[Q] Compatible/Recommended SDHC cards? - HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera

Hello everyone, I would have posted this under:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881937
but my less then 10 post restriction is not allowing me to .
My problem is once the ROM boots up, as soon as it says "Preparing SD Card", my phone freezes. The only thing I can think of is that I have an incompatible SD card. I am currently using the one that came with my phone which is a class 2 16gb SanDisk. What would you guys recommend that I use?

Use a program called SDFormatter (from Panasonic) .. format it.
Then use windows format utility to give it a slow format 4096 cluster FAT32
Works great for me on "broken" cards.

He's right. The stock card should work.

reodan92 said:
Hello everyone, I would have posted this under:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881937
but my less then 10 post restriction is not allowing me to .
My problem is once the ROM boots up, as soon as it says "Preparing SD Card", my phone freezes. The only thing I can think of is that I have an incompatible SD card. I am currently using the one that came with my phone which is a class 2 16gb SanDisk. What would you guys recommend that I use?
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A class 2 Sandisk should be fine unless it's defective. Maybe you have build setup wrong... have you tried a different build? Try that and see if it works. Are you trying to dualboot or anything like that? Or load the build with magldr?

Azerox said:
Use a program called SDFormatter (from Panasonic) .. format it.
Then use windows format utility to give it a slow format 4096 cluster FAT32
Works great for me on "broken" cards.
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Alright thanks for the info, I'll give that a try and see how it goes.
jvillejoe said:
He's right. The stock card should work.
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zarathustrax said:
A class 2 Sandisk should be fine unless it's defective. Maybe you have build setup wrong... have you tried a different build? Try that and see if it works. Are you trying to dualboot or anything like that? Or load the build with magldr?
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Possibly and no I haven't tried a different build yet but I will if this continues to happen. I am not dual booting at this moment but I am using magldr to boot up android.

reodan92 said:
Possibly and no I haven't tried a different build yet but I will if this continues to happen. I am not dual booting at this moment but I am using magldr to boot up android.
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If you are using magldr, you need a build compatible with magldr or edit the init.rc file in the build to make it work with magldr. Look at the thread in my signature... post 2 has some builds that I edited to work with magldr. I'll be adding more soon.

Alright, well I've formatted my sd card and now it's worse then before. It just stays stuck at the MAGDLR screen and doesn't boot up at all. As far as I know the build is compatible with MAGDLR so I'm not sure what the problem is.

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[Q] 2nd boot PROBLEM WITH HTC HD2 Android

each time i copy the android on the SD card and i sync it and works great on its first boot, as soon as shut it down then open it through bootloader, it stops at te HTC page of the android, and never starts up the system !
any solution for that,
i have already tried formating the SD card
i have a energy rom GTX
radio 2.15.50.42
and used Mdjeey
tmhawary said:
each time i copy the android on the SD card and i sync it and works great on its first boot, as soon as shut it down then open it through bootloader, it stops at te HTC page of the android, and never starts up the system !
any solution for that,
i have already tried formating the SD card
i have a energy rom GTX
radio 2.15.50.42
and used Mdjeey
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do you put the android forlder on the root of you sd? like SD/Android
nickytheshaft said:
do you put the android forlder on the root of you sd? like SD/Android
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yes i do have it on the root of my SD card,
tmhawary said:
yes i do have it on the root of my SD card,
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try putting your winmo on airplane mode wiwh build of m-deejay are you using?
nickytheshaft said:
try putting your winmo on airplane mode wiwh build of m-deejay are you using?
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i am using MDjeey froyo HD v.3.7
tried your idea now ,, didnt work.
I've had the same problem with the latest roms released this week, so I'm assuming it MIGHT have to do with th kernel that they have in common). When it gets stuck on 2nd boot, I simply pull out battery and try again. From then on I don't have this problem anymore each time I boot using clrcad and haret. I'm not bothered to change kernel and the latest seems to be best, thanks to the dev's hard work.
aldogauci said:
I've had the same problem with the latest roms released this week, so I'm assuming it MIGHT have to do with th kernel that they have in common). When it gets stuck on 2nd boot, I simply pull out battery and try again. From then on I don't have this problem anymore each time I boot using clrcad and haret. I'm not bothered to change kernel and the latest seems to be best, thanks to the dev's hard work.
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i have tried the airplane mode and to get off the battery and insert it again ,
click on Clrcad and haret ,, still stuck on the HTC page ... gosh its annoying
Have you tried another build? I am on revolution 1.7 with s7.1 kernel, I have the second boot issue, I just pull battery out, reboot and there I am, no more issues.
You can't boot HD so try revolution.
I also use exceller to autoboot under 3 seconds.
nickytheshaft said:
Have you tried another build? I am on revolution 1.7 with s7.1 kernel, I have the second boot issue, I just pull battery out, reboot and there I am, no more issues.
You can't boot HD so try revolution.
I also use exceller to autoboot under 3 seconds.
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thank you , i shall try that again,, do you have a link to 1.7 revolution ?
Are you using one of those Class 6 or Class 4 MicroSDHC cards?
If so, replace it with a Class 2 Sandisk or a Class 2 Kingston MicroSDHC card.
In order to achieve Class 6 or higher standards for MicroSDHC cards, some manufacturers uses tweaking, which saves cost in making a "real" class 6 media card. These tweaks causes different problems in different devices. Tweaks may include increasing sequential read speed, but will cause random reads/writes to not be stable.
Which is probably a reason why Microsoft Phone 7 won't allow you to use your own MicroSDHC except the one they approve, and they are still working on the list.
tmhawary said:
thank you , i shall try that again,, do you have a link to 1.7 revolution ?
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just behind your head http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823491
LiFE1688 said:
Are you using one of those Class 6 or Class 4 MicroSDHC cards?
If so, replace it with a Class 2 Sandisk or a Class 2 Kingston MicroSDHC card.
In order to achieve Class 6 or higher standards for MicroSDHC cards, some manufacturers uses tweaking, which saves cost in making a "real" class 6 media card. These tweaks causes different problems in different devices. Tweaks may include increasing sequential read speed, but will cause random reads/writes to not be stable.
Which is probably a reason why Microsoft Phone 7 won't allow you to use your own MicroSDHC except the one they approve, and they are still working on the list.
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i am using a class 2 micro SDHC card 8gb - pqi
and used a gb class2 micro SDHC card- sandisk
still had the same problem
nickytheshaft said:
just behind your head http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823491
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Thanx gonna try it now
I've had the same problem... delete the android folder from WM before you start android the second (or third, or ecc..) time
it worked for me
L4OA said:
I've had the same problem... delete the android folder from WM before you start android the second (or third, or ecc..) time
it worked for me
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do you mean the Temp android folder created after the booting ?
so far i tried the 1.7 revolution and i tried to reboot it once , and it worked gonna give it a go for a couple of days and feed you back
many thanks all for your help
You can also try the following:
1. Download the Android build once again
2. Backup your SD card to your desktop PC
3. Delete the Android folder from the backup just made
4. Reformat your SD card
5. Restore your backup to the SD card
6. Extract your Android build to the SD card
7. Boot Android
had the same Problems with the older kernel and the newest radio..using mdeejay, too.
I changed the radio to 2.12.50.02_2 and set up the newest hastarin kernel together with the titanium Energy Rom and now it works out perfektly
@ OP, this should be in the general section.
I had same problem before. Try to run a check disk thru windows under the removable drive tools. Also have it check for bad sectors.
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Android don't start on 16 g sd card class 6

i have new 16 g sd card class 6 Serioux but android doesn't want to start. i tried all type of format, even partitioning. nothing work. Somone have an ideea why ? On my old sd card toshiba 8g class 4 android working great.
criszz said:
i have new 16 g sd card class 6 Serioux but android doesn't want to start. i tried all type of format, even partitioning. nothing work. Somone have an ideea why ? On my old sd card toshiba 8g class 4 android working great.
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Did you format, within phone, to FAT32? It looks as though you have experience with builds so I'm sure that you are installing the Android folder on the root of the SD card...make sure that you don't create a folder and then add the build folder to the root folder; it creates a sub and that causes problems.
deadmansink said:
Did you format, within phone, to FAT32? It looks as though you have experience with builds so I'm sure that you are installing the Android folder on the root of the SD card...make sure that you don't create a folder and then add the build folder to the root folder; it creates a sub and that causes problems.
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thank you for answer , i'm not a newbie on Android. this card always was formatted with fat32 on pc , and phone, also with panasonic sd formatte 2.0. Card is working well , 5-6 mb on test with hdd tune. i made him active , bootable , xfat , fat 16, partitioned in 2, changed cluster, tried everything who cross my mind without any succes. No build start. i waitted 2 hour's for data.img to be created but no succes. i tried with version copy pasted from my old card who works, still nothing. i don't know what else to do .
btw, i checked your thread, very nice job.
criszz said:
thank you for answer , i'm not a newbie on Android. this card always was formatted with fat32 on pc , and phone, also with panasonic sd formatte 2.0. Card is working well , 5-6 mb on test with hdd tune. i made him active , bootable , xfat , fat 16, partitioned in 2, changed cluster, tried everything who cross my mind without any succes. No build start. i waitted 2 hour's for data.img to be created but no succes. i tried with version copy pasted from my old card who works, still nothing. i don't know what else to do .
btw, i checked your thread, very nice job.
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It might be as simple as the "Serioux" card isn't supported; the only other thing that I know off the top of my head is at the bottom of my thread; I had found a link to the formatting issue and that's where I came up with the idea of formatting within WinMo.
deadmansink said:
It might be as simple as the "Serioux" card isn't supported; the only other thing that I know off the top of my head is at the bottom of my thread; I had found a link to the formatting issue and that's where I came up with the idea of formatting within WinMo.
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what u say is stuck on green htc logo , well, i pass this step, im stuck on next logo/animation, just plays over and over.
criszz said:
what u say is stuck on green htc logo , well, i pass this step, im stuck on next logo/animation, just plays over and over.
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I know that it does take some builds to load as it creates the data.img, especially a larger one; if you opted for the 1gb for instance.
You are using the same build as the other card? And, you loaded the file the same way? Did you do it through USB connect?
Let's see if we can't get this goin'!
criszz said:
i have new 16 g sd card class 6 Serioux but android doesn't want to start. i tried all type of format, even partitioning. nothing work. Somone have an ideea why ? On my old sd card toshiba 8g class 4 android working great.
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What build are you using, or trying to use? If I don't answer right-quick it's 'cause I'm getting ready for X-Mas...
deadmansink said:
I know that it does take some builds to load as it creates the data.img, especially a larger one; if you opted for the 1gb for instance.
You are using the same build as the other card? And, you loaded the file the same way? Did you do it through USB connect?
Let's see if we can't get this goin'!
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tried three build's on both sd card's. on toshiba 8g all works fine. on serioux 16 g stuck. right now i'm on serioux card with Core_Droid_HD_V0.4 build and i watch that startup nice animation with droid in a fire circle. boring . i plan to let in that way till morning. like u say maybe this ''serioux'' card's are not suported. i'll report later. hope santa will come ))
still don't working.
criszz said:
still don't working.
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I think it might be the card. I know that I've seen class 2 and 4 around working; your "Serioux" card is the only one that I can find, as far as brand, and nothing about it working or not working on HD2, maybe return it and get another brand?
It's definately the card. I bought a wintec class 10 16gb and android wont run hardley at all on it, went and bought a 16gb sandisk class 2 at radioshack and android runs flawless on it. The shame is that the sandisk class 2 tests at class 10 speeds. They have it on Newegg for $34, Get model # SDSDQ-016G-A11M. There are two versions on newegg so make sure you order the right one. You won't be disappointed.
thank u all for support. i will try to get another brand. in this time maybe android will boot from nand
Have you tried formatting your SD card with WinMo? This helped someone a couple of months ago, it's got something to do with a partition index file.
StephanV said:
Have you tried formatting your SD card with WinMo? This helped someone a couple of months ago, it's got something to do with a partition index file.
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yes , tryed everything. nothing works.
I used to have a similiar problem on some builds here.
Have u tried replacing a builds kernel, say hastarin because that definitely helped me boot into Android. I faced the same issue Aa you too.. which build are u flashing too btw?
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What does this mean????

what does this error (SD KERNAL OPEN FAILED) mean when trying to run android from magldr 1.12? IF its the kernal how do i get and install the correct kernal to run android from magldr?
reds28heem said:
what does this error (SD KERNAL OPEN FAILED) mean when trying to run android from magldr 1.12? IF its the kernal how do i get and install the correct kernal to run android from magldr?
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Your using an incompatible SD build.
You have to use a SD build specifically built for magldr, You cant just use any of the old ones unless you use the edited files with them.
reds28heem said:
what does this error (SD KERNAL OPEN FAILED) mean when trying to run android from magldr 1.12? IF its the kernal how do i get and install the correct kernal to run android from magldr?
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Did you set magldr to boot from the folder you're build is in? You need to set that in magldr so it knows which folder to boot from. Settings, then 1st option, then 4th option i think.
Ok I got it to load I think. I had to set the directory. But now it just sits at the black HTC screen and then restarts. What did I do wrong now lol. Also is it normal to have wp7 running without an sd card in. Cause I flashed it without an sd card in. I read that its better to install without sd card. If so ways the point of all the partitioning. Thanks
reds28heem said:
Ok I got it to load I think. I had to set the directory. But now it just sits at the black HTC screen and then restarts. What did I do wrong now lol. Also is it normal to have wp7 running without an sd card in. Cause I flashed it without an sd card in. I read that its better to install without sd card. If so ways the point of all the partitioning. Thanks
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Not sure whats wrong with the build... it may need to be edited to run from magldr. But about running wp7 without a sd, it'll run fine, but then you have no memory to install anything or do anything with the os. If you check, you probably only have about 10mb of memory left if you are running it without a sd card. That's why we're partitioning the cards, so we can give wp7 some of the space on the sd card and leave some space for android to run from.
Ok thanks. Just realized that once I took two pics of my son and it said low space. It says on the page that his rom can be ran from sd with magldr. But I guess I did sumthing wrong. Wish I could get this partitioning thing right. I can't understand it to save my life lol. I have 8gb sd.
reds28heem said:
Ok thanks. Just realized that once I took two pics of my son and it said low space. It says on the page that his rom can be ran from sd with magldr. But I guess I did sumthing wrong. Wish I could get this partitioning thing right. I can't understand it to save my life lol. I have 8gb sd.
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Read this thread starting with post 235... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913815&page=24
Post 235 has the basic directions, but instead of making the unformatted partition primary, you have to make it logical at first and then later use the minitools partition manager posted later in that thread to change it to primary. But it has to made logical at first to work. But read from that post up until end of thread and you should have a pretty good idea on how to partition it with just one card. It only ends up taking around 10 min or less when you do it right.

[Q] When dual booting WP7 and Android..

The WP7 boots without a hitch, but when i go to boot android via magldr sd, it freezes up? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks XDA
trkwch said:
The WP7 boots without a hitch, but when i go to boot android via magldr sd, it freezes up? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks XDA
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are you using a rom that supports magldr?
great question, i havent flashed a custom rom yet, is this my issue?
Another note, when it boots to android there is activity for a split second in the tool bar and it says that the sd card is near full. i dont know if this means anything.
trkwch said:
great question, i havent flashed a custom rom yet, is this my issue?
Another note, when it boots to android there is activity for a split second in the tool bar and it says that the sd card is near full. i dont know if this means anything.
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You dont flash the android rom, you copy it onto your sd card. Providing you have a MAGLDR SD android ROM it will install.
Have you setup your sd card to support dual boot?
I understand. Ive gone through numerous tutorials and have set up my sd card. when booting into wp7 i have 7 gigs and when i mount the sd in my laptop i have the other have remaining on my sd.
i suppose its the magldr sd android rom thats the issue
any insight here?
do i need to do this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913964
trkwch said:
I understand. Ive gone through numerous tutorials and have set up my sd card. when booting into wp7 i have 7 gigs and when i mount the sd in my laptop i have the other have remaining on my sd.
i suppose its the magldr sd android rom thats the issue
any insight here?
do i need to do this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913964
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Yes, either that, or just use a compatible one, for example, i'm using markinux's super clean desire hd without sense blablabla x)
You could try that one out, i'm having no issues at all
trkwch said:
I understand. Ive gone through numerous tutorials and have set up my sd card. when booting into wp7 i have 7 gigs and when i mount the sd in my laptop i have the other have remaining on my sd.
i suppose its the magldr sd android rom thats the issue
any insight here?
do i need to do this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913964
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ok good - sounds like you're nearly there. Make sure your Android partition is set as PRIMARY
- yes that link is where you need to look next - i never bothered with that though.
I searched the sd ROMS that supported MAGLDR. They usually had special instructions to make them work.
otherwise search thru that thread.
Zarathustrax has created quite a few pre-made MAGLDR boot files - search for his posts in that thread.
alright ill try that one
ive gone toe to toe with FEB 04 Copes
it boots to the starting htc screen and hangs there.
trkwch said:
alright ill try that one
ive gone toe to toe with FEB 04 Copes
it boots to the starting htc screen and hangs there.
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thats the one i'm running - you did copy and replace the files in the MAGLDR dir into the root ???
indeed i did
trkwch said:
indeed i did
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it took a good 10minutes of "HTC" hang time before it booted for me first time.
He's releasing a new version in a couple of hours which i'm going to try.
wasnt sure if my radio was the problem so im flashing the one you have in your sig
will report
thanks guys for your support
im running Copes too,
make sure on the fat32 side of your partition that its primary (like Canterbury said) and sometimes ive noticed its fussy in wanting a formatted clean card. yeah takes like 5 or 10 mins for the first boot. youll almost give up waiting lol i know i have plenty of times.
20 minutes in and still on the htc screen..
trkwch said:
20 minutes in and still on the htc screen..
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nakay take it out reformat the fat32 side and then download and try Cope's rom from the 30th of Jan. its the one im using at the moment cause it works with the most apps and games. (has terrible battery though).
(he has a new one out soon)
trkwch said:
20 minutes in and still on the htc screen..
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if you interrupted the first install while it was trying to create the data.img it wont boot no matter how many times you try. If you think that might be the case - delete the data.img file on the sd and try again.
Canterbury said:
if you interrupted the first install while it was trying to create the data.img it wont boot no matter how many times you try. If you think that might be the case - delete the data.img file on the sd and try again.
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good point, giving it a go
I will also try reformatting the fat 32
will confirm
thanks guys
trkwch said:
good point, giving it a go
I will also try reformatting the fat 32
will confirm
thanks guys
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dont worry youll get there i still get issues with roms not loading up the first time and its a pain having to reload a 16 gig card
after a few more hours of war with the hd2 still no luck lol terrible
trkwch said:
after a few more hours of war with the hd2 still no luck lol terrible
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bugga
i'm starting again as i've just flashed XBmod 1.03 wp7, so had to start from scratch as well. Formatted the sd with ext3 and linux partitions for Android
d/ling the latest rom from cope's/warren (TMOUS ver) now.

32gb class 10

Just wondering which if any roms support 32gb size SD cards as I was moving my stuff over to this card and kept getting errors. Is this a rom problem or phone? I remember reading about this but I don't recall what was said/needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
dooshbag45 said:
Just wondering which if any roms support 32gb size SD cards as I was moving my stuff over to this card and kept getting errors. Is this a rom problem or phone? I remember reading about this but I don't recall what was said/needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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What errors? And errors in windows 7 when coping? Or errors upon launching clrcad and haret?
elesbb said:
What errors? And errors in windows 7 when coping? Or errors upon launching clrcad and haret?
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In android, namely when i try to flash a rom in cwm, or when I switch cards after I boot up to ics, or gb I tried numerous roms.
EDIT: it wont read anything on the card even after repartitioning. Im not sure what I'm over looking. Just not sure if card is even supported.
Never had a problem with my 32gb class 10 card on typhoon cm72 rom
dooshbag45 said:
In android, namely when i try to flash a rom in cwm, or when I switch cards after I boot up to ics, or gb I tried numerous roms.
EDIT: it wont read anything on the card even after repartitioning. Im not sure what I'm over looking. Just not sure if card is even supported.
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I'd guess the card isn't supported. For some reason my Kingston 16 GB class 4 can't run SD builds via magldr, although everything else works fine (including, oddly, SD builds in Winning)
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rtardedman said:
Never had a problem with my 32gb class 10 card on typhoon cm72 rom
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Are you using cLK or magldr? What brand is it?
That's a question a noob might ask, but not a noob question...

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