Hi All,
I have a problem with my SD card. My phone doesn't recognise SD card after I created ext4 partition through partition magic on windows 7. Here is what happened.
- I have rooted desire running CM 7.0.3.
- I wanted to go back to Starburst 1.4 rom.
- I have class 4 16 gb sd card (fat + ext3) with 512 mb of ext3 and rest fat32 (this was when everything was running good)
- I flashed the new rom through CWM, but only got like 54 mb on sd left.
- So I manually formatted ext3 and changed it to ext4 using partition magic on windows 7 (connected sd card through a reader).
- After that I flashed the new rom, but still got the same size left.
- After that I went back to CM7.0.3 which is working fine for me.
However, at this time, my phone doesn't recognise my SD card.
- I saw that I can't format ext in recovery as i get this error
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2(File exists)
Error mounting SDEXT: !
I believe I was able to install CM7.0.3 coz it was a small rom was fit directly into phone's internal memory.
At this time, I can't see my SD card on phone. Can't play music or install any files or anything.
Looking for some quick help.
Thanks,
Satyam
Hi,
I had the same problem.
I got someone to format my SD card in there phone, then reverthing worked.
Regards
Matt
topgunmatt said:
Hi,
I had the same problem.
I got someone to format my SD card in there phone, then reverthing worked.
Regards
Matt
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Hi Matt,
So are you saying that you got your SD card formatted by someone else using Rom Manager ?
- As of now, when I click on the inbuilt ROM Manager in CM7, it says " The SD Card needs to be mounted to use ROM Manager!"
That means my SD card is abviously not read by my phone.
Looking for some help. I don't want to do something silly at this time.
Atleast, as of now my phone is not bricked and is working, just the SD is not.
Any suggestions/comments or link to my problem is more than welcome.
Thank You
Hmmm, i smell another usb brick here, we've had so many these days, and all by people using cwm and flashing gb sense roms...just to prove i'm right, can you connect the phone to your pc? If you're not able to do that, then u have 100% chance it's a usb brick.
OMG !! yeah you're right.. now when I connected my phone using a USB, it doesn't give me the option to "mount USB".
What do to from here ? I don't know what is a USB brick and am pretty poor with linux commands !!!
Plz help.. However I can see a a couple of ROMs through recovery mode in my SD card, but can't flash those which require an EXT.
Plz help !!!!!
sroy001 said:
OMG !! yeah you're right.. now when I connected my phone using a USB, it doesn't give me the option to "mount USB".
What do to from here ? I don't know what is a USB brick and am pretty poor with linux commands !!!
Plz help.. However I can see a a couple of ROMs through recovery mode in my SD card, but can't flash those which require an EXT.
Plz help !!!!!
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Haha, calm down its'no biggie believe me
Here you can find a tutorial on how to fix it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639
Feel free to ask if you need further help (bus is farkin boring).
vnvman said:
Haha, calm down its'no biggie believe me
Here you can find a tutorial on how to fix it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639
Feel free to ask if you need further help (bus is farkin boring).
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Hi,
Are you saying that formatting SD card and making fresh ext partition through a media reader will not help in this case ?
I am very confused so to say.. I read the link that you posted, it talks about CID which I'm not able to find.. Can't see that option in fast boot (recovery).
Is there some other way to fix all this ?
Any more tricks/ suggestions are more than welcome..
Please see detailed info about my issue in the post
sroy001 said:
Hi,
Are you saying that formatting SD card and making fresh ext partition through a media reader will not help in this case ?
I am very confused so to say.. I read the link that you posted, it talks about CID which I'm not able to find.. Can't see that option in fast boot (recovery).
Is there some other way to fix all this ?
Any more tricks/ suggestions are more than welcome..
Please see detailed info about my issue in the post
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Nope: i'm sorry but there is no other way...the problem lies in the misc partition, and that one doesn't get touched by simply toying with your sd, it's on nand, and no rom flashing/nandroid restore can touch it either. This process is the only way to go. CID can be obtained via adb command, i hope you'll have it installed and set up correctly.
i just fixed my brick lol . i found out bcuz i coulnt enable bluetooth
vnvman said:
Nope: i'm sorry but there is no other way...the problem lies in the misc partition, and that one doesn't get touched by simply toying with your sd, it's on nand, and no rom flashing/nandroid restore can touch it either. This process is the only way to go. CID can be obtained via adb command, i hope you'll have it installed and set up correctly.
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Hi,
Okay I get it.. I need to fix my nand partition, now question -
1) I can figure out the 1st step "Find out your CID. Go into fastboot mode, and do 'fastboot oem boot" - Nothing happens when I click on fast boot option in recovery mode. The other method CID generator also asks for CID.. how do I get that.. that's my biggest question.
2) How can I see the rom version.
I know, I might me sounding stupid, but I'm not a pro.. used to love flashing new ROMs earlier and this time I just messed it up.
Need some step-by-step help.. I might be asking for too much, but I trust this forum and believe Android has too many fans hooked to it.. so I will get some help
sroy001 said:
Hi,
Okay I get it.. I need to fix my nand partition, now question -
1) I can figure out the 1st step "Find out your CID. Go into fastboot mode, and do 'fastboot oem boot" - Nothing happens when I click on fast boot option in recovery mode. The other method CID generator also asks for CID.. how do I get that.. that's my biggest question.
2) How can I see the rom version.
I know, I might me sounding stupid, but I'm not a pro.. used to love flashing new ROMs earlier and this time I just messed it up.
Need some step-by-step help.. I might be asking for too much, but I trust this forum and believe Android has too many fans hooked to it.. so I will get some help
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Also just want to let the forum know that I'm running a custom ROM (CM 7) and don't see the option of software info under Settings>About phone. Any other way to find out rom version ???????/
Ok, sorry man, i was out for a ride
To see the CID you have to type "fastboot oem boot" in the terminal, after navigating to the path where you have the sdk, for example:
"cd c:/sdk/tools"
"fastboot oem boot"
Then you should get all the info, together with the CID ofc...obviously you need to have adb installed and working in order to do that (there ia a lot of tutorials for that, just use the search function).
As to rom version, you don't need it, just download the mtd0.img, open it with the hex editor and mod it with your CID, then go for the next step
I dont believe you have bricked your phone, i think you have created a partition on it without making it a primary partition along with the fat32 parition.
boot into recovery and mount your SD card to your PC. Reformat the whole card and then it should work again, you may just be able to go into your partition software and amend to show 'primary' on each, if not read on. Couple of options then, download ROM manager from the market and reformat the ext3 using rom manger if not do it via your windows software but make sure both partitions are set to 'Primary'.
vis-tec said:
I dont believe you have bricked your phone, i think you have created a partition on it without making it a primary partition along with the fat32 parition.
boot into recovery and mount your SD card to your PC. Reformat the whole card and then it should work again, you may just be able to go into your partition software and amend to show 'primary' on each, if not read on. Couple of options then, download ROM manager from the market and reformat the ext3 using rom manger if not do it via your windows software but make sure both partitions are set to 'Primary'.
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It's a usb brick, not a plain brick: when you plug it to pc the phone usually doesn't even light up the led.
sorry, i read that he had full use of his phone bar the SD card
- I saw that I can't format ext in recovery as i get this error
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2(File exists)
Error mounting SDEXT: !
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hi, seems you got bad partition on your sd card, since it s normal that you can't mount sd while plug on usb.
did you already put out your sd card out the phone and try to read it with a usb scard reader plug on your computer??
cid error mean you have messed-up your misc partition which is the one in your nand where the recovery is located... didn't see any error about this in your thread...
in the boot, should fail with error misc partiton cid unknown etc...
have a try about sd card reader it's easer than misc error fix
give a try on this site and try using gparted cd live... don't need to be expert in linux command (it s a graphical interface) should you know that FIRST FAT32 PRIMARY partition and LAST EXT3 (is less fast but really more stable and relyable fs) PRIMARY partition
hi, still me sorry for spamming, just found a nice TUT using gparted on xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535914
fragargon said:
hi, seems you got bad partition on your sd card, since it s normal that you can't mount sd while plug on usb.
did you already put out your sd card out the phone and try to read it with a usb scard reader plug on your computer??
cid error mean you have messed-up your misc partition which is the one in your nand where the recovery is located... didn't see any error about this in your thread...
in the boot, should fail with error misc partiton cid unknown etc...
have a try about sd card reader it's easer than misc error fix
give a try on this site and try using gparted cd live... don't need to be expert in linux command (it s a graphical interface) should you know that FIRST FAT32 PRIMARY partition and LAST EXT3 (is less fast but really more stable and relyable fs) PRIMARY partition
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Fixing misc doesn't take more than a minute if you have a working adb...repartitioning micro sd card takes loads of time instead, especially if it's big, coz you have to backup all of your data then copy them back, and that's a pain, especially if the sd isn't very fast.
Anyway you might be right there, just the other day a guy had a similar issue caused by multiple ext partitions not being recognized properly. I just thought it was a usb brick coz it's very common since the new gb sense roms rolled out and people started partitioning like crazy with cwm (which really SUCKS at that), and this either cause misc corruption or messed partitions on sd card: i'd suggest everyone to partition with amon them flash back any 3.0+ cwm to flash the rom, if you don't have the chance of using linux live cd (but you really should).
All sorted --------- RESLOVED !!!!
Okay Listen all Desire Owners-- I was able to fix this USB brick without having to go through all which was available on internet..
What I did -
1) Came home and formatted my EXT4 to ext3 and simply reflashed cm7 rom
All worked like charm - Now My SD card is mountable and works perfectly
Good for you
Anyway make sure you set up adb properly on your pc, it will save your life some day: it takes a while but it's worth it...i wouldn't get inti the rom flashing thing without it. Just a suggestion
Bests.
I have have issues! My phone is rooted s on. For some reason when I do a wipe in recovery it says it cant mount E: /dev/block/mmcblk0 or p1. Really stuck please help.
Thanks
Sounds like a problem with your sdcard, try formatting and/or repartitioning it.
Chilldesire said:
I have have issues! My phone is rooted s on. For some reason when I do a wipe in recovery it says it cant mount E: /dev/block/mmcblk0 or p1. Really stuck please help.
Thanks
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Seems to be a problem of the SD card. Have you tried it with another one? It could also be that it isn't properly formatted, but as you already tried this it doesn't seem to be the problem. One other possibility is - if you have more than one partition on your SD card - that the one its trying to mount has the wrong filesystem. In the topic title you mentioned mmcblk0p1, so if you now formatted the card using your PC it could be that your PC swapped over the FAT and EXT partitions, meaning that p1 is now EXT and p0 FAT, although it should be the other way round. If you have more than one partition on it, try to remove it and format the whole card in FAT32. You could also try to reflash the recovery image.
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Source: http://android.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=321440&mode=linearplus
But copy all your important data on your sd-card to your pc first.
No warranty for any damage.
well i would like to know about the issue and a detailed description how to get out of it ... as i m not familier with partitions and all in motorola defy as well as how to fix it ..
wht i did was i installd shadows 2.3.4 rom and then tried to revert back to original one with full flash with 2.59 eclair rom. everything went well and fine until .... in eclair i tried to backup the current rom. while entering into recovery its showing
cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 or (/dev/block/mmcblk0) (No such file or directory)
can someone tell me in a detailed way cause i havent worked with gparted or something like tht to fix the partitions of motorola defy in this manner..
how to proceed in this to fix this problem so that i can use cwm again to install roms and all ?
please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did sdcard work within Android eclair?
Try to reformat your SDCard using windows. (fat32)
(Backup your card)
okay i formatted ... now shall i reformat it via the phone again ? or should i go directly to the cmw ???
Edit : i formatted sdcard via windows . and opened bootmenu to backup .. yet the problem is persisting !!
joydeep1985 said:
okay i formatted ... now shall i reformat it via the phone again ? or should i go directly to the cmw ???
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Do not format via cwm. Did you use bootmenu or only cwm?
i used the windows to format my sdcard to fat32 and i m using the bootmenu...
walter79 said:
Do not format via cwm. Did you use bootmenu or only cwm?
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can you please tell me whats the actual problem which is happening here ??? i am widout any clue why this is happening .. did i mess up my partitions while full flash with sbf of 2.59 ???
Try this custom rec
format your sd card, or insert a a new one preferable Class 4
after that
attached is the file.
Usb debug on
install it
usb debug off
restart it
open the software and boot into recovery.
hope it works.
Thanks
rachit2588 said:
format your sd card, or insert a a new one preferable Class 4
after that
attached is the file.
Usb debug on
install it
usb debug off
restart it
open the software and boot into recovery.
hope it works.
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Thanks it worked
rachit2588 said:
format your sd card, or insert a a new one preferable Class 4
after that
attached is the file.
Usb debug on
install it
usb debug off
restart it
open the software and boot into recovery.
hope it works.
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your a life saver
SOLVED :
For Guys who have issues with SD Cards (Formatting,Mounting,Errors,Corruption or even Death of Card) :A full format (uncheck quick format) running HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is recommended.
Moreover,never ever use SD card Adapters for formatting. Always use USB card readers as they are more efficient.Generic operating system formatters don’t provide the optimum performance.And,sometimes,can result into SD card death and less picture-saving space.Full format once in awhile is recommended to prevent possible corrupt files, lengthen the life of the card and achieve the most available space possible.
This tool is compatible with Windows XP and vista however Windows 7 users can run this tool in Compatibility mode for Windows 7 by going through :
Properties>Compatibility>Compatibility mode>Check(Run this program in compatibility mode for)>Select Windows 7 from dropdown menu>Apply>OK
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Hi,I am facing a weird issue.
After wiping data/factory reset and cache partition when I select "Install zip from SDcard" to flash a ROM it says :
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0(or /dev/block/mmcblk0p1)(Invalid Argument)
E:Can't mount /sdcard
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I have no clue why and I can't find anything about it on any thread.
My card is 8GB(class 6).
Reformatting didn't work.(Formatted using Windows and MiniTool Partition Wizard)
Deletion of the partition and Reformatting didn't work either.
Different SDcard (2GB) gives the same Error.
I have flashed diff Recoveries via FASTBOOT.
Recoveries I have tried :
v2.5.0.1
v4.0.1.4
Any clue ?Thanks
-Revolutionary-
BUZZ PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.01.1002
MICROP-0622
TOUCH PANEL-SYN3KY_01
RADIO-3.35.20.10
optimusodd said:
Hi,I am facing a weird issue.
After wiping data/factory reset and cache partition when I select "Install zip from SDcard" to flash a ROM it says :
I have no clue why and I can't find anything about it on any thread.
My card is 8GB(class 6).
Reformatting didn't work.(Formatted using Windows and MiniTool Partition Wizard)
Deletion of the partition and Reformatting didn't work either.
Different SDcard (2GB) gives the same Error.
I have flashed diff Recoveries via FASTBOOT.
Recoveries I have tried :
v2.5.0.1
v4.0.1.4
Any clue ?Thanks
-Revolutionary-
BUZZ PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.01.1002
MICROP-0622
TOUCH PANEL-SYN3KY_01
RADIO-3.35.20.10
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I've also had almost the same issue while back.I kept getting E:Can't mount /sdcard error.
I formatted my sd card using HP usb disk storage format tool and it worked.I had a 512mb ext partition on 8gb class 4 sd card.
It didnt work for first few times but when I did a full format(unchecked quick format) it started working again.
Wasimk32 said:
I've also had almost the same issue while back.I kept getting E:Can't mount /sdcard error.I formatted my sd card using HP usb disk storage format tool and it worked.I had a 512mb ext partition on 8gb class 4 sd card.It didnt work for first few times but when I did a full format(unchecked quick format) it started working again.
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Okay,thanks,lemme try that.
Doh!"HP usb disk storage format tool" is incompatible with Windows 7.
No Success!! 0_o
what rom are you trying to flash? i had similar but not exact problem and it turned out the rom was corrupt (missing something i must have deleted) also make sure your custom mtds are set correct.
R.V.3
Wasimk32 said:
I formatted my sd card using HP usb disk storage format tool and it worked.I had a 512mb ext partition on 8gb class 4 sd card.It didnt work for first few times but when I did a full format(unchecked quick format) it started working again.
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Okay,now running this tool in compatibility mode for Windows 7.
Will come back with the results.
optimusodd said:
Okay,now running this tool in compatibility mode for Windows 7.
Will come back with the results.
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good luck mate.
Sent from my Wildfire using Tapatalk 2
slymobi said:
what rom are you trying to flash? i had similar but not exact problem and it turned out the rom was corrupt (missing something i must have deleted) also make sure your custom mtds are set correct. R.V.3
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I want to flash CM 7.2(Stable).I don't think the ROM is corrupted.
I Re-rooted my device after reverting back to stock and S-ON.I don't have any custom mtds or ext partition.It's a clean install.Actually,yesterday it was flashed successfully but I wiped everything again to sort out some issues with manual partititon of SDcard.
After connecting my device via adb shell and executing
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
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it was displaying
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
/sbin/sh: parted: not found
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Initially i thought it was a recovery issue or something like that but even after flashing diff recoveries it was giving the same error.I wiped the ROM and now i want to flash it again to check if it works.
No idea!
Wow!Formatting the SD Card using that tool fixed the issue.
Thanks Man!
Thanks guys, saved me a lot of trouble.
Confirmed to work on HTC Desire too.
arancia89 said:
Thanks guys, saved me a lot of trouble.
Confirmed to work on HTC Desire too.
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I am glad it helped you.
Hi guys, I was trying to partitionate my sdcard to get a bigger /data space.
After a try, I decided to get me Sdcard back to previous state...
0.mounted usb to my pc.
1. formatted in fat32 format, as primary type with "minitool partition wizard ..."
3. umount and restart the phone, surprised my partition cannot be mounted yet and it's not recognized on my system.
So... Here comes the dispair... I erased all my phone stuff, format and delete all sort of things but /sdcard cannot be mounted...
After that I'm charging the phone right now on recovery mode, later I'm gonna try to install Ruu but I don't have the latest, only the previous... Is that any problem??
Tks guys!!
blankfile99 said:
Hi guys, I was trying to partitionate my sdcard to get a bigger /data space.
After a try, I decided to get me Sdcard back to previous state...
0.mounted usb to my pc.
1. formatted in fat32 format, as primary type with "minitool partition wizard ..."
3. umount and restart the phone, surprised my partition cannot be mounted yet and it's not recognized on my system.
So... Here comes the dispair... I erased all my phone stuff, format and delete all sort of things but /sdcard cannot be mounted...
After that I'm charging the phone right now on recovery mode, later I'm gonna try to install Ruu but I don't have the latest, only the previous... Is that any problem??
Tks guys!!
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flash TWRP latest format sd card from TWRP then flash Philz 5.15.9 and mount sd card
Thant said:
flash TWRP latest format sd card from TWRP then flash Philz 5.15.9 and mount sd card
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Tks pal, TWRP solved my problem, after use it, I installed AHDR again... Tks so much!!