After all that method, do i need to partition my SD Card? its hard being a newbie and just merely reading diff thread and idk what to believe which among those methods works for real
Not so much to ask but can anyone Give me a complete step by step process? like after using the [Rooting 2.1 Directly] Method, what to do next? about the Partition of the SD card etc?TIA.
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what about the partition?..dont quietly understand ur ques..what u want to do actually? want to root? and i dont think rooting need u to mess with sd card
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erm my question is after using the [Rooting 2.1 Directly] from that thread<< what do i do next?
I strongly recommend installing xrecovery so you can backup your now rooted system for easy restore once you start playing around with other things like app2sd, JiT and maybe custom roms. But first of all... xrecovery --> backup.
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i had a very bad experience with nand backup/restore very recently and wanted to share it with the community and hear any feedback or suggestions where i eventually did wrong.
First of all i have to state i am a newbe on Android and have just started learning how to do some mods via the great help of this forum.
here is my case: I have partitioned my SD and moved all existing apps to the newly created partition via recovery mode. When I reboot no apps showed (i am not sure apps2sd is missing or what) therefore I decided to restore my earlier backup which went trhough succesfully but guess what ? ..... the phone did not reboot anymore and it arrived only up to the HTC flashing logo and got stuck there.
I had to find the stock rom again (sorry i forgot to mention i was using the stock rom) and reflash it from scratch which finally made it to work. thanks to shipped-roms.com !!!
My first guess is that for some reason the restore did not work and i got into a sort of loop mode because i tried moving all apps to SD before rebooting and this did not work properly.
does anyone have any idea of what could have been the problem ? I will provide any addiotional specifics if needed.
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i had a very bad experience with nand backup/restore very recently and wanted to share it with the community and hear any feedback or suggestions where i eventually did wrong.
First of all i have to state i am a newbe on Android and have just started learning how to do some mods via the great help of this forum.
here is my case: I have partitioned my SD and moved all existing apps to the newly created partition via recovery mode. When I reboot no apps showed (i am not sure apps2sd is missing or what) therefore I decided to restore my earlier backup which went trhough succesfully but guess what ? ..... the phone did not reboot anymore and it arrived only up to the HTC flashing logo and got stuck there.
I had to find the stock rom again (sorry i forgot to mention i was using the stock rom) and reflash it from scratch which finally made it to work. thanks to shipped-roms.com !!!
My first guess is that for some reason the restore did not work and i got into a sort of loop mode because i tried moving all apps to SD before rebooting and this did not work properly.
does anyone have any idea of what could have been the problem ? I will provide any addiotional specifics if needed.
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hi
app2sd has to be cooked into the rom and cannot be installed separately into the rom so have u used a rom with apps2sd in it im using Jacobs 1.5 which has apps2sd and i have done ext3 part & to my knowledge u need to do ext3 part for apps2sd to work
hope this helps
Actually you can install apps2sd after flashing a rom without. Just flash the darktremor skript you find in the forum. It depends on the rom if it's working fine or not. It worked for me with modaco r3.
Thank you for your help. As I stated originally i am using the original shipped rom and I have flashes a modified recovery where I can both partition the sd, do an ext2 to ext3 and eventually move all applications to the sd, however when I did it they all disappeared. Because all seemed to be available via the recovery menu is did it without checking more but I will need to do so since my Tattoo is already full.
I have not read around anyone saying that original Roms cannot install apps2sd. Am I wrong?
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pardol said:
Thank you for your help. As I stated originally i am using the original shipped rom and I have flashes a modified recovery where I can both partition the sd, do an ext2 to ext3 and eventually move all applications to the sd, however when I did it they all disappeared. Because all seemed to be available via the recovery menu is did it without checking more but I will need to do so since my Tattoo is already full.
I have not read around anyone saying that original Roms cannot install apps2sd. Am I wrong?
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As I already said you can install the apps2sd script. But it is not installed by default. So if you want to use it you have to install it first. The rom can not detect your apps on the ext partition because you have not activated a2sd. You can find it here.
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As I already said you can install the apps2sd script. But it is not installed by default. So if you want to use it you have to install it first. The rom can not detect your apps on the ext partition because you have not activated a2sd. You can find it here.
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this is great thank you. just a last request: is it possible to remove and return all apps to the internal memory in case I want to restore as it is now ?
in addition does this work for all apps even if they are not setup to be running from SD card ?
sorry if i am asking so many questions but given my previous bad experience i want to make sure i am not going to screw up everytning again....
I don't know if there is a command in the a2sd script that can remove those files from your sd. Maybe a2sd remove in an adb shell, but I'm not sure. You can move any app to your sd with this script. The other thing is for froyo. I think you don't even need an ext partition on 2.2.
Thank you very much for your help!
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[Q] LF Guide for noob, "How to make all your apps go to + work from sd card"
Hello, im using hd2 512mb with ultimate droid on it, flashed using CWM.
There are realy good guides on how to instal nand to your hd2, and they are all very helpfull and quite easy to understand. However i've seen only one guide how to make all ur apps go to sd card and to work from it, call me noob that i am, but its hard for me to understand how this partitioning and so on works...
So can anyone help out and make an easy to understand guide how to do so? After all apps and ability to have ALOT of them are one of the reasons we choose android.
P.S. I know this may look stupid for a person who understands it, but be understanding. For me flashing a rom at the first time looked hard too, now, i honestly never miss to write a coment and help out if i see a person like me, who has not learned it all.
this rom got issue ... it dont use ext4!
BEEN trying it.. it just dont use
I dont rly know how but i configured it myself and it works, i formated sd, with some simple prog., and made ext3 or ext4 (dont remember know, but i did it based by the guide given in ultimate droid thread), anyways there are a few options in CWM and in ultimate droid itself for apps to go to sd (and it recognizes the partition i made, works amazing now, got 30 apps, biggest -100mb and i only use 30 mb internal storage =)
anyway ty for reply, good to know ppl care =)
So I keep getting the low space alert, and it seems like my emails and texts stop when that happens, which is no bueno... I don't know why since I only have like 5-6 apps installed and have cleared my text msgs, but it keeps happening...
Is there a way for me to move my apps to the SD Card, as well as have them install there in the future *without having to root*? I'm not rooted, and due to it looking like a PITA, I really don't want to have to do it. I did the upgrade to 2.2 when I got it, and the option is in the setting to move each app to the SD Card, but that option is disabled and I cannot engage it.
Any ideas?
No one? Seriously?
Ok, how about this. If I do need to root to remove some apps and whatnot or however to make space, and I have no interest in custom ROM's, Radios, etc, what is the quickest and easiest way to root? One without having to install the SDK or anything like that? I am currently on 2.2.1, stock.
unfortunently, you do have to have root access to use apps to SD. BUT, i said the same thing about custom roms when i first started modding. heres what you can do.
1) Root your phone and install a CWM recovery using one of the many useful guides on this site
2) (optional) Achieve S-OFF in Hboot. this allows for further modification of a roms internal files after it has been flashed.
3)Download and flash the CM7 Rom(and gapps) from cyanogenmod.com (ensure that it is the rom for your phone)
4)Partition your SD card for EXT 4. (this is done in an app called ROM manager from the market.)
5) After you've booted into android, go to the android market and download an app called S2E. CM7 has its own built in A2SD, but ive found this to be the simplest and best overall.
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unfortunently, you do have to have root access to use apps to SD. BUT, i said the same thing about custom roms when i first started modding. heres what you can do.
1) Root your phone and install a CWM recovery using one of the many useful guides on this site
2) (optional) Achieve S-OFF in Hboot. this allows for further modification of a roms internal files after it has been flashed.
3)Download and flash the CM7 Rom(and gapps) from cyanogenmod.com (ensure that it is the rom for your phone)
4)Partition your SD card for EXT 4. (this is done in an app called ROM manager from the market.)
5) After you've booted into android, go to the android market and download an app called S2E. CM7 has its own built in A2SD, but ive found this to be the simplest and best overall.
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Thank You Sir! Is there any way to root w/out a gold card?
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Thank You Sir! Is there any way to root w/out a gold card?
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There are several options on how to root your fone after you've upgraded to 2.2. Your real problem is, & this is the reason why they made the update available on HTC's website, rather than just doing an OTA, that the 2.2 package w/ Sense is just too big for the available internal storage...
The 2nd problem is, I noticed the guy prior suggested obtaining "S-off". This CANNOT, @ least last time I checked around, be done once you've updated to the stock HTC build of 2.2. You can still root the phone using one of the many methods available in the MT3GS android development boards & then install CM7 which frees up a lot internal storage space on the phone....
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So I looked at all the other "starting Fresh" threads, and they don't answer the question I have.
I have been using virtuous sense and unity roms for a while now, but lately it seems as though the phones can't handle the amount of ram they need.
So i tried enabling swap (it's done properly and working, apparently), and it seems like it's not really helping much if at all. perhaps even making things slower.
My question is... if I want to start from say.... just a basic Desire Z, with root, s-off, eng hboot... etc.
How would I go about removing everything and getting back to a fresh DZ without any stray files from various roms, scripts like swap, etc...?
Can I just back up the sd card, partition the sd card back to one single partition, and slide the sd card back in there and it will act as if i have just the last installed rom on the phone, and nothing else?
EDIT: I'm noticing 4EXT Recovery can do a superwipe on all partitions.. how would I then connect to the phone and copy a new zip file there so that I can flash it on the cleanly wiped phone?
I'm guessing ADB Shell?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Unrooting_and_Returning_to_Stock
Way back when, I followed that guide to get my phone back to complete stock before I started flashing again. As for the SD card, I took off the media files that I wanted and just formatted the card using the phone.
In between ROMs, SuperwipeG2+ is what I use to completely clear the phone, without killing root.
Thanks EfemaN.
I don't want to unroot. I want to retain the ability to do everything I do now... I just want it to be as if I'm doing this for the first time again.
So I'm just going to recap what I intend to do. Can you or someone else tell me if this is all that's required?
1) download rom of choice
2) back up SD card
3) format/repartition SD card
4) upload rom zip from step 1 to SD card
5) run SuperwipeG2+ to remove everything off the phone but retain eng. hboot, root, and s-off
6) select flash rom from zip in recovery, and use zip from step 4
7) enjoy?
please let me know if I have it right. I can't stand these reboots and random shutoffs now from my current rom- but I'm not sure if it's because of previous installs that I've not cleared properly... I just want to make sure its not my previous software having any conflicts. For peace of mind I want to start from a fresh phone with root/soff/hboot.
Step 2 should be backup apps with titanium, and step 3 should be nandroid backup just in case, step 7 should be restore backed up apps and data (but not system data), and step 8 PROFIT!
When you superwipe (if you don't use 4EXT Recovery) you'll want to use this version:
http://www.multiupload.com/U7JPZHUG1E
Otherwise your partitions will be converted to ext 3. I highly recommend the 4EXT Recovery though... it's brilliant.
Ditamae said:
When you superwipe (if you don't use 4EXT Recovery) you'll want to use this version:
http://www.multiupload.com/U7JPZHUG1E
Otherwise your partitions will be converted to ext 3. I highly recommend the 4EXT Recovery though... it's brilliant.
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Yeah, that superwipe version will convert him to EXT4 automatically plus efs and wipe all partitions. Definatly what he needs. Good work as always! Its nice to have a handfull of helpful people around this subforum. Its refreshing from what xda used to be. A bunch of bitter geeks who just flame every question. Heck, I was scared to ask anything for a year, lol!
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Yeah, that superwipe version will convert him to EXT4 automatically plus efs and wipe all partitions. Definatly what he needs. Good work as always! Its nice to have a handfull of helpful people around this subforum. Its refreshing from what xda used to be. A bunch of bitter geeks who just flame every question. Heck, I was scared to ask anything for a year, lol!
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Thanks sino8r. I know what you mean about posting on XDA... I spent a few months doing nothing but reading before I actually posted a question. But in the end I'm better off for it. I just want people to love their Visions as much as I do.
Hey friends i have got this Defy which i bought from my friend who then moved to galaxy s plus. This is my first android.
so i thought lets speed it up first.
I have rooted it using superoneclickroot or something, but i forgot to unmount the sd card !! wanted to know what may happen if unnmount the sd card... why do we unmount exactly ?
My second question, if i do the unrooting using superoneclick, i should repeate the same procedure like i install ( keeping sdcard on usb mass storage ) or shall i keep sd card as none selection and then unroot or reroot it..
i am doing this because lately i have noticed many times that my cpu meter is goin 100 % a lot more than before rooting it.
also, even when i am connecting it to charge and selecting as none its showing 100% process ( many times i have noticed ).
I am not sure of installing cm7 at the moment as i have just purchased it.. no no cm7 or any other rom for me.
Any help appreciated... Thank you very much in advance.
you should just select unroot.After unroot is complete make sure that the superuser app is uninstalled.Reboot and you're done
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you should just select unroot.After unroot is complete make sure that the superuser app is uninstalled.Reboot and you're done
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Thnx stamatis for a quick responce, but can u tell me why we require to unmount the sd card before rooting it.. i mean what changes it does to the sdcard?? if it does do some changes dont i need to uninstalled or reverse them also...??
also, is that the reason my cpu is going haywire and reinstalling it can help..??
bump 123456..
any body help..
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we gotta unmount the sd-card before rooting?
i've never heard of that before oO
so wasn't it basically like that:
-connect phone to computer
-USB-Mass Storage
-USB Debug
-Super-One-Click
Root finished?