Hi folks,
Got Xiaomi MI3 MT6589 with Internal storage 16 GB (no external SD card slot). Phone is rooted, USB debugging enabled & TWRP installed. I had previously backed up my stock ROM with MTK tools. Then I tested one MIUI based custom ROM which was not working. Then tried to move back to stock rom by SP flash tools with original backed files. Then there was the disaster- my backed up stock system.img was corrupted and cannot be used. Then I used system.img from another MT6589 rom which flashed successfully. Everything is working- I can install apps, play games (that is Internal data- data partition I guess) but I cannot access my internal SD card (SD card partition) which means I cannot store personal files or use apps which need internal SD card like file explorer, camera etc.
What I noticed from my scatter file is that my devices have only one "EBR1" file while the ROM zip from which I extract system.img, has two "EBR1" and "EBR2" files. Is that the reason, the internal SD card is not shown??............Though I couldnt find another working ROM zip with only one EBR1 file for the device.
Since i am rooted, I can replace/edit system files. Can anybody share idea which files do I have to manipulate/edit to make internal SD card show again. I read somewhere about editing vold.stab file inside system root. But i need proper guidance. Please help.. Thanks..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-undeleter-t2849045
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-undeleter-t2849045
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Thanks. But my problem is different. By installing custom rom's system.img, I cannot access my Internal SD card. . So I want to know which system files determines the size of "emulated SD" card, so that I can make adjustments.
My device has internal storage is 16 GB. May be system partition is using around 500 MB while data partition shows 6.5 G.B in apps>storage. So remaining 8 GB should be for user partition (SD card) which i need to access.
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I am using openOptimus build 2.202.1 with 2 GB sdcard, which is partitioned as
MBR 1 block
FAT32 1.36GB
disk1s2 Linux Ext2FS 487.57 MB
and now i wish to upgrade to 4GB sdcard. How can i do it unambiguously?
From things i know, in Windows Mobile and Symbian systems, changing memory card does not make trouble. Also i think you should copy all your data to some folder on desktop, make Partition Copy of sdcard then start changing process (copying data).
I've changed 2GB card to 8GB card (soon to 16GB) and my android does not seem to notice that change. (just more free placoe)
You can also copy data from previous, insert new into android, let it meet your new sdcard, then put it out and copy rest of data..
This is what i did :
1. first partitioned the new sdcard from recovery
2. copied the contents by mounting usb storage.
up and going. thanks .
If you have a2sd ext partition you should make a nand backup on your 2gb card to backup ext partition, then you copy all contents to your 4gb card and restore nand.
Hello All,
Just got a white one without any external SD-Card (the micro SD) installed. I was able to root it using the CF-ROOT V5.0 guide which is an excellent resource for noobs like me.
Using the CWM (which shows in the applications menu after the root) I was able to take phone complete backup.
Now the confusion begins that even though there was no external SD card installed the backup took place and then it was saved in
Code:
/sdcard/Clockworkmod/backup/folder_name_date_time
Infact /sdcard is the home directory to start with, which is shown when I browse files using the built-in file manager called "My Files".
So when is there is no SD-Card installed, why is the internal home directory called SD-Card , where the nandroid backups are saved automatically ? (i guess the internal storage is also called SD-Card, is it so ? bad naming idea then)
Now I did install a 2GB external SD-card and formatted it using the storage options within the settings menu.
So apparently this (actual) SD-card is mounted in the directory called
Code:
/sdcard/external_sd
Then again I tried taking a nandriod backup hoping that it would automatically detect this available external sd card and would save the backups, which did not happen and the nandroid again took backup to the internal SD storage.
So how to direct nandroid to take and place backups on the external SD card.?
Secondly I have also read about the Sd-Ext partition, can someone please explain what is this partition , how is it made, and what is the benefit of using this partition. Can i make it a default location for installing application and what other uses can I have of an SD-Ext partition.?
Do i need App2SD and Link2SD in order to use SD-ext partition for any purposes.?
If I take a backup again using nadriod would it place it on the SD-Ext partition or the left over space in the regular SD card partition. ?
Thanks a lot for reading and clearing up my confusion mentioned above.
Internal card is named SD card in CWM .
Me i just copy the clockwork backup folder to PC and External SD card .
jje
JJEgan said:
Internal card is named SD card in CWM .
Me i just copy the clockwork backup folder to PC and External SD card .
jje
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Well,
Thanks however I am hoping some more details to satisfy the specific queries I had, waiting for the gurus to shed some light.
Thanks again.
I have HTC explorer with 4gb mini micro sd card. I installed CM10 with 1gb partition in it. CM10 and 1gb partition is installed about 5 month. But now 1gb partition is not working and also my sd card cant format and copy any files in it. Its like write protected. I can see my files in sd and i can use them but i can delete any file.
I use MINI PARTITION 7 to delete partition but it is not working.
I used sd formator4 too. but not working.
Is any way to solve this issue in my sd.
Hello ,
I have a MTK device, and the storage is like that :
- ROM storage ( 515 Mb )
- Internal storage ( 825 Mb )
- SD interne storage ( 2.37 Gb )
- SD Externe storage ( it's my own sd card, my 8Gb insered sd card )
As you can see, there is a " internal sd card " that i can't remove at all ( it's like a 2nd internal storage )
But i have a lot of apps and sometimes this apps have a huge data ( like a couple of game or my GPS app )
So my problem is that when i move my applications to the SDcard, they go into the internal sdcard, but i would like to move them to the external sd card.
Maybe i nead to change a script or a system file to corrige that ? Or maybe a app is make for this ?
Please help me :cyclops:
You'd need to do something along these lines: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2346389 though definitely want to either know how to restore your stock rom or have a custom recovery with a nandroid backup. Your vold.fstab file will most certainly be different, but the basic principles are the same. If you don't have root and/or recovery or have the stock files and understand how to use the SP Flash Tool, then you should not proceed because it's very easy to brick your device or at least make it unusable. Case in point: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2718754 Another option MIGHT be this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.codlab.int2ext but not sure if it supports your platform, and same warnings apply - you should know how to backup and restore your phone before you proceed.
I have tried the Internal 2 external app but i had some problems with it
BUT i have founds a very very easy solution ! I have only edited 2 lines in a file who is in the " system " folder ( i have a nand backup + a recovery backup so no problem ), and now, my external SD card are recognized as the internal SD card and the internal as the external SD card
And since yesterday i have no problem at all, and i have booted a couple of times my tablett.
It's the solution presented here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2346389
Hi,
Three weeks ago I had my SGSIII rooted and with a custom ROM and regular backup in the external SD card and everything was working OK.
I wanted to remove all the information form the internal memory and decided to format the internal memory, so using CWM (6.0.4.7) I made all the wipes and formatted:
/system
/cache
/preload
/data
I think that one of those formats was the source of the error, but I don't know which one!
Afterwards I tried to access the externalSD card from the restore menu to restore one of my NAND backups, but the extrenalSD card was not accessible (E: Can't mount /storage/sdcard1) neither from the install zip menu (same error). the SD card was OK because was workable in another phone. I tried to mount the external SD card from the mounts and storage menu but gave an error (Error mounting /storage/sdcard1!)
Since I could not restore my NAND backups, I restored the stock ROM (JB 4.3) using odin and afterwards I rooted the phone and install again CWM (6.0.4.7) but the problem persisted and now I am using the stock ROM and can access the external SD card from android normally.
I have looked about this error and all the cases I have found are using older versions of CWM and recommend to format the external SD card, so I did, but the problem persisted.
So my questions are:
- What have I done wrong?
- How can I fix it?
Afterwards I thought that I could copy the NAND backup from the external SD to the internal memory so I made NAND backup to see where it was stored, but using ultra explorer I cannot find the location (furthermore, according to the DiskUsage App the space is used but does not inform me where it is).
I have asked Google for the location of the backups in the internal memory (I can not recall such locations) but the folders did not exist or where empty. So:
- Is it possible to copy a backup from the external SD card into the internal memory?
- How can it be done?
Thanks in advance for your help and sorry for the lengthy post.