I recently relocked and unrooted and took the OTA update, then re-rooted and unlocked but was having trouble right away with 2.13 stock rom not recognizing any of the mp3 files on my sd card. I could see the files and play them through ES File Explorer but the music program would not pick them up. I use my phone as my mp3 player a lot and thought I would recover my most recent nandroid (most recent Rejuvenated rom). The recovery went fine and everything seemed to be OK until I went to turn my wifi. It wouldn't turn on and just give me an error. Main two questions, is there a known issue with the sd card music problem I was having and is it not possible to recover a nandroid from an old base?
I figured out that being S-on won't allow me to recover the old kernel from my Rejuv setup and assume that is why the wi-fi is borked. However, I still cannot figure out why any music program won't find the music files on my SD card. If I move all of the music to phone storage, it sees them, but not all of them?!!? This is so damned confusing. When I recover to an earlier base rom like Rejuv, it sees the songs on the SD card.
Relocking to accept an OTA is never the answer.
legasus233 said:
I figured out that being S-on won't allow me to recover the old kernel from my Rejuv setup and assume that is why the wi-fi is borked. However, I still cannot figure out why any music program won't find the music files on my SD card. If I move all of the music to phone storage, it sees them, but not all of them?!!? This is so damned confusing. When I recover to an earlier base rom like Rejuv, it sees the songs on the SD card.
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Grab rescan media from the play store
Rxpert said:
Relocking to accept an OTA is never the answer.
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Yes, I now realize this.
Rescan media didn't fix the problem. Anyone have any other ideas. It's also worth noting that the videos I have on my sd card also don't show up. The pictures do though... WTF?
Think this is an issue with stock. I had it too when I first got my phone. Can't really remember but it has something to do with the music player reading from internal memory and not sd card2. Make sure default is sd cards2 not sd card.
Ask me about my ability to annoy complete strangers!
How do I change which is default?
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I had a similar issue after unlocking a while ago. Last post of this thread explains what I did to fix the issue, maybe it will work for you also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679793
Tried your method, unfortunately no go. Thanks anyway. Anybody else have any great ideas? I would like to RUU but can't find the most current
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I recovered my most recent Rejuv setup and then used Flash Image GUI to flash the stock kernel. I am back and running rejuv with working wifi and mp3's are being seen on the sd card. The only difference now is I am still on 1.19 boot version and will have to wait longer to get s-off i guess I did notice on the new 2.13 base though that my random wifi drop offs and disconnects were not happening.
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Am i doing something stupid, I cant get the mp3's I have on my SD card to be seen in the Albums/Artists etc in the stock music player app.
I can see no option to "add" them into it.
They exist on the external SD card.
Not had this issue before.. anyone got any ideas?
Try to copy the files to your pc - and then format thd sd-card when it is in the phone. Copy the files back on the sd-card.
I have a similar problem on my SGS, and this method was the solution.
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mlhdk said:
Try to copy the files to your pc - and then format thd sd-card when it is in the phone. Copy the files back on the sd-card.
I have a similar problem on my SGS, and this method was the solution.
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My first issue with Galaxy S II. Will have to try this, my 15GB of music on external sd is not recognised
Still, anybody found out why this is happening in the first place? The only thing I remember doing that had anything to do with sdcard was installing Multi Mount SD-Card widget in hopes that it would give me quick access to mounting sdcard as mass storage. Didn't work though, uninstalled it and now music not recognised. I can see it in file manager no problem,it's just media store that is not finding anything on external sd card
Thanks for any tips.
I should have replied back.
Doing exactly the recommended worked a treat.
Now any new files i add to the SD card work fine. It's odd why it didnt work from day one though, but it works now!
stratplayer said:
I should have replied back.
Doing exactly the recommended worked a treat.
Now any new files i add to the SD card work fine. It's odd why it didnt work from day one though, but it works now!
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any tips on what might have caused it?
flashed new version 1.4 of Villain ROM, and again, SD card music not recognized. Anybody found out the reason for this?
payaxy said:
flashed new version 1.4 of Villain ROM, and again, SD card music not recognized. Anybody found out the reason for this?
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I think the only plausible reason for this issue may be the file system that the ROM uses. After each time you change the ROM, try to make sure that you format the SD card to avoid problems like this in the future.
If it isn't about the file system, then I don't know, maybe the problem could be caused by the ROM itself, since it's "home-made", or some damaged components in the device. Anyway, I got this problem too and I have an original ROM, so I'll just try the formatting method.
same problem think it is different reason
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I think the only plausible reason for this issue may be the file system that the ROM uses. After each time you change the ROM, try to make sure that you format the SD card to avoid problems like this in the future.
If it isn't about the file system, then I don't know, maybe the problem could be caused by the ROM itself, since it's "home-made", or some damaged components in the device. Anyway, I got this problem too and I have an original ROM, so I'll just try the formatting method.
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I'm having a same issue here but noticed it involved more than this and it happened at a certain app install. Hope someone here will recognize something in this post and help me not have to re-install my entire stock ruu, starting over.
The stock music player quit finding the mp3's on ext_sd card. First noticed this, but the stock gallery will not find photos as well.
I used Twrp to do a factory reset and was installing files again (most of my favorite apk's are stored on ext_sd card) and had to start with ES File Manager. When I went to setup ES File Manager up it will also not log into my network! So, after a factory reset these three things are happening and all of this started after loading Sterickson's permission fixer. The one on the app store that has the badly drawn cd image as app icon. Is there anyway to fix this or do I have to go back to the stock rom install to fix what his permission fixer trashed?
HTC One sv BOOST running JB 4.2.2 unlocked/HTCDev, rooted/Chainfire SU & s-off/rumrunner.
Irritating to say the least.
zach
Hi guys
After running the 2.01.605.11 .zip RUU to get back to stock GB my ReZound dont reconize/mount sd card anymore.
any tips?
Thanks in Advance
Have you tried reformatting it?
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I think this happens when you mix GB/ICS firmware and ROMs. Try this:
http: //themikmik.com/showthread.php?12319-Rezound-Patches-for-SD-Mount-Points-on-Conflicting-Firmware
Not sure if related, but if I add photos and images to my sd card or even internal storage on my phone it doesnt show up in the gallery. I did a search on google and it led me to clearing my media storage data in the apps settings but after doing that my gallery was empty. After wuite a while, my gallery items seemed to have come back, but none of the new folders I added are showing up? If I use root explorer I can find the images and folders they are in but I can only open them from there one at a time. It wont let me share pictures or do anything with them. Is this a known issue? I'm on cleanrom de.
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Not sure if related, but if I add photos and images to my sd card or even internal storage on my phone it doesnt show up in the gallery. I did a search on google and it led me to clearing my media storage data in the apps settings but after doing that my gallery was empty. After wuite a while, my gallery items seemed to have come back, but none of the new folders I added are showing up? If I use root explorer I can find the images and folders they are in but I can only open them from there one at a time. It wont let me share pictures or do anything with them. Is this a known issue? I'm on cleanrom de.
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gallery is garbage. use quickpic from market. to fix media storage get a media scan app nut don't scan until you clear media storage first
Using an RUU and going from ICS to GB you might just need to do a factory reset from hboot and then reboot the phone and then you should be good. If that doesn't work reformat the SD card. I believe it happens because the SD card sometimes keeps the info from the previous version on there that's why you need to factory reset.
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are you try to flash another recovery ?
I had the same sd card problem.
Got that resolved now.
But I have a calling problem. I try to dial and phone reboots.
**edit** - I got the phone part working. Just reflashed the kearnel package and the update to it.
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Believe its an issue where mainver doesnt match hboot/fastboot and it wont allow your sdcard to mount. try this -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23169557&postcount=4
Copied a couple of GB of photos to my External SDCard.Rebooted phone, nothing showed up,but all videos and music that were on the card were still showing in Video Player,Gallery and Music Player.So I unmounted the card via settings ,remounted .now nothing shows up at all.
If I browse through Root Explorer I can see all my media,and when I look in Settings/Storage the card shows up.
I thought perhaps it was the card(only bought last week) could be the problem, so I stuck my old MicroSD card in which has some media on it, same thing.Any ideas?
Should have said.When I take a photo it is stored on the micro SD card.That works OK
Is it just teh gallery that causes an issue?
If so try what this guy suggests here to do a rescan of the media:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27787690&postcount=3
No, nothing shows up.No videos, no music and no photos
I decided to reset the phone (from Settings) .Set it up again and all seems well again
Today I added some more albums to my external SDCard.Again, after doing so,none of the new mp3s showed up.Removed SDCard, and like before, NOTHING on the SDCard shows up.So I thought I would do what I did last time and wipe the phone.This time though it didn't do the trick,and nothing is showing up.Even reinstalled the original stock ROM,still nothing.
Have tried with a couple of different cards with the same outcome, nothing on SDCard appearing on phone(I can see the card in My Files and browse all the individual files OK).
Assuming there is something wrong with the phone , I guess all I can do is return to store, however I did unlock the phone using Voodoo Unlocker.Can this be reversed?
Can anybody help??
Either with the SDCard problem or know whether the Voodoo Unlock is reversible??
TIA
This problem has resurfaced.Installed Omega 8.1 Rom .Opened Music Player., nothing there.Same for Gallery and Video Player.
The thing is I downloaded PowerAmp,added the folder that has my music in and it works fine. Open QuickPic and all my pictures are shown, as are my videos which I can play in Video Player.
I can transfer a song to my internal memory, it shows up. Transfer it back to extSDCard, it disappears.
After flashing a stock ROM the problem is still happening.
The strange thing is ,the phone recognises there is an external card.When I open the camera app, I get the pop up asking me if I want to store my photos on the sdcard.I do, and it works fineand any picture I take on the phone shows in Gallery).It just seems to be a problem with any media.Its doing my head in.
Please save me from having to go buy an iPhone4s, because as boring as it may be, it does,as they say "just work"
This sounds software-related to me. Have you tried flashing a stock ROM and testing without installing any applications to the device? It's possible that one of the apps you have installed is causing some sort of problem.
It is still possible that the external SD card has a fault though. Have you tried a different one? Additionally, why are you using the external card rather than the internal memory?
All roms for me never find video or mp3 on external sd card .
Notable that Kies places Video in DCIM/Camera folder if you ask it to transfer filers to ext sd card and likewise music on ext card is media folder .
jje
yes, tried 3 sdcards.
Have 10GB of music. 2GB of photos. So I need to use the external SDCard ,as I would already be out of room.
This has worked fine.The last week or so there has been no problem.I have been flashing ROMS, adding media to SDCard with no issue.
How about apps? Have you tried doing this with no other applications installed?
I havent, but I am going to do a full wipe flash again without installing any apps.
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I havent, but I am going to do a full wipe flash again without installing any apps.
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If you do that and it works ok, just install one app at a time until you find the culprit. Then uninstall it and email the developer!
JJEgan said:
All roms for me never find video or mp3 on external sd card .
Notable that Kies places Video in DCIM/Camera folder if you ask it to transfer filers to ext sd card and likewise music on ext card is media folder .
jje
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Well that cant be right can it. There surely would be little point in having an external SDCard in that case.You cant put apps on it, you cant put music or video on it? (well not if you want to use stock apps)
Well, that didnt work.Fresh install of ROM, no apps installed. No music/Photos.
So thats stock ROM, Omega 7.1 (last known working with that ROM) and Omega 8.1 flashed probably half a dozen times over the last 24+ hours.
The only music and vid that appear are the Samsung installed demo ones.
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Well, that didnt work.Fresh install of ROM, no apps installed. No music/Photos.
So thats stock ROM, Omega 7.1 (last known working with that ROM) and Omega 8.1 flashed probably half a dozen times over the last 24+ hours.
The only music and vid that appear are the Samsung installed demo ones.
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Weird. I have music and media stored on my external SD card, and everything reads and functions fine (on Wanamlite using Ninphetamin3).
Have you tried changing kernels?
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Weird. I have music and media stored on my external SD card, and everything reads and functions fine (on Wanamlite using Ninphetamin3).
Have you tried changing kernels?
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No I havent.If it is something I should try I will have to have a read up. I have only rooted and flashed ROMs, never changed Kernels.
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I have used drag & drop when phone is connected to PC, I have used a card reader.Card has been formatted in the phone, in the card reader.
I have used Easy Phone Sync ,just tried Kies and that syncs fine to the external card.
It surely must be a software problem.
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No I havent.If it is something I should try I will have to have a read up. I have only rooted and flashed ROMs, never changed Kernels.
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I have used drag & drop when phone is connected to PC, I have used a card reader.Card has been formatted in the phone, in the card reader.
I have used Easy Phone Sync ,just tried Kies and that syncs fine to the external card.
It surely must be a software problem.
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Definitely try flashing a new kernel - have a look through the dev sections.
It's worth reformatting the sdcard in the phone as well, using the phone software to do it - that should eliminate any weird permissions-related problems.
I have been running Rejuvenated most recent rom which hasn't been updated to the 2.13 base yet. I have tried to upgrade to 3 different 2.13 roms and the kernel install from Flash GUI Image goes fine and the subsequent rom flash goes fine. However, none of the roms recognize and music or videos on my sd card. If I reflash the rejuv kernel and recover my nandroid of the rejuv rom, it recognizes the songs fine. What gives?!?! I am S-on for with 1.19 hboot for whatever that's worth.
What is your wiping procedure?
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What is your wiping procedure?
Sent from my lair.
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I run smw6180_superwipe a few times, then wipe dalvik/cache as well
Sometimes fix permissions helps, I don't see it helping in this case but it wouldn't hurt to try
I tried fixing permissions but no dice, I am not sure what else to do. I ultimately want to update but use my 16gb phone for an mp3 player so it is kinda essential.
Anybody else have problems with this or have any other ideas why none of the 2.13 base roms will recognize any music or videos on my sd card? If I transfer them to the internal memory, it will recognize them, but only about 75% of them. Please help!!
Someone!!?!? Anyone?!?!?! Please help!
This is a really tough one, usually the internal gets corrupted or someone is on aosp and hasn't switched mount points. Try going to settings/storage and unmount, take the card put and reinsert it. Sometimes if the card is removed before unmounting it won't be recognized.
This sucks.
I have the exact same problem!!! I've asked around and nobody has an answer for this. Nothing fixes it (fix permissions, use superwipe, don't use superwipe, mount/unmount the sd card). And since this is a problem that is only affecting a few of us, it's no getting the proper attentions. Its frustrating!!!!!:crying:
When u hook it up to a computer can u reformat your sd card? That sounds pretty lame. Has to be a way to get it to work. U try the rescan media app?
It's reading other files just not video and music? Does root explorer play them?
Anthonicia said:
When u hook it up to a computer can u reformat your sd card? That sounds pretty lame. Has to be a way to get it to work. U try the rescan media app?
It's reading other files just not video and music? Does root explorer play them?
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Reformatted the card twice. Didn't work. Got a new card and put the ringtones, music, video and pictures back....didn't work. Tried the Rescan media app....it didn't work either. And the files are all there. I can play the music tracks, ringtones and view my pics with Es file explorer, Astro or any other file explorer and/or root explorer. But the phone just won't recognize them. I'm telling you, I've tried everything.. All this started happening with the 2.13 upgrade. I've tried Mean, Viper, OMJ, Super LTE, Clean, Chubbs and I have the same problem with all of them. I'm S-OFF with 1.12. The only thing left is to return the phone to stock and reflash, but I'm afraid I'll loose root and S-off
You won't lose soff. Some people already ran ota and ruu and retained soff
Well, I'm charging my phone right now so I can flash the stock RUU. I just hope I don't lose either one (S-OFF & Root)
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You will lose root after ruu but hboot will remain unlocked, you should be able to.flash recovery and flash another Rom or superuser to root the stock rom
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You will lose root after ruu but hboot will remain unlocked, you should be able to.flash recovery and flash another Rom or superuser to root the stock rom
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Well.....I gave it shot. I flashed the Stock 2.13 RUU and The hboot relocked and updated to 1.19, but it kept the S-OFF. And the problem did not get solved. F****** great. Time to lose the phone or just take it back to the store.
As an aside, I inserted a different micro sd card (4gb) that I had laying around while I was running a 2.13 rom. It had a bunch of MP3s on it and the phone recognizes the music on it just fine. If I then reinsert the 16gb card that I originally had it, it won't recognize them, leading me to believe it is an issue with the card. I have tried to reformat using both the phone and mounting it to my pc but it doesn't seem to make a difference. As soon as I recover or flash back to an earlier base, it recognizes the music on my 16gb card, no problem. WTF gives??!?! I guess I could just get a different 16gb card and give it a try but you would think if the card was the issue, it would cause the issue on earlier bases as well.
Could be, flash media isn't very reliable, most cards are only good for something like 10,000 flashes and they can go out way before that
Anthonicia said:
When u hook it up to a computer can u reformat your sd card? That sounds pretty lame. Has to be a way to get it to work. U try the rescan media app?
It's reading other files just not video and music? Does root explorer play them?
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ES file explorer sees the files and can play them just fine. It is both music and videos that aren't recognized by the gallery or any media players. I tried the rescan media app, but no dice. I will try to reformat again to see if that works.
Having the same issue for a while now. I'm on Viper 1.0 which works fine but if I update to 2.0 then my media doesn't show up in the gallery except in root explorer. The card is good as I tried it in different phones. Same thing with Meanrom, on the older versions it works fine but when I update to the newest 4.8 it won't show anything outside root explorer. I'm S-ON so Idk if that has anything to do with it.
I just reformatted the card again and put everything back on the card and back into the phone running Viper 2.02. Still doesn't recognize the songs or videos on the card but ES File explorer does (the native file explorer included on Viper doesn't see them though...). Just to check, I moved all the songs from the SD card to the internal storage Music folder and it appears to find the media, except.... it won't find any music past artists starting with "S" This is so effing weird and I don't know what else to do I am pulling all my damn hair out!!!
I bought a used Amaze and put a formatted SD card (FAT32) in it and it worked fine.
I unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone (still s-on). It's running stock ICS ROM. (Not really needing to flash a custom ROM yet) The sd card was fine for a while.
Now, the Amaze cannot see the SD card. I reformatted it on my laptop again (FAT32) and it still cannot read it. However, in recovery (4EXT) it can read it. Also, my laptop can see the sd card.
I tested 2 other sd cards and the phone could not read those either and they all work on my other phone.
I took it to a repair shop since it seemed to be a hardware issue and they replaced the sd card slot and the phone still could not read the sd card.
The technicians said they have never seen anything like it. I can still use the phone without the sd card being functional but I'd like to have that working.
Any other suggestions?
Fixed the issue. Flashed Dark Glass One 0.2 ROM and the sd card and phone memory is now seen.
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Fixed the issue. Flashed Dark Glass One 0.2 ROM and the sd card and phone memory is now seen.
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Hey tube, good looks on this issue. I'm having a similar problem with a Samsung Droid charge and just wanted to ask a couple questions.
- did you flash back to stock unrooted in between any of this?
- did the ROM have any other instability when you were on stock root?
- could either stock or custom recovery see the SD card when the OS couldnt?
Trying to draw some parallels between your and my situation, and wondering if I can learn anything. Thanks man!
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Hey tube, good looks on this issue. I'm having a similar problem with a Samsung Droid charge and just wanted to ask a couple questions.
- did you flash back to stock unrooted in between any of this? Yes
- did the ROM have any other instability when you were on stock root? No
- could either stock or custom recovery see the SD card when the OS couldnt? Custom recovery could see the sd card, os could not
Trying to draw some parallels between your and my situation, and wondering if I can learn anything. Thanks man!
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"No External Storage Available"
Hi all,
First time poster here. I've done as much research as possible, tried multiple ROMs, tried ICS SD Binder, looked in multiple threads, and on multiple sites, but have yet to discover a resolution to my problem.
I'm on the HTC Amaze with TELUS being my provider. I have followed the steps to unlock/root the phone, and have tried CM10, Stock, and now using Dark Glass. The rom is working great, love it. The only problem is that I'm getting a message that says No External Storage Available when trying to use the camera. I find it strange that it won't recognize it since the music player works, and even a file manager such as ASTRO can locate the files on the SD card. I'm not even able to open the gallery as it can't find the SD card.
As noted above, I've tried a few different things, but still the problems persists. Any recommendations?
Thanks!
heyliddle said:
Hi all,
First time poster here. I've done as much research as possible, tried multiple ROMs, tried ICS SD Binder, looked in multiple threads, and on multiple sites, but have yet to discover a resolution to my problem.
I'm on the HTC Amaze with TELUS being my provider. I have followed the steps to unlock/root the phone, and have tried CM10, Stock, and now using Dark Glass. The rom is working great, love it. The only problem is that I'm getting a message that says No External Storage Available when trying to use the camera. I find it strange that it won't recognize it since the music player works, and even a file manager such as ASTRO can locate the files on the SD card. I'm not even able to open the gallery as it can't find the SD card.
As noted above, I've tried a few different things, but still the problems persists. Any recommendations?
Thanks!
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Make sure your SD card is formatted to FAT 32. Do the long formatting not the quick one. Backup your SD card before formatting.
heyliddle said:
Hi all,
First time poster here. I've done as much research as possible, tried multiple ROMs, tried ICS SD Binder, looked in multiple threads, and on multiple sites, but have yet to discover a resolution to my problem.
I'm on the HTC Amaze with TELUS being my provider. I have followed the steps to unlock/root the phone, and have tried CM10, Stock, and now using Dark Glass. The rom is working great, love it. The only problem is that I'm getting a message that says No External Storage Available when trying to use the camera. I find it strange that it won't recognize it since the music player works, and even a file manager such as ASTRO can locate the files on the SD card. I'm not even able to open the gallery as it can't find the SD card.
As noted above, I've tried a few different things, but still the problems persists. Any recommendations?
Thanks!
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You better format it in your custom recovery though..
Thanks for the reply guys. Unfortunately that hasn't fixed the problem.
I've flashed the stock ROM back, and the card works as normal.
Even when the SD wasn't working with the old ROM, it would still be picked up in recovery.
Any other ideas.
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