I noticed that the instructions to root/flash .zips call to put the file(s) on an external sd card. Specifically, the instructions for the Odachi Tiamat kernel say to put the file on the "Drop the kernel onto the external SD Card" and gives direction to mount the card in ClockworkMod.
Does anyone know the reason for this? I was able to flash the kernel without using an external SD Card; I just placed the file on my internal storage.
Thanks
skinien said:
I noticed that the instructions to root/flash .zips call to put the file(s) on an external sd card. Specifically, the instructions for the Odachi Tiamat kernel say to put the file on the "Drop the kernel onto the external SD Card" and gives direction to mount the card in ClockworkMod.
Does anyone know the reason for this? I was able to flash the kernel without using an external SD Card; I just placed the file on my internal storage.
Thanks
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For the xoom there is a exception because we can both flash on external and internal but for most Android devices its custom to flash off the external SD
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superchilpil said:
For the xoom there is a exception because we can both flash on external and internal but for most Android devices its custom to flash off the external SD
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Thank you kind sir.
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Tonight, I tried to install a custom rom on my brother n laws incredible. I thought I downloaded the zip to the sd card, but i was able to find it in CD 2 recovery. The Internal card has only 2 gb of storage, but the ext sd has 6gb. I wasn't able to mount the extsd. I thought extsd was the correct sd to install the zip from. When I mounted the drive in Windows, I wasn't really paying attention to the different sd's. I guess my question is how to flash a zip file from the extsd.
Don't think you can. Did you try getting a sleeve for the SD and put into the computer and put the Rom on that way, then put it back into the phone.
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Thanks. I have enough room for the rom only. I'll just do that for now and move everything else over afterwards.
Hey guys, im trying to flash a rom into my tablet but when I get into CWM it say's that it canot mount the sd card. Any ideas??????
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format your micro SD card in another phone or one of the market apps or try a did card. Fat 32
Tried that, no luck. Anything else?
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troubleshoot
Use a different microSD card - does issue still happen? If so, it's probably not the MicroSD card. If not - problem solved, the card is the issue.
Does the other sd have to be inserted permanently or can it just be inserted for flashing only?
also if I format the sd card on CWM is it formating the internal card? or the external card???
shalomhr said:
Does the other sd have to be inserted permanently or can it just be inserted for flashing only?
also if I format the sd card on CWM is it formating the internal card? or the external card???
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You can use it for flashing a rom image only, no need to keep it in the system after applying a update/rom to the a500.
You can also flash a rom from USB key if you have one (FAT32 is a must).
shalomhr said:
Hey guys, im trying to flash a rom into my tablet but when I get into CWM it say's that it canot mount the sd card. Any ideas??????
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Are you using the mount option in CWM? If so, that's for mounting the SD card on to a connected PC as a disk drive...
If not, and no external SD cards are working for you, you can also use a USB memory stick as mentioned above.
I used another sd card all is well now, last question didnt get an answer for,
In CWM does formating sd card mean formating external or internal sd?
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So I rooted this stupid tablet and put the custom acer recovery app or whatever it is on it. Installed the proper CWM, and when I boot into recovery and try into install zip from SD card all it shows is "Lost.dir". Nothing else. What am I doing wrong?? The ROM/Kernel I want are on the root of my sd card, why isn't it showing up?
Because the tablet isn't stupid it knows exactly where the files should go but you didn't put them there? You just put your files into a wrong directory namely your internal storage.
/sdcard/ = internal storage which isn't used by CWM
/mnt/external_sd/ = SD card which is accessed by CWM
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And in case you're looking for USB... The tablet mounts it under /mnt/usb_storage
bpivk said:
Because the tablet isn't stupid it knows exactly where the files should go but you didn't put them there? You just put your files into a wrong directory namely your internal storage.
/sdcard/ = internal storage which isn't used by CWM
/mnt/external_sd/ = SD card which is accessed by CWM
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And in case you're looking for USB... The tablet mounts it under /mnt/usb_storage
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Files can also be put on a USB flash drive and CWM will see them there also
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Some SD cards can not be seen bybrecovery.try formatting your card on another android device or a format utility from your PC.use fat file system.if still no luck try a fifteenth SD card
Goodluck
FAT, FAT32, external sd, usb drive, no matter where I put it, or what i do doesn't show it.
I give up.
joe3681 said:
FAT, FAT32, external sd, usb drive, no matter where I put it, or what i do doesn't show it.
I give up.
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Take your time and have patience. I know the feeling. How are you transferring the data to the micro SD card? Can you use a file manager app to access the card, /mnt/external_sd?
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Again over and over ..try another SD card maybe two this is a very common issue.very common
Try diffrent SD cards if you have not
Or use a USB drive and flash from there. I do it all the time if I'm to lazy to copy the files to my SD card.
I am also stumped with the the acer reading the micro sd card. I am able to see it using root explorer. However, I cant see it when it is connected to my computer. I had to place my sd card in my galaxy tab in order to transfer files to it, and then place it in the iconia. That appeared to be the only way to put the rom on the root of my sd card. I want to save my stock back up to my computer in case I damage my sd card, but there seems to be no way to do it with out removing the card and placing it in another device. Am I missing something? Dont want to start another thread, so I'm asking here because it looks like it's been seen by other users.
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I am also stumped with the the acer reading the micro sd card. I am able to see it using root explorer. However, I cant see it when it is connected to my computer. I had to place my sd card in my galaxy tab in order to transfer files to it, and then place it in the iconia. That appeared to be the only way to put the rom on the root of my sd card. I want to save my stock back up to my computer in case I damage my sd card, but there seems to be no way to do it with out removing the card and placing it in another device. Am I missing something? Dont want to start another thread, so I'm asking here because it looks like it's been seen by other users.
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FYI ( just in case ) !!!
When fully booted... SD CARD is the internal storage... and the physical card is shown as EXTERNAL SD CARD !
When at CWM recovery... SD CARD is the real physical card !
again KNOWN ISSUE
dxwilliams40 said:
I am also stumped with the the acer reading the micro sd card. I am able to see it using root explorer. However, I cant see it when it is connected to my computer. I had to place my sd card in my galaxy tab in order to transfer files to it, and then place it in the iconia. That appeared to be the only way to put the rom on the root of my sd card. I want to save my stock back up to my computer in case I damage my sd card, but there seems to be no way to do it with out removing the card and placing it in another device. Am I missing something? Dont want to start another thread, so I'm asking here because it looks like it's been seen by other users.
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This Is a flaw.well if its actually a flow its a honeycomb issue.nothing you can do to fix this.unless I have missed it recently
its talked about alot on this forum.
No problem here but I am running the rom listed below. I see it on the tab and when I plug it in the computer. Everything works.
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Im using newest MIUI rom and i can't see files on my sdcard when i go to file explorer. I tried remove sd card but it didn't help and on recovery i can see files on sd card? Anyone else have same issue?
Make sure you're looking at the external SD card and not the internal storage as that tripped me up a few times
langers1972 said:
Make sure you're looking at the external SD card and not the internal storage as that tripped me up a few times
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Yes i am looking SDcard NOT internal storage. When i take SD card out i can't see even the internal storage. It says then that Please insert SD card, when i do that i can only see internal storage
Go to x5 settings and change the setting under sd storage. Then do a reboot.
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boss_y said:
Go to x5 settings and change the setting under sd storage. Then do a reboot.
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That was the solution to my problem. Thanks!
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Hello, Now I don't really know what's going on cause i'm going crazy with this phone, eveytime I inserted sd card it asked the partition card and internal sd card and when I chose the external ones I have no idea why it doesn't read my sd card like for example I wanna transfer my file via airdroid or wanna restore an app via Titanium backup or play an NDS game it just read only the internal storage even though it shows on ES file explore (I tried the internal ones and it format my SD card, and S did put all the files back in place but it didn't help, the es file explore in photo was before I put my files back, by the way), my phone just doesn't read my sd card, it's like it just work as a one way storage, when I was using a Sony, this doesn't happens what so ever.
Does anyone knows how to fix this problem of mine, please help me. I took some pictures to make proves :crying::crying:
I'm terribly sorry for my English, English is not my primary language.
HerySean said:
Hello, Now I don't really know what's going on cause i'm going crazy with this phone, eveytime I inserted sd card it asked the partition card and internal sd card and when I chose the external ones I have no idea why it doesn't read my sd card like for example I wanna transfer my file via airdroid or wanna restore an app via Titanium backup or play an NDS game it just read only the internal storage even though it shows on ES file explore (I tried the internal ones and it format my SD card, and S did put all the files back in place but it didn't help, the es file explore in photo was before I put my files back, by the way), my phone just doesn't read my sd card, it's like it just work as a one way storage, when I was using a Sony, this doesn't happens what so ever.
Does anyone knows how to fix this problem of mine, please help me. I took some pictures to make proves :crying::crying:
I'm terribly sorry for my English, English is not my primary language.
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In titanium backup, open the preferences menu then choose backup folder location. Choose Storage provider (click to change). Then pick DocumentProvider storage, select the SD card on the left menu then press Select at the bottom right corner
go to settings>>storage>>click on external sdcard>>top corner 3dots>>settings>> format
then move media to sdcard.
Your SD card is showing in the file manager. You've 32gb sd card right? "FD89-1CE6" is your sd card. For titanium backup you need go to TB settings and set the backup directory to SD CARD ( FD89-1CE6)
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Thank you so much for your assist, you guys just saved me from a bunch of problem, MAN! android marshmallow is complicated... and I have to install Xposed as well... this should be tough...
pijes said:
In titanium backup, open the preferences menu then choose backup folder location. Choose Storage provider (click to change). Then pick DocumentProvider storage, select the SD card on the left menu then press Select at the bottom right corner
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bablu048 said:
go to settings>>storage>>click on external sdcard>>top corner 3dots>>settings>> format
then move media to sdcard.
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live4speed said:
Your SD card is showing in the file manager. You've 32gb sd card right? "FD89-1CE6" is your sd card. For titanium backup you need go to TB settings and set the backup directory to SD CARD ( FD89-1CE6)
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Thank you so much for your assist, you guys just saved me from a bunch of problem, MAN! android marshmallow is complicated... and I have to install Xposed as well... this should be tough...
HerySean said:
Thank you so much for your assist, you guys just saved me from a bunch of problem, MAN! android marshmallow is complicated... and I have to install Xposed as well... this should be tough...
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No it's not tough. U just need to flash the right version of xposed through TWRP recovery and then Install the xposed app n you're good to go.
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live4speed said:
No it's not tough. U just need to flash the right version of xposed through TWRP recovery and then Install the xposed app n you're good to go.
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Yeah, Thank you very much, i just did it last night, kinda having trouble with the superSU at first though, I tried to patched Titanium Backup on lucky patcher and it kept saying that I need to root my device, so i had to reflash superSU again. Thank god it went through. Now I having trouble with the internal SD card, I couldn't get it my play store to install app to my sd card or to re-direct my app to read file in my Sd card, for example I installed Chaos ring 3, I had to move all the file from my sd card to internal, it's knilling my internal storage TT^TT . Does anyone have a solution for that, please let me know.... I think everybody have the same problem though, does anyone know how to fix this solution? :crying::crying:
Thank you
HerySean said:
Yeah, Thank you very much, i just did it last night, kinda having trouble with the superSU at first though, I tried to patched Titanium Backup on lucky patcher and it kept saying that I need to root my device, so i had to reflash superSU again. Thank god it went through. Now I having trouble with the internal SD card, I couldn't get it my play store to install app to my sd card or to re-direct my app to read file in my Sd card, for example I installed Chaos ring 3, I had to move all the file from my sd card to internal, it's knilling my internal storage TT^TT . Does anyone have a solution for that, please let me know.... I think everybody have the same problem though, does anyone know how to fix this solution? :crying::crying:
Thank you
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In Android 6.0, once you format ur external sd card as internal it becomes a part of ur internal memory and functions as internal one(the external SD card won't show up in file managers). Hence the phone decides where your app is installed either the real internal memory or the now formatted SD card working as internal memory.
If you don't format it as internal memory. The apps won't install on external SD card and you can't move the apps to external SD card.
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K.khiladi said:
In Android 6.0, once you format ur external sd card as internal it becomes a part of ur internal memory and functions as internal one(the external SD card won't show up in file managers). Hence the phone decides where your app is installed either the real internal memory or the now formatted SD card working as internal memory.
If you don't format it as internal memory. The apps won't install on external SD card and you can't move the apps to external SD card.
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So can i unplug my sd card in my phone and transfer file from my computer to my sd card via card reader?
HerySean said:
So can i unplug my sd card in my phone and transfer file from my computer to my sd card via card reader?
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Yes u can transfer to your using card reader to SD card but it should not be formatted as internal storage.
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K.khiladi said:
Yes u can transfer to your using card reader to SD card but it should not be formatted as internal storage.
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sooooooo I can't transfer files via card reader after it's being formatted as internal storage?
HerySean said:
sooooooo I can't transfer files via card reader after it's being formatted as internal storage?
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No you can't coz the data on your sd card will be encripted n you won't be able to read it on your computer via card reader. I'd suggest you to keep your sd card as "portable device" if you want to transfer data via card reader.
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