Hello!
I have been a long time lurker and have been tweaking my phone for years.
Usually when I stuff something up, I can fix it.
That is not the case this time ;_;
This phone has been working fine for over 2 years without a reflash or anything done to it.
The battery died one Friday and the phone was not charged for 3 days.
It did not boot. HBOOT and Recovery were fine, but could not mount /sdcard in recovery
I ended up installing an RUU (Telstra_WWE_2.26.841.2). Cannot install other RUUs as sd card (Goldcard) cannot be read.
Android runs without recognising the SD card.
Recovery still does not recognise the SD card
Have tried:
- fastboot oem enableqxdm 0 (success, but did not fix problem)
- fastboot oem clearconfig
- S-Off and flashed different recoveries via Fastboot.
- 4Ext Recovery - USB Unbrick is ineffectual
- 4Ext Recovery - Partition sdcard correctly tells me the size of the sdcard, but then returns "Cannot read partition table"
- Two different SD Cards tried to no avail
This really sucks. I didn't even get to break my phone by myself.
Phone current status:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
RADIO-5.11.05.14
No suggestions?
- Strange, you ran the RUU from sd card though, so it must have mounted and read it? Are the two sdcards same brand? Do they work ok in another phone?
4EXT recovery is the best solution for this, surprised it doesn't work.
- USB unbrick doens't work at all?
- Can't partition either card? Have you tried completely reformatting first?
- Can't install any ROM.zip from sdcard?
If it still doesn't work, I'd try reformat and repartition using gparted, then full wipe and resintall ROM from scratch.
- Strange, you ran the RUU from sd card though, so it must have mounted and read it? Are the two sdcards same brand? Do they work ok in another phone?
I ran the RUU from my computer because the SD card was out of action.
The two SD cards are different brands. Would that affect it a lot? They both work in card readers, card adapters, other computers, and other Android devices.
4EXT recovery is the best solution for this, surprised it doesn't work.
- USB unbrick doens't work at all?
- Can't partition either card? Have you tried completely reformatting first?
- Can't install any ROM.zip from sdcard?
USB Unbrick does its little thing, then asks me to reboot recovery now. After reboot, I still get the "Error mounting your sdcard.." while 4ext is booting. 4ext then boots into safe mode.
I have completely reformatted and partitioned one of the cards in GParted running off a bootable USB stick, and that still didn't work.
Can't install anything from SD card ;_;
If it still doesn't work, I'd try reformat and repartition using gparted, then full wipe and resintall ROM from scratch.
Without an SD card, is installing a ROM possible?
Playing with all the settings in 4ext at the moment. I'll keep y'all posted.
When I click partition sdcard, it says "There is 9xxxxxxxx MB of space on your sd-card", which is why I don't think it is a hardware error.
I then clicked file system check, and then Repair Filesystem.
Partition sd-card now says there are 0MB of space on my sd-card. lol.
what is this i dont even
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Rebooted, partition sdcard reads the 9xxxx MB of space on the card, so no problems there.
Trying to repartition it gives this error "Error re reading partition table. Please reboot recovery and start over."
Last bump.
I can't figure this one out to be honest. I really thought a complete reformat in gparted would work. Are you trying this using a card reader i.e. partitioning while not in the phone?
I'm beginning to think that the phone has a hardware issue reading the actual sd card, because both cards work in other phones and are read by computers / card readers just fine.
Last resort, if you can't run the RUU from the computer.
- Reformat sdcard to FAT32 only
- Extract the 2.3.3 GB RUU from the ROM.zip, follow Step 7 of Bortak's troubleshooting guide stickied at the top of Q&A, to run the RUU from sd.
I can't figure this one out to be honest. I really thought a complete reformat in gparted would work. Are you trying this using a card reader i.e. partitioning while not in the phone?
The complete reformat and partition was done with the micro SD in an SD adapter in a USB card reader plugged into a computer. I couldn't do it from the phone as the phone cannot read the darn thing.
I'm beginning to think that the phone has a hardware issue reading the actual sd card, because both cards work in other phones and are read by computers / card readers just fine.
The only problem with the phone having a hardware issue is that 4ext recovery "sees" the card and tells me that I have 8 GB of space on it. However, 4ext cannot do anything to the card.
Last resort, if you can't run the RUU from the computer.
- Reformat sdcard to FAT32 only
- Extract the 2.3.3 GB RUU from the ROM.zip, follow Step 7 of Bortak's troubleshooting guide stickied at the top of Q&A, to run the RUU from sd.
I don't think this will work because the phone cannot see the SD card. Even converting a card to a goldcard and trying to install an RUU does not work.
This is quite saddening ;_;
thebestnoobcake said:
The only problem with the phone having a hardware issue is that 4ext recovery "sees" the card and tells me that I have 8 GB of space on it. However, 4ext cannot do anything to the card.
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But if 2 different sdcards work in card readers and mount in other Android devices, then logic says it could be a hardware issue with the Desire.
Just because 4EXT sees it, the fact that it can't mount it or do anything with it further reinforces this theory.
Last resort, if you can't run the RUU from the computer
- Reformat sdcard to FAT32 only
- Extract the 2.3.3 GB RUU from the ROM.zip, follow Step 7 of Bortak's troubleshooting guide stickied at the top of Q&A, to run the RUU from sd.
I don't think this will work because the phone cannot see the SD card. Even converting a card to a goldcard and trying to install an RUU does not work.
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You need to try it though
2.3.3 GB RUU does not require a goldcard as far as I know. If you made a goldcard, that process may have gone wrong somewhere not sure.
Which is why a complete reformat, a single clean FAT32 partition needs to be tried.
Try Step 7, see if the phone can read the PB99IMG.zip when started up in bootloader
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Hey guys.
I've been trying all night to partition 4GB SD card on my HTC Desire and got a problem. I'm getting stuck in fastboot, every time i want to reboot my phone, as I did normally before, i can not, because it boots directly into fastboot. I partitioned with Rom Manager, but have read all around that it does partition the sd card only to ext2, and you need to update to ext3 manually but I didn't know how, even if I read a lot of different tutorials. I can't even get into my froyo and mount my SD card to the pc
Now, can somebody help me get out of this mess?
Any help would be appreciated. Thx.
EDIT:
After reading many more posts lately, I've found out that partitioning went well and that showing 3.2 GB of free space on the SD card was right... Sounds very noobish though.
But, still can't get my mobile phone working, can't even put a new ROM on the SD card and flash it, because can't even mount the SD card on the pc :/
Hi Mates,
I have searched and just cant seem to find the answer to what seems like a fairly simple task. i want to change my 2GB card to a 16GB version. i have read the thread over at Revoked but it implies it is for a ext2/3 partioned SD Card and not a stock one. anyway I do not have the same options on my Recovery menu to follow it.
I have HTC Desire (WWE 2.29.405.5) with ROOT and I used Unrevoked 3.2.2 which gives me a recover screen of ClockWorkMod if i hold -VOL & POWER on the phone. I tried to formate the 16GB card in the phone but it is not recognised by either the Android system or ClockWorkMod formatting menu options.
Could someone please help me out with instructions to follow to acheive this? I have only just joined the Android gang and I'm a little lost.
Thanx for your assistance.
First format it in a pc in fat32. Then put in phone ,boot in recovery and partition. If does not recognizes it then you should change your recovery to amonra's one. I have heard that people have probs with cwm recovery.
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mariosraptor said:
First format it in a pc in fat32. Then put in phone ,boot in recovery and partition. If does not recognizes it then you should change your recovery to amonra's one. I have heard that people have probs with cwm recovery.
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If Windows doesnt allow you to format it as FAT32, you can alternatively use the following:
It involves running Gparted, a partition manager from a LiveCD, it's the best option, with a lot of easy customizations.
Just download the latest Gparted, burn it to CD/USB, then reboot.
Insert the Gparted CD, reboot with SDcard inserted.
Thanx I eventually got there. I first did android backup from the recovery menu, then formatted the 16 GB card on my pc (i used a puppy install on usb) to boot my PC into Lynix. Then copied all my old MC data to the new card. Finally I inserted new card and went to recovery then restore using CWR Which allowed all my SD card apps to still work. Phew.......and I missed out all the in-between bits that I had !
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I just copied the files from my existing SD card to the new one and changed cards. Worked just fine.
I upgraded from Oxygen RC6 to RC7, in between, I performed s-off, flashed the oxygen hboot table, resized the sd card with gparted and then formatted card. I then did a full wipe and installed RC7.
However, I can no longer see the SD card as being mounted once I boot up the desire, if I go to recovery>advanced>usb i'm able to see the the card fine and i'm able to install stuff via recovery but it seems as though the card isn't being mounted once it boots.
Also, when I connect via usb it starts charging instead of coming up with the sd card files. Tried turning usb debugging on/off but that doesn't help.
Any ideas how to rectify this?
edit: tried a different micro sd card and it's doing the same thing
Could be an issue with the ROM. You could try another 2.3 ROM.
Does your PC recognize your phone? You might a have a usb brick and have to flash the modified misc partition. Search ad usb brick modaco.
Sent from my LeeDroided Desire HD
managed to sort it in the end, formatted the card in recovery then plugged it in and it came up with a dialog box in windows saying format the card (again), after which it started detecting the card again.
At least that's what I think it was anyway
Hello,
Got another problem here. I've had CyanogenMod 7 installed and that worked perfectly.
My device is S-OFF and has the CM7 HBOOT.
I thought to give MIUI a shot, so i installed the latest version 1.4.8 A2SD version.
That one installed fine but it couldn't find my SD card for pictures, music... it said no SD was installed.
I went back in recovery, and yes.... i can't mount my SD card anymore. No ADB access, partitioning is no option as it is not there.
I pushed a new recovery (Amon RA recovery 2) but that doesn't help.
What went wrong ?
Fixed!
I really don't understand how these things can happen just by flashing a new rom, i feel that there are more problems than months ago. Anyway, i used this to fix:
'fastboot oem enableqxdm 0'
Cheers
Hi there,
I am glad you found a solution. What i found was when trying to copy an .apk file from my laptop to my desire 8gb card( FAT, 1GB Ext 4, 300MB Ext 4, Swap ) i could never access the file. In fact, SDcard Mounted readonly pops up if i go to the directory where the file is using Astro explorer. My Rom is RCmixHD 3.5 rotating. Even if i create a few folders and then put the file in, i can go as far as where the file is. Maybe the file is corrupt?
Anyway, where is the rom you flashed and is it a patch of some sort? Thanks.
I have spent many a night trying to figure out exactly what is the cause that a SD mounts as read only while attempting to perform certain functions, but works fine if you use the same SD card in another device. The only conclusion I have is, I assume that the Desire doesn't like cheap cards. Things like class, capacity and brand are key regarding SD cards. So many check in those areas ...
I personally think its or the alpharev, or the Hboot.
I'm on Seb's Runnymede ROM for quite some time. Because of the well known "freezing problem" I wanted to test something else.
So I tried Mildwild's CM and oxygen based ROMS and recently the newest ICS ROM by Sandvold. When I flash these ROMs "clean" they boot but I can't use my sd card. It's like there's no card inserted at all. If I install extra mods like dalvik2sd or ad2sdx immediately after the rom, my phone doesn't boot.
I wiped everything a few times, and even repartitioned my card with 4EXT recovery. Could it be the ext4 partition? I've searched through both threads for the same issue, but can't find anything similar.
EDIT: I tried ICS with A2SD, dalvik to nand (3rd option) and I was able to boot, but again sd card not found...
What SD Card do you have? have you partitioned using gparted and tried? and Seb's Runnymede doesnt have a freezing problem.... can you elaborate the freezing issue? maybe i could help.
I have a samsung 16GB class 6 card (This one). I always use 4EXT recovery to partition my card. It's also advised in Seb's thread to partition with 4EXT. I used Gparted live before, but always ran into problems. Don't know why, I followed the guide. I'll try it again when I got some time.
I know it's not caused by Runnymede, but I want to test another ROM to see if it happens more/less frequent. That's when I realised I can't install another ROM. Hence this thread.
I'm yet to try an older card (class2 sandisk) with these roms. Also, that card didn't have freezing problems with runnymede, but was awfully slow.
recovery can see the sd card i guess?
might be worth booting gparted just to see if you can see the ext partition?
Yes, recovery shows the card, partition alignment is OK, usb diskdrive works as intended,... When I format and repartition my card, I notice that the partitions are not completely empty. I guess this is normal? I'll try gparted tonight.
Ok I didn't try gparted because I couldn't find any cdrs to create a bootable disk again.
But... I tried my other sd card (Sandisk 8GB class 2). Formatted and partitioned by 4EXT. I Installed ICS Beta 0.4.1.1 with ad2sdx option. Booted without problems, recognised my sd card immediately, no problems.
Definitely a problem with that samsung card. Or a compatibility issue. I'm still confused about that, but at least I know what's the problem now.
mby USB Brick? 4EXT touch had bug with that
yes I know. When I "reboot to recovery" SD card can't be found. I need to power off completely and boot to recovery.
And sometimes the phone gets USB bricked after flashing a ROM. But there's a tool in the latest 4EXT version to unbrick.
I'm running RunnyMede AOI on the class 2 card now. Everything is ok, no freezes (yet). I'm a bit worried about the AD2SDX script on class 2 though.