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Ok so.. I finally after months flashed my second rom
HAd some trouble, I have to admit..
DC~~
I had trouble and I did some wiping and messing with my SD chip and that was the only way I could functionally get a flash..
I just spent a day and a half setting my phone up to my liking and its become apparent apps2sd isn't working and my SD card only has one 1.5 partition out of 2 gb.
Sorry if there are posts with directions of how to work from this point to keep everything while enabling apps2sd and transfering
I dont know where to start searching.
Thanks guys.
"The noob"
get a app called dconfig, it has an option to move your apps so they're on the card.
other than that im not sure what youre asking.
it might be simpler just to flash your phone, format your card and start from scratch.
Cloned2 said:
Ok so.. I finally after months flashed my second rom
HAd some trouble, I have to admit..
DC~~
I had trouble and I did some wiping and messing with my SD chip and that was the only way I could functionally get a flash..
I just spent a day and a half setting my phone up to my liking and its become apparent apps2sd isn't working and my SD card only has one 1.5 partition out of 2 gb.
Sorry if there are posts with directions of how to work from this point to keep everything while enabling apps2sd and transfering
I dont know where to start searching.
Thanks guys.
"The noob"
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do some searching on here, goggle & ppcgeeks for how to root, flash a recovery image, partition your sd card and flash a rom. just make sure the guide you are using and the rom you use is for a cdma based hero.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=90380 heres good guide to get you started.
I'm rooted I might just need to flash the Rom with the SD card.formatted correctly... I'm going to try to re find where the apps are stored and save them... id love to just be able to correct my SD config and set up apps2sd and move em over so I can keep my home screen set up as well as the info supplied in my apps and todo lists..
Thanks for the info ... on the road right now (passenger.seat )
Maybe I'm not a newb, I'm just stupid... I rooted using ubuntu karmic and I had apps2sd working before I moved to damage control
Sent from my HERO200 using Tapatalk
hmm.. Damage control rom comes with Dconfig and it has apps2sd enabled and move apps to sd checked.
Ok heres the thing..
I had a Modaco rom before and with apps2sd enabled and the SD formatted properly.
Plugging my phone into a computer would open up 2 drives... One 1 designated to be 1.5 gb and another .5 gb
How ever now I only see one.. the 1.5 gb
My memory is running low as if everything i've installed is in the phone.
searching through the phone i can't seem to find where these apps are being saved...
Are they on the elusive .5 gb partition I can't seem to see??
i think not... I just rebooted and my available space is 63.74mb
It's all becoming a no brainer that i should reflash the rom with the correct specifications to the SD chip...
But what I want to know, is there a way around this. ( I don't see any options, but I'd love to reformat my SD correctly and get apps2sd working on my own, moving all my apps over there while keeping any stored data intact...) <--- is this possible??
[maybe i should learn how to communicate clearly LOL]
For the moment, Ill back up my SD contents and hunt down how to partition correctly.. then I'll see if I can't find the folders where it is storing downloaded apps... then I'll disable then enable the apps2sd setting in dconfig and download an app... if all goes well i'll start pushing my apps over and do the whol "fix apk uid" in the recovery menu...
Hell maybe ill even decide to get a newer recovery besides 1.2.3 while im at it hahah.. any suggestions would be appreciated
# cd /data/app
# pwd
/system/sd/app
# cd /data/app-private
# pwd
/system/sd/app-private
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So... Why is my memory so low???
I'm about to take my SD chip out and see if I cannot access the contents of these folders without it in...
MY APPS2SD IS WORKING AND HAS BEEN WORKING
Sorry guys... somethings just up[or rather DOWN] with my memory and my SD card reads differently...
Cloned2 said:
Being a newb SUCKS!
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There's only one way to stop being a n00b: Learn.
You're doing fine. My suggestion is to not take it all on at once. Focus on one problem, fix it, learn from it and move on to the next one. You'll be a pro in no time.
I would guess that you need to repartition the SD card when moving from one ROM to the next, but I've never really played with apps2sd. See? You know more about it than I do!
download app: quick systems info
to see if your a2sd is working and how much is being used.
use the dconfig to make sure you have dalvik cached moved to sd... reboot the phone.
i am guessing at this....
you say you had a2sd working before with Madaco and could see 2 drives... that sounds wrong to me. if a2sd was working, then you should not see the 2nd drive. you are only able to see the main larger drive and that is it.. the others are used by android and not available to us.
now that you can not see the 2nd drive. sounds like a2sd is working. the app i suggested should confirm for you.
I did get everything working and my memory remains the same when I install applications.... perhaps I could see the second drive because I'm running Linux and/or the way I formatted the sd or the extension...
Sent from my HERO200 using Tapatalk
I think what you are describing is your SD-EXT partition (the a2sd partition you made). If you have a 2GB card and partitioned your card to be .5GB EXT, then it will appear your SD is 1.5GB. You get what I'm saying?
I used to be able to see 2 partitions as well. I think it was only with 1.5 ROMs.
If you want to mount both partitions then all you need to do is reboot into recovery and select the USB mount. Then both partitions will show up.
But you really don't need to mess with that second partition. Go to the market and download Titanium Backup. That will backup all your apps and settings. Restoring is a little annoying to do since you have to click for every app but if you buy the donate version then you don't have to do that.
centran said:
I used to be able to see 2 partitions as well. I think it was only with 1.5 ROMs.
If you want to mount both partitions then all you need to do is reboot into recovery and select the USB mount. Then both partitions will show up.
But you really don't need to mess with that second partition. Go to the market and download Titanium Backup. That will backup all your apps and settings. Restoring is a little annoying to do since you have to click for every app but if you buy the donate version then you don't have to do that.
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I perfer Backup For Root Users... does the same thing but is free and is one-click one-shot deal.
Hello Everyone,
I like most people upgraded my Bell i9000m from Kies to Froyo, only to have it bricked with the "can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0" error at the recovery screen during boot-up. I upgraded it last week, where it took the firmware from JL8 to I believe JK3 or JL8 (not sure at this point).
Unfortunately I bought my phone from some guy on Kijiji using it on Rogers, so I doubt Bell is going to handle the return or give me any love
Anyways, I spent many days long days trying to get it back working, and I found a work-around that requires using an external SD card. and going back to Android 2.1 ECLAIR
Steps (This is what I did):
1. Install JK3 stock ROM via Odin (with re-partition at the pit on samfirmware.com, didn't update boot loader)
2. Install K13c speedmod kernel via Odin
3. Insert 16GB External SD card
3. Boot phone to Froyo
4. Reboot to recovery console and wipe data/everything
5. Install JL8 stock ROM via Odin (no re-partition, didn't update boot loader)
6. Phone will boot-up into recovery mode and automatically do wipe data
7. Phone will boot into ECLAIR
8. You will see internal storage of 1.85GB free.
9. Install Market apps - I installed twitter
10. If you remove external SD card, twitter will crash.
11. If you reboot phone without external SD card, you will get rebooting logo
12. If you put external SD card back it, phone boots!
This wasn't a fluke - I was able to reproduce if I flashed other ROMS (XXJPY or similar) instead of JK3.
Background:
Even though the phone can't boot with stock ROM, if I install JK3 ROM + speedmod K13b speedmod kernel, I can get the phone to boot to Froyo, but there is no internal storage (it shows up as 0 bytes available). So you can't install Market apps, and therefore is useless. I can't even mount the external SD card under the Settings app!
So I tried to log in the Froyo device using adb shell, and what I found is that internal SD card is no longer showing up under linux, and the OS thinks that the external SD card is the internal one. This is probably why the external SD card can no longer be mounted.
I figured out that the external SD card shows up as /dev/block/mmcblk0!!! WHich is the same block device as the internal SD card...so I'm thinking if I reboot into recovery and format SD card, how come it's not working? I even tried to partition the external SD card with android partitions, but still nothing!
I think Froyo is 'smarter' in that it knows the external SD card is not internal (whether it's grepping the device-info for manufacture data, don't know).
But if I go to JL8 Eclair, the Android 2.1 is 'dumb' enough that is doesn't see the difference between internal and external, so formats the external to look like internal.
Once I boot to ECLAIR, the external SD card is greyed out under Settings app, but I get 1.85GB internal storage!! OK I can't access the whole 16GB of the card, but at least my phone is not toast.
I can go ahead an install apps, which will install to the external SD card. But if you remove the external SD card, the phone will no longer boot. If I remove the card and apps are running, apps will crash (case in point: I tried twitter).
It will be nice if others can re-produce my findings. But for now my Samsung Galaxy S has been saved!
Kashif Shaikh
this sounds promising, can some more people confirm this solution to use External SD to imitate internal SD?
It worked for me as well! I have i9000M version, with internal SD failure. I'm also using 8GB external microSD card. I tried several 2.2 Android firmwares - specifically I9000XXJPY, I9000XXJPU. With update to speedmod-kernel I'm able to load device, but it doesn't see neither internal nor external SD card. So I couldn't install any applications, upload data or even shot with camera.
Based on this thread, on top of XXJPY with speedmod kernel I uploaded I9000XWJM8 firmware (Android 2.1) with Odin 1.7, no repartitioning. It worked right away - device loaded and I can see ~2GB of program storage (assume they storage is located on my external card). Both internal and external cards are shown as "Not available" in settings. I can install applications now, which made "brick" a bit better then it was before. Unfortunately, I still can't upload any data, i.e. a book for FB2Reader. And can't make a photo with my camera. And it's now Android 2.1, which looks slower.
First of all - thanks for the advice! It would be good to have this topic "sticked" and distributed - there might be other guys with no chance to repair phone under warranty.
Secondly - if someone can do a "hack" for Android 2.2 firmware so it can use external SD card for program storage specifically for I9000M device? And it would be terrific, if the remaining part of SD card (or at least some fixed size, like 4 GB) can be mounted as storage, so the data like music or photo or books can be uploaded.
I'm able to connect to the phone using adb tool, but I can't find a folder on the device where I can upload (push) a file to. I'd like to upload a book to the device so I can finally use it as a reader. I tried all "root" folders (adb shell -> ls) and all don't work. It says "No such file or directory" or "Permission denied".
Is there a folder on the device which I can push file to using adb tool? Maybe somewhere where applications are installed to, i.e. Program Storage location. Please help!
Anyone else following this thread with I9000M with internal card dead?
This isn't much of a fix. This will only work with phones with slightly corrupted (and not fully corrupt) sdcards; eventually your phone will probably stop booting with this "fix" as well. You're going to eventually loose some of the other partitions such as stl10 to corruption, and then you're screwed.
The OP's phone is corrupt in a specific way that allows this - and there are various procedures that will get your phone to a semi-bootable state if you only have a partially dead sdcard. Like the OP said - just installing speedmod kernel with an external SD in will allow your phone to boot, for example (I got my dead sd i9000m to boot froyo with the speedmod kernel, and others had reported the same as well). Then if you're technical enough you can switch around your mount configs and get it to work without the internal mmc device.
It doesn't matter if you bought your phone off kijiji or craigslist 2nd hand; send it back to samsung (or go thru futuretel or a similar provider). No receipt is going to be required (if they ask... just say you can't find it). Products like this will always be repaired under warranty based on manufacture date code.
Send your phone back; don't try to fix it - it's a hardware problem with the mmc connection.
Unfortunately, I'm 10 thousand miles away from Canada with no chance getting there. If I had option to send it back for repair I would do it right away. So I'm searhing an option to use this semi-brick as much as possible.
My i9000M phone has totally corrupted internal SD card - it failed two months ago and I tried all options for it reformatting / remounting / whatever. With speedmod kernel it loads even without external sd card. It just allows loading without internal storage - not use external card to mimic internal. Unfortunately, it doesn't see any storage then - no internal, no program, no external card. So it just loads.
With Android 2.1 and external card it loads _and_ see 2GB of program storage (on external card). It doesn't see any other storage - so I can't upload any file. But at least I can install applications.
I'll try this solution after buy a Microsd card. My i9000M internal sdcard dead in two days ago after fixlag use ext2 partitions.
hi all. i didn't find JL8 stock ROM for sumfireware.com.where can find it ?
i flash my phone step by step as top post.
but after flash 2.1 rom with insert SD card , my Phone still cannot boot into ECLAIR .
who can help me? thanks. my phone can boot to 2.2 system without internal card.
SHINE.YANG said:
hi all. i didn't find JL8 stock ROM for sumfireware.com.where can find it ?
i flash my phone step by step as top post.
but after flash 2.1 rom with insert SD card , my Phone still cannot boot into ECLAIR .
who can help me? thanks. my phone can boot to 2.2 system without internal card.
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Samsung or bell can help you. Send your phone in for repair....
for same reason .i cannot send my phone to bell. so i very want to know find JL8 rom to let me phone canbe use . please help.
HI guys . thanks for your help.
actually ,every I9000 2.1 rom CAN use this solution. just need your external SD same as your phone internal SD size. if you are 8G internal SD , you must use 8G external SD card with 2.1 ROM . you can get 1.85G system space.
I've just tried XWJVB firmware - stock Android 2.3.3 - and it also works! Phone loads without flashing custom kernel.
I wonder, if there is a way to upload any file to the phone - so I can put there a book and read it.
does this mean this workaround still can't recover the files that were originally in my internal sd?
Nope. the internal sd is gone, probably forever.
workaround allows running the phone and having 2GB out of microsd card available for programs storage. it allows downloading and installing application from app market. still, you don't have other storage - can't upload a file or even make a photo with camera.
very wierd. if anyone would suggest a workaround to upload file to the device - even using any hacked way, like from abd or whatever
I flashed custom Kernel (CF-Root-XW_XEE_JVB-v3.1-CWM3RFS) over latest JVB. The device is now rooted.
Using adb tool I was able to push fb2 file to device - specifically to dev folder. (adb push file.fb2 /dev). Using Moon Reader I can open and read it! That's terrific after long time of finding a way of doing this.
Unfortunately, Moon reader is the only app that works. FBReader tries to open the book but fails with writing cache to sd card (which is broken).
This is a most useful post, thank you. I get the phone working on 2.2 which is great but I am unable to find the JL8 stock ROM, I locked for it everywhere but could not find it, would someone please indicate where to find it...
raullugo said:
This is a most useful post, thank you. I get the phone working on 2.2 which is great but I am unable to find the JL8 stock ROM, I locked for it everywhere but could not find it, would someone please indicate where to find it...
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Why would you need old stock ROM?
Just flashed XXJVP stock ROM to my I9000M. This is Android 2.3.4. Taken from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011901
Flashed CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVP-v3.7-CWM3RFS on top of it for rooting
Phone works
It needed some tricks this time to upload a file to deivce. For some reason all folders appear to be read only, including dev. So I used abd shell command to change folder permissons
adb shell
$ su
# chmod 777 /data
then exit and
adb push file.fb2 /data
File is stored and is not lost on reboot, like it was for dev folder
stuck on step 6..
first of all, this is a great post for those who still stuck with a dead i9000m and no help from Sammy!
Steps (this is how i followed)
1. fine
2. fine
3. fine (i inserted a 16gb Sandisk class 2 in FAT32 format)
3a. i couldn't 'boot to froyo' i'm not sure if you mean fully boot into the OS or not, but it was in a bootloop
4. i was able to get to step 4 somehow to the recovery (3e) and wipe data (there was still the cant mount error when wiping data but no error when wiping cache partition - is that normal?)
5. i cant find JL8 but others here suggested any other 2.1 ROM works so i tried JM8 (no repart/no update bootloader)
6. the phone did do something other than boot loop! (first time wow!) it was trying to copy something but it didn't go all the way through.. there was an error saying 'efs format failed /dev/block/mmcblk0p2' after/during 'coping media files'.
- could it be the wrong format going in (should it be something other than FAT32?)
- could it be that class 2 was not the right class (no fast enough??)
- the copying process stopped after it finished copying media files.. (the micro sd card did have some media files
- there was 2 folders Samsung folder (with media files) and svox (i think that was the name of the folder)
can anyone shed some light on where i did wrong, thanks everyone, love this forum btw.
pavbul said:
Why would you need old stock ROM?
Just flashed XXJVP stock ROM to my I9000M. This is Android 2.3.4. Taken from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011901
Flashed CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVP-v3.7-CWM3RFS on top of it for rooting
Phone works
It needed some tricks this time to upload a file to deivce. For some reason all folders appear to be read only, including dev. So I used abd shell command to change folder permissons
adb shell
$ su
# chmod 777 /data
then exit and
adb push file.fb2 /data
File is stored and is not lost on reboot, like it was for dev folder
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Thank you for the instructions, tha only reason to look for the jl8 rom is to follow the instructions to the letter. I trying your method right now, thank you for taking the time to give me another shot at my SGS, I will let you know how it goes
Hey all...
I realize there have been several threads about this general topic, but I couldn't find my issues specifically. First, thanks to all the developers for all their work. I've had a blast with my ManNooter'd Nook.
Issues:
1. Using WinImager to an 8 gig Sandisk card. As expected, the "generic.img" supplied in the thread created only one visible partition (for Windows) of about 117 megs. However, I'm not able to resize the partition using any of three different partition managers I tried. I'm doing this before I install CM7. As far as the programs are concerned, I have a 117 card, period. I've tried deleting all partitions and reformatting to the full 7.x gigs, then reimaging, but still no dice.
2. If I do go ahead and install CM7 with the default partition, it works fine and I can boot into the OS. It shows that I've got almost 6 gigs free, so apparently it created the FAT partition. However, I can neither mount the SD card in Windows to copy over the Gapps, nor can I access the card via USB through the Nook. If I put the card in directly to the PC, I get "need to format". If I run it through the Nook's USB, I get two drives popping up in Windows that both say "Insert Disk". So short of downloading from the Internet directly to the Nook, I can't access the card at all.
3. Say I DID want to settle for just downloading. How can I access the "boot" partition to drop Gapps there? I don't see it in File Expert.
Any suggestions for any of these? Many thanks.
Adam
Are you trying to resize the partition BEFORE you put the imaged card in the nook?
If I undrstand what you are trying to do... create a larger boot partition... you MUST resize that before doing anything else.... put the image on the card... resize the only partition on it... then put it in the nook for it to setup the remaining partitions and install CM7...
As for the rest... buy a cheap usb card reader... several internal card readers have issues accessing these cards for some reason.
If you wanted to settle (3) above... you would do the following in terminal emulator on nook or adb shell on computer...
Code:
mkdir /sdcard/boot (only have to do this one time)
mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /sdcard/boot (has to be done every time... lost on reboot)
That will allow you to access the boot partition via /sdcard/boot directory.
Yes, I'm trying to do this in the order you've mentioned. Blank Card -> Image -> Resize attempt. Prior to Nook. However, I am using the internal card reader. If I can find the cheapo one I've got lying around, I'll try that and see if it helps. On both prob #1 and #2.
Thanks for the command line stuff. I shouldn't need to access that partition often, so losing it on reboot is no big deal.
Many thanks!
Adam
Alpione said:
Yes, I'm trying to do this in the order you've mentioned. Blank Card -> Image -> Resize attempt. Prior to Nook. However, I am using the internal card reader. If I can find the cheapo one I've got lying around, I'll try that and see if it helps. On both prob #1 and #2.
Thanks for the command line stuff. I shouldn't need to access that partition often, so losing it on reboot is no big deal.
Many thanks!
Adam
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Don't use the internal card reader in the Nook. Use a USB reader on your PC, or any reader you might have built in on your PC.
EaseUs Partition Manager is free and can do what you want. That is how I resized mine when I was playing around with Honeycomb.
I actually just re-created my microSD layout with a bigger boot partition. Just make the first partition a FAT16/FAT32 volume and drop the files from VG's boot partition there. While you're at it, you might as well create the other partitions if you prefer to customize. A major gotcha for me was that the first partition had to start at sector 63, not 2048 as fdisk preferred.
In the "you've got to be kidding me" category, retrying the image/resize partition operation worked perfectly using my cheapo $2 card reader that came with a card I bought years ago. Neither the reader in my work PC nor the reader in my nearly new laptop would do this properly, and I used the exact same steps each time. Thanks for the suggestion, Dizzy.
My only problem now is getting Youtube on there. Twice during previous CM7 attempts, I tried flashing Gapps, selected a few of the apps to install including YT, and ended up with a bunch of "can't be found" errors. WiFi was up and running already. It installed Gmail and Talk about nothing else. This most recent try (after the successful resize and CM7 reinstall,) I selected nothing except the required Google Search. It installed without error, but now I can't get YouTube on there via the market.
Edit: I tried reflashing Gapps over itself. VG's recovery picks it up and looks to install it, but I don't get YT and it doesn't run the original setup screens again.
Any suggestions?
Thanks again for the input, all.
Adam
I assume you got your NC straighten out, so no more help, I guess.
As for the Youtube, you have 2 choices
a. Uninstall Market Updater OR reverse back to the older version of Market.
b. Sideloading the Youtube app.
votinh said:
I assume you got your NC straighten out, so no more help, I guess.
As for the Youtube, you have 2 choices
a. Uninstall Market Updater OR reverse back to the older version of Market.
b. Sideloading the Youtube app.
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Yep. Good to go on CM7.
I went ahead and sideloaded the version of YouTube I had from my ManNooter'd ROM. The newest version on the Market always gave me problems and didn't seem to want to play any videos. I'm also good to go here.
Thanks again for the help, all. Still can't believe the key was to use the crappiest card reader I could find.
Adam
When the Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F) received official Android 6.0.1, I have manually installed that firmware on my device. Within few weeks ago it shows that my microSD card (64GB) corrupted. At that time if i connect to the PC I can access the SD card without any error. When I tap on "fix it" it format the SD and again it shows the exact same issue.
If I connect this sd card to a PC or a another Android device (runs ICS), these devices are not detect any error. Then I rebooted my S5 into a safe mode and again it shows that issue. However, this issue will fix if I reset the phone. After few days left it again appear that error.
So how do I fix this matter?
My wifes phone has the same issue.
Non rooted phone - 100% stock. Never messed with it.
After the MM update the sdcard just says corrupted.
As soon as a photo is stored or if google play music downloads a track to it it is corrupted.
Really annoying.
Going to try a full wipe now but I'm glad it's not just her phone. I thought the SD card had died and we haven't had it long.
Looks like it's something samsung have done.
Tried formatting the SDCard with a PC?
My SDCard is the same one I've had since I got the phone, through KitKat > Lollipop > MarshMallow, and has never been wiped or formatted, still got the very first photo I ever took with the phone on it
ownjoouk said:
My wifes phone has the same issue.
Non rooted phone - 100% stock. Never messed with it.
After the MM update the sdcard just says corrupted.
As soon as a photo is stored or if google play music downloads a track to it it is corrupted.
Really annoying.
Going to try a full wipe now but I'm glad it's not just her phone. I thought the SD card had died and we haven't had it long.
Looks like it's something samsung have done.
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No need to wipe SD. Connect that SD to a PC and copy all the files.
*Detection* said:
Tried formatting the SDCard with a PC?
My SDCard is the same one I've had since I got the phone, through KitKat > Lollipop > MarshMallow, and has never been wiped or formatted, still got the very first photo I ever took with the phone on it
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I think this issue caused by some sort of app or its a firmware issue.
Yeah it's been formatted. I did pop it into a pc to try and save everything but it demanded a wipe.
So I did.
It worked for a little bit and corrupted again. Now when I pit it in the pc it struggles to read it and the phone won't "fix it" either.
Tried to wipe it in a few different programs but it appears the card is corrupted.
It's a 64gb Samsung card. Only had it since January this year. Bought brand new from amazon.
I have another in my note 3 and that is still perfect.
The only saving grace is that Google photos had all the photos synced.
So i'm going to email Samsung about it as there has been no issues with the card until the moment the MM update hit.
ownjoouk said:
Yeah it's been formatted. I did pop it into a pc to try and save everything but it demanded a wipe.
So I did.
It worked for a little bit and corrupted again. Now when I pit it in the pc it struggles to read it and the phone won't "fix it" either.
Tried to wipe it in a few different programs but it appears the card is corrupted.
It's a 64gb Samsung card. Only had it since January this year. Bought brand new from amazon.
I have another in my note 3 and that is still perfect.
The only saving grace is that Google photos had all the photos synced.
So i'm going to email Samsung about it as there has been no issues with the card until the moment the MM update hit.
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Try MiniTool Partition Wizard
Delete all partitions on the card > create new primary partition > Format to FAT32
MiniTool Partition Wizard free
https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
Used that to repair SDCards and USB drives a few times
You can also do it manually with elevated CMD: (Hit enter after each)
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diskpart
list disk
select disk x (x = being the disk number of your USB drive/card)
clean
create partition primary
active
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit
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Try the card again
*Detection* said:
Try MiniTool Partition Wizard
Delete all partitions on the card > create new primary partition > Format to FAT32
MiniTool Partition Wizard free
https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
Used that to repair SDCards and USB drives a few times
You can also do it manually with elevated CMD: (Hit enter after each)
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diskpart
list disk
select disk x (x = being the disk number of your USB drive/card)
clean
create partition primary
active
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit
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Try the card again
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Already tried diskpart. No dice.
Just tried MiniTool Partition Manager. Still nothing. It lets you delete the partition and then creates a new partition instantly.
It has however now loaded in windows and shows 4 android folders but even after a delete on the partition and create new it makes no changes to the card.
It also wont let me add anything. Almost as if it is locked to read only.
So thanks for the advice as I can now see the card in windows "sort of". It's really slow though. But I can't put anything on it or wipe it or do anything with it really!
Windows 10 also says there are errors and when you let it error check it just stops responding.
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Already tried diskpart. No dice.
Just tried MiniTool Partition Manager. Still nothing. It lets you delete the partition and then creates a new partition instantly.
It has however now loaded in windows and shows 4 android folders but even after a delete on the partition and create new it makes no changes to the card.
It also wont let me add anything. Almost as if it is locked to read only.
So thanks for the advice as I can now see the card in windows "sort of". It's really slow though. But I can't put anything on it or wipe it or do anything with it really!
Windows 10 also says there are errors and when you let it error check it just stops responding.
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If it still shows android folders on it, then none of the partition commands you've used, nor minitool have done anything, as you'll know, deleting all partitions on a disk completely wipes it
With MiniTool, it works a weird way, you have to basically tell it what you want to do, all steps, and then hit apply at the top, once you hit apply, it then performs the steps it looked like you had already done manually
EDIT - Just a thought, a live Linux CD/DVD/USB might have more luck, Linux doesn't care about permissions etc
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If it still shows android folders on it, then none of the partition commands you've used, nor minitool have done anything, as you'll know, deleting all partitions on a disk completely wipes it
With MiniTool, it works a weird way, you have to basically tell it what you want to do, all steps, and then hit apply at the top, once you hit apply, it then performs the steps it looked like you had already done manually
EDIT - Just a thought, a live Linux CD/DVD/USB might have more luck, Linux doesn't care about permissions etc
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I see... I have used Partition Magic in the past and if I recall you had to do this back in the old version. Completely forgot.
I've done that and it's trying to do it. It's going very sloooooooow. But it is getting further than diskpart did!
Will update when it decides to finish.
Good luck, might find it takes a few runs to undo whatever the phone/droid did to it
Unless of course it is physically damaged, but I've not had any problems with MM and my SD
EDIT - Found this from way back in 2010 in my repair folder, "Pen drive repair"
Code:
https://mega.nz/#!XdAW2R5I!sSVna0O4av5rnkTPpGuh_bkXatZpcfmr6X-R-3yjrzw
I tend to keep random programs that have fixed something difficult in the past, and put them in that repair folder, worth a shot
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Good luck, might find it takes a few runs to undo whatever the phone/droid did to it
Unless of course it is physically damaged, but I've not had any problems with MM and my SD
EDIT - Found this from way back in 2010 in my repair folder, "Pen drive repair"
Code:
https://mega.nz/#!XdAW2R5I!sSVna0O4av5rnkTPpGuh_bkXatZpcfmr6X-R-3yjrzw
I tend to keep random programs that have fixed something difficult in the past, and put them in that repair folder, worth a shot
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Will take a look at that tomorrow.
It formatted the card but as soon as it finished and mounted it Windows popped up and said there was a problem and it needed scanning.
Once it opened there were still 4 android folders on it....
Annoying.
Yea very, well it's definitely not deleting the partitions if it's still got all the old folders on it
Running the tool as Admin?
It does sound like it's physically damaged, but I thought that about a 16GB flash drive I had, and another 8GB I'd left in a tub on my desk for years because it was dead, then I used diskpart and repaired both of them the same day, and since then, minitool has fixed them
Tell you what you could try, Win32DiskImager, grab any image, say a Raspberry Pi image, and use Win32DiskImager to write the image to the card, I think that uses disk/device rather than partitions to write to, so it should overwrite absolutely everything
Then you can use Minitool to wipe and format back to FAT32 (Hopefully)
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Yea very, well it's definitely not deleting the partitions if it's still got all the old folders on it
Running the tool as Admin?
It does sound like it's physically damaged, but I thought that about a 16GB flash drive I had, and another 8GB I'd left in a tub on my desk for years because it was dead, then I used diskpart and repaired both of them the same day, and since then, minitool has fixed them
Tell you what you could try, Win32DiskImager, grab any image, say a Raspberry Pi image, and use Win32DiskImager to write the image to the card, I think that uses disk/device rather than partitions to write to, so it should overwrite absolutely everything
Then you can use Minitool to wipe and format back to FAT32 (Hopefully)
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The trouble with that is I can't write anything to it. It gives an i/o error ever time I try.
I'm tired now so i'm going to head to bed but tomorrow when I have a fresher head i'll take another look.
Will let you know how I go on. Will try that other tool you suggested.
The way Win32DiskImager writes to the disk is different to how Windows tries to write to it, basically like burning an ISO, vs copying files to a DVD
Yea, get some shut-eye, things are usually much simpler after a good nights sleep
Hi, i lost a kingstom 9GB after take out this card from a Samsung. I formatted, and after a few days , i disvovered, that card was set to be encrypted inside the phone, if someone takes out, and formats without unencrypt, on 2 or 3 cycles mor, the card will die, or lock, io root, i never found a solution for this, in my case, the card was locked, (ro), without any error in the partition.
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Sorry, i wrote wrong, is 8Gb, was the second sdcard lost by me, the first, was a 2Gb used on a nokia e7, that, after format this card the card was locked (ro) at all on all type of sdcard reader , usb, pc. The name, i found, is Cyclic Redundance Error, (formatted without unencrypt the filesystem)
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The way Win32DiskImager writes to the disk is different to how Windows tries to write to it, basically like burning an ISO, vs copying files to a DVD
Yea, get some shut-eye, things are usually much simpler after a good nights sleep
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Pen Drive Repair does nothing. Can't even find it.
Tried it another 2 times in MiniTool but still goes through all the motions but returns with the same four folder on the card.
I did a surface test and it found no errors. So reading it is fine. It's the writing to it where it fails.
EDIT: What I have just noticed is MiniTool states:
Capacity 59.64 Used 59.64 Unused 0B
So the card thinks it's full but there is nothing on it.
EDIT 2: And now in MiniTool is just says BadDisk. Looks like it is completely dead.
Well, there's nothing to lose by trying Win32 DI, unlikely to work,. but might as well try before writing it off
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Well, there's nothing to lose by trying Win32 DI, unlikely to work,. but might as well try before writing it off
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Gave it a shot. It wont even let me pick it as a device. Windows has stopped adding it to the "My Computer" list also.
I've wasted enough time with it. Only bought it in January this year so I've emailed Samsung both about the warranty on it and also that there is a possibility the upgrade to MM caused it on the S5.
It seems to have happened to the OP and me so I thought I would mention it to them in case.
tl;dr
The card is tested and good (results below), the card reader is good (tested by reinstalling 5.7.4).
So few other people are having this issue, what is going on with my phone?
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I've read and read, but no matter what I try, I can't get my SD card to work.
Here's the details of how, and what, I installed on my Sprint S5.
I'm coming from Resurrection Remix 5.7.4 MM, (where the SD card worked fine, but did have a few issues with the camera (used open camera instead) and some post reboot oddness (shortcuts disappearing)).
I first formatted card using the windows software sdformatter to FAT32
copied files to SD card using a card reader plugged into PC.
Files copied
RR-N-v5.8.2-20170304-kltespr-Official.zip
open_gapps-arm-7.1-micro-20170327.zip
UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.79-20161211114519.zip
TWRP 3.X
wiped dalvik/cache/system/data
then factory reset
added files to zip queue, Rom, then Gapps, then SU
Flashed
Phone boots fine, initial set up completes.
Tried a reinstall of apps using Ti Pro, but it failed, so started again and used google apps restore during boot. Issues with many apps. So started again, with a "fresh start" option during set up.
I took a few pictures.
I can view them immediately after taking, by pressing the previously taken image image inside the camera app.
Open default Gallery and get the error "No storage. No external storage available."
I installed a+ gallery and it is able to open the images just fine.
Default Files app can browse the SD card.
Aldiko will not download books, as it thinks there is no SD card installed
I've tried (and checking each time)
formatting in card as internal, then back to portable in phone.
Clearing the data/cache for the apps giving errors.
factory resetting
Wiping and formatting the card (on PC to FAT32), and starting again (several times).
Started from scratch again, with a brand new Sandisk card
Tried ZepherOS Zephyr-N Version (Viserion-6.1) Android 7.0
Wiping cache/dalvik only and rebooting
Same "No storage..." error, every time.
I tried ZephrOS. Right after install there is no file manager, but if I click the default app "downloads", I can navigate to the camera folder, then to the image. When I click on it, it opens the image, but still shows the same error "no storage..." even though I'm looking at the image behind the error window. :/
I'm running H2testw, but don't expect an issue, as the same error was on the previous card and the brand new card.
Can I go from 7.0/7.1 to a stock ROM without issues, if so which one?
Update:
SD card test result
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 7.15 MByte/s
Reading speed: 15.7 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
UPDATE #2:
I started fresh with a new install of RR 5.7.4 and the card does still have issues with some apps, but is working fine with others. Open camera works fine, and the gallery access the correct card in this ROM. Aldiko still fails as it's trying to download to /sdcard
Most apps are looking for /sdcard but I have /sdcard1
If it helps, it appears sdcard is symlinking to /storage/self/primary
Anyone able to help?
permissions issue? have you gone into the apps mgmt and set the permissions manually?
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permissions issue? have you gone into the apps mgmt and set the permissions manually?
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, settings>apps>settings>App permissions>Storage is turned on.
Aldiko, for example, is looking for /sdcard but it doesn't exist. I'm thinking a symlink might fix the issue? But am not familiar enough with Android under the hood, to know what other issues that might cause.
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, settings>apps>settings>App permissions>Storage is turned on.
Aldiko, for example, is looking for /sdcard but it doesn't exist. I'm thinking a symlink might fix the issue? But am not familiar enough with Android under the hood, to know what other issues that might cause.
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im not familiar enough with the under the hood stuff to know what else coul be the issue either, @AthieN, Mr. guru thoughts?
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im not familiar enough with the under the hood stuff to know what else coul be the issue either, @AthieN, Mr. guru thoughts?
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What file system is the card formatted in? Try ext4 or exFAT.
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What file system is the card formatted in? Try ext4 or exFAT.
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FAT32 this was recommend in most places I read. I thinks it's a paths issue. I'm not sure the format would make a difference to that, right?
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FAT32 this was recommend in most places I read. I thinks it's a paths issue. I'm not sure the format would make a difference to that, right?
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A fresh install would resolve any path issues. The device can't read the card, which means that it's formatted incorrectly or is incompatible. How did you format it originally? On a computer? Go into the storage menu, and if it's detected, then try using the native Android option to reformat it. Back up your stuff first.
If that fails, try formatting it in recovery.
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A fresh install would resolve any path issues. The device can't read the card, which means that it's formatted incorrectly or is incompatible. How did you format it originally? On a computer? Go into the storage menu, and if it's detected, then try using the native Android option to reformat it. Back up your stuff first.
If that fails, try formatting it in recovery.
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thanks for chiming in sir! your help is always appreciated
AthieN said:
A fresh install would resolve any path issues. The device can't read the card, which means that it's formatted incorrectly or is incompatible. How did you format it originally? On a computer? Go into the storage menu, and if it's detected, then try using the native Android option to reformat it. Back up your stuff first.
If that fails, try formatting it in recovery.
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Thanks, I know the OP was long, but I hoped the details of what I'd already tried would be appreciated. I did several fresh installs trying to fix, and formatted every which way I could in phone and on a PC. Nothing has worked.
I've kind of given up on this and have decided to switch to Verizon. Sprint sucks so bad, after 10 years I've finally had enough, so I have to replace the phone anyway.
If you know of a decent phone to get, I'm looking for a recommendation in this thread, https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/switching-to-verizon-200-phone-t3588790
Thanks for your attention to my issue. Sorry it's left unresolved. I run my own business and just can't spend this much time fixing my phone.