Dear All
I can't update the apps that moved on SD card, but has no problem after moving back to phone ? Anyone know the solution ? Thanks
I had the same problem. I was able to resolve the problem by mounting my phone to USB. Then delete the file smdl2tmp1.asec in the /sdcard/.android_secure/ directory.
After deleting the file from the sdcard, I was able to install all apps again
you can do two thgs.
1:delete the file smdl2tmp1.asec in the /sdcard/.android_secure/ directory wt he said if not
2:you may try this, go to setting and choose save to phone instead of sd card. this may allow updates.
cphkelvin said:
you can do two thgs.
1:delete the file smdl2tmp1.asec in the /sdcard/.android_secure/ directory wt he said if not
2:you may try this, go to setting and choose save to phone instead of sd card. this may allow updates.
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i can't find the .android_secure folder. does my phone need to be rooted?
finally!
After reading through a million posts and blogs and pulling out my hair, it was the smdl2tmp1.asec causing all my problems!!! Thanks for the post! Of the hundreds I've read, this is the first reference to the right thing.
any other ideas?
I'm having the same problem. That directory on my phone says it's empty. Yet
, I still can't update apps on the SD card. Any other ideas?
Another path
My .android_secure folder was also empty but other sources said there's another folder to look,
./mnt/secure/asec/
this folder requires root access and using root explorer
Im updating the first post so everyone can see how to do this u can get the updated vold.fstab from chevy on pg 2.
Basically you must be rooted before doing this.
Download above file posted by chevy
Use a file explorer program like root explorer browse to your download folder or wherever you downloaded the above file. Extract it and when it says go to extracted folder say take me there.
Once there click on the vold.fstab and long press it and select copy from the menu that pops up.
Then browse to the root of your system device and select the system folder
Once there select the etc folder
Once in there at the top right of the screen if your using root explorer change the r/o to r/w and paste the file in here.
It will ask you to overnight the file. Select yes to overright
Then at the top right of your screen change the r/w to r/o
Finally reboot your phone and you should be good to go.
To verify just go to settings and select sd card and storage and you should see your external sd card showing up as the main sd card now.
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I haven't had time to make the change myself, but it can be done if you are rooted.
I've attached the files that need to be changed as a rar file.
"init.rc" is a initialization file that will create the directories /mnt/sdcard/ & /mnt/sdcard-ext/ on the system partition. It will also create a symbolic link to those directories as /sdcard/ and /sdcard-ext/ respectively.
Then, "vold.fstab" is used to mount the internal memory to /mnt/sdcard/ & mount sdcard to /mnt/sdcard-ext/
You should back up the original files from your device, the vold.fstab I attached has been edited to switch the internal memory to /sdcard-ext/ & sdcard to /sdcard/
Thank you ill try this when I get off of work.
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Bigdragon2k3 said:
Thank you ill try this when I get off of work.
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Let us know how it goes. I'm interested in this as well.
Ok well I tried this but I guess I messed up some where I ran the init.rc first. Then I backed up the vold.fstab and put it in a folder. I then put the new vold.fstab in etc/ now neither of my sd cards are being mounted. Maybe im trying something too advanced for me. But hopefully there's an easy fix. Was I supposed to push the file with adb
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I wouldn't be messing with critical system files like that until an SBF is available for our phone. Just my 2c.
You can adb the original files you backed up onto the device and reboot and it will remount the partitions. I did the same thing when I tried and made the mistake of overwriting the backup I made when I saved the edits in RootExplorer, so I had to grab the files off my wifes phone and push them onto mine to get it back up. Other than the devices not mounting, there isn't much harm in editing these files.
Did you edit both files at the same time to match the directories and reboot? If they don't match the devices won't mount when the vold.fstab is called. The edit needs to be done at the same time. In init.rc make sure the paths for the export & mkdir are the same. I was able to get it to create the directory /mnt/sdcard/ext/ so the external sdcard would have been in a directory inside the internal sdcard, but couldn't get it to mount to that directory.
Where I got hung up was on the vold.fstab edit, the formatting kept getting messed up and the file wouldn't work.
I was able to change the symbolic links around which helps if the sdcard path is hardcoded in the app to be /sdcard/, but when getExternalStorage is called by the app to get the path it will return the mnt/sdcard/ path, so that only helped get certain apps to store their files on the real sdcard.
The link below is how this edit is done on the Galaxy S, it was successful on that device so thats how I know it can be done on ours if we figure it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094090
Well I got it back to default now. Im not sure if you have taken a look at the original one posted for the i9003 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088474. When I went to edit yours it seeemed like you had extra stuff in there. Also on the other post it diddnt say anything about the init.rc. Not saying that your wrong I just diddnt see it mentioned. But hopefully we can figure this out and get it working.
Yeah, the vold.fstab I attached had the formatting messed up when I saved it in notepad and after that it didn't seem to accept any changes I made. I need to replace it with a fresh original file, I attached it to reference what I was saying, but should have been more clear to start with a clean copy. Sorry about that.
If our goal is just to swap the two cards, editing the vold.fstab is all that is needed, but if we want to combine the cards we need to edit the init.rc to make the /ext/ directory inside of /sdcard/, that way the apps that are setup to only work with the 1 card will be able to use both as the internal card would be mounted inside a directory of the real SDcard. Ideally I was thinking of mounting the internal storage to the /sdcard/data/ folder so app2SD stuff would go there, but started by trying to set it as /sdcard/ext/ as that wasn't a preexisting directory on my SDcard so it wouldn't be an additional monkey fighting the mod.
Ok I understand now. Hopefully we could get those files coded so we can try this out. This would be a great addition.
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you needed a better text editor. i did the exact same thing to vold.fstab and it works.
use the attached file.
I got it working as well (just swapping partitions). These were my steps:
1. attached the phone to my PC and made sure both the internal and external storage locations that mounted on my PC contained the same information. Just copied files back and forth until they were equal
2. disconnected the phone from the PC.
3. Used Root Explorer (RE) to copy vold.fstab to a few different places on both internal and external storage (just in case)
4. Mounted the /etc folder R/W in RE and did my edits on vold.fstab via the text editor in RE. Stored my changes and this automatically created a .bak file.
5. Mounted /etc RO and rebooted.
6. Both storage areas got prepared and mounted after reboot and were swapped as expected. Now I just need to copy the 8G SD contents to my 32G and I'll be back to where I was with the OG Droid!
Corey
Well thank you that definitely worked, thats so awesom.
Is it XMas morning, feels like Santa just visited! Now I have to order up that 32g card I've been drooling over, thanks!
Can someone post these instructions step by step in simple-man terms? Thanks!
Basically you must be rooted before doing this.
Download above file posted by chevy
Use a file explorer program like root explorer browse to your download folder or wherever you downloaded the above file. Extract it and when it says go to extracted folder say take me there.
Once there click on the vold.fstab and long press it and select copy from the menu that pops up.
Then browse to the root of your system device and select the system folder
Once there select the etc folder
Once in there at the top right of the screen if your using root explorer change the r/o to r/w and paste the file in here.
It will ask you to overnight the file. Select yes to overright
Then at the top right of your screen change the r/w to r/o
Finally reboot your phone and you should be good to go.
To verify just go to settings and select sd card and storage and you should see your external sd card showing up as the main sd card now.
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coreywilner said:
I got it working as well (just swapping partitions). These were my steps:
1. attached the phone to my PC and made sure both the internal and external storage locations that mounted on my PC contained the same information. Just copied files back and forth until they were equal
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Explain, please? How do you get both the internal and external storage locations to show up on the computer?
usb mode will show both sd cards in your computer screen.
Bigdragon2k3 said:
usb mode will show both sd cards in your computer screen.
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Was able to figure it out, sleep is a wonderful thing when it comes down to thinking clearly! LOL
Thanks cvmaas and Bigdragon, it's great being able to fully use my SD card again!
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Not trying to hijack, but have any of you done this and purchased a 32gb card? Maybe a class 10 card? If so which one and how is it working?
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Can anyone tell me if I can delete files from my sdcard that start with a dot, as in .adobe? What other files can I delete without crashing my system? I'm running CM7 and the current nightly.
Thanks!
Do you have a mac? If you do and transfer files from it to the phone you will get duplicate files. Usually .(insert file name here) is a copy. When I transfer roms from my mac to the phone. I always have a duplicate. Yes you can delete the .(files) and you'll be fine. I always have:
.trashes
.android_secure
.downloadTemp
And dont delete them becuase I feel they are necessary.
If you dont have a mac I dont know.
I skimmed through the forums and i cant find a solution (specifically for the X10) to how i can flash a ROM without the use of a MicroSD card. If WP7 wasnt such a pricky OS i wouldnt have this problem but now since the card is integrated with my Focus i wont be able to use it unless i know someone with a Symbian powered Nokia which is never going to happen.
anyways is there a way i can flash a ROM thats in the .zip folder without using a microSD?
No one? theres gotta be a way
all i want is to take the files in the .zip folder and convert it to a flashable file for the PC application because i have no more MicroSD card
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No one? theres gotta be a way
all i want is to take the files in the .zip folder and convert it to a flashable file for the PC application because i have no more MicroSD card
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I dont think so. Even there are some methods over bluetooth, you need some external storage for flashable data. Because you cant store flashable file on the same filesystem as is intended to modify when flashed. Yes, maybe cache, but you will need to somehow remount it as /mnt/sdcard instead and not sure if it is even possible in xrecovery.
I have placed Meanrom.zip in the root of the SDCard and I can go to ES Explorer and located it witout a problem but when I go into TWRP to install Zip file it does not display. Any suggestions?
Make sure the zip extension isn't in caps. i.e. ZIP
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Make sure the zip extension isn't in caps. i.e. ZIP
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Just checked and it is lower case.
Make sure its not reading from internal storage. If it is then u won't be able to see ur zip file that's on ur sd card
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Go to ''mount'' in twrp and check '' mount external sd'' or something like that
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you have to goto mount in twrp and change it to internal storage
Sorry to open up such an old threat, but i have simmular issues as mentiont above.
Ive gone to hell and back, getting my phone ( a MT6582 Lenovo A3600d ) rooted and TWRP on it, working and all. Yea im a prood noob.. !
But now im stuck. Ive put some compattible rom on my empty and formatted sdcard. Ive done all the flashing that is required to finally install the rom, but TWRP wont see the zip file.
Its in the root of my SD in the correct zip format etc. When i go to the TWRP file manager i also cant locate it. Eventho it tells me its reading of the sd card and not the internal memory. It will only display the maps and show some txt files. Dont know if thats normal. These are the only actuall items/lines i can see pop up.
Furthermore in "Mount" it wont let me check the box "Ext-SDcard", all the others i can check. Is this where the problem lies ? Ive removed the card and formatted it and put the rom zip file back on it a few times through my desktopcardreader.
Since ive allready flashed the phone its completly empty, only the TWRP recovery is accesable.
Am i missing something ? Any help would be greatly apprishiated
Joris1983 said:
Sorry to open up such an old threat, but i have simmular issues as mentiont above.
Ive gone to hell and back, getting my phone ( a MT6582 Lenovo A3600d ) rooted and TWRP on it, working and all. Yea im a prood noob.. !
But now im stuck. Ive put some compattible rom on my empty and formatted sdcard. Ive done all the flashing that is required to finally install the rom, but TWRP wont see the zip file.
Its in the root of my SD in the correct zip format etc. When i go to the TWRP file manager i also cant locate it. Eventho it tells me its reading of the sd card and not the internal memory. It will only display the maps and show some txt files. Dont know if thats normal. These are the only actuall items/lines i can see pop up.
Furthermore in "Mount" it wont let me check the box "Ext-SDcard", all the others i can check. Is this where the problem lies ? Ive removed the card and formatted it and put the rom zip file back on it a few times through my desktopcardreader.
Since ive allready flashed the phone its completly empty, only the TWRP recovery is accesable.
Am i missing something ? Any help would be greatly apprishiated
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Try to use CWM, you can make it through MTK Droid Tools (I kinda forget the name)
1.Download it
2.Obtain superuser access.(make sure usb debugging and usb drivers installed.
3.Goto the second tab
4.select backup and kill the process after seeing boot.img being backed up.
5.again to the second tab.
6 .select 'To choose from the boot.img file'
7.Go to the backup folder.
8.select phone model.
9.choose boot.img
10.click yes on every pop up box.
11.done.
CWM works flawlessly on my Lenovo A3600D.
Even if it's not touch version