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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!

cm7 and cm7r2 hboot rom won't boot

Hi i am using my desire fir nearly 2 yrs and have flash many roms with all hboot. Now when i'm trying to flash a rom with either cm7 or cm7r2 hboot , the phone won't boot. I have fllow the instruction on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192984 but still the same. can anyone help me to sort it out.
Thanks in advance

What hboot you have now and what is the rom in question?
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I have the same problem..
I'm trying to use sebastian15's Runnymede 4.8 ROM.
Any ideas?
I flashed the CM7r2 hboot, wiped data, cache, dalvik, rebooted to recovery, flashed ROM, rebooted, now I'm stuck at HTC splash screen.

Yorba said:
I have the same problem..
I'm trying to use sebastian15's Runnymede 4.8 ROM.
Any ideas?
I flashed the CM7r2 hboot, wiped data, cache, dalvik, rebooted to recovery, flashed ROM, rebooted, now I'm stuck at HTC splash screen.
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I guess you should partition your SD card: the most common is 1gb ext, rest is fat.

I already did that using gparted. 1gb ext4 and rest fat32

Set both partitions primary? Created first FAT and then EXT partition?
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ya both are Set primary partitions . I have created the fat partition first and then ext 4.

rajesh1108 said:
ya both are Set primary partitions . I have created the fat partition first and then ext 4.
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Same here guys,
CM7r2, 1GB EXT4, 7GBFAT32. Used Aurora 0.41, decided to change to insertacoin as aurora wasn't very stable and looked like partition wasn't working correctly. Pus, EXT4 partition is gone aswell
My sd card isnt readable on Recovery either (recognisable on pc though).
I've tried fastboot oem enable qxdm 0 - Still nothing. Card gives "unable to mount" message. Been at this for 8 hours now....
BUT, when i insert different sd card - seems fine...

vidrom said:
Same here guys,
CM7r2, 1GB EXT4, 7GBFAT32. Used Aurora 0.41, decided to change to insertacoin as aurora wasn't very stable and looked like partition wasn't working correctly. Pus, EXT4 partition is gone aswell
My sd card isnt readable on Recovery either (recognisable on pc though).
I've tried fastboot oem enable qxdm 0 - Still nothing. Card gives "unable to mount" message. Been at this for 8 hours now....
BUT, when i insert different sd card - seems fine...
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OHHHHHH,
Finally looks like i'm all working.
I had to use my spare sd card to load Oxygen http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971904
This enabled me to reformat my sd card (that was unrecognisable previously) on my phone - after rebooting the phone twice to recognise the card ( mounting and dismounting).
Card is now back to full capacity of 8GB. I've applied EXT4 1GB again, loaded Insertcoin and it's all GOOD!!!!
In terms of faulty EXT4 - performing fastboot oem enable qxdm 0 seemed to erase all the partitions and bring the card to factory state.
Hope some of you will find it useful.
Good luck to yall and MASSIVE thanks to those posting advice on this forum!!!

The case of vidrom is not the same as mine. see the first post it state clearly that i can't flash rom with cm7 or cm7r2 hboot. nothing to do with card can't recognise. I'm still searching for a solution.

Hey rajesh1108,
Have you tried flashing with Android Flasher ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638
I found it to be the easiest way to getting around flashing.
I was once stuck with at boot load and basically redid everything from the beginning using a different guide. Try following this:
http://androidforums.com/desire-all...all-about-rooting-updated-21-july-2011-a.html
Sorry i cant be specific - i'm quite new to all this.
GOOD LUCK!

What rom are you trying to flash?
@vidrom:
Excuse me, but how should your post help the OP?

I solved my problem! Updated my recovery to a new version of Clockwork using ROM Manager.

i'm trying to flash runnymede 4.8.
Yorba which version of recovery are u using. how did u proceed. updated recovery and then flash hboot(cm7r2) and then flash your rom?

I would flash Hboot, recovery and then rom. Are you sure you wiped everything? Created an ext4 partition with at least 512 MB?

ya i have flash the same way you have mention and my ext 4 is 1gb

Phone is wiped, manual flash of system

i wiped and formatted everything on my phone and i dont have an external sdcard anymore and my phone wont boot. i have cwm recovery and i can enter that but it shows in mounts and storage that everything is unmounted. I can mount them all except sdcard and sd-ext
i downloaded a RUU and tried to manually flash the system image back to the phone but it says its "FAILED <remote: not allowed>"
does anyone have a tutorial i can follow or provide me some instructions on what to do, it would be very helpful
thanks

prkchop said:
i wiped and formatted everything on my phone and i dont have an external sdcard anymore and my phone wont boot. i have cwm recovery and i can enter that but it shows in mounts and storage that everything is unmounted. I can mount them all except sdcard and sd-ext
i downloaded a RUU and tried to manually flash the system image back to the phone but it says its "FAILED <remote: not allowed>"
does anyone have a tutorial i can follow or provide me some instructions on what to do, it would be very helpful
thanks
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If you dont have an sdcard, there is no way to do an ruu or flash a rom, unless you already have a rom on your emmc. You will need to get an sdcard, load a PB31IMG.zip ruu, and flash it thru hboot. Or put a rom on an sd and flash it thru recovery.

thats what i thought, any way to adb push to emmc?

prkchop said:
thats what i thought, any way to adb push to emmc?
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Yes a dB push thefile.zip /emmc/whatyourfoldersnamed
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prkchop said:
thats what i thought, any way to adb push to emmc?
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You can't flash an ruu from emmc
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[Q] 4EXT Touch Recovery

I have rooted the phone, then S-OFF and installed 4EXT Touch recovery with Stock Hboot, but when I boot into recovery I am getting following message
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ATTN: recovery is in safe mode, this is because the following partition is not accessible: "system". Please enter the wipe menu and format system.
If you changed hboot, you should choose to format all partition (except sdcard). Afterwards please reboot recovery.
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Is this normal or I am missing something here, I need to flash custom ROM, is it ok to go ahead even with this message showing or do I need to fix this issue before I proceed with the ROM flashing.
Thanks for the support.

There is this option Wipe Format on 4ext recovery. Just format whatever it is its asking you to format. Obviously you'll lose whatever rom you are using so you'll have to reflash. Its not normal to have that message. Just do what it wants and reboot and it should clear up.
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srbutt said:
I have rooted the phone, then S-OFF and installed 4EXT Touch recovery with Stock Hboot, but when I boot into recovery I am getting following message
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ATTN: recovery is in safe mode, this is because the following partition is not accessible: "system". Please enter the wipe menu and format system.
If you changed hboot, you should choose to format all partition (except sdcard). Afterwards please reboot recovery.
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Is this normal or I am missing something here, I need to flash custom ROM, is it ok to go ahead even with this message showing or do I need to fix this issue before I proceed with the ROM flashing.
Thanks for the support.
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I had the same problem after changing hboot. I just format all partitions except sdcard and it solve the problem.

I got the same problem today. Could it be something wrong with the flash of different Hboot?

Format all partitions. If that doesnt work delete the 4ext folder on the sdcard.
Its not much of a problem. I've gotten the error and continued to flash a ROM and everything went well.
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I've had that a few times aswell I just wipe all except sdcard and reboot recovery and the its fine
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It is perfectly normal. HBOOT divides internal memory into 'system', 'cache', and 'data' partitions. Different HBOOT versions set different sizes for these partitions, so when you change HBOOT your internal memory is all 'messed up' until the partitions are formatted.

I experienced a usb brick a while ago when I changed hboot and tried to wipe in 4ext. 4ext detected this and fixed it with no issues.
I asked max about it and his advice was to always format all except sd and then change hboot.
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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