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[Q] SD-EXT doesn't mount

Hi,
I must admit I'm not the most experienced Desire user. I've tried some ROM's but stumbled on the fact that the internal space is way to small to install all the apps I used.
So I tried flashing data2whatever when I was using the Leedroid 2.3d ROM. First off all I used GParted to make an ext4 partition of 1024MB. I downloaded data2whatever and flashed it with Clockwork. Everything looked ok in CWM, but when I rebooted I still had the same small internal memory.
So I decided to give Starburst a try with the data2sd script. Still doesn't work.
Now I looked in the mount / storage menu, the sd-ext seems not to be mounted. If tried to mount it trough clockwork but I keep getting an error. I've searched the forums but cant seem to find a fix for this.
Can anyone help me with this issue?

Redo your partitions and make sure you follow the requirements in the rom thread. Also make sure your card is in a card reader or your phone in recovery.

I did exactly what I found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932824
Still can't mount it in recovery, I get the error message:
E:/Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(file exists)
This looks like the reason data2sd doesn't work to me. I suppose normally it is shown in recovery?

reemprive said:
I did exactly what I found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932824
Still can't mount it in recovery, I get the error message:
E:/Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(file exists)
This looks like the reason data2sd doesn't work to me. I suppose normally it is shown in recovery?
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I had that exact issue and it was a corrupt SD card in the end... there is some references of fixes though for that issue.

reemprive said:
Hi,
I must admit I'm not the most experienced Desire user. I've tried some ROM's but stumbled on the fact that the internal space is way to small to install all the apps I used.
So I tried flashing data2whatever when I was using the Leedroid 2.3d ROM. First off all I used GParted to make an ext4 partition of 1024MB. I downloaded data2whatever and flashed it with Clockwork. Everything looked ok in CWM, but when I rebooted I still had the same small internal memory.
So I decided to give Starburst a try with the data2sd script. Still doesn't work.
Now I looked in the mount / storage menu, the sd-ext seems not to be mounted. If tried to mount it trough clockwork but I keep getting an error. I've searched the forums but cant seem to find a fix for this.
Can anyone help me with this issue?
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Did you follow the Starbust istructions? Did you install Data2SD script after a first boot without it?
I've Starbust Rom with 1GB of internal memory on ext4 SD... and works like a charm

Hi,
Thanks for the replies. The weirdest thing happened. This morning I booted my phone and the sd-ext was mounted! I was tried everything I could last night, nothing worked. And now everything is working like a charm,
I flashed Starburst and the ext4 partition gives me a gig space.
Sorry for anyone looking for answers, I don't have a clue what might have caused this.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

[Q] HTC Desire unable to mount SD card

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.

[Q] Couldn't see sd-ext from Ubuntu (Gparted)

I try to partition my sd-card using ClockworkMod Recovery 5.8.0.0.
It went ok, and I can see my partition using adb shell
Code:
# mount
...
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /sd-ext type ext3 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,nodelalloc,data=ordered)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /sdcard type vfat (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
I want to convert ext3 to ext4 so I plug my phone in the USB and mount it in the recovery.
However Gparted can't find any partition in my sdcard. When I try to view it using disk utilities It only shows the FAT32 partition.
I don't understand why gparted can't detect any partition ( it shows unallocated ). Something wrong with the partition table of the sd-card formatted by CWM ? Anyone have solved this before ?

Delete all partitions on your SD card and then partition again.

MatDrOiD said:
Delete all partitions on your SD card and then partition again.
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How to delete them if I can't see them ? I try to re-partition using CWM but still the same.

Delete partitions with cwm, and then create 1 big fat 32 partition. Alternately use Linux fdisk, which will "see" it.

After one partition is created, use parted, or 4ext.

fdisk or parted both can't find any partition...
But anyway.. after installing MIUI which convert my partition to ext4 automatically the problem is gone, every partition can be seen... So it must be some problem with CWM partition script

It ought to detect the partitions if you use a micro sd card reader. I assume you connected it via the Desire, in recovery?

Droidzone said:
It ought to detect the partitions if you use a micro sd card reader. I assume you connected it via the Desire, in recovery?
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Yes, maybe that's the problem. I connected it via the Desire in recovery.
What could be wrong ? Because now (after flashing MIUI_xj xpart), I can see all partitions though connected via the Desire.
UPDATE : I still can't see the sd-ext if I mount USB storage in the recover...

ikidntu said:
Yes, maybe that's the problem. I connected it via the Desire in recovery.
What could be wrong ? Because now (after flashing MIUI_xj xpart), I can see all partitions though connected via the Desire.
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First, erase that crappy recovery from your phone. Then install 4ext. Should fix it.

Droidzone said:
First, erase that crappy recovery from your phone. Then install 4ext. Should fix it.
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... exactly what I thought atm

when you mount ur desire with usb mass storage option under recovery, it mount ONLY the FAT partition...
put the microsd in a microsd adapter on ur laptop..u will see both...
@droidzone come on, don't call CWM crappy ..every recovery is based on that..koush did a great work in order to write it for about every device (a tons of device support it now)..i agree it's a basic recovery (and maybe there are some limitations)..but it's thanks to that base recovery that now devs can easily mod it and improve it...it's like you and ur rom..ur rom its probably the best htc sense based rom for the desire, but you will never be able to do that without the crappy htc rom, and htc was never be able to do that without the crappy aosp rom made by google..i hope you got what i mean lol...modify is easy than create something from new

@andQlimax, my bone of contention is not with Koush's CWMR. It is with that half baked product called "Clockwork mod touch for Desire" that was recently released here without proper testing (the OP was using this, and his problems are directly caused by the faulty recovery). The very least the "developer" should test is to do a full backup and restore on his own phone after compilation. He has no right to treat poor hapless newbies as guinepigs. I wonder if that person even owns a Desire. If he did and he missed the fact that the recovery he released does not have the capacity to make sd-ext backups, I really feel for him.
People trust developers who release Recovery. If they cant trust their recovery to make proper backup, what's the point of calling it a Recovery software?
I have the utmost respect for Koush, Paul O'Brien and others for their development work. I dont intend to mean any sort of disrespect for those masters and pioneers of Android development. I also respect them for keeping CWMR; and Cyanogen for keeping CM open source despite all circunstances.

anyway i think the touch recovery posted in the dev section come directly from the koush build, he released it and it's on its site http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager for some devices
koush usually ask some people to test the recovery for him before he release it, probably someone didn't noticed that bug

Thank you. I wasnt aware of that. But I see that the subversion has increased to 5.8.0.2 while yorzua has still attached the faulty 5.8.0.0.

[Q] No "partition sdcard"

Hi,
I'm running MildWild V-4.8 on my Desire, and I got a 8 GB class 10 sd-card i would like to partition.
I've been reading a lot about it, but they all seem to use clockworkmod recovery mode "advanced > "partition sdcard". I dont have that option, bc it just doesnt appear on my phone.. what do i do? How could a partition my sd-card and make it a "part of" the internal memory?
Kind regards
Christoffer
Ps. I think i did a fair search of the forum already, but if i've i missed a the answer somewhere then im sorry!

I'm not sure who "they"are, but I use 4ext recovery to partition mine, just boot to recovery and see which you have.
Be aware I'm pretty sure partitioning will erase ALL data on the card!
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2

Use 4ext recovery b sure to back up ur data it will b lost
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

frosty68 said:
I'm not sure who "they"are, but I use 4ext recovery to partition mine, just boot to recovery and see which you have.
Be aware I'm pretty sure partitioning will erase ALL data on the card!
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2
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I tried out the 4ext recovery, but it didnt manage to partition it, so instead i partitioned it (2gb ext3) on my computer following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning.
I then used s2e and selected Applications, Dalvik cache and Download cache before i rebooted.
My phone still says that the internal memory is148 mb? What did i miss ?
NB. I partitioned and used s2e on C7, do I have to re-flash before it will see my sd-card?

Strange that 4 ext didn't work, even though your phone is still reporting limited storage, if things are working as they should add you install apps that should remain roughly the same. Maybe download something to see?
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bngaard said:
I tried out the 4ext recovery, but it didnt manage to partition it, so instead i partitioned it (2gb ext3) on my computer following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning.
I then used s2e and selected Applications, Dalvik cache and Download cache before i rebooted.
My phone still says that the internal memory is148 mb? What did i miss ?
NB. I partitioned and used s2e on C7, do I have to re-flash before it will see my sd-card?
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minitool is bad at partitioning sdcards, cant believe 4ext didnt work, u must not have done it correctly. anyway if 4ext didnt work, u should always use gparted instead.
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
minitool is bad at partitioning sdcards, cant believe 4ext didnt work, u must not have done it correctly. anyway if 4ext didnt work, u should always use gparted instead.
Sent from my HTC Desire
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I tried installing it, and i removed rom-manager, but whenever i rebooted i got into clockworkmod recovery, which does not give me the option of partition the sd-card.
I will try using gparted instead, but my question still remains.
Once they card has been formated, is there anything else i need to do besides s2e and reboot it? I've been doing some google-search and i've read about hboot and even flashing the phone again? Is this really something i need to do, or should my phone se the ext3 as internal harddrive right after i've run s2e and rebooted it?

bngaard said:
I tried installing it, and i removed rom-manager, but whenever i rebooted i got into clockworkmod recovery, which does not give me the option of partition the sd-card.
I will try using gparted instead, but my question still remains.
Once they card has been formated, is there anything else i need to do besides s2e and reboot it? I've been doing some google-search and i've read about hboot and even flashing the phone again? Is this really something i need to do, or should my phone se the ext3 as internal harddrive right after i've run s2e and rebooted it?
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i also recommend gparted, it's the best method alongside 4ext recovery. step 5 here is better.
do not use S2E, read the app description: "S2E works only with CyanogenMod7, CyanogenMod9 and CyanogenMod10". also, you don't need to do anything else to move apps to sd-ext with this ROM.
the reason it shows only 148MB is because you are on stock hboot. basically your current system size is 250MB, and the rom's system size is only about 110MB, wasting 140MB.
you need to s-off and change hboot to cm7r2 hboot to maximise space. it has a system size of 145MB. (there are ways to optimise it further but this will be the easiest way for you.)
It will still only show 287MB of internal afterwards, and it will never 'see' the partition. keep your apps on 'internal', this should trick your apps to sd-ext.
so...
- backup your apps etc using titanium or similar
- backup your sd to computer
- repartition sd using gparted guide exactly
- copy everything back to sd
- s-off if you haven't already
- change to cm7r2 hboot (search for guides, i recommend using fastboot, set it up and read the fastboot bit here).
- reboot into recovery, full wipe and flash rom.
- restore apps, keep them on internal as suggested.
- use another app like 'diskusage' to browse all your partitions, you should see your sd-ext filling up with app apks and dalvik cache as expected.
- internal memory will still decrease as app data is still stored on internal nand, but it will do so much slower, and 287MB should be plenty for app data.
sounds like a faff, but the guides and info are already there for a reason...you'll be using the space more efficiently, and hopefully understand a bit more how things work and where everything is...

bngaard said:
I tried installing it, and i removed rom-manager, but whenever i rebooted i got into clockworkmod recovery, which does not give me the option of partition the sd-card.
I will try using gparted instead, but my question still remains.
Once they card has been formated, is there anything else i need to do besides s2e and reboot it? I've been doing some google-search and i've read about hboot and even flashing the phone again? Is this really something i need to do, or should my phone se the ext3 as internal harddrive right after i've run s2e and rebooted it?
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After reading this post, I think he just installed the 4ext app, without flashing the actual recovery, which made me facepalm.
Do you have s-off?

abaaaabbbb63 said:
After reading this post, I think he just installed the 4ext app, without flashing the actual recovery, which made me facepalm.
Do you have s-off?
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haha me thinks that too
anyway eddie wrote a good wee step by step :thumbup:
Sent from my HTC Desire

Try partition your sd with gparted
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[Q] Boot structure

Hi, I am a total newbie and I rooted my phone (HTC Desire) and have obviously misread some instruction as I seem to have created and Sd-ext partition on the internal drive instead of the external.
I installed JB4.1.1 which is nice and I like it but whenever I try to use the camera I get a "Gallery closed" error. I'm wondering if these can be linked and if the sd-ext partition shouldn't be there? Perhaps the gallery is trying to save in the wrong place or something? I am clutching at straws to thi problem.
How can I safely remove this partition and reclaim it back if it shouldn't be there?
Sorry for being a complete tube!
Malk

How did u manage to make an ext partition on the internal?
Tell us everything you have done.
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I think it is on the internal????
I went into recovery and created it?
Options I have are:-
mount /data
mount /sdcard
mount /system
mount /sd-ext
Malk

malkthealk said:
I think it is on the internal????
I went into recovery and created it?
Options I have are:-
mount /data
mount /sdcard
mount /system
mount /sd-ext
Malk
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I highly doubt you made the partition on your internal. That would be difficult if not impossible.
Im guessing you just incorrectly made the partition.
Are you s-off? If so download the 4ext recovery app from http://4ext.net/. Install the apk and choose Online Install | Upgrade
It will ask if your phone is the HTC Desire GSM. Say yes, unless your phone isnt. (then go to the right forum )
Then you will see a list of all the different versions. Click on the latest one, and then install. It will tell you if it flashed succesfully, and then you can exit the app. To confirm it installed: turn off the phone, then turn it back on using power button + volume down. Then in bootloader select recovery. 4ext should come up instead of cwm.
Once you successfully have 4ext recovery installed look at this guide to see how to properly make the ext partition. Use the 4ext method and start at step [4].
Finally after you have done that, i would recommend doing a full wipe (everything except sd card) and reflashing the rom.

Many thanks, I'll try this. Good to know I couldn't screw anything up
Malk