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Write-Protected internal SD (Found problem)

Hi,
I'm using Darky's 5.5 Rom and after flashing the Advanced Voodoo 5 v1.1 Final final kernal. I can't change files on my internal SD, when I try to use mass storage and copy files, I get the error cannot copy due to "Write-protected".
I did a search and didn't get any hits
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks
EDIT: Nevermind, its a known problem in Advanced Voodoo 5 v1.1 Final that the internal SD mounts as a cd drive.

Hi there, question you mentioned that the problem has been solved?
Can you point me into the right direction please?
Thanks.

ehcoffie said:
Hi there, question you mentioned that the problem has been solved?
Can you point me into the right direction please?
Thanks.
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Look on the first page of the Darky Gingerbread thread, there is a link to "Known problems" -- one of them is the SD card issue .. basically the int SD is being mounted with the wrong permissions. There is a zip to fix those permissions.
My problem was that since I couldn't even WRITE to my card, how the hell could I put the zip on my card ....
Two solutions:
a) Bluetooth transfer
b) Easier -- go to Market and install DropBox .. do the same on your PC , then you can swap files back and forth between phone and PC without connecting via USB.
hope this helps

crippenx said:
Look on the first page of the Darky Gingerbread thread, there is a link to "Known problems" -- one of them is the SD card issue .. basically the int SD is being mounted with the wrong permissions. There is a zip to fix those permissions.
My problem was that since I couldn't even WRITE to my card, how the hell could I put the zip on my card ....
Two solutions:
a) Bluetooth transfer
b) Easier -- go to Market and install DropBox .. do the same on your PC , then you can swap files back and forth between phone and PC without connecting via USB.
hope this helps
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please help me had the same problem..
I cant use my bluetooth since ive flashed it everythings messed up.
May bluetooth is force closing everytime i activate it.
Any way to copy the update.zip?

I did it by changing settings usb -> media device Then i can copy any files phone <-> computer

Iacsam said:
I did it by changing settings usb -> media device Then i can copy any files phone <-> computer
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ok gonna try that one later..
Thanks

SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem

Dear XDA developers, please help me what to do, after downgrading to 2.2.2 my DS7 has an error with internal memory it doesn't writable. When I switch on it there is error on the top of screen "Blank SD card" I try to format it, but it doesn't format. This problem doesn't give me chance to install other ROMs or downgrade from update.pkg. I don't know what to do, please help me.

Go into settings and try to mount the sdcard when it shows sdcard blank pull down the status bar then click the on that says sdcard blank it will say format sdcard click OK then wait say to min then go back into settings and remounts the sdcard

Samething has happen to me i cant add/download or even open a new folder on the internal sdcard after downgrading to froyo any ideas wat i can do to fix it
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NVFlash Group again. If you still can't write that means you have gotten stuck in Read Only mode for which there is no fix other than sending it back to Dell

^ Can you brief me a little more about this? Thank you.
rickwyatt said:
Go into settings and try to mount the sdcard when it shows sdcard blank pull down the status bar then click the on that says sdcard blank it will say format sdcard click OK then wait say to min then go back into settings and remounts the sdcard
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This method don't work for me. I am on samsung galaxy tab.

Is there a proper solution to this problem to stop this from happening again?

ri123 said:
Is there a proper solution to this problem to stop this from happening again?
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I think it is something to do with file permissions. Installing stock recovery might help.:thumbup:
I have installed stock recovery and this problem has not happened for about a week until I installed custom recovery.
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flash a new recovery then install a HC rom or even pull a logcat

wow i recover my files
hi guys, i had same problem, but then i set this sandisk ultra to my nokia xpress music and there was everything,,, my arc s cant open it anymore but nokia opens... try to reset your sd s to others phone...

[Q] I9001 (SGS+) - system is not installed and cannot install

I wiped my system with TWRP and now I am searching for a solution to install an image from an external sd-card or from a pc. I thought I could mount the external sd-card, because there is an option but I can't.

lg-optimus said:
I wiped my system with TWRP and now I am searching for a solution to install an image from an external sd-card or from a pc. I thought I could mount the external sd-card, because there is an option but I can't.
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try using other sdcard, are u using 16gb microsd? dont know if its work but somehow some sd cannot be recognized by recovery.try different size.
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compacity said:
try using other sdcard, are u using 16gb microsd? dont know if its work but somehow some sd cannot be recognized by recovery.try different size.
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I used a 32GB sdcard. I think it is a Patriot. So you mean, it should be possible to mount an external sdcard with TWRP and install from it? In the meantime I could solve it using the advanced options. There was nothing under /sdcard but the install-image under /emmc. So I copied it with TWRP to /sdcard and then thank God the installation worked after a few tries.

lg-optimus said:
I used a 32GB sdcard. I think it is a Patriot. So you mean, it should be possible to mount an external sdcard with TWRP and install from it? In the meantime I could solve it using the advanced options. There was nothing under /sdcard but the install-image under /emmc. So I copied it with TWRP to /sdcard and then thank God the installation worked after a few tries.
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Well Done! emmc can be recognized by cwm, what i mean before, sometimes (rarely) some external sd cannot be mounted, i m now searching for some info on that, as some of my friends here complaint their cwm cannot detect emmc or externalsd but da card can be access from inside ROM, i try it myself n found several sd (dont know if size n type or class differ) cannot be mounted.
If success then well done
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compacity said:
Well Done! emmc can be recognized by cwm, what i mean before, sometimes (rarely) some external sd cannot be mounted, i m now searching for some info on that, as some of my friends here complaint their cwm cannot detect emmc or externalsd but da card can be access from inside ROM, i try it myself n found several sd (dont know if size n type or class differ) cannot be mounted.
If success then well done
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I have no idea, if it was important to copy form /emmc to /sdcard. So the img was on an internal partition.

lg-optimus said:
I have no idea, if it was important to copy form /emmc to /sdcard. So the img was on an internal partition.
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most file(any from app or image or etc) will go to internal as system recognized internal as first partition.
if u already solving ur problem then try not to alter anything more as safety.
n sorry if i cant help much
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

compacity said:
most file(any from app or image or etc) will go to internal as system recognized internal as first partition.
if u already solving ur problem then try not to alter anything more as safety.
n sorry if i cant help much
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
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Oh yes, I don't touch it again, at least until the next update and things start to fail. I have banned gmail now, it was something with gapps and I had no idea why I got errer messages every few seconds.

lg-optimus said:
Oh yes, I don't touch it again, at least until the next update and things start to fail. I have banned gmail now, it was something with gapps and I had no idea why I got errer messages every few seconds.
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try clearing cache or dalvik cache
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me too
lg-optimus said:
I wiped my system with TWRP and now I am searching for a solution to install an image from an external sd-card or from a pc. I thought I could mount the external sd-card, because there is an option but I can't.
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for two days now i've been trying to get jellybean 4.1.2 onto my galaxy s plus. i used odin multi-downloader to do the things suggested and when i get to the part involving the zip file on the sd card everything goes south. it gives me a "cannot mount" message and now basically the phone can either be put into downloading or recovery mode. i'm making a last attempt to get something going using the pda button and a zip file. but it's been over an hour now and i don't think i've resolved anything. got this message initially "<1> setup connection..." but the clock just keeps on ticking away.
i'm desperate and feeling stupid. and tired. time for bed. maybe someone can help walk me through this again.

angelori said:
for two days now i've been trying to get jellybean 4.1.2 onto my galaxy s plus. i used odin multi-downloader to do the things suggested and when i get to the part involving the zip file on the sd card everything goes south. it gives me a "cannot mount" message and now basically the phone can either be put into downloading or recovery mode. i'm making a last attempt to get something going using the pda button and a zip file. but it's been over an hour now and i don't think i've resolved anything. got this message initially "<1> setup connection..." but the clock just keeps on ticking away.
i'm desperate and feeling stupid. and tired. time for bed. maybe someone can help walk me through this again.
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why are you using odin?

thanks but don't know what to do all the same
ktulu84 said:
why are you using odin?
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being a noob i followed instructions. but i ain't doing anything now. getting the classic phone...!...pc icon. how do i use your advice? if it's advice... thanks for taking the time to write.

angelori said:
being a noob i followed instructions. but i ain't doing anything now. getting the classic phone...!...pc icon. how do i use your advice? if it's advice... thanks for taking the time to write.
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can you go in recovery mode? wich recovery do you have?
EDIT: can you please tell us wich files are you trying to flash through odin?

odin
ktulu84 said:
can you go in recovery mode? wich recovery do you have?
EDIT: can you please tell us wich files are you trying to flash through odin?
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somehow got the phone into download mode again. then WORKED2.rar archive, press the OPS button and select the AriesVE.ops file from the uncompressed archive;
Mark the One Package option, press the One Package button on the bottom of the window and select the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-ariesve.tar.md5 file; got a PASS; but now all i get is the samsung galaxy s plus gt-i90001 on the black background.

angelori said:
somehow got the phone into download mode again. then WORKED2.rar archive, press the OPS button and select the AriesVE.ops file from the uncompressed archive;
Mark the One Package option, press the One Package button on the bottom of the window and select the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-ariesve.tar.md5 file; got a PASS; but now all i get is the samsung galaxy s plus gt-i90001 on the black background.
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and you cannot go in recovery mode or download mode again?

recovery mode
angelori said:
somehow got the phone into download mode again. then WORKED2.rar archive, press the OPS button and select the AriesVE.ops file from the uncompressed archive;
Mark the One Package option, press the One Package button on the bottom of the window and select the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-ariesve.tar.md5 file; got a PASS; but now all i get is the samsung galaxy s plus gt-i90001 on the black background.
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into recovery mode now. getting E:can't mount/cache/recovery/command no files found. this is where the nightmare began a couple of days ago. i've got smoothieJB, broodROM and others on the SDcard. but can't read any.

angelori said:
into recovery mode now. getting E:can't mount/cache/recovery/command no files found. this is where the nightmare began a couple of days ago. i've got smoothieJB, broodROM and others on the SDcard. but can't read any.
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that message is normal, you have the roms in external sd or internal? if they are in external sd you have to search with "internal sd" option (is an error, internal sd shows you the content of external sd and sd shows you the content of internal one). make a factory reset and then try to flash one of the rom you have on your sd (if you can find them), if you want 4.1.2 rom i suggest you ivendor's one

keep getting a can't find
ktulu84 said:
that message is normal, you have the roms in external sd or internal? if they are in external sd you have to search with "internal sd" option (is an error, internal sd shows you the content of external sd and sd shows you the content of internal one). make a factory reset and then try to flash one of the rom you have on your sd (if you can find them), if you want 4.1.2 rom i suggest you ivendor's one
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first off THANKS!!!!!! second. keep getting a no files found message. i know they're there. so what are you suggesting?

angelori said:
first off THANKS!!!!!! second. keep getting a no files found message. i know they're there. so what are you suggesting?
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Mmm... Do you have an external SD? If so put it in your PC and download a ROM, put on the SD and try again
Inviato dal mio GT-I9001 con Topatalk 2

Mmm
ktulu84 said:
Mmm... Do you have an external SD? If so put it in your PC and download a ROM, put on the SD and try again
Inviato dal mio GT-I9001 con Topatalk 2
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Mmm is what i've been saying for days. i put the zip file ROM on the SD from my pc. then i put the SD card into the phone. but the result is always the same. i'm wondering if there are some drivers missing? it all seems so straightforward but it doesn't work.

angelori said:
Mmm is what i've been saying for days. i put the zip file ROM on the SD from my pc. then i put the SD card into the phone. but the result is always the same. i'm wondering if there are some drivers missing? it all seems so straightforward but it doesn't work.
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no, is not some driver... try to format your extternal sd, then put the rom on it again, if it doesn't work try to flash another recovery , you can try this one, it is an odin package, so you can flash this the same way you flashed the other one http://d-h.st/beP

[Q] [HELP] SD card Problem

my sd card is visible and also readable on my phone also after i connected it to my pc but the problem is i cannot format it. i did tried format it and on pc, the process work but after i disconnected from pc, i check using file explorer nothing happend still like unformatted (all file and folder still exist). do not why, maybe somebody can help me to solve this. oh ya...i cannot delete the file too using phone and pc,

sundaeproject said:
my sd card is visible and also readable on my phone also after i connected it to my pc but the problem is i cannot format it. i did tried format it and on pc, the process work but after i disconnected from pc, i check using file explorer nothing happend still like unformatted (all file and folder still exist). do not why, maybe somebody can help me to solve this. oh ya...i cannot delete the file too using phone and pc,
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have you tried formating it from phone menu? If that doesn't work try with this tool

XDRdaniel said:
have you tried formating it from phone menu? If that doesn't work try with this tool
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i have downloaded and installed it but on my win7 showed message need permission denied, the administrartor rights are required to run this tool. i tried also formatting from phone but still nothing change

sundaeproject said:
i have downloaded and installed it but on my win7 showed message need permission denied, the administrartor rights are required to run this tool. i tried also formatting from phone but still nothing change
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this same bullsht happens to me too, the best thing to do is to flash stock rom and format sd it easily does it :angel:

DeathMetal King said:
this same bullsht happens to me too, the best thing to do is to flash stock rom and format sd it easily does it :angel:
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yeah i have the same thought with u, now im using stock xxkpk and i try erase sd card form setting->sd card and phone storage but the result is still the same nothing change. all my files still safe and installable on my sdcard. make me confused

Is there any little switch on your card where u can set either read only or r+w ?

[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!