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App2Sd for Xperia Arc
Thanks to DooMLoRD for his Kernel.
Thanks to tkirton for his script.
Description:
App2sd has many advantages.App2sd is set on boot so it does not like link2sd.It will also work for Launcher,widget etc...because it set on boot.First it will move all Application from Internal Storage to EXT3.Then your Installing application will install on EXT3.So no more "Not enough space in Internal Storage." to install a apps.
Requirement:
Unlocked Bootloader
Custom Kernel from here
Installation:
Recommended:
Note:First create a EXT3 partition in your sdcard using partition tool.Click here for more info.
1.Download and copy to sdcard.
2.Install it via Recovery.
3.Factory reset your phone(Settings->Privacy->Factory Data Reset)
If you want to keep your previous application:
1.Download and copy to sdcard.
2.Install it via Recovery.
3.Connect your phone to ADB and type as below:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
a2sd reinstall
Restart your device.
It will show a black screen after SE logo(Don't know why).
Remove battery and restart.
It will work.
You can see all application under /sd-ext/app.
FAQ:
Want to Move Dalvik cache files to the ext3:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
a2sd cachesd
Want to Move Dalvik cache files to Internal Storage:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
a2sd nocache
Want to Remove App2SD:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
a2sd remove
Download:
Link:App2SD
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Sounds nice, thank you.
But one (hopefully not dumb) question: What exactly does it do? Is it possible to really move every app from internal to external memory?
Hehe, been working on this a full day now. Even got parted and other binaries to do all the above from a terminal or adb shell, couldnt find upgrade_fs though to make ext3/4. Thanks for the guide, gonna follow the steps.
@bmwbasti
First it will move all Application from Internal Storage to EXT3.
Then your Installing application will install on EXT3.
svprm said:
@bmwbasti
First it will move all Application from Internal Storage to EXT3.
Then your Installing application will install on EXT3.
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Sorry if this is a stupid question, what benefit does it take?
assuming that will give the phone more spaces???
@babygau
Internal storage is ~200MB.
So you can install application upto 200MB.
By this you can install more.
For Example:
If your EXT3 part is 500MB means,you can install application upto 500MB.
We can move apps to sd natively can't we? And if we need more space, we can partition the sd with fat32 and ext2/ext3/fat32 and install link2sd without the need for new kernel. That's how I did with mine.
Am I missing something here? Thanks!
Nice work! Just, how can I install it via recovery? Can't find a guide anywhere...
EDIT: Boot into fastboot (EDIT+POWER). I did it without USB attached, don't know if it works with USB attached.
Question: Does the extra space actually show up under applications? Mine doesn't. Or maybe I made a partition mistake? I made 2 partitions on the SD: 6GB EXT3 (primary) and 10GB FAT32 (primary). I also tried it with a smaller 1GB EXT3 partition and later an 1GB EXT2 partition. In all cases I get a black screen after "SONY ERICSSON" (in letters, not the logo). The next restart it starts normal but without the extra space on the internal disk. I don't get it
You partition is correct.
I recommend 1GB for EXT3 is enough.
Did you installed custom kernel from http://www.xda-developers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1172885 ?
First install it.
Then go to recovery by pressing the back button while power on the mobile.
In the recovery,Go to install zip form sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard ->a2sd.zip
Thanks for your help but that is not the problem I think. What I did exactly:
-flash generic global
-flash doomlord kernel v2 (will try v3)
-startup and attach with usb mass storage
-format as 15GB FAT32 + 1 GB EXT3 (official SE SD card)
-copy zip to FAT32 partition
-restart in recovery and install zip via menu (no errors and 3 mounts which sounds logical)
-restart and now reset factory default in the Android privacy menu without formatting the SD-card.
-after the automatic restart I get a black screen after "Sony Ericsson" for at least an hour. Then I pulled the battery and restarted, now it's fine but no extra space and a 1GB smaller SD-card (which is ok). Strange...
It's working.
Go to /sd-ext using root explorer you will see three folder.
Go to app folder you will see all apps.
svprm said:
It's working.
Go to /sd-ext using root explorer you will see three folder.
Go to app folder you will see all apps.
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Indeed sir, it works! The internal storage stays 217MB, however apps are installed on sd-ext. I recon the 217MB gets lower when sd-ext runs out of free room.
Istalled
I see app in Ext partition
but
internal storage go down slowly down when i istall ;_; (and i have a lot of free space in ext partition)
any idea?
Evil_Sephiroth said:
Istalled
I see app in Ext partition
but
internal storage go down slowly down when i istall ;_; (and i have a lot of free space in ext partition)
any idea?
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Indeed it goes down a little for some apps but slowly. Before I had like 30MB of space left, now 150mb+ and I use around 400MB/1GB of the new disk. Works like a charm. Next time I will make a disk of 500MB whcih is enough for me.
mariolouis said:
We can move apps to sd natively can't we? And if we need more space, we can partition the sd with fat32 and ext2/ext3/fat32 and install link2sd without the need for new kernel. That's how I did with mine.
Am I missing something here? Thanks!
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I do this too and I wonder if there is any thing am missing
Can we get a version of this for the play please?? i tried to install, i flashed the patch, but when i try to activate using adb, i get the error:
[ ] Apps2SD is launching...
__ _____
| \ |
| | |
|__/ | Darktremor Apps2SD 2.7.5.2-1 (2011-01-
[ ] GetProp Command = /system/bin/toolbox getpr
[ ] SetProp Command = /system/bin/toolbox setpr
[ ] Mount Point = /sd-ext
[ ] Starting Darktremor Apps2SD Version 2.7.5.2
[ ] Launching Apps2SD Start Program with reinst
[ ] Starting Darktremor Apps2SD in reinstall mo
[X] SD Card not mounted.
Cannot reinstall applications to SD card.
NiMH_999 said:
I do this too and I wonder if there is any thing am missing
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apps2sd has many advantages, for starters, you cannot move, widgets, live wallpapers, and apps you wish to sync from /data/app/ or they will not work, with apps2sd cause the ext partition is mounted on boot these can now all be stored on the SD card, also some other apps cannot be moved from /data/app/ without apps2sd, another advantage is apps2sd can move the dalvik cache from /data/ to the SD-EXT, My DC is nearly 150mb
@Evil_Sephiroth @bassie112
Yeah it will decrease due to Dalvik cache.
If you like move Dalvik cache to sd-ext.
App2sd have many advantage as said by AndroHero.
@AndroHero
It need custom kernel with init.d support.
PM me your Boot.img.
I will try to help you.
@AndroHero
u are on Play right? i am still waitign for 4.0 FW to be released for PLAY.. once thats available i will update my Xperia Play kernel with new goodies
Thanks svprm and doomlord, i will wait and be patient then
I have Xperia X8 with android 2.1 and I want to move apps in SD card. How do this?
Just use app2sd or link2sd .... U hv to root first of course ..
KR470S said:
I have Xperia X8 with android 2.1 and I want to move apps in SD card. How do this?
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Any custom ROM has native app 2 SD, plus you can follow
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345872
To create a special partition in your SD card to which you apps can be automatically move, plus the swap space that will give you more free memory.
There are two good guides about custom roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333865
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1222348
If you are new to this, it will take some time get used to these guides, tools, etc. But there are lots of fun on testing custom ROMs, overclock, benchmarks, different skins, launchers, etc.
A good start is the toolbox, from puppet13th post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117100
It is text only, different from SuperOneClick, a really great tool too, but toolbox can root your phone, install some modules (overclock, cypress / synaptics dual touch), and most important, the dual recovery: freexperia (or xrecovery... I don't remember) plus clockworkmod. Some ROMs are designed for the first one, but most recent ones are for CWM.
how do you partition sd card? i use to be able to do that until i formatted my sd card...now i forgot how to!
tohno said:
how do you partition sd card? i use to be able to do that until i formatted my sd card...now i forgot how to!
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I did this yesterday, following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345872
I would prefer another way to repartition my SD, as Linux GPartED, that can easily resize partitions and add new ones. But I couldn't find the requirements for that and had problems a couple of months ago, when I tried to replace my SD and it was reformatted (don't know why) automatically, with no warning.
So I almost followed the thread:
1) backed up all my files (I just mounted SD and copied the files, as I didn't had sd-ext yet)
2) reboot into clockworkmod. I backup here is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!
3) mounted /system & /data, and unmount /sdcard
4) copied sdparted.txt to /sbin/sdparted (already rooted, otherwise it would not work)
adb push sdparted.txt /sbin/sdparted
adb shell chmod 755 /sbin/sdparted
5) As I was in a different ROM, MiniCM7 2.1.6, I didn't have parted, required by sdparted.
So I copied from GingerDX v21
adb push parted /usr/xbin/parted
adb shell chmod 755 /usr/xbin/sdparted
But if your ROM already have parted, you can skip this.
6) Now just run sdparted as mentioned in MarJar thread. I have a 8 GB SD, and I choose 512 MB for sd-ext and 256 MB for swap, leaving more than 7 GB for files. So mine was:
adb shell
sdparted -es 512M -ss 256M -efs ext4
(someone, somewhere, mentioned that ext4 would be faster. I saw some benchmarks for Linux telling the opposite... But ext4 jas journaling, so it should be safer)
Now you have a partitioned SD.
7) Copy userinit.tx from the thread to /sd-ext/userinit.sh. It will be automatically executed on startup and mount the enable swap:
adb push userinit.txt /sd-ext/userinit.sh
adb shell chmod 755 /sd-ext/userinit.sh
8) Now I would recommend, if you have installed your apps to your ROM, to mount the SD again and copy the files back to the SD. You can do it in clockworkmod, menu Partitions or something like that, choosing Mount SD Card.
I didn't, so when I rebooted the phone, the "Apps" (or whatever remained fromthem in /data) were move to /sd-ext automatically. But any previous ROM, as mine also, would keep files in SD. The result was the nothing was working. So I copied the files back to SD card and restored the backup I took in step 2 (that saved me ).
But if you restore the files back to SD before rebooting, I think you would be fine.
It worked gracefully for me after restoring the backup.
9) Reboot and enjoy.
Hi,
I already asked for this issue in the this Thread, but didn't got any answer.
I tested these three JB ROMS: CM10, HellyBean and SlimBean.
All of them work nice, except that my internal sdcard does not mount at boot time.
I have to do it manually every time boot up my phone by choosing System Settings --> Storage --> Mount SD card
Anyone have the same issue?
Does anyone have a solution?
Thanks
Same here! Google found this post, perhaps it will find us an answer
xalo2k said:
Hi,
I already asked for this issue in the this Thread, but didn't got any answer.
I tested these three JB ROMS: CM10, HellyBean and SlimBean.
All of them work nice, except that my internal sdcard does not mount at boot time.
I have to do it manually every time boot up my phone by choosing System Settings --> Storage --> Mount SD card
Anyone have the same issue?
Does anyone have a solution?
Thanks
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toddmworth said:
Same here! Google found this post, perhaps it will find us an answer
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I have the same issue with my I9000.
Any JB with different kernels makes the internal SD eventually be unmounted. When install a JB ROM the phone works very well but suddenly, the internal SD (phone's SD) is unmounted.
In CWM both SD are mounted and read without any problem. With ICS ROMs the phone works flawlessly.
In my case, the external SD is functioning as expected.(I have a 32 GB micro sd)
The installation language is Spahish - Spain.
No matter which method of cleaning and wiping I use, the result is the same.
Also, starting from GB stock firmware (JVU) flashed with Odin, followed by installing the nightly Cianogen CM10.1 and finally flashing the desired JB ROM works.
I tested Helly Bean, Slim Bean, C-ROM Mix and Baked Blacjbean7 obtaining the same behaviour.
Important: I'm restoring around 54 apk using Titanium backup (games, applications and utilities) in every case. I did not tested the ROMs without these restorations.
marcelogabriel said:
I have the same issue with my I9000.
Any JB with different kernels makes the internal SD eventually be unmounted. When install a JB ROM the phone works very well but suddenly, the internal SD (phone's SD) is unmounted.
In CWM both SD are mounted and read without any problem. With ICS ROMs the phone works flawlessly.
In my case, the external SD is functioning as expected.(I have a 32 GB micro sd)
The installation language is Spahish - Spain.
No matter which method of cleaning and wiping I use, the result is the same.
Also, starting from GB stock firmware (JVU) flashed with Odin, followed by installing the nightly Cianogen CM10.1 and finally flashing the desired JB ROM works.
I tested Helly Bean, Slim Bean, C-ROM Mix and Baked Blacjbean7 obtaining the same behaviour.
Important: I'm restoring around 54 apk using Titanium backup (games, applications and utilities) in every case. I did not tested the ROMs without these restorations.
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This is the problem I am having. I can see internal sd card on CWM.
But on booting in android, whatever the rom is , does not mount internal sd card on booting android.
Please help to solve this.
Same here
TheMask007 said:
This is the problem I am having. I can see internal sd card on CWM.
But on booting in android, whatever the rom is , does not mount internal sd card on booting android.
Please help to solve this.
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I have been reading/researching about this issue for about a week (on and off) trying various fixes because this is driving me bonkers.
I have tried:
1) Reduced the amount of used space on my SD Card (Samsung 16gb SDHC) to half
2) Moved as many apps as I can to SD (Noticed more frequent unmounts after this)
3) Removed my Nandroid Back-up from my SD
4) Reflashed CM 10.1
The last thing I am going to try is wiping/reformatting my SD card. If that fails then im suspecting something else is happening at OS/kernel level. I have read in other forums where people have tried a full wipe and restore apps slowly but still get the same unmount. One user has tried another SD card (smaller 4GB one) which seemed to solve their issue?? Weird.
Anyway, I will report back if I have any joy.
In your kernel settings you have the option to mount/unmount system and more or you could write/download a script that mounts the sd card automatically.
Maybe this could help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971689
I give up.
cixty said:
In your kernel settings you have the option to mount/unmount system and more or you could write/download a script that mounts the sd card automatically.
Maybe this could help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971689
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I tried it and no good. It seems as though the Internal SD is mounted, but some error is causing it to operate/display as unmounted via OS.
I completed more testing (extreme):
Wiped Internal SD
Wiped External SD
Try other kernel
Try other CM based ROM
The issue still occurred.
I then reinstalled Stock (XXJVT) via ODIN (Pit 512) and Semaphore kernel to see if its a hardware thing.
Nope.
This combo works amazingly. Infact its faster, smoother and easier to use (along with additional tweaks in Semaphore) than CM10 so I wont be going back to Jelly Bean on this phone. Ever.
Gingerbread for the win!
Hi,
I am using PAC-ROM v22.2 (Jelly Bean) and have the same problem: 80% boot don't mount the internal sdcard (I have no problem with the external sdcard). I can't even mount it manually as xalo2k does, cause I have no "Mount SD Card" menu under Settings/storage.
I spent many hours trying to search for a fix on google, xda, and others with no success. I found a lot of "litterature" on how to mount the sdcard on the PC, or how to swap internal and external cards. However, I don't care about mouting my sdcard on the PC, and I don't want to make believe Android that my external sdcard is the internal one, as I would not like to loose the internal 8GB that the phone is supposed to provide.
In Terminal Emulator, I can do:
> su
> mount -r -w -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /storage/sdcard0
> cd /sdcard
> ls -l
There I can see my files. However, if I exit root, the files don't appear anymore. Hence this looks like a permission problem.
Unfortunately ESExplorer still tells me sdcard0 is not mounted, and my apps (i.e. the camera) aren't able to access it. Additionnaly, the apps I had moved to the sdcard are'nt accessible...
So I tried to fix the permissions. Going under /storage as root, I can see:
drwx------ root root 1970-01-01 01:00 sdcard0
d---rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 1970-01-01 01:00 sdcard1
Si I try:
> busybox chown -R system:sdcard_rw sdcard0
But I get "Operation not permitted" for each dir/file in sdcard0
How comes that an operation is not permitted to the root user ???
Did anyone fix this problem ?
Edit: "You can't chown or chmod a vfat partition let alone a directory within it. You can only change ownership and permissions in fstab and it will apply to all directories and files. So to change ownership of the entire mount point you would change your fstab entry" (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1646849)
Thanks and regards
OK guys, I finally found a solution.
Thanks to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1646849 I mentionned just above, I decided to write an fstab file (the name is important) and placed it under /etc:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /storage/sdcard0 auto rw,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:1 /storage/sdcard0 vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0
tmpfs /storage/sdcard0/.android_secure tmpfs ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000 0 0
Basically, this script is the result of the terminal command (you need to be root):
mount | grep sdcard0 > /etc/fstab
... which I ran after I could get the sdcard mounted (after a mount on PC and eject). But it first failed with errors on options, so I removed a few of them until I kept the lines above.
Then I wrote a little script which I place on my external sdcard which does not have a mount problem at boot:
busybox mount -a
and placed a shortcut to this script on my desktop with SManager.
I just have to click on this shortcut after boot and the internal sdcard gets mounted.
I tried to place this script under /etc/init.d with the hope it would be launched automatically at boot, but this did not mount the sdcard. If anyone knows why ???
Hope this helps !
Well... still having troubles with my sdcard... With the above fstab script I can mount it, access the files, etc...
However, the camera still asks me to insert a sdcard... Is this a permission issue ? Which permissions (owner, group, etc...) does the camera need ? My DCIM dir has the following permissions:
d---rwxr-x system sdcard8RW 2013-06-04 10:36 DCIM
Thanks and regards
- Regis
Hello everybody
After two days of research and attempts, I finally gave up and decided to ask for direct help.
So, a week ago I rooted an Orange-branded Ace and flashed a few ROMs over the next 3-4 days to try to find the one that could suit better.
However, I screwed up something cause at some point in the process the internal sdcard was not seen anymore.
I mean, I can still go in Recovery or Download mode, flash stuff through Odin, boot without problems and use my phone.
Although, any direct access to internal storage is forbidden.
So, no rooting.
Both 2e and 3e CWM can't mount sdcard.
The type of messages I get :
When I pick "apply update from sdcard" -> E:Failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
When I rebbot after flashing -> -- Appling Multi-CSC... Installing Multi-CSC. Can't access to '/system/csc/whatever/system/'.
No way to get a USB connection either (different computer were tried), all with drivers correcting installed.
Also tried to get to the storage mass with MiniTool partition Wizard or through Disk management, but nothing.
Factory reset is useless, as well as any recovery's wiping process.
No sdcard formatting is possible.
I flashed several stock firmwares, went all the way back to Froyo, but nothing.
I wanted to try and flash a rooted stock rom, but couldn't find any /:
Hopefully one of you will come up with the fix.
Anyway, thanks in advance to everybody.
Cheers
inthered said:
Hello everybody
After two days of research and attempts, I finally gave up and decided to ask for direct help.
So, a week ago I rooted an Orange-branded Ace and flashed a few ROMs over the next 3-4 days to try to find the one that could suit better.
However, I screwed up something cause at some point in the process the internal sdcard was not seen anymore.
I mean, I can still go in Recovery or Download mode, flash stuff through Odin, boot without problems and use my phone.
Although, any direct access to internal storage is forbidden.
So, no rooting.
Both 2e and 3e CWM can't mount sdcard.
The type of messages I get :
When I pick "apply update from sdcard" -> E:Failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
When I rebbot after flashing -> -- Appling Multi-CSC... Installing Multi-CSC. Can't access to '/system/csc/whatever/system/'.
No way to get a USB connection either (different computer were tried), all with drivers correcting installed.
Also tried to get to the storage mass with MiniTool partition Wizard or through Disk management, but nothing.
Factory reset is useless, as well as any recovery's wiping process.
No sdcard formatting is possible.
I flashed several stock firmwares, went all the way back to Froyo, but nothing.
I wanted to try and flash a rooted stock rom, but couldn't find any /:
Hopefully one of you will come up with the fix.
Anyway, thanks in advance to everybody.
Cheers
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Sdcard is an external memory, and yes you can't manage it without root permissions so when you connect your phone via USB to your pc you can't see your internal memory partition, only the external (micro sd-card).
Maybe your sdcard is corrupted, try to format it with an USB adapter and then try again
Viper The Ripper said:
Sdcard is an external memory, and yes you can manage it without root permissions so when you connect your phone via USB to your pc you can't see your internal memory partition, only the external (micro sd-card).
Maybe your sdcard is corrupted, try to format it with an USB adapter and then try again
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Hey, thanks for the reply
Although, I'm afraid I might not have been clear.
I haven't mounted any microSD so far and I've always been able to access to /mnt/sdcard (before screwing up).
Now, after flashing anything on the device, trying to access to My Files - or whatever file manager - will result in a dead end, since no sdcard is seen by the device itself (so, for example, I have no access to DCIM, or Music, Movies, anything).
I can't format the device cause:
- the computer doesn't see it (although drivers installed), not even from Disk Manager
- general disk-formatting/wiping softwares don't see it
- formatting from Recovery is impossible
inthered said:
Hey, thanks for the reply
Although, I'm afraid I might not have been clear.
I haven't mounted any microSD so far and I've always been able to access to /mnt/sdcard (before screwing up).
Now, after flashing anything on the device, trying to access to My Files - or whatever file manager - will result in a dead end, since no sdcard is seen by the device itself (so, for example, I have no access to DCIM, or Music, Movies, anything).
I can't format the device cause:
- the computer doesn't see it (although drivers installed), not even from Disk Manager
- general disk-formatting/wiping softwares don't see it
- formatting from Recovery is impossible
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Well, I'm gonna explain my post...In my opinion your SD-CARD is corrupted!!! so format YOUR SD-CARD, NOT YOUR PHONE!
Use an USB sd-card adapter!
Right?
Viper The Ripper said:
Well, I'm gonna explain my post...In my opinion your SD-CARD is corrupted!!! so format YOUR SD-CARD, NOT YOUR PHONE!
Use an USB sd-card adapter!
Right?
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But you're talking about the microSD, right?
What I mean is that, at the moment, I don't have one mounted in the phone.
I've had one before having problems, but I messed up partitions, so had to format everything anyways.
But, right now, it's out of the phone.
Also, as I was saying, I cannot access common folders like Music or Downloads, nor can I drop the update.zip on the internal memory to root, and I don't think any of this has anything to do with external storage /:
inthered said:
But you're talking about the microSD, right?
What I mean is that, at the moment, I don't have one mounted in the phone.
I've had one before having problems, but I messed up partitions, so had to format everything anyways.
But, right now, it's out of the phone.
Also, as I was saying, I cannot access common folders like Music or Downloads, nor can I drop the update.zip on the internal memory to root, and I don't think any of this has anything to do with external storage /:
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".../sdcard/music
/sdcard/downloads
/sdcard/DCIM..."
All the folders you are saying, they are in sd-card folder so.... and ROOT.zip must be in SD-CARD to flash it....
Did you try to do wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache via stock rom then when you finished to flash the stock¿?
Viper The Ripper said:
".../sdcard/music
/sdcard/downloads
/sdcard/DCIM..."
All the folders you are saying, they are in sd-card folder so.... and ROOT.zip must be in SD-CARD to flash it....
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I'm sorry, but I might be misunderstanding.
All these folders are in the sdcard folder.
But the sdcard folder is internal, not a microSD, am I right?
When you suggest that the "SD-CARD" might be corrupted and that I should format it, are you referring to the sdcard folder?
Viper The Ripper said:
Did you try to do wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache via stock rom then when you finished to flash the stock¿?
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Yep. I've flashed (several times) 2.2.1, 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 stocks, wiping everything before flashing and right after having flashed, but I'm always stuck with no access to /sdcard or failure to mount /sdcard..
inthered said:
I'm sorry, but I might be misunderstanding.
All these folders are in the sdcard folder.
But the sdcard folder is internal, not a microSD, am I right?
When you suggest that the "SD-CARD" might be corrupted and that I should format it, are you referring to the sdcard folder?
Yep. I've flashed (several times) 2.2.1, 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 stocks, wiping everything before flashing and right after having flashed, but I'm always stuck with no access to /sdcard or failure to mount /sdcard..
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/sdcard = external memory = YOUR MICRO SDCARD!!!!! = THE THING YOU INTRODUCE INTO THE SIDE SLOT!! NOT INTERNAL MEMORY!!!
I'am refering to your SDCARD (above you can see what sdcard means)
And yes all these folder are saved in it
The Galaxy Ace does NOT have an internal sdcard. /sdcard is the external sdcard.
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CallMeVentus said:
The Galaxy Ace does NOT have an internal sdcard. /sdcard is the external sdcard.
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I hope he'll unterstand xDDD as clear as water
inthered said:
I'm sorry, but I might be misunderstanding.
All these folders are in the sdcard folder.
But the sdcard folder is internal, not a microSD, am I right?
When you suggest that the "SD-CARD" might be corrupted and that I should format it, are you referring to the sdcard folder?
Yep. I've flashed (several times) 2.2.1, 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 stocks, wiping everything before flashing and right after having flashed, but I'm always stuck with no access to /sdcard or failure to mount /sdcard..
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Hi inthered, I think this is getting confusing.
Sd card is the external storage, where you usually have the data, music, photos, etc. Is this sd card that your Myfiles see, if it isnt there Myfiles cant see anything, cause it cant access internal storage.
To access internal storage you must be rooted and have an app that could do that. I believe you said that your phone inst rooted, so you can only see external storage and seems that it isnt there. So you cant access all that folders ( music, etc,) cause they arent there
Have to mount SD first. You can format SD with Mini tool partition Wizard, in FAT32, and use it only as external storage.
Or you can create in this external storage one partition to help manage the internal storage, but that partition wont be seen by normal apps, like Myfiles, ou PC explorer, and you need to be rooted and everything else that didnt worked first time [but it works, I guarantee that]
To finish, internal storage can only be seen in rooted devices and with some apps ( never Myfiles)
Sorry if I wrote too much, but everyone was right, it had to be better explained
Hope I helped
thanks a lot everyone.
sorry for having been insistent, but i really missed the point about the no-internal-sdcard issue (as you might have noticed).
found only today a little time to re-partition sdcard and flash, and it finally works.
thanks again
hi guys!
after i unlock the bootloader i have a issue whit my internal storage, says to me the following things in album app:
Code:
memory unmounted or unavailable. Mount memory to continue
i try the solution give in many posts using the terminal app and writing:
Code:
su
cd /mnt/media_rw
busybox chown -R 2800:2800 sdcard0
chmod 0770 sdcard0
and the only answer of the terminal is:
Code:
chown: /mnt/media_rw/sdcard0: no such file or directory
what can i do for solve this isue?
excuse me for the bad english
greets boys
Thiagomesa said:
hi guys!
after i unlock the bootloader i have a issue whit my internal storage, says to me the following things in album app:
Code:
memory unmounted or unavailable. Mount memory to continue
i try the solution give in many posts using the terminal app and writing:
Code:
su
cd /mnt/media_rw
busybox chown -R 2800:2800 sdcard0
chmod 0770 sdcard0
and the only answer of the terminal is:
Code:
chown: /mnt/media_rw/sdcard0: no such file or directory
what can i do for solve this isue?
excuse me for the bad english
greets boys
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When you connect your phone to your PC, does the "internal memory" show up in your PC?
Also, stock 4.3 Roms don't use /mnt/media_rw to mount the sdcards, afaik.
Antiga Prime said:
When you connect your phone to your PC, does the "internal memory" show up in your PC?
Also, stock 4.3 Roms don't use /mnt/media_rw to mount the sdcards, afaik.
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yes... my PC show both storages (external and internal) and this trouble apears in every stock based rom 4.1 or 4.3
Thiagomesa said:
yes... my PC show both storages (external and internal) and this trouble apears in every stock based rom 4.1 or 4.3
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Go to Settings => Apps => All, find "Media Storage" (com.android.providers.media) and press the "Clear Data" button, and then restart your phone. If that doesn't work, you could also copy all your media to your computer and then format the SDcard in Android.
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Go to Settings => Apps => All, find "Media Storage" (com.android.providers.media) and press the "Clear Data" button, and then restart your phone. If that doesn't work, you could also copy all your media to your computer and then format the SDcard in Android.
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give format to the sdcard fix the issue... thank you so much, then i flash a 4.3 rom in my sony but first i try to expand my app partition!!! cheers!
Antiga Prime said:
Go to Settings => Apps => All, find "Media Storage" (com.android.providers.media) and press the "Clear Data" button, and then restart your phone. If that doesn't work, you could also copy all your media to your computer and then format the SDcard in Android.
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thanks for solution, i face this issue too