Root unable to mount sd card, no rom, only access recovery

[dayso]

Hi Everyone,

I have recently rooted my phone (HTC one s, s4 version) and was testing out some new ROM's to see which one I preferred but when changing from CyanogenMOD to TrickDroid I think I missed a vital step and now I am unable to mount internal sdcard within the recovery mode. i'm running clockwork recovery and have tried re-flashing the RUU but couldn't find the correct one for my phone (i'm on Vodafone UK but found ones with different radio values) i downloaded a Europe ruu with the correct radio values but that didnt work. so i unlocked the bootloader again and dont know what else to do? i have looked on the forums but all seem to be able to mount the sdcard? others suggest formatting the phone but i didn't trust that suggestion? hopefully someone will be able to help
Thanks in advance!

*****SOLVED******

after multiple attempts to mount the sdcard i decided to format the disk on my computer, first i installed twrp instead of clockwork recovery, mounted usb device which allowed the phone to show up in mycomputer (it wasnt doing this in clockwork recovery or fastboot ) i then formatted the disk as fat32, then copied across cyanogenmod zip file, i flashed the boot image using fastboot and installed the zip file though recovery, this loaded through and now my phone works phew!! i dont know why but i tried to flash and install trickdroid first but that didnt work i got through the app selection stuff and it said failed couldnt mount cache or something??

 

[dupek]

Give a time. When I go to recovery and try to mount the usb, it takes like 3-4min, but eventually it does show up. I have no idea why is doing that, but started after I try the droid rom. I did clean wipe everything and flash stock rom, but still have that problem. Just let it sit for few min and see if will work.

 

[dayso]

hi dupek thanks for the reply,

unfortunately that didnt work i left my phone plugged into the usb and it still hasn't mounted. thanks anyway

anyone else able to make any suggestions? i should also say i have no rom installed so usb debugging, i think, is turned off

 

[dupek]

No rom- that change a"thing". In hboot, hook up the usb cable and go into the fastboot. Does it change to red and show fastboot usb?. If not, then you have problem with communication between phone and computer. The options are: you do not have adb installed properly, you do not have htc drivers installed, your usb cable are bad, the usb port on computer or phone is bad. The last one: to test, plug another phone and see if will show up. Try reinstall the htc drivers and reinstall the adb. To test the adb or fastboot: plug in your phone, open terminal(win), change to the adb directory and type: adb devices. If anything shows up, then your phone is connected. If not then trace the problem.

 

[dayso]

it does change red in fastboot yes. I am able to run the recovery however when i go to install from sd, it says cannot mount sdcard. i am able to use fastboot through the command window and flash with recoveries but thats it. i set up adb but when not really sure what to do with that i type "adb devices" and nothing shows up for my phone. ive looked for an ruu file but each one seems different how do i check which one to use, as when i try "fastboot getvar version-main" it just shows blanks? do i need to use an ruu or is there a way to reinstall another modded rom? thanks for your help dupek

 

[dupek]

That is strange. It does communicate with fastboot, but not with adb. Do you have any valuable items on sd?. If not, then in recovery you can try format the sd. If you have valuable and want to recover then you can try the Droid Manager, Android Commander or Android Ultimate Tool Box Pro. Search xda for those programs. They are for win, but you need to find out why your phone do not communicate with adb. Search for adb in One S thread. I got mina on separate partition ( E and adb folder. No need to be in C: drive and patch set. Works fine for me on win7x64. You need to solve the adb problem first. In windows, can you access your sd ?.