micro sd card partition problems

[Scott]

@TMG1961

The card is in a slot in the phone..its a htc hero

Did you try any of the phone forums specific to your model? Maybe someone out there is experiencing the same issue.

[TMG1961]

I gave it up. I cant find any solution to the problem online. Also been trying to install a custom mod but it keeps giving error saying it cant find the update.zip file.
Its either the phone that isnt working with me or i am not smart enough to install a custom rom.

[TMG1961]

The card is in a slot in the phone..its a htc hero and is connected to my laptop with usb cable. The card was bought with the phone, its a 8gb scandisk card
I dont have a micro sd card reader.


I try the recovery mode to see if i can format the drive there.


Thanks all for thinking with me and offering advice and help

[anon222]

TMG1961, Is your microSD card in your phone and your phone is conected to your PC with the cable?
If that is the case, Android, for some reason, hasn't mounted all the partitions on microSD card to your PC.
If you have a microSD card reader, use that to connect microSD card to your computer and then use Gparted.
I'm sure that there is a way to repartition it from an Android phone.
Maybe there is some application, but I think it will work only if you rooted your phone.
Perhaps if you can boot your phone into recovery mode and format your drive from there.
Look up on the internet

[rokytnji]

Not really sure what to tell you myself. If this is the soldered in 8 gig Android Phone hard drive. Though you mention micro sd which makes makes me think it goes into a slot.

Maybe someone else has a idea on where to go from here. Because I do not know how you may have broke it with the general/generic info that is given.

[TMG1961]

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theo@theo-laptop:~$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA Hitachi HTS72106 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 58,5GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
 1      1049kB  54,2GB  54,2GB  primary   ext4            boot
 2      54,2GB  58,5GB  4290MB  extended
 5      54,2GB  58,5GB  4290MB  logical   linux-swap(v1)

Model: HTC Android Phone (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 5263MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop

Number  Start  End     Size    File system  Flags
 1      0,00B  5263MB  5263MB  fat32

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theo@theo-laptop:~$ fdisk -l


Disk /dev/sda: 58.5 GB, 58506416640 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7113 cylinders, total 114270345 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000e21ef


Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048   105889791    52943872   83  Linux
/dev/sda2       105891838   114270207     4189185    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       105891840   114270207     4189184   82  Linux swap / Solaris


Disk /dev/sdb: 5262 MB, 5262802944 bytes
162 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1023 cylinders, total 10278912 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

The card was a 8gb and always showed as 8gb. But i was trying to install a custom rom on phone and i think i did something i shouldnt have done. I created 3 partitions..1 ext4, 1 linux swap and 1 fat32 partition. Now only the fat32 partition shows..the other 2 arent visible even after using dd

[rokytnji]

I did follow the instructions. But the drive still only shows as 5gb,

If fdisk -l and parted -l did not list the card as 8 gig. Which you could have provided readouts to show in this thread.
Then we do not know what to tell you other than that you own a counterfeit 8 gig micro sd card.

http://www.humanlogic.com/sdinsight/

[TMG1961]

I did follow the instructions. But the drive still only shows as 5gb, the 2 other partitions are completely invisible. Now i have a 5gb card instead of an 8gb. No idea why the other 2 partitions are invisible.

[TMG1961]

rokytnji's link already contains the solution you need. Look at the second answer on the link. First do:

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sudo fdisk -l
to see what the card is listed as. Be very careful with dd, don't wipe the wrong drive!

I did follow the instructions. But the drive still only shows as 5gb, the 2 other partitions are completely invisible. Now i have a 5gb card instead of an 8gb. No idea why the other 2 partitions are invisible.

[Jerry]

rokytnji's link already contains the solution you need. Look at the second answer on the link. First do:

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sudo fdisk -l
to see what the card is listed as. Be very careful with dd, don't wipe the wrong drive!

[TMG1961]

The problem is that the card isnt showing as a 8gb card but only 5gb. When i open gparted i only see the fat32 partition, the other 2 arent visible.

[rokytnji]

How can i remove them so i can use the complete card?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/511467/how-can-i-completely-erase-all-data-on-a-micro-sd-card

Then in gparted. Create new msdos drive. Then after that format new fat partition to your liking.


You can find the id of sd card in gparted or with

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sudo fdisk -l

[TMG1961]

Maybe someone can help me with a small problem.
I have an 8gb micro sd card with a linux swap, ext4 and fat 32 partition on it. But it only shows the fat32 partition. Now i want to remove the linux swap and ext4 partition but they dont show up in gparted.


How can i remove them so i can use the complete card?