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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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.......
Ok guys, I've tried to figure this out using other threads on the forum, but I've still come up with nothing!
I'm running cyanogen mod with clockwork recovery AFAIK. Bought the G2 on eBay already rooted, and everything has been working great until yesterday. All of a sudden the phone gives me the infamous "SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem." Argh! I've tried reformatting the card through the OS, and then it tells me to insert a new SD card. Ok, I reboot... annnnnd the same thing again. Next I tried mounting it through the OS. After it's done it tells me the card can't be mounted because it's probably corrupted. Let me just say I don't think that's the case because I was using it RIGHT before this started happening. When I try to connect through Windows and format it doesn't recognize any storage in the device.
So now I'm here. What the heck do I do, xda?! Is there something in the recovery menu I should use? Any suggestion is greatly appreciated, and if you need any more info please ask!
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I have had the same stuff happen to me many times. Download SD formatter on your pc it finds the sdcard and formats it. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sdformatter
Alright, now it's getting really bad. I attempted to format that card in the computer, but it actually did seem to be ****ed up, in that the computer saw the card once and then it was invisible. Ok, so I order a new 8GB microSD card, arrived today. I format the card using the above program, succesfully, throw it in the phone, and bam, SAME ****ING PROBLEM. What the ****? This is ****ing BULL****.
Now I'm considering re-flashing the phone, but that's a last resort option. Is there something that needs to be on the SD card for cyanogen/CWR for it to even work? I didn't think this was the case, but if it is, WHAT do I need to put on it?
Again, this is quite infuriating, so any help or direction is greatly appreciated.
samuraifez said:
Alright, now it's getting really bad. I attempted to format that card in the computer, but it actually did seem to be ****ed up, in that the computer saw the card once and then it was invisible. Ok, so I order a new 8GB microSD card, arrived today. I format the card using the above program, succesfully, throw it in the phone, and bam, SAME ****ING PROBLEM. What the ****? This is ****ing BULL****.
Now I'm considering re-flashing the phone, but that's a last resort option. Is there something that needs to be on the SD card for cyanogen/CWR for it to even work? I didn't think this was the case, but if it is, WHAT do I need to put on it?
Again, this is quite infuriating, so any help or direction is greatly appreciated.
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This is what I would do. I would format the card on the computer to fat32 format. On the phone I would boot into recovery and select wipe data/factory reset, then still in recovery I would go to advanced and wipe dalvik cache, and then still in recovery I would go to mounts and storage and format system and format boot. Back on the computer I would re-download the ROM (what you have now may be corrupt) and place the zip on the newly formatted card. Then I would put the sd card in the phone and flash the ROM.
Hey guys, I don't find myself in need of help too often, but I really could use some now. I tried flashing decks latest 1.2x, and got stuck in a bootloop. Well, I have been having trouble flashing roms lately, so I decided to format my sd card. I took the card, and started formatting it. In the meantime, I put my old 8gb card back in the Evo to try to restore an old nandroid. My recovery (amon Ra 2.3) keeps telling me that it can't mount the sd card.
I get error
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (no such file or directory) E:Can't mount sd card
Well, I'm kind of stuck now. I can't restore a nandroid, because my sd card won't mount. I can't boot the phone, because my flash of deck's 1.2x won't boot, and I can't flash anything else due to not being able to mount the sd card. I'm sort of stuck. I'm really hoping there is a way for me to restore a nandroid backup via ADB without needing access to my sd card. So far, Ive found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614016, but I'm not sure if that will work, I'm about to try. Does anyone know if I can have a nandroid backup on my computer, and flash it via ADB without needing my sd card? PLEASE HELP me guys, if I've ever needed help before, it's now.
ADB does recognize my device when I'm in recovery, or when my phone is stuck bootlooping, ADB sees it then too. Is there anything I can do? Thanks a bunch
EDIT: trying that method to restore a backup doesn't work. I get the same error about the sd card when I'm in shell and type mount /sdcard. I'm starting to think I'm totally screwed here..
isn't there some way to flash a rom without sdcard? try searching for it. i'll try as well.
good luck...
Buckley,,have you tried shutting the phone down,,then reboot into recovery,,should read card then
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Kyle, turn off your device and remove the SD card. Wait about 10 seconds and then reinsert the card and boot to the bootloader and from there, into your recovery. Select the MS-USB option, connect to your computer and see if it will appear as a drive. If so, it should be mounted.
dkdude36 said:
isn't there some way to flash a rom without sdcard? try searching for it. i'll try as well.
good luck...
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I thought that there is. That's what I'm looking for. The problem is that I'm not home and have no internet. I'm connected to some crappy open internet connection and I'm having trouble browsing and searching. I know there has to be a way to flash a rom or restore a nandroid backup using ADB without an sd card. I would really appreciate it if anyone can find a link. I just want to get booted up again, and then I'll try to fix my sd card problem, hopefully. I don't know what hell went wrong here...
To the other guy that responded, thanks but I get that same error every time in recovery. I've tried shutting the phone off, booting back to recovery, taking the card, putting the card back in, etc. I get the same error every time. Even when I'm in an adb shell and type "mount /sdcard" i get teh same error as when I'm in recovery....
Hhmm,,maybe a cache/dalvic wipe and see if it'll boot on up,,
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im going to try to find u a link good luck bro
Damn it Buck! I knew something was going on when I didn't get a pm back. Ill hop on the laptop real fast and see if I can find the link for you.
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try this but first copy nandroid to desktop ok then format sd then do this http://android.modaco.com/content/h...a-nandroid-restore-manually-using-adb/#entry0
Here's a couple links, I'll keep looking for more.
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...a-nandroid-restore-manually-using-adb/#entry0
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-a-rom-to-an-android-phone-device-without-sd-card/
dougjamal said:
Kyle, turn off your device and remove the SD card. Wait about 10 seconds and then reinsert the card and boot to the bootloader and from there, into your recovery. Select the MS-USB option, connect to your computer and see if it will appear as a drive. If so, it should be mounted.
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Thanks Doug. I've tried that, and so far I keep getting the same error. I'm starting to panic, lol. I was just going for a quick rom update, and now here I am. My 16gb card is almost done formatting in my Windows machine, and then I'll try with that freshly formatted card. I'm hoping I can flash a rom with ADB just to get me booted back up. Then I know calkulin has a thread on how to fix the sd card, which I will look for and try to follow. I just really wish the rom I flashed before this happened would effin boot up. It just loops at the boot animation and I can't get the damn thing up and going.
Kyle, take the card out again, make sure there is no dust, lint or smudges on its contact areas and then reinsert it. Boot into recovery and select MOUNTS. Now select Mount /sdcard at the bottom of the menu. That *should* work, my friend.
and if that doesnt work try this make sure you have the nandroid on your pc ok then format sd card then try mounting sd card and putting a nandroid or rom on it if it doesnt mount your not screwed you could just buy another sd card and a sd card reader and the nandroid that you have on the desktop and put it on the new sd card with the sd card reader mount the sd card with the s card reader and put the nandroid that you had on the desktop on the new sd card and put it inside the evo and do a restore
jayharper08 said:
Here's a couple links, I'll keep looking for more.
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...a-nandroid-restore-manually-using-adb/#entry0
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-a-rom-to-an-android-phone-device-without-sd-card/
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Jay that first link doesn't work, I tried that already. I get an error when i do the command mount /sdcard.
However, the second one looks like what I need, and I hope that will work. Im about to try it. I'll let you know.
k2buckley said:
Jay that first link doesn't work, I tried that already. I get an error when i do the command mount /sdcard.
However, the second one looks like what I need, and I hope that will work. Im about to try it. I'll let you know.
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Good deal, I'll keep digging.
EDIT: Here is the XDA thread for it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=911228
k2buckley said:
Thanks Doug. I've tried that, and so far I keep getting the same error. I'm starting to panic, lol. I was just going for a quick rom update, and now here I am. My 16gb card is almost done formatting in my Windows machine, and then I'll try with that freshly formatted card. I'm hoping I can flash a rom with ADB just to get me booted back up. Then I know calkulin has a thread on how to fix the sd card, which I will look for and try to follow. I just really wish the rom I flashed before this happened would effin boot up. It just loops at the boot animation and I can't get the damn thing up and going.
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Don't panic, my friend. We've been doing this far too long to know better than to do that......I'm certain that the freshly formatted card will work just fine for you. Still, mounting the card in the recovery's MOUNTS menu should work.
Buckley,,you can push the nand to /data from a pc while connected to usb,no card,,by copy file to sdk/tools folder,,
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Thanks for all the help guys. I've hit my 5 thanks limit for the day, otherwise I'd get you all a few more thanks.
Here's the update. My 16gb card finished formatting. I copied over a few of my nandroids to it, and put it in the phone. To my surprise, the card mounted and i was able to view my contents of the card from within recovery. I chose to restore one of my backups, and i got "oops, something went wrong". I think there was a problem when I copied the file over to the card, because it took FOREVER to copy, and I thought it froze up. So I htink the backup got corrupted. Anyways, I mounted USB MS toggle in recovery, and copied over a fresh rom. I successfully flashed it, and it's in the process of booting now, I hope it works.
YAAAAAA BABY IT BOOOOOTED. WORD TO BIG BIRD! Sweet, now to get back in action.
I still have no idea at all what went wrong. I also don't understand why the phone wouldnt read my old stock 8gb card that came with the phone. I got the same error on both card, but after the format it's working. Anyways, glad to be back. Thanks again for the quick, prompt, and very useful responses. I love xda. Thanks
Duuuuuude...what hboot are you on? If you have the eng bootload, you can push recovery via fastboot.
Edit: Glad you're up an running/
Whoohoo,,glad your back up and running man,,
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Woke up this morning to my alarm not working (no big deal).
Checked my phone, said it was unable to mount the sd card.
Tried to access files from recovery - unable to mount sd card.
Checked sd card in computer, no file system found (RAW), required formatting.
Checked sd card in Kubuntu and was unable to mount it.
Finally found a recovery software program and ran that; found photos and some vids, but in generic folder/file names (i.e. DIR01/JPEG001).
Is there ANYTHING I can do at this point?
I tried formatting the drive in Windows and then ran a recovery again and found some more files (maybe 1/3 of my Titanium backup files, the .apk.gz file types; almost all seem corrupted though).
Am I stuck reformatting and starting over? I had just done a nandroid backup last week and now that seems to be gone, too.
As of now I have been able to access the sd card through an adb shell and pushed the newest MIKG ROM and flashed that successfully. But I'm still without any of my apps, data, pics, and everything else.
Any help is appreciated.
If that data was corrupt, then unfortunately its lost, and you'll have to unfortunately format it again.
I was afraid of that.
Well, guess I get to start off the new year with a "new" phone.
Asperoth said:
I was afraid of that.
Well, guess I get to start off the new year with a "new" phone.
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When mine did that it wasn't too long before I had to replace the card itself... good luck but be wary!!
Asperoth said:
I was afraid of that.
Well, guess I get to start off the new year with a "new" phone.
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Its the beginning of the end.
Good afternoon everyone.
About a month ago, I noticed that my music, videos and picture folders names were changed(renamed) to this
strange names.
I could not have access to my camera pictures, my movies or some music files.
I am attaching a picture screen shot so you can see.
So I lost all the pictures I had taken with the camera from the last 3 to 4 months. I did not make a backup
since January.
I decided to start fresh and did a cashe wipe, dalvik cache wipe, a factory reset, a system wipe, an internal wipe
and even an internal data format.
I also took the SD Card out and wiped everything there and re formatted the card.
Installed everything back in and now about a month later, this happens again.
Something has re written some file names, and wiped out the data in the folders and they will not display or
play.
I am thinking it could be a virus.
I have installed programs like photosphere camera, snoozy, note 10.0 note pad, and some programs that change my
battery, and task bar.
Does anyone has an idea of what this problem could be?
Any idea or help is appreciated.
Never seen this before, but I am interested to see what it is if anyone can figure it out.
Does it happen to be a 64gb sandisk, I had the same issue with my files getting corrupt, lost all my stuff. Reformated fat32 and has be solid for the past 3 months.
rail205 said:
Does it happen to be a 64gb sandisk, I had the same issue with my files getting corrupt, lost all my stuff. Reformated fat32 and has be solid for the past 3 months.
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It is a Scandisk 64G but I had it format to fat32.
I tried to remove the files with a file explorer and also a root explorer, even the recovery explorer and it
will not let me do it.
I am going to wait until I get home and use my micro sd adapter card reader and delete the files from
my PC.
Funny thing is this corrupt files stick to your card and I think is more like a virus than hardware related.
The file name gets changed, the data erased and then file becomes read only and the devise can not delete
it or change the files.
Seems to be doing it to the video, sound and pictures folder only.
Bad SD card, same thing happens to pc hard drives when they go ka-put. Virus will also do it... but i see that as being unlikely. Just replace the sd card.
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maniep said:
Good afternoon everyone.
About a month ago, I noticed that my music, videos and picture folders names were changed(renamed) to this
strange names.
I could not have access to my camera pictures, my movies or some music files.
I am attaching a picture screen shot so you can see.
So I lost all the pictures I had taken with the camera from the last 3 to 4 months. I did not make a backup
since January.
I decided to start fresh and did a cashe wipe, dalvik cache wipe, a factory reset, a system wipe, an internal wipe
and even an internal data format.
I also took the SD Card out and wiped everything there and re formatted the card.
Installed everything back in and now about a month later, this happens again.
Something has re written some file names, and wiped out the data in the folders and they will not display or
play.
I am thinking it could be a virus.
I have installed programs like photosphere camera, snoozy, note 10.0 note pad, and some programs that change my
battery, and task bar.
Does anyone has an idea of what this problem could be?
Any idea or help is appreciated.
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Corrupted File allocation table. First, put it in a pc, go to a command prompt (windows r and type cmd), then chkdsk -f driveletter: (depends on what your machine mounts it as). That could fix it, if not, copy all data off, reformat, copy data back. If that doesn't work, then the above poster is correct, the card is going bad, and replace it. (But it might not be, fat16 and fat32 can do this sometimes, especially if it's not unmounted cleanly when android is shutting down.)
Rabid Panda said:
Bad SD card, same thing happens to pc hard drives when they go ka-put. Virus will also do it... but i see that as being unlikely. Just replace the sd card.
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mstrk242 said:
Corrupted File allocation table. First, put it in a pc, go to a command prompt (windows r and type cmd), then chkdsk -f driveletter: (depends on what your machine mounts it as). That could fix it, if not, copy all data off, reformat, copy data back. If that doesn't work, then the above poster is correct, the card is going bad, and replace it. (But it might not be, fat16 and fat32 can do this sometimes, especially if it's not unmounted cleanly when android is shutting down.)
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Thank you both.
It is a 2 month old card but nothing is perfect.
I spent most of the day wiping the phone and the card and re flashing everything.
I am going to do a back up and get a new card this coming week.
Will post back once I see if it happens again.
SD card is bad. Buy a new one. 100% sure this is the issue.
Also, sandisk is no longer a quality card. Don't buy them, get a PNY.
Good luck brother
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