Some how during the 4.5 gingerblur install my PDS partition was formatted or unformatted and is no longer readable. I have no screen calibration . Is there anyway to fix this?
Did you ever made a backup of the pds?
Phlip00ws6 said:
Some how during the 4.5 gingerblur install my PDS partition was formatted or unformatted and is no longer readable. I have no screen calibration . Is there anyway to fix this?
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Thought I did, but I cant find it. Would any of the unbricking SBF change the PDS?
If you backed it up to the sd card, it should be in the root of the extsd card. If you didn't, :-(.. I don't know what to tell you. Future reference: back up to external sd card.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131649
Follow the steps on this thread and restore the pds partition with the pdsfix file provided. Your screen calibration and any other issues relating issues should be resolved.
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Has it wiped anyones sd so far
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I just had the same problem...I odin'd back to stock and reflashed bionix 1.2 and then I copy and pasted my backup of my internal sd card which I made just before I flashed the kernal. After that I tried to restore my titanium backup and it didn't find one. Does anyone know what could have happened?
Also I noticed that the phone only reads my internal sd card as only being 2gb so there must be a partition that I can't see through either root explorer or windows.
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SD wiping is a known issue with that kernel. I'm not sure how to fix Titanium Backup. If you're Linux savvy, you could fix up the missing capacity with gparted. If not, I don't know how to help ya, as the built-in Windows partition editor doesn't fix this kind of thing well.
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I just created a ext3 partition for my sd and it got screwed the phone couldnt recognise it said it has corrupted. ended up formatting it through phone now my firmwares screwed cant mount sd, keeps rebooting and not able to use the notification bar (TRIPMIUI mod by cf) now im reflashing my FW throuugh SEUS. Lost all my contacts and messages. Can somebody tell me where did i go wrong to cause this landslide of BULL?
- formatting sd should go first Fat32 then the remaining space go to ext2/ext3..
- both should be formatted in primary. The phone need to read the fat32, those ext2/ext3 are for the system link which only work after the phone boot up normally.
- Full backup is always a good way to prevent any unwanted landslide of fire...
I have the same issue. Partitioned my SD card and my phone could not find it after. I also tried to resize my fat32 partition with data on it along with a ext3 partition to see if it would find my sd card but had no luck making it work.
farsight73 said:
- formatting sd should go first Fat32 then the remaining space go to ext2/ext3..
- both should be formatted in primary. The phone need to read the fat32, those ext2/ext3 are for the system link which only work after the phone boot up normally.
- Full backup is always a good way to prevent any unwanted landslide of fire...
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If you want to start over, reformat your SD card with this:
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/
For some reason, some of the custom roms do not recognize the SD card after you've created partitions. Reformat and try again.
Even when I reformat my sd card the phone does not detect it. I believe that its because of my ext3 partition. seems like the phone reads the 2nd partition (ext3) as the main partition of the sd card.
Where does the android system determine which partition is the main one?
There must be some type of script that tells the system what partition to look for. Am I right?
If there is then maybe we could mod the script so it, always reads from a certain position first.
Anybody know anything about something like this?
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If you want to start over, reformat your SD card with this:
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/
For some reason, some of the custom roms do not recognize the SD card after you've created partitions. Reformat and try again.
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Follow this thread.... this works fine....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
Thanks, I will try that and see how it works out.
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since u seem to be using froyo rom u do not need additional partition of ext2/3 on sdcard... app2sd is already implemented in most 2.2 roms and work with fat32 partition of sdcard without any issues...
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please i need some help.. my phone wont recognize my sd card after i installed 2.2 froyo custo rom.. and one more thing, i used the backup/restore on xrecovery but it says mismatch
i have done the samething but... i choosed the ext2 instead of ext3 try that? maybe it will help and remember to set up both as "primary" goodluck.
microsd not recognized
follow the second post on the thread ------ >>>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12183416#post12183416
hope it helps
cheers
i tried to reformat my sd card.. i used card reader to insert my sdcard
and used mini tool partition wizard but still no luck.. it jut says there that "bad disk"
please need some help..
thanks.. hope it will work..
shahkam said:
i have done the samething but... i choosed the ext2 instead of ext3 try that? maybe it will help and remember to set up both as "primary" goodluck.
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thanks bro.. so you mean to reformat my sd card? but how about the files and programs i have saved into that sd card? wud that be erased?
edit: already found a way
i used other sdcard then i reflash my phone back to 2.1 using update service.. and it works..
and yehey, it reads my old sdcard.. tnx to all
Ok, I am on vo-1's CM7.2, this also happened with ICS2/Final.
SD-EXT worked great, I linked my data with link2sd and after installing some apps the partition is empy. Same thing happened when I used s2e in the past. I look at the sd-ext folder and there's nothing there. With link2sd when i try to create link for new installed apps it says that partition is read only. I checked permissions, everything was ok. Formating the sd-ext solved the problem but this is not a solution as all apps there can vanish at any time.
I checked that with 2 different sd cards, they are not the problem. I create the mount script with link2sd as ext3.
Can anyone help me on this one? I am tired of facing this again. Am I doing something wrong?
Something else when a card is partitioned through CWM 5, does this create a script for the card? Is link2sd causing a problem when it mounts the sd with ext3? HEEEEEEEELP!!!!
Delete all partitions of your SD Card and Repartition it. It woks for me a 2 weeks ago with same problem.
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Delete all partitions of your SD Card and Repartition it. It woks for me a 2 weeks ago with same problem.
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I don't think that will do, this card was out of the box formated and partitioned through CWM...
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I don't think that will do, this card was out of the box formated and partitioned through CWM...
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The thing is that I didn't even had the chance to backup my sd-ext partition cause the folder was empty!!!!! Does the oc kernel by ketut causing the problem? Just thinking...
itasoulas said:
The thing is that I didn't even had the chance to backup my sd-ext partition cause the folder was empty!!!!! Does the oc kernel by ketut causing the problem? Just thinking...
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Did you su before checking folder? How are you checking it's empty?
Mine is working fine with ext 3 type partition.
any experienced (yeah, as Hendrix) user can drop me a line? I don't beg for help mostly never but this time I could really use a hand!
Same here ...I'm having problem with s2e and link2sd on ics final...link2sd worked fine for 3 or 4days then giving error like failure to create link ..n also s2e worked for one day after that everything vanished...really tired of wiping again n again....
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Fizztone said:
Same here ...I'm having problem with s2e and link2sd on ics final...link2sd worked fine for 3 or 4days then giving error like failure to create link ..n also s2e worked for one day after that everything vanished...really tired of wiping again n again....
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a dev's help would be great here. Either the card is not formatted properly from within CWM, or this is CM7 issue or... I really don't know. It's things like this that make me tired and wanna go back to stock rom where simple things work.
Honestly, can someone provide with a solution cause as I read in other phones forums this thing with CM7 is also there!
I decided to partition sd with this http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm
Great tool but a bit tricky to use
So I succesfully created one fat32 primary partition and one EXT3 primary partition. Maybe I'll test it again with CM7.2 tonight and link2sd to see what happens.
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I decided to partition sd with this http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm
Great tool but a bit tricky to use
So I succesfully created one fat32 primary partition and one EXT3 primary partition. Maybe I'll test it again with CM7.2 tonight and link2sd to see what happens.
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I ll do opposite this tym ..I always make partition with minitool partition now m thinking of making it with cm5 for first time.may b it will work for me...or last option will be darktremor a2sd..
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Fizztone said:
I ll do opposite this tym ..I always make partition with minitool partition now m thinking of making it with cm5 for first time.may b it will work for me...or last option will be darktremor a2sd..
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I'm having the problem when partitioning through CWM so I don't think that will help you. Also Know that you said that you had partitioned with mini tool I don't think that easeus will also do it for me....
Still no response from a dev... too sad!
You can backup your sd ext via Linux OS or just VMWare and a Ubuntu vm. Last time I have made a backup and formated the sd ext with mini tool and it start working again. But now I don´t want to format but find a new/better solution. Somewhere I´ve read the read only problem is caused by canceling the sd check and you have just to run it through...
Since this problem is happening with various roms,it isn't a problem with the rom.
Try converting ext3 to ext4,this is not guaranteed to work but try it
[UPDATE]Weird problem with sd-ext --> PROBLEM SOLVED!?!
OK...PROBLEM SOLVED!!! (At least for me) So here's the story...
1. I used this http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm to partition sd. One primary fat32 and one ext3 1024MB partition. So I was sure sd was formated and partioned correctly (be ware, this program is a bit tricky but I am not gonna guide you through this - tricky at first but not difficult). Just make sure that the cluster size for fat32 should be 32KB and for EXT3 4KB. You should have something like this http://imageshack.us/f/810/65663741.jpg/ Partition sizes depend on your sd size and how much space you want to have on sd-ext. Just showing this to see what the outcome of the process must be.
2. Then placed the card on phone, started in recovery and then did a full wipe. As you know, when you wipe data/factory reset, sd-ext is also formated. I wasn't sure though what file system does CWM use to format sd-ext, that's why I did leave the sd on the phone.
3. So while in recovery, I pulled the card out, checked the card with Easeus and found that the sd-ext partition was not formated with a known file system, it said partition unkown!!!!!!! So I formated sd-ext with Easeus as an EXT3 again and put back in phone which was still in recovery. Then started to flashing things.
So far, everything is working great with link2sd (mounted sd-ext with ext3 when app first started - then reboot). I tested the hell out of it, created links for apps, then remove links, move apps to phone and opposite, lots of reboots and shutdowns to check if the sd-ext will stop working....After 180 apps phone works great, sd-ext is still there.
BOTTOM LINE
I think CWM has a problem when partitioning sd/formating sd-ext. Bottom line is when doing a full wipe, don't have the sd on the phone. Format and partition it with Easeus (or one of your choice) or delete files/folders you don't want with that. Remember, both FAT32 AND EXT3 should be PRIMARY!!!
Let say i already flash rom...then i wan to create partition on my sd...do i need to flash rom again after i complete partitioning my sd? Now im running cynoace what sd ext i need to create 3 or 4? Any one can help me?
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i already create partition using CWM ... y CWM format my sd to ext2?
First you have to flash rom and after this let the Ace in CWM and format the sd via mini tool and insert it again. Then just reboot and enjoy
Fizztone said:
I ll do opposite this tym ..I always make partition with minitool partition now m thinking of making it with cm5 for first time.may b it will work for me...or last option will be darktremor a2sd..
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use CW 5 for partition... link2sd ..ext3 type partition...enable settings everythng working fine and super smooth here.....
CM 7.2 bycooper kang+ics sunday final+ allinonescript..... === super smooth ace....
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I alredy got prob with my link2sd....
Use to link 5 apps work ok and now keep showing link arror....
Uninstall and install back link2sd...but same prob here.....
What i need to do now?
Edit : mine already solve.....now my ext work fine already tested using link2sd .....now i already link almost 60 apps and work fine....
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ambujpriyadarshi1991 said:
use CW 5 for partition... link2sd ..ext3 type partition...enable settings everythng working fine and super smooth here.....
CM 7.2 bycooper kang+ics sunday final+ allinonescript..... === super smooth ace....
CLICK THANKS IF I HELPED YOU
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Dude just back up your sd and format back with EASEUS PARTITION MASTER...and shoud b ok..... if you format your ext via CWM your partition not b come primary....press thanks if i help you....i just do it on my sd...and now work without any prob....already tested reboot many time and link unlink.....now its ok...
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Hello Everyone!
I partitioned my SD card back when I had my Nexus One. Now, I'm interested in reversing that process. I just recently rooted, unlocked, and flashed my phone. Unfortunately, CWM doesn't offer an option to partition my SD card. How does one do that these days? I just want my SD card to be unpartitioned.
Thanks
Chump
You should be able to format the sd card form the phone itself, like going to menu, settings, storage, dismount sd card then format sd card, I think this removes partitions, also destroying all data in the card.
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Hello Everyone!
I partitioned my SD card back when I had my Nexus One. Now, I'm interested in reversing that process. I just recently rooted, unlocked, and flashed my phone. Unfortunately, CWM doesn't offer an option to partition my SD card. How does one do that these days? I just want my SD card to be unpartitioned.
Thanks
Chump
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Backup sdcard contents to computer. On computer delete all partitions, then you will have one big unallocated space. Create a new partition using all available space. Copy backed up data back onto sdcard. Put back in phone.
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I use minitool partition wizard.
Remember to format as primary, fat32 and then apply,
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-P...200.html?spi=b98f0ce7c1bc4c1c1a0ee1c60561e5fc
redgrass83 said:
I use minitool partition wizard.
Remember to format as primary, fat32 and then apply,
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-P...200.html?spi=b98f0ce7c1bc4c1c1a0ee1c60561e5fc
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+1 as the standard windows partition tool does not delete the 2nd partition. You will lose everything on the 2nd partition as even with mini tool you can't access it, only delete it and format it.
Oh, exactly.. make sure to back up any important data.
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the best way to unpartition
the best way to unpartition which i found on google
check the attached file please
krishnav891 said:
the best way to unpartition which i found on google
check the attached file please
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Really necessary to revive a thread thats been dead for 2 yrs? No.
Um
palmbeach05 said:
Really necessary to revive a thread thats been dead for 2 yrs? No.
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To be honest, yeah. It's cool that he revived it. I am sitting here with a soft bricked Samsung Infuse and can't find a lick of information that is even slightly useful to me. I'm welcome to all new information and answers that could potentially help me. Why waste your time complaining that someone revived a thread? Got nothing better to do with your life, I see... Stop being a jerkoff to people who didn't do a single thing to you. Seriously...
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To be honest, yeah. It's cool that he revived it. I am sitting here with a soft bricked Samsung Infuse and can't find a lick of information that is even slightly useful to me. I'm welcome to all new information and answers that could potentially help me. Why waste your time complaining that someone revived a thread? Got nothing better to do with your life, I see... Stop being a jerkoff to people who didn't do a single thing to you. Seriously...
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Why are you trying to make an argument about a bricked device, unpartitioning an sd card (removable storage), and a thread that I haven't even looked at or read or anything since May (its now Nov)? and fyi, a quick search of your problem gave me this http://www.androidnectar.com/fix-bricked-samsung-infuse-how-to/ you're welcome. Please refrain from posting antagonizing posts like that as it deters from any use and can be reported to moderators.
redgrass83 said:
I use minitool partition wizard.
Remember to format as primary, fat32 and then apply,
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-P...200.html?spi=b98f0ce7c1bc4c1c1a0ee1c60561e5fc
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I agree, using minitool partition wizard to format to fat32 and convert to primary partition.
Mini tool partition the whole drive as fat32
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Hi all, I've accidentally partitioned the sd-card through recovery and I don't need any ext partition (from romracers recovery there wasn't any undo option). I've tried formatting it through windows or gparted. Windows recognise only the fat partition so that one is the only one it formats; gparted sees both but if I try to remove the ext and format everything as fat32, the phone reject the sdcard not mounting it and giving an error. Any solution please? I'd like to have the original storage space! Thank you all!
Delete all partitions with gparted, then partition/format in the phone.
ravilov said:
Delete all partitions with gparted, then partition/format in the phone.
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Thanks! What do you mean with "format in the phone"? Through recovery or from settings?
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alberto88a said:
Thanks! What do you mean with "format in the phone"? Through recovery or from settings?
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Either one should work.
If one doesn't, try the other.
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Either one should work.
If one doesn't, try the other.
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I'll try and let you know, thanks again
Format again in recovery. Then choose 0 as ext position size. It will be deleted.
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Format again in recovery. Then choose 0 as ext position size. It will be deleted.
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I can't because the minimum size tor ext partition id 128MB I'm on cwm touch
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I think my microsd is half-broken but I managed how to use it until it leaves me forever. I surely have bad sectors because a llf encountered errors. I used a HP format tool to do a quick format and of course the phone told me the sd was damaged so i formatted and got the entire space...hope not to lose future data...any suggestion for pictures instant upload?
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alberto88a said:
I think my microsd is half-broken but I managed how to use it until it leaves me forever. I surely have bad sectors because a llf encountered errors. I used a HP format tool to do a quick format and of course the phone told me the sd was damaged so i formatted and got the entire space...hope not to lose future data...any suggestion for pictures instant upload?
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I had to do it once...easiest solution i found was put the micro sd card in a nokia s40 phone (i used nokia x2) and chose format memory card
i would sugest you to go with gparted if you have access to linux system but i did not so had to do it this way