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Hey guys, so my galaxy s2 has been running on RR 3.0.5 with the latest siyah kernel. A problem I've been having is frequent media corruptions, and to solve that, I thought reformatting the internal storage would help. After doing so, it doesn't recognize my sdcard. What can I do to fix this?
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How did you reformat?
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I reformatted using cwm, the "reformat internal storage" option.
Ah, then it is not possible to format from within the phone under Settings>Storage>Format USB card?
The phone should be able to format it.
If not, plug the microSD into the computer and format it as FAT32.
If still does not work, try to format it via another phone.
As of right now, the problem is in the phone because it won't recognize my sd card. I have swapped sd cards with another one, and again, it doesn't recognize.
Guess: You don't have the mount point any more after the reformat. Recreate it. Hope you know what's it called.
I.e. create the directory /sdcard/external_sd or what it's supposed to be called.
Check in /etc/vold.fstab, it should be found there, the name of the mount point.
kuisma said:
Guess: You don't have the mount point any more after the reformat. Recreate it. Hope you know what's it called.
I.e. create the directory /sdcard/external_sd or what it's supposed to be called.
Check in /etc/vold.fstab, it should be found there, the name of the mount point.
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Not exactly sure how to do that...
richcity64 said:
Not exactly sure how to do that...
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So in non Samsung Android phones we don't have an internal SD card. Using root explorer, we see /sdcard/ and that is our microSD. For Samsung devices, /sdcard/ is actually the internal sd card, and what kuisma is saying is that the folder of the external sd card must be in /sdcard/something.
He is trying to say that the /sdcard/something was erased, and you have to create the folder which the external sd card is in (mount point). And instead of "something" the folder should be named something else (unknown right now) but you should be able to find the correct name in /etc/vold.fstab
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richcity64 said:
Not exactly sure how to do that...
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Create an empty directory /mnt/sdcard/external_sd using your favourite tool (file explorer, mkdir or whatever ...). Restart the phone. See if it works now.
So here's the thing
I flashed cm9 into my rezound(or my cousins whatever) along with the boot.img because i am S on
Everything worked out fine until i noticed i could access all the files i had in the internal storage
I checked in the emmc folder but it was empty and when i go into recovery i mount internal storage to my pc and everything is there
Can someone help me out please
Shadow-Nexus said:
So here's the thing
I flashed cm9 into my rezound(or my cousins whatever) along with the boot.img because i am S on
Everything worked out fine until i noticed i could access all the files i had in the internal storage
I checked in the emmc folder but it was empty and when i go into recovery i mount internal storage to my pc and everything is there
Can someone help me out please
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Try going to sdcard using root browser.
darkghost568 said:
Try going to sdcard using root browser.
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Can you give me a link of the app please
Shadow-Nexus said:
Can you give me a link of the app please
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Ok here it is:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browser&hl=en
(Or you could just use the free version)
I found my stuff under /emmc but if it's not there be sure to check under /internal_sdcard and /sdcard
Es file explorer works to and its free
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luke61456789 said:
Es file explorer works to and its free
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No, it doesn't work well on Asop roms.
darkghost568 said:
No, it doesn't work well on Asop roms.
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It works great for me..what issues are you having?
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fo0you said:
It works great for me..what issues are you having?
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It looks like we're on different roms. You're on juice 1.x correct? In any case, I wasn't able to access the / directory.
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No, it doesn't work well on Asop roms.
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That's BS man, I've been on AOSP roms for a while and I haven't had a single problem with it on either my Nexus 7 or Rezound across multiple roms. You're doing something wrong.
You may need to format the sdcard/partition that you're having problems with. I had a problem with TWRP not seeing my external sdcard and it turns out that it was actually a problem with it not being formatted correctly.
brando56894 said:
That's BS man, I've been on AOSP roms for a while and I haven't had a single problem with it on either my Nexus 7 or Rezound across multiple roms. You're doing something wrong.
You may need to format the sdcard/partition that you're having problems with. I had a problem with TWRP not seeing my external sdcard and it turns out that it was actually a problem with it not being formatted correctly.
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It would not let me back up to the / directory. It says /sdcard, I hit the back button and it says "press again to exit. " Any advice? BTW my sdcard is formated fine; it is recognized by both TWRP and root browser. Es file explorer just wouldn't let me access the / directory. What am I doing wrong?
you can't backup to / as that is the root (top level) directory that contains all the system stuff. You can only backup to /emmc (your internal memory) or /sdcard (your external sdcard). Apparently the newest build of TWRP is flaky with how the partitions are formatted. Also to access / in ES File Explorer you have to go into settings and then root settings and then enable the first three options.
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you can't backup to / as that is the root (top level) directory that contains all the system stuff. You can only backup to /emmc (your internal memory) or /sdcard (your external sdcard). Apparently the newest build of TWRP is flaky with how the partitions are formatted. Also to access / in ES File Explorer you have to go into settings and then root settings and then enable the first three options.
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Ok, thanks! I'll try that!
Edit: it works! Thanks for enabling me to be able to use my favorite file explorer!
P. S. I take back what I said!
Sir, i need your help. My sd card automatically unmount, for fix the memory i must restart my phone, sometimes i was done restart my phone, couldn't fix the memory. I must format the memory.
Can you help me? Please sir
Thanks.
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tukijembz said:
Sir, i need your help. My sd card automatically unmount, for fix the memory i must restart my phone, sometimes i was done restart my phone, couldn't fix the memory. I must format the memory.
Can you help me? Please sir
Thanks.
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Don't know why it's unmounting, but you should be able to go to settings/storage and unmount then remount and get it back. I've had to do this on some ROMs and it works. You don't need to reboot then.
raptoro07 said:
Don't know why it's unmounting, but you should be able to go to settings/storage and unmount then remount and get it back. I've had to do this on some ROMs and it works. You don't need to reboot then.
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I know, but in setting - storage. My sd card unavailble sir, for fix the memory just the reboot. Why my memory likr that sir? Can you tell me, huh?
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Maybe it's your sdcard. Have you tried another sdcard to see if that's the problem. Also try flashing a different rom to see if that cures your ailment.
Jsparta26 said:
Maybe it's your sdcard. Have you tried another sdcard to see if that's the problem. Also try flashing a different rom to see if that cures your ailment.
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May my sdcard like this after mod the tweaks? I had flashing another roms without mod the tweaks, my sdcard is good. Not sure, just now my sdcard good, maybe not in this time, my sdcard back like that.
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My l9 running cm10.1 has some sort of weird storage issue.
First of all, it has three storage folders: "emulated" "sdcard0" and "sdcard1". I understand that sdcard0 is the internal memory, and sdcard1 is the sd card (shouldnt it be sdcard and external_sd?). however, what is "emulated"? it has a "0" folder and "legacy" folder inside that have the EXACT contents of the actual internal phone memory card.
Second of all, when i reboot my phone, under the storage settings of the actual phone settings, it says that my sdcard has 1.8 gb (however, like this, when i plug the phone into my computer it shows up as it should, with SD card with 1.8 gb and internal storage at 14.8 gb). then when i mount and unmount the sd card, it comes up normally on my phone but on my computer it shows both internal storage and SD card at 14.8 gb (which clearly isnt right). Also, both have the exact same files and folders inside when i open them on my computer *or on my phone*
if anyone can help thanks so much
can anyone help? id appreciate it lots
nfilipac said:
My l9 running cm10.1 has some sort of weird storage issue.
First of all, it has three storage folders: "emulated" "sdcard0" and "sdcard1". I understand that sdcard0 is the internal memory, and sdcard1 is the sd card (shouldnt it be sdcard and external_sd?). however, what is "emulated"? it has a "0" folder and "legacy" folder inside that have the EXACT contents of the actual internal phone memory card.
Second of all, when i reboot my phone, under the storage settings of the actual phone settings, it says that my sdcard has 1.8 gb (however, like this, when i plug the phone into my computer it shows up as it should, with SD card with 1.8 gb and internal storage at 14.8 gb). then when i mount and unmount the sd card, it comes up normally on my phone but on my computer it shows both internal storage and SD card at 14.8 gb (which clearly isnt right). Also, both have the exact same files and folders inside when i open them on my computer.
if anyone can help thanks so much
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You use a ported version, right? If yes, which one is it? Sounds like a mounting issue.
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N00BY0815 said:
You use a ported version, right? If yes, which one is it? Sounds like a mounting issue.
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Thank you for responding. I'm using cm 10.1-20130506-UNOFFICIAL-p760, how do i fix this mounting issue?
nfilipac said:
Thank you for responding. I'm using cm 10.1-20130506-UNOFFICIAL-p760, how do i fix this mounting issue?
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You have a swap script in use. The script is inside /system/etc/init.d You can remove it, unless you have a game that you backed up from stock. From reading your post, i can tell you probably don't need it.
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kuma82 said:
You have a swap script in use. The script is inside /system/etc/init.d You can remove it, unless you have a game that you backed up from stock. From reading your post, i can tell you probably don't need it.
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So I found the folder that you're talking about. Do i delete every file i see? And will that solve my issues with the emulated storage and whatnot? Thanks!
Look for something like this
15extsd2internalsd
Just remove that file
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kuma82 said:
Look for something like this
15extsd2internalsd
Just remove that file
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Thanks for the help, but I did that and the "emulated" folder still is there. I don't know what to do anymore. Also, my computer still shows both storages as having 14.8 gb
Did you reboot? That emulated stuff is going to stay. Its apart of the 4.2.2 android changes to the system.
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Weird enough suddenly I found all my external SDCard files have all permissions like:
---rwxr-x
Why !?? This happens to every file I copy onto it.
I needed them like:
rwxrwxr-x
so far, the only rough and long way I found is through Aromafilemanager and PhilzTouch recovery.
Yet I have to change the permissions one file at a time.
Can anybody help?
Sounds like a problem unique to you, I've never heard of it.
Flash the official stock rom, format your sd card in your pc using the industry formatting tool and test.
If the problem disappears then it was probably some combination of your individual setup.
Yep. Also ensure you haven't got any scripts running at startup. Sd permissions are set on boot and cannot be changed afterwards
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Thank you, I'll surely restart from the beginning and report back
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Yep. Also ensure you haven't got any scripts running at startup. Sd permissions are set on boot and cannot be changed afterwards
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Which script could do that?
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Any mods that mount folders or swap storage.
Otherwise, something built into the rom.
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boomboomer said:
Sounds like a problem unique to you, I've never heard of it.
Flash the official stock rom, format your sd card in your pc using the industry formatting tool and test.
If the problem disappears then it was probably some combination of your individual setup.
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@boomboomer
which filesystem do i have to use in formatting extsdcard 8gb via pc? exFAT / FAT32 / EXT4 / NTFS ?
moreover, in this post and following on dev rom thread, it seems it's a normal behaviour... am i missing sth?
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4
Fat32 is the normal filesytem.
If it's common to your rom then your chef is the best one to approach, he may have set a script or mod.
rootSU said:
Any mods that mount folders or swap storage.
Otherwise, something built into the rom.
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I read through about 7 pages of sd card issues on the s3 and thought i cant read anymore, so i thought i would just ask. I've just bought an s3 and i got my 64gb sd card from my old phone to my new one. Problem is i have data from other games in the SD and titanium back up files in the externel sd card. Seems the S3 has its own built in SD card and only reads from that. I copied my TB files from externel to the internel. Now the games still require Extra files although they are in the externel SD. So how in the world do i get it to read my Externel sd instead of my internel? I thought of copying the files but i have 16 gb internel, 64 externel so its not gonna work considering i have 39 gb left in my 64 gb one,