this is to EVERYONE that is having an issue using Paragon to partition their card to ext2/ext3. simple solution and it will NEVER fail. are you ready for this???
USE LINUX
now that that's out of the way you can go
here to download the .iso
or
here to order a live CD of the latest ubuntu distribution you will have to register an account but it's free and free to get the CD shipped to your home(AND YOU GET STICKERS!!!!)
this is the EASIEST way to partition your card. before starting backup everything on your card
1. after downloading the .iso burn it to a cd/dvd
2. reboot your computer with the disk still in the cd drive
3. boot to the CD(your computer may or may not be set up to try the cd first so f10 or f12 will usually get you the boot menu)
4. choose your language
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5. choose the first option "try ubuntu without any changes to your computer"(or something like that)
6. wait for the computer to start up which might take a while as it is loading the OS from your cd drive
7. plug your phone into your computer and mount it
8. click System>Administration>Partition Editor
9. in the top right there is a little box that will let you choose what drive you want to edit(PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE THE CORRECT ONE)
10. after you have chosen your sd card it will appear in the main window with a horizontal graph above it showing your usage
11. right-click on the card in the main window and unmount it
12. go to the top and click Device>Create New Partition Table
13. you now have a totally blank sd card that is unformatted and not recognisable by windows or your phone
14. right-click on the unallocated space and create a new partition and format it as a primary partition and FAT 32, resize to the size you want to be FAT 32
15. right-click on the unallocated space and create a new partition and format as primary partition and make sure it is ext2/ext3 pending the ROM. this is the size of your apps partition
16. at the top click apply and it will go through the steps of partitioning your card.
if you get any errors for any reason at all you probably did something wrong, but check the details and post the error message here and i will answer it as soon as i can.
most times an error will occur because you forgot to unmount the drive from the partition editor. i know it seems stupid but you have to mount the card so the computer sees it, then unmount it so it can be edited.
screen shots will be up tomorrow when i wake up. please post here if you cannot figure this out
Just did this and I can confirm it worked flawlessly. Directions are clear and to the T.
Thanks a lot for this man, once my business starts making some money I'll float you a little present via PayPal, cuz this was just brilliant.
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT USING PARAGON - USE THIS GUIDE INSTEAD
Also, Ubuntu looks cool as hell!
glad this helped someone out
after my new 8g card arrived yesterday, i tried to format it and make the partitions via the rom manager app, which failed. dunno why, but it didn't do the trick. so i stumbled across this guide and it's idiot-proof so thx alot. did the trick and everything works nicely
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I have a tutorial on dual booting Windows 7 and Vista, to solve the problem with flashing in 64 bit. I will also put pictures. (THIS ALSO WORKS FOR 32 BIT! JUST DOWNLOAD THE 32 BIT VERSION!)
Step UNO: Shrink your hard drive. (I recommend giving Windows 7 at least 30 GB of space, if possible) Right click Computer, and select Manage.
On the side, click disk management. Right click the disk 0 (In my case its disk 0) and click Shrink Volume. It should be the one wish the most space. Usually C:\ Drive. Shrink it as much as you want. I do recommend giving more than 7 Gigabytes, as the OS itself is 7 Gigabytes. When your done shrinking it, right click the Unallocated space, and click create new volume. From there, you assign a drive letter to it, and name it what you like. You can quick format it, since its empty anyways. (For beginners, you format it in NTFS format)
After your done, it should look something like this. (Mines named C:\ Windows 7)
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Step DOS: Download Windows 7! Go here and download the 64 bit version, (Or 32 bit if your processor is 32 bit) and also write down the key given!
Step TRES: Burn it to a DVD! Get imgBurn, or you can burn it with Nero or Roxio, or any burner that burns .iso files.
Step QUATRO: Put in the DVD and restart the computer, and boot off the DVD, and it will load files. After, it will welcome you to Windows 7. Then you will have the option of doing a custom install. Click it. Then click the partition you created earlier. Then click next. and let it work its magic. It should not take more than 45 minutes.
Step CINCO: After you install, you just put in all your info and such, and your ready! Then you plug in your Windows Mobile phone, and it will automatically download WMDC. (GUYS PLEASE, DO LET WINDOWS 7 AUTOMATIC UPDATES OCCUR! THEY REALLY HELP!)
Step SEIS: Enjoy your speedy computer! And get 7 when it comes out!
What does this have to do with "flashing" and/or "64 bit computers"?
A 64 bit OS has never prevented me nor anyone else I know from flashing our phones.
Either your title is misworded or your message is not clear.
wow, very in-depth tutorial!
thanks
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What does this have to do with "flashing" and/or "64 bit computers"?
A 64 bit OS has never prevented me nor anyone else I know from flashing our phones.
Either your title is misworded or your message is not clear.
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Actually, certain people have a problem flashing on 64 bit computers.
My title is correct. Some 64 bit computers do not flash, as my brother had that exact error, but I also have 64 bit and I had no problems.
I'm sure they'll be some people who will testify.
How does this help with anything? This is just the instructions on how to install Windows... If someone on here doesn't know how to install an OS on their computer then...
You didn't show how to solve anything.
nice
I like how you have a different background in every screenshot
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I like how you have a different background in every screenshot
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Its a slideshow background feature of Windows 7. [:
Wrong forum and if anyone has problems flashing in x64, they need to update windows mobile device center. Nothing more.
i never got problems with flashing roms on 64-Bit system! Vista makes no problems, win 7 no flash tested, yet!
the only problem i got is, that my storagecard not shown on pc! the rest is running
Hi, this is my first post here. I've been meaning to sign up for a while, but just had an idea for an app that I can't make and decided I had to spam it somewhere in case it inspires someone. Anyway, here it is:
If it was somehow possible to mount a disk image instead of the actual SD card, it might be possible to have a bunch of handy boot images for fixing and administering computers.
For example SystemRescueCD, Ubuntu's mini install CD and a Windows password recovery disk would fit into about 150MB, which is tiny compared to a 16GB SD card.
Would this be possible? I guess it would require root if it was, but it would turn your Android device into an administrator's swiss army knife.
Sounds like a cool idea if possible...
I was actually exploring this a little bit.
First issue is you can't mount an iso (ISO9660/CDFS) under Android, however, you could an ext3 image. I didn't get much further than this when looking into mounting images.
Second issue is, I have no idea how to tell Android to mount /this/path/to/usb/mass/sotrage rather than /sdcard.
I will be messing with this some where when I can. I think I'd tackle the second issue before the rest of the first one since I'm sure a fat32 (for Windows) or a ext2 image could be mounted and booted from in general.
I'll post any updates if I find anything out.
I've made quite a bit of progress on this idea. I have successfully mounted a usb drive image and been able to share that via USB Mass Storage. My problem now is, I can't seem to get my Captivate to be seen as a bootable USB drive on a PC that is booting.
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I've made quite a bit of progress on this idea. I have successfully mounted a usb drive image and been able to share that via USB Mass Storage. My problem now is, I can't seem to get my Captivate to be seen as a bootable USB drive on a PC that is booting.
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I would be interested in knowing how you did this, if you'd care to share it
I would like to know how you did that too
I have been wondering/playing around with that same idea.
I also looked for the /system/ect/cdrom.iso file that all these posts seem to mention as well and have been unable to locate it.
There are three ideas that I would like to put out there...
1.) Replace the Virtual "Motorola Driver" CD that auto loads when "USB Mass Storage" is on and "USB debugging" is off.
If you enter the boot menu on a computer with those options. When you go under CD-ROMs to boot from, you will see "USB-CDROM0: MotorolaMB810 000" as an option. This depends on your phone of course.
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2.) Put an ISO on the internal memory and have the OS auto mount it as per an app or some start up script. (Would be nice to have a widget that when on mounts an bootable ISO for us techs)
3.) Create a 2nd partition on the SD card that computers recognize as a boot drive. (Prob the most limiting of the three and not the one I'd like to see be done compared to the others.
Has anyone looked at this? Can't seem to get to work on my GS3 though...
ISOlatr;
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5maW5hbHVzZS5pc29sYXRyIl0.
DriveDroid;
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5zb2Z0d2FyZWJha2VyeS5kcml2ZWRyb2lkIl0.
So I busted out my nook the other day and for some odd reason the lil guy won't boot. Now I have poured through multiple "it won't boot " forums and tried a few things. I made a bookable sd, and didn't work, dried the battery, didn't work, plugged it into my laptop, didn't work and the only thing it does is boot up to the cyanogenmod screen where the text loading appears but then stays there forever. When an attempt to boot into recovery is made it will stay at the booting into recovery screen also. If anyone could help I would very much appreciate it.
Edit: pics in second post
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If the uSD isn't booting, then it may not be formatted correctly. Make sure when you make the bootable uSD that you use "Restore virtual hard disk image on physical drive" in WinImage, "write disk" just copies the files without making the uSD bootable. You'll probably need to reinstall CM7.
It was charging all day.....
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If the uSD isn't booting, then it may not be formatted correctly. Make sure when you make the bootable uSD that you use "Restore virtual hard disk image on physical drive" in WinImage, "write disk" just copies the files without making the uSD bootable. You'll probably need to reinstall CM7.
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I'll try it out, thanks
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uhhhh
sooo on further review I would like to ask how you go about the process you described for me. I have never previously used winimage. instead I used win32disk.
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sooo on further review I would like to ask how you go about the process you described for me. I have never previously used winimage. instead I used win32disk.
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win32disk works better for me. Can you get into recovery by hitting/holding the n button before the cm loading screen comes on.
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if you have the image burned ontoo a sd card, it will load recovery straightaway, before the cyanogen screen.
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sooo on further review I would like to ask how you go about the process you described for me. I have never previously used winimage. instead I used win32disk.
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Go to the winimage site and download version 8.1 - not the current version.
After you install it, unplug any portable hard drives or other drives connected to the computer. The only thing you want plugged in is your MicroSD card - it would really suck to reformat an external HDD by accident.
Open up Winimage, and in the file menu up at the top, select 'Disk'
From the drop-down menu that opens, we have to do 2 things.
First, choose "use disk X:" - where X equals the drive letter of your MicroSD card.
Second, open the drop-down menu again, and then choose "restore virtual hard disk image on physical drive"
Follow the instructions you are prompted with to complete the operation - that should be the info you need to get yourself started with it.
When you go to look for the image to restore, remember to go to the bottom of the open window and choose "all" (or whatever the option is)
Forgive me, running from memory and it's not right in front of me - if you need a clearer set of directions just say so and when I get back to my computer i'll walk through it and explain it more completely.
I have a step-by-step description in my signiture (though it is for making a bootable sd using the verygreen method).
You can either follow it or insert eyeballer for verygreen if you're planning to install to emmc.
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Hey Guys, in this Tutorial I'll gonna show you how to emulate Android KitKat in a virtual machine.
Preparation: Download this modified ISO Image: http://goo.gl/5iP47I
Download Virtual Box for your operating System.
Open VirtualBox. Click "New" & select the same attributes like them on the screenshot.
Select about 1600 Megabyte of RAM. (Or try to stay in the green mark.)
Klick "Create".
Choose "Dynamically allocated"
Select the Hard Disk size of your Virtual Machine. I took 8 GB and I recommend that value as minimum.
Choose "Create a virtual hard disk drive now "and klick "Create". Then Start your machine.
Now the emulated BIOS should start and you should be able to choose your downloaded .iso by clicking on the little folder icon with the green arrow.
When you see this screen, choose "Installation"
Now select "Create/Modify partitions"
Now you see your virtual hard disk as "free space", select "New", then "Primary" and then enter again.
Now you should see you created partition called "sda1" with the Size you made your virtual hard disk. Now navigate at the bottom to "Write" and klick enter. Confirm all questions and then klick "Quit".
Now choose your "sda1".
Format "sda1" as a ext3 filesystem.
Now reboot.
Now, before booting Android, choose under Devices>CD/DVD Devices>Host Drive, so that your iso is not selected anymore.
Power off your machine.
Start again and choose the first boot method.
Now your Android should start and be patient, it's the first start.
Huraaaaaaay! Now you have a great Android virtual Machine with Android KitKat.
Note: For VMWare Player it's exactly the same, just ignore the first three steps and select from beginning the .iso file.
- Shialie
Nice tuto Thanks
I can't get it working..
whenever I choose Installation this happens..
Then tell me every step you did and how you did it
Tippie di Tap from my S3
rv0000s said:
I can't get it working..
whenever I choose Installation this happens..
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You may didn't set up your VM right?
Android-xp said:
You may didn't set up your VM right?
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off-course I set it ..
Shialie said:
Then tell me every step you did and how you did it
Tippie di Tap from my S3
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I did every step you have written. But when I select installation it should show me the disk partitioning screen but instead of it just show 'restarting in 60 secs'
searched google but didn't find the solution..
BTW nice tut..
Did you set your sda1 as "write" partition? (12th Pic)
If you don't find a solution I can export my already created VM, upload it to my Mega-account and then you can import it..
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Magyarul: http://gidano.hu/sd-kartya-irhatosaga-android-4-4-kitkat-alatt/
Gentlemen. And Ladies.
First of all I'd like to all thank you for all your work and input as community of xda-developers.
I came here seeking for your help. I am trying to recover the pictures and videos I lost after accidentally performing factory reset. Since the factory reset I havent been using the phone so as least data as possible is overwritten. My phone is rooted and have Busybox installed.
So far I was able to copy a user data disk (I hope I chose correct one: '/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata' ) via adb from the device to my computer as a file 'userdata.raw' which has around 111gb. I've tried to mount the 'userdata.raw' as a virtual disk using OSFMount - this resulted in appearance of D: disk partition but it's not accessible via Windows Explorer (as it was corrupted). Afterwards I tried to recover data from that mounted D: drive using ActiveUNDELETE but the program doesnt see that D: Disk in the volumes list. Now I am trying to recover using qphotorec which is able to see D: drive as f2fs system. I'm also trying to restore the data directly from that 'userdata.raw' file using qphotorec. But both of these methods result only in outputting the one file: 'f60340268.swf' of around 3gb in size. Overall overview of the whole process is attached on the overwiew screenshot.
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Now I think there are three scenarios but may be more:
I chose the wrong userdata disk while copying it via adb to on my PC. I picked '/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata'.
On the screenshot above you can see all the other locations which 'adb shell' -> 'su' -> 'df' outputs (number 1. window in left top corner)
I am doing something wrong while mounting the 'userdata.raw' as a virtual disk thus ActiveUNDELETE can't see it. Or doing something wrong while recovering the data directly from 'userdata.raw'
Contents of '/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata' is encrypted which results in receiving odd 'f60340268.swf'
file weighing around 3gb. You can see both the contents of 'f60340268.swf' and'userdata.raw' after running strings command on them. See attached Strings screenshots.
It feels like I am almost there but I got stuck and dont know how to approach this any further.
For copying user data disk from mi9t to my pc I followed guides I found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41397418
Windows won't explore raw files, you have to use linux or some software to recover your data, like minitool mobile recovery
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Windows won't explore raw files, you have to use linux or some software to recover your data, like minitool mobile recovery
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I tried minitool mobile recovery but no luck. I also tried minitool and diskdrill but same results - both of these apps dont see the monuted userdata.raw as D: drive. As it was not there. Windows Disk Management doesnt see it neither.
The only app that's able to see it is qphotorec but it determines file system type as f2fs
anyone?