[How-to] S-Off ext SD Fix (With Screenshots)

sindroidx · Apr 23, 2012

Guys, noticed a few people having trouble with the sd card fix so I ran it and took screenshots. Each screenshot is what you should see after running the command listed above the screenshot. (I am not going to post screenshots of how to open the command prompt.. if you made it this far you should already know)

Disclaimer: This formats your SD Card.

This requires busybox. I utilized the busybox installer found at https://play.google.com/store/apps/...usybox&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd

1. adb shell

2. busybox fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk1

3. type the letter "o"

4. type the letter "w"

5. busybox fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk1

6. Type the letter "n"

7. Type the letter "p" for primary

8. Type the number "1" for first partition

9. Press the enter key for default size.

10. Press the enter key for default size.

11. Type the letter "w"

12. busybox mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1

Edit: Step 13.. On your phone, click on the Notification that states "Blank SD Card" and choose format, the card should then format and mount properly.

This is my first How-to so if something does not make sense please let me know. Hope this helps guys.

luis86dr · Apr 23, 2012

Nicely done. I'll add this to my FAQ thread. Great guide.

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partizan1981 · Apr 23, 2012

Somebody tipped me off to the "adb shell" and then proceed portion prior to this walkthrough, but I know others struggled with this issue as well. I'm sure they'll appreciate this info, thanks!

nnnnr14 · Apr 23, 2012

Im getting this after entering the letter "w"
fdisk: WARNING: rereading partition table failed, kernel still uses old table: D
evice or resource busy

sindroidx · Apr 23, 2012

nnnnr14 said:
Im getting this after entering the letter "w"
fdisk: WARNING: rereading partition table failed, kernel still uses old table: D
evice or resource busy

Hmm, never got that before. Do you have your device mounted as Charge only? Also may reboot the device see if that resolves it.. Last would be to run it through the terminal emulator on the phone (that is how I fixed mine the first time, its a pain but it worked).

When doing it through the terminal emulator on the phone though you do not need to use the adb shell command, just the busybox commands.

nnnnr14 · Apr 23, 2012

sindroidx said:
Hmm, never got that before. Do you have your device mounted as Charge only? Also may reboot the device see if that resolves it.. Last would be to run it through the terminal emulator on the phone (that is how I fixed mine the first time, its a pain but it worked).

When doing it through the terminal emulator on the phone though you do not need to use the adb shell command, just the busybox commands.

what radio are you using? like are you on the new leak or the old one..

sindroidx · Apr 23, 2012

nnnnr14 said:
what radio are you using? like are you on the new leak or the old one..

First time (when I ran it on my phone) I was on the ICS leak. When I took the screenshots for this post I had downgraded to the GB RUU so I could install the eng hboot.

graymonkey44 · Apr 23, 2012

I'll add this to my OP in the S-Off Instructions thread. Thanks a lot.

hoebag · Apr 23, 2012

i i followed the instructions to the t but i never got the root@android...my prompt is sh-3.2#, i didnt have any errors or anything but it still is not recognized when i plug it into the computer, i also tried it from the emulator on the phone and i get the warning about the kernel still uses old table, device or resource busy, any thoughts?

sindroidx · Apr 23, 2012

hoebag said:
i i followed the instructions to the t but i never got the root@android...my prompt is sh-3.2#, i didnt have any errors or anything but it still is not recognized when i plug it into the computer, i also tried it from the emulator on the phone and i get the warning about the kernel still uses old table, device or resource busy, any thoughts?

Did you format the SD card at the end? Don't have a screenshot for that one since I had already got mine working but if no errors happened, you should be able to click on the notification that states "Blank SD Card" and choose format and it should format then mount.

Edit: Just modified OP for step 13.

hoebag · Apr 24, 2012

yes i did, my phone said the sd was blank and i formatted it, it said checking sd card, then preparing sd card, but when i plug it into the computer if only shows the internal sd card as a few kilobytes and no ext sd comes up, on my rom i open the camera and it says insert and ad card to use the camera

edit: just tried running it again and on the last step i get cant open /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 no such file or directory

sindroidx · Apr 24, 2012

hoebag said:
yes i did, my phone said the sd was blank and i formatted it, it said checking sd card, then preparing sd card, but when i plug it into the computer if only shows the internal sd card as a few kilobytes and no ext sd comes up, on my rom i open the camera and it says insert and ad card to use the camera

edit: just tried running it again and on the last step i get cant open /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 no such file or directory

Strange, the last command is what makes the file system for mmcblk1p1.. does recovery or fastboot recognize the sd?

Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda premium

RDxxASSASSINxx · Apr 24, 2012

im actually having the same problem right now.... im running the 2.01.605.11 firmware using scotts clean rom de 1.2 with the firmware patch. it wouldnt install anything onto the sd card so i rebooted to recovery unmounted sd card and remounted it. enabled usb-ms and made a back up of my sd card, rebooted and tried the fix and i get the same issues the other guy does....

hoebag · Apr 24, 2012

sindroidx said:
Strange, the last command is what makes the file system for mmcblk1p1.. does recovery or fastboot recognize the sd?

Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda premium

it seems that recovery sees it, windows certainly does when i format it using windows, the phone just cant see it, and the rom im using isnt helping as the settings to storage are force closing so i cant get into them but the camera still says to insert and sd card, im going to try and format the card using my thunderbolt real quick and see if that helps, ill post back and let you know

---------- Post added at 03:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 AM ----------

i have no idea what i really did to fix it but its working now, i put the card in my computer, formatted it with windows, copied all of my backed up files to the card and put it back in the phone, it still didnt read it but recovery did so i flashed newts onexxx rc2 rom and bam it read everything from the first boot, internal and external cards, must have been the rom

kkeller87 · Apr 24, 2012

sindroidx said:
This is my first How-to so if something does not make sense please let me know. Hope this helps guys.

Dude. I dont know how to thank you enough for this post.

droidrev71 · Apr 24, 2012

Thanks for the post but still a no go. Will try again tomorrow.. somehow going to try to flashy a rom and see if it works..

sindroidx · Apr 24, 2012

RDxxASSASSINxx said:
im actually having the same problem right now.... im running the 2.01.605.11 firmware using scotts clean rom de 1.2 with the firmware patch. it wouldnt install anything onto the sd card so i rebooted to recovery unmounted sd card and remounted it. enabled usb-ms and made a back up of my sd card, rebooted and tried the fix and i get the same issues the other guy does....

I would try a couple things if you haven't already gotten this resolved. If showing in recovery I would try to re-apply the firmware patch. If that does not work I would try a clean install of your ROM once more. Looks like the other issue was resolved by a different ROM, so it would be a suggestion (if the card shows in recovery) to try at least a clean install of the same ROM.

kkeller87 said:
Dude. I dont know how to thank you enough for this post.

Not a problem man, just trying to do what I can to help out the community.

droidrev71 · Apr 25, 2012

Still no go

I have tried again tonight to give the sd card fix a try. Formatted sd card with windows and ran fix. After typing w the outcome was Fdisk: WARNING rereading partition table failed: Kernel still uses old table: device or resource busy
Hope that give an idea for an answer.. Thanks
FYI..my phone won't install busybox (Stericson) cause of sd card not mounted or not reading. Had to use jrummy's. I tried to force busy box to work through my rom with titanium but that didn't work.

My sd card works in ra recovery. When I go into root explorer sdcard2 is in read only. Is there a way to change that?

sindroidx · Apr 25, 2012

droidrev71 said:
I have tried again tonight to give the sd card fix a try. Formatted sd card with windows and ran fix. After typing w the outcome was Fdisk: WARNING rereading partition table failed: Kernel still uses old table: device or resource busy
Hope that give an idea for an answer.. Thanks
FYI..my phone won't install busybox (Stericson) cause of sd card not mounted or not reading. Had to use jrummy's. I tried to force busy box to work through my rom with titanium but that didn't work.

My sd card works in ra recovery. When I go into root explorer sdcard2 is in read only. Is there a way to change that?

Hmm shows in recovery but R/O in root explorer.. I would try a couple things. First, if it shows in recovery, what firmware are you? If your on the GB firmware I would try the patch released (you can find it in almost all ICS ROM posts). If that does not work I would next try to format the SD Card in recovery, (not sure if that will work but I have heard that formatting in Windows fixed some so its worth a try). Last I would try flashing a new ROM (not saying you have to stay on it but another fix I have heard is new ROM).

If none of those work, I would grab another SD Card and try running to fix to see if maybe there is an issue with the SD card.

droidrev71 · Apr 25, 2012

sindroidx said:
Hmm shows in recovery but R/O in root explorer.. I would try a couple things. First, if it shows in recovery, what firmware are you? If your on the GB firmware I would try the patch released (you can find it in almost all ICS ROM posts). If that does not work I would next try to format the SD Card in recovery, (not sure if that will work but I have heard that formatting in Windows fixed some so its worth a try). Last I would try flashing a new ROM (not saying you have to stay on it but another fix I have heard is new ROM).

If none of those work, I would grab another SD Card and try running to fix to see if maybe there is an issue with the SD card.

i have success.. i'm guessing the main fix was flashing newts rc2. that was the original rom i was on when i did the s-off. i lost my data on sd after using the external sd card fix. so didn't have a back up. i had cleanrom 3.7 on laptop and that is what i flashed to try to fix the first time(different rom which i thought would fix). so glad to be normal again.. exept with data loss which i didn't have much.. thanks for you patience and help
i can't believe the fix was that simple..what a trip..lol

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