I flashed this for my friend, and its awesome. Except when my friend switched SD Cards, everything got messed up. Even after switching the SD cards, wiping data, wiping cache, the SD card isn't being recognized. In recovery, its says unable to mount SD card, I can't convert ext2 to ext 3 or ext 3 to ext 4, i can't wipe ext partition, and when I do USB mount, it doesn't work. The SD card is still partitioned even after trying to unpartition using the recovery. Also, since I can't mount the SD card, I can't flash anything. What to do?
Rockin' DJ05, Liberty Gingerbread, Clocked at 1.2ghz Voodoo
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Waiting on a Bionix rom
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DD username: TheSonicEmerald
Mount the SD card on a PC preferably running Linux and partition it from there. If you can still backup your data, do so. Do you have an SD card reader?
I'm not really sure of this since I don't use Apps2SD myself, but I get the logic that it automounts the ext partition on the SD card, move the /data/app there, and create symbolic links on the original folder.
The card that was in the phone before my friend switched SD cards was already partitioned. I tried using the SD card that wasn't partitioned, but no luck. I don't have Linux, and I also don't have space on my HDD to install it. But yes, the SD card itself is able to be recognized using the SD card reader. Currently using Windows.
Rockin' DJ05, Liberty Gingerbread, Clocked at 1.2ghz Voodoo
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Waiting on a Bionix rom
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DD username: TheSonicEmerald
Try reformatting the card with the PC. Just format it as FAT just so the recovery may be able to see it next time you attempt to use the recovery for partitioning.
Have you tried flashing something else using another no-problems-encountered-since SD card?
After switching SD cards, and after my friend wiped data and cache, SD card mounting, USB-MS, flashing doesn't work. I'm gonna flash the Windows ext2 driver and wipe the SD card from the computer and see of that does anything. I've been rooting and flashing roms and stuff for a while now, but I've never encountered a problem like this before.
Rockin' DJ05, Liberty Gingerbread, Clocked at 1.2ghz Voodoo
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Yes, still on 2.1, waiting on some Gingerbread goodness, but might flash Vanilla Froyo.
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DD username: TheSonicEmerald
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OK the last two times I attempted to load one of the Froyo ROMs, it's been a no-go. Both times I completely scrubbed my SD card and repartitioned it and the flashing appeared to go OK, but when I rebooted the phone it seems to have gotten stuck on the boot ani. Maybe I just didn't wait long enough but 20 minutes seemed rather excessive. Perhaps I partitioned the SD card wrong. I had been told the Froyo ROMs require 1 massive FAT32 partition without an ext partition. Am I incorrect in assuming this? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Your SD card needs to be unpartitioned for current Eris Froyo ROMs
You can verify this by turning off the phone, removing the SD card, and booting those Froyo ROMs (without the SD card inserted).
You can convert your microSD card to a single FAT32 partition by using the Amon_RA partitioning method and setting both swap and ext to 0 Mb. Obviously, you really ought to do a backup of your SD card before you do that. If you don't have a SD card reader, and don't want to restore a Nandroid backup to mount the SD card from the OS, just use the "USB-MS toggle" in Amon_RA to mount the SD card to the PC to perform both the backup and the (subsequent) restore after re-partitioning the SD card.
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howdy.
after installing GBv1.1 and v1.2
my SD card will no longer mount in the phone. i have two SDs and they both work fine in my nook color, and in recovery on my eris, but not when in the GB system.
anyone have any experience with this
jewnersey said:
howdy.
after installing GBv1.1 and v1.2
my SD card will no longer mount in the phone. i have two SDs and they both work fine in my nook color, and in recovery on my eris, but not when in the GB system.
anyone have any experience with this
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Did you have your SD card partitioned before you started using GB? Froyo (and I assume GingerBread, too) don't like the SD card being having multiple partitions and basically result in the symptom you're describing.
If so, you'd have to make a backup of everything on your SD card (to your computer), reformat the SD card (preferably from Amon RA recovery) with NO Ext2 or Swap partition, and using the full space available as a FAT32 partition, in order for Froyo or GB to recognize it.
Hi Xda Members,
I have tried many versions of Froyo now for a friends Android X10i.
Now all the installs have been successful, running BB54, various different versions, Cyanogen, Achotjan?, FreeX10 and currently XShinyBread.
Each installed perfectly fine, all rooted blah blah. HOWEVER.
Achotjan, this rom would never find a signal no matter how much I tried BUT the SD Card stayed mounted.
The rest of the versions, all installed great, ran perfectly, BUT!, no SD Card mount. Now I've restarted/rebooted so many times into XRecovery, manually "Mounted SD Card" and system/cache/data parts... But as soon as phone reboots into Android again it still does not keep the SD Card mounted.
Anyone have ANY ideas???
A few things to remember before replying.
This SD Card is NOT corrupted.
This SD Card DOES enumerate fine when Mounted to PC via XRecovery, and I am able to copy copious amounts of data.
This SD Card DOES work with that Achotjan version of Froyo but like I said, no signal.
This SD Card DOES work when reverted back to Stock SE.
This SD Card has been formatted multiple times via XRecovery, Android AND Windows.
Hope this narrows it down for you, its giving me a fecking headache.
Cheers
Mac
I think I've figured out watch this space.
Nope didn't fix it.
What I did was find another SD Card (One that hadn't been used before, put that in the phone, and it detected it fine.) I then tried to copy all the data from 1 SD Card to the so-called "Un-Mountable" SD Card but that theory didn't work.
The spare SD Card that was detected was a 2gb, this one is the standard 8gb that comes with it.
Droid X2 on Eclipse 2.3 (now on CM10)
with a 32GB Sandisk (link to: ht tp://goo.gl/ h9Mai (remove spaces))
My phone has become very slow, so i decided to reinstall Eclipse, so I booted into recovery, wiped the data and cache then tried to install Eclipse. within a few seconds, it came up with an error saying that the file was bad. I rebooted the phone and reformatted the SD card, now the internal storage ( in Settings>Storage settings) now only gives me the option to format internal storage and the SD card gives me the option of formatting or mounting the card. There is also a notification saying Preparing internal storage, Checking for errors. I selected the Format SD card and after it finished formating, it now says that the card only has 4.3GB of storage. Any suggestions or Fixes?
The Bootstrap Recovery can read the two memories without any issues, and i did a SBF back to 2.3.4 and had the same issue
I Just installed CM10 and the problem persists, The SD card says insert a sd card for mounting (it is inserted) and the Internal storage says Mount SD card
Jmlannan said:
Droid X2 on Eclipse 2.3 (now on CM10)
with a 32GB Sandisk (link to: ht tp://goo.gl/ h9Mai (remove spaces))
My phone has become very slow, so i decided to reinstall Eclipse, so I booted into recovery, wiped the data and cache then tried to install Eclipse. within a few seconds, it came up with an error saying that the file was bad. I rebooted the phone and reformatted the SD card, now the internal storage ( in Settings>Storage settings) now only gives me the option to format internal storage and the SD card gives me the option of formatting or mounting the card. There is also a notification saying Preparing internal storage, Checking for errors. I selected the Format SD card and after it finished formating, it now says that the card only has 4.3GB of storage. Any suggestions or Fixes?
The Bootstrap Recovery can read the two memories without any issues, and i did a SBF back to 2.3.4 and had the same issue
I Just installed CM10 and the problem persists, The SD card says insert a sd card for mounting (it is inserted) and the Internal storage says Mount SD card
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If it gives you the option to mount the SD card, do so. It's my understanding that after reformatting the SD card you have to mount it for it to be used with your phone.
Unmounted means your SD card is in your phone, but not connected to anything so you can safely remove it. Mounted means your SD card is in your phone AND it is integrated into the phone's system and can be used for data storage.
And possibly adding to your confusion is that Eclipse has a mod called SD card flip-flop, which reverses the naming of your internal storage and external SD card. Check out this link that explains it in depth http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229294
Cyanogen Roms do not use the SD Card flip-flop mod, and they also name the storage locations slightly different than the stock Rom.
Thank you, but as it turns out the SD card it self is not working. I plunged it in to my computer with an SD card adapter and it didn't show up. I assume that the card has become corrupt, so I will be replacing it. Their is one thing that confuses me however, and Is how bootstrap recovery is capable of reading the card, but the phone when booted normally or the computer can not.
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And for future knowledge, you cannot flash a ROM over CM10. Theres an issue that CM10 has with flashing ROMs. Other stuff flashes fine. Just not ROMs. So that would explain why you had a problem flashing Eclipse when you were on CM10. The right process is to SBF and start over or restore a nandroid backup of Ice Cream Sandwich or Gingerbread and go from there. On top of that, Eclipse is on 2.3.5 while every other ROM is on 2.3.4. So flashing a 2.3.5 ROM on 2.3.4 will also not work.
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And for future knowledge, you cannot flash a ROM over CM10. Theres an issue that CM10 has with flashing ROMs. Other stuff flashes fine. Just not ROMs. So that would explain why you had a problem flashing Eclipse when you were on CM10. The right process is to SBF and start over or restore a nandroid backup of Ice Cream Sandwich or Gingerbread and go from there. On top of that, Eclipse is on 2.3.5 while every other ROM is on 2.3.4. So flashing a 2.3.5 ROM on 2.3.4 will also not work.
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I was able to restore my cm7 nandroid backup after being on cm10 a2. I just used cm7 bsr, wiped big 3 and restored.
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Ok so I wanted to start fresh on my SD card, through the year it just gathered too much crap. Well on Gingerbread it used to just format it. Well on this ICS crap, the only option was to erase SD card. Well I did and now it won't remount. It just keeps saying safe to remove SD card. So I removed it and put it back in after taking the battery out of course and still nothing!
If you have a card reader format it on your computer.
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Format in card reader on PC, or use 4Ext Recovery and format within recovery.