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First of all let me say hello to everyone as I am new to here and that if there is a thread about this please point me there as I have searched far and wide and tried everything imaginable and nothing helped whatso ever.
I recently got myself the HTC touch with these specs
sapphire pvt 32b ship s-on g
hboot-1.33.0006 (sapp10000)
cpld-10
radio-2.22.19.261
I tried a tutorial I had found on how to flash it (Sorry in my frustration I lost the link for it) everything went well I know I had to get a file manager to activate an apk program for it then type in a code...after that it prompted to restart which I did and now it wont go past the vodafone loading screen.
its not bricked as I can get to the hboot screen still and I can go to the other screen the black one where you can wipe the card/ use the update.zip etc.
I took the sd card out of my phone to put the files needed onto it as my phone couldn't be mounted anymore and now when I put it back in I get the
can't mount SD card error (cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (no such file or directory)
so now it seems like I am royaly screwed here as my phone doesnt even read its own sd card...could I have accidently removed something from the SDcard which was needed for it to be recognized or is there a way to work around this
please can someone help me as I have been searching for a good 14 hours straight as I need my phone for work...
thanks in advance
Is the sdcard formatted as FAT32? Most come partitioned as FAT but all the tutorials say updating rom requires FAT32.
sorry I forgot to mention that yes it is formatted to FAT32, I did the format on the pc so I lost all the files that were on it, but as it is an sd card and not the internal memory it shouldn't have had any information on it required to mount it otherwise if I would get a new sd card it wouldn't work
the sd card that came with mine btw is an 8gb micro SD HC
I have a normal 2gb Micro SD but it doesn't read that one either.
so in otherwords I have just flashed my phone with the flashrec-20090815.apk which then asked to restart...I did that and then wiped before the backup, which should only mean I cannot go back to the stock settings unless some other dutch vodafone magic user would be so kind as to send me his nandroid backup
but other than that I would really like to figure out why my phone can't mount the SD card, either of them
EDIT: When I searched around the net about can't mount SD card error (cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (no such file or directory)
I found that every other person that has this problem is a HTC dream user which makes me think I accidently got a Dream file flashed to my phone, yet wouldn't just the right sappimg.nbh be able to return things to normal? Or is this just wishful thinking...
Well second this story from me. I have the exact problem as you have. Hope someone will stumble upon this thread and give us guidance..
//N
well I don't know how much of a difference it makes but I just got both fastboot AND ADB to work, at first only fastboot worked for me, so now when I am in the recovery screen I can put adb commands in even though it is not started up fully (Cant get past loading screen yet)
hmm...latest update, I think I did something horribly wrong now...it no longer goes into the recovery-RAv1.2.1G screen (The black screen with green words) it now brings me to a different recovery screen, the one with the phone and the exclamation (!) mark
As long as you can go into fastbood hope is not lost.
Did you already do an SPL update? if yes you can just install any rom you want.
try to put an rom (lets say cyanogenmod) via microsd to usb adapter on the drive and call it update.zip.
Get this tools: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EZU065GP
You need to install the USB driver for the phone if you not already have.
Connect the phone to the PC and boot you phone by holding "Back" and "On" into fastboot.
then run the "Boot Modified Recovery" script. Select "Apply sdcard:update.zip", make an wipe and the Phone start normally with the rom you selected.
It would be very helpful if you write would you already did to the phone.
ok, first things first...tired the program you sent me (Awesome by the way thanks) but the SPL I am using is a non engineerings spl meaning I cannot actually DO anything in fastboot
so without being able to start my phone up fully or use adb (I Lost that option once the recovery part disapeared for some reason) it would be great to know if I can still change the spl to an engineering one.
and now for a long list of what I did in the order I did it in so you can tell me just where I went wrong and tell me if I screwed up my phone completey or not (if not I have a special insurance on this that I pay extra for and might...JUST might cover this problem)
anyways.
At first I looked for a theme for the phone when realizing it wasn't going to be easy, I needed to flash them which is nothing I had done before (Should have realized then an there not to do it, knowing my luck)
anyways.
I turned on the usage of unkown applications and turned USB debugging on.
I put the flashrec-20090815.apk and recovery-RAv1.2.1G onto my sd card as told by the tutorial I downloaded linda file manager (Or something around those lines) to activate the flashrec thingy...followed by using the recovery thing and then it said it needed to be restarted.
I restarted it into the recovery like it told me to do, everything was going perfect.
This tutorial did not say to make a backup first so I never did (ARGH i hate that part the most) it told me to do a wipe, so I did...followed by sending the update.zip (This part confused me as they did not tell me to have the update.zip on it.
So I popped the sd card out (This may be where I went horribly wrong) put it into the SD card reader and put the update.zip rom on it I wanted to use.
Put the SD card back into my phone, and then it went wrong, I tried to run the update.zip and it said that it could not mount the sd card do to the dev/block thingy I posted above.
I have tried everything against that, I wiped the card...tried to format it through the phone (Same thing, could not mount) I formatted it on the pc to FAT32 (I made sure it was 32) and still, no matter what I do it wont mount...
strangely though someone suggested using the sappimg.nbh somewhere else, I got it...put it onto my SD card, started up hboot and it read it, tried to apply it but it said something about my CID or something being incorrect...but that DOES mean that the phone reads my SD cards (Since I have a 2gb sd and an 8gb sd HC (The one it came with)) and both of them work for doing that, but the sappimg part doesnt work.
after trying that sappimg.zip one though also with no good results, I tried to get back into the recovery part for the adb so that I could try something someone suggested about mounting the sd card image thingy through that...but when I booted up the recovery I got the normal android recovery (the one with only three choices and the phone with the exclamation mark) meaning I somehow lost my recovery RAv.......
so that is what has been done, please, please, please tell me I didnt horribly screw things up...if someone can help me I promise never to mess around with things I don't know about...
odanion said:
hmm...latest update, I think I did something horribly wrong now...it no longer goes into the recovery-RAv1.2.1G screen (The black screen with green words) it now brings me to a different recovery screen, the one with the phone and the exclamation (!) mark
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I was wondering what happen when you press both Home and Power buttons at this moment. What the phone shows. Is there any menu we can use?
Is the ADB recognizes the phone in recovery mode in this moment?
I am also having similar problems with my sapphire. I can fastboot to recovery rom but cannot mount the SD card I can use adb
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 no such file or directory when I try to access sdcard.
I have tried 4 different sd cards with different partitions on them but it will not read any of them.
I have tried to restore a nandroid backup by using adb push to put the img files in /sdcard. I assume it is just using the phone internal memory as the sdcard does not mount. I have used adb shell to flash_image the nandroid img files but it still does boot up succesfully. Just hangs at vodafone screen...
good afternoon
I have an ACER Iconia Tab to 500 HC 3.2 and using the second method of this post (Revert OTA 3.2 back to 3.0.1) and gets the android logo and a yellow triangle, someone might say it is?
Or if someone knows how to connect this tablet in Windows XP
thanks
Did you remember to extract the zip file that was in that post? The file that is to be extracted is update_not_stable.zip. Once you extract that, there should be a file that is called "update.zip". Make sure that is the file that is on your external SD card.
yes, I put the update.zip on the microsd and also have put the update.zip for content if that, but it works.
thanks
So does that mean you got it to work? I'm not sure if I fully understand your last post.
my English is disastrous to use a translator to express myself. Did not mean that workers but does not perform the recovery
Could you possibly outline the steps your performed so far, and perhaps I or someone more knowledgeable than I can offer better assistance.
I followed the steps are:
1 - I downloaded the file.
2 - I've extracted and copied to the microsd (update.zip) formatted to fat32
3 - I turned on the Iconium and has begun "erasing cache beforing SD update... booting recovery kernel image"
4 - android robot appears with a band and then carrying out erde a triangle with an exclamation in the middle of the icon.
Hmmmmm, I can't see anything that jumps out at me as being some wrong.
The update.zip is still zipped right? You right clicked on "downgrade_not_stable", extracted that, removed update.zip and out that file (which will be unzipped) into the root of your external SD card.
There is also the off chance that the file you downloaded got corrupted for whatever reason. If it won't work perhaps you can try to download it again and follow the steps.
hello,
i have the same problem. I did the same : unzipped, put on the external sdcard the file and I have the logo of the bot with the yellow triangle..
I downloaded again and again, restart from the beginning and I can't downgrade.
someone has an idea why it doesn't work ?
Thanks
same issue with mine... not too sure why i'm getting the error as I've been able to do things with the SD card before, so I don't think its an SD card problem.
Not SD problem
I already tried with differentes SD cards. They all work, but unable to start the downgrading !!
Maybe the file is not compatible with my tablet. How can we check ?
lm2011 said:
I already tried with differentes SD cards. They all work, but unable to start the downgrading !!
Maybe the file is not compatible with my tablet. How can we check ?
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What tab to you have? The A500?
Make sure that it is the file "update.zip" that is on your sd card. Make sure this update.zip is still a zipped file.
Other than that, I don't know what could be wrong. I did the downgrade with no issues.
Thanks for the answer.
My tablet is an iconia A500.
I unzipped the file downloaded, that gave an update.zip. I put it on the SD card. The tablet recognized the file but stop just after find it.
I have no idea whatelse to do.
TRy and try again.
Finally it worked !!!
It was a download problem in fact for me.
I hope it can help.
maybe i'll try downloading on another computer (this one has XP?) and see if that makes a lick of difference. this is getting frustrating.
Still no go. Even did everything just on the iconia and still get the yield sign when trying to recover during boot.
Hi , I did it right now and it worked , installed iconiaroot and CWM and all went fine, but I have another problem now :
external miniSD can't be seen anymore and I'm not able to install any custom rom . If I go to recovery and pushing "install zip from" : it always goes to E: directory sdcard (and it 's not found)
Is there anyone that can help me ?
Thanks
Ramp
Hello,
I had this problem with the update of tabonay. The problem was a ";" at this end of the file :update.zip
Retry and check you have a .zip at the root of the external SD card
Hi
The problem is that I can't see neither micro sd external card nor USB pen anymore on my system
Please help
Thanks
Great that It worked for you, It doesn't work for me, do you think this will work with a USB since I can't get it to work with an SD
Fully working Samsung Galaxy S - Using 16GB External Micro SD to run OS and function as External SD!!
Ok so to set the scene I will quickly explain the issue I had with my Samasung Galaxy S.
One day it worked....
Next day it didn't...from then on it would only boot to first screen then continually repeat this step.....
After day two of having no luck at fixing the issue I got an S3...great phone!
BUT DONT GIVE UP JUST YET! It can be fixed!!!
Overall I think I would have spent somewhere in the ballpark of about 40 hours trying to fix the Galaxy S...stubborn? Yes....and my Galaxy S was such a good phone I hated the idea of binning it.
I wont waste your time listing the hundreds of methods I tried or posts I read, but in the end all things pointed to a dead internal SD.
I should be able to run the OS off an external SD... shouldn't I? The answer is Yes!
Many hours were spent on this stage and for about a week I had a working pone with OS running on External SD, but no access to the camera or anything which required an external SD.
I now have a perfectly working phone, using a 16gb External SD to run the OS and remaining space on it recognised as the external SD.
I can't promise this will work for everyone but here is the last of WAY TO MANY methods I used which completely solved this problem for me.
Let me know if this works for you & GOOD LUCK!
Step 1:
Your phone must be rooted!
The best, easiest and only way I was able to do it is with the following guide, big thank you to the person who put it up. As my Internal SD was dead! my external SD was to be my new internal SD...so the standard add to zip method for rooting on external SD... would obviously not work for me! yes I worded that perfectly!
BIG IMPORTANT NOTE IN CAPITAL LETTERS! - Make sure you have your external SD inserted during the below process!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852546
NOW! You should have your phone booting as it used to back in the good old days! However.....some of you wont...if this is the case please follow Step 1B.
Step 1B:
If the above did not work for you then you need a way to connect your Micro SD to your PC (I did this using a USB adaptor).
1. Download and install EaseUS partition master
2. Insert Micro SD in PC
3. EaseUS partition master
4. Wipe all partitions/data.
5. Create EXT4 partition approx 2gb
6. Create FAT32 partition with remaining space.
7. Remove battery from phone
8. Insert SD, Battery back in.
9. Turn on, you should have your phone booting as it used to back in the good old days!
IF NOT THEN.....Start with Step 1B then do Step1 then if all looking as it should move to step 2. If not...sorry...I have failed you!
Step 2:
You phone should now have booted like the good old days....but if you go into SD/Storage on android OS, you will notice it does not recognise the remaining space on the External SD as an external SD...it must be very confusing for the green robot!
So next steps as follows!
1. Install script manager app and mount r/w app from Google Play (market)
2. Use mount r/w to Mount the system partition in r/w mode.
3. Browse using script manager app as root (change setting in config).
4. Go to /system/etc folder and change file permission for vold.fstab to rwxrwxrwx (This means tick all the 9 boxes on the left not the 3 on the right.....such a technical explanation)
5. Then edit the vold.fstab file as text and change the following
Change:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/mmc_host/mmc0
to
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc2
Change:
s3c-sdhci.0
to
s3c-sdhci.2
Change:
mmc0
to
mmc2
Save the file and reboot the phone!
If all has gone well then your sdcard partition will be mounted and old faithful is ready to ride once again!
I hope this worked for you, if it didn't...gutted and I guess you have moved onto the next post...good hunting!
Please note this solution was created from a pile of posts I trawled through to get a solution. The above vold.fstab solution was taken from the following post. Unfortunately this posts overall solution didn't work for me, but I would not have been able to mount remaining External SD Space as well...you know THE EXTERNAL SD! without his post, which is the best part!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193010
Nice work... Lesson to be learned...
Never give up!! lol
Above post should be stickied or kept somewhere, seen quite a few people with the same problem. I'll be bookmarking it in case it ever happens to me... Thanks...
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk 2
Cheers
knuckles1978 said:
Nice work... Lesson to be learned...
Never give up!! lol
Above post should be stickied or kept somewhere, seen quite a few people with the same problem. I'll be bookmarking it in case it ever happens to me... Thanks...
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks Wasn't sure If should really have posted it as......how to run your Samsung Galaxy S from your external SD lol.
Hi There
Thank you for the comprehensive post.
What should I do if scriptmanager app and mount r/w app can't install? In fact, no apps can install.
Also, should the second line in vold.fstab that used to point to external sd stay the same or be modded as well?
My SGS just will not accept any apps installed or anything copied to it. I have repartitioned the external sd but everything still only picks up the internal SD and nothing from external.
Does the external SD need to be partition as a primary or logical partition for the EXT4 part?
The link to the guide is dead, why have xda removed it? does anybody have a link to the guide that works? thanks
Link works fine here.....
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk 2
boot loop
reganstott said:
Fully working Samsung Galaxy S - Using 16GB External Micro SD to run OS and function as External SD!!
Ok so to set the scene I will quickly explain the issue I had with my Samasung Galaxy S.
One day it worked....
Next day it didn't...from then on it would only boot to first screen then continually repeat this step.....
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Tried the above but no joy, my problem below could be slightly different
Bought this from Ebay dead, managed to get it going but it would not recognise internal or external storage, tried to update rom, then disaster, now goes into permanent bootloop Have tried to resurrect the phone with….http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647890
and with ezbase, EZRom for Galaxy S.
No go, when use Odin3 1.82 to put rom on it says passed, then goes into recovery and tells me that
1) e: format_volume:rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
2) Deleting Meta data ….data wipe failed
3) Press reboot says failed to Mount Data File
On Reboot goes to permanent boot loop on Samsung S GT-i9000 screen
Searched and found ref to using a riff box to clear this problem, nobody near me has one
Any ideas to get out of this gratefully received
knuckles1978 said:
Link works fine here.....
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk 2
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so I assume you have to have a booting phone for this to work?
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bryfly said:
Tried the above but no joy, my problem below could be slightly different
Bought this from Ebay dead, managed to get it going but it would not recognise internal or external storage, tried to update rom, then disaster, now goes into permanent bootloop Have tried to resurrect the phone with….http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647890
and with ezbase, EZRom for Galaxy S.
No go, when use Odin3 1.82 to put rom on it says passed, then goes into recovery and tells me that
1) e: format_volume:rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
2) Deleting Meta data ….data wipe failed
3) Press reboot says failed to Mount Data File
On Reboot goes to permanent boot loop on Samsung S GT-i9000 screen
Searched and found ref to using a riff box to clear this problem, nobody near me has one
Any ideas to get out of this gratefully received
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Ok I think im getting the picture but the guide is not clear, i think 1 partiotion should be ext4 the other fat 32 both primary, if you cannot boot because of the loop do you need a modified kernel ? will the phone then auto mount the external sd and use that instead?
swukjay said:
so I assume you have to have a booting phone for this to work?
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Ok I think im getting the picture but the guide is not clear, i think 1 partiotion should be ext4 the other fat 32 both primary, if you cannot boot because of the loop do you need a modified kernel ? will the phone then auto mount the external sd and use that instead?
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Thanks for the reply, have advanced since my post, managed to get into CWM and deleted / formatted everything I could see, then went back to install GB through odin3 and it accepted and is now running with that..........Still left with my original problem that stops me install JB or ICS, in settings, then "SD card an phone storage" SD Card= total space and available space, unavailable and usb storage = total space and available space, unavailable, if I hit format usb storage I get sd card has been removed ........Any suggestions what to try??
bryfly said:
Thanks for the reply, have advanced since my post, managed to get into CWM and deleted / formatted everything I could see, then went back to install GB through odin3 and it accepted and is now running with that..........Still left with my original problem that stops me install JB or ICS, in settings, then "SD card an phone storage" SD Card= total space and available space, unavailable and usb storage = total space and available space, unavailable, if I hit format usb storage I get sd card has been removed ........Any suggestions what to try??
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I think this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193010 may help you , apparently you have to change some script with root explorer, my problem is exactly the same as your but still have boot loop, what procedure did you use to get your to boot? did you partition memory card?
swukjay said:
I think this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193010 may help you , apparently you have to change some script with root explorer, my problem is exactly the sane as your but kust have boot loop, what procedure did you use to get your to boot?
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managed to install cwm, then wiped everything I could, then installed a stock GB rom through odin3 and it went fine, so guessing I had something corrupted and then cwm formats deleted it, maybe I was lucky , but that is all I did, thanks for the link re sd cards.....
use external sd card with CM10
Hey there,
I have had exactly the same issue and it took my days to figure out that my internal sd card must be broken.
Thanks for the great idea of switching the sd cards, my SGS I9000 works again.
Using my gained enthusiasm I tried to flash the newest 10.1 CM firmware. The installer stops within CWM before rebooting and tells me that the package is defect. I tried it several times, even using sideload. What do I have to do to install it?
Best regards
marco
gt i9000
reganstott said:
Fully working Samsung Galaxy S - Using 16GB External Micro SD to run OS and function as External SD!!
Ok so to set the scene I will quickly explain the issue I had with my Samasung Galaxy S.
One day it worked....
Next day it didn't...from then on it would only boot to first screen then continually repeat this step.....
After day two of having no luck at fixing the issue I got an S3...great phone!
BUT DONT GIVE UP JUST YET! It can be fixed!!!
Overall I think I would have spent somewhere in the ballpark of about 40 hours trying to fix the Galaxy S...stubborn? Yes....and my Galaxy S was such a good phone I hated the idea of binning it.
I wont waste your time listing the hundreds of methods I tried or posts I read, but in the end all things pointed to a dead internal SD.
I should be able to run the OS off an external SD... shouldn't I? The answer is Yes!
Many hours were spent on this stage and for about a week I had a working pone with OS running on External SD, but no access to the camera or anything which required an external SD.
I now have a perfectly working phone, using a 16gb External SD to run the OS and remaining space on it recognised as the external SD.
I can't promise this will work for everyone but here is the last of WAY TO MANY methods I used which completely solved this problem for me.
Let me know if this works for you & GOOD LUCK!
Step 1:
Your phone must be rooted!
The best, easiest and only way I was able to do it is with the following guide, big thank you to the person who put it up. As my Internal SD was dead! my external SD was to be my new internal SD...so the standard add to zip method for rooting on external SD... would obviously not work for me! yes I worded that perfectly!
BIG IMPORTANT NOTE IN CAPITAL LETTERS! - Make sure you have your external SD inserted during the below process!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852546
NOW! You should have your phone booting as it used to back in the good old days! However.....some of you wont...if this is the case please follow Step 1B.
Step 1B:
If the above did not work for you then you need a way to connect your Micro SD to your PC (I did this using a USB adaptor).
1. Download and install EaseUS partition master
2. Insert Micro SD in PC
3. EaseUS partition master
4. Wipe all partitions/data.
5. Create EXT4 partition approx 2gb
6. Create FAT32 partition with remaining space.
7. Remove battery from phone
8. Insert SD, Battery back in.
9. Turn on, you should have your phone booting as it used to back in the good old days!
IF NOT THEN.....Start with Step 1B then do Step1 then if all looking as it should move to step 2. If not...sorry...I have failed you!
Step 2:
You phone should now have booted like the good old days....but if you go into SD/Storage on android OS, you will notice it does not recognise the remaining space on the External SD as an external SD...it must be very confusing for the green robot!
So next steps as follows!
1. Install script manager app and mount r/w app from Google Play (market)
2. Use mount r/w to Mount the system partition in r/w mode.
3. Browse using script manager app as root (change setting in config).
4. Go to /system/etc folder and change file permission for vold.fstab to rwxrwxrwx (This means tick all the 9 boxes on the left not the 3 on the right.....such a technical explanation)
5. Then edit the vold.fstab file as text and change the following
Change:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/mmc_host/mmc0
to
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc2
Change:
s3c-sdhci.0
to
s3c-sdhci.2
Change:
mmc0
to
mmc2
Save the file and reboot the phone!
If all has gone well then your sdcard partition will be mounted and old faithful is ready to ride once again!
I hope this worked for you, if it didn't...gutted and I guess you have moved onto the next post...good hunting!
Please note this solution was created from a pile of posts I trawled through to get a solution. The above vold.fstab solution was taken from the following post. Unfortunately this posts overall solution didn't work for me, but I would not have been able to mount remaining External SD Space as well...you know THE EXTERNAL SD! without his post, which is the best part!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193010
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im having a little trouble with step 2,
1. Install script manager app and mount r/w app from Google Play (market)------------- done
2. Use mount r/w to Mount the system partition in r/w mode. --------done, then clicked back arrow to do next step
3. Browse using script manager app as root (change setting in config). --------done
4. Go to /system/etc folder and change file permission for vold.fstab to rwxrwxrwx (This means tick all the 9 boxes on the left not the 3 on the right.....such a technical explanation)--------not sure about this step, i think I have done it, but then I cant find the next step
5. Then edit the vold.fstab file as text and change the following
any help would be much appreciated
Regards Mick
E:failed to mount ?sdcard (file exists)
I have figured out the vold.fstab file, but it wont save the changes, what have I done wrong
Please help me
reganstott said:
Fully working Samsung Galaxy S - Using 16GB External Micro SD to run OS and function as External SD!!
Ok so to set the scene I will quickly explain the issue I had with my Samasung Galaxy S.
One day it worked....
Next day it didn't...from then on it would only boot to first screen then continually repeat this step.....
After day two of having no luck at fixing the issue I got an S3...great phone!
BUT DONT GIVE UP JUST YET! It can be fixed!!!
Overall I think I would have spent somewhere in the ballpark of about 40 hours trying to fix the Galaxy S...stubborn? Yes....and my Galaxy S was such a good phone I hated the idea of binning it.
I wont waste your time listing the hundreds of methods I tried or posts I read, but in the end all things pointed to a dead internal SD.
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Hi reganstott i have similar problem but a little different. my galaxy i9000 stuck in boot loop too but the difference is that my phone do not enter into recovery mode and has boot loop even in download mod. therefore i can install no rom's. Do you know what is the exact problem of my phone? i try your solution but step 1A can't be done because my phone continue boot loop even in download mode. please help me
bewildered
I have flashed the phone back to stock, but it wont do anything, still cant get to the internal sd/card, please help, i desperately need to extract the photos off the internal sd/card
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I tested the procedure 3 times, worked all the time, but when I checked on the 'SD card and phone storage' on the 'Settings', still SD card is not recognized, but I got now USB Storage, so I could use the camera now.
Although the real problem of corrupt internal SD card is not yet solved, it is a solution.
Thank you very much, your persisteness.
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thanks a lot !!
thanks a lot only thing is I am able to mount SD card so camera and no extra memory
wow
very god
I have a tf101 and recently flashed CWM 6.0.1.3. I went to flash a new ROM but it says "E:Can't mount /sdcard" I have already format the partitions so I have no ROM installed and when I try to recover my backup I get the same error. I have ADB access and was able to (as far as I can tell) push a stock ROM to the sdcard but when I try to apply update.zip it still says it can't mount the sdcard. I have tried Easy Flasher, NVflash, and One Click Recovery to no avail. All of these options act as if they are working but the tab isn't taking the new information. Is there anything else I can try? Thanks.
jman2020 said:
I have a tf101 and recently flashed CWM 6.0.1.3. I went to flash a new ROM but it says "E:Can't mount /sdcard" I have already format the partitions so I have no ROM installed and when I try to recover my backup I get the same error. I have ADB access and was able to (as far as I can tell) push a stock ROM to the sdcard but when I try to apply update.zip it still says it can't mount the sdcard. I have tried Easy Flasher, NVflash, and One Click Recovery to no avail. All of these options act as if they are working but the tab isn't taking the new information. Is there anything else I can try? Thanks.
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Me to, and easey flasher didn't helped for me. Any ideas ?
Easy Flasher finally did the trick for me. I apparently had two bad SD cards or something. I finally found one that worked so that I could use Easy Flasher to load Stock ASUS ICS. The funny thing is that the two SD cards that wouldn't work worked just fine before and seem to work just fine now. I don't know what happened but swapping SD cards eventually did the trick.
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I have a tf101 and recently flashed CWM 6.0.1.3. I went to flash a new ROM but it says "E:Can't mount /sdcard" I have already format the partitions so I have no ROM installed and when I try to recover my backup I get the same error. I have ADB access and was able to (as far as I can tell) push a stock ROM to the sdcard but when I try to apply update.zip it still says it can't mount the sdcard. I have tried Easy Flasher, NVflash, and One Click Recovery to no avail. All of these options act as if they are working but the tab isn't taking the new information. Is there anything else I can try? Thanks.
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I did it but nothing happened. Please write me what did you doing step by step. THX
1: Get a working SD card.
2: Hook your Transformer up to a windows PC.
3: Boot your tablet into APX mode
4: Install APX drivers. (can be found here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012)
5: Download ASUS stock ICS ROM. (also found here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012)
6: Put the ROM zip inside the asusupdate folder.
7: Launch Easy Flasher and select Flash ASUS stock zip.
8: The app should now open a DOS window and run a script... something like extracting blob and then a bunch of other stuff.
9: Once it runs its course your tablet should say *installation success!* or something to that effect.
10: Reboot.
Now I had to do this like 3 times before it worked and it turned out to be my SD card wasn't working even though it worked prior too and still works after this debacle. So if when you run Easy Flasher and the DOS window just blinks on and closes then try a different SD card.
jman2020 said:
1: Get a working SD card.
2: Hook your Transformer up to a windows PC.
3: Boot your tablet into APX mode
4: Install APX drivers. (can be found here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012)
5: Download ASUS stock ICS ROM. (also found here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012)
6: Put the ROM zip inside the asusupdate folder.
7: Launch Easy Flasher and select Flash ASUS stock zip.
8: The app should now open a DOS window and run a script... something like extracting blob and then a bunch of other stuff.
9: Once it runs its course your tablet should say *installation success!* or something to that effect.
10: Reboot.
Now I had to do this like 3 times before it worked and it turned out to be my SD card wasn't working even though it worked prior too and still works after this debacle. So if when you run Easy Flasher and the DOS window just blinks on and closes then try a different SD card.
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Thank's and thank's again! SUCCEEDED!
DessertFox said:
Thank's and thank's again! SUCCEEDED!
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NP. Glad I could help.
In my case I just had to format sd card in fat32 with 32kb clusters. Just to be clear, you can't format sd card which is less than 4gb in 32kb clusters.Try to play with different clusters size and all cards 4gb or bigger will work.
Hi All,
there are all these interesting tips how to get adoptable storage to work on Marshmallow with e.g. Samsung devices:
sm set-force-adoptable true
sm list-disks
sm partition DISK private
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But for me it does not work at all. Does anyone know what could cause this problem?
The phone I am using is a Galaxy A5 2016.
Modelnumber: SM-A510F
Buildnumber: MMB29K.A510FXXU2BPH3
OS: 6.0.1
Many thanks in advance for any help!
Best regards
Up, for me too this isn't working, with or without correct names of the sd card... No format and no repartition...
yellowt said:
Up, for me too this isn't working, with or without correct names of the sd card... No format and no repartition...
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You can try this.
Please ensure to make a backup of your boot and system partition with twrp before installing.
Install the zip below with twrp then reboot.
Go to settings>storage then tap the sdcard.
You should see the adoptable storage options.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424965737
ashyx said:
You can try this.
Please ensure to make a backup of your boot and system partition with twrp before installing.
Install the zip below with twrp then reboot.
Go to settings>storage then tap the sdcard.
You should see the adoptable storage options.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424965737
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Thanks but my phone is completely stock... That's why the adb method was so nice... Can I flash the zip via adb or in others ways?
Thanks a lot!
yellowt said:
Thanks but my phone is completely stock... That's why the adb method was so nice... Can I flash the zip via adb or in others ways?
Thanks a lot!
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If you want to stay complete stock then this patch is not for you.
ashyx said:
If you want to stay complete stock then this patch is not for you.
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So there is no information why on the stock version the mentioned commands do not work accordingly?
My phone actually needs to stay stock hence no option for the zip this time.
ev!denz said:
So there is no information why on the stock version the mentioned commands do not work accordingly?
My phone actually needs to stay stock hence no option for the zip this time.
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It was removed from the framework, so unless it's replaced it's not going to work.
ashyx said:
You can try this.
Please ensure to make a backup of your boot and system partition with twrp before installing.
Install the zip below with twrp then reboot.
Go to settings>storage then tap the sdcard.
You should see the adoptable storage options.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424965737
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I HAVE THE A510F and this just wiped my sd card... thought this would do, but thank you for the work you did and hope this helps others
popeye331 said:
I HAVE THE A510F and this just wiped my sd card... thought this would do, but thank you for the work you did and hope this helps others
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Of course it wipes your sd card, that's what it's meant to do.
I don't understand the issue? [emoji53]
It doesn't give option for adoptable storage.... Only options are unmount or format.. Sorry for any confusion
popeye331 said:
It doesn't give option for adoptable storage.... Only options are unmount or format.. Sorry for any confusion
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Did you tap the micro sdcard after installing the patch?
Can you backup your patched boot.img with TWRP then post it up so I can check it?
ashyx said:
Did you tap the micro sdcard after installing the patch?
Can you backup your patched boot.img with TWRP then post it up so I can check it?
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Yes i did..... I will try to get you that... Honestly haven't never done that but will surely try
i got it to work...yes the zip is awesome and works great...but after install i hit storage/sd/format, after format was finished in notification it said new sd card detected, set up...i hit setup and there was the option for portable or internal storage so again thank you for the great work.......now i just need to figure out why it says device storage is 69 GB used out of 128 when my card is 64 and my phone is 16 and try to also figure out how to make sd the default for download......so again THANK YOU for this zip
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i got it to work...yes the zip is awesome and works great...but after install i hit storage/sd/format, after format was finished in notification it said new sd card detected, set up...i hit setup and there was the option for portable or internal storage so again thank you for the great work.......now i just need to figure out why it says device storage is 69 GB used out of 128 when my card is 64 and my phone is 16 and try to also figure out how to make sd the default for download......so again THANK YOU for this zip
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Don't worry about the combined incorrect storage capacity. It seems to common on all Samsung devices. Just pay attention to the individual storage capacity of internal and external which will be correct.
To make sure you are using the external Sdcard as default location tap the sd card and choose migrate data.
Hi ashyx,
I think I went through all the required steps:
- installed TWRP on my SM-A510F
- backed up system+boot partitions
- and finally installed the "adoptable_storage_enabler_ashyx_13916.zip" ZIP through TWRP.
However, once I rebooted, contrary to popeye331, I did NOT have any more options after I went to "Settings > Storage > SDCard" . Only "Format" and "Unmount" were shown, and after I chose "Format" it only offered me to format it as portable storage. After that was completed, I did NOT have a "New SD Card detected" notification as reported by popeye331.
Have I missed sopmething? Was I supposed to root my device by installing SuperSU via TWRP with your custom "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.65-20151226141550.zip" file??
I hope you can help me as this is driving me nuts ... I wish I bought the HTC One A9 instead of the Galaxy A5 2016 now, I didn't know Samsung was the "Apple" equivalent in the Android ecosystem...
Thanks in advance,
Laurent
PROBLEM SOLVED !! Needed to disable Zip signature verification in TWRP !!
Ok, my bad, problem identified and solved !!!
I did not actually pay enough attention to the log messages during installation of the "adoptable_storage_enabler_ashyx_13916.zip" file through TWRP...
It did display an error message in red stating "Zip signature verification failed", and aborted installation tight after that, but somehow I missed it, rebooted thinking installation had succeeded, and didn't understand why it didn't work...
I only realised my mistake while going through the install procedure a second time. When I noticed the error message I thought at first the Zip might be corrupted, then I Googled the error message and I got the explanation:
Before installing this Zip file, you MUST TURN OFF the "Zip verification" option in TWRP !!!
Once I did that and attempted the installation again, the process went smoothly and succeeded, and after reboot I proceeded exactly as popeye331 explained, the process being actually a bit strange:
You must first format the SD card, but when you first format it you are only presented with the option to format it as portable storage.
HOWEVER, ONCE the formatting has gone through, you do indeed see a notification about a new SD Card being detected, and if you open this notification you are prompted to format the SD card either as portable storage or as internal storage... SO you just have to opt for the latter, and after the card is configured as internal storage it will move some application data onto it for you.... Once this is done it is strongly advisable to reboot, because you might still see the external SD card if your phone is plugged in throuh USB... After you reboot, you will only see one unified storage labelled "Phone" (although you still see the SD card and internal storage as separated entities in Settings > Storage on the device).
Anyway, THANK YOU SO MUCH ashyx for your excellent work, I'm going to make a little donation to you right away to express my gratitude and thank you for all your efforts !!! :good:
Cheers,
Laurent
laurentd75 said:
Ok, my bad, problem identified and solved !!!
I did not actually pay enough attention to the log messages during installation of the "adoptable_storage_enabler_ashyx_13916.zip" file through TWRP...
It did display an error message in red stating "Zip signature verification failed", and aborted installation tight after that, but somehow I missed it, rebooted thinking installation had succeeded, and didn't understand why it didn't work...
I only realised my mistake while going through the install procedure a second time. When I noticed the error message I thought at first the Zip might be corrupted, then I Googled the error message and I got the explanation:
Before installing this Zip file, you MUST TURN OFF the "Zip verification" option in TWRP !!!
Once I did that and attempted the installation again, the process went smoothly and succeeded, and after reboot I proceeded exactly as popeye331 explained, the process being actually a bit strange:
You must first format the SD card, but when you first format it you are only presented with the option to format it as portable storage.
HOWEVER, ONCE the formatting has gone through, you do indeed see a notification about a new SD Card being detected, and if you open this notification you are prompted to format the SD card either as portable storage or as internal storage... SO you just have to opt for the latter, and after the card is configured as internal storage it will move some application data onto it for you.... Once this is done it is strongly advisable to reboot, because you might still see the external SD card if your phone is plugged in throuh USB... After you reboot, you will only see one unified storage labelled "Phone" (although you still see the SD card and internal storage as separated entities in Settings > Storage on the device).
Anyway, THANK YOU SO MUCH ashyx for your excellent work, I'm going to make a little donation to you right away to express my gratitude and thank you for all your efforts !!! :good:
Cheers,
Laurent
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Great stuff, thanks for the feedback.
ashyx said:
Great stuff, thanks for the feedback.
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Is it work to a7 2016 too?
Hanif92 said:
Is it work to a7 2016 too?
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Yes.
Okey let me try. Thanks