Hi, I've installed CM7 on my SD card so that when I switch on my NT16 with the SD card it boots to CM7 and Android 3.7.3. I've extended the 4th partition on the SD card to make use of the card's full capacity but I can't seem to put any files onto this partition.
When I explore the SD card it just shows less than 200MB. When I connect the NT16 with the SD card to my laptop it shows two removable disks but when I click either it says to insert a removable disk.
Any ideas as to how I can put files onto my SD card?
Gotta put it into USB mode.
Only way I know how on my 8GB NT is to:
1) Boot from the CM7 SD card.
2) Once running CM7, connect cable to PC.
3) Android bot will appear on screen with a button that you can click to get it into USB mode.
4) Only after you click will both drives (internal and SD card) appear on the PC.
i tried the sdcard way for roms but i just can't wrap my head around how to get to the fourth partition while using the rom. if u browse to it using a file explorer like root explorer it will only display the rom partition rather than the user data partition.
so the question is: how to get the user data partition to show while using the rom...
Thank you!
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So I recently Romed my Viewsonic G Tablet.
I followed this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Everything is fine..except when I put a SD card into the SD slot the Tablet doesn't recognize it. It just tells the the internal Space not the SD card space.
I used ZPad Clean v3.0 for the ROM and I used cwmod_internal.zip instead of cwmod_microsd.zip
I then used my friend's G Tablet and put the SD card in it..It read it just fine.
So I wanted to test it out while it was rooted. (to double check)
I then Rooted my friends GTablet also. I rooted it the same way but the only change I did was have a SD card in the tablet the whole time. Still the same problem.
Is there any way to fix it? DO i need to use cwmod_microsd.zip....instead of cwmod_internal.zip??
I'm really confused if someone can help me that would be amazing!
Is there an APP that tells you the storage of your installed SD Cards?
Thank you
You mean flashed the rom when you say romed. Have you checked to make sure the sdcard is getting mounted? If there is no data on it you might try reformatting it in either of the g tabs. If you can get to a shell you might reboot, and look at the last 20 lines or so of dmesg. Insert the card and take another look at dmesg and see if the kernel is picking up the insert at all. If so it is likely just a mounting issue.
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You mean flashed the rom when you say romed. Have you checked to make sure the sdcard is getting mounted? If there is no data on it you might try reformatting it in either of the g tabs. If you can get to a shell you might reboot, and look at the last 20 lines or so of dmesg. Insert the card and take another look at dmesg and see if the kernel is picking up the insert at all. If so it is likely just a mounting issue.
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Well I reformatted it and I mounted it. Still nothing..How can I check if the kernel is picking up the SD card at all?
Would changing Kernel's fix the problem? I'm just using the Stock Kernel that the ROM came with.
Thanks
You were able to reformat and mount it via the g tablet with the zpad software on it? And even having done that it doesn't list it as having any free space?
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You were able to reformat and mount it via the g tablet with the zpad software on it? And even having done that it doesn't list it as having any free space?
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Not yet. So should I go to Storage and devices and unmount and format the SD card via the tab?
Try it on the tablet.
If I reformat the SD card wouldn't I loose the root? or no right because I did external
My understanding of root is that it modifies files on your tab/phone, not an external sd card. Worst case you lose root and reroot the device.
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Try it on the tablet.
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Not yet. So should I go to Storage and devices and unmount and format the SD card via the tab?
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When I tap click mount it says 11.3 gigs available.
when i unmount it says unavailable.
The card is only 8GB.
It should be internal storage 16GB.
SD card like 8gb.
Not sure what's going on.
If I format I think I'll wipe it all.
Ok, there is an internal 16GB, yes. Of which you have 11GB free. The SD card you're having the issue with is a separate uSD 8GB, right?
I'm meaning for you to try to mount/unmount or possibly format the 8GB SD card. If it isn't showing at all then the issue is something beyond it simply not being mounted.
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Ok, there is an internal 16GB, yes. Of which you have 11GB free. The SD card you're having the issue with is a separate uSD 8GB, right?
I'm meaning for you to try to mount/unmount or possibly format the 8GB SD card. If it isn't showing at all then the issue is something beyond it simply not being mounted.
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Yeah. It's a separate card that I plugged into it.
Was there ever a fix/resolution for this? I am having the same issue.
Everyone,
I've written this a bunch of times -- but here's one more:
/sdcard -- internal memory of the tablet
/sdcard2 -- miniSD card in the external slot
/usbdisk -- USB key slot
Put your recovery folder and update.zip on /sdcard, turn off the tablet, the press power
and volume + to initiate standard recovery.
Second, put your recovery folder and update.zip on a miniSD card. Edit the command file
in the recovery folder with Notepad to change the location from /sdcard to /sdcard2 and
save it with the name "command" (NO .txt or other file extension). Then boot
recovery with power/volume + and the OS will use the sdcard (assuming you don't
have a live recovery/update.zip file in /sdcard).
Third, if you can boot recovery to CWM but can get your ROM to work, go in recovery to
the mount menu and go down to the mount USB memory option and choose it.
Then plug your connector cable from the miniSB port to your PC. When you plug into
your PC an Explorer window should open and you should have a drive letter representing
the G-Tablet (it's G: on mine) on you menu. You now can select that
letter and you have access to your tablet memory (/sdcard). I've even had a time or two
when not a single file showed!!! I added update.zip and recovery and loaded
a ROM!
The tablet boot process apparently checks /SDCARD. If it doesn't find a recovery files there
it does the same check if you have a miniSD external card installed. The large USB slot is not
useable for booting or recovery so far as I have determined or read.
I hope this helps you.
Rev
I own a visio tablet which I rooted with vegan and clockwork. I have a 32GB SD card but when I check the storage is says 12GB on SD and 2GB on internal. The tablet should have 16GB + my 32GB. Anyone have an idea why it wont come up?
Is the fix above the best way to take care of this issue?
Can anyone kindly help? I've read through a lot of the links and can't find anything. I have rooted my device with clockworm v8, Vegan, got the market place to work and now I just need to figure out what is going on with my 32GB SD card. Should I format it with FAT32? How can I get it to be recognized?
Thanks in advance!
Formatting to Fat32 would be a good start ;-)
SD Card Dilemma
I have the VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0B5.1 installed in my G-Tab and, with the exception of the SD card issue, things are just peachy! I've read the entire thread but, even with butchconners description, I seem to still be missing something. Let me try to structure this a bit differently...
1. The sdcard2 DOES show up in ifilemanager (with only one file, LOST.DIR) but NOT in SETTINGS. Since it does not appear in SETTINGS, there is no way to mount or dismount it (although if it shows up in the file manager and I can see the file on it, one might infer that it is already mounted.)
2. Even though I can see it in ifilemanager, I'm not so sure how I can actually USE it. It seems to me that the system would need to know (via SETTINGS) that it is there and I would have to tell the system where to put my files (i.e., sdcard or sdcard2).
3. When I connect my G-Tab to my Win7 PC, I only have access to sdcard AND NOT sdcard2. This seems a bit unusual since I have always had access to the removable sd card AND NOT the system memory on all my other devices (EVO, Blackberry, etc.)
My goal is to be able to set applications (some or all) to use the sdcard2 (at least for data) and be able to access it via the usb connection to my PC. Does anyone know how to accomplish this?...Has a solution for this already been posted somewhere?
Many thanks.
I am not an expert but the pc sees(?) only sdcard(internal) but no sdcard2(microsd).
Right, Guys?
I am now able to see both sdcard1 and sdcard2 using pershoots latest oc kernal released 4/25 when hooking up gtab via usb to computer. I am using Vegan tab gingeredition.
where does one find that kernel and how do i install it? Im running vegan ginger right nowand have the same sd card issue.
thanks!
When I connect my GTab to my Win7-64 over usb, I can access the main internal sdcard memory but I cannot get to the removeable SD card.
Currently I transfer my movie files to the internal sdcard and then use a filemanager to copy them to the external sd card.
I am on TNT-Lite 4.4.0. Is this how it is supposed to work?
Yes. That is normal behavior.
Thanks. At least know to stop trying to fix it.
I want to replace the stock microSD card with a 16GB one I bought. Can someone tell me the correct process for doing this? Is it as simple as copy and pasting everything on the old card to the new card and popping the new one in?
Yes, this will be enough. But I advice to reformat Your new card in PC using FAT32 2kb or 4kb cluster size, this can save lot of space, if card was formatted with 32kb clusters.
That's what I did with my new card. Format fat32, copy and paste all old files, you should be good to go.
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1) First you need card reader for easy copy_paste ....insert new card in your device go to setting > unmount sd card and erase/format...it will format your card in default and correct format...
then connect your old card to pc and copy data from old to new
if you have no card reader then ..copy your mobile data from device to pc via usb connection..then remove old card and insert new card ....format new card in mobile ...then copy your data from pc to your new sd card
Thank Me If I Helped You :good:
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Yes, this will be enough. But I advice to reformat Your new card in PC using FAT32 2kb or 4kb cluster size, this can save lot of space, if card was formatted with 32kb clusters.
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Is there a downside to formatting with smaller cluster sizes?
ipsuvedi said:
1) First you need card reader for easy copy_paste ....insert new card in your device go to setting > unmount sd card and erase/format...it will format your card in default and correct format...
then connect your old card to pc and copy data from old to new
if you have no card reader then ..copy your mobile data from device to pc via usb connection..then remove old card and insert new card ....format new card in mobile ...then copy your data from pc to your new sd card
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Is it better to format the card with my phone rather than with my PC?
Hello, what I would do is before formatting the MicroSD. I would put it into your device and let your device set it up. If it doesn't mount right away, go into your settings and then to Storage and find the MicroSD card then format it that way if you are not experienced. Then it would be safe to copy and paste all the data from the old MicroSD card.
OK, so these are the steps I plan on following. Please let me know if I'm missing anything or doing something wrong.
1) Copy contents of old sd card onto my PC via USB
2) Insert new sd card into my PC card reader and format using FAT32 2kb or 4kb cluster size
3) Insert new sd card into Evo and format
4) Transfer contents of old sd card from PC to new card via USB
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Is there a downside to formatting with smaller cluster sizes?
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There is no downside on flash memory, because it has very fast seek time. The only downside may be is performance drop in very low-end devices because FAT tables become larger and may not fit in memory completely.
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There is no downside on flash memory, because it has very fast seek time. The only downside may be is performance drop in very low-end devices because FAT tables become larger and may not fit in memory completely.
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So when you say "very low-end devices", that doesn't apply to our Evos right?
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So when you say "very low-end devices", that doesn't apply to our Evos right?
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Yes, our Evo's is hi-end device with 800mb of RAM. This is more than enough to serve even 0.5kb clusters, but because SD operates 2k sectors it will be not optimal.
But make sure that Your new sdcard have sector-aligned partitions, using for example 4EXT Recovery touch.
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Is it better to format the card with my phone rather than with my PC?
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Obiously....if you are going to use this card in mobile device then it is best to format the card with that mobile device...better security and fast speed :laugh:
I have a 32 GB card in my device. I copied the data from the old card into a new folder on my desktop on PC.
- After this, I formatted the new card in my phone using the option in 4ext recovery.
- Then i putted the new card in my card reader (PC) and copied the data from my old card (stored in new folder on my desktop) back to my new card
- After all this steps, i putted the new card back to my phone.
Voila, all works well as before...:good:
Hi New member here. I have purchased Runbo X5 android phone version 4.0.4, ibut memory was low so i decided to get 32gb memory card. I have rooted my phone using framaroot, su, superuser and root verifier.
So i decided to get mini tools to partition my sd card, however when i set primary for second partition ext2 and click apply, it switches back to unallocated and logical. Mini tools does not allow me to set primary and even not allow create partition no more i get the message delete all partitions which i do then re apply but no success.
i used memory card reader and even phone connected in debugging mode > usb storage but no success.
anyone please?
Sometimes i have to erase (sd damged msg) the sd card on my phone so i can see it again on the computer (fat32).
at one point i had to transfer all data to phone memory with phone connect by usb and then transfer backup of files to sd on phone due to computer not seeing the sd card.
i only need to partition sd card so i can use link2sd app to full potential and remove the annoying low space msg.
Ok so I wiped and formatted my SD Card to FAT32. I am in the reboot/recovery screen of my android with ClockworkMod and I noticed when I turned on USB Mass Storage, the SD Card is readable but there is nothing on it now. Is there any important files I am going to need to put on the SD Card for my android to function correctly on start up/running? Or will my android automatically put the correct files on the SD Card on boot? Haven't tried booting it yet lol..don't want to screw it up.
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Ok so I wiped and formatted my SD Card to FAT32. I am in the reboot/recovery screen of my android with ClockworkMod and I noticed when I turned on USB Mass Storage, the SD Card is readable but there is nothing on it now. Is there any important files I am going to need to put on the SD Card for my android to function correctly on start up/running? Or will my android automatically put the correct files on the SD Card on boot? Haven't tried booting it yet lol..don't want to screw it up.
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There is no need for an external SD card to boot into the OS. You can start your system without the card or with the card erased or w/e. Good luck .