[Q] Back up issue/ unknown partitions (help ASAP please) - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm trying to back up my room ( neatrom) before I install aroma. When I have come to do it via Cwm it says free space - 0. unknown partitions size 1- /sd-ext. Then when I start it says error backing upboot image. Can any one help please?

Morty84 said:
I'm trying to back up my room ( neatrom) before I install aroma. When I have come to do it via Cwm it says free space - 0. unknown partitions size 1- /sd-ext. Then when I start it says error backing upboot image. Can any one help please?
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Maybe you don't have enough space.

could also be a faulty sd card, i had one recently and it formatted properly but when i tried to use it in recovery it failed, after several formats etc i tried a program call pen drive test which writes to the card until full then reads back what its written, mine failed on read back so it went into bin, the program is a freebie and can be used to test fake or otherwise usb keys etc bought from your favourite online auction site.

Morty84 said:
I'm trying to back up my room ( neatrom) before I install aroma. When I have come to do it via Cwm it says free space - 0. unknown partitions size 1- /sd-ext. Then when I start it says error backing upboot image. Can any one help please?
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Follow these steps -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44009547&postcount=66329

Thanks
Jeetu said:
Follow these steps -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44009547&postcount=66329
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Thanks for your replies on this and my other thread regarding back up. I reformatted my sd card and that seemed to resolve both issues.

Morty84 said:
Thanks for your replies on this and my other thread regarding back up. I reformatted my sd card and that seemed to resolve both issues.
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Just press thanks button if my post helps you.
Regards.
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Morty84 said:
I'm trying to back up my room ( neatrom) before I install aroma. When I have come to do it via Cwm it says free space - 0. unknown partitions size 1- /sd-ext. Then when I start it says error backing upboot image. Can any one help please?
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Can you please explain everything with all the necessary information.

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[Q] CWM Not Seeing External SD Card

I'm have a bit of a problem with CWM not loading external sd card.
I have been tring various roms & have now decided to go back to stock.
I have installed the latest stock UK rom & the modem & kernel & have now rooted with tool kit, latest version.
When I go in to cwm recovery it's loading the sd card, I no there is nothing wrong with the card.
How can I fix this problem?
Ta
@home said:
I'm have a bit of a problem with CWM not loading external sd card.
I have been tring various roms & have now decided to go back to stock.
I have installed the latest stock UK rom & the modem & kernel & have now rooted with tool kit, latest version.
When I go in to cwm recovery it's loading the sd card, I no there is nothing wrong with the card.
How can I fix this problem?
Ta
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Hello what is your firmware? How do you rooting you're phone?
Wow looks like its some kind of bug with s3 and sdcard coz this forum is full of problems with this.
gope83 said:
Hello what is your firmware? How do you rooting you're phone?
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Rooting with Galaxy S3 Toolkit, latest version
Firmware - I9300XXLG8
Which recovery?
Which file system on your sdcard?
Mopral said:
Which recovery?
Which file system on your sdcard?
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As card is fat32. Not been a problem till this rom.
Whichever recovery is built in to the tool kit.
Flash this recovery and both SD's is shown in cwm
zodiaxe66 said:
Flash this recovery and both SD's is shown in cwm
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Cheers - I'll give it a go & let you know
Flash this recovery and both SD's is shown in cwm
Attached Files
CWM_Touch6.0.1.2.zip - [Click for QR Code] (5.99 MB, 0 views)
@home said:
Cheers - I'll give it a go & let you know
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Nope that didn't work, rebooted after install then in to recovery - only seeing internal memory - NOT sd card
I had that problem as well. I use a 64Gb formated with ExFat. What i did was as follows.
I copied all data from the sd card to a pc. Then i formated the sd Card with Exfat again on the PC and copied all data back.
After that it was working without problems again.
störte said:
I had that problem as well. I use a 64Gb formated with ExFat. What i did was as follows.
I copied all data from the sd card to a pc. Then i formated the sd Card with Exfat again on the PC and copied all data back.
After that it was working without problems again.
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I shall give this a try.
In the meantime, has anyone else got a solution or reason this happened?
Don't use exFat. It's a horribly hacked filesystem with even worse implementation under Linux (read: Android) due to it's very low acceptance.
If you want something more advanced than FAT32, use the much more sophisticated and reliable NTFS (requires an aftermarket kernel) or the Linux-native EXT4 filesystem which is also used on the internal storage.
Using Fat64 is just asking for trouble
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d4fseeker said:
Don't use exFat. It's a horribly hacked filesystem with even worse implementation under Linux (read: Android) due to it's very low acceptance.
If you want something more advanced than FAT32, use the much more sophisticated and reliable NTFS (requires an aftermarket kernel) or the Linux-native EXT4 filesystem which is also used on the internal storage.
Using Fat64 is just asking for trouble
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I was just going to format in the phone.
@home said:
I was just going to format in the phone.
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@home said:
I shall give this a try.
In the meantime, has anyone else got a solution or reason this happened?
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Well I tried the above solutions & still no joy - Recovery not seeing SD card.
Solution....??????????????
Ta
Try manually mounting it through ADB shell when in the recovery. Please report any issues back here
d4fseeker said:
Try manually mounting it through ADB shell when in the recovery. Please report any issues back here
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I get an "error mounting external storage"
Looks like this has got everyone stumpted.
So I tried a 32gb card & it's just the same - SD card not showing in CWM.
As no one seems to be able to help, perhaps other that have got this problem can chip in?
Ta
Try changing your CF Root version .
jje
It's ok guys I have found out what the problem was & how to fix it - I can see my SD card with CWM now.

[Q] Android Revolition HD - i ****ed it up

hey guys
the title of the thread sums it pretty much up.
i had cm9 on my i9300. but i was having trouble with it. when i call somebody i could hear them, but they could not hear me.
so i decided to switch to ARHD.
i followed the guide.
accidently i put super wipe and the rom in the internal sd card.
after that i did the super wipe. then, logically there was no rom in the internal section anymore.
now i cant boot. i tried to put the rom into my external sdcard but it says "E: cant mount /sdcard/
do you have any tips what i should to now?
i have no backups
so long
nextcard
Flash stock rom via ODIN .
jje
JJEgan said:
Flash stock rom via ODIN .
jje
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+1
download stock rom from original android development, flash via odin (put your phone in download mode).
then flash arhd again but this time put it on your external SD card
download stock rom from original android development
NO stock roms on Original Android Development .
jje
nextcard said:
hey guys
the title of the thread sums it pretty much up.
i had cm9 on my i9300. but i was having trouble with it. when i call somebody i could hear them, but they could not hear me.
so i decided to switch to ARHD.
i followed the guide.
accidently i put super wipe and the rom in the internal sd card.
after that i did the super wipe. then, logically there was no rom in the internal section anymore.
now i cant boot. i tried to put the rom into my external sdcard but it says "E: cant mount /sdcard/
do you have any tips what i should to now?
i have no backups
so long
nextcard
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Read installation instruction bro,Mike 1986 CLEARLY said to put the Rom obligatory in ExtSDCARD because Superwipe script Wipe everything including internalSDCard.
nhariamine.
nhariamine said:
Read installation instruction bro,Mike 1986 CLEARLY said to put the Rom obligatory in ExtSDCARD because Superwipe script Wipe everything including internalSDCard.
nhariamine.
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yes i just fast scanned the site and made a mistake. learning by doing. i found a stock rom with the help of google. :victory:
JJEgan said:
download stock rom from original android development
NO stock roms on Original Android Development .
jje
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My bad, its in general
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
#bump
so i managed to throw in the stock rom etc.
now i installed cwm again. but it keeps saying i cant mount sd card :crying:
what can i do now?
EDIT: FORSOOTH MY BRETHREN. I HAVE ARRIVED IN VALHALLA!
ok. in the settings tab you have to unmount sd card, mount it back, format it. thats how it worked for me.
nextcard said:
#bump
so i managed to throw in the stock rom etc.
now i installed cwm again. but it keeps saying i cant mount sd card :crying:
what can i do now?
EDIT: FORSOOTH MY BRETHREN. I HAVE ARRIVED IN VALHALLA!
ok. in the settings tab you have to unmount sd card, mount it back, format it. thats how it worked for me.
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Good for you mate, but next time read carfully what the developer said about installation of his OWN Rom.ok We all learn from mistakes and ur not the first or the last person to do so.
i agree to nhariamine formating the ext. SD card before using it is the first step so your phone will recognize your ext SD card.
Good mate. Did you manage to install arhd now?
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yuvalos said:
Good mate. Did you manage to install arhd now?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
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yep it runs on my device now. the scrolling in the menues is really smooth but it is having laggs when i try to switch between programms.
furthermore it freezes sometimes. i cant explain why this happens.
i will go back to CM9 probably and try to flash a different modem to fix the voiceproblems.
so long
nextcard

USB Bricked

So today I went into the bootloader (By accident, meant to tap reboot into recovery) I pressed the down button one too many times and I deleted storage. Afterwards I went into recovery (4ext 1.0.0.5 RC7) and after an attempt to flash CM10. I receive the error message "Can't mount Internal SD card." The external SD card works just fine. I'm hoping I can get this fixed and after I do you can probably expect another thread for some other problem :laugh:
Illstatic said:
So today I went into the bootloader (By accident, meant to tap reboot into recovery) I pressed the down button one too many times and I deleted storage. Afterwards I went into recovery (4ext 1.0.0.5 RC7) and after an attempt to flash CM10. I receive the error message "Can't mount Internal SD card." The external SD card works just fine. I'm hoping I can get this fixed and after I do you can probably expect another thread for some other problem :laugh:
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use 4ext to format the internals storage, then leave recovery, go back into it and attempt to reflash.
ziggy46 said:
use 4ext to format the internals storage, then leave recovery, go back into it and attempt to reflash.
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Where exactly would one go to do this. In the format/ wipe menu there is no such option
Illstatic said:
Where exactly would one go to do this. In the format/ wipe menu there is no such option
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ok, try toggling usb storage from recovery then formatting in windows. then repeat the rebooting and flashing steps
ziggy46 said:
ok, try toggling usb storage from recovery then formatting in windows. then repeat the rebooting and flashing steps
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Now it doesn't show up in windows.
Illstatic said:
Now it doesn't show up in windows.
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Keep trying. I had the sane thing happen, and was eventually able to get it to see up in windows and format it. I wish I knew the steps I took, but I don't.
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As an added note, everytime i make the phone a usb mass storage it unmounts the sd card
I think something similar happened to me where it didn't mount the internal SD no matter what.
I trie dformating it, partition it, nothing worked.
I fklashed stock RUU (that did it) and started from the beginning.
So try putting stock ruu in ext SD rename it PH85img and let bootloader update it.
ferincr said:
I think something similar happened to me where it didn't mount the internal SD no matter what.
I trie dformating it, partition it, nothing worked.
I fklashed stock RUU (that did it) and started from the beginning.
So try putting stock ruu in ext SD rename it PH85img and let bootloader update it.
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yes flashing back to stock may help fix the corrupt file system.. then again there's a super wipe script posted somewhere... (not the one from android hd.. krook6023* posted it) if you look in the q&a about 2-4 pages back you might be able to download that and flash it... it also re-partitions the phone and fixes any errors in the file system..
Ninjistix said:
yes flashing back to stock may help fix the corrupt file system.. then again there's a super wipe script posted somewhere... (not the one from android hd.. karoon *i think* posted it) if you look in the q&a about 2-4 pages back you might be able to download that and flash it... it also re-partitions the phone and fixes any errors in the file system..
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That seems like a nice tool to have I'll look for it and store it in my PC
I found out that the solution was to simply format it on windows. Thanks to everyone that contributed

[Q] Link2sd mout error

i followed this tururial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082465 and then when i reinstall link2sd the second time it asks me again to choose the type of files of the 2nd partition, ext2... and when i click ok, its shows me a mount error.. did i do something wrong?
Rocknsock said:
i followed this tururial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082465 and then when i reinstall link2sd the second time it asks me again to choose the type of files of the 2nd partition, ext2... and when i click ok, its shows me a mount error.. did i do something wrong?
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well i dont know but. i notice this ... when i did it with certain firmware it work when i did it with my original firmwaere didnt wrok...
i use the firmware that mind cr 2.9 suggest to use and it work... but the last time when i did the same thing on my original firmware it gives me error
it gave me the error but i just ignore it and checked my storage internal and it was 800mb free so it worked.. but eveytime i opened link 2sd it will ask you to choose i just ignore it... didnt have that problem with suggested firmware jkl4 i think on mind cr thread now closed but you can google it...
raptorddd said:
well i dont know but. i notice this ... when i did it with certain firmware it work when i did it with my original firmwaere didnt wrok...
i use the firmware that mind cr 2.9 suggest to use and it work... but the last time when i did the same thing on my original firmware it gives me error
it gave me the error but i just ignore it and checked my storage internal and it was 800mb free so it worked.. but eveytime i opened link 2sd it will ask you to choose i just ignore it... didnt have that problem with suggested firmware jkl4 i think on mind cr thread now closed but you can google it...
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yea exactly, my internal memory expanded but link2sd isnt working properly i think.. the tuturial tells me to format sd-ext but i dont see any ext in cwm..
its says: device or resource busy..
Rocknsock said:
its says: device or resource busy..
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You have to choose your format file system. Try all the formats. And if you are using cronmod unoffici then delete link2sd.
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Rocknsock said:
its says: device or resource busy..
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Frankly speaking i never liked link2sd for some reason.. i always preferred one of those Cronmod scripts.. currently i have flashed unofficial cronmod modified by styrke.. so far working perfectly.. but then you'll have to do a fresh rom install for this..
Rocknsock said:
yea exactly, my internal memory expanded but link2sd isnt working properly i think.. the tuturial tells me to format sd-ext but i dont see any ext in cwm..
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yes its on mount and storage ther is the format ext
Sniper Killer said:
You have to choose your format file system. Try all the formats. And if you are using cronmod unoffici then delete link2sd.
Sent from my GT-S5830i using Tapatalk 2
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i used all of them and they didnt work kept me doing the same error.. but when i used the jkl4 firmware i was able to chose ext2 or ext3...
i used your guide and used the new cronmod that can make gps work..

Only 2GB of space.

Hi! I've got an i717 16GB, and according to my settings, I only have 2GB of space on the total system. I plug it in, and it says I have 10GB available and 5.8GB used. What's going on? I have CWM 5.5
MoronDroid said:
Hi! I've got an i717 16GB, and according to my settings, I only have 2GB of space on the total system. I plug it in, and it says I have 10GB available and 5.8GB used. What's going on? I have CWM 5.5
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Please refer to my previous post which is below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786175
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2750629
We still did not find the solution(re-partition tool/flashable zip/script) at all.
Still waiting for any expert's tip - android re-partition skill.
I really do want to solve this problem to keep using my current note until I upgrade to new phone.
pointdooly said:
Please refer to my previous post which is below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786175
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2750629
We still did not find the solution(re-partition tool/flashable zip/script) at all.
Still waiting for any expert's tip - android re-partition skill.
I really do want to solve this problem to keep using my current note until I upgrade to new phone.
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hey sorry to be late with this somewhat solution.
I just got this phone 1 week ago myself with same lame problem.
I followed this.... HERE!
There are plenty "how tos" and ways to do the expansion situations.
Hope that helps.
madefree said:
hey sorry to be late with this somewhat solution.
I just got this phone 1 week ago myself with same lame problem.
I followed this.... HERE!
There are plenty "how tos" and ways to do the expansion situations.
Hope that helps.
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The link is broken. Could you please post new one.
BTW, how did you change and share the detail command,source,steps of instruction?
Let us know ASAP!
pointdooly said:
The link is broken. Could you please post new one.
BTW, how did you change and share the detail command,source,steps of instruction?
Let us know ASAP!
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OPPS sorry about that dead link.....
This link is working today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHsHiXDgSy4
I put the whole URL this time to copy and paste.
I use the FREE EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0 Home Edition to partition the sd card. I find it easier to and faster to back up the contents of sd card to computer than partition. and than transfer bkup to sd card on the 1st Primary Fat32 partition.
Takes to long to transfer 4 to 6 GB back from bkup to card from pc to phone IMO.
OR
Here is a step by step .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nllIEBzuPHo I prefer the 4000MB partition for the NU storage.
Be sure to set or make BOTH the partitions "Primary" partitions or they will not work with Link2sd.
I tried Mini tool and Aparted but they might work for others, they didn't work for me.
Link2sd card is the most reliable and easy to do the linking from old tiny internal storage to the NEW enlarged external storage that I have found.
And if that app does not do it for anyone try foldermount https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATWTghTploY
OR
HERE at xda .... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39178981 Give a BIG thanks and support to madmack
And get that apk from madmack at bottom first post.
And if you do NOT have ROOT than try. . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgKoMG378LI
Hope those suggestions help.
madefree said:
OPPS sorry about that dead link.....
This link is working today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHsHiXDgSy4
I put the whole URL this time to copy and paste.
I use the FREE EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0 Home Edition to partition the sd card. I find it easier to and faster to back up the contents of sd card to computer than partition. and than transfer bkup to sd card on the 1st Primary Fat32 partition.
Takes to long to transfer 4 to 6 GB back from bkup to card from pc to phone IMO.
OR
Here is a step by step .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nllIEBzuPHo I prefer the 4000MB partition for the NU storage.
Be sure to set or make BOTH the partitions "Primary" partitions or they will not work with Link2sd.
I tried Mini tool and Aparted but they might work for others, they didn't work for me.
Link2sd card is the most reliable and easy to do the linking from old tiny internal storage to the NEW enlarged external storage that I have found.
And if that app does not do it for anyone try foldermount https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATWTghTploY
OR
HERE at xda .... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39178981 Give a BIG thanks and support to madmack
And get that apk from madmack at bottom first post.
And if you do NOT have ROOT than try. . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgKoMG378LI
Hope those suggestions help.
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So, basically your solution is based on using additional SD card not changing/modifying the phones' EMMC memory.
I think I had tried Link2SD/Folder mount earlier and not all apps supports with this method.
It is still helpful but I think we(other users) still like to change the EMMC side.
But I still want to tried your suggested method to try. Thank you!!!
pointdooly said:
So, basically your solution is based on using additional SD card not changing/modifying the phones' EMMC memory.
I think I had tried Link2SD/Folder mount earlier and not all apps supports with this method.
It is still helpful but I think we(other users) still like to change the EMMC side.
But I still want to tried your suggested method to try. Thank you!!!
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U R welcome!:good:
madefree said:
U R welcome!:good:
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BTW, how do you use? (Partition Size and link to External SD? or Internal 2nd Partition?)
Just wondering... If you have spare time to share. Please share how you did and how you are using it with which combination sizes. Thank you!
pointdooly said:
BTW, how do you use? (Partition Size and link to External SD? or Internal 2nd Partition?)
Just wondering... If you have spare time to share. Please share how you did and how you are using it with which combination sizes. Thank you!
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Answers just above In Post # 5 just above step by step via Video (just pause vid to copy or do a screen print and save to file. Easy!)
Or you can find HERE....
Enjoy!

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