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There are a few pages on how do do this on Android phones, but I'm having a hard time finding a solution tailored for the gtab. One page suggests using Cyanogen Recovery Image and ADB, however Cyanogen Recovery Image is not maintained anymore, and Clockwork is suggested. So I installed that, and I can boot into recovery mode on my gtab. But after connecting to the PC via usb, trying to use 'adb shell' returns a "device not found" error.
So what's the best way to create an ext2 partition on my Gtab's internal sd card?
Found out through #tegratab that this is not an option for the gtab. I hope to have better luck formatting a new micro sd card to ext2 with the goal of installing Debian on it. Will post my results later.
I hope to have better luck formatting a new micro sd card to ext2 with the goal of installing Debian on it. Will post my results later.
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great idea -- keep us posted
My new micro SD card came with an mini SD card adapter, so it was no problem to insert it into my netbook running partedmagic and create an ext2 partition. Unfortunately the gtab says it's an unsupported file system. Something is crippled somewhere...
When I was attempting the same thing android wouldn't automount an ext2/3/4 sdcard for me but I could manually mount it through a terminal emulator.
So I downloaded Android Terminal Emulator from the market and typed
fdisk -l
to show the partition tables. Nothing happened. I then tried "su" to give the terminal superuser privileges, but that didn't help.
*sigh*
What am I doing wrong?
I'm using TnT-Enhanced v3.1.4b and have Clockworkmod installed. Perhaps my gtab is not "rooted" as it needs to be? I'm afraid I know little about how these things work...
IIRC all I had to do to mount the ext2 partition was type in mount /dev/block/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmcblk2p1 /mnt/sdcard
farmer bobathan said:
IIRC all I had to do to mount the ext2 partition was type in mount /dev/block/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmcblk2p1 /mnt/sdcard
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That did nothing for me. Perhaps you could help me by explaining how you came up with that command - maybe I need to tailor it for my particulars.
I'm still troubled that fdisk -l does not show the partition table. If I type fdisk alone, terminal gives me a list of options I can use (including the -l).
(Sure hope another non-android based OS is developed soon that will run on the gtab.)
Which ROM are you using?
farmer bobathan said:
Which ROM are you using?
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TnT-Enhanced v3.1.4b. I guess that's the stock ROM then... enhanced.
So do I need to install a different ROM for root access? I have superuser access, but not root?
Root and superuser are the same thing, I think you need a custom kernel such as pershoot's with ext support.
When i woke up this morning i had to hold powerbutton for, is it 10 seconds, to restart the phone. When it booted up again i got a message that said somethings wrong with the sdcard, and it asked if i wanted to format. Hell no! I got things there i really want to keep (yea stupid of me not to have it backed up!).
I went in to recovery and if i enter the "install zip from internal sdcard" i can see the card and all it's files.
If this would have happened to my external sdcard i'd just put it in my laptop doing a scandisc and all would be cool.
Now it isn't. So how do i solve this?
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Have you tried to mount the internal SD to the PC over USB from from recovery mode, using the "mounts and storage" menu?
Considering you have CWM recovery running, if not flash a kernel with CWM and try it then.
HellcatDroid said:
Have you tried to mount the internal SD to the PC over USB from from recovery mode, using the "mounts and storage" menu?
Considering you have CWM recovery running, if not flash a kernel with CWM and try it then.
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Hi and thanks for answer!
Yes i have CWM, just forgot to mention it.
I just tried to mount usb storage from cwm and both cards shows up, but only external can get accessed. Nothing(!) happends when i pick the scandisc option and clicks start. Just doesnt start.
Edit: still can SEE the files in cwm, just need to know how to copy them to a safe place so i can format the sd. :/
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mrBira said:
Edit: still can SEE the files in cwm, just need to know how to copy them to a safe place so i can format the sd. :/
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Hm, in that case you could copy them via an adb shell over to the external card.
adb is a command line tool that's part of the Android SDK.
Invoke a shell via
Code:
adb shell
when the phone is in CWM recovery and connected via USB.
Make sure internal and external SD are mounted (mounts and storage menu) and use the "cp" (=copy) command to copy the important files over, like
Code:
cp /sdcard/afile.dat /path/to/external/sd
(sorry don't remember where CWM mounts the external SD at the moment, IIRC it's something like /mnt/emmc, but I'm not sure right now)
The cp command can also use wildcards like "*" for all files in the given directory.
Hope that gets you closer to saving your data.
I know this may sound cliche.. Have you tried turning off your phone ans remove the sd card and re insert it back in... And boot back up?
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HellcatDroid said:
Hm, in that case you could copy them via an adb shell over to the external card.
adb is a command line tool that's part of the Android SDK.
Invoke a shell via
Code:
adb shell
when the phone is in CWM recovery and connected via USB.
Make sure internal and external SD are mounted (mounts and storage menu) and use the "cp" (=copy) command to copy the important files over, like
Code:
cp /sdcard/afile.dat /path/to/external/sd
(sorry don't remember where CWM mounts the external SD at the moment, IIRC it's something like /mnt/emmc, but I'm not sure right now)
The cp command can also use wildcards like "*" for all files in the given directory.
Hope that gets you closer to saving your data.
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Thanks! Will try that in a few hours when i get home. Is there any chance i could do a "cp /mnt/sdcard/" to copy the whole sd at once? But perhaps something could go wrong since the ext sd is mounted in /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
Bah i dont know.... Any command genious here who can help me further?
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charon420 said:
I know this may sound cliche.. Have you tried turning off your phone ans remove the sd card and re insert it back in... And boot back up?
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Yes i have tried that also, but thanks anyways!
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mrBira said:
Is there any chance i could do a "cp /mnt/sdcard/" to copy the whole sd at once? But perhaps something could go wrong since the ext sd is mounted in /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
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Yeah, with the external mounted in a path inside the internal - that will somehow get you some troubles.
Let's consider for a moment it's at /mnt/emmc, then you could do:
Code:
cp -r /mnt/sdcard/* /mnt/emmc/maybesomesubdirifyouwant/
If the external SD is mounted somewhere you can't use it (like inside the internal - but IIRC CWM doesn't do that) you can just unmount it with something like this:
Code:
umount /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
then mount it somewhere else with
Code:
mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /mnt/ext_sd
.
If you want/need to create a subfolder in /mnt (or wherever) you have to remount / as read-write first:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /
mkdir /mnt/ext_sd
HellcatDroid said:
Yeah, with the external mounted in a path inside the internal - that will somehow get you some troubles.
Let's consider for a moment it's at /mnt/emmc, then you could do:
Code:
cp -r /mnt/sdcard/* /mnt/emmc/maybesomesubdirifyouwant/
If the external SD is mounted somewhere you can't use it (like inside the internal - but IIRC CWM doesn't do that) you can just unmount it with something like this:
Code:
umount /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
then mount it somewhere else with
Code:
mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /mnt/ext_sd
.
If you want/need to create a subfolder in /mnt (or wherever) you have to remount / as read-write first:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /
mkdir /mnt/ext_sd
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Cool, thanks! 4 hours til i get home cant wait to try this! Seems very logical and actually got some hope :-D
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Solved it by formating. ;(
Hello, fellow gTablet users!
I'm kinda newbie here, so first of all my apologies to everyone if that was already asked, 'cause I did some research on the matter and couldn't find all the necessary info for solving my particular issue.
Ok, so here's the deal. I was using my gTab for about half-year now. When I received it, I installed VeganTab-7 Ginger Edition on it (thanks for the devs - very nice ROM!) and it worked flawlessly until yesterday. But then something not good happened and the tablet stopped booting. Now it starts from birds screen, goes on to G-Tabdevs screen, after which VeganTab GingerEd boot screen appears, it has flashing letters for a couple of seconds and then tablet goes black and tries to boot again. I guess it's a boot loop so it's kinda soft brick and I'll have to do wipe data/factory reset through CWM to solve the issue. So this isn't the biggest problem - I've already found all the instructions.
The real problem is that I didn't make backup of my data (guilty!), but I don't want to lose some of it, especially the browser data. I was using Opera Mobile, so I guess that its data should be on /data partition. So I'll need an advice on how I can dump the necessary data before doing factory reset!
I've already tried connecting to desktop, using guide from this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010943) thread (third method from it), but it didn't work, at least on my Win7 Pro x64 SP1: the tablet shows as removable disk, but I can't access it. I tried to mount /data or /sdcard partitions through CWM recovery menu, but it tells me that it can't find /dev/block/... - I guess that's block device, associated with those partitions. So what are my best options of backuping data?
And the last question: I'll probably install some other ROM just to try something different, but unfortunately I don't remember what loader I have. I'm nearly sure that I installed VeganTab for 1.1, 'cause I did it back in May 2011 and there wasn't one available for 1.2 yet. But just to make sure: how can I find my loader version before I do reset? Or maybe I just have to do the reset and look for it when back on stock ROM?
Seriously, guys, doesn't anybody know how to solve these problems?
Boot into CWM first, then try mounting both /data and /sdcard using the CWM menu. Note down the exact error message displayed in each case. Then connect the USB cable and run these ADB commands on your PC:
Code:
C:\> [B]adb shell dmesg >dmesg.txt[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk3 > fdisk.txt[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk2 >> fdisk.txt[/B]
Post the error messages and those 2 .txt files here.
Thank you for reply, rajeevvp.
When I'm trying to mount /data and /sdcard it says respectively:
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E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk3p2
(No such file or directory)
Error mounting DATA:!
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk3p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk2p1)
(No such file or directory)
Error mounting SDCARD:!
Unfortunately I didn't have ADB installed. Now I'm trying to use the guide from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=902860, but fail on step 4, cause there is nothing like "Nvidia harmony" appearing under other devices in my dev manager, just "Nvidia Tegra 2 USB Device" under Disk Drives and "USB Mass Storage Device" under Universal Serial Bus Controllers. I guess these devices are gTablet's internal memory presented as disk drive...
I'll try to install ADB and then write back how it worked.
Interesting error messages. Now I really have to see those text files.
If you're having problems installing ADB on Windows, try using Linux.
Ok, thanks you very much! I'll try that, but unfortunately tomorrow, as it's already too late here.
Btw, I read your post about linux - you're suggesting Knoppix Live CD there. Is it mandatory to use it? I mean I already have PartedMagic live CD burned, maybe I could use it instead...
anary said:
I mean I already have PartedMagic live CD burned, maybe I could use it instead...
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If sudo and adb work, then no problem.
rajeevvp said:
Boot into CWM first, then try mounting both /data and /sdcard using the CWM menu. Note down the exact error message displayed in each case. Then connect the USB cable and run these ADB commands on your PC:
Code:
C:\> [B]adb shell dmesg >dmesg.txt[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk3 > fdisk.txt[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk2 >> fdisk.txt[/B]
Post the error messages and those 2 .txt files here.
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Ok, I finally managed to do it. Sorry for the delay.
The files are attached. Did everything how you told me.
Actually I don't think that I understand too much in Android inner mechanics But having looked through these files, I thought that inner sdcard device (mmcblk3) doesn't seem to produce any strange behavior...
Btw, thanks a lot for your advice about using Knoppix - it's really very easy and handy!
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But having looked through these files, I thought that inner sdcard device (mmcblk3) doesn't seem to produce any strange behavior...
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You have lost your /data partition altogether. You are supposed to have 2 partitions on that internal SD card: a 14GB FAT32 partition and a 2GB ext3 partition. You only have a single FAT32 partition spanning the entire SD card now.
I may be able to help you get both partitions back if you give me these details:
1. How and when did this happen?
2. Current ROM.
3. Current version of CWM.
4. Did you try to repartition the (internal) SD card recently?
5. Have you ever repartitioned the internal SD card? If yes, then using which version of CWM?
6. After you noticed the problem what steps did you take to fix the problem?
Yeah, I remember I was curious where it stores OS's kernel if all it has is FAT32 partition - now I get it...
Ok, here are the details:
1. I don't really know what has happened, but I guess that it happened when I tried to use tablet like cardreader for microsd card. During that I sort of formatted external sd - maybe that actually was internal memory? I checked through file manager though, and all the files seemed intact...
2. VeganTab GingerEd from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031250. I'm pretty sure that I didn't install anything except for it.
3. Don't know. But it says ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.1-bekit-0.8 in recovery menu, so I guess its version is maybe 0.8.
4. No I didn't, at least intentionally.
5. I think I did it just once, when installing the ROM. I'm pretty much sure that I used this instructions for repartitioning: http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/repartition.htm (not exactly this, but I did the same as it's written there). To install the ROM I used the instructions from the ROM thread, mentioned above. I didn't whant to do a lot of modding, just wanted the device to work at least better than with stock ROM, so didn't try to change any other low-level things.
6. I just tried to mount partitions through CWM recovery and I tried wiping out cache partition and Dalvik cache. Nothing else.
anary said:
Yeah, I remember I was curious where it stores OS's kernel if all it has is FAT32 partition - now I get it...
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The OS kernel is not stored on the SD cards. They're stored on a "boot" partition on the NAND flash. And, if the OS was messed up you would get hung up on the initial splash screen (the one with the 3 birds)--you wouldn't go into a boot loop.
1. I don't really know what has happened, but I guess that it happened when I tried to use tablet like cardreader for microsd card. During that I sort of formatted external sd - maybe that actually was internal memory?
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That's what caused this problem. CWM-2.5.1.1-bekit-0.8 does not work on the external SD card (but, CWM-2.5.1.3 and CWM-4.0.1.5 do).
Did you format the internal SD card using CWM?
I checked through file manager though, and all the files seemed intact...
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Files where? The internal SD card or the external one? And, how did you check this? After formatting the internal SD card, the very next boot into the ROM would've put you into a boot-loop because the /data partition is missing.
I think I may be able to get stuff from /data, but, everything on /sdcard is most likely gone. (Actually, the files are most likely all there, but, without direct access to the tablet, it's very difficult to get the retrieve any of them.) Just don't touch the tablet until I've figured out the commands you will have to use.
That's what caused this problem. CWM-2.5.1.1-bekit-0.8 does not work on the external SD card (but, CWM-2.5.1.3 and CWM-4.0.1.5 do).
Did you format the internal SD card using CWM?
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No, I was going to format external SD card and I tried to do it through Android (or maybe VeganTab) menu. I think that doing this, I could accidentally format internal SD, but I'm not sure this could be done from within the OS. During the same logon session I checked files on internal SD with file manager and all of them were where they should have been. So I thought that all was ok. But when I rebooted next time, it wasn't booting... That's why I told you that maybe it was because of formatting.
And just to be clear: I didn't do anything using CWM after it stopped booting, apart from wiping system and Dalvik caches.
Do you have a large capacity micro SD card (anything larger than the maximum amount of data that's currently on the internal SD card) that you can use to save retrieved data into?
rajeevvp said:
Do you have a large capacity micro SD card (anything larger than the maximum amount of data that's currently on the internal SD card) that you can use to save retrieved data into?
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Yep. Won't be any problem.
anary said:
Yep. Won't be any problem.
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OK. Format that micro SD to contain a single DOS partition; then we'll proceed.
rajeevvp said:
OK. Format that micro SD to contain a single DOS partition; then we'll proceed.
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Ok. That's done.
Boot into CWM, go into the "mounts and storage" menu, unmount all mounted partitions, connect the USB cable, and run these commands using ADB--do not back out of that "mounts and storage" menu while we're fixing this. We're trying to see if the data on the current /sdcard partition can be retrieved.
Code:
$ [B]adb shell[/B]
~ # [B]mount -r /dev/block/mmcblk3p1 /sdcard[/B]
~ # [B]ls -l /sdcard[/B]
If the ls listing looks OK, then we force a filesystem check before copying the data to the external micro SD card:
Code:
~ # [B]mount -r /system[/B]
~ # [B]umount /sdcard[/B]
~ # [B]/system/bin/fsck_msdos -f -y /dev/block/mmcblk3p1[/B]
If the listing doesn't look OK, then the data on /sdcard is lost.
Post the exact output of each command.
Ok, mount says this:
Code:
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk3p1 on /sdcard failed: Invalid argument
and ls after that gives no output - I think it shouldn't give any, 'cause I didn't mount anything...
Does this mean I'm screwed?
Try this mount command:
Code:
~ # [B]mount -r -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk3p1 /sdcard[/B]
The same result.
Hey all
I'm asking for your help, because i can't boot on my S3 !
I have a reboot loop, and i want to reinstall stock rom throug Clockwork, but i can't mount my internal sdcard... and i have no external sdcard so i can't do anything !
So my problem is i can't move a rom from my PC to my phone because i can't access my internal storage...
Any tip ?
Thanks ! (Sorry i'm not english so... ahah)
Magickalash said:
Hey all
I'm asking for your help, because i can't boot on my S3 !
I have a reboot loop, and i want to reinstall stock rom throug Clockwork, but i can't mount my internal sdcard... and i have no external sdcard so i can't do anything !
So my problem is i can't move a rom from my PC to my phone because i can't access my internal storage...
Any tip ?
Thanks ! (Sorry i'm not english so... ahah)
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If you want to install a stock ROM, why not just grab a firmware tar and flash with ODIN?
Anyway, assuming that you somehow have a CWM-flashable ZIP of the stock ROM and you're using a custom CWM recovery, you can push files through ADB:
Install Kies so that all the required drivers are installed;
Grab SuperOneClick from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682 and extract the ADB folder;
Attach a USB cable to the phone and to the computer;
Use CWM to mount /sdcard;
Open a Command Prompt in the folder where you extracted ADB;
run "adb shell";
run "ls /sdcard" and verify that your internal SD card is mounted (are the files that are on your internal SD card in that list?);
if it is mounted, run "exit" and then type "adb push", and then a space, and drag the ZIP file to the command prompt, add another space and then add "/sdcard" and press enter so you have something like this:
"adb push AStockROM,zip /sdcard"
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If you want to install a stock ROM, why not just grab a firmware tar and flash with ODIN?
Anyway, assuming that you somehow have a CWM-flashable ZIP of the stock ROM and you're using a custom CWM recovery, you can push files through ADB:
Install Kies so that all the required drivers are installed;
Grab SuperOneClick from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682 and extract the ADB folder;
Attach a USB cable to the phone and to the computer;
Use CWM to mount /sdcard;
Open a Command Prompt in the folder where you extracted ADB;
run "adb shell";
run "ls /sdcard" and verify that your internal SD card is mounted (are the files that are on your internal SD card in that list?);
if it is mounted, run "exit" and then type "adb push", and then a space, and drag the ZIP file to the command prompt, add another space and then add "/sdcard" and press enter so you have something like this:
"adb push AStockROM,zip /sdcard"
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Thanks for your answer, but i already tried with adb shell.
When i go to the "sdcard" folder, it's empty !
Maybe I'll just have to buy a microSD tomorrow and then it'll work... But i don't want to wait until tomorrow :silly:
(On CWN, i have "Error mounting /sdcard" all the time... But it's because i only have my internal storage right ?
Thanks
Magickalash said:
Maybe I'll just have to buy a microSD tomorrow and then it'll work... But i don't want to wait until tomorrow :silly:
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I know what you mean
(On CWN, i have "Error mounting /sdcard" all the time... But it's because i only have my internal storage right ?
Thanks
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With CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4 (CF 1.5) I can do this to get to the internal SD card:
install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from internal sdcard
and the card should be mounted on /data/media
qwerty12 said:
I know what you mean
With CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4 (CF 1.5) I can do this to get to the internal SD card:
install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from internal sdcard
and the card should be mounted on /data/media
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Dude, you just saved my night
Thanks <3
Get an SD card and backup the complete phone memory using CWM
qwerty12 said:
I know what you mean
With CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4 (CF 1.5) I can do this to get to the internal SD card:
install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from internal sdcard
and the card should be mounted on /data/media
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I have the same problem as op in his first post as well as "Error mounting SD card". I tried the quoted instructions above and then the commands for adb, but on typying run adb shell and run ls /sdcard nothing happens. Could this be because I have jelly bean 4.1.2 and samsung removed the USB-mass torage feature in it for internal SD-cards?
I have the same exact CWM version.
If I type "run adb shell" (with the quotation) marks I get:
Run.exe
---------------------------
Error: Couldn't find adb shell anywhere.
I even looked in the PATH
I also tried appending the following extensions:
[1]: .exe
[2]:
run "ls /sdcard" gives:
Run.exe
---------------------------
Error: Couldn't find ls /sdcard anywhere.
I even looked in the PATH
I also tried appending the following extensions:
[1]: .exe
[2]:
Just to experiment I tried to mount sd card in cwm after choose zip - still get "Error mounting SD Card".
Also if I go into my data folder via CWM I don't have a media folder, but I guess that's because im inside the wrong partition.
And just to be clear about the command part. My ADB folder is located at C:\ADB
I opened elevated command prompt, typed "cd C:\ADB" (without quotation marks), then enter. Then i ran the adb shell and ls /sdcard commands.
I also restarted computer after installing KIES.
edit: my goal was to transfer nandroid backup to phone and do a restore, guess I'll have to go the odin route -> flash stock rom, then connect phone to windows and transfer the nandroid.
evilperro said:
I have the same problem as op in his first post as well as "Error mounting SD card". I tried the quoted instructions above and then the commands for adb, but on typying run adb shell and run ls /sdcard nothing happens. Could this be because I have jelly bean 4.1.2 and samsung removed the USB-mass torage feature in it for internal SD-cards?
I have the same exact CWM version.
If I type "run adb shell" (with the quotation) marks I get:
Run.exe
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Error: Couldn't find adb shell anywhere.
I even looked in the PATH
I also tried appending the following extensions:
[1]: .exe
[2]:
run "ls /sdcard" gives:
Run.exe
---------------------------
Error: Couldn't find ls /sdcard anywhere.
I even looked in the PATH
I also tried appending the following extensions:
[1]: .exe
[2]:
Just to experiment I tried to mount sd card in cwm after choose zip - still get "Error mounting SD Card".
Also if I go into my data folder via CWM I don't have a media folder, but I guess that's because im inside the wrong partition.
And just to be clear about the command part. My ADB folder is located at C:\ADB
I opened elevated command prompt, typed "cd C:\ADB" (without quotation marks), then enter. Then i ran the adb shell and ls /sdcard commands.
I also restarted computer after installing KIES.
edit: my goal was to transfer nandroid backup to phone and do a restore, guess I'll have to go the odin route -> flash stock rom, then connect phone to windows and transfer the nandroid.
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Try just typing "ls" to see what folders you have. If you type "ls /sdcard" it shows nothing because the /sdcard in root is not a real folder, it is a link. Try "ls", after that try "ls /storage". I know my internal sdcard can be shown if I do "ls /storage/sdcard0". Hope that helps.
wangdaning said:
Try just typing "ls" to see what folders you have. If you type "ls /sdcard" it shows nothing because the /sdcard in root is not a real folder, it is a link. Try "ls", after that try "ls /storage". I know my internal sdcard can be shown if I do "ls /storage/sdcard0". Hope that helps.
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My reply is for posterity since I solved my problem by solution mentioned in edit. I don't require more assistance at this time, and will likely not answer if someone replies.
Using these commands still nothing happens in the command prompt.
evilperro said:
My reply is for posterity since I solved my problem by solution mentioned in edit. I don't require more assistance at this time, and will likely not answer if someone replies.
Using these commands still nothing happens in the command prompt.
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Then you mark the topic as solved .
jje
JJEgan said:
Then you mark the topic as solved .
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I doubt I can do that since I'm not OP or moderator?
i yesterday install a new rom to my rooted s3(intl) today i try to reboot another rom i was stuck in cwm recovery...i wanted to install another rom from my sd card. but it says cant find any file in sdcard.... i cant back restore cz i dnt have back up file in phone as i moved my back up to laptop...when i search abt thz i found out this hapn because my sd card having some issue.
You most probably have an unpartitioned sdcard, clockworkmod however assumes that is partitioned and wants to mount the first partition (/dev/block/mmcblk0p1).
You can fix this by repartitioning your sdcard so that it has a mountable fat-formatted first volume and then retry.
If you don't mind using the commandline, boot to recovery and connect via adb shell to it, then mount your sdcard manually: mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 /sdcard and retry.
Technical explanation:
cat /proc/partitions lists:
/dev/block/mmcblk0 is your FAT formatted volume (no more partitions at all)
should be:
/dev/block/mmcblk0 (whole device)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (1st partition, FAT formatted)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (sd-ext partition, only for those that use SD2ext and such)
im new to rooting and these stuffs plz explain what is adb shell and how i can mount my sd card....
btw i also tried factory reset it didnt wrk too....i dnt want any files i just want my phone back cz i badly need it....plz help me on this guys :crying: plzzz :crying:
In cwm under mounts and storage there should be the option to format sd card...
Adb is android debugging, it's used to connect to, pull/push files, get logs and more from your phone using a terminal or command prompt window.
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html this site shows the adb commands available including shell which is connecting to your phone via the terminal to allow you to enter commands.
Also maybe try mount USB storage through cwm and see if you can connect you phone to your pc and transfer the files needed.
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