When I connect my phone to my computer with the USB cable, and mount it, the drives do not show up on my computer. Everything looks correct on the phone. I want to get everything off of the phone. What can be done to fix this??
I have tried uninstalling/re-installing the drivers, rebooting my phone, checking/un-checking debugging, and nothing works. Without fixing this, I can not even Odin back to stock or flash a new ROM.
flash different kernel ! or go to dev section and find sd card fix .
sd not showing up on your computer is kernels fault which one you are on some of them are buggy and wont display sd card in computer tab .
pull your external memmory out of the phone put it in the SD SLOT IN YOUR COMPUTER copy rom of your choice ! eject the sd out of your computer put it back in the phone wualllla
bartek25 said:
flash different kernel ! or go to dev section and find sd card fix .
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Yes, I did that. Like I said, the phone is acting like it is supposed to, but I can not access either the internal nor external SD card through explorer.
You might want to try replacing the connector cable. I had the same problem with my epic and that fixed it
Good luck
clock work recovery , clear cache clean dalivk chace , fix permision , /factory reset should be done last . (it wipes everything) back up .
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clock work recovery , clear cache clean dalivk chace , fix permision , /factory reset should be done last . (it wipes everything) back up .
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I am running a custom ROM. What do you mean by "Fix permission" & "factory reset"? Will doing a factory reset take me back to stock?
i tell this to everyone who has this problem: start simple. the first thing you should do in this case is reinstall you drivers. i know it sounds silly, but i have frequent mounting issues that are always resolved by simply running the SamsungDrivers.exe and reinstalling them. it refreshes the driver.
not saying its going to work everytime, but its quite possible. ive suggested this to many people in the past and it worked for them.....give it a shot.
bartek was kind enough to repeat what i said in the next post
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I am running a custom ROM. What do you mean by "Fix permission" & "factory reset"? Will doing a factory reset take me back to stock?
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yes factory reset will leave you on the rom you are on right now just all from scratch all your programs will be wiped and also all unecesary files that might prevent your computer from finding your sd but REINSTALL THE DRIVERS FIRST SEE HOW THAT GOES as sometimes simple things like that are the problem .
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yes factory reset will leave you on the rom you are on right now just all from scratch all your programs will be wiped and also all unecesary files that might prevent your computer from finding your sd but REINSTALL THE DRIVERS FIRST SEE HOW THAT GOES as sometimes simple things like that are the problem .
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I wiped everything and it fixed my issue. I still do not know were to "Fix permission", but at this point it works. Now when I unplug the USB, it still shows that the phone is still connected through the USB in the top left corner of the phone. Why is that?
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I tried to flash a rom for the first time, and i'm noob at this.. i followed a couple of tutorials ( [Guide] Complete Newbie Guide to Install a Custom Rom & Newbie FaQ [Updated 02/05] ) and it all worked untill step:
8. Select Wipe from the menu, then select:
Wipe data/factory Reset
Wipe Dalvik-cache
Wipe SD:ext partition
Wipe battery stats
Wipe rotate settings
Press back button
Select Flash Zip from SD Card
Select the file
Click Confirm
N.B. Ignore any "errors", they are normal and usually mean you're not using that feature.
9. Once it is done, select Reboot and you will boot into the OS. Once you are loaded in make sure you format your SD card once more through the settings menu and then reboot the phone one last time. This will ensure you get the correct apps.
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When i try to select flash zip from sd card, every pack has a corrupt file (i tried vanilla 2.1, superhero 1.1 and villainrom)
Can someone help me? i did this in the weekend, because i wouldnt need my phone so bad, but i want an OS right now
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when i try to wipe dalvik-cache or sd:ext partition i get: error: run 'wipe ext/dalvik-chache' via adb!
try another sd card
keyra74 said:
try another sd card
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dont have any laying around
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tried to do the chronos stable rom.. also a corrupt file (system/etc/clockwidet/clock4/landscape/clock_day_clock.png) e:Vertification failed. Installation aborted.)
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dragged the vanillaeclair rom to my sdcard again, and it said that the install was successfull
but when i reboot it, it still crashes on the hero loading screen (nothing happens)
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wow, that took like 5 minutes to load! its working fine now.. guess my sdcard is broken
I had similar problems at one point, I re-formatted my card, re-did the partitioning, and basically started from scratch
That worked for me
Is the computer you're downloading to on a wireless network? I've had problems with corrupt zips when downloading to my netbook. No such problems with the ones on wire.
if you can, put the micro sd in an external reader and format it on the computer, and try again.
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I had similar problems at one point, I re-formatted my card, re-did the partitioning, and basically started from scratch
That worked for me
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ill do that too then, ill search for a partitioning tutorial
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Is the computer you're downloading to on a wireless network? I've had problems with corrupt zips when downloading to my netbook. No such problems with the ones on wire.
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nope, not wireless
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if you can, put the micro sd in an external reader and format it on the computer, and try again.
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i'm going to try and do what rhamsterman said first since i dont have the equipment to put it in my pc
1: you might have crc errors during download; try downloading on another PC
2: reformat your sd
3: use another sd
4: looks like something that might happen if the ROM wasn't signed properly; resign the rom with a test key
I would like to clean up my Cyanongen installation, but i dont know what is safe to delete and what not.
is there is a way to start totally 'clean' with just CM7 installed?
i have a feeling alot of unused directories / files are on my phone.
I'd prefer to format everything and re-install a fresh CM7 like u do when re-installing a PC.
Do a Titanium backup to your external SD card, backup your contacts, SMS & anything else you need (EFS too use Hellcat's kTool available on Market), then transfer the folders/files to your PC.
Do a factory reset on your phone, format both your internal/external SD cards, reinstall CM & whatever kernel you like thru Odin then transfer those backup files back to your internal or external SD card & restore your backups (just the apps, not the app data). That's what I'm planning to do over Xmas/New Year (tho not with CM).
Is this what you had in mind ?
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I would like to clean up my Cyanongen installation, but i dont know what is safe to delete and what not.
is there is a way to start totally 'clean' with just CM7 installed?
i have a feeling alot of unused directories / files are on my phone.
I'd prefer to format everything and re-install a fresh CM7 like u do when re-installing a PC.
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Do i have to re-install with Odin, or is it also possible to format everything in CWM recovery and re-install CM7 with CWM recovery aswell? besides, do i lose my current kernel when i format through recovery?
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Actually, that's a very good point. You probably noticed I ummed and ahhed/edited my post a couple of times
Yeah, I guess you can probably just as easily do it all thru the CW Recovery ;-)
Edit - Although...If you nuke your SD cards (both), I'm thinking you'll more than likely get rid of everything on them, including CW, so that's why my first thought was that you'll need to reflash CM/kernel thru Odin, put the backups back on your external SD & then go from there.
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Do i have to re-install with Odin, or is it also possible to format everything in CWM recovery and re-install CM7 with CWM recovery aswell? besides, do i lose my current kernel when i format through recovery?
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Thanks for your help, i managed to do it all through CWM recovery.
started with downloading latest CM7 zip and stored it on my external sd (emmc).
rebooted into CWM and did
* Factory reset
* did all the formats under mount/format except emmc ofcourse
* reinstalled CM7 zip
* reboot and there it is, a fresh install with no unneeded empty directory/files etc
i didnt have to do a backup since all i had was some apps (wich i can redownload from app-store, and contacts are synced through google)
Thanks again!
No worries ;-) Glad it all worked smoothly for you.
You pretty much did it all yourself anyways Now I know you for sure that you don't have to use Odin at all & will follow the steps you did myself when I wipe mine over the next week or so
Learning together is a beautiful thing
tontje said:
Thanks for your help, i managed to do it all through CWM recovery.
started with downloading latest CM7 zip and stored it on my external sd (emmc).
rebooted into CWM and did
* Factory reset
* did all the formats under mount/format except emmc ofcourse
* reinstalled CM7 zip
* reboot and there it is, a fresh install with no unneeded empty directory/files etc
i didnt have to do a backup since all i had was some apps (wich i can redownload from app-store, and contacts are synced through google)
Thanks again!
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Battery / warmth issues
since i've done a total whipe and re-installed CM7, i seem to have a recharging issue, the phone gets really warm and it doesn't continuesly charge... it was almost empty, then got it back to around 30% and now it unloading again even while its connected...
do know what's wrong or what i could do to fix this? My battery-usage is not showing anything unusual that is consuming the battery
Occasionally after flashing a new kernel (I've never experienced it with a new rom tho) I've experienced heat issues like you're describing which tend to work themselves out after a couple of charge/discharge/reboot cycles, tho not the problems with recharging.
Try draining it to 5%, boot into CW Recovery, clear cache, clear Dalvik, delete battery stats then charge the phone while it's off to 100% (dont switch it on until you get the notification).
See if that helps.
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since i've done a total whipe and re-installed CM7, i seem to have a recharging issue, the phone gets really warm and it doesn't continuesly charge... it was almost empty, then got it back to around 30% and now it unloading again even while its connected...
do know what's wrong or what i could do to fix this? My battery-usage is not showing anything unusual that is consuming the battery
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yeah clearing the battery stats seemed to have worked.... Strange tho, since i also did that right after formatting and reinstalling CM
It worked ? Excellent
Yeah that's a strange one. I have absolutely no idea why things like that don't seem to be fixed by clearing cache/Dalvik or battery stats once, but when you do it a second time the problem is solved
Main thing is you've got your phone running sweet now
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yeah clearing the battery stats seemed to have worked.... Strange tho, since i also did that right after formatting and reinstalling CM
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Jup! again, thanks alot m8!
You're welcome man ;-) We worked it out together.
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Jup! again, thanks alot m8!
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Hello,
Lately I've been having some issues with my Samsung Galaxy S II. I am currently using the Omega v10.4 ROM, although I have reset my phone to stock multiple times to check and confirm that this is NOT a problem caused by a ROM, as this happens on stock as well.
Apparently, my phone does not like the standby mode. Most of the time when I unlock my phone, there is an issue that arises which basically makes the phone freeze/hang/lag at the home screen. I am not able to use the soft buttons on the bottom, nor click any of the buttons on the home screen, or slide between other screens. The main button DOES work, and prompts me to change to a different loader.
I've tried this with multiple loaders, and everytime this happens I get the error message "[insert_current_launcher_name_here] was forced to close.", and I get to either force close the launcher, or report/wait. "Wait" and "Report" pretty much do nothing, I just sit there and look at a frozen screen. However, when I do "Force Close", the Launcher at hand is (obviously) force closed, and restarts. Then everything's fine again.
This keeps happening over and over more frequently over the past few days, and I have no idea what caused it. I have not recently dropped my phone, and even though it's got a warranty, I got it from CeX, so I'm not sure how much they can fix on it, if they actually can.
I searched around and some people say it's faulty wiring, but it used to be PERFECT, and I've had it for more than 3-4 months now. Does anyone have any idea what could have caused this and how it can be fixed?
Thank you,
Richard Solomou
Given you're having these problems with stock, I'd probably do a format of the internal SD card (also format your external SD card if you have one. Obviously back your important stuff like contacts/sms/call logs up), then reflash stock via Odin. Obviously you want to avoid restoring anything but your contacts, sms history & call logs, I.E. do not restore any apps or app data (including/especially system apps) in Ti. You need to to an absolutely clean install.
If you're still having problems after this, make sure the flash counter is no & showing Samsung Official in download mode (jig it if necessary) & return it for warranty service.
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Given you're having these problems with stock, I'd probably do a format of the internal SD card (also format your external SD card if you have one. Obviously back your important stuff like contacts/sms/call logs up), then reflash stock via Odin. Obviously you want to avoid restoring anything but your contacts, sms history & call logs, I.E. do not restore any apps or app data (including/especially system apps) in Ti. You need to to an absolutely clean install.
If you're still having problems after this, make sure the flash counter is no & showing Samsung Official in download mode (jig it if necessary) & return it for warranty service.
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Alright, I'll try to format the internal SD card; I don't have an external one. The way to do this is to unmount it via Recovery and then select "Format SD card", correct?
Thanks,
Richard
Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
jje
JJEgan said:
Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
jje
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Hello,
Thanks for your prompt reply, here's what happened after I attempted to do that.
Formatting /cache...
Done.
Formatting /data...
Done.
Formatting /system...
Done.
Formatting /sdcard...
Error mounting /sdcard!
Skipping format...
Done.
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I'm not sure if I should continue with Stock after this. What does that mean that it cannot mount /sdcard? Isn't that supposed to be the internal one, since I do not have an external one?
Please advise.
Thanks,
Richard
As of a few days ago, when I take a few pictures, my phone tells me that my SD card is not mounted or not present. The only way to get rid of this is to restart the phone and it's detected again - until I take a few more pictures.
I already ran home, after the first time it did this, and backed up my entire SD card to my PC via USB.
Do you guys think this is a hardware issue or something buggy with a ROM?
The phone is a HTC Thunderbolt running Liquid GingerBread v3.2 AOSP . . .
I really don't do a lot with this phone, but the camera I use often, so this is a real deal breaker for me.
I am very soft on this phone, and don't abuse it - I am not sure if that would make a difference.
Generally I would try another ROM, but I wanted to post here and get some thoughts on the matter before I did something drastic, like going back to HTC Sense . . .
My phone has insurance, so that is a plus if it's a hardware issue.
Any ideas? I've checked google . . .
Have you tried re-flashing the ROM? Not with a full wipe, but a normal re-flash of the ROM zip which will format the /system partition and install the ROM again. Just to get everything in order. Also, wipe cache and dalvik cache in recovery.
You said you're gentle with the phone, so the memory card becoming loose and unseated is unlikely. Just check to be sure though. Maybe it's a ROM issue, so then re-flashing seems likely to help. Unless it's a problem with the ROM that many people have reported. If that still doesn't work, you can take a nandroid backup of your phone and try another popular ROM for a few days (no need to go back to stock Sense), just to see if the problem still occurs. Then you'll know for sure if it's a software or hardware problem.
backup ur datas and then try formatting ur sd card with sdformatter and see if the problem persists...
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try to format it
n1newbie said:
backup ur datas and then try formatting ur sd card with sdformatter and see if the problem persists...
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try to format it
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i did this in the morning after doing a manual backup of my card last night . . . everything seems to be working, but it's too early to tell if it will last . . .
i assume it's a hardware issue with the card, and need to take frequent backups until i can have it replaced
thanks for the replies
I had problems with my galaxy S, which was running on official 2.3.6
I decided to wipe everything clean and install a custom rom
But during the process, I've come across a weird weird problem
I started to get UIDs system error and was asking me to wipe data partition to use the phone
so I tried to wipe all the partitions
I have tried wiping int sd card via phone -> didn't work
I have tried wiping via cwm -> didn't work
I have tried wiping & re-partition via odin + reinstall -> didn't work
I have physically deleted contents from int sd while connected via USB -> didn't work
I have formatted the removable disk (int sd) while connected via USB -> didn't work
what I mean by didn't work is, the next time I reboot, I find that all the contents in my phone comes back alive...
I don't know what I can do to fix this problem
I can install new mods fine, but due to the fact that old system files and apps are present together, which didn't get wiped, and causes clashes and my phone won't work as it starts up... I really don't know how I can fix this problem and wipe my phone clean to "resurrect" it..
please help me if you know solution to this problem
This really sounds weired.....
You should download sd maid for root users (search for the paid version)
There you have many options for finding odd data on your sdcard and internal phone storage
you can delete files
sd maid makes you find some dead apps wich make your problems
give me a feedback if it works..or not
stay well
jiffer1991 said:
This really sounds weired.....
You should download sd maid for root users (search for the paid version)
There you have many options for finding odd data on your sdcard and internal phone storage
you can delete files
sd maid makes you find some dead apps wich make your problems
give me a feedback if it works..or not
stay well
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hey thanks for the suggestion, but at the moment, I can't use the phone at all because all my basics apps and system apps clashes on boot up, no matter what I flash on to my phone, hence basically it won't start up.. so I can't use any apps infact the phone itself
Only thing I can do is via CWM recovery mode, or via odin
If you know how to deal with this problem via that way, it will be great~
jdarkj said:
hey thanks for the suggestion, but at the moment, I can't use the phone at all because all my basics apps and system apps clashes on boot up, no matter what I flash on to my phone, hence basically it won't start up.. so I can't use any apps infact the phone itself
Only thing I can do is via CWM recovery mode, or via odin
If you know how to deal with this problem via that way, it will be great~
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Ok it seems if something went wrong during ur installation
To bring ur phone back to life
1. http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ go here type in I9000 and search for the stock rom that belongs to ur country
2.search for the *.ops file for ur I9000
3. look out for a flashing guid for ur phone ( you will find it here in the xda)
4. reflash the stock rom and test if ur problems still there
Reply to me if it worked or not