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Introduction:
This is a guide for doing maintnence on your innerSD. By default, user data and temporary files are stored on it.
The innerSD is the hidden microSD card inside the S5, it is not normally accessable without modification of the device.
The purpose of this guide is to show users how to expand/shrink/rebuild the partitions needed for their innerSD.
It does not cover backing up and restoring data on it, that should be done via a Custom Recovery and making/using Nandroids.
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How dissemble your device:
Dell Streak Teardown - iFixit
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innerSD partition layout:
See [REF]Streak 5 Partition layouts
See Dell Streak 5/Partition Layout - XDA wiki
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Requirements:
A microSD card reader
Ability to access the innerSD
A GNU/Linux pc with GParted
Superuser access required on device
(Ubuntu installed in a virtual machine is acceptable)
(May work under windows, but not supported)
Intermediate knowledge of MBR type partitions
Basic knowledge of ext partition types
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Instructions:
Dissassemble your device to get access to your innerSD
Insert microSD card into pc
Launch GParted
Consult innerSD partition layout for desired layout
Select desired microSD card in GParted
Delete all partitions THIS WILL WIPE ALL DATA
Create extended partition
Create desired logical partitions from step 4
Must be created in order specified in step 4!
New Size: <specified size from step 4>
Create as: Logical Partition
File System: <specificed type from step 4>
Label: Blank
All other values: Leave as default
Remove from PC
Reinsert into device
Recommended: Reinstall desired rom
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Credits:
Marvin02 for providing the images for previous version of guide
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Changelog:
Sep 15 2012: Completely rewrote guide
Dec 22 2011: Wrote initial guide
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For those not familiar with Clonezilla, it is based on linux and you DL and burn the ISO to a CD. You can then boot the CD and use the Clonezilla tool.
I used this method because there are no commands to learn and no software to install on your computer. If you can boot from a CD you should be able to use the images.
I made the images available because many users had asked for them. My experience with just putting an SD Card into the inner slot and doing a reset has been varied. It worked with a class 10, 8 GB card from Transcend but not with others.
Edit: If your inner SD Card is bad replacing it and doing a factory reset may fix your Streak, if not the image is available to restore the proper partitions to the card.
Guys I don't know how many of you are thinking about doing this but for me it was well worth doing because it got rid of the "E:can't find MISC" error message I was getting everytime I went into Streakmod Rexovery
Thanks for the guide and Merry Xmas.
What class SD cards is this suitable for? If I just bing in a new, larger SD card in will it automatically partition to cover the whole card or just the standard 2gb?
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gregianos said:
Thanks for the guide and Merry Xmas.
What class SD cards is this suitable for? If I just bing in a new, larger SD card in will it automatically partition to cover the whole card or just the standard 2gb?
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
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Well I used a class 10 4gb Patriot LX because it has the best specs as far as I could see although therebis some debate on this topic... some believe the class 2 cards are better are smaller files read write.
But when you use a 4 then you have all 4 gigs available to you
gregianos said:
Thanks for the guide and Merry Xmas.
What class SD cards is this suitable for? If I just bing in a new, larger SD card in will it automatically partition to cover the whole card or just the standard 2gb?
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
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I put a Transcend 8 GB class 10 card in my Streak (pic here). I did a factory reset (from the first screen in StreakMod Recovery) and the Streak formatted the card fine. The biggest difference I see is over 6 GB of space to install apps, so I keep all of my apps on the phone. If I want to change the external SD Card I don't have to worry about apps not working.
I am getting my Transcend 8 GB class 10 tomorrow. I already cut plastic in the back to access the inner micro sd card.
Will post results.
Chirunavvutho said:
I am getting my Transcend 8 GB class 10 tomorrow. I already cut plastic in the back to access the inner micro sd card.
Will post results.
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How about some pics of the cut?
stang393 said:
How about some pics of the cut?
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I didn't document the cut process but will provide few pictures of what it looks when I am ready to insert the new card. Yet to get the memory card still.
Hope USPS delivers today. I will be out of town next 5 days. So if not today, gotta wait.
I used a scalpel to cut the plastic in the back. Took me about 15 mins.
Didn't get the card today. So Monday it is then.
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How about some pics of the cut?
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Here you go. I made it larger than it has to be.
I have successfully replaced my inner SD today. Did restore from Nandroid and now my internal SD shows 6.3 GB available. This was an easy mod, hope it is worth it not just for space but for speed also.
I am using 407 deodexed and rooted. Stable as a rock except for an occasional wifi freeze.
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"Can't Mount Data"
I tried to re-install a 4GB class 10 internal sdhc today. I had problems with it in the past, as it quit working after about a month. I was going to use this guide to see if I could get it to work.
Took a Full Nandroid BU immediately before switching internal cards. Still couldn't get the 4GB cl 10 to work so I re-installed the original 2GB sd and did a Nandroid restore. Now I am gettitng an error during that restore:
Restoring Data...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/innersd0p6
(Invalid Argument)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/innersd0p6
(Invalid Argument)
Can't mount data
I have tried a Factory Restore from the Dell screen, and use StreakMod Recovery v0.3.2.8.
I am on bb354 running SimpleStreak 1.2 with perfupdate and oc to 1190.
I have had this exact same problem with the 4GB cl10 card but never with the stock 2GB card. Everything was working perfectly before I started messing around!
Can anyone tell me what this means AND how to correct it and get my Streak back up and running?
Any help would be most appreciated!!!
kraz
***UPDATE***
I was able to get the stock 2GB internal card to work and am up and running. I was not able to get the 4GB cl 10 card to work leading me to believe it is defective.
What I did:
1. Factory Reset from the Dell Screen.
2. Installed the custom ROM (SimpleStreak 1.2 in this case) from the zip on the external sd card.
3. Installed the PerfUpdate zip for SS 1.2 from the external sd card.
4. Boot completely and open and close several apps once booted.
5. Rebooted and did Full Nandroid restore.
6. Rebooted and opened back into my familiar launcher and apps all fully working.
7. Sighed heavily in relief!!!!
I did a reset from the first screen of StreakMod Recovery yesterday and the Streak would not boot. I had to use the image I had made of the inner SD Card to restore the inner card. This was from StreakMod, with a heavily modified Stock 351 ROM (rooted, many system apps removed).
I got an error with the 360 image so I used the 406 image and had no issues. I then booted into Linux and used GParted (a partition editing tool) to resize the smaller partition to use the full card. When the Streak booted I installed stock 351 and did a reset from the stock recovery and the inner SD Card formatted properly.
My points are:
If the inner SD Card does not format properly on a reset you can fix it. Don't panic.
It is probably best to use a stock recovery to do a factory reset.
I have also read that to use a card larger than 4 GB you need to change system files. You only need to do that to use the space on the inner SD card in ways that it isn't normally used. See here and here.
How to benchmark your internal SD card? I didn't do before with 2 GB card but here is mine after the swap with Transcend 8 GB class 10 card. The second screen capture is on the external 16 GB Dell provided class 4 card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443936
* Gb Class 10
Just did a swap from the stock sd card(sony 4 Gb class 4 or 6) wich was crashed for the 4th time in 3 months now and put in a 8 Gb class 10 SDHC card(transcend Ultimate) tried a kingston 16 Gb class 10 before and a transcend, both didn't work btw.
did a stock systemtest and came out on 2559 and after a new test came out 100 points higher.
over all performance looks improved, less freezes when memory gets a bit full.
Just a standard installed OTA android 2.2.2, after crash first reinstalled the default card and then swapped it straigt forward with the 8 Gb card and stock recovery.
No special software used
now 6 Gb internal memory available.
when installed with 200+ apps it's a huge difference instead of app to SD now that i don't have a needed copy of my apps on every external SD swap saves a huge amount of work reinstalling.
I used the systemtest from george android(android market) to compare
Just my 2 cts
Grts
Teddie
I read in some threads that using a class 10 micro sd card reduces the battery life due to increase in read/write speeds. Wonder what is the optimal class for the Streak.
What's the stock inner sd class?
**EDIT**
Did a little research and found that the stock sd card might be class 2.. MFG: mmagr02gudca-db (Sandisk 2GB class?)
Zathros said:
Just did a swap from the stock sd card(sony 4 Gb class 4 or 6) wich was crashed for the 4th time in 3 months now and put in a 8 Gb class 10 SDHC card(transcend Ultimate) tried a kingston 16 Gb class 10 before and a transcend, both didn't work btw.
did a stock systemtest and came out on 2559 and after a new test came out 100 points higher.
over all performance looks improved, less freezes when memory gets a bit full.
Just a standard installed OTA android 2.2.2, after crash first reinstalled the default card and then swapped it straigt forward with the 8 Gb card and stock recovery.
No special software used
now 6 Gb internal memory available.
when installed with 200+ apps it's a huge difference instead of app to SD now that i don't have a needed copy of my apps on every external SD swap saves a huge amount of work reinstalling.
I used the systemtest from george android(android market) to compare
Just my 2 cts
Grts
Teddie
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Thanks for the tip! I installed a Kingston 8GB Class 4, and worked like a charm!
When I rebooted, it prompted me to send my unit to have it debugging, but it was formatting the sd card as well. It rebooted to DSC and prompted me to sign in my google account again..
So I rebooted into StreakMod and did a full restore nandroid.
I'm seeing 6GB available space! Hope I won't run into any problems *crossing fingers*
Now I wonder if there's a way to mount the inner sd with USB? hmmm
Why mess with the inner SD?
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Now I wonder if there's a way to mount the inner sd with USB? hmmm
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I am curious as to why would you want to do that? That is where your /cache and /data directories reside, and I would think it dangerous to mess with those on a running system. FWIW, they are mounted r/w, so you could copy files to them with adb push/pull , but, again, why?
With all the "fun" people have recorded in this thread tying to initialize new or corrupted cards, it seems that "set it and forget it" would be wisest. Leave that space for the system to use since you seemed to wonder if 6GB in /system would have problems.
FWIW, I got a used DS 5 with no inner card, and put a 4GB card in it (after a lot of research as to where it was - fuzzy closeup pics/vague desriptions - and how to format it - easy on my primary platform, Linux ;-} ), and the 3.5GB /system partition still has over 3GB free after adding several dozen apps (even the piggy Nook app), so I am not the least interested in playing games with moving apps to the "normal" SD card (/mnt/sdcard).
It seems "casual" (maybe better described as "personal" vs "system") file management is best suited for the standard SD card that normally shows up when enabling USB access.
Regards,
R
Hello,
There was a problem with my streak 5, it wasn't switching on (no power, no dell logo, no lights, it was just like trying to switch on without battery), this was happened after using fastboot erase command.
And i cant use factory reset because the device was not switching on.
Do any one have any idea on this.?
Please help me fix it...
Thank you friends....
I installed various Android 4.3 ROMs (Carbon, SliemBean, PA, CM), and in all of them the internal and external storage did not work, but I saw that other people it does not happen anymore.
Is there a solution for this?
Is this a common problem for the 4.3 ROMs? Common among xt910 and xt912? Affecting both internal and external storage? Always? At random? Or any rhyme or reason?
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I am also having issues with when I mount my phone as a USB storage device on my PC. The phone abruptly unmounts whenever I start file transfer. I am using PA 3.99 JB 4.3 rom. I will appreciate any help.
I also need help on this thread. Thank you all: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45217945#post45217945
"insufficient storage" after ROM flash
I just flashed android 4.3 ROM on my phone (phone is Infuse 4g, ROM is CM10.2 - 8/30/2013 - Butter)
after I have restored most of my apps w/ data using Titanium Backup, I don't have any storage left (according to notifications and phone storage information - couldn't update apps, and several apps couldn't be restored (restore process stopped at 94%)
when I go to settings > storage, there's message "Storage space is running out", Total space shown for internal storage is 1.28GB, Available is 9.44MB,
however, when I connect to computer it shows that I still have more then 9GB available on the internal storage.
when I was flashing ROM, I had to go back to ICS ROM, (I've lost root access ), then 4.2 Rom, then 4.3. it warned me that it will re-partition my storage, and I may lose any data - I agreed, as I had everything backed up. now I don't really have a storage
I assume it has something to do with partitioning, but I have no Idea how to fix it, or what is the best way go around it. please help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456532
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2464308
I have a xt910 umts_spyder, internal sd card works on first boot
after the second boot the internal sd card stops working, external sd is working normal
happens with every 4.3 ROM, I already tried to reformat the internal Storage using a 4.3 ROM
Also note that they don't mount in /mnt anymore but in /storage as sdcard0 and sdcard1.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456532
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2464308
I have a xt910 umts_spyder, internal sd card works on first boot
after the second boot the internal sd card stops working, external sd is working normal
happens with every 4.3 ROM, I already tried to reformat the internal Storage using a 4.3 ROM
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thanks. I didn't see that same problem was listed already. will try to wipe cache/dalvic cache as it is suggested there. will report results later
it's really weird that nobody mentioned this problem on the developer's forum.
atyusha said:
I just flashed android 4.3 ROM on my phone (phone is Infuse 4g, ROM is CM10.2 - 8/30/2013 - Butter)
after I have restored most of my apps w/ data using Titanium Backup, I don't have any storage left (according to notifications and phone storage information - couldn't update apps, and several apps couldn't be restored (restore process stopped at 94%)
when I go to settings > storage, there's message "Storage space is running out", Total space shown for internal storage is 1.28GB, Available is 9.44MB,
however, when I connect to computer it shows that I still have more then 9GB available on the internal storage.
when I was flashing ROM, I had to go back to ICS ROM, (I've lost root access ), then 4.2 Rom, then 4.3. it warned me that it will re-partition my storage, and I may lose any data - I agreed, as I had everything backed up. now I don't really have a storage
I assume it has something to do with partitioning, but I have no Idea how to fix it, or what is the best way go around it. please help.
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I've been using PACman V06 for a week or so now, no problems whatsoever. ext SD and USB mounting have been flawless.
As for the internal storage issue, when using Stock rom slot, or using a completely unaltered phone, the stock rom recognizes the entire internal storage, as the only partitioning are the internal storage, and the stock system partition. When you create a new slot, that rom only recognizes the partition it was created on as valid storage. This is to prevent changes to other rom slots inadvertently, I believe.
I have this issue only with some apps, titanium backup, root explorer are able to identify my intetnal. Last night I connect my phone to pc and the pc sometimes see my internal and sometimes the pc doesnt recognizes my internal...I use Slimbean for a week now. Its been doing great exept this internal thing. External storage is well recognized
Hello me...its me again...
are there any news on that problem?
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are there any news on that problem?
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I have wiped cache/dalvic cache as it was suggested before... twice... didn't help at all
also, in the CWM Recovery I saw that sdcard0, sdcard1, datadata, system and data are "unmounted"... I have mounted them all, but it didn't make any difference either (I'm not sure if it would even make any difference, or these mount/unmount setting is only for CWM Recovery, because on the next boot into CWM everything but cache is unmounted again
any other idea on what can be done to fix it?
here's another update.
I've flashed different 4.3 ROM ([ROM][JellyBean][4.3][Official]BeanStalk Build 4.3.1015 - Updated 10/27/2013 - 4.3) - same issue. next day I went back to stock, and formatted everything I could (all but "android secure") - it didn't help either. Now I have Ginger Bread, with same partitioning problem - about 1.2 GB for system and apps, and about 13 GB for everything else (I removed microSD card for now.)
I used to have all apps in one spot, and they would take a lot more space then 1.2 GB... now I cannot restore all of them from backup (Titanium Backup Pro), as there is not enough space.
I don't remember having such partitioning before I flashed it with 4.3 ROM
any suggestion? have I missed anything?
atyusha said:
here's another update.
I've flashed different 4.3 ROM ([ROM][JellyBean][4.3][Official]BeanStalk Build 4.3.1015 - Updated 10/27/2013 - 4.3) - same issue. next day I went back to stock, and formatted everything I could (all but "android secure") - it didn't help either. Now I have Ginger Bread, with same partitioning problem - about 1.2 GB for system and apps, and about 13 GB for everything else (I removed microSD card for now.)
I used to have all apps in one spot, and they would take a lot more space then 1.2 GB... now I cannot restore all of them from backup (Titanium Backup Pro), as there is not enough space.
I don't remember having such partitioning before I flashed it with 4.3 ROM
any suggestion? have I missed anything?
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there seems to be no update on that problem
here's good reply on this problem from another forum:
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the infuse is older than the galaxy nexus so theres no datamedia or mtp. the 16gb storage is typically called the internal sdcard (nonremovable) because it acts more like an sdcard and doesnt share partition and storage with the data partition. the data partition is called internal storage, which on the infuse is about 2gb, though a little less on cm10.2 because the system partition was made bigger for newer versions of android. if your having low storage issues on the data partition, youre going to probably have to move some of your apps to the internal 16gb sdcard by going into settings > apps > on sd card and moving some of them over. i would not recommend moving over apps that sync or run in the background, but if you have a lot of games, those typically move fine. i would do that until you have atleast 400mb of the internal storage free. ive talked to araemo in irc how hard it would be to setup datamedia on the infuse to combine the internal sdcard and data partition. long story short, rather difficult and it would be too big a hit on performance.
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to support this, here's my story: I have already went back to Froyo, and saw that internal storage is 1.8 GB, now I'm back to 4.3 ROM, and it's 1.26 again
looks like I always had it all partitioned, but I haven't noticed it until system partition got changed and internal storage became smaller.
it might not be true for all other phones, as they can be partitioned differently, but it's true for samsung infuse, and probably for a number of other samsung phones.
I have tried CM10.2 , PA RC-2 , slimbean , and even carbon 4.3 but none of these roms detect my internal storage
Gautam Padirooted said:
I have tried CM10.2 , PA RC-2 , slimbean , and even carbon 4.3 but none of these roms detect my internal storage
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the problem also appears on CM11 (Android 4.4)
i need to wipe the /cache partition bevore every boot
then it mounts the storages, but if i don't wipe it it won't mount the internal storage
so the problem has to be on the /cache partition?
Hi,
I though this issue was happening only with the 4.3 based ROMs but that still happens even with CM 10.2 ROM.
That failure is not happening all the time, sometimes you just need to wait after the boot and there is the ext-sd again.
yes i think it happens very sporadically
I've got the sdcard unmounted issue with all android4.3 roms that i've tried. Device is XT910 and recovery was BMM 0.3.4. I will use the phone with safestrap 3.65 for a while to check if it's a rom or recovery thing.
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I've got the sdcard unmounted issue with all android4.3 roms that i've tried. Device is XT910 and recovery was BMM 0.3.4. I will use the phone with safestrap 3.65 for a while to check if it's a rom or recovery thing.
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I've tried SS, but nothing changed.,
Just switched from an iPhone 4 and I'm raring to get Hyperdrive set up. The phone is rooted, safestrap is set up and a partition is waiting, but everything I've read so far mentions putting the Hyperdrive .zip onto an external SD card. I wasn't planning to get the new S4 till next weekend, so I haven't got a micro SD card around and I won't have one till Tuesday. Can I flash the new ROM from the internal card? Also, will this method of installing a custom ROM over stock work for the S4 as well? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521899
My guess is no, yes and that I just need to be patient for a few days. Thanks in advance!
you will be fine to move to internal or external either or. or at least it did for me
relt said:
Just switched from an iPhone 4 and I'm raring to get Hyperdrive set up. The phone is rooted, safestrap is set up and a partition is waiting, but everything I've read so far mentions putting the Hyperdrive .zip onto an external SD card. I wasn't planning to get the new S4 till next weekend, so I haven't got a micro SD card around and I won't have one till Tuesday. Can I flash the new ROM from the internal card? Also, will this method of installing a custom ROM over stock work for the S4 as well? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521899
My guess is no, yes and that I just need to be patient for a few days. Thanks in advance!
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Yeah, you can install any ROM from the internal storage. Its just that, since most apps and content (photos and music) is stored on the internal SD, and TW hogs a lot of storage, its usually easier to use an SD card. However, know this, if theres not enough from to unzip the ROM, it wont install.
For example. I have a HyperDrive MK2 Verizon S4. I have a 2GB SD card that I use for music and photo storage. The HyperDrive ROM is 1.7GB compressed, and must be installed that way. However, extracting it shows its about 2.3GB or so. Because thats larger than the 2GB that SD card holds, you get an error about the zip install failing.
You can install any Touchwiz based ROM, like Hyperdrive, Eclipse TW, or BoneStock, to the stock partition easy. However, t is recommended to back up the stock rooted partition first. Just back up the .system partition, dont worry about /data or /cache or anything. If you need the space, pull the backup to your computer. That way you can easily go back to stock if you need to by factory resetting, wiping system, then restoring to system.
So, I have the fully working clockworkmod on my android 4.1. The internal storage is pretty low, only 1,5GB, but now I have only 200mb free on it. I purchased a 8GB SDHC card and used the recovery menu to add more internal storage, Advaced>Partition SDCARD or whatever is called. I selected 2gb to add and swamp 0. After finishing, I rebooted the phone, only to see that the internal storage didn't even changed, but now I have only 6Gb on the SDcard. What did I did wrong?
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So, I have the fully working clockworkmod on my android 4.1. The internal storage is pretty low, only 1,5GB, but now I have only 200mb free on it. I purchased a 8GB SDHC card and used the recovery menu to add more internal storage, Advaced>Partition SDCARD or whatever is called. I selected 2gb to add and swamp 0. After finishing, I rebooted the phone, only to see that the internal storage didn't even changed, but now I have only 6Gb on the SDcard. What did I did wrong?
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I don't know about doing anything wrong, but just sounds like you haven't completed the steps to link your new partition to your internal storage. Just partitioning doesn't automagically link the two. You have to install a mod, script, or app to do that. The method varies by device and sometimes there can be more than one way with different pros and cons.
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I don't know about doing anything wrong, but just sounds like you haven't completed the steps to link your new partition to your internal storage. Just partitioning doesn't automagically link the two. You have to install a mod, script, or app to do that. The method varies by device and sometimes there can be more than one way with different pros and cons.
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Can you recommend me a mod or script? I have a Samsung Galaxy Young GT-6310 Android 4.1.2 Rooted
UPDATE 1: Ok, so no replies. Does anybody knows how I can recover my lost 2gb from the sdcard? Will factory reset work?
I am on a sprint LGLS990, rooted with twrp. I have just started doing backups. I did one the other day on the internal storage which worked fine. Now I'm doing a bu on the external sd and worked well until generating md5. Its said this for the last 30 minutes. It appears that it is stuck. Is there any way to stop or cancel this?? I tried pushing any of the hardware buttons in back, but power just locks it, then I swipe to unlock it. Please help!! I don't know if I can do a battery pull or not if that would stop it, but I definately dont want to ruin my ext sd card as I have sensitive info that I need.
Update - I did a battery pull and it just seemed to reboot it. Nothing wrong with my external SD card that I can see. I can successfully do a backup on internal but everytime I try on external it gets stuck on generating md5. I have searched google but can't come up with anyone that has had the same issue on the g3. It's a sprint with model LG LG 990.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just a thought, are there any other recoveries that work on my model g3?
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I am on a sprint LGLS990, rooted with twrp. I have just started doing backups. I did one the other day on the internal storage which worked fine. Now I'm doing a bu on the external sd and worked well until generating md5. Its said this for the last 30 minutes. It appears that it is stuck. Is there any way to stop or cancel this?? I tried pushing any of the hardware buttons in back, but power just locks it, then I swipe to unlock it. Please help!! I don't know if I can do a battery pull or not if that would stop it, but I definately dont want to ruin my ext sd card as I have sensitive info that I need.
Update - I did a battery pull and it just seemed to reboot it. Nothing wrong with my external SD card that I can see. I can successfully do a backup on internal but everytime I try on external it gets stuck on generating md5. I have searched google but can't come up with anyone that has had the same issue on the g3. It's a sprint with model LG LG 990.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just a thought, are there any other recoveries that work on my model g3?
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Is the card larger than 32GB, and formatted as exFAT? If so, that's likely the problem. Our bumped version of TWRP has a bug affected the ability to read exFAT cards. If so, you can copy all the data off to a PC (or Mac), reformat the card as FAT32, and test it out. Here's some info on how to reformat the card to FAT32:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57286346&postcount=30
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Is the card larger than 32GB, and formatted as exFAT? If so, that's likely the problem. Our bumped version of TWRP has a bug affected the ability to read exFAT cards. If so, you can copy all the data off to a PC (or Mac), reformat the card as FAT32, and test it out. Here's some info on how to reformat the card to FAT32:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57286346&postcount=30
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Its a 64gb card and I'm not sure if it was formatted as exfat. I will try your suggestion. Will I lose any storage space by formatting the card to fat32?
jreink01 said:
Its a 64gb card and I'm not sure if it was formatted as exfat. I will try your suggestion. Will I lose any storage space by formatting the card to fat32?
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If it's 64GB, it was probably formatted as exFAT from the factory. And yeah, you'll probably lose some storage space by formatting it as FAT32. How much will depend on what you have stored on the card. A lot of small files will waste more space than the same number of large files.
I just copied the external card to my desktop. I tried opening it up but it wouldn't open, saying it could not open that file. I even tried to extract and it said the same thing. I don't want to erase my card unless I know for a fact that my files are safe. With some apps, I have over 2 years of sensitive data that I can't afford to lose. Maybe it might be easier to just do a backup on my internal, then just copy and paste to my external.
There's a new TWRP that I believe fixes the exFAT bug:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=22315
meyerweb said:
There's a new TWRP that I believe fixes the exFAT bug:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=22315
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I just did a backup on external SD. It appears to be working. The only thing is that it took 30 minutes to backup.
I am rooted and have the latest twrp recovery, think it is 2.8.2. On this version, I am able to save my backup directly to ext sd. I have noticed however that when I do a backup, it takes between 30 to 40 minutes to do one. However, I just did a restore last night and it took over a hour and a half. I have only had the phone about 2 weeks. When I had my S3, doing backup would takes kess than 10 minutes, same with restores. Is this normal or is something amiss?? Thanks for the feedback.
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I have also noticed that when backing up to the internal that it takes just a few minutes, now when I backup onto the ext sd it takes about 20 minutes. The issue I had above I believe is connected when I used twrp manager instead of booting directly into recovery from the power menu. But its still taking alot longer to backup on my ext vs the internal. What would be the cause of that??
It seems most have issues if you SD is more than 32g.
The recommended format seems to be Fat32 on any card. That may be your issue. TWRP shouldn't be taking any extra time.
engine95 said:
It seems most have issues if you SD is more than 32g.
The recommended format seems to be Fat32 on any card. That may be your issue. TWRP shouldn't be taking any extra time.
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I'm just wondering when I had my S3, I had the same card and did backups with both phiz and twrp and never had any of these issues and the backup and restore times were usually under 5 minutes. Now with the G3 I am having these issues.
jreink01 said:
I'm just wondering when I had my S3, I had the same card and did backups with both phiz and twrp and never had any of these issues and the backup and restore times were usually under 5 minutes. Now with the G3 I am having these issues.
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It probably wouldn't hurt to format it and start over. Just like in the other thread I just answered you in. Start fresh and clean since you're starting with a different phone anyway.
engine95 said:
It probably wouldn't hurt to format it and start over. Just like in the other thread I just answered you in. Start fresh and clean since you're starting with a different phone anyway.
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I just formatted for 64gb sd card, moved all my files back onto the card, checked on my pc and it said fat32 under properties. I did a backup and halfway through the data backup it failed. I have updated twrp to 2.8.3.
Any suggestions on why I can't use the external card??
jreink01 said:
I just formatted for 64gb sd card, moved all my files back onto the card, checked on my pc and it said fat32 under properties. I did a backup and halfway through the data backup it failed. I have updated twrp to 2.8.3.
Any suggestions on why I can't use the external card??
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Did you format it in Windows/Linux as Fat32? Then move your files to it, and put it in the phone.
You may need to format it as 2 partitions.
Other than that, I really don't know what else to say.
engine95 said:
Did you format it in Windows/Linux as Fat32? Then move your files to it, and put it in the phone.
You may need to format it as 2 partitions.
Other than that, I really don't know what else to say.
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I formatted it in Windows 8 but I had to use a third party program as Windows only had the options ntfc and exfat. I first deleted all my files, then formatted and copied all my files back, then inserted back in phone and tried a backup. In the third party software, I don't it gave a option to split the partitions.
Am I the only one having issues with creating and restoring backups on the external SD or ate others having the same issues?
Anyone else having issues backing up and restoring to the external sd card??
I'm just wondering when I was on the stock rom (with twrp recovery), I never had a issues backing up and restoring to the external sd card. Seems like this might be rom related, don't know, just a guess.
Also, are there any other recoveries that work with the G3, since it appears that twrp still has bugs.
I'm guessing not.
Pull your SD card out, or just make it backup to internal just to rule out TWRP.
Then maybe try a smaller card to make sure it's not your phone, or the pins for the SD card.
If the smaller card works, then you know it's the 64g card. It it doesn't, then it's got to be your phone.
engine95 said:
I'm guessing not.
Pull your SD card out, or just make it backup to internal just to rule out TWRP.
Then maybe try a smaller card to make sure it's not your phone, or the pins for the SD card.
If the smaller card works, then you know it's the 64g card. It it doesn't, then it's got to be your phone.
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I have done backups through internal and everything works fine. I think I might have a 32 gb card around somewhere, if I can find it, I will try that and let you know the results, thanks.
jreink01 said:
I have done backups through internal and everything works fine. I think I might have a 32 gb card around somewhere, if I can find it, I will try that and let you know the results, thanks.
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I just did a backup on my 32gb sd card. This card has not been formatted, its stock. It did do a backup but it took 40 minutes to do it. It appeared to get stuck on the last 1000 files when backing up data, the last 1000 files took over 15 minutes itself. I just did another backup, this time on my internal, it took only 5 minutes. How come its taking so long backing up to exernal, and thats with the 32gb card, still doesn't work on my 64gb card. Is anyone else have issues with backing up on a 64gb card?? I would like to know if i am a isolated issue or if others are having the same issues.
Try using Partition Master to format the 64GB card as FAT32, instead of exFAT.
http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm