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[Q] CWM can't mount sd-ext

After I read through several hundred pages on different topics but all treating the sd-ext one or the other way, I still think, that my problem has another twist.
I recently rooted my phone and I'm running Leedroid 3.0.8.2 APSD with S-On. Now everything runs perfectly: quick system info shows my apsd partition, apps are saved there (also new ones I installed after flashing the rom), titanium backups them and my phone runs smoothly.
But, clockworkmod cannot mount the sd-ext, cannot backup it nor restore it. And root explorer cannot find it.
I tried to format the sd card and remaking the partitions. I tried all other solutions I found on xda, but the problem remains.
Can anyone help?
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hi,
seems that your problem is your CWM version, already read a problem's like this.. buggy recovery.
look into devlopment thread recovery cwm, think this issue is related there.
depends the version u got
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112658
be aware that to flash new recovery, best way is to be s-off
hope this help

How did you format it? With Linux or the Rommanager,...? Is this problem new?
Maybe you have to flash a new version of the Clockworkmod. Therefore you would have to S-off the device.
Please give us more information.

I made the partions using MiniTool Partition Wizard on Windows. I have cwm 2.5.0.7. But the first time I made the partitions I used the rommanager.
The thing is, that the root explorer doesn't recognize the sd-ext either. I will try to flash a new recovery though. Can't I use unrevoked for this too?
The format of the sd-ext partition is ext3.
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After the first partitioning, I zipalingned the sd-ext using the recommended tool by Leedroid. But after that I was stuck on the splash screen, so I remade the partitions using MiniTool.
Then I was able to flash the rom and get my phone going again, but had the problem with sd-ext.
A week later, I wiped the sdcard anew and tried again, but the problem persisted.
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I had a similar problem. I solved it by flashing the alignment patch twice (first time: splash screen freeze, second time: bootup and mountable in recovery)
Goodluck
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Please try to format the card with linux, the rommanager or the cwm. It is only possible to flash another recovery when you are s-off as far as I know.
You can also backup the data with linux. Copy the files to the card back and restore the ext in the recovery otherwise it won't work. I would also backup the apps with TB before just to be on the safe site.
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Hi don 't use alignment zip iit was design for typical rom (data2ext ) 'use instead gpartes but since your rom with a2sd or whtever with ext boot means that U got a working ext fs... To see what is stored in ext use quick system info or browse to system/sd directory.
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Hello!
I think, your ext is working well. If its not working, you should not be able to use the Rom as you described. As written by other user, look with root explorer into the directory /system/sd. Here you see the content of the ext-partition. You won't see a folder like /sd-ext in a file explorer. On a running phone the Fat32 partition of sd-card is accessable as /sdcard, the ext-partition as /system/sd .
After you mount your sd-ext in recovery, look into the mounts section, there you should see a line called unmount sd-ext - if you see this, the ext-partition should be successfully mounted. In recovery with mounted sd-ext you should be able to access ext-partition with adb, mounted as /sd-ext
Hope what I have written makes sense
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Ah, I always thought that I should look for a folder called sd-ext. I know think that the problem lies with the cwm and the fact that v2.5.0.7 doesn't recognize my sd-ext partition, probably because it is ext3. The sd-ext partition isn't and cannot be mounted in recovery.
You think flashing a new recovery could help? And if yes, what is the best way to flash it when s-on?
Thanks!
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I would try to format the card again (with linux or the rommanager, cwm).
You have to be S-Off to flash a new recovery as I told you before.
Therefore I would first try to format the sd card again (not with windows).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112658 if you want to flash a new version (You would have to s-off the device. It could be that you have to install a ruu and reroot the device for that procedure, because alpharev is not able to install the hboot with every rom)

Taiko0 said:
Ah, I always thought that I should look for a folder called sd-ext. I know think that the problem lies with the cwm and the fact that v2.5.0.7 doesn't recognize my sd-ext partition, probably because it is ext3. The sd-ext partition isn't and cannot be mounted in recovery.
You think flashing a new recovery could help? And if yes, what is the best way to flash it when s-on?
Thanks!
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I Use the same recovery like u. No problems with ext-partition (ext3) here. I don't believe its your recovery, I think its your sd-card or partition. Download gparted boot cd, burn it to cd, boot it. Delete at first all partitions on the sd-card, kick apply! Then build new partitions. There are a lot videos in YouTube about using gparted if necessary.
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anderl78 said:
I Use the same recovery like u. No problems with ext-partition (ext3) here. I don't believe its your recovery, I think its your sd-card or partition. Download gparted boot cd, burn it to cd, boot it. Delete at first all partitions on the sd-card, kick apply! Then build new partitions. There are a lot videos in YouTube about using gparted if necessary.
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Backup your card first lol...

BigMrB said:
Backup your card first lol...
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Yep!
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I tried using CWM to do the partitions, but couldn't find the command. Either way, I think I leave it at that, at least until the next update of Leedroid, as the Rom, TB and everything else works perfectly.
If any of you has another idea... Btw, does it matter which class of sdcard one has?
Thanks!
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Taiko0 said:
I tried using CWM to do the partitions, but couldn't find the command. Either way, I think I leave it at that, at least until the next update of Leedroid, as the Rom, TV and everything else works perfectly.
If any of you has another idea... Btw, does it matter which class of sdcard one has?
Thanks!
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Gparted is good to use... No class shouldn't make a difference for partitioning on speed of data transfer etc
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Solved
Finally solved my problem! I s-offed my desire and flashed AmonRa, did the sd-ext repair and got it going! thanks all of you for your support!

[Q] SD partitioning!?

Hi,
I have been googling an searching in this forum all seem to get is ooold posts...
My issue is partitioning my SD since the internal memory disappears like yesterday. From what I have found the proper way to do this is to connect the SD to external device ---> boot linux and do it in gparted (Ubuntu 11.04 liveCD).
Yeah, that work like a charm... NOT... well actually it partitions the fat32 and ext4 partition... not problem but when I try to mount the ext4 partitions it doesnt work! I presume it suppose to work...
The other thing I tried was to partition with clockwork recovery, that to worked fine but no partition.
- Hope I understand this correct but if one would partition in clockwork recovery I would be able to see this partition in gparted when done, right?
- And when I start to partition the SD I should have one fat32 partition consumes the whole SD or should I leave the size of ext4 unpartitioned?
Can someone pretty please guide me thrue this please... and before you say it Yes I have found previous guides about this but not work for me...
What is the latest Clockwork recovery and Amon RA recovery?
- Which one work best with partitioning?
Oh, I should perhaps mentions what phone and ROM....
Phone: HTC Desire
SD: Sandisk 32GB class 6
ROM: GingerBurst (seems good) or if somebody have any other suggestion... like sence and weather widget....

CRzz said:
What is the latest Clockwork recovery and Amon RA recovery?
- Which one work best with partitioning?
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Check out the recovery in my signature.

Hi,
I also had loads of probelms with this...
If you want to partition you SD card via recovery i strongly recommend AmonRA.
If partitioning via gparted didn't work for your sdcard (which is odd...) i recommend using a simple Windows app called MiniTool Partititoning Wizard (it's free)...so just dl that app,enable usb debbuging on your Desire,plug in the phone,run the app, and follow this simple video tut> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCV7Eu1pjWQ

k3lcior said:
Check out the recovery in my signature.
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Wow... I did.... flashed that recovery...at the moment I am flashing ROM.
Will let u know if it works, noticed that the recovery always say that my sd-ext partition is unformated everytime when I start it... thats odd.
I will let u know if it works.
BIG thank you this far!

Oh, I must forgotten to post what happened...
I was not able to flash new Rom with my 32gb SD but when I tried my 4gb SD card it worked fine. I would guess that there is something wrong with my SD card. I shall buy a new one and se what happens...
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CRzz said:
Oh, I must forgotten to post what happened...
I was not able to flash new Rom with my 32gb SD but when I tried my 4gb SD card it worked fine. I would guess that there is something wrong with my SD card. I shall buy a new one and se what happens...
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Before doing that make sure that both your partitions are primary and you have unchecked the "Take ownership of filesystem" option in Disk Utility from Ubuntu.

paul.c said:
Before doing that make sure that both your partitions are primary and you have unchecked the "Take ownership of filesystem" option in Disk Utility from Ubuntu.
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Thats something new... I didn't see anything about that in the guides. Can that option give me my issues if enabled?
Which if the two default partitioning tools are you referring to in Ubuntu?
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CRzz said:
Thats something new... I didn't see anything about that in the guides. Can that option give me my issues if enabled?
Which if the two default partitioning tools are you referring to in Ubuntu?
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I only know gparted (gnome partiton editor).

MatDrOiD said:
I only know gparted (gnome partiton editor).
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Muuu... No change there....

Best partitioning for a HTC Desire

Hello,
I have a rooted Desire with CM7. I will use ROM manager + ClockworkMod recovery to partition my mobile. 32 GB scandisk class 4 (I want for Ap2SD mostly)
The settings which I followed are:
Swap = 64
Ext3 = 2048
Fat32 = Remainder
Is it good configuration?
Also this video at youtube . com / watch?v=M3RMJdpfHIc (I cant post links yet) explains with simple steps (and with an annoying voice) the process which you have to follow.
I know there are a lot of posts around but I didnt find any straightforward. Please inform me if I have to change anything in my configuration.
Thank you
Cheers.

Use GParted on Windows or 4EXT Recovery on your phone to partition.
Swap=0 (most if not all roms have it like this)
EXT= 4ext is better (1-2GB most of the time 1GB is enough)
Fat32 = Remainder

depends which rom you want to use, read OP for rom they will usually recommend partion sizes..alot say 1gb to 1.5GB for ext4 or can cause problems

Thank you very much for helping,
do you have any link for the cyanogenmod 7 partition sizes?
Cheers

c0nfuser said:
Thank you very much for helping,
do you have any link for the cyanogenmod 7 partition sizes?
Cheers
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Do you mean HBoot partition sizes? Alpharev.nl is the site you ought to visit for that.
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c0nfuser said:
Thank you very much for helping,
do you have any link for the cyanogenmod 7 partition sizes?
Cheers
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For Cyanogenmod 7 there is no need to partition your SD card with an EXT4 size, because it does not support scripts like A2SD+ officially. If you want to use it anyway, you will find a guide in thread for Cyanogenmod.

stankyou said:
Use GParted on Windows or 4EXT Recovery on your phone to partition.
Swap=0 (most if not all roms have it like this)
EXT= 4ext is better (1-2GB most of the time 1GB is enough)
Fat32 = Remainder
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Use this it is the best
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I've tried a lot of different roms and with 1 Gb Ext and the rest Fat32 I've never had problem

I would definitely use 4EXT Recovery for partitioning your SD card. WAAAAAYYYYY easier than using gparted or anything else. And it'll automatically align your partitions & format them correctly. You probably won't even want to go back to Clockwork Mod recovery after using it. You can download the 4EXT Recovery Control app from the Market, and install the latest touch recovery.

[Q] HTC Desire not booting after installing rom of RSK TEAM ★ with AMAZE CAM [v.5.0]

[Q] HTC Desire not booting after installing rom of RSK TEAM ★ with AMAZE CAM [v.5.0]
Hello All,
I tried to install [ROM][20.02.12][★★ SMS ★★ ] by ★ RSK TEAM ★ with AMAZE CAM [v.5.0][CM7R2][STOCK] after full wipe, wipe cache and everything.
I was able to see the message that it is installed successfully but after rebooting the device it never comes up.
Can anyone please help me on it.
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards,
Bhavik

A little bit more information would be very helpful
Do have a ext-partition?
Which size?
What hboot do you have?
The fact that recovery said installed successfully basically means nothing, because it just informs you that updater-script finished.
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Yes. I got it corrected. I checked out and there was no sd-ext so I created one but still now my problem is
2 partition in sd card
1. fat32 - 5329 MB
2. ext2 - 1024 MB
I transferred the file to fat32 partition but when I go to revolutionary and try to select file from card it is saying no file found.

Ok, first I would change ext to ext3 or 4.
You say that the rom.zip is not found, which confuses me a little bit. Have you chosen apply update.zip and it is not found or have you chosen flash .zip from SD-Card and you can't find it?
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bhavikfuletra said:
Yes. I got it corrected. I checked out and there was no sd-ext so I created one but still now my problem is
2 partition in sd card
1. fat32 - 5329 MB
2. ext2 - 1024 MB
I transferred the file to fat32 partition but when I go to revolutionary and try to select file from card it is saying no file found.
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use gparted to format ext4 partition. both fat32 and ext4 must be primary, first fat32 fallowed by ext4
i'm using this ROM now and i'm very happy with it.

I'm using the rom but I have different problem, when I have a call, there is no "reject" button on the lockscreen (see attached pic). However function works fine and I can reject the call.
Any ideas???

nlooooo said:
I'm using the rom but I have different problem, when I have a call, there is no "reject" button on the lockscreen (see attached pic). However function works fine and I can reject the call.
Any ideas???
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Developer it's working on a new release and very soon will be released.
You can post your issue also in rom's thread.
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bhavikfuletra said:
Yes. I got it corrected. I checked out and there was no sd-ext so I created one but still now my problem is
2 partition in sd card
1. fat32 - 5329 MB
2. ext2 - 1024 MB
I transferred the file to fat32 partition but when I go to revolutionary and try to select file from card it is saying no file found.
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Sorry, I was a little bit selfish.
Try this:
- flash 4ext recovery (you can do it after you instal 4ext recovery updater from the 4ext site, you can google it easily) it has more tools then cwm recovery (revolutionary that you mentioned)
- there you have tools for partitioning of your SD card and sd-ext formating so you can switch your ext2 to ext4 because rom requires ext4
- then try to install rom, (my recommendation is to try to flash CM7 r2 hboot because rom will work much smoothly and you will have bigger internal memory)
- if you choose cm7 r2 hboot use generic a2sd, not a2sdx, maybe you will have smaller memory but it will work much faster
I hope I helped, and if you need any more help I'm opened to provide it. I tried numerous roms so far with different hboots and I managed to solve almost all of the issues I had.
Cheers!!!

sdcard damaged after partition with Gparted or Partition Wizard

Hello everyone. I have searched several threads before I am doing this thread but since I am newbie to all rooting and partitioning it might I am not understanding the different methods. I have this HTC Desire rooted with Unrevoked 3.32. I have installed Cyanogenmod 7.2 and have a 16Gb Sdcard Sandisk Class 2. I have read that to partition with ROM Manager and Clockworkmod is risky, so I didnt went for it (maybe I misunderstood). So I went to use Gparted and also Partition Wizard but with same outcome. I partitioned it with FAT32 and EXT2 and even EXT3 but when I mount it on phone it says SDcard damaged and needs to format it. I know that there are several threads with this problem and I am sorry if I created another but maybe I am missing something. Any help please is appreciated.

Go here:
www.4ext.net
Download recovery updater and use it to flash 4ext recovery. Use it to repartition your sd card.
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Did you just added the ext4 partition or reformated the card completely?
I think, that gparted you be sufficient....I did it with gparted too and witout problems...
if 4ext doesn't help, try to completery reformat your card, ie delete all partitions and create new table and recreate partitions. Remeber to make the first partition FAT32 and the second partition ext4 (in this order).
Don't make to ext4 partition bigger that 1.5GB

I used both Gparted and Partition Wizard. created fat32 and tried both ext2 and 3 but not 4 but same problem, partitions created but phone says that sdcard damaged and needs to format. 4ext is user friendly or is there any tutorials for it?
power10000 said:
Did you just added the ext4 partition or reformated the card completely?
I think, that gparted you be sufficient....I did it with gparted too and witout problems...
if 4ext doesn't help, try to completery reformat your card, ie delete all partitions and create new table and recreate partitions. Remeber to make the first partition FAT32 and the second partition ext4 (in this order).
Don't make to ext4 partition bigger that 1.5GB
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joetwila said:
I used both Gparted and Partition Wizard. created fat32 and tried both ext2 and 3 but not 4 but same problem, partitions created but phone says that sdcard damaged and needs to format. 4ext is user friendly or is there any tutorials for it?
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http://4ext.net/
just download the updater app and flash recovery from within the app
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jmcclue said:
http://4ext.net/
just download the updater app and flash recovery from within the app
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Don't bother, people don't want to listen.
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thanks to all. Will have to S-off first it seems. Will do and try the apps 4ext