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I tried to flash the Hero rom by partitioning my stock micro sd (the 1 that came with the phone)
...yeah i know it says not recommended but my 16gb card is being mailed and i couldnt wait.
anyway...now it will show the boot image and play the sound and then it will just be a black screen and wont go any further.
would i able to salvage this when my 16 gig card comes somehow?
could i flash back to an older rom? is the app_s folder in the ext partition going to interfere with that at all?
Please help!!!
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CC CEO said:
I tried to flash the Hero rom by partitioning my stock micro sd (the 1 that came with the phone)
...yeah i know it says not recommended but my 16gb card is being mailed and i couldnt wait.
anyway...now it will show the boot image and play the sound and then it will just be a black screen and wont go any further.
would i able to salvage this when my 16 gig card comes somehow?
could i flash back to an older rom? is the app_s folder in the ext partition going to interfere with that at all?
Please help!!!
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i would recommend to go back to your backup (you did do a backup right?)
just flash the data, system, and boot .img files back
since you're doing Hero im guessing you have the newer SPL
you might run into a roadblock trying to fastboot so if you cant get the fastboot to work then boot into recovery mode and then go into a command prompt and run the following:
adb shell
echo /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file
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this will let you access your memory card
get the HardSPL from here
copy it into your card as "update.zip"
now apply the update with ALT+S
after its done you can reboot back into the bootloader with ALT+X and typing
reboot bootloader
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now you should be able to flash you backups like usual
nope didnt make a backup...i know..
but...
i was able to format my sdcard back to its original state and i flashed google ion back on the phone. question is are there any lingering affects to the phone itself? in setting up the ext2 or anything on the stock card might i have pushed or pulled something i shouldnt have from the internal storage if i didnt create a backup??
if so. how would i fix this?
if you Alt+W'd the phone there wont be any lingering effects,,,, its wiped and wont bother you no sunder!
I was having the same problem as you, as I too am only using the stock 1gb sdhc that came w/ the g1.
just did searching on here and I got it up n running.
I'm thinking maybe you did like me and pushed the /app_s/ folder while the SD was mounted to your pc, this is what I am guessing was my issue.
I've come to that conclusion since I've done the push w/o mounting the SD
Also I found that I had to be in the app_s folder on my computer to push it right, at first I was pushing it and it was going into /system/sd/app_s/app_s
Here's Haykuro's original instruction's
Installation:
1. Download http://www.droiddeveloper.com/hrbuilds/app_s.zip
2. extract "app_s" into your sdcard's ext2 partition.
3. Download http://www.droiddeveloper.com/hrbuilds/hero-signed.zip
4. Place on regular sd card.
5. Reboot into recovery, wipe and flash.
6. Enjoy.
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for step 2... make sure you are in the actual app_s folder when you do the following command and make sure the sd card is NOT mounted.
adb push app_s /system/sd/app_s
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follow the rest of the instruction's as stated and you should be fine.
now, to get it running smoother...
follow the tutorial here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=521251
also within the thread there's tip's on moving the Rosie.apk along w/ widget's to internal memory, I just focused on the larger widget's, the largest being the weather one.
hope this help's.
just one noob tryna help another noob out ;-)
please help
When i am doing the update.. i am getting this error.. .
E: Can't chown/mod /system/xbin (not such file or dir)
E: Failure at line 12: set_perm_recursive 0 2000 0755 06755 SYSTEM:xbin
installation aborted."
please help!!
Stuck trying to make sure a2sd is working... I moved the zip to the SD, partitioned it, upgraded to ext3, and now I am trying to flash the damn zip and it keeps saying there's no zip files found. SOmeone help please? Really dont wanna have to boot up for nothing...
you need to put the zip back on your sd when you put it on there THEN partitioned it formated the card hence the zip got erased. either reboot and add it or boot into recovery and use the usb mass storge option.
Lol! You should've flashed the zip then partitioned. Partitioning wipes your SD card so of course there is no zip to flash!
jerry43812 said:
Stuck trying to make sure a2sd is working... I moved the zip to the SD, partitioned it, upgraded to ext3, and now I am trying to flash the damn zip and it keeps saying there's no zip files found. SOmeone help please? Really dont wanna have to boot up for nothing...
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you put the zip on
...and then partitioned?
Yeah, apparently I followed some idiot directions... this is why I would rather ask people first than do a damn search. Here's the quote form the thread I followed:
1. (Optional) Download A2SD version 2.5: http://www.darktremor.com/files/misc...2.5-signed.zip. Save the file to your SD card. If you don't want to download this version, skip this step.
2. Reboot the phone into recovery mode.
3. Partition the SD card by selecting Partition SD Card -> Partition SD.
4. Once you have partitioned it, press the back button to go to the main recovery menu.
5. If you downloaded the A2SD version 2.5, flash the program by selecting Flash zip from scard -> a2sd-2.5-signed.zip. Otherwise, skip this step.
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I thought that was fishy, so after I partitioned, I pushed the file back onto SD (which is really not empty after the ext2 to ext3 upgrade, or partition ffor that matter)
After I re-pushed the zip, I tried to flash it but still says no zip found. So, I go into adb... here's the results:
Code:
You stupid ****er... dont have 2 phones connected at the same time!
If your SD is not empty after partitioning, you did something wrong. That will wipe your SD card.
Download the file again. I used the same link and his directions and it worked fine.
crap... now adb wont even recognize the device as attached
ok point me somewhere so I can go back to complete stock and re-root and reinstall DC. I am aggravated and not playing around anymore.
jerry43812 said:
ok point me somewhere so I can go back to complete stock and re-root and reinstall DC. I am aggravated and not playing around anymore.
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Try unplugging your pone, killing and restarting the server, and then reconnecting
-unplug
-adb kill_server
-adb start_server
-plug phone in, wait for it to do its thing
-adb devices
tejasrichard said:
Try unplugging your pone, killing and restarting the server, and then reconnecting
-unplug
-adb kill_server
-adb start_server
-plug phone in, wait for it to do its thing
-adb devices
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tried that and didnt work, i just let the thing boot regular and logcat worked, so adb recognized it again after it began booting. Show me a ROM that's clean, everything works for the most part, and doesnt force me to wipe everything on each update and I'll be flashing it now, after I RUU.
Bielinsk said:
If your SD is not empty after partitioning, you did something wrong. That will wipe your SD card.
Download the file again. I used the same link and his directions and it worked fine.
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I think there is a lost+found folder that is created during format. That's true for all ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions.
Hey everyone,
I just rooted my Hero awhile ago and everything went fine... However, I tried to flash a ROM to it and something seems to have screwed up. It booted once, but it wasn't to the new ROM, it seemed like it was back to factory settings... and now it won't get past the initial HTC logo when I try to boot. I can reach the recovery, but I've tried wiping everything and restoring with Nandroid and still nothing.
I think the problem may be with the wipe. When I wipe data/factory reset, I get "No app2sd partition found. Skipping format of /sd-ext." I'm new at this but I've noticed most ROMs saying that sd-ext needs to be wiped. Is this why I can't boot the phone? Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks.
randomhodge said:
Hey everyone,
I just rooted my Hero awhile ago and everything went fine... However, I tried to flash a ROM to it and something seems to have screwed up. It booted once, but it wasn't to the new ROM, it seemed like it was back to factory settings... and now it won't get past the initial HTC logo when I try to boot. I can reach the recovery, but I've tried wiping everything and restoring with Nandroid and still nothing.
I think the problem may be with the wipe. When I wipe data/factory reset, I get "No app2sd partition found. Skipping format of /sd-ext." I'm new at this but I've noticed most ROMs saying that sd-ext needs to be wiped. Is this why I can't boot the phone? Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks.
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Yes, that's way.
You need to wipe the ext partition -- most likely the partition that houses Apps2SD.
**This will ERASE everything on the SD Card. Before trying this, you need to back up your sd card (pictures, music, etc) -- meaning, copying all the stuff from the card onto your Desktop or somewhere on the computer before proceeding to the next step.
To do so; go into recovery and choose:
1. Partition sdcard
2. Partition SD
3. Press Home to confirm
4. Set Swap-size to 0 MB (Use trackball)
5. Set Ext2-size to 0 MB (Use trackball)
6. Fat32-size = Leave that to Remainder
7. Press Home to confirm.
This will FORMAT (erase) everything on your SD card, but not the phone. For good measure, I would wipe your phone and Dalvik once more before flashing the ROM again. After its done, you can reboot, mount your SD Card and copy what you saved to the desktop (or wherever) back onto the SD card.
If you want Apps2SD (I'll presume you have a regular 2 gig SD Card), then after wiping both your phone and Dalvik; you'll need to follow the steps above to wipe the Ext partition, but instead of setting your swap to 0, set it to 128. Then set your Ext2/3/4 to 1 Gig (1024 megabtyes) and leave the Fat32-size as Remainder. For larger cards, you can adjust the Ext/2/3/4 partitions to about half the size of your SD Card. (Ex. 4 gig card; set Ext to 2 gigs, leave Fat32 as remainder).
Good luck.
I'm not seeing the partition option, maybe I should've mentioned I'm in Clockwork Mod recovery. Under the partitions menu there is an option to format sdcard, will that have the same effect? I've tried format sd-ext, but of course it didn't work..
Edit: I've reformatted the SD card, but still can't boot, and am still getting the No app2sd partition found error when I select wipe data/factory reset. Is there a way to get to the partition sd option with this Clockwork Mod recovery?
randomhodge said:
I'm not seeing the partition option, maybe I should've mentioned I'm in Clockwork Mod recovery. Under the partitions menu there is an option to format sdcard, will that have the same effect? I've tried format sd-ext, but of course it didn't work..
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Clockwork Mod? Can you please link where you got this? The only recovery ROM's I'm familiar with are RA 1.3.2, 1.5.2, 1.6.2, and Godspeed. I would highly advise installing the latest RA 1.6.2 or Godspeed recovery images, as the advise myself or anyone else gives you will pertain almost always to those recovery images.
The tutorial I was using to flash the ROM recommended using an app from the app store called ROM manager, which installed the Clockwork mod. I'm attempting now to get RA 1.6.2 on it instead.
What's the best way to install a new recovery ROM? using this one, I can get connect to the pc and get a command window open, but from there what I'm trying doesn't seem to be working.
Problems with sd card
this seems like a good place to ask..after trying to flash a new rom(aloysuis) i hung on the black htc screen. i abondoned that card, inserted my old, reflashed fixxxed on there and its fine. i put my other sd card in that wouldnt work, formatted and copied the working card contents back on it. running fixxxedsense my phone upon loading says "sd card removed, Insert a new one. plug it in and it doesnt give me an option to mount, but when im in recovery mode it lets me mount and see all the contents i put on there. Did i ruin my sd card r is there a problem with the partitions maybe?
thatdudepoops said:
this seems like a good place to ask..after trying to flash a new rom(aloysuis) i hung on the black htc screen. i abondoned that card, inserted my old, reflashed fixxxed on there and its fine. i put my other sd card in that wouldnt work, formatted and copied the working card contents back on it. running fixxxedsense my phone upon loading says "sd card removed, Insert a new one. plug it in and it doesnt give me an option to mount, but when im in recovery mode it lets me mount and see all the contents i put on there. Did i ruin my sd card r is there a problem with the partitions maybe?
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It seems the partitions might be the problem.
**If you don't mind erasing everything on your "broken" sd card, please follow the steps below.
**This will ERASE everything on the SD Card. Before trying this, you need to back up your sd card (pictures, music, etc) -- meaning, copying all the stuff from the card onto your Desktop or somewhere on the computer before proceeding to the next step.
To do so; go into recovery and choose:
1. Partition sdcard
2. Partition SD
3. Press Home to confirm
4. Set Swap-size to 0 MB (Use trackball)
5. Set Ext2-size to 0 MB (Use trackball)
6. Fat32-size = Leave that to Remainder
7. Press Home to confirm.
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After you've done this; your card will have nothing on it. You should be able to use the card again, I would try using it again and see if you can mount it; both in recovery and in regular phone mode.
pseudoremora said:
It seems the partitions might be the problem.
**If you don't mind erasing everything on your "broken" sd card, please follow the steps below.
After you've done this; your card will have nothing on it. You should be able to use the card again, I would try using it again and see if you can mount it; both in recovery and in regular phone mode.
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yea i partitioned it, although it doesnt let me set size tho.its says its partition with no errors. it should be partitioned ive used this method every other time...oh im still using ra-heroc-v1.2.3
randomhodge said:
The tutorial I was using to flash the ROM recommended using an app from the app store called ROM manager, which installed the Clockwork mod. I'm attempting now to get RA 1.6.2 on it instead.
What's the best way to install a new recovery ROM? using this one, I can get connect to the pc and get a command window open, but from there what I'm trying doesn't seem to be working.
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To install a custom recovery image:
1. Download either RA 1.6.2 or Godspeed recovery
2. Copy Recovery Image to your SD Card
3. Boot your phone into recovery mode
4. Plug your phone into your computer
5. Open command prompt and change directory your androidsdk\tools folder
6. Run the following command(s):
Code:
adb shell
$su (not required if you have root already)
#mount -a (You might get some error messages, [B]keep going[/B])
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
reboot recovery
After the reboot, you should the new recovery image installed.
thatdudepoops said:
yea i partitioned it, although it doesnt let me set size tho.its says its partition with no errors. it should be partitioned ive used this method every other time...oh im still using ra-heroc-v1.2.3
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If you have a SD Card adapter or a card reader that can read mini-sd cards:
1. Plug your sd card into the reader/adapter; then to the computer
2. Right click on the removable drive in My Computer
3. Choose FORMAT
4. Quick Format is fine
5. After it's complete, close the window and test the card again.
If it fails again or gives error messages, you might have a bad card.
Okay, got the new recovery, partitioned and wiped everything, and am trying to flash the ROM again. Wish me luck
Okay, now I get past the HTC logo, and it seems to be loading the ROM, then it freezes. I've let it sit for around 5 minutes now with nothing, is this normal for the first load of a ROM or should I try to restore my backed up nandroid?
ClockworkMod has a problem with wiping ext. Amon_RA or GodSpeed should work fine.
randomhodge said:
Okay, got the new recovery, partitioned and wiped everything, and am trying to flash the ROM again. Wish me luck
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Good luck, report back.
Edited the last post, but I'll repost for the new page:
Okay, now I get past the HTC logo, and it seems to be loading the ROM, then it freezes. I've let it sit for around 5 minutes now with nothing, is this normal for the first load of a ROM or should I try to restore my backed up nandroid?
randomhodge said:
Edited the last post, but I'll repost for the new page:
Okay, now I get past the HTC logo, and it seems to be loading the ROM, then it freezes. I've let it sit for around 5 minutes now with nothing, is this normal for the first load of a ROM or should I try to restore my backed up nandroid?
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The first boot can take some time. With that said, 5-20 minutes is usually best to give the intitial boot. If it still isn't booting; redownload the ROM and try reflashing.
pseudoremora said:
To install a custom recovery image:
1. Download either RA 1.6.2 or Godspeed recovery
2. Copy Recovery Image to your SD Card
3. Boot your phone into recovery mode
4. Plug your phone into your computer
5. Open command prompt and change directory your androidsdk\tools folder
6. Run the following command(s):
Code:
adb shell
$su (not required if you have root already)
#mount -a (You might get some error messages, [B]keep going[/B])
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
reboot recovery
After the reboot, you should the new recovery image installed.
If you have a SD Card adapter or a card reader that can read mini-sd cards:
1. Plug your sd card into the reader/adapter; then to the computer
2. Right click on the removable drive in My Computer
3. Choose FORMAT
4. Quick Format is fine
5. After it's complete, close the window and test the card again.
If it fails again or gives error messages, you might have a bad card.
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ok after trying to put the ne recovey on there i tried to go into the adb shell and it says
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
error: device not found
Up and running! Thanks so much for your help
thatdudepoops said:
ok after trying to put the ne recovey on there i tried to go into the adb shell and it says
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
error: device not found
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Make sure you have Debugging mode on.
To do this (on the phone):
1. Menu
2. Settings
3. Applications
4. Development
5. Make sure USB Debugging has a check in it
Then run the commands again.
randomhodge said:
Up and running! Thanks so much for your help
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No problem, glad eveything worked out.
pseudoremora said:
Make sure you have Debugging mode on.
To do this (on the phone):
1. Menu
2. Settings
3. Applications
4. Development
5. Make sure USB Debugging has a check in it
Then run the commands again.
No problem, glad eveything worked out.
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yep its on
thatdudepoops said:
yep its on
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Are able to run adb commands when your phone is booted into regular phone mode?
pseudoremora said:
Make sure you have Debugging mode on.
To do this (on the phone):
1. Menu
2. Settings
3. Applications
4. Development
5. Make sure USB Debugging has a check in it
Then run the commands again.
No problem, glad eveything worked out.
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Are able to run adb commands when your phone is booted into regular phone mode?
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no it still says no devices
Hello everyone..
I have a real quick question..
1) Used HD2Toolkit4.2.0.1 and performed Wipe (task29)
2) With HD2Toolkit, installed HSPL (bootload shows SPL-2.0.8.HSPL)
3) With HD2Toolkit, installed MAGLDR (reboot and phone goes into MAGDLR)
Heres the problem
1) Go into bootloader and try to install Recovery_v1.3_150 but program does not recognize usb connection. (failed install)
2) Go into MAGDLR and go down to #5 USB Flasher and computer is not recognizing connection between phone and computer.
3) Went into bootloader (bootloader shows "usb" and Tried to install DFT android flasher for HTC LEO but install fails saying: "usb init failed".
4) On MAGDLR screen, i go down to #8 AD Recovery and screen says : No boot sources
What am i doing wrong and why isnt computer acknowledging usb connection with phone and installing progs i need to flash new rom. (using windows 7 ultimate)
I previously performed my first flash to this phone yesterday and everything went just fine. Someone with the know-how please tell me what i am doing wrong and what i should do to complete this properly.
(trying to install Coredroid ONE X)
Thank You
Ok i have figured out how to get clockwordmod recovery installed as well as DFT nanddroid.
but now i am having a problem getting coredroid v3.6 installed. when i use clockworkmod, i partition the sd card using 1024 and 0. then i mount usb, transfer over coredroid v3.6.zip into new temporary F.Drive. After, i install zip from sdcard then choose zip from sdcard. The program locates coredroid and ask to install rom and i execute command. the flash process begins. Once rom is finished loading it freezes up and i have to remove battery. Rom is lost at this point and it goes back into MAGDLR.
What is the problem at this point. ?
What partition size did you use and what is recommended for CoreDroid? Make sure this is correct, otherwise the ROM won't boot.
Noob Dude said:
then i mount usb, transfer over coredroid v3.6.zip into new temporary F.Drive.
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Don't use MAGLDR's USB Mass Storage, use an SD reader.
@ NIGELDG - Perhaps its the partitition size that could be the problem. But this is the partition i use from the Coredroid instructions.
Using ClockworkMod :
Goto Partition SD Card menu.Select maximum 1024m. (which is recommended from coredroid instructions),then it says to Select the 0m .
@ MARVLESZ - Its not Mass usb storage that im using:
Using ClockworkMOD :
I go to mount USB storage
A new drive is mounted to your PC.
Navigate to MyComputer and open the new drive (ex: F: E: G: etc…)
Go to the HD2_Core_Droid_Desire_HD_V1.12 folder
Copy the HD2_Core_DroidDesire_HD_V1.12.zip to the HD2 sd card root (the new mounted drive ex: F.
When finished copying , i unmount then:
“-install zip from sdcard”, and press call button (left).
“-choose zip from sdcard”, and press call button (left).
Select the CoreDroid_V*.*.zip, and let it install.
Problem is that it will sometimes install 46% of rom then freeze up.
Other times it will load the entire rom up, say its complete then freeze up and not let me continue with reboot.
(Even though the instructions say this is what you use to install coredroid HD2 with, when reading the instructions it says this is for coredroid desire)
Which instructions should i use or what step am i not doing correctly?
Noob Dude said:
@ NIGELDG - Perhaps its the partitition size that could be the problem. But this is the partition i use from the Coredroid instructions.
Using ClockworkMod :
Goto Partition SD Card menu.Select maximum 1024m. (which is recommended from coredroid instructions),then it says to Select the 0m .
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not that type of partition, thats the ext partition. He means the system partition size you chose when you installed CWM, , that determines which roms you can flash, the rom tells you in post 1 (or 2) teh size you need.
Problem is that it will sometimes install 46% of rom then freeze up.
Other times it will load the entire rom up, say its complete then freeze up and not let me continue with reboot.
<snip>
I previously performed my first flash to this phone yesterday and everything went just fine. Someone with the know-how please tell me what i am doing wrong and what i should do to complete this properly.
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phone feel warm lower back at all? try chilling it in teh fridge for twenty minutes, see if a flash goes all teh way through. (after first confirming the system partition size as mentioned)
ok.. ill try that.. thank you
Help once again....
Where can i locate the necessary partition needed to successfully install coredroid . ?? Do i partition it with HDToolkit? or clockworkmod?
I know that clockworkmod recovery performs an sd card partition but according the coredroid DHD instructions it says to partition 1024 and then 0 (dont understand the reason for this partition) Each time i follow the coredroid instructions, the farthest i get is to installing the rom but once its reached 100% and says to continue for reboot, the phone freezes and i cannot reboot. when i take the battery out to reboot, it goes back to clockwork (or is it magdlr, but no coredroid rom is loaded.
If ANYONE that has flashed: HD2 CoreDroid GB 2.3.5 V3.7 & Froyo 1.8 , PLEASE find the time to give me the step-by-step on which partition size (what program to partition it-HD2toolkit i presume) and the necessary steps to install this correctly. ill send you a cyber case of ShockTop or Heineken.
The 1024 and 0 refer to creating the ext partition on the SD card through cwm,,, namely 1gb ext and 0 swap.
What you need is the partition size needed for the system partition. It will tell you in post 1 of that roms thread,, usually something like " 5/150/5" and in this case you use the toolkit,, choose 150 on the left, put 5 in the cache box below, then click repartition.
samsamuel said:
The 1024 and 0 refer to creating the ext partition on the SD card through cwm,,, namely 1gb ext and 0 swap.
What you need is the partition size needed for the system partition. It will tell you in post 1 of that roms thread,, usually something like " 5/150/5" and in this case you use the toolkit,, choose 150 on the left, put 5 in the cache box below, then click repartition.
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ok so with that being said:
1) Load Hdtoolkit
2) Perform task 29 wipe
3) With HDTK, partition 150 and cache 5 (if according to threads recommendation for particular rom)
4) (im assuming i wont have to reinstall HSPL 2.08 correct)
5) With HDTK install MAGDLR
6) Install clockworkmod rec. (not from HDTK)
7) load clockwork and partition EXT 1024 and 0
8) Load rom from zip
9) that should be it.?
Anything im missing or anything i should add? And what if i like my current rom better than the new rom i just installed. Anyway of preserving that? or just install it again?
Pretty much, but a few notes...
2) no need to task29 99 times in 100. Only if you are having real troubles. Its rarely needed, and just increases odds of getting bad blocks.
3) 5) and 6)
Performing the partition installs cwm at the same time, and no need to reinstall magldr (unless you lost it by doing task29)
if you did the steps you listed, step 3 couldn't work (because no magldr) and would be pointless anyway, because step 6 is exactly the same as step 3. "Partitioning" and "installing cwm) are the same thing.
4) correct, Hspl and the radio are two things you needn't worry about unless you flash a stock winmo rom.
problem partitioning
Ok... im going to give it a shot with installing this new rom.
Ran into a snag though... coredroid says the following:
boot 10
system 180
cache 10
Now ive just done a task29 with HDTOOLKIT.. (successful wipe).
Ive placed phone in bootloader
With HDtoolkit - MAGDLR Repartition set at 200 (since there is no 180) and Cache is set at 10. ( i dont see boot on tooklit)
Execute Repartition BUT DFT is stating: (USB init failed)
(bootloader on phone says USB)
Whats the problem or what am i not doing right or missing?.
sams the man
samsamuel said:
Pretty much, but a few notes...
2) no need to task29 99 times in 100. Only if you are having real troubles. Its rarely needed, and just increases odds of getting bad blocks.
3) 5) and 6)
Performing the partition installs cwm at the same time, and no need to reinstall magldr (unless you lost it by doing task29)
if you did the steps you listed, step 3 couldn't work (because no magldr) and would be pointless anyway, because step 6 is exactly the same as step 3. "Partitioning" and "installing cwm) are the same thing.
4) correct, Hspl and the radio are two things you needn't worry about unless you flash a stock winmo rom.
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ok samsamuel.
1) i tasked 29.. (sorry didnt catch your other post about overwiping the phone)
2) checked to make sure hspl is one the phone still (bootloader)
3) kept phone in bootloader mode (shows USB connection)
4) selected MAGDLR Repartition on HD2TK
5) Set System Partition at 200 (since 180 is not avavilable as stated on coredroid page one )
6) Set Cache at 10 (according to coredroid)
7) Executed Repartition.
8) DFT tries to parttition phone but says USB Init Failed.
Where is the problem here?
You can set 180 by choosing custom at end of sizes list.
Phone should be in magldr - USB flasher mode, not bootloader.
Ok ive done everything according to what has to be done... thanks a million guys..!!!! BUT!!!
1) installation completed.
2) Rom says to REBOOT NOW
3) Pressed green call button to confirm
4) Screen says: Thanks and enjoy your new firmware with FINISH button at bottom.
5) Try to execute FINISH button but seems as though screen is frozen.
Anyone who has installed this rom before, is this common? Should i wait?
Each time it does this, I remove the battery and it goes back to MAGDLR.
Help please!!
ok... ive got it...!!!! ive figured out that the coredroid ONE rom must not be compatible with the hd2.. but when i ran coredroid DHD v3.7 it installed automatically...
i really want to say thank you to all you guys that pitched in with helping an old geezer like me. i know your time is more important, but you were considerate enough to give a hand. it was truly appreciated!! Thanks again Samsamuel....
I've been experiencing the dreaded "Low Internal Memory" problems on my HD2 running a MIUI GB ROM.
I was told this was because the included A2SD, well, sucks. I was advised to use Data2EXT instead. Since I wanted to start with a clean slate anyway, I decided it was time to completely wipe my HD2 and install everything anew. This is what I did:
Wiped the HD2 with Task29 (using the HD2 Toolkit)
Installed ClockworkModRecovery v1.3 150MB (I wasn't sure I actually used the 150MB version when I initially installed CWM Recovery)
Cleared data/cache with CWM Recovery
Reformatted the 1GB sd-ext partition on my SD Card (using MiniTool Partition Wizard)
Installed ROM with CWM Recovery (from zip)
Installed A2SDKiller scripts (from zip)
Rebooted phone into MIUI, but did not install anything.
Rebooted into CWM Recovery and installed the Data2SD Installer.
Rebooted into MIUI again
It seemed everything was fine. If I looked at my memory usage, instead of only 210 MB of total storage I had previously, I now had almost 1GB. I setup my Google account and started to install some apps. Somewhere along the line one of the apps hung the phone so I rebooted it again.
But when it was done rebooting, much to my surprise all installed apps were gone. In fact, the phone was behaving like it was the first time it was started (asking me for my Google credentials again, etc). At first I thought this was perhaps due to the hung app, so I did all the above steps again (including wiping the phone).
Again I installed a few apps, and this time I rebooted the phone to check if all was OK now. It wasn't. Again the phone behaved like it was the first time I booted into the new ROM and all installed apps were gone. I've tried about 5 times now and every single time with the same results.
So what could be wrong here?
just a thought (i havent checked, you can do that) but what type of ext did you create? ext2? ext3? ext4? perhaps data2sd (you called it data2ext in the title, data2sd in the post, , ,which is it? they're probably different) doesnt play nice with whichever one you created?
Hi, and thank you for your answer.
samsamuel said:
just a thought (i havent checked, you can do that) but what type of ext did you create? ext2? ext3? ext4?
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Ext3.
perhaps data2sd (you called it data2ext in the title, data2sd in the post, , ,which is it? they're probably different) doesnt play nice with whichever one you created?
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I'm pretty sure they are the same (since took the installation procedure from this forum post and they call it both Data2Ext and Data2SD).
I will check to see if the filesystem matters. Thanks!
I just checked and ext3 should be fine.
Zippy1970 said:
I just checked and ext3 should be fine.
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Check to see see if there's any script left from old method in system/etc/init.d
This is a complete guess but worth a try
EDIT: this is the script that the A2SD killer removes from system/etc/init.d
delete("/system/etc/init.d/40a2sd");
delete("/system/etc/init.d/03stuff2sd");
delete("/system/etc/init.d/10apps2sd");
delete("/system/etc/init.d/04apps2sd");
delete("/system/etc/init.d/01data2whatever");
delete("/system/etc/init.d/98zipalign");
delete("/system/etc/init.d/02cachedalvikcache");
So make sure that has been removed then try flash the new zip file
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wis1152 said:
Check to see see if there's any script left from old method in system/etc/init.d
So make sure that has been removed then try flash the new zip file
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Yes, all those files have been deleted.
It seems to be working now. I wanted to test if changing the Ext3 partition to Ext2 would make any difference so I fired up MiniTool Partition Wizard again. I wiped the partition and formatted it as Ext2.
Or so I thought.
The partition still said it was Ext3. Then it hit me. I had forgotten that you actually have to "Apply" the changes, which I hadn't done before. So I clicked Apply and it wiped the partition and actually formatted it as Ext2.
I then redid the whole thing (install ROM & A2SDKiller scripts, reboot into ROM, reboot into CWM Recovery and installed Data2SD). And now it seems to be working fine.
Not sure which of the two actions on the Ext partition caused it to start working: the wipe or the change to Ext2.
I spoke too soon. I thought it was working since a reset didn't clear all my installed apps. But if I look at the total storage space, it's back to 216MB total. So it looks like Data2Ext isn't running...
*SIGH*
I'm just about to give up on Data2Ext. First of all, I thought I had figured out what was wrong. For some odd reason, whenever I tried to write to my 16GB microSD card on my computer using an SD adapter, it would crash every now and then. Also, partitioning through MiniTool Partition Wizard often resulted in a "Bad Disk" error. I tried this with 3 different 16GB microSD cards. All experienced the same problems when using an SD card adapter (it wasn't a broken SD adapter because I've tried several).
I then dug up an old external microSD USB card reader I had laying around. Using that, I was able to write to the microSD cards just fine and I didn't experience any problems partitioning either.
Speaking about partitioning, it took me a while to figure out that:
Partitioning through ClockWorkMod Recovery doesn't work properly. The FAT32 partition becomes incredibly slow, and the Ext partition is not recognized by Data2Ext
Ext3/Ext4 partitions don't work with Data2Ext. At least, not on my phone
Ext2 partitions only work if they are set as the primary partition
You must name the partition sd-ext or it will not work
Just a FYI for anyone finding this thread in the future.
Anyway, once I figured that out, I was finally able to get Data2Ext working. Sort of. Let me try to explain.
Previously after I had installed Data2Ext and setup some apps, a reboot of my phone would bring it back to a factory reset state. So all installed apps were gone, just like any settings I had altered. Oddly enough, if I looked at the sd-ext partition I could see the data was still there. It simply wasn't used by the phone. But after I had partitioned the sd-ext partition as Ext2, all was fine. A reboot didn't reset the phone back to factory settings.
So I happily reinstalled all my apps, restored my SMS as well as my WhatsApp backup and thought all was fine now. But I did notice the phone wasn't very stable. Every now and then it would become unresponsive for 10-20 seconds. Sometimes I got an error message that a certain app had become unresponsive and I was offered a choice to either shutdown the app or to wait. And sometimes, the phone would spontaneously reset itself.
Today the phone again became unresponsive. Oddly enough, long-pressing the power button did bring up the shutdown window. So I tapped "Shutdown". Next, the phone hung on "Shutting Down". It didn't come back to live. So I removed the battery lid and pressed the reset button.
After it had rebooted, I was greeted with a factory reset phone again. I was about to throw the phone through the window! But when I did another reboot, all my apps were back again as well as my settings. Except for the settings of my individual widgets. Those had all disappeared for some reason. Also, I got quite a few error messages that some apps had stopped unexpectedly. I rebooted again and again the phone behaved as if it were factory reset. But yet another reboot brought everything back...
I now suspect it has something to do with the phone not being able to mount sd-ext every now and then. Either way, my problems aren't solved yet so any tips are much appreciated.
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*SIGH*
I'm just about to give up on Data2Ext. First of all, I thought I had figured out what was wrong. For some odd reason, whenever I tried to write to my 16GB microSD card on my computer using an SD adapter, it would crash every now and then. Also, partitioning through MiniTool Partition Wizard often resulted in a "Bad Disk" error. I tried this with 3 different 16GB microSD cards. All experienced the same problems when using an SD card adapter (it wasn't a broken SD adapter because I've tried several).
I then dug up an old external microSD USB card reader I had laying around. Using that, I was able to write to the microSD cards just fine and I didn't experience any problems partitioning either.
Speaking about partitioning, it took me a while to figure out that:
Partitioning through ClockWorkMod Recovery doesn't work properly. The FAT32 partition becomes incredibly slow, and the Ext partition is not recognized by Data2Ext
Ext3/Ext4 partitions don't work with Data2Ext. At least, not on my phone
Ext2 partitions only work if they are set as the primary partition
You must name the partition sd-ext or it will not work
Just a FYI for anyone finding this thread in the future.
Anyway, once I figured that out, I was finally able to get Data2Ext working. Sort of. Let me try to explain.
Previously after I had installed Data2Ext and setup some apps, a reboot of my phone would bring it back to a factory reset state. So all installed apps were gone, just like any settings I had altered. Oddly enough, if I looked at the sd-ext partition I could see the data was still there. It simply wasn't used by the phone. But after I had partitioned the sd-ext partition as Ext2, all was fine. A reboot didn't reset the phone back to factory settings.
So I happily reinstalled all my apps, restored my SMS as well as my WhatsApp backup and thought all was fine now. But I did notice the phone wasn't very stable. Every now and then it would become unresponsive for 10-20 seconds. Sometimes I got an error message that a certain app had become unresponsive and I was offered a choice to either shutdown the app or to wait. And sometimes, the phone would spontaneously reset itself.
Today the phone again became unresponsive. Oddly enough, long-pressing the power button did bring up the shutdown window. So I tapped "Shutdown". Next, the phone hung on "Shutting Down". It didn't come back to live. So I removed the battery lid and pressed the reset button.
After it had rebooted, I was greeted with a factory reset phone again. I was about to throw the phone through the window! But when I did another reboot, all my apps were back again as well as my settings. Except for the settings of my individual widgets. Those had all disappeared for some reason. Also, I got quite a few error messages that some apps had stopped unexpectedly. I rebooted again and again the phone behaved as if it were factory reset. But yet another reboot brought everything back...
I now suspect it has something to do with the phone not being able to mount sd-ext every now and then. Either way, my problems aren't solved yet so any tips are much appreciated.
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I have similiar problem before, The ext partition always failed. Now I used Extended TWRP to create the ext partition, it is stable now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2120297
I can't get Data2Ext to work. I'm either getting tons of force close errors, or it's not seeing the sd-ext partition at all. I tried with Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 partitions (Ext3 didn't seem to work at all). With or without a swap partition. Nothing worked.
I also tried Data2ExtV2 and even DataOnExt. The result was always a ton of force close errors and a very unstable phone.
So anyone any ideas? It sucks only having 200MB of internal storage.
Hmmmm... That's odd. I just wiped my phone again (Task29), reinstalled MAGLDR, CWM Recovery (150MB) and my ROM without Data2Ext or anything and I'm getting the same force close errors and it's telling me I don't have enough internal storage to install apps.
So apparently there's something else going on with my phone?
What ROM are you using?
Try increasing system partition size!
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shanman-2 said:
What ROM are you using?
Try increasing system partition size!
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Actually, I found out it was because I used the wrong cache size this last time. So it's not the cause of all the other problems, but most certainly the cause of the problems this last time I flashed the ROM.
Ok, I've given up on Data2Ext. I can't get it to work. No matter what I try it's incredibly unstable and slow - if it works at all.
1. Make a backup of your SDCard.
2. Download EXTRecovery here.
3. Unzip it and place the 4EXTRecovery folder in the root of your SDCard.
4. Start MAGLDR, choose option 10, then 1, then 3 and select the folder (4EXT~), then boot from SD in the MAGLDR main menu.
5. In the 4EXTRecovery go to Advanced -> Partition SD Card -> Remove all partitions and start from scratch.
6. 1st sd-ext partition: 1024MB, skip 2nd sd-ext partition, SWAP partition is OPTIONAL, I recommend 256MB.
7. Press Yes and pick: "EXT4".
8. When it's finished, choose: "Print partitiontable" to check if it's actually there.
9. If it's there, go back to the main menu and press: "Install from SDCard".
10. Locate your ROM and install it.
Goodluck.
EDIT: Oh, I just read you've given up on it.. all this work for nothing, lol.
Ohwell, maybe I'm lucky and someone else stumbles upon this and can use it.
EDIT 2: Use DataOnEXT and have a /system size of about 285MB, 300-350MB if you have Bad Blocks!
EDIT 3: Try it with: "Jellybean 4.1.2" by Tytung, definitely works!