[Q] Can't Unmount Internal Storage?

[rkrasny]

I have had an intermittent (and now present) problem on 1.26, 1.57 and now 1.83 (with and without my gladiatrix p-ROM).

I cannot get the internal phone storage to unmount(!) I have tried the usual method with "USB Connection/USB Mass Storage" - the external card unmounts but the internal does not - and the internal storage cycles between "unavailable" to the amount of storage free about every 30 seconds. All the drivers are properly installed.

I've tried "Unmount the internal phone storage" from within settings/SD Card... - a message says it is unmounting but it never does.

I've done multiple reboots (this used to help but doesn't anymore).

When I change the USB connection to "Motorola Phone Portal" or "Windows Media Sync" - they are both seemingly able to access the internal phone storage and all drivers install successfully.

My real goal is both to backup the internal phone storage but also to use Documents To Go (for which synchronization seems to get harder and worse with every new version) which can only access the internal phone storage.

Something seems corrupted - does anyone have a similar problem or any suggestions?

 

[ItsLunchBOX]

I know this thread is super old, sorry about that, but I have this same issue and it just started today. Anyone have a solution for this?

 

[rkrasny]

I started this thread and went back to a clean 183 cwm and that didn't help. Given the rarity of the problem I'm beginning to think hardware more than software?

 

[pete769]

I had this problem too and what I did was to reboot my atrix and as soon as it would let me in the options to unmount I did and it let me...then I reformatted it .

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[mudd_cat23]

Had the same problem but downloaded the app Auto Mount from the market and it works great now

 

[rkrasny]

Had the same problem but downloaded the app Auto Mount from the market and it works great now

I tried automount and another market app i found called SD mount (or something like that) and neither worked for me. I can easily mount the external SD but the internal SD/storage remains inaccessible except using root explorer on the phone itself. Maybe I'll finally RSD to the 2.3.4 release (I'm on a themed 1.83 right now) and this will go away, but I'm beginning to think it won't.

 

[rkrasny]

I bit the bullet, unlocked the bootloader, installed the pudding 1.83 then upgraded to a GB based build. Right after the SBF load the internal storage would unmount fine. Definitely some sort of odd corruption that is not hardware related. I don't know if this helps anyone else with this problem since an SBF and a clean rebuild is a PITA.