Introduction:
This is a guide for doing maintnence on your innerSD. By default, user data and temporary files are stored on it.
The innerSD is the hidden microSD card inside the S5, it is not normally accessable without modification of the device.
The purpose of this guide is to show users how to expand/shrink/rebuild the partitions needed for their innerSD.
It does not cover backing up and restoring data on it, that should be done via a Custom Recovery and making/using Nandroids.
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How dissemble your device:
Dell Streak Teardown - iFixit
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innerSD partition layout:
See [REF]Streak 5 Partition layouts
See Dell Streak 5/Partition Layout - XDA wiki
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Requirements:
A microSD card reader
Ability to access the innerSD
A GNU/Linux pc with GParted
Superuser access required on device
(Ubuntu installed in a virtual machine is acceptable)
(May work under windows, but not supported)
Intermediate knowledge of MBR type partitions
Basic knowledge of ext partition types
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Instructions:
Dissassemble your device to get access to your innerSD
Insert microSD card into pc
Launch GParted
Consult innerSD partition layout for desired layout
Select desired microSD card in GParted
Delete all partitions THIS WILL WIPE ALL DATA
Create extended partition
Create desired logical partitions from step 4
Must be created in order specified in step 4!
New Size: <specified size from step 4>
Create as: Logical Partition
File System: <specificed type from step 4>
Label: Blank
All other values: Leave as default
Remove from PC
Reinsert into device
Recommended: Reinstall desired rom
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Credits:
Marvin02 for providing the images for previous version of guide
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Changelog:
Sep 15 2012: Completely rewrote guide
Dec 22 2011: Wrote initial guide
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2char
For those not familiar with Clonezilla, it is based on linux and you DL and burn the ISO to a CD. You can then boot the CD and use the Clonezilla tool.
I used this method because there are no commands to learn and no software to install on your computer. If you can boot from a CD you should be able to use the images.
I made the images available because many users had asked for them. My experience with just putting an SD Card into the inner slot and doing a reset has been varied. It worked with a class 10, 8 GB card from Transcend but not with others.
Edit: If your inner SD Card is bad replacing it and doing a factory reset may fix your Streak, if not the image is available to restore the proper partitions to the card.
Guys I don't know how many of you are thinking about doing this but for me it was well worth doing because it got rid of the "E:can't find MISC" error message I was getting everytime I went into Streakmod Rexovery
Thanks for the guide and Merry Xmas.
What class SD cards is this suitable for? If I just bing in a new, larger SD card in will it automatically partition to cover the whole card or just the standard 2gb?
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gregianos said:
Thanks for the guide and Merry Xmas.
What class SD cards is this suitable for? If I just bing in a new, larger SD card in will it automatically partition to cover the whole card or just the standard 2gb?
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
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Well I used a class 10 4gb Patriot LX because it has the best specs as far as I could see although therebis some debate on this topic... some believe the class 2 cards are better are smaller files read write.
But when you use a 4 then you have all 4 gigs available to you
gregianos said:
Thanks for the guide and Merry Xmas.
What class SD cards is this suitable for? If I just bing in a new, larger SD card in will it automatically partition to cover the whole card or just the standard 2gb?
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
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I put a Transcend 8 GB class 10 card in my Streak (pic here). I did a factory reset (from the first screen in StreakMod Recovery) and the Streak formatted the card fine. The biggest difference I see is over 6 GB of space to install apps, so I keep all of my apps on the phone. If I want to change the external SD Card I don't have to worry about apps not working.
I am getting my Transcend 8 GB class 10 tomorrow. I already cut plastic in the back to access the inner micro sd card.
Will post results.
Chirunavvutho said:
I am getting my Transcend 8 GB class 10 tomorrow. I already cut plastic in the back to access the inner micro sd card.
Will post results.
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How about some pics of the cut?
stang393 said:
How about some pics of the cut?
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I didn't document the cut process but will provide few pictures of what it looks when I am ready to insert the new card. Yet to get the memory card still.
Hope USPS delivers today. I will be out of town next 5 days. So if not today, gotta wait.
I used a scalpel to cut the plastic in the back. Took me about 15 mins.
Didn't get the card today. So Monday it is then.
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How about some pics of the cut?
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Here you go. I made it larger than it has to be.
I have successfully replaced my inner SD today. Did restore from Nandroid and now my internal SD shows 6.3 GB available. This was an easy mod, hope it is worth it not just for space but for speed also.
I am using 407 deodexed and rooted. Stable as a rock except for an occasional wifi freeze.
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"Can't Mount Data"
I tried to re-install a 4GB class 10 internal sdhc today. I had problems with it in the past, as it quit working after about a month. I was going to use this guide to see if I could get it to work.
Took a Full Nandroid BU immediately before switching internal cards. Still couldn't get the 4GB cl 10 to work so I re-installed the original 2GB sd and did a Nandroid restore. Now I am gettitng an error during that restore:
Restoring Data...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/innersd0p6
(Invalid Argument)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/innersd0p6
(Invalid Argument)
Can't mount data
I have tried a Factory Restore from the Dell screen, and use StreakMod Recovery v0.3.2.8.
I am on bb354 running SimpleStreak 1.2 with perfupdate and oc to 1190.
I have had this exact same problem with the 4GB cl10 card but never with the stock 2GB card. Everything was working perfectly before I started messing around!
Can anyone tell me what this means AND how to correct it and get my Streak back up and running?
Any help would be most appreciated!!!
kraz
***UPDATE***
I was able to get the stock 2GB internal card to work and am up and running. I was not able to get the 4GB cl 10 card to work leading me to believe it is defective.
What I did:
1. Factory Reset from the Dell Screen.
2. Installed the custom ROM (SimpleStreak 1.2 in this case) from the zip on the external sd card.
3. Installed the PerfUpdate zip for SS 1.2 from the external sd card.
4. Boot completely and open and close several apps once booted.
5. Rebooted and did Full Nandroid restore.
6. Rebooted and opened back into my familiar launcher and apps all fully working.
7. Sighed heavily in relief!!!!
I did a reset from the first screen of StreakMod Recovery yesterday and the Streak would not boot. I had to use the image I had made of the inner SD Card to restore the inner card. This was from StreakMod, with a heavily modified Stock 351 ROM (rooted, many system apps removed).
I got an error with the 360 image so I used the 406 image and had no issues. I then booted into Linux and used GParted (a partition editing tool) to resize the smaller partition to use the full card. When the Streak booted I installed stock 351 and did a reset from the stock recovery and the inner SD Card formatted properly.
My points are:
If the inner SD Card does not format properly on a reset you can fix it. Don't panic.
It is probably best to use a stock recovery to do a factory reset.
I have also read that to use a card larger than 4 GB you need to change system files. You only need to do that to use the space on the inner SD card in ways that it isn't normally used. See here and here.
How to benchmark your internal SD card? I didn't do before with 2 GB card but here is mine after the swap with Transcend 8 GB class 10 card. The second screen capture is on the external 16 GB Dell provided class 4 card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443936
* Gb Class 10
Just did a swap from the stock sd card(sony 4 Gb class 4 or 6) wich was crashed for the 4th time in 3 months now and put in a 8 Gb class 10 SDHC card(transcend Ultimate) tried a kingston 16 Gb class 10 before and a transcend, both didn't work btw.
did a stock systemtest and came out on 2559 and after a new test came out 100 points higher.
over all performance looks improved, less freezes when memory gets a bit full.
Just a standard installed OTA android 2.2.2, after crash first reinstalled the default card and then swapped it straigt forward with the 8 Gb card and stock recovery.
No special software used
now 6 Gb internal memory available.
when installed with 200+ apps it's a huge difference instead of app to SD now that i don't have a needed copy of my apps on every external SD swap saves a huge amount of work reinstalling.
I used the systemtest from george android(android market) to compare
Just my 2 cts
Grts
Teddie
I read in some threads that using a class 10 micro sd card reduces the battery life due to increase in read/write speeds. Wonder what is the optimal class for the Streak.
What's the stock inner sd class?
**EDIT**
Did a little research and found that the stock sd card might be class 2.. MFG: mmagr02gudca-db (Sandisk 2GB class?)
Zathros said:
Just did a swap from the stock sd card(sony 4 Gb class 4 or 6) wich was crashed for the 4th time in 3 months now and put in a 8 Gb class 10 SDHC card(transcend Ultimate) tried a kingston 16 Gb class 10 before and a transcend, both didn't work btw.
did a stock systemtest and came out on 2559 and after a new test came out 100 points higher.
over all performance looks improved, less freezes when memory gets a bit full.
Just a standard installed OTA android 2.2.2, after crash first reinstalled the default card and then swapped it straigt forward with the 8 Gb card and stock recovery.
No special software used
now 6 Gb internal memory available.
when installed with 200+ apps it's a huge difference instead of app to SD now that i don't have a needed copy of my apps on every external SD swap saves a huge amount of work reinstalling.
I used the systemtest from george android(android market) to compare
Just my 2 cts
Grts
Teddie
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Thanks for the tip! I installed a Kingston 8GB Class 4, and worked like a charm!
When I rebooted, it prompted me to send my unit to have it debugging, but it was formatting the sd card as well. It rebooted to DSC and prompted me to sign in my google account again..
So I rebooted into StreakMod and did a full restore nandroid.
I'm seeing 6GB available space! Hope I won't run into any problems *crossing fingers*
Now I wonder if there's a way to mount the inner sd with USB? hmmm
Why mess with the inner SD?
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Now I wonder if there's a way to mount the inner sd with USB? hmmm
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I am curious as to why would you want to do that? That is where your /cache and /data directories reside, and I would think it dangerous to mess with those on a running system. FWIW, they are mounted r/w, so you could copy files to them with adb push/pull , but, again, why?
With all the "fun" people have recorded in this thread tying to initialize new or corrupted cards, it seems that "set it and forget it" would be wisest. Leave that space for the system to use since you seemed to wonder if 6GB in /system would have problems.
FWIW, I got a used DS 5 with no inner card, and put a 4GB card in it (after a lot of research as to where it was - fuzzy closeup pics/vague desriptions - and how to format it - easy on my primary platform, Linux ;-} ), and the 3.5GB /system partition still has over 3GB free after adding several dozen apps (even the piggy Nook app), so I am not the least interested in playing games with moving apps to the "normal" SD card (/mnt/sdcard).
It seems "casual" (maybe better described as "personal" vs "system") file management is best suited for the standard SD card that normally shows up when enabling USB access.
Regards,
R
Hello,
There was a problem with my streak 5, it wasn't switching on (no power, no dell logo, no lights, it was just like trying to switch on without battery), this was happened after using fastboot erase command.
And i cant use factory reset because the device was not switching on.
Do any one have any idea on this.?
Please help me fix it...
Thank you friends....
Related
Hi, I have a Samsung Fascinate with Cyanogen 7
I have a 32GB microSD card but it only shows up as 14GB.
anyone has an idea on how to fix this?
Thanks
XblackdemonX said:
Hi, I have a Samsung Fascinate with Cyanogen 7
I have a 32GB microSD card but it only shows up as 14GB.
anyone has an idea on how to fix this?
Thanks
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format ur SD card..
if that doesnt fix.. i need to know brand name.. and what class card it is..
does it show up as the correct size in the stock rom?
Try just attaching it to your computer via reader. If it still shows 14GB, try and format. If it still shows 14GB, it's defective (or fake. Did you buy it from Hong Kong via eBay?).
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Try just attaching it to your computer via reader. If it still shows 14GB, try and format. If it still shows 14GB, it's defective (or fake. Did you buy it from Hong Kong via eBay?).
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could also be one of those fancy like class 10 speed read cards or wtever.. they wont work on phones
ace5198 said:
could also be one of those fancy like class 10 speed read cards or wtever.. they wont work on phones
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My class 10 card is working just fine...
My class 10 works fine too. It is a 32g Sandisk, it reads 29.81g of total space on my phone and my computer. It seems like the photo galley loads faster and scrolls through the fullscreen view pretty fast. The read_ahead_kb file reads only 512. I haven't tried any other values because i am very happy with the card.
Well to be honest i'm not sure what class it is.
It was in another phone that my dad gave me to sell on ebay. I just kept the card that was inside.
It's a 32GB Sandisk.
I'll try a partition program tonight on my computer si if it fixes it.
If I try to partition it via the Clockworkmod, the lowest I got was 10GB and the max I got was 14.77GB depending on the settings i choose
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Well to be honest i'm not sure what class it is.
It was in another phone that my dad gave me to sell on ebay. I just kept the card that was inside.
It's a 32GB Sandisk.
I'll try a partition program tonight on my computer si if it fixes it.
If I try to partition it via the Clockworkmod, the lowest I got was 10GB and the max I got was 14.77GB depending on the settings i choose
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Use a formatting tool, like the one HP has (see here) to format the disk. It can wipe the full disk and create a single partition. It could be that it was split previously for some reason, causing the issue you have.
If I put back the microSD in the Samsung Focus and format it, it shows the 32GB on the card (37GB with internal memory)
and then I take the card out and put it in my Fascinate and it shows 13.94GB
If that makes a difference i'm on Cyanogenmod 7. Maybe it's the OS limiting the space?
Any idea about this issue?
Format the card with a low-level formatting tool, like the HP Format tool. It's likely that it could be partitioned, or has a partition table that isn't setup in a format compatible with Android.
Hi there,
Can anyone please post a dl link to a partition image for the internal 2 Gb sd card of their Streak?
thanks in advance
I have created an image of my inner SD Card right after a factory reset.
Download Here
I created this using Clonezilla, you should be able to use Clonezilla to restore it. It is an image of the entire sd card. You need to unzip the downloaded file to use it.
Note: I am running DSC_Rom, which is Gingerbread based. I don't think it makes a difference.
ok I'll try it and post results... thank you Sir! hoping that it would work
I was thinking of getting a class 10 8gb and putting favorite music onto it under a media directory, going as it is space you can't get at as its mainly just for apps. Clonezilla is a good idea though i was gonna use carbon copy but carbon will not allow you to clone a drive bigger than the one you want to clone, seems the same with clonezilla though dam
If you are just replacing the card, you shouldn't need an image. I replaced mine and the phone took care of setting the new sd card up automatically.
Was thinking that to be honest but i wanted a way of been able to add stuff to it without the need to take the phone apart again but looks like a new card installed then just ftp into the phone to transfer but transfer speeds suck lol, will play with the image though and see what i can sort out may be able to get a similar file structure and just add a directory
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If you are just replacing the card, you shouldn't need an image. I replaced mine and the phone took care of setting the new sd card up automatically.
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I tried putting in a replacement SD Card and it just did not show up. I tried a card with no partitions at all and one that was formatted Fat32. I did not try a factory reset after replacing the card. I have seen multiple requests for an image and now that my Streak is out of warranty I notched out the body to get access to it and figured it would not hurt to have a backup image.
a fat32 disk may not be seen the same way as ext 2,3 are linux based the first one will be a swap file then the second will be the data, I will wait till i get the card i want to install into mine, as anyone had troubles with the sides either side of the screen sticking back down, I got curious when i first had mine and took it to bits to see the micro sd card but have found one side seems to be a tad loose now
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a fat32 disk may not be seen the same way as ext 2,3 are linux based the first one will be a swap file then the second will be the data, I will wait till i get the card i want to install into mine, as anyone had troubles with the sides either side of the screen sticking back down, I got curious when i first had mine and took it to bits to see the micro sd card but have found one side seems to be a tad loose now
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I notched the plastic over the inner sd card like in this post at MoDaCo. Seems easier than opening the whole phone up and you just have to remove the back for access.
Just had a click glance through, However I am not going to dig deep until i buy my new inner sd card then i will hit it hard, But i feel i would take a different approach to how they have tackled it as i will go down the machine code route when i do it due to the fact i am thinking i will not need to edit as much but time will tell but will post when i have installed a bigger card, also need to glue the backdoor switch down as that annoys me.
marvin02 said:
I notched the plastic over the inn sd card like in this post at MoDaCo. Seems easier than opening the whole phone up and you just have to remove the back for access.
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I did the same exact thing, and it worked pretty good, got rid of the plastic, remove the innersd... trying to recover it with the image given.. hope it will work
Update
I received the Kingston 8 GB class 10 micro SD Card I ordered today and with no prep put it in the Streak, did a factory reset and the Streak now shows over 6 GB free in internal storage. I have no idea why this card worked and the others did not, except that they were 16 GB, class 2 cards I had laying around.
FYI - I am running DSC rom .62b (a gingerbread rom).
Does anyone have an image of the InnerSD Card that can be used in a Windows based program, such as DriveImage XML? And if not, can someone tell me how to do it manually? I'm having issues booting into CloneZilla :/
Any help is appreciated,
Cullen
So i tried to install Mango builds on my HD2 after a long ago. Missed WP7!
I installed 3 different Mango builds but all of them said that my SD card is damaged and can not continue.[Kingston 16gb class 4]
Not even some Android builds worked..stuck at boot. [Never had any problem before]
A Format didn't work either with SDFormatter nor Partition programs e.t.c. And i do not have a Nokia phone to unlock the card or something.
The thing is that my card was formatted with 32 clusters, so i went and deleted the whole partition from partition magic and reformatted the card with SDFormatter, automatically it went to 32 clusters again. I went to windows format and selected the default settings on the card [cluster 8000b something] and now everything is working and i can enjoy Mango builds on my phone! WTH?
I also checked some other cards [verbatim,sandisk class 2 and 4] and formatted them the same way and again they are working properly.
I hope his simple fix will help others also and hope i am not mistaken!
Crazy huh?
Sounds interesting, i'll try it with my sandisk 8gb class4, when i'll be back at home. It was behaving like a corrupted after reboot in WP7, even i have tried different roms.
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arkatis said:
so i tried to install mango builds on my hd2 after a long ago. Missed wp7!
I installed 3 different mango builds but all of them said that my sd card is damaged and can not continue.[kingston 16gb class 4]
not even some android builds worked..stuck at boot. [never had any problem before]
a format didn't work either with sdformatter nor partition programs e.t.c. And i do not have a nokia phone to unlock the card or something.
The thing is that my card was formatted with 32 clusters, so i went and deleted the whole partition from partition magic and reformatted the card with sdformatter, automatically it went to 32 clusters again. I went to windows format and selected the default settings on the card [cluster 8000b something] and now everything is working and i can enjoy mango builds on my phone! Wth?
i also checked some other cards [verbatim,sandisk class 2 and 4] and formatted them the same way and again they are working properly.
I hope his simple fix will help others also and hope i am not mistaken!
Crazy huh?
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how did you get pc to recognise card mine just comes up card error on my pc. Cant get in to do anything on the card
NEDSTER1972 said:
how did you get pc to recognise card mine just comes up card error on my pc. Cant get in to do anything on the card
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unlock card first with unlock cab + yuki ROM or with old Nokia phone
yeah i noticed this on some marginal cards of mine, didnt effect the speed rating at all but there was some improvment in stability, i wouldnt say its perfect tho, there still some reboots/
top tip, DO NOT move the clusters size to 4K!
well an trully buggered one card up by mistake doing that!
Cluster size doesnt seem to matter. My kingston 32gb class 4 card still isn't recognised (never has been actually). Works fine on android and windows 7
But how can i use my SD cards that never worked with Mango builds? lol
arkatis said:
So i tried to install Mango builds on my HD2 after a long ago. Missed WP7!
I installed 3 different Mango builds but all of them said that my SD card is damaged and can not continue.[Kingston 16gb class 4]
Not even some Android builds worked..stuck at boot. [Never had any problem before]
A Format didn't work either with SDFormatter nor Partition programs e.t.c. And i do not have a Nokia phone to unlock the card or something.
The thing is that my card was formatted with 32 clusters, so i went and deleted the whole partition from partition magic and reformatted the card with SDFormatter, automatically it went to 32 clusters again. I went to windows format and selected the default settings on the card [cluster 8000b something] and now everything is working and i can enjoy Mango builds on my phone! WTH?
I also checked some other cards [verbatim,sandisk class 2 and 4] and formatted them the same way and again they are working properly.
I hope his simple fix will help others also and hope i am not mistaken!
Crazy huh?
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I'm not going to say IMPOSSIBLE! , but it does not make sense.
The first thing you do while installing WP7, is clear the MBR. If the MBR is gone, so are all partitions and their defined cluster size.
There's something else to it...
dxdy said:
unlock card first with unlock cab + yuki ROM or with old Nokia phone
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I totally agree! I had card issues when moving from the HD2 Yuki ROM to others in this forum, and three different cards weren't recognised.
It wasn't that the cards were faulty or damaged at all. I managed to reformat them on my pc after installing the Yuki ROM and using the lock cab to unlock them.
Full instructions HERE
daedric said:
I'm not going to say IMPOSSIBLE! , but it does not make sense.
The first thing you do while installing WP7, is clear the MBR. If the MBR is gone, so are all partitions and their defined cluster size.
There's something else to it...
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thats a good point, even if you dont clear the MBR manually in MAGLDR the installer does wipe all partitions, which would clear the partition tables and associated cluster size
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thats a good point, even if you dont clear the MBR manually in MAGLDR the installer does wipe all partitions, which would clear the partition tables and associated cluster size
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Still... formating with a X cluster size, might create a 1/0 pattern either at the card begging in case of a quick format, or through the whole card in case of a full format, that WP7 prefers.
I've never had this issue, so i cannot comment.
anyone looked into this?
http://www.techhackz.com/2011/02/how-to-fix-samsung-focus-microsd-card.html
Link came from the ultrafruit topic
kid1988 said:
anyone looked into this?
http://www.techhackz.com/2011/02/how-to-fix-samsung-focus-microsd-card.html
Link came from the ultrafruit topic
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I posted it, link came from Ultrafruit, but the source of that link is XDA itself
Samsung Focus section
Well apparently I was sent to the wrong forum (NOOK COLOR) I thought the color and tab's used the same stuff. Apparently not. I have CM7 working on a 32GB SD card and will have one on a 16GB SD card in a few minutes for my fiancee's NT. I have all my apps that are linked to my Google account installed on my NT now what?
I have noticed the remaining SD card space is small. Surely I didn't use up all 32GB already. I assume the windows writing software made a small partition on the SD card for CM7 so how do I gain that space back or make the NT use the extra space for installations of apps etc?
Do apps have to come just from the app store or is this considered a rooted OS now where I can put apps on the SD card from anywhere and is there a special way to do this?
Just popped the 16GB SD card in my fiancee's nook and powered it on for the first time. I saw the Team-B screen then it went black. Apparently it rebooted and loaded up the stock nook OS. I suppose a re-write is in order on the SD card?
The SD ROM that you made is already rooted. It can do...root things.
As for the rest of your storage space on the microSD card, you'll have to do a little repartitioning. Looks like you're using Windows, so I recommend the freeware called MiniTool Partition Wizard. The user interface is every simple to understand.
All you want to do is resize the last partition on your SD card to consume all of the unallocated space that was left over. Then you will have access to your entire SD card space.
EDIT: Just saw your second post. Turn the NT off completely and plug it into the wall charger. Let it power on and see if it boots all the way through to CM7. If not try rewriting the ROM to the card. Or you may need to use a different SD card. I know I had problems with a 16GB PNY Class 10 card.
That is correct. I'm on windows 7
This is normal correct?
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EDIT: Just saw your second post. Turn the NT off completely and plug it into the wall charger. Let it power on and see if it boots all the way through to CM7. If not try rewriting the ROM to the card. Or you may need to use a different SD card. I know I had problems with a 16GB PNY Class 10 card.
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I drug the bar all the way to the right on the last block on the SD card. Plopped it back in my nook and its booting to Nook stock.
Now for the above edit Its on a 16GB PNY C4 hmmmm.......
Would it have anything to do with not being fully charged yet being plugged into the wall though?
So now both are fubared for the second only booting to nook stock. LOL This was going so well about an hour ago and here I'm worried about what bells and whistles can be done and things can be added and how to add them. Sheesh I can't even keep CM7 working.
Both don't even try to boot from SD anymore? You might have to try and remake the ROM and switch to a different card.
Got another question. Just full of them I suppose.
Is there a way to have a boot menu on start up vs pulling out the SD card to get to the stock NT OS?
I would say CM7 also but it seems its not supported yet for SD booting.
Easiest way to get your boot menu would be to flash fattire's Cyanoboot. It's a second bootloader that allows you to choose from where you would like to boot at each power up.
Yea pulled the sd out of my fiancee's and it wont even boot into nook os wtf.
Plugged in or not.
Mine is booting fine into either again kinda weird.
Did the N/Power 20 seconds thing and got her NT powered back up without the SD card in. So it went into Vanilla nook with video and all since it is a new unit. Running the img file over the SD card again to see if it was just a hiccup and not an issue with the PNY SD.
I'm going to chock it up for the nook doesn't like class 4 pny 16gb cards since I re-wrote the sd card and I get the same problem.
It boots showing the N then flashed to the team-b loading screen then goes black for a while then shows the N and then loads nook stock.
So I'll go over to Frys and pick up another Patriot 32GB Class 4 card and give that a whirl. (It's what is running in mine just fine.)
That might be all it needs. Lots of people have success with SanDisk Class 4 SD cards, too.
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That might be all it needs. Lots of people have success with SanDisk Class 4 SD cards, too.
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Since the NT is technically rooted via the SD card on mine how do I go about putting apps on it? Is there a certain place they need to go etc?
Not talking about apps from the Play Store either.
Meaning files like *.apk
So this is exactly how I run my nook tablet, and thankfully, I've had only one issue with SD cards and formating it with https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/ helped.
As for the rest, depending on the image that you used, it may or may not have Google Play Store installed, if it is, great, if not, you need to get it onto the card.
If it's already installed (and it most likely should be) then you just go into the Google Play store and download whatever you want.
You just need to be registered with a Google Account on the device.
Any more specific questions, just let me know, as I said I run the same thing for my nook, so I'm fairly familiar with it.
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Since the NT is technically rooted via the SD card on mine how do I go about putting apps on it? Is there a certain place they need to go etc?
Not talking about apps from the Play Store either.
Meaning files like *.apk
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If you're talking about sideloading apps, just put the .apk files on your SD card and open them with a file manager/explorer, then it will prompt you to install the app.
Your NT should mount the 1st (boot) partition of the SD card, unless you go into the vold.fstab and tell it otherwise.
Sent from my Slider SL101.
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If you're talking about sideloading apps, just put the .apk files on your SD card and open them with a file manager/explorer, then it will prompt you to install the app.
Your NT should mount the 1st (boot) partition of the SD card, unless you go into the vold.fstab and tell it otherwise.
Sent from my Slider SL101.
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Sounds easy enough lol. I'll mess around with that after I watch the evening tv shows and my fiancee lays down. I still need to search for the dual boot thing you told me about earlier so I can choose where to boot to instead of pulling out the sd card. (What a terrible design where they put it. They could have just put a slot in the bottom or something instead of hiding it in the cut out area so you can't maneuver it around.)
Can the APK files be deleted off the SD card once they are installed?
Ok so made a folder and put all apk files in it on the SD card
I open the file manager on android and that folder can't be found???
I just tried to put the apk files on the root of the SD card now its just loading the stock nook OS.
So obviously putting the apk's in the root isn't a good idea.
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Ok so made a folder and put all apk files in it on the SD card
I open the file manager on android and that folder can't be found???
I just tried to put the apk files on the root of the SD card now its just loading the stock nook OS.
So obviously putting the apk's in the root isn't a good idea.
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what file manager are you using? you should be using something like es file explorer or root explorer. the standard file manager that comes with android is useless when it comes to sideloading apk's
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what file manager are you using? you should be using something like es file explorer or root explorer. the standard file manager that comes with android is useless when it comes to sideloading apk's
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Using ES File Explorer now. :good:
That. I'm rooted with TWRP recovery, using the AOSP Extended ROM v3.2 (7.1.1 nougat).
I dont want to format my sdcard to internal, because I use it to save files and backups, and zip files to flash on an emergency.
Is there an alternative? I can't seem to find one.
It would be cool to make it think it has 2 sd cards, 1 internal and 1 external, while in real it's just one that is formatted in 2 partitions, but I don't think thats possible.
Thanks.
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That. I'm rooted with TWRP recovery, using the AOSP Extended ROM v3.2 (7.1.1 nougat).
I dont want to format my sdcard to internal, because I use it to save files and backups, and zip files to flash on an emergency.
Is there an alternative? I can't seem to find one.
It would be cool to make it think it has 2 sd cards, 1 internal and 1 external, while in real it's just one that is formatted in 2 partitions, but I don't think thats possible.
Thanks.
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What you want is possible. I'm using it on my moto e and moto z play.
I'll try to dig up the link for the procedure. You need a PC, and a basic knowledge of adb.
Edit: here you go. http://blog.sam.liddicott.com/2016/02/android-6-semi-adopted-storage.html?m=1
Here's what it looks like on Z play.
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Here's what it looks like on Z play.
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Is it safe to do? In worst case scenario, will it brick my phone?
soft brick or hard brick?
(yes, i'm obviusly going to backup the contents of my sd card.)
BTW, thanks! if this works, ily so much lol
makmm said:
Is it safe to do? In worst case scenario, will it brick my phone?
soft brick or hard brick?
(yes, i'm obviusly going to backup the contents of my sd card.)
BTW, thanks! if this works, ily so much lol
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It will nuke whatever is on your SD card. Won't touch a thing on your phone. Just follow the directions, he tells you how to confirm you're looking at the proper storage device.
AFAIK there are no negative effects beyond the normal additional read write cycles due to adoptable storage. Been using one card like this on the e (backup device, low use) for six months, and the other one for about a month now on the Z (high use daily driver). Working fine for me.
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It will nuke whatever is on your SD card. Won't touch a thing on your phone. Just follow the directions, he tells you how to confirm you're looking at the proper storage device.
AFAIK there are no negative effects beyond the normal additional read write cycles due to adoptable storage. Been using one card like this on the e (backup device, low use) for six months, and the other one for about a month now on the Z (high use daily driver). Working fine for me.
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Seems legit. I have a 32gb sd (max for the Moto E surnia) and going for 25% internal (about 8gb) and 75% external (about 24gb.)
Thanks a lot!
EDIT: OK. I did it, but i forgotten to eject it, so now it's corrupted, and I can't seem to find a way to eject it to try to do it again, as when I press on the SD card, it tells me to format it. If I format it (temporarely, to then do it again) it will still say "Corrupted". EDIT2: I tried formatting it as portable and it worked, but then when I ejected with the icon next to the sd card, and then doing the commands gives the same result as before. "Portable Storage" is okay, named as "sdcard1 / vfat" but internal says "Corrupted". What do I try now?
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Seems legit. I have a 32gb sd (max for the Moto E surnia) and going for 25% internal (about 8gb) and 75% external (about 24gb.)
Thanks a lot!
EDIT: OK. I did it, but i forgotten to eject it, so now it's corrupted, and I can't seem to find a way to eject it to try to do it again, as when I press on the SD card, it tells me to format it. If I format it (temporarely, to then do it again) it will still say "Corrupted". EDIT2: I tried formatting it as portable and it worked, but then when I ejected with the icon next to the sd card, and then doing the commands gives the same result as before. "Portable Storage" is okay, named as "sdcard1 / vfat" but internal says "Corrupted". What do I try now?
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Hmmm. Probably better off to reformat the whole card to a single fat32 partition (use a card formating tool on the pc for this) and start over. Not sure if or how to do it via adb if it's seeing one partition as corrupt.
Fwiw, 32gb is the max " officially " supported SD card size on the surnia, but it works fine with bigger cards. I'm running 64gb.
I'm going to try a solution that is on the comments of the blog post. Thanks!
EDIT: tried the solution, heres the comment:
A Bored Boy 16 September 2016 at 19:54
For anyone that is getting the corrupted error on their SD card when creating a mixed partition. Here is the solution.
After you have partitioned the disk and while your SD card is corruped enter In the terminal the following:
$> adb shell sm list-volumes all
Which will list your volumes, for example:
private mounted null
public:179,1 mounted B5B1-140C
private:179,3 unmountable null
emulated mounted null
Then enter the following replacing 179,3 with whichever disk numbers you are given:
$> adb shell sm format private:179,3
$> adb shell sm mount private:179,3
Now your SD card in device storage should be properly mounted and your portable storage will still be there.
This worked on my LG G5 and should work on the S7.
On the 2nd and 3rd step I get the following error:
▶ adb shell sm mount private:179_67
Error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: command '55 volume mount private:179_67 0 -1' failed with '400 55 Command failed'
Help?
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Hmmm. Probably better off to reformat the whole card to a single fat32 partition (use a card formating tool on the pc for this) and start over. Not sure if or how to do it via adb if it's seeing one partition as corrupt.
Fwiw, 32gb is the max " officially " supported SD card size on the surnia, but it works fine with bigger cards. I'm running 64gb.
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OK. Tried formatting into FAT32 with a chromebook (only computer I had access to atm, no usb adapter :/) and it formatted. Then putted the sd on my phone, selected as portable, EJECTED and did the proccess.. no luck.
Same result. The internal partition marks as "corrupted".
Anyone, help? I really need it, lol.
Thanks anyway,
dandrumheller? Someone? I really need it ?
I readed some more and see that link2sd is a better option? What's the difference?
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dandrumheller? Someone? I really need it ?
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Don't know what to tell you, I just followed the post and it worked. Do you have another card you can try with?
Does the original card work normally again after going back to fat32?
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Don't know what to tell you, I just followed the post and it worked. Do you have another card you can try with?
Does the original card work normally again after going back to fat32?
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I think yes. I have other card(s) but they are not mine.
But what's the difference from this method than link2sd?
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I think yes. I have other card(s) but they are not mine.
But what's the difference from this method than link2sd?
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Haven't used link2sd in many years. Used to require lots of manual management, but it's the same concept. 2 partitions on SD card, 2 different formats, apps on one, media etc on the other.
Give it a shot. Used to have to manually format SD card to ext2 (iirc) for the app partition.
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Haven't used link2sd in many years. Used to require lots of manual management, but it's the same concept. 2 partitions on SD card, 2 different formats, apps on one, media etc on the other.
Give it a shot. Used to have to manually format SD card to ext2 (iirc) for the app partition.
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I tried a thousand times with ext4 (and fat32) and it didnt work....
BUT WAIT, theres more! i tried with ext2 as you said (fat32 + ext2) and Just Works(tm)
Thanks, i really appreciate your help, you were the only one to respond lol...
PS: using apps2sd instead of link2sd as apps2sd has part manager, that's how i partitioned it, yay!
PS2: should i just use link2sd as "linker" and apps2sd as alternative/part manager?
thanks again ;D
Edit: I needed to change some config in SuperSU and create in advanced mode the Mnt script, but it works like a charm! It lets me move any app! ;D
makmm said:
I tried a thousand times with ext4 (and fat32) and it didnt work....
BUT WAIT, theres more! i tried with ext2 as you said (fat32 + ext2) and Just Works(tm)
Thanks, i really appreciate your help, you were the only one to respond lol...
PS: using apps2sd instead of link2sd as apps2sd has part manager, that's how i partitioned it, yay!
PS2: should i just use link2sd as "linker" and apps2sd as alternative/part manager?
thanks again ;D
Edit: I needed to change some config in SuperSU and create in advanced mode the Mnt script, but it works like a charm! It lets me move any app! ;D
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Glad you got it working!
andorid sucks those years too