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[Q] HELP! Cant mount /sd-ext

Guys,
I dont know what I did but I can no longer do a factory wipe.
CMW says "Error: Can't mount /sd-ext" Ive tried reformatting / repartitioning the sdcard. it just keeps saying cant format.
I tried CWM 2.5.1.2, then i even flashing it again and tried a 3x version of CWM.
I just wanna be able to flash roms again. Please help
ANY HELP / SUGGESTIONS IS APPRECIATED.

Hey, there are a couple of threads that talk about
"Error: Can't mount <something>" ... you should check them out. I also recommend doing a search for "Cant' mount" you will find a lot of threads talking about a related problem.
Here are some, I hope they solve your problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=678845
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133219
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1252602
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848967
good luck.

ive tried all of those
my issue isnt mounting the sd card but rather the sd-ext partition. ive rrad all these threads and tried everything stated.
Also. it seems i have 2 different CWMs. 2.5.1.2 when i flash into recovery from ROM Manager and 3.0.x when i go into recovery manually.....how is this possible and how can i fix this?
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you shouldnt need to mount the external sdcard in CWM. you flash things from the internal sdcard

when i try to wipe data to flash a new rom it says
"
Error: Cant mount /sd-ext/
Skipping....
Done
"
im unable to wipe data so im currently unable to flash anything
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Ompalompa287 said:
when i try to wipe data to flash a new rom it says
"
Error: Cant mount /sd-ext/
Skipping....
Done
"
im unable to wipe data so im currently unable to flash anything
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thats completely normal.
wiping data has nothing to do with flashing anything.

CWM is unable to mount the sd-ext on our phones because it has a different location (sdcard/ex-sdcard) than most phone (mnt/emmc)

Can't turn on my phone

Hey there,
First let me explain what happened.
I had CM10 installed on my device and last night it kept on restarting and never getting to the bootloader so I first tried to reflash cm10 but the same happened. I had a cm9 backup on my device and tried restoring that but no luck there either. same problem. Then I decided to flash the phone back to stock and work my way up from there.
I opened odin, loaded the pit, pda, phone and csc files and hit start.
Odin showed me the green light with pass but my phone does not load. It enters recovery just before it was supposed to start booting.
I get the following message with the respective colors:
-- Copying media files...
Successfully copied meida files.
-- Deleting files...
E:failed to mount /data (file exists)
E:delete_data_files:Can't mount /data
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
--Updating filesystem...
verifying the filesystem. please wait.
already updated filesystem. finished
Successfully updated filesystem.
--Wiping cache...
Formating /cache...
Cache wipe failed
--Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Applied the CSC-code 'KOR'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
So can anyone help me? Please?

Install darkyrom resuurection with Odin its first thing when you Google it
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Latrop said:
Install darkyrom resuurection with Odin its first thing when you Google it
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will give it a try

i managed to start the phone but on the next restart the same problem appeared

Odd I don't know what else I can do you ticked re-partition right?
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I did
I managed to make the phone work once on the darkyrom and once with a 2.3.5 stock from samsung but after a restart i keep getting infinite restarts before the bootloader

when I try to format from recovery I get the following
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Formating /dbdata...
Deleting Meta Data
Formatting /cache...
Data wipe complete.

I am not sure but I think that your internal SD is damaged
try to flash a rom then format your internal SD
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Ubuntu-i9001 said:
I am not sure but I think that your internal SD is damaged
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starting to think that myself... damn it

caspeer_costel said:
starting to think that myself... damn it
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try Quick fixes and solutions link below,

xsenman said:
try Quick fixes and solutions link below,
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tried that first. i did my reading. the phone should have been fixed but it isn't... sending it to the waranty service

caspeer_costel said:
tried that first. i did my reading. the phone should have been fixed but it isn't... sending it to the waranty service
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Try this
youtube.com/watch?v=zdMhYYdMB08
some one having this issue and get it slove.

Samtan4326 said:
Try this
youtube.com/watch?v=zdMhYYdMB08
some one having this issue and get it slove.
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eh just shipped the phone about 15 minutes ago. maybe this would have worked. seems more viable than just flashing over and over again

caspeer_costel said:
eh just shipped the phone about 15 minutes ago. maybe this would have worked. seems more viable than just flashing over and over again
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:silly: sorry too late.

hey. no problem. i really apreciate it. i was hoping for some more help for the "comunity" but eh

[Q] what exactly means "manual format /system"

Hi everyone,
Many custom roms nowadays have in their instalation instructions a point that sais that it is recommended to perform a "manual format /system". I'd like to ask what does it mean exactly? After doing full wipe/factory reset, cache and dalvik wipe should I open aroma and delete "/system" folder?
I've tried to google it but it doesn't seem to appear anywhere.
I'm really sorry for my bad english.
cheers

jakubs11 said:
Hi everyone,
Many custom roms nowadays have in their instalation instructions a point that sais that it is recommended to perform a "manual format /system". I'd like to ask what does it mean exactly? After doing full wipe/factory reset, cache and dalvik wipe should I open aroma and delete "/system" folder?
I've tried to google it but it doesn't seem to appear anywhere.
I'm really sorry for my bad english.
cheers
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Manually formatting /system is recommended because it delete the system inbuilt apps which may not be compatible with the new ROM which you are going to install,
Apparently, even if the base is the same !
It is recommended by dev's ! It better to do it

I believe it happens for the rom to find completely blank space to extract withought creating malfunctions.

Manually formatting means that after you wipe data/ factory reset.. open mounts and storage (not aroma) and there you'll find an option to format system
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ishangoyal said:
Manually formatting means that after you wipe data/ factory reset.. open mounts and storage (not aroma) and there you'll find an option to format system
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helped a lot. thanks

so noob question this just wipes iternal sd then i am asking because i have flashed a lot of roms and i think i might have bits of them still on my internal sd ,eg darky v11 ,remics jb,cm10.1 etc thanx
sgs gti9000
c-rom mix
jb 4.2.1

TIGER 123 said:
so noob question this just wipes iternal sd then i am asking because i have flashed a lot of roms and i think i might have bits of them still on my internal sd ,eg darky v11 ,remics jb,cm10.1 etc thanx
sgs gti9000
c-rom mix
jb 4.2.1
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This doesn't wipe internal SD

Quick explanation
/system/ is the system partition in android, while
/storage/sdcard0/ is the internal SD
You might also have
/data/
/datadata/
And so on, formatting either of these in cwm won't affect the others, so internal storage is safe unless you choose to wipe it.
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/system is the folder that contains everything of your ROM. Devs ask to manually format the /system because it will completely wipe the ROM of your phone, including the kernel provided together with the ROM. This is to make sure full functionally of the new ROM you're installing.
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Gt I9000 stuck on bootscreen
hey guys..I did the advanced>format/system and format/datadata and it wouldnt boot up. just stuck on the gti9000 screen. so I tried to restore a backup and it said mismatched, But when tried to reboot it said to me i dont have root and if i want to apply a root. a chose it and it kept showing the bootscreen. I used odin and put the cf rooted (used before and worked) it said it passed and rebooted but again stuck on bootscreen. I am really on PANIC now and dedsperatly need help!

savvas_sid said:
hey guys..I did the advanced>format/system and format/datadata and it wouldnt boot up. just stuck on the gti9000 screen. so I tried to restore a backup and it said mismatched, But when tried to reboot it said to me i dont have root and if i want to apply a root. a chose it and it kept showing the bootscreen. I used odin and put the cf rooted (used before and worked) it said it passed and rebooted but again stuck on bootscreen. I am really on PANIC now and dedsperatly need help!
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Wiping /datadata is not a factory reset which prevents bootloops like yours. Wipe /data, /cache and dalvikcache, after flash the rom you want again and it should boot up

JFK1997 said:
Wiping /datadata is not a factory reset which prevents bootloops like yours. Wipe /data, /cache and dalvikcache, after flash the rom you want again and it should boot up
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I am trying to do all of wipes but I get: E:unknown volume for path [/data]
E:unknown volume for path [/data]
E:Unable process volume! Skipping...
And this kind of stuff. And also some of this: E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

savvas_sid said:
I am trying to do all of wipes but I get: E:unknown volume for path [/data]
E:unknown volume for path [/data]
E:Unable process volume! Skipping...
And this kind of stuff. And also some of this: E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
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Flash the ROM, since you format system earlier...follow this guide and start from gingerbread or start from where you were before.
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​

xsenman said:
Flash the ROM, since you format system earlier...follow this guide and start from gingerbread or start from where you were before.
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​
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If I get it right I have to flash this http://www.mediafire.com/download/dc2yxsl1av0iyci/Odin_XXJVU_MultiCSC_Deodexed_Zipaligned_V2.7z
using odin? Please be nice I know I am a noob

savvas_sid said:
If I get it right I have to flash this http://www.mediafire.com/download/dc2yxsl1av0iyci/Odin_XXJVU_MultiCSC_Deodexed_Zipaligned_V2.7z
using odin? Please be nice I know I am a noob
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If you read the link [Tutorial] How to Unbrick, Flash, Downgrade, Root, Update i9000 from Froyo to Kit Kat, everything was mentioned in it and links to download were given in it. Only the you need to be careful which download link you click, as this free file server is bit tricky, they have included a lot of download links on it, just us free download button, a number of times , for download to begin.
on the other hand you can use the link you mentioned too, but you may need to download a CF rooting kernel to go with it.
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​

Insufficient internal memory
nabilimran said:
/system is the folder that contains everything of your ROM. Devs ask to manually format the /system because it will completely wipe the ROM of your phone, including the kernel provided together with the ROM. This is to make sure full functionally of the new ROM you're installing.
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.Hi buddy,
Got same mobile as yours with CM11,Kitkat. Facing problem of insufficient internal memory.. i just have the default apps that come with CM11 and the internal memory is shown as 1.2G/1.33G . please suggest how to clean that much of space .
please send me your reply on [email protected].
Thanks,
[email protected]

clockworkmod wont format data keeps rebooting

so i have been playing around with my phone, it was working fine but i had issues with android revolution hd, so i forget what i did and i am currently on clockwork mod touch v6.0.3.1 (i tried 6.0.3.6). it usually says:
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
before this happened i tried to flash a couple roms and they all failed and i went into either a recovery loop, in which it kept booting into recovery or a htc logo boot loop. I have flash twrp recovery also to try if that would help and it didn't. i have pushed the roms using adb and used fastboot to clear cache and flash the recoveries. i am pretty much stuck, i don't know what to do. I can't find a bell version of the RUU to install, i found a nandroid backup but it never seems to finish downloading properly from htc1guru.com so what do i do know?
Thanks for any help

manwinder said:
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
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the above is normal, it's because of the "fastboot erase cache" -> hence no cache to mount
but I didnt get the second part; you're not able to enter recovery or are you not able to flash ROM?

i erased cache and it still gives me the same issue. I also tried fastboot boot twrp.img, but that popped up the loading screen of twrp and then rebooted. also tried the same command with clockworkmod and it booted into recovery but it still can't mount the cache. Also i flashed twrp but it wont boot, also it has s-on, 1.44, tampered and unlocked

manwinder said:
i erased cache and it still gives me the same issue. I also tried fastboot boot twrp.img, but that popped up the loading screen of twrp and then rebooted. also tried the same command with clockworkmod and it booted into recovery but it still can't mount the cache. Also i flashed twrp but it wont boot, also it has s-on, 1.44, tampered and unlocked
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It's not an error, when you wipe the cache it won't be mounted in recovery.
Recovery will work fine without a mounted cache.
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nkk71 said:
It's not an error, when you wipe the cache it won't be mounted in recovery.
Recovery will work fine without a mounted cache.
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i erased the cache booted right into clockworkmod and used adb to sideload a rom, right as it mounts the data and gets ready to install the phone restarts. could my memory be corrupted or messed up?

manwinder said:
i erased the cache booted right into clockworkmod and used adb to sideload a rom, right as it mounts the data and gets ready to install the phone restarts. could my memory be corrupted or messed up?
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1- why don't you try to push the ROM "adb push Rom.zip /sdcard/"
2- make sure your download is not corrupted by checking MD5
3- if you don't mind wiping your internal storage, go ahead and format it in recovery (format /sdcard or format /data/media)
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nkk71 said:
1- why don't you try to push the ROM "adb push Rom.zip /sdcard/"
2- make sure your download is not corrupted by checking MD5
3- if you don't mind wiping your internal storage, go ahead and format it in recovery (format /sdcard or format /data/media)
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i tried that and it gave me error:closed. i did it in recovery in adb sideload in clockworkmod.
I dont care about wiping, since i have everything backed up, i have formatted the sd card and the data twice, i did it before installing android revolution hd and then after when i was trying to install my other rom but after i formatted it again, it stopped working. I try to mount the sd card in clockworkmod and all it does is reboot the phone, that also happens when i hit format sd card. It can't mount it for some reason. then it just goes into a htc boot logo loop. thanks for the help guys...more please more

manwinder said:
i tried that and it gave me error:closed. i did it in recovery in adb sideload in clockworkmod.
I dont care about wiping, since i have everything backed up, i have formatted the sd card and the data twice, i did it before installing android revolution hd and then after when i was trying to install my other rom but after i formatted it again, it stopped working. I try to mount the sd card in clockworkmod and all it does is reboot the phone, that also happens when i hit format sd card. It can't mount it for some reason. then it just goes into a htc boot logo loop. thanks for the help guys...more please more
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I just had the same issue as you and I tried almost everything! I have just figured out how to solve the problem.
First I installed an earlier version of CWM, in my case recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.4-m7.img
Then I went to install the ROM that was working BEFORE I installed the ROm which totally crashed my cache partition, in my case Android Revolution HD
When I got into AROMA, I unchecked EVERYTHING the only thing I checked was the XPOSED Framework, which I remembered I installed last time
The installation finished and the phone rebooted twice before getting into the boot and finally into the ROM
I don't know what our issue is caused by and after reading two hours on the internet I also figured out that people is solving this problem in different ways and no solution works 100% which makes this issue very weird :/
Hope it helps! Good luck!

Nepoznati said:
I just had the same issue as you and I tried almost everything! I have just figured out how to solve the problem.
First I installed an earlier version of CWM, in my case recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.4-m7.img
Then I went to install the ROM that was working BEFORE I installed the ROm which totally crashed my cache partition, in my case Android Revolution HD
When I got into AROMA, I unchecked EVERYTHING the only thing I checked was the XPOSED Framework, which I remembered I installed last time
The installation finished and the phone rebooted twice before getting into the boot and finally into the ROM
I don't know what our issue is caused by and after reading two hours on the internet I also figured out that people is solving this problem in different ways and no solution works 100% which makes this issue very weird :/
Hope it helps! Good luck!
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omg it worked, thank you jesus christ of Louisiana, i mean Nepoznati. may god bless you for eternity. Lol im probably gonna try installing the other rom anyways. I installed ARHD using the canadian option and everything else not selected

HELP Serious problem

Hi,today i was flashing various roms ,bit then cm stopped responding and got a bootloop after reboot ,now in recovery it doesnt mount /sdcard but other partitions can be flashed fine ,my guess /sdcard got corrupted somehow? I can Still boot info s/w upgrade mode too . What could be the problem ? Ill probably try to flash the stock firmware back via kdz flasher tomorrow. Any ideas? Thanks
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the cm has a lot of problem one day i got the same problem as you and now iam on zaiben rom rc5 and it grrat or other stock based custom roms they are better i like stock custom based roms are greand and even in battery

Flash to stock did the trick for you?
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If you suspect sd card got corrupted then format it and try then.
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dimi89 said:
If you suspect sd card got corrupted then format it and try then.
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as internal sd cant mount ,it could not be formatted.

Gmobilize said:
as internal sd cant mount ,it could not be formatted.
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Well there is more then 1 way to format sd card... Take it out and format it in PC.

dimi89 said:
Well there is more then 1 way to format sd card... Take it out and format it in PC.
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INTERNAL /SDCARD please read!

Just reflash from KDZ if you can't access the /sdcard folder from recovery. I've never heard of this happening on our device, so I wouldn't take the risk of playing with it if I were you.

Gmobilize said:
INTERNAL /SDCARD please read!
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u can format it in recovery mode. at least in team win recovery there is a choise to format data. after format , reboot in recovery and the sdcard is mounted. if it doesnt mount , u can do it manually again in recovery. this is not even a problem. its like in linux u mount the /home directory. the disk is always there u just have to let the system "know" that this part is used as "home". same here. u let the phone know that this here is the sdcard. so go ahead and format it ,reboot. if not fixed then mount it manually.

Gmobilize said:
INTERNAL /SDCARD please read!
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Caps off badass 12GB internal storage is showed as sdcard and additional sd card is external sd card you can format them both from CWM.Also you cna try to manually mount it from there.Also you can try deleting data and format system.Next time you want help be shure to know what is problem and what you want.Also try to use english language to describe it

Thanks for advice guys but after reflashing with official lg mobile Support tool still a bootloop,then finally got to format /data partition via stock recovery and voila its back again working ! Its a weird corruption on 4X tough.
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