[Q] CWM Can't Mount The SDCard

JayShades · Mar 29, 2013

Hello everyone, I'm sure that this has been asked quite a few times but after trying for hours & hours I finally decided that I'll get some help

I'm using a Rogers GS3.

So I have the Rogers Stock ROM installed, which is: root66_RWC_I747MVLDLK4 (That's JB4.1).
& the latest CWM flashed(recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.0-d2tmo) which works quite great!

CWM mounts & shows the files on my external sd without a hitch but what it doesn't mount is the internal sd, it's the common error (When I try to view files to install it says; E: Can't mount /sdcard & when I try to manually mount it; Error mounting /sdcard).

Please, any help is appreciated.

Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers!

xBeerdroiDx · Mar 29, 2013

so when you go to "install zip from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" you dont see any of your sd cards contents?

the "mount /sdcard" option under Mounts and Storage is for external sdcard

JayShades · Mar 29, 2013

xBeerdroiDx said:
so when you go to "install zip from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" you dont see any of your sd cards contents?

the "mount /sdcard" option under Mounts and Storage is for external sdcard

Yeah that's right, when I go to "install zip from sdcard" it doesn't show me any files & instead it gives me the error; E: Can't mount /sdacrd.

& well actually there are 2 options under Mounts & Storage, one Mount /sdacrd & the other Mount /ext_sdcard; the latter doesn't give me an error but the Mount /sdacrd does give me the error; Error Mounting /sdcard

xBeerdroiDx · Mar 29, 2013

JayShades said:
Yeah that's right, when I go to "install zip from sdcard" it doesn't show me any files & instead it gives me the error; E: Can't mount /sdacrd.

& well actually there are 2 options under Mounts & Storage, one Mount /sdacrd & the other Mount /ext_sdcard; the latter doesn't give me an error but the Mount /sdacrd does give me the error; Error Mounting /sdcard

have you rebooted the phone and booted back into cwm to try again? you said you installed the version for tmobile so i'm assuming thats the device carrier. just trying to eliminate the easy stuff first

JayShades · Mar 29, 2013

xBeerdroiDx said:
have you rebooted the phone and booted back into cwm to try again? just trying to eliminate the easy stuff first

Yup, I've tried that, also I've tried the non touch latest CWM as well, the same exact error with that as well.

xBeerdroiDx · Mar 29, 2013

JayShades said:
Yup, I've tried that, also I've tried the non touch latest CWM as well, the same exact error with that as well.

maybe try twrp

i've seen rogers s3 threads with links to installing the d2att cwm. hmmm

JayShades · Mar 29, 2013

xBeerdroiDx said:
maybe try twrp

Lol yes, I just flashed it, trying it in a second, will let you know

xBeerdroiDx · Mar 29, 2013

JayShades said:
Lol yes, I just flashed it, trying it in a second, will let you know

did you see my edit about using d2att cwm?

this link/guide points to it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1822308

JayShades · Mar 29, 2013

xBeerdroiDx said:
did you see my edit about using d2att cwm?

this link/guide points to it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1822308

Oh I didn't see that before but unfortunately I've already seen that thread & tried it again just to see the same error :crying:

xBeerdroiDx · Mar 29, 2013

JayShades said:
Oh I didn't see that bfore but unfortunately I've already seen that thread & tried it again just to see the same error :crying:

lemme know if twrp takes care of the issue

allrockedout · Mar 29, 2013

Same think happened to me I was using twcr so I tried using cwm and its working fine. Downloaded through ROM manager, fixed the issue but I would rather have twcr

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

JayShades · Mar 29, 2013

Haha I think I figured out what's wrong, quite dumb, but thanks to TWRP is how I figured it out.

What was happening was CWM was not able to even access my sdcard because I had encrypted it lol but luckily TWRP has an option to decrypt it & then access it so it got mounted & everything but for some reason I couldn't install any custom ROM from TWRP itself(tried 3 but none of them worked for me;CM,AOKP & Liquid). But now since that I know the problem, I'm just reinstalling the Rogers stock ROM & then going to try CWM again to flash a custom ROM.

Will update soon!

JayShades · Mar 29, 2013

JayShades said:
Haha I think I figured out what's wrong, quite dumb, but thanks to TWRP is how I figured it out.

What was happening was CWM was not able to even access my sdcard because I had encrypted it lol but luckily TWRP has an option to decrypt it & then access it so it got mounted & everything but for some reason I couldn't install any custom ROM from TWRP itself(tried 3 but none of them worked for me;CM,AOKP & Liquid). But now since that I know the problem, I'm just reinstalling the Rogers stock ROM & then going to try CWM again to flash a custom ROM.

Will update soon!

Crap!! The worst ever thing just happened! When I reinstalled the stock Rogers ROM & restarted the phone, the password screen before the phone boots is still there BUT now it's not the password that I've set before, I'm guessing the factory reset reset that as well!! Ahhhhhh!!!

Any ideas on the default S3 encryption password lol? I tried the obvious one(i.e; 12345, 1234, 000, 00000, 1111, 11111, samsung) But no luck! Omg! This is bad lol!
Please if anyone knows a work around this, let me know because this is messed up! :/

JayShades · Mar 29, 2013

Phew, fixed it, lol, just another factory reset through the built in recovery mode fixed it! That was close! I was scared to death haha!

JayShades · Mar 29, 2013

Alright so I finally managed to install CyanogenMod 10.1 on the Rogers I747M! Woohoo!

Why it wasn't installing earlier was because the CyanogenMod is made for d2att devices but the I747M is d2mtr so it was failing that test & wouldn't go any further. Fo rfuture reference for anyone I guess:

1. Make sure that your sdacrd is not encrypted before trying to install any ROM except when using Odin.
2. There is a line on CryanogenMod that needs to be deleted for it to be installed on any I747M device, open the CyanogenMod zip file & go to /META-INF/com/google/android/ & open the updater script using a text editing software (i.e. Notepad) & delete all the lines before the first mount line.

& with that CyanogenMod will work without a hitch on the I747M!

Thanks & cheers Cyanogen team!

blackwing182 · Mar 29, 2013

JayShades said:
Alright so I finally managed to install CyanogenMod 10.1 on the Rogers I747M! Woohoo!

Why it wasn't installing earlier was because the CyanogenMod is made for d2att devices but the I747M is d2mtr so it was failing that test & wouldn't go any further. Fo rfuture reference for anyone I guess:

1. Make sure that your sdacrd is not encrypted before trying to install any ROM except when using Odin.
2. There is a line on CryanogenMod that needs to be deleted for it to be installed on any I747M device, open the CyanogenMod zip file & go to /META-INF/com/google/android/ & open the updater script using a text editing software (i.e. Notepad) & delete all the lines before the first mount line.

& with that CyanogenMod will work without a hitch on the I747M!

Thanks & cheers Cyanogen team!

not only the i747M is d2mtr, my Galaxy s3 is i747M d2can(d2ub). but i can flash d2 att cm10.1 w/o problems

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

JayShades · Mar 30, 2013

blackwing182 said:
not only the i747M is d2mtr, my Galaxy s3 is i747M d2can(d2ub). but i can flash d2 att cm10.1 w/o problems

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

Nice nice

bryanjoenathan · May 25, 2013

xBeerdroiDx said:
so when you go to "install zip from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" you dont see any of your sd cards contents?

the "mount /sdcard" option under Mounts and Storage is for external sdcard

There's no option in it

Akashramesh13 · Jan 9, 2014

Thank You Brother

xBeerdroiDx said:
so when you go to "install zip from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" you dont see any of your sd cards contents?

the "mount /sdcard" option under Mounts and Storage is for external sdcard

Brother I tried to flash a MIUI rom and that Idiot gave an ascend rom in i9300 forum ... So after I flashed it ... My phone was struck on the boot screen and was unable to mount sd card ... I forgot this option .... Thank you ... But unfortunately all my backups were in the sd card and I had to format it .... Still stuck on boot screen but i think I can manage it ...

jsonexe · Feb 27, 2014

solution:

JayShades said:
Hello everyone, I'm sure that this has been asked quite a few times but after trying for hours & hours I finally decided that I'll get some help

I'm using a Rogers GS3.

So I have the Rogers Stock ROM installed, which is: root66_RWC_I747MVLDLK4 (That's JB4.1).
& the latest CWM flashed(recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.0-d2tmo) which works quite great!

CWM mounts & shows the files on my external sd without a hitch but what it doesn't mount is the internal sd, it's the common error (When I try to view files to install it says; E: Can't mount /sdcard & when I try to manually mount it; Error mounting /sdcard).

Please, any help is appreciated.

Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers!

try formatting your sd card to fat 32...

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