Hi.
I have installed ChuckyROM (gone through the HSPL process).
I have then downloaded several different android builds and the same thing happens when I follow the SDCARD instructions.
I load the files onto a 2GB SDCARD, Plug it into my device, restart the device, tap the CLRCAD.exe first then tap HaRet.exe
I loads into a black screen with some very small text in the top left corner, then this text slowly fades away and nothing happens.
Any ideas?
I've heard you need at least 1.5 gig of free space on your SD card to install android, so make sure you don't have other files on it.
Also, give it 15 minutes to let it do it's thing on first boot, a lot of stuff has to be created and initialized.
Being going for over 30 mins now, and I completely reformatted the SD card before I put the android files on it.
Try re-formatting your SD card within Windows and ensure it is formatted to 32kb clusters, this is one of the things that can cause an issue.
ps what radio are you using?
SORTED
Reformatted my SDcard and now its working.
Thanks.
Got Android with HTC Sense running - and it is awesome.
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Hi guys,
I've been trying out different android builds but after a while it won't boot in android anymore.
I run the CLRAD and HaReT, it show the command lines and then freezes on the HTC screen.
It is not the first time I'm launching it, everything is allways set up the way I like it and then I want to reboot a final time and it freezes. (first boot only takes 10 min.) Then I have to take out the battery to reset, but everytime after it freezes, tried waiting for +1 hour but no changes.
When I delete all the android files from my SD card and copy the original ones it restarts again and I have to setup everything again.
I tried new wm roms (Miri HD2 wm6.5.x) different radios (now 2.12.50.02.2),
the new HSPL3 but nothing seems to solve this.
edit: now I'm trying to use the mdeejay froyo HD v3.7 rom
I've searched the forum and other users seem to have the same problem, but no solutions have come forward. The people replying allways seem to think it is the first boot that takes 10 min. but it's not that. First boot works fine.
I would love to have a solution so I can start using android on a daily basis.
If you need more info, just ask.
I was having the same problem initially...very frustrating. Now i found the permanent solution for this problem. The problem on the second time or more on rebooting is depending how do you install the code in the root of SD card. Please follow the instruction carefully as each ROM (depending on which one you use) may require the files to store diffrently in the "root" of SD card. So read carefully after you unzip the code, where should you transfer the files in the SD card. Either under SD root or SD\Android (directory).Eg. I'm using FroyoStone_Sense V3.2 ; use 7-Zip File Manager program (can be download), then execute (click on the downloaded file : FroyoStone_Sense-V3.2.7z ) with the 7-Zip File Manager then you will get 2 directory 1. Android 2. Media and one readme.txt file. Copy the directory 1 and 2 in you root of your SD card. Then you run thru file manager, CLRCAD.exe follow by haret.exe . This the first setup. Let it run and setup your device. It will work and the second time you reboot, just run CLRCAD.exe and haret.exe as usual, your device will work perfectly..Good luck.
Hi, Just to add another note for you convenience if you are using different android build ef Mdeejay_Froyo_Sense_v.2.4.2_NextSense; when you extract the downloded file using 7-Zip File Manager, you will get 2 directories 1. AndroidApps and 2. Media with the rest of files including CLRCAD.exe and haret.exe .Copy and paste exactly the structure into your SD card. It will run beautifully and you will not have probelm on freesing on 2nd reboot even for the next reboot...hope it helps and try it out.thx.
I've the very same situation and Khairon i tried that method doesn't work...
Still same issue...
Any one can solve this?
cheers
Hi, use file using 7-Zip File Manager program to extract the downloaded zipfile. I've tried severals Android ROM builds and it works well on my HD2 after 2 weeks of trial and error on the freezing after the 2nd reboot. To increase your chance of success, reformat the SD card only then copy the files into the SD card.
Thx
all done, still same 2nd boot = freez
dont understand wots wrong
i am using the mjeedy's revolution build
is there any way to completely burn the android to HD2 like wince roms?
cheers
i was having exactly same problems as u, so i formatted my card with a card formatter, not through windows but used a card formatter, installed android agian and bingo it works, im using droidrom, radio 2.12, with the card format do full reset not quick this should work
full format is not working either
I also noticed that there is a file popping up on my SD card : EncFiltLog.menc
Searching around points to SD card encryption, but this is turned of in windows.
I checked with Miri, who made my windows rom and he said it's not set in the rom itself.
But this might explain everything, when I reboot the linux bootloader can't read the SD card because of the encryption.
Only thing now is to turn it off, but how can I do this when it is off in windows
I also had that file today on my "goldcard", the old 2GB SD-card shipped with my HD2. I tried the old card, because I can't start android (on 16GB sandisk) anymore.
Hi, I have the same problem.
Reboot freeze on 16GB Kingston.
Working fine on 2GB SD.
On both SD card is the same formating.
it doesn't seem to be related to the SD card i guess, I also tried my original 2GB card instead of my regular 16GB.
Both give me the same problems.
Hey anyone got a resolution to this??
my build works on my gb but not my 6gb card???
I have to take my SD card out for windows to boot up, is there a way to fix this its such a PITA to restart my phone
Do you use an auto loader like EBL?
yes, i think you might be using an autoboot for android like EBL with booting time like 3 seconds
no i start just like normal, my screen stops at the pink and white stick together and stays that way unitl i remove the SD card, then the radio version come on at the bottom and it boots like normal but if i dont remove the SD card it will just stay at teh stick together sreeen
You may get this issue if the sd card is corrupt. Try checking it for errors using a card reader on your pc.
Also I had issues with winmo when my card was almost full. I deleted one of my android builds and winmo loaded and ran fine.
Or it could possibly the files on your card not readable by windows. I always wondered about those files that started with .files (starting with a period)
NOTE: i posted this in the development thread by mistake, reposting here. sorry
hey everyone
i tried searching the threads but i cant find anyone with my exact problem (or something similar at least).
anyways ive been running dutty's winmo rom, i have a proper .50 radio running, and i have been able to successfully boot into darkstones superram v1.5 for the past few weeks just fine.
one night i forgot to charge the battery so it drained out, in the morning i had to work and i needed a number which was on the android OS of the phone, so i immediately turned on the phone after starting to charge it and booted into android, the phone didnt have enough power though and shut off while it was checking the SD card for errors.
after this point, i started up the phone again after 2 minutes to give it some time to charge, and it was able to get into android, however on hte way to work i tried listening to music and/or getting pictures from my SD card (using astro to search the SD card) but when i clicked on a file everything force closed, the music player froze up everytime i tried to get music going, and things like the sound options in the android settings menu would force close as well.
i figured somethnig messed up on the SD card so i backed up some stuff and formatted the SD card, and reinstalled a fresh version of darkstones superram (new data.img and everything).
when i tried launching android it went to the green HTC screen for a few seconds, then the screen goes black and the phone restarts into winmo.
this kept happening so i figured maybe something went wrong with the windows mobile rom, so i installed an energy rom just now and hte same thing is still happening.
what im going to do today is try it on a different SD card to see if thats the problem, and try another SD android ROM to make sure.
but if anyone can save me some time and knows whats happening here please let me know!
any help is appriciated! thanks!
[Dec 18][RAM] darkstone SuperRAM FroYo v1.5 [kernel: Hastarin custom]
I am assuming you are using the above.
It sounds like your SD card was "damaged", try refreshing it this way.
Assuming you are using Windows PC.
Download SD Card Formatter 3 and install.
Insert SD card into card reader
Start up SD Card Formatter 3, it should detect your SD Card.
Click on OPTIONS button
Format = FULL (ERASE ON)
Format Size Readjustment = ON
Click OKAY then START
When done, put only important stuff back, like music, documents, videos, etc..
Then start Darkstone Froyo from scratch, in case those files were damaged before the backup.
I'm new to this, is it normal to take hours for a rom to first inatall?
How long is normal?
JMG01 said:
I'm new to this, is it normal to take hours for a rom to first inatall?
How long is normal?
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for me:
normal time to flash HSPL is about 1 minute
normal time to flash a radio is about 20 seconds
normal time to flash a full custom ROM is about 1 minute
after the flash the first boot/setup can take a few minutes.
the longest you should ever have to wait is first boot on an Android SD build with no existing data.img, which can take like 20 minutes, other than that you should not be waiting "hours" for anything.
What should I see...?
Thanks for the reply, I still struggle.
I'm trying to install AmeriCanAndroid. It's my first time at this.
Win 6.5 is clean installed. SD card is formatted FAT32.
Android folder in SD card.
Run clrcad.exe and haret.exe
clrcad.exe does not appear to do anything when run, I assume this is correct.
haret.exe loads, then black screen with approx 9 lines of tiny text.
What next??? Do I just wait??? It just stays like that!
JMG01 said:
Thanks for the reply, I still struggle.
I'm trying to install AmeriCanAndroid. It's my first time at this.
Win 6.5 is clean installed. SD card is formatted FAT32.
Android folder in SD card.
Run clrcad.exe and haret.exe
clrcad.exe does not appear to do anything when run, I assume this is correct.
haret.exe loads, then black screen with approx 9 lines of tiny text.
What next??? Do I just wait??? It just stays like that!
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Yes you are doing it correctly. You just have to wait for the Android Os to boot after yo touch on haret. Also when you touch on clcad you will see nothing as this just enables the sound in Android. If it does not bring up the Android lock screen after the max of 15 to 20 minutes than pull the battery cover and press the reset button on the back of the HD2. I suggest you try download and try a diferent Android SD build as that one probably has some kind of issue.
Still trying...
Thanks for the reply.
Some roms mention editing the config.sys file and some mention downloading a data.img file. Are these steps needed for all roms?
So far I have not done anything with these, I have just followed the instructions for AmeriCanAndroid which does not mention these. I have tried several builds of AmeriCanAndroid which looks like the most popular rom, so I don't think the rom is wrong, I just feel I am missing something.
JMG01 said:
Thanks for the reply.
Some roms mention editing the config.sys file and some mention downloading a data.img file. Are these steps needed for all roms?
So far I have not done anything with these, I have just followed the instructions for AmeriCanAndroid which does not mention these. I have tried several builds of AmeriCanAndroid which looks like the most popular rom, so I don't think the rom is wrong, I just feel I am missing something.
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Ok give me a detailed list of what you have done, or as best you can so I can review it and I will try to see if I can see what you are doing wrong if you are doing something wrong that is.
So far
Win 6.5 is clean installed from software choice. SD card is formatted in the phone by win 6.5.
Downloaded AmeriCanAndroid to PC.
Unzipped
coppied the Android folder to the SD card.
Run clrcad.exe
Run haret.exe
Stuck on black screen with approx 9 lines of tiny text.
Removed battery when bored of black screen (anything from 30 mins - 4 hours).
Can't find a reset button on the back of the HD2.
Tried several times, with the last 3 builds of AmeriCanAndroid.
I have NOT - done anything with any config.sys file or data.img file.
NB my windows 6.5 is in Norwegian.
JMG01 said:
Win 6.5 is clean installed from software choice. SD card is formatted in the phone by win 6.5.
Downloaded AmeriCanAndroid to PC.
Unzipped
coppied the Android folder to the SD card.
Run clrcad.exe
Run haret.exe
Stuck on black screen with approx 9 lines of tiny text.
Removed battery when bored of black screen (anything from 30 mins - 4 hours).
Can't find a reset button on the back of the HD2.
Tried several times, with the last 3 builds of AmeriCanAndroid.
I have NOT - done anything with any config.sys file or data.img file.
NB my windows 6.5 is in Norwegian.
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Sorry for the lag between post got busy doing some stuff. Yoiu should not have to mess with the config.sys or data.img file as this is the first boot of Android. Do this look at your SD card and see if it has any files that the Android created on it when booting as it has to create several files on the first boot. If it is then look for the config.sys and data.img files and remove them and try to boot Android again. If it is no files on your SD card then make a backup of your SD card and reformat it again but use the Panisonic formatting tool as they say it works better.
lol sorry just saw you're using haret.
make sure you are using the correct rootfs.img, also maybe try another build.
also, which winmo6.5 ROM and which radio are you on, it makes a difference. You need an updated radio like 2.15.50 or so, really anything above 2.12.50 works well.
THANKS
It works!
My win 6.5 rom was old, so I updated to the last HTC one. Android then had no problems to install on the sdcard.
Many many thanks,
I've always booted Android from my SD card using RunDroid under Windows 6.5. But I broke my HD2 so I bought another used HD2.
This "new" HD2 already has Android (NAND) installed and it's using MAGLDR 1.13. The installed Android version runs fine so I don't want to remove it. Instead, I simply want to run the same Android I've been running on my old HD2 from SD.
So I boot into MAGLDR, goto Services -> Boot Settings-> AD-SD Dir to pick the directory I want to boot my Android from.
Problem is, the directory list MAGLDR is showing isn't anywhere near complete. It only shows the first 9 directories on the SD card (there are about 30 directories on the SD card). So I'm unable to choose the right directory to boot from.
This is a 16GB SD card formatted as FAT32. My old HD2 had no problems whatsovere reading from it (not in Win6.5, not in Android).
So does anybody know what's wrong here?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Perhaps some folders have an attribute set that is hiding them? -h for instance. Personally I'd create a new folder, test if mgldr can see it, and if it can, move the contents of the android folder into it. If itccan't, I'd backup the SD, and do a complete reformat of the card, including rebuilding the partition from scratch.
All directories can be viewed from within Android without problem...
Odd thing is, that MAGLDR is displaying all directory names in 8.3 format. In fact, I think it only shows the directories created from within WM 6.5. The directories it doesn't show are created from within Android.
I've copied the contents of the SD Card to my PC's harddrive, reformatted the SD Card and copied everything back.
It's still only showing the first 9 directories (only this time 9 different directories).
The card was formatted using FAT32 since I want the card to be readable under WM6.5 as well. But that shouldn't be a problem considering Android can read the SD card just fine.
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It's still only showing the first 9 directories (only this time 9 different directories).
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try this just for kicks, if youcan be bothered,,,, empty teh card, put the dirs on in the ordser you want them to appear, one at a time. Im betting the first nine you drag across will appear.
Ive seen harddisks do the 8.3 thing unexpectedly, i'd be looking hard at the sd card. If you have another card available, definitely give it a test to compare.
As for the fat32 formatting, perhaps a non standard block size was used (or at least one magldr wasn't expecting, , remember magldr is a handfull of lines of code compared to androids many hundred thousand lines, , just saying 'well android can read it fine' is a bit like saying 'hey what gives, , my binoculars can't see the horsehead nebula, but the hubble can'
(astronerds, calm yourselves, yes i know you can see it thru a nice set of decent binos with a good lense/filter, it was just the first commonly known astro object i could think of )
Yeah it's showing the first 9 directories only so I did what you said and cleared the SD card and copied the Android folder first, then the rest. MAGLDR now saw the right Android directory and I was able to set it as boot directory. But now I have another weird problem. I've started a new thread since it's (I think) an unrelated problem.
Zippy1970 said:
I've always booted Android from my SD card using RunDroid under Windows 6.5. But I broke my HD2 so I bought another used HD2.
This "new" HD2 already has Android (NAND) installed and it's using MAGLDR 1.13. The installed Android version runs fine so I don't want to remove it. Instead, I simply want to run the same Android I've been running on my old HD2 from SD.
So I boot into MAGLDR, goto Services -> Boot Settings-> AD-SD Dir to pick the directory I want to boot my Android from.
Problem is, the directory list MAGLDR is showing isn't anywhere near complete. It only shows the first 9 directories on the SD card (there are about 30 directories on the SD card). So I'm unable to choose the right directory to boot from.
This is a 16GB SD card formatted as FAT32. My old HD2 had no problems whatsovere reading from it (not in Win6.5, not in Android).
So does anybody know what's wrong here?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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i extremely stuck i was trying to use native sd method so i created a new ext partition but when i tried to create it i am unable to see any folders in the Services -> Boot Settings-> AD-SD Dir to pick the directory I want to boot my Android
why is this please help me asap
That was a problem to me when I started playing with nativesd, seeing only the first few directories, but if you just use the volume rocker to scroll down, you will get another page of the remaining directories and files, simple.
Just great reply - Thanks
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phochiom said:
That was a problem to me when I started playing with nativesd, seeing only the first few directories, but if you just use the volume rocker to scroll down, you will get another page of the remaining directories and files, simple.
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