I'm about to root my phone. Should I format my SD card before I do?
yahanna said:
I'm about to root my phone. Should I format my SD card before I do?
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i think you should backup first , then root
yahanna said:
I'm about to root my phone. Should I format my SD card before I do?
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Will depend on your rooting method, but usually doesn't require that you do anything to your SD card. Flashing OEM firmware or unlocking your bootloader can sometimes erase your SD card, so just make a back up and be a little bit careful until you get used to thinks.
yahanna said:
I'm about to root my phone. Should I format my SD card before I do?
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If you're only rooting It shouldn't remove anything from your SD. Do a backup just in case though
justmpm said:
Will depend on your rooting method, but usually doesn't require that you do anything to your SD card. Flashing OEM firmware or unlocking your bootloader can sometimes erase your SD card, so just make a back up and be a little bit careful until you get used to thinks.
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So in other words, flashing will just format the SD card? If thats the case then thats good.
I say this because I've had an SD card in my galaxy S3 for 2 years. And I havent fornatted it yet. I've noticed some songs and a few videos freeze up. It may be that it needs to be formatted as a result. I guess rooting itself will format the whole SD card. Is this right?
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why cant i flash from my sd card please help
More info please, what did you exactly do and what happened? I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say your sd card isnt "FAT32" formatted. The formatting on the card just says FAT in system properties. Put it in a computer and go to format, in the file system, you can choose FAT32. Then copy the rom and rename it TITAIMG and get into the bootloader with the card in and it should work!
I find that this is the easiest way to upgrade, via sd card, but I've only done it once. Any downside to this method?
I am assuming you can't put the unlocker on through the sd card, is that correct?
maskedlion said:
I am assuming you can't put the unlocker on through the sd card, is that correct?
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wait wat unlocker?
skreemer7 said:
More info please, what did you exactly do and what happened? I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say your sd card isnt "FAT32" formatted. The formatting on the card just says FAT in system properties. Put it in a computer and go to format, in the file system, you can choose FAT32. Then copy the rom and rename it TITAIMG and get into the bootloader with the card in and it should work!
I find that this is the easiest way to upgrade, via sd card, but I've only done it once. Any downside to this method?
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Yeah it is formated into FAT32 and i did renamed it put it in my root of card and go bootloader mode and then it flashs saying No image failed
any ideas
you need to flash to olipro 2.40 before you can flash any of these roms
gcincotta said:
you need to flash to olipro 2.40 before you can flash any of these roms
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o yea i have that installed
yeah, my question was can olipro be added from a sd card
maskedlion said:
yeah, my question was can olipro be added from a sd card
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what do you mean added? like run the unlocker from sd?
Hi guys,
When I insert my 4 GB memory card into Galaxy, it doesn't read it. Does anyone have an idea what is the reason. The card was recently in Nokia N82 and everything was fine.
Does your computer read it?
Tried to format it with computer or SGS2? (FAT32)
I don't want to format it, cos don't want to loose data stored on card, but i'll try different one.
paulvandyk said:
I don't want to format it, cos don't want to loose data stored on card, but i'll try different one.
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Then back it up on your PC, format the card and then put it all back on the SD card.
bigmo7 said:
Then back it up on your PC, format the card and then put it all back on the SD card.
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I had to laugh when i saw that))
JD
Just a typical case of laziness.
Or Ignorance....
Earlier today, I realized that my phone doesn't recognize my SD card. I tried taking it out and putting it back in with no luck. Then I decided to re-flash the rom with ClockworkMod Recovery but it requires the sd card to flash which mine does not work. I also tried downloading twrp2.0 but again, the bootloader won't recognize it because it's not on the SD card. Lastly, I factory reset the phone hoping it would format the sd card, but now every time I unlock the phone, there is just a black screen. Any suggestions?
How did you factory format it?
From when the phone is turned on, or on recovery?
What you should do is get the memory card and stick it on your computer. It might be corrupted or something alike.
Once on your computer, format it to fat/fat32.
On windows:
Go on my computer, wait for memory device to be detected, and right click it.. then format.
On Mac:
Open: "Disk Utility" by either going to "utilities" on applications folder, or by searching for it on the spotlight search bar.
Then click umm.. im not on my mac now, google it.
After you do all that, put the ROM and the Recovery.
Then flash away.
Hope this helps.
xologist said:
How did you factory format it?
From when the phone is turned on, or on recovery?
What you should do is get the memory card and stick it on your computer. It might be corrupted or something alike.
Once on your computer, format it to fat/fat32.
On windows:
Go on my computer, wait for memory device to be detected, and right click it.. then format.
On Mac:
Open: "Disk Utility" by either going to "utilities" on applications folder, or by searching for it on the spotlight search bar.
Then click umm.. im not on my mac now, google it.
After you do all that, put the ROM and the Recovery.
Then flash away.
Hope this helps.
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Well, the phone says it can't mount the SD Card, even when I placed a different one in so I think it's an issue with the phone or rom.
HuskyHamburger said:
Well, the phone says it can't mount the SD Card, even when I placed a different one in so I think it's an issue with the phone or rom.
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I dont see how can it be rom issue...how did it happen what were u doing before realizing cant mount the card? u must have been doing something to have messed it...
Felinos11 said:
I dont see how can it be rom issue...how did it happen what were u doing before realizing cant mount the card? u must have been doing something to have messed it...
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Well I tried to make a nandroid backup, but Clockwork said cannot mount sd card, I turned the phone on, went to the sd card settings, and it said searching for external sd,
HuskyHamburger said:
Well I tried to make a nandroid backup, but Clockwork said cannot mount sd card, I turned the phone on, went to the sd card settings, and it said searching for external sd,
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take out the external sd card and do a nandroid on the internal sd card...then restart the phone and save you're nandroid somwhere safe...This is not going to solve your SD issue, but you'll atleast have a backup copy of your system if you ever have to get a new one... also if you have an micro sd to sd adaptor, try to stick the sd card in your computer (assuming you have an SD reader) and try to format it that way fat32 i believe.
seansk said:
take out the external sd card and do a nandroid on the internal sd card...then restart the phone and save you're nandroid somwhere safe...This is not going to solve your SD issue, but you'll atleast have a backup copy of your system if you ever have to get a new one... also if you have an micro sd to sd adaptor, try to stick the sd card in your computer (assuming you have an SD reader) and try to format it that way fat32 i believe.
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I did the Nandroid Backup and I do have a USB with a port to insert a Micro SD Card, but it doesn't show that I plugged anything in. It may be a problem with the SD Card, but I also have another 8 Gig one that it won't mount or recognize.
when u go to settings-storage...what do you see? do you see mount/unmount sd card? or u cant even go to settings?
Stop replying and start listening.
You need to RE-format your SD card to FAT32.
xologist said:
Stop replying and start listening.
You need to RE-format your SD card to FAT32.
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he said he tried another 8gb card but same results ...is not sd card problem
Would it be possible to flash twrp through the bootloader or through fastboot without the SD, or can I flash a rom directly from clockwork recovery without an SD Card?
HuskyHamburger said:
Would it be possible to flash twrp through the bootloader or through fastboot without the SD, or can I flash a rom directly from clockwork recovery without an SD Card?
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You can flash a recovery without an sdcard.
With the device in bootloader mode:
fastboot flash recovery c:\recoverydirectory\recoveryname.img
Binary100100 said:
You can flash a recovery without an sdcard.
With the device in bootloader mode:
fastboot flash recovery c:\recoverydirectory\recoveryname.img
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Thanks! I was able to flash TWRP and flash Android Revolution.
does anyone know how i can rename my sd card since it shows as mounted but no app can access it. i was using the same SD card in my droid razr.
it shows as extSdCard but all the apps that require an SD card give an error that SD card isn't present/mounted
im using the galaxy s3
thanks in advance
moolee said:
does anyone know how i can rename my sd card since it shows as mounted but no app can access it. i was using the same SD card in my droid razr.
it shows as extSdCard but all the apps that require an SD card give an error that SD card isn't present/mounted
im using the galaxy s3
thanks in advance
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Why do you want to re-name the SD card?
Unmount and remount the SD card, perhaps? Or format via recovery, if rooted?
Is it SDXC or SDHC?
SDXC might cause problems sometimes - exFAT, FAT32 and all that jazz.
Oomahey said:
Why do you want to re-name the SD card?
Unmount and remount the SD card, perhaps? Or format via recovery, if rooted?
Is it SDXC or SDHC?
SDXC might cause problems sometimes - exFAT, FAT32 and all that jazz.
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thanks for the quick response!
i want to rename since i dont know how to go about it otherwise. all apps say the card isnt present. as i remember it used to show up as sdcard-ext in all my previous phones
ive unmounted and remounted the card a couple of times but nothing. i havent formatted via recovery which i'll try tonight
its SDHC and yes im rooted and running AOKP build 40
There's a major is with really external SD cards on the S3
moolee said:
does anyone know how i can rename my sd card since it shows as mounted but no app can access it. i was using the same SD card in my droid razr.
it shows as extSdCard but all the apps that require an SD card give an error that SD card isn't present/mounted
im using the galaxy s3
thanks in advance
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I think you need to read this from Chainfire: www.chainfire.eu/articles/113/Is_Google_blocking_apps_writing_to_SD_cards_/
shaggydabbydo said:
I think you need to read this from Chainfire: www.chainfire.eu/articles/113/Is_Google_blocking_apps_writing_to_SD_cards_/
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screwed!
I could access mine. Just go to mnt/EXTSDcard.
I can't move apps to it though, like everyone else...
Hi, I'm using a non-rooted stock Moto G3 that I had set up to use an SD card as adoptable storage. Yesterday I started getting notifications to insert the linked SD card even though it had never been removed. Upon removing it and reinserting it, there was a long "checking" process that I noticed in the storage settings page which eventually ended with the status "corrputed". If I take the SD card out and look at the partitions in GParted, I see two android partitions of the correct size. It looks like the data is still here, however, I cannot mount it due to the encryption. I found a guide on how to get the encryption key from the /data/misc/vold file, but since the phone is not rooted permission is denied. Are there any methods I can use to get to the encryption key or some other method to recover the data?
Thank you very much!
You are out of luck. You are gonna have to wipe the sdcard. This is why most oem removed the option.
My only advise is that if you are gonna use the sdcard then remove the encryption or just don't use if for anything other then storage.
zelendel said:
You are out of luck. You are gonna have to wipe the sdcard. This is why most oem removed the option.
My only advise is that if you are gonna use the sdcard then remove the encryption or just don't use if for anything other then storage.
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Well, I did have some luck. Since I was still able to see the partitions, I was able to clone the data to a new SD card which was recognized by Android. I have not noticed any missing data yet. The old SD card is now stuck as read-only, so I cannot delete the partitions and reformat. I will be sending it back since it is still under warranty. Thanks for the advice. I will definitely move away from the adoptable storage method.
ItinerAecus said:
Well, I did have some luck. Since I was still able to see the partitions, I was able to clone the data to a new SD card which was recognized by Android. I have not noticed any missing data yet. The old SD card is now stuck as read-only, so I cannot delete the partitions and reformat. I will be sending it back since it is still under warranty. Thanks for the advice. I will definitely move away from the adoptable storage method.
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You mean the adopted SD card can still be protected by warranty?
iSaidyiu said:
You mean the adopted SD card can still be protected by warranty?
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Yes, the manufacturer sent me a replacement SD card after the original became stuck as read-only and could not be formatted.
ItinerAecus said:
Yes, the manufacturer sent me a replacement SD card after the original became stuck as read-only and could not be formatted.
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What's your manufacturer? SanDisk or Toshiba or others?
iSaidyiu said:
What's your manufacturer? SanDisk or Toshiba or others?
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This was a Lexar SD card. The RMA process was very straight forward.