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I had just finished installing Myns New Rom and Flashed the combo radios aswell, I ran Titanium Backup and installed my apps. I opened Rom Manager and said I had to flash Clockwork Mod and it updated to 3.O. I then proceeded to make a back up of the rom and then my phone went straight to boot loader, It would not reboot and would not enter recovery just reboots back into boot loader. I finally removed the sd card and rebooted after 10 mins it went back to my rom. I then tried to open my sd card on pc an nothing shows up, I tried 2 others and nothing, cannot even format. I borrowed my friends evo and went to recovery with sdcard in to format it say error can not mount and nothing. I tried within the phone, with cm6 installed and it said the sd card was blank or wrong something, (I forgot) No luck. I think it might have destroyed my sd card, Im trying to find a software that may allow me to do so any luck.
-not visible in pc
-cannot mount or format on phone or recovery mode.
-16gb Micro Sd card Sandisk class 2, bought when touch pro came out for 110 from bestbuy (got 100 back from Htc Touch return so really only 10)
-Had partitoned earlier to run mikifroyo app2sd, unpartioned by formatting.
Please any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
Ok when I Insert My SD card it just boots to loading and reboots over and over again. Any ideas?
deolarte said:
Ok when I Insert My SD card it just boots to loading and reboots over and over again. Any ideas?
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try looking in the forums for the lastet recovery in .zip format.
Copy it to the root of the sd card. (if you think that you have an issue with the SD card, then take a fresh SD that is formatted to Fat32. Make sure it is not NTFS. If you formatted on the Mac, make sure the partition format is MBR and not GUID, if you don't know how to do this, I can explain further. The easiest way would be to make sure that you do it on a windows machine)
Start your phone, and hopefully it will install the recovery automatically.
After you install the recovery, and get your phone booted into android, you can locate a pre-rooted rom of your choice in the forums here or at the "other" place if you prefer.
You can read more about it in this other section of the forum. The information below is from that forum, in case you can't find it or are too lazy to search.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
Latest version :
IMG (fastboot or flash_image method): recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.2.1.img - MD5Sum: c9a28b8be2c97e5805d530ed991b26fe
PC36IMG (bootloader method) : PC36IMG-Amon-V2.2.1.zip - MD5SUM: 26eadae1e206784d0bb9426f24f4303d
Thanks, I was planning to do this but Im more concerened about my sd card, The phone boots well with out the sd card now, So I was planning to install the zip later. Thanks though I really appreciate the help and thoroughness of your answer which is great. But do you by anychance know what I can to do to recover the card back?
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Not visible as a drive or not visible as one that can be formatted?
drive on one pc and not possible to be formatted on other. Not possible to format on nook, evo, camera
Hello Everyone,
I like most people upgraded my Bell i9000m from Kies to Froyo, only to have it bricked with the "can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0" error at the recovery screen during boot-up. I upgraded it last week, where it took the firmware from JL8 to I believe JK3 or JL8 (not sure at this point).
Unfortunately I bought my phone from some guy on Kijiji using it on Rogers, so I doubt Bell is going to handle the return or give me any love
Anyways, I spent many days long days trying to get it back working, and I found a work-around that requires using an external SD card. and going back to Android 2.1 ECLAIR
Steps (This is what I did):
1. Install JK3 stock ROM via Odin (with re-partition at the pit on samfirmware.com, didn't update boot loader)
2. Install K13c speedmod kernel via Odin
3. Insert 16GB External SD card
3. Boot phone to Froyo
4. Reboot to recovery console and wipe data/everything
5. Install JL8 stock ROM via Odin (no re-partition, didn't update boot loader)
6. Phone will boot-up into recovery mode and automatically do wipe data
7. Phone will boot into ECLAIR
8. You will see internal storage of 1.85GB free.
9. Install Market apps - I installed twitter
10. If you remove external SD card, twitter will crash.
11. If you reboot phone without external SD card, you will get rebooting logo
12. If you put external SD card back it, phone boots!
This wasn't a fluke - I was able to reproduce if I flashed other ROMS (XXJPY or similar) instead of JK3.
Background:
Even though the phone can't boot with stock ROM, if I install JK3 ROM + speedmod K13b speedmod kernel, I can get the phone to boot to Froyo, but there is no internal storage (it shows up as 0 bytes available). So you can't install Market apps, and therefore is useless. I can't even mount the external SD card under the Settings app!
So I tried to log in the Froyo device using adb shell, and what I found is that internal SD card is no longer showing up under linux, and the OS thinks that the external SD card is the internal one. This is probably why the external SD card can no longer be mounted.
I figured out that the external SD card shows up as /dev/block/mmcblk0!!! WHich is the same block device as the internal SD card...so I'm thinking if I reboot into recovery and format SD card, how come it's not working? I even tried to partition the external SD card with android partitions, but still nothing!
I think Froyo is 'smarter' in that it knows the external SD card is not internal (whether it's grepping the device-info for manufacture data, don't know).
But if I go to JL8 Eclair, the Android 2.1 is 'dumb' enough that is doesn't see the difference between internal and external, so formats the external to look like internal.
Once I boot to ECLAIR, the external SD card is greyed out under Settings app, but I get 1.85GB internal storage!! OK I can't access the whole 16GB of the card, but at least my phone is not toast.
I can go ahead an install apps, which will install to the external SD card. But if you remove the external SD card, the phone will no longer boot. If I remove the card and apps are running, apps will crash (case in point: I tried twitter).
It will be nice if others can re-produce my findings. But for now my Samsung Galaxy S has been saved!
Kashif Shaikh
this sounds promising, can some more people confirm this solution to use External SD to imitate internal SD?
It worked for me as well! I have i9000M version, with internal SD failure. I'm also using 8GB external microSD card. I tried several 2.2 Android firmwares - specifically I9000XXJPY, I9000XXJPU. With update to speedmod-kernel I'm able to load device, but it doesn't see neither internal nor external SD card. So I couldn't install any applications, upload data or even shot with camera.
Based on this thread, on top of XXJPY with speedmod kernel I uploaded I9000XWJM8 firmware (Android 2.1) with Odin 1.7, no repartitioning. It worked right away - device loaded and I can see ~2GB of program storage (assume they storage is located on my external card). Both internal and external cards are shown as "Not available" in settings. I can install applications now, which made "brick" a bit better then it was before. Unfortunately, I still can't upload any data, i.e. a book for FB2Reader. And can't make a photo with my camera. And it's now Android 2.1, which looks slower.
First of all - thanks for the advice! It would be good to have this topic "sticked" and distributed - there might be other guys with no chance to repair phone under warranty.
Secondly - if someone can do a "hack" for Android 2.2 firmware so it can use external SD card for program storage specifically for I9000M device? And it would be terrific, if the remaining part of SD card (or at least some fixed size, like 4 GB) can be mounted as storage, so the data like music or photo or books can be uploaded.
I'm able to connect to the phone using adb tool, but I can't find a folder on the device where I can upload (push) a file to. I'd like to upload a book to the device so I can finally use it as a reader. I tried all "root" folders (adb shell -> ls) and all don't work. It says "No such file or directory" or "Permission denied".
Is there a folder on the device which I can push file to using adb tool? Maybe somewhere where applications are installed to, i.e. Program Storage location. Please help!
Anyone else following this thread with I9000M with internal card dead?
This isn't much of a fix. This will only work with phones with slightly corrupted (and not fully corrupt) sdcards; eventually your phone will probably stop booting with this "fix" as well. You're going to eventually loose some of the other partitions such as stl10 to corruption, and then you're screwed.
The OP's phone is corrupt in a specific way that allows this - and there are various procedures that will get your phone to a semi-bootable state if you only have a partially dead sdcard. Like the OP said - just installing speedmod kernel with an external SD in will allow your phone to boot, for example (I got my dead sd i9000m to boot froyo with the speedmod kernel, and others had reported the same as well). Then if you're technical enough you can switch around your mount configs and get it to work without the internal mmc device.
It doesn't matter if you bought your phone off kijiji or craigslist 2nd hand; send it back to samsung (or go thru futuretel or a similar provider). No receipt is going to be required (if they ask... just say you can't find it). Products like this will always be repaired under warranty based on manufacture date code.
Send your phone back; don't try to fix it - it's a hardware problem with the mmc connection.
Unfortunately, I'm 10 thousand miles away from Canada with no chance getting there. If I had option to send it back for repair I would do it right away. So I'm searhing an option to use this semi-brick as much as possible.
My i9000M phone has totally corrupted internal SD card - it failed two months ago and I tried all options for it reformatting / remounting / whatever. With speedmod kernel it loads even without external sd card. It just allows loading without internal storage - not use external card to mimic internal. Unfortunately, it doesn't see any storage then - no internal, no program, no external card. So it just loads.
With Android 2.1 and external card it loads _and_ see 2GB of program storage (on external card). It doesn't see any other storage - so I can't upload any file. But at least I can install applications.
I'll try this solution after buy a Microsd card. My i9000M internal sdcard dead in two days ago after fixlag use ext2 partitions.
hi all. i didn't find JL8 stock ROM for sumfireware.com.where can find it ?
i flash my phone step by step as top post.
but after flash 2.1 rom with insert SD card , my Phone still cannot boot into ECLAIR .
who can help me? thanks. my phone can boot to 2.2 system without internal card.
SHINE.YANG said:
hi all. i didn't find JL8 stock ROM for sumfireware.com.where can find it ?
i flash my phone step by step as top post.
but after flash 2.1 rom with insert SD card , my Phone still cannot boot into ECLAIR .
who can help me? thanks. my phone can boot to 2.2 system without internal card.
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Samsung or bell can help you. Send your phone in for repair....
for same reason .i cannot send my phone to bell. so i very want to know find JL8 rom to let me phone canbe use . please help.
HI guys . thanks for your help.
actually ,every I9000 2.1 rom CAN use this solution. just need your external SD same as your phone internal SD size. if you are 8G internal SD , you must use 8G external SD card with 2.1 ROM . you can get 1.85G system space.
I've just tried XWJVB firmware - stock Android 2.3.3 - and it also works! Phone loads without flashing custom kernel.
I wonder, if there is a way to upload any file to the phone - so I can put there a book and read it.
does this mean this workaround still can't recover the files that were originally in my internal sd?
Nope. the internal sd is gone, probably forever.
workaround allows running the phone and having 2GB out of microsd card available for programs storage. it allows downloading and installing application from app market. still, you don't have other storage - can't upload a file or even make a photo with camera.
very wierd. if anyone would suggest a workaround to upload file to the device - even using any hacked way, like from abd or whatever
I flashed custom Kernel (CF-Root-XW_XEE_JVB-v3.1-CWM3RFS) over latest JVB. The device is now rooted.
Using adb tool I was able to push fb2 file to device - specifically to dev folder. (adb push file.fb2 /dev). Using Moon Reader I can open and read it! That's terrific after long time of finding a way of doing this.
Unfortunately, Moon reader is the only app that works. FBReader tries to open the book but fails with writing cache to sd card (which is broken).
This is a most useful post, thank you. I get the phone working on 2.2 which is great but I am unable to find the JL8 stock ROM, I locked for it everywhere but could not find it, would someone please indicate where to find it...
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This is a most useful post, thank you. I get the phone working on 2.2 which is great but I am unable to find the JL8 stock ROM, I locked for it everywhere but could not find it, would someone please indicate where to find it...
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Why would you need old stock ROM?
Just flashed XXJVP stock ROM to my I9000M. This is Android 2.3.4. Taken from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011901
Flashed CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVP-v3.7-CWM3RFS on top of it for rooting
Phone works
It needed some tricks this time to upload a file to deivce. For some reason all folders appear to be read only, including dev. So I used abd shell command to change folder permissons
adb shell
$ su
# chmod 777 /data
then exit and
adb push file.fb2 /data
File is stored and is not lost on reboot, like it was for dev folder
stuck on step 6..
first of all, this is a great post for those who still stuck with a dead i9000m and no help from Sammy!
Steps (this is how i followed)
1. fine
2. fine
3. fine (i inserted a 16gb Sandisk class 2 in FAT32 format)
3a. i couldn't 'boot to froyo' i'm not sure if you mean fully boot into the OS or not, but it was in a bootloop
4. i was able to get to step 4 somehow to the recovery (3e) and wipe data (there was still the cant mount error when wiping data but no error when wiping cache partition - is that normal?)
5. i cant find JL8 but others here suggested any other 2.1 ROM works so i tried JM8 (no repart/no update bootloader)
6. the phone did do something other than boot loop! (first time wow!) it was trying to copy something but it didn't go all the way through.. there was an error saying 'efs format failed /dev/block/mmcblk0p2' after/during 'coping media files'.
- could it be the wrong format going in (should it be something other than FAT32?)
- could it be that class 2 was not the right class (no fast enough??)
- the copying process stopped after it finished copying media files.. (the micro sd card did have some media files
- there was 2 folders Samsung folder (with media files) and svox (i think that was the name of the folder)
can anyone shed some light on where i did wrong, thanks everyone, love this forum btw.
pavbul said:
Why would you need old stock ROM?
Just flashed XXJVP stock ROM to my I9000M. This is Android 2.3.4. Taken from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011901
Flashed CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVP-v3.7-CWM3RFS on top of it for rooting
Phone works
It needed some tricks this time to upload a file to deivce. For some reason all folders appear to be read only, including dev. So I used abd shell command to change folder permissons
adb shell
$ su
# chmod 777 /data
then exit and
adb push file.fb2 /data
File is stored and is not lost on reboot, like it was for dev folder
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Thank you for the instructions, tha only reason to look for the jl8 rom is to follow the instructions to the letter. I trying your method right now, thank you for taking the time to give me another shot at my SGS, I will let you know how it goes
Can someone please identify/resolve my problem?
PROBLEM:
CANNOT BOOT TO STOCK NC 1.2 ROM
Whenever I try to boot, with microSD card inserted, I boot to ClockworkModRecovery. Inside CWM Recovery Console, version states it's 3.0.2.8. In ROM Manager, it says it's 3.2.0.1. (Because at some point in time, I tried to update it through the Rom Manager. It did say that it was updated successfully, but whenever I boot to CWM, it still says 3.0.2.8.
Whenever I try to boot, without microSD card inserted, I boot to CM7 Nightly Build 97. What appears is a green cyanogenmod logo followed by a cyan-colored "loading..." below, then a flash, then straight to the CM7 boot screen (the blue android on skateboard).
FACTS:
[*]I'm currently running CM7 Nighty Build 97 along with Dalingrin's OC Kernel set at 1200MHz (Which made it a lot responsive and faster, thanks to Dalingrin! ) at my NC.
[*]I have to remove the microSD in order to boot to CM7. If I don't remove the microSD, it goes to CWM.
[*]I don't know, I don't have, and I'm not planning to install --- ADB.
[*]My microSD is a SAMSUNG 16GB Class 2 microSD card--at least, that's what it says on the card--which came from a Red Sandisk packaging. Weird, I know. Just putting all the info here, maybe it'll help solve the problem.
[*]My NC came with a green dot on it's packaging. I was told it has something to do with the partitioning of it's internal memory, but from what I can see, my NC has 5GB of internal memory capacity.
THE STORY:
Before, I was running CM7 7.0.3 (Stable) on my nook.
With microSD inserted, I boot to CM7. What happens is there would be a flashing, cyan 'a n d r o i d . . .' text at the left side of the screen. Afterwards, the CM7 logo appears and boots to CM7.
With microSD removed, I boot to STOCK NC 1.2 ROM. What happens is a "Read Forever" logo would appear, then a colored 'n' logo, then 'nook color' logo, then home screen.
Then I found out that there's a way to overclock the NC but it requires installing nightly builds. At first, I was a bit skeptical of installing a non-stable build, but when I tried it out, man was I amazed. My NC got a lot faster. I installed the CM7 Nightly Build 97. But then, I found out that I couldn't boot to the STOCK NC 1.2 ROM anymore.
HOW I DID IT:
I followed this instruction to install CWM:
hxxp://mrm3.net/nook-color-updated-clockwork-recovery-bootable-sd/*
NOTE: I picked the 16GB link under "Clockwork Recovery v3.0.2.8-Old Nook Colors(not blue dot)" category since I have a 16GB microSD card and the other category "Clockwork Recovery v3.2.0.1-For new blue dot Nook Colors and Old Nooks" does not have a link for 16GB, only 1GB.
Then I followed this guide to install CM7 Nightly Build 97:
hxxp://mrm3.net/nook-color-how-to-install-cyanogenmod-nightlies/*
NOTE: I ignored the instruction "Only install if when you boot your nook it DOES NOT SAY READ FOREVER" and proceeded to installing the updated U-Boot 1.2 simply because I overlooked it at that time (could this be causing the problem?)
And this to overclock my NC:
hxxp://mrm3.net/nook-color-overclock-guide/*
NOTE: I ignored the fact that it says "Install 'update-CM7-dalingrin-OC-emmc-060911.zip'. " even though I was a bit skeptical. I did got skeptical a bit because I thought I should install instead the sd update instead of the emmc. But I proceeded anyway. (Could this be it?)
Can someone please identify what I've done wrong? Or can someone please give me a tutorial to fix it? Or at least point me to a tutorial that will fix the problem. I've been trying to find a way to fix it by myself by reading forums and blogs and stuff but I can't seem to find anything. I'm a noob, but I do know how to follow simple instructions. I'd really appreciate it if you can help me. :'(
*replace 'xx' to 'tt' to view the link.
You haven't done anything wrong, but you did get rid of your previous setup. You turned your SD card into a CWR bootable card, then installed CM7 to your internal memory. By doing this, you erased your stock 1.2 and replaced it with CM7. To get your SD card to stop booting to CWR, you can simply format the card. This will remove the boot files and it becomes a standard memory card once again. If you want your stock 1.2 back, there are threads here that explain how to revert back to stock. You might need that bootable SD card, however, so wait until you decide what you want to do before formatting the card.
Unless you have some reason to want your stock 1.2 back, I would suggest you just stick with what you have. It is what most of us are running.
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You haven't done anything wrong, but you did get rid of your previous setup. You turned your SD card into a CWR bootable card, then installed CM7 to your internal memory. By doing this, you erased your stock 1.2 and replaced it with CM7. To get your SD card to stop booting to CWR, you can simply format the card. This will remove the boot files and it becomes a standard memory card once again. If you want your stock 1.2 back, there are threads here that explain how to revert back to stock. You might need that bootable SD card, however, so wait until you decide what you want to do before formatting the card.
Unless you have some reason to want your stock 1.2 back, I would suggest you just stick with what you have. It is what most of us are running.
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Thanks for that. I was sure I didn't do anything wrong.
My reason for wanting to get access to my stock ROM is for me to 'Archive' my epubs. I have like a million of them, and I do read a lot. I cant find a good app to view epubs just like the stock B&N NC 1.2 reader... so if I archive those epubs, I'd be able to view them through the nook for android app. And yup, I've tried putting the epubs in the nook directory, it's still not reading it. That's basically it. If you guys can find a better way to view epubs like the stock B&N, I'm happy. Any ideas?
I'm hoping to try Phiremod as well in the near future, just so I can get a feel of which ROMs are the best. I've seen people running a ROM that still has the original 'Nook Color' status bar at the bottom and a dock bar on the side.
See it here: hxxp://w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=8d7ncguNjrE*
I think it's cool. If that build can run all apps in my CM7 nightly (I recently updated to Build 100), and also if that can be overclocked to at least 1.2GHz, I'll be so happy.
Please comment on all your ideas!!!
up up up up up up.
Persistent, aren't you.
There are lots of free apps that can read epub files. I downloaded the free epub of 'Phantom of the Opera' from some random web site, then looked in the Market for an 'epub reader'. One called 'FB Reader' was one of the first results. Opened the book fine, had lots of user-changable options and settings. Lots of other such apps available. Did this all in about 3 minutes using only my Nook with CM7 installed to internal memory. Took me longer to type out this post.
UPDATE well it looks as though I have found a solution to my woes. I made several attempts of formatting the 2gb card in my laptop to no avail. I tried my old captivate that it originally came out of and the cappy had troubles reading it. I then stuck it in my evo and it registered instant, so I did asdcard format on my evo and then finally the tablet registers the card. In case this helps anyone else
First off someone please enlighten me on the tabs use and the way it mounts the external SD, I read somewhere that it only uses it for media files such as music books and pics. I have an 8GB that belongs in my EVO, and a 2gb that I had for my captivate I was hoping to use in my Tab for now.
Here's my story, maybe someone can shed a little light here: My tab was purchased with Stock 3.1, I was getting annoyed by the constant update request so I went ahead and rooted and installed CWM without incident, then I decided to install the Stock rooted update from here, however when I insert my SD cards they say they are unavailable. So I stick my 2gb in my laptop format to fat32 (should this be different?, typically it works in every other device I own) It still won't read, I did exactly as others point out in other threads but still I am stumped as to how the card is made available to the OS ? Now in a fit of frustration I pulled my 8gb out of my evo put the 2gb in and wham there it is, I put the 3.2 download on the 8gb popped it in tab entered CWM and flashed the update, I don't know if the 2gb is mountable in CWM I will try tonight but the 8gb was mountable through CWM however my 8gb also was not available to Android even after the update.
So what the heck is the use of the external SD and how is it used?
I think you might have an issue with your ROM,
I use my external SD for my titanium backups and other files I want to keep portable. I have used the SD card through my PC via USB and directly by putting into the PC's card reader.
Have you tried using a file manager? I use File Manager HD and the external card shows up as Storage on the left bar.
As for the filesystem, I think I may have originally formatted as FAT but I have also pulled my SD out of my Blackberry and used it to install Honeylicious through CWM,
All in all I dont think you should be having the issues that you are having...
Good luck
If it won't mount in CWM you need to format it in your android phone, that fixed it for me. Once it is formatted correctly you'll see a notification that an SD card is installed. Also my PC wouldn't see it until I put a custom rom on. Also to store items on it you can use a file manager to move things to and from it.
~Sent from my Droid SuperCharge~
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If it won't mount in CWM you need to format it in your android phone, that fixed it for me. Once it is formatted correctly you'll see a notification that an SD card is installed. Also my PC wouldn't see it until I put a custom rom on. Also to store items on it you can use a file manager to move things to and from it.
~Sent from my Droid SuperCharge~
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The 8gb card did mount in CWM but would not mount in the OS, or when it would I would get it was unavailable or sometimes even empy when I know there is only about 1 gb free space, I did not test the 2gb in CWM mainly because it was late and I needed to go to bed, but I will try tonight. The 8gb is the one I updated to rooted 3.2 with, I still need to go to 3.2.1 ? Is there a rooted Stock 3.2.1 floating around I really havent looked much into it yet
I have noticed that getting the iconia to read some sd cards is like tossing dice..Most people who have this issue says one card works perfect in every device but not in the iconia.. Some say the card will work sometimes and not others .. Some say the card works in cwm and not with file manager..
The issue here i think is that you have two CARDS THAT ARE FUSSY ABOUT mating with the iconia. OR Your rom .i would read the threads in the rom you are using.. IF still nothing that sounds like your issue ask the DEV about this.. If STILL No luck you can either try to buy a new diffrent card or flash a new rom to try and Diag. this issue..
Good luck..
Silly question
Is your microSD formatted FAT32?
If it is anything else, your unit may have trouble reading it depending on what ROM you are using - Not all ROM's are capable of reading NTFS or other file systems.
Sometimes, microSD's freak out as well, and the only way to get it back to normal is to format it in a Symbian phone (Nokia)
Also, make sure you are using the correct mount point for the card - /mnt/external_sd - Root Explorer and other apps like it can get there.
Other than that, you may just have a bad microSD, I have had many of them die for seemingly no reason.
Hello XDA Community,
I recently encountered quite a frustrating problem. I bought a brand new 64GB kingston microSD card yesterday. I was running stock android 4.4.2 on my SGH-1337m device. I recently flashed the "Kangakat" rom and although everything works perfectly, the only error I can't seem to fix is this SD issue. By flashing this ROM, my device model is now "GT-I9505G" 4.4.4 rather than SGH-1337m.
Upon entering the SD card it first says "preparing SD card" and then seconds later says "SD card safe to remove" unable to mount to the device.
I have tried many solutions offered on this forum but have't been able to find a successful one. I have tried to mount through settings, take out the SD card reboot then enter it again, the SD card IS placed in correctly, and the SD card does work, it is not corrupt (connects to computer perfectly).
I appreciate all your help,
Wasbo.
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Wasbo said:
Hello XDA Community,
I recently encountered quite a frustrating problem. I bought a brand new 64GB kingston microSD card yesterday. I was running stock android 4.4.2 on my SGH-1337m device. I recently flashed the "Kangakat" rom and although everything works perfectly, the only error I can't seem to fix is this SD issue. By flashing this ROM, my device model is now "GT-I9505G" 4.4.4 rather than SGH-1337m.
Upon entering the SD card it first says "preparing SD card" and then seconds later says "SD card safe to remove" unable to mount to the device.
I have tried many solutions offered on this forum but have't been able to find a successful one. I have tried to mount through settings, take out the SD card reboot then enter it again, the SD card IS placed in correctly, and the SD card does work, it is not corrupt (connects to computer perfectly).
I appreciate all your help,
Wasbo.
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Sounds to me like your rom or kernel doesn't like exfat formatting which your sdcard probably has.
I would suggest reformatting as fat32 or finding a kernel that works.
saj222 said:
Sounds to me like your rom or kernel doesn't like exfat formatting which your sdcard probably has.
I would suggest reformatting as fat32 or finding a kernel that works.
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Thank you very much for your help saj. I'm going to give that a try later today, I just have two follow up questions. First, do you recommend a kernel that is very effective? And second, my phone have been typically only connecting to 3G even though it's set to LTE preferred, could this be because of the kernel as well?
Wasbo said:
Thank you very much for your help saj. I'm going to give that a try later today, I just have two follow up questions. First, do you recommend a kernel that is very effective? And second, my phone have been typically only connecting to 3G even though it's set to LTE preferred, could this be because of the kernel as well?
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1) Read this thread and you'll find this issue has been discussed. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307779 See the last post for a compatible kernel. Be sure to get the right kernel for your device.
2) Not likely connected to kernel but I could be wrong. Are you sure there is LTE coverage where you are located?