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Unable to mount SD card as USB Mass Storage

Alright, pretty much exactly as the title says!
Running a rooted version of the OTA stock ROM, netarchy 3.7.3c kernel, Amon Ra recovery.
If I connect my phone via USB, it'll show up in My Computer, that's fine. When I go to the notifications tray and change the USB setting from Charge Only to Disk Drive... Nothing happens on my computer. Sometimes rebooting my computer helps, sometimes rebooting my phone helps, but as-is, I have about a 10% chance of the card actually switching to USB mass storage mode. According to the phone, it's in Disk drive mode, and is unable to access the SD card at all (which is normal of course).
I've used Advanced Task Killer to knock off any apps which are running at the time besides some bare essentials and ones that couldn't interfere (like my live wallpaper), but that has not helped.
Ideas?

[Q] USB Mounting

For some reason, my phone will not give me the option to mount my SD card as a disk drive all of a sudden...
I'm using CM 7.0.2.1 with Tiamat 3.3.8 as my kernel. Anyone know how I might be able to fix it?? I'm trying to put KingdomRom on it but can't because I can't mount .
I've also tried a full wipe and reinstalling the ROM with a different kernel...and I'm still not getting anything. I've tried multiple USB cords as well.

I would try unmounting your SD card in Settings then reboot the phone.

Didn't work . I thought originally it might have something to do with the kernel, but I've changed to a different one and it still isn't working.

When you connect your phone to the computer, does the charging light come on? What happens when you tap the notification that says your phone is connected to the computer? Do you get the screen with the option to mount and it doesn't, or do you not get the notification at all?
Have you tried using something like Widgetsoid to toggle usb mount? I had a similar problem on Sense and using a widget to toggle mounting the phone as disk drive was the only way I could get it to work.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)

Also, what recovery are you using?
Sent from my sometimes infected,MIUI,Kings UNleashed Ultra Supersonic EVO...

Using ClockworkMod. I just stupidly reformatted my SD card after reflashing my ROM, so now once I am able to redownload GApps, I'm gonna download one of the widgets (might try AutoSync, too) and see if I can make progress in the morning.
Update: Got Market back on, downloaded Widgetsoid, enabled USB Mount...and still nothing. I've tried on 2 computers now with different USB cables and nothing.

Is it saying that your phone is connected to your PC at all? It could be your USB port, or your cable is going bad. Try plugging it in to the computer and jiggling the plug near the phone's usb port and see if it tries to connect. If it does, you may have to move it around until you get it to connect and then be very careful not to move anything while transferring files. Also if you have wifi you can transfer files by using an app from the market called wifi file explorer. They have a free and a paid version. Does you phone connect when you mount it to the computer in recovery mode? Does the charging light come on when you plug it in to your computer? Really more info is needed to diagnose your problem. There are also widgets in the market that will allow you to mount the phones storage without unmounting the card from the phone. Maybe this will work for you. Maybe the card is going bad? Who knows, but hopefully some of my suggestions help. If all else fails, you could always do it the old fashioned way and power the phone off, take the card out and plug it directly into your computer via the adapter if needed.

Yes, I do receive a charge light when I plug it into the computers USB. Android just does not provide the option to mount as a disk drive.
I like the Wifi File Explorer Idea. It sounds like a good alternative. Thanks so much to everyone for their suggestions!

[Q] EVO Will Not Mount

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?

unremarkableguy said:
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.

Samsung Galaxy S i9000 internal sd card not working and touchscreen not responding

Hi. I have a Samsung galaxy S i9000 running a Jellybean 4.1 custom ROM. androidadvices. com/ update-galaxy-gt-i9000-stable-jellybean-411-firmware/#.UDJOV91mT9d
Everything's working fine until today when my laptop (Win7 OS) froze up while I was formatting the internal sd card of my phone.I restarted the laptop and phone and the internal sd card cannot be detected by either device anymore.
I tried to format the sd card multiple times to no avail. I tried to flash stock GB ROM. ODIN can detect the phone but cannot complete the process. It fails on "Setting Up Connection".
Up to the above process I was able to use my phone (it turns itself on, just can't use internal sd card). However, I made a stupid mistake of doing factory reset, cache wipe, and dalvik cache to reflash the JB ROM in hopes that it will fix it. Now, my phone is stuck on the Welcome screen (one with Choose Language and Start to setup) but the touchscreen isn't working so I can't select Start. The buttons on either side of the center button works, though. Only the touchscreen function is not working.
Now obviously, USB Debugging is not set up on my phone so I can't do a lot. My first question is: Is there a way to setup USB Debugging using ADB or from Recovery?
Additional info:
Recovery and Download mode are both working, although like I mentioned above, I cant reflash stock ROM because of no usb debugging and it fails in Odin. File Manager can be accessed from Recovery but it has no internal sd card directory. External sd card is ok, though, as well as the system files. But cannot install from internal sd card (obviously), cannot format sdcard, or do anything that has something to do with sdcard. It gives an error "E:\ can't mount sdcard"
When I connect the phone to the computer via USB, the phone "knows" that it is connected because the notification beep sounds and on Computer, it shows a new drive name (F but it says "Please Insert a disk into Removable Disk F.", which I believe, means it can detect it but cannot mount the storage.
I can also use adb.
So my questions are:
-How do I get the touchscreen functionality back?
-How can I enable my internal sd card to be mounted on the phone again?
-(same as above) How do I enable USB Debugging from adb or recovery?
I know I have a lot of issues on my phone but I would really appreciate it if you can help me. Thank you.

Did you find a solution?
rmlc said:
Hi. I have a Samsung galaxy S i9000 running a Jellybean 4.1 custom ROM. androidadvices. com/ update-galaxy-gt-i9000-stable-jellybean-411-firmware/#.UDJOV91mT9d
Everything's working fine until today when my laptop (Win7 OS) froze up while I was formatting the internal sd card of my phone.I restarted the laptop and phone and the internal sd card cannot be detected by either device anymore.
I tried to format the sd card multiple times to no avail. I tried to flash stock GB ROM. ODIN can detect the phone but cannot complete the process. It fails on "Setting Up Connection".
Up to the above process I was able to use my phone (it turns itself on, just can't use internal sd card). However, I made a stupid mistake of doing factory reset, cache wipe, and dalvik cache to reflash the JB ROM in hopes that it will fix it. Now, my phone is stuck on the Welcome screen (one with Choose Language and Start to setup) but the touchscreen isn't working so I can't select Start. The buttons on either side of the center button works, though. Only the touchscreen function is not working.
Now obviously, USB Debugging is not set up on my phone so I can't do a lot. My first question is: Is there a way to setup USB Debugging using ADB or from Recovery?
Additional info:
Recovery and Download mode are both working, although like I mentioned above, I cant reflash stock ROM because of no usb debugging and it fails in Odin. File Manager can be accessed from Recovery but it has no internal sd card directory. External sd card is ok, though, as well as the system files. But cannot install from internal sd card (obviously), cannot format sdcard, or do anything that has something to do with sdcard. It gives an error "E:\ can't mount sdcard"
When I connect the phone to the computer via USB, the phone "knows" that it is connected because the notification beep sounds and on Computer, it shows a new drive name (F but it says "Please Insert a disk into Removable Disk F.", which I believe, means it can detect it but cannot mount the storage.
I can also use adb.
So my questions are:
-How do I get the touchscreen functionality back?
-How can I enable my internal sd card to be mounted on the phone again?
-(same as above) How do I enable USB Debugging from adb or recovery?
I know I have a lot of issues on my phone but I would really appreciate it if you can help me. Thank you.
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Did you find a solution?

HELP!!! Accidentally wiped external SD CARD!!

I'm a ****ing idiot. I was going to install a new ROM and I was wizzing through everything and accidentally clicked ext SD card on the wipe screen....
EVERYTHING was on there. My last ROM backup, my Titanium backups... even the rom I was flashing. I literally have nothing on my phone.
I know I can use adb to push the new rom through but I'm still losing ALL my data. ALL my pictures and songs and EVERYTHING will be gone forever.
Is there ANY way to recover from a wipe???

MutatedGamer said:
I'm a ****ing idiot. I was going to install a new ROM and I was wizzing through everything and accidentally clicked ext SD card on the wipe screen....
EVERYTHING was on there. My last ROM backup, my Titanium backups... even the rom I was flashing. I literally have nothing on my phone.
I know I can use adb to push the new rom through but I'm still losing ALL my data. ALL my pictures and songs and EVERYTHING will be gone forever.
Is there ANY way to recover from a wipe???
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try to remove it, put it on a pc, and use a software like recuva, but i don't know if it works on flash memory

Undeleter!
Doesnt work everytime but definetly worth giving it a try.

Snoob25 said:
try to remove it, put it on a pc, and use a software like recuva, but i don't know if it works on flash memory
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My issue is I don't have an sd card reader on my computer and I can't select my G3 from Recuva using the TWRP mount.

Download said rom or any on flash drive and use otg cable or dollar stores got sd card to usb converters walmart any one but i use otg in the case

MutatedGamer said:
My issue is I don't have an sd card reader on my computer and I can't select my G3 from Recuva using the TWRP mount.
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I take it you have a usb port just order a micro usb sim reader don't cost much and try recuva from there

or, if you don't care about data that was on INTERNAL sdcard, you could, remove your external sdcard from phone, restore phone, boot phone, insert sdcard, and then mount sdcard as mass storage (i never did it, but it should be some root app that enables it), then recuva

MutatedGamer said:
My issue is I don't have an sd card reader on my computer and I can't select my G3 from Recuva using the TWRP mount.
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Use PhilZ Recovery (flashable ZIP):
https://onedrive.live.com/redir.asp...E!2560&authkey=!AEWRy1uDVQUYt5o&ithint=file%2
This recovery image allows you to mount your microSD card as a USB Mass Storage device - simply go to 'Mounts & Storage', then 'Mount USB Storage' (or similar).