I just downloaded the CM7 nightly #20, and after I rebooted to install it, my sd card is reading as unformatted. Is there anything I can do to fix this, or do I just need to bite the bullet and reformat it?
No, don't reformat it. What exactly are you doing when it says it's not formatted? Can you browse your sdcard with a file manager? I know CM7 or rather CWM3 seems to have an issue with ext partitions on the sdcard since it always skips backing it up (no sd-ext found). I would say if it's all acting ok then don't worry about it.
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I've rooted my Desire and installed the LeeDroid flavour of Froyo. I've formatted my SD card with the EXT3 partition, and everything went perfectly. However, I've found that when I run the new 3D Gallery application, the app stops resonding, and I need to close it (not force close though, just usual exit). When it closes, I receive a message saying "there is a problem with your SD card", and it mounts read only. I can remount the SD card, which resolves the problem. I'm guessing that the 3D Gallery is corrupted somehow, but can't uninstall it to see if this corrects the problem. Can anyone please let me know if there's a way of uninstalling the Gallery app (if this is the best way), or if there's a way to file check the SD card to fix errors (like FSCK), or if I can remove a corrupted directory, or anything really to fix this problem? Thank you
It's the A2SD+ bug. Search for SD card corruption.
use card reader to copy everything from your SD card FAT32 partition to your computer, format the SD card (just format the FAT32 partition), and transfer back the files from your computer to the card. that should do the trick.
always reboot your phone after going into Disk Drive mode to prevent this from happening again. or transfer files in recovery mode. that's A2SD+ bug. otherwise use rom without A2SD+.
Hey guys,
I was going through the process of installing the new leedroid rom by T-mod 2.2d.
I did a back up from nandroid and did a full wipe.
I went to install from zip and i couldnt find any of my ROMs i had copied onto my sd card? i am 100% confident i placed them in there.
Just today i partitioned my sd card properly with two primary partions of fat32 and ext3. Fat 32 has 29gb free and ext 3 has 512. Could there be a problem here? i just followed the instructions provided and everything looked sweet.
Before i had partitioned i copied all my files onto my HD then i proceeded using Gparted. Since everything was wiped off my SD card i just cut all the backup files from my HD back to the SD. It took up too much space on my pc!
All i have done is factory wiped and clear dalvik and then i rebooted (since none of the ROMs were listed in 'install zip from sd card'. It was then stuck on the leedroid startup page and goes on a loop.
I then performed a restore from nandroid. It now boots up fine, but now my SD card seems to be corrupted! all the files in there are shown with symbols etc. I can add new files into the sd card though and they dont appear to have weird symbols. I clicked on the disk and clicked on the diagnostic button which i also selected to fix automatically issues. Now my whole SD is wiped. and there are no files in there anymore... i put a few mp3s within and the music players dont detect any mp3 music.
Anyone have a take on what i can do? argh! i am still on 2.2b after the restore but my sd card has no files etc.
please someone help me, i will be very grateful!
Brendan_au said:
Hey guys,
I was going through the process of installing the new leedroid rom by T-mod 2.2d.
I did a back up from nandroid and did a full wipe.
I went to install from zip and i couldnt find any of my ROMs i had copied onto my sd card? i am 100% confident i placed them in there.
Just today i partitioned my sd card properly with two primary partions of fat32 and ext3. Fat 32 has 29gb free and ext 3 has 512. Could there be a problem here? i just followed the instructions provided and everything looked sweet.
Before i had partitioned i copied all my files onto my HD then i proceeded using Gparted. Since everything was wiped off my SD card i just cut all the backup files from my HD back to the SD. It took up too much space on my pc!
All i have done is factory wiped and clear dalvik and then i rebooted (since none of the ROMs were listed in 'install zip from sd card'. It was then stuck on the leedroid startup page and goes on a loop.
I then performed a restore from nandroid. It now boots up fine, but now my SD card seems to be corrupted! all the files in there are shown with symbols etc. I can add new files into the sd card though and they dont appear to have weird symbols. I clicked on the disk and clicked on the diagnostic button which i also selected to fix automatically issues. Now my whole SD is wiped. and there are no files in there anymore... i put a few mp3s within and the music players dont detect any mp3 music.
Anyone have a take on what i can do? argh! i am still on 2.2b after the restore but my sd card has no files etc.
please someone help me, i will be very grateful!
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it may just be a corrupt sd card, it happens sometimes you should return it and get it replaced
It was working 100% fine for a long time mate.
Should i go back into Gparted and delete my ext3 partition? I want to format my sd card, but im really confused atm.
My phone is working etc with all messages and phone history still here. It is running T-mod 2.2b. But all my apps which i had stored to my sd card are no longer functioning and i also wiped delvik from my phone.
Brendan_au said:
It was working 100% fine for a long time mate.
Should i go back into Gparted and delete my ext3 partition? I want to format my sd card, but im really confused atm.
My phone is working etc with all messages and phone history still here. It is running T-mod 2.2b. But all my apps which i had stored to my sd card are no longer functioning and i also wiped delvik from my phone.
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your best bet isnt to just format it, but use gparted to delete both partitions on your sd card, then re-partition and try again
I just deleted both partitions and just created 1 partition as fat 32 will full memory using Gparted. I unmounted my phone and took the sd card out and put it back in, rebooted.
Connected it to my pc - but there are no folders in the SD card?
The phone isnt installing any software on the sd card when i boot it up?
I put mp3 files into the sd card but the phone doesnt read any music. Is it because im using a rooted desire? with T-mod 2.2b.
Literally all my files on my SD card are gone, no idea how to proceed
anyone??
I can still move apps (not the dalvik) to the sd card.
But my SD card has no folders in it. My phone wont install any on the SD card.
It says i have full memory out of full memory available. I formatted the sd card just then, since all my files are not there anyways.. still nothing happening
Help! running T-mod leedroid 2.2b! all internal apps etc are working fine.
What if i perfom an nandroid backup, store it to the sd card.
Then put the 2.2d rom and radio rom on and flash the two?
Will all the folders etc be stored back to my sd card?
Update: performed nandroid backup. Put 2.2d rom and radio rom on the sd card and again it does not appear on the zip list in recovery.
What is going on!
Fixed pm me if you want solution
i have similar weird SD carfd problems too. Suddenly, my sd card goes missing in the software and i must reset. happened 3x since I installed LeeDroid on my new HTC Desire in the last 7 days.
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Fixed pm me if you want solution
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why not post here? if this turns out to be quite common you woudnt want to reply to xxx users would you ?
I have had the same issue twice now under LeeDroid 2.2a and 2.2b.
Right now I am using my Ubuntu laptop so I inserted the SD card into the laptop. It mounts the 7.5 gig Fat32 partition and lets me read what's on there, but it wont properly mount the ext3 partition. It shows as blank in the file browser (on the laptop) and wont let me copy to it or create any new files, so it seems corrupted in some way.
I knew I had a problem last night because my phone freezes on the white-background with green "HTC" lettering whilst booting. If I take the SD card out of the phone it boots ok, likewise if I replace the card with a different one, that's only formatted Fat32, that works ok.
I used the built in function of ROM manager to prepare the SD card, it created a 512mb ext3 partition at the end of the disk, not sure if that makes a difference. Has anyone had any success using proper apps like gparted to partition the card?
Really pi**ed off at this phone now. Dont want to wipe the card again just to have it work in my phone for another week.
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I had a friend check out what was up with my SD card. Nandroids and zips were being stored onto the sd card but they weren't appearing on the fat32 side.
In fact, all the files were being stored to ext3! this was the root of the issue. I believe i partitioned incorrectly or what not by using Gparted. I have resulted in using Rom Manager (download off market) instead to set partition ~ much easier.
To fix the main issue with SD card: Go to phone settings -> SD & Phone Storage -> Unmount SD card --> Format SD Card.
Files should appear on your sd card again -> connect your phone to your USB and check that the files are back. That's your fix
Then just add your Roms, music, videos back onto your fat32 partition as before. Using Rom Manager, the Roms stored on SD appear again.
Edit: i have installed T-mod leedroid 2.2d and is working great.
To the previous post ~ i just did a full wipe because all my files on the SD card were corrupted anyways, could not even copy them. But i didn't think my SD card itself was corrupted.
Thanks,
Brendan
I did a little more investigating last night. On Ubuntu, if I insert the SD card, it mounts both partitions, but it can only read the fat32 one. I can see my images and stuff from there so I know its ok. But if I view the ext3 partition, it shows as empty, but if I right click on it, the properties show that there is 123mb in use of the 512mb partition. That seems about right because there should be some apps and stuff in there. I have made sure that the files arent hidden or anything, but still nothing.
If I try and copy anything to the partition, it wont let me and gives me a rather cryptic error: something along the lines that it cant access the card because it is not ready? I couldn't even unmount the disk because of the same error. I dont have my Ubuntu machine with me now so I cant check.
I can copy the stuff I want off my card and re-format/partition it but to be honest its more hassle than its worth.
I'd be more inclined to find out why this is happening. It only seems to go after the handset is rebooted (my battery went flat on Saturday) and since then, nothing.
I appreciate you posting your solution but I think we have slightly different problems..
Thanks
So I lost my 16gb SD card and ended up upgrading to a 32gb SDHC class 4 sd card.
I have all my flashable files copied over to this card (Calks Format All, xxx-ROM, etc.) I have Odin'd back to EL26 CWM. When I try to flash anything it'll list the zip file being flashed then says "(Bad)" right below it then "installation aborted".
I decided to switch the SD card, throw a 1gb in there for grins and then try to flash. It worked like a charm. So it has to be something with the SD card. Idk what "class" the 1gb is (if that even matters), but I did notice the 1gb was formatted to FAT and the 32gb was Fat32. Does the format make any difference?
Am I missing something? I never had this problem before upgrading to the 32gb
Also, I store all my music on the 32gb and can access it just fine. I only have problems when I try to flash stuff thats on it
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So I lost my 16gb SD card and ended up upgrading to a 32gb SDHC class 4 sd card.
I have all my flashable files copied over to this card (Calks Format All, xxx-ROM, etc.) I have Odin'd back to EL26 CWM. When I try to flash anything it'll list the zip file being flashed then says "(Bad)" right below it then "installation aborted".
I decided to switch the SD card, throw a 1gb in there for grins and then try to flash. It worked like a charm. So it has to be something with the SD card. Idk what "class" the 1gb is (if that even matters), but I did notice the 1gb was formatted to FAT and the 32gb was Fat32. Does the format make any difference?
Am I missing something? I never had this problem before upgrading to the 32gb
Also, I store all my music on the 32gb and can access it just fine. I only have problems when I try to flash stuff thats on it
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Maybe a bad card?
I'd try it in another device. (Oops never mind, saw that you could access music from it)
Maybe the files you copied over to it corrupted? I'd download new files and try again.
My sd card that I use all the time to flash off of is also FAT32 so that cant be it. I'd just do what Esoteric68 said.
Esoteric68 said:
Maybe a bad card?
I'd try it in another device. (Oops never mind, saw that you could access music from it)
Maybe the files you copied over to it corrupted? I'd download new files and try again.
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I thought about that since it said (Bad) underneath the zip being flashed, but I tried re-copying several files and re-downloading the Zips from different sources. all to no avail.
Have you tried to reformat the card?
kozmo21 said:
Have you tried to reformat the card?
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I tried it while it was in the phone, but I just removed it an plugged it into my PC and formatted it that way.
I'm going to upload a zip to it and try to flash something in a minute here.
Ok so re-formatting directly at my PC may have worked. I successfully flashed the Rapps update for the Frankenstein ROM. Hopefully this fixed whatever issue the card was having and its smooth sailing from here on out
Glad it worked for you. If I ever start having problems with a card first thing I do is copy the files from my card to PC, then reformat, then copy files back... seems to fix problems most of the time.
Yeah it's possible for it to still see media files on a sdcard that is in need of reformatting. The files system does need to be FAT32 instead of FAT.
Hey everyone. Got an annoying problem.
So I just tried to install a ROM, downloaded the file onto my SD card. Went into recovery. I didn't see my external SD card under Install from ZIP
Usually I see install from SD card and install from external SD card.
I went into mounts to try to see if I could mount it. External_SD was able to be mounted but when I tried to mount SD card it wouldn't mount.
I also had a weird problem in the ROM itself. I couldn't see my external_sd card folder no more. When I go into a TW based ROM and select My Files from the app drawer, it shows the sd card and the ext_sdcard. But when I go into Root explorer, there used to be a folder in the root directory for ext_sdcard. Its not there anymore. I went into mnt/ and saw it there.
Did something happen to my recovery? I flashed CWM to the latest version and confirmed MD5.
Any help would be appreciated. I rather flash and save my ROM filed in my SD card and not internal memory.
Newest CWM Doesnt access the ext sd card. he said on his twitter he plans to fix it.
deepsix_69 said:
Newest CWM Doesnt access the ext sd card. he said on his twitter he plans to fix it.
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correct, for now all flashing to be done through internal memory only.
this message brought to you by my GalaxyS3 running Phantom's Blazer
TeamEPIC's recovery does access both. I've been using it. Trying another one as well just to see.
Thanks everyone. Thought I was going crazy.
TWRP for the win!
Do you know if your SD card is still good (or going bad)? It's a reasonably obvious question, but I had 2 SanDisk 32 GB cards go bad on me so I know the frustration. The /mnt/extSdCard in Root Explorer is a little misleading, I can create empty files in there without actually having a card in the slot. Something I discovered when I was troubleshooting my bad cards. Just a thought.
Hey everyone,
It's my first time rooting my Desire. I followed the "noob proof" guide, skipping the S-OFF step (figured I don't really need it if I'm just flashing ROMs).
I partitioned my SD card successfully (16GB -> 14GB FAT32, 1GB EXT4) using GParted and the card was working well. I made a backup and then flashed MildWild 5.0. Everything seems to be working fine except the SD card is not recognized. In Storage settings the "Mount SD card" option is grayed out and it says "Insert an SD card for mounting". I tried restarting the phone, reinserting the card, but that didn't work.
On a side note, when I partitioned the card first and ran stock rom I couldn't mount the card too, but the option wasn't grayed out, and after a restart it was OK - capacity and free space was reported correctly.
I guess it's a problem with the partitioning, but is there anything I could try before repartitioning the card again? This might be a logical way of dealing with the current situation (card is completely empty), but what if this happens again after using the phone for a while and storing all kinds of stuff on the card?
PS. I haven't tried to see if the card is visible in windows, because I don't have a card reader. I'll try GParted again tomorrow, but now I'm off to bed.
Thanks!
I had the exact same problem and fixed it by putting the card in a card reader, and running the "Scan drive for errors" tool in Windows. It found errors the first time, and I ran it twice to be safe.
Hi,
I managed to connect the card my PC by mounting USB storage in ClockworkMod recovery. I scanned the disk for errors but there were none. Unfortunately after rebooting the device still couldn't see the card.
Also while in recovery I could mount the sdcard and sd-ext, or at least appeared that I could - the lines changed to "unmount (...)" but there was no notification of successful or failed mounting.
What should I try next? Repartition with GParted (probably by mounting usb storage in recovery, otherwise it's not recognized there either) or try that with ClockworkMod? Or perhaps 4EXT?
Thanks!
OK, I tried partitioning the card again with GParted, but nothing changed. I am beginning to think something might be wrong with the card.
And after some reading I understand that partitioning with CWM isn't favored by most, so eventually I might try 4EXT. In that case, do I need S-OFF to install it? The question has been asked in the developer's thread recently, but no one has answer it and a few other threads seem to suggest that you don't necessarily need S-OFF, unless you would like to use some specific feature(s).
So do you need S-OFF to install 4EXT on the Desire or not?