After a bad flash my Vibrant is not seeing my internal sd card.
Is there a way to reformat?
Settings -> SD card and phone storage -> under phone storage select Format SD card.
Before you do that I would try flashing the mounting fix that was posted a while back in clockwork though. That might help.
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Settings -> SD card and phone storage -> under phone storage select Format SD card.
Before you do that I would try flashing the mounting fix that was posted a while back in clockwork though. That might help.
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I cant install clockwork as no appa can be instalked.
The format in swttings doesnt woek.
you have to press unmount first
There is no amount option for the internal card.
What ROM are you on? You should see this...
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What happenes when you hit Format SD card under phone storage?
I am talking about the internal not external Sd card.
Phone storage is the internal memory.
regP said:
Phone storage is the internal memory.
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Aka internal Sd card.
Henchman said:
Aka internal Sd card.
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The same thing...
Hitting Format SD card under the phone storage part of the screen will format the internal memory. If that doesnt work you should odin back to stock and reflash whatever ROM you want.
Formatting storage card does nothing.
Odin back to stock then reflash your ROM.
regP said:
The same thing...
Hitting Format SD card under the phone storage part of the screen will format the internal memory. If that doesnt work you should odin back to stock and reflash whatever ROM you want.
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Already done that twice.
Hence my question.
Is there a way ie through adb to format the internal Sd/storage memory
This thread is relevant to my interests.
I have attempted to odin, and heimdall back to stock, but either the guide here on XDA is severely outdated, or something is wrong with my vibrant.m (followed steps to a T, but to no avail)
I am extremely technologically adept so anyone willing to talk me through this won't be assisting grandpa through a reformatting, and re-installation of the latest version of windoze operating system on their virus ridden store bought PC so to speak, but rather would be helping out a fellow modder restore his phone, and squeeze a few more months out of it before being forced to upgrade.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
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obviously i can get into the bootloader, recovery, and download mode, but cannot load any rom because i get the error cannot write to lums message.
I too flashed probably once too many times, and something corrupted my internal SD card on my SGS Vibrant, and there's no way to reformat it that I know of.
Are you locked out of the internal SD ie the EU bug?
What ROM were you running when you tried Odin?
Does Odin recognize your device, do you have a lighted com port?
Which version of Odin did you try?
Which files did you plug in on Odin?
And have you tried the AIO toolbox?
No tickee, no laundry!
sorry I didn't see this reply earlier, but since my last posting I bit the bullet and upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
I would however like to see if I could still repair my vibrant for use as another android phone to play with. Odin, etc. all recognize and will flash my phone, but in cwm I can't flash any roms. I it says something about unable to write to lums?
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Hey guys i have been unable to move/install apps to my sd card ever since changing to MIUI I'm not sure whether this is a problem with the ROM or not (i think i may have insalled applications to SD on a previous GB version of MIUI)
I am using a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 with the latest MIUI based on 4.0.4. before MIUI i was on CM7 stable and i remember messing around with some settings there to try and get my phone to read music off the sd card as well as internal memory-(where all my downloaded music was going). I also may have done a dodgy partition on my old 32gb micro sd or some how partitioned my internal storage of my phone...
I have recently successfully partitioned my Sandisk 64gb micro SDXC to this tutorial...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343187
when i go to move a 'moveable' app eg. Paypal through 'Link2Sd' it comes up with an error saying "pkg:/data/app/com.paypal.android.p2pmobile-1.apk Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_CONTAINER_ERROR]
when i go to move a 'moveable' app through 'App 2 SD Pro' it says 'couldn't move app'
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the following are my phones storage details...please point out if you think there is anything strange about them
this last picture was taken before i partitioned my SD
if you guys have an suggestions please let me know
try to format ur sd and repartition ur sd ext. and flash ur script again.
u may try amarullz "ad2sdx" or dk_zerocool "mount2sd" script...
did you try Titanium Backup to move those apps?
also u can do in adb shell "pm setinstalllocation 2"
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when you partition the sd card doesn't it format it then? I repartitioned my SD card still the same problem.
I also went to back up my current rom today through 'ROM manager' and it said something along the lines of...
SD card mounted...
SD card space free: 30437MB
............(can't remember)
...No SD_EXT found
something something...checking MD5 sums
It then waited a little bit and rebooted without creating a backup. I then booted into CWM and tried doing a back up again. It came up with the same relative message as above but it decided to make a back up. The back up folder had 7 files in it (this seems normal to me) and also backed up to my micro SD which is new
Today i also tried moving apps with titanium backup. It moved them effortlessly or so i thought and then later i checked the SD card on the computer the apps files were no where to be seen so i double checked through Apps 2 SD, Link2sd and the system app info on my phone and they all show that the apps have not been moved to my micro sd card.
i havent tried the adb shell or script methods you have sugested but i will soon and let you know how i go.
thanks heaps in advanced!
i hv seen many ppl complaining abt cwm creating bad partitions. so i would suggest it via pc.
for formatting use "sdformatter"
for partitioning use "minitool partition wizard".
ur issues seem to be wid bad partition.
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try to use some apps google in marketmilitia i found there few apps that move everything from phone to sd
some apps is made so that u can move normal way but this apps do it
app2sd
cheers
n1newbie said:
i hv seen many ppl complaining abt cwm creating bad partitions. so i would suggest it via pc.
for formatting use "sdformatter"
for partitioning use "minitool partition wizard".
ur issues seem to be wid bad partition.
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I have done all my recent partitions on a PC using Gparted. before MIUI i was on CM7 and could have possibly done a partition there using cwm. if i wipe my phones inernal storage/sd will it still boot up? the internal storage in my case being labled as 'usb storage'
thanks again in advanced havent had time to try these things out yet but hopefully will soon
internal storage labelled as usb storage? wat model? as long as u hv nothing related to /system in sd ext. ur phone should boot fine
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internal storage labelled as usb storage? wat model? as long as u hv nothing related to /system in sd ext. ur phone should boot fine
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Precisely...the pictures in my first post show that storage sections labled 'internal storage' and 'usb storage' are both on my phones memory. I am able to take the micro sd out of the phone and these storage locations are still mounted and installed apps still work. Also when i open my native file explorer to see where my apps are and select 'SD card' it goes to the directory of 'usb storage'. This problem occurs with apps such as Astro and other file managing apps.
sry, am totally lost. may be someone else will help you out. gud luck
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i know this is an old topic, but i just want to share in case anyone stumbles upon this error again.
I had this problem, i fixed it by changing the default install location to auto in link2sd. or ifg you dont have link2sd in settings set it to let system decide. hope this helps someone out there
Just got my Tmo Note home, I think I got the last one as there were only 2 Denver retail stores that had them . Is there going to be a new forum here at xda for this phone?
I'm having an issue with the external sdcard, I am using ES File Explorer. I put the external sdcard from my old sensation into the new note, I browse to /sdcard/external_sd/ and I get an empty folder. Something reported to me that the ext sdcard was not mounted but I forget what I was doing when I saw that. What do I need to do to access the external sdcard taken from my Sensation?
I imagine this is an easy situation, I just haven't experienced a setup where there is an internal and external sdcard on a phone.
Thanks
Peter
That's interesting because I have a i717 and I flashed a nandroid backup courtesy of Rotohammer if I am not mistaken, when the device booted and I went to look for sd card it didn't show anything. But a reboot solved it for me. Worst case is you backup anything you need from the sd to a PC and fully format card.
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shouldn't you be looking for
/mnt/external_sd
not
/mnt/sdcard/external_sd
?
I use Linda File Manager and it is under sdcard/external sd
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I rebooted and still got an empty /external_sd folder. Once I backup the sd to pc, how do I mount/format the ext. sdcard?
Also, when I plugged the phone into pc with usb it shows phone as 9.85GB - I thought this came with 16GB of internal memory?
Under /mnt i have asec, obb, sdcard, secure and usb - no /mnt/ext_sdcard
Make sure the card if formated as FAT32 - if plugged into a computer, right click and select properties). I recently purchased a 64gb card and when I turned on the Note, I got the error the SD card was not mounted. I couldn't mount it or format it. Did some searching and others had that problem. The solution was to delete all partitions (searched cnet downloads for a partition manager) on the microSD card then insert into the Note & turn it on. The Note reported there was a damaged SD card - then I was given a prompt to format the microSD card.
So make sure your data is backed up 1st.
Not sure why your internal space shows that. That number seems low. May have to format internal storage and factory reset as it comes fresh out of the box.
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There it is on my i717r.
As for the storage on the phone, mine has 1.97 internal[apps, etc], 10.85 usb storage[the other part of internal formatting], and of course my 29.81 under sdcard[actually the external card]
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I just got the T-Mobil Galaxy Note as well. I had not problem moving my SD card from My Touch 4g. At first I didn't understand the file structure, but now I see that the external cards shows under the directory of the SD card which really is internal memory. That memory shows only a total of 9.85 GB (should be 16 according to specs) and the other internal is 1.97 GB. I would also be curious if anyone know why the internal memory numbers are so far off.
My best guess is this.
11gb is parted off for user.
2gb is parted off for apps.
that's 13gb for user storage.
The rest is for /system, /cache, dalvic and future ROM updates. Naturally a new os will take more space so they make a best guess for future upgrades, features, etc.
You never really get what the advertised storage is. Plus its better to have more space remaining for the rom than what it actually needs to help future proof a bit and so you don't run into storage restrictions when upgrading or flashing custom stuff.
Take the xoom for example, it leaves 28gb for user, and only about 1gb to 1.3gb for the rest of the system. Because of that we have to use symbolic links to have some of the gapps load up when flashing as to avoid errors and such.
Sometimes having some missing storage is a good thing as its almost certainly belonging to the back end.
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As someone who is having trouble with a 64 class 10 this topic really helped. Thanks!
How the heck did I get 6 usb drives?
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440bro said:
How the heck did I get 6 usb drives?
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Haha. Interesting.
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I don't know how they got there! I can't delete them. They aren't bothering me other than WTF! I'm sure I could get rid of them by wiping and resetting, but I don't want to do that because this thing is running soooooooooooooo smoothly! This phone has never ran smoother in the year that I've had it. Maybe that's all I needed was 6 usb drives lol! I'd just like to know how it happened.
440bro said:
I don't know how they got there! I can't delete them. They aren't bothering me other than WTF! I'm sure I could get rid of them by wiping and resetting, but I don't want to do that because this thing is running soooooooooooooo smoothly! This phone has never ran smoother in the year that I've had it. Maybe that's all I needed was 6 usb drives lol! I'd just like to know how it happened.
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Its apparently something you did on 5/13. Strange.
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Its apparently something you did on 5/13. Strange.
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That doesn't mean anything because it says 5-14 now.
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That doesn't mean anything because it says 5-14 now.
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Hmm... if you plug it in to comp does it only show 1 usb storage? Or a different file explorer may be able to delete them?
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Hmm... if you plug it in to comp does it only show 1 usb storage? Or a different file explorer may be able to delete them?
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It acts as normal. When plugged intro pc it shows 2 folders. My internal and external.
Perhaps unmount then mount the sd card to force the media scanner to read all the file structure. Thats in settings>>>--->usb storage.
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How the heck did I get 6 usb drives
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All. Whoa.
This is something JB does to the file structure.
Dont start deleting nothing. Storage under root points to sdcard0. If you pick sd card under root you get these options to get to external sd.
Sdcard0 is your internal storage
Extsdcard is your micro sd card
The others I'm not sure but there is no harm....unless you delete all your files.
rangercaptain said:
Perhaps unmount then mount the sd card to force the media scanner to read all the file structure. Thats in settings>>>--->usb storage.
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Good idea! I tried, and nothing changed.
scariola said:
All. Whoa.
This is something JB does to the memory card. Dont start deleting nothing. Storage under root points to sdcard0. If you pick sd card under root you get these options to get to external sd.
Sdcard0 is your internal storage
Extsdcard is your micro sd card
The others I'm not sure but there is no harm....unless you delete all your files.
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Oh don't worry I won't delete my internal or external memory. I tried deleting usb f but nothing happen.
It's a mystery!
I have the exact same file structure listed for my "storage" also. My guess the usbdrives are nothing more than predefined locations for usb OTG if connected. I would think that we all SHOULD have the same structure setup for our storage (sdcard0=internal storage and extsdcard=external sd card) if we updated correctly.
It reminds me of "My Computer" on your PC. It too shows all your drives and the placeholders also for your flash memory.
Hello
My Dad gave me his 32 GB SD Card, so I inserted it into my phone.
And there was some of his files, so I had to format it. I went onto the storage settings and scrolled down to find "Erase SD Card"
So I simply pressed it, and confirmed..
So much regrets. It erased my god damn USB Storage filled with 11GB of files, even important ones with all my music, rooting files such as ROMS, downloads, images etc.
Sorry, but I am so ****ing pissed.
The ****ing thing said "Erase SD Card". NOT "ERASE USB STORAGE OR INTERNAL STORAGE".
Here's some screenshots:
So there's my actual internal storage...
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And my USB Storage that is listed as Internal Storage...
And the Erase SD Card option, above the SD CARD.
I don't understand why the option says "Erase SD Card", instead of either ERASE INTERNAL STORAGE, or ERASE USB STORAGE.
It doesn't make any sense.
Now that I'm left with basically a new phone with nothing of my personal files left.
And why the hell doesn't my SD CARD not have a Erase SD Card option?
I know I can't get my files back, but at least, how do I fix this god damn problem?
My phone is rooted with Cyanogen Mod 10.1.3-i9100
Kernel is 3.12.06-rc6-Dorimanx-V9.43-JB-SGII-PWR-CORE
And yes, I can go into clockwork recovery mode.
thanks
'SD card' has always meant the internal SD card (I.E internal storage), external SD has always been labelled as such.
You can mess around with mount points if you want, but I don't see why you'd do that ? You did something a lot of people have done on here over the past couple of yrs, you now know what 'erase SD card' means & does, you're unlikely to do it mistakenly again.
Edit - If you want to format an external SD card, do it from Windoze (phone connected to PC via USB) or from CWRecovery.
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'SD card' has always meant the internal SD card (I.E internal storage), external SD has always been labelled as such.
You can mess around with mount points if you want, but I don't see why you'd do that ? You did something a lot of people have done on here over the past couple of yrs, you now know what 'erase SD card' means & does, you're unlikely to do it mistakenly again.
Edit - If you want to format an external SD card, do it from Windoze (phone connected to PC via USB) or from CWRecovery.
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Okay thanks, yeah, I formatted the SD card using CWRecovery, but shouldn't there be an option to unmount my SD Card in Settings > Storage?
And on CWRecovery, there were many options to format my SD Card; format ext-sd, format sd-card0, format sd-card1, and I think format external sdcard. Which one is the correct one? I formatted all of them except for sd-card0.
thanks
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But shouldn't there be an option to unmount my SD Card in Settings > Storage?
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Nope.
awesomealvin said:
And on CWRecovery, there were many options to format my SD Card; format ext-sd, format sd-card0, format sd-card1, and I think format external sdcard. Which one is the correct one? I formatted all of them except for sd-card0.
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I'm not running that rom & I'm not looking at the CWRecovery screen that you're looking at. Why not make it easy for yourself & do it in Windoze ? That way there's absolutely no doubt as to what you're doing.
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Nope.
I'm not running that rom & I'm not looking at the CWRecovery screen that you're looking at. Why not make it easy for yourself & do it in Windoze ? That way there's absolutely no doubt as to what you're doing.
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that's weird, because when I'm having troubles installing some applications and I go on google to find a solution, mostly everyone says to Unmount and Mount the SD Card again through Settings > Storage > Unmount
I'm not seeing an option in storage to unmount my external SD card in either of my Samsung phones. You can do it from CWRecovery though. I think you'll find those people are referring to the internal SD.
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I'm not seeing an option in storage to unmount my external SD card in either of my Samsung phones. You can do it from CWRecovery though. I think you'll find those people are referring to the internal SD.
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Hmm okay, thanks, I'll just use Windoze then, thank you.
Good to know i'm not the only one that's not seeing those options.
Hi,
I installed the SLXROM yesterday on my P780 and I am quite happy with it so far. I know that there is discussion going on about this Rom in the russian lenovo forum where this has been posted, but unfortunatley my russian is a bit rusty (and google translator is just not mature enoughto follow a discussion in a forum).
So here is the thing:
My phone shows 3 different storage spaces: Internal Storage (0.98GB), SD card (1.45 GB) and Phone storage (3.69 GB), so my 4 GB sd card is actually shown as phone storage and the internal storage is detected as sd card which brings quite a bit of nastiness with it, since some apps write their data to sd card which in that case means the internal storage, while the sd card stays ~empty.
Is this a bug or is it supposed to be like this?
Cheers.
panDroid
panDroidx9 said:
Hi,
I installed the SLXROM yesterday on my P780 and I am quite happy with it so far. I know that there is discussion going on about this Rom in the russian lenovo forum where this has been posted, but unfortunatley my russian is a bit rusty (and google translator is just not mature enoughto follow a discussion in a forum).
So here is the thing:
My phone shows 3 different storage spaces: Internal Storage (0.98GB), SD card (1.45 GB) and Phone storage (3.69 GB), so my 4 GB sd card is actually shown as phone storage and the internal storage is detected as sd card which brings quite a bit of nastiness with it, since some apps write their data to sd card which in that case means the internal storage, while the sd card stays ~empty.
Is this a bug or is it supposed to be like this?
Cheers.
panDroid
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This is the default partitioning of the Lenovo P780
Here there is the solution that you are looking about: repartition!!!
Code:
forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/general/p780-repartition-storage-t2668744
Hi,
thanks for the quick reply. i followed the steps in the linked post, but now I have the following situation:
still 3 partitions: internal storage (2.44GB), SD Card (~5MB), Phone storage (4GB). So, the repartitioning worked, but the (now very small partition) is still detected as sdcard (which of course now leads to a lot of weird problems with apps trying to write to external storage).
Any advice?
Cheers.
panDroidx9 said:
Hi,
thanks for the quick reply. i followed the steps in the linked post, but now I have the following situation:
still 3 partitions: internal storage (2.44GB), SD Card (~5MB), Phone storage (4GB). So, the repartitioning worked, but the (now very small partition) is still detected as sdcard (which of course now leads to a lot of weird problems with apps trying to write to external storage).
Any advice?
Cheers.
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Yep.
My situation after the installation and the repartition was the same for you but i have done the following steps:
went to SETTINGS -> STORAGE and clicked on PREFERRED INSTALL LOCATION -> selected SD CARD
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Selected DEFAULT WRITE DISK as SD CARD, then REBOOTED
My FINAL situation was:
2.45 GB internal storage
8GB of external SDcard
5MB of Phone storage, never used.
Hope it's helpful.
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Hope it's helpful.
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Yes, that was extremely helpful! Thanks a lot, now everything works as expected.
Cheers!
just read this now after flash SLX, but already installed apps and restore backups of sms etc,
if I flash the repartition, should I return to default write disk to internal sd first?
will all data deleted?
DON2003 said:
just read this now after flash SLX, but already installed apps and restore backups of sms etc,
if I flash the repartition, should I return to default write disk to internal sd first?
will all data deleted?
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I'll suggest you to backup everything, even the ROM installation from recovery, then run the repartition, and restore SMS and apps.
If something fails, you can restore the backup from recovery.
Good luck!!