I am having problems with the recovery on my phone, it is currently Amon 1.6.2.
In recovery I cannot create nand backups or flash new roms. When trying to create a backup I get this error:
Error: run ‘nandroid-mobile.sh’ via adb!
When trying to flash new roms from SD card i get this:
E: Can’t mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
Invalid argument
E: Can’t mount SDCARD:
Any help would be extremely appreciated.
thanks very much.
Make sure your battery is charged past 25% I believe. Its a saftey feature so you won't brick your phone...
battery is fully charged.
first thing i'd try is backing up all data on SDCard... then, boot into whatever ROM you are currently using. go to Menu > Settings > SD Card & Phone Storage.
Unmount SDCard and then format card. then copy a rom.zip to your SD and boot into recovery and try again. if that doesn't work, try formatting the card in recovery, then see if it will mount as USB, copy rom.zip again and try again.
you weren't by any chance trying to resize the partitions on your phone, were you?
tenzomonk said:
first thing i'd try is backing up all data on SDCard... then, boot into whatever ROM you are currently using. go to Menu > Settings > SD Card & Phone Storage.
Unmount SDCard and then format card. then copy a rom.zip to your SD and boot into recovery and try again. if that doesn't work, try formatting the card in recovery, then see if it will mount as USB, copy rom.zip again and try again.
you weren't by any chance trying to resize the partitions on your phone, were you?
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i was not trying to resize the partitions, thanks for help i will try this. 1 question though is that i have a lot of apps on my sd card, how do i back those up before reformatting.
Put the card in your computer and drag and drop
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carbon111 said:
i was not trying to resize the partitions, thanks for help i will try this. 1 question though is that i have a lot of apps on my sd card, how do i back those up before reformatting.
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Titanium Backup, My Backup Pro or Sprite Backup (pay, on market).
Or search for QtADB here on XDA (not Eris specific) for telling it to backup apps and/or app settings from a Windows GUI, and it's free. Good luck.
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I wiped everything, re-partioned sd-card and tried to install a new ROM..
But something have happend..
After i re-patrioned / wiped... and flash the rom (have tried a lot of ROM's now) i get errors..
Install from sdcard
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/Cronos-2-0J_.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
Happends now on every rom i install, have already tried again to re-partion.
What is the most basic way to re-partion ? settings i mean?
Anyone know what could be the problem..
The zip files cant be corrupt either.
* I also noticed that if i upload a ROM-file, then re-partion and wipe everything..
The rom is still on the sd-card..
I then deleted the rom from sdcard and re-partion again, and still..even duo i already deleted the file.. its there?
Maybe it is because of the SD Card.. So if you have another one try it
I had this same problem i had to do a full format of the SD card then all worked fine never had the problem again strange
If you ecejt the SD card before its done (or eject it wrong) you may and up with a bad file.
What you could do is:
Format your SD card.
Then put a rom on it.
Then go to my pc, and find ur card, then right click and select eject
Yea something strange with your sdcard.
Try as they stated above. Remove the sdcard from your phone. Insert it back in.
Try to reformat it with a different sdcard setup like: no swap, no ext only fat32.
Then check if the card is still behaving the same if not good. If so maybe the sdcard is just defect?
Good Luck.
Arranmc182 said:
I had this same problem i had to do a full format of the SD card then all worked fine never had the problem again strange
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same issue here, solved this way.
Did you flash an exotic recovery image by any chance?
You can always reflash 1 back by pushing it to /cache/ and flashing from there.
A radical way to overcome this would be to delete the partition table on your SDcard and let your current rom reformat it.
Im bumping my own thread.. Last time i bought a new sdcard..
Now this **** have happend again.. I get the same error as before!
How should i do this? Is there any other way then whats posted now?
Happens on all Roms
This is quite obvious but you make no mention of what recovery image is on you sd card?
I assume you saved the old image you were using and put it back on your sd card
Yes,maybe you recovery image is damaged.
Try to install again!
It sounds like your sd card is not actually partitioning since the rom is still on the sd card. To partition the sd manually try this:
I'm going to assume the following:
You are using Amon Ra recovery
You have not downloaded Clock Work recovery
You can still get into recovery using Amon Ra
You have SDK and JDK installed
You're using windows
Plug your phone into the computer. Open a command prompt (hit start and type cmd and press enter). Direct it to read from the tools directory of sdk " cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" for most people. Now follow the directions from this how-to http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-manually-partition-your-sd-card-for-android-apps2sd/. Stop after step 4 and type "quit" unless you plan on repartioning your sd card (in which case, choose which partitions you wish to make). Move the new rom you want to boot to the sd card and try again.
I recently made a mistake on my phone & got it stuck in a boot loop. I figure the easiest fix is to just wipe system & install a new ROM from the CWM Recovery Menu. My problem is I cannot access the external sd card.
When trying to navigate install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard > external_sd/ it simply returns "No Files Found". I'm assuming because that's probably just a symlink.
If I go to Mounts & Storage and attempt to mount /sd-ext, I get "Error mounting SDEXT :!.
Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way, so any help would be appreciated. I'm still fairly new to the whole Android scene.
I should note that my USB Port is broken so using that is out of the question. I've already attempted twice to replace it (damn thing wont desolder), but that's a whole other bag of worms.. That I won't bother re-visiting unless it's my only option.
RayG210 said:
I recently made a mistake on my phone & got it stuck in a boot loop. I figure the easiest fix is to just wipe system & install a new ROM from the CWM Recovery Menu. My problem is I cannot access the external sd card.
When trying to navigate install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard > external_sd/ it simply returns "No Files Found". I'm assuming because that's probably just a symlink.
If I go to Mounts & Storage and attempt to mount /sd-ext, I get "Error mounting SDEXT :!.
Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way, so any help would be appreciated. I'm still fairly new to the whole Android scene.
I should note that my USB Port is broken so using that is out of the question. I've already attempted twice to replace it (damn thing wont desolder), but that's a whole other bag of worms.. That I won't bother re-visiting unless it's my only option.
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You install a rom with cwm through the internal sd, not external; so yeah, you're going about it the wrong way.
*tear* Just what I didn't want to hear.
a little help
you could try flashing a different kernal ie siyah pr cm9 these have different versions cwm included so you might be able to access your ext sdcard just a thought.
It depends on the version of CWR you have flashed. Whenever I run ICZen the version of CWR (5 something) that Deficient Development bakes in lets you flash zips from the external SD; very convenient.
Can the OP use DroidExplorer, and transfer a rom to the internal? I've not used DroidExplorer, but have heard it talked about.
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If there isn't a ROM on the internal SD card to install from recovery, and the current kernel version does not support install from the external SD. Then I would assume you would need to ODIN to stock.
Good luck!
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Why can't you use something like Dropbox or Box and upload it from your PC, then download it to your phone and transfer to the sdcard of choice with a file explorer? Then flash away. In fact I just did this the other night bc I was too lazy to go to my PC and hook up my phone. I just uploaded it with my tablet and then downloaded it to my Vibrant.
Edit::: I just re-read your OP.
If I go to Mounts & Storage and attempt to mount /sd-ext, I get "Error mounting SDEXT :!.
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This is NOT the external sd card. SD-ext is another partition that has to be set up on the sdcard with something like Gparted or MiniTool Partition Wizard. It is for when you do not have the standard Samsung 2gb partition or the /datadata partition set up. FWIW, I have never seen this particular partition set up in the Vibrant.
I can't remember what the actual Mount option is in CWR but I definately know this is NOT it. Not sure if you remember seeing it or not but when you do a Nanadroid backup, it will always skip the SD-Ext part b/c there is nothing there. This is more mainly for older phone that were running Eclair and did not have native App2sd support. It was used as a hack to force that support.
i think go to a shop get your USB port repaired and get back to STOCK if you dont have any rom on your internal sd or do a (wipe cache etc etc) so that the phone will run on the ROM's kernel
Does this work on the Nook Tablet? Mine doesn't appear to function when I try to do a backup.
ROM Manager
I am using ROM manager on CM7 alpha12 without problems. I use it to boot to CWM recovery and back. I use TB and CWM for backup so I can't verify backup with ROM manager.
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I am using ROM manager on CM7 alpha12 without problems. I use it to boot to CWM recovery and back. I use TB and CWM for backup so I can't verify backup with ROM manager.
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So you are saying that you did the newest CM7 upgrade and your CWM works without using a SDcard? When I try to do a backup in ROM Manager my tablet will reboot and then it comes up with a screen saying to power cycle again and if this don't fix it call B&N support
ROM manager
Correct - if I want to use CWM I just start THE RM app and select to reboot to recovery. The tablet reboots into cwm and I do what I need,for example,backup and repartition data and media then select to reboot to regular CM7 ROM w/o changing SD card.
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Correct - if I want to use CWM I just start THE RM app and select to reboot to recovery. The tablet reboots into cwm and I do what I need,for example,backup and repartition data and media then select to reboot to regular CM7 ROM w/o changing SD card.
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Bummer Mine doesn't work and I have no idea how to fix it
I cant do a backup directly from ROM manager either.
BUT if you follow his directions and boot into CWM first, you can do a backup from there without a hitch.
If you want to name it yourself you need to go to the file in your file manager of choice, and change it there.
Can someone tell me where backups to internal storage are stored?
Thanks.
sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
I do believe you need a sd card for your backups.
It sounds like you do not have one, thats why you are not able to do a backup?
I have one and it creates a backup via internal. But when I try to backup to sd card, it tells me it failed to mount. So I backup via "internal storage." I can then go to restore and I see my backup from the internal there.
Dont have my tablet in front of me but it somehwere like: /mnt/emmc/clockworkmod/backup
You should find a clockwordmod in that general area if its like CM7 for other devices
You can manually mount and unmount your SDcard through clockwordmod as well. Have you tried to mount it manually before backing up
I just decided to try it again, booted into CWM and clicked "backup" and now its backing up to sd (free space showing as 30017MB, 32gb card so that makes sense).
Earlier when I tried manually mounting the sd card it was giving me an error (failed to mount). I have no idea what fixed it but its working now and I'm sure I'll be able to find the sdcard backup at the very least.
Thanks for your help.
The SD card doesnt always mount on its own in these devices. I HAVE noticed that..
Hell,it doent even want to mount with guidance, as you have just shown, and I have experienced as well..
Glad it worked this time..
sd mount
As has been noted in other threads, sometimes you have to take the card out and reinsert to get it to mount. I have had times when using the CWM menu option to mount sdcard failed. Turn the tablet over,click the card out and back in and it will mount
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As has been noted in other threads, sometimes you have to take the card out and reinsert to get it to mount. I have had times when using the CWM menu option to mount sdcard failed. Turn the tablet over,click the card out and back in and it will mount
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Definitely the case, but when in CWM it doesnt always mount even by ejecting and re-inserting the card.
At least from my experiences.
Hello All!
I purchased a new Nook Tablet 16 a few weeks ago and I want to restore it to factory settings.
Currently my NT16 has CM7 installed. I used the "boot from SD card" method to install CM7 and everything worked great so that's what I have running on my NT16.
Prior to installing CM7 I made a full backup of my NT16. When I made this backup I got the following files:
boot.img
cache.ext4.tar
data.ext4.tar
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.ext4.tar
The thing that I am confused about is when I boot into recovery to flash a new rom it always asks for a .ZIP file and, as you can see from my file list above, I don't have any .ZIP.
So my question is, how to I recover my NT16 to factory settings given the files I have above? Do I just zip them up and use that?
Thanks!! :victory:
Use the "backup and restore" menu item, then navigate to folder with the date that you created the backup.
Solar.Plexus said:
Use the "backup and restore" menu item, then navigate to folder with the date that you created the backup.
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I am currently using the Win32DiskImager.exe to make a boot disk and I am going to boot using this disk. When I boot and get the menu will it have an option to "backup and restore?"
Thanks!
Yes, I believe that's the same option you chose to create the backup.
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Use the "backup and restore" menu item, then navigate to folder with the date that you created the backup.
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Yes, I believe that's the same option you chose to create the backup.
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Ok I created the bootable SD card and I got the CWM Recovery menu. I put the SD card with all my backup files in the NT and when I hit Restore it says: "Couldn't open directory. No files found.".
The other question I have is this....
When I create the boot disk using Win32DiskImager do I also put my backup stuff on that same disk? Or do I bootup using the SD card with CMR on it then take out that SD card and put another SD card in, the one that has my backup files?
Thanks!
Is the SD card mounted?
EDIT: You could switch cards if you wanted, but why not do it the easy way? Transfer your Nandroid backup to the /mnt/media partition, then choose "restore from internal SD".
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Is the SD card mounted?
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I bootup using the SD card with the CMR on it and do a "hot" switch of the SD card with the one that has my recover stuff. When I put the SD card in it doesn't automatically mount it?
By the way, does anyone else HATE how B&N made their SD card slot? You have to open that little flap on the corner and it's such a pain in the butt to put the SD card in!
Yeah, the SD slot is a pain, especially if you have a case on the NT.
And if you're not sure if the card is mounted, just go to the "mounts and storage" menu option and see what it says about /sdcard.
Solar.Plexus said:
Yeah, the SD slot is a pain, especially if you have a case on the NT.
And if you're not sure if the card is mounted, just go to the "mounts and storage" menu option and see what it says about /sdcard.
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In the Mounts and Storage menu it lists /sdcard and /sd-ext. Which one is the SD card?
I tried both and when I choose mount /sdcard it works but when I choose mount /sd-ext it doesn't (it says "error mounting /sd-ext")
That's because you don't have a /sd-ext to mount. /sdcard is your microSD card.
Can I put all my recovery files on the same SD card that is made using Win32DiskImager or is it standard procedure to hot swap to another SD card that has your recovery files?
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That's because you don't have a /sd-ext to mount. /sdcard is your microSD card.
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Well, the I guess my SD card is mounted because when I choose the option to mount /sdcard I don't get any failure notices. However, when I go back to recovery I still get the error that it can't find any files. :crying:
Well, I don't really think there's any standard procedure, just whatever you think is easier. Have you touched the original "clockworkmod" folder since you made the backup?
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Well, I don't really think there's any standard procedure, just whatever you think is easier. Have you touched the original "clockworkmod" folder since you made the backup?
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Touched? What do you mean (sorry)?
Touched, changed, modified? Sorry, probably not a good word to use.
Just to clarify I am going to list the exact procedure I am doing and you guys let me know if everything seems okay:
1. Using Win32DiskImager.exe create the bootable disk with the image cwm_sd_flashing_boot.img using SD Card A
2. Format another SD Card (lets call it SD Card B) using Windows using quick format
3. Copy my backup files to SD Card B
- boot.img
- cache.ext4.tar
- data.ext4.tar
- nandroid.md5
- recovery.img
- system.ext4.tar
4. Boot the NT16 by holding down the power button and the N button until the unit powers on and then off
5. Put SD Card A in the NT16 and boot
6. Wait until CWM Recovery menu appears
7. Take out SD Card A and put in SD Card B (without rebooting or anything)
8. In the CWM Recovery menu choose Restore
9. Should be success at this point but I get the file not found error
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Touched, changed, modified? Sorry, probably not a good word to use.
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Actually, I am a UNIX guru and I know what touched means because touch is a command that, among other things, creates a file. I just didn't know if that's where you were coming from too.
You need to keep those recovery files inside the folder in which they were created.
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You need to keep those recovery files inside the folder in which they were created.
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When I created the recovery files it made a folder called 2012-07-31.03.48.54 is this what you mean?
Hi guys,
My SD card got corrupted before flashing a rom, so I'm a bit stuck (I can access the CWM menu, the kernel is fine).
So I formatted the card to FAT32 (tried other formats) but when I try and flash an update.zip from it I get
E:Can't mount /sdcard/
So I'm thinking, are there some files missing from the SD card that CWM/android need to interact with it? I can imagine these files were wiped when I did a format. Like superuser files or something? You know also, those hidden files beginning with '.'
I've tried all the usual methods like formatting using SDFormatter and stuff - still, CWM can't see it (my computer can if USB is mounted). Am I right in thinking I need some kind of system files on the SD card?
Any help?
Thanks in advance
the best would be paid copy a rom sd card and flash, or flash a rom stock also either ics or gb and see if there cel recognize SD can not think of anything else. :highfive:
Ok, I guess I'll try that if there's nothing else. If I flash an official .ftf with Flashtool will I need to do anything to my bootloader (currently unlocked)?
Edit: I've been reading around and it seems almost certain that my sd card just needs some vital files on it for CWM and android...
Try by simply reflashing any kernel with cwm if your sd card is readable from pc it is not corrupted, it's more likely somethign wrong with cwm, you should be able to fix reflashing kernel which shouldn't be much of a prob since you have unlocked bl
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Try by simply reflashing any kernel with cwm if your sd card is readable from pc it is not corrupted, it's more likely somethign wrong with cwm, you should be able to fix reflashing kernel which shouldn't be much of a prob since you have unlocked bl
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Hey nice idea, but I tried that earlier and multiple kernels give the same error - it can't be CWM, it must be the SD card (or what's not on the SD card).
Edit: I've tried chkdsk and formatting to a variety of systems using a variety of partition managers, nothings works, my phone just can't mount the SD.
notoxa said:
Hi guys,
My SD card got corrupted before flashing a rom, so I'm a bit stuck (I can access the CWM menu, the kernel is fine).
So I formatted the card to FAT32 (tried other formats) but when I try and flash an update.zip from it I get
E:Can't mount /sdcard/
So I'm thinking, are there some files missing from the SD card that CWM/android need to interact with it? I can imagine these files were wiped when I did a format. Like superuser files or something? You know also, those hidden files beginning with '.'
I've tried all the usual methods like formatting using SDFormatter and stuff - still, CWM can't see it (my computer can if USB is mounted). Am I right in thinking I need some kind of system files on the SD card?
Any help?
Thanks in advance
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First backup your nandroid backup (if you have one) in a secure place (not the sdcard)
Put your sd card on some other android phone with cwm and format it from the cwm mount/storage option.
if you don't have a nandroid backup skip the next two steps.
mount the sdcard in your computer and create two folders in the sdcard (a folder inside a folder) name the parent folder as "clockworkmod" and child as "backup" .
Put your nandroid backup in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
Now put the Rom zip file you want to flash in the root of the sd card
Power down your phone.
Put the memory card in your phone
Boot into cwm and try to flash the rom.
If the second step fails with "error mounting sd card" try with another memory card or with another phone.
PRESS THANKS IF I HAVE HELPED YOU
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