Swap SD on Kitkat? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys,
I'm searching for a solution to swap external sd to internal. I had to break the internal storage to make a I9003 working again.
Now, it boots the ROM from the external (but that's an other story).
Camera needs storage0 (internal storage) to work properly for DCIM. But I have only storage1 (inserted microsd).
In 2.3.6 swap sd was possible by editing vold.fstab. In Kitkat the opportunity has been denied.
I search for a way to make storage1 to storage0 in CM11. Does anyone have an idea? Do you know whether CyanogenMod is working on it?
Thanks ^^

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Still no idea?
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Might wanna see how these guys did it for their phones:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2599496

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rboy28 said:
Hey guys,
I'm searching for a solution to swap external sd to internal. I had to break the internal storage to make a I9003 working again.
Now, it boots the ROM from the external (but that's an other story).
Camera needs storage0 (internal storage) to work properly for DCIM. But I have only storage1 (inserted microsd).
In 2.3.6 swap sd was possible by editing vold.fstab. In Kitkat the opportunity has been denied.
I search for a way to make storage1 to storage0 in CM11. Does anyone have an idea? Do you know whether CyanogenMod is working on it?
Thanks ^^
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Since android 4.3 there no longer exist "vold.fstab"
U need to modify build.prop
go to /system/build.prop (via root explorer for instance)
and change
persist.sys.vold.switchexternal=0
to
persist.sys.vold.switchexternal=1
save it and reboot the device it may help

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dc239 said:
Since android 4.3 there no longer exist "vold.fstab"
U need to modify build.prop
go to /system/build.prop (via root explorer for instance)
and change
persist.sys.vold.switchexternal=0
to
persist.sys.vold.switchexternal=1
save it and reboot the device it may help
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It didn't work on my i9001.
I thought about that option but I read before that this isn't possible anymore since kitkat
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rboy28 said:
It didn't work on my i9001.
I thought about that option but I read before that this isn't possible anymore since kitkat
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9001 mit Tapatalk
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If i remember,on my tablet with cm 11 it doesn't work too but if i updated to newer buid it worked like a charm
r u using cyanogenmod rom or other based on kitkat (like slimkat etc.....) ?

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dc239 said:
If i remember,on my tablet with cm 11 it doesn't work too but if i updated to newer buid it worked like a charm
r u using cyanogenmod rom or other based on kitkat (like slimkat etc.....) ?
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My i9001 has still a build from 21.03. synced. It's unofficial. The steps are big, not like nightlies, and that's great ^^
The i9003 of the friend is in his apartment. The build for the i9003 has some bugs, so I'll wait.
But the others here can share their results with the newest builds
The i9003 has cm working on (the only available one for this device) and I have PA 4.3.
So cm-related infos are welcomed
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Hi @rboy28, I'm facing pretty much the same issue as you on a Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 with damaged internal SD card.
I'm managed to install and run CyanogenMod 11 after physically taking the faulty chip out of the device, but I now need to make it use the external SD card as the internal one.
Have you had any luck ?

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rboy28 said:
It didn't work on my i9001.
I thought about that option but I read before that this isn't possible anymore since kitkat
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man why they have to keep changing stuff. i spent days on this issue.
this is why android is having difficulty capturing the market from iphones.

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2017, and i also getting this same problem with GT-P1000..
remove damaged internal storage, installed KK resurrection remix ROM on external storage..
-camera error "no external storage"
-browser error "can't download, no external storage"
-UMS no response (it worked on gingerbread before)
tinkerin' for 6 days, slept only at 7AM..
my eyes hurt (almost cryin' desperately too) from searching n tryin' n so on..
if only there's an angel with master linux degree, kindly enough to ease our 'fellow-pity-ship' misery..

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You're not the only one…
Hi,
I tried for month to resurrect a tablet having the same problem.
My latest findings pointed to modifying the equivalent of the /etc/fstab file in the boot partition/image, but no tool I could find was able to open/modify the ROM image…
I eventually gave up and returned the tablet to its owner.