I know there are a few threads similar to this one, but i've read them and attempted to do the fixes they list, like calkulins here but it didn't work for me.
enough excuses, here is my problem: for some reason my phone won't mount anymore. It shows up as adb when i turn debugging on, the sd card is viewable on the phone, but i never get the prompt of just charge/disk drive/htc sync/etc when i plug it in now. I've tried a couple different cables on a couple different computers (mac and pc) and i've narrowed it down to be a problem with the phone. Again, i did the mtd-eng.img and flash_image fix from Calkulin's thread. any other ideas? I just did a titanium backup and i'm about to reset the phone, but i'd like to know if there is another fix by chance?
i'm running the rooted stock 2.2 if it makes a difference.
thanks in advance guys!
maybe this is the wrong section to put this question in, feel free to move it to Q&A
When I had issues with the sd card not mounting, I backed up my sdcard on my computer and reformatted my sdcard through windows and then again on the phone. That seemed to fix the issue. Hope that helps.
thanks for the tip. i tried it, but still nothing...
I just went ahead and did a titanium backup, then booted into recovery and wiped. it seems to have worked, and titanium did a pretty good job of restoring all of my system data too, better than i remembered with my g1 anyway...
hopefully it doesn't happen again. i would like to know what caused it though
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This is my first post on this forum (figures I'll jump head in when I have a serious issue,ha?)
Ok here goes:
My Issue: HTC Desire is stuck on boot-up screen with Green HTC logo forever.
How it happened: I tried flashing a script using ROM Manager that was supposed to correct some local language settings, over my current rom.
Phone state before action: Worked beautifully using Modaco R8 RC1 ROM. Phone is of course rooted.
Why I can't solve it myself: Well, this is my first serious issue (well, I hope it's not serious, actually!) with phone, which i've had for about a week , so I'm relatively a n00b.
-- I can access Clockworkmod recovery. However, under NANDROID RESTORE there are no files. I have no idea why, because I DID a full nandroid backup before that install. I have a copy of all the IMG files of the last working setup on my windows machine hard drive, and my assumption is that maybe I accidentally moved the files to the hard drive after i did that backup, instead of copying them.
Now -
1) Can I somehow restore the phone to a working state without the nandroid backup, using some other function of the CW Mod recovery?
2) Can I somehow connect the phone via USB to the computer and get it to read the Micro SD card so I could maybe move the IMG files I have back to SD Card (using a mounting option)?
3) Anything else I could try?
If nothing else, please just calm me down if you can and let me know the phone is fixable and not bricked because I can access recovery?! That would at least help me go through the night...
last note: Before I flashed the zip, ROM Manager said my CW Mod version is 2.0.5.7. Within the recovery itself, it says the version is only 2.0.5.1. Don't know why that is , and if it is important.
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2) Can I somehow connect the phone via USB to the computer and get it to read the Micro SD card so I could maybe move the IMG files I have back to SD Card (using a mounting option)?
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You could read the SD Card directly with your computer. If you don't already have a microSD/USB reader, they are very cheap and will prove very useful in situations exactly like this one.
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You could read the SD Card directly with your computer. If you don't already have a microSD/USB reader, they are very cheap and will prove very useful in situations exactly like this one.
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You are right! Indeed they are very cheap, but, unfortunately it's going to be a game of patience for me, because it's late evening right now and the shops are closed.
That's why I Was wondering if there's an option to mount SD using HBOOT or Recovery so I could end this ordeal tonight...
Anyway, The fact I could get into CM Recovery means the phone was not permanently damaged, right?
Right, if you can boot into recovery it's a good sign.
I have an N1, not a Desire, but in my CM recovery menu under "partitions menu" there is a "mount USB storage" option. Try that?
Alternately if you own any other phone with a microSD slot that can mount it via USB, it could be your makeshift USB reader.
I have had a similar issue before! What I actually ended up doing was pushing the files using ADB. Its quite easy and I'm sure you can find lots of threads on how to use it. Once the files are pushed to your SD card you can then restore it
FIXED!
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I have had a similar issue before! What I actually ended up doing was pushing the files using ADB. Its quite easy and I'm sure you can find lots of threads on how to use it. Once the files are pushed to your SD card you can then restore it
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Problem solved! And yeah, that's how I ended up doing it.. no micro SD card reader was needed..
I installed HTC Sync for the device drivers... then connected the Desire with the USB cable .. and worked out of the problem using ADB commands..
luckily, the guy whose update I installed that caused the problem has the same ROM as myself, so I installed his framework.jar file , and the machine is fine yet again!
Hi guys,
I'm having a problem with my Incredible. The other day I installed Cyanogenmod6 RC3 to give it a shot. I read the article about how the internal storage is not recognized and the adb command to auto-mount the storage on boot. I was able to do that and it worked nicely.
I decided CM6RC3 wasn't quite ready for me yet so I went back to my Nandroid backup of Froyo Sense and now all of a sudden my internal storage won't work. I can see it mounted in the same way that it was in CM, but my ringtones, notifications and pictures stored there aren't seen by the OS anymore.
Today I did the rooted version of the official OTA Froyo that was released and it's still no good. I did an internal storage format through the phone as well and it's still a no go.
Any other ideas? I'm stumped. Thanks for the help in advance guys!
Tim
Did you wipe everything from clockwork before you flashed?
Yes, I'm sorry I forgot to mention that. I wipe every time I install a ROM.
Also, just to be safe....I just removed my SD card and did everything in Clockwork that said anything about Wipe or Formatting anything.
I'm reinstalling the OS now.
No difference...still no good.
Well, figured it out. Apparently, the files were ok but the directories were dead. I deleted them and recreated new folders...dragged the new files in and voila!
I'm having the same problem how do you fix the directories for the phone storage.
Try removing the files and putting them onto your computer, format, manually make the folders again and copy your files back in...
Worked for me. Good luck.
how do you do that
my computer wont even find the phone storeage
Just worked for me. Saw it on the pc. You might have a different problem.
I had an issue with CM6 recently that almost bricked my phone. Internal partitions were corrupt. Thankfully I was able to recreate them through lots of ADB commands and a program called "parted".
I loved CM6 but it was too buggy, maybe in the future again.......
I started having an issue today when I downloaded snes roms for my emulator. They would download and work great until I rebooted or file shared with cpu. Then they would suddenly disappear. Then I started noticing some of my apps that were stored on my sd card lost there picture and weren't installed anymore. That pushed me over the edge to unroot, format sdcard and start over but then I found out I had more problems. I can see and access the existing files on my sd card but I can't move anything else to it. Everytime I moved over unrevoked s-on and tried to flash it, it wasn't there. Two times it actually showed in recovery but then installation was aborted due to bad file (I downloaded it from multiple sources, including unrevoked).
Should I format the sdcard?
I'm lost, any help?
If possible, backup the sdcard, and then yes, try formatting it.
Thanks for the quick reply.
I've backed up my sdcard's content on my computer but I'm concerned that after formating I won't be able to move the files back. Could that be an issue?
Naw, you'll be able to move them back. You just have to copy them back over.
I tried formatting the sdcard and it didn't do anything. It gave me the warnings about erasing all the files and everything...
Using clockworkmod I tried to partition the sdcard and it had a similar result. It warned me that everything will be erased but when it booted back up everything remained and it's like nothing happened.
Is it possible that the sdcard has been locked?
Did you forward with the partition? Cuz it does warn you. And when partitioned, it should have nothing on it...so try running it again, or do it on a pc if available.
I don't have an adapter for my computer so it looks like I'll need to pick one up tomorrow. Thanks for the advice!
Oh and yes I went forward with the partition along with formatting the card. Both had zero effect. Nothing had been erased.
Hmm that's weird, but alright. And you can shoot me a message if you need anymore help.
I got to work today and swapped a co-workers sdcard into my phone and took a picture. It showed up on her evo proving that my phone still is properly writing files. The sdcard must have just crapped out. I'll be formatting it using my computer today so hopefully that will help.
Well I got a new SD card and everything works perfectly. Now my 8gb will just be my backup after I format it.
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My EVO randomly stopped mounting to computers yesterday. I say randomly because I did not install or flash anything. It just worked one day and then stopped the next. It charges fine but when I plug it into a computer it only charges. I do not get the notification in the bar saying charge only or even the choice to pick if I would like to mount. It acts as if I have just plugged it into a wall charger.
I am currently running:
Myn's Warm 2.2 rls 5
2.6.32.27-netarchy-toastmod-4.3.4-cfs-havs-less-nosbc
Any Ideas?
You basically have 2 choices: Mount the card via recovery (plug the EVO to your computer via USB and then select MS-USB from within recovery.) or reflash the rom. Yes, there are other methods, but I'm mentioning to 2 common method.
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Doh! Forgot to post what I've tried. I did try mounting from recovery (amon-ra) and I get no response from the computer. I then tried a complete wipe. Booted up with the same issue. I checked the memory card with a card reader for errors in windows and got nothing. I tried another memory card in EVO with no difference.
Would it be worth flashing a different rom even though Myn worked with no problems for the past 4 months?
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Doh! Forgot to post what I've tried. I did try mounting from recovery (amon-ra) and I get no response from the computer. I then tried a complete wipe. Booted up with the same issue. I checked the memory card with a card reader for errors in windows and got nothing. I tried another memory card in EVO with no difference.
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After you did a complete wipe, did you restore Myn's from a backup or did you reflash? If you reflashed the rom, the card should have been mountable. You can insert the card into your card reader and copy its contents onto your computer and then re-partition and re-format the card. Copy the contents back onto the card afterwards. After that, reinsert the card back into your EVO and see if it'll mount for you.
Would it be worth flashing a different rom even though Myn worked with no problems for the past 4 months?
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Yes, it is worth a try, but I would try re-partitioning and re-formatting the card first to see if that will help.
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I had this problem with a non-rooted Evo. I could not get it to even give the option, then randomly it would work once out of every 20 tries.
After rooting my phone and flashing CM6, it worked.
It could also be your computer or your usb cable. If you haven't, try rebooting your computer.
Repartitioning your card is probably a good idea. I recently repartitioned mine through Amon Ra . Now whenever I connect to my computer it wants to scan & fix it, but I just skip it. Just letting you know in case you run into the same thing.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
I had a somewhat similar issue recently. In my case, rebooting the phone fixed things. Also it can't hurt to try a different USB port on your computer. If you have any other android devices that you connect to your pc (like a tablet or another phone) it can cause this too. rebooting the pc may be worth a try as well.
So been trying to work out this issue for past couple of days now. Galaxy W (obviously) PACman rom.
Updated to the latest version of rom, all fine but didn't go pristine. Eventually had some issues, biggest of which being I couldn't access internal SD card as storage, yet all my apps were working fine. So, tried again, went pristine, all fine for about a day, no issues whatsoever .... until dreaded internal sd unmounted. Tried again, pristine, double formatting everything and double clearing cache etc. No problems. Updated kernel to skull kernal to fix the bluetooth. No problems.
And now again, it's happened. I've tried to keep a mental correlation in what I'm doing to hopefully give me an idea of what's going on but not having much luck; hoping someone here knows what this issue is as it's driving me mad
I've changed my name in Google; could it be some sort of permissions thing?
USB; phone set to Media player, it might be it's happening after I've transferred but since everything is working fine, it's hard to tell
I've not restored anything, gone completly pristine (took hours) in an attempt to retrace my steps and not get this issue again. Part of me thinks I may as well just leave it as everything works, I can even install fine. But I can't browse it via any file manager or via USB, and a couple of programs I use (CoPilot for one) won't start properly because there is no SD card mounted.
Things I've tried -
CWM, fix permissions
Reboot
Checked Storage under settings, I can see how much free space there is etc.
Enabled and Disabled USB Debugging and tried to see it on my PC (nothing, external shows up fine)
Anything else anyone can think of before I wipe the lot and try again for a 4th time?
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So been trying to work out this issue for past couple of days now. Galaxy W (obviously) PACman rom.
Updated to the latest version of rom, all fine but didn't go pristine. Eventually had some issues, biggest of which being I couldn't access internal SD card as storage, yet all my apps were working fine. So, tried again, went pristine, all fine for about a day, no issues whatsoever .... until dreaded internal sd unmounted. Tried again, pristine, double formatting everything and double clearing cache etc. No problems. Updated kernel to skull kernal to fix the bluetooth. No problems.
And now again, it's happened. I've tried to keep a mental correlation in what I'm doing to hopefully give me an idea of what's going on but not having much luck; hoping someone here knows what this issue is as it's driving me mad
I've changed my name in Google; could it be some sort of permissions thing?
USB; phone set to Media player, it might be it's happening after I've transferred but since everything is working fine, it's hard to tell
I've not restored anything, gone completly pristine (took hours) in an attempt to retrace my steps and not get this issue again. Part of me thinks I may as well just leave it as everything works, I can even install fine. But I can't browse it via any file manager or via USB, and a couple of programs I use (CoPilot for one) won't start properly because there is no SD card mounted.
Things I've tried -
CWM, fix permissions
Reboot
Checked Storage under settings, I can see how much free space there is etc.
Enabled and Disabled USB Debugging and tried to see it on my PC (nothing, external shows up fine)
Anything else anyone can think of before I wipe the lot and try again for a 4th time?
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*sigh*
No idea why it's doing it, but yeah, seems to be the USB transfer. Problem solved.
So changed USB from Media Player to MTP and back again while connected to PC, internal storage now available.
Always the way, struggled with it for a few days, finally decide to post for help, and I solve it in less than 10 minutes of making the post :silly:
Knowing my luck, it's a known bug I've somehow glossed over in all information!
Edit - spoke too soon
After a reboot, same again. Everything "works", I can install and uninstall, but I can't browse the internal sdcard0 with a file manager or via PC. The above trick isn't working now.
bob0smith said:
After a reboot, same again. Everything "works", I can install and uninstall, but I can't browse the internal sdcard0 with a file manager or via PC. The above trick isn't working now.
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Just thought I'd give it one last bump. Situation is that after every reboot, my internal sdcard is not mounted. I have to connect the phone to a PC via USB, then disconnect and hope that the phone mounts both sdcards. Usually works first time but sometimes I have to connect - disconnect 2-3 times before the internal card is mounted.
Anyone happen to know how to mount the internal card via command line? I could then workaround it with a script via smanager.
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Just thought I'd give it one last bump. Situation is that after every reboot, my internal sdcard is not mounted. I have to connect the phone to a PC via USB, then disconnect and hope that the phone mounts both sdcards. Usually works first time but sometimes I have to connect - disconnect 2-3 times before the internal card is mounted.
Anyone happen to know how to mount the internal card via command line? I could then workaround it with a script via smanager.
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You'v need swap your SD card with build prob you can look arco posts you can find there how you will swap and sorry for my bad English ***:good:
Yup. U need to swap it
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