[Q] Unable to read SD card in ROM - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey,
I'm unable to access the SD card via any form once im booted into the ROM.
I can view the SD card in CMW and read from it.
The SD card is accessible via a USB cable when unmounted.
I have flashed the phone with several different ROMs.
I have formatted the SD card
I have tried different SD card
All have the same result, unable access when in the ROM.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Any idea on how to troubleshoot further or ideally, anyone know a fix?
Hope you can help!
Cheers,
Will

Speedy_Will said:
Hey,
I'm unable to access the SD card via any form once im booted into the ROM.
I can view the SD card in CMW and read from it.
The SD card is accessible via a USB cable when unmounted.
I have flashed the phone with several different ROMs.
I have formatted the SD card
I have tried different SD card
All have the same result, unable access when in the ROM.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Any idea on how to troubleshoot further or ideally, anyone know a fix?
Hope you can help!
Cheers,
Will
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Internal or external? What ROMs?
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Are you looking in local/mnt/sd-ext???

_Dennis_ said:
Internal or external? What ROMs?
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I'm referring to external as in the SD card

rusreid said:
Are you looking in local/mnt/sd-ext???
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looking in mnt/sdcard
sd-ext does not even appear?

I think it would be smart to tell us what rom your on
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Javi97100 said:
I think it would be smart to tell us what rom your on
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Apologies, Currently I'm using CM7, however i have attempted to use Aura and Gingerblur with the same result.

i too am having the same issue. i am on whatever teh official .91 is. phone is unlocked/rooted. no special rom here yet. about to flash ninja .04.....
just curious if there is any fix out there that tells the phone to use it....

no one else experiencing this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated..
some more info, if I attempt to mount SD card in CM recovery I get the following error:
E: Unable to write to ums Iunfile (No such file or directory)

The external SD card in CM7 is at mnt/emmc not mnt/sd-ext.

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[Solved] External SD not working?

I have inserted my sd card from another phone. It is 2GB. I formatted it to FAT32, still cant see on the phone ie on doing a mount I get only one card drive..other one is missing. Any ideas anyone?
well once it happened to me then I realized I didn't put micro SD right...lol...anyways so assuming u did everything right and still can't see micro sd and sd card and storage?...have you checked that card with another phone or MicroSD adapter....
I installed MIUI and stange external sd not working since last two updates.....
Also I installed Bali kernel over it....
Any help ?
Nobody mentioned what ROM you were besides last poster but I believe if you are still on gingerbread bootloaders than you won't be able to see external SD. Just my $.02
JediDru said:
Nobody mentioned what ROM you were besides last poster but I believe if you are still on gingerbread bootloaders than you won't be able to see external SD. Just my $.02
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If you're on gb bootloaders + anything CM7 based, not external sdcard for you until you go back to froyo bootloaders.
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get a faster card
romanthedog said:
get a faster card
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Wth does that have to do with not being able to see the external sdcard?
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@JediDru , @geoffcorey:
I am on CM7. Sorry should have read the bugs/issues befor posting the query.

external sd card not recognized

Hi guys,
i have flashed a few miui v4 roms and i think they have messed up my external sd card settings or something along the line.
now i'm back on a gb rom, i see the sd card when the phone is up and running but if i try to flash from cwm 4.0.1.5 it doesn't see mmy external card ?
do you guys have any idea how to sort this out ? i want to say that this sd card has always worked fine on this device, it's just now that cwm doesn't see it.
thanks
Format the card & see if the phone recognises it. If not, faulty card given you're running stock & the card should be visible to the phone/working fine if the card is good/not faulty.
wwwpuntoit said:
Hi guys,
i have flashed a few miui v4 roms and i think they have messed up my external sd card settings or something along the line.
now i'm back on a gb rom, i see the sd card when the phone is up and running but if i try to flash from cwm 4.0.1.5 it doesn't see mmy external card ?
do you guys have any idea how to sort this out ? i want to say that this sd card has always worked fine on this device, it's just now that cwm doesn't see it.
thanks
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the phone does recognise the card but if i reboot into cwm then it disappears.
at the moment i'm not running stock but battista foxhound 3.0 rom.
i tried to format but no joy...this card has always been seen in cwm but now not anymore. ????????????
wwwpuntoit said:
the phone does recognise the card but if i reboot into cwm then it disappears.
at the moment i'm not running stock but battista foxhound 3.0 rom.
i tried to format but no joy...this card has always been seen in cwm but now not anymore. ????????????
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Have you tried mounting it in CWM?
yes, but it doesn't even give me the option to choose zip file from eternal sd card only from internal sd card
wwwpuntoit said:
yes, but it doesn't even give me the option to choose zip file from eternal sd card only from internal sd card
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What version CWM recovery are you on?
I meant, if you go to the Mounts and Storage menu, does it have an option for mounting or unmounting /sdcard? If so, does it say mount, or unmount? If it says mount, then you have to mount it in order to use it.
4.0.1.5 and yes there is mount, i mount it, go back to choose zip from sd card.....and there's no internal card detected....if i boot in the system i can see it with file explorer or the likes...it's just cwm not seeing it
wwwpuntoit said:
4.0.1.5 and yes there is mount, i mount it, go back to choose zip from sd card.....and there's no internal card detected....if i boot in the system i can see it with file explorer or the likes...it's just cwm not seeing it
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Hmm. I've not used 4.x.x.x in quite some time.
I'm using 5.0.2.7. For me, anything that refers to "sdcard" is the external card. "internal sdcard" is the built in flash memory. And as it turns out, I didn't even have to mount /sdcard to use either.
Sorry man...
How did you get 4.0.1.5 installed? Maybe it's time to upgrade.
yes probably, how do you actually upgrade this ??
wwwpuntoit said:
yes probably, how do you actually upgrade this ??
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Flash the newer version????
You do know how, you have already done it with your current version
Don't restore nandroid's from different versions
wwwpuntoit said:
yes probably, how do you actually upgrade this ??
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Easiest way is to flash a kernel that comes with it. I'm using Siyah. Just search for it.
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ctomgee said:
Easiest way is to flash a kernel that comes with it. I'm using Siyah. Just search for it.
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thanks mate, just done so it worked like a charm
own you
wwwpuntoit said:
thanks mate, just done so it worked like a charm
own you
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you own me? LOL
ctomgee said:
you own me? LOL
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of course not, the opposite i more correct
wwwpuntoit said:
of course not, the opposite i more correct
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arrrgh that's where i got it wrong...... i meant i owe you.....not own..that's something different...sorry mate
wwwpuntoit said:
arrrgh that's where i got it wrong...... i meant i owe you.....not own..that's something different...sorry mate
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I know what you meant. Just thought it was funny.

Couldn't install on USB storage or sd card

I know this thread has been repeated, I have a problem downloading some apps. I have checked other threads to do with this. I have also checked for smd2tmp1 and I can't find it."Couldn't install on USB storage or sd card". Bothering me
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ri123 said:
I know this thread has been repeated, I have a problem downloading some apps. I have checked other threads to do with this. I have also checked for smd2tmp1 and I can't find it."Couldn't install on USB storage or sd card". Bothering me
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whats the error message?
jiffer1991 said:
whats the error message?
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Couldn't install on USB storage or sd card
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Are you installing apps while connection with PC??
Cheers
avilove4u said:
Are you installing apps while connection with PC??
Cheers
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No, I think its about my sd card not working.
Can you access files that are already on the SD card?
You can try to reformat the SD card and see if that helps. If not try another SD card and see if that works.
Do you think that it is a problem with your software or the hardware?
What kind of SD card do you have?
matlk said:
Can you access files that are already on the SD card?
You can try to reformat the SD card and see if that helps. If not try another SD card and see if that works.
Do you think that it is a problem with your software or the hardware?
What kind of SD card do you have?
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Problem solved, I did not use root permissions when accessing the sd card.:thumbup:
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How to fix "Couldn't Install on USB Storage or SD Card" Error
Hey Dude,
I too had this problem on my Galaxy Ace GT S5830. But I've fixed it now. There are 3 ways in which you could fix this (literally). (Before reading all this, check whether you have enough Internal memory i.e above 25 MB)
1) This method is a kind of a temporary solution. Unmount your SD Card in Storage Settings. Then Install your app. After installing it remount, remount you SD Card.
2) Format your SD Card. After that you won't be having any problem unless you install something that's not good for your phone. But then too, you may get this problem again. So, this method also is a kind of a temporary fix.
3) Now this is a permanent fix. Upgrade your phone with a Custom Rom. If you're having 2.2.1 or 2.3.6 android version currently, then this is just the solution. If its 2.2.1, then do it for sure. But if its 2.3.6 just try to follow the above steps. If its still not working, then upgrade it.
Best Roms : CM7, Jelly Blast, CM 9, PAC MAN.....
You'll get tutorials on how to install Cusom Roms on Youtube.
Prevention from these problems in Future
1) Don't ever install Black Markets like Aptoid, Black Market Alpha, Panda app.........etc
2) Try to stay away from Viruses.
Hope this helped you. Thanks :fingers-crossed:

[Q] JellyBam Camera Question

Hey guys, I just flashed over to jellybam and so far its pretty tight. The only issue I came across was my camera. Everytime I hit the icon to bring it up it says that I have no sd card and closes me right out of it. I am currently using a 8gb sd that is fine and not sure what the issue is.
advice?
fyi: i am running s-on
You might try formatting the sd card.
ok but
buddahj said:
You might try formatting the sd card.
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ok how do I do that and doesnt that mean all my files will be gone?
bstrizzy said:
ok how do I do that and doesnt that mean all my files will be gone?
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Yeah, back the files up on your pc/laptop. In storage options, it'll allow you to format the SD Card.
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well
Genjinaro said:
Yeah, back the files up on your pc/laptop. In storage options, it'll allow you to format the SD Card.
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ok well before I do that, I am looking through the settings and I do not even see a place where I can format a sd card. Where would I do this?
Are you trying to format the internal sdcard or the external one?
buddahj said:
Are you trying to format the internal sdcard or the external one?
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external sd, the error toast message says please enter sd card
bstrizzy said:
external sd, the error toast message says please enter sd card
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What happens when you try and connect as a disk drive via usb to your cpu?
What does it say under settings/storage?
buddahj said:
What happens when you try and connect as a disk drive via usb to your cpu?
What does it say under settings/storage?
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it only says sd card: mount usb storage.
its not even reconizing it. I cant even connect it to pc to back up files(even tho I have alt methods)
bstrizzy said:
it only says sd card: mount usb storage.
its not even reconizing it. I cant even connect it to pc to back up files(even tho I have alt methods)
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Your sdcard might be dead
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I hope not I just got this thing not to long ago! It was also working on meanRom when I flashed to that. I'm going to try to flash to another ROM n make sure its still working
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[Q] SD card not recognized

Okay, so I'm currently on the SnowJB ROM and that ROM can access my SD card. But I want to go back to the Nocturnal ROM(I'm kind of torn between the two ROMS). Only problem is Nocturnal cannot mount the SD card. I tried both version 1.5 and 1.3 and neither of them work. I went into the settings and clicked "Mount SD card" but I get a notification telling me that it's safe to remove my SD care(Unmounted)
And I also tried to install the Slick ROM and that couldn't read the SD card either. So I restored my SnowJB ROM and it can read it. So I'm totally clueless on this. SnowJB is the only ROM that can mount the SD card... Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? Any help at all would be much appreciated.
How is it formatted? Did you format it in the snowjb ROM?
gunnyman said:
How is it formatted? Did you format it in the snowjb ROM?
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I don't remember doing anything to it while I was on SnowJB. It just... Worked. It was formatted in the FAT32 format. Now formatting it using exFAT. Doubt it'll work, but it's worth the shot. Just got done trying the Stock AT&T rom(with root) and that wouldn't recognize the SD card either.
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Fixed it... It was a pain though. Had to use the LGNPST thing to return my phone to factory settings(no root/locked bootloader) then had to re-root.

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