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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

I don't understand this

Hi !
I've downloaded various ROMs (official and no official) , GB, ICS and JB ,and in the cm10 official now i can see the SD card external, in other ROMS only appears SD internal
Can someone explain this? i'm amazed and very happy too
thanks all !!

dsb_spain said:
Hi !
I've downloaded various ROMs (official and no official) , GB, ICS and JB ,and in the cm10 official now i can see the SD card external, in other ROMS only appears SD internal
Can someone explain this? i'm amazed and very happy too
thanks all !!
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You must install total commander from play store and you should see your sd.

maharu567 said:
You must install total commander from play store and you should see your sd.
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Hi !
I will do this..but with " es explorer " with root privileges i can't see SD external
at any rate.. thanks for your reply !!

dsb_spain said:
I've downloaded various ROMs (official and no official) , GB, ICS and JB ,and in the cm10 official now i can see the SD card external, in other ROMS only appears SD internal
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Not sure if I understand correctly... Are you saying that in all ROMs you have tried so far, except CM10, you CAN'T see External SD at all? This doesn't make sense... It is all about how the storage is mounted in a particular ROM, but both Internal and External cards should be visible on the OS level (some apps may have problems accessing one or the other, but that's a different question). For example, in a stock-based ROM I am currently using the Internal SD is mounted as /sdcard, and the External SD is mounted as /sdcard/_ExternalSD. Other ROMs, like CM10, may have different mounts, but any file manager should give you the access to both, as long as you know where to look...

kt-Froggy said:
Not sure if I understand correctly... Are you saying that in all ROMs you have tried so far, except CM10, you CAN'T see External SD at all? This doesn't make sense... It is all about how the storage is mounted in a particular ROM, but both Internal and External cards should be visible on the OS level (some apps may have problems accessing one or the other, but that's a different question). For example, in a stock-based ROM I am currently using the Internal SD is mounted as /sdcard, and the External SD is mounted as /sdcard/_ExternalSD. Other ROMs, like CM10, may have different mounts, but any file manager should give you the access to both, as long as you know where to look...
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Hi !!
Yes, i know that mount point is different in all roms and versions to P990, but now with cm10 official nightly i can write in sd external and on pc's appears two sd (internal and external).
This is that i refer , but i don't explain good due to my english is poor
thanks all and greetings !!

dsb_spain said:
but now with cm10 official nightly i can write in sd external and on pc's appears two sd (internal and external).
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That's the way it's always been for me... I am currently using a stock-based GB ROM, and I can access both Ext and Int SD cards from the OS, from CWM recovery, and from a PC when connected by USB (yes, they show up as two separate drives).

kt-Froggy said:
That's the way it's always been for me... I am currently using a stock-based GB ROM, and I can access both Ext and Int SD cards from the OS, from CWM recovery, and from a PC when connected by USB (yes, they show up as two separate drives).
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I think you should flash stock rom via smartflash. If your problem in software you will fix it. If reflashing willn't help you have problem with hardware.

6783 said:
I think you should flash stock rom via smartflash. If your problem in software you will fix it.
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I didnt say I had a problem... I don't need to fix it, I am quite happy with how it is, and want it to stay this way.

[support discontinued/rom still active]How to get CM10.1 Working on LG 2x su660 100%

Experience CM10 like never before!!
Assuming u have the LG and Apx drivers installed then proceed with the installation.If not back off!!
I had only the stock froyo rom and i had found installing other roms kind of a pain i wanted the ultimate quick experience to crown this device with a great retirement(adding jellybean to it). Lets get started.
Downloads:
-Cwm special installation file. (u need external sd card for cwm to work)
-My Patched CM10.1 aka 4.2.2-
-gapps
What u need to to:
-put ur device in apx mode.(remove battery, then hold vol +&- for 4 secs then connect usb and dont let go until u notice device is linked to pc)
-go to cwm and run flash.bat.Wait till everything is done and it tells u "press any key to continue..."
-On reboot u should be stuck on CWM no matter what u do.
-Now move to mount and storage and mount usb storage.
-Transfer my patched file and gapps to ur device.
-Then install zip from sd card and then install my file and reboot.
-Boot should take abit long but it eventually boots and works flawlessly.
Issues:
- u need an sd card for cwm & rom to work very well or else ur phone wont be able to read ur memory and so wont store anything.
-After installation the internal SD card wont work so go into recovery and flash this file.(u need an external sd card as this will swap your external and internal storage)fixed with this
-The method above is usually reverted and as of now i've found now way to keep it stable to use external memory!!
-During call hang-up doesn't work.Go to accessibility in settings and choose "power button ends call" & "home button answers call" for the workaround to this.
Credits to Puri. Mivv. Toynp. Wkpark. Spyrosk,blackinblue.

plz help
PLS HELP I FLASH THE ROM SUCCESFULLY BUT I STUCK ON MOUNTING MY INTERNAL SD CARD
EVEN IF I HAVE EXTERNAL SDCARD I DID'NT MOUNT MY INTERNAL SDCARD..AS YOU SAY IN THE INSTRUCTION..WHAT I GONNA DO NOW.

darkhades25 said:
PLS HELP I FLASH THE ROM SUCCESFULLY BUT I STUCK ON MOUNTING MY INTERNAL SD CARD
EVEN IF I HAVE EXTERNAL SDCARD I DID'NT MOUNT MY INTERNAL SDCARD..AS YOU SAY IN THE INSTRUCTION..WHAT I GONNA DO NOW.
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Mounting internal sd card??Which step is that actually?If its in the rom at settings /storage part then try rebooting

help
you say
-After installation if u have an sd card go into settings and storage then mount sd card so as to use internal sd card.(This wont work if u have no external sd card)
Credits to wkpark an awesome dev.
i follow that but when im in then setting/storage i see mount(internal sd card)
i click to it but nothing happen.saying only prepairing sdcard on upper left corner after that no changes made i still not use my internal sd card..
sorry for my bad english.

darkhades25 said:
you say
-After installation if u have an sd card go into settings and storage then mount sd card so as to use internal sd card.(This wont work if u have no external sd card)
Credits to wkpark an awesome dev.
i follow that but when im in then setting/storage i see mount(internal sd card)
i click to it but nothing happen.saying only prepairing sdcard on upper left corner after that no changes made i still not use my internal sd card..
sorry for my bad english.
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What i did because i had this error was to get an external sd card and put in while the phone was on and the tried to take a picture which it did.After i went to settings and mounted my internal sd card and it mounted.Sorry if this steps dont work again i have a diff answer on one of my other threads.I'll posted before the end of the next 24hrs.Peace mate
-[update]:"u need to edith vold.stab in system/etc and do viceversa sdcard1 and sdcard0 then reboot."Meaning change any sdcard0 to sdcard1 and any sdcard1 to sdcard0 in this file.(They are a bunch of code u can read using cmfile manager.)

=(
how ive going to edit using my android or my computer where i found the vold stab sorry im only new on android world.thanks for your reply..
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hackarchive said:
What i did because i had this error was to get an external sd card and put in while the phone was on and the tried to take a picture which it did.After i went to settings and mounted my internal sd card and it mounted.Sorry if this steps dont work again i have a diff answer on one of my other threads.I'll posted before the end of the next 24hrs.Peace mate
-[update]:"u need to edith vold.stab in system/etc and do viceversa sdcard1 and sdcard0 then reboot."Meaning change any sdcard0 to sdcard1 and any sdcard1 to sdcard0 in this file.(They are a bunch of code u can read using cmfile manager.)
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i try but i see is sdcad no ''0'' and sdcard1 trying to change that thing after i reboot my su660 not boot up only stock on cyanogenmod logo

darkhades25 said:
how ive going to edit using my android or my computer where i found the vold stab sorry im only new on android world.thanks for your reply..
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i try but i see is sdcad no ''0'' and sdcard1 trying to change that thing after i reboot my su660 not boot up only stock on cyanogenmod logo
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Bad then cuz that was the only idea i got.It means we r stuck on using external sd cards.Just reflash the rom.Sorry for the former.Only prob is I dont know y that(method through settings) doesnt work for u.It did for my GF's su660(because i dont own it:silly.Just try again one never knows.(not the edit code method):fingers-crossed:

so you mean im going to try this method?
What i did because i had this error was to get an external sd card and put in while the phone was on and the tried to take a picture which it did.After i went to settings and mounted my internal sd card and it mounted.Sorry if this steps dont work again i have a diff answer on one of my other threads.I'll posted before the end of the next 24hrs.Peace mate
until i mounted my internal sdcard..

darkhades25 said:
so you mean im going to try this method?
until i mounted my internal sdcard..
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yep

is this is the right step???/
1.) put my android su660 on
2.) go to camera pretending you have to take a picture (i see the word telling no internal sdcard)
3.) after that put my external sdcard on while on camera mode then
4.) then go to setting/storage click mount
i did that procedure but i still getting an error no luck on mounting my internal sd card..

darkhades25 said:
is this is the right step???/
1.) put my android su660 on
2.) go to camera pretending you have to take a picture (i see the word telling no external sdcard)
3.) after that put my external sdcard on while on camera mode then
4.) then go to setting/storage click mount
i did that procedure but i still getting an error no luck on mounting my internal sd card..
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yes it did work that way for me.

hackarchive said:
What i did because i had this error was to get an external sd card and put in while the phone was on and the tried to take a picture which it did.After i went to settings and mounted my internal sd card and it mounted.Sorry if this steps dont work again i have a diff answer on one of my other threads.I'll posted before the end of the next 24hrs.Peace mate
-[update]:"u need to edith vold.stab in system/etc and do viceversa sdcard1 and sdcard0 then reboot."Meaning change any (They are a bunch of code u can read using cmfile manager.)
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I changed sdcard0 to sdcard1 and any sdcard1 to sdcard0 in this file, but Now the external memory is detected as internal, and the internal is not detected.
How can I do?

CriDDJ said:
I changed sdcard0 to sdcard1 and any sdcard1 to sdcard0 in this file, but Now the external memory is detected as internal, and the internal is not detected.
How can I do?
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Then just undo what u did by reversing what u changed.If internal storage doesnt work then cm10 doesnt work with ur internal storage so get an external one.(way cheaper than getting a new device):angel:Normally my tips in previous post should help.

hi, the changing of sdcard0 to sdcard1 worked for me but same as others my internal storage is not being detected funny i also tried to reverse but no good, good thing i have extra sd card lolx too bad we won't be able to use the 16gb internal storage... if there is any news for this please share thanks!
edit for follow-up: i tried to reinstall the rom you created but this time this is what i did,
1. put phone to apx then flash.bat
2. put phone to CWM mode
3. mount sd card
4. my computer detected the external sd card and the internal but it says format so i did format the internal
5. installed the rom and then gapps then when i try to mount emmc on CWM this time its working hehe
6. reboot phone then i checked the storage BOOM! there it is! internal and external detected! then only problem i have now is the camera app is missing lolx any help???

alvinbam2728 said:
hi, the changing of sdcard0 to sdcard1 worked for me but same as others my internal storage is not being detected funny i also tried to reverse but no good, good thing i have extra sd card lolx too bad we won't be able to use the 16gb internal storage... if there is any news for this please share thanks!
edit for follow-up: i tried to reinstall the rom you created but this time this is what i did,
1. put phone to apx then flash.bat
2. put phone to CWM mode
3. mount sd card
4. my computer detected the external sd card and the internal but it says format so i did format the internal
5. installed the rom and then gapps then when i try to mount emmc on CWM this time its working hehe
6. reboot phone then i checked the storage BOOM! there it is! internal and external detected! then only problem i have now is the camera app is missing lolx any help???
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great hope our noobies get it.Just get camera ics from playstore.

Hi, im having problems this couple of days already with this rom. I tried to reflash for a couple of times now but no good. My problem is no audio when recieving and calling and random change of my date and time even if i change the timezone already goes back to 2007 year. Any help.? Thanks

alvinbam2728 said:
Hi, im having problems this couple of days already with this rom. I tried to reflash for a couple of times now but no good. My problem is no audio when recieving and calling and random change of my date and time even if i change the timezone already goes back to 2007 year. Any help.? Thanks
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those are some known bugs and im not sure their fixes are out yet.But audio on calls works for me though!!

If you are rooted, just use Clocksync. It will automatically sync the time and date for you, so no more going back to 2007

hi there!
I managed to flashed CM10 with CWM 5.0.2.8e recovery. Problem is rom can't mount internal & external sdcards. while I can manually mount the internal sdcard in cwm to copy files, external is no way to be found in cwm. I already posted a reply on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987772 but seems wkpark is such a busy person. Also flashed those 2 patch zip files (su660-emmc-fixer-default & switched) but to no avail.
Hope you can give me light on this. I love having JB on this phone (SU660). Just aching on this in/ex sdcards mounting problem.

djtreo said:
hi there!
I managed to flashed CM10 with CWM 5.0.2.8e recovery. Problem is rom can't mount internal & external sdcards. while I can manually mount the internal sdcard in cwm to copy files, external is no way to be found in cwm. I already posted a reply on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987772 but seems wkpark is such a busy person. Also flashed those 2 patch zip files (su660-emmc-fixer-default & switched) but to no avail.
Hope you can give me light on this. I love having JB on this phone (SU660). Just aching on this in/ex sdcards mounting problem.
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dont be lazy mate!Read the thread and get others problems.It has been mentioned before.

[Q] Note CM9.1 sd card issue

hi i just flash a cm9.1 stable which downloaded from cm main page
i found out that the external sd card is unaccessable, to be true, the card show no mount for it
there are some ways i did seacrh from the internet
there are:
1.take the sd card out and format it using card reader on a cpu with FAT32 system
or
2.use DirectoryBind app from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625740 (thanks)
or
3.find root, find emmc, move it to /sdcard, rename extenal_sd folder to something u like, rename emmc folder to external_sd, reboot
am i wrong in any state?
i heard that there is a kernel that can fix this problem, but i can't seem to found it :crying:
wish that u guys can point me out, thank you

NooBDroidPlayer said:
hi i just flash a cm9.1 stable which downloaded from cm main page
i found out that the external sd card is unaccessable, to be true, the card show no mount for it
there are some ways i did seacrh from the internet
there are:
1.take the sd card out and format it using card reader on a cpu with FAT32 system
or
2.use DirectoryBind app from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625740 (thanks)
or
3.find root, find emmc, move it to /sdcard, rename extenal_sd folder to something u like, rename emmc folder to external_sd, reboot
am i wrong in any state?
i heard that there is a kernel that can fix this problem, but i can't seem to found it :crying:
wish that u guys can point me out, thank you
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I'd advise going with 1 or 2.
Don't rename the sdcards as it may cause problems....
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Help!!! Sd Card problem on nougat rom

after upgrade to nougat rom, my sd card not showing up in file manager or gallery. i use another sd card, install magisk module exsdcard, xposed xinternal moudule but not solve the problem. sd card just mount in almost every MM cusrom. can someone help me? please
sorry for my bad english
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(https)://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1B53c1z7GlNqVSpCvT6YGeIvuXU6oc-2Y?usp=sharing

widirahman said:
after upgrade to nougat rom, my sd card not showing up in file manager or gallery. i use another sd card, install magisk module exsdcard, xposed xinternal moudule but not solve the problem. sd card just mount in almost every MM cusrom. can someone help me? please
sorry for my bad english
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(https)://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1B53c1z7GlNqVSpCvT6YGeIvuXU6oc-2Y?usp=sharing
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Try doing like this video! Good luck
https://youtu.be/AP3UWZiagKM

still same, i think the problem not in my sd card but in the rom :crying:. this is the problem
video:
(https: )//drive.google.com/file/d/1YzXo-6wqyqS7fldnWv0nDUDKIBE04Mi9/view?usp=sharing
i'm new user on xda so i can't use url until 10 post. just remove () in https

Have you ever set Sd card as Internal storage?

hgiang0808 said:
Have you ever set Sd card as Internal storage?
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yes of course. but didn't solve the problem still same

Use a Sd adapter and see if your sd card has multiple partitions that could be one of the cause

rohitdeshmukh97 said:
Use a Sd adapter and see if your sd card has multiple partitions that could be one of the cause
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it has only one partition FAT32. the problem only found in nougat rom like the new cusrom DOTOs. when i change back to MM like lineage 13 it works well

I think your sd card has multiple partitions too. Let's use Minitool partition wizard to delete a partition

hgiang0808 said:
I think your sd card has multiple partitions too. Let's use Minitool partition wizard to delete a partition
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i use it yesterday and no other partition in sd card. then i try to format it but the nougat rom still can't read the sd card. use another sd card didn't solve the problem too. my sd card = sandisk 16gb extreme

widirahman said:
i use it yesterday and no other partition in sd card. then i try to format it but the nougat rom still can't read the sd card. use another sd card didn't solve the problem too. my sd card = sandisk 16gb extreme
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Oh! My sd card works normaly on every rom. Sory i can't help you

hgiang0808 said:
Oh! My sd card works normaly on every rom. Sory i can't help you
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ok thanks no problem :good:. i hope there is a patch that bring back memory in marsmallow to nougat rom

It looks like you have already tried everything..

rohitdeshmukh97 said:
It looks like you have already tried everything..
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not at all maybe. i found something wrong in root system folder with root explorer. there is must be a sdcard folder in there but i can't access it. it say there is no sd card mount or something like that when i tap it. it (sdcard folder) also NOT a folder but like a file