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E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 (File exists)

In Recovery (2.5.0.5) I get the error E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 (File exists) Everything seems to work except nothing happens when I wipe battery stats. I have tried messing around with parted but it says it doesn't exist and doesn't let me create a new one. Does anyone know what the problem is or how to fix it?
I'm thinking it might have happened when i updated my recovery to 2.5.1.1 But I'm not sure. Thanks.
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cmo220 said:
In Recovery (2.5.0.5) I get the error E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 (File exists) Everything seems to work except nothing happens when I wipe battery stats. I have tried messing around with parted but it says it doesn't exist and doesn't let me create a new one. Does anyone know what the problem is or how to fix it?
I'm thinking it might have happened when i updated my recovery to 2.5.1.1 But I'm not sure. Thanks.
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Check out my sig.

Thanks. I'm backing up my SD card now to try that. Does the new partition need to be that big? I don't move apps to my SD card and right now only have a 2 gig card.

cmo220 said:
Thanks. I'm backing up my SD card now to try that. Does the new partition need to be that big? I don't move apps to my SD card and right now only have a 2 gig card.
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Probably not. I have an 8 gig and like to plan for the future. Feel free to trim it, then let me know if it works and what size you used.

Thanks. That was quick and painless. I was able to make the SD ext partition 128mb. That's the smallest size it allowed.
I'm like you. Seeing any error really bugs me.
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I have the same problem. What is the fix? Thanks in advance!
SamuraiXDroid

samuraixzodus said:
I have the same problem. What is the fix? Thanks in advance!
SamuraiXDroid
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Don't know. Try reading the first four posts and then you might be able to tell me.
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What does check out my sig mean??
SamuraiXDroid

Read his entire post. Including his signature.

Just a further question on that... I have read PonsAsinorem's sig and I understand what is going on, but what I don't understand is how app2SD froyo style is working: it lets me "move" my apps to the SD card from within Froyo, although there is no such /sd-ext partition in my SD card. Does it mean that in fact it is not really moving the apps to the SD card? I am a little bit puzzled here...
Thanks,
DJKarras

DjKarras said:
Just a further question on that... I have read PonsAsinorem's sig and I understand what is going on, but what I don't understand is how app2SD froyo style is working: it lets me "move" my apps to the SD card from within Froyo, although there is no such /sd-ext partition in my SD card. Does it mean that in fact it is not really moving the apps to the SD card? I am a little bit puzzled here...
Thanks,
DJKarras
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I haven't toyed around with apps2sd extensively. I don't have that many and they read quicker off internal, if only slightly, so that is where I keep them. Also makes it easier to flash ROMs (I'm a firm believer in wiping all data and remnants of the previous ROM). I also didn't come onto the Android scene till rift before Froyo so I was a rookie. Which is what this MIGHT be, a fragment of 2.1, or even earlier, left behind for compatibility purposes. I don't have enough background to answer this with certainty.
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PonsAsinorem said:
I haven't toyed around with apps2sd extensively. I don't have that many and they read quicker off internal, if only slightly, so that is where I keep them. Also makes it easier to flash ROMs (I'm a firm believer in wiping all data and remnants of the previous ROM). I also didn't come onto the Android scene till rift before Froyo so I was a rookie. Which is what this MIGHT be, a fragment of 2.1, or even earlier, left behind for compatibility purposes. I don't have enough background to answer this with certainty.
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The apps2sd implementation for our phone doesn't actually move it to our sd card, it moves it to emmc (internal storage) instead and doesn't require an ext partition.

Hi, I have Galaxy s and i had the same error message so I did as explained... but now my phone get stuck on defalt recovery screen and when I try to select "apply sdcard:update.zip" it says "E:can't open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory) Installation aborted"...
what I understand is that the instructions for formatting the SD card wiped all the data including update.zip file.
Now my phone is no more usable, it get stuck on main default recovery(not clockwork) :-(
Please hepl me.. I know Its a another phone section but please help me if you can
Thank you in advance

Error Solve
I use "Paragon Partition Manager" to solve this problem with my sd-ext
make sd-ext to 3 partitions
First partition
for keep your data set file system to FAT32
Second partition
create new partition size beteen 32 - 40MB and file system is Linux Swap
Third parition
create new partition size around 517MB and file system is Linux Ext2
Done!!
ps. sorry for my poor english language

I'm having this error happen when I try to wipe Dalvik cache. I don't understand the Check my sig thing. I'm an idiot.

TokedUp said:
I'm having this error happen when I try to wipe Dalvik cache. I don't understand the Check my sig thing. I'm an idiot.
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Not really, because I took it out. I'll see if I can dig it up again.

TokedUp said:
I'm having this error happen when I try to wipe Dalvik cache. I don't understand the Check my sig thing. I'm an idiot.
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Here ya go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8728693&postcount=1823

thank you. i'm gonna leave it alone for now.

Tried That
PonsAsinorem said:
Here ya go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8728693&postcount=1823
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I tried solving my problem just as described in the link above. I thought that it had been because I had partitioned my SD with too big a partition, 2 Gig. I resized my partition, exactly like described using AmonRa, without any problems except that the error still remained. I tried it again but this time with Clockwork. Again no success. I finally gave up and re-partitioned it with AmonRa and my original 2 Gig EXT partition. Finally success! I dont know if attempting with different recoveries did something but it worked and it worked with a 2 Gig EXT partition. Hope this helps someone else.

Question about dalvik to SD

I'm using a2sd and have set up and confirmed dalvik cache on my sdCard (ran the command and which rebooted the phone, then ran the check that showed dalvik is on the sdCard. When I look in Spare Parts under Data Storage Options, the last item on the list is Dalvik-Cache on SDCard which is currently unchecked, indicating Dalvik-Cache on /data.
I'm confused (not uncommon ). Are these the same or different?
Any thoughts?
Running Myn's latest rom.
Mike

Spare parts is asking if that's where you want dalvik stored just leave it alone its already being stored on sd if you ran the a2sd command
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nuggyunlimited said:
Spare parts is asking if that's where you want dalvik stored just leave it alone its already being stored on sd if you ran the a2sd command
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Thank you. Much appreciated.

APS2SD Question

Since no one will answer this on the thread for the ROM;
This is the 1st time I ever did a partition and uses APS2SD, so when a new vewrsion of the ROM, or any ROM with APS2SD built in comes out, what do I NOT wipe with Amon Ra Wipe?
Do I still do a Wipe ALL DATA/Factory Reset like I alwasy?? Or do I wipe everything individually but not SD CARD? OR NOT SD EXT???
Do I need to copy my SD card to my computer, and then reformat and repartition????
One person please answer this question I've asked 14 times......

When you want to flash a new ROM, wipe as usual (data/factory, cache, dalvik cache) but also do "sdext". This will ensure that any apps stored in your partition are also cleared out for a fresh and clean install of your new ROM
And about wiping 'sdcard"... this would resultin losing pics, backups, etc.
Tower, this is SkyRaider requesting a fly-by...

I guess it's weird then that when I wipe all, it doesn't wipe the SD Card, unless it skips that on purpose, which would make sense....
Thanks!

Good to know
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HipKat said:
I guess it's weird then that when I wipe all, it doesn't wipe the SD Card, unless it skips that on purpose, which would make sense....
Thanks!
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When you select wipe all (in among 2.3) it shouldn't wipe your SD card, but it does include SD ext I believe. If there was no ext3 partition then it would skip that part. I have 2 cards, one is the 8gb card that is not partitioned, and the other is 16gb with ext3 partition. With the card that isn't partitioned, when I select wipe all it will say "skipping g" on the sd ext wipe. With my card that is partitioned, it does not skip that part and it wipes normally.
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THanks, K2...
My fear was that with the EXT Partition, it might wipe the whole card.
I know that sounds a little ridiculous, but ya never know

HipKat said:
THanks, K2...
My fear was that with the EXT Partition, it might wipe the whole card.
I know that sounds a little ridiculous, but ya never know
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No problem man. Just be aware, there is an option in amon that WILL wipe out your entire card. the 'wipe sdcard' will wipe it all, gone forever. Just be sure to choose the SDEXT option to format just the partition.

See, that's what had me confused, because when you click wipe all, it looks like all those sub "categories" (Cache, Dalvik, EXT3, etc) get wiped in the process, but apparently, that's not the case

HipKat said:
See, that's what had me confused, because when you click wipe all, it looks like all those sub "categories" (Cache, Dalvik, EXT3, etc) get wiped in the process, but apparently, that's not the case
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The ones you list do indeed get wiped. It wipes EXT3 but not the FAT32 partition where your "normal" data lies. That's definitely how it should be. In fact, I don't even like having that Wipe SDCARD option there. It scares me. Good thing I don't do much wiping while drunk.

bkrodgers said:
The ones you list do indeed get wiped. It wipes EXT3 but not the FAT32 partition where your "normal" data lies. That's definitely how it should be. In fact, I don't even like having that Wipe SDCARD option there. It scares me. Good thing I don't do much wiping while drunk.
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Agreed... just seeing it there freaks me out

[Q] Can the Cache partition be increased in size?

Hi Experts!
I have an HTC Wildfire rooted with CM 7.1.0.1 stable installed. Love my phone and Cyanogenmod but I have an irritating problem with downloading large apps from the Market app. Basically there is not enough space on internal storage to store the file.
After some searching and investigation I think I can see the problem. The market uses the Cache partition as a temporary store for downloads. The dalvik cache is also located on the partition. Unfortunately the dalvik cache is so large that it is using up pretty much most of the cache partition (currently 31.62MB used leaving 8.38MB free and there is nothing else but the dalvik cache taking up space at present).
So I'm not sure how to resolve this. I've seen some posts where people have moved the dalvik cache and/or the Market download folder to SD but I'm reluctant to do that as I can imagine this will slow things down a lot plus cause problems if I remove the SD card, turn on mass storage mode etc.
This leaves me to the conclusion that I need a bigger cache partition. So I'd like to know, is this even possible or recommended? If not what other options do I have?
Thanks,
Neil

Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233340

Thanks for that Guide, that certainly looks helpful, although a pain to have to wipe my system and start over .
Something unusual I have noticed is that I seem to have two Dalvik-Cache's. One is on /cache/dalvik-cache the other is on data/dalvik-cache. They both have contents too so I would assume they are both used!

elneilios said:
Thanks for that Guide, that certainly looks helpful, although a pain to have to wipe my system and start over .
Something unusual I have noticed is that I seem to have two Dalvik-Cache's. One is on /cache/dalvik-cache the other is on data/dalvik-cache. They both have contents too so I would assume they are both used!
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Try to wipe dalvik-cache and see if it appears again. Dalvik cache should be on data partition, but if you flash your roms through RomManager than it moves dalvick-cache to /cache for some reason.
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Did it work ok then?

[Q] sdcard space not enough

i flashed some custom roms for several times. today i just noticed that theres only 1GB left in my sdcard. and all the files that i can find are just about 10GB. i have no idea what takes the rest. any solution pls? thx alot!

Not sure if this could apply to you but try to get a tool called diskusage to better understand what is happening it may well be dalvik cache space issue, another tool which can also help with clearing dalvik cache is link2sd once you frozen you can clear the dalvik cache for particular apps.
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UpSideDownHOX said:
Not sure if this could apply to you but try to get a tool called diskusage to better understand what is happening it may well be dalvik cache space issue, another tool which can also help with clearing dalvik cache is link2sd once you frozen you can clear the dalvik cache for particular apps.
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thx mate! what about wiping dalvik cache in recovery? will this work?

I've only cleared dalvik cache from apps I not longer used, so is best if others here can make more technical recommendations on this topic.
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Sure you're not getting internal storage confused with phone storage in Settings?

I had this problem too the only way I could fix it was copying all of my data from the sdcard, formatting it and copying it all back.

JJbdoggg said:
I had this problem too the only way I could fix it was copying all of my data from the sdcard, formatting it and copying it all back.
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What's the best way to format the 25GB partition?

Looks like i may have to do a reformat as well then.
I have 14ish Gig on my phone storage, yet only have a little over 5Gig left!?
6gig missing somewhere!
Tried looking using linda file manager.. can't find anything that big!

JJbdoggg said:
I had this problem too the only way I could fix it was copying all of my data from the sdcard, formatting it and copying it all back.
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thats what i actually did. looking for better solution. it seems to have something to do with rom flashing. after formatting i flashed a rom again then almost 1GB is gone. btw im on ARHD 4.1 and used super wipe from ARHD thread before flashing.

Copying the data to my PC, reformatting, copying the data back worked for me too.
I had been playing around with various ROMs over the last week, and I would think that this has had something to do with it.

This happened to mine too. I already did what you have done and formatted the sd partition and i gained 3gb from 5gb to 8gb which was great but woke this morning to have lost another 1gb overnight. I thought i had solved it but obviously not. Hope this gets sorted soon.
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liquidguru said:
Copying the data to my PC, reformatting, copying the data back worked for me too.
I had been playing around with various ROMs over the last week, and I would think that this has had something to do with it.
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Well if it does, then its still a problem even if i format the sdcard 'cause i wont stop flashing roms in the future. The missing space is gonna keep growing and lead to another format. And thats annoying

The problem is that after files deletion their space goes to the bad sectors - just run chkdsk to see this. Seems problem with internal SD driver or something like this

How many roms did you save on the SD card? That takes space. Plus how many nandroids have you saved? Each nandroid takes 1.2 gb space. So multiple nandroid back ups will take up a lot of space.
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Also you can use storage analyser from play store to analyze what is using your storage
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