I need a bit of help guys, the thing is that I'm running Pac-Rom on my LG Nitro HD because I found it to be the most stable rom
after a long trial and error period as well bricking my phone many times. I have only 1 problem on this custom rom, my apps tend to disappear for
absolutely no reason whenever the phone turns off or reboots. I've been messing around for the past 3 days trying to figure out if it's some issue
with the encrypted .android.secure folder so I installed all apps onto the onboard internal storage and deleted the folder then tried replacing all the
apps back on the SDcard hoping that would work, and it didn't. Not all of my apps disappear though, some stay on the SDCard and work perfectly
fine but games over 20-30MB will disappear and I have no clue why. My next effort would be to format the entire SDCard again because I don't
understand why these apps keep disappearing Any ways I appreciate any help, I've been googling and lurking this forum for days now haven't found
anything but a terminal command that doesn't work for me :crying:
Wow this forum is really dead huh?
so,you try to install app to sdcard, and they will disappear?
if this is the case,then make sure you sdcard is not fake. i have seen cards formatted as 16gb, but actually is only 2gb
xordos said:
so,you try to install app to sdcard, and they will disappear?
if this is the case,then make sure you sdcard is not fake. i have seen cards formatted as 16gb, but actually is only 2gb
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Nah it's not fake, I have tons of pictures, movies, and music on it as well I'm running Pac-ROM and it shows me the amount of my storage on the sdcard as well, it's just when I install the applications onto the sdcard and the phone restarts the apps I installed onto the sdcard just stay on my screen (if placed on) and when I go to tap on them it says "app not installed" :\
i've never heard of this but it sounds like some sort of bug caused the by reflashing of the partitions during reboot.
does the app get deleted from the sdcard or is the app still on the sdcard just not registered with phone?
if the app hasn't been physically deleted it's a rom issue, try the rom in my sig its based off stock but debloated with custom kernel, its very stable.
or if you have your heart set on the rom your already using, try redownloading and reflashing, don't just reflash your download file was probly corrupt. and i don't think these forums are that dead, this is just a bit of an odd issue that the average person doesn't want to guess at, i like guessing tho
if the app is physically deleted from the sdcard, i would try doing some malware/virus scans, because that would be really fishy.
KronicSkillz said:
i've never heard of this but it sounds like some sort of bug caused the by reflashing of the partitions during reboot.
does the app get deleted from the sdcard or is the app still on the sdcard just not registered with phone?
if the app hasn't been physically deleted it's a rom issue, try the rom in my sig its based off stock but debloated with custom kernel, its very stable.
or if you have your heart set on the rom your already using, try redownloading and reflashing, don't just reflash your download file was probly corrupt. and i don't think these forums are that dead, this is just a bit of an odd issue that the average person doesn't want to guess at, i like guessing tho
if the app is physically deleted from the sdcard, i would try doing some malware/virus scans, because that would be really fishy.
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Well I ended up getting frustrated and downloaded Titanium Backup Pro then moved all my apps onto the SD-Card which works wonders but I decided to change my rom because Pac was using 500mb+ of my ram for system rom memory rather than the normal 200mb since Pac is a hybrid of AOKP, Paranoid Android, and CM10.1 so now I'm happy I got past the SD Card apps not being installed but now I'm having this issue. Yet I cannot even post in the development section due to my posts...
Nevermind I still have the same problem even switching through roms, I'm now running HONO Full Throttle and I'm losing all my apps whenever I restart my phone and have them all on my SD card.
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[Q] "UIDs are inconsistent", most apps are FC'ing -> Can't Download from Market
So yesterday I ran your run-of-the-mill market search for updates, "update all", phone back in pocket while downloading.. when I pull it out, it's frozen up completely. I leave it for half an hour before pulling the battery, but on booting, the updates start again, and sure enough before long the damn thing freezes up. I try this again a couple of times before clearing all data of the Market and Download Manager apps. Woohoo, seems to prevent the downloads automatically starting, and thus in the short term my phone works. I'll sort out the problem app in the morning (ROM Manager seems to want to go to 4.x from 3.0.2.4, and it's by far the most system-nosy app on the update list, so I'm eyeing it with suspicion).
Morning comes, quick check on facebook and xda in the morning, seems fine. Phone in pocket. Next time I take it out, the bastard's frozen and needs a battery pull again. Swearing a bit by now, I see with some anxiety that when it finally boots, it's throwing something about "UIDs are inconsistent. You should wipe /data." Ohhh dear. Interestingly (and adding to my stress levels), it seems to have started the Sense launcher instead of Launcher Pro, and I'm getting "Swype has FC'd" errors every half a minute or so, on top of the fifteen or so FC messages for various apps after dismissing the UID error. Thank god for the hardware keyboard.
Having a look around on the net, there's a few references to a file called 'uiderrors.txt'. I've taken a look in this, and it seems to have every single app (i.e. everything listed in the All tab in Manage Applications) listed with a mismatched UID.
Any ideas? I suppose the next step is formatting the SD card, but I was wondering if anyone knows what's actually gone wrong here before I start down the path of blindly resetting things in the hope that something will work.
Virtuous 1.02 with the Standard (not Stock) kernel, on an Indian model Desire Z.
Hello... Okay first thing is wipe everything. Then reflash the Rom. If that doesn't work download a different Rom and redownload the Rom you were using. After you flash back try to fix permission. Don't format your SD card yet, let's do that if the wiping and reflashing doesn't work.
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Thanks for the reply. I first formatted /data with CWM; on rebooting everything was nice and factory-like, but for the fact that nothing could install from market. After trying various fiddling around to make it work, I gave up and re-flashed Virtuous 1.02 (clearing cache and /data) - but still I can't get market installations to work. It eveidently worked for a while, because this time it managed to automatically re-install most apps from my Google account, but now I get "download was unsuccesful" for everything; paid and free. I've tried downloading on both wifi and 3G, uninstalling market upgrades, clearing cache and data for Market, Market Updater, and Download Manager, using ROM Manager to fix permissions, renaming /sdcard/.android_secure, unmouting SD card completely, and rebooting after each of these steps (except the SD card unmount obviously). I only have my primary Google account set up at the moment to try and eliminate any issues with my secondary account (which is a Google Apps email address). Now I'm at a bit of a loss. Does the download manager keep a log of the actual errors encountered?
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Thanks for the reply. I first formatted /data with CWM; on rebooting everything was nice and factory-like, but for the fact that nothing could install from market. After trying various fiddling around to make it work, I gave up and re-flashed Virtuous 1.02 (clearing cache and /data) - but still I can't get market installations to work. It eveidently worked for a while, because this time it managed to automatically re-install most apps from my Google account, but now I get "download was unsuccesful" for everything; paid and free. I've tried downloading on both wifi and 3G, uninstalling market upgrades, clearing cache and data for Market, Market Updater, and Download Manager, using ROM Manager to fix permissions, renaming /sdcard/.android_secure, unmouting SD card completely, and rebooting after each of these steps (except the SD card unmount obviously). I only have my primary Google account set up at the moment to try and eliminate any issues with my secondary account (which is a Google Apps email address). Now I'm at a bit of a loss. Does the download manager keep a log of the actual errors encountered?
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Well try to download a different rom and flash it, try to download something not sense. I had that annoying issue before... Backup everything on your sd card and format it using clock work or go on the setting and format the sdcard there.
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Why would formatting the SD card work if downloading fails even if the card is unmounted? Thanks for the reply though
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Akdor 1154 said:
Why would formatting the SD card work if downloading fails even if the card is unmounted? Thanks for the reply though
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Because sometimes the sd card can be corrupted and when you download stuff from the android market you will get an unsuccessful or your app says its downloading but never installs. When you restore the sdcard to its original factory it should work again. Well thats just me i guess. but i hope everything goes well my friend
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i am having the same problem, i am about to lose my mind.
same issue here cant install anything on any rom
I just ran into this issue today. Anyone know if formatting the sd card actually worked? Backing up 7 gigs of whatever is on my phone is just gonna take too long. I don't wanna do it unless I really have to.
I've wiped multiple times and tried several roms, and I've even checked the rils on my radio and fixed permissions. The whole 9 yards.
Edit:i give up ._. im gonna try formatting it. are any folders on the sd card necessary to keep in order for the phone to function or keep it's root? if not, im only going to keep my music and clockworkmod folders.
had same problem, but a full wipe and clean install helped.
Hi guys writing on this forum is now my last resort in the hopes may be someone has an idea what the hell is actually going on, my desire hd has been causing problems where when i update any of my apps they get stuck on installing, then i try to wipe the market data and cache but the whole system gets stuck on computing so i cant do anything, when i reboot the phone, the apps go away, all the sd apps dont appear, and the system still says computing for all the apps.....ive tried everything, i noticed when all this was going the android secure folder had some.-2 extensions although they werent duplicates so i moved all apps to internal storage, deleted the android secure folder and moved them all back, so they all had -1 extensions, phone worked fine for about 2 months until yesterday, was updating an app on 3g and it got stuck in the installing phase, computing came back, rebooted phone, no help, shutdown phone and back on again and all the apps were then read, took time to clear the mqrket data and cache, went to root explorer since i had stored it on phone storage, went to mnt, .asec and all the apps had the -1 extension, so now i dont know what to do....
Its a nightmare, cant update and everytime the apps do come back after repeated switching on and off of the phone, everytime i try to update an app it gets stuck on installing and computing comes back.....its wierd cuz ive changed the sd card, moved all apps from phone atorage to sd but the problems still there....right now i cant asses the sd apps, ill try rebooting and see of they come back again....ive backed manually all the android secure folder apps on my computer, ive noticed something wierd, when i move batch of 10 apps from computer to phone they are read fine and come up on the phone, i keep doing this in steps, manually mounting and then unmounting the sd card till all my apps qre transfered to the android secure folder and all are read just fine by the phone, but as soon as i do a reboot they all dissapear again, ive also noticed that when apps are working perfect they are located in the mnt, .asec directory when i view em theough root explorer, but when i the apps are not being read like right now they are located in the mnt, staging, .asec directory
Im sorry guys for the lengthy explanation but wanted to give as much information as possible, i guess what im saying is when i do manage to get my sd apps working by repeated rebooting of phone, everytime i try to update an app it gets stuck on installing and computing comes back so the whole process of reboot starts all over again, as that is the only way i can get the sd apps back....
Any help would be appreciated, thanks for the patience in reading all this, oh when the phone did work fine during the last 2 months, the only way i kept it going was because everytime i updated an app the ext-2 appeared on it, so i had to move it to phone and then back to sd card, i dont know if the -2 ext appearing is normal everytime u update an app but since i had exams going on i had to keep the phone working so i never took a chance of updating an app that was already on the -2 ext, but now i guess none of the apps are and the problems back for some reason...
Please ask questiona if this is gettin a whole lot confusing for some
any ideas
Guessing no one knows what i might be talking about then, any ideas would be helpful guys...
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Guessing no one knows what i might be talking about then, any ideas would be helpful guys...
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OK the -2 just means there was already an app there when it updated. If you uninstall the app and reinstall it then it will be a -1 app again. From your first post it looks like you have alot of apps on your SD card? What calss is your SD card? Have you tried starting from scratch and reunstalling the apps from the market one by one to see it one app is causing the issue? From the statement about computing I would try a greasy start all together. Full wipe and reinstall the rom. Then your apps one by one. Will it be long? Yeah but its then only way to slim it down and find the issue.
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Thabks zelendel, that really helped, strange that its happening, only some of the apps are giving e this problem, i just unistalled all the -2 and have reinstalled them, ill keep u updated if the problem goes away, im sure its cuz of the -2 s the app stalls and multiple reboots are needed to get them working again...whereas factory reset goes, oh boy thats gona be a long one, lets see how this one goes, ill keep u updated, and thanks again for all the help...
i have a big issue for JB ROM, this quote is have same problem with me:
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Wondering if anyone can help...
on JB, stock google apps and system apps won't recognize my SD Card at all, while outside apps have no problem recognizing it...?
for example, stock Gallery app won't bring up my pictures, mxplayer wont show videos, miui file explorer cannot count/read video files, music, and pictures, however Quick Pic has no problem. Root Explorer has no problem, Titanium Backup has no problem...but trying to access music or custom notifications for gmail/sms won't show up in the system apps (gmail, mms, etc).
another thing is when I plug my phone into my computer, none of my old files are there (but like I said they show up just fine with Root Explorer or any other file explorer).
I've tried every JB Rom available for Toro, yes I've tried SuperWipe, I've done it all.
Any ideas, fellas? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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I've searched everywhere and tried a variety of ways, from delete all files ". nomedia" until format the sdcard, that's fail.just showing some picture (no use)
maybe anyone can help me?
#thats some reason why some user not use JB ROM unnofficial
this is 1 of thread disscusion with the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1748326
A common reason for media content stored on SD cards not being shown on apps is that the sd card is not being properly scanned, this is supposed to happen everytime the phone starts... but it seems to be a common issue on ICS, even stock roms. I don't remember if JB has same issue.
I used Scan Media, from app market, then after a restart, I could access all my content again.
I've seen ppl recommends Rescan Media as well... you could try those.
It's really weird that you can't access your content when connected through usb to the computer. If you use MTP connection you could try MSC then, see if you can access them.
This is all I can think of, Good luck.
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A common reason for media content stored on SD cards not being shown on apps is that the sd card is not being properly scanned, this is supposed to happen everytime the phone starts... but it seems to be a common issue on ICS, even stock roms. I don't remember if JB has same issue.
I used Scan Media, from app market, then after a restart, I could access all my content again.
I've seen ppl recommends Rescan Media as well... you could try those.
It's really weird that you can't access your content when connected through usb to the computer. If you use MTP connection you could try MSC then, see if you can access them.
This is all I can think of, Good luck.
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I've tried a lot of ways, which you mentioned is one of them, but still no effect,
btw thanks for your answer
no one here have same issue with me?
dodyherdiansyah said:
I've tried a lot of ways, which you mentioned is one of them, but still no effect,
btw thanks for your answer
no one here have same issue with me?
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I do!!! I have recently installed this new ROM and I love it! One down of it is the battery life. But I've disabled gogle now services and my battery improved at almost 40% lol It's nice to have it but It's also annoying to charge your phone every four hours. Im retty sure there is a bug continuously running that drains the battery that fast.
NOw going back to the point, the bad problem is that my phone is not recognizing my memory card. Other programs recognize it like file manager and others but every time I go to gallery my phone doesnt recognize the pictures from it. Also the music player doesnt see the music I have on it either. Frustrating :/
I have done so far this:
1. Unmounted and re mounted the memory card using the ROM
2 Unmounted and re mounted the memory card using the ClockworkMod
3. Formatted the memory card many ways and different formats
4. Used a different (blank) memory card with one file
I also read another thread from previous codename ROMs about putting a null file on certain folders? I cant recall it right now, but theres is one thread about it. That did not work as well.
I guess we need to figure out more man. sad cuz I love this ROM
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I do!!! I have recently installed this new ROM and I love it! One down of it is the battery life. But I've disabled gogle now services and my battery improved at almost 40% lol It's nice to have it but It's also annoying to charge your phone every four hours. Im retty sure there is a bug continuously running that drains the battery that fast.
NOw going back to the point, the bad problem is that my phone is not recognizing my memory card. Other programs recognize it like file manager and others but every time I go to gallery my phone doesnt recognize the pictures from it. Also the music player doesnt see the music I have on it either. Frustrating :/
I have done so far this:
1. Unmounted and re mounted the memory card using the ROM
2 Unmounted and re mounted the memory card using the ClockworkMod
3. Formatted the memory card many ways and different formats
4. Used a different (blank) memory card with one file
I also read another thread from previous codename ROMs about putting a null file on certain folders? I cant recall it right now, but theres is one thread about it. That did not work as well.
I guess we need to figure out more man. sad cuz I love this ROM
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any solution??
I am currently using a CM based rom on my S3, but this first happened on another rom too. After I installed a CM based rom that I am happy with, I formatted the external SD card and put a ton of music on it. I listened to the music Saturday. I use the paid version of PowerAmp that I've used for years... I get home from work yesterday and plug in speakers and all my music is gone again. The SD card is blank.. ugh..
Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas of what would cause this?
Current phone status:
Android 4.2.2
Baseband L710VPBMA6
Kernel 3.4.37-cyanogenmod-g5c3fd50
CyanogenMod 2.6b-20130404-d2spr
Thanks... any help/suggestions would be appreciated!
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I am currently using a CM based rom on my S3, but this first happened on another rom too. After I installed a CM based rom that I am happy with, I formatted the external SD card and put a ton of music on it. I listened to the music Saturday. I use the paid version of PowerAmp that I've used for years... I get home from work yesterday and plug in speakers and all my music is gone again. The SD card is blank.. ugh..
Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas of what would cause this?
Current phone status:
Android 4.2.2
Baseband L710VPBMA6
Kernel 3.4.37-cyanogenmod-g5c3fd50
CyanogenMod 2.6b-20130404-d2spr
Thanks... any help/suggestions would be appreciated!
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Just to make sure: you're saying that the entire contents of the sd card are erased. If you open up a file explorer (or pop the sd card into a computer), absolutely everything is erased?
You say this has happened other times. Were they also AOSP roms? Did it only happen when using PowerAmp?
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Just to make sure: you're saying that the entire contents of the sd card are erased. If you open up a file explorer (or pop the sd card into a computer), absolutely everything is erased?
You say this has happened other times. Were they also AOSP roms? Did it only happen when using PowerAmp?
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topherk, Thanks so much for the reply. I used freeza's rom shown in my signature for a pretty long time.. I was going to the gym after work regularly before Christmas & would listen to my music using the stated app. Work got super hectic.. I stopped going to the gym staying up late & working weekends programming & managing plant installs.. I think I update the modem this year & could just flash an update to the rom over the existing rom & wouldn't lose app or settings... I think freeza's last update was the beginning of March which I installed...
I have no idea if the rom or those updates are even relevant...I'm just trying to think of the changes I did... about 2 weeks ago when I tried to play music the app started to try to play multiple songs simultaneously. I had gotten hooked on a shooter game that you earned virtual $ for downloading apps..(I assumed that had more to do with problems than anything) The multiple songs playing would cause a force close of PowerAmp... So I knew I needed to "clean" my phone... I reset it to factory defaults.. wiped cache all the normal type stuff I done countless times since I rooted my 1st smart phone....
I apologize for the long reply...but since I had to reset everything...I thought I'd try a couple different roms.. I tried the Hyperdrivre rom but kept noticing problems.. I then installed the Avatar rom & spent all day last Saturday getting my apps back & all set up & running smooth.. love the rom & not having any noticeable issues..everything is working & I think I might keep this till I get my S4...seems like it will be a good rom when I pass the phone to the daughter..but after I got it all set... I loaded music back on the ext SD card.. I played cribbage with the wife that night & played music..I didn't do anything but controls program updates for my PA plant...I think I downloaded some new themes... but then came home after work to play some music while prepping dinner & my music was gone again...
When I look at it with Root Explorer it only shows "Lost.DIR" on the external SD card & I'm wondering... WTH? lol Even when I reset it to try different roms I didn't reset or wipe the external.. IDK.. weird... I can try putting things on it again. it's just odd..
Lost files again... Notification bar states 'SD card is blank or has unsupported file system' It wants to format it again... sigh... I can't wait till the S4 comes out..
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Lost files again... Notification bar states 'SD card is blank or has unsupported file system' It wants to format it again... sigh... I can't wait till the S4 comes out..
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This happened to me yesterday running cm monthly for april. Sd card is blank.. and internal Sd card is only showing a couple folders that get added back as I download things or such.. No idea what caused it. Ext SD card had all my roms and titanium backup, now only Lost.DIR
I"m not sure if my phone is messed up or not. It seems to be working right, but when I run Android Tuner and optimize the apps, they all force close and will not operate any longer. The same thing happened when I went into recovery to make a nandroid. After it was done, I wiped dalvik cache and when it rebooted many of my apps won't operate. Looking at them with ROM Toolboox I can see all the app icons diappeared and are left with just the technical name of the app ( Ex... com.liberty.toolbox-1.apk) instead of the market icon and the more common name used. Part of it is getting chopped off. This has never been a problem before this week. Does anyone have an idea of what is wrong with my phone? I'm a noob, but I've got the basics down. Help me if you read this... Please.
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I"m not sure if my phone is messed up or not. It seems to be working right, but when I run Android Tuner and optimize the apps, they all force close and will not operate any longer. The same thing happened when I went into recovery to make a nandroid. After it was done, I wiped dalvik cache and when it rebooted many of my apps won't operate. Looking at them with ROM Toolboox I can see all the app icons diappeared and are left with just the technical name of the app ( Ex... com.liberty.toolbox-1.apk) instead of the market icon and the more common name used. Part of it is getting chopped off. This has never been a problem before this week. Does anyone have an idea of what is wrong with my phone? I'm a noob, but I've got the basics down. Help me if you read this... Please.
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What ROM are you running? Are you running a2sd?
With certain ROMs, I had the same issue (though more often when running a class 10 sd card then a class 2 card).. Basically the "fix" was to reboot into recovery, wipe cache/dalvik again, and then reboot. Every time I rebooted the phone, I would have to reboot twice. What is happening is that the phone is missing the step where it has to mount /sd-ext so your apps are no longer there, but the data is. So you can see the names in things like ROM toolbox, because it sees them in /data, but the apps don't exist because /sd-ext isn't mounted.
I'm having some internal memory issues. I know my internal folders are jacked up. I'm not sure how the file system works. Is it basically a blank canvas that the recovery builds folder by folder, OR does the phone retain the file system and the recovery just fills in the empty folders? Can somebody tell me how this works please? If anyone knows a link to the Evo 4G file system, please post it. Every place I look, the file no longer existed, or has been removed.
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I'm having some internal memory issues. I know my internal folders are jacked up. I'm not sure how the file system works. Is it basically a blank canvas that the recovery builds folder by folder, OR does the phone retain the file system and the recovery just fills in the empty folders? Can somebody tell me how this works please? If anyone knows a link to the Evo 4G file system, please post it. Every place I look, the file no longer existed, or has been removed.
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How big is your sdcard? That is showing a 28 GB SD card with no ext partition. Did you ever partition it?
souleman said:
How big is your sdcard? That is showing a 28 GB SD card with no ext partition. Did you ever partition it?
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Yeah, it was partitioned. I fixed it just a few minutes ago. Man...it was the vold.fstat files that were all jacked up. I fixed it by unrooting it and flashing a completely stock image. Now I'm about to unroot it again and I'll be good to go. Thanks for even taking the time to read my post. In a relative ghost town of Evo4Gville that means a lot to me. Thanks brother. If you were curious, I have another thread called Storage issue problems, or something like that. The last post there outlines my problems. Thanks again for your input.