After upgrading to JellyBean, discovered the external SD card now has a new mount location: /storage/external_SD. It is no longer listed under /mnt/ or /sdcard/ as in ICS.
It's that the case for everyone else?
The internal memory is still mounted as /storage/sdcard0, /mnt/sdcard, and /sdcard.
How come there is no /mnt/extSD or /extSD?
Can I manually create the links so I can access the SD card more easily?
Thanks in advance!
dsx165 said:
After upgrading to JellyBean, discovered the external SD card now has a new mount location: /storage/external_SD. It is no longer listed under /mnt/ or /sdcard/ as in ICS.
It's that the case for everyone else?
The internal memory is still mounted as /storage/sdcard0, /mnt/sdcard, and /sdcard.
How come there is no /mnt/extSD or /extSD?
Can I manually create the links so I can access the SD card more easily?
Thanks in advance!
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Yeah, the same thing happened to me. I added the mount point using:
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mount -o bind /storage/external_SD/ /sdcard/external_sd
I doubt this will stick after a reboot, but if it doesn't I'm sure there's a way to make that work.
Actually, it looks like if you really want to change it back (probably not a great idea) you should be able to change the mount options in /etc/vold.fstab
There is a comment in that file noting the change, so it would be really easy to reverse if you wanted.
Leave it alone and just get used to it. This is actually the proper way of doing it. The sdcard link folder to the external SD card was a horrible implementation.
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After upgrading to JB on mine I don't have access to my internal. Which keeps me from using my camera. Not sure what to try next?
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swub1 said:
After upgrading to JB on mine I don't have access to my internal. Which keeps me from using my camera. Not sure what to try next?
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I have the same issue !
Have you seen this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2221164
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Hello community I just got my hands in the new s2 on Saturday, after flashing some roms from the development forums I realized that touchwiz was not my thing so I decided to install cyanogen after that my internal storage is mounted as external sdcard and my sdcard is nowhere found (it is not being mounted in the externals directory).
I will appreciate your help
Note: I have an ext4 partition in my Sd.. Since I used to have that card in my old nexus one.
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Look under /mnt/emmc
Thanks man.. Why is this happening?? Is it because of my ext4 partition on my sd-card??
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j0an said:
Thanks man.. Why is this happening??
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It's because you failed at reading the very first post in the CM7 Q&A thread.
atinm said:
Q: I cannot find my media files that are on my external sd card
A: Look under /mnt/emmc as that is where CM7 mounts the external sd card as opposed to /mnt/sdcard/external_sd that Samsung ROMs use.
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Jeje my bad sorry about that... Didn't see it.
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Hey guys, so my galaxy s2 has been running on RR 3.0.5 with the latest siyah kernel. A problem I've been having is frequent media corruptions, and to solve that, I thought reformatting the internal storage would help. After doing so, it doesn't recognize my sdcard. What can I do to fix this?
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How did you reformat?
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I reformatted using cwm, the "reformat internal storage" option.
Ah, then it is not possible to format from within the phone under Settings>Storage>Format USB card?
The phone should be able to format it.
If not, plug the microSD into the computer and format it as FAT32.
If still does not work, try to format it via another phone.
As of right now, the problem is in the phone because it won't recognize my sd card. I have swapped sd cards with another one, and again, it doesn't recognize.
Guess: You don't have the mount point any more after the reformat. Recreate it. Hope you know what's it called.
I.e. create the directory /sdcard/external_sd or what it's supposed to be called.
Check in /etc/vold.fstab, it should be found there, the name of the mount point.
kuisma said:
Guess: You don't have the mount point any more after the reformat. Recreate it. Hope you know what's it called.
I.e. create the directory /sdcard/external_sd or what it's supposed to be called.
Check in /etc/vold.fstab, it should be found there, the name of the mount point.
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Not exactly sure how to do that...
richcity64 said:
Not exactly sure how to do that...
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So in non Samsung Android phones we don't have an internal SD card. Using root explorer, we see /sdcard/ and that is our microSD. For Samsung devices, /sdcard/ is actually the internal sd card, and what kuisma is saying is that the folder of the external sd card must be in /sdcard/something.
He is trying to say that the /sdcard/something was erased, and you have to create the folder which the external sd card is in (mount point). And instead of "something" the folder should be named something else (unknown right now) but you should be able to find the correct name in /etc/vold.fstab
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Not exactly sure how to do that...
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Create an empty directory /mnt/sdcard/external_sd using your favourite tool (file explorer, mkdir or whatever ...). Restart the phone. See if it works now.
Is there any way I can mount a folder from the internal sdcard as USB mass storage?
( I am aware that I can mount an external sd but I don't happen to have one.)
jhonwds said:
Is there any way I can mount a folder from the internal sdcard as USB mass storage?
( I am aware that I can mount an external sd but I don't happen to have one.)
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Once I connect my phone it shows internal and external as two drives. You just can't mount e.g. the system folders if I am right.
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No.
jhonwds said:
Is there any way I can mount a folder from the internal sdcard as USB mass storage?
( I am aware that I can mount an external sd but I don't happen to have one.)
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No.
And here is why:
On the newer phones there is no seperate phone memory and internal SD, its just one big memory. The good thing about ir is, that you can install a lot more apps, because the whole memory is usable for the phone. The bad side is, that you can only access it through MTP.
In order to make it available as USB mass storage it needs to be unmounted, but this is not possible, because it is used by the phone. If you do it, the phone will crash. Its just like pulling a memory chip out of a running PC.
A filesystem can be mounted on different locations. If more than one location has write access, it will cause irreparable damage though.
The main problem here is that that the device uses the ext4 filesystem which Windows cannot process.
As a fix (sort of) you can
- swap internal and external storage.
- use a Smb over Wifi app and mount the share in Windows
- use a pseudo-filesysem such as sshfs from your computer
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No.
And here is why:
On the newer phones there is no seperate phone memory and internal SD, its just one big memory. The good thing about ir is, that you can install a lot more apps, because the whole memory is usable for the phone. The bad side is, that you can only access it through MTP.
In order to make it available as USB mass storage it needs to be unmounted, but this is not possible, because it is used by the phone. If you do it, the phone will crash. Its just like pulling a memory chip out of a running PC.
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I dont think so and disagree with you... galaxy s i9000 and galaxy s2 i9100 also same. But they can mount internal and external as UMS or MTP.
Maybe the different in filesystem is the main cause.
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On the S3, the whole internal memory is one big chunk (called /data). How would you go about mounting that as UMP when android is running? Android is using /data, therefore you can't unmount it and remount is as UMS.
If I'm wrong (which I may very well be), then post valid proof.
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On the S3, the whole internal memory is one big chunk (called /data). How would you go about mounting that as UMP when android is running? Android is using /data, therefore you can't unmount it and remount is as UMS.
If I'm wrong (which I may very well be), then post valid proof.
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Understood.. thanks for the info.. just found it out...
So internal sdcard is a mount point of folder /data/media
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syamsoul said:
Understood.. thanks for the info.. just found it out...
So internal sdcard is a mount point of folder /data/media
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HI there, by chance are you able to recover from the "internal memory" after a factory reset, on a galaxy s3.
I am not sure what the consensus was-
-i recently thought google had all my photos backed up and did a factory reset, and lost everything.
Am hoping if I keep the phone that I can find a way to recover the photos.
Thank you.
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HI there, by chance are you able to recover from the "internal memory" after a factory reset, on a galaxy s3.
I am not sure what the consensus was-
-i recently thought google had all my photos backed up and did a factory reset, and lost everything.
Am hoping if I keep the phone that I can find a way to recover the photos.
Thank you.
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i myself never try but you can try this
XDA post
techiesstuff
Both same way
syamsoul said:
i myself never try but you can try this
XDA post
techiesstuff
Both same way
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I just wanted to say thanks for posting that second link. I've been looking everywhere for a way to export the raw mount to recover files from internal /sdcard.
Oh and in response to the first thread, I believe the reason they were getting that error (the thread is locked unfortunately) is because they used -1 (the number one) rather than -l (the letter L). I made this mistake too.
Edit: Probably should have used the 'thanks' button, sorry. Can't delete post.
If you have a custom recovery installed boot into that and mount ums from there, as recovery doesn't depend on the data partition it can unmount and remount it
My l9 running cm10.1 has some sort of weird storage issue.
First of all, it has three storage folders: "emulated" "sdcard0" and "sdcard1". I understand that sdcard0 is the internal memory, and sdcard1 is the sd card (shouldnt it be sdcard and external_sd?). however, what is "emulated"? it has a "0" folder and "legacy" folder inside that have the EXACT contents of the actual internal phone memory card.
Second of all, when i reboot my phone, under the storage settings of the actual phone settings, it says that my sdcard has 1.8 gb (however, like this, when i plug the phone into my computer it shows up as it should, with SD card with 1.8 gb and internal storage at 14.8 gb). then when i mount and unmount the sd card, it comes up normally on my phone but on my computer it shows both internal storage and SD card at 14.8 gb (which clearly isnt right). Also, both have the exact same files and folders inside when i open them on my computer *or on my phone*
if anyone can help thanks so much
can anyone help? id appreciate it lots
nfilipac said:
My l9 running cm10.1 has some sort of weird storage issue.
First of all, it has three storage folders: "emulated" "sdcard0" and "sdcard1". I understand that sdcard0 is the internal memory, and sdcard1 is the sd card (shouldnt it be sdcard and external_sd?). however, what is "emulated"? it has a "0" folder and "legacy" folder inside that have the EXACT contents of the actual internal phone memory card.
Second of all, when i reboot my phone, under the storage settings of the actual phone settings, it says that my sdcard has 1.8 gb (however, like this, when i plug the phone into my computer it shows up as it should, with SD card with 1.8 gb and internal storage at 14.8 gb). then when i mount and unmount the sd card, it comes up normally on my phone but on my computer it shows both internal storage and SD card at 14.8 gb (which clearly isnt right). Also, both have the exact same files and folders inside when i open them on my computer.
if anyone can help thanks so much
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You use a ported version, right? If yes, which one is it? Sounds like a mounting issue.
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N00BY0815 said:
You use a ported version, right? If yes, which one is it? Sounds like a mounting issue.
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Thank you for responding. I'm using cm 10.1-20130506-UNOFFICIAL-p760, how do i fix this mounting issue?
nfilipac said:
Thank you for responding. I'm using cm 10.1-20130506-UNOFFICIAL-p760, how do i fix this mounting issue?
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You have a swap script in use. The script is inside /system/etc/init.d You can remove it, unless you have a game that you backed up from stock. From reading your post, i can tell you probably don't need it.
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kuma82 said:
You have a swap script in use. The script is inside /system/etc/init.d You can remove it, unless you have a game that you backed up from stock. From reading your post, i can tell you probably don't need it.
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So I found the folder that you're talking about. Do i delete every file i see? And will that solve my issues with the emulated storage and whatnot? Thanks!
Look for something like this
15extsd2internalsd
Just remove that file
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kuma82 said:
Look for something like this
15extsd2internalsd
Just remove that file
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Thanks for the help, but I did that and the "emulated" folder still is there. I don't know what to do anymore. Also, my computer still shows both storages as having 14.8 gb
Did you reboot? That emulated stuff is going to stay. Its apart of the 4.2.2 android changes to the system.
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Okay, well I posted this thread in the wrong place.. so im wondering if it can be moved to here or not.. but here is my original thread.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738172
Help would be appreciated please..
really? no one can help me make it so my apps start to install to my sd card from now on? Ive tried using adb to change the install directory.. not seem to be working, idk.. please help though :/
Moved to Q and A, and request OP not to bump threads within twenty four hours, and probably best to be humble in your bumps too, you are asking for help from others, so be nice
no one? :/
bewpy said:
really? no one can help me make it so my apps start to install to my sd card from now on? Ive tried using adb to change the install directory.. not seem to be working, idk.. please help though :/
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use move2sd app
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use move2sd app
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Ive tried it.. it says my external or internal memory is emulatted or something and that my sd card shares the same disk with os? idk what this mean.. i was told to use Link2SD or something instead of move2sd.. and I tried that as well, and couldnt seem to get it to work.. I used Aparted and partitioned my sd card, before hand as well.. maybe im doing something wrong? Anyone know of a tutorial for using aparted/link2sd?
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Ive tried it.. it says my external or internal memory is emulatted or something and that my sd card shares the same disk with os? idk what this mean.. i was told to use Link2SD or something instead of move2sd.. and I tried that as well, and couldnt seem to get it to work.. I used Aparted and partitioned my sd card, before hand as well.. maybe im doing something wrong? Anyone know of a tutorial for using aparted/link2sd?
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Looks like you got an lg phone which has an sd card emulated by your system. Try rom toolbox lite to change install location.
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AshIndigo said:
Looks like you got an lg phone which has an sd card emulated by your system. Try rom toolbox lite to change install location.
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does doing it through rom toolbox work better then doing it through adb? cause I used adb to set install location to external, but that didnt seem to work , unless i did it wrong. but I checked the install location after and it said it was set to external
Okay i set it to external through rom tool box, but when i install an app, my sd card is still empty.
Okay, well I figured out how to get my problem fixed using ROM Toolbox.. I didnt change the default install destination. I made a script that runs on boot that just basically uses my SD card for internal and external both. So now my apps install to my external.
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /
mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:61 /mnt/sdcard
mount -o bind /data/media /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
chmod 777 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
This works for the LG Optimus L9 LGMS769