[Q] Internal Memory and SD access - Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey there, Archos users.
There is an issue i have with my Archos 101 since I have upgraded to 2.3.20 (I have the same on 2.3.26) with internal memory and SD card.
Here is what I have:
After i boot the device, within some time (from 1 minute up to 30 minutes) the SD icon appears on the top saying "SD card safe to remove: You can safely remove SD card". When I am trying to access the file system from "Files" app - i can see no files even on my internal memory and a message: You can not use the internal storage while it's connected and mounted to the USB..
At the same time all files on internal memory and SD can be fully (RW) accessed via alternative file managers (ASTRO etc.).
As I have no posibility to downgrade to older firmware - I have installed Uruk 0.7. I was playing with it for about 30 minutes - no problems.
Did anyone faced the same issues? I am in Ukraine so have no local Archos support so dramaticaly need your help.

Just tried chulri's method of rooting - same problem.
As I understand, this method uses the installed firmware as a basis and puts root in it.

gsmguru said:
Just tried chulri's method of rooting - same problem.
As I understand, this method uses the installed firmware as a basis and puts root in it.
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I suspect there is a filesystem problem use the recovery menu to check the disk.

wdl1908 said:
I suspect there is a filesystem problem use the recovery menu to check the disk.
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Will do now, but how come Uruk is working fine? Does it allocate some dedicated part of internal storage?
UPD: Well, it did not help. I did the disk check twice and got the same problem right after i boot up.

Anyone? Really need you help people.

Sounds like you are having the same exact problem I was having a few weeks ago and am having again now. The only solution I found that seems to work 100% is a full system wipe unfortunately. Meaning... wipe the entire Archos drive clean AND remove SDE as well as Android (if you happen to have Android), then reinstall Android first, then reinstall the 2.3.20 SDE as well, then reflash your 2.3.20 firmware again and rebooting after each step. Doing so solves the problem BUT I have no idea why it keeps happening to me still? In addition to having the same message as you... I then try to connect my A101IT to my laptop via the micro USB cable it reads "USB Operation Failed, There is a problem using your device's memory for USB storage. Only problem is that I never uninstalled or touched anything in the A101IT's system folders that I wasn't supposed to even though I have Chulri's Permanent Root Access via Firmware 2.3.20. So any help with the BOTH of these messages would be much appreciated too. By the way, like (gsmguru) I still have the problem when I go to my Recovery Menu and click on Check Disc.

I think i have the solution for this problem . Please try and post your results.
I suspect it has something related with latest fw's and wifi "Network share" .
When i deleted my home network and connected again BUT NOW checking the "disable network share" option the problem stopped for me the last 3 days.
Post your results so we can inform Archos about this bug.

You sir, are a genius!! Disabling Network Share in my personal Wifi Settings solved it in 2 seconds! Thanks!
.... Let's see how long Disabling Network Share lasts before the initial problem arises again...

Just got online. Let me check...
1. Staring up Archos
2. Problem with internal memory apperared immidiately.
3. Settings - WiFi - Forget...
4. Connect to.... Disabling Network Share
5. Reboot...
6. Where is that "Thank you" button?
It hellped. But... no more "The Big Bang Theory" from my NAS.
There is a bug in the new firmware. Just sent a custommer request via archos site from my account.
THANK YOU lagoskon.

spicy_puerto_rican said:
In addition to having the same message as you... I then try to connect my A101IT to my laptop via the micro USB cable it reads "USB Operation Failed, There is a problem using your device's memory for USB storage.
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I also had the same. Just did not mentioned.
Anyway - I am kind of happy it's not HW issue. Hope it'll be fixed.

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Issues installing Uruk on 8g 70 250gb

So I'm trying to get Uruk to install on my 250g A70, and following the instructions posted, when i get to the point where you have to go into the recovery menu for the second time and select "Developer Edition" the UD splash comes up, but it hangs saying "Failed to mount rootfs /dev/sda2/" and then reboots. I havent been able to find any info about this error, and for the most part all I have found is info about the sd card version of the device. Is there a fix for this or am i just hosed?
Thanks guys
Hi, I get successful Uruk 1.6 on my A70 250gb, sometime get error same. I think u try again format your device with stock rom then install SDE and install Uruk 1.6 ( lastest firmware in now )
That is the order I did it in, actually, but I suppose it's worth another try...
Come on guys.
$auron is constantly asking for A70H guys to help him discover the best way for the tablet and no one will help.
How do you think will he be able to determine what to do, if YOU don't help him??
fzelle said:
Come on guys.
$auron is constantly asking for A70H guys to help him discover the best way for the tablet and no one will help.
How do you think will he be able to determine what to do, if YOU don't help him??
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i install uruk droid 1.6 is ok. the're some problem:
-battery device show incorrect %
-my archos is sometimes reboot when run heavy program or connect usb with computer( i use compcache and swap ). i dont know reason is low memory, overheart cpu, etc?
I want help $auron everything about my A70H but i don't know where i can post my question.Anyway, thank you guide me. Sorry my english not good. I'm chinese
fzelle said:
Come on guys.
$auron is constantly asking for A70H guys to help him discover the best way for the tablet and no one will help.
How do you think will he be able to determine what to do, if YOU don't help him??
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I've got no problem giving him a hand, how do I get in touch with him?
You are joking, right?
In the devthread $auron asked just 2 days ago for help of A70H owners.
Just read the end of that thread.
I am also having this problem. Steps I did probably all possible solutions:
1. Reset Android - stil the same
2. Uninstal and reinstal SDE - stil the same
3. Format device - stil the same
4. Uninstall SDE , Format device , upload stock firmware , install SDE , try to install Uruk - stil the same
I had urukdroid before and it was very good for usage. Hope someone knows and is going to share the solution of this problem.
Device: Archos 70 IT 8GB
I have an archos 70 250g hdd and have never had problem installin upgrading or downgrading my device, and hope i can help others. In regaurds to the incorrect power % it happens, look at the actual voltage left on battery max 100% batt is 4.198v i believe but most battery % come from empirical calculators that guesstimate based on useage, if hdd spins this % will drop faster than voltage does in anticipation, stop the program thats usin hdd and it will even out, might need a restart or a deletion of batterystats.bin. And SWAP/compcache works very well on hdd model but like it says it will only use the swaped memory when the ram reaches a certain limit then it will start to swap, i cheat this by starting up with alot of programs then clearing them with memory booster. It pushes background system apps to swaped mem and allows me to use only 35% of my limited 256ram leavin me with 65% open for whatever.. i have been able to run (somewhat choppy) vendetta online from my device doing this that requires 512 ram but will slowly load.. hope i was helpful
Sent from my A70H using XDA
cerialphreak said:
So I'm trying to get Uruk to install on my 250g A70, and following the instructions posted, when i get to the point where you have to go into the recovery menu for the second time and select "Developer Edition" the UD splash comes up, but it hangs saying "Failed to mount rootfs /dev/sda2/" and then reboots. I havent been able to find any info about this error, and for the most part all I have found is info about the sd card version of the device. Is there a fix for this or am i just hosed?
Thanks guys
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Make sure you've downloaded the proper files. You should download this: UrukDroid_1.6-Install.rar everything you need is there.

Workaround for ums working on cm10/jb roms

Hi,
I don't know how many u guys have figured it out this workaround yet, but I still see many asking questions to the dev's about when UMS is gonna be incorporated in CM10/AOKP builds...
I have accidently found this neat little trick that enables UMS on CM10/AOKP roms..
Till now I have tried and got it working succesfully on Fusions cm10 kangs and Task/Ktoonez AOKP builds , but I do believe it should work on other cm10/aokp roms too..
So steps are fairly simple and here it goes :
1. Download the UMS 1.0 apk which is used as a TPA by many as a replacement. Many of U might have it , but for those who don't : https://www.dropbox.com/s/8490g42b01255t9/USB Mass Storage for JB.apk
2. Install the app. Open it .. it will take few seconds to get SuperUser permission.. then connect the USB connector and a notication will popup with blue androbot.. touch it and it will turn green to ur UMS will be connected.. Ensure that both internal and external SD are connected and accessible (Imp).
3. Turn off UMS and reboot the phone... Once booted up uninstall the UMS app
Reboot the phone again and then try to connect to USB again.. This time you will get prompted like this : (See screenshot)
4. Now u connect to the PC via UMS , and as always bot turns green.. Voila u have UMS now !!!
I do know some of you might have already been using this , and I don't boast it being a great discovery.. just something worth sharing for the unaware..
Cheers !!!
I wonder where that feature went. It don't matter to me because you can still transfer files including video and music to your phones. Without having to do those steps.
I would also assume you would have to do those steps every time you flash a new ROM or updated your old one. But thanks for the info
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
chibixzero said:
I wonder where that feature went. It don't matter to me because you can still transfer files including video and music to your phones. Without having to do those steps.
I would also assume you would have to do those steps every time you flash a new ROM or updated your old one. But thanks for the info
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
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Yes.. u can still transfer videos, music etc using MTP.... but in my case MTP was quite iffy... randomly throwing write errors and sometimes only copying partial files..
Also one more issue that I was facing with MTP was , with every new rom install, I was not able to pre-existing files on External SD .. although it showed certain space as full.. it didn't show the contents.
So I researched and finally got this working this way.. using UMS I never have any issues mentioned above.. Thus this solution maybe more beneficial for guys having this issue like me
And to your question - yes u do have to follow this step with every new ROM install..
I believe the reason for getting rid of UMS was to consolidate internal and external memory to a single "drive" and that's why MTP is used. I don't know if that's completely accurate but that was my understanding. But I agree, I'm no fant of MTP.
kool2zero said:
I believe the reason for getting rid of UMS was to consolidate internal and external memory to a single "drive" and that's why MTP is used. I don't know if that's completely accurate but that was my understanding. But I agree, I'm no fant of MTP.
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I have no idea why MTP is implemented instead of UMS and I think u may be right on the money for the reason behind this, but I do know this -
MTP is really pain in the ass. U can't copy two files seperately at one time. Hell u can't even delete one file while copying other. Sure it does pull up both drives under same roof, but for cm10 its quite buggy for less fortunate like me
I hear ya brother
With UMS I had no issues. Now when copying over my music it fails with certain tracks stating the device was disconnected. Only those files though. It even warns me before the transfer that certain media files might not be playable. I accept the warning but if one of my tracks plays, they all should. My whole collection was ripped to mp3 personally using the same codec settings for all.
Currently on the CM10 2012.09.24 nightly.
kool2zero said:
I believe the reason for getting rid of UMS was to consolidate internal and external memory to a single "drive" and that's why MTP is used. I don't know if that's completely accurate but that was my understanding. But I agree, I'm no fant of MTP.
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MTP allows the filesystem to be changed without unmounting it from the operating system. This allows phone apps and processes that use any resources on the volume to continue to use them. With UMS, the volume is unmounted and mounted via USB to the computer. Another 'feature' of MTP is that it doesn't have to be removed like UMS. Since UMS mounts as a USB volume and most operating systems implement some form of write-caching with normal volumes, even though a copy operation 'completes', it may be cached, and not actually have completed copying data.
In Windows, removing the device via the tray icon tells Windows to finish any operations it has pending, close open files, and unmount the filesystem. If you remove the device before doing these things, you CAN get corrupted data. From my experience, this rarely happened, and never with small files. Then you get that annoying dialog every time you reconnect the device that the volume needs scanning, blah, blah...
dev997 said:
Hi,
I don't know how many u guys have figured it out this workaround yet, but I still see many asking questions to the dev's about when UMS is gonna be incorporated in CM10/AOKP builds...
I have accidently found this neat little trick that enables UMS on CM10/AOKP roms..
Till now I have tried and got it working succesfully on Fusions cm10 kangs and Task/Ktoonez AOKP builds , but I do believe it should work on other cm10/aokp roms too..
So steps are fairly simple and here it goes :
1. Download the UMS 1.0 apk which is used as a TPA by many as a replacement. Many of U might have it , but for those who don't : https://www.dropbox.com/s/8490g42b01255t9/USB Mass Storage for JB.apk
2. Install the app. Open it .. it will take few seconds to get SuperUser permission.. then connect the USB connector and a notication will popup with blue androbot.. touch it and it will turn green to ur UMS will be connected.. Ensure that both internal and external SD are connected and
accessible (Imp).
3. Turn off UMS and reboot the phone... Once booted up uninstall the UMS app
Reboot the phone again and then try to connect to USB again.. This time you will get prompted like this : (See screenshot)
4. Now u connect to the PC via UMS , and as always bot turns green.. Voila u have UMS now !!!
I do know some of you might have already been using this , and I don't boast it being a great discovery.. just something worth sharing for the unaware..
Cheers !!!
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this is already implemented in cm10 you could simply just go to Settings > Storage > hit Menu > select either mtp, mass storage or ptp Connection. what this app do is just to activate the usb mass storage mode. It is already incorporated in cm10. cheers
gorgy76 said:
this is already implemented in cm10 you could simply just go to Settings > Storage > hit Menu > select either mtp, mass storage or ptp Connection. what this app do is just to activate the usb mass storage mode. It is already incorporated in cm10. cheers
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Strange, it appears to have been left out of Taks's AOKP 9/24 release. Was that added to CM10 recently?
ugoff said:
Strange, it appears to have been left out of Taks's AOKP 9/24 release. Was that added to CM10 recently?
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And since tasks AOKP isn't built from cm10 it makes sense.
Thanks fr the steps
I have Note 10.1 Model N8000 with JB 4.1.2 (Germany)
Pl tell me if I can install this on my N8000
If anyone has made it work, pl share the steps
Thanks
clive48 said:
Thanks fr the steps
I have Note 10.1 Model N8000 with JB 4.1.2 (Germany)
Pl tell me if I can install this on my N8000
If anyone has made it work, pl share the steps
Thanks
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No go to the section for your phone.
Sent from my Zanpakuto using Getsuga Tensho!
clive48 said:
Thanks fr the steps
I have Note 10.1 Model N8000 with JB 4.1.2 (Germany)
Pl tell me if I can install this on my N8000
If anyone has made it work, pl share the steps
Thanks
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Search for the right forum for ur tablet. Type ur model number then xda
Can I flash this on my iPhone 5?
please reupload this
the download link is "dead"
Phalanx7621 said:
Can I flash this on my iPhone 5?
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yes this app is specially created for iphone 5 )
CaineRau said:
yes this app is specially created for iphone 5 )
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Yes! Score!
Phalanx7621 said:
Yes! Score!
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anyway to restore MTP functionality after doing this? MTP option just dissapeared.
and i need it because thats what i use when sincying my music (i mean i need both) but seemes like once i do this theres no turning back.
its either just connected or connected as Mass storage, akso my camera ptp mode disapeared :S
arana1 said:
anyway to restore MTP functionality after doing this? MTP option just dissapeared.
and i need it because thats what i use when sincying my music (i mean i need both) but seemes like once i do this theres no turning back.
its either just connected or connected as Mass storage, akso my camera ptp mode disapeared :S
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Disclaimer: I have no knowledge of AOSP roms, or of the application in the OP. That being said...
File transfer behavior is governed by the system property /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config. This is a text file containing a single string. The settings are "mass_storage,adb" or "mtp,adb". Since this is a system file, it is necessary for the phone to be rooted, and then this file can be edited using a root file explorer. Change the text in the file to mtp,adb (without spaces), save the file, and reboot the phone. UMS, or USB Mass Storage is the first one. This is true for Samsung firmware.

[Q] SDCard, Camera App, No external storage available

I am new to the Android world. I need some help, and while I have searched - I can't find an answer to this issue.
I have root access on my A13 MID tablet. When I insert an SDCard I see the 'mounted' notification, and in settings the sdcard displays under 'internal storage' along with the built-in system storage. (There is nothing in settings that says 'external storage'?)
When I open the camera app, or a media player app, I get an error: 'No external storage available' and the camera quits when I click ok.
Previously the camera worked, saving to built-in storage... but now I get this error with the sdcard in or out.
There is a file browser app that allows me to select the sdcard, and it works to browse the file system - so I think that the device is actually able to read the card.
What I am wondering about is if I can add/adjust mount points, or folder permissions to work around this?
-Matt
No external storage available error
matthawes said:
I am new to the Android world. I need some help, and while I have searched - I can't find an answer to this issue.
I have root access on my A13 MID tablet. When I insert an SDCard I see the 'mounted' notification, and in settings the sdcard displays under 'internal storage' along with the built-in system storage. (There is nothing in settings that says 'external storage'?)
When I open the camera app, or a media player app, I get an error: 'No external storage available' and the camera quits when I click ok.
Previously the camera worked, saving to built-in storage... but now I get this error with the sdcard in or out.
There is a file browser app that allows me to select the sdcard, and it works to browse the file system - so I think that the device is actually able to read the card.
What I am wondering about is if I can add/adjust mount points, or folder permissions to work around this?
-Matt
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Hi, Try this:
Method 1: (if you dont want to reboot your phone)
- kill/force close the camera and gallery in task viewer
Method 2:
- Hold power button upto 10-15seconds to reboot
Method 3:
Shutdown your phone then remove battery, insert again then boot.
Goodluck!
try to reflash your tabby allwinner a13
pizzaboydee said:
Hi, Try this:
Method 1: (if you dont want to reboot your phone)
- kill/force close the camera and gallery in task viewer
Method 2:
- Hold power button upto 10-15seconds to reboot
Method 3:
Shutdown your phone then remove battery, insert again then boot.
Goodluck!
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I've actually already done this. I force quit the apps, and I've also rebooted it. This had no effect. Thanks for your help!
ArikaSalaf said:
try to reflash your tabby allwinner a13
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ArikaSalaf,
Try to reflash to a factory ROM? I don't have an image for this tablet -- and my understanding is that the allwinner a13 tablets are each a bit different -- I may have to try many many ROMs I can find on google, and then I may never find one that works with the hardware.
I have cleared the app cache. I've gone into the recovery mode and cleared the cache. And I've gone into recovery mode and restored factory settings. None of these helped.
After restoring factory settings I still have root and su access - so that only deletes apps and settings, but does not fix the problem with the SDCard.
Thanks for the help,
-Matt
I am wondering if re-flashing the ROM is the consensus here? I am willing to try that, but I was hoping to do some troubleshooting. Thanks all.
-Matt
matthawes said:
I am wondering if re-flashing the ROM is the consensus here? I am willing to try that, but I was hoping to do some troubleshooting. Thanks all.
-Matt
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Hi, I am not sure if re-flashing the ROM helps. I have exactly the same problem with my phone Huawei Honor and nothing helps, except tryning another ROM.
Did you get your tab to work.? i have the same issue. Tried to flash my SGS2 with 4.4.4 AOSB rom. i have exactly the same issue as you. "No external storage available."
I tried these in terminal emulator but no luck for me. you might get some help with this.
Code:
su
echo mkdir /storage/sdcard0 > /data/local/userinit.sh
chmod 700 /data/local/userinit.sh
reboot
Found this here.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2112626
If you found a different solution pls share it here.
arun77574 said:
Did you get your tab to work.? i have the same issue. Tried to flash my SGS2 with 4.4.4 AOSB rom. i have exactly the same issue as you. "No external storage available."
I tried these in terminal emulator but no luck for me. you might get some help with this.
Code:
su
echo mkdir /storage/sdcard0 > /data/local/userinit.sh
chmod 700 /data/local/userinit.sh
reboot
Found this here.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2112626
If you found a different solution pls share it here.
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I think your phone will not have the android>data folder that is why it says no SD card it is the same case with me it would be very helpful of anyone can figure out how to make that folder because ibhave tried to create but unsuccessful
No external storage available
i'm having the same problem with my Aura MA7 tablet, no external storage available error. I also observe a notification saying "Storage safe to remove " even though i ext sd was not unmounted.
Setting storage stops
My storage just vanished
Settings stops as soon as I click storage option.
File manager says "external storage has stopped".
Gallery says "no external storage available".
Camera says "insert sd card before using the camera".
Unable to browse files.
Everything is ok in twrp but in system or rom it just vanished.
Help
Device : Samsung note 1 gt n7000
Rom : linage os 14.1 , ressuruction remix Android 7.1.2.

[Q] Lenovo K910 sdcard not found, phone basically dead :(

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to fix my mistake since several days but no luck.
Few days ago I rooted and updated my phone to version VIBEUI_V1.5_1423_10_ST_K910 with Gapps. Everything went fine but then while I was cleaning up the phone from useless apps I made a huge mistake by unistalling a file or apk called Idea….something(can’t remember the entire name)! I thought it was a theme file as the name was very similar to another real one. After that a neverending popup started to appear and I decide to restart the phone. Never got it back! It remains stuck on Lenovo log. I’m able to get into stock recovery where on every test or sd card format it says sdcard not found. Same when I connect it on the pc, the autorun popup only, no storage.
Seems like the sdcard is not recognized anymore so I can’t even launch an sd update.
I’m pretty new on Android systems so I’m about to give up, I don’t really know what to do anymore.
I’m beg you for some help. Any advice will be more than welcome.
Thanks
cianomanera said:
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to fix my mistake since several days but no luck.
Few days ago I rooted and updated my phone to version VIBEUI_V1.5_1423_10_ST_K910 with Gapps. Everything went fine but then while I was cleaning up the phone from useless apps I made a huge mistake by unistalling a file or apk called Idea….something(can’t remember the entire name)! I thought it was a theme file as the name was very similar to another real one. After that a neverending popup started to appear and I decide to restart the phone. Never got it back! It remains stuck on Lenovo log. I’m able to get into stock recovery where on every test or sd card format it says sdcard not found. Same when I connect it on the pc, the autorun popup only, no storage.
Seems like the sdcard is not recognized anymore so I can’t even launch an sd update.
I’m pretty new on Android systems so I’m about to give up, I don’t really know what to do anymore.
I’m beg you for some help. Any advice will be more than welcome.
Thanks
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Hi guys, is there any way to get access into the phone root by using some tool?
I can't see the sdcard and I can't boot the phone with fastboot.
Please help.
Unfortunately I didn't get many answers but fortunately I solved the problem so I believe it would be nice to share with whom may need it:
here you have the steps I followed:
- buy a OTG cable
- Buy a USB stick 2-4GB
- Format USB stick with FAT (!)
- Put sdfuse directory on it and a K910 .qsb image inside the directory
- Plug stick via OTG in the phone
- start phone with Vol- & Power
- Choose point 4 - SD Update from the Lenovo recovery Menu
Phone will show this picture then:
Attachment 2826922
- Hit "start"
- Wait
- Be Happy
- Buy me a cigar (Partagas Series D No.4 preferred)
That's it!
Cheers

Locked out of phone (forgotten PIN).

Hi Everybody,
it loosk like my screen name "ImgettingOld" is entirely apt. I took PIN off my phone when I was using it for GPS on a long jhournet,. I arrived at my destination, set the pin again (same password as usual, but the scramble the numbers feature was on so maybe I messed up. I still can't believe I messed up twice though).
5 mins later I can't get into my phone. I panic a bit and delete the dalvik cache and cache with twrp but the lock is still on. After doing this, I remember that I have "No Lock Home" Xposed module and that I can unlock when in touch with the wifi at home (which I can), but if I am out of the house for more than half an hour without touching the phone en it will lock again. As I was able to get back into the phone at home, I made sure to make new backups of my apps with titanium backup, so I can at least restore my stuff if I have to wipe, but I want to confer with you chaps just to make sure that I don't overlook any of my options and go running off half cocked.
So we are all on the same page, my phone is rooted, xposed, and is running dirty unicorns marshmallow 6.0.1.
1) searching around, I saw this on XDA, will it also apply to my phone?
"Get my le tomorrow but had the same issue on my Axon and there where 3 files in system/data called gatekeeper... and locksettings.db. When you delete this files in twrp the problem is gone "
2) If this doesn't work, is there another alternative without reflashing?
3) If I have to reflash, can I just do a dirty flash with the same rom that I am using now, or must I flash a stock ROM?
Many thanks in advance for the help. I have always found the XDA community to be one of the most knowledgeable and helpful on the internet.
Best regards
I suspect a clean flash - that is, wiping System, Dalvik, Cache and Data - of your current ROM would suffice... ?
Thanks Bill,
I suspect that you are right and this is what it will take to fix my problems, but I was crossing my fingers that someone else could confirm whether option 1 (deleting those files via TWRP) would work, or another method of achieving the same.
If no-one comes up with any enterprising solutions, I shall try that first and report back here with the results in the name of science (and assisting any other poor deluded fools who forget their pins - shame on us!)
Thanks friend!
Don't worry, you'll be fine just by deleting the gatekeeper (2 files) and the locksettings (3 files) files. There's also a bug on TWRP that prevents you from unlocking using your PIN or pattern, just after restoring a nandroid backup, and the only way to unlock the phone again is deleting those files, so you effectively remove your screen lock. I've just done it a few minutes ago.
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You have a flashable zip, and a list of files to delete, on this post (it's for Oneplus 3t, but suitable for any other phone):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/themes/zip-fix-pin-errors-restoring-nandroid-t3556349
I just wanted to add that I am having a problem getting my phone to connect via usb to a computer (it isn't recognised), and that I would be loathe to delete data as that is all my stuff. Lack of sd card on the lemax2 is noticeable, even with 128gb storage). I can only bluetooth off small files.
as as aside, I do have a usb-c otg cable which (when plugged in) gives a notification where the contents can be accessed, but I have tried and failed to find the OTG- USB location in file explorer so that I can copy files TO the OTG usb stick. Does anyone know the file explorer location that I am looking for? If I can get everything off my phone via a memory card then that might cusion the blow enormously as all it will cost me is time to fix things?
imgettingold said:
I just wanted to add that I am having a problem getting my phone to connect via usb to a computer (it isn't recognised), and that I would be loathe to delete data as that is all my stuff. Lack of sd card on the lemax2 is noticeable, even with 128gb storage). I can only bluetooth off small files.
as as aside, I do have a usb-c otg cable which (when plugged in) gives a notification where the contents can be accessed, but I have tried and failed to find the OTG- USB location in file explorer so that I can copy files TO the OTG usb stick. Does anyone know the file explorer location that I am looking for? If I can get everything off my phone via a memory card then that might cusion the blow enormously as all it will cost me is time to fix things?
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If you're using the cable that came with the phone, just dump it and get a better one. A lot of people are reporting the same problems with the included cable.
And as for the usb otg, get ES File Explorer app from Google Play, and everytime you plug a usb drive, the app will ask if you want it to open automatically whenever you connect that drive. I've been using this app for years and it works like a charm. And it will also show a button to directly access the otg drive.
I don't know if LeMax 2 supports writing to NTFS or exFAT formatted usb drives (haven't tested that yet) so if you want to write to it, first make sure you'll be able to. FAT32 formatted files should be OK.
Thanks Jman0,
that worked perfectly!
I followed the link that you gave and I manually deleted only the three locksettings files and left the gatekeeper ones alone in TWRP and all is well again. Phew! Anything you need, brother, blood, bone marrow or even a kidney, all you gotta do is ask. I'm just looking after them for ya!
Seriously, many thanks and may Karma treat you kindly. Cheers!
imgettingold said:
Thanks Jman0,
that worked perfectly!
I followed the link that you gave and I manually deleted only the three locksettings files and left the gatekeeper ones alone in TWRP and all is well again. Phew! Anything you need, brother, blood, bone marrow or even a kidney, all you gotta do is ask. I'm just looking after them for ya!
Seriously, many thanks and may Karma treat you kindly. Cheers!
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Thanks for the offer, I'll use it when my health gets worse in the future. It's good to know that deleting just the locksettings files is enough. I'll remember it the next time I restore a backup.
jman0 said:
If you're using the cable that came with the phone, just dump it and get a better one. A lot of people are reporting the same problems with the included cable.
And as for the usb otg, get ES File Explorer app from Google Play, and everytime you plug a usb drive, the app will ask if you want it to open automatically whenever you connect that drive. I've been using this app for years and it works like a charm. And it will also show a button to directly access the otg drive.
I don't know if LeMax 2 supports writing to NTFS or exFAT formatted usb drives (haven't tested that yet) so if you want to write to it, first make sure you'll be able to. FAT32 formatted files should be OK.
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LeMax 2 supports NTFS usb drives. I personally using a NTFS usb drive and it also worked fine.
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