No external storage available - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I just woke up and I have a weird problem, which last night was not here. I tried restoring a backup for another ROM and it failed. Then I get this error "No external storage available" every time I access the Gallery, I cannot mount the phone as USB storage, if I try to access the Storage settings it just force closes, Root Explorer says the same, and most of all, I cannot turn the Wi-Fi on. I have really no idea what has caused it and what to do.
I am using Paranoid Android 1.6a and if anyone needs any other infos, please ask.
Thank you so much for your help.

Try going back to stock and see if your storage is available then, if yes the rom has a problem, however pa is a good rom...have you tried doing a wipe?
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UltimateAnas said:
Try going back to stock and see if your storage is available then, if yes the rom has a problem, however pa is a good rom...have you tried doing a wipe?
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I managed to solve this by using an external SD card to install PA 1.95 and now everything is fine. Thanks for your answer.

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Please help..

My phone upon reboot usually gets stuck on a "Sorry! Process system is not responding" "Force Close" or "Wait".
Neither option works and I have to do a battery pull.
It doesn't matter what ROM I use it always happens.
Would someone be able to tell me how to get a log from bootup? And would someone be willing to look at the log for me?
Thanks guys!
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tes5884 said:
My phone upon reboot usually gets stuck on a "Sorry! Process system is not responding" "Force Close" or "Wait".
Neither option works and I have to do a battery pull.
It doesn't matter what ROM I use it always happens.
Would someone be able to tell me how to get a log from bootup? And would someone be willing to look at the log for me?
Thanks guys!
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I don't mean to sound like a tool by suggesting this, but, have you wiped? Wipe cache and dalvik to start off with see if that works...and if it doesn't do a full wipe and get back to us.
Again, I'm not trying to be a ****...if you are beyond this level of help, well, we're gunna need more details.
i can tell you how to get a log but i cant tell you whats wrong using the log
plug your phone into your computer, using adb type in "adb logcat" and press enter and you should see a whole bunch of text start appearing
before you flash a rom do you do factory resets and make sure to wipe your cache and dalvik cache? that could be the problem..
I have done it all, wiped dalvik, cache, and everything else. I even tried using CWM instead of twrp and the issue remains.
Thanks everyone for trying to help...
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tes5884 said:
I have done it all, wiped dalvik, cache, and everything else. I even tried using CWM instead of twrp and the issue remains.
Thanks everyone for trying to help...
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If you've done a full wipe and tried different roms then I would be inclined to believe that the issue is likely hardware.
tes5884 said:
I have done it all, wiped dalvik, cache, and everything else. I even tried using CWM instead of twrp and the issue remains.
Thanks everyone for trying to help...
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I would use TWRP and do this:
Go into wipe menu, then Wipe cache, wipe dalvik, wipe data (factory reset). Go into advanced menu (I think) and there should be another wipe menu. Wipe /system. Then flash the ROM of your choice and it should be fixed. Wiping /system manually is the key since some ROMs don't do that (mine does, however)
Thanks ill try the advanced system wipe.
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Negative I tried formatting system and all the rest. It didn't work. The strange thing is when I remove my sdcard it boots fine, I tried a second sdcard and the same issue.
Thanks again guys.
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Another strange thing is, when I reboot via "adb reboot" it works fine...
tes5884 said:
Negative I tried formatting system and all the rest. It didn't work. The strange thing is when I remove my sdcard it boots fine, I tried a second sdcard and the same issue.
Thanks again guys.
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stock card?
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stock card?
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none of these are stock card, I cant seem to find my stock card.
As a matter of fact I dont think I ever even booted with my stock card. Do you think that can be the issue?
Thanks
tes5884 said:
none of these are stock card, I cant seem to find my stock card.
As a matter of fact I dont think I ever even booted with my stock card. Do you think that can be the issue?
Thanks
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In a word, yes. Are any of these 'bargain' cards you got online by chance? If not and they are from a reputable vendor I would put them in the computer, copy data off and format them....and if that still doesn't help find a 'known good' card and go on from there. The stock card would be preferable, but, if you can't find that a 'known good' card is the next best thing. If the stock card or a 'known' good card doesn't help I'm still inclined to think it's a hardware error...but after hearing about the SDcard I'm leaning towards the phone is fine the card is screwed.
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In a word, yes. Are any of these 'bargain' cards you got online by chance? If not and they are from a reputable vendor I would put them in the computer, copy data off and format them....and if that still doesn't help find a 'known good' card and go on from there. The stock card would be preferable, but, if you can't find that a 'known good' card is the next best thing. If the stock card or a 'known' good card doesn't help I'm still inclined to think it's a hardware error...but after hearing about the SDcard I'm leaning towards the phone is fine the card is screwed.
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ok I appreciate the help and I will look for a new card.
Went to a sprint store, they said its probably a hardware issue and they ordered me a new one.
Here's to hoping the new one one won't have any issues....
I appreciate all the help from you guys.
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stock Rom i717

Hey can anyone. Give me stock Rom. For some reason internal 16gig space isn't mounted. I looked every where can't find anything for gn i717. Anyone help pls
1mile said:
Hey can anyone. Give me stock Rom. For some reason internal 16gig space isn't mounted. I looked every where can't find anything for gn i717. Anyone help pls
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i DON'T THINK THERE IS SUCH A THING YET.
If you just got it from Rogers, I would return it.
1mile said:
Hey can anyone. Give me stock Rom. For some reason internal 16gig space isn't mounted. I looked every where can't find anything for gn i717. Anyone help pls
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Go to Settings / Storage and make sure SD is mounted.
Your post makes absolutly no sense.
Well I bought it off someone. The problem is. storage I can't mount internal sd. If I try to open external sd it doesn't pick up. When I try to open camera message says I need to mount sd. I tried doing that in setting but nothing happens. I thought if there is way to reflash it I could mount it.
Might be something wrong with your phone, have you tried doing a factory reset?
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endine said:
Might be something wrong with your phone, have you tried doing a factory reset?
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Ya I tried that didn't work. the phones works fine but i cant download music to phone or use camera. Does this version have root access yet.
endine said:
Might be something wrong with your phone, have you tried doing a factory reset?
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+1 on on the factory reset.
1mile said:
Ya I tried that didn't work. the phones works fine but i cant download music to phone or use camera. Does this version have root access yet.
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No haven't seen anything in regards to root access.
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i did a factory reset as we speak. and still the same thing. thanks guys for all your help. I guess for now I have to wait till root access comes at least

Permission error when saving anything to sdcard

I first noticed that when I went to take pictures that a toast message would popup that said something along the lines of "Unable to save file to sdcard due to insufficient file privaleges". Originally I thought it was the Rom at fault which I will leave nameless beings that its occoring with every Rom I've flashed since as well. But only after switching between the 3 Roma I had saved on my sdcard prior to this incident, I tried to download a newer Rom to see if it was a bug that had been fixed but couldn't download anything to my sdcard. The only time I can download is through the market or via adb push so I know the internal storage isn't broken, but not recieving the correct permissions.
Has anyone else experienced this or have a fix because I don't want to bring the phone back "re-locked" and ask for a replacement. But I also do not want to buy a new phone or go through asurion. Thanks in advance and happy hollidays!
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Sjflowerhorn said:
I first noticed that when I went to take pictures that a toast message would popup that said something along the lines of "Unable to save file to sdcard due to insufficient file privaleges". Originally I thought it was the Rom at fault which I will leave nameless beings that its occoring with every Rom I've flashed since as well. But only after switching between the 3 Roma I had saved on my sdcard prior to this incident, I tried to download a newer Rom to see if it was a bug that had been fixed but couldn't download anything to my sdcard. The only time I can download is through the market or via adb push so I know the internal storage isn't broken, but not recieving the correct permissions.
Has anyone else experienced this or have a fix because I don't want to bring the phone back "re-locked" and ask for a replacement. But I also do not want to buy a new phone or go through asurion. Thanks in advance and happy hollidays!
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Backup everything from your storage. Go into recovery and format /sdcard. I had the same thing happen. Worked fine after the format and restoring the files.
I'm getting ready to head home so ill do it when I get there. Should I format it in cwmr recovery or through settings just so I make sure I do it the way you did it. Less room for error lol. And thanks a lot I'm really hoping that it helps! I miss having the camera mostly for taking pictures of my 14 month old Son Hambo!
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Sjflowerhorn said:
I'm getting ready to head home so ill do it when I get there. Should I format it in cwmr recovery or through settings just so I make sure I do it the way you did it. Less room for error lol. And thanks a lot I'm really hoping that it helps! I miss having the camera mostly for taking pictures of my 14 month old Son Hambo!
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I did it from in CWM recovery.
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I did it from in CWM recovery.
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Thanks, and That's what she said. . Lol
Edit : when I format my sdcard, will I have to reflash afterwards or will I still have functionality?
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No reflash needed. Just format and reboot.
Flak_Munky said:
No reflash needed. Just format and reboot.
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Your my hero!
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Still having problems
Flak_Munky said:
I did it from in CWM recovery.
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How do you do it through TWRP? I'm having this issue and I can't figure out how to get it to go away either.
Thanks!

[Q] Having read/write errors, any advice? [Solved]

Hi,
I am experiencing a problem, please if anyone can help.
When I tried to open QuickPic, there is a popup saying that "Not an Error. Unable to Read/Write in Database" something like that.
When i try to open Gallery, I can't even open the app. It says memory full, delete some application, etc.
When i take a screenshot via power + home, it says Unable to save screenshot, try delete some space etc.
When i try to send a image over whatsapp it says cannot preview image.
I have plenty of space in my internal and external sd card, i have cleaned the caches, wipe app data etc, fixed permissions in recovery but no luck.
Any other solutions?
I am on Neat rom 4.8 lite. Thanks
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Okay i found the problem, basically i connected my s2 to a tv via usb to play movies, the tv installed a corrupted read only folder on my internal storage, not sd card, which was the culprit, after deleting that folder with the unlocker application on pc sorted the problem out. Thanks everyone for helping.
Backup entire sd card (internal + external) to pc then in cwm format sd card internal+external and restore files back
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Before you do anything could you post a screenshot of your settings->storage->Device Memory, I just need to confirm whether it's a bug or something.
Edit:After looking at that we could probably fix the problem.
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kuljit55 said:
Hi,
I am experiencing a problem, please if anyone can help.
When I tried to open QuickPic, there is a popup saying that "Not an Error. Unable to Read/Write in Database" something like that.
When i try to open Gallery, I can't even open the app. It says memory full, delete some application, etc.
When i take a screenshot via power + home, it says Unable to save screenshot, try delete some space etc.
When i try to send a image over whatsapp it says cannot preview image.
I have plenty of space in my internal and external sd card, i have cleaned the caches, wipe app data etc, fixed permissions in recovery but no luck.
Any other solutions?
I am on Neat rom 4.8 lite. Thanks
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after a thorough backup I strongly suggest you a wipe data factory reset
king_below_my_lord said:
Before you do anything could you post a screenshot of your settings->storage->Device Memory, I just need to confirm whether it's a bug or something.
Edit:After looking at that we could probably fix the problem.
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I cannot take screenshots as its one of the problems but on the device memory screen it says:
Total Storage
1.97GB
Applications
0.89GB
Available:
1.02GB
Does that help? Thanks
P.s. On a side note, when i use the stock file manager, i can access all the files on both internal and external sd.
kuljit55 said:
I cannot take screenshots as its one of the problems but on the device memory screen it says:
Total Storage
1.97GB
Applications
0.89GB
Available:
1.02GB
Does that help? Thanks
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Hmm so it's some kind of bug, could you open files and create folders and files or basic cut copy paste operations using file management apps in your sd card?
Edit :try both the stock and third party apps.
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king_below_my_lord said:
Hmm so it's some kind of bug, could you open files and create folders and files or basic cut copy paste operations using file management apps in your sd card?
Edit :try both the stock and third party apps.
It may be a bug i am not sure, I can create folders and do cut paste actions. I also just now restored a nandroid backup of previous rom which was working fine, but the problem still persists.
I guess i will have to do a clean install of a rom again from scratch? any other possible precautions to take before i start this process? thanks
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kuljit55 said:
king_below_my_lord said:
Hmm so it's some kind of bug, could you open files and create folders and files or basic cut copy paste operations using file management apps in your sd card?
Edit :try both the stock and third party apps.
It may be a bug i am not sure, I can create folders and do cut paste actions. I also just now restored a nandroid backup of previous rom which was working fine, but the problem still persists.
I guess i will have to do a clean install of a rom again from scratch? any other possible precautions to take before i start this process? thanks
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Use a nuke script perform a complete wipe data/cache/dalvik, restore rom.
Edit : The precautions are the usual things which you did when you flashed neatrom. You will have to backup everything in a computer though . After the wipe just mount the sd card via recovery and copy your backup back.
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king_below_my_lord said:
kuljit55 said:
Use a nuke script perform a complete wipe data/cache/dalvik, restore rom.
Edit : The precautions are the usual things which you did when you flashed neatrom.
Okay mate, thanks for your help.
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kuljit55 said:
king_below_my_lord said:
kuljit55 said:
Use a nuke script perform a complete wipe data/cache/dalvik, restore rom.
Edit : The precautions are the usual things which you did when you flashed neatrom.
Okay mate, thanks for your help.
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Just Reflashed rom from scratch, error still persists
any other solutions anyone?
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kuljit55 said:
kuljit55 said:
king_below_my_lord said:
Just Reflashed rom from scratch, error still persists
any other solutions anyone?
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Hmm, maybe it could be due to some installed apps bug, did you try it immediately with just the original rom (fresh flash with no app restore).
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kuljit55 said:
kuljit55 said:
Hmm, maybe it could be due to some installed apps bug, did you try it immediately with just the original rom (fresh flash with no app restore).
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I would like to mention also that this problem occurred just after i had connected my s2 to a usb tv and allowed it to be connected as usb storage device to play movies from, could this be the problem? if so are there any other solutions?
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kuljit55 said:
king_below_my_lord said:
kuljit55 said:
I would like to mention also that this problem occurred just after i had connected my s2 to a usb tv and allowed it to be connected as usb storage device to play movies from, could this be the problem? if so are there any other solutions?
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It could possibly be the problem, if the device drivers got corrupted due to that usually a reflash could solve the problem, try flashing with several different roms and kernels if this ain't anything at hardware level it should get fixed.
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king_below_my_lord said:
kuljit55 said:
king_below_my_lord said:
It could possibly be the problem, if the device drivers got corrupted due to that usually a reflash could solve the problem, try flashing with several different roms and kernels if this ain't anything at hardware level it should get fixed.
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Thanks mate, will try that and report back.
Okay i found the problem, basically i connected my s2 to a tv via usb to play movies, the tv installed a corrupted read only folder on my internal storage, which was the culprit, after deleting that folder with the unlocker application on pc sorted the problem out. Thanks everyone for helping.
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[Q] Why is phone telling me I am out of storage?

My rooted S2 has about 230mb left of the original ~2gb of internal storage (plus 10gb on the internal SD card aka USB storage). Yet, when I downloaded an 12mb app today, it said I was out of internal storage. How can that be? What is the remedy for that false message - like doing something via CWM? I did notice that by rebooting, the problem went away.
Greatest op title ever))) well my friend it seems ur phone knows that you are out of storage but he is not))))
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That's why they call it a smart phone and why I call it a not-smart-enough phone.
Happens sometimes, i think its play services problem so don't waste time flashing something else or formatting, just wait for a while and it gets okay
Dakura said:
Happens sometimes, i think its play services problem so don't waste time flashing something else or formatting, just wait for a while and it gets okay
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Thanks. That is good to know. Because it does seem sort of random. I'll wait it out and see what happens. If I do have to format, though, what is the best method? Factory data reset? Or something more deep down via CWM?
i had this problem for months on my phone Galaxy S2,
and i found the solution, just dial *#9900# then select the second option "Delete dumpstate/logcat"
Hope this will work for you..
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corvus.corax said:
Thanks. That is good to know. Because it does seem sort of random. I'll wait it out and see what happens. If I do have to format, though, what is the best method? Factory data reset? Or something more deep down via CWM?
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Have the same problem with flashed kitkat rom and i guess it is something to do with google services...
arvik from the Q&A tread suggested to try this checkdisk tutorial
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44009547&postcount=66329
rgds
corvus.corax said:
Thanks. That is good to know. Because it does seem sort of random. I'll wait it out and see what happens. If I do have to format, though, what is the best method? Factory data reset? Or something more deep down via CWM?
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If you want to thoroughly clean your phone, i would recommend GS2RomNuke by hawkerpaul, which is flashed via recovery, just search it and read the instructions, its very easy.
thanks.
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Massat91 said:
i had this problem for months on my phone Galaxy S2,
and i found the solution, just dial *#9900# then select the second option "Delete dumpstate/logcat"
Hope this will work for you..
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Some apps are installing/updating, some still are not, like Google Hangouts.
I just tried #9900# and got this failure message: "Connection problem or invalid MMI code."
Any idea what those are and why I am seeing that? I am using NeatROM 5.5.
BTW, before installing NeatROM 5.5, I ran HawkerPaul's kernel nuke and rom nuke.
It's *#9900#, was lacking the asterisk.

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