Hello,
I don't know what cause this , but I can no longer flash any roms. It says unable to mount USB storage,
I am using TWRP.
I am able to do backups, but it doesn't allow me to flash a rom.
any advise will be appreciated
tomasitoc said:
Hello,
I don't know what cause this , but I can no longer flash any roms. It says unable to mount USB storage,
I am using TWRP.
I am able to do backups, but it doesn't allow me to flash a rom.
any advise will be appreciated
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Sounds like TWRP is corrupt, have you tried CWM to see if the problem exists there also?
As far as trying to mount usb from TWRP, I have never got that to work.
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
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
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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Hi all,
I've been trying to find a way to mount my external hard drive to the FireTV to be able to access all the partitions. The drive is Fat32 so the FireTV reads it but only mounts 1 partition. I need a way to mount all the partitions. I know StickMount would work but that requires root which I can do but since DirecTV Now doesn't work with root I disable it. Sometimes I can bring root back sometimes I can't which requires so recovery action. Does anyone know a way, or tool, or even a boot script (since I can have root at boot) to mount all the partitions? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
BlueKalel
Wondering if anyone has managed to figure out a way to get this working, or if I'm just missing something. I've tried everything I can find online, including a custom kernel (EX), (both) paragon NTFS mounting utilities, stickmount, a couple different TWRP-flashable .zip's, as well as miscellaneous other root apps that supposedly will mount NTFS, all to no avail.
Running 9.0, stock rooted + EX kernel and Magisk. And unfortunately FAT32 or other formatting isn't an option in my case. Any thoughts or advice or is this just a no go? Thanks!
Android doesn't support NTFS and is unlikely to ever support it. If none of the apps you've tried work then there isn't anything you can do except format the drive you want to use as FAT32. I know that isn't an option, but you don't havr many options here.
Paragon "works", but only in a couple of specialized file managers. There's no generic solution I've seen that simply mounts OTG as a directory. There is a Magisk package that claims to do this with vold, but it's only supported by an older Magisk version and doesn't support Android 9 yet.
ohlin5 said:
Wondering if anyone has managed to figure out a way to get this working, or if I'm just missing something. I've tried everything I can find online, including a custom kernel (EX), (both) paragon NTFS mounting utilities, stickmount, a couple different TWRP-flashable .zip's, as well as miscellaneous other root apps that supposedly will mount NTFS, all to no avail. Running 9.0, stock rooted + EX kernel and Magisk. And unfortunately FAT32 or other formatting isn't an option in my case. Any thoughts or advice or is this just a no go? Thanks!
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Android only supports FAT32/Ext3/Ext4/exFAT. Why is FAT32 not an option? It will support up to 2TB partitions and although it doesn't natively support encryption, it is possible to encrypt data on a FAT32 formatted partition. What is it you are trying to accomplish?
The OP likely has a device formatted as NTFS and doesn't want to go through the trouble of pulling off the data, formatting, and replacing the data. Unfortunately for him, he's going to have little choice but to fornat to be able to use it.
exFAT USB drive wasn't supported on my P2XL Pie, tested a few days ago. Had to format FAT32 through Android (since the only options were FAT32 and NTFS in Windows File Explorer).
i may be a little late to this thread, but
total commander from c. ghisler and
usb stick plugin (tc) from ferenc hechler
does that. it worked on Android 8 at least, on android 9 i have some troubles atm, i can only copy data to my expandable sd card storage, but maybe it's a bug on my hand, worth a shot.
there is a free version of the usb stick plugin as well and total commander was always free without ads