Hey, well I made a mistake (supprise). I was following a guide on here and mixing it up with cyanogen's own guide for flashing their rom and well basically I whipped my phone without having the rom on my ssd, i took the ssd out and put it into another phone to put the rom on and now when i put the ssd back in i'm getting:
E:can't mount /sdcard
when I try and install the rom from it.
Suggestions? Please tell me i've not bricked my phone. I only just realised I should have done a rom backup but it wasn't said it the guides I was following and i was so fixated on doing it word for word It only just poped into my head.
Cheers. Fast replies would be nice, I don't like sitting here with my phone in clockwork without anything on it.
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I have another ssd card current set up as a gold card. Could I use that? Both are htc supplied ssd cards.
Ok so i just pluged my gold card in and it could open it. Should I just use that or reformat my other ssd and use that instead?
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in the process of backing up my ssd and formating it, going to see if that fixes my problem. Figure I should probably start a new rom on a fresh ssd anyway.
Be nice to know for future if wiping everything is actually needed for roms
You said your goldcard was recognized correctly by the phone? Did you use another card before?
Where does the error occur, when downgrading or did you already downgrade and are already rooted and want to flash the rom already?
unhallowedone said:
You said your goldcard was recognized correctly by the phone? Did you use another card before?
Where does the error occur, when downgrading or did you already downgrade and are already rooted and want to flash the rom already?
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I've done everything but the flash so far. I was on the final bit and I had "full wipe" zip on my ssd and it opened fine and then i reset to factory settings and cleared cache and then my ssd couldn't be read any more so I couldn't flash with my rom.
However my other ssd which I had to previously format to turn into a gold card can have the zip's read on it. So I figure if I reformat the ssd I wish to use (not gold card) and put the rom back on it will be fine.
Also can you charge the battery while in recovery? I think my battery must be getting quite low now as it's been stuck in it a long time and was only about 40% when I started. I presumed 40% was enough to install a rom, didn't expect this delay of a few hours.
I'm also presuming I can't boot into anything any more as I think i've wiped the previous rom no?
Ok now after formating it and putting the rom on it says "no files found" :/. Does it even matter if I use a differnt ssd to flash as to the one I wish to use long term? i was under the assumption it would install other things to the SSD but now I realise thats probably totaly wrong.
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Put the rom on my other ssd and now also says no files found. it appears the rom is causing the problems?
Put the rom on my goldcard ssd and now also says no files found. it appears the rom is causing the problems? It could read the zips on that ssd 10min ago
If you did a full wipe you have to get it going again by flashing a new one ^^ So yes, go ahead with flashing. The Goldcard was especially necessary for the DHD to load the downgrade-zip, because when I did that originally it gave me an error (had wrong goldcard). Of course, I now have a working one, still using it.
You could try twice, like 1. reformat the sd you wish to use and put the ROM onto it or 2. use the other one to load the rom. Think about it, worst would be "yo man, wrong card"
Edit: this is confusing, indeed. So you actually did a new format of the SD and tried to open it in CWM and it says NO FILES FOUND?
Just to confirm a few things.
DHD rooted, S-OFF , etc....
Full wipe
Removed SD
SD No longer recognised
Rock > YOU < Hard Place
My suggestion, would be to format the first SDcard in your pc, copy ROM to it, place in the phone, reboot recovery.
unhallowedone said:
If you did a full wipe you have to get it going again by flashing a new one ^^ So yes, go ahead with flashing. The Goldcard was especially necessary for the DHD to load the downgrade-zip, because when I did that originally it gave me an error (had wrong goldcard). Of course, I now have a working one, still using it.
You could try twice, like 1. reformat the sd you wish to use and put the ROM onto it or 2. use the other one to load the rom. Think about it, worst would be "yo man, wrong card"
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Well aparently neither of my SSD's work. Is it possible to boot into clockwork without going into the software? Ie can i get into clockwork straight from boot? Because I might need to restart clockwork to get this to work now.
andyharney said:
Just to confirm a few things.
DHD rooted, S-OFF , etc....
Full wipe
Removed SD
SD No longer recognised
Rock > YOU < Hard Place
My suggestion, would be to format the first SDcard in your pc, copy ROM to it, place in the phone, reboot recovery.
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Exactly, but tryed and the moment I put this rom on it apperas it cant read the ssd.
Its cyanogen 7.02 and google addon.
Ok then, my formated ssd (which is apparently empty according to clockwork) formatted and was empty on windows, put the roms on it. When i plug it back in to windows it has all my old **** back on which was several gig so there is no way I accidently copyed that over with the roms and didn't notice.
You can boot directly to the bootloader by holding volume down then pressing power.
Did you download the ROM from ROM Manager or direct from here/cyanogen
EDIT: What version of clockwork you using?
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Well aparently neither of my SSD's work. Is it possible to boot into clockwork without going into the software? Ie can i get into clockwork straight from boot? Because I might need to restart clockwork to get this to work now.
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Sure, Power off the DHD then hold Volume DOWN and press POWER. It then boots into Recovery.
I dont think you will have bricked it. As far as I know you cant brick a phone by flashing a rom. Bricking is as a result of radio installation gone wrong. If your SD card is being recognised, just wipe it and put in in empty. Then install the desired rom using ADB shell on your PC. About charging in recovery I think it will work. If not just turn the phone off and plug it into USB.
EDIT. This is sounding above my level of understanding now. Ignore my advice. I was assuming clockwork is behaving itself
Downloaded from CM7 them selves, ah ok I will reboot. Yup now neither of my ssd's have data on them apparently.
Rebooted recovery and now not working. I click to use an option and it just goes straight back to the top of the list, even reboot option.
edcoppen said:
Ok first I dont think you will have bricked it. As far as I know you cant brick a phone by flashing a rom. Bricking is as a result of radio installation gone wrong.
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Or by using CWM 3.0.2.5 to format the SD as I did 6 days ago - have a new DHD now
edcoppen said:
About charging in recovery I think it will work. If not just turn the phone off and plug it into USB.
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I would suggest power charge instead of USB, because the real charger loads your phone faster due to lower power values over USB. Afaik.
OK, worst case scenario here is having to flash a 1.32 RUU and rooting, ENG S-OFF-ing again. I don't think your at that stage yet. Did you Radio S-OFF before this?
edcoppen said:
Ok first I dont think you will have bricked it. As far as I know you cant brick a phone by flashing a rom. Bricking is as a result of radio installation gone wrong.
If your SD card is being recognised, just wipe it and put in in empty. Then install the desired rom using ADB shell on your PC.
About charging in recovery I think it will work. If not just turn the phone off and plug it into USB.
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The light on the dhd only comes on when the phone is turned off and charging for me atm.
Ok then how do I use ADB, i was getting real confused by that earlyer today.
OMGGGG I just restarted recovery for the 5th time and it's reading my ssd card!
YES!
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nvm got the right rom.
Related
Ok... Well, let's see if I can do my best to explain everything.
I've been using AdamG's "Official Froyo HTC Sense ROM" in my Desire since I got it (about 4 months ago). Recently, my crappy stock SD card corrupted itself and after backing it up, I reformatted it.
Apparently that did something really bad because now my phone wont turn on. It just sits at the "HTC" loading screen. I can get into recovery, but anything I try results in "ADB server out of date. Killing..." and then "Daemon still not running".
I'm at a loss here. I haven't bothered playing with root, or ROMs or anything since I first did it all 4 months ago (without a problem). So treat me like an utter noob.
Have you tried to take the SD card out and reboot?
Take out the SDcard and try booting into Recovery.
you should of done a nandroid, maybe you have formatted your ext partition, if you have you will need to re-flash
I've tried taking the SD card out and all the obvious stuff.
AndroHero said:
you should of done a nandroid, maybe you have formatted your ext partition, if you have you will need to re-flash
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That sounds plausible, that might have been what I did. What's involved in a re-flash? Start from square one? Re-root and all? How do I do all that from where I am now?
No a re-flash would mean flashing just your ROM.
Were you using A2SD?
joe_998 said:
No a re-flash would mean flashing just your ROM.
Were you using A2SD?
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Yes I was.
I managed to get into Recovery and wiped everything from there, the phone now boots to the stock ROM. (stock as in the one I had loaded, AdamG's one). I want to swap to a different ROM, how do I do so from this point?
Also, on another (maybe unrelated) note: When in recovery, it says:
"E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"
Does that mean anything?
Pick the ROM you want and put it on the root of your SD card.
Download ROM manager and select Install ROM from SD Card, Look for the ROM you put on your SD Card and select it, Tick Backup Existing ROM and Wipe Data and Cache. Then let ROM manager do it's thing.
Sorry I don't know what "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command" means, I'm a newbie too, I only replied because I formatted my SD card before and had the same problems you're having.
Thanks Joe... Unfortunately, I got a little further into the process and went to flash via the Recovery (rather than in the ROM Manager app)...
...I say "unfortunately" because now I have no system (as it formatted it as part of the process) but I keep getting:
E:Can't mount SDEXT:
E:Failure at line 11:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data SDEXT:
Installation aborted.
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Will the problems ever end?
Moved to Q&A as not development
how did you format your SD? I'm no expert but it looks like your SD EXT partition is still corrupted. I would format and repartition it using Gparted
Heres a guide for gparted http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7279872&postcount=3
Haha, I think I got it, it's finishing the flashing process now. I'll let you know if it boots up and runs ok as soon as it does.
I think the problem with "SDEXT" was the ROM itself, it must have been a bad download or something, cause I just tried another one and it seems to be working fine.
Thanks for the help guys, will update ASAP.
Glad you're getting somewhere mate
joe_998 said:
Glad you're getting somewhere mate
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Sonofa--
I think I spoke too soon. I'm pretty sure the phone is now stuck in a bootloop.
I just keep getting the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" boot animation playing, sometimes it plays 5 seconds after another, then I leave it for like a minute before it plays it again. But it's stuck there.
...Unless ROMs have taken A VERY long time to start up since I last flashed. But I doubt it.
...My temper is slowly rising now.
Sent you a PM mate
Ok I have a rooted DHD running Cyanogenmod 7. Everything worked fine until I wanted to do a complete factory reset to just sort of clean the slate. I did do a backup of Titanium backup before I did it.
The process went like this I clicked the power button went into reboot recovery and clicked on wipe data/ factory reset, then everything finished. It then rebooted with cyanogenmod 7 which was ok and saw that my SD card wasnt erased.
So what I did was did another factory reset through settings. Then the phone restarted and cyanogenmod 7 starts up and now it cant read my SD card it says its either blank or unsupported file format.
What happened? anyway to recover it?
YAY!!!!!
Figured it out!!! What i did was i went down to the local store looking into buying a new SD card. I asked him if he could check to see if the SD card worked before I bought another one, so he stuck the SD card into his computer with one of those MicroSD to SD adapters and it popped up on his screen and he reformatted it and viola it was done and now my DHD recognizes it. Also he gave me the adapter for free sweet!
I have the same issue and have NOT solved it!
I had flashed the latest LeeDrOiD GB ROM (after doing ext4 wipe) and made a mistake, which ended up with my phone reverting itself back to stock after a wrong selection in bootloader. DOH!
Anyways, after my very brief experience on GB....and very good it was too - my phone was back at 1.32.405.6 with the standard radio.....absolutely back to bog standard.
I was advised on another thread that it was because id left an old stock rom on the SD card ........
After, again seeking advice on here, i removed the PD98.IMG file from the SD Card root. I then set about trying to re root and eng s-off/ radio s-off. This went smoothly ( to the best of my knowledge) i reloaded ROM manager and CWM and booted into recovery. This step went smoothly right up until i tried to select the .zip from the /sd card but an error came up saying something like " E:Can't mount /sdcard"
I rebooted the DHD and got the same message again I decided to copy over the card contents to a temp folder on my laptop and formatted the SD card with default settings and then copied back the card contents. This did not work either.
I have another sd card that i have also tried after formatting and i get exactly the same result. The cards contents are fine and can be read on either PC or laptop. I believe there is a setting/fault on the handset itself.
I dont know whether it has anything to do with SuperCID, as i did opt for that option when using the radio s-off tool.
i am now stuck with a DHD that is useless......
PLEASE HELP SOMEBODY......PLEASE????
Ive been trying literally since 8Oclock this morning..............
There may be a cash reward involved for the solution leading to my systems recovery......
All The best
@ LandUzu
Have you checked the settings in menu / settings / SD & phone storage / mount sdcard
If already mounted, try unmount / mount
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If you can't boot system;
Turn off phone & boot into bootloader (Hold vol down, keep pressed & then press power button once)
Recovery
Mounts & storage
Are you able to "mount USB storage" and see the 'drive' on your PC, or able to "mount sdcard" as well?
Also try;
Removing battery for a bit (not too sure what effect, if any)
Remove sdcard and physically look in the sdcard slot (use strong light) for bad / damaged contacts
Edit3:
* FULL format (not quick) in PC sdcard to fat32 default allocation
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App
Thanks for your suggestions......
UpInTheAir said:
@ LandUzu
Have you checked the settings in menu / settings / SD & phone storage / mount sdcard
If already mounted, try unmount / mount
Edit2:
If you can't boot system;
Turn off phone & boot into bootloader (Hold vol down, keep pressed & then press power button once)
Recovery
Mounts & storage
Are you able to "mount USB storage" and see the 'drive' on your PC, or able to "mount sdcard" as well?
Also try;
Removing battery for a bit (not too sure what effect, if any)
Remove sdcard and physically look in the sdcard slot (use strong light) for bad / damaged contacts
Edit3:
* FULL format (not quick) in PC sdcard to fat32 default allocation
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Hi there UpInTheAir,
Thanks for your suggestions, but i have already tried all of them prior to posting mate.
If i look via settings> sd & storage the card is 'unavailable' to mount or unmount.
If i attempt a mount via bootloader>recovery, i get 'Error mounting /sdcard'
And if i try to mount USB storage, i get 'E:Unable to write ums lunfile (No such file or directory)'
See why im banging my head against the wall?!
The contacts dont appear to be in any particular bad way and i have given it a good blow down the gap in case there was any dust........just cant work it out. The worst bit about all this, is that i had Lee's GB rom running SWEET n SMOOTH when i decided to reboot and all this happened. Im GUTTED!!!
Any further suggestions apart from send it back to HTC?
Regards
Most research points to a bad sdcard. But as you've posted earlier, you've tried two and both work on the PC.
If you cannot find a better or simple solution,...........have another idea;
Flash a stock RUU via PC. I helped Turkish Soldier try a couple months ago, but his was really bricked as his bootloader was already corrupted. We gave it a try, but the phone didn't end a communicating with the PC, so was back to HTC unfortunatey. But yours is different, you still have root & ENG S-off, so should work.
If the sdcard is still not accessable after, maybe it is a hardware fault.
Follow this guide:
[GUIDE] Installing RUU's
Follow the guide exactly and you should be right. Basically, you DL the test ROM and extract the 1.15 Utility. DL the 1.32 RUU and use the 1.15 utility to push it to your phone.
You can also DL the 2 required ROM's from here:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
If all goes well;
You'll need to do all the Visionary - S-Off - ENG S-Off etc again if your able to mount the sdcard. If not, I don't know, as I said, maybe hardware fault.
I hope someone comes up with a simple solution for you, best of luck
Thanks again,
UpInTheAir said:
Most research points to a bad sdcard. But as you've posted earlier, you've tried two and both work on the PC.
If you cannot find a better or simple solution,...........have another idea;
Flash a stock RUU via PC. I helped Turkish Soldier try a couple months ago, but his was really bricked as his bootloader was already corrupted. We gave it a try, but the phone didn't end a communicating with the PC, so was back to HTC unfortunatey. But yours is different, you still have root & ENG S-off, so should work.
If the sdcard is still not accessable after, maybe it is a hardware fault.
Follow this guide:
[GUIDE] Installing RUU's
Follow the guide exactly and you should be right. Basically, you DL the test ROM and extract the 1.15 Utility. DL the 1.32 RUU and use the 1.15 utility to push it to your phone.
You can also DL the 2 required ROM's from here:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
If all goes well;
You'll need to do all the Visionary - S-Off - ENG S-Off etc again if your able to mount the sdcard. If not, I don't know, as I said, maybe hardware fault.
I hope someone comes up with a simple solution for you, best of luck
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Thankyou for this lifeline, i will try right now and report back my out come.
Cheers matey.
LandUzu said:
Thankyou for this lifeline, i will try right now and report back my out come.
Cheers matey.
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Well thew results are in, and they aint good!! i tried both methods in that tut and neither could awaken the acknowledgement of the /sdcard by the DHD.
Im now intrigued more than upset as to what is causing the lack of comms between the 2, but that is a quirk of modern technology i guess.
Thanks again UpInTheAir for your valued assistance. I think we can safely say the DHD is f**ked.
I have organised a repair and hope to hell my carrier doesnt replace it with an unflashable software version number!!!
Kind Regards & thanks once again.
LandUzu
No worries.
I did you manage to "downgrade" to stock RUU via PC ?
Or you downgraded, but sdcard still wouldn't mount?
If you managed to flash the stock somehow, would have removed the CWM recovery & HBOOT. All I think you need to do now is use jkoljo's tool to S-On, and it will be stock as, except for your sdcard-DHD-sdcard inoperable.
To go back to S-ON:
Flash stock ROM (RUU, not over 1.7)
Temproot using Visionary
Use my tool, do Stock CID and S-ON (enter brand CID if you had a branded device, see second post)
Enjoy your factory-state phone
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Just to be safe, check with another card at the HTC service center, never know........
Sorry I can't help further, never know, could be an easy fix somewhere, but seems unlikely.
Managed to downgrade but still no cigar!!
UpInTheAir said:
No worries.
I did you manage to "downgrade" to stock RUU via PC ?
Or you downgraded, but sdcard still wouldn't mount?
If you managed to flash the stock somehow, would have removed the CWM recovery & HBOOT. All I think you need to do now is use jkoljo's tool to S-On, and it will be stock as, except for your sdcard-DHD-sdcard inoperable.
Just to be safe, check with another card at the HTC service center, never know........
Sorry I can't help further, never know, could be an easy fix somewhere, but seems unlikely.
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Thanks, i didnt know whether to bother doing that or not, may as well save any hassle from the carrier or HTC.
Ive been searching the house high and low for an sdcard to tes....out of interest, what is the minimum suitable size for the DHD to run (basics)
Regards
LandUzu
I have read somewhere in the downgrade forums that a min of 2gb needed for goldcard, but as for as actual use goes, not to sure. In any case full format fat32 default allocation prior to any test.
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Well, last night, after doing a complete wipe, INCLUDING the /system partition, my sd card would not eject properly. (Using Lion OSX 10.7.1)
So, I manually ejected it; when I tried to reboot the phone, it wouldn't boot.
To make a long story short, basically, in CWM, when I tried to flash anything, or recover my backup, I keep getting the "E": SD Card not recognized, won't mount" error, no matter what I do.
I tried to format my card, I tried a different card, but no matter what, my phone won't recognize my sd card. Also, it used to give me the option of flashing from my "internal" sd card, but that option does NOT show up in the CWM menu anymore, Probably because I formatted my system partition..
I had formatted the system partition a few times before, when I had fc's after trying a different theme or rom, but, I was always able to get back into recovery, and flash something that fixed it.
Is there anything else I can do at this point? My phone isn't "seen" by my computer anymore, so I can't get anything on to it directly, and it won't recognize my sd card, no matter what I do..
Thanks for any help or ideas you can offer
use odin to flash back to stockhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
thanks for the suggestion, but I'm on mac OSX Lion; Odin won't work on it
Try this on your Mac http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
sk63 said:
Try this on your Mac http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
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Thanks, but all that does is root the phone and install a rooted kernel..not a rom which is what is needed to boot the phone, and its already rooted
looks like its time to get a PC..
I just had the same SD error in CWM, ODIN'd a fresh CWM 5023 and back to working again! I was worried it was going to be a serious issue (had similar problems with a Vibrant that rubbed me the wrong way) But it was an easy fix
fortunately, the good folks at Best Buy had no problem swapping my phone for me..
Thanks for your suggestions, and be careful when you wipe your /system partition!
wase4711 said:
Thanks, but all that does is root the phone and install a rooted kernel..not a rom which is what is needed to boot the phone, and its already rooted
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Not true. Heimdall does the samething as odin does. I use heimdall instead of odin most of he time. Its better.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!!
Interesting; do you need the GUI front end, or do you do everything through command line?
Fortunately, I got a new phone from Best buy today, so my immediate issue is fixed; I was just wondering about using it sort of like ADB to push stuff through via a mac..
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scottgti said:
CM
I had an Inc for a while, I have moved on to a RAZR maxx. I haven't worked on an Inc for a while. My friend asked me to help her. She is totally stock. Low storage space warning. Factory reset , from ROM or hboot , leads to android with triangle/exclamation mark. I think she tried to update OTA and the download failed. She has 3mb free. Under "SD and phone storage" the internal phone storage lists the total and available space as "unavailable". When I try to go to recovery from hboot it sounds like a bad hard drive, not the phone vibing but a drive spinning up an stopping a couple of times. Any help or recommendations? Thanks.
Scott
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You need to do an ruu thru hboot. Download this http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.15/PB31IMG.zip and place it on your sdcard in no folders. Boot to hboot and wait a few secs, hboot should find the file and prompt you to press vol up to install. That will ensure everything is there and not corrupt.
Then you will want to root the phone, and flash the ext4 no data limit mod, or flash a rom that its built into. That will solve the low space issue.
Fyi, these phones do not have hard drives with spinning disks like pc's. They use flash memory which is a chip, no moving parts.
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I pm'd cm for help, but figured I would start a thread. I tried to do an ruu through hboot, but the file isn't recognized. I formatted the SD on my computer using SD formatter 3.1 and also formatted in the phone. I downloaded the file twice. I tried 2 sd cards. I have flashed radios and such in the past, so I am familiar with the process, and it is ignoring the file on the SD card. The phone boots up and seems to run okay, but I can't factory reset it. I know that it has flash memory, I was trying to make the point that it isn't "vibing", but it is making a slight buzz when recovery is selected. Any help is appreciated.
scottgti said:
I pm'd cm for help, but figured I would start a thread. I tried to do an ruu through hboot, but the file isn't recognized. I formatted the SD on my computer using SD formatter 3.1 and also formatted in the phone. I downloaded the file twice. I tried 2 sd cards. I have flashed radios and such in the past, so I am familiar with the process, and it is ignoring the file on the SD card. The phone boots up and seems to run okay, but I can't factory reset it. I know that it has flash memory, I was trying to make the point that it isn't "vibing", but it is making a slight buzz when recovery is selected. Any help is appreciated.
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What hboot version doed the phone currently have. If its 1.02 or 1.07 you can try to use htcdev site to unlock it, then get a custom recovery on there. If you can accomplish that, then you can see if recovery will see the sdcard. If it can read it, you can wipe everything and flash a custom rom.
cmlusco said:
What hboot version doed the phone currently have. If its 1.02 or 1.07 you can try to use htcdev site to unlock it, then get a custom recovery on there. If you can accomplish that, then you can see if recovery will see the sdcard. If it can read it, you can wipe everything and flash a custom rom.
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It has 0.92.0000.
scottgti said:
It has 0.92.0000.
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Well if you can boot you can try an ruu exe with your pc.
Hey all,
Recently I tried to format my sd card from my phone to create extra space, as it was getting clogged up. I pressed unmount, expecting to mount it again as the format option was greyed out. However, I was unable to get it mounted again (ie my phone no longer recognises a sd card is inserted).
I tried to perform a factory rest to get my phone back to the settings it should have once had. However it didn't manage to do this properly and now its stuck at the htc logo screen. Formating or partitioning the sd card didnt do a thing.
I can get into the bootloader, and it was rooted beforehand. I was running the official Miui ROM. Now I am unable to start my phone normally, nor get into access my sd card.
Unfortunetly, I have had my phone for quiet a long time now so I doubt the warranty is still valid. I need help urgently.
Thanks in advance.
Try clearing cache and data and then install a new rom for example Jellytime r26.2.
if it dont work the first time try one more time. I had the same issue ones and had to install the rom twice before it worked.
lachy92 said:
Hey all,
Recently I tried to format my sd card from my phone to create extra space, as it was getting clogged up. I pressed unmount, expecting to mount it again as the format option was greyed out. However, I was unable to get it mounted again (ie my phone no longer recognises a sd card is inserted).
I tried to perform a factory rest to get my phone back to the settings it should have once had. However it didn't manage to do this properly and now its stuck at the htc logo screen. Formating or partitioning the sd card didnt do a thing.
I can get into the bootloader, and it was rooted beforehand. I was running the official Miui ROM. Now I am unable to start my phone normally, nor get into access my sd card.
Unfortunetly, I have had my phone for quiet a long time now so I doubt the warranty is still valid. I need help urgently.
Thanks in advance.
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Are you S-OFF? Can you get into recovery? through the bootloader? If so, just flash a new ROM through recovery.
How did you try to do a factory reset? If you can get into the bootloader, go to recovery if you have it. Then see if the sdcard is being recognized or not. If it is getting recognized, put the zip of any ROM on it and flash it after wiping like the guy above me said.
Post what your bootloader screen says here. Your phone is far from being bricked as far as I know.
RESOLVED
I've managed to resolve this issue. For the benefit of others I will explain what I did.
1)I went into fastboot mode and connected my phone to my pc (running windows 7). Using cmd I reflashed the recovery image.
2)Went into recovery and installed a custom ROM.
I hope this helps you as it really saved my life.
P.S Cheers for all the help guys, you've been amazing!
lachy92 said:
I've managed to resolve this issue. For the benefit of others I will explain what I did.
1)I went into fastboot mode and connected my phone to my pc (running windows 7). Using cmd I reflashed the recovery image.
2)Went into recovery and installed a custom ROM.
I hope this helps you as it really saved my life.
P.S Cheers for all the help guys, you've been amazing!
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I formated and wiped all the data i could from the phone itself and the from recovery. Lucky you were right about me being far away from bricking it completely.
Since I firstly unmounted my sd card from my phone settings, it didnt get recognised at all. I couldnt mount it again. So i formatted it with windows, then in recovery made a backup image despite the phone being stuck in bootloop. That allowed me to finally access my sd card for some reason.
Then as you all suggested, i just needed to reflash everything, including recovery using fastboot.
Bit of a strange scenario really
Lesson learned ? :
1.) If youre going to start from scratch then start in Recovery;
2.) wipe all partitions (twice)
3.) enable USB drive and transfer new ROM to SD Root
4.) flash new ROM
lachy92 said:
I formated and wiped all the data i could from the phone itself and the from recovery. Lucky you were right about me being far away from bricking it completely.
Since I firstly unmounted my sd card from my phone settings, it didnt get recognised at all. I couldnt mount it again. So i formatted it with windows, then in recovery made a backup image despite the phone being stuck in bootloop. That allowed me to finally access my sd card for some reason.
Then as you all suggested, i just needed to reflash everything, including recovery using fastboot.
Bit of a strange scenario really
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hi lachy92, by formatted all the data, you mean wipe data/factory reset in the recovery? coz i have same problem with you, i tried to install new rom from the recovery, but the recovery always shows cant open sd card, installation aborted, can you help me pliz