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Flashing roms??

i keep trying to flash DamageControl v2.07.2 but when i put it onto my root of my sd card its not working. i am running 1.5 and the android is 2.1 is that a problem?? or is something eles the problem??

xxxk15 said:
i keep trying to flash DamageControl v2.07.2 but when i put it onto my root of my sd card its not working. i am running 1.5 and the android is 2.1 is that a problem?? or is something eles the problem??
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Did you format the SD card with ext?

Can you be more specific? What doesn't work?

xxxk15 said:
i keep trying to flash DamageControl v2.07.2 but when i put it onto my root of my sd card its not working. i am running 1.5 and the android is 2.1 is that a problem?? or is something eles the problem??
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First of all is your phone rooted? If not then you need to root to flash roms. If it already is then when putting it on your SD card did you keep it in .zip or did you unzip it? Always remember to keep it zipped. After you put it in the base of your SD, turn off your phone then boot into recovery by holding the power and home button. Then go to flash file from SD then choose whatever Rom you chose.
Even though you are on 1.5, flashing to 2.1 shouldn't be a problem

i didnt not ext on my sd card and i was unziping it. well when i put my rom on my root of my sd card went into recovery mode they told me i dont have any roms to flash?

xxxk15 said:
i didnt not ext on my sd card and i was unziping it. well when i put my rom on my root of my sd card went into recovery mode they told me i dont have any roms to flash?
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Rename to update.zip

xxxk15 said:
i didnt not ext on my sd card and i was unziping it. well when i put my rom on my root of my sd card went into recovery mode they told me i dont have any roms to flash?
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Which recovery version do you have 1.2.3, 1.5.2, or 1.6.2
Always keep it in the zip format and just move it to your sd card.
In recovery console always do a nandroid backup before flashing a ROM and then do a data wipe and dalvik-cache wipe. Then flash from zip.
You do not need to rename to update.zip. Even with 1.2.3, but in early, early releases you had to.Just move to sd card just like it was when you donloaded.

xxxk15 said:
i didnt not ext on my sd card and i was unziping it. well when i put my rom on my root of my sd card went into recovery mode they told me i dont have any roms to flash?
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The reason why is because you were unzipping it, next time keep it in .zip because that's the only way you are able to flash it. Make sure the Rom you want to dl isn't in any other folders on your SD.

[Q] SD card formatting after WP7

I have problems formatting my SD card back to FAT after WP7 install. I have tried multiple solutions which were posted here but nothing helps. Things I've tried:
Boot into MAGLDR, select USB MassStrg, format with Panasonics SD formatter.
sd card don't even appear as a disk in my computer, so i can't select it in SD formatter. (i've installed HTC sync and android api in case there were problems with drivers, but no luck)
I've tried to format using Clockwork Mod via AD Recovery.
No luck here as well (Error could not mount sdcard). However an extra drive appeared in My Computer, thou it was faded out and sayon that no media present
Installed Windows Mobile, it couln't format the car as well, and it didn't appear as a drive in My Computer.
After all that i assumed that the card is toast. But after installing WP7 back, it did recognize the card and could use it without any problems. Is there anything else i can do, or should I just by a new card?

The SD Card is locked and somebody (at least the ROM creator) should have warned you...
You can only unlock it with a Nokia E-Series Phone or N95 as they can format it without to look if its locked or not.
A cheaper solution is available at Ebay, but be warned I haven´t tested it so far
Search for "ezSD Ghost Unlock Clip for MicroSD / SDHC unlock", sorry I am not allowed to post the direct link due to the newbie restrictions.

search some more, there are a lot of guides on how to "fix" your sd card after you've used WP7 on the HD2. believe me there are a LOT of such threads!
also, i think there is an option somewhere in MAGLDR, something like "fix sd card MBR"...try that.
finally, if you want to use any desktop software to try to fix the sd card, it is better to remove the sd card from the HD2 and insert it into a card reader. i am saying this because i noticed you mentioned that you tried to use the panasonic formatter while the sd card was mounted via usb cable via MAGLDR's usb disk mode.
EDIT: i used google keywords "xda hd2 sd card after wp7" and clicked first result to get to this lively discussion:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912528

The easiest and quickest way is to use "MiniTool Partition Wizard", the home edition works perfectly fine. Put your SD card into your reader, open the program, you will see the SD card there. Delete the partitions that are on there and click apply, it will empty the card, and will have no partitions/data, just blank. Then install your android build partition scheme through CWM.

JavaKrypt said:
The easiest and quickest way is to use "MiniTool Partition Wizard", the home edition works perfectly fine. Put your SD card into your reader, open the program, you will see the SD card there. Delete the partitions that are on there and click apply, it will empty the card, and will have no partitions/data, just blank. Then install your android build partition scheme through CWM.
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Are you sure?
Because I've tried it and my pc(running XP) doesn't even see my microSD?!

bib*oops said:
Are you sure?
Because I've tried it and my pc(running XP) doesn't even see my microSD?!
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WP7 locks the SD card and makes it totally unusable. If you had installed XBMOD ROM for WP7, then you will have to reinstall wp7 again and use storage unlock cab. Else, simpler is to use Nokia smartphones (E63) works too, to format the card.
It for sure does not show in any other program.
Sal.

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SalJav said:
Else, simpler is to use Nokia smartphones (E63) works too, to format the card.
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I confirm I've got back in use my microSD card by formating it with an E series Nokia(I don't remember which model, I'm not familiar with)!

from wht i can understand is tht ur card is not detected at all d reason is clear d filesystem tht wp7 makes on sd card is not recognised by d windows n hence it doesnt recognise one way to sort out dis prob is by using GParted its a partition manager n if u hav ever used ubuntu(linux) u can get it thru d same. Just go to gaprted slect ur sc card frm d drop down (as it ll show ur hdd n sdcard as 2 diff. storage) wen u select it u ll c a black partition(unknown) just delete it(also if der r any other parition delete it) after that right click on unallocated space n select new partition select d filesystem as fat32 n ur done reboot d pc n ur card ll b detected back in windows

lihkin said:
from wht i can understand is tht ur card is not detected at all d reason is clear d filesystem tht wp7 makes on sd card is not recognised by d windows n hence it doesnt recognise one way to sort out dis prob is by using GParted its a partition manager n if u hav ever used ubuntu(linux) u can get it thru d same. Just go to gaprted slect ur sc card frm d drop down (as it ll show ur hdd n sdcard as 2 diff. storage) wen u select it u ll c a black partition(unknown) just delete it(also if der r any other parition delete it) after that right click on unallocated space n select new partition select d filesystem as fat32 n ur done reboot d pc n ur card ll b detected back in windows
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Nice advice, but would be nicer using common english?!

lihkin said:
from wht i can understand is tht ur card is not detected at all d reason is clear d filesystem tht wp7 makes on sd card is not recognised by d windows n hence it doesnt recognise one way to sort out dis prob is by using GParted its a partition manager n if u hav ever used ubuntu(linux) u can get it thru d same. Just go to gaprted slect ur sc card frm d drop down (as it ll show ur hdd n sdcard as 2 diff. storage) wen u select it u ll c a black partition(unknown) just delete it(also if der r any other parition delete it) after that right click on unallocated space n select new partition select d filesystem as fat32 n ur done reboot d pc n ur card ll b detected back in windows
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didnt work....it shows as unrecognised

Magpir said:
didnt work....it shows as unrecognised
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Try formatting your card with a E series Nokia, it worked for me!

bib*oops said:
Try formatting your card with a E series Nokia, it worked for me!
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i tied it in the xpressmusic nokia , still doesnt work
maybe it works on cards that ran nodo OS and before, and not the new mango /tango OS?

Hm, I had the Problem only after i broke up the first boot... Normal Minitool sees two Partitions, but after this only unusable Space...
I used this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510444
Here the way i fixed it:
1. Go to Services and Clear SD MBR.
2. Boot Windows, but hold vol down at the 1234 Message.
3. confirm the Factory Reset.
4. Let it boot
5. No you can delete or creat Partitions with Minitool, or simply format it with SD Formater, that makes one big Partition.
If don´t work with your rom, try the ROM in the Link...
I hope it works for you too...

Partitionator said:
Hm, I had the Problem only after i broke up the first boot... Normal Minitool sees two Partitions, but after this only unusable Space...
I used this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510444
Here the way i fixed it:
1. Go to Services and Clear SD MBR.
2. Boot Windows, but hold vol down at the 1234 Message.
3. confirm the Factory Reset.
4. Let it boot
5. No you can delete or creat Partitions with Minitool, or simply format it with SD Formater, that makes one big Partition.
If don´t work with your rom, try the ROM in the Link...
I hope it works for you too...
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dun understand what u are talking about.
PC , or phone or what?

in eause or mini tool partition those hidden partition shows up & you can delete/ format them from there :fingers-crossed:

mengfei said:
in eause or mini tool partition those hidden partition shows up & you can delete/ format them from there :fingers-crossed:
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it doesnt seem to work .. it shows up as a large black "segment" and when i try to format, it gives an error or does not do anything
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bib*oops said:
Try formatting your card with a E series Nokia, it worked for me!
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i may be afraid my sdcard may be defective in addition to being locked by wp7.
i tried in a variety of nokia devices, none is working

if that's the case your card "might" be really defective or there are some serious encryption on that thing :silly:

mengfei said:
if that's the case your card "might" be really defective or there are some serious encryption on that thing :silly:
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though i read in another wp7 forum with an obscure topic on it.
its was stated that the formatting technique only worked on the card on NODO.
It seesm that it doesnt work on sdcards which have mango installed.

Having a problem

Hi there,
I'm following this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797334
The problem is that the phone wont detect the external SD in the clockwork recovery, so i made the wipe trough the internal SD.
It wiped everything, no problem.
The problem is that i cant mount the internal SD so i can place the zip and install it...
Ho should i proceed???
Thank you.

What filesystem is your sdcard formatted to? FAT32 works best for daily use.

Yes, it is on FAT32, but the phone wont mount it on the clockwork mode.
Worst, it wont connect no the computer, and i have no ROM on it...

jjmaia said:
Yes, it is on FAT32, but the phone wont mount it on the clockwork mode.
Worst, it wont connect no the computer, and i have no ROM on it...
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What recovery are you using? I use CWM touch 6.0.1.2.
Have you tried sending over a rom with adb? If you have adb working, you open up cdm and navigate to where you have the adb files and write: adb push path-to-rom /data/media/

Flash a stock Rom with Odin and re- root

jjmaia said:
Hi there,
I'm following this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797334
The problem is that the phone wont detect the external SD in the clockwork recovery, so i made the wipe trough the internal SD.
It wiped everything, no problem.
The problem is that i cant mount the internal SD so i can place the zip and install it...
Ho should i proceed???
Thank you.
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I had the same problem. I have the solution now.
The problem is cwm 6.0.1.2 - it does not recognise the external sd card and you are unable to backup to it as a result.
I have just reflashed cmw 5.8.4.0 through cf root 6.1 and everything is fine.
I now have a full backup (1.8GB) on my external SD card - which I checked by resetting and restoring.
The problem is not the phone, rom or card - it is CWM and you need to flash an earlier one that works via Odin. Hope this helps

The big problem is that the internal SD card wont mount on the computer, so, how can i put a stock rom in there?
I'm completely lost...
I have odin on the computer, how can i donwload the CWM 5 trough it?
Or the custom rom?

so you have 2 problems? phone doesn't detect external card and pc doesn't detect phone? please clarify

Yes, i have said that on the first post.
I have now the CWM 5.5.0.4, and it wont mount any sdcard, and the PC still wont recognize it...

does Odin recognize your phone in download mode?

Yes.
Having only the internal SD card, it says error mounting SD card...

jjmaia said:
Yes, i have said that on the first post.
I have now the CWM 5.5.0.4, and it wont mount any sdcard, and the PC still wont recognize it...
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the 2 problems are unrelated. Your PCs failure to recognise your phone is to do with drivers - you can try reinstalling Kies.
I suggest you sort that out first so that you can flash your phone via Odin.

well if Odin recognizes it, why don't you just flash a stock Rom?

The PC stooped recognizing the phone after i made the wipe.
Since it wiped the stock ROM, i have no phone, it wont mount the external SD, and it gives error mouting the internal SD.
How can i solve this?

I'll let you sort him out slaphead...I'll butt out cos I think we are getting mixed messages regarding the problem here, best of British....

There are no mixed messages, i have 2 problems.
I have already ignored the fact the the recovery wont mount the external SD card.
I want your help so i can at least transfer the custom ROM to the internal SD.

mossy1963 said:
I'll let you sort him out slaphead...I'll butt out cos I think we are getting mixed messages regarding the problem here, best of British....
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it seems he has possibly super wipes before installing and didn't put a zip to install on his ext sd card? Is that your line of thinking, because he isn't being very clear, but feel free to butt in, I'm not entirely sure where his problem starts at this very moment!

It was exactly that, i have used the Super Wipe from the internal SD.
I know i should have used the external, but it wouldn't work...
You know how to solve this?
Thanks in advance.

jjmaia said:
It was exactly that, i have used the Super Wipe from the internal SD.
I know i should have used the external, but it wouldn't work...
You know how to solve this?
Thanks in advance.
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Yes! If Odin recognizes your phone in download mode then flash a stock Rom, re root with cf root, boot up and set up, copy zip to sd card, and flash it, you will be on a clean install any way, so no need to use that POS superwipe, so just follow the Rom installation instructions, and you will have the benefit of knowing you are running a nice clean install, then you can just reinstall all your stuff with titanium or whatever :thumbup:
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add to that, before installing the Rom, format your external sd on the phone, and make sure it mounts and unmounts in settings, but anyway, doing it the way I mentioned you can flash from internal sd

jjmaia said:
You know how to solve this?
Thanks in advance.
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what happens when you connect to PC?
1. Does explorer recognise your phone?
2. Does Odin recognise your phone? (in download mode)
what storage have you got in your phone?
3. internal sd card
4. external sd card?

[Q] fast Q : Can't mount SDCARD

HI all.. I have flashed my acer a500 with TFT101 ROM, now i want to update it to Acer ICS..
when i restart my device using CMR (ClockWork Mod Recovery ) : there's an error message : cannot mount SDCard, and aborted..
what should i do , and thank you ..
now I've use TWRP as recovery option ( due to my misinformation).
When I used CWM after I reset to factory default, the CWM restored me back to my clean ASUS TFT101 ROM
but after I used TWRP.. I got stucked in boot load screen.. ( the one with ACER logo)
I've download LightSpeed 4.8 and plan to install it.. Any idea ???
Thank you very much and GBU

Sorry for my confusion .. anyone kind enough to help ?? even though , it takes your precious time ??

jenicun said:
Sorry for my confusion .. anyone kind enough to help ?? even though , it takes your precious time ??
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I have same problem with TWRP Recovery...

yeah i was misguided.. when I used Acer Recovery Installer ( i think i want to restore original HC 3.0 in my tabs, then update it , to 4.X using update.zip ) , I thought TWRP is some kind of boot image ( because I already have CWM and the CWM is not included, just the images).
I also think that TWRP is less then CWM , but what done is done...
I can read my old SDCard ( internal memory ) but I can't install anything...
Can someone guide us ??? with language that easy to understand.. Thanks before

the terms SDCard means internal sdcard , right ? I got confused because people generally called external micro SDCARD, as SDCARD.
and Why cant I mount SD Card, or click the oprion using external SD CARD.

jenicun said:
the terms SDCard means internal sdcard , right ? I got confused because people generally called external micro SDCARD, as SDCARD.
and Why cant I mount SD Card, or click the oprion using external SD CARD.
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External SDcard- is your SDcard
Internal- in phone
I have really same problem!

last but not least... iconia should be able to read external SD Card ( micro SD ) . how come TWRP doesnt recognize them ?? or where did they put the folder.. usually in mnt/something/ ( and there is nothing inside /sd-ext) folder either

jenicun said:
last but not least... iconia should be able to read external SD Card ( micro SD ) . how come TWRP doesnt recognize them ?? or where did they put the folder.. usually in mnt/something/ ( and there is nothing inside /sd-ext) folder either
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and do I need data cable to put boot image inside my internal SDCARD ??? omfg.. I just hate this twrp now..

cant mount sd card at all

hello everyone!
i have galaxy y and here what went wrong with it
i had a custom ROM, rooted and CWM, one day i decided to change the ROM for the seek of changing just
however the new ROM for some reason didnt boot and i was in a rush and couldn't search or anything else so i just went back to stock
now im trying to root the device (which is the first thingy to do before the CWM) but now the recovery always gives me this error saying "cant mount sd card" when selecting "choose update from sd card" from the recovery and now im stuck with nothing able to do at all, cant root the device to have custom ROMs etc
update the stock ROM is of no good as i already updated the device and kies says that no update is found
any help would be highly appreciated
thanks a lot in advance

you can try flashing any of the firmwares from my firmware thread via odin (its at the top of the 5360 dev section)
have you tried another sd card?
is the sd card mountable when the phone is switched on? ie can you browse files on it
if all else failes and flashing a new stock rom firmware from my thread doesnt help you can always try formatting the sd card from your phone

marcussmith2626 said:
you can try flashing any of the firmwares from my firmware thread via odin (its at the top of the 5360 dev section)
have you tried another sd card?
is the sd card mountable when the phone is switched on? ie can you browse files on it
if all else failes and flashing a new stock rom firmware from my thread doesnt help you can always try formatting the sd card from your phone
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may you provide me with a link to the firmware thread please?
well yep, just tried another sd card and it is mounted through recovery with no issues at all, didn't try the system file manager
yes the original sd card is mountable using the system file manager and i can browse files in it

ahmed bahaa said:
may you provide me with a link to the firmware thread please?
well yep, just tried another sd card and it is mounted through recovery with no issues at all, didn't try the system file manager
yes the original sd card is mountable using the system file manager and i can browse files in it
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like I said its at the top of the 5360 dev section but for lazy people here you go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568853

marcussmith2626 said:
like I said its at the top of the 5360 dev section but for lazy people here you go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568853
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lol! sorry man, actually am not lazy, but idk what happened to my pc since 10 min, and the Internet as well, it was driving me mad

marcussmith2626 said:
like I said its at the top of the 5360 dev section but for lazy people here you go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568853
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well dude, i did flash the stock firmware and it is now on stock, but as i said i cant mount the sd card to root it

ahmed bahaa said:
well dude, i did flash the stock firmware and it is now on stock, but as i said i cant mount the sd card to root it
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backup your sd card contents to pc
using your phone goto
phone settings
storage
unmount sd card
format sd card
once its formatted you can copy everything back and try it

marcussmith2626 said:
backup your sd card contents to pc
using your phone goto
phone settings
storage
unmount sd card
format sd card
once its formatted you can copy everything back and try it
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thanks a lot dude, this worked and im enjoying my device now

hi
ahmed bahaa said:
hello everyone!
i have galaxy y and here what went wrong with it
i had a custom ROM, rooted and CWM, one day i decided to change the ROM for the seek of changing just
however the new ROM for some reason didnt boot and i was in a rush and couldn't search or anything else so i just went back to stock
now im trying to root the device (which is the first thingy to do before the CWM) but now the recovery always gives me this error saying "cant mount sd card" when selecting "choose update from sd card" from the recovery and now im stuck with nothing able to do at all, cant root the device to have custom ROMs etc
update the stock ROM is of no good as i already updated the device and kies says that no update is found
any help would be highly appreciated
thanks a lot in advance
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you can reboot recovery