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[General Questions and Answers] vnman:
Adb shell

you can connect the phone to pc and use adb available with mtk droid tools to force format the sdcard.

Adb shell

Fdisk (search google for how to use fdisk)

If the phone is rooted and has cwm you can format sdcard via cwm.
[General Questions and Answers] DaltonMaltese:
Thank you very much for the response!!

But I am a noob and don''t know how to do it all, first adb is installed and made available.

Then I installed mtk droid tools. It gives this in info :Free space: system- 251M; data- 153M; sdcard2- 1G; C:\ 75544M

But I don't know how to format now.

Do I have to enter a command in the adb terminal?

Do I have to combine Fdisk and adb shell?

I's not rooted cwm with me, its the chinese recovery from Mayiaandjay from youtube.

Many thanx for the help, almost was going to use it as a picture frame
[General Questions and Answers] vnman:
I do not have access to my PC right now but...

On the right of MTK Droid Tools there are 3 buttons "Root" "ADB Terminal" "Reboot"

Root the phone by pressing "Root", and follow instructions...

Pres "ADB Terminal" to enter Windows command shell, type "adb shell" (without the quotes) to enter the phone shell. Next type fdisk then "enter" and see what comes up...

type "mount" also to find out where your sdcard mounted...

Then search with Google for how to format sdcard...
[General Questions and Answers] DaltonMaltese:
Ok, great, but I can't find the root Button on MTK :/ .

Guess it's alreay rooted..

I'm now in adb shell but where do I check mount usb.

Also my sdcard is not recognised by windows so how can I format?

Thanks and sorry for my noobness
[General Questions and Answers] DaltonMaltese:
This is where I got.:

How can I mount or unmount the SD Card using ADB?

The sdcard can be umounted by using the umount command.

unmount /mtn/sdcard/.android_secure

how can it be remounted again :

mount /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure

.

Type mount sdcard next to the "#" sign & press enter...

You will need to know the mount point also if you intend to mount the external card.

As an example:

su mount -o bind /mnt/emmc /sdcard/external_sd

.....................

Like this? And I need to write sdcard2 instead of sdcard I guess?

or this:

First, on your phone, go into Home -> Settings -> SD card & phone storage, then click on "Unmount SD card"

Then, in your shell, do the following.

Code:

adb shell

mkfs.vfat /dev/block//vold/179:1

Then go back to the phone and mount the SD card again. Of course, it would probably be easier to just click "Format SD card," rather than going through adb.

.....

Difficult, don't want to brick my phone..

Many thanks
[General Questions and Answers] vnman:
Can you install cwm on your phone?

Much easier with cwm ;)

Steps to do it -

Download cwm for goophone i5 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2131475 post #4

Extract "boot.img" from Manuxo's ROM.

From MTK Tool go to "root.recovery.backup" (your mtkdroid2.jpg) click on the second option, click on "recovery.." button. It will ask for boot.img and recovery.img. Just follw instructions there and you phone will have "new" English recovery.

Reboot phone.

Turn off phone.

Hold down Vol - and power buttons.

New recovery should come up.

Go through the menu of cwm and select format sdcard.

Sholud now work....
[General Questions and Answers] alduleimi:
Hi vnman,

Thanks for your help, I have tried to format the SD card with cwm but it just give format failed error message :(

Can you please check your phone for us, what permission does your external card have ? because when I change the permission using programs like ROM Tool box Lite the SD card works fine (as I can write file on it) but whenever I restart my phone it losses all permission
[General Questions and Answers] DaltonMaltese:
Thank you very much for help! I did this, but also error and Sdcard still doesn't get recognized ):

Guess I'm f***ed..

Greetz
[General Questions and Answers] paul61:
I have exactly the same problem, I think we need to keep the sd card and format with a sd card reader...
[General Questions and Answers] alduleimi:
The problem is how to access the SD card ? That the million dollar question :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] DaltonMaltese:
You already tried opening the phone more?

Or is it not possible?

I ordered a phone fix kit from ebay, going to try to put new sd in it.

grtz
[General Questions and Answers] alduleimi:
Yes I tried but again couldn't figure out how to disconnect the screen (and didn't want to risk damaging the cable) so put it back together.
[General Questions and Answers] alduleimi:
Just found this video on YouTube, might be of help... Anyone brave enough to try it ? I think I have caused enough damaged to my phone already...

http://youtu.be/WTm-8_sfwqs
[General Questions and Answers] paul61:
this video is for goophone 5s we have goophone i5 v88
[General Questions and Answers] alduleimi:
It is a smiliar phone, I removed the 2 black panels on the back of the phone (but unfortunatetly they are really badly made they shattered into pieces like an egg shell !!) under them I have found 4 more screws which I removed but again that didn't help and still wasn't able to reach the sd card !!! so more damage to the phone and no success with fixing the problem :crying:
[General Questions and Answers] alduleimi:
I take it nobody had any luck getting access to the SD card ?
[General Questions and Answers] paul61:
Nobody can remove this sd card ? damn!
[General Questions and Answers] alduleimi:
Doesn't look like it..

I have been in contact with efit from dhgate for over a month and he still insisting that all I need to do is remove the 2 screws beside the lighting connection and the remove the back cover !!

I asked him to send me a picture of a phone with the back cover open but he sent me a picture of a clone iPhone 4 and for some reason he is refusing to understand that the iPhone 5 (and the goophone i5) have new design now than the iPhone 4/S and removing the back cover on iPhone is not as easy as it use to be.

Since I got this phone I got nothing but problems

1. The lighting cable that came with the phone didn't change the phone [I had to buy new cable from eBay which fixed this issue]

2. The phone have a signal but can't send and receive calls or text [I had to change the setting in the phone to GSM only which fixed the issue for now]

3. The phone stopped recognizing the SD card which is big problem when using the iOS version of android because the default download location is the external sd card (if you using pure android ICS rom then the default location is the internal card) [still can't fix this issue]

4. My latest issue with the phone now is problem no. 2 is back, I have signal but when I try to make a call I get message saying that I don't have local SIM and the phone will be using my roaming SIM so when I hit continue again it says "dialing" then immediately "call ended" message appear.

So now I have a phone that can't make or receive calls, can't recognize the SD card and with a smashed back cover or scratches from my multiple attempts to open the damn thing to get the SD card problem sorted.

Not really sure what to do next !!
[General Questions and Answers] AllanBjorklund:
I figured out how to open it after stumbling across several references, and piecing the bits of advice together.

1) Remove the SIM card tray, and take out the two small screws next to the lightning connector port.

2) On the back of the phone, you will notice two small plastic plates, one at each end. You need to peel these off. When doing so, be careful, as they are brittle, and I've read several instances of where they shattered while being removed. The way I did it, so as to not break them, was to use a fine pin/needle to get under one corner of each plastic plate, and then gently lift it enough to slip a thin stiff piece of plastic under it (a guitar pick works well if you have one). You gently slide that along the plate, keeping the angle as flat as you can so as to not stress the plate. Once you reach the other side of the plate, the adhesive should be loosened so that you can then lift it off with you used to peel it from the phone body. Repeat for the other plate.

3) In the now exposed area of the back, you'll notice a screw in each corner. Use a small phillips head, (I.e., "cross", "x") screw driver to remove those.

4) Flip the phone over so you can see the front glass. Attach a suction cup to the glass, and pull up while holding the body of the phone. The glass will pull away from the body, and the phone internals will be attached to the glass. It may resist the first time you do this, so be gentle so as to not damage your glass. When you pull the glass and internals from the body, do so where small flying parts can be caught, and won't go far. And by small parts, I mostly mean the power button which is only held in place by the body and internals pressing on it. Also, I had a loose mother board screw which popped out the first time I opened my phone. (Other motherboard screws were loose as well! I tightened them down.)

To access the SD card, you need to pry the battery away from the back side of the glass/digitizer assembly. It's held by a pad of strong sticky tape under the battery. So be careful while pulling it away, working around the edge, as you don't want to flex the glass/digitizer to hard. Also you don't want to pull so hard, that you accidentally break the battery wire connections.

The SD card is in a spring loaded slot under the circuit board, next to a screw post about 2.5 cm/1 in. from where the battery wires connect to the motherboard.

Using a flat tool, gently press in on the SD card and release, the spring should pop the card out enough that you can use tweezers, or very agile fingers, to pull it the rest of the way out.

To put it back in, just push the SD card back into to slot, and you should feel a soft click when the mechanism grabs it.

Re-seating mine didn't help, so I pulled it out, plugged it into a USB adapter and checked it on a desktop computer. It was dead, can't even reformat it. So it went defective just a few weeks after I received the phone. I'll need to buy a new micro SD and install it. But that means I can move up to a 32 GB one. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Eikeimnetz:
Hi Allan,

did it work for you with a 32GB Card? I got two Goophone i5 N2 from fastcardtech.com and both have the SD-Card Problem. Im from Germany so shipping it back to China isnt my preferred solution. Im gonna buy a screwdriver today and try to access the sd-card with your tutorial, hope its gonna work.

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] alduleimi:
Thanks Allan for the info I did all the steps up to step 4

when I pull the screen only the screen come off and not the phone internals, any advice ?

Thank a million
[General Questions and Answers] Eikeimnetz:
Thanks AllanBjorklund for your great instructions, it worked for me!!!

The damaged SD-Card was a Samsung Class 10 ?!? I had to throw it away because it wasnt recognized by my computer. I replaced it with a Samsung Class 10 (also 16GB so actually it is the same card, hope it works a few months). Today i bought a Transcend 32GB and i will test it tomorrow if it works.

I own two Goophone i5, one of them is poorly processed but definitely a Goophone (Manuxo Rom, CWM, Pure ICS everything works). On this one i have problems to remove the two little screws next to the lightning port but i will try to fix it too (yes, BOTH SD-Cards are/were damaged)

If anyone is still following this thread, just ask if you need help.

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] AllanBjorklund:
I haven't had a chance to go out and get a new card yet. (Been using an older phone in the meantime.) But since the i5 is supposed to support a 32GB card, I'm very confident.

---------- Post added at 02:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:06 PM ----------

It sounds like the adhesive that holds the glass/digitizer to the internal frame was weak enough to let go when you pulled on the glass.

There should be a plastic frame that goes around the whole edge of the body. This is what the glass/digitizer is normally glued to, and on it's opposite side are the phone internals. It fits very snugly into the phone body, and resisted being pulled out the first time.

Perhaps you can use something with a thin edge to slip between the lip of this frame and the body to work it loose.

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Yeah, my phone had the same card, and it was also unrecoverable. Maybe they had a bad batch of them when they assembled the phones.
[General Questions and Answers] deroelen:
hi i have a similar problem on my goophone i5 n2 1.3.1 Manuxo

in the first week the phne said sdcard damaged en the installed apps where grey after a couple reboots its was fine.

after a nother week the same happend and since that time i coudnt instal anything becuase there was no sdcard to write to.

so i bought a fresh sd card 16 gb and replaced the old one.

the funny thing is that the old one is still working on my laptop.

and the new one also worked for one day and now its gone again on the phone, so no aps and no sd. its says after boot sccard damaged.

so hase it something to do with the phone hardware? ( i dont think so) or the rom /software intefiring.

if some of you had any luck with this problem let me know.

i wil try to fixe it in the meantime and let you know if i could figure it out.

thank a many!
[General Questions and Answers] Eikeimnetz:
I once had the problem, that my sd-card was not fixed in the sd-card slot. It didnt pop out by the spring but you could see it slightly coming out of the slot (~0,2mm) so i put it back in and it worked for me. Pay attention if your problem appears when the phone falls down or gets a little mechanical hit, then this is the reason.

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] edore:
signal problem goophone i5s

Hello!!i have a problem with my signal problem on goophone i5s microsim.he is writing the company of my service(vodafone) but the signal not working!!please anyone who know!!!pleasee...
[General Questions and Answers] deroelen:
check this other thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41803481&highlight=apn#post41803481

there is the solution

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i reopend the phone and ejected it and put it back after reboot it was there again.

but it didnt happend after a shock or something.

hope its going to stay steady from now on.

dont want to open the phone every week, the phone doesn't like it :(

thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] mat33n:
Hi have the same issue.... its really annoying! :( and opened the phone there is noway to get to the sd card!

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I dropped my phone and i think the SD card came lose. how did you get access to the card??
[General Questions and Answers] AllanBjorklund:
See post #34 in this thread.
[General Questions and Answers] deroelen:
also see rusian how to

w w w.you tube.co m/watch?v=LzZe_cWkk5s

copie past get out the spaces
[General Questions and Answers] anne87:
different SD card problem

I have a goophone i5 bought on taobao the chinese website in china, with OCS 6.3.1 system I think. Everything works quite alright with small bugs here and there, but I have a very annoying SD card problem. The thing is when plugging to my laptops (mac and windows) both recognize and read my SD internal card and display the memory at 16 Go and 14 Go empty space as the phone is new without any media files yet. Although when going through the phone setting itself I can see empty space on the SD card. But when I try to either take pictures, use instagram, or yet make a screen shot I have an error message saying my SD card had not enough space or I should change the permissions setting, the problem started only a week after I receive the phone. So when I go to the R.E settings everything is in chinese when the whole phone is in english, I have tryed to play around chosing random options as I could not understand either read chinese but nothing work at all, still have the error message, I tryed to format, clear data anything I know and still the error message pops out......:silly:

So has anyone has that same problem or know how to change permissions or what can I do????

on the sd card on the mnt file I can read ---------------- for both sd card, sdcard 2, or some rwxr-xr-x........and when clicking long on the icon a list of chinese options appears....

Thanks for your help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve07:
Can at&t force me to get a data plan if I have an unlocked samsung s3? Can they detect that I am using a smartphone and will automatically add data plan? Will rooting the phone won't be able for them to detect the unlock phone? What is the best thing to do since I will be needing a micro sim as well, that they won't know that I am using an unlocked smartphone to prevent data plan charges. Because I don't need the data plan.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DSA:
errr...what?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtwrk:
I don't think they will notice if you are unlocked, but problem in USA it seems unlock the phone is becoming illegal, and I think non of any operator in the whole world can add any data plan, or better to say "contract " without notify you first and have your permission (usually your bank count number , identification and signature )
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulavetta:
This is not true. You can still use unlocked phones in the USA however now they have made it illegal to unlock a carrier branded phone. My I9300 was never locked to a carrier so it's not breaking the law to use an unlocked phone.

However AT&T does regular sweeps & if they determine that you have a S3 they will automatically add the 3 gig data plan. It doesn't matter if your phone is unlocked or rooted. If they sweep your area they and notice your IMEI they will add it. Some have managed to fly under the radar. I used my S3 for 6 months before they added the data plan to my account.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aljard:
Hi ,

i have rooted my FIRE HD 7 successfully and installed all the google apps etc, but i am now getting a "Kindle is upgrading "message on bootup. i was wondering if the file in the kindle/internal strorage/ kindleupdates was correct, the file is NOMEDIA 0 ( zero data ) I would appreciate any advice on this.

keep up the good work. , many thanks.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KindleFireGuy:
If you in the boot and it says that it's updating it's upgrading your system. if it says that in the main system it's upgrading the devices other apps to work with it let it work it's job.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shag04:
Yeah usually just happens when u add a system app and reboot
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aljard:
thanks for the reply`s, i tried to figure it out but i could only fx it by using the KFFirst aid, . i think it was something to do with installing the goog;e framework or play , i never tried any launchers. anyway it is working just fine.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riz157:
I rooted my phone and found very few roms were available for my phone (UK Galaxy Note 2 LTE GT-N7105) I ventured over to AT&T Galaxy Note 2 Android Development forum to find more custom roms. After asking around found couple so far which I have tested myself as follows:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1986893 This is my favourite and developer is very helpful, highly recommended.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2114833 Works with TWRP and not CWM. Tried and tested by myself.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2127807

Tried and tested This looks very good. Loads of customisation.

Another rom added for you flash junkies.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2016575

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2093870

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2161119

P.A.C Man rom

I will add more as i find then or you could tell me which ones you have tried and tested and I will add to this list.

Remember sharing is caring. If you find this useful let me know, it will encourage me to continue. If non beneficial then I will stop updating.

For the themers try the following link works on SKYNOTE rom 6.51 tried and tested by myself. It's simple

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2129293
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riz157:
Plenty of views but no comments. Anyone tried any other ROMs????
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grant Barker:
I have a list of XDA ROMs for various Galaxy Note 2 versions here, if it can help you from time to time.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riz157:
Thanks for that
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riz157:
Another one to the list.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2016575
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riz157:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2093870

Another to the list.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riz157:
Anyone using SKYNOTE 6.51 should try the following link for tons of options for themes. It's brilliant

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2129293
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sholsten:
Any Hong Kong 7105 Roms?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riz157:
Not sure about hk roms but my n7105 is from uk and I'm using at&t rom.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sholsten:
I'm too nervous to try AT&T roms on the HK phone. I bricked my Note 1 twice using wrong roms.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meminiau:
Not sure how reliable this is, but is says here that AT&T AND TMobile roms will work.

Anyone ready to try? :p From what I have read, the hardware is the same, it's just a couple things like the modem and kernel you have to remember about.

In fact, there is a ROM in the TMobile section that I am looking at right now, and the Dev says his ROM will work.... Read it here
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Userade:
I now use the RootBox ROM... Man its GREAT! haha i love the Tablet UI and customisation thats avaliable :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riz157:
I like that rom too it works very well. The only issue iw as having was with light flow not working.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riz157:
This rom is also suitable no major issues.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2161119

P.A.C Man rom
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muppetmania:
What is with the HK Note II being treated differently?

I keep reading people saying that you can't flash the stock firmware to the Note II LTE if it's a HK one. Why not? it's still a GT-N7105.

What's different about it??

(I have one and want to know!)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sholsten:
i don't know, but my HK version is so picky about custom Roms. The only one that I can find so far that will run on it so far is Paranoid JB.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muppetmania:
What happens when you try other ROMs?

And are you sure it's a N7105?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sholsten:
The phone flickers on the Samsung screen and then blacks and never finishes loading. I either have to reload stock or the Paranoid to use it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muppetmania:
But you have another N7105 that works fine?

Can you provide some more details, at the moment it's just another anecdotal "Doesn't work"
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sholsten:
No. I just have one.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muppetmania:
You're much of a talker, are you? :)

Are you sure the ROMs you've tried that didn't work are for the Note 2 LTE? Because if they're not then I'm not at all surprised that they didn't work.

Could you maybe list some of the ROMs you tried that didn't work?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sholsten:
JellyBam, Jelly Beer, Nightlies, Liquid Smooth. That's all I can think of right now.