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?
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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.
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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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Hi, I have problem guys.
After some problems reported under roms with A2sd+ when sdcard corrupted I decided to flash different rom. Before that I tried to format my sdcard so that ext3 partition would go away. But after that I couldn't boot.
Now I can get to recovery, but have no access to the card at all. Unfortunately I have no card reader at home either, so I cant reformat my card and try to flash another rom either.
Any suggestions what should I go next? Thank you so much!
Wont boot up without sdcard either... DAMN
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Hi, I have problem guys.
After some problems reported under roms with A2sd+ when sdcard corrupted I decided to flash different rom. Before that I tried to format my sdcard so that ext3 partition would go away. But after that I couldn't boot.
Now I can get to recovery, but have no access to the card at all. Unfortunately I have no card reader at home either, so I cant reformat my card and try to flash another rom either.
Any suggestions what should I go next? Thank you so much!
Wont boot up without sdcard either... DAMN
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If you can get into recovery you can "mount USB storage".. all depends wether you are running windows/linux/mac from there... try to scan and fix it
Before you wrote I tried to do RUU, will report how it goes...
Edit: oh man, RUU seemed to be working, I am now running stock 2.1 ROM... sdcard appears to work normally too.
Thanks for your interest anyway, I really appreciate it
Just buy a card reader, they're a couple bucks.
Then install your choice of free advanced drive manager software, delete all the partitions, create a new one, and format it FAT32 with 32k clusters.
So i went to flash a ROM and now it says while flashing that the flash was aborted because the system can't mount the SD card. I'm using the newest CWM and have flashed stuff before. Not sure what to do, it wont let me make backups, restore, or flash anything.
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So i went to flash a ROM and now it says while flashing that the flash was aborted because the system can't mount the SD card. I'm using the newest CWM and have flashed stuff before. Not sure what to do, it wont let me make backups, restore, or flash anything.
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Did you use the Mounts menu to try to manually mount the sd?
Also, Which method did you use to get into CWM?
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Did you use the Mounts menu to try to manually mount the sd?
Also, Which method did you use to get into CWM?
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Ya i went into the menus and manually unmounted and then remounted the SD card but that didn't do anything. I used the typical three finger method to boot into CWM like i always do.
i think
I believe this has something to do with the way in which the SD card is formatted I also cannot mount in to usb storage in CWM i get an E: error
Have you guys tried to "Reboot recovery" from the "Adavnced" menu in CWM, and then try to flash the ROM?
I've had this happen before, it was a formatting problem. The easiest fix I found was to back up SD-card data on your pc, reformat the card from the Android system, then copy your data back over. CWM should be able to mount your card now.
I had a problem with the mount dropping mid flash it was my sd for some reason was chipped I always keep backup files
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jct522 said:
So i went to flash a ROM and now it says while flashing that the flash was aborted because the system can't mount the SD card. I'm using the newest CWM and have flashed stuff before. Not sure what to do, it wont let me make backups, restore, or flash anything.
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Just flash another version of CWM and u'r done. I faced this problem after flashing Siyah Kernel v2.3 which includes CWM 5.0, and I tried all the methods online; formatting, error-checking, etc... nothing succeed!
Finally I flashed another kernel (Which includes CWM 4.0) and it worked fine.
Thanks!
Same thing happened to me just now... found this thread.. pushed new CWM in ODIN - Worked like a charm.. Fixed in 2 minutes..
Flashing another CWM (ACS recovery this time...) via Odin did not fix the issue. Going to try the format /sdcard fix and see... argh!
*Edit* aaaand that didn't work either. WTF... I literally just got this phone 2 hours ago... brand new.
delete the .androidsecure folder on your sd that worked for me formatting wont work if you put your files on the same with me because i always copied that folder along too
I rooted my S3 without problems. Then I went to install Wicked ROM but I couldn't access the sd card to install it, it kept failing to mount the card. I installed the ROM from the internal memory fine, but I still can't access the SD card. Every time I choose mount in settings it tries to mount but ultimately fails. How do I fix this?
Ok I didn't realize it was formatted as exFAT which isn't supported. Is there an alternative to Team Epic's CWM that does support it?
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I rooted my S3 without problems. Then I went to install Wicked ROM but I couldn't access the sd card to install it, it kept failing to mount the card. I installed the ROM from the internal memory fine, but I still can't access the SD card. Every time I choose mount in settings it tries to mount but ultimately fails. How do I fix this?
Ok I didn't realize it was formatted as exFAT which isn't supported. Is there an alternative to Team Epic's CWM that does support it?
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Get GooManager open it up and hit the menu button and choose install custom recovery. It will install TWRP recovery. TWRP stands for TeamWin Recovery Project...I think lol
Thanks, I'll check it out.
I have just bought a new external SD. I formatted it as ext4 in CWM recovery, but I cannot write on it, neither as root (instead in FAT it is working properly). I have Cyanogenmod last nightly. By googling a bit, this seems to be a known issue on KitKat, but I have also read that it should be fixed in Cyano... some help/hint? Instead a nandroid backup from CWM worked. TIA.
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I have just bought a new external SD. I formatted it as ext4 in CWM recovery, but I cannot write on it, neither as root (instead in FAT it is working properly). I have Cyanogenmod last nightly. By googling a bit, this seems to be a known issue on KitKat, but I have also read that it should be fixed in Cyano... some help/hint? Instead a nandroid backup from CWM worked. TIA.
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Same here. Just wanted to post the issue too. It used to work so it must be something new. Problems copying my music to the SD card, can'T delete files and so on.
oneofthekaramosowbrothers said:
Same here. Just wanted to post the issue too. It used to work so it must be something new. Problems copying my music to the SD card, can'T delete files and so on.
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artu72 said:
I have just bought a new external SD. I formatted it as ext4 in CWM recovery, but I cannot write on it, neither as root (instead in FAT it is working properly). I have Cyanogenmod last nightly. By googling a bit, this seems to be a known issue on KitKat, but I have also read that it should be fixed in Cyano... some help/hint? Instead a nandroid backup from CWM worked. TIA.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix&hl=en
Use the app from above link. That needs root permissions. Once you grant su and follow steps it should fix that sd card write issues.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix&hl=en
Use the app from above link. That needs root permissions. Once you grant su and follow steps it should fix that sd card write issues.
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Thanks for the hint.
Meanwhile I formatted my SD card as FAT32 again. I ran into problems accessing the card from my Linux machine as well. Somehow everything went wrong suddenly on both my phone and PC.
sasank360 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix&hl=en
Use the app from above link. That needs root permissions. Once you grant su and follow steps it should fix that sd card write issues.
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That app modifies the file /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml
I have already tried editing directly this file and it didn't work. Now I am using FAT32 without problems, but it is stupid that an linux-based operating system does not use natilvely a linux filesystem.
Problem Resolved. Here is what I did to fix it, FINALLY...
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 anyone having this issue.
Well first of all I an on OK3 5.1.1 build if that even matters or not. I did the Dev unlock and all went well. I then flashed TWRP 2.8.5 through Odin and it boots into TWRP just fine. I then flashed Super Su (UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.65) and wiped both caches and rebooted and now cant get past the red Verizon screen. I know this is more than likely a kernel panic, so I then downloaded and placed the Emotion kernel (Emotion-TW-5.1.1-nightly-r21-RC1-SM-N910P) on my ext sd card put it in the phone booted into TWRP only to find that Apparently TWRP is not reading the ext sd cards. Another fellow member was nice enough to let me know that I may have to sideload it. Well I tried doing it using sideload command and it tells me "cant read file" , so I tried to push and it says "no file or directory". Also tried push and sideload other files with the same outcome. I even tried 2 other sd cards from my GS5 and my Tab S and same thing, when I go to ext sd it doesn't show any files at all. I am at a loss here and any help here would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
EDIT: I finally just went ahead and restored back to factory and reunlocked and flashed Jasmine ROM. All is good here now except I am still 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.
New 5.1.1 and 6.0+ firmwares require system(less) root (SuperSU v2.67 or newer) with a patched or permissive kernel. You may flash MultiSystem kernel for TouchWiz 5.1.1.
Copy the files to you internal memory. Flash the kernel and that SuperSU from TWRP recovery.
Regarding your SD card: format it using this: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
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New 5.1.1 and 6.0+ firmwares require system(less) root (SuperSU v2.67 or newer) with a patched or permissive kernel. You may flash MultiSystem kernel for TouchWiz 5.1.1.
Copy the files to you internal memory. Flash the kernel and that SuperSU from TWRP recovery.
Regarding your SD card: format it using this: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
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Thanks, but I couldn't flash the kernel at the time I posted this because I could not access my files on my ext sd card. All is good now except the ext card problem.