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Hi all.
First of all, I apologize if my post already exist.
I have a prob with my sd card that can't be recognized with the achtojan ROM downloaded from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151933.
My sd card is configured to be using with link2sd (2 partitions, one with FAT32 that have almost all my datas and applications saved in it , and the other in ext2).
The question is, what can I do to make my sd card recognized with both FAT32 and ext2 because I wanna to use link2sd again, whether with this ROM or with any other ROM having this prob.
Thanks for your precious help.
Guantanamo said:
Hi all.
First of all, I apologize if my post already exist.
I have a prob with my sd card that can't be recognized with the achtojan ROM downloaded from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151933.
My sd card is configured to be using with link2sd (2 partitions, one with FAT32 that have almost all my datas and applications saved in it , and the other in ext2).
The question is, what can I do to make my sd card recognized with both FAT32 and ext2 because I wanna to use link2sd again, whether with this ROM or with any other ROM having this prob.
Thanks for your precious help.
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First of all nothing to do with development, second a few threads down is a simular topic if you had searched and 3rd why not take it to the Dev's thread of whose rom you are using, i am sure he not bite.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1177442
smartgardens said:
First of all nothing to do with development, second a few threads down is a simular topic if you had searched and 3rd why not take it to the Dev's thread of whose rom you are using, i am sure he not bite.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1177442
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Thanks for reply, but, the prob in the post you suggested to me isn't the same. And I won't format my sd card, because I've a lot of things in it, and it will be a hard work to copy all in my pc, and before all, I wanna to use link2sd with the ROM I use, whether if it will be the achtojan ROM or any other.
Please, if there is something that can i do, let me so. Thanks.
Guantanamo said:
Thanks for reply, but, the prob in the post you suggested to me isn't the same. And I won't format my sd card, because I've a lot of things in it, and it will be a hard work to copy all in my pc, and before all, I wanna to use link2sd with the ROM I use, whether if it will be the achtojan ROM or any other.
Please, if there is something that can i do, let me so. Thanks.
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Use mini tool data recovery this will repair your card without losing data, can be found here it's free for home users.
http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/
This might sound obvious but next time backup your sd card first before partitioning, even though it says it wont interfere with your data. I had the same problem but luckily i had a backup.
I think that you did not well understood my problem. The fact is that my sd card already works on another ROM without any issue, it has just to be detected with the ROM that I use at present, here it is.
Guantanamo said:
I think that you did not well understood my problem. The fact is that my sd card already works on another ROM without any issue, it has just to be detected with the ROM that I use at present, here it is.
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Look buddy i gave you the link and the answer you are looking for in my first post to you, do some searching and reading, here is the post in that thread that solves your issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15824115&postcount=12
also it applies to the same rom you are using.
Look dude, I saw you that there are big big big differences between the problem in the post you suggested to me and my problem. First : I have in my sd card 2 partitions (one in FAT32 with lot of datas and the other one in EXT2 for use of link2sd) and the sd card have to be detected, but the poste have just a problem with formatting his sd card. Second : my sd card already work with another ROM with no issue, if I reflash to the other ROM, it will certainly work with no prob of detecting. Third : I wanna to rest with the ROM I've flashed actually (I mean Achtojan's ROM) and fixing this issue if somebody can help without formatting the sd. That's all.
Thanks for your tries to help, but it seems that you don't understood my request the first time, then you tryed with something useless in our case. Anyway, Thanks for your tries again.
Why don't you just copy all your data to your pc, delete your partition, restore your data and then use the rom you want, why have you issue in formatting your sdcard?
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It is a known issue for ALL custom ROMs.
They actually mount the 2nd partition of the SD -if there are more than 1.
Being an ext2, it's not recognised by the system as storage space.
So if you want to use a custom ROM, Link2sd is a NO-GO.
You need to reformat your SD into a single FAT32 partition. That's the way it is.
Also, I have wrote this exact same post more than 10 times. So, the question has already been asked. Using Search is not always easy but it pays off eventually. Please make the effort next time.
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This is a general problem in EVERY 2.2+ ROM for X10
My guess is that the new vold (known also as "vold2") that manages the storage devices is not properly configured.
My_Immortal and me were the ones who tried to find an actual cure for the root of the problem, but both of us ended up PMing the devs
Try to write a nice message to Zdzihu, Jerpelea or even DoomLord(that guy surely has some knowledge as well) and cross your fingers
Till it's not fixed try to stay on 2.1 as the new Gingerbread update is on its way... hopefully.
oops, someone was faster than me... or I was just polite to let the girls be the first
i will again say what everyone else has said before.
link2sd has problems with custom rom's so far.
check my sig for details on how you can have multiple partitions and still get your card detected in custom ROMs
however basic problem is X10 checks the last partition (should be vfat) mounts it as /sdcard
link2sd takes /sdcard partition number and add's a 1 to it to get ext2 partition. (which could not exist)
on top of that xrec will take first partition as /sdcard when you boot to sdcard.
so thats a mess as of now.
i tried vold and other stuff also all in vain even tried contacting the dev behind link2sd asknig him to add a option to select partion but no reply so far.
hope this helps in solving your query.
In the droid forums, there are a thread that speak about this problem too, and many people searching solution managed something to make sd card detecting, but I am not very advanced in the subject, thus I cannot say about it more. Maybe that some of you who know a little more in the subject can find something useful for us there.
The thread in question is here :
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/cyanogenmod/129723-ultimate-apps2sd-thread.html
Thanks.
Guantanamo said:
In the droid forums, there are a thread that speak about this problem too, and many people searching solution managed something to make sd card detecting, but I am not very advanced in the subject, thus I cannot say about it more. Maybe that some of you who know a little more in the subject can find something useful for us there.
The thread in question is here :
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/cyanogenmod/129723-ultimate-apps2sd-thread.html
Thanks.
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thanks for the link
quick check suggests some modification at rom or ramdisk level might solve issue.
lets not jump to conclusion. if i do get some time off work this weekend , i will try and see what exactly is going on and can give you a response on that.
anantshri said:
thanks for the link
quick check suggests some modification at rom or ramdisk level might solve issue.
lets not jump to conclusion. if i do get some time off work this weekend , i will try and see what exactly is going on and can give you a response on that.
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even a "patch" in hw_config.sh file should do the trick... but i am not 100% sure
DooMLoRD said:
even a "patch" in hw_config.sh file should do the trick... but i am not 100% sure
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ohk sorry to OP first i am hijacking this thread
@Doom, just thinking out loud.
I don't have required tools till next 3-4 hrs
i just need to check how link2sd is mapping (once again last exercise was month back so forgot all of it.)
we can see what volume label he is using to mount the partition and can use hw_config.sh or a new file say /system/etc/init.d/99sd_ext2.sh just about anyname till it has 99 in front making it last item to run.
and add code to mount the partition we want to be mounted in our predefined location that should make it work.
Hope that can work. but will need to check and same as i did last time i will again have to go 3 partitions way.
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ohk sorry to OP first i am hijacking this thread
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No problem mate, take your ease. It can help a lot of people.
I've read little in the thread, but as I said it, I am not really very advanced in the subject, and I can make nothing . I can just say to you that with a buddy and the help of this subject, and after a lot of tries, we were able to make his sd card detectable on his phone (an HTC mytouch 3G slide), but I don't rememeber what we have done, and the solution was just temporary. In rebooting the phone, it was necessary to do all again from the beginning, which we were not able to make due to our limited knowledge .
As now, I hope that you or any other person can make anything useful for all people around here.
Thanks for your efforts.
PS : I've temporary returned to EWJET ROM that is already configured for use with a sd card parted. Maybe Erickwill can help too. Good Luck.
ohk a quick check
if something is mounted on /data/sdext2 then link2sd thinks it has found the second partition
what i did was
1) created a temporary img file 100 MB
2) did a loopmount of img file on /data/sdext2 folder
3) link2sd working.
(I know i am lazy i don't want to format my card just wanted to help all as much as i can.)
now this was test so what we are missing here
1) we need a way to automatically mount a pertition on /data/sdext2
2) we will still need 3 partition on sdcard as my last experiment was to check the same and we if want to use ext2 we need
vfat-ext2-vfat to the minimum.
last being your sdcard
first being your recovery sdcard
and ext2 partition used by link2sd
3) tried hw_config.sh as suggested by DooMLorD
even checked /system/etc/init.d/
they all seem to be executing well before sdcard gets mounted or not at all.
so this is where i am stuck and right now out of time need to focus on other tasks.
hope someone can find a way around to this.
NOTE : EWJET ROM are 2.1 rom if i am not wrong. 2.1 roms do support link2sd as of now its basically the problem of 2.2 roms.
I will try your method with the three partition, but I have a question, how to make the third partition detected in windows for copying all my datas in it.
The method with three partitions don't work too. I'm really confused now.
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I am running CM7 Alpha Final on my nook, and before I installed it I repartitioned my internal memory on my nook using the method you can find on here (the command line one). Before I put CM7 on my nook, when I plugged in the USB cable it used to load the SD card, and the nook internal memory as two separate drives on the PC.
Now it only loads the SD Card, it doesn't even see the internal drive as being present. How can I get that to become visible again?
You could try searching this forum.
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Cubanluke88 said:
You could try searching this forum.
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See, I did that already. I found the thread where the CM7 guys were trying to figure it out and apparently did add a fix (that I either don't have in alpha final or I'm doing improperly) and a link to a nook color app that I'm not sure works on my tablet.
Also a bunch of code in that thread I'm not entirely sure I want to try messing with just yet. So...
Any chance of help here?
Dalrint said:
See, I did that already. I found the thread where the CM7 guys were trying to figure it out and apparently did add a fix (that I either don't have in alpha final or I'm doing improperly) and a link to a nook color app that I'm not sure works on my tablet.
Also a bunch of code in that thread I'm not entirely sure I want to try messing with just yet. So...
Any chance of help here?
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I believe you need to edit your build.prop. Change the following lines to look like this:
ro.additionalmounts=/mnt/media
ro.vold.switchablepair=/mnt/sdcard,/mnt/media
Reboot and both partitions should be mounted. Credit to succulent for finding this out.
mounting internal sd
Hi
I am new to all this is so can you please be more specific about how to do this or is there a fix written for it.
Or has the final zip been repaired and updated.
Hope you or someone else can help with this, seems a shame for so much good work to be spoiled by this glitch.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23487384&postcount=138
kingtechmartyn said:
Hi
I am new to all this is so can you please be more specific about how to do this or is there a fix written for it.
Or has the final zip been repaired and updated.
Hope you or someone else can help with this, seems a shame for so much good work to be spoiled by this glitch.
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You need to make these changes manually in a file called build.prop located in /system.
I made this change and I still only see my 8GB card labeled "removable drive" and 1GB labeled "My Nook when connected to my PC with USB storage turned on.
How do I access the remaining free memory in my 16 GB NT?
Yours is working just fine.
Right now, you only have access to the 1GB internal. You need to repartition your internal memory if you want to see the rest.
Cubanluke - you are always a good source for support - can you point me to a good link that explains how to repartition the internal memory?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531120
It seems like a lot but its quite easy to follow if you read it and follow the steps exactly.
Solar.Plexus said:
I believe you need to edit your build.prop. Change the following lines to look like this:
ro.additionalmounts=/mnt/media
ro.vold.switchablepair=/mnt/sdcard,/mnt/media
Reboot and both partitions should be mounted. Credit to succulent for finding this out.
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mine already has those settings but pc won't show internal or external sd tried reflashing and same problem
you're on cm7 internal on a 16gb nook tablet?
Solar.Plexus said:
I believe you need to edit your build.prop. Change the following lines to look like this:
ro.additionalmounts=/mnt/media
ro.vold.switchablepair=/mnt/sdcard,/mnt/media
Reboot and both partitions should be mounted. Credit to succulent for finding this out.
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Does this work for the same problem I am having with CM9 0.04 (I have tried this without success)?
Cubanluke88 said:
you're on cm7 internal on a 16gb nook tablet?
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yes i am
Me too - CM7 on a 16Gb NT
don't know if this has got anything to do with it but when i flash rom and go to wipe data/factory reset it formats /data, /cache, /sd-ext, but E:format_volume: make extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcb1k1p2 don't know if this is error or normal
also if i go to storage settings it shows sd card and show internal storage total space as 11.87gb not showing rest of internal space by which i mean the 1gb or so i should have for my data
Today I got a 32 GB, SanDisk Micro SDCard, mainly for the use with Google Music (I have a 7,200+ library). However, I didn't find a source which had a solid solution, to at least have Google Music use the external sd card. So, I just messed around with it, and I found out how to Swap (reverse) the sd card 'locations', properly.
In vold.fstab, in the directory /system/etc/, you have two lines. Edit them with Root explorer's included "text editor", or any other good text editor. Make sure you have r/w on. Find the below two lines:
Code:
# external sd card
dev_mount sdcard_ext /mnt/sdcard-ext:none:lun1 auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc3 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
and
Code:
# internal eMMC
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard 18 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc0
What I did, and what proved successful (to use both internal, and external storage, which are reversed), is this:
Code:
# external sd card
dev_mount sdcard_ext [COLOR="Red"]/mnt/sdcard[/COLOR]:none:lun1 auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc3 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
and
Code:
# internal eMMC
dev_mount sdcard [COLOR="Red"]/mnt/sdcard-ext[/COLOR] 18 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc0
Replace the regular lines, with the red lines, save, restart your phone, and BAM, your internal is now marked as external, and your external, is now your internal
I use Stock 154_5, Unlocked, rooted.
Enjoy, and press the thanks button
Also, you can revert them back, if you changed them. Just put the stock code back into the file.
Also, I just discovered:
You can only use the internal storage, when connecting to a computer. The 'internal' (which, we switched around), will not be detected. If you do connect your device to a computer, after you disconnect it, the 'internal', storage, which is really the external, because we switched it, will not be detected, and you must restart your phone.
I'll test this on MIUI. I have the 64GB version. Same problem.
ZeroManArmy said:
I'll test this on MIUI. I have the 64GB version. Same problem.
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Cool. Let me know if it works. Yeah, 64 GB only for movies and pictures.... Isn't worth it for me. Lol
What do you have for CM9 or MIUI?
ZeroManArmy said:
What do you have for CM9 or MIUI?
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I use Stock 154_5, Unlocked, rooted.
URGENT,
i am using samsung galaxy note device , i have follow your instruction to change the vold.hstab file.
Now my device has recognize my ext sd card as sdcard. But my device cant recognise my internal sdcard, so i have lose my root explorer. and I couldn't reedit the vold.hstab file back.
I have try to hardreset, and try to reinstall root explorer, but it always give an restart and error : "process.media force close "
From my understanding the failure of installing the root explorer because my device can't recognise sdcard anymore
I go to setting--> storage , I found the sdcard is not detected, only usb storage detected
how to solve this problem?
n1cky6969 said:
URGENT,
i am using samsung galaxy note device , i have follow your instruction to change the vold.hstab file.
Now my device has recognize my ext sd card as sdcard. But my device cant recognise my internal sdcard, so i have lose my root explorer. and I couldn't reedit the vold.hstab file back.
I have try to hardreset, and try to reinstall root explorer, but it always give an restart and error : "process.media force close "
From my understanding the failure of installing the root explorer because my device can't recognise sdcard anymore
I go to setting--> storage , I found the sdcard is not detected, only usb storage detected
how to solve this problem?
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Well your problem is because, this is for the Photon 4G. Not the Note. Have you tried other File managers, such as Antek?
D2dyno said:
Well your problem is because, this is for the Photon 4G. Not the Note. Have you tried other File managers, such as Antek?
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Anyhow, It is impossible to install any applications, if try to install,device will restart
But, it's okay now, I have reflash my rom, all the problem solved
Thanks for your responds
n1cky6969 said:
Anyhow, It is impossible to install any applications, if try to install,device will restart
But, it's okay now, I have reflash my rom, all the problem solved
Thanks for your responds
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No problem, and I'm glad to help.
Man am I happy I came across this thread!!!
I've been reading forever in some of the rom threads for an answer to this question! A few of the roms I've tried out had the internal and external storage swapped with no option to switch and that kept me from using them because I use internal storage for apps data and such and then my external memory card for backups and personal files!
The only 2 roms that this can be fixed in is jokers CM9-unofficial-ICS rom (there is actually an Advanced Option in Settings) and the MIUI.us port (there is a storage mod flashable swap, which didn't work for me, and there is an option in the Aroma installer to choose what you want for Internal Storage).
Now that I've come across this, imma try it out and see if I can't get it to work on some other roms I have used!
Thanks for the discovery! I'll let ya know how it works out for me!
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Jleeblanch said:
Man am I happy I came across this thread!!!
I've been reading forever in some of the rom threads for an answer to this question! A few of the roms I've tried out had the internal and external storage swapped with no option to switch and that kept me from using them because I use internal storage for apps data and such and then my external memory card for backups and personal files!
The only 2 roms that this can be fixed in is jokers CM9-unofficial-ICS rom (there is actually an Advanced Option in Settings) and the MIUI.us port (there is a storage mod flashable swap, which didn't work for me, and there is an option in the Aroma installer to choose what you want for Internal Storage).
Now that I've come across this, imma try it out and see if I can't get it to work on some other roms I have used!
Thanks for the discovery! I'll let ya know how it works out for me!
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Glad to hear! ICS ROMs handle external SD cards way better, so I prefer them now.
D2dyno said:
Glad to hear! ICS ROMs handle external SD cards way better, so I prefer them now.
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I hear you there! The ICS roms rock! Jokers ICS rom has been my favorite due to the option to switch to use Internal memory for apps/app data. The other CM9 variants (AOKP/AOKPCB) had it default to use external memory as storage for apps/app data with NO option to swap. Now that I came across this, when my battery is a little better than 37% lol, imma do your mentioned edits!
Only difference from what I see from stock is that instead of "sdcard-ext" its "emmc". My current setup has "emmc" set as sdcard-ext (external storage) and sdcard as, well sdcard (internal storage) lol.
My issue has been that those have been swapped where "emmc" = internal storage and "sdcard" = external storage. With it being that way, it makes it a PIA to restore from Titanium Backup.
But this is all a thing of the past haha
I'm glad I'm not scared to read (like I feel like a lot of users are). I've seen a lot of posts where ppl were asking about how to swap the storage locations with no solid answers. Granted I didn't come across this solution immediately either...BUT I did and I plan to link to this thread and give you props in hopes that others find this useful as I know others are definitely having the same issue!
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I just successfully tested this on the AOKPCB from and it worked perfectly! Not gonna lie, that makes me VERY happy!!
Maybe everyone typing thanks could actually "THANK" this person?
Works on tablet
Ok tried this on a cheap tablet that I bought for playing around like this. An Arnova AN 7G3 7" with 4gb memory, 2 gb internal and 2gb internal sdcard. It was close to your file, all I had to change was sdcard and extsd. Before I did the switch and after seeing someone had trouble with apks after the switch, I made sure to move all apks to tablet, then copied all folders from sd to extsd. I also made a copy of the orignial vold file, just incase. Changed vold file rebooted and everything was great. Made a copy of altered vold file, then replaced with orignial and rebooted.....all still ok, replaced file with altered file and rebooted ,again all ok. Moved all apks that I could move to sdcard from tablet, free up 650mg on tablet. All moved apks worked fine.
AN 7 G3 is rooted out box runing stock ICS 4.0.1
Thanks for the info
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F theOk tried this on a cheap tablet that I bought for playing around like this. An Arnova AN 7G3 7" with 4gb memory, 2 gb internal and 2gb internal sdcard. It was close to your file, all I had to change was sdcard and extsd. Before I did the switch and after seeing someone had trouble with apks after the switch, I made sure to move all apks to tablet, then copied all folders from sd to extsd. I also made a copy of the orignial vold file, just incase. Changed vold file rebooted and everything was great. Made a copy of altered vold file, then replaced with orignial and rebooted.....all still ok, replaced file with altered file and rebooted ,again all ok. Moved all apks that I could move to sdcard from tablet, free up 650mg on tablet. All moved apks worked fine.
AN 7 G3 is rooted out box runing stock ICS 4.0.1
Thanks for the info
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Glad to hear it works on more than just GB
Thanks
D2dyno said:
Glad to hear it works on more than just GB
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Thanks as I have been trying to find info for months. I posted in Arnova section of Arctablet news on how to do this tablet and a heads up and Thanks to YOU as well as a link to your work here. Hope you don't mind and did give credit to YOU. Check it out when you have time
http://www.arctablet.com/blog/forum...n-7-g3-recognize-you-micro-sd-as-internal-sd/
Just saw this topic and I have a (noob) question.
Does this work on any android phone or it's specific for this Moto one?
Hi guys, I'm using CM9 the final build (stable) and I never had any problems with this rom...
But now, I have a real bizarre problem here... I do not know where it came from, but I assume it's because I plugged my device to the computer as Mass Storage device for the first time ever, (I usually use MTP)...
The problem: suddenly I noticed that when I get into my file explorer (no matter which one) within the Internal SD Card I see the contents of the removable memory card (external SD Card)...
On the other hand when I jumped to the External SD Card (removable card) I found that it's had the content of the Internal SD Card ... Bizarre ehh? But Everything works as usual, except my ringtones and stuff like that, I guess because the Paths are changed... Anyway when I connect the device as MTP to the computer and get inside the Internal Storage (with my Windows Explorer) everything is fine! same for the External storage, everything is fine there too!
I guess that somehow the paths to my partitions Mixed up (only for the device itself)...
when I removed the Micro SD card and boot the device, I can see in my file explorer that the path " /mnt/sdcard" is empty!
but when I go to "/mnt/emmc" I can see that all my data is there, the "android" folder and "data" folder and etc.. are there too..
I don't know what to do to get back to normal...
As you can see in my screenshot, the Device thinks that internal memory has 30 GB and the external memory has 11... but the 30GB is my MicroSD card and not my device internal storage...
Can anyone help me plz?
10X
Search for this issue, it was mentioned here several times also with solution.
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thank you for your quick reply....
I searched but no luck... I even googled for it but nothing...
I'll search again.
Ok I found something... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030613
but I think that this is the opposite of what I'm looking for...
and they are talking about CM7, I think that it's not relevant for me, Also I don't want to do any mistakes and end up with birck :\
Can you please at least give me a link to thread?
10X
GadgetAvi said:
Ok I found something... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030613
but I think that this is the opposite of what I'm looking for...
and they are talking about CM7, I think that it's not relevant for me, Also I don't want to do any mistakes and end up with birck :\
Can you please at least give me a link to thread?
10X
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If you know any previous CM9 version or CM9 based Rom you used where the mount point was ok or the way you want, then proceed to next step.
- open the zip of that Rom you downloaded, navigate to /system/etc
- we'll need this file: vold.fstab
- so extract vold.fstab to a location on your phone
-using ROOT browser/explorer, replace vold.fstab in /system/etc folder on your phone with the one you extracted
-change permissions of the new file to rw-r-r (644)
-reboot your phone
Everything should be working well now
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
wow, man thank you very much!
you gave me an idea, I wanted to check if this problem caused by me or if it's came with the Rom...
so I downloaded the latest Nightly to my PC and opened up the .fstab file and I can see that it goes like that:
# internal sdcard
dev_mount emmc /mnt/emmc 11 /devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0 nonremovable,encryptable
# external sdcard
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
so I assume thata I'm not the only one with this "problem" as I can understand, CM team changed that in purpose ?
so maybe other CM9 users also got this?
maybe this is not a peoblem as I was thinking?
anyway I think I'm gonna change it back to Sdcard... I loved it as it was...
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OK, I something really weird is going on here...
I installed the latest CM9 rom on my friend's S2 and i can see that the .fstab file on his device is exactly the same as my .fstab file!
same device, same rom , same .fstab file and on my device the internal SD card is the Micro SD and on his device the Internal SD Card is the REAL internal storage?!?
something really weird is going on here... What can I do?
Do I have to Format my device and install some other ROM? because flashing the last CM9 Nightly didn't helped me :\
plz help
GadgetAvi said:
OK, I something really weird is going on here...
I installed the latest CM9 rom on my friend's S2 and i can see that the .fstab file on his device is exactly the same as my .fstab file!
same device, same rom , same .fstab file and on my device the internal SD card is the Micro SD and on his device the Internal SD Card is the REAL internal storage?!?
something really weird is going on here... What can I do?
Do I have to Format my device and install some other ROM? because flashing the last CM9 Nightly didn't helped me :\
plz help
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Ok.
That's weird, really.
Try this:
Goto Settings, storage and press options, select swap mount points.....
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
I don't have this option...
I have "USB computer connection" and "Storage Configuration"... (CM9 standard).
anyway, I edited that .Fstab file and it seems that everything is ok now... weird cuz as I already said previously, on my friend's device everything is ok without editing that Fstab file...
Dono what is the problem, but I'm glad that everything got back to normal for me.
I tested it in CWM and the mounting is correct, so the External SD is the Micro SD card (my ROMs location ).
thanks again...
Maybe I'll check that Paranoid android you've got in your signature
EDIT:
OK I double checked and no, not everything is ok!
now when I connect my device to my PC as MTP and open it, I see that on my computer the Internal Storage is the MicroSD and the External Storage is the actual internal Memory of my device!!!!!
I'm tired of it... grrrrrr... dono what to do now...
This is prolly a stupid question, but it can’t hurt to ask . . .
I want to use CM9 on my Nook tablet. I current run CM7 on an sd card. Will the CM7 card be a sufficient back up just in case? I don’t have a ton of stuff on the NT to lose, but not having a back up stinks. Anyone?
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This is prolly a stupid question, but it can’t hurt to ask . . .
I want to use CM9 on my Nook tablet. I current run CM7 on an sd card. Will the CM7 card be a sufficient back up just in case? I don’t have a ton of stuff on the NT to lose, but not having a back up stinks. Anyone?
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You mean using a different SD card to run CM9, and just use the old SD with CM7 as a back up ROM? That would work fine.
Soooo....does the fact that I'm using a new sd card cut out any of the steps of doing the Cm9 upgrade (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1534192). I'm thinking no but want to be sure before starting.
Wait, so you want to run flash CM9 internally and use the old SD card for more storage + a backup ROM?
OR
do you want to run CM9 from a different SD card?
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Ideally I would love to run CM9 from an sd card, but i thought i read in a thread that CM9 only runs internally?? No matter how it's installed I want to keep the sd card with CM7 on it.
vstarjewel said:
Ideally I would love to run CM9 from an sd card, but i thought i read in a thread that CM9 only runs internally?? No matter how it's installed I want to keep the sd card with CM7 on it.
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It is possible to run CM9 or even CM10 from an external SD card. It's a little bit if work, but not too complicated. If you choose that route, you'll definitely need another SD card.
Let me know what you decide, and I'll try and point you in the right direction.
I would love to do the sd card route. Any pushes in the right direction would be great!
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I would love to do the sd card route. Any pushes in the right direction would be great!
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Have a read through succulent's blog instructions here. If you get stuck, report back. It can get a little tricky if you're new to some of it.
And here is the page with the files that apply to the newest version of CM9.
I tried the install but have a feeling the sd format wasnt done correctly. I tried to look where I thought it should be but didnt see anything obvious. How can I tell if the card partitioned correctly?
To see how the card is currently partitioned, plug your SD card into your PC and open up the MiniTool Partition Wizard software. It will display all the partitions on the card.
I have had an interesting evening. Final score: me: 0. Nook Tablet 332 (or more, I've lost count).
I checked the SD card with the partition program. For whatever reason, the third partition listed didn't get formatted on the SD card. I follow the instructions to add the partition. Doesn't work. I try to delete the partitions. Again, no go. I try and find the SD card as an external device, and it's not there. At this point I figure that maybe the card is bad, so I go out and purchase a sandisk 4 gb card. The partition program can find it, but it isn't listed as a external device. So even if the card IS partitioned correctly, I can't find it to copy the files to.
I've been trying to make this happen since Saturday, and I'm thinkin I'm done. I didn't have any problems getting the CM7 going, maybe I should just stick with it. Too frustrating. I hate to quit, but the sanity line is getting close to being crossed. I do want to thank you for taking the time to try and help me out . . . maybe someone else might see this post and it will help them (not sure how, but hey, stranger things have happened).
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I have had an interesting evening. Final score: me: 0. Nook Tablet 332 (or more, I've lost count).
I checked the SD card with the partition program. For whatever reason, the third partition listed didn't get formatted on the SD card. I follow the instructions to add the partition. Doesn't work. I try to delete the partitions. Again, no go. I try and find the SD card as an external device, and it's not there. At this point I figure that maybe the card is bad, so I go out and purchase a sandisk 4 gb card. The partition program can find it, but it isn't listed as a external device. So even if the card IS partitioned correctly, I can't find it to copy the files to.
I've been trying to make this happen since Saturday, and I'm thinkin I'm done. I didn't have any problems getting the CM7 going, maybe I should just stick with it. Too frustrating. I hate to quit, but the sanity line is getting close to being crossed. I do want to thank you for taking the time to try and help me out . . . maybe someone else might see this post and it will help them (not sure how, but hey, stranger things have happened).
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Before you give up, how are you connecting your microSD card to your PC? Try using a microSD-USB or SD-USB adapter. Sometimes just SD adapters don't work so well and don't get recognized.
Learning these things is part of the fun of Android. We'll get it going, don't worry!
I took your advice and tried the sd card reader on another laptop at home. And I got all the way to the "Copy the rom and cm9.img inside the pX folder onto your sdcard." :laugh:. Here I am stuck. I looked at the files to try and stumble on the correct one, but didn't see anything that I thought was the correct file. And there is NO WAY I'm messing this up now . . . . This is the most progress I've made all week.
HELP! I am not turning this computer off until I hear back from someone . . . LOL.
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I took your advice and tried the sd card reader on another laptop at home. And I got all the way to the "Copy the rom and cm9.img inside the pX folder onto your sdcard." :laugh:. Here I am stuck. I looked at the files to try and stumble on the correct one, but didn't see anything that I thought was the correct file. And there is NO WAY I'm messing this up now . . . . This is the most progress I've made all week.
HELP! I am not turning this computer off until I hear back from someone . . . LOL.
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If I'm remembering correctly, ROM refers to the official CM9 ROM that you downloaded (withe the modified updater script inside).
And again, I'd I'm remembering, cm9.img refers to the boot.img file included.
Let me know if that make sense.
I kinda thought the boot.img file was the correct image file . . . as far as the rom thing, is that the entire zip file I downloaded? I downloaded the update-cm9-acclaim-alpha0.06.1-fullofbugs.zip file. When I opened the zip file it looks like the attachment I added . . .
Okay, so "Copy the ROM and cm9.img inside the pX folder onto your sdcard."
ROM refers to the file you have called update-cm9-acclaim-alpha0.06.1-fullofbugs.zip (after you replaced the updater-script).
cm9.img refers to the file called boot.img located inside the p2 folder of the file called "update-cm9-acclaim-alpha0.06.1_sd_hd_8_19.zip"
Ok . . . when I put the acclaim files on the sd card it asked if I wanted to merge the META and system files with the ones that were already on the card. I said yes. Please tell me that was the right answer . . .
Some of the files asked if I wanted to replace them with the acclaim files, I said no, to keep both the files on the card. . . .
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Some of the files asked if I wanted to replace them with the acclaim files, I said no, to keep both the files on the card. . . .
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I'm not sure which files would be being overwritten when you transfer to the root of your SD. When you think you're finished, just make sure you have all the correct files and number of files in the root of your card.