartition of that 8GB it worked well too.
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How to do repartion of sd card i tried to search it on google but couldnt find proper thread do you have any video link or therad for that plz and where is this thanx button everyone talks about i want to use it to thank you all guys:victory:

multidude1000 said:
How to do repartion of sd card i tried to search it on google but couldnt find proper thread do you have any video link or therad for that plz and where is this thanx button everyone talks about i want to use it to thank you all guys:victory:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning

Sorry, wrong thread.
Teehee~

multidude1000 said:
can you please elaborate that i have root.zip stored in my pc in future if i want to flash new stock roms released for my country or other for SGSA
what procedure i will need to do can i just flash new stock rom with odin like last time or any other preparations are needed?
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You can flash ur country's ROM using ODIN and for root u can use the same SD card and same root file for ur country's firmware. And backup the root file to your computer and copy it to sd card ONLY IF IT GETS DELETED.
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problem after cocore6 flash
i flashed cocore 6(TWRP 2.5) yesterday and and now i cant copy anything in my internal sd & the thing is same thing had happened before when i flashed XXLQB on gingerbread so to solve it i had to clear all caches and did factory reset(even when i had done this all after first flash) and after that flashed rom again & did previous procedure again then only i got back copying function.
is something wrong with my SGSA only that when i flash something this problem pops up? plz advice any solution thanx in advance.
P.S. i want to flash custom roms in future but i cant due to this problem :'(

[Q] E: Can't mount /sdcard/ and no files found

Ive been having trouble and flashing roms for the past week trying to get my captivate to boot, but i constanly either get into a boot loop or i load into a black screen.
In CWM 5.1.0.7, when i choose "Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard" i get a "E: Can't mount /sdcard/" error.
If i go to "Reformatting, tweaks and more > System Information > Browse directories and files", ill get "No files found." on a few of the directories and my /bin folder only has "init.goldfish.sh" in it. most of them have only bare minimal things in them. (im not sure if this is normal or not)
How should i go about fixing this?

Huhmeister said:
Ive been having trouble and flashing roms for the past week trying to get my captivate to boot, but i constanly either get into a boot loop or i load into a black screen.
In CWM 5.1.0.7, when i choose "Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard" i get a "E: Can't mount /sdcard/" error.
If i go to "Reformatting, tweaks and more > System Information > Browse directories and files", ill get "No files found." on a few of the directories and my /bin folder only has "init.goldfish.sh" in it. most of them have only bare minimal things in them. (im not sure if this is normal or not)
How should i go about fixing this?
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i think your internal storage has been corrupted..

n205des said:
i think your internal storage has been corrupted..
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Could there be a fix?

Huhmeister said:
Could there be a fix?
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check out this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648547

n205des said:
check out this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648547
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Thanks a million! I atleast got my phone to start up now lol. Is there really no hope for the internal SD? No way to flash it back to normal? It is a software error afterall.

Huhmeister said:
Thanks a million! I atleast got my phone to start up now lol. Is there really no hope for the internal SD? No way to flash it back to normal? It is a software error afterall.
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according to me , no there is no hope...
bt according to some users, their sd card came back to life after some time and then got bricked again...
and also no to the stock, it boots up bt cannot really do anything..
you can now use cm10,10.1,10.2, 11 roms using neat kernel..

n205des said:
according to me , no there is no hope...
bt according to some users, their sd card came back to life after some time and then got bricked again...
and also no to the stock, it boots up bt cannot really do anything..
you can now use cm10,10.1,10.2, 11 roms using neat kernel..
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4 days later, I finally have the time to have one last follow up problem. I've flashed a CM11 nightly and my external sd shows up as my main storage in settings. I can download apps but i still can't access my camera or save pictures from the internet(it tells me "no SD card , and sd card is required to download). Also tested this with the voice recorder, it wouldnt start and told me the same thing.
Is this normal with the method you gave or have i done something wrong?

Huhmeister said:
4 days later, I finally have the time to have one last follow up problem. I've flashed a CM11 nightly and my external sd shows up as my main storage in settings. I can download apps but i still can't access my camera or save pictures from the internet(it tells me "no SD card , and sd card is required to download). Also tested this with the voice recorder, it wouldnt start and told me the same thing.
Is this normal with the method you gave or have i done something wrong?
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you have done everything right, but you have forgotten to flash the neat kernel..
just flash it and everything wil be back to normal...

n205des said:
you have done everything right, but you have forgotten to flash the neat kernel..
just flash it and everything wil be back to normal...
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I got it completely working with your advice but when i took the phone out of my pocket it was stuck on the neat kernal loading screen and rebooting it wouldnt help. I decided to flash back to stock and redo the process. I wiped all data etc. in recovery but when i went to partition the sd card again in cwm it finished instantly.
My pc wouldnt read it and even my another phone didnt detect it was there.
I'm assuming the SD card just died, its verbatim 8gig(Not sure if thats a reliable brand or not).
Could this be because i did something wrong is it just a coincidence with the sd card dying? Im buying a sandisk soon anyhow.

Huhmeister said:
I got it completely working with your advice but when i took the phone out of my pocket it was stuck on the neat kernal loading screen and rebooting it wouldnt help. I decided to flash back to stock and redo the process. I wiped all data etc. in recovery but when i went to partition the sd card again in cwm it finished instantly.
My pc wouldnt read it and even my another phone didnt detect it was there.
I'm assuming the SD card just died, its verbatim 8gig(Not sure if thats a reliable brand or not).
Could this be because i did something wrong is it just a coincidence with the sd card dying? Im buying a sandisk soon anyhow.
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i think it died..
just to ensure longer life, buy a sandisk class 10 sd card..
i bought it!