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[Q] "Error mounting .android_secure" in CWM

I get the error "Error mounting .android_secure" in CWM whenever I backup or restore a ROM. I actually can't restore my nandroid backup, and I don't know whether it's because of this or unrelated. So my question is 1) what's in .android_secure and 2) what could have caused this error so I avoid it in the future? I'll try making another backup soon to see if it was a one time thing or is a constant problem.

Im guessing its not backing up to the right folder. Try reinstalling cwm and your recovery. And if you arent already, install romracers recovery.
I voided my warranty and your mum.

i seen that folder in my sd what is that one for?? i dont have anything in that folder anywAy yea romracers newest recovery 5somethingatrix4.2
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ltdanno360 said:
i seen that folder in my sd what is that one for?? i dont have anything in that folder anywAy
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Yea mine shows up empty too, but the naming makes me want to think something important goes there, lol.
And I'm using romracer's recovery.

That's where apps you move to the SD Card end up. And it looks empty, but it isn't, it just uses a neat trick to look like empty

turl1 said:
That's where apps you move to the SD Card end up. And it looks empty, but it isn't, it just uses a neat trick to look like empty
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What's the trick? Hidden files?
And I think I know the problem. After flashing the CM7 beta, instead of sdcard being where my internal SD is mounted, CM7 uses emmc. So I think in CWM it should be looking for /emmc and /emmc/.android_secure. I don't really know how to fix that, but if it's just apps that are moved to the sdcard I don't really care. I don't use that.

[Q] Newest ICS boot loop issues!

I flashed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434860 on my HD2 with the correct partitions and MAGDLR update. Now I'm basically sitting in a boot loop in which it doesn't load.
I tried to follow the video in the forum. I successfully apply the ICS zip file but when I try to apply the MAGDLR file afterwards it says:
Installing: /sdcard/update.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
I have tried renaming the zip files several different things, including "update," "update.zip," the original file name and all the like, but I still get the same message. Upon hard resetting and trying the whole process over again, it will occasionally display a different message about E://could not open blah blah. hahaha
Is there anyone that could provide some insight on this?

Try to raise partition size, maybe you have some bad NAND blocks.

Okay, I'm going to try that. I used 256M and 32M for my partitions using CWM. Let's see what happens when I use the next size up.

It didn't work with that size. I'm now trying 512M and 64M.
I didn't see anything mentioned in that post about renaming conventions or anything but could that have something to do with it? I know I'm supposed to delete .zip.

That didn't work either. That seems pretty big compared to the default partition size, should I keep trying larger partitions?

toiletpalms said:
That didn't work either. That seems pretty big compared to the default partition size, should I keep trying larger partitions?
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You tried flashing a higher partition size clock work recovery?
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You are doing all wrong. Larger partitions will cause more boot loops because your /data partition will get smaller. Use 190MB for system and 5MB for cache and then see again.

Geek998 said:
You are doing all wrong. Larger partitions will cause more boot loops because your /data partition will get smaller. Use 190MB for system and 5MB for cache and then see again.
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I used 400 cwm partition and every rom I flashed work and runs perfectly fine... but if it require higher the op would state that... I only left it high so I can go back and fourth between roms. That way I don't have to hook it back to my computer every time I switch rom
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I've tried every size available in CWM. I don't have the option to choose partitions at 195 and 2. It has presets both smaller and larger available, but not 195 and 2.

toiletpalms said:
I've tried every size available in CWM. I don't have the option to choose partitions at 195 and 2. It has presets both smaller and larger available, but not 195 and 2.
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At a basketball game... I'll upload my cwm partition when I get home...
Go here and download 400mb http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898913... after that do your normal wipe as you would install a fresh rom and don't forget to format your system.... flash the 400mb partition then your ics rom. Pm me if need further help...
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I tried the 400MB partition... the links are not responding? Only loads to like %15 percent and hangs there...

toiletpalms said:
I tried the 400MB partition... the links are not responding? Only loads to like %15 percent and hangs there...
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Damn... let me check... cause its from multiupload- they been taken down... I'll find one and upload it through my dropbox
Here you go... http://db.tt/r4rgZfEj
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I'm assuming I need a PC to do that?

toiletpalms said:
I'm assuming I need a PC to do that?
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yes... you need a higher cwm partition...
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toiletpalms said:
It didn't work with that size. I'm now trying 512M and 64M.
I didn't see anything mentioned in that post about renaming conventions or anything but could that have something to do with it? I know I'm supposed to delete .zip.
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Not sure what files you're referring to, and can't see any install video, so can't see what you did there. Not aware of an update that needs to be installed after installing magldr ice. Or what you mean by deleting .zip
If the problem is the initial install, what you should be doing is applying the cwm image (you seem well versed in doing that now), copying the downloaded ics zip as it is to the sdcard, booting into ad recovery (CWM) from magldr, selecting install zip from SD card (I've never seen any need for install update.zip in CWM), scrolling to the ics zip you copied over and selecting it.
If your issue was something else then apologies, but it would help to know what files your working with.
HyT

Toiletpalm ... your confused about partition... what you are doing is partitioning your SD card with the current recovery... that is not going to fix your ice cream boot loop problem... the issue is your current cwm recovery size partition is too small... that is why I upload a higher(400mb) cwm recovery partition to work with ics. And yes what you have to do is unzip the file in your computer and locate the daf file... after locating it put your phone in magldr and select USB flasher... wait for phone to sync with the micro USB cable that is connected to the computer... "USB....USB" once you see that run the daf file and follow prompt.... when done... make sure you have your ics rom in your SD card.... reboot phone into magldr... select ad recovery... do a full wipe... including formatting your system... now install from SD... locate your ics rom and install... then when done... boot your phone normally... first boot will be longer... after that every reboot is quick... email me if you are confuse with any steps... [email protected]
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[Q] What did I DO to my beloved Nook!!!!

don't know if anyone can help but I am getting my butt kicked. I have tried all the steps mentioned throughout this post and several others to no joy. I was trying to update to CM7 a few days ago and my nook stopped working. It was something I saw on youtube. Probably shouldn't have trusted it, don't know. Now whenever I am CWM I get
e:can't mount/cache, recovery/log
e:can't open/cache/recovery/log
e:can't mount/cache/recovery/last_log
e:can't open/cache/recovery/last_log.
also when I try to format system and date i get error formatting data! and error formatting/system! I am using CWD 3.0.2.8 and I can't use ADB either. My computer will not recognize the nook in device manager.

try this thread first
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699

rzza said:
don't know if anyone can help but I am getting my butt kicked. I have tried all the steps mentioned throughout this post and several others to no joy. I was trying to update to CM7 a few days ago and my nook stopped working. It was something I saw on youtube. Probably shouldn't have trusted it, don't know. Now whenever I am CWM I get
e:can't mount/cache, recovery/log
e:can't open/cache/recovery/log
e:can't mount/cache/recovery/last_log
e:can't open/cache/recovery/last_log.
also when I try to format system and date i get error formatting data! and error formatting/system! I am using CWD 3.0.2.8 and I can't use ADB either. My computer will not recognize the nook in device manager.
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M8, I don't know which version of your NC, but I do suggest NOT to use that version of CwM Recovery.
Get the 3.2.0.1 first and then we can start from there.

Thanks I have 3.2.0.1 downloaded.

vegeta_2123 said:
try this thread first
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
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I tried that and I wasn't able to get to far. Some of the links are broken that are referenced in the thread so can't get some of those downloads.

get a new microsd card...

fluidsc said:
get a new microsd card...
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Yeah, that's not going to do anything...
What will work is putting eyeballer on an sdcard and reinstalling your rom.

gallahad2000 said:
Yeah, that's not going to do anything...
What will work is putting eyeballer on an sdcard and reinstalling your rom.
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eyeballer is the CWR 3.2.0.1 right? I tried that but no joy.

I just restored my NC after having boot loops, and failing to mount the SD after the latest CM9 nightly install. The only thing that got it to mount the SD I had the restore on was to put eyeballer's 1gb CWM 3.2.01 image on a Sandisk 4gb card along with a CM7.2 zip, and booting from that. Once that booted, I swapped cards and restored the NC from the card. IIRC, I had to do a few steps more than once, and did a full reset before booting from the image card. A real PITA, but I got my Nook back.

gallahad2000 said:
Yeah, that's not going to do anything...
What will work is putting eyeballer on an sdcard and reinstalling your rom.
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That is strange because I was having the same issues with my own tablet and I decided to format the SD card. When I did nothing was gone from the card... It just would not format in the device. I decided to try formatting it from my PC, and it would fail at the same time during formatting everytime. After replacing the card all of my problems were gone.
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I can't use my recovery mode!

When I try to root my phone I can't because when I click to -APPLY UPDATE FROM SD CARD- says:
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory) E:Can't mount /sdcard
Install from sdcard complete.
I'm already installed the update.zip but says this thing again!!!!! What I have to do?
Thanks!

dnzdeniz said:
When I try to root my phone I can't because when I click to -APPLY UPDATE FROM SD CARD- says:
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory) E:Can't mount /sdcard
Install from sdcard complete.
I'm already installed the update.zip but says this thing again!!!!! What I have to do?
Thanks!
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First go to CWM then chose storage (i dont remember) and mount sd card. Then try again..
if it dont work then you should format ur sd card

Am I just have to put the CWM to sdcard?

dnzdeniz said:
Am I just have to put the CWM to sdcard?
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what kernel do you use??better flash ur phone using odin
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My kernel is:
2.6.35.7 [email protected] #1
Few days ago i tried to do odin but odin always said I was failed. I'm tried odin with one file it will be a problem for doing odin? i was heard something i can do odin with one file.
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My phone it was 5800 before when i bought galaxy y, and im still using the same sdcard and when im buyed galaxy y i dont do format to my sdcard. These things can be problem? Am i have to format?
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Format and try..
Copy all files from SDcard to PC and then copy back after formatting.

Im formatted my phone today thats reason i cant reply...
My phone is formatted but its says same thing again...
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maybe you have the wrong update zip.
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Im tried every update.zip's. And my problem its not about update.zip, about recovery mod.
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Use odin and try to flash a fresh stock rom. Then try rooting again by using zip file. Root your phone using stock recovery not cwm.
send from Gods Own Country........

I'm already done my job with odin. I'm tried rooting again and again but it didn't worked...

Guys, I just learned my sd is not working well that's why recovery mod dont see my sd... Thank you all!

[Help] Flashing zip files off sdcard

EDIT: Ok, I've located where my problem is. Basically what happens is when I install the Custom ROM it replaces my 2ndInit bootmenu and CWM and it 'upgrades' them. But because it has 'upgraded' them I can no longer mount sd card. I have to reinstall 2ndInit to 'downgrade' CWM and then I can flash again.
Hi there,
A few weeks back I flashed Paranoid Android onto my phone (latest release), however now I have discovered that in recovery mode, my phone can't read or mount the sdcard, i.e. I can't apply updates.
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If I select 'Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard' I get:
E:Can't mount /sdcard/
And if I try 'Mounts and storage > mount /sdcard' I get:
Error mounting /sdcard!
I would really appreciate any help on this issue.
Note it was working previously (which is how I installed the ParanoidAndroid ROM) but now my phone can't read the sdcard in recovery. IT CAN READ IT ONCE THE PHONE HAS BOOTED UP.

Try running a chkdsk scan from a Windows machine to check if there's corruption in the filesystem
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thekguy said:
Try running a chkdsk scan from a Windows machine to check if there's corruption in the filesystem
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will do and will post the results, but before I do, would that show anything because the sdcard works fine once the phone has booted up?

Not sure myself, it just eliminates any filesystem corruption as the cause. Also try using another build like quarx to check for this problem
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Not sure myself, it just eliminates any filesystem corruption as the cause. Also try using another build like quarx to check for this problem
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But I can't flash using recovery, so how would I test Quarx's build? Haven't had time to boot up my windows partition, but I will eventually.
EDIT: Ran fsck on fedora partition (forgot about the command). It came up with this
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fsck from util-linux 2.21.2
e2fsck 1.42.3 (14-May-2012)
fsck.ext2: Is a directory while trying to open /media/CDF2-6BE2
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
I've backed up my SDCard and am going to run e2fsck command (will post results) otherwise I'm going to have to reformat it
EDIT 2: Came up with same error. Should I reformat it? As ext3/ext4? What should I do?

My memory card was standard fat32
And I'm no Linux expert but I think you're trying to check for a wrong filesystem, what is your current sdcard format(filesystem)
And I think you should reformat as fat32
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thekguy said:
My memory card was standard fat32
And I'm no Linux expert but I think you're trying to check for a wrong filesystem, what is your current sdcard format(filesystem)
And I think you should reformat as fat32
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Code:
/dev/sdb vfat 7856128 1361952 6494176 18% /media/CDF2-6BE2
Now I've checked fsck again
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fsck.vfat /media/CDF2-6BE2/
dosfsck 3.0.12, 29 Oct 2011, FAT32, LFN
Read 512 bytes at 0:Is a directory

Can you try with Windows? And format to fat32
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Can you try with Windows? And format to fat32
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will do
EDIT:
Code:
The type of the file system is RAW.
CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives.
OK, Am backing up now. Will reformat as fat32

Ok... So now I've formatted as fat32, tried again, flashed full sbf, re-rooted phone, installed 2nd-init, flashed Quarx's latest build (before wi-fi experimentation builds) and still I have the problem

Sorry for the triple post
I've located where my problem is. Basically what happens is when I install the Custom ROM it replaces my 2ndInit bootmenu and CWM and it 'upgrades' them. But because it has 'upgraded' them I can no longer mount sd card. I have to reinstall 2ndInit to 'downgrade' CWM and then I can flash again.
Any suggestions on how I might be able to fix this?

Probably there isn't any fix, but you could make zip containing the working recovery, and flash it after every rom flash
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Probably there isn't any fix, but you could make zip containing the working recovery, and flash it after every rom flash
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If you could show me how to do that, I would so extremely grateful
Aparently there was a similar problem with the Defy running the 'official' CM and the wiki documented a fix here: http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/Motorola_Defy:_FAQ#SD_Card
Do you think that could possibly work for the Defy+?
EDIT: However if I make a .zip file, would that put my phone in bootloop though? Because whenever I reinstall 2ndInit (v2.3) and it 'downgrades' my CWM/Bootmenu it causes a bootloop where I have to reflash everything. If I make a .zip that I flash after each install would it cause the same problem because it's 'downgrading' from the Bootmenu/CWM of the JB CM10 ROM.

I would've made you one, but unfortunately my computer is not working. I think it should be enough if the boot menu folder is replaced by your working set by a flash after every install
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I would've made you one, but unfortunately my computer is not working. I think it should be enough if the boot menu folder is replaced by your working set by a flash after every install
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I really appreciate your help! I guess you could perhaps guide me in doing it, or I could wait till you've got a wroking computer.

So, computer just started working, and I made you a zip
Download the zip to your computer and extract the contents[META-INF and system) folders. Add your working bootmenu files inside the system/bootmenu folder you just extracted and delete the pre-existing text file there. Then add both META-INF and system to a zip(not rar!) and try flashing it. Make sure that the file consists of META-INF and system folders within itself. It should work
IF THERE'S A SIGNATURE VERIFICATION ERROR JUST TOGGLE SIGNATURE VERIFICATION WHICH IS PRESENT JUST BEFORE SELECTING THE ZIP FILE TO FLASH VIA RECOVERY

thekguy said:
So, computer just started working, and I made you a zip
Download the zip to your computer and extract the contents[META-INF and system) folders. Add your working bootmenu files inside the system/bootmenu folder you just extracted and delete the pre-existing text file there. Then add both META-INF and system to a zip(not rar!) and try flashing it. Make sure that the file consists of META-INF and system folders within itself. It should work
IF THERE'S A SIGNATURE VERIFICATION ERROR JUST TOGGLE SIGNATURE VERIFICATION WHICH IS PRESENT JUST BEFORE SELECTING THE ZIP FILE TO FLASH VIA RECOVERY
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Thank you very much, I'll definitely try this out!
EDIT1: First attempt, didn't work
Trying something again...
EDIT2: Second attempt.... Put phone into bootloop :\
EDIT3: Third attempt... Seems like a bootloop again
So basically it changes the Recovery version (not the bootmenu) and puts it into bootloop :\ however I can flash via recovery.

Try copying only recovery folder from inside boot menu
I'll try to make a zip which first deletes the folder to avoid incompatibilities.
BTW can you enter the boot menu when there's boot loop?
And also try fixing permissions
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thekguy said:
Try copying only recovery folder from inside boot menu
I'll try to make a zip which first deletes the folder to avoid incompatibilities.
BTW can you enter the boot menu when there's boot loop?
And also try fixing permissions
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Yeah I can enter bootmenu during bootloop before it starts. I'll retry with the recovery folder only.
EDIT: Wow it worked! Thank you so much I hope you don't mind too much, but if you can modify the recovery slightly that it'd help out a lot and make everything perfect. But I can't thank you enough
I'll upload my working Patch.zip:
If you can do these, that would be amazing: (this is from the working CWM)
1) When I select 'Wipe data/factory reset' it says 'Formatting /data...' and then immediately says 'Formatting /cache...' and when the phone boots up, all my data is there. Now that isn't a problem as such but if I needed to do a clean install that may cause some issues.
2) This isn't a problem, but I was wondering if you could add a printed line whenever I execute the 'Wipe dalvik cache' because it wipes it very fast, but doesn't say anything in the console so I'm not sure if I clicked it or not. Nevertheless when I boot my phone up it says optimising apps which means that it worked.
But yeah only minor things.
Thank you so much

1)I can't modify the recovery, since I'm not really a dev but I can try to make you another zip to wipe data separately
2)Again, that is something coded in the recovery, which I don't know how to alter. Plus, my computer isn't working again(bad ram :banghead: ) so I'm limited to the phone
But are you able at all to wipe data from the custom recovery? Bootmenu? Are both not working?
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