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Installed adamg`s open desire rom and after installing cant seem to get the phone to boot, just stuck on htc screen. Tried to restore my nandroid backup but does the same thing after installation.
It does give an error after installation in the custom recovery, it reads
Restoring Sd-ext...
E:Can`t mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2(file exists )
erroe mounting /sd-ext/!
Skipping format...
E:Can`t mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2(file exists )
erroe mounting /sd-ext/!
Skipping format...
Have a partition installed 512mb taht was working fine today?
If I did a factory reset would i lose my custom recover and backups?
Any ideas

memphisuklf said:
Installed adamg`s open desire rom and after installing cant seem to get the phone to boot, just stuck on htc screen. Tried to restore my nandroid backup but does the same thing after installation.
It does give an error after installation in the custom recovery, it reads
Restoring Sd-ext...
E:Can`t mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2(file exists )
erroe mounting /sd-ext/!
Skipping format...
E:Can`t mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2(file exists )
erroe mounting /sd-ext/!
Skipping format...
Have a partition installed 512mb taht was working fine today?
If I did a factory reset would i lose my custom recover and backups?
Any ideas
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double check your partitions, make sure you have FAT32 + EXT3 @512mb then flash the chosen rom again, this is your best chance.
go with my rom, linked through my signature, the update will wipe the Cache + dalvik cache but keep all of you personal data and apps.

LeeDroid said:
double check your partitions, make sure you have FAT32 + EXT3 @512mb then flash the chosen rom again, this is your best chance.
go with my rom, linked through my signature, the update will wipe the Cache + dalvik cache but keep all of you personal data and apps.
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How do i check the partitions? Cant boot so can`t see them that way and haven't got card reader or anything. Im sure its got something to do with partition. Does this seem like it is causing the problem?
Any help appreciated.

bump, need help

have you wiped everything before flash?

I wiped with rom manager after downloading rom. Not sure of all the custom recovery options as rom manager usually does it all for you. Not sure if i should wipe date, cache etc, will this wipe my backups? Tried removing sd card but wont boot, not even sure how I would get another custom rom on sd card so i could flash that. I have both defrost 2.4a and opendesire aswell as a nandroid backup on my sd card but can't get these to boot either

Must be something to do with the sd card partition. Everything I try I get the message
E:Can`t mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2(file exists)
error mounting sd/ext/!
Don't know what this means but think its causing the problem.

perhaps a bad sector on the SD?
try backing up everything on the SD, format it again & try the roms one by one to see which possible causes the issue

U need to try an alternative recovery.
Try using unrevoked, and flash and different recovery.
Sounds like the fake flash recovery u got with rom manager Isn't clearing ur partitions.
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My Wife has got same phone so I have full sd card backup from before I partition this morning. Might format sd card and put that back on. and restore backup from that. Format will remove partition wont it?

memphisuklf said:
My Wife has got same phone so I have full sd card backup from before I partition this morning. Might format sd card and put that back on. and restore backup from that. Format will remove partition wont it?
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usually does some programs allow you to keep it tho but 90% of the cases its just gone

formatted card through windows but its still saying i only have 3.18gb. How do I get rid of partition?

memphisuklf said:
formatted card through windows but its still saying i only have 3.18gb. How do I get rid of partition?
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in Windows XP Disk Management, right-click the existing partition,
and click delete, that will leave the whole card as unallocated space. Then
right-click on the unallocated space, and click new partition.
edit : or install http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/sdfv2000.zip
free SD partitioner

in disk management it only shows the size as 3.18gb, I made the partition through rom manager which I think formats it in linux which windows doesn't recognise.
Taking the Sd card out gets in onto the animation screen, so a little further, but still doesn't boot. Very frustrating. \\\\\any more help appreciated.

Flash a ROM that doesn't use Apps2SD.

can you link one for me pal, ripping my hair out here, lol. By the way how do you do full wipe in custom recovery ie data, cache, is that it?
edit. Don't matter. Sorted. Copied an earlier backup of sd card onto spare sd card and did a recovery. Still need to know how to remove the partition from other sd card using windows.
This was definitely the problem and won't be using rom manager to do another partition.
If someone does know how to remove partitions using rom manager from sd card via windows then would appreciate it if you would let me know...

Stock rooted ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694564
Full wipe can be done using the "wipe data/factory reset" option in ClockworkMod Recovery.

To get rid of the ext Partition get gparted or something like that. Normal Windows cant see ext partitions because its a Linux filesystem. You can also take a Linux live cd.

Can't you just take ROM Manager and partition your SD card again? Swap 0/Ext 0/FAT 32 All

It looks like something isnt ok with the partitions so i would recommend to delete all partitions and make them new i also had a problem once with my sd card but after deleting all partitions and repartition it everything was ok again.

Boot Loop - Fixed!

I have some sort of sd-ext error when restoring a nandroid backup. At the moment my phone is stuck at the cyanogen boot loop. I've wiped everything, i tried to format the sd-ext but it will not mount. i've tried fresh installs, everything I can think of but nothing seems to be working.

sd-ext error is normal, that's actually referring to the partition where you would install apps2sd, I get that error all the time because I don't have any as well and no need to have that partition.
In ClockworkMod Recovery, the sd card is just called "sdcard"

SynbiosVyse said:
sd-ext error is normal, that's actually referring to the partition where you would install apps2sd, I get that error all the time because I don't have any as well and no need to have that partition.
In ClockworkMod Recovery, the sd card is just called "sdcard"
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Okay. So how do I go about getting my phone operational again? As I said i've wiped everything and tried to restore backups and did fresh installs and still am stuck at the looping boot screen.

You're using clockwork mod recovery right? Format your sd card using Windows to FAT32.
Boot into recovery..format all your other partitions. Mount USB storage, put a ROM in there, try stock Virtuous seems to be more stable than CM.
Clear data/factory reset, clear cache, then clear Dalvik cache. Install Virtuous .zip.
You should be able to boot. If you still can't try taking unmounting the sd card after the ROM finishes installing, try taking it out as well.

SynbiosVyse said:
You're using clockwork mod recovery right? Format your sd card using Windows to FAT32.
Boot into recovery..format all your other partitions. Mount USB storage, put a ROM in there, try stock Virtuous seems to be more stable than CM.
Clear data/factory reset, clear cache, then clear Dalvik cache. Install Virtuous .zip.
You should be able to boot. If you still can't try taking unmounting the sd card after the ROM finishes installing, try taking it out as well.
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I got this error trying to install Virtious:
E:Can't chown/mod /data/app
(Operation not permitted)
E:Failure at line 8:
set_perm_recursive 1000 1000 0771 0644 DATA:app
Installation Aborted.
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I successfully installed the MIUI ROM however it doesn't even get to the boot screen. It stays on the white background HTC Incredible screen.

I saw this guy had a similar problem:
http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/181337-backup-problems-ud-cm6.html
He said that Cyanogen Mod seemed to be better for him. But he was also clearing data/cache and Dalvik AFTER he installed the mod.
It's ok to do that after, but you better make sure to do it before. Have you tried clearing both before and after? If it gets stuck on the white incredible screen I am not sure, but if it goes beyond that and then crashes right before the boot is finalized then that might be an SD card problem.

SynbiosVyse said:
I saw this guy had a similar problem:
http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/181337-backup-problems-ud-cm6.html
He said that Cyanogen Mod seemed to be better for him. But he was also clearing data/cache and Dalvik AFTER he installed the mod.
It's ok to do that after, but you better make sure to do it before. Have you tried clearing both before and after? If it gets stuck on the white incredible screen I am not sure, but if it goes beyond that and then crashes right before the boot is finalized then that might be an SD card problem.
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Yes i've tried before and after. With cyanogen it loops the boot screen, with MIUI that I installed it doesn't get past the white screen and i cannot install virtuous at all

Anyone? I'd really like to be able to save $300 here

last loop i had with cyanogen was because i had the wrong kernel. make sure u flash a kernel that supports asop. its simple but it slips minds alot i usually use kings kernels (#2)

akawings said:
last loop i had with cyanogen was because i had the wrong kernel. make sure u flash a kernel that supports asop. its simple but it slips minds alot i usually use kings kernels (#2)
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ive tried kings and ziggy's aosp

The phone is totally screwed up, it wont even accept unrooting and putting the stock ROM back onto it. I have *NO* idea what happened. I just got this phone replaced and did a restore and it was working fine, then it froze so i removed the battery and put it back in and then this.

http://androidforums.com/incredible...16-how-revert-back-earlier-version-hboot.html
try using that to unroot, itll take you back to 2.1 (or you could use a different ruu for whatever version youd like to revert to)

Fixed! I went out and bought a new class 6 SD card and used berserkers method to go back to stock. Thank all of you for your help!

caulkins

hey guys youve all been great and helful, thanks...was wondering what caulkins format all is, what it does and is it just rom specific. meaning konis elite 3 says to flash it first, if i wanted to flash a different rom say myns or something will the c. format all interfer? thanks again

justintammy said:
hey guys youve all been great and helful, thanks...was wondering what caulkins format all is, what it does and is it just rom specific. meaning konis elite 3 says to flash it first, if i wanted to flash a different rom say myns or something will the c. format all interfer? thanks again
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It is a flash that write all data and cache it us good to flash when going between roms and if you are having force close issues. When using it erases all your data witch means all your apps aswell
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roscoenr said:
It is a flash that write all data and cache it us good to flash when going between roms and if you are having force close issues. When using it erases all your data witch means all your apps aswell
Sent from my unrEVOked using xda app
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Well said! Thought I'd add: Use it in conjunction with your usual wipes. It's meant as an extra piece of protection against problems NOT as a replacement to your usual wipes.

blakeboys said:
Well said! Thought I'd add: Use it in conjunction with your usual wipes. It's meant as an extra piece of protection against problems NOT as a replacement to your usual wipes.
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Yeah meant to out that but spaces thanks
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Couple of things to add to the folks above:
1) It won't work on ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0 since it's an Amend script (update-script). Amon_RA 2.3 and below, and ClockworkMod 2.x both support amend and edify (updater-script and update-binary), so it will work for them.
2) Isn't needed on ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0 or Amon_RA Recovery 2.3 since each have the options to wipe all your partitions (albeit you have to wipe each partition separately. I personally nagged Amon_RA to put in the wipe /boot and wipe /system options).
3) It wipes everything on the phone's internal storage except the WiMAX partition (which would be incredibly stupid since it would wipe out everyone's WiMAX radio and keys!). What it really does is format /system (your ROM and system apps), /cache (the kernel and ROM's cache), /data (your apps, settings, app data, etc.), and dalvik-cache (which is usually on /data or /cache, and is the cache for the Dalvik VM; the thing that runs apps).
4) Your SD card, .android_secure (on the SD card, this is where apps that have been moved to the card via the Applications settings in Froyo or Gingerbread), and sd-ext (old style of moving apps and cache to the SD card WHICH SHOULD NEVER BE USED ANYMORE) partitions are left alone. THEY WILL NOT BE WIPED. So if you have any apps on your SD card (for example, all the Angry Birds games install to SD by default), you will have to wipe them manually.

thank you guys!

If you open up the zip and look at the update-script file, the following commands are listed in it
Code:
show_progress 0.1 0
format BOOT:
format CACHE:
format DATA:
format SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.1 10
To anyone with half a functioning brain cell, it should be obvious what each line does.
Post #5 says it well. The only thing I'd add is there really is little reason to do both wipe and this (esp with ra recovery 2.3). If you do the factory wipe option (first on the wipe menu), that will clear both the cache and data partitions. And since the data partition is already formatted, doing an addition wipe dalvik cache is really not necessary.
To the OP: Please use a more descriptive subject in the future. Almost passed this thread over because of it.

[Q] When trying to Clear Dalvik Cache - E:\Can't Mount /Dev/Blocl/mmcblkop2

I am running CM 2.6.0.1
When I try and clear my Dalvik I always get the following error:
E:Can't Mount /Dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (file Exists)
It does not prevent me from Installing Roms.
So I was able to get this fixed, but not sure why:
So I took out my SD card and out in a temp new one (same size) and it did the same thing when I tried to clear Davlik cache (same error)
So then I went to "Partition SD Card" and choose 128 (smallest Option) then 0M for swap. Once I did that, I do not get that error when I try and clear Dalvik. I took the SD card out and put it in my PC and I now see a 128M partition that looks empty. Put my Original SD card back in and without the partition, I get the Dalvik error.
Do I need this partition and for what?
Thanks guys, sorry to sound like a newb.
-Jason

You can try switching to Amon Ra and see if the problem persists. I only used ClockworkMod to do one nandroid backup right after I rooted, I switched to Amon Ra before my first flash at the beginning of the year, so I'm not really familiar with Clockwork. Before I partitioned my card, when I would wipe dalvik with AR it would skip wiping the dalvik cache on the ext partition (because I didn't have one) but would wipe the dalvik cache on internal memory successfully. It wouldn't error out, just skip it. Perhaps that's what Clockwork is doing but differently?
I also noticed that you're on an older version of CWM, is that correct? You could try updating to a newer version unless you specifically need an amend compatible recovery, in which case I would recommend Amon Ra again.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)

jericko said:
I am running CM 2.6.0.1
When I try and clear my Dalvik I always get the following error:
E:Can't Mount /Dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (file Exists)
It does not prevent me from Installing Roms.
So I was able to get this fixed, but not sure why:
So I took out my SD card and out in a temp new one (same size) and it did the same thing when I tried to clear Davlik cache (same error)
So then I went to "Partition SD Card" and choose 128 (smallest Option) then 0M for swap. Once I did that, I do not get that error when I try and clear Dalvik. I took the SD card out and put it in my PC and I now see a 128M partition that looks empty. Put my Original SD card back in and without the partition, I get the Dalvik error.
Do I need this partition and for what?
Thanks guys, sorry to sound like a newb.
-Jason
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Im pretty sure its just checking to see if you have dalvik on your sd, when you dont have a partition it still checks.
Just hit wipe dalvik again and it will wipe
The error is nothing to worry about, I get it too
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Thank you both for the replies.

Problem clearing Dalvik cache

When I am trying to clear the Dalvik cache as a step in installing whatever ROM I am getting an error message.
When I go into Advanced>Wipe Dalvik Cache> as soon as I select Wipe and it asks me if I'm sure, a line shows up that says "E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]". When I scroll down and say yes it gives me a message that says it worked.
The SD card is actually at [/external_sd]. So did it work, or is it lying to itself?
I'm confused about why it's looking for the Dalvik cache on the external SD. I thought that would be internal. What do I need to change so that CWM (and my OS?) is looking for the external in the right place?
I discovered this when I was installing Jugs 3.7. It installed clean and is working just fine. This error message also reproduced itself when I installed Domination 2.0 with the ICS theme. That rom also installed correctly and, as far as I could tell in the hour I was playing with it, had no glitches.
-RP

Mine says the same with the volume ....I thought it was just me....but everything runs perfect so I didn't wanna bring it up
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA Premium App

Same here...not worried. All works without a glitch.
-Locksmith81
BeastMOD Faux'ed to 1000HP

You can ignore that error. Almost everyone will get it.
The reason being, there are ext to sd scripts that people use on other devices that have very low internal storage. So they will move the /data partition to sd-ext. Now since the dalvik-cache is located in the /data partition, the wipe dalvik cache script inside cwm will auto-wipe to both locations, just incase. Since our phones don't really need this, we have tons of internal storage, we don't utilize those scripts.
Also don't confuse this with apps 2 sd scripts, or just moving apps to your sdcard, it's not the same thing.