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I am STUCK

Stuck trying to make sure a2sd is working... I moved the zip to the SD, partitioned it, upgraded to ext3, and now I am trying to flash the damn zip and it keeps saying there's no zip files found. SOmeone help please? Really dont wanna have to boot up for nothing...

you need to put the zip back on your sd when you put it on there THEN partitioned it formated the card hence the zip got erased. either reboot and add it or boot into recovery and use the usb mass storge option.

Lol! You should've flashed the zip then partitioned. Partitioning wipes your SD card so of course there is no zip to flash!

jerry43812 said:
Stuck trying to make sure a2sd is working... I moved the zip to the SD, partitioned it, upgraded to ext3, and now I am trying to flash the damn zip and it keeps saying there's no zip files found. SOmeone help please? Really dont wanna have to boot up for nothing...
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you put the zip on
...and then partitioned?

Yeah, apparently I followed some idiot directions... this is why I would rather ask people first than do a damn search. Here's the quote form the thread I followed:
1. (Optional) Download A2SD version 2.5: http://www.darktremor.com/files/misc...2.5-signed.zip. Save the file to your SD card. If you don't want to download this version, skip this step.
2. Reboot the phone into recovery mode.
3. Partition the SD card by selecting Partition SD Card -> Partition SD.
4. Once you have partitioned it, press the back button to go to the main recovery menu.
5. If you downloaded the A2SD version 2.5, flash the program by selecting Flash zip from scard -> a2sd-2.5-signed.zip. Otherwise, skip this step.
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I thought that was fishy, so after I partitioned, I pushed the file back onto SD (which is really not empty after the ext2 to ext3 upgrade, or partition ffor that matter)
After I re-pushed the zip, I tried to flash it but still says no zip found. So, I go into adb... here's the results:
Code:
You stupid ****er... dont have 2 phones connected at the same time!

If your SD is not empty after partitioning, you did something wrong. That will wipe your SD card.
Download the file again. I used the same link and his directions and it worked fine.

crap... now adb wont even recognize the device as attached

ok point me somewhere so I can go back to complete stock and re-root and reinstall DC. I am aggravated and not playing around anymore.

jerry43812 said:
ok point me somewhere so I can go back to complete stock and re-root and reinstall DC. I am aggravated and not playing around anymore.
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Try unplugging your pone, killing and restarting the server, and then reconnecting
-unplug
-adb kill_server
-adb start_server
-plug phone in, wait for it to do its thing
-adb devices

tejasrichard said:
Try unplugging your pone, killing and restarting the server, and then reconnecting
-unplug
-adb kill_server
-adb start_server
-plug phone in, wait for it to do its thing
-adb devices
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tried that and didnt work, i just let the thing boot regular and logcat worked, so adb recognized it again after it began booting. Show me a ROM that's clean, everything works for the most part, and doesnt force me to wipe everything on each update and I'll be flashing it now, after I RUU.

Bielinsk said:
If your SD is not empty after partitioning, you did something wrong. That will wipe your SD card.
Download the file again. I used the same link and his directions and it worked fine.
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I think there is a lost+found folder that is created during format. That's true for all ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions.

[Q] How to Access a NAND filesystem without boot?

Hi guys,
I have a problem with my HD2. I have MAGLAR 1.13 and NAND rom from gauner "[23 JAN] gauner1986's Z-FI 0.1 (Desire Z based) [KERNEL = my own ]". + rafpigna 1.70OC kernel.
Everything works great but GP FIx was kinda slow. So I tryed to follow this trhead http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900631&page=14 and I copied the sensors.bravo.so gps.bravo.so to /system/lib/hw/. I didn't replaced nothing because these files were not there. Also changed permissions from 644 to 777 on /system/lib/libgps.so. And rebooted... (this is the ref http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=490930&d=1295171058)
Now after load the maglar and kernel, when it shows the "HTC Quietly brilliant" phone just won't leave this stage.. and won't boot... just cycles on this stage.
I need to access filesystem to remove those files from it. How can I do it without having the phone booted?
Tks,
pmjcr

Can I do it from AD Recovery?
I can see that with MAGLDR 1.13 I have a AD Recovery mode. And if I put a zip on root of sdcard I can make ate least something... What do I have to put on the zip file in order to delete these files?...

Also see that in these zips there is a META-INF\com\google\android\update-script
In this script usually I has these commands
ui_print("Formatting System..."); to print something to the screen
format("MTD", "system"); I believe this is for formating partition
mount("MTD", "boot", "/boot") This should be to mount....
What I need is a "rm" command/syntax to remove sensors.bravo.so gps.bravo.so from /system/lib/hw
someone??...

I think I've found...
delete DATA:etc/hosts--------------delete("/data/etc/hosts");
on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936175
will try... fingers crossed

Your new sensors file may be causing the issue.
Since it appears you have Clockwork recovery, do a NAND backup then a file system format, then re-flash your ROM.
You can at least then recover the data area should this fix the issue.

I am not having any luck... this update.zip from root of SD is only for Clockworkmod and I don't have it... only magldr... As in menu i've seen "AD Recovery" I though it would work.. but no...

What is the AD Recovery for on MAGLDR and how can I use it? When I select it I will have "no boot sources".

Ok... I'm a little tired of searching... but I've realized that I need a way of doing an incremental update via DFT method. Anyone knows how?...
I really don't want to loose my s4ettings from my phone... everything was working so great... just the GPS was slow on fix... buááááááá

If you are going to continue to ask several questions in this thread between replies I suggest you edit one post over and over. It is difficult to help when you're having to quote many different posts.
If you don't have Clockwork recovery installed then you have a problem - sort of. You won't have AD Recovery, and installing it will wipe your current ROM.
My suggestion is you download CWR 1.12 which is the SD Card method, put the zipped files in the ROOT of your SDCARD and use the SD AD or SD Android boot option in MAGLDR. This should give you the option to backup your ROM and flash a new .zip ROM.

dkl_uk said:
If you are going to continue to ask several questions in this thread between replies I suggest you edit one post over and over. It is difficult to help when you're having to quote many different posts.
If you don't have Clockwork recovery installed then you have a problem - sort of. You won't have AD Recovery, and installing it will wipe your current ROM.
My suggestion is you download CWR 1.12 which is the SD Card method, put the zipped files in the ROOT of your SDCARD and use the SD AD or SD Android boot option in MAGLDR. This should give you the option to backup your ROM and flash a new .zip ROM.
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Thanks for your adviceI was already on that stage trying a SD built. I've loaded and android from SD but getting an image required some more additional steps. I ended by installing a new built (the DL Desire one) that has a recovery method.
Thanks for your help.
Rgds,

I am curious about the topic in the title as well. I have access to a Mac and PC. Some sort of "USB" mode that allows access to the internal memory and not just the memory card.

help with rom manager and magldr

hello guys i tried to install rom manager from market and flashed but it is not compatible with magdlr and now when i go on magdlr option 8 (ad recovery) it says Invalid Boot Header Image
i don't want to re install the rom again (typhon) and i don't have a backup, how can i fix the cwm?
thanks for your help

erick3000 said:
hello guys i tried to install rom manager from market and flashed but it is not compatible with magdlr and now when i go on magdlr option 8 (ad recovery) it says Invalid Boot Header Image
i don't want to re install the rom again (typhon) and i don't have a backup, how can i fix the cwm?
thanks for your help
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You cant.
Get Titanium backup pro (backup user/system apps/data)
Get SMS Backup Pro (Backup sms)
etc etc
Repartition magldr to get CWM back, flash rom and then restore.

TheATHEiST said:
You cant.
Get Titanium backup pro (backup user/system apps/data)
Get SMS Backup Pro (Backup sms)
etc etc
Repartition magldr to get CWM back, flash rom and then restore.
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wow so there is no way ha....
Thanks for your help buddy

edit - oops, my bad, corrected
In the android nand section, titled something like "clockworkrecovery, nand,SD, ver 5.0.2 yes/no stable" or something, (currently top post
Get both
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip
and
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_CWR.zip
Extract and copy the SD card ver onto SD card (copy the two files to SD, done)
And then copy the whole cwr.zip to SD card too.
Then, into magldr, "ad SD" will boot into the cwm files you placed on SD, and choose instal zip from SD,,, choose zip,, and select the cwm.zip you also placed on SD.
This will write the cwm image into the recovery partition without reflashing the cwm partition layout, so nothing lost.
[02 Nov][RECOVERY][NAND|SD][cLK|MAGLDR] ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6 "YES/NO" STABLE
download the first two links
flash_image.zip
and
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip
unpack teh two files from recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip onto your sd card, and copy the whole flash_image.zip to sd card.
enter magldr
select 'boot ad sd' which will start cwm but from your sd card, from there you choose 'instal from zip - select zip' and select the flash_image.zip, which will reinstall cwm into the recovery partition on your nand, and now you should find that magldr 8 - ad recovery now works, and your rom hasnt been touched. plus you now have the latest cwm.

samsamuel said:
yes there is a way, go to the thread
[02 Nov][RECOVERY][NAND|SD][cLK|MAGLDR] ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6 "YES/NO" STABLE
download the first two links
flash_image.zip
and
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip
unpack teh two files from recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip onto your sd card, and copy the whole flash_image.zip to sd card.
enter magldr
select 'boot ad sd' which will start cwm but from your sd card, from there you choose 'instal from zip - select zip' and select the flash_image.zip, which will reinstall cwm into the recovery partition on your nand, and now you should find that magldr 8 - ad recovery now works, and your rom hasnt been touched. plus you now have the latest cwm.
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You Made my Day buddy!!!

.*takes a bow*.

i did everything but on cwm when i try to install the flash image zip it says installing update.... installation aborted....
help
perhaps recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_CWR.zip should work?

yea sorry, you are right, its the 2nd and 3rd images you download, , you boot to the sd one (like you have ) and flash the cwm one. My mistake.
see also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337663&

samsamuel said:
yea sorry, you are right, its the 2nd and 3rd images you download, , you boot to the sd one (like you have ) and flash the cwm one. My mistake.
see also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337663&
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it worked!

aaaaaand relax.

Please, confirm if I get this right - the only way to make Rom manager work with HD2 is to use CLK bootloader, is that right. I had similar troubles to these decribed in the above posts and solved them in similar manner. I dont want to go all the way and install CLK and rom, restore back-ups and see it is too not working with Rom manager.

[Q] Noob in a bit over my head with CWMOD and ICS

Finally took the unlock/root/rom plunge and have been enjoying ICS (nightly 14) for a few days now. With nightly 16 it seemed to make sense to update. When i put the .zip on the SD card and tried to use CWMOD to install it gave an error "(Bad)" on the operation after opening the ZIP.
i downloaded again, tried again, no change, then started messing around to get it to work (should have known better). Now, if I boot in CWMOD and select install zip from SD / choose ZIP i see all the folders on my internal memory: all the folders for alarms. music, pictures, etc. I can put the release .zip in there and it will see it, but still fails on the install.
If I look with root explorer (or other tools) when i look in mnt/sdcard it has all the folders for alarms. music, pictures, etc. I can also see /mnt/external1 which is the SD card and does have the files on it.
once booted, from PC I see "Internal Storage" and "SD Card" which look as i would expect and contain the correct files (ie: "SD Card" contains the ROM files)
I've tried another SD card, with no change.
So, somehow i think i have a pointer messed up so SD points to internal memory.
I've tried all the wipes i can find, but can't get past it. Any suggestions on how to reset, or wipe it more fully, would be appreciated.

bdsemple said:
Finally took the unlock/root/rom plunge and have been enjoying ICS (nightly 14) for a few days now. With nightly 16 it seemed to make sense to update. When i put the .zip on the SD card and tried to use CWMOD to install it gave an error "(Bad)" on the operation after opening the ZIP.
i downloaded again, tried again, no change, then started messing around to get it to work (should have known better). Now, if I boot in CWMOD and select install zip from SD / choose ZIP i see all the folders on my internal memory: all the folders for alarms. music, pictures, etc. I can put the release .zip in there and it will see it, but still fails on the install.
If I look with root explorer (or other tools) when i look in mnt/sdcard it has all the folders for alarms. music, pictures, etc. I can also see /mnt/external1 which is the SD card and does have the files on it.
once booted, from PC I see "Internal Storage" and "SD Card" which look as i would expect and contain the correct files (ie: "SD Card" contains the ROM files)
I've tried another SD card, with no change.
So, somehow i think i have a pointer messed up so SD points to internal memory.
I've tried all the wipes i can find, but can't get past it. Any suggestions on how to reset, or wipe it more fully, would be appreciated.
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You see everything in your internal storage (32gb) also called sdcard, because I think you allowed Rom Manager to update your recovery to whatever is newest (4.0.0.4 ?) but that version doesn't play nice with the Xoom's external micro sdcard. This is a known issue, and I and others have written about this a million times, but anyway, you need to reflash the solarnz R4c recovery v 3.2. 0.0 image file through fastboot with your micro sdcard mounted in your Xoom. Then, after that, you can flash from the micro sdcard to your heart's content. The micro sdcard is located at mnt/external1. I don't even use Rom Manager for anything. If you just press the power button as if to actually power down, I think you'll get the boot menu to boot into recovery very easily, if you don't feel comfortable doing it manually. Or you can download Quick Boot.

okantomi said:
You see everything in your internal storage (32gb) also called sdcard, because I think you allowed Rom Manager to update your recovery to whatever is newest (4.0.0.4 ?) but that version doesn't play nice with the Xoom's external micro sdcard. This is a known issue, and I and others have written about this a million times, but anyway, you need to reflash the solarnz R4c recovery v 3.2. 0.0 image file through fastboot with your micro sdcard mounted in your Xoom. Then, after that, you can flash from the micro sdcard to your heart's content. The micro sdcard is located at mnt/external1. I don't even use Rom Manager for anything. If you just press the power button as if to actually power down, I think you'll get the boot menu to boot into recovery very easily, if you don't feel comfortable doing it manually. Or you can download Quick Boot.
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I recall having a similar issue with loading zip files onto the SD card and then trying to flash it just to get an error.
The only was I had a work around for that was to only load the zip file THROUGH CWM. By selecting Mounts and storage > Mount USB, then it takes up to 1 minute for my computer to see the sdcard (removable disk). Then I just transfer the zip to the SD card by this method and then when its done, I return to the main menu and go about the process of flashing.

The rogue recovery works just as well and has a few more options than the tiamat recovery. It also supports internal and external sdcards as well as toggling the backup and/or wipe of /data/media. Just my opinion and preference.
Sent from my Xoom using xda premium

Nook Color with CM7 - Boot-looping

I changed the Android ID on my Nook Color (with Titanium Backup Pro) and now it is boot-looping, at the point where the arrow head moves around in a circle. It is running CM7, but I'm sure the rom is at least a year old. I think it has CWM recovery. How do I get to recovery and what should I do?
[edit] I found this thread and will see if there is something I can use.[/edit]

I pulled the microSDHD from the device and I can read the boot partition on my PC. Before I attempt repair, I want to copy a few data files from the SDCard's data partition, but I do not see it. How do I mount the SDcard partition so that I can copy the files? I know how to do this once I can successfully boot to the Android desktop, but not without the desktop.
I looked through verygreen's SDCard installation instructions here and I can execute boot into recovery, but that just looks for update files and shuts down. I did not get a menu to allow me to mount the data partition via USB for the PC to read or for any options at all.

I have a bootable SDCard (verygreen's) and removed it to boot from emmc. That works, so the problem is on the microSDHC. When I insert the microSDHC (8GB) card in the card reader on my PC, I see the first three partitions are healthy and the last (5.9GB) is not. The only partition that I can assign a drive letter to is the first partition, Boot. Is there any repair I can do to that forth partition?