Finally rooted, not going to flash a ROM yet because I dont plan on activating this HTC One V cdma for a while yet.
Anyhow, flashed TWRP (2 diff versions) and CWM and both can't mount the sdcard. Seems as though doing a backup wasn't as simple as I thought it would be. The sdcard is a 16gig, I formatted as FAT32. Was this a bad idea? The phone OS sees it and reads/writes just fine, 2 different recoveries can't mount it. SU seems fine from the Phone OS also.
Done a bit of searching and it seems to be kinda common.
Little help please?
Thanks.
I fixed it, so for others out there coming from Googleland all I had to do was switch the file system on the sdcard from FAT32 to ext3.
Strange, but true. Now both TWRP and ICS are happy.
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I have s-ffed my phone today, all went well. I then flashed the Oxygen HBOOT, and again everything was fine.
I then used recovery to flash Redux 1.0.0 RC4, which all went fine. I can access android and it's nice, quick and looks good.
However, I have two problems:
1. My microSD card won't mount, however it will under clockwork and i can put files on it from my MAC.
2. I cannot download apps from the Market. Is this a consequence of not being able to mount the microSD card?
I have reformatted the microSD in Clockwork, just in case.
This is frustrating cos i can't put my pics and music back on the card, or add in any other apps.
I would post in the development section, but i can't cos i haven't reached the right number of posts.
Any body got any ideas?
Thanks,
Jon.
Changelog for Redux RC4
Code:
Redux v1.0.0-RC4
Now fits in a 90MB /system partition (Oxygen HBOOT table can be used, however I will not offer support for this);
Market downloads now go to '/sdcard/Android';
As for your mounting problem, the format for the SD needs to be FAT32 (but you already knew that). I guess you can try to manually mount it in Settings > Storage see if that works. If not then I guess you can flash it again and see if that does anything.
Thanks for the reply.
Should've read the chaneog again
The sd card is still not being detected, and the mount option under storage is greyed out. I have formatted several times, and yes I did know that it should be FAT32, and reflashed three times.
I know the card and phone are ok, because i can mount it in recovery and transfer to it.
I have my FAT32 as the first partition and a 1Gb ext3 as the second.
Any more ideas?
Ok, sorted it now. Went back and did a full phone wipe again and recreated the ext3 partition.
If anything I may have forgotten to wipe the dalvik-cache first time around, but i'm not sure.
Anyways, all good now
Edit: Also had to manually create directory for market downloads
I would of said just wipe data and caches but you beat me to it
Hi.
Desire suddenly doesn't want to read any kind of sdcards anymore. Powering on brings me to FASTBOOT. CWM just says that it can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1. Also, SD-EXT was supposed to be there, it fails to find that one as well. Also Win7 suddenly says it can't find driver for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM? WTH is that?
It did OK not ten minutes ago before it happened. PC reads any kind of sdcards fine.
Ok, my bad. I've been swapping sdcards. I've been pulling battery out, because sometimes it had hanged.
In short, did I somehow FUBAR it? Or is there something I can yet try?
have u try to go into recovery an do a fully wipe an the install the rom again
Yes. It wipes DATA, CACHE and then complains that "No app2sd partition found" (I can live with that) and Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
I've done partitioning with GParted. Also, that sdcard is stock 4 GB that came with the device.
Also, for info, I'm running S-OFF and CWM 2.5.1.8
Search for usb brick.
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Try to remove the SD Card from phone, insert it again, power up and go to the recovery/mounts&storage, try to unmount and then mount SD Card.
See if that helps, i had similiar issue and it helped me. (Also be sure FAT32 is first partition followed by ext3/4 and ofcourse both primary!)
cralias said:
Yes. It wipes DATA, CACHE and then complains that "No app2sd partition found" (I can live with that) and Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
I've done partitioning with GParted. Also, that sdcard is stock 4 GB that came with the device.
Also, for info, I'm running S-OFF and CWM 2.5.1.8
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try use use cwm 3.0.0.5 an do a fully wipe an new partion whit cwm 3.0.0.5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9207285&postcount=1
Take a look at this thread.
Ok, thx for fast responses. Will try this now.
EDIT: Huuuuge amounts of thanks for pointing me at USB-BRICK fix thread. Didn't even know it was called like that.
I was totally like "what I've done!!?" and started a thread without sitting down and thinking about the problem, sorry about that.
Hello all,
Okay, am definitely a noob, although have been able to root and make some major changes to my Desire with the help of this great forum since the last one year. Tried to look this up in the noob post and others, tried a lot of things folks suggested in other posts but not working.
Ran into a major problem this week when I tried to move to Leedroid's Gingerbread ROM using a brand new minisd I bought (Sandisk 8GB). Was running Leedroid's v2.5.0 earlier. Here are the steps I followed for the new card>
1. Backedup my stock MiniSD data (and formatted it)
2. Downloaded Easeus and partitioned my new MiniSD (using card reader) with first 7gigs of FAT32 and secondly with 500 MB of EXT3. (Cant seem to find an option for the swap)
3. Copied ROM and Radio into the new MiniSD
4. Booted into recovery through CWM v2.5.0.1 - wiped clean, tried to flash the ROM. Success message. Radio flash - Success message.
5. Reboot phone - stuck at HTC logo whitescreen!
Went into partitions menu on recovery and checked the mount, and I see this error:
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (File exists)
Error mounting /sd-ext/!
I know this error can occur for a lot of reasons, but what I am more worried about is - did I just brick my desire? Am I just using an outdated CWM version? How do I upgrade now?
Thank you for any help..really appreciated.
SOLVED!
Upgraded CWM Recovery. Instead of EXT3, I re-formatted into EXT2, reloaded the ROM and Radio. Flashed!
Reboot successful.
well since it works already try with EXT3 or EXT4
they are faster than EXT2, you will see the diffrence
I try to partition my sd-card using ClockworkMod Recovery 5.8.0.0.
It went ok, and I can see my partition using adb shell
Code:
# mount
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/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /sd-ext type ext3 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,nodelalloc,data=ordered)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /sdcard type vfat (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
I want to convert ext3 to ext4 so I plug my phone in the USB and mount it in the recovery.
However Gparted can't find any partition in my sdcard. When I try to view it using disk utilities It only shows the FAT32 partition.
I don't understand why gparted can't detect any partition ( it shows unallocated ). Something wrong with the partition table of the sd-card formatted by CWM ? Anyone have solved this before ?
Delete all partitions on your SD card and then partition again.
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Delete all partitions on your SD card and then partition again.
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How to delete them if I can't see them ? I try to re-partition using CWM but still the same.
Delete partitions with cwm, and then create 1 big fat 32 partition. Alternately use Linux fdisk, which will "see" it.
After one partition is created, use parted, or 4ext.
fdisk or parted both can't find any partition...
But anyway.. after installing MIUI which convert my partition to ext4 automatically the problem is gone, every partition can be seen... So it must be some problem with CWM partition script
It ought to detect the partitions if you use a micro sd card reader. I assume you connected it via the Desire, in recovery?
Droidzone said:
It ought to detect the partitions if you use a micro sd card reader. I assume you connected it via the Desire, in recovery?
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Yes, maybe that's the problem. I connected it via the Desire in recovery.
What could be wrong ? Because now (after flashing MIUI_xj xpart), I can see all partitions though connected via the Desire.
UPDATE : I still can't see the sd-ext if I mount USB storage in the recover...
ikidntu said:
Yes, maybe that's the problem. I connected it via the Desire in recovery.
What could be wrong ? Because now (after flashing MIUI_xj xpart), I can see all partitions though connected via the Desire.
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First, erase that crappy recovery from your phone. Then install 4ext. Should fix it.
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First, erase that crappy recovery from your phone. Then install 4ext. Should fix it.
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... exactly what I thought atm
when you mount ur desire with usb mass storage option under recovery, it mount ONLY the FAT partition...
put the microsd in a microsd adapter on ur laptop..u will see both...
@droidzone come on, don't call CWM crappy ..every recovery is based on that..koush did a great work in order to write it for about every device (a tons of device support it now)..i agree it's a basic recovery (and maybe there are some limitations)..but it's thanks to that base recovery that now devs can easily mod it and improve it...it's like you and ur rom..ur rom its probably the best htc sense based rom for the desire, but you will never be able to do that without the crappy htc rom, and htc was never be able to do that without the crappy aosp rom made by google..i hope you got what i mean lol...modify is easy than create something from new
@andQlimax, my bone of contention is not with Koush's CWMR. It is with that half baked product called "Clockwork mod touch for Desire" that was recently released here without proper testing (the OP was using this, and his problems are directly caused by the faulty recovery). The very least the "developer" should test is to do a full backup and restore on his own phone after compilation. He has no right to treat poor hapless newbies as guinepigs. I wonder if that person even owns a Desire. If he did and he missed the fact that the recovery he released does not have the capacity to make sd-ext backups, I really feel for him.
People trust developers who release Recovery. If they cant trust their recovery to make proper backup, what's the point of calling it a Recovery software?
I have the utmost respect for Koush, Paul O'Brien and others for their development work. I dont intend to mean any sort of disrespect for those masters and pioneers of Android development. I also respect them for keeping CWMR; and Cyanogen for keeping CM open source despite all circunstances.
anyway i think the touch recovery posted in the dev section come directly from the koush build, he released it and it's on its site http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager for some devices
koush usually ask some people to test the recovery for him before he release it, probably someone didn't noticed that bug
Thank you. I wasnt aware of that. But I see that the subversion has increased to 5.8.0.2 while yorzua has still attached the faulty 5.8.0.0.
Hi.
Ever since ive rooted my desire ive been using clockworkmod recovery and I'm kind of getting bored of it. Don't get me wrong, its stable and Its never given me any problems, but i change want some change lol.
Does anyone have any recommendations for recoveries? I'm thinking of switching to either cwm touch, 4ext, or twrp.
Also when I switch, do I need to somehow delete my current recovery, or is it OK to just flash it through fastboot without deleting the old one?
Thanks
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4ext recovery is highly regarded around here, it's good for partitioning sd card properly among other things. see my sig, you can install it through the 4ext app.
to change recoveries you need s-off. when you change, it automatically overwrite the previous one. i think it's only possible to have only one recovery at a time (you only need one working one!)
4ext all the way. Best for Desire.
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4Ext
I've recently switched from Clockworkmod to 4Ext and have found it quite good.
4Ext has tons of options and can be themed, the only problem I've had with it is the occasional issue where when you boot into recovery it comes up as read-only on /system.
This issue is easily resolved by deleting the 4Ext folder off your SD-Card and rebooting into recovery.
Apart from that - it's rock solid and much nicer to use than Clockworkmod....
thanks guys,
i just flashed it and its pretty cool.
I noticed that when i went to info it showed my ext partition as ext2, when i am sure that i partitioned it as ext4(using gparted)
Anyone else have this problem?
chromium96 said:
thanks guys,
i just flashed it and its pretty cool.
I noticed that when i went to info it showed my ext partition as ext2, when i am sure that i partitioned it as ext4(using gparted)
Anyone else have this problem?
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that's strange, not seen that before. you can backup your sd card to PC, then repartition from scratch as ext4. i've converted ext3 to ext4 before using 4EXT, don't think it can do ext2 to ext4?
you can't restore a backup to a different file type afaik. in other words, if you have apps on ext2 at the moment, don't think they'll be happy if they're restored to ext4.
if you're flashing a brand new rom, not really a problem, you'll need to full wipe anyway, so you'll have a fresh new ext4 partition to fill.
eddiehk6 said:
that's strange, not seen that before. you can backup your sd card to PC, then repartition from scratch as ext4. i've converted ext3 to ext4 before using 4EXT, don't think it can do ext2 to ext4?
you can't restore a backup to a different file type afaik. in other words, if you have apps on ext2 at the moment, don't think they'll be happy if they're restored to ext4.
if you're flashing a brand new rom, not really a problem, you'll need to full wipe anyway, so you'll have a fresh new ext4 partition to fill.
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yeah its weird. I think i'll just leave it for now as it doesnt seem to be causing any issues.
Also i got this message on the second boot into recovery saying that i changed by hboot (even though i didnt) and that i should wipe my system partition. I decided not to, and my rom booted properly, so is that message normal?
One more thing, when i boot into recovery it takes about 15 seconds to prepare the boot. Is this normal too?
15 seconds isn't normal....
That sounds like the read-only /system partition message that I've got a few times..
Resolved by deleting the 4EXT folder from SD-CARD and it was fine on the next boot into recovery. (only 2 or 3 seconds)
Thanks that fixed it.
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