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Damaged SD card, can't fix...

I have liberated aria, app2sd (cooked into liberated r12), and my sd card reports as damaged. I've resigned myself to format this card, but it keeps reporting as damaged whether I format using Android or Clockwork. Don't have a PC available to format, and have not yet tried removing the ext partition. (Didn't want to lose all my apps.)
Anyone have any thoughts?
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I had the same scare with a new SD card also. After I formatted using a pc, it was ok.
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I figured I'd have to plug it into a PC. I guess I'll do that when I get home Monday.
Thanx for the help.
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When I put it in a card reader, it was slow as heck to read and format the card, but format it did.
It also left my ext partition intact.
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Trying to install Fieldrunners HD ! Getting " Application Not Installed "

Its the one from the Amanzon App Store. I have an account and its linked to my phone. I know the trick for most apps like Angry Birds is to unmount the sd card and install. Usually that works but for this game its to large so it needs the sd card. Anyone experience this problem or have any working solutions?
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it just went right on for me... no hassles

You have a stock Streak? I am on official build 3.18 with perf. fix and superuser update plus custom recovery mod Dr. version designed for Streak non beta. I wonder if has something to do with my sd card its a 32gb model.
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I also downloaded the .apk from another site and put it in my systems app directory in my phone without the sd card and still got the exact same error. It doesnt even take it a second to spit back that it cant install it. Its like its not even trying.
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Found Solution!
Found Game .apk online.
Copied it to phone via root explorer to /data/apps
Unmounted sd card and waited for 5 seconds [did not do this before]
Installed Game .apk by clicking on it in Root Explorer in /data/apps
Mounted sd card
BAM! Working!
I have no idea why this worked but it did!
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Installed fine on mine
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[Q] Apps2SD?

Is there anyway to move apps to SD? I know they took out the feature in ICS, but maybe via an app or something? 8GB is pretty small when you take away a gig for a rom slot...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913576
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Yufice said:
Is there anyway to move apps to SD? I know they took out the feature in ICS, but maybe via an app or something? 8GB is pretty small when you take away a gig for a rom slot...
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better yet, has anyone figured out if you can flip flop the internal and external sd locations so the phone thinks your external sd card is the primary? I know this was possible on the X2 and the RAZR's.
I have the memory switch .zip file, but no way to install it on my rooted Droid RAZR M

I was curious how difficult would out be to just rename the internal storage from sd card to internal storage? If that is possible then we could just rename external to sd card then we should be able to move apps to the card easily.
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hellknight4206 said:
I was curious how difficult would out be to just rename the internal storage from sd card to internal storage? If that is possible then we could just rename external to sd card then we should be able to move apps to the card easily.
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Tried an app from the market and it seems working: GL to SD. need root access
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nah. tried renaming them last week or so and it not only didnt work, the damn things renamed themselves upon reboot. im pretty pissedf about the memory on this phone cuz the phone itself is pretty snappy.

Dang I guess Motorola has this phone on lock down. I used my EVO 4g to copy songs over to my SD card and once I inserted it back in and tried to mount it, it kept saying blank, so I rebooted my phone and it showed up. If I wasn't as smart as I am I would have probably formatted the damn thing lmao I was wondering if they did that as a minor precaution to people trying to hack the phone with something on the SD card, but then again I'm sure if they did a reboot wouldn't have made it show up then.
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safsaf_asm said:
Tried an app from the market and it seems working: GL to SD. need root access
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So were you able to move anything other than game data to your ext sd? It let me move dropbox, but nothing else showed up on its list of transferable files.

[Q] Confused about internal storage

Ok so hopefully somebody can set me straight here. My M comes with 8gb of internal storage. But I have run into app space issues and have read that only 4gb is accessible. If I'm correct that's disappointing. However it feels like less than 4gb is accessible to me. I deleted a couple more apps today, but here is my current storage usage (screenshot). I'm rooted on JB and have Titanium Backup so maybe that will allow me to transfer apps from internal storage to sd card. I have not yet tried it on the M and from the couple of posts I've read it may or may not be possible. I do not have a developer edition M. Which is what I read that you need. Is this the case? All my pics, vids, and music are already on the 32gb sd card. It's just apps taking up space on internal. What are my options for continually running out of storage so quickly?
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Example: The screenshot says I have 550mb available... Which isn't much at all... But I'm trying to install a 43.5mb app right now and I'm getting an internal storage warning. So my problem is two parts. 1, can't use the full 8gb and 2, can't even use what little space it says I have.
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Do you have safe strap installed with an active slot? If so, use your root browser and delete the ss folder and in sdcard0, the safestrap folder which contains the ROM slot information. That should put you back around where you should be. Don't touch the TWRP folders and you will be fine to continue using safe strap.
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skippid said:
Do you have safe strap installed with an active slot? If so, use your root browser and delete the ss folder and in sdcard0, the safestrap folder which contains the ROM slot information. That should put you back around where you should be. Don't touch the TWRP folders and you will be fine to continue using safe strap.
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I did install safestrap last week intending on loading a custom ROM, but ended up not feeling like I was experienced enough to do so at this time so I deleted the app. Would deleting the app have been enough to solve that issue?
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You can also use directory bind to bind the data to the sdcard1 path. Works like a charm.

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You can also use directory bind to bind the data to the sdcard1 path. Works like a charm.
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Not exactly sure what you mean. Is directory bind an app? Would this be necessary if I have already deleted safestrap for the time being?
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Jersey846 said:
Not exactly sure what you mean. Is directory bind an app? Would this be necessary if I have already deleted safestrap for the time being?
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if it has 8gig why does it only let you use half of it..and what's the purpose of the other 4gig left... because as far as I know when you install apps it takes up the space of the 4gig that you you.

Directory bind can get you in some trouble if you are not careful. Delete one side on accident, you delete the other's content as well. Directory bind just links two locations and basically acts like a forwarding service.
Back to Safestrap. Yes, Safestrap partitions your usable memory for the other operating system file. Its just like dual booting a computer, you don't have shared memory between the two. (As far as internal memory is concerned.)
Did you delete the folders? It should fix your issue. Check your storage stats in stock settings afterwards to confirm.
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Jersey846 said:
I did install safestrap last week intending on loading a custom ROM, but ended up not feeling like I was experienced enough to do so at this time so I deleted the app. Would deleting the app have been enough to solve that issue?
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Deleting the app alone will not get rid of the partition, in my experience. Reboot your phone to see if its gone too. The folders are /ss and /storage/sdcard0/Safestrap. You could also delete the TWRP folders if they are present, since you do not need Safestrap any longer.
Let me know if this solves your issue.
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I don't seem to have either of those folders when I tried to search for them with root explorer. So maybe I didn't do anything when I opened up safestrap when I had it.
And to clarify, sdcard0 is internal storage and sdcard1 is the actual sd card correct?
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Jersey846 said:
I don't seem to have either of those folders when I tried to search for them with root explorer. So maybe I didn't do anything when I opened up safestrap when I had it.
And to clarify, sdcard0 is internal storage and sdcard1 is the actual sd card correct?
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Yes sir. That is correct. Did you make a slot when you opened safe strap? Normally that eats up memory like crazy.
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skippid said:
Yes sir. That is correct. Did you make a slot when you opened safe strap? Normally that eats up memory like crazy.
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I probably downloaded it then left it alone while I researched a bit and never ended up doing anything. I'll move some stuff over from sdcard0 if I have any pics or music still on there to free up a little space or maybe try one of those complex work arounds to free up some of that extra 4gb eventually.
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App2SD and Safe strap problems.

I've tried getting my apps to move to the SD card with no luck. I used the multi tool on my computer to partition the card, tried multiple app2sd apps and I keep getting (phone does not support) failures.
I'm fully rooted but can't unlock. 98.16.3
I also can't get safe strap to flash a ROM in slot 1. I've fallowed the instructions on xda for both as and app2sd but I'm getting no ware.
What I'm trying to do is have SS on internal memory and apps on external. Any help would be awesome.
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Search xda for "link2sd". A while back I ran into the same issue. Im not in a position to find and forward you the link myself (sorry) , but you should find it. Try a Google search first and it should find the xda post fire you. You will need to partition your sd card with "mini tool partition wizard". Again the post will explain all the steps required. Oh,... And I can't remember the screen name of the original poster, be it isn't me. So all credit to that member not me. I did it and it works like a charm on my Verizon Motorola DROID RAZR M xt907. I have a class 10, 64gb external sd card that I created an 8gb partition for linking apps. Good luck
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Tks, I did use the mini tool. Sorry, used the wrong name. I got to the point ware it tells me that the app needs to be linked but I don't know how. Is that in the thread you suggested? ( looking for it now)
Again tks all
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OK, found multiple threads and I think I found the problem for app2sd. The tutorial I used before said to make partition fat32 and it should be ext2. I'll give that a try.
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I made my 2nd partition ext4. And it works fine on our phone. One you finish partitioning your sd card look for "Link2sd" on Google play store. It's free and I know it works for our phone. Couldn't tell you anything about apps2sd. Sorry. Now the first time you use link2sd it will ask you what file type is the partition. Select the file type you created then it will ask for a reboot. Then you should be able to start linking app data to the partition thus freeing up internal memory. It might not show right away but it should eventually. At one point I had like 300 to 400 apps on my phone. lol
Oh, don't use the "move to sd card" button with in link2sd, only the link option. Good luck.
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Thanks all. As soon as I get home, I'll give it another try.
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