Topic sums it up nicely, basically, I am at the recovery menu, but my ext SD card is not mounting. I stored my backups and the new ROM on it and am unable to use the phone atm cause, well....bootloop. I forgot to backup my data before wiping, so what should I do now? Currently using CWM 6.0.1.2, and I can still access the Recovery Menu.
iamnoobie said:
Topic sums it up nicely, basically, I am at the recovery menu, but my ext SD card is not mounting. I stored my backups and the new ROM on it and am unable to use the phone atm cause, well....bootloop. I forgot to backup my data before wiping, so what should I do now? Currently using CWM 6.0.1.2, and I can still access the Recovery Menu.
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Hi,
I S-OFF ed my HTC Flyer succesfully today. But there seems to be something wrong on my device, as when I do a full backup of my device CWM cannot access my SD-Card.
Also when I try to install a custom .zip I cannot access the sdcard.
I noted that some new folders have been created on "/mnt/scard", called "ext_sd", with these subdirs:
- clockworkmod
- data
- LOST.dir
this is the only directory I can access using CWM.
Any idea about what went wrong?
Thanks!
Did actually put it on SD card not internal storage... ie you inserted a SD card into your flyer?
Cwm needs editing so we can access internal storage will have a look at it today.
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Yes, I have a SD card in my flyer.
Ok, that's where my problems come from now. I also cannot install a custom .zip.
I tried to permanent root it using this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193885
It says install went all fine, but SU is not installed, and cannot run apps that need a rooted device (like titanium backup).
--> Is there a way I can reinstall CWM now?
Should it work if I just put the sdcard out of the flyer and then reinstall CWM manually using the fastboot methode? (fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-flyer.img)?
Yes that would work for really flashing cwm then reflash the su zip
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mikecoffee said:
Yes that would work for really flashing cwm then reflash the su zip
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What I have done:
- removed SD Card
- rebooted into fastboot
- installed CWM without the SD Card in the Flyer
- rebooted
- deleted "/mnt/scard/ext_sd/ *.*"
The folder "/mnt/scard/ext_sd/" can't be deleted, all files in there have been.
How comes?
- rebooted into CWM
- flashed su.zip (went fine without errors)
- rebooted
--> Device is still not rooted!
Any idea?
I have reflashed CWM, but have still the same problems/symptoms.
--> CWM not able to access the SD-card.
Any idea?
I noticed also that when I try to do a Backup with CWM it says: "SD Card space free: 15262MB", which is not true, as this is the size of the SD Card. On the card there is only about 5 GB free.
When doing a full backup I get these messages:
Backing up data...
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backup up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Please help me to get this fixxed.
superdino said:
When doing a full backup I get these messages:
Backing up data...
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backup up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Please help me to get this fixxed.
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I know this was a problem with android_secure not being recognized correctly on the Evo 3D. I have a feeling that updates will eventually fix this. Also you don't have an sd-ext yet as of now it is not supported in ay roms for any new device.
Post in the correct thread next time... Q&A.
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Does this work on the Nook Tablet? Mine doesn't appear to function when I try to do a backup.
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I am using ROM manager on CM7 alpha12 without problems. I use it to boot to CWM recovery and back. I use TB and CWM for backup so I can't verify backup with ROM manager.
dshafer85268 said:
I am using ROM manager on CM7 alpha12 without problems. I use it to boot to CWM recovery and back. I use TB and CWM for backup so I can't verify backup with ROM manager.
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So you are saying that you did the newest CM7 upgrade and your CWM works without using a SDcard? When I try to do a backup in ROM Manager my tablet will reboot and then it comes up with a screen saying to power cycle again and if this don't fix it call B&N support
ROM manager
Correct - if I want to use CWM I just start THE RM app and select to reboot to recovery. The tablet reboots into cwm and I do what I need,for example,backup and repartition data and media then select to reboot to regular CM7 ROM w/o changing SD card.
dshafer85268 said:
Correct - if I want to use CWM I just start THE RM app and select to reboot to recovery. The tablet reboots into cwm and I do what I need,for example,backup and repartition data and media then select to reboot to regular CM7 ROM w/o changing SD card.
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Bummer Mine doesn't work and I have no idea how to fix it
I cant do a backup directly from ROM manager either.
BUT if you follow his directions and boot into CWM first, you can do a backup from there without a hitch.
If you want to name it yourself you need to go to the file in your file manager of choice, and change it there.
Can someone tell me where backups to internal storage are stored?
Thanks.
sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
I do believe you need a sd card for your backups.
It sounds like you do not have one, thats why you are not able to do a backup?
I have one and it creates a backup via internal. But when I try to backup to sd card, it tells me it failed to mount. So I backup via "internal storage." I can then go to restore and I see my backup from the internal there.
Dont have my tablet in front of me but it somehwere like: /mnt/emmc/clockworkmod/backup
You should find a clockwordmod in that general area if its like CM7 for other devices
You can manually mount and unmount your SDcard through clockwordmod as well. Have you tried to mount it manually before backing up
I just decided to try it again, booted into CWM and clicked "backup" and now its backing up to sd (free space showing as 30017MB, 32gb card so that makes sense).
Earlier when I tried manually mounting the sd card it was giving me an error (failed to mount). I have no idea what fixed it but its working now and I'm sure I'll be able to find the sdcard backup at the very least.
Thanks for your help.
The SD card doesnt always mount on its own in these devices. I HAVE noticed that..
Hell,it doent even want to mount with guidance, as you have just shown, and I have experienced as well..
Glad it worked this time..
sd mount
As has been noted in other threads, sometimes you have to take the card out and reinsert to get it to mount. I have had times when using the CWM menu option to mount sdcard failed. Turn the tablet over,click the card out and back in and it will mount
dshafer85268 said:
As has been noted in other threads, sometimes you have to take the card out and reinsert to get it to mount. I have had times when using the CWM menu option to mount sdcard failed. Turn the tablet over,click the card out and back in and it will mount
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Definitely the case, but when in CWM it doesnt always mount even by ejecting and re-inserting the card.
At least from my experiences.
Got a warranty replacement phone from ATT today and need to install CWM 5.0.2.7. Running UnNamed and have a CWM backup but I cannot use version 5.0.2.3 to restore. I can't for the life of me find a download link for 5.0.2.7. Any help would be appreciated.
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Got a warranty replacement phone from ATT today and need to install CWM 5.0.2.7. Running UnNamed and have a CWM backup but I cannot use version 5.0.2.3 to restore. I can't for the life of me find a download link for 5.0.2.7. Any help would be appreciated.
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Flash Entropy or Siyah's kernel, they have the latest.
Link to Entropy's: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289460&highlight=clockworkmod
thanks! One more thing, how do I flash the zImage? I know I can't through odin.
jm1280 said:
thanks! One more thing, how do I flash the zImage? I know I can't through odin.
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You can use Mobile Odin if you just want to grab the zImage.
Though you should just use the CWM Zips that are posted in either thread.
thank you!
Did your old phone go back completely factory? (Binary counter) If not, samsung has a nasty habit of sending you a 600 dollar bill for your replacement phone
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Yes, this is my 3rd S2 replaced under warranty. I made a jig a while back, much easier to reset the counter.
Now I am having a bit of another issue. I flashed CWM using Entrophys version. All went well, I was able to flash UnNamed without a problem. From my old phone I transferred over my SD Card which has the latest CWM backup. When I go to restore it will not read my SD Card. If I let the phone boot up into the system the phone reads it fine. I've tried mounting it manually in CWM but it won't take. Not sure why this won't work especially since UnNamed is based off Entrophys build.
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Now I am having a bit of another issue. I flashed CWM using Entrophys version. All went well, I was able to flash UnNamed without a problem. From my old phone I transferred over my SD Card which has the latest CWM backup. When I go to restore it will not read my SD Card. If I let the phone boot up into the system the phone reads it fine. I've tried mounting it manually in CWM but it won't take. Not sure why this won't work especially since UnNamed is based off Entrophys build.
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Did you use the absolute latest version? If you used 2/28 - the changelog is VERY important.
Entropy512 said:
Did you use the absolute latest version? If you used 2/28 - the changelog is VERY important.
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Yes I did get the latest version. I think I just figured it out, although I am not sure how to go about fixing it. In trying to fix the issue I used ADB to flash CWM to the phone. When I was typing the path to flash the kernel it said it the path didn't exist. Odd. Turns out the path was /sdcard/external_sd/. Once I put that path in all was good. Still when I go to restore I cannot get it to read or mount the sd card. Looking at my old phone CWM was reading my internal storage as the sd card and not using the external sd card to backup. I am not sure how this happened. Of course I can move the backup file to the internal memory of the new phone and do a restore but how do you change the path to the sd card so its not reading internal memory as the sd card?
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Yes I did get the latest version. I think I just figured it out, although I am not sure how to go about fixing it. In trying to fix the issue I used ADB to flash CWM to the phone. When I was typing the path to flash the kernel it said it the path didn't exist. Odd. Turns out the path was /sdcard/external_sd/. Once I put that path in all was good. Still when I go to restore I cannot get it to read or mount the sd card. Looking at my old phone CWM was reading my internal storage as the sd card and not using the external sd card to backup. I am not sure how this happened. Of course I can move the backup file to the internal memory of the new phone and do a restore but how do you change the path to the sd card so its not reading internal memory as the sd card?
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In CWM prior to 2/28, the external SD was /emmc, not /sdcard/external_sd
After 2/28 - internal is /emmc and external is /sdcard (swapped)
Entropy512 said:
In CWM prior to 2/28, the external SD was /emmc, not /sdcard/external_sd
After 2/28 - internal is /emmc and external is /sdcard (swapped)
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Is there a way to change that path? On my new phone it is still reading internal memory as the external source. Its almost like the internal memory path is reading /sdcard. It works now but this is driving me nuts...
jm1280 said:
Is there a way to change that path? On my new phone it is still reading internal memory as the external source. Its almost like the internal memory path is reading /sdcard. It works now but this is driving me nuts...
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This is the way it works:
When running normally in TW firmware:
Internal is /sdcard, external is /sdcard/external_sd - These aren't relevant as far as restoring nandroid backups
Old CWM:
Internal is /sdcard, external is /emmc
New CWM (following the standard):
Internal is /emmc, external is /sdcard
So something you backed up to /sdcard before will now be /emmc - and CWM 5.0.2.8 fixed advanced restore from the internal (previously external) SD. Normal restore from both locations has worked for 2-3 months.
jm1280 said:
Yes, this is my 3rd S2 replaced under warranty. I made a jig a while back, much easier to reset the counter.
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Good Call.
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Entropy512 said:
This is the way it works:
When running normally in TW firmware:
Internal is /sdcard, external is /sdcard/external_sd - These aren't relevant as far as restoring nandroid backups
Old CWM:
Internal is /sdcard, external is /emmc
New CWM (following the standard):
Internal is /emmc, external is /sdcard
So something you backed up to /sdcard before will now be /emmc - and CWM 5.0.2.8 fixed advanced restore from the internal (previously external) SD. Normal restore from both locations has worked for 2-3 months.
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Ok, thanks for the explanation. Didn't know thats how it worked.
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Good Call.
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Yeah, much easier to make a jig that the other method...
Guys! Need help! I'M DESPERATED!
I was using Resurrection ROM with Googy Kernel, but i wanted to give a try to Angi kernel.
I downloaded the cm kernel, reboot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik and flash. So then I get a bootloop. I think: Okey, chill. I flash again Googy kernel and no problem. I went to flash the kernel that I have it on my external storage... what happened? My external sd card CANT BE MOUNTED!
So? I panic!
What should I do? I have nothing on my internal storage. My nanodroids backups are in my external storage.
HEEEELPPP!??!? Can I use ODIN to flash the ROM again? Or should I flash a STOCK Firmware first? Where can I get a stock fw with recovery? Please I'm going crazy! It's my phone dead?
PD: sorry if my poor english.
Put your sd card into your pc, check it works -save data then format it and load nandroid. Replace it in phone and restore.
If the sd card won't work in your pc then throw it away.
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was your sdcard encrypted before you changed kernel?
always make sure, when you're flashing, to: 1a. have plenty of time 1b. backup everything
boomboomer said:
Put your sd card into your pc, check it works -save data then format it and load nandroid. Replace it in phone and restore.
If the sd card won't work in your pc then throw it away.
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My SDCARD works; i'll proceed to format it and put my nanodroid again.
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was your sdcard encrypted before you changed kernel?
always make sure, when you're flashing, to: 1a. have plenty of time 1b. backup everything
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No, no encryption.
I'll post with any changes.
Thanks for helping!
SOLVED!
Formatting wouldn't solve recognizing de sd card. Could not mount it. But if i choose advance external storage restore I was able to see the files. So I restore only the boot and I recover mi ROM.
Thnks again for helping!
so I wanted to try cm12. I did a nandroid of my current rom with twrp. I used flashify to install philz recovery. Here's where I went wrong, I should have done a backup using philz recovery first, instead I wiped system and data and realized philz recovery would not read my sdcard. (I do not have security encryption enabled) my nandroid backups were to my external sd card not my internal. I tried getting adb to connect from within philz recovery but that's a no go. might have a usb driver issue Philz file manager is not working also. any ideas for now. I do not want to flash back to stock as i havefiles on the internal sdcard I don't want to delete. i wasn't expecting this.
Can't you just flash cm12 and backup your internal files. You don't need adb with removable memory. Also, twrp will flash cm12
Edit: I mean format new SD card with recovery, place cm12 on it, flash. Than backup all your stuff and start over
luke1987 said:
Can't you just flash cm12 and backup your internal files. You don't need adb with removable memory. Also, twrp will flash cm12
Edit: I mean format new SD card with recovery, place cm12 on it, flash. Than backup all your stuff and start over
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@rp201
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This guy has the right idea. Just save what you can from your SD to your computer, then format your SD using Philz so it can read it. Then pop your SD back in the computer and copy your files over and just flash CM12 that way or restore your old ROM using Philz "TWRP" restore method (it actually does backups to and restores from the TWRP folder on either internal or external SD).