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Installed adamg`s open desire rom and after installing cant seem to get the phone to boot, just stuck on htc screen. Tried to restore my nandroid backup but does the same thing after installation.
It does give an error after installation in the custom recovery, it reads
Restoring Sd-ext...
E:Can`t mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2(file exists )
erroe mounting /sd-ext/!
Skipping format...
E:Can`t mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2(file exists )
erroe mounting /sd-ext/!
Skipping format...
Have a partition installed 512mb taht was working fine today?
If I did a factory reset would i lose my custom recover and backups?
Any ideas

memphisuklf said:
Installed adamg`s open desire rom and after installing cant seem to get the phone to boot, just stuck on htc screen. Tried to restore my nandroid backup but does the same thing after installation.
It does give an error after installation in the custom recovery, it reads
Restoring Sd-ext...
E:Can`t mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2(file exists )
erroe mounting /sd-ext/!
Skipping format...
E:Can`t mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2(file exists )
erroe mounting /sd-ext/!
Skipping format...
Have a partition installed 512mb taht was working fine today?
If I did a factory reset would i lose my custom recover and backups?
Any ideas
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double check your partitions, make sure you have FAT32 + EXT3 @512mb then flash the chosen rom again, this is your best chance.
go with my rom, linked through my signature, the update will wipe the Cache + dalvik cache but keep all of you personal data and apps.

LeeDroid said:
double check your partitions, make sure you have FAT32 + EXT3 @512mb then flash the chosen rom again, this is your best chance.
go with my rom, linked through my signature, the update will wipe the Cache + dalvik cache but keep all of you personal data and apps.
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How do i check the partitions? Cant boot so can`t see them that way and haven't got card reader or anything. Im sure its got something to do with partition. Does this seem like it is causing the problem?
Any help appreciated.

bump, need help

have you wiped everything before flash?

I wiped with rom manager after downloading rom. Not sure of all the custom recovery options as rom manager usually does it all for you. Not sure if i should wipe date, cache etc, will this wipe my backups? Tried removing sd card but wont boot, not even sure how I would get another custom rom on sd card so i could flash that. I have both defrost 2.4a and opendesire aswell as a nandroid backup on my sd card but can't get these to boot either

Must be something to do with the sd card partition. Everything I try I get the message
E:Can`t mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2(file exists)
error mounting sd/ext/!
Don't know what this means but think its causing the problem.

perhaps a bad sector on the SD?
try backing up everything on the SD, format it again & try the roms one by one to see which possible causes the issue

U need to try an alternative recovery.
Try using unrevoked, and flash and different recovery.
Sounds like the fake flash recovery u got with rom manager Isn't clearing ur partitions.
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My Wife has got same phone so I have full sd card backup from before I partition this morning. Might format sd card and put that back on. and restore backup from that. Format will remove partition wont it?

memphisuklf said:
My Wife has got same phone so I have full sd card backup from before I partition this morning. Might format sd card and put that back on. and restore backup from that. Format will remove partition wont it?
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usually does some programs allow you to keep it tho but 90% of the cases its just gone

formatted card through windows but its still saying i only have 3.18gb. How do I get rid of partition?

memphisuklf said:
formatted card through windows but its still saying i only have 3.18gb. How do I get rid of partition?
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in Windows XP Disk Management, right-click the existing partition,
and click delete, that will leave the whole card as unallocated space. Then
right-click on the unallocated space, and click new partition.
edit : or install http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/sdfv2000.zip
free SD partitioner

in disk management it only shows the size as 3.18gb, I made the partition through rom manager which I think formats it in linux which windows doesn't recognise.
Taking the Sd card out gets in onto the animation screen, so a little further, but still doesn't boot. Very frustrating. \\\\\any more help appreciated.

Flash a ROM that doesn't use Apps2SD.

can you link one for me pal, ripping my hair out here, lol. By the way how do you do full wipe in custom recovery ie data, cache, is that it?
edit. Don't matter. Sorted. Copied an earlier backup of sd card onto spare sd card and did a recovery. Still need to know how to remove the partition from other sd card using windows.
This was definitely the problem and won't be using rom manager to do another partition.
If someone does know how to remove partitions using rom manager from sd card via windows then would appreciate it if you would let me know...

Stock rooted ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694564
Full wipe can be done using the "wipe data/factory reset" option in ClockworkMod Recovery.

To get rid of the ext Partition get gparted or something like that. Normal Windows cant see ext partitions because its a Linux filesystem. You can also take a Linux live cd.

Can't you just take ROM Manager and partition your SD card again? Swap 0/Ext 0/FAT 32 All

It looks like something isnt ok with the partitions so i would recommend to delete all partitions and make them new i also had a problem once with my sd card but after deleting all partitions and repartition it everything was ok again.

TWRP won't recognize external SD card

Right now there is no ROM installed on my phone because I just wiped my phone, but when I went to install a new ROM, it doesn't seem to recognize my external SD card. I tried 2 SD cards and neither of them work, but they work on my other phone. How can I fix this issue? I went to mount and it says "E: Unable to mount '/external_sd'.

Update twrp if available, if not try to reflash it and if it still doesn't work then try cwm
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Thanks for the reply. Which method of installation would be the best? Odin? I only have access to recovery as far as I know.

Yes Odin
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The latest TWRP doesn't seem to recognize my SD card either. Also both of them are saying that my device is not rooted and it asks if I want to fix root. I'm trying CWM now but it isn't finding anything either.
Edit: CWM says my device isn't rooted as well.
Edit 2: Flashed http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291679687 with Odin and when the phone boots up, it's stuck on the Samsung logo. Any thoughts?

Factory reset. Incompatible data probably causing boot hang.
This will wipe apps and data.

Thanks for the help everyone. I flashed back to stock and re-rooted. However it still won't read anything from the external SD. Does this mean the SD reader is broken?

Can you plug it into the computer? Does it see it there? If so what is the file system type? Can you format it?

DocHoliday77 said:
Can you plug it into the computer? Does it see it there? If so what is the file system type? Can you format it?
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Yep, the computer only sees the phone's harddrive, not the SD card. On my other phone, the SD card is working fine.

No, I mean plug the card into the computer. Not the phone. But if another device uses it ok, then you msy just need to reformat using the computer.

DocHoliday77 said:
No, I mean plug the card into the computer. Not the phone. But if another device uses it ok, then you msy just need to reformat using the computer.
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Reformat the card? I will try that. But I have two SD cards and neither work on my S3, and both work on my S4.

That tells me the cards are ok and something is probably wrong with the device then. If you format one card to fat32 and it still can't read it, its probably hardware.

@bjornturoque Here was my problem. Exactly like yours. I am BL unlocked, Rooted, TWRP 2.8.7. I am having a problem with the ext sd card not being read in TWRP. I have had ver 2.8.5 / 2.8.7 / 3.0.2 of TWRP and none of them will read the card. I have tried formatting the card with my Note4, GS 5, Tab S, and my PC using SD Card Formatter. Still getting the same result.
Here is what I did to fix it.
Install Xposed, Download Wanam Xposed, activate the module, open and go to security hacks and check the box for SDcard RW permission, then reboot.
I just did this to mine and it fixed my problem. Hope it works for ya.

Format SD-card via Windows (FAT32/Default Allocation).

stajam said:
...Here is what I did to fix it.
Install Xposed, Download Wanam Xposed, activate the module, open and go to security hacks and check the box for SDcard RW permission, then reboot.
I just did this to mine and it fixed my problem. Hope it works for ya.
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No, doesn't work
I have a 128 GB SD with exFAT, it worked without problems in TWRP 3.0.2 recovery under CM12.1
Now I am on CM13 and beside the bluddy permission google-bug it works in the system but not anymore in TWRP 3.0.2 recovery.
I tried to fix the permissions to write to external sd (this 128 GB sd) by adding stuff to the /data/system/packages.xml file, see this post.
But I didn't change the wrong thing I am pretty sure and doubt that this is related, as TWRP comes without using this file, I guess.
I flashed 3.0.2 again with Odin, no change.
Fact is, that I installed CM13 with another SD-card, a 64 GB FAT32, not this one. Maybe it never worked under CM13. But anyway, what has TWRP to do with CM13 and its permissions? TWRP is previous to any CM system, which is not running at TWRP times.
What could that be?

I flashed now CWRM v6.0.4.7 (ClockworkMod Recovery) but the problem persists:
E: Can't mount /storage/sdcard1
Error mounting /storage/sdcard1
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What is it? The sdcard is working flawlessly in the running system and another FAT32 sdcard works in TWRP. What do I miss here?
Is it that TWRP and CWM doesn't know exFAT?
I think to be quite sure that this was working, I have exFAT since a while now.

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NEED HELP

I tried to install a ROM and all my data were gone and my SD card files look pretty messed up so I decided to wipe the system and return to Stock later.After wiping the system, I realize the storage cant be mounted and the HORROR begins. My phone got no OS to boot. and i dont have recovery on phone :S pls someone help

dado323 said:
I tried to install a ROM and all my data were gone and my SD card files look pretty messed up so I decided to wipe the system and return to Stock later.After wiping the system, I realize the storage cant be mounted and the HORROR begins. My phone got no OS to boot. and i dont have recovery on phone :S pls someone help
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flash Philz 5.15.9 the SD card mount function work only on that recovery and you will be able to mount sd card to copy your rom to sd card and don't forget if you want to intsall kit kat after copy your rom to sd card after this you must to flash latest TWRP2.7.1 or latest CWM or latest PHILZ

Can't find internal storage in TWRP once external SD card is merged with internal

I used the Marshmallow feature to merge the external SD card with the internal memory.
I decided to flash SuperSU but when I rebooted into TWRP I could only see the root directory and I'm not sure how to get to the internal storage. Looking at it in Solid Explorer it appears that the internal storage should be at:
/storage/emulated/0
but the storage folder doesn't seem to be in the root directory when I look at it in TWRP.
Any ideas?

Internal storage is mounted under /DATA and /SDCARD in TWRP.

ashyx said:
Internal storage is mounted under /DATA and /SDCARD in TWRP.
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Tested this on Marshmallow with the external sdcard mounted as internal storage, but it isn't mounted there.

Same here.
How to mount Internal storage or SDCard formatted as Internal storage in TWRP ?

it may have something to do with the new way of handling sd cards in marshmallow

(I know this thread is old but have seen the question asked many times but not solved).
Have been using sideload for the last month - thought there must be an easier way. There is!!
Access /data via a file manager (as root) and copy the zip to /data . You can then access it via recovery.

ihartley said:
(I know this thread is old but have seen the question asked many times but not solved).
Have been using sideload for the last month - thought there must be an easier way. There is!!
Access /data via a file manager (as root) and copy the zip to /data . You can then access it via recovery.
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Don't mean to be a jackass... But, what zip file should I move to /data?
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Wait, you mean whatever I wanna flash?

Yes, the CM rom zip, supersu zip or whatever it is you want to flash. Just remember to delete it after you've flashed it (or before you copy the next update there) so you don't fill up that partition.

Hey. If there is someone who can reply to this thread?
It seems there isn't any workaround yet to solve this problem

moving to /data works! thanks!
Wondering if TWRP will solve this file reading problem in the future. Also are there other folders that can be read in TWRP besides /data? Just wondering. Thanks.

hi guys,
i figured out this problem
1. reboot to your recovery (twrp)
2. click mount
3. enable mtp and click on usb (which is at the down left corner)
4. connect your device to your pc with a usb cable and load the files which you wanna flash .

ahmed rashid said:
hi guys,
i figured out this problem
1. reboot to your recovery (twrp)
2. click mount
3. enable mtp and click on usb (which is at the down left corner)
4. connect your device to your pc with a usb cable and load the files which you wanna flash .
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that worked! thanks! after mounting the system and enabling MTP my computer could see both the internal storage and Micro SD as separate entities. I just put the zip file in the TWRP folder on my computer and I navigated into external_sd in TWRP on my phone to see the zip.

rytsit said:
that worked! thanks! after mounting the system and enabling MTP my computer could see both the internal storage and Micro SD as separate entities. I just put the zip file in the TWRP folder on my computer and I navigated into external_sd in TWRP on my phone to see the zip.
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None of these solutions worked for me, I formatted sd as internal and cannot access it in recovery, and get error message using computer that file could not be copied.

padwas said:
None of these solutions worked for me, I formatted sd as internal and cannot access it in recovery, and get error message using computer that file could not be copied.
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What directory are you looking at in TWRP?

ashyx said:
What directory are you looking at in TWRP?
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Turns out in recovery my phone was ONLY able to access internal storage and not the sd card which was formatted as internal storage.
To fix this I simply re formatted the sd card as external, unfortunately losing the data on the sd card.

padwas said:
Turns out in recovery my phone was ONLY able to access internal storage and not the sd card which was formatted as internal storage.
To fix this I simply re formatted the sd card as external, unfortunately losing the data on the sd card.
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What you described is normal.
When you activate adoptable storage the internal and external storage become combined. There is no separate external sd card as it's all treated as internal.
In recovery internal would have also been external storage.

ihartley said:
Yes, the CM rom zip, supersu zip or whatever it is you want to flash.
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Ummm, if I had root there would be no need to flash supersu. And without root, I can't flash SuperSU. Wonderful.
@ahmed rashid, thanks for pointing out that the device can be mounted via MTP when in recovery! That saved the day.

If u have rooted device & Su then the path of internal storage in recovery must have, Select data/media/get into internal storage files & folder
I'm using OS 5.0.2 with twrp 3.0.2, this method working fine for me check it & thanks me later

PLEASE HELP!!! - memory unmounted or unavailable

hi everyone....
please help me to fix this error on the internal memory of Xperia Tipo: memory unmounted or unavailable. mount memory to continue.
I do not have any MicroSD card in my phone... it's the internal memory!
my tipo is rooted BL unlocked... running a custom rom: Xperia Marshmallow based on ICS build .27
whenever i try to open the camera, or the Album gallery i get this error: memory unmounted or unavailable. mount memory to continue.
also some other apps pops a message stating that there is no memory...
....when i go to Storage and try to click Unmount SD card... unmouting keeps loading, takes forever, and nothing happens!
When click on factory reset (erase internal memory) -> i get this error: SD card has been removed
I have done format internal thru TWRP.... and still nothing happened, and i keep getting the same error!
I contacted the ROM creator , and he doesn't know how to fix this problem!
i think when he created this ROM, he messed up something related to the internal memory!
PLEASE ANYONE HAS AN IDEA.... how to fix that? which file(s) is related to the internal memory in the ROOT directory....
any help or suggestion will be so much appreciated!
THANK YOU ALL

Did u try changing data partition to ext4? Through twrp.. If u didnt, then try change file system to ext2 and change again ext4.. Ur internal memory will be wiped so do backup before doing this. Then make fresh install custom rom.

javed2f said:
Did u try changing data partition to ext4? Through twrp.. If u didnt, then try change file system to ext2 and change again ext4.. Ur internal memory will be wiped so do backup before doing this. Then make fresh install custom rom.
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i didn't change or touch anything... i just flashed the ROM as is.... now, im in the twrp, and i noticed that the FS is on ext3 , and there is no ext2 to switch to it... only the ext4....
what should i do?

Nidhal AKA the king said:
i didn't change or touch anything... i just flashed the ROM as is.... now, im in the twrp, and i noticed that the FS is on ext3 , and there is no ext2 to switch to it... only the ext4....
what should i do?
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Take a look at the attached picture to understand more.. Thank you
Sent from my Sony H8216 using XDA Labs

javed2f said:
Did u try changing data partition to ext4? Through twrp.. If u didnt, then try change file system to ext2 and change again ext4.. Ur internal memory will be wiped so do backup before doing this. Then make fresh install custom rom.
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... I noticed something, and this might make it more clear for you as you understand better than me about fs, partitions... Etc
I put a microSD card in the phone, and booted to system... Now the camera, album gallery and everything else works... BUT WHAT THAT MEANS?
The internal memory only detected when a microsd card is inserted!
Please explain to me... THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP
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Just change to ext4 and flash any rom