Is there a way to get the phone to read the SD card while in recovery? I like saving my roms on my SD to save space
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CScolamiero said:
Is there a way to get the phone to read the SD card while in recovery? I like saving my roms on my SD to save space
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Your card needs to be formatted as FAT32. THis limits you to 4GB per file.
There is already a thread about this.
Your card is probably formatted as exFAT and the recovery doesn't support that format.
tech_head said:
Your card needs to be formatted as FAT32. THis limits you to 4GB per file.
There is already a thread about this.
Your card is probably formatted as exFAT and the recovery doesn't support that format.
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Sorry I didn't notice the other thread. And I'd there a way to change the format?
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See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...al-sd-card-t2901711/post55977171#post55977171
In clockwork mod select backup and in the middle there is a storage selection tab. This will also change the default drive for restore.
rp201 said:
In clockwork mod select backup and in the middle there is a storage selection tab. This will also change the default drive for restore.
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Our phones use TWRP.
Rodeojones said:
Our phones use TWRP.
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oops I mean twrp
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Hi all, I've accidentally partitioned the sd-card through recovery and I don't need any ext partition (from romracers recovery there wasn't any undo option). I've tried formatting it through windows or gparted. Windows recognise only the fat partition so that one is the only one it formats; gparted sees both but if I try to remove the ext and format everything as fat32, the phone reject the sdcard not mounting it and giving an error. Any solution please? I'd like to have the original storage space! Thank you all!
Delete all partitions with gparted, then partition/format in the phone.
ravilov said:
Delete all partitions with gparted, then partition/format in the phone.
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Thanks! What do you mean with "format in the phone"? Through recovery or from settings?
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alberto88a said:
Thanks! What do you mean with "format in the phone"? Through recovery or from settings?
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Either one should work.
If one doesn't, try the other.
ravilov said:
Either one should work.
If one doesn't, try the other.
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I'll try and let you know, thanks again
Format again in recovery. Then choose 0 as ext position size. It will be deleted.
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dedraks said:
Format again in recovery. Then choose 0 as ext position size. It will be deleted.
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I can't because the minimum size tor ext partition id 128MB I'm on cwm touch
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I think my microsd is half-broken but I managed how to use it until it leaves me forever. I surely have bad sectors because a llf encountered errors. I used a HP format tool to do a quick format and of course the phone told me the sd was damaged so i formatted and got the entire space...hope not to lose future data...any suggestion for pictures instant upload?
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alberto88a said:
I think my microsd is half-broken but I managed how to use it until it leaves me forever. I surely have bad sectors because a llf encountered errors. I used a HP format tool to do a quick format and of course the phone told me the sd was damaged so i formatted and got the entire space...hope not to lose future data...any suggestion for pictures instant upload?
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I had to do it once...easiest solution i found was put the micro sd card in a nokia s40 phone (i used nokia x2) and chose format memory card
i would sugest you to go with gparted if you have access to linux system but i did not so had to do it this way
Hi I just came from the Thunderbolt and I am used to Backing up and flashing my ROMs from the SD card. I have noticed all of the instructions are recommending doing this from internal memory.
I have a 64 GB sd card formatted in FAT32 and TWRP sees it fine. I was wondering the reasons for using the internal memory.
Thanks
GMoGoody said:
Hi I just came from the Thunderbolt and I am used to Backing up and flashing my ROMs from the SD card. I have noticed all of the instructions are recommending doing this from internal memory.
I have a 64 GB sd card formatted in FAT32 and TWRP sees it fine. I was wondering the reasons for using the internal memory.
Thanks
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A lot of people have suggested using internal because the same people most likely use CWM and not TWRP. CWM does not function properly yet with use of the ext sd card. I used CWM for years but currently I'm using TWRP as it utilizes my ext card.
CBConsultation said:
A lot of people have suggested using internal because the same people most likely use CWM and not TWRP. CWM does not function properly yet with use of the ext sd card. I used CWM for years but currently I'm using TWRP as it utilizes my ext card.
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That makes sense. Thanks fr the quick reply. So I should be good as long a I utilize TWRP
GMoGoody said:
That makes sense. Thanks fr the quick reply. So I should be good as long a I utilize TWRP
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I would think so.
CBConsultation said:
I would think so.
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CWMR now utilizes the ext sd card which is cool. I was using TWRP also but switched back to CWMR.
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Hello xda members. I have a problem with my sd card. Tried to repartition in cmw and something went wrong. Now I can only connect sd card to computer is to mount in recovery. Also it shows that sd capacity is 2.9gb instead of 4gb. I cant transfer any files to sd card because they didisappears. I have searched in forums, tried everything, nothing helps:crying:. Please help me
Format the sd card and start again. Don't mess with partitioning this time.
already formatted with fat32. Doesn't work
username_lt said:
Hello xda members. I have a problem with my sd card. Tried to repartition in cmw and something went wrong. Now I can only connect sd card to computer is to mount in recovery. Also it shows that sd capacity is 2.9gb instead of 4gb. I cant transfer any files to sd card because they didisappears. I have searched in forums, tried anything, nothing helps:crying:. Please help me
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As a rule of the thumb please don't use CWW for partitioning your sd card as it cause errors. Try a tool called minitool. Use it to repartition your sd card with your card reader and computer. Then format it to FAT 32 file system. Hope it works for you !
texasranger770 said:
As a rule of the thumb please don't use CWW for partitioning your sd card as it cause errors. Try a tool called minitool. Use it to repartition your sd card with your card reader and computer. Then format it to FAT 32 file system. Hope it works for you !
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tried mini tool partition wizard. I doesn't help:crying: it shows that I don't have any partitions except fat32 which is 2.9 gb size. And I can't apply changes. When i scan for errors it doesn't find any :crying:
Any other suggestions?
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Any other suggestions?
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The official organizaction that designates the SD card standards has a tool for formatting SD cards called SD Formatter which can be found here https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/. Make sure select the full format option.
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shimp208 said:
The official organizaction that designates the SD card standards has a tool for formatting SD cards called SD Formatter which can be found here https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/. Make sure select the full format option.
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SD card formatter also didn't help. It still shows 2.9gb available storage and I can't copy anything
Maybe there is hidden corrupted partition and some programs cannot see it. In recovery I can't mount sd ext. Maybe problems are with this partition?
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Maybe there is hidden corrupted partition and some programs cannot see it. In recovery I can't mount sd ext. Maybe problems are with this partition?
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Another suggestion would be to try using the gparted disk partitioning utility if you have linux you can download it from here gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php or use a live CD/USB version of it http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php.
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shimp208 said:
Another suggestion would be to try using the gparted disk partitioning utility if you have linux you can download it from here gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php or use a live CD/USB version of it http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php.
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How to use gparted? I am using windows7
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How to use gparted? I am using windows7
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I would recommend taking a look at these two tutorials on how to use gparted:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4442619_use-gparted-live-cd-partition.html
www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html#mozTocId661277
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shimp208 said:
I would recommend taking a look at these two tutorials on how to use gparted:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4442619_use-gparted-live-cd-partition.html
www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html#mozTocId661277
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Is there any possibility that it will harm my computer?
username_lt said:
Is there any possibility that it will harm my computer?
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As long as you just reformat the SD card and not any of your other hard drive partitions it will not harm your computer.
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I use EaseUs professional edition for my PC, but they have a freeware version you could try for your SD card: I can't post links yet, but if you search google for EaseUS Partition Master home edition, you should find the link to download it.
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I use EaseUs professional edition for my PC, but they have a freeware version you could try for your SD card: I can't post links yet, but if you search google for EaseUS Partition Master home edition, you should find the link to download it.
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Tried didn't help. Now I will try gparted
gparted doesn't boot from cd. What can I try now?
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gparted doesn't boot from cd. What can I try now?
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Make sure under the bios setup options you have CD as first boot device rather then the hard drive this should allow you to boot the gparted live CD.
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Any other suggestions?
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There is at least a loss of 800 MB. Using mini tool see if there are unused space. Try these steps:
1) First of all delete all the entire existing partitions .
2) Then create a single partition .
3) Perform a full low level format using FAT 32 file system.
4) See if this works otherwise your sd card has got bad sectors which might be unrecoverable even using scandisk
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There is at least a loss of 800 MB. Using mini tool see if there are unused space. Try these steps:
1) First of all delete all the entire existing partitions .
2) Then create a single partition .
3) Perform a full low level format using FAT 32 file system.
4) See if this works otherwise your sd card has got bad sectors which might be unrecoverable even using scandisk
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I think it is bad sectors because I already tried that
I can't seem to move apps to the internal sd(16gb),because the sdcard0 tray in settings/app is not present, but when I mount usb storage on my pc, the storage is present,even on file managers
Help pls
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Frazercrib said:
I can't seem to move apps to the internal sd(16gb),because the sdcard0 tray in settings/app is not present, but when I mount usb storage on my pc, the storage is present,even on file managers
Help pls
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You can't exactly... the "internal storage" in your screen shot is the /data partition for installing applications, that is the normal place apps go. Under normal circumstances you cannot install apps to your internal (12.5GB) storage, it is considered external storage to the operating system, hence why it is in /sdcard0 and your real microSD card is /sdcard1. To use these areas for apps you must use a tool like App2SD, Link2SD, or similar app, and only some apps can be moved, if it has a widget it cannot be moved and there are a few other rules that it will ward you about.
Okay.... So I did what you said and tried link2sd, but when moving apps to SD I get an 'INSUFFICIENT STORAGE ERROR'
And isn't there suppose to be an 'move to SD card' option in this app?
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No, not in KitKat anyways, it doesn't have the SD card support that ICS had, Google hates SD cards for some reason, and has been limiting SD card support more and more in each Android version since Ice Cream Sandwich.
As far as the error in Link2SD, not sure, I haven't used it in years... Sorry.
I can be able to move apps to sdcard0 on omni kitkat rom...guess I'll stick 2 it,other kitkat roms excluding liquidsmooth and omni are a bit laggy
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I can be able to move apps to sdcard0 on omni kitkat rom...guess I'll stick 2 it,other kitkat roms excluding liquidsmooth and omni are a bit laggy
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Sounds like you need to format the internal storage then mount it and just for good measure backup the external and format that and then mount too. I had a similar problem and when I did this all is well. I hope this helps.
Still a no show
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Format internal
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Sounds like you need to format the internal storage then mount it and just for good measure backup the external and format that and then mount too. I had a similar problem and when I did this all is well. I hope this helps.
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How do you go about formatting the internal sd card. I just went from 4.2 to 4.4.4 and now TWRP and CWM recoveries will not mount and recognize the internal card. I can't even access the internal card to format it or anything else. How do I go about fixing this. 4.4.4 is pretty sweet.
sexyleigho said:
How do you go about formatting the internal sd card. I just went from 4.2 to 4.4.4 and now TWRP and CWM recoveries will not mount and recognize the internal card. I can't even access the internal card to format it or anything else. How do I go about fixing this. 4.4.4 is pretty sweet.
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Settings, Storage and Erase Internal SD card
netookska05 said:
Settings, Storage and Erase Internal SD card
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Thanks for getting back to me.
The problem is the real internal storage is unmountable on my phone. My external sd card it appears to be partitioned as the system and external storage sd cards. There is no sdcard0.
The internal emmc card is unaccessible even in recovery.
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Thanks for getting back to me.
The problem is the real internal storage is unmountable on my phone. My external sd card it appears to be partitioned as the system and external storage sd cards. There is no sdcard0.
The internal emmc card is unaccessible even in recovery.
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Are you S-Off? RUN usually brings it back... The exe version...
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acejavelin said:
Are you S-Off? RUN usually brings it back... The exe version...
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Yes I am S-Off. Pardon my ignorance what is RUN? How do I use it? Where do I get it?
Thanks for all your help. It is horrible not being able to take pictures or download any MMS...
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Yes I am S-Off. Pardon my ignorance what is RUN? How do I use it? Where do I get it?
Thanks for all your help. It is horrible not being able to take pictures or download any MMS...
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Sorry... autocorrect fail... RUU
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acejavelin said:
Sorry... autocorrect fail... RUU
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Oh got ya. I tried researching a little bit and didn't find the info I was looking for. Could you please be a little more specific. What steps would I need to go through to do this. Right now I'm running 4.4.4 Pac-Man with the internal SD card issues.
I found the RUU's here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094412&page=2
But what do I do with the exe?
I really appreciate all the help you can give! Thanks...
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Oh got ya. I tried researching a little bit and didn't find the info I was looking for. Could you please be a little more specific. What steps would I need to go through to do this. Right now I'm running 4.4.4 Pac-Man with the internal SD card issues.
I found the RUU's here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094412&page=2
But what do I do with the exe?
I really appreciate all the help you can give! Thanks...
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The reality is you should really perform the full downgrade/upgrade procedure here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509770
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acejavelin said:
The reality is you should really perform the full downgrade/upgrade procedure here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509770
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Will try this...maybe this is what I've been looking for
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Seems this little problem is only on liquidsmooth and carbon rom...I saw a post about partitioning/format sdcard/emmc before flashing the rom...I'll try that tonight.
So I just inserted and sd card after upgrading, rooting & twrping. My internal storage is almost full. Can I transfer TWRP totally to the sd card or just the backups? Can I put all my contacts on the sd card? Music? Pics? This is my first android phone so I'm all noobed out. Thanks.
GT1873 said:
So I just inserted and sd card after upgrading, rooting & twrping. My internal storage is almost full. Can I transfer TWRP totally to the sd card or just the backups? Can I put all my contacts on the sd card? Music? Pics? This is my first Android. . phone so I'm all noobed out. Thanks.
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TWRP is your system recovery so it has to stay with the system, but your saves can definitely go on your SD. Music and pictures can go on SD also.
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D33PTHAWTE said:
TWRP is your system recovery so it has to stay with the system, but your saves can definitely go on your SD. Music and pictures can go on SD also.
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Okay, thanks. Is there a way to delete TWRP saves from the internal drive? I looked but didn't see a way.
GT1873 said:
Okay, thanks. Is there a way to delete TWRP saves from the internal drive? I looked but didn't see a way.
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Yes, you can delete from internal by using a file manager (es file manager i.e.)
Or by navigating to your internal storage while using your PC.
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If you made the backups for a reason move them to the sd card or to a PC. Once the backup is gone it's gone. Which begs the question, why make the backup in the first place?
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If you made the backups for a reason move them to the sd card or to a PC. Once the backup is gone it's gone. Which begs the question, why make the backup in the first place?
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I see what you are saying, but I make updated backups frequently so the previous ones become obsolete. At over 2 gigs apiece I don't keep all my old ones around.
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