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Can't mount USB

It's the second time this has happened. I'm not sure what I did the first time to fix it.
Basically, when I try to mount my SD card via USB it tries to - but then fails and goes back to "preparing SD card" on the phone. It never shows up on the PC.
I'm running Gumbo 1.5C with kernel.
I tried going back to my RUU image/formated SD and start over but the problem still persists. The card is partitioned for Apps2SD. If I need to format the card can someone provide instruction to either move whatever is installed on the SD card back to the phone or how to back up the SD card so I wont have to clean everything up again.
Would be very much appreciated!
Thanks!

I am always the person who asks the stupid "is it plugged in?" questions...
Did you try using the SD card in a different device?
Does the phone let you store on it?
Can you install new Apps?
Did you try a different SD card?

Kcarpenter said:
I am always the person who asks the stupid "is it plugged in?" questions...
Did you try using the SD card in a different device?
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No, I don't really have another device to try it in... but it does work. The card does mount through the Recovery USB toggle. It just doesn't mount through the OS.
Does the phone let you store on it?
Can you install new Apps?
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Yes and yes.
Did you try a different SD card?
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I can try another one when I get home but the problem is I wont have any of the apps that were installed on the SD card.
What I did just try is "unmount" the SD card on the phone so it looks like I'm about to remove it - then restart. It's still not working. I kind of want to say that the problem arose when I pulled my phone off the USB cable while the card was already mounted - to answer an important phone call. I'm just not sure how to replicate or undo the problem.

fatkitty420 said:
I kind of want to say that the problem arose when I pulled my phone off the USB cable while the card was already mounted - to answer an important phone call. I'm just not sure how to replicate or undo the problem.
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This will kill it every time.
The best thing to do is go into recovery make a back up of the EXT partition - theres an option for it some where. Mount the card in recovery copy the backup to the desktop. Power the phone off swap the SD card. Partition it with the EXT partion. Mount the new card as USB in recovery copy the back up to it (make sure you keep the original folder path exactly the same). Restore the EXT back up. *catches breath*
Maybe this will work for you. I had a very simliar issue destroy my 16gb. It was sadening those things aren't cheap.

Kcarpenter said:
This will kill it every time.
The best thing to do is go into recovery make a back up of the EXT partition - theres an option for it some where. Mount the card in recovery copy the backup to the desktop. Power the phone off swap the SD card. Partition it with the EXT partion. Mount the new card as USB in recovery copy the back up to it (make sure you keep the original folder path exactly the same). Restore the EXT back up. *catches breath*
Maybe this will work for you. I had a very simliar issue destroy my 16gb. It was sadening those things aren't cheap.
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I may give this a shot later, I just want to wait to see if anyone else has a solution. The reason being; this has happened to me before. About 2 months ago. I think I fixed it by changing to a different ROM... which is not what I want to do now. I like the speed I had now. There must be some haywire code that gets corrupted if I dismount improperly considering the SD card is still fully functional.

And... Bump.

fatkitty420 said:
And... Bump.
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How about... did you try a different usb plug, different usb port, different computer?

kbizzle said:
How about... did you try a different usb plug, different usb port, different computer?
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Something I didn't think of... I'll give it a shot and post back.
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No cigar :/

fatkitty420 said:
Something I didn't think of... I'll give it a shot and post back.
Edit:
No cigar :/
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Im not sure of anything else. Im sorry.

Flash From Storage Card?

I am just wondering if it is possible to flash a rom from storage card on mega?
Thank!

johnshembb said:
I am just wondering if it is possible to flash a rom from storage card on mega?
Thank!
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Yes it is , but I can't remember where I've read details...

johnshembb said:
I am just wondering if it is possible to flash a rom from storage card on mega?
Thank!
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rename the ".nbh" file to PB74IMG.nbh ,copy to your card, switch OFF phone, hold vol.down and press power.button then continue due instructions on display.

cardynal said:
rename the ".nbh" file to PB74IMG.nbh ,copy to your card, switch OFF phone, hold vol.down and press power.button then continue due instructions on display.
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Thank you for your reply.
I tried as you said, but failed. I just got the tri-color screen and nothing happened.

I have the same problem. I've seen only a short "gray" screen with some letters but sadly only on a blink of the eye... After that phone returns to the tricolor bot loader.

vekh said:
I have the same problem. I've seen only a short "gray" screen with some letters but sadly only on a blink of the eye... After that phone returns to the tricolor bot loader.
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I think it says "Loading..... NO image file found..."
I tried PB74IMG and MEGAIMG, but neither works.

i think there is another thing
the SD card must be formated to FAT32 type,or the image file won'tbe found.

suncrush said:
the SD card must be formated to FAT32 type,or the image file won'tbe found.
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Thanks, but my SD is formated as FAT32.

It worked for me...I don't know what to say....look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=595552&page=5
I took the information from here..
did you do Hspl???

Somewhere i saw an opinion which was: to be able to flash from SD card, it is a must SD Card to be less than 4 Gb. I hope this helps to someone here.

S*it... I have 8gb capacity...

vekh said:
S*it... I have 8gb capacity...
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mam16gb i poszlo .
i have 16gb and ok.

Mounting the Hero (FIXED)

I'm on Windows XP, and all the sudden the only way I can use as mass storage is in recovery with the usb/ms toggle. With the device on and connected I get the USB Debugging Icon and the device charges. I did everything on this thread (that i could was for windows 7) any thoughts? Thanks.
EDIT- my hero just didnt want to be mounted yesterday. today all is well.

Does it even give the option to mount? Have you seen any of those "Your sd card is damaged" errors?

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Does it even give the option to mount? Have you seen any of those "Your sd card is damaged" errors?
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No it doesnt bring up the charge only, blah blah blah options. I am getting no sd card errors either and in recovery everything works fine. I just backed it all up. Should i try reformatting the card you think?

sdotcarlisle said:
No it doesnt bring up the charge only, blah blah blah options. I am getting no sd card errors either and in recovery everything works fine. I just backed it all up. Should i try reformatting the card you think?
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I would reformat the card and also check your USB cable. Lastly, make sure it's not your computers USB port that's causing the problems. Also, plug the USB cable into the motherboard itself on the back of your computer and if you can, test another device to check the ports as well
You should rule out all hardware problems, before actually having to format the card, but that's just me.

pseudoremora said:
I would reformat the card and also check your USB cable. Lastly, make sure it's not your computers USB port that's causing the problems. Also, plug the USB cable into the motherboard itself on the back of your computer and if you can, test another device to check the ports as well
You should rule out all hardware problems, before actually having to format the card, but that's just me.
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yea tried different cords and ports first. no go. restoring the nandroid now to see if worked. *fingers crossed*

Now when i plug it in it reboots and just keeps going through boot loop.

sdotcarlisle said:
Now when i plug it in it reboots and just keeps going through boot loop.
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Sounds like a dead filesystem. I recommend formatting/repartitioning your SD card.
Were/are you using A2SD?

smw6180 said:
Sounds like a dead filesystem. I recommend formatting/repartitioning your SD card.
Were/are you using A2SD?
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I am/was using a2sd. i did repartition; that is when i get boot loop when plugged in

sdotcarlisle said:
I am/was using a2sd. i did repartition; that is when i get boot loop when plugged in
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Repartition back to all fat32 (select 0's for swap/ext), then the rest for fat32.
See if it mounts. If not, probably a bad SD card.
If it does, repartition again, then upgrade ext2 to ext3.
If it mounts you're gold. If not, you might just have a fried SD card.

sdotcarlisle said:
I am/was using a2sd. i did repartition; that is when i get boot loop when plugged in
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How did you go about formatting your card? Did you use a mini sd card adapter and mount your sd card into your computer and format?
Or... did you format your card via recovery, making sure to set swap-size and ext2/3/4 to 0, while leaving your FAT32 set to remainder?
If you did one of the ways above, then try doing the other way and see if that fixes the issue.

I mount my hero every night in bed.

regaw_leinad said:
I mount my hero every night in bed.
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yea i usually eff it. now its effing me.

Try switching to a silicon-based lube....

smw6180 said:
Repartition back to all fat32 (select 0's for swap/ext), then the rest for fat32.
See if it mounts. If not, probably a bad SD card.
If it does, repartition again, then upgrade ext2 to ext3.
If it mounts you're gold. If not, you might just have a fried SD card.
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pseudoremora said:
How did you go about formatting your card? Did you use a mini sd card adapter and mount your sd card into your computer and format?
Or... did you format your card via recovery, making sure to set swap-size and ext2/3/4 to 0, while leaving your FAT32 set to remainder?
If you did one of the ways above, then try doing the other way and see if that fixes the issue.
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i'll try this i did through recovery and did 32 swap. could it be a bad sd even though it'll mount in recovery and in an sd card reader?

tejasrichard said:
When I saw that title with you as the author.....let's just say I thought this thread would be going in a different direction....
Thought maybe you found a new use for the micro-usb port.
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LOL, naw the ports too big

sdotcarlisle said:
i'll try this i did through recovery and did 32 swap. could it be a bad sd even though it'll mount in recovery and in an sd card reader?
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Tried the steps listed above. maybe just a bad sd or i'm bound to only mount in recovery. does that mean i'm too old to mount?

sdotcarlisle said:
Tried the steps listed above. maybe just a bad sd or i'm bound to only mount in recovery. does that mean i'm too old to mount?
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Do you have another SD card lying around you can try?

sdotcarlisle said:
Tried the steps listed above. maybe just a bad sd or i'm bound to only mount in recovery. does that mean i'm too old to mount?
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*gives blue pill*

Ya know, you might try reinstalling the sdk, and updating HTC sync. Your drivers might have gotten corrupted somehow. I had issues with mine intermittently till I did both of the above.

tejasrichard said:
Ya know, you might try reinstalling the sdk, and updating HTC sync. Your drivers might have gotten corrupted somehow. I had issues with mine intermittently till I did both of the above.
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good thinking. thanks

[RESOLVED] Help! SD Card won't work!

I've tried reformatting it, I've used SDformatter 3.0, nothing is working! So right now, my phone is sitting romless. All after getting magldr 1.13...... any suggestions?~

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Franchiselocs said:
I've tried reformatting it, I've used SDformatter 3.0, nothing is working! So right now, my phone is sitting romless. All after getting magldr 1.13...... any suggestions?~
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Have you tried to use a card reader, or are you trying to mount the card while still in the phone?
Try with an external card reader.

Yom said:
Have you tried to use a card reader, or are you trying to mount the card while still in the phone?
Try with an external card reader.
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To be honest, I don't really know that much, still learning. I uses SDFormatter, which loads the SD card from my pc. Tried reformatting with that, but still nothing.....

did you try putting wm 7 on it recently?

No I didn't......

here's what i usually do if i have any issues... Load up android... go into your settings and storage. Unmount your SD card, then "format" it using the option in the settings. Once its complete. Remount... then reboot your phone.
Also if it won't let you remount, just reboot your phone after formatting completes, then remount it and reboot again.

javolin13 said:
here's what i usually do if i have any issues... Load up android... go into your settings and storage. Unmount your SD card, then "format" it using the option in the settings. Once its complete. Remount... then reboot your phone.
Also if it won't let you remount, just reboot your phone after formatting completes, then remount it and reboot again.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try

Franchiselocs said:
Thanks, I'll give it a try
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When you use SD formatter keep Full Erase (ON) and Format Size adjustment to ON...

Yom said:
Have you tried to use a card reader, or are you trying to mount the card while still in the phone?
Try with an external card reader.
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Thank you so much! I went and purchased an external reader (only 8 bucks!) Reformatted, and works like a charm! Thanks for your help!

Glad to have helped!
Can you please ammend the title of the thread with a [Solved] at the beginning, so other people can benefit from this?
Thanks, and enjoy!

Yom said:
Glad to have helped!
Can you please ammend the title of the thread with a [Solved] at the beginning, so other people can benefit from this?
Thanks, and enjoy!
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Sure, but how do I do that?

Franchiselocs said:
Sure, but how do I do that?
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Nevermind, figured it out!

Sandisk ultra 32GB class 10 doesn't work

My S4 does not recognize my new sd card. Just got it today I put my photos and music on it but it is not detected on the phone, any fixes? Already formated it twice

You might have to format it to fat32 or install a kernel that recognizes your current microsd format.

i formatted to fat32 on my PC with a 64GB microSD. from then on it works fine. when i got the S4 i just swapped it in and it works fine. full format to fat32 and see if phone recognizes it.

It came default formated to fat32, gonna try to do it again and see what happens

Bizarre48 said:
It came default formated to fat32, gonna try to do it again and see what happens
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I always let my phone format new SD cards...

I still get nothing, it gets recognized on my computer and I can see the files through a file expolorer on the phone, but whatever I copy from my computer over does not show up in gallery or the music app

Bizarre48 said:
I still get nothing, it gets recognized on my computer and I can see the files through a file expolorer on the phone, but whatever I copy from my computer over does not show up in gallery or the music app
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Have you tried formatting it with the phone?

joeybear23 said:
Have you tried formatting it with the phone?
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Yeah, formatted on my phone first, then computer. still nothing

Bizarre48 said:
Yeah, formatted on my phone first, then computer. still nothing
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weird...

joeybear23 said:
weird...
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Yup, I'm using goldeneye rom, gonna try to flash back to stock