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Is there any way to format the phone before to install a new ROM ?
Seems my general and programs settings are there allready when I flash new ROMs but I would like a 'clean' install
Thanks!
Start->Settings->System->Clear Storage
gingercat said:
Start->Settings->System->Clear Storage
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Thanks, that wipes the O.S. but files are still into phone.
I seek a way to format the phone before to install a ROM
As I understand it, the installation of a new ROM wipes your phone completely clean. Clear storage serves the same purpose.
The only way you will get any files left behind is if you have them on a memory card inside the device.
does it just rewrite files or it really format before to install ?
I have changed few ROMs lately but after a fresh install my progs. preferences are
already setted...
A kind of fdisk or format for Topaz ?
perhaps you are looking for MTTY?
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perhaps you are looking for MTTY?
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Thanks schmeichler, that is the kind of tool I was looking for
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Hi there,
On my old HTC Diamond I installed everything to phone memory and so when I flashed it I just reinstalled all my apps. However, this time I have installed a large amount of them to the storage card. I don't remember my Diamond's storage card being flashed - so thats not the issue (I will probably remove the card before doing it anyway) - but my question is will my phone still see the installed apps on the memory card and put them in the start menu etc? Or will I be better off just uninstalling everything and re-doing it from scratch?
Also, is the new HTC Rom available in the UK yet?
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surely someone can tell me
ftr2k8 said:
Hi there,
On my old HTC Diamond I installed everything to phone memory and so when I flashed it I just reinstalled all my apps. However, this time I have installed a large amount of them to the storage card. I don't remember my Diamond's storage card being flashed - so thats not the issue (I will probably remove the card before doing it anyway) - but my question is will my phone still see the installed apps on the memory card and put them in the start menu etc? Or will I be better off just uninstalling everything and re-doing it from scratch?
Also, is the new HTC Rom available in the UK yet?
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Check your HTC site in the UK to answer your own question.
Perhaps you should read more about how a flash works before you try with your HD2. Think of it this way: You have two hard disks in your computer, C and D. With Windows XP on C you installed all your programs on D. Then you decided to install Windows 7 on drive C, which copied over your XP. Do you think that Windows 7 will run the programs in D? The answer is obviously no.
The situation is similar when you flash a new ROM. With a file manager you could see the programs on your storage card, but that is all. You would have to reinstall all the programs for them to work.
Take care and understand everything you really need to know before you do decide to flash.
rlydiard said:
Take care and understand everything you really need to know before you do decide to flash.
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That's why I was asking
Thanks for the info.
I found a similar thread but even that doesnt answer my question..
It has something to do with performance of Android?
Also, after installation (after format) can i copy all the files used by windows back on SD Card? or will it effect the performance ?
cadet018 said:
I found a similar thread but even that doesnt answer my question..
It has something to do with performance of Android?
Also, after installation (after format) can i copy all the files used by windows back on SD Card? or will it effect the performance ?
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You don't need to format your FAT32 partition between builds... At most you would need to delete the "Android" directory before installing a new SD build. For NAND builds, you need to format your /system/, /data/, /cache/, /boot/, before flashing a new build just to make sure that you're flashing on a clean system.
I always do clean install, makes for me any rom less buggy.
tri-polchika said:
I always do clean install, makes for me any rom less buggy.
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Thats what i heard.. but its increasingly painful to reinstall all apps again.. is there an easy way to transfer your install apps b/w 2 builds?
Copy data.img perhaps?
cadet018 said:
Thats what i heard.. but its increasingly painful to reinstall all apps again.. is there an easy way to transfer your install apps b/w 2 builds?
Copy data.img perhaps?
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do a full nandroid back upand then advanced restore and retore the things you want
you will get issues tho if you have moved from froyo to gingerbread and vice versa
Richy99 said:
do a full nandroid back upand then advanced restore and retore the things you want
you will get issues tho if you have moved from froyo to gingerbread and vice versa
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How to do it?? I m using SD version b/w
Ok so I installed an Android NAND Rom on my HD2, this is my 3rd ROM I have tried, all the others were fine, but with this one I have no internal memory, it shows up as 0.00b (completely empty) and I am trying to figure out what I can do to fix this problem.
I tried switching back to old ROM's but that did not work. I have also cleared my cache on my phone, that did not work either, anything you guys can do to help me?
Is there anything I can do to use my SD card as my default memory? I have a 16GB card but I can't install apps onto it. I can't install any apps at all. Nothing works.
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TechBurrow said:
Ok so I installed an Android NAND Rom on my HD2, this is my 3rd ROM I have tried, all the others were fine, but with this one I have no internal memory, it shows up as 0.00b (completely empty) and I am trying to figure out what I can do to fix this problem.
I tried switching back to old ROM's but that did not work. I have also cleared my cache on my phone, that did not work either, anything you guys can do to help me?
Is there anything I can do to use my SD card as my default memory? I have a 16GB card but I can't install apps onto it. I can't install any apps at all. Nothing works.
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Which ROM you used?
Please goto ROM Thread and ask cooker about that and flash follow his suggestion
thats what im trying to say to everyone - read through your ROM thread, there must be some instructions on how to make it work.
but i never had this problem.
techburrow said:
ok so i installed an android nand rom on my hd2, this is my 3rd rom i have tried, all the others were fine, but with this one i have no internal memory, it shows up as 0.00b (completely empty) and i am trying to figure out what i can do to fix this problem.
I tried switching back to old rom's but that did not work. I have also cleared my cache on my phone, that did not work either, anything you guys can do to help me?
Is there anything i can do to use my sd card as my default memory? I have a 16gb card but i can't install apps onto it. I can't install any apps at all. Nothing works.
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boooooooo !
Har har har har !
hum ...................
It may be lame suggestion, but try to install stock WinMo rom, and again MAGRLD and different version of CWM_Recovery.
But first try only whit different version of CWM_Recovery.
vasil.domuschiev said:
But first try only whit different version of CWM_Recovery.
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+1 on this answer, @OP,sounds like you have flashed a large cwm partition layout that has taken up all the space for the system partition, a 400 one perhaps?
Same problem
TechBurrow said:
Ok so I installed an Android NAND Rom on my HD2, this is my 3rd ROM I have tried, all the others were fine, but with this one I have no internal memory, it shows up as 0.00b (completely empty) and I am trying to figure out what I can do to fix this problem.
I tried switching back to old ROM's but that did not work. I have also cleared my cache on my phone, that did not work either, anything you guys can do to help me?
Is there anything I can do to use my SD card as my default memory? I have a 16GB card but I can't install apps onto it. I can't install any apps at all. Nothing works.
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Same issue here. Installed MIUI 2.9.29 on HD2 Leo. Internal memory shows 0.00B, which cannot be true. I did a complete wipe before installing ROM. Actually, after installing I did also factory reset/wipe cache/ wipe Dalvik, but nothing helps.
Searched for solution on this site and elsewhere, the only plausible advice is "clean reinstall", which is cumbersome for me.
Thanks if you share your thoughts.
EDIT: I used 150MB partition.
samsamuel said:
+1 on this answer, @OP,sounds like you have flashed a large cwm partition layout that has taken up all the space for the system partition, a 400 one perhaps?
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lol, this is what happened when I partitioned my NAND to 400/5 & installed Boxmax Sense 3.5 after flashing I have 0.00mb meme left :silly:
Hi all. Please forgive the noob questions.
Question #1. I was under the impression that CWR is better than DAF because it allows you to have different ROMS on your sd card and thus you can change your ROM as you like. My question is then if I have to task 29 and reformat and repartition my card as the developers request, then how is this possible as I would be wiping my sd card clean everytime I do this.
Question #2. Must I run the DAF(recovery) prior to every change in ROM? Also what is the differecnce between the Recovery and partitioning your card. Again I am not experienced even though I flash all the time.
The reason I ask is that I would like to change ROMS and wonder if I can just go from my cureent ROM, reboot and install from zip a totally different one that I have on my card. Thanks in advance.
you dont have to task29 every time., i have never used task29 and never had any issues with repationing or installing roms
the repartitionining is a pain but thats mainly only if you are going from 1 type to a different type e.g a sense rom to a cm7 or miui rom
lhernana2j said:
Hi all. Please forgive the noob questions.
Question #1. I was under the impression that CWR is better than DAF because it allows you to have different ROMS on your sd card and thus you can change your ROM as you like. My question is then if I have to task 29 and reformat and repartition my card as the developers request, then how is this possible as I would be wiping my sd card clean everytime I do this.
Question #2. Must I run the DAF(recovery) prior to every change in ROM? Also what is the differecnce between the Recovery and partitioning your card. Again I am not experienced even though I flash all the time.
The reason I ask is that I would like to change ROMS and wonder if I can just go from my cureent ROM, reboot and install from zip a totally different one that I have on my card. Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
As Richy99 says ,task 29 is not necessary for every change of ROM.
To simplify matters, ksubedi has developed THIS TOOL (Don't forget to thank him)
Read the thread...
Richy99 said:
you dont have to task29 every time., i have never used task29 and never had any issues with repationing or installing roms
the repartitionining is a pain but thats mainly only if you are going from 1 type to a different type e.g a sense rom to a cm7 or miui rom
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So I can just repartition the card and not have to run Recovery(DAF in the rar)? Then istall from zip? I am going from a sense to MUI.
lhernana2j said:
So I can just repartition the card and not have to run Recovery(DAF in the rar)? Then istall from zip? I am going from a sense to MUI.
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Hi,
You only need to partition the sd card once.
But the ROM system needs its own partition(CWM).
This partition is dependent on the ROM .
The [OP] should give the size of the partition,depending also on EU or TMOUS phones.
Again,once you know the partition size,use THIS TOOL to make it easy.
malybru said:
Hi,
You only need to partition the sd card once.
But the ROM system needs its own partition(CWM).
This partition is dependent on the ROM .
The [OP] should give the size of the partition,depending also on EU or TMOUS phones.
Again,once you know the partition size,use THIS TOOL to make it easy.
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Thanks again for helping out. So I would need a comp to always run the recovery. Is it possible from the phone itself or am I just hoping and dreaming? You did clear up one thing for though. That both the card and rom need a partition with the ROM partition being the recovery file (DAF)in the rar.. Thanks.
lhernana2j said:
Thanks again for helping out. So I would need a comp to always run the recovery. Is it possible from the phone itself or am I just hoping and dreaming? You did clear up one thing for though. That both the card and rom need a partition with the ROM partition being the recovery file (DAF)in the rar.. Thanks.
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Hi,
With HD2 you will never get away from PC/laptop,like on a native ANDROID device.
Check out the toolkit.It saves a lot of configuration...
looking to get android on my htc hd2 first time with this phone.
no experience what so ever, any pointers or links would be greatly appreciated.
thank you very much
naifs_br10 said:
looking to get android on my htc hd2 first time with this phone.
no experience what so ever, any pointers or links would be greatly appreciated.
thank you very much
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Really the best place to start is the search bar, but to make it easy for you just follow the guide in my sig.
01.HD2 toolkit
02. A rom you want to use
03. youtube, and search step by step
Nigeldg said:
Really the best place to start is the search bar, but to make it easy for you just follow the guide in my sig.
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how can i check what version the radios and everything else so i can flash spl? or hspl ? or magldr ?
edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWSrE3J_8Og <---------------- used this video to install android and its 2.3 right now but looking to install jb rom how can i do that and what do i need to know still kind of confused of how to do things but want to learn. please help thanks
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lots & lots of tutorials here & just like Nigeldg said, try using the search bar :good:
mengfei said:
lots & lots of tutorials here & just like Nigeldg said, try using the search bar :good:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224469
tried installing this rom above but stuck in loop comes to htc and then reboots by itself. any ideas on that ?
What's your /system partition size? Make sure it's enough for the ROM you're trying to flash. Since the other ROM you flashed worked I'm fairly sure it's not to do with radio or SPL version.
Nigeldg said:
What's your /system partition size? Make sure it's enough for the ROM you're trying to flash. Since the other ROM you flashed worked I'm fairly sure it's not to do with radio or SPL version.
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300mb over 45 mb . none of the roms worked that i tried to flash so far they are in bootloop. i think i have old recovery but how to update to new recovery ?
Do you have an EXT partition on your SD card as well? You'll need one of those if you don't. Also, flash a 285MB partition and change your cache size to 5MB, no ROMs use 45 as far as I know. Right now you're wasting 55MB of your internal storage because your partition sizes are too big.
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Do you have an EXT partition on your SD card as well? You'll need one of those if you don't. Also, flash a 285MB partition and change your cache size to 5MB, no ROMs use 45 as far as I know. Right now you're wasting 55MB of your internal storage because your partition sizes are too big.
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i dont have a ext partition on my sd card. i did all that you said except ext partition but the rom wont load on top of that i dont know how to go back to complete stock as in windows by deleting magldr and everything else. plus how to update recovery from magldr ? some things im not able to understand even through guides its difficult.
No point going back to stock now. It really shouldn't be too tough provided that you read. I'd recommend using the toolkit:
1. Boot into MAGLDR
2. Choose 5. USB Flasher (or whatever number it is)
3. Run the Toolkit on your PC (you'll need admin rights)
4. Click MAGLDR Repartition and change the sizes to 285 and 5 cache
5. Connect your phone and flash
6. In CWM, go to advanced then partition SD card. Select a size you deem appropriate (I'd say 500MB or 1GB, ensure it's less than half the size of your SD)
7. Copy the .zip ROM to your SD card, preferably with a card reader
8. Flash in CWM
9. Reboot and see if it works