About 2 weeks ago I suddenly received the SD card damaged message in the status window.
I ended up buying a Kingston 16GB to replace the original SanDisk but I'm still getting the same problem. I'm not seeing a problem with the Sandisk or Kingston on a PC.
Presently;
*If I boot into Clockwork Mod Recovery and mount the sd, I can create partitions, FAT32 and EXT3 and the phone will refuse to boot.
* If I delete the partitions and create a single FAT32 volume, the phone boots but complains that the card requires formatting. If I format the card in android it appears to work.
* I can then mount it inside of android and windows can see the contents ok.
* If I reboot into clockworkmod recovery, and mount the sdcard which was formatted inside of Android, Windows can't see the volume and gparted reports that the volume is corrupt.
I've read that this may be a hardware problem, but it seems more like software to me since clockwork is reading the card differently to android?
Many have said after replacing the phone the problems went away. Can anyone comment on this problem? I had been using Gingerburst and Data2SD for over a year prior to this issue suddenly developing. It just occurred while trying to play a song in an mp3 player and being told the file wouldn't play. I rebooted the phone and then the memory card problem developed.
Change cwm recovery to 4ext. Go here:
www.4ext.net
Download recovery updater and use to flash recovery.
When you finish flashing the recovery reboot to it and repartition your sd, first make it whole in fat32, then make partitiins as you wish.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Flashes and Thunders
Hi thanks for the suggestion. It seems I had a very old version of clockwork mod recovery installed, 2.0.5.7. I used Clockworkmod Recovery Manager to try and update it but it never mentioned the version of CMW Recovery which it was obtaining and attempting to flash, or that the flash was failing.
I tried to install your 4EXT recovery but it kept failing, I noticed Superuser was outdated, so I tried to upgrade that but it couldn't flash the upgrade binary. I was suspecting there was some sort of latent rooting issue present, so I then used 'revolutionary' (available from http://revolutionary.io/) to S-Off and root the phone again. This updated clockwork mod to 4.x.x.x. I used Clockwork Mod Recovery manager to flash the CWM Recovery and it reported success this time. I then used the partition manager and it seems to have successfully entered CMW Recovery and created the partition. Looks like the phone is stuck booting at the moment however, seems to hang on the HTC splash screen every time you add that second partition.
I will delete the EXT partition and go back and try to flash 4EXT again now I have rerooted and confirmed S-Off. This has been a right pain, I hope it isn't a hardware issue.
Fixed!
Partitioned directly from CMW Recovery 5.0.2, installed the rom. Booted into android, rebooted into CWM Recovery. Installed the data2sd script. Booted, waited about 20 minutes for the boot to finally complete.
Checked from both CWM recovery and Android and the card is visible on the pc and in android on both. No idea what went wrong, maybe the original volumes did become corrupt but in addition looks like something was wrong with the old version of CWM which was causing the inconsistency in the volumes being visible from android and not CMW Recovery (and vice versa).
Steps performed to fix:
* Installed Revolutionary which offers the CWM Recovery upgrade to 4.x.x.x.
* If necessary use the CWM Rom Manager from the Market to upgrade CWM Recovery to 5.x.x.x as the upgrade does not seem to flash correctly from the 2.x.x.x version I had installed (I could boot by deleting then creating a single partition with fat32).
* Use CWM Recovery to partition SD card directly with EXT partition.
* Factory reset/wipe cache/delvik cache
* Install android rom.
* Boot into android, wait for the boot to fully complete.
* Reboot into CWM Recovery and Install Data2SD.
* Boot and wait bloody ages (approx 20 minutes).
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I'm a relative newbie at this but I have AMOLED DInc that I rooted about 3 months old. I was trying to flash the CMOD 7 through ROM Manager but after installing and rebooting, it would hang at the splash screen (the HTC white screen). I pulled the battery and then tried to reboot again, same thing. I pulled the battery again and held the vol- with power to get into recovery. I tried to restore the one backup file I had and it just looped back saying no files. I then remembered I had kept a couple of backups on my hard drive. I hooked the phone to the computer but the sd wouldn't mount. I then went into CWM Recovery to mount the USB that way. I was able to pull the SD card up but nothing was on it. I tried copying over my old backups but the message I got was SD card was read only. I then went to format the SD card via the computer and then was able to pull over the files. However, when I go back into CWM Recovery (via the vol- and power), and then to backup/restore, it says there are no files. Anyway to manually flash or install a ROM without having ROM manager and just being able to get into CWM Recovery?
the only way to flash a rom is through CWR don't use rom manager especially for CM7. boot into recovery if you are able and try to restore one of your old backups. if not. mount your sd card to your computer and put whatever rom you wish on the root of your SDcard once done boot into recovery and DO NOT USE rom manager.scroll to factory reset. and reset. then i usually use caulkins format tool i keep a copy on my sdcards root at all times. i do it because apparently it formats the system folder to. then when everything is nice and clean then scroll to apply zip file again then flash the rom( if you want to flash any kernels do that after the rom). then reboot. and crosss your fingers.
No luck...
tried that, downloaded virtuous and incredible roms on my mac. Its weird - they say .zip when they're downloading but then show up as folder on my mac. When I moved them to the sd card and attempted to install zip file from sd card, no zip files would show up - just the folders and subfolders and indvidual files... I then "compressed" the folders to create zip files and tried again but it would attempt to install and then abort installation...
I'm guessing I permanently bricked this guy...
What version of RomManager and CWM are you on/were you running?
ROM Manager offers you a CWM update when you open it to flash an update to the underlying CWM recovery.
When updated, sadly, this is giving people across the community all kinds of trouble when a ROM that doesn't have the 'latest' (according to the developer) scripting techniques in it - as such, much pain is being felt by folk that upgraded to latest CWM and are using ROM Manager to flash.
Once you get your device back working, perhaps flash your CWM version back to something earlier than 3.x - how? Scroll to bottom of menu when in ROM Manager, look for All CWM Recoveries, flash something other than 3.x, like 2.5.1.4.
These ideas are a stretch, but worth a mention/thought:
(prefaced w/ idk much about mac)
Have you tried another SD card?
Did/can you format the SD in the device? I've read mac formatting of SD to FAT32 takes some extra steps if not an additional app on the mac. Can you get to a PC and format the SD on a PC?
fwiw, frequently on PC's, the .zip file extension is not shown ~ is it possible the files on the SD have blah.zip.zip, and are therefore unseen? This is more common that you might think.
All that said, if you can boot device at all, successfully d/l a Virtuous ROM .zip to computer, transfer it to a viable FAT32 formatted SD card, boot into recovery, choose option that says 'select zip file to apply' navigate to the Virtuous zip file, flash it, you may be back in business.
For context, AOSP ROMs (CM7) interact quite a bit w/ the SD card, even during boot - as such, SD issues or wipes or other such things are painful when booting an AOSP ROM when SD is wonky.
hth
OK, been screwing with iPhones for YEARS.. (Franlkly, that ****s a cakewalk compared to screwing with android phones)... Anyway, I've inherited an HTC desire that's been rooted with Clockwork 2.something, and a froyo 2.2 rom. I've since updated the hboot to 0.93.0001 FROM .83 or .84 or something... or im TRYING to get the gingervillian rom to function correctly but im having problems with the whole clockwork 3.0 thing. (I cant figure out how to install clockwork to the phone NOT the SD card.. as Im assuming i need clockwork installed to the phone to handle the whole EXT on the SD thing...
(Basically, when i run in a terminal:
su
a2sd cachesd
it returns a "cant mount sd-ext" error...
(this is my biggest problem so far... after that is... HOW THE HELL do i install clockwork to the phone (or upgrade clockwork to the phone) rather than the SD card (yes, i can run the clockwork 3.0 from the sd by entering recovery and "installing" it (which really only runs it) from the sd card (wether it's named update.zip or recovery.img or blahblahblah.zip)...
As im fairly new to the android thing (and for the record.. the android kicks the **** out of every iphone ive ever touched)... can someone PLEASE... point me in the general direction of right?
really? nothing? no one has had a single issue with going to gingervillain? and cant point me in ANY direction? THIS i find difficult to believe...
from what i understand you want to put the latest clockwork recovery onto your phone ????
if so in rom manager click (i not used it for a long time ) the top one syas something like flash clockwork / current clockwork , boot into recovery search for the zip it created and install
or you can get the img file and push it via fastboot
fastboot erase recovery (enter)
fastboot flash recovery clockwork-recovery.img (enter)
^^ thats the commands to push it once you have directed to where it is .. for eg
cd c:\ enter (then direct it to where recovery.img is preferably in tools folder of sdk )
if thats not what you want then thats just some useless info you have gathered .....lol
It's not that difficult your are just mixing up a few words.
Clockwork is a recovery, this way you can flash new roms etc. I think you are using an old tutorial about rooting etc.
1. Download unrevoked to root your device. You can select to install a different recovery in Unrevoked.
2. I would suggest using a different recovery, look for amon-ra in the rom development thread.
3. This error "cant mount sd-ext" means that you don't have an ext3 partition on your SD card. There are a lot of tutorials how to do this, but I think the easiest way is true the amon-ra recovery. (I believe that clockwork also has this option) You have an option to partion your SD card. Make that ext3 partition 512mb or 1gb in size. Set swap for 0. The rest fat32.
4. After you have done this you can type the commands again in the terminal and it will work.
You can skip part 1 and 2 if you want but I suggest that you follow them.
ps the Hboot does not matter anymore which version you have.
OK, so I've gotten a little further. Ive successfully installed Clockwork Mod 3.0.0.5 onto the phone itself (installed via terminal as:
su
flash_ image recovery /sdcard/Clockwork.img
Then did a factory reset of the phone, booted into recovery, formated the sd card with a 1G ext partition, and 128MB swap... the rest as FAT. Then mounted as USB, transfered the Gingervillian 1.5 image to the sd card and installed Gingervillian. Booted into Gingervillian, installed terminal and tried to move the Dalvik cache. TO NO AVAIL...
I still get an error saying that the davlik cache cant be moved.
Additionally, from Clockwork, after formating the SD card, i try to mount sd-ext and it says it cant...
any advice?
OK, apparently it's the SD card I was using (i was attempting to use a 32GB SD card... I swapped back to my 8GB sd card and it seems to work flawlessly.
Any ideas on what would stop the 32gb sd card from taking an ext partition?
(interestingly, google maps crashes when i attempt to a2sd cachesd on the 8gb sd card...)
I didn't need to have an ext 3 partition on my card to use Oxygen and also I didn't update my HBoot from the default.
Using clockwork recovery 2.5.0.7
Just use Rom Manager to install and reboot into clockwork recovery and then from there you should be able to clear the cache and install oxygen with no problems with only a fat32 partition.
Previous thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41643467#post41643467
Owing to circs I wasnt able to start repartioning and installing ROM until today. I followed the instructions to back up the SD card and then partitioned the SD card as follows:
tools/
partition sdcard/
remove all partitions and start from scratch/
chose "1024"
This completed okay.
I then did
wipe/format/
format all partitions except sdcard
install from sdcard/
choose zip from sdcard/
then selected the rom to flash it.
The Rom I chose was Android Revolution SD which said it had installed but when I rebooted from Recovery all I could get was Recovery no matter what reboot option I chose. So I went back to wipe/format and reformated all partitions except sdcard and tried the ROM suggested in previous threat to OP but it refused to install. So repeat with Oxygen and various other ROMs all of which aborted without completing.
In addition 4EXT started rebooting continuously in Recovery. When I run Recovery I get a message that says it hasn't been configured but don't know if that is a problem or not. I take the battery out and power up with sound down, which brings up Fast Boot and then I go back into Recovery and try again. So far no ROM (other than Android Revolution SD) has even pretended to install.
Any ideas? Please?
Managed to install MildWild and will take it from there.
have you tried to wipe the devlik cache ? or do a full wipe ,
Hi people, I have a HTC Desire that I has Clockworkmod installed. I gave it to my girl and she deleted Clockworkmod I think. The phone gets the splash screen but bootlooped, I did the power vol down and got into the bootloader, go to recovery, phone loads into cwm everything i do in cwm hangs the phone, I tried flashing recovery files from fastflash and android flasher but nothing works.
Its like the cwm is corrupted and wont let me do anything how do I get into the phones recovery not Clockworkmod recovery.
Cheers Glenn
sorry i;m new at this
- You can't really accidentally delete a recovery. If you can get into clockworkmod recovery it, it is not deleted
- You can only flash a different recovery if you are s-off, are you s-off?
- Does performing any action within cwm cause it to hang immediately? Can you try to full wipe (wipe data/factory reset), and then flash a ROM.zip file such as cyanogenmod? Does it boot?
- If you can't get it to boot, then you will likely have to flash an RUU to get it booting again. Use the 2.3.3 GB RUU, details how to flash are in the troubleshooting guide stickied to the top of Q&A.
- Once you get it booting and if you still want to install a custom ROM, use revolutionary to s-off, then flash 4EXT recovery instead, use that recovery to (re)partition your sdcard and install the ROM.
eddiehk6 said:
- You can't really accidentally delete a recovery. If you can get into clockworkmod recovery it, it is not deleted
- You can only flash a different recovery if you are s-off, are you s-off?
- Does performing any action within cwm cause it to hang immediately? Can you try to full wipe (wipe data/factory reset), and then flash a ROM.zip file such as cyanogenmod? Does it boot?
- If you can't get it to boot, then you will likely have to flash an RUU to get it booting again. Use the 2.3.3 GB RUU, details how to flash are in the troubleshooting guide stickied to the top of Q&A.
- Once you get it booting and if you still want to install a custom ROM, use revolutionary to s-off, then flash 4EXT recovery instead, use that recovery to (re)partition your sdcard and install the ROM.
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Yes I'm S-off, the phone wont start(boot all the way to working) I get into the (power vol down) menu, I go into recover, anything I do in there hangs the phone all I get is the cwm hat icon, I have to tske the battery out and put it back in. the only thing I think is, I have change micro SD cards the one that used to be in it is in my new phone and have deleted all the old files on it.
WHENEVER I do anything CWM it hangs can I recover without CWM it seems it controlls everything i do....
i had Rom manager installed too thet could be deleted, if rom manager is delete will that stuff up the phone, i think the partition is delete tooo... can i re partition it from windows??
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Yes I'm S-off, the phone wont start(boot all the way to working) I get into the (power vol down) menu, I go into recover, anything I do in there hangs the phone all I get is the cwm hat icon, I have to tske the battery out and put it back in. the only thing I think is, I have change micro SD cards the one that used to be in it is in my new phone and have deleted all the old files on it.
WHENEVER I do anything CWM it hangs can I recover without CWM it seems it controlls everything i do....
i had Rom manager installed too thet could be deleted, if rom manager is delete will that stuff up the phone, i think the partition is delete tooo... can i re partition it from windows??
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- I've never seen CWM hang like this. Within CWM, are you using the power button to select the options? You need to push the trackball to select (the middle button on the front of the phone)
- If you were using a custom ROM which used the sdcard in some way like a partition, you can't simply switch sd cards without backing up and transferring the necessary files to the new sdcard
You are s-off, so that's good. Assuming you still want a custom ROM:
- Flash 4EXT recovery using fastboot
- Backup your sd card, and use 4EXT recovery to completely reformat and partition your sd card (maximum 2GB ext4 partition)
- Copy backup back to sdcard, and ROM.zip of your choice
- (Optional but recommended) For maximum app space, flash optimal hboot for your ROM using fastboot, read the ROM's install instructions for information.
- 'Wipe all partitions except sdcard' option within 4EXT recovery (this is a 'full wipe')
- Install ROM.
EDIT: once you get it booting again, DO NOT use ROM manager in any way on this phone. You don't need it, has caused problems on this phone, could have been the reason for your issues in the first place.
eddiehk6 said:
- I've never seen CWM hang like this. Within CWM, are you using the power button to select the options? You need to push the trackball to select (the middle button on the front of the phone)
- If you were using a custom ROM which used the sdcard in some way like a partition, you can't simply switch sd cards without backing up and transferring the necessary files to the new sdcard
You are s-off, so that's good. Assuming you still want a custom ROM:
- Flash 4EXT recovery using fastboot
- Backup your sd card, and use 4EXT recovery to completely reformat and partition your sd card (maximum 2GB ext4 partition)
- Copy backup back to sdcard, and ROM.zip of your choice
- (Optional but recommended) For maximum app space, flash optimal hboot for your ROM using fastboot, read the ROM's install instructions for information.
- 'Wipe all partitions except sdcard' option within 4EXT recovery (this is a 'full wipe')
- Install ROM.
EDIT: once you get it booting again, DO NOT use ROM manager in any way on this phone. You don't need it, has caused problems on this phone, could have been the reason for your issues in the first place.
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Dont know what I did but I got it going, Thanks Eddie for the help, is there a rom that i can download that will take it back to the factory rom...its running cyanogenmod 7 atm, and what about Rom Manager and CWM can I uninstalll them and put 4EXT on it instead?? Thanks heeps man:good::good::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
vk2wgw said:
is there a rom that i can download that will take it back to the factory rom...its running cyanogenmod 7 atm
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A factory ROM is not a custom ROM. If you want a full factory / stock ROM, you will need to flash an RUU (use the 2.3.3. GB WWE RUU)
If you intend to still use the phone, and install a few apps on it without running out of space, then you still need a custom ROM. With CM7, for maximum app space you need:
- cm7r2 hboot (flash with fastboot)
- partitioned sd card (using 4EXT recovery or gparted only, NOT CWM or minitool partition wizard)
- an app such as S2E or Darktremor A2SD to move apps and dalvik to the partition, or flash a compatible app2sd script
Or pick a ROM of your choice. The correct hboot, partition and A2SD method still apply to virtually all custom ROMs
and what about Rom Manager and CWM can I uninstalll them and put 4EXT on it instead
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Like I said, you don't need ROM manager. CWM recovery is ok as long as you only use it to backup, full wipe and install ROMs. don't use it to partition the sd card.
4EXT is better as it can partition and backup/wipe/install ROMs all in one. Flash it using fastboot, or install it using the 4EXT app in the thread.
Probs with TWRP Recovery - not recognized Ext SD + Auto quit & booting to Android sys
Hi, I am having following problems with TWRP on my i9082 - Stock 4.2.2. I did a stock factory reset first. And then installed TWRP using Odin.
Note:My phone is rooted, using SUv2.65.
1) TWRP 3.0 + all versions. I have tried every version till the latest 3.02, but with every 3.0 and higher version, my external SD Card is not detected... Though Android System can detect the SD Card, and read and write files to it.
2) If I use TWRP 2.8.6 tar installed using Odin, then it reads the SD Card, but gives this message E:Unknown File System: 'datamedia' .
If I ignore that message, and try backing up my Stock ROM, then in about half a minute, it automatically reboots into Android system, and the Backup is not created...
Hence I am not able to create any Backup.
Could somebody please help. I can't understand that error. And also can't understand why higher versions of TWRP (which do not have this error), cannot detect the SD Card
But in every version, I cannot stop TWRP automatically quitting and the Phone booting into Android in less than a minute. I even disabled Screen timeout... Doesn't help!
There is a correction to the Post above:
1) About the External SD Card: It seems there is a problem with the Card. The Card shows in Windows and also in TWRP below v3. It gives the impression that you can read and write to it... But in reality, when we write something, we find it is missing the next time we try to read the data... Even while trying to format the card from Android, it says formatting completed successfully. But we find all files are there, just as before...
I have tried using DiskPart and also SDFormatter..., on this Sandisk 64GB microSD XC1 card. But it appears to be bricked, and cannot be formatted.. I have to try with another external SD Card.
2) But leaving the SD Card, the other issue still remains, for which I would be grateful for any help. In any version of TWRP, both above and below v3, I am not able to complete any backup... TWRP quits on it's own after some time, even while the backup process is going on, and boots into Android, and no backup is created...
I know that TWRP patched my Boot partition. Because at the first while flashing with ODIN, I could not boot to TWRP Recovery, it would always go back to Stock Recovery... Then at another XDA Post, I read that 'Auto Reboot' should be disabled in Odin, and the Phone Battery taken out to quit Odin Mode, and then we should reboot into Recovery using the Right Key combination, and TWRP would boot... Once TWRP is booted, that it would patch the boot, so that the Stock Recovery overwriting would cease... That has been successful, and everytime I use the Key combo to boot into recovery, I get into TWRP. But TWRP now quits by itself even when it is actively doing something. And that is getting me completely confused...
I have to add this Error too here!
Besides above, I also consistently get this error in the Log tab. E:Unknown File System: 'datamedia' . This is also the same in every version of TWRP. If I ignore it and continue with Backup, then Backup proceeds, but TWRP quits to Android System like I said earlier, and hence the Backup is never made...
For long time I was too facing this prob with TWRP recoveries for galaxy grand duos sudden restart to UI while taking nandroid backups, flashing new ROMs or apps ...
I just quit and now the probs are solved using Phil's recovery ..NONE problems till now great jobs in taking nandroid backup and Flashing ROMS...
Here's the link ...-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2452985
hIT tx if I have helped...