Formating cf card to FAT12 - Off-topic

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Hi!
I have a CFcard wich is wrongly formated.
The FS must be FAT12.
Anyone knows how to solve this from the pc?
I have a cf card reader/writer.
Regards,
Ferry

try to get hold of a copy of Storage tools at
www.softwinter.com
you can reformat your card from the xda. i have a copy of the software if you have problems

Or try Flash Format by www.cnetx.com
A great tool!!

I have good experience with CnetX stuff
i.e. I was able to recover two CF card cards sometime ago ... the problems was the same - wrong format parameters
regards,
monika

Ferry said:
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Hi!
I have a CFcard wich is wrongly formated.
The FS must be FAT12.
Anyone knows how to solve this from the pc?
I have a cf card reader/writer.
Regards,
Ferry
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Didn't even know there was such a thing as a FAT12 file system

You just stepped into dangerous territory

Hahahahaha, your card is fat.
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Stop... MUFFIN TIME!!!

I would format it FAT24. It is twice as fast as FAT12.

85gallon said:
I would format it FAT24. It is twice as fast as FAT12.
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FAT_OVER_9000 is much better
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For me worked a program called sdformatter.i think last version is 3.1 and it can also recover space of the card that was away!

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switched from unknown class to class 6

I recently made the change from an unknown class 2gb sdcard to a class 6 4gb sdcard and now things are going crazy. Hero has become unbelievably unstable and cyanogenmod boot loops.
any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.
My guess is you failed to transfer over the apps that were on that old sd card (in the ext 2/3 partition) and now the phone can't find them. Either copy over all the data (search the forums to find out how) or do a wipe to make your phone forget about all tthose apps.
Gilliland12 said:
My guess is you failed to transfer over the apps that were on that old sd card (in the ext 2/3 partition) and now the phone can't find them. Either copy over all the data (search the forums to find out how) or do a wipe to make your phone forget about all tthose apps.
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i've done several wipes, several reformats of the ext3 and the entire card, i've tried to do nandroid backup restores, nothing is working. :\
Done a full wipe and still issues? Huh. Try removing the card completely and doing a wipe. You shouldnt get any errors not having an SD card. If you do get errors then this might take a while. If you get no errors then your card is somehow screwing things up.
mistaken post. ignore this
so turns out there is something wrong with my sdcard. tried flashing xROM 1.4 at least three times and got boot loops every time, then booted up without the card in and booted up fine.
it also works when i use the switchrom script to restore.
is there anything i can do to make this card usable?
Don't take my word for it, but maybe a format and partition of the card again would probably work.
Anartic said:
Don't take my word for it, but maybe a format and partition of the card again would probably work.
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tried it several times. thanks, though
if anybody has any help, i'd love it :\ just like to know if this card is useless to me or not. thanks
if you have vista plug it in and it should say something about fixing errors when my sdcard was f***ing up i thought i might as well try it and it worked, hope this helps
edit: which method are you using to partition your card?
JJbdoggg said:
if you have vista plug it in and it should say something about fixing errors when my sdcard was f***ing up i thought i might as well try it and it worked, hope this helps
edit: which method are you using to partition your card?
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i have xp :\
i've been using parted.
grandomegabosses said:
i have xp :\
i've been using parted.
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if i were you i would send it back as faulty cos if it is giving you this many problems so early on that is not a good sign
btw you could try completely unformatting the card then re partitioning the empty space
JJbdoggg said:
if i were you i would send it back as faulty cos if it is giving you this many problems so early on that is not a good sign
btw you could try completely unformatting the card then re partitioning the empty space
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the thing is, it's not new. i've had it for about 6 months and been using it in my mp3 player. i'm assuming that might be why it's not working. i've unformatted and reformatted the entire card a couple times.
i'm planning on getting an 8gb class 6 card soon, so as of now, i'm using my old 2gb card. but thanks for the help
grandomegabosses said:
the thing is, it's not new. i've had it for about 6 months and been using it in my mp3 player. i'm assuming that might be why it's not working. i've unformatted and reformatted the entire card a couple times.
i'm planning on getting an 8gb class 6 card soon, so as of now, i'm using my old 2gb card. but thanks for the help
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no probs sorry i couldnt help
JJbdoggg said:
no probs sorry i couldnt help
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no worries, man!
so i think i solved it. Ubuntu solves everything. haha repartitioned in ubuntu and it's working fine now. thanks guys

Help... SD won't detect

Okay, it's irritating. try googling but it is not even a search result or probably I'm a dumb.
I got pissed right now. After try an android on X1 and feel I like it, it's stucked at somewhat. So I soft reset it and now when log in to WinMo it asked me to format the SD Card, after i try it. the SD is till not detected.
Then plug USB Cable but still the computer just sound beep twice and show none in my Computer.
I try to remove the SD to my Aspen and Nokia 5800 but they also can't detect it. I have no micro SD reader or adapter so I can't try on PC.
Help me.
VSJ said:
Help me.
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"Please" would have been a nice addition here
Not sure what you might have messed up with Android, but to check the SD there's only two options:
get a new one and try again or
get yourself a µSD reader of any kind, shouldn't be too expensive
BTW: You say you installed Android and after soft reset you are in WinMo again? That doesn't sound like really having "installed" Android to me - might be an idea to post your question where you got whatever you installed on your phone to get the Android feeling.....
louis0815 said:
"Please" would have been a nice addition here
Not sure what you might have messed up with Android, but to check the SD there's only two options:
get a new one and try again or
get yourself a µSD reader of any kind, shouldn't be too expensive
BTW: You say you installed Android and after soft reset you are in WinMo again? That doesn't sound like really having "installed" Android to me - might be an idea to post your question where you got whatever you installed on your phone to get the Android feeling.....
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I'm sorry 'please' has several meaning in my culture. My culture prohibit a girl to ask 'please' to anonymous. If that word helpful, okay, please help me.
English isn't my language so you might interpret what I want to say wrongly.
Android is installed and I had run it for days. Once upon time, in the middle of proccessing something, it stuck so I did a soft reset. Then I boot into Windows Mobile (not Android) -DualBOOT- and Windows Mobile ask me to format microSD Card but after it is formatted, the card is invisible. update: I borrow my friend's an imported SD Card, microSD is detected but the computer ask to insert in it.
VSJ said:
My culture prohibit a girl to ask 'please' to anonymous.
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OK, couldn't see that (neither your gender nor your origin) - was not meant offensive though
English isn't my language so you might interpret what I want to say wrongly.
Android is installed and I had run it for days. Once upon time, in the middle of proccessing something, it stuck so I did a soft reset. Then I boot into Windows Mobile (not Android) -DualBOOT- and Windows Mobile ask me to format microSD Card but after it is formatted, the card is invisible. update: I borrow my friend's an imported SD Card, microSD is detected but the computer ask to insert in it.
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dualBoot was the missing detail for me.....
Purely guessing as I am not an Android expert:
Were you able to boot into WinMo before that "crash"?
Were you able to boot into Android after the crash?
Can Android handle FAT32 formatted cards?
louis0815 said:
OK, couldn't see that (neither your gender nor your origin) - was not meant offensive though
dualBoot was the missing detail for me.....
Purely guessing as I am not an Android expert:
Were you able to boot into WinMo before that "crash"?
Were you able to boot into Android after the crash?
Can Android handle FAT32 formatted cards?
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It's Okay,
Yes no problem before. I'm not sure how my card formatted but it's original coming from the package.
Try to format SD card in computer with FAT32.
For dual boot you have make partition formated with Ext2 right? What prograd did you use for partitioning of SD? Minitool partition? Try to delete partitions used for Android.
Hi VSJ,
are u using XDAAndroid from frayaab, (I see ur post there too). My SD is also fried out. You're not alone. at least, there're 2-3 people who have the same problem. Someone said that the SD is fried out.
louis0815 said:
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Were you able to boot into Android after the crash?
Can Android handle FAT32 formatted cards?
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RBRiddick said:
Try to format SD card in computer with FAT32.
For dual boot you have make partition formated with Ext2 right? What prograd did you use for partitioning of SD? Minitool partition? Try to delete partitions used for Android.
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You should know that in X1 port Android, There are two types of releases: ones with ext2 partition and ones without. And I think this girl have android without EXT2 partition. Anyway question if Android can detect is is pretty lame, no offense, I think if the Storage Card isn't working how can you run the Android...
Don't you read that the card isn't detected. It's pretty clear, our problem that the card isn't even detected from OS File Explorer. How can that ur suggested software can detect it?
Hi VSJ, I want to update you. I've asked my friend w/o lucky and bring the card to SESC, I can assure you that SE won't guaranty SD Card.
Thank you for trying to help me.
Since the problem is occurred to many people, I dunno think that the Android only killed mine. I'm giving up. I think it's over a hardware issue.
The developer of the android also has no idea why the problem can be occurred.

ums transfer uber slow or none!

sd card class 10, high speed port for usb, update drivers, update samsung drivers...
STILL getting slow transfer speed rate or NONE! after 5 seconds got message on my pc The path is too deep, or F: disk cant be recognized...using emanonv7, cm7 mebitek/official, cm10.1, any rom gives me this...but after 5 restarts, 5,6 disconecting from ums, its back to normal for 2,3 transfers, and problem is back...
any idea whats the problem? Partitioning bad or...?
p.s. i didnt have this problem from november, before that i had just slow transfer rate, not this problem...
Just take backup of your SD card and then use Minitool Partition Wizard to delete all partitions and create partitions again.... Do create all partitions as primary and not logical... After that copy data to SD card again... I think your SD card has been fragmented too much...
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ashu.bigsmoke said:
Just take backup of your SD card and then use Minitool Partition Wizard to delete all partitions and create partitions again.... Do create all partitions as primary and not logical... After that copy data to SD card again... I think your SD card has been fragmented too much...
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iv tried that, same problem...but iv got workaround, its not slow or breaking up trough card reader...
AW: ums transfer uber slow or none!
ashu.bigsmoke said:
Just take backup of your SD card and then use Minitool Partition Wizard to delete all partitions and create partitions again.... Do create all partitions as primary and not logical... After that copy data to SD card again... I think your SD card has been fragmented too much...
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SD can be fragmented?
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pardon
Nixoman said:
iv tried that, same problem...but iv got workaround, its not slow or breaking up trough card reader...
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throw away that piece of garbage and get yourself a decent iphone
[i couldn't resist, and a bit drunk too]
Masrepus said:
SD can be fragmented?
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Yes of course, why not?
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crullick said:
throw away that piece of garbage and get yourself a decent iphone
[i couldn't resist, and a bit drunk too]
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daaaaaaaaj paraaaaaaaaa XD imam i nokiu e7, al ovaj mi je nekako prirastao srcu..iphone never! until they get full support for serbia
ashu.bigsmoke said:
Yes of course, why not?
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Masrepus said:
SD can be fragmented?
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major part of it is fat32 so i guessed it gets fragmented over time; but what's the best/appropriate way to fix it?
[suffering from >almost< same problem like nixoman; and whenever copying big chunks i go to recovery and mount usb, which makes the speed bareable]
AW: ums transfer uber slow or none!
You could buy a card reader for like 9€, connect it to pc, plug in sd and then try the defragment option of windows? (Is it called defragment?)
Edit::
Nooo... xD now I had nearly EXACTLY the same problem after copying half a gig music on the sd (well, it didn't work the first time, idk why so i did it another time and tada: transfer rate only ca 2 mb/sec this time.) I checked it with the defragment tool and i saw it was really fragmented. After defragmenting 2 times, now it's 0% fragmented again! I'd suggest it for you, too.
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[Q] How to fix SD Card that corrupted?

OK, everybody. Can you help me?
My phone's microSD didn't look fine this night and it's corrupted.
It remain just 48.5 MB memory (actual size is 16GB) and i couldn't find how to fix it.
Anybody knows how to fix my sd card?
Have you tried to format it??
stamatis said:
Have you tried to format it??
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I had tried it, but it didn't works at all.
If it works, it just left 48.5 MB for storage What should i do?
MatthewWu said:
I had tried it, but it didn't works at all.
If it works, it just left 48.5 MB for storage What should i do?
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Any partitions?
wanna thank xda? here
Gogeta said:
Any partitions?
wanna thank xda? here
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My microSD contains 3 partition, sd-ext, linux swap and fat32
But suddenly, they all gone and i can't find it on anywhere.
I tried Partition Recovery, but it still dont work at all.
MatthewWu said:
My microSD contains 3 partition, sd-ext, linux swap and fat32
But suddenly, they all gone and i can't find it on anywhere.
I tried Partition Recovery, but it still dont work at all.
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Try Formatting it with a Nokia phone
wanna thank xda? here
Gogeta said:
Try Formatting it with a Nokia phone
wanna thank xda? here
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I don't have Nokia phone and i think it's not possible.
Do you have another suggestion how to fix my microSD?
MatthewWu said:
I don't have Nokia phone and i think it's not possible.
Do you have another suggestion how to fix my microSD?
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Oh...
You can use any Nokia phone...
Any of your known people don't have a Nokia phone????
Just format it, hardly it takes 5 minutes ...
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Gogeta said:
Oh...
You can use any Nokia phone...
Any of your known people don't have a Nokia phone????
Just format it, hardly it takes 5 minutes ...
wanna thank xda? here
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I don't have any Nokia phone and my family and my friends too!
They affected by Android or Blackberry or iOS viruses and it's hard to find someone that have Nokia phone.
Yeah, my grandma use Nokia phone, but it didn't have any of memory slot.
Can i use China phone to format it? (K-Touch H999)
Don't you have card reader?
stamatis said:
Don't you have card reader?
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I'm using it right now. (Card Reader)
use mini partition tool.
minimum edition™®
playjun said:
use mini partition tool.
minimum edition™®
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I had tried it one thousand times, but it didn't work.
It decide my sdcard size is 48.5 MB, which the actual size is 16GB.
Somebody please help me!!
Hi there,
You might have been unfortunate to have bought a fake sdcard.
China is swamping the market with cheap fakes..
These cards are usually marked as 16GB or 8GB but usually only have 32MB or 64MB really..
They will register the 16GB, but when you go to copy files you'll notice that they won't all copy..
Never ever buy sdcards off ebay or the like. Always use a local retailer because you can easily take it back and get a replacement.
So eBay gaurantee is fake??
wanna thank xda? here
Why not buying new SDcard?
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Gogeta said:
So eBay gaurantee is fake??
wanna thank xda? here
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Just try to get a refund from a chinese retailer on ebay.. Ebay will not help, even when you are within your rights.
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ahlulnugraha said:
Why not buying new SDcard?
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Not everyone is capable of buying new sdcards at a whim.. Get real and post sensible answers or don't post at all thanks.
CtrlAltDelIrl said:
Hi there,
You might have been unfortunate to have bought a fake sdcard.
China is swamping the market with cheap fakes..
These cards are usually marked as 16GB or 8GB but usually only have 32MB or 64MB really..
They will register the 16GB, but when you go to copy files you'll notice that they won't all copy..
Never ever buy sdcards off ebay or the like. Always use a local retailer because you can easily take it back and get a replacement.
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Hi, CtrlAltDelIrl.
It's not China microSD. I had used it in about 3 months (that's why i had talked to you about a2sd)
I knew it is corrupted when i reboot into CWM Recovery and it can't mount /sdcard and /sd-ext anymore.
About new SDCard, my dad couldn't buy me a new sdcard if he know about this. That is impossible thing to buy a new sdcard and in terms of insufficient funds.
Give the next tool a try: http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html . Run a full format.

Gt i9070 Cant detect SD card

Hello im sorry for this thread but i really need help
i got a Galaxy S advance gt-i9070 and i tried rooting it using this methodhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985199
the method works and my phone is rooted and increased my custom binary by 2
but the case is .. after i rooted my phone using the above method my phone cant seems to DETECT my sd card wether its new or old fat32 or ext for any other format ...
right now my phone is currently on JB OFFiCIAL ROM ... because i thought flashing JB would help me solve the problem
My jB phone Is not rooted and i REALLY REALLY need help solving this matter
chocolemon said:
Hello im sorry for this thread but i really need help
i got a Galaxy S advance gt-i9070 and i tried rooting it using this methodhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985199
the method works and my phone is rooted and increased my custom binary by 2
but the case is .. after i rooted my phone using the above method my phone cant seems to DETECT my sd card wether its new or old fat32 or ext for any other format ...
right now my phone is currently on JB OFFiCIAL ROM ... because i thought flashing JB would help me solve the problem
My jB phone Is not rooted and i REALLY REALLY need help solving this matter
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Control that the pins of sdcard slot are ok or check with another card. Check if you can mount/format in Settings>Storage
Tesla-MADAL93 said:
Control that the pins of sdcard slot are ok or check with another card. Check if you can mount/format in Settings>Storage
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the pins are okay i've checked it ... and no i cant mount\format my sd card .. and i cant read it through recovery or through Pc
i've found a site telling that i should try fixing it using terminal emulator with rooting privilage but i cnat seems to remember the site
if you guys have any idea about it please post it here !
chocolemon said:
the pins are okay i've checked it ... and no i cant mount\format my sd card .. and i cant read it through recovery or through Pc
i've found a site telling that i should try fixing it using terminal emulator with rooting privilage but i cnat seems to remember the site
if you guys have any idea about it please post it here !
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If you have flashed stock JB with Odin you have stock vold.fstab and recovery.fstab so the software should be ok, have you checked the card on pc with an adapter or in another phone?
Inviato dal mio GT-I9070
Tesla-MADAL93 said:
If you have flashed stock JB with Odin you have stock vold.fstab and recovery.fstab so the software should be ok, have you checked the card on pc with an adapter or in another phone?
Inviato dal mio GT-I9070
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yes i have and its a brand new sd card freshly out of the package ... and it work using adapters and other phone
ohh before i flash the official JB rom ... my rooted rom keep notify me with my bland SD card after i rooted my phone ...
chocolemon said:
yes i have and its a brand new sd card freshly out of the package ... and it work using adapters and other phone
ohh before i flash the official JB rom ... my rooted rom keep notify me with my bland SD card after i rooted my phone ...
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If you dont care about data loss, try formatting it from PC.
harith.unnikrishnan said:
If you dont care about data loss, try formatting it from PC.
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format using pc ?? how just format it through my computer ?
chocolemon said:
format using pc ?? how just format it through my computer ?
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Mount the card on pc using an adapter or working phone with mass storage option, then format with standard procedure (on Windows right click on removable disk and format), if doesn't work try to flash again stock JB, you can try another version if your device isn't simlocked to the carrier.
Tesla-MADAL93 said:
Mount the card on pc using an adapter or working phone with mass storage option, then format with standard procedure (on Windows right click on removable disk and format), if doesn't work try to flash again stock JB, you can try another version if your device isn't simlocked to the carrier.
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or maybe can you guys give me the vold.fstab and recovery.fstab for GB 2.3.6 so i can copy paste it to my phone
chocolemon said:
or maybe can you guys give me the vold.fstab and recovery.fstab for GB 2.3.6 so i can copy paste it to my phone
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recovery.fstab is a part of the recovery image into kernel, you can't copy-paste it, you can only touch vold.fstab with root access. But this is not your problem because you have flashed stock ROM! As I said earlier: try to flash again a different version of stock JB or try downgrading to see if the problem is resolved.
Tesla-MADAL93 said:
recovery.fstab is a part of the recovery image into kernel, you can't copy-paste it, you can only touch vold.fstab with root access. But this is not your problem because you have flashed stock ROM! As I said earlier: try to flash again a different version of stock JB or try downgrading to see if the problem is resolved.
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well nothing really works .. and my phone still unable to read external sd card i insert .. well just have to use my phone cardless i guess:crying:
chocolemon said:
well nothing really works .. and my phone still unable to read external sd card i insert .. well just have to use my phone cardless i guess:crying:
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Try with re-partition of your SD card. Maybe it is in ntfs format, as far I remember we do not have NTFS support out of the box (only with CoCore kernel).
How to partition your SD card guide.
shut_down said:
Try with re-partition of your SD card. Maybe it is in ntfs format, as far I remember we do not have NTFS support out of the box (only with CoCore kernel).
How to partition your SD card guide.
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Can anyone provide me with vold.fstab gb 2.3.6 and push ot into my device
chocolemon said:
Can anyone provide me with vold.fstab gb 2.3.6 and push ot into my device
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First - what do you want to do? vold.fstab will swap your internal and external memory. And sure it will not help you see your SD card on PC or recovery.
I had problem with non visible SD card in recovery on GB - and solution was to partition it again.
Is not only to swap, but also to set mount points. Yes, I forget about repartition, said to format current partition in fat32 but he said that with an adapter or another device works
Tesla-MADAL93 said:
Is not only to swap, but also to set mount points. Yes, I forget about repartition, said to format current partition in fat32 but he said that with an adapter or another device works
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Use a card reader or another mobile device, in USB Mass storage mode and format it like u do for a pendrive.
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harith.unnikrishnan said:
Use a card reader or another mobile device, in USB Mass storage mode and format it like u do for a pendrive.
EDIT: sorry, wrong quote!
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Don't worry it's the same as I said

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