When I connect my phone via USB to the PC, and copy some files in the SD card, I get to see them after a reboot... I suppose the actual SDcard and a is a simulation , and everything is inside the data.img file... probably... So file appear when there is a reboot and the img files is updated?
Is that so??
Is this usual behaviour, or a build-specific bug?
Is there a way to copy files to the USB card and see them without the need of reboot?
What will happen , if I split the SDcard to to partititons, any way to make the non-bootable one mount automatically...
i suppose part of what you're saying is true, at least i've experienced some of the problems you describe some of the time.
sometimes i would unmount/mount the card after completing the usb disk transfer session...sometimes i would have to connect it back to my desktop in usb disk transfer mode and run a file system check.
a combination of the above mentioned ALWAYS got things going for me...never had to reboot to see the new data. but i have sometimes had to reboot to see ANY data. this is because, occasionally, i have seen that the sd card sometimes just doesn't WANT to mount. but i see a BLANK /mnt/sdcard folder and unmount/mount doesn't get it going.
the reason i've mentioned the practice of disk-checking your android usb disk transfer is because you sometimes may notice "sd card could not be mounted due to errors", or "sd card mounted read only" and i have always found disk errors when i ran the disk check following these messages, and this subsequently leads to the card mounting correctly and fully usable after the disk transfer session.
so my process is:
0. start the usb disk transfer mode
1. read what i have to from the card
2. write what i need to into the card
3. disk check!
4. stop usb disk transfer mode
5. let android complete its remount and look out for errors in android's notification area.
6. if errors found, be prepared to return to step 2. see next steps for clarity.
5. connect the cable again and see if the data i wrote is still there using my desktop's file explorer.
6. if 5 is true, done, disconnect the drive and usb cable.
7. if 5 is false, disk check and repeat from 2.
my theory is: the reason why you see them on the next reboot is because android seems to force stronger and sturdier disk checks on reboot. this often brings back files that should have stayed there in the first place when you copied them to the card. however, i've found such files "recovered" by the android repair utility are often corrupted. i find microsoft's disk check on the desktop much more reliable. it seems to just nuke bad files and/or rename and move them to the "FOLDER.000" style folders in the root of the disk being checked. so this clearly tells you that your last mass-write operation to the card failed and needs to be re-done. step 2 it is! OR reboot and rely on android's reboot initiated disk check and risk carrying corrupted forms of files you just copied and thought were safe to carry!
how can I do the disk-checking?
Method 1
on your windows desktop, with the device connected in usb disk transfer mode, open my computer:
1. right click the usb drive and choose "Properties"
2. go to the "Tools" tab
3. press the "Check now" button
4. enable "Automatically fix file system errors"
5. disabled "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors"
6. press button called "Start"!
view the summary and its log when the operation completes to see what problems were corrected.
Method 2
on your windows desktop, with the device connected in usb disk transfer mode, press "Windows"+R on your desktop:
1. type "cmd" (without the quotes!) and press enter
2. a "black" window will appear
3. type "chkdsk <DriveLetter>: /f" without the quotes!
4. replace "<DriveLetter>:" with your actual usb drive's letter followed by a colon, (e.g. "f:")
5. press enter
view the summary and its log when the operation completes to see what problems were corrected.
THIS TUTORIAL IS MADE BY ME, TO ASSIST BEGINNER OR THOSE WHO DOES NOT HAVE MUCH KNOWLEDGE ON UBUNTU/ LINUX SYSTEM TO RUN FROYO THROUGH MANUAL INSTALLATION.
WHY MANUAL INSTALLATION?
- Better performance than SD card
- Faster and more responsive as compared to SD installation
- Able to check/update the files manually for every files that you transfer to Android system.
- Able to select Android partition installation.
READ THIS BEFORE YOU START
* Make sure to clear all the partition if you have installed Android before on your phone using partition tools i.e. Mini Tool Partition Wizard.
* Make sure to backup your My Storage files to somewhere else just in case the system delete away your files.
* All the codes on Ubuntu are case-sensitive, you have to pay high attention to the spacing, letters and caps when dealing with Ubuntu.
TUTORIALS
Follow all the steps below and will guarantee you a workable Froyo on Omnia 2.
ON WINDOWS
1. Download Daemon Tools from official Daemon website.
2. Download Ubuntu iso from the official website.
3. Download the Froyo Bundle files by Ritchietos, download link here.
4. On your mobile phone, go to Settings> General Settings >USB Connection>Select "Mass Storage" mode and choose "My Storage".
5. Connect phone to PC, extract and copy all Froyo Bundle files to My Storage.
6. After finish downloaded Daemon Tools Lite, follow all the steps and install it (requires reboot).
7. Run Daemon Tools Lite and it will appears on the notification bar.
8. Right click on Daemon Tools Lite and select the option below.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
9. Point to the directory where the Ubuntu iso file is located.
10. After that, open My Computer, and a new drive with Ubuntu iso is created, and right click on the Ubuntu iso, click Explore.
11. Run wubi.exe in the iso folder.
12. Follow the option in the screenshot below and key in you username and password for Ubuntu OS. Follow through the installation process.
START UBUNTU
1. Restart the computer.
2. And choose Ubuntu in the OS choice menu.
3. Select the first option in Linux choice menu.
4. After login, attached phone to USB port and you should be able to see your My Storage under Places.
5. Copy ext4.tar.gz from Froyo Bundles on My Storage to Desktop.
CREATE EXT4 PARTITION THROUGH GPARTED
1. Go to Applications> Accesories> Terminal
2. Type in the following commands:
Code:
sudo apt-get install gparted
3. Wait for the installation and type in
Code:
sudo gparted
4. After gparted running, go to top-right corner and select the My Storage partition. (select the one with around 7 Gb storage)
5. Right click on the storage and "Unmount" the storage first.
6. Right click and select "Resize/Move" to set the partition value.
7. Leave around 1-2 gb of spaces available for "Free spaces following".
8. A new partition, "unallocated" will be created.
9. Right click, and select New partition, and set the following.
Code:
Create as " primary partition"
File System " ext4
Label "android"
10. Click "Apply" (Tick icon) and wait for the pending operation to be complete.
11. You will see the new android partition created once it's complete.
COPYING FILES TO EXT4 SYSTEM
1. "Android" drive will appear on the top toolbar once the partition process is completed.
2. Right click on the drive, and "Mount" android partition that just created.
2. Open Terminal, and follow the commands below
Code:
cd Desktop
Code:
sudo tar zxvf ext4.tar.gz -C /media/android
3. Wait for the process to be complete.
RENAME STARTUP.TXT ON MY STORAGE
1. Make sure that My Storage partition is mounted.
2. Open and right click on startup.txt.
3. Select open with gedit.
4. Renamed the following line:
Code:
Set CMDLINE "rootdelay=2 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/init"
to
Code:
Set CMDLINE "rootdelay=2 root=/dev/mmcblk0p[COLOR="Red"]6[/COLOR] init=/init"
5. Save and exit gedit.
* In some cases, mmcblk0p6 maybe different for some users, however, you can check your code after running haret.exe if the device hang at the following screen.
Now the Android Froyo partition has been transferred manually to the ext4 partition that just created. You can run the haret.exe on Windows Mobile to enjoy the full Froyo experience.
CREDITS
ritchietos for Froyo bundles compilation.
jerrytech2468 for video tutorials.
omnia2droid developers for making our Android dreams come true.
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Thanks bro I3, I'll try it as soon as i can..
xdapapaya said:
Thanks bro I3, I'll try it as soon as i can..
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And please report back if it doesn't work, because I need to make sure an easy and understandable guide for beginner.
Problems during installation and questions
Here are some problems that i experienced during my installation:
- I would rather put this link: w3.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download - because on this link you can download ISO image directly and on link that you put: w3.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer, installation is started directly from Internet (this is only my suggestion)
- You didn't mention anywhere that Ubuntu needs to be installed on Primary partition (logical , but when following steps people forget that)!
- Because i use PPPOE connection there were no explanation how to create connection on Ubuntu, and how to connect on Internet using that connection!
- How to unmount on Linux?
Question:
- I have set to my partition around 1,5GB, and why when i use camera android report to me that i don't have SD card (i don't have really installed SD CARD but there is about 1GB of free space left on this partition)?
- Can android programs be installed from windows or Linux (like *.cab on Windows) or just using Android Market?
- Is there possibility to put some necessary programs in this bundle installation like Call Light?
Best regards,
Almir M.
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@lmir said:
Here are some problems that i experienced during my installation:
- I would rather put this link: w3.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download - because on this link you can download ISO image directly and on link that you put: w3.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer, installation is started directly from Internet (this is only my suggestion)
- You didn't mention anywhere that Ubuntu needs to be installed on Primary partition (logical , but when following steps people forget that)!
- Because i use PPPOE connection there were no explanation how to create connection on Ubuntu, and how to connect on Internet using that connection!
- How to unmount on Linux?
Question:
- I have set to my partition around 1,5GB, and why when i use camera android report to me that i don't have SD card (i don't have really installed SD CARD but there is about 1GB of free space left on this partition)?
- Can android programs be installed from windows or Linux (like *.cab on Windows) or just using Android Market?
- Is there possibility to put some necessary programs in this bundle installation like Call Light?
Best regards,
Almir M.
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Hey man look, this is my solution which is working for me, and you can follow your own method if you choose not to follow mine. So here are the main points regarding to your question.
1. The link to the Ubuntu website is to let the users know what they are supposed to download and what content there are downloading, but not just merely give them a download link without reading the instructions.
2. Am I supposed to cover in this tutorial how to turn on and off Ubuntu as well? The reason why I requires you guys to do all the download stuff first in Windows is to saves all the trouble of re-create a new connection in Ubuntu, you doesn't really need a connection though while on Ubuntu. For me, I'm running on Wi-fi, therefore my Internet connection on Ubuntu works as well.
3. I thought a screenshot was provided on the instructions on Unmounting the storage. By the way, to mount and unmount the drive, once you plugged in the storage, it will appears in the top toolbar, and right click and Unmount/Mount the drive.
4. You don't really have a SD card inserted, that's why the camera ain't working. Some apps requires to have a SD card on your phone anyway to function.
5. No, I don't think it can be install through .cab or .apk.
6. Is it really that troublesome for you to go to Market and download that app yourself? Another suggestion for you is to backup all your apps before you go for fresh installation next time.
I have a problem. When I connect my phone to my computer, the folder "My Memory" (my store) and disappears when I disconnect it, it reappears.
I formatted my memory to 2GB with EASEUS Partition in primary partition and FAT 32. Am I doing something wrong? I can not transfer the file bundle Froyo since I do not see the folder "My memory (my store). Can you help me? Thanks in advance.
it's good, I reconnected my phone through the file and activ'synch My memory is returned. I'll be able to continue installing Froyo.
I followed your tutorial and Android starts ok, but I can't access My Storage partition and SD card. I now have two partitions labeled My Storage and Android. SD card is shown as not mounted (My Storage and SD card are ok, I can see them from WM). What can I do?
Thank you.
Edit: I reinstalled and now My Storage partition is available under storage folder. But I still can't see my sd card. As I understand it should be found in sdcard folder. It's empty. Probably that's because (as I already said) I see sd card notification that it is damaged and can't be mounted (if I install iso installation it is working ok).
How can I bring sd card to life?
Bogeyman13 said:
I followed your tutorial and Android starts ok, but I can't access My Storage partition and SD card. I now have two partitions labeled My Storage and Android. SD card is shown as not mounted (My Storage and SD card are ok, I can see them from WM). What can I do?
Thank you.
Edit: I reinstalled and now My Storage partition is available under storage folder. But I still can't see my sd card. As I understand it should be found in sdcard folder. It's empty. Probably that's because (as I already said) I see sd card notification that it is damaged and can't be mounted (if I install iso installation it is working ok).
How can I bring sd card to life?
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May I know which package did you downloaded from Froyo bundle? For me, both SD card and My Storage are readable and able to be detected after installing Froyo bundle V1 and V2 updates.
And did you format your SD card using SD Formatter? Check the option below:
Format Type: Full (Erase)
Format Size Adjustment: ON
No need to reinstall the whole thing again, just take out your SD card and format it using SD Formatter. My Storage seems working fine in your case, it's just the SD card problem I guess, should be working after format it.
I reformatted the card and now it works. Thanks.
Strange is that I tried both v1 and v2 bundles and after I installed v2 again My Storage mounted correctly. God knows what happened.
And if there was really a card error, why sd card worked in iso installation?
Anyway, important is that now everything works.
Thank you very much for this guide, it really worked for me and it really improves the performance over the SD instalations.
I only have problems with the ubuntu thing because it didn't recognize my wifi card and the cable network didn't work neither... Also I think the Gpart is not the complete name of the software and makes difficult to find it on the repositories (I can't install it through the apt-get command because it didn't find such application.
I can't see My Storage in Ubuntu
Hi,
I followed the steps of the installation but when I connect my phone to the USB port in Ubuntu I don't see "My Storage" in Places as you describe. Instead something strange happens and I see a new network device ETH1 called Omnia I8000.
One thing I am not doing exactly as in the instructions is the Ubuntu installation. I don't want to install another OS on my machine. Instead I tried Virtual Machine with Ubuntu and a live CD Ubuntu and had the same effect in both.
I an a n00b in Linux so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Buzzy
zbzzn said:
Hi,
I followed the steps of the installation but when I connect my phone to the USB port in Ubuntu I don't see "My Storage" in Places as you describe. Instead something strange happens and I see a new network device ETH1 called Omnia I8000.
One thing I am not doing exactly as in the instructions is the Ubuntu installation. I don't want to install another OS on my machine. Instead I tried Virtual Machine with Ubuntu and a live CD Ubuntu and had the same effect in both.
I an a n00b in Linux so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Buzzy
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As far as I'm concern, the video tutorial by jerrytech2468.blogspot.com also uses vmware to run virtual Ubuntu, try follow his video installation.
Thanks for helping
Hi l3ong91,
Thanks for giving me that link to the video tutorial.
From the video I realized you are missing a step in the tutorial.
Please add (before connecting to Ubuntu):
In the phone go to Settings->General Settings->USB Connection and set to Mass Storage + My Storage
Thanks Again,
Buzzy
zbzzn said:
Hi l3ong91,
Thanks for giving me that link to the video tutorial.
From the video I realized you are missing a step in the tutorial.
Please add (before connecting to Ubuntu):
In the phone go to Settings->General Settings->USB Connection and set to Mass Storage + My Storage
Thanks Again,
Buzzy
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Wasn't that already stated on the first post?
4. On your mobile phone, go to Settings> General Settings >USB Connection>Select "Mass Storage" mode and choose "My Storage".
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Hi I3ong91 and thanks for your work.
I didn't understand a thing:
In your Howto, in the end, Froyo will be installed on the internal storage "My Storage" or in the external SD card?
We need to create a partition in ext4 on internal SD? or on external SD? the both?
On the screenshots you show, we can see "sda" and "sdb".
sdb (1.9Gb) seems to be the internal SD and sda (more than 9Gb) seems to be external SD...
So I think the work has to be made on internal SD.
But when we launch haret.exe for the 1st time, will the external SD be erased?
Then you're talking about leaving around 1-2gb for free space following. But on the internal SD only has 1.9Gb ...
Sorry if I doesn't undertand anything at all but I like to know exactly what i'm doing.
Can you quickly explain what memory in used and when please?
Thanks a lot!
Shakkha said:
Hi I3ong91 and thanks for your work.
I didn't understand a thing:
In your Howto, in the end, Froyo will be installed on the internal storage "My Storage" or in the external SD card?
We need to create a partition in ext4 on internal SD? or on external SD? the both?
On the screenshots you show, we can see "sda" and "sdb".
sdb (1.9Gb) seems to be the internal SD and sda (more than 9Gb) seems to be external SD...
So I think the work has to be made on internal SD.
But when we launch haret.exe for the 1st time, will the external SD be erased?
Then you're talking about leaving around 1-2gb for free space following. But on the internal SD only has 1.9Gb ...
Sorry if I doesn't undertand anything at all but I like to know exactly what i'm doing.
Can you quickly explain what memory in used and when please?
Thanks a lot!
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First of all pardon me if the guide and screenshot does mislead and confused you.
1. This installation can be installed on either SD or My Storage, but in my tutorial it was My Storage installation, split My storage partition into 2, and everything in Android beta will be installed on My Storage. (No need to partition both SD card and My Storage, only create partition on the drive which you want to install Android)
2. The partition really depends on where you want to install the beta, for me, I highly suggest My Storage as it runs better and less problem.
3. According to that screenshot, (It wasn't screenshots from Omnia II 8GB, it was Omnia II 2GB, that's why it shows only 1.9GB in the partition size)
dev/sda was actually the Windows partition on your computer; dev/sdb was the Omnia 2 original partition, 1.9GB.
4. For this manual installation method, there's only ONE time needed to run haret.exe for first boot (Unlike normal installation, where TWO times are required). The content on SD and My Storage will not be affected.
5. It's best to leave 1-2GB partition for Android partition. That screenshot was taken from Jerrytech2468.blogspot.com, his Omnia 2 only has 2GB internal memory.
By the way, may I know how much memory you have on your My Storage? 2GB? 8GB? 16GB?
If you are running on 8GB or 16GB, it doesnn't really affect you, just follow the guide will do, and those screenshot was purely for reference on how to create and access the partition.
Ok So I am here because I've posted in other places in these forums with no replies yet, So it would be better to create a thread specific to my problem.
I have an Omnia 2, thinking of acquiring the Fryo 2.2 OS, not specific about wether I want what version but here are the problems I come across before being able to install it.
1- plugging in my phone under Settings -> My storage will not show my storage on my computer, having the external SD option will show my 16GB SD card.
2- Backing up. How do I back up my storage if I can't see it on my computer? When I turn on active sync a blank storage appears other than my SD card (assuming its the internal storage) but the size seems rather small (167MB). I've been reading peoples' posts and I'm supposed to have around 2GB I believe, and either way the files I'm trying to put inside for the android OS don't seem to fit there.
3- Partitions? How can I set those up for both the internal and external storage? Is there a program or feature to do so? My SD card under properties says FAT-32 so I'm not sure on how to do it IF I need to.
4- Using a W7 computer, so that knocks off any ubuntu installations, and also link is broken for Almars Beta 1 file that I was thinking of using for an SD installation.
Any help would be appreciated, I've had this phone since 2009 and I'm really hoping I can come across some help to make it work since I do want to keep this phone for a bit longer before I spend more money on a different cellphone!
Thank you!
Try out the new CyanogenMod from the link below.
http://windows.modaco.com/topic/346446-cyanogenmod-beta1-omnia-2-updated-02122011/
It has the SD Card auto installer, try it..
Back up data on your SD card first and then format your SD card within the phone and then use auto installer to install it.
As you said your computer wont detect the My Storage, try the steps below..
Transfer your data from My Storage to external SD Card, then connect your phone to computer using My Storage mode in settings.
Download Mini Tool partition wizard and format your My Storage (Mini tool partition will be able to see your My Storage even though your computer doesn't).
After format, your computer should be able to detect My Storage.
Now copy the downloaded android files to My Storage and run the auto installer as instructed in the ReadMe file inside the download package.
PS: Don't forget to backup the data on SD Card to your computer
Hope this helps
Ok so what you meant by taking things from my storage is going to file explorer and basically copying everything from the "my device" to the SD card?
Just want to make sure because if it doesent work then I haven't gotten anything backed up right.
Went to file explorer -> copied everything in the top folder which is application date, connMgr, doc and setttings, program files etc. is this all thats needed basically?
Thanks
P.S some of the things I tried taking like global.txt or exe couldn't be copied because of violations or some weird error, is it alright not to have those?
Update: My storage is still not revealed by the mini tool partition program, went under usb settings -> my storage and refreshed disk information, nothing shows up ugh it might be impossible for me to do this after all....
nobody can help me in regards to this? well then I guess a new cellphone is in order
grrrrr I should've gone with a iphone 3G or BB 9700 at the time instead...
ClaudioPerez said:
Ok so what you meant by taking things from my storage is going to file explorer and basically copying everything from the "my device" to the SD card?
Just want to make sure because if it doesent work then I haven't gotten anything backed up right.
Went to file explorer -> copied everything in the top folder which is application date, connMgr, doc and setttings, program files etc. is this all thats needed basically?
Thanks
P.S some of the things I tried taking like global.txt or exe couldn't be copied because of violations or some weird error, is it alright not to have those?
Update: My storage is still not revealed by the mini tool partition program, went under usb settings -> my storage and refreshed disk information, nothing shows up ugh it might be impossible for me to do this after all....
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I guess you will have to reflash the ROM again since your problem seems to be unsolvable. My suggestions is to flash a stock 6.5.3 ROM before you transfer the auto SD installer.