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Generic uk rom

Hi all just flashed my X1 with the generic se rom and removed the vodafone rom, what a difference a whole new phone , its faster more responsive opera displays pages faster, glad I risked it.

nokiaman1978 said:
Hi all just flashed my X1 with the generic se rom and removed the vodafone rom, what a difference a whole new phone , its faster more responsive opera displays pages faster, glad I risked it.
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can u provide a step by step guide on how do did this?
any links will be welcome, i have a voda x1 and would like the idea of having it generic

gallous_boy said:
can u provide a step by step guide on how do did this?
any links will be welcome, i have a voda x1 and would like the idea of having it generic
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Try looking in the Xperia ROM Development Forum!!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446070 This is what I used.

nokiaman1978 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446070 This is what I used.
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is this a full debrand? any extra programmes and what benefits?

yep full debrand, one tip though remove your sd card before doing hard spl, no more vodafone stuff, runs a lot smoother and it downloads all the needed vodafone internet settings on reboot opera is like night and day now doing what it should and not restricted - wifi is also a lot better + you can now get more uptodate roms direct useing se update. (not tried this yet). All good

nokiaman1978 said:
yep full debrand, one tip though remove your sd card before doing hard spl, no more vodafone stuff, runs a lot smoother and it downloads all the needed vodafone internet settings on reboot opera is like night and day now doing what it should and not restricted - wifi is also a lot better + you can now get more uptodate roms direct useing se update. (not tried this yet). All good
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going to do it later on, its not as straight forward as nokia debranding
i dont hve a card reader how will i format m memory card?

dont need a card reader most likely your card is already fat32, as for copying the file rom to the card just do it as you would normaly transfer something to the phone. If you are going to try it remeber it is risky and could brick your phone if done wrong.

nokiaman1978 said:
dont need a card reader most likely your card is already fat32, as for copying the file rom to the card just do it as you would normaly transfer something to the phone. If you are going to try it remeber it is risky and could brick your phone if done wrong.
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im currently formatting mem card, taking a long time
the NBHUTIL folder which is also extracted do we use that?
i dont see it mentioned.

no not needed

im at the 2nd stage and there a white screen saying loading...
is this normal?

is your sd card in the phone, if it is remove it then run hard spl without the card inserted and it will work, then just follow the guide rename the rom place onto your sd card remove battery, put battery back in hold volume down key and press hold power button at same time until you get the 4 colour screen and follow the instructions displayed on your phone.

New Micro SD CARD- Transfer

Hi Guys, just bought meself a new 16gb micro sd card.
How can I transfer or make an image of the old card to the new one? I have many installed applications on my old card, I don't want to go through the daunting process of having to reinstall every single application.
Any help would be appreciated.

Copy the contents of the old card to your computer, then write them back to the new card.
Everything should work just the way it did before.

as above, just copy everything to the new card, , , just make sure you have hidden and system files visible before you copy/paste them.

erosennin said:
Hi Guys, just bought meself a new 16gb micro sd card.
How can I transfer or make an image of the old card to the new one? I have many installed applications on my old card, I don't want to go through the daunting process of having to reinstall every single application.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Although you can transfer an image from one card to another its really not recommended for the stable running of the device especially after a ROM flash.

pa49 said:
Although you can transfer an image from one card to another its really not recommended for the stable running of the device especially after a ROM flash.
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Moving your stuff from one card to another has absolutely no influence on how the device runs. Unless the new card is defective, of course

Thanks guys, am abroad at the moment. The moment I get home, I'll try as you suggested.
Thanks again

kilrah said:
Moving your stuff from one card to another has absolutely no influence on how the device runs. Unless the new card is defective, of course
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That's just wrong!
You may get away with it but all settings and associations will be for the previous ROM and could be totally inappropriate!

WTF, we are on about moving stuff from one card to another.
Nothing to do with ROMs!

Your storage card is only for storage - ie it does not matter if you copy your files from (lets say) a smaller SD to a bigger one.
possible complications: having programs installed on the sd card.... here you could get error messages when you take the card out for the copy process. Nevermind them though as you take the card out, do your copying and then shove the new card back in....
after that just do a safety reboot and you should be fine

pa49 said:
That's just wrong!
You may get away with it but all settings and associations will be for the previous ROM and could be totally inappropriate!
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Then you obviously didn't read what the thread was about.. The guy just has a new card and wants to copy the contents of the old one to it. Nothing about ROMs, settings etc...

Put my old card into the comp, copied everything, pasted into a folder on the desktop then dropped it all onto my new card, put it back in the phone, turned it on and everything works fine

hollinshead said:
WTF, we are on about moving stuff from one card to another.
Nothing to do with ROMs!
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The OP mentioned installed apps on a mem card and excuse me but that DOES have something to do with ROMs.
Now you are wrong!

And before this goes any further you all believe what you want and do what you want because there's none so blind as those who will not see.
I shall not be posting further after those sort of comments, hollinshea!

pa49 said:
The OP mentioned installed apps on a mem card and excuse me but that DOES have something to do with ROMs.
Now you are wrong!
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No! A storage card is just that, a disk with a filesystem and files on it. If you copy the same files onto another card, there's no way the system can even see anything has changed, apps or no apps. It's not about deleting/adding stuff, just having exactly the same data.
We don't "believe" anything - it's just how it is.

kilrah said:
No! A storage card is just that, a disk with a filesystem and files on it. If you copy the same files onto another card, there's no way the system can even see anything has changed, apps or no apps. It's not about deleting/adding stuff, just having exactly the same data.
We don't "believe" anything - it's just how it is.
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+1 on this.

rom list of storage card method

it would be very helpfull to have a list of those roms which does not need a pc to flash. i am requesting all bosses to provide the list in this thread. thanks

nitol said:
it would be very helpfull to have a list of those roms which does not need a pc to flash. i am requesting all bosses to provide the list in this thread. thanks
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All roms can be flashed this way mate, just use USPL or HSPL and use storage card method to flash

thanks for your reply boss, but my one is 1.56 olinex(once i've done it). i am using xt grid evo.
now i am trying to change my rom but i can't.
i have puted several roms(cloudy,xtgrid leo,nrg,goldlocke) in the root of my storage card and hard format my phone but my ph is not flashing with the new rom.
can any boss help me please?
i want to get rid of this trouble as soon as possible.i don't want to use any pc to flash.
what are the steps to get rid?

nitol said:
thanks for your reply boss, but my one is 1.56 olinex(once i've done it). i am using xt grid evo.
now i am trying to change my rom but i can't.
i have puted several roms(cloudy,xtgrid leo,nrg,goldlocke) in the root of my storage card and hard format my phone but my ph is not flashing with the new rom.
can any boss help me please?
i want to get rid of this trouble as soon as possible.i don't want to use any pc to flash.
what are the steps to get rid?
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Personal experience is that any SD card larger than 2gb will not instal new Rom's
Cards smaller than 2gb work fine.
Yours may be different but try and see. If you do not have a small SD card they are very cheap these days mate

thanks for your suggesion boss. i've tryed as you said,used an one gb sd card.but the result is same.what to do now? i need help.please somebody give me a solution.
thanks

May I ask why you don't try pc method?

sure sir,my pc is disturbing,not only that,most of the time i used to brouse through my phone because due to my business i can't find enough time to sit infront of my pc.that's why i need help about storage card method.

nitol said:
it would be very helpfull to have a list of those roms which does not need a pc to flash. i am requesting all bosses to provide the list in this thread. thanks
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as mentioned, ALL ROMs are capable of being flashed to a phone through SD Card. But since you are a new member, you might need to think of these:
1. did you have the correct filename of the nbh file inside your card?
it should be "BLACIMG.nbh" and must be placed at the root of your card.
2. do you know how to go to the bootloader mode(tri-color screen)?
phone off --> hold "voldown" and short press "power" button
it MUST be working.

thanks for your rep. sir, offcourse i know how to do that,i've tested most of the roms till april'10.last 3months i did not try any.but from till last few days i am trying to change my rom and non of them are working. i am using "xt grid evo", my redio is latest,i am taking rom into the root of my sd card,i am hard formating. but nothing works.
i don't know why,nobody knows why...

You have to rename the ROM image to "BLACIMG" before putting it onto your SD card. I use an 8GB card and have never had a problem.

alchopop said:
Personal experience is that any SD card larger than 2gb will not instal new Rom's
Cards smaller than 2gb work fine.
Yours may be different but try and see. If you do not have a small SD card they are very cheap these days mate
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i have 4gb card and have room and i can flash new rom

gagi75 said:
i have 4gb card and have room and i can flash new rom
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Like I said, your experience may be different. My 8gb card WON'T workm my 2gb card does work. Go figure

alchopop said:
Like I said, your experience may be different. My 8gb card WON'T workm my 2gb card does work. Go figure
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i think you have to format youre 8gb sd card to fat 32
i also use a 8 gb card without any problems AFTER i formatted it

miniterror said:
i think you have to format youre 8gb sd card to fat 32
i also use a 8 gb card without any problems AFTER i formatted it
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I think i have a dodgy card because every time i try to use it on my pc it ask's to check for errors. I have done that several times, copied everything to and from the PC to format it and it still has problems. It works OK in the phone though so I just accept the status quo and flash from the smaller card. Going to upgrade soon so will probably get a new SD card then and see if my experience changes after that. Thanks for your help though

hey hey hey what about my problem? i'm still stucked,can't flash any rom in sd card method. i always download them from my ph. rename BLACIMG.NBH,hard format but no result.my one is 16 gb. i've tryed on 1gb also but not working.
should i rename it through my pc?then copy to my sd card and hard format?
WHAT IS MY SOLUTION SIR?

nitol said:
hey hey hey what about my problem? i'm still stucked,can't flash any rom in sd card method. i always download them from my ph. rename BLACIMG.NBH,hard format but no result.my one is 16 gb. i've tryed on 1gb also but not working.
should i rename it through my pc?then copy to my sd card and hard format?
WHAT IS MY SOLUTION SIR?
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It should be renamed "BLACIMG.nbh" NOT "BLACIMG.NBH"
Note LARGE caps AND small caps
When you reboot the phone hold down the Volume down button until the bootloader shows then wait till it reads the card. Then press power button and it will start ti flash the new ROM
Good luck

sir,i know about cap & small matter. acutally i rename "BLACIMG.nbh" but not working....

nitol said:
sir,i know about cap & small matter. acutally i rename "BLACIMG.nbh" but not working....
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All i can suggest then is try a new card mate. Like i said before, I have a card that does work and a card that won't work

i've also tryed in a 1gb card sir.anyway,no solution for my problem, bosses can close this thread.
thanks to all

for 1st time i hear someone to have problem flashing because of the SD card!
From 2 years i flash only from the SD card and im with the default 8GB Sandisk that comes with the Phone when i bought it.
So like already many peoples say the answer is
ALL Roms can be flashed with the SD Card methood

Replacing memory card on Yuki XBmod V2

Hey, I want to upgrade memory card, now I have some sandisk 2Gb, regular card... and I want to have little bit more space and speed...
So, how can I replace this card without resetting the phone and loosing all of my apps and settings? is there any trick?
Thank you

Angelus1984 said:
Hey, I want to upgrade memory card, now I have some sandisk 2Gb, regular card... and I want to have little bit more space and speed...
So, how can I replace this card without resetting the phone and loosing all of my apps and settings? is there any trick?
Thank you
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you are going to have to hard reset the phone anyway. You could try to (B)ackup and send any inoffensive cab using cab sender beforehand, but because of the different size it probably wont work (no harm trying though, especially if your bigger card is incompatible, then you can (R)estore to your 2Gb).
If you haven't named your phone 5 times in zune then it will restore your apps though not your games progress (search, it may now be possible, same for SMS)
Oh i nearly forgot, if you want your 2Gb card useable again you might want to add a partition and storage unlock it (but do it after you (b)ackup) unless you know someone with a nokia

thanks m8 ) I have now 8GB Adata class 2, and it's not working really good, sometimes it just appears message that this card is changed, fault or something and I need to do hard reset... I also have sandisk 2GB original, and it was working quite good, until today, it show me same error as Adata, after I pooled out my SIM card -.- I guess I will have to buy another card...
Anyways thank you for your answer and help

look in this topic for find compatible cards
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914780

Nice info, i´m about to do the same and this just helped me.. thanks.

dxdy said:
look in this topic for find compatible cards
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914780
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Hi, yeah I know about that thread, I bought Adata 16GB class 10 earlier today and it's working fine for now, hope it will stay this way.
al svejedno, hvala ti

Robbie P said:
you are going to have to hard reset the phone anyway. You could try to (B)ackup and send any inoffensive cab using cab sender beforehand, but because of the different size it probably wont work (no harm trying though, especially if your bigger card is incompatible, then you can (R)estore to your 2Gb).
If you haven't named your phone 5 times in zune then it will restore your apps though not your games progress (search, it may now be possible, same for SMS)
Oh i nearly forgot, if you want your 2Gb card useable again you might want to add a partition and storage unlock it (but do it after you (b)ackup) unless you know someone with a nokia
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good point op im dual booting with 4gb but i need to upgrade
let me get this straight all we have to do is stick a new sd card in and hard reset?? is that all? i got nothing to back up by the way??
i presume we have to set up dual boot through storage lock etc

Moschino02 said:
good point op im dual booting with 4gb but i need to upgrade
let me get this straight all we have to do is stick a new sd card in and hard reset?? is that all? i got nothing to back up by the way??
i presume we have to set up dual boot through storage lock etc
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Yes, new card in then hard reset.
If you want the smaller one back, you have to send the smallest (1Gb) partition and storage unlock it first. Then new card in and hard reset. your new card will have the same partition set up on it, you will have to remove this first if you want to try and (R)estore. Then set up any size partition you want.
At least I think you have to have a partition on your SD for storagelock to open. Somebody might try just storage-unlocking the sd and check on pc whether it is readable (200mb).

SD card isn't recognized.

After attempting to follow the confusing steps in the xbmod-yuki rom my phone froze mid-update and my sd card spazzed out and now my phone says there is no sd in the slot when its in there....I can't connect to computer either.
SD Formatter can't even detect it.

nvm figured it out my self, plus i posted in the wrong section.

Sd Card Woes
pteradactyle said:
nvm figured it out my self, plus i posted in the wrong section.
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Would you mind sharing what you did to fix your SD? I'm having an issue related to Mango, don't know if it's the same as yours, but I'm trying to explore all avenues.

simpleton681 said:
Would you mind sharing what you did to fix your SD? I'm having an issue related to Mango, don't know if it's the same as yours, but I'm trying to explore all avenues.
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Care to explain what the issue is exactly with your SDcard, to keep the topic as clean and efficient as possible?

I have same problem
I have same problem.
pteradactyle said:
After attempting to follow the confusing steps in the xbmod-yuki rom my phone froze mid-update and my sd card spazzed out and now my phone says there is no sd in the slot when its in there....I can't connect to computer either.
SD Formatter can't even detect it.
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KrewsialNL said:
Care to explain what the issue is exactly with your SDcard, to keep the topic as clean and efficient as possible?
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Sorry, yes. I installed WP7 Mango (XBmod-Yuki rom V2), SD card was formatted and locked. I removed WP7 without knowing this would happen, and now I can't get the card to be recognized in Windows, Linux, OSX, or any of my other devices that support MicroSD. Been searching for a fix, but it looks like I'll need to find a Symbian device to format the card.
After I posted before, I was able to reinstall the original WP7 rom and the card was recognized after a hard reset, but I'm not having any luck getting the unlock cab to work. Actually, now, after trying to send the cab to my device, restarting with the card in the phone or doing a hard reset results in the phone just not loading the OS.
Sorry for being long winded, but I'm just about out of ideas. Thanks for any help

simpleton681 said:
Sorry, yes. I installed WP7 Mango (XBmod-Yuki rom V2), SD card was formatted and locked. I removed WP7 without knowing this would happen, and now I can't get the card to be recognized in Windows, Linux, OSX, or any of my other devices that support MicroSD. Been searching for a fix, but it looks like I'll need to find a Symbian device to format the card.
After I posted before, I was able to reinstall the original WP7 rom and the card was recognized after a hard reset, but I'm not having any luck getting the unlock cab to work. Actually, now, after trying to send the cab to my device, restarting with the card in the phone or doing a hard reset results in the phone just not loading the OS.
Sorry for being long winded, but I'm just about out of ideas. Thanks for any help
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The way I fixed that is an aweful thing to do, but it worked.
1. Flash to stock Windows Mobile 6.5 (with locked SDcard in there)
2. Task29
3. Install MAGLDR
4. FLASH WP7 (still, with that same SDcard in there)
After it's flashed, do not update, but take the card out and stick it in a card reader (hell, even the magldr >> usb storage function works).
Windows will detect 200 MB on that card. Format it with SDformatter and it will be good again.
Note: That specific card is not compatible with WP7 MANGO, so don't try to use that ever again ;-)
It took me a week to figure this out, but i successfully managed to revive my 8GB Sandisk Class 4 card, which I now will use in my camera instead of the HD2
Hope this helps!

AWESOME!
KrewsialNL said:
The way I fixed that is an aweful thing to do, but it worked.
1. Flash to stock Windows Mobile 6.5 (with locked SDcard in there)
2. Task29
3. Install MAGLDR
4. FLASH WP7 (still, with that same SDcard in there)
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I'm going to try this, but I'm wondering which WP7 Rom you flashed. I originally was using the Yuki Update rom, then once all the badness happened, I flashed to a much older one, then back to Yuki. However, in each of those cases, I never got the 200MB partition. Anyway, I'm giving this a shot, will let you know. Thanks!

If you want only format the SD card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912528

hautsi said:
If you want only format the SD card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912528
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Hi hautsi, welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately the thread you posted, dated January, only works for the pre-mango ROMS (and possibly XBmod/Yuki V1)
Look here for SD format http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242071
also Krewsia1nl's method should be posted there

No Dice
Robbie P said:
Hi hautsi, welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately the thread you posted, dated January, only works for the pre-mango ROMS (and possibly XBmod/Yuki V1)
Look here for SD format http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242071
also Krewsia1nl's method should be posted there
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Hey again all,
It's possible there's something else wrong with my card at this point. I tried Krewsia1nl's method and it seemed like it might work, but I still never got any additional partitions that my PC could recognize. I tried it a couple of times, 12st with an older WP7 rom I found in the HD2 WP7 dev section, and 2nd with the original Yuki rom I was flashing. Same issue in both cases.
What I did find is that I can see the card in the Yuki rom after flashing, BUT if I restart the device, it freezes, I have to remove the card to be able to boot it, and when it reboots, it tells me I must insert the card to continue. Great...
This also poses a problem with unlocking the card in WP7 with the unlock or partition cabs. To install them, the cab sender restarts your device. Once that happens, my phone freezes and I have to remove the card. All subsequent attempts to reboot or reinsert the card are met with either nothing recognized, or an error (It's also important to note that I can only see the card on first boot after following Krewsia1nl's method-if I try to hard reset with the card in, the phone just keeps freezing).
So, for now, that's where I'm at. I'm going to try the UBCD Killdisk method and I'll report whether or not that works, in case anyone finds themselves in this particular, sinking boat. Killdisk Method is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1280293
Thanks again for your help, all. Love XDA <3

Killdisk didn't work either. Guessing my card is fried, but I'll still try a Nokia if I can find one.

I also tried to install Yukis Mango 7720 but not with good result.
Does this 7720 work in any HD2...
Ubuntu doesn't do anything if you add your WP7 SD card to reader.
Win7 shows that you have "Removable Disk" but if you try to access it Windows says "unable something....".
I thought that I have also two fried SD card because this 7720 testing.
But Nokia E51 format successfully both cards )

i have an old Nokia 3650 and a few cards that mango has ruined. Now if I can just find the plug for the nokia......wonder if it will format them ?

Just got my 32 class 4 SanDisk in the mail. How do I release the card in tmous hd2 and add 32 to set up dual boot droid. Reflash from start.... Awww lawd! Took all night! Can I hard rest with no card and do it with cabssnder to partition card and card unlock and party with rum tonite?
Sent from my HD2 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

Btway.... Xda devs and forum participants could teach the worldwide manufacturers a thing or two about the way it's done. Thanks to all.
Sent from my HD2 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

hautsi said:
I also tried to install Yukis Mango 7720 but not with good result.
Does this 7720 work in any HD2...
Ubuntu doesn't do anything if you add your WP7 SD card to reader.
Win7 shows that you have "Removable Disk" but if you try to access it Windows says "unable something....".
I thought that I have also two fried SD card because this 7720 testing.
But Nokia E51 format successfully both cards )
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Can you tell me what SD Card did you manage to unlock?
I tried an E63 for my Sandisk Class 4 32Go unsuccessfully

What an absolute disaster the BTTF Yuki rom is...It is inevitable, most will lose their sd cards, it cost me $45 to replace. Could we put a BIG warning up for these roms, GUARANTEED to destroy your SD card? Because it will, at some point for sure, you will reload the rom and that's when the fun starts..AVOID AT ALL (cough) Costs...

evereste said:
What an absolute disaster the BTTF Yuki rom is...It is inevitable, most will lose their sd cards, it cost me $45 to replace. Could we put a BIG warning up for these roms, GUARANTEED to destroy your SD card? Because it will, at some point for sure, you will reload the rom and that's when the fun starts..AVOID AT ALL (cough) Costs...
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You are completely entitled to your opinion and to post it here.
Many people have successfully upgraded to Mango and have not posted here at all.

Robbie P said:
You are completely entitled to your opinion and to post it here.
Many people have successfully upgraded to Mango and have not posted here at all.
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I'm sorry, did not intend to knock the rom, the rom is excellent, the concern, it will ultimately cause you much duress as to the sd card at some point, that's my only point. Not many folk expect to lose the sd card after installing... and reinstalling...yes, there are work arounds, but, they entail, much ado and worst case, nokia.kodaj devices...there should be a MASSIVE warning as to SD card...yes, the small print offers cabs and tinkering to avoid the 'lock', but most of us don't expect any such chicanery.-)