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[Q] How do I drop files into the system/app folder?

I'm running B&N 1.2 rooted with ManualNooter 4.4.28 and I saw a couple posts where people said they dropped some apks into their system/app folders to install apps that wouldn't install from the market. When I plugged my Nook into the computer, I don't have access to the system folder in order to copy the apk over. I tried just putting it on the sd card and using the Astro file manager and the ES file explorer to copy and paste into that folder, but it won't let me. What do I need to do in order to do that?

You need to remount the /system as read/write, it's read-only by default.
You'll probably need a terminal emulator, or preferably get adb setup. A little googling of the "mount" command and/or adb should get you there.

ylixir said:
You need to remount the /system as read/write, it's read-only by default.
You'll probably need a terminal emulator, or preferably get adb setup. A little googling of the "mount" command and/or adb should get you there.
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Thanx for the info. I installed adb and got it working with my Nook now. Remounting the /system was easy after i searched for the command to use.

FWIW Root Explorer works great. Best four bucks I've spent so far for Market progs.

skeeterpro said:
FWIW Root Explorer works great. Best four bucks I've spent so far for Market progs.
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I agree, best $4 I spent too. I got the Amazon App Store installed using it, also Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio.

Hey i'm having trouble with something similar. A real challenge though, as I have 1) no non-adhoc wireless network 2) no genuine nook cable so ADB is not an option. I need to get access to the file system so I can apply the Ad-hoc fix, but I can't find any way to do so without a file manager, and I can't find a way to install an apk without ADB or market. (i'm running 1.2 rooted) Any genius ideas would be much appreciated!

Warder52 said:
I'm running B&N 1.2 rooted with ManualNooter 4.4.28 and I saw a couple posts where people said they dropped some apks into their system/app folders to install apps that wouldn't install from the market. When I plugged my Nook into the computer, I don't have access to the system folder in order to copy the apk over. I tried just putting it on the sd card and using the Astro file manager and the ES file explorer to copy and paste into that folder, but it won't let me. What do I need to do in order to do that?
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Search "SU File Manager & Terminal" on Android Market. It's the best app working till now. It has "Mount System/Data RW" option, makes it easier to mount the partitions as RW without executing any commands and copy the APKs from SD card to any System or Data partitions.
It has quick option to mount the partitions as RO.

skgtheblij said:
Hey i'm having trouble with something similar. A real challenge though, as I have 1) no non-adhoc wireless network 2) no genuine nook cable so ADB is not an option. I need to get access to the file system so I can apply the Ad-hoc fix, but I can't find any way to do so without a file manager, and I can't find a way to install an apk without ADB or market. (i'm running 1.2 rooted) Any genius ideas would be much appreciated!
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Do you have any microUSB cable that you can connect to a computer with? You don't need the genuine cable... if you don't have market, and can't install any apks via terminal/connectbot or ADB, then i'm not sure what you can do...
edit: maybe you could dual boot CWM and go through that to install files?

Thanks for the reply. I've tried a micro USB cable but it didn't seem to recognize the NC, and in 1.2 there was no notification that USB was connected. Perhaps I have something wrong with my USB port? Also, I don't really know how I would install files through CWM; I have it on SD, which is how I've been making changes. Could you point me in the right direction on that?
Thanks!

Those using Root Explorer, I'm running CM7 from an SD card using verygreen's method, but don't have any SD reader other than the NC, so I can't install gapps/market. I have sideloaded Root Explorer, but can't find anywhere to drop the gapps...zip where it will install on a recovery boot. I don't even have a way to format my one-and-only SD card to attempt a root of the stock OS and get more functionality out of CWM.
I don't mean to thread-hijack, but it seems quite related, and I can't post in the dev forum yet.

Taosaur said:
Those using Root Explorer, I'm running CM7 from an SD card using verygreen's method, but don't have any SD reader other than the NC, so I can't install gapps/market. I have sideloaded Root Explorer, but can't find anywhere to drop the gapps...zip where it will install on a recovery boot. I don't even have a way to format my one-and-only SD card to attempt a root of the stock OS and get more functionality out of CWM.
I don't mean to thread-hijack, but it seems quite related, and I can't post in the dev forum yet.
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The gapps.zip is what U need?

RASTAVIPER said:
The gapps.zip is what U need?
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The specific package is gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip, for CM7 7.0.2. I have the file, and normally you would use a PC to drop it in the SD card's boot partition, but like I said, the only means I have of getting at the SD is over USB to the Nook, and I can't access the boot partition that way. I'm wondering if I can reach the boot partition via Root Explorer, or is it totally off limits while CM7 is running off the SD?

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The specific package is gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip, for CM7 7.0.2. I have the file, and normally you would use a PC to drop it in the SD card's boot partition, but like I said, the only means I have of getting at the SD is over USB to the Nook, and I can't access the boot partition that way. I'm wondering if I can reach the boot partition via Root Explorer, or is it totally off limits while CM7 is running off the SD?
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I think with changing read/write U can do this with Root Explorer.

skgtheblij said:
Thanks for the reply. I've tried a micro USB cable but it didn't seem to recognize the NC, and in 1.2 there was no notification that USB was connected. Perhaps I have something wrong with my USB port? Also, I don't really know how I would install files through CWM; I have it on SD, which is how I've been making changes. Could you point me in the right direction on that?
Thanks!
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yeah, i haven't played any with CWM / sdcard boots, so i'm no help. sorry...
as for the micro USB cable and such - i'm using a generic one, which is working. is it not even reading as a storage device? have you tried removing and reinstalling the drivers? do you have nook color tools installed so that you can toggle 'debugging'?

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I think with changing read/write U can do this with Root Explorer.
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I'll try to clarify:
1) Running CM7.0.2 from SD, will the SD card's boot partition be visible in Root Explorer?
2) If so, in what specific directory do I need to place the zip file for the system to recognize and install it on a recovery boot?
Perhaps I'll start a more specific thread on the matter. If I end up having to get a card reader, so be it, but I've overspent my gadget allowance for at least a week or two, so I'm trying to get as far as possible with what I have. I do have the Amazon app store set up, and even minus the Google market, CM7 is preferable to stock.

In case anyone is interested, I found a simple solution: CMW. Verygreen's SD-install allows you to flash CMW to the Nook's eMMC without affecting the stock OS, and from CMW you can mount the SD card with USB plugged in and Windows will see the boot partition. I initially wanted to get CMW on the NC without rooting, anyway, so things worked out perfectly

Taosaur said:
In case anyone is interested, I found a simple solution: CMW. Verygreen's SD-install allows you to flash CMW to the Nook's eMMC without affecting the stock OS, and from CMW you can mount the SD card with USB plugged in and Windows will see the boot partition. I initially wanted to get CMW on the NC without rooting, anyway, so things worked out perfectly
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That's a terrible idea. Installing CMW to the NC internal memory wipes the nooks built-in recovery. Getting CMW on an sd card is very simple, more functional, and can even be installed alongside verygreen's setup.
Better yet every person who doesn't do this is one less person showing up on the forums going "omg, i messed up and now my nook won't boot, it just keeps going to CMW."

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That's a terrible idea. Installing CMW to the NC internal memory wipes the nooks built-in recovery. Getting CMW on an sd card is very simple, more functional, and can even be installed alongside verygreen's setup.
Better yet every person who doesn't do this is one less person showing up on the forums going "omg, i messed up and now my nook won't boot, it just keeps going to CMW."
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Any elaboration on why it's a terrible idea to replace the NC's built-in recovery with something more full-featured? It's advised or assumed in pretty much any dev thread for writing any ROM to eMMC, except most of them say "root first," which appears unnecessary. I did think I'd wiped the stock OS at first, but basically decided to deal with it later and finished installing gapps, after which the stock OS suddenly reappeared. It was perplexing, but after some more fiddling, I puzzled out the boot behavior and it is consistent:
1) power on with SD card inserted, and I get CM7.0.2.
2) hold home key and power on with SD card inserted, and ROM Manager will check for new ROMs/zips.
3) power on with SD card ejected (not necessarily removed) and I get stock 1.2.
4) hold home key and power on with SD card ejected, and I get CWM
I'm new to all of this, so I welcome feedback, but "It's bad, mmkay?" doesn't go far. Will having CWM in place of "factory mode" cause instability? Would a CWM install on the SD allow me to mount the SD boot part to USB? Why do we all keep wanting to write it "CMW?"

@taosaur
It's actually kind of a pet peeve of mine, along with the root first mentality you mentioned.
It won't cause instability, but it locks you out of doing a factory reset, and can lock you into recovery mode.
If things go wrong, you can't reset your device, can't get out of a bootcount induced bootloop, can't (in theory) take it in for warranty, etc.
Honestly it's the easiest thing in the world to switch between the two, or just fix the problems from cwm--if you know what you are doing. BUT!
I really can't count how many threads I've seen with people who've installed clockworkmod and have run into issues and have absolutely no idea what to do. They are just screwed and pissed off (rightly so) because they read somewhere that they needed CWM. Which they didn't. And now none of the howtos for fixing it work because they just have CWM, not the stock recovery mode...
And really there is no reason whatsoever to do this to begin with. I mean in order to get CWM on your nook, you have to have a spare sd card, and you have to know how to burn an image. So why not just make an sd with CWM and save the headache, keep the builtin functionality, not worry about getting locked into recovery mode, and still have all the benefits of CWM?
Maybe i should do a writeup howto on how to add CWM to the size-agnostic cards....

Would CWM's "factory reset" option only wipe the data in the stock OS, then, and not restore the old recovery? I see where you're coming from--obviously there's value in keeping idiotproof recovery on the table, and why risk your warranty if you're running from external media anyway? But again, the original problem that CWM solved for me was getting the gapps package into the SD card's boot partition. I had 1 card and 0 card readers at my disposal. Would CWM have been able to mount the SD card's boot partition if it were installed to the card itself?
I would definitely be interested to learn how to integrate CWM into one of verygreen's "size-agnostic" cards, especially if it would still be able to mount the CM7 boot partition over USB. As is, Flash CWM installs on eMMC by default, and the Boot to Recovery commands within CM7 don't work from SD--they just reboot.

[Q] ClockWorkMod Rom Manager - Won't Mount SD Card

Hello,
So I realize their are opther post similar to this one, but nothing that fits my symptoms. I have a Xoom WiFi, rooted, with Tiamat Kernel 2.1.0 (Tachi). So far I have unable to get the ROM Manager or Recovery Mode to mount my SD Card.
When I reboot into Recovery Mode I get an error that says "E: unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]". I tried many different things to resolve this, including trying to use the option to format the SD Card. I have tried 2 SD Cards, a 4GB and a 32GB. Both cards work in the Xoom in regular mode, just not in Recovery Mode.
When I tried to format them with Recovery Mode, after I selected my options, it said "Waiting to Mount SD Card", it failed and rebooted.
So now I don't believe there is a problem with the formatting, just a problem with the mounting.
Is there something simple I am missing. If I can't get this working, I will not be able to transfer files to the Xoom if I screw something up, so I don't wont to go any further until I get this resolved.
Any help for the Noob. Thanks

Krpto1973 said:
Hello,
So I realize their are opther post similar to this one, but nothing that fits my symptoms. I have a Xoom WiFi, rooted, with Tiamat Kernel 2.1.0 (Tachi). So far I have unable to get the ROM Manager or Recovery Mode to mount my SD Card.
When I reboot into Recovery Mode I get an error that says "E: unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]". I tried many different things to resolve this, including trying to use the option to format the SD Card. I have tried 2 SD Cards, a 4GB and a 32GB. Both cards work in the Xoom in regular mode, just not in Recovery Mode.
When I tried to format them with Recovery Mode, after I selected my options, it said "Waiting to Mount SD Card", it failed and rebooted.
So now I don't believe there is a problem with the formatting, just a problem with the mounting.
Is there something simple I am missing. If I can't get this working, I will not be able to transfer files to the Xoom if I screw something up, so I don't wont to go any further until I get this resolved.
Any help for the Noob. Thanks
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What version of clockworkmod recovery are you using? Version 4.0.0.4 does not recognize the external sd card. If you are attempting to boot into recovery through rom manager it probably 'updated' your recovery to the 4.x version.If you want to be able to access your micro sdcard in recovery, you need to flash the solarnz CWM 3.2.0.0 R4c recovery from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979.

Thank you for the quick reply. I think I had just found that posted elsewhere too. Its good to know its not a problem with my system, but why was hat feature removed. Just obsolete?
And Yes, it is 4.0.0.4.
Thanks Again
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Just a follow-up question. If I can't mount the SD Card within thsat version of Recovery, how are you supposed to transfer files onto the Xoom if you are trying to fix a screw and the system won't boot?
If I plug the Xoom into my computers USB while in Recover Mode, it mounts the Xooms drive, but won't allow me to access it. Am I supposed to be able to make that happen?

Krpto1973 said:
Thank you for the quick reply. I think I had just found that posted elsewhere too. Its good to know its not a problem with my system, but why was hat feature removed. Just obsolete?
And Yes, it is 4.0.0.4.
Thanks Again
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Just a follow-up question. If I can't mount the SD Card within thsat version of Recovery, how are you supposed to transfer files onto the Xoom if you are trying to fix a screw and the system won't boot?
If I plug the Xoom into my computers USB while in Recover Mode, it mounts the Xooms drive, but won't allow me to access it. Am I supposed to be able to make that happen?
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I think it is for phones that have only one sdcard (external) and only a really small amount of internal storage. Tablets have an internal sdcard and this is whhat version 4.x reads and writes to. In addition, some tablets, like Xoom have an external sdcard and therefore require a custom recovery to take advantage of it.

There is also a newer recovery based on the cwm 4... series that is built specifically for the xoom/honeycomb' and that does read the sd... I've found it much more user-friendly... search for rogue recovery,you won't br disappointed
Re: rom manager, my recommendation is to uninstall it... seems to cause more probs than it is worth, and with the new roms' automation of boot into recovery and the ease os use of rogue recovery, there really isn't a need for it.

Very nice. Now I think I understand, and I have already switched over to the Rogue Recovery and it is working great. I like the ability to mount the SD card or switch to the internal storage. Now I feel better, and as someone else said, I do like seeing that Rogue graphic on my zoom!
Thanks again for the help!

hchxoom said:
There is also a newer recovery based on the cwm 4... series that is built specifically for the xoom/honeycomb' and that does read the sd... I've found it much more user-friendly... search for rogue recovery,you won't br disappointed
Re: rom manager, my recommendation is to uninstall it... seems to cause more probs than it is worth, and with the new roms' automation of boot into recovery and the ease os use of rogue recovery, there really isn't a need for it.
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@hchxoom--You are right and that version may be a good option, but it seems the problem right now is that he can't boot into the os, can't access the external sdcard with flashable files and maybe a nandroid backup and the Xoom can't be accessed via adb/fastboot...
@krpto1973--Is this right? I'm a bit unclear about your current state.

Oh sorry, no. I saw that situation you described and was worried about doing anything further if I couldn't mount the SD Card. So I wanted to find a way to mount it in recovery so that i could feel more comfortable messing around. I am not as familiar with ADB commands as I should be, so I also wanted the SD Card option.
But thank you again for the quick response! you guys rock!

Krpto1973 said:
Oh sorry, no. I saw that situation you described and was worried about doing anything further if I couldn't mount the SD Card. So I wanted to find a way to mount it in recovery so that i could feel more comfortable messing around. I am not as familiar with ADB commands as I should be, so I also wanted the SD Card option.
But thank you again for the quick response! you guys rock!
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OK, cool. Glad you got your answers.

U8800 pro serious problem

Ok lets start from the beginning:
I was trying to upade from 2.2.2 official to 2.3 official and now i'm messed up because after the step : "upgrade sd card" my phone restarted and my usb cabel was still on and phone started charging,after that i tried to turn on my phone.It worked but after 20secs my screens freezes and cant do anything even turn off i need to take battery out,also phone not detects my sim card...
Any idea? My phone is rooted,have installed CWM5.0.2.3,but have no backup only public one...But i can't mount usb storage because i get error like "E:Unable to open ums lunfile(no such file or directory)
ANY IDEAS????
I can get to pinkscreen aswell

If you have an external sd card put the public backup there and try to restore via cwm (if you get boot till there). You can also try the update procedure(the dload folder and stuff) but put them in the external sd card! The phone should boot from there.
Anyway,better wait for more answers since I'm not the best in here.I just know how to flash some custom roms.

Moihack said:
If you have an external sd card put the public backup there and try to restore via cwm (if you get boot till there). You can also try the update procedure(the dload folder and stuff) but put them in the external sd card! The phone should boot from there.
Anyway,better wait for more answers since I'm not the best in here.I just know how to flash some custom roms.
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sorry for dumb question but microsd = external sd? if yes - then i placed the backup in the card but in cwm only phone memory shows no sdcard...
Edit: external i got that

well it actually is an external microsd card
did you manage to restore via cwm?
P.S. if cwm doesn't see your se card go to advaced->reboot into recovery
should be able to see it now

Moihack said:
well it actually is an external microsd card
did you manage to restore via cwm?
P.S. if cwm doesn't see your se card go to advaced->reboot into recovery
should be able to see it now
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When i do "reboot into recovery" my phone double restarts and 2nd time it turns on normally not into recovery...

Don't know why this is done,but I think we should be happy that your phone isn't bricked
Maybe someone else here can help you and provide better solutions than mine

Have a read through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1639761.
Has a link in it to how I solved my issue of constant reboots.
Also , since you can load pink screen, you can connect through usb and change your recovery to 5.0.2.7. That's the one i used. Make sure that you have a cust.img file in the "image" folder. That is where the recovery should be too but am guessing you already know that.
If for some reason you dont have cust.img you can find and download a generic version in these forums. Did not need it so I did not bookmark the post I found it in but I think it was the Kalo's Honor Port thread in the pro development section.

Having a problem

Hi there,
I'm following this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797334
The problem is that the phone wont detect the external SD in the clockwork recovery, so i made the wipe trough the internal SD.
It wiped everything, no problem.
The problem is that i cant mount the internal SD so i can place the zip and install it...
Ho should i proceed???
Thank you.

What filesystem is your sdcard formatted to? FAT32 works best for daily use.

Yes, it is on FAT32, but the phone wont mount it on the clockwork mode.
Worst, it wont connect no the computer, and i have no ROM on it...

jjmaia said:
Yes, it is on FAT32, but the phone wont mount it on the clockwork mode.
Worst, it wont connect no the computer, and i have no ROM on it...
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What recovery are you using? I use CWM touch 6.0.1.2.
Have you tried sending over a rom with adb? If you have adb working, you open up cdm and navigate to where you have the adb files and write: adb push path-to-rom /data/media/

Flash a stock Rom with Odin and re- root

jjmaia said:
Hi there,
I'm following this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797334
The problem is that the phone wont detect the external SD in the clockwork recovery, so i made the wipe trough the internal SD.
It wiped everything, no problem.
The problem is that i cant mount the internal SD so i can place the zip and install it...
Ho should i proceed???
Thank you.
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I had the same problem. I have the solution now.
The problem is cwm 6.0.1.2 - it does not recognise the external sd card and you are unable to backup to it as a result.
I have just reflashed cmw 5.8.4.0 through cf root 6.1 and everything is fine.
I now have a full backup (1.8GB) on my external SD card - which I checked by resetting and restoring.
The problem is not the phone, rom or card - it is CWM and you need to flash an earlier one that works via Odin. Hope this helps

The big problem is that the internal SD card wont mount on the computer, so, how can i put a stock rom in there?
I'm completely lost...
I have odin on the computer, how can i donwload the CWM 5 trough it?
Or the custom rom?

so you have 2 problems? phone doesn't detect external card and pc doesn't detect phone? please clarify

Yes, i have said that on the first post.
I have now the CWM 5.5.0.4, and it wont mount any sdcard, and the PC still wont recognize it...

does Odin recognize your phone in download mode?

Yes.
Having only the internal SD card, it says error mounting SD card...

jjmaia said:
Yes, i have said that on the first post.
I have now the CWM 5.5.0.4, and it wont mount any sdcard, and the PC still wont recognize it...
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the 2 problems are unrelated. Your PCs failure to recognise your phone is to do with drivers - you can try reinstalling Kies.
I suggest you sort that out first so that you can flash your phone via Odin.

well if Odin recognizes it, why don't you just flash a stock Rom?

The PC stooped recognizing the phone after i made the wipe.
Since it wiped the stock ROM, i have no phone, it wont mount the external SD, and it gives error mouting the internal SD.
How can i solve this?

I'll let you sort him out slaphead...I'll butt out cos I think we are getting mixed messages regarding the problem here, best of British....

There are no mixed messages, i have 2 problems.
I have already ignored the fact the the recovery wont mount the external SD card.
I want your help so i can at least transfer the custom ROM to the internal SD.

mossy1963 said:
I'll let you sort him out slaphead...I'll butt out cos I think we are getting mixed messages regarding the problem here, best of British....
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it seems he has possibly super wipes before installing and didn't put a zip to install on his ext sd card? Is that your line of thinking, because he isn't being very clear, but feel free to butt in, I'm not entirely sure where his problem starts at this very moment!

It was exactly that, i have used the Super Wipe from the internal SD.
I know i should have used the external, but it wouldn't work...
You know how to solve this?
Thanks in advance.

jjmaia said:
It was exactly that, i have used the Super Wipe from the internal SD.
I know i should have used the external, but it wouldn't work...
You know how to solve this?
Thanks in advance.
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Yes! If Odin recognizes your phone in download mode then flash a stock Rom, re root with cf root, boot up and set up, copy zip to sd card, and flash it, you will be on a clean install any way, so no need to use that POS superwipe, so just follow the Rom installation instructions, and you will have the benefit of knowing you are running a nice clean install, then you can just reinstall all your stuff with titanium or whatever :thumbup:
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add to that, before installing the Rom, format your external sd on the phone, and make sure it mounts and unmounts in settings, but anyway, doing it the way I mentioned you can flash from internal sd

jjmaia said:
You know how to solve this?
Thanks in advance.
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what happens when you connect to PC?
1. Does explorer recognise your phone?
2. Does Odin recognise your phone? (in download mode)
what storage have you got in your phone?
3. internal sd card
4. external sd card?

[Q] LG Optimus L5, recovery and app2sd don't see the external SD

Hello World,
I've got a question concerning the external 8gb sdcard on my phone,
the phone is rooted, has bootloader and cwm 6, the rom is stock btw
My phone can put/place some things to the sd but some don't,
for example,
- Camera saves some of the pics to it,
- My PC sees it when I connect the phone and I can put apps/music etc to it
but,
- I can't use the app2sd built into android assistant (or any other app2sd apps) to move the apps to the sd, they just won't see the sd,
- CWM wont backup to it,
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage
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I've searched the forum, but I can't actually find the right solution for this?
I'm new to all of this, and I want to learn. I've found some advices to similar problems and that the solution is to partition the sd, is that the catch or maybe something else?
Thank you in advance, newbie.
Edit
A new example of not seeing the sd in recovery,
I wanted to flash the "Sony Album" via the Pimp my Rom app, it downloaded the app successfully, it asked for clearing of the dalvik cache, I approved it,
phone rebooted and went into recovery, and then the recovery said that the file doesnt exist (something like that).
Edit
I've tried formatting the sd with fat32, no changes whatsoever :S