[Q] is there a way to unmount internal storage? - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there a way to unmount the internal SD card so I can only use the external SD card? I'm trying to sync tracks via Spotify but the internal storage on my device isn't enough. I'm rooted and running stock Gingerbread. TIA

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Unless you are using CM7 which allows you to change which card is mounted as /sdcard and /mnt/emmc I don't know of any way to do it.
You can go to settings>storage settings>unmount sdcard but I don't think it is going to do what you want.
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Hey guy i just installed MIUI with ICS and before tried real hard with CM9 and mokee and with all of then i couldnt make my internal SD card work
I can still see all data when i mount emmc using file explorrer but my camera and any other app for that matter is not able to detect internal memory card...
is there a way to fix this???
i dont have any external sd card at this point otherwise would have worked with it......
CM9- Go to menu and under device click advanced and check use internal storage and reboot your phone
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How does SDCard work?

Waiting for my AT&T model and had a question, how does the 16GB internal storage get presented at file system level? Is it mounted as /sdcard or something else? If so what does the external SD get mounted as? Trying to decide if I need an SDcard or not. 16GB is enough for me but concerned about app compatibility depending on how its setup.
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Mounts as sdcard external card mounts as ext sdcard on stock firmware apps cannot be installed to ext sdcard.
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[Q] How to swap internal & external storage?

Does anyone know how to swap the internal storage with the sd card? The fstab looks funky.
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Mister_Mxyzptlk said:
Does anyone know how to swap the internal storage with the sd card? The fstab looks funky.
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what do you mean by swap the internal storage with the external? dont you just normally use both internal and external together?
FOr what reasons? For apps to be moved/installed in the external SD?
Answer is at the moment Apps2SD doesn't work YET in s3
No. I mean to literally swap their mount directories. I've done this before on my Note. I edited my vold.fstab and with a little help got my internal storage mounted to /sdcard/ExternalSD and my 64GB SD card mounted to /sdcard. That's what I want to do here.
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For what reasons do you want to do this?
Look in siyah kernel thread.he changed the vold.fstab mounted in adb.ask him about the swap.
zodiaxe66 said:
Look in siyah kernel thread.he changed the vold.fstab mounted in adb.ask him about the swap.
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Thank you so much. And to answer the questions, I want to do this so my internal storage can be as big as the SD card I'm using. For example, I have the storage swapped on my n7000 so my 64GB SD card is read as internal storage and my 16GB internal storage is read as an external SD card.
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bordikun said:
For what reasons do you want to do this?
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I would like to do the same. i have done this switch on my note and it works flawlessly. I want to do this because I am a hardcore gamer and 16gb is nowhere near enough space to store all my game data, but my 64gb sd card is.
Mister_Mxyzptlk said:
Thank you so much. And to answer the questions, I want to do this so my internal storage can be as big as the SD card I'm using. For example, I have the storage swapped on my n7000 so my 64GB SD card is read as internal storage and my 16GB internal storage is read as an external SD card.
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Never thought of it that way hehe. But I have a question about the setup: Have you ever had issues where your SD card randomly unmounted itself? If so, what happened to the system? Were you still able to run it or did it freeze or anything else?
Thanks
Not even once and I have had it set this way on my note for months through several different roms
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The internal SDcard is not a real partition but a userspace mount (fuser)
It's configured in the file /init.smdk4x12.rc with the exact definition:
Code:
service sdcard /system/bin/sdcard /data/media 1023 1023
I don't see the daemon getting any kind of configuration as to the target directory. Either it's hardcoded or it uses /system/etc/vold.conf definition volume_sdcard the mount_point value.
You can't use Easy UMS anymore though since it will unmount the external SD.
Just using the APK Directory Bind will work fine though to simulate folders on the external SDcard as being on the internal one.
You can swap over the Internal SD with your external SD so you could have a 64GB phone with a 16GB ext card (assuming your phone is a 16GB one) - take a look at ExtSd2InternalSd v4|Increase your data storage

[Q] SD Card Flip

Hey, I have eclipse installed and in doing so it automatically switched my sd card location. Internal is now external, and external is now internal. under settings I have selected install apps to internal sd card, which now means they are installing to my external card correct? Also when I got into settings to manage applications it shows hardly anything installed to the external card but that's because its.flipped right? Im just a little confused cuz if I ever want to sbf again I want to make sure they are installed to the real external card so I don't lose anything. So theoretically I should not use the option under settings to "move app to external card" because I would be moving it to the internal? Is there any other way to see if they are installed on my real external card? For example plugging in to a computer via usb and being able to see what's there?
Thanks in advance for any help.
one way to check is power off, remove sd card, reboot
if app still works its not on sd card
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sd_shadow said:
one way to check is power off, remove sd card, reboot
if app still works its not on sd card
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+1 cant you also just search for it on your sd card?
Lol guess I could... really just looking for confirmation that im doing it right... having internal selected as my storage location meaning everything is going to external.
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Eclipse ROM, won't let me download anything without an SD card installed.

Before I rooted and installed the Eclipse ROM I would download my favorite podcast to internal memory and listen to it. Now when I attempt to download it tells me there is no SD card! Is there a setting to make it download to internal memory and not to an SD card?
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Anyone?
I know sometimes when running a custom rom the sdcard location çhanges. Like if youre running cmX its sdcard 0/1 or emmc/sdcard... check your download location. I had something similar happen but I had to upgrade my sdcard because I had an off brand 8gig class4 that would read only sometimes. Hope that helps a bit.
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eclipse has sd card flip flop. so your external is labeled as internal. and internal external.

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