I am using stock rooted FI03 with AGAT 5.4 kernel and I cannot move any apps to my external SD card (tells me there is not enough space). I want to try flashing a stock kernel with Mobile Odin to see if this will fix the issue, but I want to make sure there are no consequences of doing this that I am unaware of. I figure I will loose Clockworkmod Recovery but will still be rooted, so I can flash back to AGAT 5.4 or another recovery kernel when I am finished. Anything else I should know?
(If anyone has any other suggestions on getting the phone to move apps to the external SD again, I would love to hear it!)
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I am using stock rooted FI03 with AGAT 5.4 kernel and I cannot move any apps to my external SD card (tells me there is not enough space). I want to try flashing a stock kernel with Mobile Odin to see if this will fix the issue, but I want to make sure there are no consequences of doing this that I am unaware of. I figure I will loose Clockworkmod Recovery but will still be rooted, so I can flash back to AGAT 5.4 or another recovery kernel when I am finished. Anything else I should know?
(If anyone has any other suggestions on getting the phone to move apps to the external SD again, I would love to hear it!)
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There are others with that issue as well in this thread that may give you another option without going back to stock.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879381&page=7
But no, you shouldn't have any issues with what you've suggested and you already listed what you will/won't have.
Either flash with odin as tar or in recovery as zip
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Well, flashing the stock kernel did not go well for some reason. I flashed the stock FI03 tar with Mobile Odin and got a soft brick, wouldn't get past the Samsung logo. I used Odin to flash back to AGAT 5.4, cleared the triangle and it's working fine.
On the subject of not being able to move any apps to the External SD (reporting no space available), that is finally working again! The kernel flashing I mention above did not fix this issue. What does seem to have fixed this doesn't really make sense to me, but then I don't understand what was causing the issue in the first place...
I was messing around with the Amazon Kindle app, trying to figure out where it was storing covers and books I had downloaded. I downloaded a couple of large free books from the Amazon store and found that it had placed them in the data/data/com.amazon.kindle/files folder. Not wanting them to take up space in my system, I decided to try moving them to the kindle folder on the internal SD (where I also put books I have sideloaded). I found that the Kindle app still accessed them fine here.
Now, at some point after this I happened to notice that Titanium Backup was showing that the Kindle app was on my external SD. I did not think much of this at the time, figuring that moving the 2 books to my internal SD had confused something. But today, before planning on reflashing FI03 to see if it would fix this, I tried moving an app to the External SD (just to be sure it still wasn't working) and it worked fine. Also the Kindle app IS on my external SD card. I have no idea why or how this fixed my issue, but I can think of nothing else I could have done which would have fixed this...
Yesterday, I lost the ability to move to ExtSD again, did nothing I know of to cause this. Made a nandroid, planned to go back to prior nandroid where moving to ExtSD was working, but moving to ExtSD suddenly started working again (on it's own, as far as I know).
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I was running Nocturnal Venum ICS rom with no problems. Yesterday I woke up and the phone had frozen. I rebooted and it went into a boot loop. So I odined EL26 CWM kernel and attempted to redo the install clean. I could only get as far as the application installing before it would freeze. I can get into DL mode and recovery just fine, but no ICS Rom will install. From the stock plus root all the way to custom ASOP and AKOP. If there is anyone that had a similar problem or read of it and solution, I would appreciate any help. I went back to gingerbread and I can install them fine. It appears to be isolated to the ICS roms.
When trying to install the stock ICS FE10 I got a failed to install with a status 7 error. I have taken a logcat after the latest GBread install, but I can't upload it.
TIA
Have you considered corruption of one or both of the SD's? Since you can boot, back up whatever you need off of both internal and external SD's, format them both from settings/storage from the phone (only). Copy back just what you think you may need (no point in adding to the uncluttered phone yet) and try it again.
Edit: If still having issues, yank out the external SD card entirely and try it without.
One click odin back to stock couldn't hurt either. May as well make the phone as virgin as possible.
Have you tried odining back to EL26 stock with a clean install, rather than just Odining the kernel?
iniz94 said:
Have you tried odining back to EL26 stock with a clean install, rather than just Odining the kernel?
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+1
But, like I also recommended, formatting both of the SD's to clean up god knows what is left over after flashing an unknown amount of stuff from a place you've never heard of before.
I normally recommend a full blown reset back to stock. It's easier that way sometimes.
Actually I went back stock EL29 with root. I will try the reformatting the sd. I did the external but not the internal. What files must I leave on the internal if any.
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But, like I also recommended, formatting both of the SD's to clean up god knows what is left over after flashing an unknown amount of stuff from a place you've never heard of before.
I normally recommend a full blown reset back to stock. It's easier that way sometimes.
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cerebralzulu said:
Actually I went back stock EL29 with root. I will try the reformatting the sd. I did the external but not the internal. What files must I leave on the internal if any.
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Once you format the internal, it will be pretty cleaned out.
I would redownload the ROM you want to try, Calkulin's format all and that's about it. Don't trust anything you've copied off of SD just yet. Try a fresh download and install of what you need first. Try installing from the internal SD also for now.
Of course always follow the correct procedure posted for installation of any non-Gingerbread rom. Some have special requirements.
If both sd cards are reformatted and a factory reset is done would you lose root?
Looks like that did it TD. And to think I thought I was getting proficient lol. Thanks so very much for the help. Looks like the apps are loading with no problems. Keeping my fingers crossed lol.
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Once you format the internal, it will be pretty cleaned out.
I would redownload the ROM you want to try, Calkulin's format all and that's about it. Don't trust anything you've copied off of SD just yet. Try a fresh download and install of what you need first. Try installing from the internal SD also for now.
Of course always follow the correct procedure posted for installation of any non-Gingerbread rom. Some have special requirements.
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I didn't. Not sure if the ROMs are including root or what. But all is looking well.
rwright64 said:
If both sd cards are reformatted and a factory reset is done would you lose root?
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cerebralzulu said:
Looks like that did it TD. And to think I thought I was getting proficient lol. Thanks so very much for the help. Looks like the apps are loading with no problems. Keeping my fingers crossed lol.
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Perfect! No telling where your issue really was but there was no point in spending a lot of time troubleshooting it either. So much junk is left over from flashing, I always recommend a full wipe occasionally.
Hello, hopefully someone has an answer to this. I can't seem to transfer apps to my SD card, unless Im on the basic rooted stock. If I flash a rom and then download an app that I know can be transfered to the app it says it's unable to. I have unrooted, rerooted and it still does not work. Followed the steps in the instructions (written and video) to make sure I don't mess up. I even formated my SD cards to see if it was an SD card issue, but it's not since I am able to move apps if I am on stock Touchwiz rooted.
Are you running a repack kernel such as f11 w/ AGAT recovery, There is a bug with the kernel that wont let you move apps 2 SD but on any ROM if you flash Stock Kernel then you should be able to move apps 2 SD.
So I actually encountered this issue when attempt to flash a different modem that basically was not part of an original leak. So in my case I am running leak FF18 that was fresh ODIN'd was experiencing wifi issues (like a lot of people currently are on the ICS builds) and attempted to flash a different modem (FD26) to remedy the issue. On a side note the FD26 did remedy my wifi issues HOWEVER it introduced the beloved "couldn’t install on USB storage or SD card " error when attempting to install certain apps. The app I was testing with was Crackle. Anyways knowing that this was the only change I had made to my system I tried to flash back the FF18 modem. That was a not go So after a bunch of research I came across an article that basically said to permanently remedy the situation you needed to reOdin. So I figured how about we half ass it the the odin that still preserves data. Cause frankly I am getting tired of rebuilding my device. BINGO! that did the trick. After that I reflashed my custom ROM I am running (Blazer ICS edition) and was able to install all apps.
So now that we are done with the long drawn out story. The take away from this is:
-flashing different modems (and possibly kernels) other than what comes bundled with leak can cause this issue
-grab a copy of the ODIN bundle for your specific leak that preserves data if you dont want a data loss and reflash
-install any app to your liking
I hope this helps somebody
Cheers!
I found something a little different. I figured out a couple of ways to change the modem for ics. If you are already on ff18 and have ff18 modem and want to change to a different one, there are a few ways to go about it. One is to mobile odin flash agat's repack for ff18. Boot into his recovery, wipe cache and dalvik then flash whatever modem cwm zip. After that, boot back into system, update profile then prl then reboot. Use mobile oding to put back the original stock ff18 kernel and that will fix the unable to install thing. Another way is if you're coming from gb and know which modem you want, boot into recovery in gb and flash the desired modem. After that, use mobile odin to flash ff18 one click full wipe version. It won't install the modem so that snafu can work for your benefit. I could say more but it's time for bed for me.
This isn't the case. Agat63 has been working extensively with this error.. It has to do with the zimage file. I Odin every time I update and at this moment I cannot install apps to sd and SB Nation won't install unless I unmount my card. I am glad you've have success with your method, but I'm pretty sure if you install a repacked kernel right now you'll be back to the same situation.
The Root said:
This isn't the case. Agat63 has been working extensively with this error.. It has to do with the zimage file. I Odin every time I update and at this moment I cannot install apps to sd and SB Nation won't install unless I unmount my card. I am glad you've have success with your method, but I'm pretty sure if you install a repacked kernel right now you'll be back to the same situation.
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I was able to reproduce this issue about 4 times last night without fail. Amd every single time I reOdined my phone issue was resolved everytime
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I had this same problem and couldn't find the answer I wanted anywhere. I tried factory reset and formatting the SD but it didn't work. Phone isn't rooted or anything. In the end I unmounted the SD card and then I was able to install the game then mount the SD card and it worked great.
thank you that totally worked
zoey said:
I had this same problem and couldn't find the answer I wanted anywhere. I tried factory reset and formatting the SD but it didn't work. Phone isn't rooted or anything. In the end I unmounted the SD card and then I was able to install the game then mount the SD card and it worked great.
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thanks, that totally worked for me.
Do you think this is a ROM issue that will be fixed?
I wiped flashed file but it keeps booting into the modified TWRP RECOVERY? Stuck at this point.
Anyone have any ideas?
I was on TWRP 2.4.1 Newest version
MA5 Stock Deodexed MA5 Firmwares
OK Now a little freaked out. I can't get to billards file or any of my back ups because they were on my external sd card!!!! I hate trying to learn new stuff (old dog)
I'm so used to HTC and when I think I have a grasp of Sammy I F&ck it up!
Oh yeah and my back ups on PC are gone because of hard drive crash! FFFFUUUUDDDDGGGGEEEE!!!!!!!
Any help to get me back to where I was before I flashed this thing would be very much appreciated. Hell I'll take a bootable ROM of any kind. Sweating bullets!
I have the mskips 3.0 toolkit can that help? I scared ****less to do anything!
I don't have ideas of why. But if you have ROM, try flashing it and see if it'll boot. Then at least you can get the rom you want later and maybe your backups.
No Rom on Phone
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I don't have ideas of why. But if you have ROM, try flashing it and see if it'll boot. Then at least you can get the rom you want later and maybe your backups.
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It's (TWRP) not showing anything under the external sd card and I'm not sure how to mount the external sd card? Under mount there are some options problem is this is a modified version of TWRP 2.3.2.3 or something close to that. Just confused on how to just get a stock rom back on the thing?
thank you very much for your reply
Charles
ceabbott2 said:
It's (TWRP) not showing anything under the external sd card and I'm not sure how to mount the external sd card? Under mount there are some options problem is this is a modified version of TWRP 2.3.2.3 or something close to that. Just confused on how to just get a stock rom back on the thing?
thank you very much for your reply
Charles
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I had this problem a few times. I know I solved it by just flashing back to stock and formatted everything. I know that's probably excessive and you'll lose a lot of info but it's better than having a very expensive paper weight. Lol
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How did you do that?
nthornton1990 said:
I had this problem a few times. I know I solved it by just flashing back to stock and formatted everything. I know that's probably excessive and you'll lose a lot of info but it's better than having a very expensive paper weight. Lol
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I can't see anything on my sd card and since this is some sort of modified version of TWRP it can only see what's on the internal memory. But none of my back ups are on the internaland whenever it rebooots it always boots the the modified version of TWRP. Really stumped i don't know adb so I don't know if I can even push anything to the phone?
Don't mind losing data no biggie there but I'm like you don't want it totally hosed.
Thanks Charles
Use odin to flash latest twrp over the funky one. Then use real twrp to access sd card. Also before that, remove sd card and copy contents to new hard drive using a card reader.
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KEYofR said:
Use odin to flash latest twrp over the funky one. Then use real twrp to access sd card. Also before that, remove sd card and copy contents to new hard drive using a card reader.
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Copying files now. Quick question/advice If I can see my old TWRP file in my internal memory could I flash that file with this weird modified version of TWRP? Then I could flash any file from my sd card stock or custom ROM. If not to flash the TWRP file in Odin do I place it in PDA the slot and which buttons do I need to check (reboot etc)?
Wait I can't use Odin because my PC can't recognize or see my phone because of this modified version of TWRP. Damn it!
My apologies for the noob questions just scared ****less to do anything.
My sd card is wiped clean
So I could put a file on sd card but this modified version of TWRP can't see my external sd card.
Thank you for your time
Charles
To use odin you have to put the phone in "download mode" not recovery. It's a special mode different from recovery or OS or bootloader. Power off the phone and press & hold UPvol+home+power until you get the download mode screen.
It doesn't matter what kind of recovery or anything else you have. It works even with no recovery or kernel or bootloader or OS at all.
Get the tar version of openrecovery 2.4.1.0 (or whatevers latest you future readers). Don't unpack the tar.
Uncheck reboot.
Use the PDA button, select the downloaded tar.
After flashing is done and it says 1 success 0 error, bpull the battery.
This next is annoying and I can't really believe there is no better way, but I need to do it this way or else the newly flashed recovery doesn't "take" and I have to flash it again. Just once the first time after flashing. After that no problem. Anyway, hold DOWNvol+home+power, and while holding all those, put the battery back in.
Now you should have a good fully functional useful TWRP recovery that you can use to flash all kinds of things from the sd card, backup all kinds of things to the sd card, access the internal main OS flash drive, the internal "sdcard" and external sdcard, etc.
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KEYofR said:
To use odin you have to put the phone in "download mode" not recovery. It's a special mode different from recovery or OS or bootloader. Power off the phone and press & hold UPvol+home+power until you get the download mode screen.
It doesn't matter what kind of recovery or anything else you have. It works even with no recovery or kernel or bootloader or OS at all.
Get the tar version of openrecovery 2.4.1.0 (or whatevers latest you future readers). Don't unpack the tar.
Uncheck reboot.
Use the PDA button, select the downloaded tar.
After flashing is done and it says 1 success 0 error, bpull the battery.
This next is annoying and I can't really believe there is no better way, but I need to do it this way or else the newly flashed recovery doesn't "take" and I have to flash it again. Just once the first time after flashing. After that no problem. Anyway, hold DOWNvol+home+power, and while holding all those, put the battery back in.
Now you should have a good fully functional useful TWRP recovery that you can use to flash all kinds of things from the sd card, backup all kinds of things to the sd card, access the internal main OS flash drive, the internal "sdcard" and external sdcard, etc.
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Ok since I was in the middle of all this (On MA5 Firmware and stock rooted ROM) Do I flash a stock rooted ROM and which one(LJ1 MA5 LK8)??? I don't know where I was as far as this zip was when I wiped dalvik and cache and started this disaster?
For the life of me I can't remember how to boot into recovery Power & volume down? Is that right?
Thank you for all of your help your a godsend.
UPDATE:
I'm back on Stock Deodexed MA5. I was and to flash TWRP 2.4.1.0, Reboot recovery, and restore my last back up.
Thank you SOOOO MUCH... going to cry in my stressed out happy place
Update used an all in one and stock deodexed MA7 thank you everyone!
Charles
Hi, I downloaded CM11 and had no issues with my internal sd but I tried a different rom, didn't like it, and restored back to the CM11 rom. Now, I'm having issues with the sdcard. It doesn't show. I have all my backups, pictures, music there. I know for a fact that it still exists because I can see it when I mount it on recovery. When I load into the os, it says I have no sdcard. So how do I fix this?
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Hi, I downloaded CM11 and had no issues with my internal sd but I tried a different rom, didn't like it, and restored back to the CM11 rom. Now, I'm having issues with the sdcard. It doesn't show. I have all my backups, pictures, music there. I know for a fact that it still exists because I can see it when I mount it on recovery. When I load into the os, it says I have no sdcard. So how do I fix this?
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I'm having them same issue. But can't mount in recovery or no apps can detect my SD card. I know all my data is on my SD card. Took data off formated SD still can't detect SD. Sooo stumped. Ran several 4.3 ROMs. Heard they weren't good because of SD issues. Issue did start after installing a 4.4 ROM though. If a solution if found I'll get back with you. But as it sits I've tried everything except reverting back to stock and rerooting. Last resort.
I just posted about a similar issue I'm having with custom ROMs reading my SD card for this phone. not sure but would be interested if anyone knows what's going on
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Good to I'm not only one. Been using twrp 2.6.1.0 with no issues. Been running 4.3s for while. Tried some TW.. No issue.. Tried some 4.2.2a again.. No issues. Tried latest Slim 4.3.1 and BLAMMO! had issues booting it but finally did.. Then restored back to a 4.2.2 ROM and now my ext SD is not visible. It is intact cuz twrp sees and restores from it.. WTF!
EDIT my previous. Slim is vindicated. Seems both of my 4.2.2 backups are corrupted for some reason. Restored a Slim 4.3 build and my SD card issues are gone. Weird.