Hey guys!
I have a question about flashing with SD-Card:
Do I have to use 1GB/2GB Cards which are none "SDHC" cards?
Or does our Blackstone support High Capacitiy in Bootloader Mode?
greetz
playdo
I flashed mine using the 8GB card that came with the phone. I would of thought as long as the phone can read the memory card you'll be able to flash from it.
Ok, if you did it with the 8GB card then it should work. Thanks
I would of thought as long as the phone can read the memory card you'll be able to flash from it.
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That's wrong, as far as I know. My old device was a Hermes which I could NOT flash with SDHC cards. But it was also able to read SDHC cards like my 4GB SDHC card.
That's why I asked
i tried with 2 different 8gb cards one of which came with the phone and both didnt work ,
but my 2gb and 16gb both work
AltF4me said:
I flashed mine using the 8GB card that came with the phone. I would of thought as long as the phone can read the memory card you'll be able to flash from it.
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I can confirm this too - and I nearly always flash my HTC's from the card.
But you need make sure that card is first formatted to the correct FAT (cant remember which now, its in the Wiki), and obviously that the phone can see the card. Then all should work fine!
LoopyLoo
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hi everyone,
i've just bought a m3100 and wanted to by an mini SD card for it. just needed some advice. will a 4gb mini sd card work? can i use a micro sd card?
thanks
uklarka said:
hi everyone,
i've just bought a m3100 and wanted to by an mini SD card for it. just needed some advice. will a 4gb mini sd card work? can i use a micro sd card?
thanks
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Hermes devices only use micro sd cards
Mike
Thanks for that Mike. Can you just clear one more thing for me please. I can only use a 2gb micro sd card with the M3100 or will these new 4gb micro sd HC cards work?
uklarka said:
Thanks for that Mike. Can you just clear one more thing for me please. I can only use a 2gb micro sd card with the M3100 or will these new 4gb micro sd HC cards work?
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They are not long out and I have not heard any feedback yet. You could have a look around in the Hermes Accessories board it was being discussed there.
Mike
Thanks for that mike
4GB Micro !!
I just tried one in my Cingular 8525. The device reads 1 GB only. I thought I had a defective card, so I replaced it with another but still it read 1GB. Then I placed a 2GB. It read it as 2 GB. ( 1.93 GB ). Not sure why it couldn't read the 4 though.
asfoor said:
I just tried one in my Cingular 8525. The device reads 1 GB only. I thought I had a defective card, so I replaced it with another but still it read 1GB. Then I placed a 2GB. It read it as 2 GB. ( 1.93 GB ). Not sure why it couldn't read the 4 though.
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This could be because of the way the card is formatted.
I would format using a card reader in a PC to:
FAT32 using 512k sectors size.
if problems remain I have seen a suggestion that you could partition the disk to have 2 X 2Gb partitions.
Mike
don't know if this has been posted did do a search
ok first off i just got my replacment 8gb class sd card so ive wiped , formatted partions, installed hero from another sd card and i keep gettin the hero boot loop from the 8gb sd as soon as i put my 4gb class 2 into the phone it works fine
any1 got any sujestions on what could be wrong
ok forget that its gettin abit further gettin gto the HTC screen and then it loops again
scoobyturbo said:
don't know if this has been posted did do a search
ok first off i just got my replacment 8gb class sd card so ive wiped , formatted partions, installed hero from another sd card and i keep gettin the hero boot loop from the 8gb sd as soon as i put my 4gb class 2 into the phone it works fine
any1 got any sujestions on what could be wrong
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You have already stated the reason for your problem. If your 4gb has the 3 partitions, Some of what you need to run your rom has already been moved to the ext partition on your 4gb card. Copy the rom to your 8gb and use it to flash your phone.
Johnny Blaze said:
You have already stated the reason for your problem. If your 4gb has the 3 partitions, Some of what you need to run your rom has already been moved to the ext partition on your 4gb card. Copy the rom to your 8gb and use it to flash your phone.
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tryed that as well and it didn't work but shall give it ago again
thanks for the reply
ok i give up ive spent most of the day trying to get this to work
So here's my problem. As far as i can tell i am reproducing the steps to create
a gold card to the letter. However after spending close to £30 on SD cards and
getting nowhere I'm pretty much either the most unlucky S.O.B on the planet
or I'm doing it wrong, which i really don't think i am at all, I am very methodical
and re-trace my steps two, sometimes three times.
If i am just unlucky, there must be a way to tell if a card is capable of
becoming a gold card. What exactly are the requirements for a Micro SD card
to retain the HEX'd info without failing to mount? It can't be random chance
that every time i click 'save' then exit from HXD my pc/phone refuses to read
the card as a mountable, formatted file system.
another thing I've noticed is that the Information you write over in OFFSETs
01 (or whatever it is) to 170 are replicated in the second block just after it.
Is that a security back up of the CID security check on the card? because
I can't see why the card would have it twice if it had no intention of using it.
I'm probably wrong about that but It was worth mentioning.
Really my question is what EXACT make and model number has worked for
people? If enough people post in this thread with the data I will make a database
that i will maintain for people who; like myself are having serious problems
finacially getting a gold card sorted out.
So please post as follows:
Manufacturer: blah blah
Model: ohh blah
Model Number: sdsdsd
Batch Number: sdwe23e
Don't worry if there is missing information. Just post as much as you can.
If there is more or different information than i posted please post that also.
Thanks.
Confirmed working:
transcend 8gb class 6 card
ScanDisk Mobile Ultra 8GB
i got it working with a transcend 8gb class 6 card
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-microSDHC-Memory-adapter-TS8GUSDHC6/dp/B001IAMME8
didnt work first 4-5 times tho
kept trying and it worked
i would suggest instead of buying soo many cards, you keep trying
So you format the card in phone.
Take the card out, into the PC reader.
HEX edit and save.
Remove.
Boot phone with the card in.
And if it fails, repeat?
Also, noted the make and model of your card, thanks.
eh i didnt have a sd card reader at the time so i edited the stuff via sd card in the phone
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eh i didnt have a sd card reader at the time so i edited the stuff via sd card in the phone
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I've heard it works either way.
When you have edited the card and it's in the phone, can the phone read it
or does it come up as blank?
Also, in the quides where it says "reboot with card inserted" does that mean the boot console
or a normal boot? Sorry for the 101 questions btw.
It works with the stock SD card that come with the phone. Your best of having a card reader and plugging it into the pc to edit certain parts. Just do exactly as you say and you will be fine.
I have a tmobile hero also and my problem is the fact that the goldcard bit seems to work and my pc can read the card, but when following the tutorials and doing the backups, it fails, i hate tmobile
ah and Im using a ScanDisk Mobile Ultra 8GB, tried it with the stock 2GB and same problem
Detol Loki said:
I've heard it works either way.
When you have edited the card and it's in the phone, can the phone read it
or does it come up as blank?
Also, in the quides where it says "reboot with card inserted" does that mean the boot console
or a normal boot? Sorry for the 101 questions btw.
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yeah it reads it fine and by reboot it means just turn phone off and on with the power buton
akhtar1817 said:
I have a tmobile hero also and my problem is the fact that the goldcard bit seems to work and my pc can read the card, but when following the tutorials and doing the backups, it fails, i hate tmobile
ah and Im using a ScanDisk Mobile Ultra 8GB, tried it with the stock 2GB and same problem
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what bit of the guide tells you to do backups?
also i suggest formatting the sd card first
andrewb84uk said:
It works with the stock SD card that come with the phone.
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Same here,... SD card that came with handset worked fine.
Initially failed when using Windows 7 64bit but was fine with an old XP machine.
Hmmm i've had the same problems on 2 Kingston microSD 2GB cards, the whole procedure was fine but when it comes to the testing, when i tried opening the drive, they said i needed to reformat the card. Hmmm are there any sequences of steps on how to do it or so?
Detol Loki said:
So you format the card in phone.
Take the card out, into the PC reader.
HEX edit and save.
Remove.
Boot phone with the card in.
And if it fails, repeat?
Also, noted the make and model of your card, thanks.
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wORKS FOR ME!!
Thank you so much!
Also make sure you are choosign the right option when opening disk...I think its logical (but not sure as im not on my pc) i tried on many cards using the removable disk option and it didnt work, then on a whim i tried the other option and it worked first time!
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Also make sure you are choosign the right option when opening disk...I think its logical (but not sure as im not on my pc) i tried on many cards using the removable disk option and it didnt work, then on a whim i tried the other option and it worked first time!
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dude your the man ive tried 4 cards about a hundred times with no luck but never tried the other option (think it was physical disk) and it work first time
I did it with two different SD cards and it always worked on the first time. I did it with a card reader.
- SanDisk 2GB (HC)
- Sandisk 8GB (HC)
I've tried it with:
4gb Lexar
2gb PNY
2gb SanDisk
2gb Kingston
Using these steps:
wiki.cyanogenmod[dot]com/wiki/Howto:_Create_a_Goldcard (I'm not special enough to post links I guess...)
No luck at all with any of them.
Any pointers would be nice as I too would like to not have to purchase more and more SD cards to get it to work...
ok, I think I got the gold card right, but I wasn't able to use it to root the phone...
Either I didn't actually make a gold card, or the phone is just a real pain...
Hello,
I use a Sandisk 8GB micro SDHC card in my Tattoo. The first problem is that the card is not always recognized. After a reboot it works mostly fine again. The second problem is that i lost sometimes all my data on the card without any reason, it is just gone in a moment, I have already formatted the card in my PC but without any success. It is also not possible to do a format in my Tattoo (not working). Any suggestions how to handle with this? Thanks a lot, Mark
try formating the card i have the same card and it works sharply.. (format twice. )
Oops
I was thinking about buying this card... But now I think I won't risk :\
marvon10 said:
Hello,
I use a Sandisk 8GB micro SDHC card in my Tattoo. The first problem is that the card is not always recognized. After a reboot it works mostly fine again. The second problem is that i lost sometimes all my data on the card without any reason, it is just gone in a moment, I have already formatted the card in my PC but without any success. It is also not possible to do a format in my Tattoo (not working). Any suggestions how to handle with this? Thanks a lot, Mark
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I have the same problem only my card is sandisk 4gb
Vieira said:
I was thinking about buying this card... But now I think I won't risk :\
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it will works fine here so think twice
I have the same problem only my card is kingstom 8gb class4
Try to format it with SD format tool: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
SD card problem
I have Kingston 4 GB class 4 card
same problem data deleting automatically specially pictures
I assuming this problem arises gold card transformation
I have change back original hex data but card problem not fixed
anyone help ?
BUT THIS SECTION FOR TATTOO GENERAL POST SHOULD MOVE TO ACCESSORIES
laughingcavalier said:
I've had this problem with my 8gb sandisk card too, but with froyo NFinity - had to format it the first time, and it was fine for a couple of days, then yesterday it came up with "Preparing SD Card", then "SD Card safe to remove" then "SDcard blank or has unsupported filesystem" in the notifications blind. Never had anything other than a FAT partition, and when I try to fomat it (on the phone, in Windows, in Linux) I can't. :/ I think my 4gb card was fine, but a bit scared to check now!
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and ser1993 has had the same problem.
(see nifinity gb thread)
I had the same problem with the same SD. Then I changed it for one of 4GB and then no more problems.
devdevdev said:
Try to format it with SD format tool: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
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This software works fine for me
anyone have SD problem try this software it will be correct
Thanks devdevdev
hi, anyone using a 32GB Transcend card?
win 7 was ok with a 2GB Sandisk and an unmarked 4GB card, dual boot with android.
are some roms better than others or is there anything else i can do or is that just how it is?
tried full clean format of card etc.
did you try insert card on already installed WP7 or you flashed ROM with card inside?
you cant only insert card... you need to make hard reset or flash ROM to use new card...
http://www.wpcentral.com/first-offi...-certified-microsd-card-announced-sandisk-8gb
same with my 16g Transcend, WP7 doesn't recognize it while flashing, what I did was use an 8g Sandisk then just made an image copy of that to the Transcend then it is OK, but during the flashing it wont see a Transcend card
you guys need to realize it's not always about the sd card that causes problems. the particular wp7 rom flavor causes incompatibilities. also, you can't copy existing wp7 sd images and expect it to work. just make sure the sd card is formatted in any of the std windows/dos formats...fat16, fat32, ntfs.
also, i've never encountered sd issues with 4 different brands ranging from 8gb to 32gb sizes of sd cards using yuki rom, but these same cards have issues when trying to flash pdaj, ansar, and hd2o wp7 roms.
BTW
if I flash WP7 using the Transcend it wont work
if I flash Android using the Transcend it will work
mengfei said:
BTW
if I flash WP7 using the Transcend it wont work
if I flash Android using the Transcend it will work
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that goes without.saying. android doesn't have such strict requirements as wp7. as i stated in previous post...other wp7 roms other than yuki rom seem to be prone to sd card issues.
dxdy said:
did you try insert card on already installed WP7 or you flashed ROM with card inside?
you cant only insert card... you need to make hard reset or flash ROM to use new card...
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hi,
@dxdy: as i said in my post, i dual booted with android on 2 other different cards ok (by imaging and resizing and adjusting partitions)
bad thing was losing half my sd just for win 7. and i didnt like the idea of swapping cards.
also, the battery issue does not seem to have been bottomed out with its appalling standby times.
thanks though to hjhjhj for that info. that was just what i wanted to know. interesting but strange that different roms see the cards differently.
locking an os to a removable storage card has to be one of the worst features i have seen.
at least with our HD2's we still have other options.
will fire up win 7 again and give it another go.