Hey just picked up a a500 with android 3.2 on it. I don't have an sd card nor do I really want to buy one since I have the 32gb model and really don't need the extra space. I'm wondering if after I root my tablet. Can I flash a new rom onto it without an external sd card.
Thanks,
Chad
Yes, once you are rooted and have the newer version of cwm installed you will be able to use internal memory as an option in recovery. The problem is, I believe the version of cwm that installs with the acer recovery installer does not support the internal sd so you will have to borrow a microsd card to root and install the upgraded recovery. You can always use the one from your phone.
You can also use a USB Memory stick....
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I just bought a class 10 16GB for my Nook Color. I'm running CM7.0.2 on EMMC right now and I'm interested in running HC on the SD card. Is it possible to use the newest SDK build by Divine_Madcat of the SD card? If not, what should I download? Do I need a 16GB image for my microSD card?
Thanks in advance.
Edit: Is it also possible to use the rest of the space on the SD card after installing HC on it for data?
DM's build of Honeycomb doesn't currently have an official SD version, but racks11479 has prepared a version (for RC1/RC2 at least, don't think he has updated with RC3) which can be installed to SD:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=998861
Once you have that up and running, you should theoretically be able to expand the SDcard partition on the card with software like EASUS Partition Manager.
I downloaded that. To install it do I boot into my internal Clockwork? What are the specific steps??
The question is pretty much in the title, but...
Do I need to root the stock firmware before I can run the burned .img from the SD card to install phiremod? Or can I just insert the prepared SD card and it boots the clockwork recovery straight from the box?
I'm asking because I bought a Nook Color on eBay today, it comes on Thursday but I want to be prepared for it.
You do not need to root the NC if you only want it run form the microSD.
Follow the instructions for phiremod to prepare/build the microSD.
Good luck.
Well, I want to install it on the eMMC instead of the SD card. Just the initial setup uses a win32diskimager'ized SD card, so I want to know if I have to root the nook first.
I assume I don't need to though, since it runs the SD card before booting.
Thank you, bike2002!
I just bought a T959 off of ebay. It came with Bionix-v 1.2 and I was trying to upgrade it to Bionix-NextGen-V2 using CWM.
I have the Bionix-NextGen-V2.zip on my external microSD. I can't seem to access the external microSD to select it via CWM.
Am I supposed to flash it from the internal flash memory? I don't think I have done that with my other Android phones... If so, will that cause any problems with wiping data off the phone?
Thanks for any help!
Yes with regular CWM it needs to be on the internal sd. Eugene has a kernel that can access the external sd but installing that kernel then flashing from your exteral sd would be much more cumbersome than just moving the rom to the internal sd to flash.
Cool... thanks.
Flashing now...
What's currently the best recovery that can access both the internal storage and external SD Card?
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What's currently the best recovery that can access both the internal storage and external SD Card?
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I'm using the TWRP version installed via GooManager and it does support both internal and external memory.
You can read/write nandroid backup from/to both memory as well as install new ROM from the 2 mem.
I have not been able to share the internal/external memory to my PC via USB cable while I'm in recovery mode.
It's probably a driver issue on the PC side, I have not investigated too much this issue since I can easily get around it.
I've been stuck on some extremely old CWM that I installed from rooting months ago so thank you!
Is it possible when you make as cars as internal storage would you be able to flash ROMs or will it brick the phone?
Using the latest TWRP (3.0.0.0) you should be able to flash roms from your sd card being used as internal storage, it also prevents you from losing access to the sd card after you flash a new rom (I use my sd card for internal storage as well). I havent tried flashing anything from it, but I cant think of a reason it wouldn't work.
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Using the latest TWRP (3.0.0.0) you should be able to flash roms from your sd card being used as internal storage, it also prevents you from losing access to the sd card after you flash a new rom (I use my sd card for internal storage as well). I havent tried flashing anything from it, but I cant think of a reason it wouldn't work.
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Well hopefully when I get my sd card tomorrow I'll try flashing a ROM.. Just hope it doesn't get bricked