Hey guys,
I decided to setup my sd card today cause my phone internal memory was constantly running out. I followed the stickies on how to partition the SD using EASEUS. After I partitioned the app2sd partition, i booted up my phone. The phone says there is no sd card. So i rebooted the phone and mount my SD card through recoverymod. I can still see my sd card and files inside of it, but it only has 7GB left instead of 8GB. EASEUS too only detects only one partition of 7GB. Other then mounting the storage through recoverymod's Mounting USB Storage, the sd card cant be mounted anywhere else. Recoverymod shows Error: failed to mount /sdcard for all functions that require the sd card.
Has anyone came across this problem and fixed it ?
ackz said:
Hey guys,
I decided to setup my sd card today cause my phone internal memory was constantly running out. I followed the stickies on how to partition the SD using EASEUS. After I partitioned the app2sd partition, i booted up my phone. The phone says there is no sd card. So i rebooted the phone and mount my SD card through recoverymod. I can still see my sd card and files inside of it, but it only has 7GB left instead of 8GB. EASEUS too only detects only one partition of 7GB. Other then mounting the storage through recoverymod's Mounting USB Storage, the sd card cant be mounted anywhere else. Recoverymod shows Error: failed to mount /sdcard for all functions that require the sd card.
Has anyone came across this problem and fixed it ?
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It seems that your sdcard is corrupted.
Try to backup all data and reformat all partitions in linux
Windows can't recognize second partition on sdcard & it can sometimes mess up the partition.
Try GParted (google it).
d4rkkn16ht said:
It seems that your sdcard is corrupted.
Try to backup all data and reformat all partitions in linux
Windows can't recognize second partition on sdcard & it can sometimes mess up the partition.
Try GParted (google it).
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I tried browsing my SD card through GParted ( linux version and boot cd version), and all of them shows only 1 partition of 7gbs. One G is still missing and sd card still fails to work .
ackz said:
I tried browsing my SD card through GParted ( linux version and boot cd version), and all of them shows only 1 partition of 7gbs. One G is still missing and sd card still fails to work .
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Did you make a backup of your sd before creating the sd ext partition
? Should be written in each tutorial concerning sd ext creation.
Otherwise your data is no more.
As already written, windows is not able to read a sd ext partition. its fully right, that your fat32 partition shows only 7gb, the other 1gb is used from the sd ext and not viewable by windows.
...to create a sd-ext very easy go into cwm-advanced-format sd card and chose 1gb ext 0 swap.
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ackz said:
I tried browsing my SD card through GParted ( linux version and boot cd version), and all of them shows only 1 partition of 7gbs. One G is still missing and sd card still fails to work .
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Try this :
Backup all data in your micro SD.
Open & boot your computer using Gparted Linux / Parted Magic Linux / any other linux that has GParted / Parted inside its LiveCD
Run Gparted.
Delete all partitions.
Options:
Create sd-ext partition using GParted :
Create 1 fat32 Partition (as Primary) & adjust the size to your liking
Create 1 ext3/ext4 (as Primary...check if your android kernel support ext4) & adjust the size to your liking (usually 1 - 2 GB is enough)
Create sd-ext partition using CW Recovery:
Create fat32 Partition (as Primary...use all space)
Boot HD2 into AD Recovery
Go to Advanced menu
Format & choose sd-ext partition options
Flash your fav. ROM
Notes:
I personally like Parted better than GParted as it's a lot quicker & more advanced options (GParted is only a front-end for Parted).
Parted is for advanced user & TUI.
If you want to try Parted,make sure you read the manual & understand everything related to your actions (open console / terminal & type : man parted)
Use Parted using Root access (open console / terminal & type : sudo parted).
Use it with caution as it can wipe all of your hard drive data !
For more info about Parted try this link :
GNU Parted
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i dodged a bullet last night with reflashing my rom with many thanks to rytesyde for his help with that.
so i went to backup my rom this morning and i came across this.
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no sd-ext found. skipping backup of sd-ext.
generating md5 sum...
backup complete
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that happens all the time with any sd card
after that i reboot the phone and it goes into preparing sd card and then this happens
"The SD card has an unexpected problem. Tapping....."
i take the card out, format it reload my data back onto the card, and put it back in the phone everything is fine unless i try to backup again.
that is with a sandisk 16GB card
i have the 2GB card that came with the phone and that seems to work fine.
i can only guess its the card. but i havent had a single problem with the 16 gig card, ever.
so what i have done is backed the phone onto my 2 gig card, and use my 16 gig as i normally would.
any ideas, suggestions. fixes?
have you ever found out what the problem is with this? i have noticed that mine is not recognizing the sd-ext partition. i have formated my card with ubuntu, and even with amon-ra 1.7 on my G1. each time i try tou mount sd-ext, it says it's not found or some problem. i have even tried using the various varietis of clockwork for the Shift and even tried using clockwork on an original EVO. i have tried with the stovk 2gb as well as a class 2 8gb and a class 6 8gb.
BiffTirkle said:
i dodged a bullet last night with reflashing my rom with many thanks to rytesyde for his help with that.
so i went to backup my rom this morning and i came across this.
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no sd-ext found. skipping backup of sd-ext.
generating md5 sum...
backup complete
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that happens all the time with any sd card
after that i reboot the phone and it goes into preparing sd card and then this happens
"The SD card has an unexpected problem. Tapping....."
i take the card out, format it reload my data back onto the card, and put it back in the phone everything is fine unless i try to backup again.
that is with a sandisk 16GB card
i have the 2GB card that came with the phone and that seems to work fine.
i can only guess its the card. but i havent had a single problem with the 16 gig card, ever.
so what i have done is backed the phone onto my 2 gig card, and use my 16 gig as i normally would.
any ideas, suggestions. fixes?
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Your sdcard is partitioned or no
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sd-ext is used for Apps2SD and this is not currently implemented on any ROMs for the Shift.
Not sure what the issues are with the OPs SD card but might want to buy a new one. I'm not sure the SD-ext is related
riggsandroid said:
sd-ext is used for Apps2SD and this is not currently implemented on any ROMs for the Shift.
Not sure what the issues are with the OPs SD card but might want to buy a new one. I'm not sure the SD-ext is related
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I think the recovery was just looking for a partitioned sdcard..ext4 is used by evervolv if I'm not wrong and if it isn't partitioned cwm will still check it..in short sdcard isn't broken
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i still cant figure out why CWM wont recognize the sd-ext part of my card. i have the newest flavor thats wimax friendly. i have tried placing the partition before and after the fat32 part. still no go. i have reformatted the entire card to fat32 and then tried parting it in CWM. it coed through the process as if it's formatting it and when i go back in to check, it's not there, ot it again doesnt recognize it. i have tried every combination i could come up with and still no beans.
eventually there will be other supported roms for the shift that could/would use the ext4 part. right now i'm running the cm6.1.1 flavor because it's not SENSE and is a fraction of the size of that monster ROM. i can deal with not having MMS.
i'm just curious if anyone else is having problems getting their device to recognize the sd-ext
IE go to mounts in CWM and click on mount sd-ext. mount or no mount?
partition a card with CWM and see if it creates an sd-ext part and if so, does it recognize it afterwards.
i'm about to try this: re-format the entire card to fat 32 in ubuntu, then try to reformat to ext4 and fat32 in CWM. i no CWM wont recognize the sd-ext afterwards, but im going to see in ubuntu if CWM created the ext4 part.
brb
alright here is a play by play...
1. deleted ext4 and fat 32 in ubuntu
2. placed the card in my EVO (not shift for now) and entered fastboot then recovery (CMW)
3. > advanced > partition sd card
4. chose: ext size - 1024M then swap size - 0M
5. "patitioning sd card... please wait..."
6. "done!"
7. > ***go back***
8. > mounts and storage
9. > mount /sdcard - mounted
10. > unmount /sdcard - unmounted
11. > mount /sd-ext - message
"E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]"
"Error mounting /sd-ext!"
12. remove card and connect to ubuntu
13. open gparted
14. mounted as fat32-6.45GB and ext3-976.76MB ~~~just now noticed that CWM made the sd-ext as ext3!!~~~
15. unmount ext3 then formatted to ext4
16. close gparted and remount drive - fat32-6.45GB and ext4-976.76
17. unmount drive and place back in EVO
18. entered fastboot then recovery
19. > mounts and storage
20. > mount /sdcard - mounted
21. > unmount /sdcard - unmounted
22. > mount /sd-ext - message
"E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]"
"Error mounting /sd-ext!"
23. ~scratches head~
Ill play with it in a bit and see if I can figure something out..have you tried formatting it through cwm? And using cwm to setup the partitions
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jsp254 said:
alright here is a play by play...
1. deleted ext4 and fat 32 in ubuntu
2. placed the card in my EVO (not shift for now) and entered fastboot then recovery (CMW)
3. > advanced > partition sd card
4. chose: ext size - 1024M then swap size - 0M
5. "patitioning sd card... please wait..."
6. "done!"
7. > ***go back***
8. > mounts and storage
9. > mount /sdcard - mounted
10. > unmount /sdcard - unmounted
11. > mount /sd-ext - message
"E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]"
"Error mounting /sd-ext!"
12. remove card and connect to ubuntu
13. open gparted
14. mounted as fat32-6.45GB and ext3-976.76MB ~~~just now noticed that CWM made the sd-ext as ext3!!~~~
15. unmount ext3 then formatted to ext4
16. close gparted and remount drive - fat32-6.45GB and ext4-976.76
17. unmount drive and place back in EVO
18. entered fastboot then recovery
19. > mounts and storage
20. > mount /sdcard - mounted
21. > unmount /sdcard - unmounted
22. > mount /sd-ext - message
"E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]"
"Error mounting /sd-ext!"
23. ~scratches head~
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Why are you partitioning the card with ext4? There is no apps2sd utilized for the Shift at this point.
CWM is parting the card as ext3. i used ubuntu to change that to ext4. CWM doesnt recognize the ext3 or 4. it created the ext3 and doesnt even recognize it. i'm wondering if it has something to do with an incompatability with the evo and evoshift's hardware and the CWM's software design. a quirk or two. i was under the assumption that the evo shift was basicly the same as the G2, Desire Z, and the (rumored?) Merge.
just realized you asked why... sorry. just because there isnt at this point, doesnt mean it could/would not be used later. i just noticed it wasnt working, so asked the question as to why. it seems as if it should work.
Hi,I have a problem with my sdcard.
2 days now every rom i try,acts like there is no sdcard inserted on the phone.File manager says "This folder is empty",there is no mount sdcard option when connecting usb cable,and Storage settings say "Insert an sdcard for mounting".
The strange thing is that from recovery i can access all my files and i can mount the card to the pc as well with absolutely no problems.The card is formated with gparted as ext2,and a few megabytes as swap.Any help would be apreciated
Nevermind i somehow magically fixed it
Recreate using gparted. I too had lot unsuccessful trials of partitioning with it.
Use gparted again and delete entire space. Then leave some space for ext partition (in multiples of 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024). Now create remaining space as extended partition first. It need not be formatted now. Then create 0 mb swap . Then create multiple value to ext.
Then format ext. Then format fat.
Dont know whether it solves or not because I was totally confused here. For me the sdcard that came with wildfire got apps2sd enabled only when partitioning with gparted. But when I used another sdcard, it even suceesfully enabled apps2sd when partitioning from recovery.
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Hey guys!
I'm finally upgrading from a 1GB sd card to a 32GB
My Leo has a NAND android installed and the sd card has a A2SD partition with tons of apps and a fat partition with some stuff in it.
Is is possible to change the card and still keep it working without having to reflash the whole thing? The remaining ~31GB will be used to - if possible - expand the fat partition for music and such.
Thanks for the help!
into cwm - full backup
via pc take full copy of everything on the fat32 part of the old sd card (music or whatever, making sure you have hidden files showing, especially the .android folder)
new card into phone
into cwm - partition the new card
in cwm - restore - advanced restore - restore only the sd-ext partition
via pc (cwm - mounts and storage - mount sd card if you dont have a card reader) and copy back all the fat32 stuff to the new fat32 part of the new card. The important part is the .android folder
start phone.
fmmsf said:
Hey guys!
I'm finally upgrading from a 1GB sd card to a 32GB
My Leo has a NAND android installed and the sd card has a A2SD partition with tons of apps and a fat partition with some stuff in it.
Is is possible to change the card and still keep it working without having to reflash the whole thing? The remaining ~31GB will be used to - if possible - expand the fat partition for music and such.
Thanks for the help!
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Im about to face same issue, and here is what i plan to do:backup all apps and their data with Mybackup app from Market, copy all files on my pc(the best would be sending all apps on phone storage and only backup data- this will wor for SURE), turn off phone, put new sd, set partitions as they were with CWM(i mean same ext size) and copy all files on just created partition. I hope this will work, i'll have chance to check by myself in a few weeks.
EDIT: Seems like solution was posted while i was writing, but that assured me that i my idea was good
Cheers
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samsamuels suggestion seems the best way to go as long as your ext partition is mounted as(/at) "/sd-ext" there are other places where the ext can be mounted; link2sd for example mounts at /data/sd-ext2. But you'll know when you backup in CWM. A full backup will find the ext if its at /sd-ext and will back it up and you'll see it doing so.
Another option would be to backup the full card; FAT and ext partitions, either within a linux distribution; Ubuntu for example where ext partition is read as normal, or using an application within windows to read it link Linux Reader or Ext2explore, although I don't recall it being too easy to write back to ext while in windows.
Third option being to use something like Partition wizard which should allow you to simply copy the ext partition from one sdcard to the other. Haven't done this myself (yet) and not sure how the HD2 handles partitions that are not made by CWM but you should be able to wipe the new sdcard to unallocated memory then copy the ext and FAT partitions across then resize the FAT to the rest of the sdcard.
samsamuel said:
into cwm - full backup
via pc take full copy of everything on the fat32 part of the old sd card (music or whatever, making sure you have hidden files showing, especially the .android folder)
new card into phone
into cwm - partition the new card
in cwm - restore - advanced restore - restore only the sd-ext partition
via pc (cwm - mounts and storage - mount sd card if you dont have a card reader) and copy back all the fat32 stuff to the new fat32 part of the new card. The important part is the .android folder
start phone.
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Doesn't creating an EXT partition in CWM format the card? So won't the copying of the FAT32 files have to be done afterwards?
yea, hence
step 2 - via pc take full copy of everything on the fat32 part of the old sd card (music or whatever, making sure you have hidden files showing, especially the .android folder)
and
step 6 - via pc (cwm - mounts and storage - mount sd card if you dont have a card reader) and copy back all the fat32 stuff to the new fat32 part of the new card. The important part is the .android folder
samsamuel said:
yea, hence
step 2 - via pc take full copy of everything on the fat32 part of the old sd card (music or whatever, making sure you have hidden files showing, especially the .android folder)
and
step 6 - via pc (cwm - mounts and storage - mount sd card if you dont have a card reader) and copy back all the fat32 stuff to the new fat32 part of the new card. The important part is the .android folder
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Oh sorry, need to improve my reading skills
samsamuel said:
into cwm - full backup
via pc take full copy of everything on the fat32 part of the old sd card (music or whatever, making sure you have hidden files showing, especially the .android folder)
new card into phone
into cwm - partition the new card
in cwm - restore - advanced restore - restore only the sd-ext partition
via pc (cwm - mounts and storage - mount sd card if you dont have a card reader) and copy back all the fat32 stuff to the new fat32 part of the new card. The important part is the .android folder
start phone.
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Awesome post, thanks
BTW back in cwm when I repartition the sdcard, can I change the sd-part size before restoring the sd-ext part?
yea, that shouldn't be a problem.
Hi all.
I was given an HD2 running CM7 off NAND. It has a 2gb SD card in there, with around 400mb as ext3/ext4 partition.
I want to swap the 2gb for an 8gb card. Having not installed the ROM myself (and am not too familar with the process on the HD2), I'm unsure how to proceed.
Are there any files on the SD card that are likely to be needed for booting?
Can I just stick the new card in, use recovery to partition it and then remove the card - copy the old ext3/ext4 partition data over and it'll be happy?
Do I need to use recovery, can I just a Linux box to do that instead?
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Can I just stick the new card in, use recovery to partition it and then remove the card - copy the old ext3/ext4 partition data over and it'll be happy?
Do I need to use recovery, can I just a Linux box to do that instead?
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assuming you don't have a linux pc that can read ext partitions, id do it this way..
into cwm - full backup.
2gb card into card reader (or mount usb storage in android - or 'mounts and storage - mount sd card' in cwm) - copy off your whole fat32 partition - make sure you have hidden files set to show in windows explorer.
8gb card into phone, back into cwm, create the new ext partition.
8gb card back into card reader (or mounts and storage - mount sd card in cwm) and copy the fat 32 stuff back to the card.
into cwm - restore - advanced restore - restore the sd-ext partition only.
Thanks for the reply.
I do have a Linux PC to hand, and the HD2 doesn't have CWM on it.
So in the end, I used GParted to create a partition table that looked like the existing card and then copied the contents of the old card over. Phone booted up fine
I have pationed my sd card into 1 gb ext4 patition now I am using h9....now it shows only 6gb memory card....and my internal memory ia same...and the remaining 1gb is not found...hp to make that 1gb as my internal....
You need to use Link2sd & mount the partition then you can link apps
If link2sd doesn't give you the option to mount the ext partition you created it wrong
You can create your partition in cwm under the partitioning section - note that it will format your sd card so backup first to pc
Also note that your internal storage will not increase - this is a fixed hard drive and unless you magically fit a bigger one it will always be the same
What you are doing is creating virtual storage space on your sd card that acts like internal storage
The advantage is you can install more apps
The disadvantage is the more apps you link the more laggy the phone will get
marcussmith2626 said:
You need to use Link2sd & mount the partition then you can link apps
If link2sd doesn't give you the option to mount the ext partition you created it wrong
You can create your partition in cwm under the partitioning section - note that it will format your sd card so backup first to pc
Also note that your internal storage will not increase - this is a fixed hard drive and unless you magically fit a bigger one it will always be the same
What you are doing is creating virtual storage space on your sd card that acts like internal storage
The advantage is you can install more apps
The disadvantage is the more apps you link the more laggy the phone will get
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so how can delete this partition....?so that I get my memory back
–NigthFury– said:
so how can delete this partition....?so that I get my memory back
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By either formatting the sd card with your phone or creating a new partition in cwm (this will delete everything on sd card so backup first to pc)
Or
Use mini tool on pc to format the partition & then merge the partitions or delete all partitions & create a new one