Hey guys,
So, having a little problem with my dad's Galaxy Y. I tried to root the device this evening and when I went to the stock recovery and chose "Update from SD card" it gave me an error.
E:Could not mount /sdcard No such file or folder exists.
This happened with a Class 4 Kingston 4Gig SD card.
However, when I used another SD card(1 Gigabyte-Class4 Kingston), it worked perfectly. However, I want to use my 4 Gig card for custom ROMs and link2SD. Is there any way I can keep using my 4 Gig card and NOT get that Error?
Thanks.
PS. By the way, the SD card is working fine, and it's working in the phone OS, Windows, Mac OS X SL and Linux.
AIndoria said:
Hey guys,
So, having a little problem with my dad's Galaxy Y. I tried to root the device this evening and when I went to the stock recovery and chose "Update from SD card" it gave me an error.
E:Could not mount /sdcard No such file or folder exists.
This happened with a Class 4 Kingston 4Gig SD card.
However, when I used another SD card(1 Gigabyte-Class4 Kingston), it worked perfectly. However, I want to use my 4 Gig card for custom ROMs and link2SD. Is there any way I can keep using my 4 Gig card and NOT get that Error?
Thanks.
PS. By the way, the SD card is working fine, and it's working in the phone OS, Windows, Mac OS X SL and Linux.
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Reformat your SD Card using MiniTool Partition Wizard and make sure the file system is Fat32. Report back after you tried this step.
CarlDeanCatabay said:
Reformat your SD Card using MiniTool Partition Wizard and make sure the file system is Fat32. Report back after you tried this step.
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Done and done, still the same error. :/
I remember having the same problem with a Kingston SDHC Card, repartitioning fixed it.
Try re-moving the card when in recovery and then re-insert it and try again. If that'll not work, re-flash it to stock firmware then root the device. Re-flashing won't take that much time, between 43-46 seconds only. Everything you need is in my Samsung Galaxy Young for Dummies guide, under ROM and Kernel Flashing.
Simply format the sd card in "full" i.e. Full format, not quick format. Fat32.
Prob solved.
Try mini tool this way
1. Delete the entire partition
2.Now create new partition
3. First one for links2sd 512mb ext 3
4.remaining space for the primary memory fat32
5. Now copy your update. Zip to the card. Try again
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*chuckle*
Guys, I know how to format an SD card. Been a Linux geek for seven years now. On the topic, I think there was a problem with the previous repartition. Formatted and repartitioned it with Linux.
Solved. Thanks for the help. Cheers!
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got a problem and can't seem to solve it. Can anybody help please.
Have opendesire 3.2 working at the mo and had an ext 2 partition with it. All was working well until this morning.
I charged my phone and switched it on but would't boot. Tried removing batteries numerous times but still no joy. Removed sd card and it worked. So I formatted sd card back to fat 32 but now it still won't work with the sd card in(Just stays on HTC screen)
I then tried to create another partition incase that what was causing the problem with gparted. When I went into Gparted it stated that my 4gb stock sd card was only 3.5 gb and that there was no pertitions present. Looks like the end of my card has dissapeared ( Has anyone heard of this before )
Anyone any idea how to get the sd card working again?
Or will I have to buy another card.
Any help much appreciated.
It still works without sd card.
as with any memory card, you dont get all the specified space free for storage, some space is lost with the file system and sector size ect, 3.5 gig sounds about right for a 4 gig card, i use a 16 gig card and get about 14.5 gig when formatted, also your problem with the rom sounds like its cuz you dont have an ext partiton
The rom doesn't need an external partition. You can install without. When I partitioned my card with gparyed it showed as 3.5gb as fat and 512mb as ext 2. I then changed ext2 to 3 and thats when my problems started. I have formatted it all back to fat now but it wont boot.
Is this because the rom now thinks a partition should be present and it isn't?
Still got recovery, is it worth flashing the Tom(opendesire 3.2) back onto a new SD card as I have a backup of my old one on laptop?
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memphisuklf said:
The rom doesn't need an external partition. You can install without. When I partitioned my card with gparyed it showed as 3.5gb as fat and 512mb as ext 2. I then changed ext2 to 3 and thats when my problems started. I have formatted it all back to fat now but it wont boot.
Is this because the rom now thinks a partition should be present and it isn't?
Still got recovery, is it worth flashing the Tom(opendesire 3.2) back onto a new SD card as I have a backup of my old one on laptop?
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if you haven hard reset then yeah, your rom has set itself up to be used with an ext partition, just do a hard reset, and leave your sd card out of your phone on first boot
Sorry, new to this stuff. How do you mean hard reset?
Seem to be getting by, by using guides at moment.
AndroHero said:
if you haven hard reset then yeah, your rom has set itself up to be used with an ext partition, just do a hard reset, and leave your sd card out of your phone on first boot
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Sorted it. Reflashed after wiping through custom recovery and removed sd card once done. After first boot I put sd card back in and it booted. Not going to partition my card any more cause this is the 2nd card that my partition through rom manager has disappeared and can't seem to get the partition back. On a 4gb card only got 3.21gb showing now through system storage on desire.
Anyone know why this keeps happening? Or are the stock cards just utter ****e.
Tried ubuntu but even that only shows it at 3.5gb with no partitions.
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Hi can any one help i tried to install the desire hd rom, the instructions suggested partitioning sd card before installing the rom
which i tried to do using Mini tool partition wizard unfortunetly after wiping partition and the creating new partion my sd card would not mount as i wasnt sure if i should have formated the sd card at this point as that option was still available. but the instructions didnt mention wether i should have formated after creating new partition.
So anyway to cut a long story short i switched the phone of instead, hoping that when i restarted it i would be able to mount the sd card. But now i had a new problem my phone now would not detect my sd card altogether
Does any one know how i can make my sd card detectable again or will i need to fork out for a new sd card
Have you tried it in another device, say a PC card reader?
Had the same issue. Everything worked fine after formatting the SD card with Gparted. What I did wrong is that I made 3 EXT4 partitions for Data2SD and the computer didn't recognize the card. Used Recovery to mount the card and Gparted to repartition it. Everything worked fine afterwards.
yes sort of tried my friends sd card in my desire and it detected it so its definetly the my sd card that faulty
thanks for replying to my message i tried mounting the sd card in recovery using recovery manager but my phone wont mount it as it not detecting the sdcard do you think i might have better luck with gparted and if so do you have a link where i might be abe to down load it.
Hello,
Okay, I have 2 SD cards here.. one is just an SD card and the other one is SDHC.
I cannot update any zip files when my SDHC is inserted to my Galaxy Y. Ive already tried to reformat it and did all the possible cure.
I am currently using a Merruk Kernel 2.0 but Ive tried it also going back to a fresh stock ROM using ODIN at no luck.
Are there any solutions for this? or have you encountered like this one too?
Thanks in advance for your reply.
please close this thread! Already been resolved. Thanks
Okay, I have resolved the issue for some SD cards who cannot use in CWM or stock recovery.
I reformatted my SD CARD using Minitool partition wizard --> fat 32.
from there, i concluded that reformatting the SD card using your PC (right click - format) will not work, because the phone only reads fat32 system.
thanks ;D
Hi guys. I partitioned my sd card with mini tool partition wizard in 2 partition: 6gb in fat32 and 2gb in ext2. When i install sd card on the phone, it says that the card is empty or file system is not supported. I tried to format the card via cwm but it says "error mounting sd card".
I have stock 2.3.3 rom, unlocked bootloader, root and custom kernel lupus 1.1.4
What can i do??????????
Thanks!!!!
I would probably format in mini tool again all to fat32 put a couple of files on it in windows (Just to know that you have got something on the card) try again see if phone recognizes it if it does repartition again with mini tool:fingers-crossed:
tallman43 said:
I would probably format in mini tool again all to fat32 put a couple of files on it in windows (Just to know that you have got something on the card) try again see if phone recognizes it if it does repartition again with mini tool:fingers-crossed:
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Yes but to partition the card i have to delete all the files on it, so try to get in the card a couple of files in windows is not pointless aswell?
dedefr89 said:
Yes but to partition the card i have to delete all the files on it, so try to get in the card a couple of files in windows is not pointless aswell?
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No what i mean is after you have format card to fat 32 put a couple of files you don't need on the card to see if your phone recognizes them not before you partition.Then if that works and you phone does recognize card and files you can then repartition,don't partition until your phone recognizers your card. :fingers-crossed:If that still not working you can download software to test your card to see if any faults on it.
Hey guys, first post on xda!
Today I rooted my phone for the first time ever (got my note II for 3 weeks now) and I though it'd be cool to install a custom rom. I went for Slimbean 4.2.2 .
I installed slimbean and slim gapps and everything is working fine, except that it doesnt recognize my external sd card. In the system settings the option to mount it is grey, and the file manager doesnt detect it either. However when I boot into clockwork mod recovery then I can see the ext sd and install stuff from it (I installed slimbeans and slim gapps from here). There was one time where for an unknown reason it did give me the option to mount my ext. sd card but when I clicked it it said that it was damaged and had to be formatted. Ofcourse I sad no because the ext sd card has all my titaniumbackups on it... Also when I plug my gn2 in my pc I don't get to see the ext sd card either, only the phone's storage.
How can I fix slimbeans not seeing my ext sd card and make it auto mount on startup?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Try reformatting it using gparted.
-Back all the files up onto your PC
-Download and burn gparted live CD
-Boot into gparted, right click on sd, click delete, then right click and choose new, and format it as fat32
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I found out the problem was the sd card being formatted as exFAT. Formatted it to FAT32 with a tool and it works now!