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**I'm sorry if this has been covered already. I did a quick search and didn't find anything in the other "3.1 update" posts.
Got my HoneyComb 3.1 OTA update yesterday evening. The only detail that I was looking forward to (or even knew about in the update) was the new usage of the MicroSD card slot.
I hurried to grab a MicroSD card to check out the new memory-expansion capabilities. To my surprise, it did NOT work.
In doing some minor searching, it appears that the 3.1 update did NOT come with the support for the SD cards.
WHY?
No, it did not come with the update. Stock Xooms do not yet have working SD card slots.
Micro SD support is not included in the 3.1 update. You will have to root with one of the methods in the Development section.
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cam30era said:
Micro SD support is not included in the 3.1 update. You will have to root with one of the methods in the Development section.
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Cam,
If I root, are there ROMS that have SD support? Or will simply rooting the Xoom enable the SD slot?
No ROMs yet for Xoom. But there are custom kernels that enable external SD card support. If you are on a stock wifi only Xoom go here >
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078019
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TeldenW
If I root, are there ROMS that have SD support? Or will simply rooting the Xoom enable the SD slot?
If you are actually stock under HC3.1 take a look there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078019
for root your Xoom wifi-only and when it will be done install the last Tiamat kernel from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978013
so you will have acces to your micro sd card and if you want you can overclock your Xoom. This is what i just did with mine and it's working fine.
Has anyone attempted to put an SD card in the slot without any kernel modifications and actually have it damage the sd card? I tried mine today just for the heck of it and now my SD card is dead. My EVO cant access it and my PC cant even reformat it.
Maybe you damaged a contact or something. Because that seems odd. I kept my SD card in there before I rooted and it didn't destroy it.
Stealyourface said:
Maybe you damaged a contact or something. Because that seems odd. I kept my SD card in there before I rooted and it didn't destroy it.
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I agree. No issue here when I inserted SD card prior to root.
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it turns out it severely corrupted one of my video files. After several tries I was able to get windows to reformat it and now it seems fine again. Still really weird tho...
ok guys, noob here ive got my nook running cm7 off the sd card itself but its super laggy, and i cant stand it is there a better way to root it so i dont have to use the sd card and which method has the best success?
If you are not using a sandisk sdcard, you should give a try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005633
Good luck!
any others???
this pny class 4 8 gig card is the only one i have im down to re root the whole thing if that is what it takes... i just wanna have something that works half way decent
I've had bad luck with the PNY cards.. Sandisk made it run really well.. amazing difference..
ok cool ill find one somewhere
Best way to use CM7 is off your internal memory.
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koopakid08 said:
Best way to use CM7 is off your internal memory.
Absolutely, no brainer.
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But the question now is, do you want to upset your stock OS or not?
Or is there a new way to install CM7 on your eMMC without interupting the stock OS?
My NC is still under warranty so I don't want to take the stock OS off yet, although I am very tempted to trade places, putting my stock OS on the SD card and CM7 (as I use it so much more) on the eMMC.
If you don't want to touch the stock OS yet, the sandisk is optimal for these units.
In fact, if you will dig around in posts about SD cards and CM on AD cards, you will find opinions and actual performance tests showing that CM from an SD card can be as fast as CM from eMMC... if you use the correct card.. which is a Sandisk class 2 or 4 of any size.. 2gb and up.
Don't ask me to point you to the posts.. I can't. I only remember reading these things when I was doing similar research.
For $10-20 you can give it a try and do something else if you are not happy.
.. or if you are sure you don't need easy access to stock, go for an eMMC install..
Neither solution is irreversible..
There's nothing the stock Nook can do that Android can't and there's probably a list somewhere of the things Android can do that the stock NC ROM can't but it probably wouldn't fit in this post. Search for 8+1, you can always fall back to "so clean the video wants to play".
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But the question now is, do you want to upset your stock OS or not?
Or is there a new way to install CM7 on your eMMC without interupting the stock OS?
My NC is still under warranty so I don't want to take the stock OS off yet, although I am very tempted to trade places, putting my stock OS on the SD card and CM7 (as I use it so much more) on the eMMC.
If you don't want to touch the stock OS yet, the sandisk is optimal for these units.
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Thats not an issue as you can always restore to stock if there is a problem. That is Part of the greatness of SD boot priority. You can restore no matter how screwed up your internal memory is.
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Hangman_ said:
But the question now is, do you want to upset your stock OS or not?
Or is there a new way to install CM7 on your eMMC without interupting the stock OS?
My NC is still under warranty so I don't want to take the stock OS off yet, although I am very tempted to trade places, putting my stock OS on the SD card and CM7 (as I use it so much more) on the eMMC.
If you don't want to touch the stock OS yet, the sandisk is optimal for these units.
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The warranty is not really an issue as I found when I had to have mine replaced. You just restore it so stock. When you create your install image SD card save it in case you have to return your Nook. If that happens, just place the stock ROM .zip on the card and boot from it and wipe everything like you were installing CM7 all over again but instead just flash the stock ROM. It can be found here: http://www.multiupload.com/BW8FIEJ2GH (With thanks to Taosaur.)
ok so now ive got the sandisk card in it it benchmarked 1888 i was way supprised but now it doesnt show up on my computer when i connect the nook via usb i want to still put books on it but it wont boot if i put the books directly on the sd card itself
babycarrot said:
ok so now ive got the sandisk card in it it benchmarked 1888 i was way supprised but now it doesnt show up on my computer when i connect the nook via usb i want to still put books on it but it wont boot if i put the books directly on the sd card itself
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I didn't follow all posts from the beginning so I just make assumption that you're booting CM7 off the Sandisk uSD.
No personal stuff should be placed in the boot partition. Place them in the left-over (/media) storage.
Just install it on the internal memory there are many great Tutorials on it.
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i tried to get to the internal memory but it doesnt recognize it could i partition it and use the second partition for books?
babycarrot said:
i tried to get to the internal memory but it doesnt recognize it could i partition it and use the second partition for books?
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He's not referring to your issue. Just follow what votinh said.
Will the 16GB Sandisk work well or is their a size limit?
dejavecu said:
Will the 16GB Sandisk work well or is their a size limit?
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16 GB works just fine.
Hangman_ said:
But the question now is, do you want to upset your stock OS or not?
Or is there a new way to install CM7 on your eMMC without interupting the stock OS?
My NC is still under warranty so I don't want to take the stock OS off yet, although I am very tempted to trade places, putting my stock OS on the SD card and CM7 (as I use it so much more) on the eMMC.
If you don't want to touch the stock OS yet, the sandisk is optimal for these units.
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I can tell you that I have been running CM7 with nightlies off the uSD card since I got it (3/11). Using an 8gb Sandisk is indistinguishable in speed from the stock system, but SUBSTANTIALLY more useful. Since my NC is still under warranty, all I have to do to "restore" it to stock is take out the uSD card. I love it, and it doesn't take you into the "restore to stock" mess that, while it works fine, is still pretty stressful.
Try a good Sandisk uSD; you probably won't need or want to flash your internal memory.
I was wondering if anyone could post a link or tell me how to make a bootable card for the nook color with only android 4.0??? i have a dualboot one but i only use the android 4.0
m0bstr said:
I was wondering if anyone could post a link or tell me how to make a bootable card for the nook color with only android 4.0??? i have a dualboot one but i only use the android 4.0
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Go here to learn how to make a single boot SD installation. Just sustititue CM9 wherever you see CM7.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12240928
Also use the generic image modified for the larger CM9 zip files. Get it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23153010
where do i download CM9???
m0bstr said:
where do i download CM9???
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http://techerrata.com/browse/nightly_kangs/encore
which one do i pick???
m0bstr said:
which one do i pick???
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The newest one that does not say opengl. The opengl versions are experimental and less stable. You get more features with it, like flash player compatibility, but it is definitely less stable.
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thanks ill try it, but can i use the same card that i already have a dual boot android on??
m0bstr said:
thanks ill try it, but can i use the same card that i already have a dual boot android on??
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Yes, once you burn the image file to the SD the old dual boot is erased.
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thanks ill try it
im kinda lost on how to make the card, do i first download the generic sdcard v1.3 img and burn it on but then how do i put CM9??
m0bstr said:
im kinda lost on how to make the card, do i first download the generic sdcard v1.3 img and burn it on but then how do i put CM9??
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Put the burned card in your PC. It will show you the boot partition. Copy the CM9 zip there and put ithe card in the nook and boot. It will automatically add the new partitions to the SD and install CM9.
ok ill try it and see what happens
after i burned the image on the sd card and i try to copy the CM9 zip file its says it doesnt have enough space.....
i got android installed but im missing the play store.....
m0bstr said:
i got android installed but im missing the play store.....
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You now need to put the card back in the computer and put the gapps flashable zip on it. Put it back in the nook and boot it into recovery on the SD card. It will install the play store.
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where do i get the gapps that work with nook??
m0bstr said:
where do i get the gapps that work with nook??
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http://goo.im/gapps
Pick the latest ics version.
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m0bstr said:
where do i get the gapps that work with nook??
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I used the one here
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version or what leapin said up there ^^ lol
i think its the one all the way at the bottom for cm9
Hey guys, when I installed ICS on my nook color, it won't ever let me get an app. I signed into my account, and out a few times. I restarted, I even installed it all over again but same results. It won't let me update an app, hell I think even surfing is going at snail-like pace.
So I bought a 4 gb card from ebay, and that one works perfectly even with a dual boot option. The problem is I cannot replicate that into a 16GB card, sigh. Did I do it wrong?
imdaman99 said:
So I bought a 4 gb card from ebay, and that one works perfectly even with a dual boot option. The problem is I cannot replicate that into a 16GB card, sigh. Did I do it wrong?
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If you are talking about running CM9 off of an SD card, and the 4GB worked well and the 16 GB card kept giving you problems operating, then you have discovered what many before have found. Not all SD cards are created equal. There is a whole thread here on XDA that talks about how different brand and class cards make a difference in running ROMs on the nook. Size does not really matter, but brand and class do. They have found that SanDisk class 4 cards work the best, and cheap, so called higher class cards are the worst. The nook requires cards that give good performance writing many smaller files and higher class cards like 6, 8, and 10 do not perform well at that task. I bet your 16 GB card is a higher class or some no-name brand.
my microsd card reader is not working, and I've accidentaly deleted my CM7 in recovery.....
please tell me how to flash now another cm7 without external memory
thanks!
It's not going to happen. Where would it be stored? You are sure it's the card reader and not your SD card?
Edit: Your only chance would be fixing the card reader. A member on here, deadman96385 I believe, did surgery on his and fixed it.
estallings15 said:
It's not going to happen. Where would it be stored? You are sure it's the card reader and not your SD card?
Edit: Your only chance would be fixing the card reader. A member on here, deadman96385 I believe, did surgery on his and fixed it.
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thanks! I will contact him
does anyone know if is it possible to flash a zip directly from computer via usb cable, without putting it on sdcard?
martea_roma said:
my microsd card reader is not working, and I've accidentaly deleted my CM7 in recovery.....
please tell me how to flash now another cm7 without external memory
thanks!
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Use ADB to push the rom. Look here at this post by brwetz http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
goodluck!
OMGtylenol said:
Use ADB to push the rom. Look here at this post by brwetz http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
goodluck!
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thanks, but following that method I still need the sd card. or is it possible to push a ROM to phone memory and then to flash it from there?
(sorry my language)
The reason it doesn't work on our phone is because the internal memory is not a mountable partition. It's not possible to change this. Even if you put the zip on the system partition, there would be no way of flashing it because we don't have a recovery that can to that
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So from what I understand, apps cannot be installed to the storage card on the S4, correct? Is this fixable with root or maybe a custom ROM? Also, when recording video, will the S4 at least be able to write to the storage card when doing that? And for something like Orange Backup that can create nandroids while in Android, does anyone know if it will be able to write to the storage card? I assume that recoveries like TWRP and CW will have no issue recognizing the card and installing zips from them?
Yes, you can tell the camera to use the SD card. Not sure about Orange Backup, but I've got TWRP on my S4 and it gave me the option of using the SD card, which I took advantage of.
Can't answer your question about custom ROM's being able to give us the app storage transfer to SD option. That would be nice, though.
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Yes, you can tell the camera to use the SD card. Not sure about Orange Backup, but I've got TWRP on my S4 and it gave me the option of using the SD card, which I took advantage of.
Can't answer your question about custom ROM's being able to give us the app storage transfer to SD option. That would be nice, though.
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Hey jejb does that make the apps install on the SD card?
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kyhassen said:
Hey jejb does that make the apps install on the SD card?
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Not every app. Some give you the choice to use the SD card, some don't. And if the app does not give you the choice, it's hard to move the app/data to the SD card for most programs on this release of Android OS.
There are some threads on possible work arounds, but I've read mixed results on them so far.