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need help. this is quickly going from my favorite phone to a PIECE OF CRAP I WANT TO SMASH ON THE WALL.
there's a thread i made yesterday. short version after rebooting the phone none of the apps in the sd card were accessible, the phone couldn't mount the sd card, and nothing would install in market. i flashed new roms, restored nandroid backups, nothing would fix the issue. finally narrowed it down to some file on the sd card. deleted all the files from the sd card and restored my last good nandroid and got the phone running, just had to re-install my apps.
i've spent all day installing all my apps (200+). everything was working just fine again. until i decide to reboot the phone. and now I'M BACK TO THE SAME ISSUE. none of the sd card apps work, in settings if i try to unmount the sd card i get a FC, switchpro can't change the mount status (says updating status but never changes the icon, so it's either unmounted or mounted, but wont change it), and nothing will install in the market.
i put back my original memory card (that i used yesterday in my testing) and the phone worked fine again. i installed root explorer (was on sd card, now to the phone). put my memory card back.
i am able to browse the sd card with root explorer. gallery sees the images from the sd card. beautiful widgets sees the skin files in the sd card. but the OS wont run any of my apps that are in the sd card and wont let me install anything.
i'm 100% if i delete all the files from the sd card and boot again, everything will work....but what the hell is causing this? i dont have any experimental/alpha apps that would do any damage after being installed. just a few apps and many games.
from my end it feels like there is a file that gets created at one point, that after rebooting the phone makes it so the phone can't mount the sd card, thus not able to install apps, run sd card apps, etc.
please give me some guidance here. i can't use my phone if i can't isntall apps!!!
i got so pissed almost smashed it
i'm using MetroDroid 1.0, rooted (nand too), customized matted blues theme. keep in mind the problem does not go away with a fresh install of the rom, or with a nand restore of cm6....i'm pretty sure it's down to a file issue within the sd card?
There is a file or app being installed on the sd card that is causing the sd card to corrupt.
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you really need 200 apps?
****, i'd say therein lies the root of your problems...
have you tried installing each app one at a time, and rebootung after each one? Eventually you'll run into the same issue, but at least then you'll know which app is causing it.
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fachadick said:
have you tried installing each app one at a time, and rebootung after each one? Eventually you'll run into the same issue, but at least then you'll know which app is causing it.
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That's a lot of apps to go through to find the culprit.
I would try reformatting your card. Then go about installing your apps again. Besides that I have no idea, could be an app or a retarded lemon of a phone.
^^ what he said... Don't just delete the files on your memory card, format it!
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That's a lot of apps to go through to find the culprit.
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Well, yeah, its also a lot of rebooting - its more of a last resort kind of suggestion. To be used right before throwing it at the wall.
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please smash it PLEASE !!!
200 + apps FFS why in the hell do you need 200 + apps
i forget the apps 2 sd hack, I used to run it on my hero and nothing but issues cause of it
stangdriverdoug said:
There is a file or app being installed on the sd card that is causing the sd card to corrupt.
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that's my latest theory. i'm going to try renaming all the folders in the sd card and rebooting. seeing if i can pinpoint which folder first...then the file
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you really need 200 apps?
****, i'd say therein lies the root of your problems...
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well according to titanium backup i ahve about 310 apps installed. i have many games, most of which i play. then i have several live wallpapers, widgets, tools, media players, news apps, messaging apps, etc. i have everything organized with app organizer and it doesnt feel like that many.
tek818 said:
^^ what he said... Don't just delete the files on your memory card, format it!
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that's the thing. yesterday i reformatted in-phone and i also formatted in the computer. then put the files back on (made a backup first) and this happened after installing the apps. i think i rebooted maybe 3 times in the process of installing all the apps today. the last reboot was only to test the theory that on MetroDroid data only works if you reboot with Wi-Fi off. so i really wasn't expecting the whole thing to stop working again!
EDIT: where in the memory card exactly are the app files?
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no need for all the pointless swearing. next time post more civil
Unless you have transferred said apps to your SD card they will not show.
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really? thank you for your helpful post. i posted a very detailed and civil thread yesterday and where were you with helpful information? nowhere. and where is your helpful information now? nowhere. so why even come in the thread if you're not going to help?
@toast - thanks for editing the OP. i dont usually make the pissed off kind of threads but this time it served its purpose. the last two days i had a very well written, detailed thread explaining everything asking for help. i renamed it several times. bumped it 2-3 times. all i got was two responses. i post this one with profanity in the title and look at how many answers already. some of which seem to be pointing me somewhere right hopefully!
it's very frustrating to see picture threads and mod threads get useful (and useless) comments every minute and threads asking for help (i've seen this happen with my own threads in the past and many others) get ignored. specially considering by the time I get to ask for help i've spent hours trying to fix it on my own and researching before asking here.
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VOODOOTRIP i put back most of the files that were in the memory card prior to reformatting it. anyways i installed all the apps again today after that and haven't reformatted yet (what's the point?) so the apps are in the sd card. just need to figure out how to get the phone to access the card!
EDIT: i renamed all the folders in the sd card (without reformatting or deleting anything) and booted into the phone. was able to mount/unmount the card and install apps from market. so it is a file in there...now to figure out which one!
You can access the card from root exp. or from Astro? ie it's still showing the extension right? When was the last time it was working properly? What rom were you on when it first started happeneing? Have you downloaded any non market apps since then? Are all your roms on current update? You said you have tried both a sense and AOSP rom right?
i was able to narrow it down....it's a file within .androidsecure...so now i have to sort through 131 files in there. but at least there's a light at the end of the tunnel!
with .androidsecure renamed i am able to install apps, mount/unmount. etc. so it's got to be something in there that is loading when the phone loads...i wonder what?
i'll update when i find out in case anyone comes across this problem too.
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You can access the card from root exp. or from Astro? ie it's still showing the extension right? When was the last time it was working properly? What rom were you on when it first started happeneing? Have you downloaded any non market apps since then? Are all your roms on current update? You said you have tried both a sense and AOSP rom right?
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see info above (quickly....yes, no (astro is in sd card), about three days ago, MetroDroid, since then couldn't download/install anything, everything is updated, tried both CM6.0 and this rom. but see above. since problem is a file in the .androidsecure folder, whether i was wiping and going to cm6 or back to sense that file wouldn't be modified by the recovery wipe correct?
I know the problem its the 200 apps or one app not getting along with another app. You are the first person that I have come across that has that many apps 200+ apps is a crazy amount of apps.
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I know the problem its the 200 apps or one app not getting along with another app. You are the first person that I have come across that has that many apps 200+ apps is a crazy amount of apps.
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well there are 131 asec files in that folder. so at least 131 apps + the ones on the phone memory.
but why the surprise with the amount of apps? isn't that why we get 16gb and 32gb memory cards?
the problem file was
se.nena.nenamark1-1.asec
for the benchmark NenaMark
that was the last app i had installed before i overclocked my phone into rebooting. and that's when the problems starting. hindsight is always 20/20
new development. i installed another app and rebooted and the same error happened. NenaMark was off from the android_secure folder but i was back to 131 files. i removed some other apps and booted again and everything is fine. so it looks like 130 .asec files are the limit? at 131 files I get the same problem?
moved 130 of the 131 files back and the phone ran fine. put that one file in, and problems came back. removed the file and all is well again.
I was having problems with my phone and once I accidents ran a check disk via win 7 it found and fixed some corruption, also my symptoms went away. In fact even my video recordings loom much better.
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I get the android.process.media and FC only when I initially boot Android from my SD. I have the Froyo _v3 released on 26th Oct. I am not sure yet what this problem causes but I am suspecting it may be affecting the camera since whenever I take pics it just freezes on the frame and I have to kill the camera before I can take another pic.
any suggestions on a solution.
thanks
HTC HD2
Not to sound like a Smart Arse;
But I suggest formatting and trying a different build.
that happened to me,
all what i did is that i formatted my sd card and it worked again like a charm
dont forget to backup your data
I found out how to fix this error. For future reference, Nandroid your phone than completely wipe and nandroid back. This has fixed all my com.process.media errors. That error stops all media from working ie:ringtones etc
is this the ONLY fix?
fifedogg said:
I found out how to fix this error. For future reference, Nandroid your phone than completely wipe and nandroid back. This has fixed all my com.process.media errors. That error stops all media from working ie:ringtones etc
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Let me get this straight. I have to dump my whole 16g memory card into my pc. Reformat the memory card and then dump everything back? Won't the problem I had before show up once I transfer the files back?
What exactly is causing this error? i would not mind resetting the ringtones, but it is the battery drain and high CPU that is killing me.
Also, I take it that this is the consensus "only" way to fix this, correct? Thanks in advance.
Just a thought, maybe useless suggestion, but did anyone of you delete the htcleo.acdb file from system/etc/firmware?
If you did, try putting it back from your rom and see if that corrects it. Apparently from reading people who are using their SDcards with ext3-4 and I THINK app2sd+ suffer from this issue. If thats not the case then ignore what I said and I'm talking out of my arse.
Nothing working for me! Did it multiple time! No luck! Help!
Hi,
so I wanted to install a clean build of Android 4.4. on my phone and after some googling i found this.
Okay so this deleted my entire SD card which is quite devastating because thats of course where Android stores its backups and where I store the data that should not be affected by playing around with roms like recorded photos etc.
First of all, yes, you may laugh at me.
I have two questions.
Is there a way to access deleted data on an SD card (on a hardware level usually only the index of the file system is deleted).
And is this a known problem? I mean I really feel quite stupid now... On Googles site there is only this vague warning which usually indicates that a "factory reset" is performed as in the data partition is deleted but not the sd card.
Note that this operation deletes all user data by default.
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And it looks like the script also deleted my custom recovery.
marian42 said:
Hi,
so I wanted to install a clean build of Android 4.4. on my phone and after some googling i found this.
Okay so this deleted my entire SD card which is quite devastating because thats of course where Android stores its backups and where I store the data that should not be affected by playing around with roms like recorded photos etc.
First of all, yes, you may laugh at me.
I have two questions.
Is there a way to access deleted data on an SD card (on a hardware level usually only the index of the file system is deleted).
And is this a known problem? I mean I really feel quite stupid now... On Googles site there is only this vague warning which usually indicates that a "factory reset" is performed as in the data partition is deleted but not the sd card.
And it looks like the script also deleted my custom recovery.
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I don't know where to start with this one. There's no nice way of saying it, but this is what happens when one leaps before one looks.
If you would have searched here or asked first, you would have found that flashing the factory image would wipe EVERYTHING!
With that said, there are ways to return to stock without wiping out your sdcard.
As far as getting your files and data from your sdcard, unless you have money to spend for a professional to retrieve them, I would just cut the losses and move on. There might be programs out there that might do what you are asking, I don't know.
No, I'm not laughing at you because I would hate to lose all my stuff, but I am shaking my head.
Lesson learned huh? ??
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I forgot, if your bootloader is now locked, and you want to unlock it, your sdcard will be wiped again. There is no way to avoid that as far as I know.
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Hello guys I m in very difficult situation right now I deleted some very important photos. How do I recover them?
And I noticed that android 4.4 don't Have mass storage mode. WTF!
Please help me guys Please!!
You can wave goodbye to them.
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Prince Chandela said:
Hello guys I m in very difficult situation right now I deleted some very important photos. How do I recover them?
And I noticed that android 4.4 don't Have mass storage mode. WTF!
Please help me guys Please!!
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Try this from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger
If that doesn't work try searching for UNDELETE on Google Play. Or come up with your own creative search keywords. You'll see a whole heap of recovery apps like thsi. These have varying effectiveness. 5 might not work, but the 6th one might work like a charm.
I've used apps like this before and they worked like 90% of the time for me. Meaning like 9 out of 10 photos would be found and be recoverable, but the 10th one had already been overwritten by other data. Nothing you can do about that situation.
In the mean time, don't take anymore pictures or download big files. Those could overwrite the spot on the sd card where the photos are located.
Im assuming these are photos of a beuatiful woman....so you can thank me if this works by sending me the photos. :laugh:
Wohoo! how come u know that?
Skipjacks said:
Try this from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger
If that doesn't work try searching for UNDELETE on Google Play. Or come up with your own creative search keywords. You'll see a whole heap of recovery apps like thsi. These have varying effectiveness. 5 might not work, but the 6th one might work like a charm.
I've used apps like this before and they worked like 90% of the time for me. Meaning like 9 out of 10 photos would be found and be recoverable, but the 10th one had already been overwritten by other data. Nothing you can do about that situation.
In the mean time, don't take anymore pictures or download big files. Those could overwrite the spot on the sd card where the photos are located.
Im assuming these are photos of a beuatiful woman....so you can thank me if this works by sending me the photos. :laugh:
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Yup u assumed right! those were the pics of beautiful n sexy women's
I will definitely try those apps.
No Luck!
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No Luck!
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Try this
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
I have used it before on my micro sd card but I am not sure if it works on the internal sd
jetbruceli said:
Try this
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
I have used it before on my micro sd card but I am not sure if it works on the internal sd
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Thanks bro but kk sucks the internal sd card is not mounted on pc. It.uses mtp protocol to connect to pc.
Prince Chandela said:
Thanks bro but kk sucks the internal sd card is not mounted on pc. It.uses mtp protocol to connect to pc.
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How about if you root it, put a custom recovery on it, flash a jelly bean rom, then mount the internal sd on the pc and recover the delted files that way.
Just be sure not to wipe the internal SD in recovery. Just wipe the data.
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
So I've never rooted and unlocked my G2 since purchasing it which is very odd for me.
Since TowelRoot was so accessible and I've got some free time lately decided to get back in the game.
My problem or question comes from not having an SD card. Do I need to backup Data? Trying to do a backup in TWRP is like 8Gb and after some efforts i've only got 5gb free. Do I need to get chopping away or was that going to backup stuff that wasn't going to be messed with anyways?
Anyone know how to delete large selections of photos without having to click on them one by one or not doing all at once?
MoreGone said:
So I've never rooted and unlocked my G2 since purchasing it which is very odd for me.
Since TowelRoot was so accessible and I've got some free time lately decided to get back in the game.
My problem or question comes from not having an SD card. Do I need to backup Data? Trying to do a backup in TWRP is like 8Gb and after some efforts i've only got 5gb free. Do I need to get chopping away or was that going to backup stuff that wasn't going to be messed with anyways?
Anyone know how to delete large selections of photos without having to click on them one by one or not doing all at once?
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So are you rooted and have custom recovery now? 8gb seems like a lot. You could always store everything on your PC. To delete photos all at once you could make a folder then just delete the folder
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So are you rooted and have custom recovery now? 8gb seems like a lot. You could always store everything on your PC. To delete photos all at once you could make a folder then just delete the folder
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Yeah, when I go into TWRP I can't back up because I'm out of space.
I'll backup on my computer soon so I can have piece of mind.
Thanks
MoreGone said:
Yeah, when I go into TWRP I can't back up because I'm out of space.
I'll backup on my computer soon so I can have piece of mind.
Thanks
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If you want a back up that you can flash if you get in trouble all you need to backup is system, data and boot. If you backup everything you could just store on PC to save room. When you backup data system and boot shouldn't take too much room. No problem