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[Q] Accidentally deleted external_sd folder

Hello there!
I've just deleted the external_sd folder in /sdcard with the Windows Explorer. Now Android isn't able to recognize the external sd card... there isn't an external_sd folder anymore and settings says "not available" - formatting doesn't help.
Windows still recognizes the sd card with an adapter.
Please help me and sorry for my bad English, I'm still learning
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S I9000 and CM7
thanking you in anticipation

Try to format with windows
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Tryed this already...he just says "Prepare SD card" (or something like this - I don't know the English translation) and "Searching for Errors"(same here ^^) on reboot and nothing when I insert the sd card...
I already tryed a factory reset an reinstalling cm7 via CWM - no external_sd folder :/

Try with this apk:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.xregroup.formatsd
Regards

Thank you, but the app didnt work...no external_sd folder and i cant access the sd card ....
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You could try the following:
Code:
su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
Using either a terminal app or adb shell
restart the phone and maybe it'll mount the external SD?

Or general reset device, or complet reflash firmware with pit and repartition...
Regards

Looks like its the link in the internal sd card TO >> external sd card >>>that you have wiped .So the card cannot be seen as the link no longer exists that points to the external card .
Just back up data and factory reset .
jje

Neither Factory Reset nor creating the folder and reboot worked...
I hope there's a solution ...

I flashed XXJVK with bootloader and repartition - and the sd card worked.
Than i flashed cm7 - factory reset/completely new - and the sd card didn't worked...
Why can't CM7 identify the external sd?

ixpis said:
I flashed XXJVK with bootloader and repartition - and the sd card worked.
Than i flashed cm7 - factory reset/completely new - and the sd card didn't worked...
Why can't CM7 identify the external sd?
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I a not the best person to answer. But when I couple weeks agosd used cm7 there was no external sd folder but the external sd was accesible in /mnt/emmc/

The folder /mnt/emmc/ is also empty.

ixpis said:
I flashed XXJVK with bootloader and repartition - and the sd card worked.
Than i flashed cm7 - factory reset/completely new - and the sd card didn't worked...
Why can't CM7 identify the external sd?
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If you read CM7 bug list it says that you can't use external SD.

But it had worked...I used my external sd until i deleted the folder.
Why did it work ?

Red_Vex said:
If you read CM7 bug list it says that you can't use external SD.
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that is sooooo old it should work now
perhaps his problem is related to drivers it should work with jvk thou.....
@thread starter tried to flash a full rom then initial again?
you tried to creat a dir and than mount the card again?
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Yes i tried both and nothing worked...

ixpis said:
Yes i tried both and nothing worked...
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did you ever install jv1?
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no i just flashed jvk, juwe's and than cm7

According to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039129, it's maybe a permission problem. I tried to set the permission of /mnt/emmc to 777, but it resets after a reboot.

iam a total newbie. but i read sumwhr that creating a folder with name "external_sd" and rebooting might work. so try that

[Q] How Clockworkmod back up to Ext SD card ?

Please help, how I back up save in Ext SD card ????

Eric_L_2011 said:
Please help, how I back up save in Ext SD card ????
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You need to use the right CWM version. The latest CWM (5.0.2.0) provided by ROM manager (see market), for example, uses the external SD as default.

Sorry for hijacking the thread
But how to backup to the internal using CWM5? I cannot even the mount the Internal SD.

gani.slimshady said:
Sorry for hijacking the thread
But how to backup to the internal using CWM5? I cannot even the mount the Internal SD.
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What happens if you start CWM with the external SD taken out?
(Do you mean you cannot mount the internal via adb while in CWM?)
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Eric_L_2011 said:
Please help, how I back up save in Ext SD card ????
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There have been a lot of problems with ext file systems on the sd cards and mounting in the recovery. Some claiming it to be unsupported other that it works. Only thing you can do is try to make the partition with different tools. For example mkfs.ext2, gparted, different windows tools etc. Also different sd cards if you have.
Hope it helps.

morckx said:
What happens if you start CWM with the external SD taken out?
(Do you mean you cannot mount the internal via adb while in CWM?)
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Nope even without the ext SD it doesnt mount. Im not able to mount /sdcard frm cwm.
If i select backup or restore it says sd card not mounted
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gani.slimshady said:
Sorry for hijacking the thread
But how to backup to the internal using CWM5? I cannot even the mount the Internal SD.
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Download one of Rustys modded versions...
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HerrKuk said:
Download one of Rustys modded versions...
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Yes, you can find them here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1098745.html
If you need v5 you could also try to mount the internal SD manually in CWM via adb shell and the following commands:
umount /sdcard
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /sdcard

^Thanks guys! Its working

Let me try ....

May I know, where to set Ext SD card as default, inside the ClockworkMod Recovery or the Rom Manager inside set it ?

i just bought and installed rom manager from market last night and when i did backup of my current bell 2.3.4 rom, looked on ext sd, not there, thought b/u didn't worklooked on int storage, there it was? how do i change settings to ext... looked for 30min. thank-you for any help

mine saves backups to internal. but only finds backups from external, so I must move files to backup.

My clockwork goes like this
-launch backup from application in use mode, it saves backups on internal
-manually enter recovery and launch backup, it saves on external
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formatting internal SD card

Hi, friends. I flashed a few custom roms and kernels, also quite a few applications. Now I want to start fresh with a new custom rom and installing afresh applications. I do not know what kind of folders and files are in Internal SD card (accumulated over a peroid of time). Can I format the internal SD card, just before flashing a new rom. if so how? thanks.

dsmas said:
Hi, friends. I flashed a few custom roms and kernels, also quite a few applications. Now I want to start fresh with a new custom rom and installing afresh applications. I do not know what kind of folders and files are in Internal SD card (accumulated over a peroid of time). Can I format the internal SD card, just before flashing a new rom. if so how? thanks.
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If you are on safe kernel then yes you can format your internal sd card. Just go to SETTINGS>STORAGE>FORMAT SDCARD(INTERNAL STORAGE)

dsmas said:
Hi, friends. I flashed a few custom roms and kernels, also quite a few applications. Now I want to start fresh with a new custom rom and installing afresh applications. I do not know what kind of folders and files are in Internal SD card (accumulated over a peroid of time). Can I format the internal SD card, just before flashing a new rom. if so how? thanks.
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Yes you can format as above said by sahil, but make sure to copy DCIM folder, if your camera having default setting and your snaps are there. Same way copy any other folder, which you have manually create/edited like music/videos. Rest of folder will recreate as system need.

Another alternative is to mount in windows and format there, as Dr k said keep the dcim folder.
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note that on some kernels, the emmc and sdcard are swapped, so format sdcard can sometimes wipe external.
Happened to me unfortunately a couple if times so take caution and remove external and format both to be sure
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dr.ketan said:
Yes you can format as above said by sahil, but make sure to copy DCIM folder, if your camera having default setting and your snaps are there. Same way copy any other folder, which you have manually create/edited like music/videos. Rest of folder will recreate as system need.
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Dr. Ketan,
i've formated my internal SD with panasonic sd formater there after it's not reading the internal SD. when i went to CWM recovery and wipe factory and now it's stuck in boot screen.
is there any kernel which can fix my internal sd?
i was on JB 4.1.2
thanks awaiting ans

philz kernel myabe? its fine for me

U might have formatted ur sd card with different file system. So format it with exfat or ntfs
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Hi All,
I have done repartitioning to my N7000 (using 16GB internal + 16GB ext card) with Odin with PIT file & the required *.md5 and used the 10gb Data partition PIT file.
But after reboot the application partition completed, but the rest partition not showing and giving error of "Blank USB storage"
I have tried to connect with PC to format it, but also there the partition is not able to format.
Kindly help if anybody have faced the same issue and done some solution to restore this internal memory.

@vikashrastogi PIT file is usually flashed aside and together with an entire stock firmware.
I have no clue how could your phone survive such attempt
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

[Q] cant root my SGSA XXLQB

so i have 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??

You copied the zip file to your ext sd card? Also make sure you don't put it in any folder. Must be in the root of sd card.

multidude1000 said:
so i have 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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As I wroted to you in some other thread, repartition your external SD card. Backup it first ofcourse!
How? Read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning

[Q] [Help] Problem stock recovery and SD

Hello everyone. I have a problem, I returned to stock (BLKP) Y and rooting through navito stock recovery but when root.zip applied to select the file does not appear, neither appears cwm.zip
eh flashed other firmwares and nothing
probe also formatted my SD and nothing
the root.zip if it appears with another SD but the problem is mine
It is a class 4 32gb
¿Help?
Sorry bad english

Epirex said:
Hello everyone. I have a problem, I returned to stock (BLKP) Y and rooting through navito stock recovery but when root.zip applied to select the file does not appear, neither appears cwm.zip
eh flashed other firmwares and nothing
probe also formatted my SD and nothing
the root.zip if it appears with another SD but the problem is mine
It is a class 4 32gb
¿Help?
Sorry bad english
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You need to re-partition it, not to format it. Guide is here.

shut_down said:
You need to re-partition it, not to format it. Guide is here.
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Hi, thanks for replying, I have another query. Do I have to do a complete partition of the SD? Or just remove any kind of partition you have?

Epirex said:
Hi, thanks for replying, I have another query. Do I have to do a complete partition of the SD? Or just remove any kind of partition you have?
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You need to repartiiton whole external SD card. Do not do that with internal memory, just external sd.
And stock recovery needs external SD card, if you do not have one it will not recognize anything.

shut_down said:
You need to repartiiton whole external SD card. Do not do that with internal memory, just external sd.
And stock recovery needs external SD card, if you do not have one it will not recognize anything.
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Well, thank you very much! :laugh: