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[Q] Cannot format virtual SD card

I am trying to wipe my virtual SD card on my LTE Galaxy Nexus and it is acting weird.
If I do a factory reset via the settings on the phone, it says it erases all of the files on the SD card. When I hook the phone up to my computer and view the files in explorer, it shows a stock directory structure and root. However, if I try and copy over a file that existed on the SD card before formatting, it says the file is already there and asks me if I want to replace it. If I view the SD card in root explorer, it shows all of the old folders and files, even though they dont show up in windows explorer. Also, if I boot into Clockwork and choose a .zip to flash, it shows all of the old folders and files as well.
I have tried using the super wipe lite script that comes with Android revolution. I have also factory reset the phone a few times via the settings. I previously had Android Revolution installed and I am currently running GummyNex 0.4.2.
No matter what I do, I cannot for the life of me get the SD card to truly reformat.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there an ADB command I can do to reformat it?

oRAirwolf said:
I am trying to wipe my virtual SD card on my LTE Galaxy Nexus and it is acting weird.
If I do a factory reset via the settings on the phone, it says it erases all of the files on the SD card. When I hook the phone up to my computer and view the files in explorer, it shows a stock directory structure and root. However, if I try and copy over a file that existed on the SD card before formatting, it says the file is already there and asks me if I want to replace it. If I view the SD card in root explorer, it shows all of the old folders and files, even though they dont show up in windows explorer. Also, if I boot into Clockwork and choose a .zip to flash, it shows all of the old folders and files as well.
I have tried using the super wipe lite script that comes with Android revolution. I have also factory reset the phone a few times via the settings. I previously had Android Revolution installed and I am currently running GummyNex 0.4.2.
No matter what I do, I cannot for the life of me get the SD card to truly reformat.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there an ADB command I can do to reformat it?
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Try formatting with cwm recovery. Reboot into recovery, go to mounts and storage, and select format sdcard
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

There is not an option in CWM to format the SD card

oRAirwolf said:
There is not an option in CWM to format the SD card
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Sorry, I meant format system
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20999408#post20999408
There isn't any "SD Card" partition.
EDIT: Format /data cannot be done in adb, if you really want to do so just make a CWMR flashable zip with
Code:
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/userdata", "0");
in the updater-script.

I'm sorry man, I really appreciate the help but my Google-fu has failed me. Is there a template or something I can create the script from?

bumping this... same issue and its driving me crazy. i can't see any of my files unless i use a file explorer (or if i'm in recovery)

mendy817 said:
bumping this... same issue and its driving me crazy. i can't see any of my files unless i use a file explorer (or if i'm in recovery)
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If you are having an issue finding your files from your PC it's due to the way Android exposes your "internal sdcard" via MTP. Download an app from the Market called SDrescan which will force the media services on your phone to re-index your files on the phone. Then they will show up on your PC.

thanks, but i've already tried that. it just sits on "scanning" for literally hours (i left it up overnight once just to make sure). any other advice?

oRAirwolf said:
I'm sorry man, I really appreciate the help but my Google-fu has failed me. Is there a template or something I can create the script from?
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I do not recommend doing this indeed. To be failsafe just delete everything in the /sdcard folder with an explorer app.

I use
fastboot /w
To do a full wipe. This will wipe /sdcard.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

mendy817 said:
thanks, but i've already tried that. it just sits on "scanning" for literally hours (i left it up overnight once just to make sure). any other advice?
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Are you on a ROM and/or modified kernel? If you are using Franco's kernel he has made modifications to how the "sdcard" works.

silow said:
Are you on a ROM and/or modified kernel? If you are using Franco's kernel he has made modifications to how the "sdcard" works.
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yeah, i'm on the latest CND and using franco's latest too... but i've flashed other kernals and had the same problem (but are you saying this might have started the first time i flashed a franco kernal?)
anyway to fix it that you know of?

[Q] Can't flash a ROM from TWRP

Hello there,
I was trying to install CM10 on my A100 but I messed it up.
I got everything right till TWRP installation, then I accidentally delete everything on my device, CM10 rom included. Now the only thing accessible is TWRP.
I understand from other posts of the forum that it should be still possible to flash a ROM choosing Mount from the menu, but I can't work out how.
I click on the mount tab, and I connect it to my computer via USB. My linux system recognises the tablet as a multimedia player, but it does not allow me to copy files on it. Changing the status of mounting System, Data and Cache does not change the behaviour. The option mount SD card is not selectable.
I have got TWRP 2.2.0, and my A100 does not have external SD.
Any help will be greatly appreciated

Do you have a microsd? Or twrp just won't see it. That would probably be the easiest option, load a ROM on the micro SD.
Did you make a backup first thing?
If your tab is in recovery, you should be able to use adb and push a ROM to the internal memory, but it is not recommended to flash from it. That's why I mentioned the microsd first.

Romman0 said:
Do you have a microsd? Or twrp just won't see it. That would probably be the easiest option, load a ROM on the micro SD.
Did you make a backup first thing?
If your tab is in recovery, you should be able to use adb and push a ROM to the internal memory, but it is not recommended to flash from it. That's why I mentioned the microsd first.
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Unfortunately not, no microSD slot. I do not even have a backup; in my clumsiness while I was following the procedure I skipped an entire paragraph and I jumped to the wiping section.
I will try to use ADB, I saw that there are few threads covering the procedure. Thanks for the tip, I'll be back with the results

Ok, all went well.
I followed the instructions in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
with two minor corrections:
1 - as I did not have the /sdcard directory, I used the /data directory
2 - there was no need to add the ROM file name again after /data
thanks for help

Cannot flash with TWRP
Hi,
I am trying to flash ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016575 which is N7105XXDMC3 ULTIMATE v1.1C....
i did wiped cache/dalvik and system wipe and then went in install and pointed the zip file and says cannot open zip file…
please help!

msiddiqu said:
Hi,
I am trying to flash ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016575 which is N7105XXDMC3 ULTIMATE v1.1C....
i did wiped cache/dalvik and system wipe and then went in install and pointed the zip file and says cannot open zip file…
please help!
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Consider yourself lucky, that ROM has nothing to do with this device and would likely have killed it. Only use ROMs from the device forum of the device you're flashing. I mean go to the development section of the a100 and get a ROM there, not some random device ROM with a great name.
Tapatalked from my HTC DNA - ReVolt

pio_masaki said:
Consider yourself lucky, that ROM has nothing to do with this device and would likely have killed it. Only use ROMs from the device forum of the device you're flashing. I mean go to the development section of the a100 and get a ROM there, not some random device ROM with a great name.
Tapatalked from my HTC DNA - ReVolt
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but it says that its for canadian I317M devices, and confirmed working? i don't understand?
help

msiddiqu said:
but it says that its for canadian I317M devices, and confirmed working? i don't understand?
help
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OK I think you ended up in the wrong forum then, this is for the Acer iconia A100, it has nothing to do or in common with those devices, you may wish to post in their forums for help.
Tapatalked from my HTC DNA - ReVolt

[Q] Can't Install CM10.1

Hey, so I'm fairly (very) new to modifying my phone and I was having troubles
I'm on Android 4.1.1 on a SGH-T999V phone, but was unable to install CM10.1.
I rooted the phone, did as all guides said to do, and installed the tmo CM10.1 nightly to my computer as well as GApps. I transferred them to my phone via usb and then unplugged booted into recovery mode. I wiped cache and did the factory data reset, successfully on my way to completion, but then when I wanted to navigate into "choose zip from sdcard" I got an error and was not able to go in at all. I was able to go into "choose zip from internal sdcard" where there was also the CM10.1, but the operation failed. I think it said something along he lines of can't mount sd card or something like that. I was however able to successfully install GApps from the same folder and was then forced to reboot without CM, having wasted all my time.
I downloaded cm-10.1-20121224-NIGHTLY-d2tmo and gapps-jb-20121011-signed
What do I do; where did I go wrong? Sorry for my crappy explanation, but I am not extremely tech savvy.

Common issue. Download Rom manager from marketplace and install the new rom from there

risestar9999 said:
Common issue. Download Rom manager from marketplace and install the new rom from there
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Is there a specific marketplace you recommend? I use getapk but many of the files are outdated or otherwise unusable

When I use ROM Manager Premium, I press "Download ROM" and it prompts me to install CWM Recovery, but my phone isn't on list of supported devices (there's only SGS3 MetroPCS). Because of this, it won't let me use ROM Manager. What do I do?

I tried installing via ROM Manager, and I had it delete cache/data, etc but it still didn't work. Says
-- Installing: /sdcard/cm-10.1-20121224-NIGHTLY-d2tmo.zip
Finding update packag...
Opening update packag...
E:Can't open /sdcard/cm-10.1-20121224-NIGHTLY-d2tmo.zip
(No such file or directory)
installation aborted.
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
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Please help :/

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It looks like you might have gotten a corrupt install. Try redownloading it and loading it back on your SD card. Also make sure you have updated and installed any ROM Manager files beforehand

[Q] Stuck ...

I have a new T-Mobile Note 2. I installed TWRP and SuperSU using the toolkit. I then used Root Browser and deleted a bunch of apps ("bloatware", I thought), and apparently removed too much, as the phone no longer boots android.
I downloaded the two Tweaked 2.4.1 Rom files, checked Md5sums, OK, and coped same to external SD card. I did the recommended wipes using TWRP. Thereafter, also using TWRP, BasicInstall finishes with success, but the Tweaked.2.4.1.UVBMD1.073113.zip install fails with "E: Unable to open zip file". Then I try to reboot, and get a message "your phone does not appear to be rooted", and take the option "Install SuperSU? That also fails.
I think maybe I can't install Tweaked.2.4.1.UVBMD1.073113.zip because the phone isn''t rooted? Is that right? But I can't figure out how to root the phone either. I'm stuck in a loop. Recommendations to fix appreciated.
Thx, Gus

gus_zernial said:
I have a new T-Mobile Note 2. I installed TWRP and SuperSU using the toolkit. I then used Root Browser and deleted a bunch of apps ("bloatware", I thought), and apparently removed too much, as the phone no longer boots android.
I downloaded the two Tweaked 2.4.1 Rom files, checked Md5sums, OK, and coped same to external SD card. I did the recommended wipes using TWRP. Thereafter, also using TWRP, BasicInstall finishes with success, but the Tweaked.2.4.1.UVBMD1.073113.zip install fails with "E: Unable to open zip file". Then I try to reboot, and get a message "your phone does not appear to be rooted", and take the option "Install SuperSU? That also fails.
I think maybe I can't install Tweaked.2.4.1.UVBMD1.073113.zip because the phone isn''t rooted? Is that right? But I can't figure out how to root the phone either. I'm stuck in a loop. Recommendations to fix appreciated.
Thx, Gus
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If you got an unable to open zip file error - even though the md5s check out the only thing I can think of is the zip has become corrupted somehow. Did you check the md5 on a computer and move the file over? Might be worth checking it on the phone (you can use the terminal interface in twrp fwiw - just use the md5sum command).
Bottom line recommendation - try to copy the full zip over to the sdcard again. Also, just to sate my curiosity - did you wipe /system before flashing?

RE: Stuck
dwitherell said:
If you got an unable to open zip file error - even though the md5s check out the only thing I can think of is the zip has become corrupted somehow. Did you check the md5 on a computer and move the file over? Might be worth checking it on the phone (you can use the terminal interface in twrp fwiw - just use the md5sum command).
Bottom line recommendation - try to copy the full zip over to the sdcard again. Also, just to sate my curiosity - did you wipe /system before flashing?
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I did recopy the two Tweaked .zip files to the sdcart - repeated attempt to install on phone, same problems.
I also unzipped the two Tweaked files on linux, and although I don't know exactly what I'm supposed to see, there's no errors and a bunch of directories and files that generally look reasonable
I think I did wipe /system on the phone before flashing - could that be my problem? Also, when I go into terminal mode in TWRP on the phone, I get a hang at "Updating partition details"
Is it possible I've accidentally deleted the unzip program on the phone?
Is there stuff I could/should do from an adb shell on my PC through a USB hookup to the phone?
thx, Gus

You could flash stock rom with odin and start over.
Tweaked Out

gus_zernial said:
I did recopy the two Tweaked .zip files to the sdcart - repeated attempt to install on phone, same problems.
I also unzipped the two Tweaked files on linux, and although I don't know exactly what I'm supposed to see, there's no errors and a bunch of directories and files that generally look reasonable
I think I did wipe /system on the phone before flashing - could that be my problem? Also, when I go into terminal mode in TWRP on the phone, I get a hang at "Updating partition details"
Is it possible I've accidentally deleted the unzip program on the phone?
Is there stuff I could/should do from an adb shell on my PC through a USB hookup to the phone?
thx, Gus
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Hmm... maybe reflash recovery? That's very strange - especially if the first zip worked fine and the second had the issues...

rail205 said:
You could flash stock rom with odin and start over.
Tweaked Out
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I wish I could! But when I try that it hangs at "Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled". And that's even if the phone is booted into download mode.
Gus

Odin back to stock. Twrp started failing everything I tried to flash also. That's why I stopped using it. But you need to Odin to stock
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda premium

[SOLVED] Stuck ...
dwitherell said:
Hmm... maybe reflash recovery? That's very strange - especially if the first zip worked fine and the second had the issues...
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Finally got it working. dwitherell was more or less right about the problem. Here's my steps: 1) did a low-level format on the external sda card 2) recopied the two Tweaked zip files onto the external sda card 3) Cheked md5sums for both files on the external sda card 4) ainstalled from TWRP, as before. BUT - this time it worked.
I'm guessing either the external sda card or one of the zip files was corrupted - as dwitherell had suggested. Thanks to him and other forum members for helping out.
Gus

[Q] rom zip not found in Recovery

Hi,
I am in the middle of installing a new rom - Hurricane 5. I am using Philz Touch 5 recovery, and I can't find it in the sdcard! I even pushed it with adb sdk whatever that is, and it is not found after it was pushed!
Why is that? What am I doing wrong?
Thanksssss in advance

Carmelious said:
Hi,
I am in the middle of installing a new rom - Hurricane 5. I am using Philz Touch 5 recovery, and I can't find it in the sdcard! I even pushed it with adb sdk whatever that is, and it is not found after it was pushed!
Why is that? What am I doing wrong?
Thanksssss in advance
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Your phone has 2 storage units: internal and external. The SDCard that you plug in is the external. So make sure to check the internal storage too. The recovery should have an option to switch between the two storage mediums.

Ruwin said:
Your phone has 2 storage units: internal and external. The SDCard that you plug in is the external. So make sure to check the internal storage too. The recovery should have an option to switch between the two storage mediums.
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nope. I just pushed Phoneix rom and it worked. But I want Hurricane =[ Perhaps another version?

Maybe something is wrong with the Hurricane ROM zip. Have you checked the checksum? Maybe it got corrupted while downloading. Try to download the ROM again.

Ruwin said:
Maybe something is wrong with the Hurricane ROM zip. Have you checked the checksum? Maybe it got corrupted while downloading. Try to download the ROM again.
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code matches
edit: ok, I don't know why.. I installed Phoneix rom, then manually moved Hurricane into folder sdcard\0.. and now it works... tada!