[Q] SD Card not being detected in recovery mode - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi people...
I've recently used Odin to flash stock 4.1.2 firmware (Baseband: i8160XXNB1; Build Number: J2054k.i8160XXNB1) into my Galaxy Ace 2 GT - i8160. All went well, phone booted and all, working perfectly fine.
But then i entered the recovery mode to install the rooting zip by 'shaaan' but i found out that my external SD Card is not being detected at all. Confused, i tried formatting the SD Card multiple times, formatted in NTFS, FAT, FAT32 and even exFAT. As it turned out, my recovery mode isn't detecting the files and folders present in the SD Card in any of these formats. I tried it in my Tab 3 and it worked. So i believe the problem is in the firmware i Odin-ed?
Any help? Anyone with a baseband which is known to have a working recovery mode?
Just in case it doesn't seem obvious, my phone has a stock recovery at the moment.
ADB doesn't work either... can't push files, protocol fault in sideload mode.
Thanks in advance... Hope to get a helpful reply soon.
Regards

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[Q] Can't see sdcard in recovery mode.

Hey,
I've flashed Omega 33.2 and Siyah 1.8 kernel.
I used 5.5.0.4 CWM recovery (didn't change the recovery, just flashed Omega and right after Siyah).
I then flashed something from Omega kitchen that I guess made some problems with the ROM, so I got in a bootloop. Not a problem - I will just flash the rom again and everything will be ok, but unfortunately I deleted the rom from my phone memory. In those situations I just go inside recovery and mount the sdcard, so I went into mounts and storage -> mount /sdcard, I connected to my computer (windows 7) but nothing happened. So I tried to install kies, but it didn't help too. I also tried the same in Ubuntu (maybe it's mass storage and not MTP because from what I know linux doesn't support MTP), but it didn't worked.
I end up taking my external sd card, putting the rom on it, and flashed the zip from the external sd card.
I don't want to do it every time I want to put something in my phone through recovery. How can I fix this problem? (Yes, I tried more than one USB slot and cable).
Thanks in advance!
TRY
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943592
jje
JJEgan said:
TRY
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943592
jje
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Thanks for your reply.
Tried TWRP, CWM touch 6, but it didn't work. I tried to mount external sd card and it didn't work also. Tried windows7, ubuntu (I think it's mass storage so it should work), and another computer with windows7, but didn't work in neither of them.
Also, tried 'adb devices' when the phone is plugged in in recovery and it didn't see the device too. Does adb suppose to work when I'm in recovery? (I'm developing Android apps so I'm sure that adb is 100% working when the phone is on).
In CWM 6, I press mount /sdcard and after I press the text is still mount /sdcard (doesn't change to unmount), and when I press mount /ex-sdcard it change to unmount /ex-sdcard but doesn't appear on the computer also.
Does anybody else is facing the same problem? very annoying :S
Nobody faces this problem too..? :/
same issue here!!! trying to get some help as I don't have an SD card available right now

Damaged usb storage

Hello,
I Have tried to burn android 4.1.2 on my phone with the odin.
During the installation the device stuck.
I power of the phone and tried to power it on - a problem occured(brick status).
I entered again to odin and install root and CWM and my phone power up.
The problem is the he does not recognise Internal SD card and External card.
In addition when i try to format he it cannot be done, even from the recovery - write error mouting /sdcard.
Pherheps i did not install the correct root but i dont know.
Can someone help?
I dont know what to do.
BR,
Gil
Send it to repair.

[Q] Help! No ROM, USB not recognised!!

Hi all,
First off, get the laughs out the way. Not posted on here before but used the forum a lot over the past year or so and i desperatley need someones help.
Long story short.
1) Currently i can only access CMR 6.0.3.2
2) I have no ROM available on int SD due to doing a system wipe while flashing Cyanogenmod 11 nightly which failed due to Status 7 error ( did not think this error would happen!)
3) My PC & Laptop will not recognise the S3 through USB despite all correct drivers being correct.
4) CMR will not let me mount the 8GB ext SD card. I have tried formatted to NTSC and Fat 32 and both not mounting, get the mount error message.
To sum it up, im fooked. I cannot access the int SD to drop a ROM on it and cannot access the Ext SD card through recovery which DOES have a ROM on it.
Do any ofyou fantastic people have any idea what i can do apart from dress it up nicely and make an ornament out of it?
Thanks!
Scott
boabbyshaft said:
Hi all,
First off, get the laughs out the way. Not posted on here before but used the forum a lot over the past year or so and i desperatley need someones help.
Long story short.
1) Currently i can only access CMR 6.0.3.2
2) I have no ROM available on int SD due to doing a system wipe while flashing Cyanogenmod 11 nightly which failed due to Status 7 error ( did not think this error would happen!)
3) My PC & Laptop will not recognise the S3 through USB despite all correct drivers being correct.
4) CMR will not let me mount the 8GB ext SD card. I have tried formatted to NTSC and Fat 32 and both not mounting, get the mount error message.
To sum it up, im fooked. I cannot access the int SD to drop a ROM on it and cannot access the Ext SD card through recovery which DOES have a ROM on it.
Do any ofyou fantastic people have any idea what i can do apart from dress it up nicely and make an ornament out of it?
Thanks!
Scott
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Yes Scott. Do not make an ornament out of it!
Okay, serious .. download the ROM of your region from sammobile.com. Install Odin on your laptop. Boot your S3 in download mode. Flash the firmware from sammobile.com on your phone using Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847 - Follow this guide from step 2. No need to make the binary counter 0. It is important to recover your phone.
Hamza18 said:
Yes Scott. Do not make an ornament out of it!
Okay, serious .. download the ROM of your region from sammobile.com. Install Odin on your laptop. Boot your S3 in download mode. Flash the firmware from sammobile.com on your phone using Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847 - Follow this guide from step 2. No need to make the binary counter 0. It is important to recover your phone.
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Hi Hamza,
Thanks for the reply. This is one of the problems noted above as that my laptop and PC will not recognise my S3 via USB. Tried different USB wires and installed various versions of the drivers, uninstalled, reinstalled etc It just will not connect be recognised.
Any other thoughts?
boabbyshaft said:
Hi Hamza,
Thanks for the reply. This is one of the problems noted above as that my laptop and PC will not recognise my S3 via USB. Tried different USB wires and installed various versions of the drivers, uninstalled, reinstalled etc It just will not connect be recognised.
Any other thoughts?
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Sorry, I thought that your phone will get recognized when in Odin mode or download mode. I am afraid I am out of tricks for now, but let me search and get back to you in case I find anything
Hello Scott,
Can you enter in Download mode on phone?
"First shut down your device, then power on by simultaneously pressing the power button, home button and volume down key. Now you will see download mode and you will be asked if you want to cancel or continue. Press volume up to continue or volume down to cancel and reboot."
For that part you don't need connection to PC (yet).
If u succeed entering in download mode, then use the link that Hamza posted, to restore your device through Odin
HI!
Its no problem to get in to download mode but as the laptop and PC will not recognise my S3, neither does Odin.
The very 1st think i knew to do was to try and flash a stock ROM via Odin, but sadly can't
I've flashed ROM's a lot however it was a rookie mistake not to make a backup on this occasion that was accessable in this situation. My backups and ROMs are on the Ext SD card....
Ive searched and the only 2 outcomes i can see to resolve are to mount my Ext SD card, which i can't do on CMR or to make the handset visible o use Odin or to drop a ROM on the Int SD but again, can't.
boabbyshaft said:
Hi all,
First off, get the laughs out the way. Not posted on here before but used the forum a lot over the past year or so and i desperatley need someones help.
Long story short.
1) Currently i can only access CMR 6.0.3.2
2) I have no ROM available on int SD due to doing a system wipe while flashing Cyanogenmod 11 nightly which failed due to Status 7 error ( did not think this error would happen!)
3) My PC & Laptop will not recognise the S3 through USB despite all correct drivers being correct.
4) CMR will not let me mount the 8GB ext SD card. I have tried formatted to NTSC and Fat 32 and both not mounting, get the mount error message.
To sum it up, im fooked. I cannot access the int SD to drop a ROM on it and cannot access the Ext SD card through recovery which DOES have a ROM on it.
Do any ofyou fantastic people have any idea what i can do apart from dress it up nicely and make an ornament out of it?
Thanks!
Scott
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Remove your sd card..Use a SD card reader and download a rom which u can flash with your current recovery..flash that through extsdcard...
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boabbyshaft said:
HI!
Its no problem to get in to download mode but as the laptop and PC will not recognise my S3, neither does Odin.
The very 1st think i knew to do was to try and flash a stock ROM via Odin, but sadly can't
I've flashed ROM's a lot however it was a rookie mistake not to make a backup on this occasion that was accessable in this situation. My backups and ROMs are on the Ext SD card....
Ive searched and the only 2 outcomes i can see to resolve are to mount my Ext SD card, which i can't do on CMR or to make the handset visible o use Odin or to drop a ROM on the Int SD but again, can't.
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Have you tried with another USB cable? Sometimes USB cable could be faulty.
kunal1540 said:
Remove your sd card..Use a SD card reader and download a rom which u can flash with your current recovery..flash that through extsdcard...
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did you read? he can't mount the ext sd card...
hierarchy666 said:
Have you tried with another USB cable? Sometimes USB cable could be faulty.
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+1
We have 5 or 6 USB cables for our phones around here, and only 3 work for our S3 phones. Worth a try?
One more thing crossed my mind... In CWR, did you try "mount usb storage"? Under "mounts and storage" setting.
I had a similar problem few weeks ago, changed recovery and new recovery didn't want to read exFat card...
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Soundwve said:
+1
We have 5 or 6 USB cables for our phones around here, and only 3 work for our S3 phones. Worth a try?
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I suggest you uninstall samsung kies first.
Proceed here uninstall old samsung usb drivers too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
There is 3 methods of installing it clearly written there with step by step instructions. Hope with this method your pc recognize your phone.
If that method fails.
Like many said you have to manually insert rom files into your external sd card using a reader. I hope your problem is not similar to this guy
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/76864-pc-wont-recognize-phone-after-installing-cm-102-20130727/
You said Odin not recognize phone how about Kies? If you have not tried Kies and you can get it to recognize your phone try this Emergency Firmware Recovery link works on S3 >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153 <<
Hi,
Tried various USB cables and nada. Due to this Odin, Kies or anything will else will not recognise the handset and that's on a PC and a Laptop.
As for the Mass Storage in recovery, the version of CMR doesn't have that option otherwise i would have tried!
I was focusing more on trying to mount the Ext SD card on CMR. Is there any suggestions on this? Tried NTFS and Fat 32 with varying cluster sizes but not happening. Any other suggestions?
boabbyshaft said:
Hi,
Tried various USB cables and nada. Due to this Odin, Kies or anything will else will not recognise the handset and that's on a PC and a Laptop.
As for the Mass Storage in recovery, the version of CMR doesn't have that option otherwise i would have tried!
I was focusing more on trying to mount the Ext SD card on CMR. Is there any suggestions on this? Tried NTFS and Fat 32 with varying cluster sizes but not happening. Any other suggestions?
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Can you mount OTG in your version of cwm >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787054 << possibly flash from there..
boabbyshaft said:
Hi,
Tried various USB cables and nada. Due to this Odin, Kies or anything will else will not recognise the handset and that's on a PC and a Laptop.
As for the Mass Storage in recovery, the version of CMR doesn't have that option otherwise i would have tried!
I was focusing more on trying to mount the Ext SD card on CMR. Is there any suggestions on this? Tried NTFS and Fat 32 with varying cluster sizes but not happening. Any other suggestions?
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Have u tried manually installing drivers? Connect yr ph in download mode to yr pc and open device manager, pull out and see if there is any response then reinsert yr usb if u may see yr device with a triangle n ! Right click and update ' let me choose' and point to the samsung drivers folder. Cheers!
boabbyshaft said:
I was focusing more on trying to mount the Ext SD card on CMR. Is there any suggestions on this? Tried NTFS and Fat 32 with varying cluster sizes but not happening. Any other suggestions?
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Fat32 should work, not sure about NTFS... Did u tried another card? Or removing battery and reinserting after SD card format?
Thanks for all the suggestions.... Had a family emergency.
Tried everything, i now think that there is a hardware issue with the phone as its a Code 43 error whenever i try to update the driver so the handset can talk to my PC. Seen as this option looks fooked i can only now and try to figure why the Ext SD wont mount on CMR and how to resolve it.
If i can;t then no option but to send it to the big warehouse in the Sky,
Just to exclude, did you tried another SD card?
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[Q] Can't access my SD

Hello there,
my S3 suddenly stopped letting my access my 64GB exFAT SD in Android like a week ago, but it still works in Recovery Mode. Connecting to the SD on my PC via Recovery mode also works.
I've tried it on 3 different ROMs, one based on CM11, one based on CM12 and one based on AOSP Lollipop, and did a full wipe several times, but always got the same results.
Android recognizes that I inserted an SD, but in the settings it says that it has a capacity of 0 bytes, and it shows up as a file instead of a folder under /mnt.
This also happens with my old 16GB FAT32 SD.
Any ideas on how to fix this?

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Hi, ive got this old bricked tablet, cant enter recovery mode, not recognized in windows when in fastboot mode, nothing working basicaly,
i want to flash it and i CAN'T, its getting frustrating after 3 days i decided to ask help here!
this is where im stuck:
i want to use Rockchip SD disk tool 1.59 to make a bootable SD card for automatic flashing.
First sd card not working, SD disk tool keeps saying loading firmware failed, ok buy a new SD card San disk 16gb
perfect it works!i managed to create a bootable flash IMG but its not flashing or doing anything when powered on with sd in it.
so i try to reflash it on the card, and it keeps giving error again now even on the new SD card : Loading firmware failed! I tried using SD card formatter to format the card, still loading firmware failed!
somebody please help me before i lose my sanity, i cant sleep because of this i want to handle it so badly.
edit:
oh and i dont think usb debugging and oem unlocking are turned on and i cant check!
EDIT 2: OK so i figured out how to fix the loading firmware failed, on the SD card formatter i had to tick the box , overwrite format! this fixed it, but the main problem still remains, the tablet wont boot and flash from the SD card.
EDIT3:
solved by flashing stock rom using fastboot in linux, or maybe Linux_Upgrade_Tool_v1.2 , i cant remember which of these worked in the end, i just know linux upgrade tool was hell to use, with chinese instructions

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