Hi guys.
I'm having a bit of trouble restoring my ROM after testing the ICS. What happened was I flashed the ICS ROM, played around with it, then decided to go back to my original ROM (CM7) which I had made a nandroid backup of through recovery.
I did a full wipe through recovery (CWM 5.0.2.0), but when I came to format the sdcard, it said error mounting /sdcard, skipping format. At first I though it was the sdcard, so I got a new one, formatted it on my pc and retried. It failed again. I can't mount the sdcard to my pc too.
I tried partitioning using amonRA recovery too, it didn't work either. I don't think it's an sdcard issue, so I'm not sure what's going on. I can't flash any ROM now, the only thing working is booting to CM7 in safe mode, but I don't know what use that would be.
Any help would be very much appreciated. Please let me know if I can give any more information to help you out.
Thanks.
Hi!
Welcome to the forums
Sorry to see you are having trouble, let me help you out:
Why are you formatting your SD card in the fist place?? If your phone doesn't recognize the SD card there is little you can do. Seeing as it doesn't read the new SD card either is no surprise as the files for the Recovery are on the SD card..
Do you have an SD-Card reader? Try connecting it to your PC/Mac/Whatever using that and see what happens. It could be your phone, and not your SD-Card after all
USUALLY a nandroid backup does not require wiping for restoration. And wiping doesn't mean you wipe your SD card.
Good Luck,
AU
I connected the sdcard to my pc and I accessed it without any issues. I found .dm files in it though, some sort of debug logs.
Hmm, sounds weird.
Have you tried formatting it on your computer and then formatting it on your phone? Can't see why it should help, just troubleshooting here.
Perhaps your card is dead
Why are you formatting your SD-Card in the first place, if you're only doing a nandroid restore?
Try different recovery, CWM can get picky. Or you can try formatting card within Android. Use SDFormatter in Windows.
I followed these steps and it worked. Now I can access the SD Card.
Thanks anyway for your help guys. I appreciate your support.
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So I completed step 2 of root today and decided to flash Fresh .5.3
Wiped data, but forgot to wipe SD card. Began to boot loop so I read that I would need to partition the SD card. I tried to Flash back to Fresh .2 in order to backup my SD card and began to boot loop there too.
So I go into recovery and partition (0,0)
I'm still boot looping Fresh .2 and I can't flash anything else (read: my backup) because I wiped the SD card.
Help would be greatly appreciated
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7028432#post7028432
zhensley said:
So I completed step 2 of root today and decided to flash Fresh .5.3
Wiped data, but forgot to wipe SD card. Began to boot loop so I read that I would need to partition the SD card. I tried to Flash back to Fresh .2 in order to backup my SD card and began to boot loop there too.
So I go into recovery and partition (0,0)
I'm still boot looping Fresh .2 and I can't flash anything else (read: my backup) because I wiped the SD card.
Help would be greatly appreciated
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LOL, Just format your SDCard using a PC, download the ROM to you SD and flash it again. Note - You dont need to wipe your SD Card lol
Kykiskly said:
LOL, Just format your SDCard using a PC, download the ROM to you SD and flash it again. Note - You dont need to wipe your SD Card lol
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flipz says that you should wipe your sd card for whatever reason. so he was just following the instructions. :/
Yeah, I was just following the instructions I was given via Flipz.
I don't have an SD adapter handy...is there a way to access the SD card while in the phone or am I going to have to get an adapter and go that way?
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Yeah, I was just following the instructions I was given via Flipz.
I don't have an SD adapter handy...is there a way to access the SD card while in the phone or am I going to have to get an adapter and go that way?
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nenn said:
flipz says that you should wipe your sd card for whatever reason. so he was just following the instructions. :/
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I flashed Flipz latest without wiping my SD and got no issues, but if Flipz mentioned that and you followed, I am sorry to hear you have this conflict now. Like I suggested in my previous post, easiest way is to format your SD using an adapter with WIN or MAC, your choice, then download and place Flipz ROM and re-flash.
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I flashed Flipz latest without wiping my SD and got no issues, but if Flipz mentioned that and you followed, I am sorry to hear you have this conflict now. Like I suggested in my previous post, easiest way is to format your SD using an adapter with WIN or MAC, your choice, then download and place Flipz ROM and re-flash.
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I was boot looping after the initial install so I looked at Flipz FAQ. He says, "In every case that I've seen, this has been caused by sd:ext not being wiped properly" and then advises to do a complete sd wipe. Anyway, I guess I will have to wait until I can get an adapter. Sheesh.
zhensley said:
I was boot looping after the initial install so I looked at Flipz FAQ. He says, "In every case that I've seen, this has been caused by sd:ext not being wiped properly" and then advises to do a complete sd wipe. Anyway, I guess I will have to wait until I can get an adapter. Sheesh.
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He was talking about the SD card ext2/3/4 partition, not the fat32 partition
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He was talking about the SD card ext2/3/4 partition, not the fat32 partition
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Here is the exact quote.
"In every case that I've seen, this has been caused by sd:ext not being wiped properly. Clockwork Recovery isn't doing it right. It appears to but actually errors out. The fastest way to actually wipe it properly would be to reboot in to recovery and re-partition it. This will wipe EVERYTHING off of your sdcard! Do 0/0/Remaining if you want to use apps2sd or 32/1gb/Remaining to use apps2sd. Then wipe everything and re-flash the rom."
It's confusing enough that he said both the 0/0/remaining and 32/1gb/remaining both allow you to use apps2sd...I didn't know there were different levels of repartitioning.
I've discovered that in the recovery menu there is an option that is something like "USB-MS" which basically allows you to access the SD card while in the menu. I threw .5.3 on there and am booting now....Hoping this works.
Hi, I have problem guys.
After some problems reported under roms with A2sd+ when sdcard corrupted I decided to flash different rom. Before that I tried to format my sdcard so that ext3 partition would go away. But after that I couldn't boot.
Now I can get to recovery, but have no access to the card at all. Unfortunately I have no card reader at home either, so I cant reformat my card and try to flash another rom either.
Any suggestions what should I go next? Thank you so much!
Wont boot up without sdcard either... DAMN
.:george:. said:
Hi, I have problem guys.
After some problems reported under roms with A2sd+ when sdcard corrupted I decided to flash different rom. Before that I tried to format my sdcard so that ext3 partition would go away. But after that I couldn't boot.
Now I can get to recovery, but have no access to the card at all. Unfortunately I have no card reader at home either, so I cant reformat my card and try to flash another rom either.
Any suggestions what should I go next? Thank you so much!
Wont boot up without sdcard either... DAMN
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If you can get into recovery you can "mount USB storage".. all depends wether you are running windows/linux/mac from there... try to scan and fix it
Before you wrote I tried to do RUU, will report how it goes...
Edit: oh man, RUU seemed to be working, I am now running stock 2.1 ROM... sdcard appears to work normally too.
Thanks for your interest anyway, I really appreciate it
Just buy a card reader, they're a couple bucks.
Then install your choice of free advanced drive manager software, delete all the partitions, create a new one, and format it FAT32 with 32k clusters.
Did everything the way I normally do when flashing a new rom.
Now when I attempt to load any ROM from my sd card, I get this message:
Installing system files ...
E:Error in /sdcard/Incredible Files/SkyRaider_33_Sense_Final.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
I also try to do a restore from my nandroid backups and it ALWAYS "freezes". Now the only thing I can do is boot into recovery but nothing after that. I've read through a lot of material and know how to do most things, however I'm by no means an expert and now I feel like I've caused irreversible damage.
HELP?
sounds to me like your rom got corrupt during the download, i would try to download it again after deleting the file off your SD card.
did you download it from a PC or from your inc? i have seen people get corrupt files when downloading straight from the inc, its best to use a PC to download the roms
you can use the mount menu in recovery to mount your usb storage if you dont have an adapter to read the microsd, this will let you replace the possibly corrupt rom with a fresh zip
My original sd card has become unreadable by both my incredible and by my sd card reader. I have another one and loaded all of the backed up files I had on the old one. I've tried downloading the ROM through ROM Manager as well as placing the file on the new sd card and both do the same thing.
I honestly have no idea what to do now and am worried that not everything I need was transferred to the new sd card.
I just want to be able to load ANY ROM and I'm willing to reset/wipe anything and everything but I don't think there's anything I can do at this point....
well there is nothing that needs to be on the SD card at all aside from the backup or [rom].zip file you are trying to flash
have you tried installing a different rom with recovery? maybe virtous rom?
also what version of clockwork recovery are you running?
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My original sd card has become unreadable by both my incredible and by my sd card reader. I have another one and loaded all of the backed up files I had on the old one. I've tried downloading the ROM through ROM Manager as well as placing the file on the new sd card and both do the same thing.
I honestly have no idea what to do now and am worried that not everything I need was transferred to the new sd card.
I just want to be able to load ANY ROM and I'm willing to reset/wipe anything and everything but I don't think there's anything I can do at this point....
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And you're sure it's FAT32?
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
Positive it's FAT32 and I just flashed the most current Clockwork Recovery from ROM Manager.
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Positive it's FAT32 and I just flashed the most current Clockwork Recovery from ROM Manager.
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Try to format/partition the sd via recovery. The new clockwork has this method (haven't tried it and don't know if it works) and the alternate RA does, too. I've used that one and know it works. Try that (leave the defaults, which is 512mb sd-ext, 32mb or similiar swap, I think, and the rest as FAT32).
boot into hboot (vol down and power when device is off)
what hboot version and baseband are you running?
I dont think the sd card is the problem
I wiped the dalvik and batt stats and for whatever reason tried again to reinstall the ROM and it went through this time.
Everything seems to be working as normal. Man was that one weird ass experience.
I have read a lot of threads about it, but I can't get access to my sd card.
e: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1, this is what I get if I want to wipe, partition, back-up or anything else in recovery.
I have read and tried the thread about this in the xda main forum, but that won't help also.
And I can't start my rom, it just gets to the first HTC Boot screen and reboots.
Can anybody help?
I have tried the things in this thread already:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563298
Hi,
Very strange issues. Firstly I would try a full wipe then clear Dalvik cache and see if you can boot the rom.
Have you tried the sd card in your computer via sd card adapter.
Let me know how you go
guys, my sd card couldnt mount, i tried erase the cache via adb and it worked, i put the ruu back and now going to root again.
glad it succeed
Good stuff. Glad your all sorted.
Goodmorning Sirs,
I have a strange problem...
My desire is happily runnig InsertCoin 1.0.8 with CM7 boot since months..
I am running also CWM recovery 3.0.2.8...
I'm giving a step by step description, in order to get you aware of possible upsets.
This morning I decide to install S2Ext program and strangely i found that
EXT partition was not recognized.. I reboot and have the same problem in S2E but everything was running fine... I was fearing that something gonna happen so I decide to have a nandroid backup to get clear that if something goes wrong I can restore all it back.
I successfully did a nandroid backup..
but..
after reboot I'm stuck at splash screen....
worried I went to recovery and I could not mount the sd card..
so no nandroid restore and nothing no sd no boot (A2SD+)..
Either usb mount is not working..
I verified that FAT32 partiotion on sdcard could be read from my laptop..
WHAT CAN I DO?
It's a recovery problem?
Sounds like the ext partition has become corrupted, so nandroid/cwm won't be able to write to it properly.
Stick the card in a PC reader, then run gparted on it - recreate/format the ext partition at the end (without formatting the FAT), then stick it back in phone.
Nandroid should then be able to restore backed up .img to it.
See my reply here :- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176663
Easily fixed.
KING,
what did happen to my BRAVO?
boscovich said:
KING,
what did happen to my BRAVO?
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What do you want to know?