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wierd htc hero problem help save my phone!

Today it opened my phone and it shows my sd card as damaged and all the apps are crashing all over the place, so i reverted to a backup and same deal, i installed the stock htc hero rom and it worked fine, i did a wipe and installed modacos 3.1 again and it finished but all the apps started crashing again and it had all the apps that i had installed previously, how do i restore my phone to a clean stock version of modaco 3.1 without keeping all my apps installed!?

mike390 said:
Today it opened my phone and it shows my sd card as damaged and all the apps are crashing all over the place, so i reverted to a backup and same deal, i installed the stock htc hero rom and it worked fine, i did a wipe and installed modacos 3.1 again and it finished but all the apps started crashing again and it had all the apps that i had installed previously, how do i restore my phone to a clean stock version of modaco 3.1 without keeping all my apps installed!?
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Sounded weird, can agree with that. Are you using apps2sd? Try do a backup of your sd-card, format it, wipe and install ROM. Dont restore a backup or something.
Now copy ur files back to the sd-card and see if it makes any difference

Yeah, it sounds like your ext2 (or ext3/ext4) partition for apps2sd is corrupt. It may even be an issue with your SD card. SD cards are not optimized for ext2/3/4 partitions, and as I learned through running android on my Vogue, it's rare, but your SD card can become permanently damaged by using this filesystem on it.
If formatting your SD card like sinnadyr suggested doesn't work, I would re-partition the entire card, making your FAT32 partition smaller by maybe 512MB and have everything else the same size. This will obviously result in 512MB less usable space on the card, but at that point I don't think you'd have another option anyway.
(I may be off about the size of 512MB... I'm tired and drunk and can't be bothered to look up the actual size of the swap/ext2 partitions.)
If all else fails, try a new SD card.

Your Hero can be saved
Ok... I've had this... and this is how I solved it:
-save what you have to from sd to pc
-format sd
-partition from scratch
-reboot
-put what you saved previously back on
-done
sounds easy, but it actually took me AGES in between finding out and doing it.
In my case it was due to a combination of using a program to move the cache to SD AND mounting the SD card WHILE some app was doing something (APP2SD was enabled). All I know is I never used the cache to SD program again and 3.1 is now running smooth on my hero.
Good luck
Ciao
p.s. If the steps above do not seem to work just do all the Wipes, load another rom, play with it for 2 mins, then re-do all the wipes and start off. I know I'm being a bit confusing but trust me, problem will be solved eventually. Just make sure u have plenty of time when u start the whole process
V.

There's a guide somewhere how to repartition your SD card through ADB, this is what I did when the same thing happened to me and the partitions were corrupted.

app2card for milestone, N1, Desize

use app on sdcard
source: Thank hainguyen273
http://www.tinhte.vn/threads/456586-App2Card-2.2.2-(14-8)-Cai-dat-ung-dung-len-the-nho-Phan-vung-the

Any one tried this?

anheuer said:
Any one tried this?
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Got a 10 foot pole?

Yes... I have ben tested the version 2.1.4 and i have to restore a nondroid backup. If a new one version works I post here.

I'm using version 2.4.1 on my Milestone XT720. It's been a month now and running smoothly.

spiderx_mm said:
I'm using version 2.4.1 on my Milestone XT720. It's been a month now and running smoothly.
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latest version currently running on my phone is 2.4.4 and 2.5 is available in Developer's forum.
should be work.

sorry for my dumb question..but how does it work? i installed 2.5 on my rooted milestone with 1gb ext2 partition on sd card.
then i chose "install app2card/transfer apps"..it said that all apps were copied to ext2 and i can see it from the drive infos.
but now? i have the apps both in internal and external memory? i wanted to free some space in internal memory..how can i do it? i tried to translate the vietnamese page but it wasn't so clear (at least for me). any help would be very appreciated,thanks.

etoy said:
sorry for my dumb question..but how does it work? i installed 2.5 on my rooted milestone with 1gb ext2 partition on sd card.
then i chose "install app2card/transfer apps"..it said that all apps were copied to ext2 and i can see it from the drive infos.
but now? i have the apps both in internal and external memory? i wanted to free some space in internal memory..how can i do it? i tried to translate the vietnamese page but it wasn't so clear (at least for me). any help would be very appreciated,thanks.
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after transferring the apps, have you reboot the phone? if you've rebooted, open App2Card to see whether it is successful or not.
if there's no error message pop-up and the AppStatus: is showing "Locaton: SD CARD" then you're good to go.
to clear-up your internal memory, power-off the phone, remove SD card and boot.
(don't worry, it will boot) with something like the phone is reset. there, uninstall the apps that appearing in the list. (except App2Card) it will clear more space. (don't worry about the apps, it's already copy to your SD card).
once you've finished, insert the SD card and reboot.
then, click Menu>Wipe>Dalvik-Cache>Internal Memory
it will release some more space in your internal RAM.

hi thank you
use milestone 2.1 rooted and run app2card 2.793 ...goes fine
but find weierd issue with wifi and fat 32 sd card. i do reboot & pull out sd card still same..
if milestone able to conect wifi network the fat32 seem not mounted/ not accesable
turn off the wifi restart and fat 32 can read .but then turn on wifi ,not able to conect to same wifi network
how to fix this...thx

[Q] Storage Full message

Just flashed [EU/TMOUS][CWR] imilka's HD Sense Series v2.0 1.84[D2EXT][K:rafpigna 1.7 OC] on my hd2 which is an EU one. Had partitioned my 16GB sd card using MiniTool Partition Wizard, making 2 partitions i.e. about 11GB FAT32 and almost 4GB EXT2, both primary. Just copied the zip file of the ROM on my sd card and ran it through AD Recovery (400mb setup one, which is recommended with this ROM). Everything went smooth but after the installation, even if i run the browser i get the message: Storage Full..you dont have enough free space remaining in your phone's storage, whereas in Settings, SD&phone storage my Internal phone storage shows 3.52GB available. I also cannot install any new apps due to this problem.
Any help would be much appreciated.

its suggested not to use larger than 2gb ext partition

Had a same problem with my favorite Hyperdroid. After flashing i could not even receive any sms becaus they were rejected because of no space. And i did not have anything weired installed... I solved it by completly formatting again and tnen the whole prodcedure again.. Sorry but that was the only way that helped me;-) But actually i could not solve the prob itselve...

Thanks for your reply. Yes, mine is the same problem, can't even receive emails or browse the internet, the message keeps showing up. I'm ready to repeat the whole process by formmatting my sd card, but I have some simple questions (might sound a little naive as i'm new to flashing android):
1- Do I need to make only 2 partitions? Fat32 and an ext partitions?
2- Do I need to keep any other files on any of these partitions except the ROM before I start flashing through Recovery?
3- Do you also suggest, like Richy99 does, to keep the ext up to 2GB only?

just discovered answers to the above questions. Repeated the whole precess, repartitioned my sd card (this time 2gb ext), and finally got rid of that storage full message. There's a lag though...seems to be slow on my hd2. Moreover, I cant uninstall the apps that came with this. The uninstall button remains grey.

sameerfarooqi said:
just discovered answers to the above questions. Repeated the whole precess, repartitioned my sd card (this time 2gb ext), and finally got rid of that storage full message. There's a lag though...seems to be slow on my hd2. Moreover, I cant uninstall the apps that came with this. The uninstall button remains grey.
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i would use ext3 or 4 if i were you

sameerfarooqi said:
just discovered answers to the above questions. Repeated the whole precess, repartitioned my sd card (this time 2gb ext), and finally got rid of that storage full message. There's a lag though...seems to be slow on my hd2. Moreover, I cant uninstall the apps that came with this. The uninstall button remains grey.
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a) Use 1GB ext, NOT 2GB.
b) Lag is beacuse its a DHD rom, you need to wait for all the apps to sync or wait for OS to settle down. Let everything sync and then do a few reboots and wait some hours. Once everything has settled lag should be gone.
c) If you want to remove stuff use "System App Remover" from market.
d) Read your roms instructions properly.

[Q] [Question]I have no internal memory and can't install apps

Ok so I installed an Android NAND Rom on my HD2, this is my 3rd ROM I have tried, all the others were fine, but with this one I have no internal memory, it shows up as 0.00b (completely empty) and I am trying to figure out what I can do to fix this problem.
I tried switching back to old ROM's but that did not work. I have also cleared my cache on my phone, that did not work either, anything you guys can do to help me?
Is there anything I can do to use my SD card as my default memory? I have a 16GB card but I can't install apps onto it. I can't install any apps at all. Nothing works.

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TechBurrow said:
Ok so I installed an Android NAND Rom on my HD2, this is my 3rd ROM I have tried, all the others were fine, but with this one I have no internal memory, it shows up as 0.00b (completely empty) and I am trying to figure out what I can do to fix this problem.
I tried switching back to old ROM's but that did not work. I have also cleared my cache on my phone, that did not work either, anything you guys can do to help me?
Is there anything I can do to use my SD card as my default memory? I have a 16GB card but I can't install apps onto it. I can't install any apps at all. Nothing works.
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Which ROM you used?
Please goto ROM Thread and ask cooker about that and flash follow his suggestion

thats what im trying to say to everyone - read through your ROM thread, there must be some instructions on how to make it work.
but i never had this problem.

techburrow said:
ok so i installed an android nand rom on my hd2, this is my 3rd rom i have tried, all the others were fine, but with this one i have no internal memory, it shows up as 0.00b (completely empty) and i am trying to figure out what i can do to fix this problem.
I tried switching back to old rom's but that did not work. I have also cleared my cache on my phone, that did not work either, anything you guys can do to help me?
Is there anything i can do to use my sd card as my default memory? I have a 16gb card but i can't install apps onto it. I can't install any apps at all. Nothing works.
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boooooooo !
Har har har har !

hum ...................

It may be lame suggestion, but try to install stock WinMo rom, and again MAGRLD and different version of CWM_Recovery.
But first try only whit different version of CWM_Recovery.

vasil.domuschiev said:
But first try only whit different version of CWM_Recovery.
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+1 on this answer, @OP,sounds like you have flashed a large cwm partition layout that has taken up all the space for the system partition, a 400 one perhaps?

Same problem
TechBurrow said:
Ok so I installed an Android NAND Rom on my HD2, this is my 3rd ROM I have tried, all the others were fine, but with this one I have no internal memory, it shows up as 0.00b (completely empty) and I am trying to figure out what I can do to fix this problem.
I tried switching back to old ROM's but that did not work. I have also cleared my cache on my phone, that did not work either, anything you guys can do to help me?
Is there anything I can do to use my SD card as my default memory? I have a 16GB card but I can't install apps onto it. I can't install any apps at all. Nothing works.
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Same issue here. Installed MIUI 2.9.29 on HD2 Leo. Internal memory shows 0.00B, which cannot be true. I did a complete wipe before installing ROM. Actually, after installing I did also factory reset/wipe cache/ wipe Dalvik, but nothing helps.
Searched for solution on this site and elsewhere, the only plausible advice is "clean reinstall", which is cumbersome for me.
Thanks if you share your thoughts.
EDIT: I used 150MB partition.

samsamuel said:
+1 on this answer, @OP,sounds like you have flashed a large cwm partition layout that has taken up all the space for the system partition, a 400 one perhaps?
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lol, this is what happened when I partitioned my NAND to 400/5 & installed Boxmax Sense 3.5 after flashing I have 0.00mb meme left :silly:

G3 Not booting with a 4gb micro SD card

So I was using Kyrillos' 4.1 non OC ROM and I wanted an app to take snapshots of my phone and downloaded picme... After installing it, it asked for superuser allowance and I gave it but the phone froze... I rebooted and it stuck on the booting logo (green android with a circle)... I tried taking out the micro SD and it booted fine. So my problem is with my 4gb micro SD. I formatted it both with windows and EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition but still it doesn't work. I even had EASUS to check my SD for bad sectors, but nothing... I flashed Kyrillos' new 5 beta ROM but still it freezes on the boot logo... It's weird because my SD card has only 1 partition and no bad sectors. Help please?

Try another sd?

Humpie said:
Try another sd?
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I did try the SD the phone came with but my non-working SD card is my bigger one... 4gb capacity. My point is that my SD card is usable on any other device except my phone until recently

clarkkov said:
Format your non working SD.
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I already did... In FAT32 and still nothing

clarkkov said:
Format it to ext. Kikiriki rom requires sd to be in the phone when flashing, it places swap and app2sd onto sd. This is one of the reasons you shouldnt use custom c#ap. If it does not work in ext, reflash kiki rom with this sd inside the phone. If it does not work after this, say good bye to your sd, kiki has fried its mbr.
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Who talked about Kyrillos' rom being crap... Sorry but it is way ahead of most ROMs... Even for Galaxy 3 the speeds are light fast and I never ever had any problems with the ROM again... Some people like to push their stuff to the limits and not get everything a company gives them. Do we have an official Froyo update from Kies yet? Nope! Hence the custom ROM

I got it working... I formatted it to EXT2 and then formatted it again on my phone, and my phone can boot with the 4gb sd... Thanks clarkkov !!!