Hi all, I've accidentally partitioned the sd-card through recovery and I don't need any ext partition (from romracers recovery there wasn't any undo option). I've tried formatting it through windows or gparted. Windows recognise only the fat partition so that one is the only one it formats; gparted sees both but if I try to remove the ext and format everything as fat32, the phone reject the sdcard not mounting it and giving an error. Any solution please? I'd like to have the original storage space! Thank you all!
Delete all partitions with gparted, then partition/format in the phone.
ravilov said:
Delete all partitions with gparted, then partition/format in the phone.
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Thanks! What do you mean with "format in the phone"? Through recovery or from settings?
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alberto88a said:
Thanks! What do you mean with "format in the phone"? Through recovery or from settings?
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Either one should work.
If one doesn't, try the other.
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Either one should work.
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I'll try and let you know, thanks again
Format again in recovery. Then choose 0 as ext position size. It will be deleted.
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dedraks said:
Format again in recovery. Then choose 0 as ext position size. It will be deleted.
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I can't because the minimum size tor ext partition id 128MB I'm on cwm touch
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I think my microsd is half-broken but I managed how to use it until it leaves me forever. I surely have bad sectors because a llf encountered errors. I used a HP format tool to do a quick format and of course the phone told me the sd was damaged so i formatted and got the entire space...hope not to lose future data...any suggestion for pictures instant upload?
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alberto88a said:
I think my microsd is half-broken but I managed how to use it until it leaves me forever. I surely have bad sectors because a llf encountered errors. I used a HP format tool to do a quick format and of course the phone told me the sd was damaged so i formatted and got the entire space...hope not to lose future data...any suggestion for pictures instant upload?
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I had to do it once...easiest solution i found was put the micro sd card in a nokia s40 phone (i used nokia x2) and chose format memory card
i would sugest you to go with gparted if you have access to linux system but i did not so had to do it this way
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switched over to cyano-ace from coderom...
the sd card gets detected in cwm but not when the phone is on...
any suggetions? i loved the mod!
Rajhans said:
switched over to cyano-ace from coderom...
the sd card gets detected in cwm but not when the phone is on...
any suggetions? i loved the mod!
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Remove your swap partition
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how do i do dat??
Remove it using mini partition tool(pc).
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u mean remove the entire partition??
Rajhans said:
u mean remove the entire partition??
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Ya. D swap partition.
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funny, mine is the opposite, it is detected in CM7.1 but not in recovery. I have no idea what to do next.
partitioned?
im assuming your memory card is partitioned for a2sd.
1. fat32
2. ext4
ive experienced this problem when i forgot to set both partitions as primary when i did the reformat. if it is just logical partition, one would not be detected.
i used mini partition tool and created two partitions, both are primary and fat32.
But when i restart my phone the phone,
it is displaying "damaged sd card, you may need to reformat it"
plz any one reply fast!!
wrong section
and your gonna have to format sd card
ok sorry,but how to create two partitions and make the card acceptable by our device.
plz help.i'm a beginner
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i saw some other posts also,but they din't cover this prob and also i tried by creating one fat32 part. and one ext2 part.
mvmsk said:
ok sorry,but how to create two partitions and make the card acceptable by our device.
plz help.i'm a beginner
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i saw some other posts also,but they din't cover this prob and also i tried by creating one fat32 part. and one ext2 part.
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Best way to create two particions is the method with CWM
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Make 2 part. Both primary but 1 fat32 and other ext3
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well, it didn't workout with minitool so i created with cwm
Pretty sure you were using usb mode while partitioning it.. right?
redlag said:
Preety sure you were using usb cable to partition it.. right?
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lol
how did you know ? is that the problem with mini tool
mvmsk said:
lol
how did you know ? is that the problem with mini tool
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I use card reader for patition.
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mvmsk said:
lol
how did you know ? is that the problem with mini tool
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Nope. Usb mode doesn't allow for full unmounting. So formatting in usb mode will leave your memory card partially corrupted. Use card reader/cwm.
redlag said:
Nope. Usb mode doesn't allow for full unmounting. So formatting in usb mode will leave your memory card partially corrupted. Use card reader/cwm.
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yes dude...done it using cwm
Can someone let me know what they are using to check partitions on their removable sd cards. I have partitioned in the past using the 4ext recovery on my old G2 but now want to get rid of the ext,.....
also what format is best to use for the whole card? 4EXT / fatext or what?
Thanx all!!!!
Please help guys,.....
I thought this would have been can easy one for ppl to give suggestions on?
Also I don't have a separate card reader so need to be able to do it from the phone itself or by having it connected via usb.
Pleeeeeeaaaassssseeee help.
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You will need to format the card on the phone itself..it will partition in FAT32 format..this is the format S3 used..you can try NTFS but only Siyah kernel will work with it AFAIK..
FAT32 is the format to use here,,
Thank Z.
So if I format through Cwm recovery it will also get rid of all partitions right?....... Data / swap / extdata?...... I don't actually remember how many partitions are on it.
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wileykat said:
Thank Z.
So if I format through Cwm recovery it will also get rid of all partitions right?....... Data / swap / extdata?...... I don't actually remember how many partitions are on it.
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Format it using the Format option present in Storage under settings..or connect it to a PC and format is as FAT32 ..all the partitions will be deleted and you will have a brand new FAT32 partitioned ExtSdcard.
Thanks again pal. Appreciated.
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Hello xda members. I have a problem with my sd card. Tried to repartition in cmw and something went wrong. Now I can only connect sd card to computer is to mount in recovery. Also it shows that sd capacity is 2.9gb instead of 4gb. I cant transfer any files to sd card because they didisappears. I have searched in forums, tried everything, nothing helps:crying:. Please help me
Format the sd card and start again. Don't mess with partitioning this time.
already formatted with fat32. Doesn't work
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Hello xda members. I have a problem with my sd card. Tried to repartition in cmw and something went wrong. Now I can only connect sd card to computer is to mount in recovery. Also it shows that sd capacity is 2.9gb instead of 4gb. I cant transfer any files to sd card because they didisappears. I have searched in forums, tried anything, nothing helps:crying:. Please help me
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As a rule of the thumb please don't use CWW for partitioning your sd card as it cause errors. Try a tool called minitool. Use it to repartition your sd card with your card reader and computer. Then format it to FAT 32 file system. Hope it works for you !
texasranger770 said:
As a rule of the thumb please don't use CWW for partitioning your sd card as it cause errors. Try a tool called minitool. Use it to repartition your sd card with your card reader and computer. Then format it to FAT 32 file system. Hope it works for you !
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tried mini tool partition wizard. I doesn't help:crying: it shows that I don't have any partitions except fat32 which is 2.9 gb size. And I can't apply changes. When i scan for errors it doesn't find any :crying:
Any other suggestions?
username_lt said:
Any other suggestions?
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The official organizaction that designates the SD card standards has a tool for formatting SD cards called SD Formatter which can be found here https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/. Make sure select the full format option.
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shimp208 said:
The official organizaction that designates the SD card standards has a tool for formatting SD cards called SD Formatter which can be found here https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/. Make sure select the full format option.
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SD card formatter also didn't help. It still shows 2.9gb available storage and I can't copy anything
Maybe there is hidden corrupted partition and some programs cannot see it. In recovery I can't mount sd ext. Maybe problems are with this partition?
username_lt said:
Maybe there is hidden corrupted partition and some programs cannot see it. In recovery I can't mount sd ext. Maybe problems are with this partition?
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Another suggestion would be to try using the gparted disk partitioning utility if you have linux you can download it from here gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php or use a live CD/USB version of it http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php.
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shimp208 said:
Another suggestion would be to try using the gparted disk partitioning utility if you have linux you can download it from here gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php or use a live CD/USB version of it http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php.
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How to use gparted? I am using windows7
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How to use gparted? I am using windows7
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I would recommend taking a look at these two tutorials on how to use gparted:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4442619_use-gparted-live-cd-partition.html
www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html#mozTocId661277
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shimp208 said:
I would recommend taking a look at these two tutorials on how to use gparted:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4442619_use-gparted-live-cd-partition.html
www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html#mozTocId661277
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Is there any possibility that it will harm my computer?
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Is there any possibility that it will harm my computer?
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As long as you just reformat the SD card and not any of your other hard drive partitions it will not harm your computer.
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I use EaseUs professional edition for my PC, but they have a freeware version you could try for your SD card: I can't post links yet, but if you search google for EaseUS Partition Master home edition, you should find the link to download it.
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I use EaseUs professional edition for my PC, but they have a freeware version you could try for your SD card: I can't post links yet, but if you search google for EaseUS Partition Master home edition, you should find the link to download it.
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Tried didn't help. Now I will try gparted
gparted doesn't boot from cd. What can I try now?
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gparted doesn't boot from cd. What can I try now?
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Make sure under the bios setup options you have CD as first boot device rather then the hard drive this should allow you to boot the gparted live CD.
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Any other suggestions?
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There is at least a loss of 800 MB. Using mini tool see if there are unused space. Try these steps:
1) First of all delete all the entire existing partitions .
2) Then create a single partition .
3) Perform a full low level format using FAT 32 file system.
4) See if this works otherwise your sd card has got bad sectors which might be unrecoverable even using scandisk
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There is at least a loss of 800 MB. Using mini tool see if there are unused space. Try these steps:
1) First of all delete all the entire existing partitions .
2) Then create a single partition .
3) Perform a full low level format using FAT 32 file system.
4) See if this works otherwise your sd card has got bad sectors which might be unrecoverable even using scandisk
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I think it is bad sectors because I already tried that
If so, how?
I'm looking to make either a second partiton sd-ext4 on my internal memory as opposed to the external SDcard.
So how do you do it?
demoncamber said:
If so, how?
I'm looking to make either a second partiton sd-ext4 on my internal memory as opposed to the external SDcard.
So how do you do it?
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Yes, but it is very dangerous to do and may lead to your device bricked forever.
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I was actually able to create a partition successfully, but when I went into tarp to flash a rom, all of the directories labels were corrupted symbols. But the ROM actually did install correctly. Has anyone successfully done this?
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