I cant seem to find any real solution to this, and deep down I think I know the dreaded answer..
I just flashed my phone to the new JB Rom, Stupidly forgot to do a CWM Backup. It wiped my Internal memory (and for some reason everything has been saving to that the past few months, all my titanium backups, SMS backups, and photos)
Does anyone know of a way to restore this?
Much appreciated if anyone can find a solution
Okay,
I've Just reverted back to ICS, And its still not there. The Flashing process shouldn't have touched my internal Storage so I don't know why its disappeared. When I plug it into the computer it doesn't even show the Internal SD card any more it only shows the external.
The Storage settings says there is only 2GB internal storage. (which is not true the galaxy S2 has 16GB)
I think there my data is safe somewhere, Just getting to it is going to be the issue. I think maybe the partitions have messed up on the block storage.
Can anyone help here?
addictedtopain said:
Can anyone help here?
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i think ur internal sdcard seems to have not mounted hence the issue
reboot into recovery and scroll to 'Mounts and storage' and check for the option 'Mount internal sdcard' do the same, then reboot and see
Sun90 said:
i think ur internal sdcard seems to have not mounted hence the issue
reboot into recovery and scroll to 'Mounts and storage' and check for the option 'Mount internal sdcard' do the same, then reboot and see
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I don't think anything wiped his internal storage.
I think his backup apps are finding it difficult to locate /storage/sdcard0 and since he just flashed an AOSP ROM, he doesn't even have a file manager to see them his internal storage is mounted
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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addictedtopain said:
I cant seem to find any real solution to this, and deep down I think I know the dreaded answer..
I just flashed my phone to the new JB Rom, Stupidly forgot to do a CWM Backup. It wiped my Internal memory (and for some reason everything has been saving to that the past few months, all my titanium backups, SMS backups, and photos)
Does anyone know of a way to restore this?
Much appreciated if anyone can find a solution
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first, download and run Es file explorer or Solid Explorer from playstore.
Let me know if you can see your files and folders
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
I don't think anything wiped his internal storage.
I think his backup apps are finding it difficult to locate /storage/sdcard0 and since he just flashed an AOSP ROM, he doesn't even have a file manager to see them his internal storage is mounted
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
---------- Post added at 12:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:08 PM ----------
first, download and run Es file explorer or Solid Explorer from playstore.
Let me know if you can see your files and folders
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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I think the real issue is that Its not mounted the "Internal SD card" properly. I've tried mounting in CWM but still nothing. I think its mounting the wrong Block storage. Maybe I can Remount the correct one via ADB? or recover the files from ADB
ES file explorer shows SDcard as empty
Anyone?
addictedtopain said:
I think the real issue is that Its not mounted the "Internal SD card" properly. I've tried mounting in CWM but still nothing. I think its mounting the wrong Block storage. Maybe I can Remount the correct one via ADB? or recover the files from ADB
ES file explorer shows SDcard as empty
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If you connect your phone to pc, can you see the files in your internal and external SD?
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
If you connect your phone to pc, can you see the files in your internal and external SD?
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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It only shows the files on my external storage. Phone says internal storage is empty / only 2GB (for apps and stuff) Camera wont work because it says I have no internal storage,
addictedtopain said:
It only shows the files on my external storage. Phone says internal storage is empty / only 2GB (for apps and stuff) Camera wont work because it says I have no internal storage,
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Visit the first link on my signature. There is a solution for your case in post 13 (I'm not sure about the exact post no)
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
Visit the first link on my signature. There is a solution for your case in post 13 (I'm not sure about the exact post no)
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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Tried all three solutions and none of them worked unfortunatly :/
If I mount USB storage in CWM I can only access my External SD card, it says the internal SD card needs to be formated first.. but I dont want to format it and loose anything, There are no .nomedia files on my external SD. I dont know about the internal as I cant access it. multi mount SD-card lite wouldnt work because I dont have internal SD mounted.
addictedtopain said:
Tried all three solutions and none of them worked unfortunatly :/
If I mount USB storage in CWM I can only access my External SD card, it says the internal SD card needs to be formated first.. but I dont want to format it and loose anything, There are no .nomedia files on my external SD. I dont know about the internal as I cant access it. multi mount SD-card lite wouldnt work because I dont have internal SD mounted.
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Sorry about that. I didn't tell you to use my tutorial, i told you to follow post 13.
Anyway, the only option you have left will be to format your internal SD from your phone, then use the tutorial in post 13, to recover some files.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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When changing to new ROMs, some require a 'full wipe'. What I'm wondering is when you do a full wipe in CWM, does it also wipe the external SD card? I'm never really sure if it will or not so I always take it out prior just to be safe. If I don't need to do that though that would be good
No unless you select wipe external sd card if the option is on CWM .
jje
JJEgan said:
No unless you select wipe external sd card if the option is on CWM .
jje
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Hi
I run full wipe, but now I can't access the external sd and I can't send files via cable. Do you have any solution?
Thank you
rafaair said:
Hi
I run full wipe, but now I can't access the external sd and I can't send files via cable. Do you have any solution?
Thank you
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What is your Rom you used after you did the full wipe?
It requires time for the media scanner to scan all of your files on your external SD. It took me one time about 5 - 10 minutes until I saw my files on the file manager.
Scarface1991 said:
What is your Rom you used after you did the full wipe?
It requires time for the media scanner to scan all of your files on your external SD. It took me one time about 5 - 10 minutes until I saw my files on the file manager.
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Hi
Let me be mo clear:
I used Super Wipe Full to erase everything because I was facing some problems on it.
I used a lot of rooms before.
Now I can just access CWM and when I try to install the room, it says: "no files found". I think is isnt reading the external sd.
rafaair said:
Hi
Let me be mo clear:
I used Super Wipe Full to erase everything because I was facing some problems on it.
I used a lot of rooms before.
Now I can just access CWM and when I try to install the room, it says: "no files found". I think is isnt reading the external sd.
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1. Copy the Rom to internal SD.
2. Next time be very careful not to wipe your SD cards in CWM recovery
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
1. Copy the Rom to internal SD.
2. Next time be very careful not to wipe your SD cards in CWM recovery
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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Hi
How can I copy the rom to internal sd? I can't access it via cable (driver not installed, I tried to install manually with no success too)!
rafaair said:
Hi
How can I copy the rom to internal sd? I can't access it via cable (driver not installed, I tried to install manually with no success too)!
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I think that you must use solid explorer to copy the rom.
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rafaair said:
Hi
How can I copy the rom to internal sd? I can't access it via cable (driver not installed, I tried to install manually with no success too)!
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Goto Settings - About and post your ROM details here
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
Goto Settings - About and post your ROM details here
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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My internal SD in formated. I have only access to CWM. I can't accesss the external SD from CWM and I can't send files via cable. I need just to access my extenal sd or send the rom file to internal sd!
Thank you anyway for trying to help
rafaair said:
My internal SD in formated. I have only access to CWM. I can't accesss the external SD from CWM and I can't send files via cable. I need just to access my extenal sd or send the rom file to internal sd!
Thank you anyway for trying to help
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-Boot to CWM recovery
-Connect your phone to the PC via CWM recoveryt
-Select Mounts and Storage
-Select Mount USB storage
Your internal and external SD should be mounted as Mass Storage on your PC, connect the ROM to the Internal SD.
Good luck
rafaair said:
Hi
I run full wipe, but now I can't access the external sd and I can't send files via cable. Do you have any solution?
Thank you
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For **** sake Always give full info about your device bfr asking for help
Peace
Hit Thanks & It will Disappear
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can the internal sdcard be formatted from a PC just like an external sdcard ?
I dont care about anything data I have on it, I just need to know if i wipe it I am not effing anything up that needs to run.
Thanks!
The "Internal SD" is not really an SD card in the sense of a removable or separate device. It is part of the internal memory, but from the stand point of the system is treated as a separate drive. Kind of like the way you can take a hard drive a partition it into two "logical" drives that can be separately addressed.
In any case the formatting of the internal SD is a function of the Android system and not the PC. I'm not sure what happens if you try to format while the device is plugged in via USB. I know there are several hidden directories that Android needs on the SD card and if you try to format from the PC they are likely to be destroyed.
If you look at "Settings-Storage" you should find the formatting tool.
mbamberg said:
The "Internal SD" is not really an SD card in the sense of a removable or separate device. It is part of the internal memory, but from the stand point of the system is treated as a separate drive. Kind of like the way you can take a hard drive a partition it into two "logical" drives that can be separately addressed.
In any case the formatting of the internal SD is a function of the Android system and not the PC. I'm not sure what happens if you try to format while the device is plugged in via USB. I know there are several hidden directories that Android needs on the SD card and if you try to format from the PC they are likely to be destroyed.
If you look at "Settings-Storage" you should find the formatting tool.
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But, back to the original question: how do you format (wipe) the internal SD card?
This whole issue of the pictures and mp3s that can't be removed is really bugging me.
kevincwelch said:
But, back to the original question: how do you format (wipe) the internal SD card?
This whole issue of the pictures and mp3s that can't be removed is really bugging me.
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did you try going into root explorer and mounting r/w and then try to delete the files? Just asking because there has been a few bricks on here from people formatting their internal.
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kevincwelch said:
But, back to the original question: how do you format (wipe) the internal SD card?
This whole issue of the pictures and mp3s that can't be removed is really bugging me.
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If you remove those files, you may not be able to use the OTA updates....the updates don't seem to like changed or removed files.
Bob
monkey10120 said:
did you try going into root explorer and mounting r/w and then try to delete the files? Just asking because there has been a few bricks on here from people formatting their internal.
Sent from my ADR6300 using xda premium
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Good thought: I did use Root Explorer to mount R/W. It did NOT let me delete those files.
(I really have no serious intentions of formatting my internal "SD" card; I'm just fuming that I have no control over the files, which show up in my Google music.)
I also can't seem to put a .nomedia file in the directory either.
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robertg9 said:
If you remove those files, you may not be able to use the OTA updates....the updates don't seem to like changed or removed files.
Bob
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Not necessarily worried about that. I've found a ROM and kernel that work pretty well, and since this isn't my phone, I don't need it to be running 24-7.
There's nothing in System Settings-Storage?
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I have a (successfully) rooted Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 without external SD card and I wanted to install a custom ROM (tried both MIUI and CyanogenMod). I used the ROM manager app, via "Download ROM" and after the download has finished it prompted a menu and I selected 'Backup Exisiting ROM' and 'Wipe Dalvik Cache' and proceeded.
It booted the device into recovery mode and tried to mount SD card even though I don't have one. Then the installation failed, because the SD card mounting failed.
I also noticed that when I browse my files, the home directory is /sdcard, and all the files are there. I cannot navigate to the root folder (aka '/'). This is very odd considering I don't have an SD card.
How do I solve this issue?
Please help me.
/sdcard is your internal storage and to access root folder you need root explorer
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Stileth said:
/sdcard is your internal storage and to access root folder you need root explorer
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What about my other question? Can you help me? Why doesn't it mount?
It failed to mount your internal storage or external SD card which you don't have? Also ROM Manager have compatibility issues with SGS2 so I would avoid using it.
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Stileth said:
It failed to mount your internal storage or external SD card which you don't have? Also ROM Manager have compatibility issues with SGS2 so I would avoid using it.
Odoslané z GT-I9100 cez Tapatalk 2
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I see that I can't get you to answer helpfully, so I'll put it more clearly:
1. Why does it try to mount an SD card?
2. Can I tell it to install the ROM from the internal storage? If I do, then how?
3. Must I have an SD card to install ROMs?
4. If I do, is there a way to install ROMs without an SD card?
Thanks.
Ok, let's go back to start. What's your ROM and how have you rooted it?
Also seems to me there is little mixture of terms. The phone's internal storage is called USB storage if you go to settings and storage management. If you would have external memory card it would be there named SD Card. And now where probably comes the confusion. If you open file manager you will see folder called /sdcard. This is your internal storage aka USB Storage. So if you see message saying unable to mount /sdcard it's your internal storage.
Now to the rest of questions. If you have only stock recovery you can access only external SD card which you don't have, so to flash custom ROM from internal storage you need custom recovery like CWM.
The errors you have experienced after the reboot were caused by the ROM Manager. As I have mentioned before it has compatibility issues with SGS2 and I had my own problems with it ending in corruption of my internal memory which I needed to format at the end to solve the problem.
So my advice is to get rid of the ROM Manager and use instructions from their appropriate ROM threads to install them.
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Thank you for clarifying the terminology which I obviously got wrong.
I did use CWM, but via ROM Manager. It turns out that this is what caused the problem. So I got rid of it and followed the instructions in those threads and it works!
Now that I have CyanogenMod 9.0.0, I have another problem:
It does not come with Google Play application. I tried to manually download and install Google Play with APK, and it didn't work.
If you know anything about it I appreciate if you take a look at this thread I opened.
1gnition said:
Thank you for clarifying the terminology which I obviously got wrong.
I did use CWM, but via ROM Manager. It turns out that this is what caused the problem. So I got rid of it and followed the instructions in those threads and it works!
Now that I have CyanogenMod 9.0.0, I have another problem:
It does not come with Google Play application. I tried to manually download and install Google Play with APK, and it didn't work.
If you know anything about it I appreciate if you take a look at this thread I opened.
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After flash cm9, your need too flash gapps
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USB structure on i9100
Stileth said:
Also seems to me there is little mixture of terms. The phone's internal storage is called USB storage if you go to settings and storage management. If you would have external memory card it would be there named SD Card. And now where probably comes the confusion. If you open file manager you will see folder called /sdcard. This is your internal storage aka USB Storage. So if you see message saying unable to mount /sdcard it's your internal storage.
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I think Stileth might have this a little wrong. He clearly knows what he is talking about, but like many of the very knowledgable people on this board, it is hard to remember all the details of every phone.
This is what I have on a i9100, exploring with adb shell:
There is a /sdcard directory, which is your internal sdcard
There is a /sdcard/external_sd, which is your external sdcard
There is a /sdcard/usbStorage, which appears to be ram based storage.
I can move files to the usbStorage, but they do not survive a power cycle. I looked at the mount structure, and there is no device mounted for usbStorage, but it is defined as a tmpfs (temperary file system?) same as the other two sdcard directories. Perhaps someone else can fill in more details.
My thinking is that it is this strange file structure that is throwing RomManager off. I am seeing similar behavior as you when using RomManager
usbStorage is used for pendrives.
przemcio510 said:
usbStorage is used for pendrives.
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Thanks, I thought that might be it. Interesting that it lets you store stuff there in a ram cache even if no pendrive/thumbdrive is present.
I have an extremely weird SD Card behavior with my Note 2:
After deleting files and rebooting, the files reappear.
I can't format the SD Card using the Android OS - it goes black screen and requires me to pull out the battery in order to start the device.
I removed the SD Card and attached it to my laptop's SD Card slot and tried formatting using Windows 7- the format process completed after ~30-40 minutes, yet the SD Card appeared UNCHANGED!
I used multiple SD Card formatting tools, still no dice - they either complain about write protection, that they can't start, they start and stop halfway with an error, you name it.
It's like the SD Card has built in protection that keeps the files in it in stasis form, never ever witnessed such a behavior in any storage device. What gives?
Any help, preferably from people who may have encountered a similar behavior, will be greatly appreciated!
Bump.
Experienced this in my old motus.
Would love to see advice, just in case
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Bumpity-bump-bump-bump?
virus
seems like your sd card is infected by vbs virus
or corrupted
rahulraz said:
seems like your sd card is infected by vbs virus
or corrupted
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I doubt the SD Card is corrupted, as I can read the files on it just fine, each and every file.
A VBS virus that prevents me from even formatting the card? Never heard of such a thing.
Has my SD Card became sentient? Are the machines preparing their assault on mankind?
use a good anti...
well if u get any shortcut then its virus
Thanks! I'll try to find a good AV and see if I'll find anything.
OK, Lookout Mobile, Mobile Security Antivirus and AVG didn't find a single thing wrong.
Weird.
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rahulraz said:
seems like your sd card is infected by vbs virus
or corrupted
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Its not the problem of virus!
And you say visual basic script is used to create a virus?? Hell, No!!
Maybe it is the permissions in the sd card is not allowing it to format!
If your device is rooted and check whether it has ClockWorkMod recovery support.
You can use any other recovery. But ClockWorkMod is more stable.
Go to android recovery and flash that CWM.
And then go to mounts and storage > select format /sdcard.
Check if the format completes. If it gets complete, reboot your phone and again format in the settings.
If it doesn't help, after doing all these steps, now try again with some softwares on your computer and then try again.
Press thanks if I have helped you.
PM me for problems.
Well agree
the_pirate_predator said:
Its not the problem of virus!
And you say visual basic script is used to create a virus?? Hell, No!!
Maybe it is the permissions in the sd card is not allowing it to format!
If your device is rooted and check whether it has ClockWorkMod recovery support.
You can use any other recovery. But ClockWorkMod is more stable.
Go to android recovery and flash that CWM.
And then go to mounts and storage > select format /sdcard.
Check if the format completes. If it gets complete, reboot your phone and again format in the settings.
If it doesn't help, after doing all these steps, now try again with some softwares on your computer and then try again.
Press thanks if I have helped you.
PM me for problems.
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But He says he tried FormattinG Via SomE Apps.
Well He also Said That He Tried on Windows .....
FixinG permission may help .
Mine was 2 Virus Prob.
1-AutorunB2 51Trozon
nd winhauster.vbs. . .
I just tried formatting the SD Card using CWM and the SD Card remained the...same?! Arrgh!
Anyway, you get a 'Thanks' regardless, I'm grateful for any attempt to help me out. This is some X-Files stuff going on here.
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amirfoox said:
I just tried formatting the SD Card using CWM and the SD Card remained the...same?! Arrgh!
Anyway, you get a 'Thanks' regardless, I'm grateful for any attempt to help me out. This is some X-Files stuff going on here.
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I am not the one who keep looking for thanks.
It is just that the people forget to thank the person who helped them.
Thats why I mention it on every post.
My SDcard just got worse.
Now it doesn't have a filesystem. Android reports it as blank, and Windows wants to format it because it has the RAW filesystem.
What's more, total space decreased to 30MB!
It's hard to lose all my multimedia files
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OK, I have a backup image from CWM and Titanium Backup + Perseus CPU Governor, so I initially thought that they might cause this behavior, but it doesn't explain why formatting via Windows 7 seperately from my Note 2 didn't work.
I'm on stock 4.1.2, rooted, of course.
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aureljared said:
My SDcard just got worse.
Now it doesn't have a filesystem. Android reports it as blank, and Windows wants to format it because it has the RAW filesystem.
What's more, total space decreased to 30MB!
It's hard to lose all my multimedia files
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The android will surely report is as blank because you have formatted everything in ClockWorkMod.
Now all you have to do is go to settings > SD card and phone storage > Fomat SD card.
If it shows an error that "SD card is busy", then unmount it and then format it
To aurelijared
aureljared said:
My SDcard just got worse.
Now it doesn't have a filesystem. Android reports it as blank, and Windows wants to format it because it has the RAW filesystem.
What's more, total space decreased to 30MB!
It's hard to lose all my multimedia files
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Well If ur Space decreased to 30 mb its corrupted.
my 8gb card also face that.
Only 5 chinese type files was there
If u want Files nd media back then do this
Download Patition Data RecoverY.
Nd Scan for data there...
all files will back will other name.
But u cant Use sd card again.
So bump It
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You should have had a backup of everything present in the sd card to your computer.
I thought you had done it before. Even if you have formatted everything using a software in your computer, you would have deleted all your data.
the_pirate_predator said:
The android will surely report is as blank because you have formatted everything in ClockWorkMod.
Now all you have to do is go to settings > SD card and phone storage > Fomat SD card.
If it shows an error that "SD card is busy", then unmount it and then format it
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I haven't formatted it lol.
I will describe:
- card suddenly unmounts itself
- Android remounts it and reports it as blank or having an unsupported filesystem
- went to Windows for confirmation, turned out that SDcard turned to RAW filesystem from FAT32
Basically I have a dead card.
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aureljared said:
I haven't formatted it lol.
I will describe:
- card suddenly unmounts itself
- Android remounts it and reports it as blank or having an unsupported filesystem
- went to Windows for confirmation, turned out that SDcard turned to RAW filesystem from FAT32
Basically I have a dead card.
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Ummm, are you hijacking my thread, dude?
rahulraz said:
Well If ur Space decreased to 30 mb its corrupted.
my 8gb card also face that.
Only 5 chinese type files was there
If u want Files nd media back then do this
Download Patition Data RecoverY.
Nd Scan for data there...
all files will back will other name.
But u cant Use sd card again.
So bump It
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Where do I download Partition Data Recovery?
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amirfoox said:
Ummm, are you hijacking my thread, dude?
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No omg sorry
It's just that I used to have the same situation as yours, then it turned to this.
Okay I will now stop.
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Hi everyone,
I have troubles since 4 days with my i9100 (under CM11)
Since 4 days, I cannot access anymore to the internal memory (sdcard0)
My SD Card works (sdcard1). It's even recognized by my computer when I plug my smartphone by USB.
However, the intern card (sdcard0) is not showed anymore when I plug my smartphone by USB to my computer.
I can't access to the Gallery. The message "no external storage available" appears.
With Es File Explorer, for sdcard0, the app shows the following message "SD card unmounted".
However, in the Settings, when I go to Storage, internal storage is recognized… it show only applications, some cached datas and available storage (total space 1,97Gb ; Available 672 Mb).
In the Recovery, I tried "mount /storage/sdcard0" but it shows : "Error mounting /storage/sdcard0 !"
Does the internal storage is down ?
My smartphone is still functional, I can update applications and install new ones, etc. So I have difficulties to think that the internal storage is fully down.
However, I cannot update CyanogenMod with CMUpdater (I tried a restoration of a Nandroid backup but it crashed… probably because of this internal storage problem) which normally writes on sdcard0.
My version of CM is actually 11-20141024-Nightly-i9100 (it was more recent before the restauration which have strangely crashed… but works!)
What can I do ?
Thanks for your help
P.S : I tried many forums (particularly french forums because I'm French… sorry if I made mistakes on my post) but nobody answered me.
oldbear3 said:
Hi everyone,
I have troubles since 4 days with my i9100 (under CM11)
Since 4 days, I cannot access anymore to the internal memory (sdcard0)
My SD Card works (sdcard1). It's even recognized by my computer when I plug my smartphone by USB.
However, the intern card (sdcard0) is not showed anymore when I plug my smartphone by USB to my computer.
I can't access to the Gallery. The message "no external storage available" appears.
With Es File Explorer, for sdcard0, the app shows the following message "SD card unmounted".
However, in the Settings, when I go to Storage, internal storage is recognized… it show only applications, some cached datas and available storage (total space 1,97Gb ; Available 672 Mb).
In the Recovery, I tried "mount /storage/sdcard0" but it shows : "Error mounting /storage/sdcard0 !"
Does the internal storage is down ?
My smartphone is still functional, I can update applications and install new ones, etc. So I have difficulties to think that the internal storage is fully down.
However, I cannot update CyanogenMod with CMUpdater (I tried a restoration of a Nandroid backup but it crashed… probably because of this internal storage problem) which normally writes on sdcard0.
My version of CM is actually 11-20141024-Nightly-i9100 (it was more recent before the restauration which have strangely crashed… but works!)
What can I do ?
Thanks for your help
P.S : I tried many forums (particularly french forums because I'm French… sorry if I made mistakes on my post) but nobody answered me.
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Try flashing back to stock rom and see what happens. If it doesnt help, use a pit file to repartition your phone's memory.
I too have the same problem with the internal memory. My s2 is running CM11 right now. And suddenly it have problem with it MMC. Apps like camera, Bluetooth, and downloading files from the Internet seem impossible to receive any file coz I set it stored in the MMC.. Then I checked the setting > storage, the memory card was there. It detects it's total memory. My internal memory however have shrank to total of 1.6 GB with free memory 300 MB. Are you using i9100G? Have you restore the stock?
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gsstudios said:
Try flashing back to stock rom and see what happens. If it doesnt help, use a pit file to repartition your phone's memory.
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Hi, thanks for your help. What do you mean by "pit file" ? Is there a tutorial somewhere for this operation ?
I really don't think that going back to a stock rom will change anything. It can't be a problem with CM. It's installed on my smartphone since one or two years and I never had any problem.
I've flashed with the recent Omni ROM but it seems that doesn't help at all
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I've found the solution. Under the setting > storage. There are two section, internal and SD card. Choose the option to erase SD card on the internal memory.
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syncomp said:
I've flashed with the recent Omni ROM but it seems that doesn't help at all
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Scroll down until you see a file named 'stock 2gb' then download that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...es/mod-partition-internal-memory-app-t2538947 Pit files provide information so that you can repartition your phone just incase the worst happens to your phones. It can be used for your problem too. Then, in odin, locate the pit file for the pit selection then tick repartition, oh, btw, make sure you have stock rom with you so you will need to flash back to stock rom by selecting the files under the respective categories. Once that's all done, you can start flashing.
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syncomp said:
I've found the solution. Under the setting > storage. There are two section, internal and SD card. Choose the option to erase SD card on the internal memory.
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That could work too. But my method better! Doing this will not properly format the internal sd card while my method formats the internal sd card.
Sry.. It's my mistake that I am not giving the full details of the situation. I just realize that for the apps partition, it is set by 2 GB by default. What am I experienced was the SD section for internal memory gone missing. I tried by erasing the SD card. Anyhow, it has been Ok for a while. I'll try to repartition by using your method. Seems that 2 GB is very easy to full
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gsstudios said:
Try flashing back to stock rom and see what happens. If it doesnt help, use a pit file to repartition your phone's memory.
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Ok, I just found a solution for my problem, and without formatting anything.
For those who have this problem, you can try it, there are no risk in theory.
I plugged my Android smartphone on my PC.
I went into the Recovery and choose the 'Mount and storage' menu.
Here, I used the 'Mount USB Storage' option. My PC started to recognize the smartphone and I was able to access to my 2memories (sdcard0 and sdcard1).
I made a right click on the sdcard0 and in the 'tools' menu and choose to perform a basic scandisk...
It found errors and correct them.
After that, i made a reboot and my memory was back.
Thank you gsstudios for your help. My solution is not academic (using Windows to repair my smartphone) but it worked !
oldbear3 said:
Ok, I just found a solution for my problem, and without formatting anything.
For those who has this problem, you can try it, there are no risk in theory.
I plugged my Android smartphone on my PC.
I went into the Recovery and i've been in the 'Mount and storage' menu.
Here, I used the 'Mount USB Storage' option. My PC started to recognize the smartphone and I had access to my 2 memories (sdcard0 and sdcard1).
I made a right click on the sdcard0 and in the 'tools' menu, i choosed to perform a basic scandisk...
It found errors and correct them.
After that, i made a reboot and my memory was back.
Thank you gsstudios for your help. My solution is not academic (using Windows to repair my smartphone) but it worked !
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Ah, so it was a problem with the file system of your sd card, glad that your problem was resolved.
I had the same problem and using the Erase SD card option in the Storage menu worked for me!
Luckily I had already made a complete back-up recently so only a few new files were lost. If I hadn't though, I would have kept looking for a better solution.
Thanks!
Sorry, what do you mean "went to recovery mode?" Means recovery mode in phone (volume up+home+power) or somewhere or an app in pc?