I'm not able to get the Internal SD card to mount after installing the pre-beta cyanogenmod 7. Is there some setting I'm missing or something that I need to do in particular?
Prior to install I was on the alien build and everything worked fine. Now when I go to the root directory using RootExplorer it says 'the sd card is not currently mounted'.
I've had my atrix for a while and i'm not a complete noob, just not an avid poster. Any help would be appreciated.
Edit: I have checked the storage menu and i do have 1.17GB of free space.
It can be found under /mnt/emmc. Unfortunately, I have to inform you for future reference that this is the wrong forum for such a question. Q and A exists for a reason, but I hope I helped.
Please post in the correct sections. Thread moved.
MyronJ906 said:
It can be found under /mnt/emmc. Unfortunately, I have to inform you for future reference that this is the wrong forum for such a question. Q and A exists for a reason, but I hope I helped.
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Thanks for the help. I found that but how do I get, for example, Rom Manager or other applications to recognize that location?
Mr Clown, My apologies for posting in the wrong section.
nalomo said:
Thanks for the help. I found that but how do I get, for example, Rom Manager or other applications to recognize that location?
Mr Clown, My apologies for posting in the wrong section.
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+1 wondering the same
i would also like to know, as i have only a class 1 microsd card and it creates wakeup lag. if i take it out, there is no wakeup lag but my phone wont recognize the internal storage.
I think it varies by application. Some will let you browse there and set it as a default directory for things, but many will not. I have just gotten used to having duplicates of random stuff for now :S I think it is pretty unfortunate, but it is what it is.
Maybe someone will develop something like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034939
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/20724-nook-color-sdcard-and-emmc-swap/
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/27030-questions-on-5gb-emmc-just-hacked-nc/
That's for the Nook, but I can't see why someone couldn't do that for the Atrix. However, I would imagine it won't be our own CM7 team because their task is to port CM7, and thus they are following the CM standards.
I have this problem too, i dont hae a external SD Card
im used to the internal 16 gb as my memory
now iwth CM7 , the phone is lost, browsr wont download, titanium wont find the sd card, nothing is working
so is an EXTERNAL sd card a pre-requisite for CM7, i never knew this..
and if so, what does CM7 do with the huge internal memory if it saves everything to the external (atleast thats where apps see it)
Hello Friends,
I have purchased my first tab, Sony Tab S after using android based HTC Wildfire
I have done some homework by checking the tablet section, but still have some questions in my mind ..sorry if i am asking again n again!
1. When i connect the tab to pc, it recongnize the sdcard 1 on usb.. but my problem is that just 300 mb is left even i have 32gb sd card. I have Maxpayne, GTA, brother in arm, Angry birds space on my tab. All music on sdcard. Can i some how i get some more space or its just the end that i can not add more games to the tab ?
2. I have heard about Link2SD, can i use it on unrooted ICS sony tab? If yes please guide me
3. To use sdcard2 on usb, there is a utility in S.ony AiO shared here, but question is same .. can i use it on unrooted tab?
If above problems are solved, i think its the best tab for me. Sorry if its irritating reading these questions but please friends resolve my problems.
Many thanks friends
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Hello Friends,
I have purchased my first tab, Sony Tab S after using android based HTC Wildfire
I have done some homework by checking the tablet section, but still have some questions in my mind ..sorry if i am asking again n again!
1. When i connect the tab to pc, it recongnize the sdcard 1 on usb.. but my problem is that just 300 mb is left even i have 32gb sd card. I have Maxpayne, GTA, brother in arm, Angry birds space on my tab. All music on sdcard. Can i some how i get some more space or its just the end that i can not add more games to the tab ?
2. I have heard about Link2SD, can i use it on unrooted ICS sony tab? If yes please guide me
3. To use sdcard2 on usb, there is a utility in S.ony AiO shared here, but question is same .. can i use it on unrooted tab?
If above problems are solved, i think its the best tab for me. Sorry if its irritating reading these questions but please friends resolve my problems.
Many thanks friends
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1. To reduce to amount of Internal Storage memory being used, move your apps to USB Storage memory, aka sdcard, which is also internal memory. To move your apps, go into Settings, select Apps, select the app (from Downloaded or All tab) you want to move to USB Storage (internal memory), then touch the button labeled Move to USB storage. You will have to do this for each app you want to move. Also, move all of your music and video files from the tablet's internal memory to your SD card by using the tablet's File Transfer app.
2. Link2SD requires root permission.
3. Without root permission, Condi's AiO tool cannot give you the ability to directly access sdcard2 from your computer. You will have to first move your files from your computer to sdcard using MTP (USB computer connection), then use the tablet's File Transfer app to move the files from sdcard to sdcard2. A bit of a hassle, eh? It would be faster and easier to just install your SD card in your computer, move your files to the SD card, then install the SD card in your tablet.
Many Owner from a SGS4 miss the feature to use UMS... Yes its old and its completly removed. But with USB MassStorage Enable we can bring back UMS but here only for the external SD Card.
My Idea is we bring them back so we have the option to use them complete. With use both SD Cards.
Good, many User will say we dont need it and its a death feature. But i think we can look to make this possible. Users who dont need it can use MTP but user was miss this "old" feature can use UMS when they want. When i see the downloads from USB MassStorageEnabler, it give many User was would have this Feature
My question is, how can we make this possible? Witch Repos must modified? Let us talk about to make this usable and talk not we dont need them...
I know the feeling, I have tried to port it to the newer devices (s4) as well. but I didn't succeed. Anyways, it's not the fact that they are new devices but the fact that android has grown out of UMS. I also found it a shame a while ago but actually mtp works even better. the way its presenting itself is kinda lame, like a "camera/phone like device", but if you think that you can write files from your phone to sdcard, and be able to manipulate those files without any errors about mounted media, and it being ok with that, is actually kinda awesome if you think about it.
I 100% understand your concern, but I learned to like MTP. how ****ty it may feel at first. you will appreciate its gains when experiencing a lot of errors on UMS while doing the same things.
Been here, done that. and its a terrible job to de-implement this MTP and re-implement the UMS. its really not fun. although a advanced java developer wouldn't struggle to much with it I guess.
For some things its just better to leave them as they are. (I hate it when people tell me this but itś actually the truth for some cases, like this one )
I dont want deimplement MTP. I would just add UMS to the current options
The reason this can't be done isn't because OEMs don't want to add it. It's because you UMS involves exporting the whole block device over USB.
If the partition is mounted on two devices, the partition might become unstable enough that it would require a complete reformat, which is a matter of flashing your device.
To export the internal storage over USB, you'd need to unmount it. Doing that in Android will cause lots of stuff to stop working. /sdcard is just a fake fuse mount that actually resides in /data/media, so exporting the internal storage means unmounting /data.
The only way to do this right now is through recovery, and I've successfully mounted my internal storage on my PC, with all the files in /data showing fine.
I was thinking of releasing it, but not that many users would benefit from it. Windows still can't read ext4 (fun fact: it might even ask you to format it), and any device such as a car stereo will definitely not support ext4. so it's only useful for Linux users, and not much of those exist, let alone needs UMS.
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I dont want deimplement MTP. I would just add UMS to the current options
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+1 I want to do that too. Much PC software doesn't recognize the 'portable device' (and the ext+int sd cards) .
Is there some pc software or android app that can do the trick ?
Lol, just posted this in themes and apps for the galaxy S4 T-Mobile variant. Someone willing to try on other variant? Should work.
This forum is for Devs. According to your post (OP) you are not a Dev. Otherwise you would know that UMS mode for internal SD card is impossble. At first: internal SD card doesn't use FAT file system, but fuse over ext4. At second: it's virtual SD card, it's part of /data partition which you cannot unmount without crashing Android OS.
In simple words: it's impossible to accomplish and won't happen regardles how strong your wish is.
UMS for external SD card is the only possible way for UMS.
sorg said:
This forum is for Devs. According to your post (OP) you are not a Dev. Otherwise you would know that UMS mode for internal SD card is impossble. At first: internal SD card doesn't use FAT file system, but fuse over ext4. At second: it's virtual SD card, it's part of /data partition which you cannot unmount without crashing Android OS.
In simple words: it's impossible to accomplish and won't happen regardles how strong your wish is.
UMS for external SD card is the only possible way for UMS.
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Woah there buddy. You don't have to be a "dev" in order to post here. You simply have to be discussing developer topics here. This would fall under that because its pertaining to all devices, and pertaining to the source code of the ROM. They were asking for both UMS and MTP support, which i have successfully done in my Widget. There are just a few options to be ironed out. But you do not have any authority for flipping out on someone and posting posts like that. You are not a moderator. If you feel something doesn't belong, thats what the report button is for.
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Woah there buddy. You don't have to be a "dev" in order to post here.
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I recommend to read forum description before post this.
This forum is only for high-level discussion about Galaxy S 4 development (kernel modification, coding, building ROMs, etc). **Please do not post here if you are not a developer or your post will be deleted.**
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There are other forums for Q/A and requests.
This forum is exactly about developing, not talks like "I wanna this feature! Please, someone do this for me!"
If you are developing application, or trying to implement some functionality in the ROM and have trouble, then welcome to discuss about it here. Otherwise post in other non-dev related forum.
This topic is a good candidate to be closed according to this forum rules.
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They were asking for both UMS and MTP support, which i have successfully done in my Widget.
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I know you would like to advertise your widget, but you are off-topic. There is a clear request for UMS for INTERNAL SD card. Is your widget related to usage of INTERNAL *VIRTUAL* SD card? No!
So, before trying to correct someone, please read the OP carefully. Ok?
I've answered to OP and explained why his post is completely off-topic here. You jumped here with your advertisement bringing just more off-topic.
OMG... when people start to read before post...
sorg said:
I recommend to read forum description before post this.
There are other forums for Q/A and requests.
This forum is exactly about developing, not talks like "I wanna this feature! Please, someone do this for me!"
If you are developing application, or trying to implement some functionality in the ROM and have trouble, then welcome to discuss about it here. Otherwise post in other non-dev related forum.
This topic is a good candidate to be closed according to this forum rules.
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I know you would like to advertise your widget, but you are offtopic. There is a clear request for UMS for INTERNAL SD card. Does your widget support it? No! And will never be. So, before trying to correct someone, please read the OP carefully. Ok?
I've answered to OP and explained why his post is completely off-topic here. You jumped here with your advertisement bringing just more off-topic.
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Lol i was not "advertising" anything. I was simply saying "hey look what ive done, ive gotten closer to what you are trying to accomplish! Lets work together and help each other out" (which is exactly what XDA is) and no he was saying about having the internal mounted as MTP, and the external mounted as UMS. Thats what made sense to me anyhow. And you contradicted yourself, the OP was on topic as this is a ROM/Kernel/Application development, adding functionality to a ROM/Kernel, it involves coding. So from what YOU just posted, this thread is on topic for this thread.
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broodplank1337 said:
I know the feeling, I have tried to port it to the newer devices (s4) as well. but I didn't succeed. Anyways, it's not the fact that they are new devices but the fact that android has grown out of UMS. I also found it a shame a while ago but actually mtp works even better. the way its presenting itself is kinda lame, like a "camera/phone like device", but if you think that you can write files from your phone to sdcard, and be able to manipulate those files without any errors about mounted media, and it being ok with that, is actually kinda awesome if you think about it.
I 100% understand your concern, but I learned to like MTP. how ****ty it may feel at first. you will appreciate its gains when experiencing a lot of errors on UMS while doing the same things.
Been here, done that. and its a terrible job to de-implement this MTP and re-implement the UMS. its really not fun. although a advanced java developer wouldn't struggle to much with it I guess.
For some things its just better to leave them as they are. (I hate it when people tell me this but itś actually the truth for some cases, like this one )
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Hey missed your post!
I actually had major issues with MTP. Especially when trying to copy large files like ROM zips, UMS just simply works. Plus i think its a tad faster (placebo effect?) Also, UMS is supported by everything, my PS3 now likes my device and i can watch movies on the PS3 that are saved to the EXT sd card. And when browsing files in MTP on computer, it seems to take forever to load them. I have a 32GB card, which is i think why.
elesbb said:
hey look what ive done, ive gotten closer to what you are trying to accomplish
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How you are closer than for example Easy UMS app existing several years already?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
This is for SGS3, but IIRC i saw this for SGS4 as well. I just don't use this app, because i'm using script in GScript.
he was saying about having the internal mounted as MTP, and the external mounted as UMS.
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LOL Where you read this? quote it from OP, please. May be i'm getting old and don't see
OP clearly says "I don't like to use MTP. I wanna UMS for both SD cards." Most likely OP poster were user of SGS2 or other old phone where internal SD card was a separate FAT partition.
I know what OP want from even topic title. And developer having SGS4 will know what's this topic about. And believe me, it's not about widget to switch external SD card access mode.
What you are doing is just misleading other people. First, they will think "Oh, somebody made UMS for SGS4 at last!"
Then, after installing your widget, they will say "WTH? It's for external SD card only! I already have application for this."
MetaIIica said:
Many Owner from a SGS4 miss the feature to use UMS... Yes its old and its completly removed. But with USB MassStorage Enable we can bring back UMS but here only for the external SD Card.
My Idea is we bring them back so we have the option to use them complete. With use both SD Cards.
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From this i took, granted there is a language barrier as this was totally translated xD, that "we can mount the external SD card as UMS" and since he referenced UMS Enabler from the market, which does not allow the internal SD card to be mounted, i though he meant "With use both SD cards" as in having access to both SD cards when plugged into the computer in UMS mode. Which, is possible with my widget, to answer you quite below.
sorg said:
How you are closer than for example Easy UMS app existing several years already?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
This is for SGS3, but IIRC i saw this for SGS4 as well. I just don't use this app, because i'm using script in GScript.
LOL Where you read this? quote it from OP, please. May be i'm getting old and don't see
OP clearly says "I don't like to use MTP. I wanna UMS for both SD cards." Most likely OP poster were user of SGS2 or other old phone where internal SD card was a separate FAT partition.
I know what OP want from even topic title. And every dev will know what's this topic about. And believe me, it's not about widget to switch external SD card access mode.
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Im going to bed now. But to get back to your little rant, his thread is on topic and does belong here. Plus we could actually modify the partitions and mount points to allow for an "internal" sd card to be used as UMS. But thats some serious work.
Actually, UMS for external SD card is nice feature, but not really important since you can remove SD card and put into card reader and then read/write it on a much higher speed. My custom made kernel supports UMS by default if you switch off the phone and connect it to computer (that mode with big battery on the screen). So, i can use my phone as a external store if i will really need it urgently not at home.
So, there are many ways to use external SD card as UMS.
The main problem is internal SD card which you cannot easily manage without direct access. MTP is not as good as UMS. Especially it's buggy and not always does what expected. So, everyone finds his best way to access internal storage. I'm using sFTP which gives me absolute control over whole android device and replaces UMS (if you use your own computer with everything set for sFTP).
Your widget has nothing to do with this (OP) problem. And not even close as any other solution relative to UMS. Because UMS is simply impossible for internal SD card.
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elesbb said:
From this i took, granted there is a language barrier as this was totally translated xD, that "we can mount the external SD card as UMS" and since he referenced UMS Enabler from the market, which does not allow the internal SD card to be mounted, i though he meant "With use both SD cards" as in having access to both SD cards when plugged into the computer in UMS mode. Which, is possible with my widget, to answer you quite below.
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Yep, UMS Enabler, Easy UMS - they allow to use UMS for external SD card. But OP wants UMS for internal SD card as well. Isn't it clear?
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Plus we could actually modify the partitions and mount points to allow for an "internal" sd card to be used as UMS. But thats some serious work.
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Ah, anti-offtopic sentence?
Yeah.. Everything possible. Even use hammer on SGS4 to make it more slim (we aren't talking about cons, right?).
Extracting internal SD card into separate partition is not what most users would want (i'm even not talking about that it's mission impossible for most of users) because there will be tons of other topics like "I have plenty of space on internal SD card, but OS tells me there is not enough space to install APK!", or "I have a lot space in my /data partition, but game require more space for cache on internal SD card. How to do?"
Having virtual SD card sharing the same space as /data partition is much more versatile way than having them separate.
And by the way, i did it long time ago for my SGS2, but opposite way - i've combined /sdcard and /data into one partition. The same as it in SGS3 and SGS4. I know the amount of work, so believe me it's not for regular user. I'm even not talking that you cannot edit PIT file for SGS4 anymore as you could it for SGS2/SGS3.
elesbb, thank you for the help so far
and thanks for being a jerk sorg. I thank you NOT
I like that gscript idea any way to share that and let us get our mtp working.. I see both parties with knowledge here can help the community and maybe make a script for mtp and have a widget then we will all be connected like a big party of hippies holding hands around a burning VWBus. =]
okay i am not an experienced android/java developer but i would really like to give my 2 cents on this topic.
While MTP has its benefits, being stable is not one of them. I am not sure how many times I brought my Windows Explorer to crash just be trying to rename a directory/file. Uploading/Downloading most of the times work, but renaming apparently not so much. So this one of the reasons I favor UMS over MTP.
The other reason is that my car stereo simply does not support MTP and whenever I want to listen to music I HAVE to switch my phone to UMS and mounting just the SD Card is sufficient for me. MTP is not an option for my car stereo.
The third reason is simple, UMS does not require drivers. I can connect my phone to any computer even without admin rights and my phones sd card becomes visible.
I can understand the reasons why the internal space (not calling it sd card here) can not be mounted but the external sd should at least be an option to mount it via UMS.
elesbb ideas with the internal being mounted via MTP and the external via UMS sounds really like the way to go. Something like that should be implemented as an option at least to the ones (like me) who even depend on it!
I hate MTP soooo much. It sux and its slow. UMS worked great for me because i would transfer stuff from phone to ps3 hdd. Nothing recognizes MTP besides my pc
i had today tested following was based on this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39342162&postcount=10
for our S4 it use this to change to Mass Storage in Terminal Emulator (if that fine works we can made a Script for S.Manager to use as Widget:
Steps:
Disconnect Device
now open Terminal Emulator and enter:
Code:
su
setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage,adb
echo /dev/block/vold/179:33 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/gadget/lun0/file
Connect Device with your USB-Cable
You have now Access to the external SDCard
Internal SC-Card will not work
Here the S-Manager-Scripts:
UMS-Enable
Code:
#!/system/bin/bash
setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage,adb
echo /dev/block/vold/179:33 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/gadget/lun0/file
UMS-Disable-bring back MTP
Code:
#!/system/bin/bash
echo "" > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/gadget/lun0/file
vold
setprop persist.sys.usb.config mtp,adb
Work fine with KitKat (tested with PAC-Man 4.4)
MetaIIica said:
Here the S-Manager-Scripts:
UMS-Enable
Code:
#!/system/bin/bash
setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage,adb
echo /dev/block/vold/179:33 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/gadget/lun0/file
UMS-Disable-bring back MTP
Code:
#!/system/bin/bash
echo "" > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/gadget/lun0/file
vold
setprop persist.sys.usb.config mtp,adb
Work fine with KitKat (tested with PAC-Man 4.4)
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worked like a champ,...using stock rooted galaxy s4 tmobile on kitkat 4.4.2
Hi guys
I'm a noob in all of this... Not sure what went wrong, as I initially installed and rooted my Moto Z just fine. Installed custom ROMs no problem. However, after flashing another rom, I can't seem to pick up my internal storage on my device.
My PC recognises it and I can copy files over fine, but when I look in my file manager nothing. When I click show internal storage, there is nothing.
In TWRP, I can mount the internal storage, but I notice that I no longer see the Internal option under partitions. So booting into a rom is fine, but downloading anything from a browser tells me no SD card found(don't have an sd card in my phone) and no space available. It's as if it just doesn't recognise my internal storage , and is pointing to my SD card which I don't have one in.
Am I missing something here, as I just can't figure this out.
Thanks
isgakbrfc said:
Hi guys. I'm a noob in all of this... Not sure what went wrong, as I initially installed and rooted my Moto Z just fine..........
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I don't have this device but, within the following area of the forum that's specific to your device...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z
... you'll be able to locate the following threads that may be helpful for what you are looking for.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3942141
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3958959
If all else fails, you can always try to obtain some member guidance within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device and variants as well.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3408921
Good Luck!
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