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[Q] internal storage and pictures

First question: If I wipe my internal storage will it mess up the ROM I am running (cm 10.1)? And where can I find the pictures taken with my camera if I'm using a file manager?

jbrooks58 said:
First question: If I wipe my internal storage will it mess up the ROM I am running (cm 10.1)? And where can I find the pictures taken with my camera if I'm using a file manager?
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internal storage is your /sdcard. wiping that would have no effect on CM10.1 being installed or not.. altho it would wipe your /sdcard where all your pics/backsups/downloads and everything else are.
Pictures should be in a DCIM folder. If you upgrade to Jellybean it may add a /0/ to your sd card making the default sd directory now /sdcard/0/ instead of just /sdcard.
So if for some reason you cant view pics that you're sure were on there.. it may be because they are in /sdcard/DCIM and not /sdcard/0/DCIM

Okay thank you! So all of my TWRP backups of other Roms would be gone? Is there any way to put them on my computer before I do the wipe? Thanks for the help!

Just plug your phone into the computer and when asked select mtp. Gotta have lg drivers installed. I think

[Q] Sd card issue (CM 10)

Hello folks,
Recently I have flashed CM 10 via CWM 6.0.3.2 on my Samsung Galaxy W. (I followed this procedure: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1990795)
Everything worked out fine (yay) exept for two issues I have:
1. My SGW doesn't recognize my Sd card (internal) at all. (though internal is mounted in cwm menu)
I have several folders regarding my sd and external sd:
- sdcard> tells me it is "unplugged" (in German> translation might differ) when I enter via file manager
- mnt/sdcard> here it tells me my sd card is unplugged as always
- storage/sdcard0> unplugged
- external_sd> it tells me sd card unplugged if I enter
- mnt/external_sd >here I can enter all of my folders
- storage/sdcard1> here I can enter again
2. My SGW can't mount my external sd anymore. I can clearly enter my external sd's files, but apparently I cannot mount my PC. Especially not with Multimount because it requests me to mount my internal sd (issue 1).
So how do I get it to work properly? - is it possible to do it via Terminal Emulator?
Specifications:
- Samsung Galaxy W
- Android Version 4.1.2.
- Kernel Version: 3.0.80-cyanogenmod-gc689589
[email protected] #1
- Cyanogenmod Version: 10-20130605- UNOFFICIAL-ancora
Thanks a lot in advance

Hi, I have similar issues with internal storage after flashing to 4.2.2 and also 4.1.2. Model is galaxy W previously 2.3.6 stock.
At root, i have
/data, which seems to be my internal storage as the FX file explorer show it has a storage of 1.07gb
/external_sd, which contains my files in micro sd card
/sdcard, which ES say SDCard unmounted
/storage, which contains sdcard0 (SDCard unmounted), sdcard1 (micro sd), usbdisk (SDCard unmounted)
In the andriod settings > storage, I can see internal storage with total space 1.07gb, but unable to mount it.
My camera and gallery says "No external storage available".
What should I do? Please help

Have You Try To Change Your Rom?!

ElGzzar said:
Have You Try To Change Your Rom?!
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Hi, yes actually i did. I've tried 4.2.2, 4.1.2, then 4.0.4. All gave me the same problem.

lennnostra said:
Hi, yes actually i did. I've tried 4.2.2, 4.1.2, then 4.0.4. All gave me the same problem.
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Try To Format Your SD On Your PC With FAT32 Mod?!
Then Try 10.1 (4.2.2) Rom
Done :good:

ElGzzar said:
Try To Format Your SD On Your PC With FAT32 Mod?!
Then Try 10.1 (4.2.2) Rom
Done :good:
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This can be done for the SDcard you can unplug and plug directly to an other device like an PC, but not with the internal.
So better try the following. Secure your files if you can. Reboot into recovery and format there both. Rebooot into CM10 or whatever ROM you are using and change your USB operation mode from MTP to Mass Storage.

honeyx said:
This can be done for the SDcard you can unplug and plug directly to an other device like an PC, but not with the internal.
So better try the following. Secure your files if you can. Reboot into recovery and format there both. Rebooot into CM10 or whatever ROM you are using and change your USB operation mode from MTP to Mass Storage.
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If The Internal Is The Problem Then You Must Back To The Main Software 2.x.x
Then Back To The Edited Mods And Rom's
The Internal Storage Will Work
...............................
When That Happen To Me ... That What I Have Done
Sorry For Bad English
Over :good:

ElGzzar said:
If The Internal Is The Problem Then You Must Back To The Main Software 2.x.x
Then Back To The Edited Mods And Rom's
The Internal Storage Will Work
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When That Happen To Me ... That What I Have Done
Sorry For Bad English
Over :good:
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You probably mean back to stock Samsung ROM. But how will this fix corrupted partitions? And why "must" if there are probably more simple ways to fix it rather than flashing roms forth and back?
First of all he should format both and switch to Mass Storage mode to see if this fixes his issue. Flashing ROMs still can be tryied as a last resort.

honeyx said:
You probably mean back to stock Samsung ROM. But how will this fix corrupted partitions? And why "must" if there are probably more simple ways to fix it rather than flashing roms forth and back?
First of all he should format both and switch to Mass Storage mode to see if this fixes his issue. Flashing ROMs still can be tryied as a last resort.
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Yeah I Mean (back to stock Samsung ROM) And That This Makes The Phone Due To His Condition Also Came From Its Supplier ..
And That's Fix All Internal Storage Problem's .... By Format The Internal Storage With Force From stock Samsung ROM ...
And I Think He Can't access The Internal Storage To Format It By Him Self ...
I Have Tried That Problem Whin I Have Got My Mobile New .. I Haven't Found Solve For It , So I Have Back To The stock Samsung ROM
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And Found Every Thing Work Fine Then I Have Back To CM Mod Again... :victory:
If You Have Another Simple Way For That Problem Tell Him ,Please ...
Over :good:

ElGzzar said:
Yeah I Mean (back to stock Samsung ROM) And That This Makes The Phone Due To His Condition Also Came From Its Supplier ..
And That's Fix All Internal Storage Problem's .... By Format The Internal Storage With Force From stock Samsung ROM ...
And I Think He Can't access The Internal Storage To Format It By Him Self ...
I Have Tried That Problem Whin I Have Got My Mobile New .. I Haven't Found Solve For It , So I Have Back To The stock Samsung ROM
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And Found Every Thing Work Fine Then I Have Back To CM Mod Again... :victory:
If You Have Another Simple Way For That Problem Tell Him ,Please ...
Over :good:
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I think you are mixing something up. First of all he didn´t say he can´t mount / access it from CWM Recovery but from a running ROM. This is two different things so it still should be possible to access both in CWM Recovery and to do a format.
Secound. Flashing a ROM will not format the internal Storage but only the partition where the ROM will be flashed to. They are not the same, so this is also two different things. So even if you flash a ROM but are having corrupted SDcards (Internal and external) they will stay corrupted till you fix this.
And this is why I suggested to first boot into RECOVERY, format both and finally after rebooting change to Mass Storage as the MTP Mode is not always working very well. If this doesn´t help he still can flash back to stock ROM.
However now I´m just repeating what I already said before. If you can´t get it, then I´m sorry for you.

honeyx said:
I think you are mixing something up. First of all he didn´t say he can´t mount / access it from CWM Recovery but from a running ROM. This is two different things so it still should be possible to access both in CWM Recovery and to do a format.
Secound. Flashing a ROM will not format the internal Storage but only the partition where the ROM will be flashed to. They are not the same, so this is also two different things. So even if you flash a ROM but are having corrupted SDcards (Internal and external) they will stay corrupted till you fix this.
And this is why I suggested to first boot into RECOVERY, format both and finally after rebooting change to Mass Storage as the MTP Mode is not always working very well. If this doesn´t help he still can flash back to stock ROM.
However now I´m just repeating what I already said before. If you can´t get it, then I´m sorry for you.
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Yeah Yeah I See Now Thank's For Teaching Me .. :victory:
And I'm Sorry That is My Missd
Sorry For Bad English ToO ..
Over XD

Thanks
honeyx said:
This can be done for the SDcard you can unplug and plug directly to an other device like an PC, but not with the internal.
So better try the following. Secure your files if you can. Reboot into recovery and format there both. Rebooot into CM10 or whatever ROM you are using and change your USB operation mode from MTP to Mass Storage.
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Thanks man,
your knowledge regarding this issue immediately solved my problem. My girlfriend's very happy now
Maybe I ll get lucky tonight Just kidding, I get lucky whenever I want
Greetings,
Max

[Q] Internal Storage - GONE (Practically) After Factory Reset

I've read everything I can about my issue and not sure what to do. I was no longer able to install apps because internal storage reported it was full. I went through all the normal "fixes" that I read about here and then gave up and did a factory reset. Now my phone reports:
Internal Memory:
Total space: 9.62 GB
Available space 1.01 GB
What are my options?
Thanks, Maren

re: free space
mgk said:
I've read everything I can about my issue and not sure what to do. I was no longer able to install apps because internal storage reported it was full. I went through all the normal "fixes" that I read about here and then gave up and did a factory reset. Now my phone reports:
Internal Memory:
Total space: 9.62 GB
Available space 1.01 GB
What are my options?
Thanks, Maren
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Most likely you have some nandroid backups in your internal storage/memory taking up all that space.
Use a file manager and find a CWM and or TWRP folder, inside those folders you will see nandroid
backups which you have made at one time or another. When you find the backups, just copy it to your
computer if you want to keep them or you can simply delete them .........
Good luck!

Download My Drives from the playstore, it will show you all the big files on your phone....and you can delete them

Misterjunky said:
Most likely you have some nandroid backups in your internal storage/memory taking up all that space.
Use a file manager and find a CWM and or TWRP folder, inside those folders you will see nandroid
backups which you have made at one time or another. When you find the backups, just copy it to your
computer if you want to keep them or you can simply delete them .........
Good luck!
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(system root)/data/media/clockworkmod is where CWM backups are stored
(internal storage)/TWRP is where the TWRP backups would be.

Misterjunky said:
Most likely you have some nandroid backups in your internal storage/memory taking up all that space.
Use a file manager and find a CWM and or TWRP folder, inside those folders you will see nandroid
backups which you have made at one time or another. When you find the backups, just copy it to your
computer if you want to keep them or you can simply delete them .........
Good luck!
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Thanks for reply. I use TWRP and all those backups (5 right now) are on external card because that is what I choose. Incidentally I did try to restore to the earliest one of those backups and same issue with internal memory.

mgbotoe said:
Download My Drives from the playstore, it will show you all the big files on your phone....and you can delete them
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Is that the same as Device Storage Analyzer? (My Drives did not show up in playstore.) If so, it's helpful...thanks.
Shows 8.72 GB occupied with the biggest sized file was 501 MB. Next was 52.70 MB. I removed them but don't think all of these will add up to 7GB that's missing.

Yep. I use TWRP and I always choose external memory for backup. Checked anyway, and not there. Thanks for the suggestion.

mgk said:
Thanks for reply. I use TWRP and all those backups (5 right now) are on external card because that is what I choose. Incidentally I did try to restore to the earliest one of those backups and same issue with internal memory.
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Yes it was ^.^ and glad to be of help. I think your datas were just jacked up lol
Though if all comes to fail, you just have to close your eyes and ODIn if you cannot find the source of the issue. What I did when i first got my GS4 and since than I have been keeping up with the storage and know when its acting funky lol

mgbotoe said:
Yes it was ^.^ and glad to be of help. I think your datas were just jacked up lol
Though if all comes to fail, you just have to close your eyes and ODIn if you cannot find the source of the issue. What I did when i first got my GS4 and since than I have been keeping up with the storage and know when its acting funky lol
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On the Odin note; being that you have your backups saved to your external SD, download time aside, you should be able to zip right through the stock restore and be back to whatever you're on with all 9GB storage like you'd never restored within 10-15 minutes. Just saying, don't be afraid of it. It's pretty quick, simple, and painless.

lordcheeto03 said:
On the Odin note; being that you have your backups saved to your external SD, download time aside, you should be able to zip right through the stock restore and be back to whatever you're on with all 9GB storage like you'd never restored within 10-15 minutes. Just saying, don't be afraid of it. It's pretty quick, simple, and painless.
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I used twrp to recovery back to stock from AOSP and now I am having issues with my apps downloading or saving. Any ideas?
Things I have tried:
Tried uninstalling/reinstall,
wiped the cache in the rom,
wipe the dalvik cache/CACHE in twrp
, and fixing permissions in twrp.
NO LUCK Any ideas besides reflashing the stock rom?
TO THREAD CREATOR: Sorry to jump in on your question and everything man. Don't mean to disrespect or nething.

I have had this problem since 4.4.2 after a restore. I checked in titanium backup and if I try to change the backup location to the internal card it will say that it is not writable. I do not know why but it will do this on stock touch wiz roms after a restore on 4.4.2 and up.

there is hope....
mremghz said:
I have had this problem since 4.4.2 after a restore. I checked in titanium backup and if I try to change the backup location to the internal card it will say that it is not writable. I do not know why but it will do this on stock touch wiz roms after a restore on 4.4.2 and up.
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I had this same problem and solved it using TWRP v2.8.3.0 Wipe/Format Data. I installed a NEW OS (not a backup file) and voila. :laugh: hope this helps.
shelat.

sd card storage doubled...no space left!

Well, almost no space left. After flashing a rom, using cwm, I found that my storage space is left to only 1 gb when it used to have 10 gb before. Searched xda for solutions but haven't found any ( I am a noob ). Any ways to fix this? Tried rebooting into recovery and wiping partition cache but no change. Also notice that there is now the sd card and a emulator folder. Can't tell if my contents are now in both and that is why space has reduced and if so, can I delete one of the folders? Or, if it is just a "shortcut" reading the same info...please assist. Thanks!

rehuxley said:
Well, almost no space left. After flashing a rom, using cwm, I found that my storage space is left to only 1 gb when it used to have 10 gb before. Searched xda for solutions but haven't found any ( I am a noob ). Any ways to fix this? Tried rebooting into recovery and wiping partition cache but no change. Also notice that there is now the sd card and a emulator folder. Can't tell if my contents are now in both and that is why space has reduced and if so, can I delete one of the folders? Or, if it is just a "shortcut" reading the same info...please assist. Thanks!
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WRONG SECTION... You should post this in Q&A or related ROMs' thread.. For your problem i suggest you flash different ROM or go back to stock.
sdcard and emulator/0 are hard links. You cannot delete them. They are not duplicated files. Its the same files. If u delete files in one then its gone forever.

rehuxley said:
Well, almost no space left. After flashing a rom, using cwm, I found that my storage space is left to only 1 gb when it used to have 10 gb before. Searched xda for solutions but haven't found any ( I am a noob ). Any ways to fix this? Tried rebooting into recovery and wiping partition cache but no change. Also notice that there is now the sd card and a emulator folder. Can't tell if my contents are now in both and that is why space has reduced and if so, can I delete one of the folders? Or, if it is just a "shortcut" reading the same info...please assist. Thanks!
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If you flashed the ROM coming from stock then your files will be duplicate, hence the lack of space, the stock ROM has all your files on the internal SD card, if you flash CM or any other ROM after android 4.2 due to the implementation of the multiuser feature, now your files are located within a folder named /0 and all those files are duplicated now, to solve your problem this is what I do, reboot to recovery as recovery can see all the files and connect your phone to the computer, move EVERYTHING from the internal SD card below the folder /0 to the folder /0, make sure that folder is empty if you just want to keep all your previous data. reboot when done and now check your internal sd space it should put a smile on your face.
Erik
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StarkV5 said:
WRONG SECTION... You should post this in Q&A or related ROMs' thread.. For your problem i suggest you flash different ROM or go back to stock.
sdcard and emulator/0 are hard links. You cannot delete them. They are not duplicated files. Its the same files. If u delete files in one then its gone forever.
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apologies for wrong section...

Could you post some help on how to "reboot to recovery and then move everything..." I know how to boot into recovery (using cwm) and I connected to computer but nothing shows up on computer to move anything.
ricco333 said:
If you flashed the ROM coming from stock then your files will be duplicate, hence the lack of space, the stock ROM has all your files on the internal SD card, if you flash CM or any other ROM after android 4.2 due to the implementation of the multiuser feature, now your files are located within a folder named /0 and all those files are duplicated now, to solve your problem this is what I do, reboot to recovery as recovery can see all the files and connect your phone to the computer, move EVERYTHING from the internal SD card below the folder /0 to the folder /0, make sure that folder is empty if you just want to keep all your previous data. reboot when done and now check your internal sd space it should put a smile on your face.
Erik
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[Q] Update 4.3/4.4 changes internal storage?? How to keep files.HELP

Hi, this is probably a noob question but i couldn't find the topic elsewhere on this forum . I just from stock based rom to 4.4 carbon rom. But when i do i loose all my saved data on internal storage,. luckily i did a backup that i copied to pc, so i could restore my previous system - and wiola - files are back! the same happened after 4.3 rom update. It seems that the newer androids change something, so that the system detects the interneal storage differently. Or is this just my phone? any way to prevent this from happening ----- or would my nest option be to backup and copy everything on my pc and then do a format of sdcard and copy everything back on when doing an update????

robotzki said:
Hi, this is probably a noob question but i couldn't find the topic elsewhere on this forum . I just from stock based rom to 4.4 carbon rom. But when i do i loose all my saved data on internal storage,. luckily i did a backup that i copied to pc, so i could restore my previous system - and wiola - files are back! the same happened after 4.3 rom update. It seems that the newer androids change something, so that the system detects the interneal storage differently. Or is this just my phone? any way to prevent this from happening ----- or would my nest option be to backup and copy everything on my pc and then do a format of sdcard and copy everything back on when doing an update????
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Hi, i'm on dokmo project 4.4 from stock and usually it don't delete the previous data from stock because it use a different folder to mount the internal storage, so things before going into 4.4 or 4.3 it would be still inside but is safer to do a backup just in case

D4rk_W0lf said:
Hi, i'm on dokmo project 4.4 from stock and usually it don't delete the previous data from stock because it use a different folder to mount the internal storage, so things before going into 4.4 or 4.3 it would be still inside but is safer to do a backup just in case
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I know the previous data is not deleted. The problem is that i cant access it. I installed carbon 4.4 rom again, and settings/storage it shows, that only 15GB of the internal storage are accessable... So around 10GB are missing... Is there anyway to get access to this space, or will i have to format de internal storage to get the full 25 GB space again?

robotzki said:
I know the previous data is not deleted. The problem is that i cant access it. I installed carbon 4.4 rom again, and settings/storage it shows, that only 15GB of the internal storage are accessable... So around 10GB are missing... Is there anyway to get access to this space, or will i have to format de internal storage to get the full 25 GB space again?
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I don't know if u can access it without root, but in root explorer if you look for sdcard folder it will show you two folders, legacy and 0, i think it was inside legacy

I saw those two folders in root Explorer, but they both contained the same content... And still couldn't access my old files.... Ended up backing all files to my PC, and format sd card from Cwm. Now I have full access to storage again

when you update from stock "4.1.2" to 4.2 or following the files will migrate to another folder,whit root browser check if your file are in the folder data/media/0 .