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[Q] Phone uses Internal SD "Card" not external

Maybe noob question but my phone in recovery uses internal memory not external even ClockworkMod backups to internal memory but not to my SD card, but in android if i use file explorer -it shows that external card, so how to make ClockworkMod to see my external card, cause i want to install new rom. THANKS.
And there is also another problem - when i copying new file to Internal memory via PC it ALWAYS hangs after some progress, never copies file..and phone switches off USB storage mode everytime i try to copy file in it. why?
EDIT- FIXED - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16983526&postcount=24

Try another SD-card. Which ROM are you using? If it turns off when you copy files onto it I suggest you get a ROM that is more stable.

XphX said:
Try another SD-card. Which ROM are you using? If it turns off when you copy files onto it I suggest you get a ROM that is more stable.
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I tried 2 cards-don't work in recovery mode.
I use stock rom, and i can't update because in recovery mode phone does not see sd card onli internal 2GB memory. So i can't even update rom.

[Q] How to mount internal memory

Hello, I'm running Oxygen, and I can't find where to mount internal memory. On other ROMs, both the sdcard and the internal memory appeared when I connected to phone to my PC, but now only the sdcard appears.
Thanks in advance.

nimyea said:
Hello, I'm running Oxygen, and I can't find where to mount internal memory. On other ROMs, both the sdcard and the internal memory appeared when I connected to phone to my PC, but now only the sdcard appears.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi don't know if it helps, but this config is in cm7 rom and it mounts both disks so put this (extracted first) in your etc folder replace if needed (backup your original) reboot phone and then try to mount and see what happens

Didn't worked for me. I think oxygen doesn't support mounting the internal memory. It's a known issue

spirosbond said:
Didn't worked for me. I think oxygen doesn't support mounting the internal memory. It's a known issue
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maybe oxygen formats that partition with ex4? or 3? so windows don't mount it?
what if yo format it with phone menu and then press mount in storage menu.

No, the partition is fat, you can see this if you run /proc/mounts from adb shell.

So, how can I install a new ROM, without mounting the internal memory? Suggestions?

Tommixoft said:
maybe oxygen formats that partition with ex4? or 3? so windows don't mount it?
what if yo format it with phone menu and then press mount in storage menu.
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the problem is with the rom because at the storage settings it doesn't recognize any internal sd. Only your external. That's why windows don't mount it either.
So, how can I install a new ROM, without mounting the internal memory? Suggestions?
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Yes I have oxygen r1 too and install any new rom via clockworkmod. I paste from external sd to internal with root explorer (i think astro can do it also), boot to clockworkmod and install zip from sd card (the internal sd card).
Clockworkmod reads the internal sd card correctly.

Thanks, by the way, what's the internal sd folder?

nimyea said:
Thanks, by the way, what's the internal sd folder?
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Your internal sd card folder is named "HWUserData" and you can find it with a file manager (astro or root explorer etc...).
Sorry for my bad english

Thanks a lot
Your English is fine by the way

[Q] Big problem with android

I have Miui newst version installed.. but then it got jammed.. i removed battery from phone and restarted.. anrdoid didnt start.. well i was going to make a fresh install with it.. but no.. i had no install package on internal sd anymore... and i cant get it there anyway.. any suggestion.. have cwm version 5.0.2.3 i cant mount ext. sd card in mounts and storages..says only error mounting /sd-ext! and i cant use mount usb storage coz it says E: Unable to write to ums lunfile (No such file or directory)! is there anyway to get install zip to internal sd or install os from external sd?.. or do i throw this phone to a lake..?

Did you try to remove the SD Card from the phone and plug it in your PC directly (with some card reader)?

there is internal and external sd in this phone.... and cwm allows installing only from internal sd.. and i think u cant remove it from phone.. :/.. its internal..

The phone has a partition with 2GB which is used for internal sdcard storage and also have a slot to mount an external sdcard. And cwm recovery use external sd card.
Do you have an external sdcard mounted?

[HELP] Recovery doesn't read/mount my external SD...

Good, I have the latest version of the MIUI (2.1.13) and CWM 4.0.0.5 and I can not mount the external SD in CWM (this only reads/mounts internal).
I'll try to explain what is wrong with me ...
With external storage in x5 settings:
- CWM gives error when you mount the external sd.
- CWM just read the sdcard or internal sdcard.
- In the root explorer in the sd-ext has nothing.
- in the root explorer the sdcard folder has my files of the external card (strange I think).
- Connected to the PC can see both cards as the external is drive H: andinternal as drive I:
With internal storage x5 settings:
- CWM gives error when you mount the external sd.
- CWM just read the card or internal sdcard.
- In the root explorer in the sd-ext has nothing.
- In the root explorer in sdcard folder has the default rom files.
- I can not see the external sd root anywhere in explorer.
- Connected to the PC can see both cards as the external drive I: and internal as drive H: (exchange units in relation to external storage - WEIRD!)
I've tried to put my phone with al factory settings (TMN original ROM (portugal) and pink screeen files) then root and install all CWM recovery's but with everyone of them i can not mount or install (read) from my external sd in the recovery...
What worries me most is that I can only install Roms from the internal sd, so if one day can not make it boot the phone I'm F *****...
Someone can help me solve this?

now when i connect to pc i see my sdcard as a cd drive...i can see the files but i can't change anything what is going on?

On project menu, which appears with #*#*2846975*#*# on official 2.3(doesn' t work on miui AFAIK) there is a menu related to sd card. I've read before some time that someone fix this CD kind mount problem from there. I think that the enabled option is GOOGLE. If not, change it to that, reboot and see if the problem solved. Otherwise try the other options.

2nd problem solved...thanks!
What about my problem about recovery and external sd?

Try to check the card from pc, and maybe backup and refromat it to fat32.

SOLVED!!!!

Good news!
Can you post how, so the solution be available for others with same problem?

joaocalas said:
SOLVED9!!!!
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hoow?? can you share it?

flashing files with adoptable storage

Hi, I'm using Dirty Unicorns on my Redmi2. Since it's marshmallow, I'm using adoptable storage, i.e. using my sd card as internal storage, so I can install apps to the sd card. but since this mode formats and encrypts the sd card, I can't access files that I want to flash with TWRP when booting recovery. I thought TWRP 3 was supposed to support adoptable storage, but even after updating it I can't seem to get it working. Am I forgetting something here?
Thanks in advance.

Where in the Aroma File manager are you Searching for your SD card ? Pls attach a Screenshot of the directory , using root explorer

You must identify where exactly your adoptable SD card mounted to. You can search for it using CM File manager. It should be like /mnt/storage/XXX.