[Q] No write access to /storage/sdcard0 on JB - Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
I have recently flashed Cassie's XtraLite v11 which is JB. After installing this, I found that I no longer have write access to /mnt/sdcard or /storage/sdcard0..
Whenever I try to run swiftkey, it says downloading language packs failed. I also noticed that an app called SMS backup & restore was throwing an error saying no write access to the folder where it backs up.
I am guessing this might be because I have lost write permissions to the internal sd card. I tried the following but still swiftkey gives an error:
1. Tried reflashing the Philz Kernel
2. Tried wiping everything and flashing the ROM and kernel again
3, Checked SU app and it shows I have root permissions
4. Checked permissions of the above mentioned folders and it shows up only as Read access in ES file explorer. I am not able to change the permissions to write access
5. Tried installing the app called Mount /system (rw / ro) from Softbeans. It says that the system has been mounted as rw but I am still not able to get Swiftkey to work
Any help would be highly appreciated. Please ask for more details, as I might have missed relevant details due to my lack of knowledge

msankadi said:
Hi
I have recently flashed Cassie's XtraLite v11 which is JB. After installing this, I found that I no longer have write access to /mnt/sdcard or /storage/sdcard0..
Whenever I try to run swiftkey, it says downloading language packs failed. I also noticed that an app called SMS backup & restore was throwing an error saying no write access to the folder where it backs up.
I am guessing this might be because I have lost write permissions to the internal sd card. I tried the following but still swiftkey gives an error:
1. Tried reflashing the Philz Kernel
2. Tried wiping everything and flashing the ROM and kernel again
3, Checked SU app and it shows I have root permissions
4. Checked permissions of the above mentioned folders and it shows up only as Read access in ES file explorer. I am not able to change the permissions to write access
5. Tried installing the app called Mount /system (rw / ro) from Softbeans. It says that the system has been mounted as rw but I am still not able to get Swiftkey to work
Any help would be highly appreciated. Please ask for more details, as I might have missed relevant details due to my lack of knowledge
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What rom did you come from originally sounds odd and no other reports of this. I don't have swiftkey but did use sms backup n restore wit h out glitch.
Did you follow the flash instructions as detailed in the first post. Can you copy a file from your external card to your internal card.
Please advise
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thering1975 said:
What rom did you come from originally sounds odd and no other reports of this. I don't have swiftkey but did use sms backup n restore wit h out glitch.
Did you follow the flash instructions as detailed in the first post. Can you copy a file from your external card to your internal card.
Please advise
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Awesome! I had wished you would reply because now it can probably be solved....
I came from the ICS version of your Xtralite rom itself...
yes I followed all the instructions twice...like installing the philz kernel for lsa and mounting and wiping preload...
factory reset x 3 etc...
I am not able to copy anything to internal sd from external sd

msankadi said:
Awesome! I had wished you would reply because now it can probably be solved....
I came from the ICS version of your Xtralite rom itself...
yes I followed all the instructions twice...like installing the philz kernel for lsa and mounting and wiping preload...
factory reset x 3 etc...
I am not able to copy anything to internal sd from external sd
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Ok that sounds. Little odd. An you say you have clicked fix permissions in cwm with no joy at all
Also I utilise the new lsa kernel in the new Rom. Flashing the old kernel for ls7 is not necessary. Did you flash the ls7 kernel after flashing th rom if so flash the Lsa edition in Phil's thread
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thering1975 said:
Ok that sounds. Little odd. An you say you have clicked fix permissions in cwm with no joy at all
Also I utilise the new lsa kernel in the new Rom. Flashing the old kernel for ls7 is not necessary. Did you flash the ls7 kernel after flashing th rom if so flash the Lsa edition in Phil's thread
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I flashed the lsa edition from phils thread...and also I think your rom also flashes the phils kernel in the beginning of the installation.right?
I didnt try to fix permissions through CWM but through an app called Mount /system (rw / ro) from Softbeans
I will try to reflash everything to see if it changes anything. Meanwhile if you can think of anything please let me know.
thanks a lot.

try this :
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /storage/extSdCard

Hazem62 said:
try this :
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /storage
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sorry I have never tried this...where do I type this command?
Would it be possible for you to provide me a few links which I can go through to get started with commands?
Is there a noob way to do this? like an app on android?

I would first try fix permissions in cwm. If that fails then you could use terminal emulator to see if above command works.
Then if all fails I would copy all internal files from sd card to the pc. Then in settings unmount internal memory usb storage and wipe it clean. This is untouched in Rom installation.
Test you can write to.it I.e download file from internet if good
Then copy files back
Else
I would flash stock ls7
F lash Phil's kernel in Odin then flash the custom Rom again
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msankadi said:
sorry I have never tried this...where do I type this command?
Would it be possible for you to provide me a few links which I can go through to get started with commands?
Is there a noob way to do this? like an app on android?
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ok
1-you need to install android sdk in your pc from HERE
2- then connect your mobile to your pc via usb cable
3- from command line :
export PATH
adb root
adb shell
4-now you are inside your mobile
for internal sd issue:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /storage/sdcard0
for external sd issue :
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /storage/extSdCard
Good Luck

Hazem62 said:
ok
1-you need to install android sdk in your pc from HERE
2- then connect your mobile to your pc via usb cable
3- from command line :
export PATH
adb root
adb shell
4-now you are inside your mobile
for internal sd issue:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /storage/sdcard0
for external sd issue :
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /storage/extSdCard
Good Luck
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1. Tried fixing permissions from cmw to no effect
2. Installed terminal emulator and wrote the command you mentioned...before that did su to go to root user...command implemented succesfully (no error). Still there is no change the permissions on the sdcard0 folder are rwx,rwx,r_x....I am not able to choose the last as write...I dont know why it is considering me as an other user
I installed the android sdk and launched eclipse as mentioned on the website...however when I try to type the export command it says that export is not recognized...I am sure this is a very very silly mistake but I dont even know if I should have typed this in the normal cmd on windows
Trying to reinstall everything from scratch now...

Okay an update:
I did everything from start and reinstalled...everything seems to be working fine at the moment...hopefully it will continue that way
one thing...do you know if the last installed apps are backed up somewhere and all the apps would directly be installed from play store? It used to happen on CM where apps would automatically download from playstore. I dont want to use TB or app2zip as that might add new variables which might lead to potential problems

Did you go the stock root first.
I don't use restore Google option as apps I don't want auto download.
I just use the all apps section in market my apps option. Only takes about ten minutes for me to reinstall all apps
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The problem has reappeared
No I didnt go back to stock rom first as I am not sure how to do that...wouldnt that be unsafe since it might have a buggy kernel? let me try to search where to go back to stock from.
Thanks a lot for your prompt responses, really helpful.

What did you do before it went. Was it installing app if so which one.
You should bide able to go back to stock safely. Using Odin.
Check Dr ketans thread for advice.
It sounds odd hopefully it's not a hardware issue and a good clean setup will help
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about export path :
I mean the path to where you installed android sdk
if you use linux , the command my be like this :
export PATH=${PATH}:${HOME}/galaxynote/android-sdk-linux/tools:${HOME}/galaxynote/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools
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thering1975 said:
What did you do before it went. Was it installing app if so which one.
You should bide able to go back to stock safely. Using Odin.
Check Dr ketans thread for advice.
It sounds odd hopefully it's not a hardware issue and a good clean setup will help
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The properties of the folder were still rwx rwx r_x but swiftkey was working...then I ran an app called Rescan Media Boot(which stops media scanner) and then the Swiftkey error showed up which said cant load language packs...
BTW, the other option where you have mentioned I can delete everything on the internal sd...the step to copy all the files of internal sd and copying back is just for backup purposes (to save my data) or is it something that is required for android to function...as I dont have anything important on the internal sd I can delete all the files directly?

It's for backup purposes. Apps also store save data in android and data folder so always good to keep a copy.
Out of curiosity why use the anti media scanner
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thering1975 said:
It's for backup purposes. Apps also store save data in android and data folder so always good to keep a copy.
Out of curiosity why use the anti media scanner
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Used the anti media scanner because everywhere people have suggested that on JB it is Media which eats a lot of battery...same thing was happening to me as well
Now, I tried to delete everything from the USB storage...it says that it is formatting USB storage but even after formatting the available space remains the same...is there anyway to do this wipe from CWM? is that safe?

Okay your advice on internal storage and this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985101 solved it...
I was able to format the internal SD through computer and now it is mounted as writable
It looks that I had a bad file/folder/whatever on my internal storage, so the system put /sdcard (internal memory) on read only as it notice the bad thing.
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Thanks so much for all the help and it was a case of nothing

msankadi said:
Used the anti media scanner because everywhere people have suggested that on JB it is Media which eats a lot of battery...same thing was happening to me as well
Now, I tried to delete everything from the USB storage...it says that it is formatting USB storage but even after formatting the available space remains the same...is there anyway to do this wipe from CWM? is that safe?
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Battery life on lsa xlr v11 is fine. No need on this rom for a media scanner blocker
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recovery 3e modified to work like recovery 2e - Updated 01/23/2011

there are a number of problems with the recovery in the just leaked
Froyo ROM.
1. signature checking
2. passing API version 3 to the updater binary
3. forced wipe after installing an update.zip
the attached zip has a 3e recovery modified to disable signature checking
report API version 2 for backwards compatibility with clockwork mod recovery
and disable the forced wipe after installing any update.
I don't know of any reason to run this version over 2e but it
might be useful to someone.
Installing:
1. turn on USB debugging
2. plug into computer
3. run script and follow on screen prompts.
UPDATED 01/23/2011
fixed path error when space in user name
UPDATED 01/22/2011
compressed the rageagainstthecage resource to prevent anti-virus detection
new anti-virus report
http://virscan.org/report/8e83f338fd7b8631c6b0bc0679efbd29.html
the /system file system is full on the newer ROM's
use the attached update.zip to root then install clockwork
Nice
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ummmm... what attached zip?
kuhan said:
ummmm... what attached zip?
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forgot to upload it.
kuhan said:
ummmm... what attached zip?
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The one attached to the message(?)
fearmonkey said:
The one attached to the message(?)
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yeah, he attached it after that post lol
how do you use this?
ok i wil bite. how do you use/flash this it cw is not accesible?
rename to update.zip i assume...... i mean thats how u flash everythign thats zip file if u cant get into clockwork.....
you cant flash this you will have to put the files on the internal sdcard
then use root explorer or adb to move the files into place, recovery goes to
/system/bin and the keys to /efs, update.zip is the clockwork recovery and
stays on the sdcard.
when you boot into recovery and choose re-install packages clockwork will
be able to do its thing.
I do like the sig verification but it's a PITA and may disable it, this is a temp
fix until I can finish hacking on recovery there is very little clues as to where
the functions are so it may be a few days.
forgot to mention to you also have to remount /system rw
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/stl9 /system
Be-ware. Doing so on the ODIN 2E version will break Recovery all together.
Fine to replace on the Stock 2.2 ..
Ps.
Another Awesome Job untermensch
Not to sound like a total noob, but what benefit does this have over the current 2e recovery?
option94 said:
Not to sound like a total noob, but what benefit does this have over the current 2e recovery?
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I haven't tried just replacing 3e with 2e, I doubt there is any advantage to
3e, to us anyway. but it is always worth while to find ways around these
things.
EDIT:
just replacing 3e with 2e did not work cant find the update.zip
Im suprised more people havent commented. I downloaded the first Stock version of JK2 and i tether so redownloading is not really what i wanted to do...plus i have a Mac so Id have to borrow my buddys pc again...anyway
This workedvgreat! For thise who might need it:
Place all files on the root of SD internal memory card
Copy keys file to /efs
Copy recovery file to /system/bin/ (backup old on first)
Leave all other files on SD internal
Reboot into stock recovery and select Reinstall Packages
itll do its thing and reboot into stock recovery again. From there youre set...just select reinstall packages each time.
Youre a life saver...thank you sir!
TJD319 said:
Im suprised more people havent commented. I downloaded the first Stock version of JK2 and i tether so redownloading is not really what i wanted to do...plus i have a Mac so Id have to borrow my buddys pc again...anyway
This workedvgreat! For thise who might need it:
Place all files on the root of SD internal memory card
Copy keys file to /efs
Copy recovery file to /system/bin/ (backup old on first)
Leave all other files on SD internal
Reboot into stock recovery and select Reinstall Packages
itll do its thing and reboot into stock recovery again. From there youre set...just select reinstall packages each time.
Youre a life saver...thank you sir!
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thanks...
just updated the first post with a new version.
whats new
Code:
dissables forced post install wipe, dissables signature checking, and reports
API version 2 for backwards compatability with clockwork mod recovery.
Thanks man i rreally appreciate this like i said before. Working perfect snd no issues. Loving being able to CWM again ha. Anyway thank you again sir keep it up!
TJD319 said:
Im suprised more people havent commented. I downloaded the first Stock version of JK2 and i tether so redownloading is not really what i wanted to do...plus i have a Mac so Id have to borrow my buddys pc again...anyway
This workedvgreat! For thise who might need it:
Place all files on the root of SD internal memory card
Copy keys file to /efs
Copy recovery file to /system/bin/ (backup old on first)
Leave all other files on SD internal
Reboot into stock recovery and select Reinstall Packages
itll do its thing and reboot into stock recovery again. From there youre set...just select reinstall packages each time.
Youre a life saver...thank you sir!
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Thanks untermensch for your work and thanks to the TJD319 for the clear step by step instructions.
Getting can't mount partition after I select a zip file to flash. I can get to cwr fine and it sees the sdcard (internal) fine since I can navigate and select the file I want. The error comes when I try flash. All the files in the zip are in the root of the sd internal, except for recovery and keys that are in the directory /system/bin and /efs respectively. Any advice?
untermensch said:
thanks...
just updated the first post with a new version.
whats new
Code:
dissables forced post install wipe, dissables signature checking, and reports
API version 2 for backwards compatability with clockwork mod recovery.
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I personally want to say Thanks for Working on this... I Honestly like this version better than the 2e due to being able to wipe the SD-card now..
Thanks for everything.
eugene373 said:
I personally want to say Thanks for Working on this... I Honestly like this version better than the 2e due to being able to wipe the SD-card now..
Thanks for everything.
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Thanks for the support Eugene....
updated the no sig check version again, too fix the issue that even though the key
is never used, recovery still looked for the existence of the file and would error out if not found.
untermensch said:
Thanks for the support Eugene....
updated the no sig check version again, too fix the issue that even though the key
is never used, recovery still looked for the existence of the file and would error out if not found.
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Yo man i really appreciate your work. Froyos been great to me Stock 2.2 and this is perfect man. Working flawlessly for me and Im just happy to be able to nandroid.

[HOWTO][CWM][4.2] Synchronizing clockworkmod Directory

Update 11-26-2012
The issue that this procedure was designed to overcome has been resolved in the latest version of CWM (6.0.1.9 or newer). Please view http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781899 for details and download links. If you do not want to upgrade to the latest CWM the directions below will still work but you should really just update.
Background
Due to the multi-user support capabilities of Android 4.2(+) the clockworkmod directory created by ClockworkMod and used to store downloads and backups is being created in /data/media. Unfortunately this directory is not accessible to individual users and therefore backups created in recovery can not be viewed or modified by ROM Manager and vice versa. ROM Manager will look for the directory /data/media/<user number> (e.g. /data/media/0) to which /sdcard is mounted when you are logged in as the user whose number is <user number> (e.g. 0).
Requirements
ClockworkMod Recovery installed and functioning
ROM Manager
ADB installed on your computer and functioning
Willingness to accept that you are on your own and I am not responsible if you mess something up!
Solution
1. Boot into CWM recovery
2. Attach your Nexus 7 to your computers USB port
3. Open an ADB shell using a console from your computer
Code:
adb shell
4. Confirm that you have a clockworkmod directory at /sdcard/clockworkmod (I am using user number 0 for the rest of this procedure, if you wish to use a different user substitute 0 with your user number)
Code:
cd /data/media/0
ls
4a. If you do not see a clockworkmod directory create one with the command below, otherwise proceed to step 5
Code:
mkdir /data/media/0/clockworkmod
5. See if you have a clockworkmod directory at /data/media
Code:
cd /data/media
ls
5a. If you see a clockworkmod directory type the command below, otherwise proceed to step 6
Code:
mv clockworkmod clockworkmod_bak
6. Create the symbolic link
Code:
ln -s /data/media/0/clockworkmod/ clockworkmod
7. If you already had backups in clockworkmod (now clockworkmod_bak) you can move them to the new folder by executing the following command
Code:
mv clockworkmod_bak/backup/ clockworkmod/
mv clockworkmod_bak/blobs/ clockworkmod/
mv clockworkmod_bak/download/ clockworkmod/
WARNING: I tested a backup from recovery and verified the backup was in ROM Manager, renamed the backup in ROM Manager, and confirmed the backup was renamed in recovery. Due to time constraints I did not restore the backup though I can't imagine why it would fail. As mentioned above do this at your own risk. If you do not have a unix/linux experience I would suggest that you wait for someone with experience to follow these steps (I wrote them after I did the procedure so they haven't been vetted) before you attempt it yourself.
Very helpful, i was wondering what they did to mess up clockwork mod
been trying to undo 4.2 for hours as i dont quite like it
truehybridx said:
Very helpful, i was wondering what they did to mess up clockwork mod
been trying to undo 4.2 for hours as i dont quite like it
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I am on the fence about 4.2 myself and when I couldn't see my 4.1.2 backup I had a panic moment. I have to admit that either 4.2 is growing on me or I am already forgetting how good 4.1.2 was .
sandnap said:
I am on the fence about 4.2 myself and when I couldn't see my 4.1.2 backup I had a panic moment..
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+1! Panic indeed! LOL
Great tutorial. Thanks and have a happy thanksgiving
Is there a way to do this without using adb? I don't know how to get it working.
It looks like you are just moving all the files from one location to another, right? If thats the case can I just move them with a file explorer? Also where are the back-ups from pre 4.2 stored, I thought it was sdcard/clockworkmod/ Can I move the back-ups from there to a data/media/clockworkmod folder?
StarOrc said:
Is there a way to do this without using adb? I don't know how to get it working.
It looks like you are just moving all the files from one location to another, right? If thats the case can I just move them with a file explorer? Also where are the back-ups from pre 4.2 stored, I thought it was sdcard/clockworkmod/ Can I move the back-ups from there to a data/media/clockworkmod folder?
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Please see my update to the original post. Once you update to the latest CWM you can copy any existing backups to the new backup and blobs folders under /data/media/clocworkmod. This is discussed in more detail in the thread I linked to.
Code:
mv clockworkmod_bak/backup/ clockworkmod/
mv clockworkmod_bak/blobs/ clockworkmod/
mv clockworkmod_bak/download/ clockworkmod/
This is me just being nit picky, but this looks better:
Code:
mv clockworkmod_bak/* clockworkmod/
I guess for people not confident in their linux abilities that '*' misplaced could be deadly though...anyway thanks for the simple and great workaround/explanation.
Wiping/ Factory resets (in CWM or TWRP) don't erase this data folder? Are we confident in this?
255|[email protected]:/data/media/clockworkmod # mv backup/ /sdcard/clockworkmod/
failed on 'backup/' - Cross-device link
How are you able to move the directories?
This seriously annoys me. Despite the recent surge of newer android devices not containing any sd card slots for secure file storage away from ROM flashing, everything is now embedded. I have had several accidental internal storage deletions containing backups and roms and no the clockworkmod is even harder to locate and backup conveniently through usb/ftp. Thanks for the tut.
TheAtheistReverend said:
Wiping/ Factory resets (in CWM or TWRP) don't erase this data folder? Are we confident in this?
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Yeah i am wondering that too.it doesnt feel safe for me that the backups are in the system but not in sdcard.
nexus file locations
On the nexus devices (certainly the 7, which has no external sdcard), the only real mounted portions are cache, system and data. Locations like /sdcard/ /storage/emulated/0 etc. are all fuse mounted from /data/media
Supposedly most of the data portion will survive flashing new ROMs and recoveries, everything except unlocking the boot loader, which wipes data f to meet the android security model.
Doesn't feel very safe, though.
amp said:
This seriously annoys me. Despite the recent surge of newer android devices not containing any sd card slots for secure file storage away from ROM flashing, everything is now embedded. I have had several accidental internal storage deletions containing backups and roms and no the clockworkmod is even harder to locate and backup conveniently through usb/ftp. Thanks for the tut.
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I would use TWRP. I have switched and never looked back. It has quite a few more advanced options that I didn't see with clockworkmod, and overall has be MUCH more reliable.
The clockworkmod recovery issue stated in this thread does not affect TWRP at all.
Thanx for this, it seems to work even for the latest CWM.
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angusc said:
Thanx for this, it seems to work even for the latest CWM.
Sent with desire from My One
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Iget an error: Read-only File system :crying:
fokus said:
Iget an error: Read-only File system :crying:
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If doing commands with adb did you remember to use
adb shell
And check that your command line starts with #......
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angusc said:
If doing commands with adb did you remember to use
adb shell
And check that your command line starts with #......
Sent with desire from My One
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Yes, that is exactly what i did.
I am on ARHD 11.0
S-off
ElementalX 2.2
I'm on ARHD 11.0 as well.
Strange, I followed the OP from step 1 to 6. I couldn't get step 7 to work so I just used my root explorer to copy the directory contents across in to the newly created clockworkmod folder, then deleted the clockworkmod.bak directory and all was good.
Tip: copy and paste each cmd from the OP in to your adb commands window......
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angusc said:
I'm on ARHD 11.0 as well.
Strange, I followed the OP from step 1 to 6. I couldn't get step 7 to work so I just used my root explorer to copy the directory contents across in to the newly created clockworkmod folder, then deleted the clockworkmod.bak directory and all was good.
Tip: copy and paste each cmd from the OP in to your adb commands window......
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THX. That is what i did. I also tried it via Terminal on the device - same error: System read only... hmmm
EDIT: Works fine now after e vew reboots. THX

[Q] Failed to mount /sdcard problem

Hello everybody, I'm new to this forum, but I'm reading it for about 8 months now. I have a problem with my Samsung Galaxy S I9000. After flashing with Odin3 v1.83(with 512.pit file, bootloader, PDA, PHONE and CSC), and I got a green "PASS!" on it, and after phone rebooted in Recovery Mode, I've got following error while Copying media files:
E:Failed to mount /sdcard (Invalid Argument)
After that, I tried flashing bunch of different ROM's but I always get the same error. Phone can go into Download mode, Recovery mode with no problem, I can also normally turn on phone and in a beggining I get a lot of "Force Close" pop-ups, but after that my phone works okay, I can go into settings and there I can see that there is no memory, so that means that my phone doesn't even sees my 8GB external micro sd card. When I try to open Camera, I get this error:
Turn off usb storage before using camera.
I currentlly have i9000XWJVZ 2.3.6 ROM on it, with CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVZ-v4.3-CWM3RFS(Clockwork Recovery v3.0.0.5). When I'm in Recovery mode and access my phone via ADB, and try to manually mount sdcard, this is what I get:
~ # mount sdcard
mount sdcard
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /sdcard failed: I/O error
I've also tried partitioning my external 8GB micro SD card with linux(I found a video on youtube: "Samsung i9000 mmcblk0p2 error recovery"), and then tried to flash ROM on it, but I get the same error.
Can somebody please help me, I'm getting really desperate.
All ideas are welcome, Thanks.
Hi there! I have a similar problem. After updating from Android 2.3.4 Build MCGv7.6 ( I9000XXJVK) I keep on getting CWM. I can also return to download mode and use Odin with success - with as only result a changed CMW version at max. Returning to CWM 3.0.0.5 and stock rom Froyo doesn't result in a applied rom. When i try to mount /emmc and /sd-ext it simply states Error mounting /emmc! Even though I didn't format it! When I look in AROMA explorer in CWM from Semaphore_JB_2.9.12, I can see that both /emmc and /sdcard have ----- as permissions instead of rxwrx or something alike. If permissions are the problem here, Fix Permissions doesn't appear to have an effect on these two folders. Is there another way to restore these permissions?
Thanks guys for your time! :good:
@ficko flash dbdata.rfs as PDA in odin.
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knuckles1978 said:
@ficko flash dbdata.rfs as PDA in odin.
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I've tried that, but with no luck.. always the same error.
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Can't see sigs, I'm using tapatalk.
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Your tutorial was the first thing I tried, it fixed the wipe error, but the main error (E:Failed to mount /sdcard) stayed.
Possible solution is to Format your SD card by using SDFormatter (Windows)
01. Download "SDFormatter" from the link above
02. Install "SDFormatter"
03. Enable "USB Debugging Mode" from Developer Options in settings.
04. Connect your tablet to PC (USB).
05. Then, tap the "USB Strage Mode" to connect to PC.
06. Backup data on INTERNAL_SD card.
07. Run "SDFormatter".
08. Specify the drive letter of INTERNAL_SD in SDFormatter and click "(Option)" button.
09. "FORMAT TYPE" select "FULL OVERWRITE" and set "FORMAT SIZE ADJUSMENT" to "ON" and click "OK"
10. Now click "FORMAT" and wait for the procedure to complete. (Can take approximately 1 hour 40 minutes)
11. After format is completed you can recopy the backup files back onto the INTERNAL_SD
Let me know if that works
If not hopefully someone else can give more info
EwOkie said:
Possible solution is to Format your SD card by using SDFormatter(Windows)
01. Download "SDFormatter" from the link above
02. Install "SDFormatter"
03. Enable "USB Debugging Mode" from Developer Options in settings.
04. Connect your tablet to PC (USB).
05. Then, tap the "USB Strage Mode" to connect to PC.
06. Backup data on INTERNAL_SD card.
07. Run "SDFormatter".
08. Specify the drive letter of INTERNAL_SD in SDFormatter and click "(Option)" button.
09. "FORMAT TYPE" select "FULL OVERWRITE" and set "FORMAT SIZE ADJUSMENT" to "ON" and click "OK"
10. Now click "FORMAT" and wait for the procedure to complete. (Can take approximately 1 hour 40 minutes)
11. After format is completed you can recopy the backup files back onto the INTERNAL_SD
Let me know if that works
If not hopefully someone else can give more info
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This worked!
It took me about an hour, and after it was finished, I was able to flash ROM without any errors. Thank you so much for this, you saved my phone.
No problem glad it worked out for you:good:
Ficko2210 said:
This worked!
It took me about an hour, and after it was finished, I was able to flash ROM without any errors. Thank you so much for this, you saved my phone.
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No problem glad it worked out for you:good:
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I got the same problem but my phone alway boot loop. How can I enable USB Debugging mode to format internal SD
zaniku1 said:
I got the same problem but my phone alway boot loop. How can I enable USB Debugging mode to format internal SD
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Explain your issue please
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Explain your issue please
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Thanks for your response
Here is my problem
1. Phone got boot loop (Never pass splash Galaxy S).
2. Try to flash a new rom via ODIN (several version JPA, JW4 , JVU..) then got error as below
--Copying media files...
E:failed to mount /sdcard (File exists)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount /sdcard
your storage not prepared yet. Please use UI
menu for format and reboot actions
Media files copy failed.
--Wipping data...
Formatting /data...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Formatting /dbdata...
Formatting /cache...
Deleting Meta Data
Data wip failed.
--Applying Multi-csc...
Installing Multi-csc
Can't access to '/system/csc/TMB/system/'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
3. After reboot phone still boot loop.
Refer to My signature at bottom HOW TO GUIDE it show steps on what you need to do....
dbdata and PIT File is all there.....just follow instructions and it will set you free!
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Refer to My signature at bottom HOW TO GUIDE it show steps on what you need to do....
dbdata and PIT File is all there.....just follow instructions and it will set you free!
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Yep, seconded. dbdata.rfs and PIT file, that's what you need
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After flash dbdata.rfs.tar, it still showed same error message.
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After flash dbdata.rfs.tar, it still showed same error message.
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You could try changing the way you do it. I can't remember whether you should flash dbdata straight after the rom, or if you should let it fail to boot then go back into download mode and flash it.
I do remember though that it was a bit fussy with me like that, so try it both ways.
I also found that flashing your GB ROM twice, one after the other seemed to help sometimes too. (Just noticed that I've written a .txt file in my GB ROM folder on my PC reminding me to do this, so there must have been a reason for it - been a while since I've played with gingerbread so I can't remember why)
So there's a couple of things for you to try.
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Flash the JVU Rom First with PIT and Root...
When Finished Root pull battery ....put battery back in after 30 seconds
Reset ODIN Flash dbdata ..Done
Hope this helps
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You could try changing the way you do it. I can't remember whether you should flash dbdata straight after the rom, or if you should let it fail to boot then go back into download mode and flash it.
I do remember though that it was a bit fussy with me like that, so try it both ways.
I also found that flashing your GB ROM twice, one after the other seemed to help sometimes too. (Just noticed that I've written a .txt file in my GB ROM folder on my PC reminding me to do this, so there must have been a reason for it - been a while since I've played with gingerbread so I can't remember why)
So there's a couple of things for you to try.
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Flash the JVU Rom First with PIT and Root...
When Finished Root pull battery ....put battery back in after 30 seconds
Reset ODIN Flash dbdata ..Done
Hope this helps
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Thanks both of you. I will try.
EwOkie - Should I use CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVU_2.3.6-v4.3-CWM3RFS for rooting phone or others?
CF Root is in the HOW TO GUIDE or HERE
CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVU_2.3.6-v4.3-CWM3RFS is the correct one to use ...
Everythng you need is in there

[Q] Samsung GT-I9000

I can not format the USB mass storage when I do it so files are restored back. I have tried the root background and factory recovery will not help.
And the firmware update does not help
where is the lockscreen file of a rom?and whats its name?
and the wallpapers of the rom?
hesamstar said:
where is the lockscreen file of a rom?and whats its name?
and the wallpapers of the rom?
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system versio is 2.3.3
I9000XXIVO
GINGERBEAR
ClockwordMod
i have clockworkmod recovery v5.0.2.6 voodoo lagfix but error E:Can't mount /sdcard
E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard/]
but what format is i have that micro sd card
I suffer s'thing similar
Hi,
I tried to do a factory reset, but after rebooting the phone have the previous app and data, i can't erase the internal SD even with the unit plugged in my pc, any Ideas to short out this problem? Thank you in advance.
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In recovery go in /mount and storage then /format sd-card ...
hope it helps
Alright I am bloody confused here. Just what exactly are do you folks want to do? Do you want to format your internal storage, which is where your photos are normally stored, or do you want to factory reset the phone and uninstall all non system apps? Regarding the former, you can't do it with stock recovery. You have to either A) use a custom recovery or B) plug it into PC and just format it as you would do a usb thumb drive. As for the latter, A factory reset will uninstall anything that's not a system app (system apps are installed in the folder /system/app rather than /data/app) and wipe all app data including system app data. If you find that it's restoring apps and data, make sure you are not using the Google restore feature.
In any case, do not attempt to wipe the system partition. Doing so is similar to formatting your computer's C:/.
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Alright I am bloody confused here. Just what exactly are do you folks want to do? Do you want to format your internal storage, which is where your photos are normally stored, or do you want to factory reset the phone and uninstall all non system apps? Regarding the former, you can't do it with stock recovery. You have to either A) use a custom recovery or B) plug it into PC and just format it as you would do a usb thumb drive. As for the latter, A factory reset will uninstall anything that's not a system app (system apps are installed in the folder /system/app rather than /data/app) and wipe all app data including system app data. If you find that it's restoring apps and data, make sure you are not using the Google restore feature.
In any case, do not attempt to wipe the system partition. Doing so is similar to formatting your computer's C:/.
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First of all, thank you for the answer, and secondly sorry for my basic english.
what happens is that any app works, I rooted the device and installed the JV5 version, apparently the system starts but appear a lot of windows related with the impossibility to load the different programs that the device need to work properly, I'm trying to upload some pics. I hope you could understand me, and sorry again.
Ps: What is shown in the last picture is something like: Sorry the application XXXXXX has been inexpedtly interrupted. try again.
Are you using titanium backup to restore app data? Sometimes that happens if you restore data for system apps from a different version.
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Nop, I used the system recovery at the first time, as I couldn't recover it properly I was searching in different forums an decided to used ODIN to install the original version of Android, I think is Gingerbread 236 jw5 ¿?, after that the former apps I Had like Endomondo, Sygic navigator, Whatsapp, or so still appearing in the main screen, but don't work and the screen shown the message I upload yesterday.
Sorry, thank you for your answers.
I'm totally new in this subject (Here in Spain: Novato) I feel the problems is like the internal memory is locked and I can't handle on it
What files did you flash? And how many files were there in total
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Are you using titanium backup to restore app data? Sometimes that happens if you restore data for system apps from a different version.
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I followed this steps:
Step 1: Start Odin
Step 2:
a. Select PIT file as 's1_odin_20100513.pit'
b. Select PDA file as 'PDA_DXJV9_Deodexed_Zipaligned.tar'
c. Select PHONE file as 'PHONE_DXJV9.tar'
d. Select CSC file as 'CSC_OLBJV9.tar'
Step 3: Under Options: Check Re-partition, Check Auto Reboot and Check F. Reset Time
Step 4: Start the phone in the download mode
Step 5: Once ID:COM/phone is 'Added!!' click Start
Step 6: You will see a lot of red text after the flash is done, don't panic, just do a 'wipe data/factory reset' and reboot the device when done.
Step 7: Let the device boot all the way then turn it off.
Step 8: Re-enter Download Mode and re-flash only the CSC file [Step 2 d] without pit and without re-partition.
I fail to see the purpose of step 8. It seems unnecessary.
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I fail to see the purpose of step 8. It seems unnecessary.
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I was unable to fix it, so I decided to change mobile. Thank you all of you for your support.

Unable to delete a file from Data partition!

There is a file on my xt1068 with path /data/data/com.google.chrome/app_webview/Cache/8f7f69bc88662934_0 .I am unable to delete this file through any method.It is not visible in es file explorer or any other file manager,i have tried deleting the folder but it fails even after providing root permissions.I have tried deleting it by wiping data partition via TWRP and CWM but both failed.I also tried deleting it using aroma file manager and TWRP's flile manager but no luck.Due to this file i can't create or restore nandroid backup.While installing any new ROM i need to go to the TWRP's file manager and i manually delete all the folder's except the one i mentioned above,to perform a clean install.I have also tried restoring to stock firmaware using fastboot but after installation of rom the file still remains there.
My TWRP always shows this message:"E:Unable to stat '/data/data/com.google.chrome/app_webview/Cache/8f7f69bc88662934_0'
Please help me with this.
I would also be interested in a solution as I have a similar / same problem.
If I try and delete it via an adb shell I get : "rm failed for org.mozilla.firefox.old, I/O error"
Some threads have said the problem might be solvable by repairing the partition using tools like fsck.
I've unmounted the /data partition and tried to use fsck.f2fs from the recovery (TWRP) but get this error:
Assertion failed!
[fsck_chk_node_blk: 187] ni.blk_addr >= SM_I(sbi)->main_blkaddr
I'd like to solve this problem so i can again make nandroid backups and play around with my phone.
Thanks for the help
Daniel
I have the same problem but I think I have all the emmc memory as Read-Only, because I can't change the Recovery (vía fastboot) or flash another ROM or restore a Backup or even format anything.
I can enter to TWRP and Fastboot mode but any change I made is saved..
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Oliverrlh said:
I have the same problem but I think I have all the emmc memory as Read-Only, because I can't change the Recovery (vía fastboot) or flash another ROM or restore a Backup or even format anything.
I can enter to TWRP and Fastboot mode but any change I made is saved..
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corrupted emmc memory -- this could be because a set to read only.... or true failure - no cures (yet) for this and tbh the rumoured way is by linux commands to set permissions again and no one seems to have progressed or got results in last 9 months or so.
It magically got solved after flashing radium redefined ROM.

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