I have set up a dual boot on my HTC HD2 following one of the threads on this forum.
The phone boots into wm7 ok, but the problem is the Android boot (AmericanAndroid build)
I copied the Android folder as per the instructions
I go into magldr and select option 2. Boot AD SD
I then get the following messages.
Android load 1800000
From Microsd
Load Zimage
k: /ANDROID/Zimage
SD kernel open failed
Any suggestions as to what I may have done wrong?
is this your first AmeriCan Android install?
Edit; Have you tried;
"In MAGLDR go to services(10)>Boot Settings(1)>AD SD Dir(3)>"choose your Android folder. Make sure you have all the files you extracted in sd/android."
(from HearMeWhisper)
Warren and Cope have recently changed the way ACA boots up
Thanks for the reply.
Yes it is my first American Android install. and I set it to boot from the Android folder.
I extracted all the files, changed the rootfs and statrup files as per the instructions.
I previously tried the Warren and Cope build, but had the same problem
It's worked for me without any problems, try to put all the files in the root of your SD card, not in folder
"In MAGLDR go to services(10)>Boot Settings(1)>AD SD Dir(3)>"choose your Android folder. Make sure you have all the files you extracted in sd/android."
The "Android" folder is usually at the end and must not be confused with Androi~
Keep scrolling until you find it
Thanks Win_XP and Robbie P.
Tried both suggestions, but still the same.
Excuse my ignorance as I am new to this although computer literate.
Looking at the setup text file it seems to point to the Android folder and part of the bootup message tells me it is looking at k: /Android/zImage
I cannot see the file zImage. Should I be able to see it or is it contained in another file?
Not sure where the K: bit comes in either.
zimage should be in Android folder.
try deleting the files on the android partition (it is set to Primary Yes?)
do the rootfs manouvre
copy the folder "Android" to SD card. (dont bother editing startup for now)
In Magldr point to the Android folder as above (option 10 etc)
see if it boots from option 2
What is your sd card size, and what are the partition sizes?
Thanks for all the suggestions.
I have managed to get a bit further in that ALZip was not extracting zImage so this was the problem.
Managed to extract it and now have phone sitting on 'powered by AmeriCan Android' screen.
Not sure how long it should stay like that, but at least moving forward.
Just out of curiosity what do you people use to unzip files?
7zip, its free and unlimited.
others like winrar expire after a time.
Hope its gone OK
I had the same issue when I first try to boot AmeriCanDroid but now it's work like a charm
What I've done?
Simply forgot to choose the android SD boot directory under Services>BootSettings>AD SD Dir and also don't forget to replace the rootfs.img with MAGLDR version (see readme in AmeriCanDroid folder>SDMAGLDR)
Thanks Robbie P - all working ok now
I'll have a look at 7zip
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startup.txt is just fine that is not an issue. I booted up the first time and it worked b ut then after a restart it tells me that userdata.img and system.img could not be found however they are where they should be at.
I have Energy.Leo.21911.Sense2.5.Cookie.Aug.06 rom and I have shubCRAFT_v1.3_1GB android. I do not have the android files in android folder because that didn't work either so I just put them in the main sd card directory.
Ok so anyway once it gives me that error it continues on with the long string of numbers and I think RAAC and it goes like it's going to boot up but it takes forever. Anyone have any clue?
sherlockpwnz said:
startup.txt is just fine that is not an issue. I booted up the first time and it worked b ut then after a restart it tells me that userdata.img and system.img could not be found however they are where they should be at.
I have Energy.Leo.21911.Sense2.5.Cookie.Aug.06 rom and I have shubCRAFT_v1.3_1GB android. I do not have the android files in android folder because that didn't work either so I just put them in the main sd card directory.
Ok so anyway once it gives me that error it continues on with the long string of numbers and I think RAAC and it goes like it's going to boot up but it takes forever. Anyone have any clue?
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Put it all in an 'Android' folder AND change the startup.txt 'set cmd' line?
worth a try.
failing that, format and start again.
as said, reformat your card and try again. Oddly enough that happened on my sons phone until I formated within windows which is suppose to be a no no for sd cards...but desperate times called for desperate measures.
by the way, this isnt a development post.
If you store your Android files in the root of your SD card (haret, zimage, etc), then sometimes Android makes a folder called Android on your SD card and then tries to boot from there.
If your keep your Android files in the root of your SD card, just delete that Android folder, it should only have like one data file in it that gets rewritten anyway. That should let you boot up fine.
Well it was the Tom and the way I extracted it on my SD card
sent from my HTC HD2 running chuckydroidXrom and shubcraft 1.3 cm6
I have tried 7 different android builds and none of them boot. I have HSPL. And I've formatted my sd card to fat32. Then only one that brings up the code screen is the bangsters build. I've tried different ones from froyo and mdeejay as well and those just bring up the black htc screen. The bangsters says failed to find rootfs you need to unzip a rootfs file to the root of your sd card. Can anyone help me please this is driving me nuts. I haven't slept in three weeks ha.
The build which ask you to unzip the rootfs to your root, do what it want.
Check the files that came along with the build you'll find a Rootfs.img file, copy that out of the Android folder, to the upper of your sd card, then you should boot fine.
Other builds I'm not sure .
It's still asking to unzip rootfs
I have ran 3 android roms on my phone perfectly with my original ROM, Radio, and no HSPL. I just followed the instructions on the android page. you have to wait for more than 10 minutes for the first boot. also, make sure you know what the build you have needs. Some Android roms need to be extracted directly to the root of the SD card, others need to be extracted to a folder named "android" on the root of the card.. Check the android section and read a bit more
hey guys
i followed all the instructions, on the Clockwork Mod thread,ive even fully formated my sd card,getting really anoyed now,any help would be appretiated
TheiPhoneKiller said:
hey guys
i followed all the instructions, on the Clockwork Mod thread,ive even fully formated my sd card,getting really anoyed now,any help would be appretiated
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Same here. Maybe its something to do with UK Hd2's.
I followed all the instructions too, and kept getting stuck in the boot screen loop.
Back to Nand for me... one thing, on screen before screen to flash zip it says can't find misc, even when I make a misc folder it makes no difference. Good luck to you anyway.
Garrylufc said:
Maybe its something to do with UK Hd2's.
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Works fine for me, so it's not that.
TheiPhoneKiller said:
hey guys
i followed all the instructions, on the Clockwork Mod thread,ive even fully formated my sd card,getting really anoyed now,any help would be appretiated
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Can you tell us what you're doing and what happens?
i Copy contents of copytosdroot folder to the root of my sd.then i boot into magldr and go into USB Flasher whilst still connected to my laptop,Run DAF,when thats done i again boot into magldr and tap Boot AD SD but it keep failing to go into Clockwork,i keep getting soming like k:Music/zimage not found or failed to load kernal even tho ive fully formated my sd,its really anoying,i cant try out any new roms exept nand,Really frustrating
I had problems running like this initially - what worked was putting the 'copytosd' files in a folder on the SD Card (I used 'ADSD'), then changing the Boot AD SD folder option in the Settings menu to that new folder ('ADSD').
Then try using 'Boot AD SD' option.
For some reason it did not like the root folder initially (though it now seems to work fine).
Use Panasonic SD Card formatter & re format the SD card & try again, I had the same issues but now its resolved..!!!
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I had problems running like this initially - what worked was putting the 'copytosd' files in a folder on the SD Card (I used 'ADSD'), then changing the Boot AD SD folder option in the Settings menu to that new folder ('ADSD').
Then try using 'Boot AD SD' option.
For some reason it did not like the root folder initially (though it now seems to work fine).
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Guys,
Mine works as well so not a UK issue
Did you follow the instructions using DAF and indicated that it was successful but when you try to 1: boot from sd nothing happens or it flashes and returns to the MAGLDR screen?
I had an issue with the root folder as well, create a folder \recovery and copy the 2 root files intrid.gz and zimage to the \recovery and goto services and change the boot to folder to \recovery.
Important reboot before trying as MAGLDR does not change the folder until after a reboot.
Boot from SD and should be OK
Or at least was for me
Now Nand has came out it has inspired a lot to create their own Android builds and new chefs make mistakes. Not trying to blame chefs in general but some do make mistakes.
Also when we used to load up the builds from SD card, I would say 8 times out of 10 I would use a data.img which hasnt been used before. Now if you go from a Sense build to a non-Sense build, and you are using a data.img in app2sd, then they are not properly matched so a-b might go to a-c and miss b out if you know what I mean. What I do is use a data.img for Sense, another for Sense HD/Z, another one for Gingerbread and another for Miui and these are on my Desktop. When I load up a different builds like Sense to Miui, then I will move the data.img from .data or data2sd folder off the memory card and then overwrite the data.img I have on the Desktop for Sense and replace it for my Miui data.img.
I know it sounds tedious but I found it to help.
Also for the new App2SD+, I create the partition using ClockWorkMod instead of another application. I will use Partition Wizard for Windows to delete a partition and resize the fat32 partition back to the full use of the memory card but always partition and create EXT3 partition using ClockWorkMod.
Hope this helps.
waspsl said:
Guys,
Mine works as well so not a UK issue
Did you follow the instructions using DAF and indicated that it was successful but when you try to 1: boot from sd nothing happens or it flashes and returns to the MAGLDR screen?
I had an issue with the root folder as well, create a folder \recovery and copy the 2 root files intrid.gz and zimage to the \recovery and goto services and change the boot to folder to \recovery.
Important reboot before trying as MAGLDR does not change the folder until after a reboot.
Boot from SD and should be OK
Or at least was for me
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i have a slightly different problem: I can boot into clockwork recovery after copying the copy-to-sd files and use it as a partitioning tool. But cant actually complete the installation as I keep getting errors when i run the DAF file from CWM folder in USB flasher option of MAGDLR, so cant actually use it for recovery !!!!
i have an htc hd2 i tryed yesterday to install android on it but i dint know how to do it anyone who wnats to help pleas contact me amro__12 at hotmail thanks guys
you need to download the Android and to extract to your SD Card root folder.that's it
There's a little bit more to it than that.
Have a read here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881958
man what the **** is the root folder i tred to extract my androryd froyo supeream but it dint work !!!
When you open your SD card in explorer in Windows, it's there - just don't go into a sub-folder on your SD card.
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There's a little bit more to it than that.
Have a read here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881958
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what ROM you have or RADIO?maybe you need to upgrade your RADIO read that
(Root is just in SD Card not to make any folders and put it in)
First you need to check that you have the a compatible radio version (2.08.50 or above, I use 2.12.50.02_2, and that works perfectly). If you have not got a compatible radio, you need to flash the phone with HARDSPL3, and then flash the phone with a compatible radio.
Both HARDSPL3 and radios (such as 2.12.50.02_2) can be googled easily.
Once you have downloaded the files to your computer. Run HARDSPL3 and then the radio install files from your computer. Follow the instructions that each piece of these phone flash files tell you. It is fairly easy to do & fairly similar to jailbreaking an iPod Touch or iPhone.
Once you have done this. find yourself an Android build. If you're wanting to boot Android from your SD card, avoid NAND roms. If you are wanting to install Android onto the phones main memory (removing windows mobile), go for an NAND rom.
For installing to SD card (non-NAND): extract the Android build on your computer & then copy the folder 'android' to the main directory on your SD card (looking in File Explorer you would copy this to: "My Device/Storage Card", and no where else.
What you then want to do is open File Explorer on your phone (obviously after you have removed your phone from the computer). navigate to your SD card, go into the Android folder and press the CLRCAD.exe file. Nothing will visually happen, but that's ok. This is just getting the audio ready for Android.
Now click on haret.exe. you will then see a window saying 'booting linux kernel' and a load bar. Now let the phone do what it's gotta do for about 10 minutes. The first boot takes a while. After that you should have android running.
As for NAND installation (install in main memory, removing windows mobile): I have never done this so you are best googling this to make sure you do it correctly.
*I MUST WARN YOU THAT INSTALLING HARDSPL3 AND CUSTOM RADIOS MAY VOID YOUR WARRANTY. DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK* although saying so it won't do any harm to the phone. happy androiding
I've always booted Android from my SD card using RunDroid under Windows 6.5. But I broke my HD2 so I bought another used HD2.
This "new" HD2 already has Android (NAND) installed and it's using MAGLDR 1.13. The installed Android version runs fine so I don't want to remove it. Instead, I simply want to run the same Android I've been running on my old HD2 from SD.
So I boot into MAGLDR, goto Services -> Boot Settings-> AD-SD Dir to pick the directory I want to boot my Android from.
Problem is, the directory list MAGLDR is showing isn't anywhere near complete. It only shows the first 9 directories on the SD card (there are about 30 directories on the SD card). So I'm unable to choose the right directory to boot from.
This is a 16GB SD card formatted as FAT32. My old HD2 had no problems whatsovere reading from it (not in Win6.5, not in Android).
So does anybody know what's wrong here?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Perhaps some folders have an attribute set that is hiding them? -h for instance. Personally I'd create a new folder, test if mgldr can see it, and if it can, move the contents of the android folder into it. If itccan't, I'd backup the SD, and do a complete reformat of the card, including rebuilding the partition from scratch.
All directories can be viewed from within Android without problem...
Odd thing is, that MAGLDR is displaying all directory names in 8.3 format. In fact, I think it only shows the directories created from within WM 6.5. The directories it doesn't show are created from within Android.
I've copied the contents of the SD Card to my PC's harddrive, reformatted the SD Card and copied everything back.
It's still only showing the first 9 directories (only this time 9 different directories).
The card was formatted using FAT32 since I want the card to be readable under WM6.5 as well. But that shouldn't be a problem considering Android can read the SD card just fine.
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It's still only showing the first 9 directories (only this time 9 different directories).
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try this just for kicks, if youcan be bothered,,,, empty teh card, put the dirs on in the ordser you want them to appear, one at a time. Im betting the first nine you drag across will appear.
Ive seen harddisks do the 8.3 thing unexpectedly, i'd be looking hard at the sd card. If you have another card available, definitely give it a test to compare.
As for the fat32 formatting, perhaps a non standard block size was used (or at least one magldr wasn't expecting, , remember magldr is a handfull of lines of code compared to androids many hundred thousand lines, , just saying 'well android can read it fine' is a bit like saying 'hey what gives, , my binoculars can't see the horsehead nebula, but the hubble can'
(astronerds, calm yourselves, yes i know you can see it thru a nice set of decent binos with a good lense/filter, it was just the first commonly known astro object i could think of )
Yeah it's showing the first 9 directories only so I did what you said and cleared the SD card and copied the Android folder first, then the rest. MAGLDR now saw the right Android directory and I was able to set it as boot directory. But now I have another weird problem. I've started a new thread since it's (I think) an unrelated problem.
Zippy1970 said:
I've always booted Android from my SD card using RunDroid under Windows 6.5. But I broke my HD2 so I bought another used HD2.
This "new" HD2 already has Android (NAND) installed and it's using MAGLDR 1.13. The installed Android version runs fine so I don't want to remove it. Instead, I simply want to run the same Android I've been running on my old HD2 from SD.
So I boot into MAGLDR, goto Services -> Boot Settings-> AD-SD Dir to pick the directory I want to boot my Android from.
Problem is, the directory list MAGLDR is showing isn't anywhere near complete. It only shows the first 9 directories on the SD card (there are about 30 directories on the SD card). So I'm unable to choose the right directory to boot from.
This is a 16GB SD card formatted as FAT32. My old HD2 had no problems whatsovere reading from it (not in Win6.5, not in Android).
So does anybody know what's wrong here?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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i extremely stuck i was trying to use native sd method so i created a new ext partition but when i tried to create it i am unable to see any folders in the Services -> Boot Settings-> AD-SD Dir to pick the directory I want to boot my Android
why is this please help me asap
That was a problem to me when I started playing with nativesd, seeing only the first few directories, but if you just use the volume rocker to scroll down, you will get another page of the remaining directories and files, simple.
Just great reply - Thanks
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phochiom said:
That was a problem to me when I started playing with nativesd, seeing only the first few directories, but if you just use the volume rocker to scroll down, you will get another page of the remaining directories and files, simple.
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