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Dear all the rooting professors of mine ^^,
I have try many time, as if I run my android n windows mobile on the same SD card, the android system will try to make a lot of folder which make the card become messy can not organized, so when ever runnung the win mo again, very difficult to seek for so file on SD card, so, is there any method can make that solve?
I think of some possible solution,
1. make a partition for my SD card, then run the android from storage card n windows mobile files on storage card 2 but that make my android always restart , seems not stable.....
2. try to put android folder inside another folder i.e. sdcard\ABC\android to let the android make up floder stay inside the ABC, but android didnt run...
I cant think of any solution anymore, and i have surf around XDA but cant figure out how can it work .... hope all the lovely guys here can help ^^
cheers
Rose
rose5hill said:
Dear all the rooting professors of mine ^^,
I have try many time, as if I run my android n windows mobile on the same SD card, the android system will try to make a lot of folder which make the card become messy can not organized, so when ever runnung the win mo again, very difficult to seek for so file on SD card, so, is there any method can make that solve?
I think of some possible solution,
1. make a partition for my SD card, then run the android from storage card n windows mobile files on storage card 2 but that make my android always restart , seems not stable.....
2. try to put android folder inside another folder i.e. sdcard\ABC\android to let the android make up floder stay inside the ABC, but android didnt run...
I cant think of any solution anymore, and i have surf around XDA but cant figure out how can it work .... hope all the lovely guys here can help ^^
cheers
Rose
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You have to change the startup file to reflect the extra folder that you put the android folder in in order for it to boot.
do you mean if I have sd card\ABC\android for the HARET,
then I need to change the startup.txt ?
sorry to be annoying, but may I know how can I change the txt ??
thanks x 1000000000
just copy and paste the whole android folder to your sd cards root, no any folder.... go to file explorer open up android folder look for CLRCAD. click on it and nothing is gonna happen but dont worry this is normal, make sure your keypad lights are on and run haret and let the magic work,,, oh make sure you turn automatic backlight of and kill all tasks in WIN MO settings before doing all this.... good luck .... >
matutemhn said:
just copy and paste the whole android folder to your sd cards root, no any folder.... go to file explorer open up android folder look for CLRCAD. click on it and nothing is gonna happen but dont worry this is normal, make sure your keypad lights are on and run haret and let the magic work,,, oh make sure you turn automatic backlight of and kill all tasks in WIN MO settings before doing all this.... good luck .... >
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sorry matutemhn, maybe u got some misunderstanding on what I mean, actually I can run android on my HD2, however, I want it to be inside another folder , i.e. sd card\ABC\android\HARET.exe , then the files create by android system will not on the root of SD card and mess up my card ....will be more organize^^
cheers
"rel_path=ABC/Android"
i think that would be the way you have to change the startup text for it to work the way you want it,,,,.,... ;0
matutemhn said:
"rel_path=ABC/Android"
i think that would be the way you have to change the startup text for it to work the way you want it,,,,.,... ;0
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hope that works cuz i hate all thet extra stuff android adds to my sd card too and if its possibe can we figure out a way for it to store the thumbnails. because after loading android winmo adds all of those thumbnails. to my pictures
wrecless said:
hope that works cuz i hate all thet extra stuff android adds to my sd card too and if its possibe can we figure out a way for it to store the thumbnails. because after loading android winmo adds all of those thumbnails. to my pictures
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Your SD card is going to pick up the pictures and ringtones no matter what folder you put them in.
i think that will be the right way if im not wrong, but i was checking my sd card just now and dont see any windows files on root of sd, all i have is android stuff..... wander where all the WINMO stuff is being stored,,,, anyone can tell me...?
matutemhn said:
i think that will be the right way if im not wrong, but i was checking my sd card just now and dont see any windows files on root of sd, all i have is android stuff..... wander where all the WINMO stuff is being stored,,,, anyone can tell me...?
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Well considering Windows runs off the system and Android runs off the SD card, that should give you your answer.
BTW @rose5hill We all now have a Q&A forum so that would be the place to ask questions like this or they will delete or move your post.
matutemhn said:
i think that will be the right way if im not wrong, but i was checking my sd card just now and dont see any windows files on root of sd, all i have is android stuff..... wander where all the WINMO stuff is being stored,,,, anyone can tell me...?
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lol the winmo files are on the phone's mem
motoman234 said:
Well considering Windows runs off the system and Android runs off the SD card, that should give you your answer.
BTW @rose5hill We all now have a Q&A forum so that would be the place to ask questions like this or they will delete or move your post.
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hahahaha... that was a dumb question, yes all files like music, pictures, ringtones will always be shared between both of the OS's no matter what folder you place them on and apps over winmo are installed inside of device's memory,,... right...?
motoman234 said:
Your SD card is going to pick up the pictures and ringtones no matter what folder you put them in.
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So is there no way to keep winmo from reading all of the (thumbnails.) example when i slide over to the pictures tab in winmo it says i have hundreds of pictures. All of the album art and any other little pictures android decides to save.
i know, just came out,,,......... wasnt thinking bout it...>> :?
matutemhn said:
hahahaha... that was a dumb question, yes all files like music, pictures, ringtones will always be shared between both of the OS's no matter what folder you place them on and apps over winmo are installed inside of device's memory,,... right...?
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oh sorry , so should i move my topic to other forums ? as this is the 1st time I start asking Questions here though..... sorry ^^
theres a new forum Q&A we can take all this kinda questions there,,,
ya. thats what i said//// reason why i said i was asking dumb question,,,, lol
I dont mind to see the android file from WM file manager, what I want is , the android-created-file will not show on the root of SD card, thus the SD card root will not be too messy .... will be more organized ^^
matutemhn said:
hahahaha... that was a dumb question, yes all files like music, pictures, ringtones will always be shared between both of the OS's no matter what folder you place them on and apps over winmo are installed inside of device's memory,,... right...?
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Right but you do have the option of installing on your SD card but you will not see the apps scattered all over the place from Windows apps being installed on the SD.
wrecless said:
So is there no way to keep winmo from reading all of the (thumbnails.) example when i slide over to the pictures tab in winmo it says i have hundreds of pictures. All of the album art and any other little pictures android decides to save.
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Sadly, I haven't found a way yet. The thumbnails get very annoying to flip through and trying to find a song in the middle of hundreds of ringtones is even worse.
rose5hill said:
oh sorry , so should i move my topic to other forums ? as this is the 1st time I start asking Questions here though..... sorry ^^
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Im sure a MOD will move it for you when they have time.
I try to put the rel_path=ABC/Android under the startup.txt ....but it stay at the HTC logo after press HARET.exe..... it seems not working or I am wrong in some part ?
Hi, I have just setup dualboot of wp7 and americanandroid sd through magdlr, loving it, but would like to have even more choice, i.e. have more sd builds on my sd card, so can switch between say americanandroid and deshd build. Is that possible? Please advise...
Can I have more than 1 android folder on root of my sd card, e.g. Android1 for americanandroid and Android2 for deshd build, then boot into magdlr, and manually change the android folder under services to the one i want to boot...would that work?
I don't think MAGLDR has such an option built in. If you were using winmo then you could run different android builds off one sd card, but MAGLDR cannot.
Yes it would, you just need to edit the config.txt and change the rel path I think it is, as long as the folders are obviously named differently shouldn't be a problem, been ages since I even touched an SD build!
Kailkti said:
I don't think MAGLDR has such an option built in. If you were using winmo then you could run different android builds off one sd card, but MAGLDR cannot.
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Like he said if he manually changes the ad SD path each time he wants T9 boot a different build would it not be possible???
Oh okie, sorry about that.
bates_1974 said:
Yes it would, you just need to edit the config.txt and change the rel path I think it is, as long as the folders are obviously named differently shouldn't be a problem, been ages since I even touched an SD build!
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which config.txt file should i change? where can i find them in sd builds?
lol i know everyone uses nand builds nowadays, but been flashing and reflashing every single day, at least with sd, i can have wp7, cyanogenmod, deshd, and miui all in one, so no more flashing daily or rather hourly lol
kag8 said:
which config.txt file should i change? where can i find them in sd builds?
lol i know everyone uses nand builds nowadays, but been flashing and reflashing every single day, at least with sd, i can have wp7, cyanogenmod, deshd, and miui all in one, so no more flashing daily or rather hourly lol
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Um let me try think lol.
I think in the folder usually called 'Android' it'll be in there. If you open that there will be a line saying something like rel_path=Android
If you change the folder to say Android1 and make the subsequent change to that in the config.txt it will then know to load all relevant info from that folder. If I was at my pc I'd happily try for you but currently in the local beer garden. Have a go and if no luck I'll look into it tomorrow evening for you after work and pm you all the necessary instructions.
On some buids, it's startup.txt instead of config.txt
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huggs said:
On some buids, it's startup.txt instead of config.txt
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That is most definitely what I was looking for
Hi. I am back to stock WM6.5 but I would like to have android on SD. I want to have this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633354 And when I have on my SD /Android and there haret, rom stuff etc. and I run haret then I see HTC image for a while and then I have reboot into stock WM6.5
I have HSPL 2.08 Do I need any additional partitions or what? I have been following tutorials and it doesn't work...
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Hi. I am back to stock WM6.5 but I would like to have android on SD. I want to have this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633354 And when I have on my SD /Android and there haret, rom stuff etc. and I run haret then I see HTC image for a while and then I have reboot into stock WM6.5
I have HSPL 2.08 Do I need any additional partitions or what? I have been following tutorials and it doesn't work...
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Do you have a .50 radio installed?
I have 2.15.50.14 radio.
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I have 2.15.50.14 radio.
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Ok then, all you need to do is copy the Android folder from the downloaded file(s) to the root of your sd card. Make sure you DO NOT put it in any folder. Then run the sound fix(i forgot the file name) and haret.exe. It should work fine. As you are running android on your sd card, you do not need to worry about the partitions and such. All you need is the radio and HSPL, which you have
Still the same HTC logo for 5 seconds and reboot into WM... All is in /sdcard/android
Maybe I'll try another rom, but for others it works
... maybe the path that you are using is wrong, and that leads to reboot every time ... for example, the rom I use has this path: sdcard \ droid ... and not sdcard \ Android ... I think the ROM folder and Android folder should be kept separate ...
... in any case try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663755 ...it's a fantastic rom, and you'll be pleasantly surprised ... ... and if you use a loader as Exceller Android Loader ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_HD2/Android_Loader ) is even better, IMHO ...
Ok, I will try. But tomorrow. I don't want to waste next 100mb of my transfer today... I downloaded another and it seems to work Thanks guys.
.... glad you solved ... good luck!!!
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Ok then, all you need to do is copy the Android folder from the downloaded file(s) to the root of your sd card. Make sure you DO NOT put it in any folder. Then run the sound fix(i forgot the file name) and haret.exe. It should work fine. As you are running android on your sd card, you do not need to worry about the partitions and such. All you need is the radio and HSPL, which you have
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You don't need HSPL to run SD Android, that's the beauty of it. You can use it without flashing anything at all.
@OP, glad to see you got it sorted out, perhaps it was a conflict between the name of the folder and the rel_path=foldername
Yeah, but I still can't understand what is what and why there are different paths, like there couldn't be one for each rom eg. /android
And is it run by MAGLDR? What is Haret? I mean except an exe loading android.
kubekpop said:
Yeah, but I still can't understand what is what and why there are different paths, like there couldn't be one for each rom eg. /android
And is it run by MAGLDR? What is Haret? I mean except an exe loading android.
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I'm not quite sure if this is what you wanted, but you can edit the path in startup.txt, so you can rename your folder to anything as long as it is the same in startup.txt. I think there are some symbols which aren't allowed of course, but that's the same with most file names as far as I know.
Nigeldg said:
You don't need HSPL to run SD Android, that's the beauty of it. You can use it without flashing anything at all.
@OP, glad to see you got it sorted out, perhaps it was a conflict between the name of the folder and the rel_path=foldername
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really? Well maybe it is. I know i coudnt run android on the sd card without flashing anything, but i guess that was just my phone. Thanks for the tip
I tried looking at many guides on installing android on sd but all require me to run two exe files (clrcad.exe and haret.exe) from file manager , now here i get confused, i think they are meant to be run from wm6.5 file manager , aint they??
But my problem is i have ICS on NAND , no WM6.5 , so how can i just install gingerbread on sd card and keep my ICS on NAND.
And I use magloader ...
amitoj said:
I tried looking at many guides on installing android on sd but all require me to run two exe files (clrcad.exe and haret.exe) from file manager , now here i get confused, i think they are meant to be run from wm6.5 file manager , aint they??
But my problem is i have ICS on NAND , no WM6.5 , so how can i just install gingerbread on sd card and keep my ICS on NAND.
And I use magloader ...
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You must download a sd card rom and place the "Android" folder in the root of your sd card. In MAGLDR, you must go to services and set directory of androidsd. Choose the "Android" folder you placed when asked. Voila. Whenever you need to boot into GB from the sd card, power off your phone. turn it on while keeping the power button pressed. When loaded in MAGLDR, choose boot android sd. This is it
amitoj said:
I tried looking at many guides on installing android on sd but all require me to run two exe files (clrcad.exe and haret.exe) from file manager , now here i get confused, i think they are meant to be run from wm6.5 file manager , aint they??
But my problem is i have ICS on NAND , no WM6.5 , so how can i just install gingerbread on sd card and keep my ICS on NAND.
And I use magloader ...
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Just download the desired SD ROM, place it on the root of your SD card, boot into MAGLDR, go to Services>Boot Sources>AD SD Dir (at least I think this is the correct path, you should be able to figure it out logically anyway) and select the folder on which your ROM is. Then go to boot AD SD.
Please search before posting in the future.
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adil1508 said:
You must download a sd card rom and place the "Android" folder in the root of your sd card. In MAGLDR, you must go to services and set directory of androidsd. Choose the "Android" folder you placed when asked. Voila. Whenever you need to boot into GB from the sd card, power off your phone. turn it on while keeping the power button pressed. When loaded in MAGLDR, choose boot android sd. This is it
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Dammit, you beat me to it
Nigeldg said:
Dammit, you beat me to it
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Thanks God. You SHOULD ALLOW people like me to beat you. hehe. youve got almost 300 thanks compared to my 23
adil1508 said:
Thanks God. You SHOULD ALLOW people like me to beat you. hehe. youve got almost 300 thanks compared to my 23
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you Guys are awesome , never thought it would be that easy ..
i added 2 more thanks in your repo
+1 for your help too @nigeldg
amitoj said:
you Guys are awesome , never thought it would be that easy ..
i added 2 more thanks in your repo
+1 for your help too @nigeldg
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Always happy to help . This is what XDA is for
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I download many sd android builds. i first test test them on sd card then flash the nand one.
So here's my problem :
Every SD android build has some folder name (e.g ics, Android). when i boot those builds they boot normally, but when i change the folder name to something else, boot loop occurs. I even change the rel_path (in startup.txt) to the corresponding folder name, but to no use.
Help ?
netchamp.faris said:
I download many sd android builds. i first test test them on sd card then flash the nand one.
So here's my problem :
Every SD android build has some folder name (e.g ics, Android). when i boot those builds they boot normally, but when i change the folder name to something else, boot loop occurs. I even change the rel_path (in startup.txt) to the corresponding folder name, but to no use.
Help ?
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Well i would suggest that you just flash the NAND roms. Why do u check them on the sd card first?
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adil1508 said:
Well i would suggest that you just flash the NAND roms. Why do u check them on the sd card first?
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+1 it is easier to back up and restore and receive more accurate previews because there is a drastic difference
Well, thnx for the replies,
But I want to know why my problem occurs, anyway I would flash NAND roms.
If somebody could answer....
adil1508 said:
Well i would suggest that you just flash the NAND roms. Why do u check them on the sd card first?
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It's much faster and easier to change SD builds, and whilst they might not give as much speed, the general UI will be the same so it's perfectly worthwile.
netchamp.faris said:
I download many sd android builds. i first test test them on sd card then flash the nand one.
So here's my problem :
Every SD android build has some folder name (e.g ics, Android). when i boot those builds they boot normally, but when i change the folder name to something else, boot loop occurs. I even change the rel_path (in startup.txt) to the corresponding folder name, but to no use.
Help ?
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Magldr SD booting ignores startup.txt. It could be that your new folder name contains more than 8 characters, or has symbols in it. Keep the name short and only use letters and numbers. Magldr also seems not to see the difference between upper and lower case letters.
Hope this helps
I have a few, at least 4~5 Andy SD Roms in my card & I just rename the Folder to whatever suits my naming needs just like the one in the attachment, don't go over 8 characters though & I use all CAPS to make more visible :silly:
But now I'm mostly on NAND
Nigeldg said:
It's much faster and easier to change SD builds, and whilst they might not give as much speed, the general UI will be the same so it's perfectly worthwile.
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Yes but the purpose of the person is too check the rom. Im saying thats its not a good idea to check the rom by first using its sd card build
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Robbie P said:
Magldr SD booting ignores startup.txt. It could be that your new folder name contains more than 8 characters, or has symbols in it. Keep the name short and only use letters and numbers. Magldr also seems not to see the difference between upper and lower case letters.
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If MAGLDR ignores startup.txt, then what does it consider ?
mengfei said:
I have a few, at least 4~5 Andy SD Roms in my card & I just rename the Folder to whatever suits my naming needs just like the one in the attachment, don't go over 8 characters though & I use all CAPS to make more visible :silly:
But now I'm mostly on NAND
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I also use less than 8 chars, even then boot loop occurs.