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Hi,
I keep getting this error - Mounted Readonly.... the sd card has an unexpected problem.
I installed the NextSense 3.0 Rom earlier, it worked fine for a while until i installed some apps to the sd card and then this error kept appearing.
I searched for solutions and every one involved removing apps, especially task killer. I have removed everything and the problem persists. Does anyone know what the problem is?
Failing that i'm going to wipe everything and start again, can anyone tell me how to correctly wipe and repartition everything? The instructions I found to partition are:
"Partition SD" SWAP=0, EXT2=512, FAT32=<remaining>
then "SD:ext2 to ext3"
any advice would be great, thanks!
markeh said:
Hi,
I keep getting this error - I installed the NextSense 3.0 Rom earlier, it worked fine for a while until i installed some apps to the sd card and then this error kept appearing.
I searched for solutions and every one involved removing apps, especially task killer. I have removed everything and the problem persists. Does anyone know what the problem is?
Failing that i'm going to wipe everything and start again, can anyone tell me how to correctly wipe and repartition everything? The instructions I found to partition are:
"Partition SD" SWAP=0, EXT2=512, FAT32=<remaining>
then "SD:ext2 to ext3"
any advice would be great, thanks!
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Not sure it's all that helpful, but I had the same problem with ieftm's Official 2.2 ROM. The problem seemed to go away after I connected via USB to my pc and selected the 'Disk Drive' option on selection type on my Desire. After I disconnected, all was good.
I had this problem also. So i just popped the card in my computer and reformatted it with Gparted (in linux). If you don't use linux, i'm sure you could still format it in windows to fat32, but then you'll need to create an ext partition via the phone.
thanks for the reply, thats what happened when the problem first occured. I had it connected as a disk drive to copy some apps to the sd card and after disconnecting it the error started.
i tried it all again nothing helps
Mountainjew said:
I had this problem also. So i just popped the card in my computer and reformatted it with Gparted (in linux). If you don't use linux, i'm sure you could still format it in windows to fat32, but then you'll need to create an ext partition via the phone.
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grrr i hate taking it out of the silicon case, incase it goes all saggy.
thanks, i'll give that a try
I also had the problem when I tested ieftm 2.2 rom, I changed to another, using recovery to format and partition the SD card, and everything went back to normal.
Any suggestions... Tried adb shell mount /sdcard and everthing else I've found...
bergkuh said:
Any suggestions... Tried adb shell mount /sdcard and everthing else I've found...
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Like i suggesetd before. Take the card out of the phone and plug it into an sdcard reader and format it that way.
I had that issue with some of the OTA ROMs apart from Pinky.
Just connect it to pc in disk drive mode and then remove safely in windows and then select charge only and remove cable. should be fine.
I had the same problem and I repaired it with Windows Vista Tools. Right click in the drive letter, Properties, Tools and Check Disk.
It solved some problems and it worked fine in the phone.
Regards
I had to format my whole card, the Win7 repair function doesn't work for me...
based on my experience, this issue occurs if you don't do reboot after the first boot. so after you install the rom, when it asks you to set the language, reboot your phone again. after that then complete the setup process.
willy792003 said:
based on my experience, this issue occurs if you don't do reboot after the first boot. so after you install the rom, when it asks you to set the language, reboot your phone again. after that then complete the setup process.
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not true
This happened also to me with ieft ROM. I did a few reboots before this happens to me. I tried some workarounds that people say in this thread with no luck. When connecting the phone to the PC, phone did not give me the option to mount the sdcard like disk drive. In the end, I'm formatted sdcard, deleting ext3 partition.
I'm using ap2sd of Froyo with "Mod Install Location" app from market. And this works fine. I have no problems with space in internal memory.
the quickest way i solved this problem was to unmount the micro sd card under the SD & phone storage options then remount it again. thats how i solved it, hope it helps.
ilegend said:
the quickest way i solved this problem was to unmount the micro sd card under the SD & phone storage options then remount it again. thats how i solved it, hope it helps.
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Sry, but this function is freezed, it doesn't work. At the moment only repartitioning is working for me. It seems that problem is because of Froyo implementation. Shame
oh well
tbadoo said:
Sry, but this function is freezed, it doesn't work. At the moment only repartitioning is working for me. It seems that problem is because of Froyo implementation. Shame
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better make a list of all possible ways to fix this prob i suppose, starting from easiest to hardest.
I have fixed this issue with the wipe of the dalvik cache! Try this!
I had the same issue. Copied everything across from the SD Card to a temp folder on my PC (Win 7 x64) then it came up with a copy error from one android.temp file, I skipped it, copied everything, formatted to FAT32 then copied everything back across and the issue was fixed.
Maybe something had locked that file and corrupted it perhaps?
simemu said:
I had the same problem and I repaired it with Windows Vista Tools. Right click in the drive letter, Properties, Tools and Check Disk.
It solved some problems and it worked fine in the phone.
Regards
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This method worked for me too in Windows 7, was just wondering if it is a ROM problem or Froyo or APP. anyone could advise so we can avoid...?
ultracy said:
This method worked for me too in Windows 7, was just wondering if it is a ROM problem or Froyo or APP. anyone could advise so we can avoid...?
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When it happened to me it was a corrupted app. I had downloaded an app from a site and put it on my card. I don't think it downloaded all the way, and messed it up. But the way I fixed it was moving apps and formatting the card.
I was uploading some music onto my phone and I got the message:
"The SD card has an unexpected problem. Tapping to recover it."
I'm not exactly sure how to fix this as I can't mount it so I can't see it on my computer to format it either.
Any ideas?
Oh and also the only working computer right now I have is a Mac :[
Edit: Nevermind, I plugged my SD card into my Vibrant and back into my G2. It works fine now..
This happened to me with my nexus. Since we dont have a custom recovery it obvioulsy wont work with your G2. But when that happened to me, Amon's recovery with USB mode enabled was the only way I could get my mac or pc to see the sd card. Do you have a rooted phone with a custom recovery you could try on? Preferably, Amon's.
Orite said:
I was uploading some music onto my phone and I got the message:
"The SD card has an unexpected problem. Tapping to recover it."
I'm not exactly sure how to fix this as I can't mount it so I can't see it on my computer to format it either.
Any ideas?
Oh and also the only working computer right now I have is a Mac :[
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had the same problem... i connected the sd card directly into my MacBook Pro (micro to SD converter) and formatted it into Fat from the Disk Utility. See if you can mount the SD Card while connected via USB
Same thing happened to me this morning...I physically took the card out cleaned it off and reinserted it...don't know if its the same problem but maybe it will help.
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Fixed the problem by just sticking into my friend's Vibrant then seeing how it worked fine on his phone I put it back in mine.
does anyone know what actually causes this?
Hello guys,
I woke up too early this morning, and i accidentally knocked my phone off the stairs. It fell about 2 meters, bounced and then fell another meter, bounced and fell another meter and stopped.
Thankfully it was in a silicon case (i think that's what made it bounce) and there are no visible damages.
I picked it up, and it seemed to be working. After a few secs it went into sleep mode and would not wake up.
I removed the battery and rebooted, and i got the HTC screen, then the nexus boot screen and it stays stuck on the nexus boot.
I then entered recovery mode and thought i would try and restore my backup. I get the following message:
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(No such file or directory)
E: Can't mount /sdcard
I took off the SD card, put it my pc and it works just fine.
I got another SD card, copied a rom onto it and tried to reinstall through recovery.
I did a wipe/data factory reset and tried to install the rom.
I got the same message...
Is my Desire toast? It's only six months old...
I was running Defrost6.1 and using psfMod 0.9.7.2 as my recovery.
Any advice would be extremely appreciated.
Thanks
aalex
UPDATE
I did another wipe data / factory reset, and i rebooted.
The rom starts up, without any of my previous settings of course, but I still cannot mount my SD card.
From file manager, it seems that it is being mounted, but no files are listed...
When i try with gallery it reports "SD card unmounted or not present".
Any insights?
Drop it again, it helps
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Drop it again, it helps
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That's a helpful suggestion, thanks
Can u mount the SD card as usb storage in clockwork recovery?
Also try to boot it up normal and
Wait till the battery dies. Then insert the SD card and try again to boot it (with usb cable connected to have some battery power) again.
Gd luck
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mclaren2 said:
Can u mount the SD card as usb storage in clockwork recovery?
Also try to boot it up normal and
Wait till the battery dies. Then insert the SD card and try again to boot it (with usb cable connected to have some battery power) again.
Gd luck
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Thanks for responding mclaren2,
I tried to mount as usb storage, it seems that it mounts, my pc picks up an additional drive but when i double click on this drive it just says that it cannot be read...
With your SD card in your phone go into settings then storage and unmount SD card. Then format your SD card from your phones menu and it should mount the SD card see if that worked.
ste1164 said:
With your SD card in your phone go into settings then storage and unmount SD card. Then format your SD card from your phones menu and it should mount the SD card see if that worked.
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Hi ste1164,
Thanks for responding. My problem is that my phone cannot pickup the existence of an SD card.
This is a typical USB-brick. I've had one a few weeks ago. You should look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639&highlight=usb+brick.
If you're new to this, it can be hard to get it working again. Just let me know if you have any problems. It took me a few hours to get it done
From fastboot via ADB, execute "fastboot oem enableqxdm 0" and then reboot it with "fastboot reboot" command.
See if it works.
If you don't remember how to do the above, just search.
koenvbeek said:
This is a typical USB-brick. I've had one a few weeks ago. You should look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639&highlight=usb+brick.
If you're new to this, it can be hard to get it working again. Just let me know if you have any problems. It took me a few hours to get it done
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aalexandrou said:
Hi ste1164,
Thanks for responding. My problem is that my phone cannot pickup the existence of an SD card.
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its not a usb brick, thats a software brick.... it sounds to me like you have a corrupt sd card, sd cards are very delecate and this can happen from a sudden impact, try formatting the card in windows explorer, obviously you cannot format your sd-ext using windows so try gparted or ubuntu to format your other partition.
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its not a usb brick, thats a software brick.... it sounds to me like you have a corrupt sd card, sd cards are very delecate and this can happen from a sudden impact, try formatting the card in windows explorer, obviously you cannot format your sd-ext using windows so try gparted or ubuntu to format your other partition.
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he switched sd cards and it still doensn't fix the problem
AndroHero said:
its not a usb brick, thats a software brick.... it sounds to me like you have a corrupt sd card, sd cards are very delecate and this can happen from a sudden impact, try formatting the card in windows explorer, obviously you cannot format your sd-ext using windows so try gparted or ubuntu to format your other partition.
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Can't be sdcard, op said tried sdcard in PC and tried different sdcard...same result, must be sdcard reader or something.
You never know, might be a USB brick, just happened before the drop and was brought on by the reset...but I agree probably is hardware fault.
Is it possible to flash stock rom from fastboot without sdcard? Could try warranty repair then...
mercianary said:
Can't be sdcard, op said tried sdcard in PC and tried different sdcard...same result, must be sdcard reader or something.
You never know, might be a USB brick, just happened before the drop and was brought on by the reset...but I agree probably is hardware fault.
Is it possible to flash stock rom from fastboot without sdcard? Could try warranty repair then...
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sorry i didnt notice that, could be a usb brick but like i said thats S/W related and i doubt dropping your phone could cause such an error, +1 suppose the sudden reset could cause the usb brick especially if the device was reading or writing to the sd card when it happened, could also be the sd card reader in the device has been damaged or one of the internal components. can the device read the sim card? if it dosent, could be a usb brick
Just a thought...is the sdcard reader attached by a ribbon? (never seen the inside of my desire, hope I never have to)
I'm sure I've heard of a few desires that can't read sdcard anymore, I reckon it's either attached by ribbon or it's the most delicate part of the phone.
I'm hoping it's a loose ribbon because that's an easy fix, even I could do that.
Hey guys,
Thanks to all of you for responding.
My sim card works just fine. I can make and receive calls, texts, go online via 3g and Wifi, connect through bluetooth. As far as i can tell, my phone does everythind it did before except mount an SD card. Also, the android market keeps crashing, and if i try and download anything from the net i get a prompt saying that i need an sd card to download.
So far I took the SD card and put it in my pc. I formated it, tried again but it didnt work.
I then tried a brand new sd card and that didn't work either.
However, I did not format the old card's ext2 partition, and the new sd doesn't have an ext partition yet.
Would this point to a USB Brick as mentioned above?
Would it be possible for me to flash the stock rom on the device?
Thanks once again, to all of you.
aalex
3722 said:
From fastboot via ADB, execute "fastboot oem enableqxdm 0" and then reboot it with "fastboot reboot" command.
See if it works.
If you don't remember how to do the above, just search.
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Although i don't really understand what this means, could it be a possible solution?
If yes, how would i go about implementing it?
Yes, that should solve your problem. I had the same problem a few weeks ago, but that included a malfunctioning usb, even charging didn't work correctly.
To fix the sd-card, you should run the above command using the tool fastboot, available in the Android sdk. After downloading, cd to the tools folder in the sdk and then run the command while your phone is connected to your pc in fastboot mode. Then it should work again.
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Yes, that should solve your problem. I had the same problem a few weeks ago, but that included a malfunctioning usb, even charging didn't work correctly.
To fix the sd-card, you should run the above command using the tool fastboot, available in the Android sdk. After downloading, cd to the tools folder in the sdk and then run the command while your phone is connected to your pc in fastboot mode. Then it should work again.
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Hey koenvbeek,
Thanks for the help. I think i may need a bit more of it
Here is what i did so far:
I used Nephrons guide to download and install ADB.
I then rebooted to bootloader. The phone displays "fastboot" and then when i plug it in it dispalys fastboot-usb
I then went to the ADB tools directory and tried to run the command.
I got a message saying the command cannot be run because adbwinapi.dll is missing from my system, and asking me to reinstall everything...
Clearly i made a mistake somewhere but where?
I don't think you made a mistake
Either the requested file is missing, or it can't be used by your computer. First check if the file is present. If not, google for it.
If it is present, your computer can't use it for some reason. Are you on a 64-bit OS? If you're on Vista/7: did you open the cmd promt as admin?
Yeah, nothing wrong, it's just that the API library is missing.
Download it from the attachment here, and put it in the "tools" folder, then try again.
Edit: As you can see it's in an archive, since dll attachment is not enabled here, so extract the file from it.
Now I'm not moaning about CyanogenMod here, I'm just trying to understand how I can fix the issue.
Basically, I had CyanogenMod 7 RC2 on my Desire Z. That was it.
Eventually I saw through ROM Manager that the full release of 7 was out so I downloaded, took a backup, wiped everything and did a fresh install of the new ROM.
It installed fine, but none of my apps that needed root access were getting it.
So I booted into recovery, restored my backup, root was back.
I then installed 7.0 over my RC2. That worked fine, but again root was gone.
At this point, my phone started damaging SD cards.
It suddenly started saying that my 8GB card that came with the phone was damaged. I tried to fix it on the phone, but it just said 'Checking card' and then giving up.
Putting it in an old MP3 player, it is not detected at all.
Putting it in a card reader, the card is unreadable and when I try to format it Windows says the card is 'read only' (this is not due to the reader).
I put a functional 2gb card I had lying around into my Desire Z and it broke it in the exact same way.
My question to you guys is - what could be causing this and how do I fix it because I have a 16gb card coming and I'm obviously cautious of putting it in the phone.
Also, how would I go about flashing the new Cyanogenmod 7.02 ROM if my phone keeps breaking SD cards I put into it?
This error can be because when ever you install a CyanogenMod ROM over another, It leaves files your new ROM think is useful such as data that the new ROM doesn't support. It is damaging your SD Card because it keeps attempting to fix the error but is making it worst by trying to remove system files. Your best bet is to try another ROM and see if it does the same thing and report it to CyanogenMod Developer Team if it only does this to CyanogenMod ROMs otherwise it would be just a virus on your SD Card feeding off of personal data. If it is only CyanogenMod ROMs, we will adress this issue ASAP. Hope I helped
Thank you VS4, you are indeed helpful
I've since heard some people have managed to fix their SD cards by formatting them in ClockworkMod but I can't even mount it first in order to do this! Is my card truly dead?
Also, do you think the reason that CM7.0 had no root (even when it was a clean install) was due to me not 'fixing permissions'?
Thanks
Just a note to say that I've managed to fix it!
Despite being unable to 'mount sdcard' in clockworkmod, I found I was able to activate USB Storage and through this I was able to format the card (Windows 7 was previously saying that the same card was 'read only' in a multitude of card readers).
I hope this helps any poor chap with the same problem.
I had this exact same problem, munched 2 of my 8GB cards, and had a 16 on the way. I somehow fixed it before the 16 came and I've never had the issue since, glad to see an explanation of it.
Thanks, nofixio!
I had the same problem on my Samsung Fascinate with CM7. It ate my 16GB SD card to the point where the phone wouldn't recognize it, CWM wouldn't mount it, and it wouldn't show up on my computer in multiple SD readers.
I wasn't quite clear what you were suggesting when you said you were able to "activate USB Storage." I thought maybe you meant within CWM. That didn't work for me, but I was able to boot the phone up with the problem SD card in it and turn on USB storage as normal. Suddenly my computer could not only see the SD card, it could see all the files that were on it before it died! I backed everything up, formatted the card in Windows, and everything's good now. Thanks for the tip!
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Thanks, nofixio!
I had the same problem on my Samsung Fascinate with CM7. It ate my 16GB SD card to the point where the phone wouldn't recognize it, CWM wouldn't mount it, and it wouldn't show up on my computer in multiple SD readers.
I wasn't quite clear what you were suggesting when you said you were able to "activate USB Storage." I thought maybe you meant within CWM. That didn't work for me, but I was able to boot the phone up with the problem SD card in it and turn on USB storage as normal. Suddenly my computer could not only see the SD card, it could see all the files that were on it before it died! I backed everything up, formatted the card in Windows, and everything's good now. Thanks for the tip!
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how do i activate usb storage? i have several memory cards that stopped working out of no where and i have important files on them. PLEASE HELP!!!
hotboyray said:
how do i activate usb storage? i have several memory cards that stopped working out of no where and i have important files on them. PLEASE HELP!!!
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I'm not sure why you would ask this in such an old thread but... Try just plugging it in to your computer maybe? What ROM are you on?
noneabove said:
I'm not sure why you would ask this in such an old thread but... Try just plugging it in to your computer maybe? What ROM are you on?
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im running cm7 ... it wont read from computer. i tried several micro sd card readers. it just tells me it cant format. its just like what was mentioned before.
Weird, I've never had any problems with Cyanogen 7 roms. I've flashed one over another and had no issues at all, Mayb because I use SuperWipe before hand? Or maybe its a certain sd card issue???
Running Desire Z and Andromadus Beta 11 I had similar problem after I had applied remote wipe from Exchange (wanted to see if it works). Remote wipe worked: it destroyed contents of SD card and erased phone back to factory settings. After wipe mounting SD card failed and Andromadus seemed to be unable to format the card.
Solution: Booted phone to Clockwork recovery and applied advanced -> Partition SD Card.
Posted this on this thread since it came first when searching solution.
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how do i activate usb storage? i have several memory cards that stopped working out of no where and i have important files on them. PLEASE HELP!!!
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Go into Recovery (Clockwork), go to mounts and storage, then scroll down and it should say mount USB storage.
Need a way to access internal memory so I can fix my usb or sd card see following for information:
Short Version:
USB wont work and SD card wont work so I cannot use the following method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243
Long Version:
So right after i had backed up my rom i did a wipe, then the phone stopped recognizing my sd card. I took it to Sprint they couldn't figure it out, so i was stuck in Bootloader. yesterday i did a hard reset and wa-la i can now use my phone ...sorta. It will turn on I can access everything, but it freezes up and shuts off after 40 seconds (i got it to stay for 2mins one time) also it still will not recognize my sd card. I tried other cards still no luck and I know my card works because I can use it in my laptop. So i did a little searching on xda and found a fix, but i cant do the fix unless i plug my phone into the laptop and run a cmd prompt well now here is the other problem my computer sees the phone (listed as My HTC) but my phone wont recognize that it is plugged in. It will charge when it is shut off thats about it. Well back to xda and there is a fix for the usb, but.... I need my phone to recognize my sd card because the files will be on it. In short to fix my sd card i need usb and to fix the usb i need my card I am stuck in a horrible loop, so what I need is a way to access my phones internal memory so I can install the usb files on it so that i can fix usb then my card, then recover my rom.
Thanks to wall who help or at least try
Im not totally sure if this will help, but i know you can mount the sd card as usb storage in Amon_Ra and also in settings under "storage" or so i believe there are settings for mounting and unmounting the Micro Sdcard check those, it should be mounted in the settings for your phone to see it. hope i helped
I just had this exact same problem. Nandroid, wipe, flash, then stuck in bootloader spent two days trying fixes, unroot, root, and,had to turn it in. Luckily best buy has an awesome warranty.
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thanks all... ended up replacing my phone, but if anyone ever finds a way to fix it let me know! Thanks again
I was really hoping that this thread would not dead-end. I've got what sounds like a similar issue...in addition to not being able to reformat my SD card (in Windows or in Android) due to it being detected as write-protected, but it's not write protected.
I'm really anxious to try the aforementioned thread to fix USB and SD, but I can't detect, mount, or format my SD card. Am I screwed?
*EDIT* Fixed the write-protection issue...working on the rest now.
*EDIT* Still can't format card through Android. Is there an ADB or fastboot command to format the SD card?