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Problems With Phone

I got a new G1 yesterday, Had to since that new SPL that bricked it, I had to get new one.
I rooted my phone, No problem, Installed JF 1.5 Build, No problem, Updated radio, No Problem, Installed theme, No problem. But if I do Apps 2 SD OR/AND cache (I have tried just cache and tried just apps on sd) but no matter if I do them alone or apart or only do one, each time same result, it loops on animation part of boot screen untill I wipe. On my old G1 I did these same steps a million times with no error, but this new one is being a *****
So you think reformatting my sd card might fix this?

tanner2007 said:
I got a new G1 yesterday, Had to since that new SPL that bricked it, anyways
I did the root guide, And from there got root and installed JF 1.5 build and radio...
but and this is my problem, every time I do apps on sd or caches to sd it loops on boot screen and I have to wipe it, to get back then it works fine
my old g1 never did this, im doing the same steps and everything, but it can be apps on sd or cache either one it loops on animation part of boot untill i wipe
yes im rooted
yes i got radio
yes sd card works fine and ext2 partition
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I am not sure what you are saying as you stated "but and this is my problem, every time I do apps on sd or caches to sd it loops on boot screen and I have to wipe it, to get back then it works fine"
then you state "yes sd card works fine and ext2 partition" so I am assuming that you are stuck at the andriod sceen and it just keeps rebooting... this happened to me just last week Ihad my phone in the front pocket of my hoodie and forgot it was there as I pulled the hoodie up over my head to get it off the phone fell to the ground I have one of those clear plastic covers but i picked it up and it looked fine, so I powered down just to let it reboot and I had the android looping screen... I reflashed jf1.5 and it worked went to do the apps to sd... loops... so I just reformatted my SD and re-partitioned it and it has been working great ever since even got the [email protected] to update to the new SPL... but I would try that reformat, re-partition... hope it works out for you!

robbie725 said:
I am not sure what you are saying as you stated "but and this is my problem, every time I do apps on sd or caches to sd it loops on boot screen and I have to wipe it, to get back then it works fine"
then you state "yes sd card works fine and ext2 partition" so I am assuming that you are stuck at the andriod sceen and it just keeps rebooting... this happened to me just last week Ihad my phone in the front pocket of my hoodie and forgot it was there as I pulled the hoodie up over my head to get it off the phone fell to the ground I have one of those clear plastic covers but i picked it up and it looked fine, so I powered down just to let it reboot and I had the android looping screen... I reflashed jf1.5 and it worked went to do the apps to sd... loops... so I just reformatted my SD and re-partitioned it and it has been working great ever since even got the [email protected] to update to the new SPL... but I would try that reformat, re-partition... hope it works out for you!
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Sorry, What I meant to really say is that I rooted my phone, No problem, Installed JF 1.5 Build, No problem, Updated radio, No Problem, Installed theme, No problem. But if I do Apps 2 SD OR/AND cache (I have tried just cache and tried just apps on sd) but no matter if I do them alone or apart or only do one, each time same result, it loops on animation part of boot screen untill I wipe.
So you think reformatting my sd card might fix this?

tanner2007 said:
Sorry, What I meant to really say is that I rooted my phone, No problem, Installed JF 1.5 Build, No problem, Updated radio, No Problem, Installed theme, No problem. But if I do Apps 2 SD OR/AND cache (I have tried just cache and tried just apps on sd) but no matter if I do them alone or apart or only do one, each time same result, it loops on animation part of boot screen untill I wipe.
So you think reformatting my sd card might fix this?
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Hey Tanner... Damn what did you really mean to say... LOL Just Kidding... all I can say Tanner is that doing that worked for me it got rid of the booting "andriod" and stopped it from bootloop... what can it hurt... just save everything on your SD card... if you have the Ubuntu CD you can even save you ext2 stuff if you need to... i have only used Ubuntu CD to partition my SD card so i can't comment on the other software that others have used... its worth a shot...
peace

robbie725 said:
Hey Tanner... Damn what did you really mean to say... LOL Just Kidding... all I can say Tanner is that doing that worked for me it got rid of the booting "andriod" and stopped it from bootloop... what can it hurt... just save everything on your SD card... if you have the Ubuntu CD you can even save you ext2 stuff if you need to... i have only used Ubuntu CD to partition my SD card so i can't comment on the other software that others have used... its worth a shot...
peace
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Well I copyed both folders
app and app-private in ubuntu partition and reformatted SD card and my phone, re rooted it and put JF 1.5 build
and it wont work, the problem with the boot is fixed, phone boots but apps on sd wont work and this has never not worked before
the app folders are empty on phone and when i link them then they full but none will install or show up on phone even tho they say no phone memory left but properties says there 50 mb internal memory
so wtf, is it the phone or sd card? note before I got this new g1, the old one did all of this maybe 30 times without failure but this new phone is just....

tanner2007 said:
Well I copyed both folders
app and app-private in ubuntu partition and reformatted SD card and my phone, re rooted it and put JF 1.5 build
and it wont work, the problem with the boot is fixed, phone boots but apps on sd wont work and this has never not worked before
the app folders are empty on phone and when i link them then they full but none will install or show up on phone even tho they say no phone memory left but properties says there 50 mb internal memory
so wtf
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Tanner i am not an expert... but you partitioned your SD into EXT2 and FAT32 correct you did the FAT32 partition 1st? and the EXT2 does not exceed 450mb correct...
Open up your terminal emulator (if you don't have it, go to the market and get it!)...
$ su (at this point, allow superuser access when the whitelist asks)
# cd /data
# ls -l (the l is a lower case L)
here is what the output should look like.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If your apps are going to SD, you will see the line app -> /system/sd/app as well as a line for app-private also...

The phone sdcard still works, and it does show system/sd on the thing,
but some reason wont let me do apps on sd
when i do the commands via adb
it removes current ones and i link to the one son sd card
but once phone reboots no apps are installed yet internal memory says 55 mb left but yet when i access the phone in data/app all apps are there and yet i cant download anyone it says not enough space
so whats up?

tanner2007 said:
The phone sdcard still works, and it does show system/sd on the thing,
but some reason wont let me do apps on sd
when i do the commands via adb
it removes current ones and i link to the one son sd card
but once phone reboots no apps are installed yet internal memory says 55 mb left but yet when i access the phone in data/app all apps are there and yet i cant download anyone it says not enough space
so whats up?
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Sounds like a broken partition to me. Have you tried an adb logcat of what happens when your phone loops? It'll at least give the error and give us a starting point at figuring out what's going on.

[email protected] said:
Sounds like a broken partition to me. Have you tried an adb logcat of what happens when your phone loops? It'll at least give the error and give us a starting point at figuring out what's going on.
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Well its not looping anymore (well only done apps not cache yet)
but for some reaosn just wont work the apps get moved onto phone but noit installed and memory says theres 55mb free of space but market says space is full its like is linking but cant tell the diffrence nor install
its wierd and all thanks to a new phone that came with rc33

A2SD+ and CM7/MIUI

So I've been searching online and I couldn't get any straight answer. Everyone else would rather talk about themes and status bar instead of functionality and performance.
So I just realized that my fascinate, running on MIUI FascinateMTD 1.7.15, doesn't support A2SD+ according to the SD card section on my ROM. I've formatted and partitioned my SDcard (EXT size 1024mb / swap size 256mb) and after rebooting the phone doesn't see or detect the EXT partition. So I ODIN'd my phone back to EB01. Then wipe data/cach/dalvik and re-flashed MIUI FascinateMTD 1.7.15. Then using the blue CWM, I reformatted and repartitioned the SDcard with the same EXT/swap size, then rebooted my phone. Same result. My phone doesn't recognize the EXT partition and it still said that it doesn't support A2SD+ . I tried using S2E and DarkTremor's a2sd but nothing worked.
What gives? Can ANYONE provide some guidance on this?

If I can find an old sdcard to use, I'll look I to it. When you said you formatted to ext, how did you format it? From Linux? Windows 3rd party partition program? Cwm recovery? Etc. Ext2, 3, 4?
You also mentioned functionality and performance, what performance increase you expecting to gain by going a2sd? I ask because there shouldn't be an increase by going a2sd. As for functionality, it should be the same unless you need over 1.5gb for apps which is your internal storage size.
But I don't mind trying to figure it out if I can find an old sdcard.

Uh you'd lose performance if you do A2SD because your internal flash speed is a lot faster.

Functionality being able to move some of the apps (that I don't use every day but will need in the future) over to the SD card freeing up more internal memory (performance).
I used the blue CWM recovery v4.0.0.9 that came with the MIUI Rom and the red CWM recover v2.5.1.x to format and partition the SDcard. I do plan on getting a class 4 SDcard this weekend as soon as I get my paycheck.

Been moving apparently to my class 10 d card with appadmin pro(in the market) for a while now. Is this what you guys are talking about?

Mine also states this, I had started another thread a few days ago.
I took all the steps you are, I finally gave up on what the settings say, I remember reading somewhere that the cm7 port doesn't currently support the sd ext partition, (maybe I dreamt this).
However I was able to move apps to my sd card.
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If you get the error about not having enough free space, uninstall and reinstall the app.
I'll also note I believe I first got this error after wiping data and installing miui, then restoring from a miui backup. prior to then I could move apps just fine, however the reason I wiped data was because I got stuck in a boot loop when flashing an update so it could of been the update as well.
Sent from my I500

At one point, when I was on MIUI 1.7.8, it was still letting me move some apps to the SDcard. However, when I went to Manage Application and onto the "On SD card" tab and selected an app that was supposedly on the SDcard, the MOVE to SD card button is still active (not grayed out) as if it had never been moved in the first place.
mwestendorf said:
Mine also states this, I had started another thread a few days ago.
I took all the steps you are, I finally gave up on what the settings say, I remember reading somewhere that the cm7 port doesn't currently support the sd ext partition, (maybe I dreamt this).
However I was able to move apps to my sd card.
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If you get the error about not having enough free space, uninstall and reinstall the app.
I'll also note I believe I first got this error after wiping data and installing miui, then restoring from a miui backup. prior to then I could move apps just fine, however the reason I wiped data was because I got stuck in a boot loop when flashing an update so it could of been the update as well.
Sent from my I500
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dricacho said:
At one point, when I was on MIUI 1.7.8, it was still letting me move some apps to the SDcard. However, when I went to Manage Application and onto the "On SD card" tab and selected an app that was supposedly on the SDcard, the MOVE to SD card button is still active (not grayed out) as if it had never been moved in the first place.
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I guess I look at that tab as a poor
choice of words, to me it implies these apps "can" be moved to the sd card, the check mark tells you whether it is actually there or not.
Sent from my I500

dricacho said:
Functionality being able to move some of the apps (that I don't use every day but will need in the future) over to the SD card freeing up more internal memory (performance).
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Moving your apps to the SD card will not help with performance. The 1.5GB that apps are stored on is used only for apps. If anything, your phone will be slower when using the apps on your SD card.
Sent from my CM7 Fascinate, bro.

I installed an app called Link2SD last night. It was able to detect the 2nd partition, mount it, and make the OS mount it at boot time. It can be formatted as ext2, 3, 4, or even fat32. What it does is it creates a link for apk, dex, and lib files of apps and moves it to the SDcard. So far its serving the purpose. I noticed that the latency isn't bad at all when opening apps from the SDcard. Takes a few seconds longer at most. It will get better when I get a class 4 micro SDcard this weekend. I want to allocate more internal space for frequently used apps, I'm an apps hog so my phone isn't going to perform as I expected it to if it isn't able to hold more apps that I want.

Ok so you want more space for the apps you use frequently so they load faster off of internal memory. That makes sense. I really don't believe that you have over 1.5GB of apps but I suppose its possible.
Sent from my OMFGB Fascinate, bro.

Not yet.
sneakysolidbake said:
Ok so you want more space for the apps you use frequently so they load faster off of internal memory. That makes sense. I really don't believe that you have over 1.5GB of apps but I suppose its possible.
Sent from my OMFGB Fascinate, bro.
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dricacho said:
Not yet.
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Lol I may be underestimating you but having more than 1.5GB of apps isn't exactly something most people worry about but hey whatever works for you.
Sent from my OMFGB Fascinate, bro.

[SD SOFTMOD] [A500/G100W] swap internal 16GB memory with 32GB external sdcard

Tested and working on HC321 and ICS403
In this tutorial I will discribe a way to ‘upgrade’ your internal 16GB memory to 32GB, not by soldering a new memory module to the internals of the device but by the means of a ‘softmod’. This method involves changing some system files and is completly done through CWM and is totally reversable. This is the second version of the softmod and is much safer than the first one.
Someone mentioned another thread in the A100 section, and asked me if my way was the same as that one. I checked it out and seemed that all the system changes were done through scripting. The thread author had actually used the recovery killer script that Acer loads at every boot to our advantage. He wrote a damm nice script for doing the right mounts and unmounts at boottime.
The original thread can be found here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20907592
Anyway, I have adapted that script a bit so it can be flashed through CWM, added my own script to it which loads your internal SD in ‘mnt/internal_sd’ and added a modified ‘vold.fstab’ file for removing the ‘detach button’ from the storage info page.
CONS :
-if you use a slow 32GB micoSD card you might experience some speed loss
-by doing this mod, as it involves changing system files, there is always the possibility of ending up with a bricked device, you fully agree to the fact that when your device gets bricked in the process, you and only you are responsible for that !
PROS :
-you will have upgraded your internal memory capacity to 32GB
-you now have high speed access to this 'new 32GB internal' sdcard if inserted in a computer for backups or filling the card up with pictures, music, movies, documents, gamefiles, etc..
-CWM is not affected by this softmod. As a mather of fact if you select the option 'switch to internal storage' in CWM you can actually make use of your internal GB’s for storing CWM FULL backups of your device.
NEEDED :
-32GB sdcard
-CWM must be installed on your tablet
HOW IT'S DONE :
-format the 32GB sdcard to fat32 on your computer
-insert the newly formatted sdcard in your tablet
-reboot or start your tablet in CWM
-flash the ‘CWM - ROMUPDATER [sdsoftmod enable].zip’ through CWM
-reboot
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after reboot your storage info should look like this :
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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REVERSING THE PROCESS :
-reboot or start your tablet in CWM
-flash the ‘CWM - ROMUPDATER [sdsoftmod disable].zip’ through CWM
-reboot
After rebooting you are back where you were before this mod, with all your files still on the 16GB internal memory. (as they were before this mod)
If you like the mod and want to keep using it, you might wanna transfer all your old folders and files from the ‘/mnt/internal_sd’ to the new ‘/mnt/sdcard’
FINAL WORD :
-Its best not to remove the 32GB sdcard for backup purposes or whatever when the tablet is running. I advise to shutdown the tablet first, then removing the sdcard, do your stuf, reinsert in the tablet en only then fire the tablet up.
Good luck !
Gersma ® 2012
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just a question, how will the cw recovery act. since it will before boot will the recovery just look for the actual sdcard?

BrianDigital said:
just a question, how will the cw recovery act. since it will before boot will the recovery just look for the actual sdcard?
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CWM stays unaffected, even more so, you can now use the 'lost' gigs on the internal 16gig for storing your CWM full backups. More info on this in the first post.

Is this only for 32 GB Sd card ore als for 16, 8 GB
Is this much faster then normal use of the sd card
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Oeps, i see its not smart to go from 16 internal to less.
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ruud said:
Is this only for 32 GB Sd card ore als for 16, 8 GB
Is this much faster then normal use of the sd card
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This method can be used with SD cards of any size, only when your internal memory is 16GB I wouldn't see why you would swap that with a 8GB external SD card, or a SD card of the same size. There's nothing to gain. When you do this mod on the other hand with a 32GB or a 64GB SD card you gain space.
Look at it as if you bought the cheaper 16GB model and upgrade it to a 32GB or a 64GB model, not by soldering in another memory module but the easy way with this softmod.
As for the speed it will be limited by the speed of the SD card. This may vary from SD to SD, faster SDs tend to be more expensive. The card I have used is slightly slower then the internal memory, but it is not an issue.

Hi, is this the same a100 mod with apply on boot? Or have you made some new changes to it. My only concern was the OS might create some file/directories in internal memory before your mod executes.
Thanks
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jaksau said:
Hi, is this the same a100 mod with apply on boot? Or have you made some new changes to it. My only concern was the OS might create some file/directories in internal memory before your mod executes.
Thanks
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
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I don't know about the 'apply on boot' mod, this is just a tuto I composed from scratch based on my findings when doing this to my own tablet.
If you want to go in detail about what happens : all of the stuff is done @ boot time, and because its based on setting a mount point, that would be done before the os starts writing stuff down. As for the affected partitions by doing this mod, it only affects the '/data/media' partition wich is mounted by default in 'mnt/sdcard'. This mod just disables the system from doing that and instead mounts your complete external SD to that mount point. After the mod the old files are stille accesable by browsing with your root explorer to /data/media.
Btw : I wouldn't recommend doing this mod on any other device than the A500/G100W as the program that does all the work, was specificly written FOR the A500/G100W !

Tutorial updated to v1.2
All needed files are in the attached zip (first post in this thread), including an easy readable pdf with word accentuation on the hard parts of the tutorial.

The title says 64G. I think SDHC is up to 32G. The 64G should be SDXC.
Does the Acer Iconia A500 really support SDXC?
Anybody tried a 64G SD?
Thanks!

qingz said:
The title says 64G. I think SDHC is up to 32G. The 64G should be SDXC.
Does the Acer Iconia A500 really support SDXC?
Anybody tried a 64G SD?
Thanks!
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You got a point ! Checked iconia's specs and it says 32GB max !!
Gonna change the title and the pdf !

any way to get this working with ICS? mount at boot doesn't seem to be working

Somairotevoli said:
any way to get this working with ICS? mount at boot doesn't seem to be working
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I don't have ics, so i can't realy test that. I think that the mount (read swap) is done at login time, thats when you see the superuser has granted acces message. Then again android could be supressing these messages until userlogin. Who will tell?

I'm just mounting manually at boot before the internal sdcard script runs. Working great! Only issue is storage crashes in settings. Must be an ics issue.
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First post updated, all is done through CWM now. Safer way of doing things ...

Besides settings crashing, new version works as should on ics. Thanks!
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Just to ask, does this work for the 8gb model too?
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Junkyardjames87 said:
Just to ask, does this work for the 8gb model too?
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I dont know for sure as mine is the 16GB model, but if its Iconia A500 or Packardbell G100W, it should work without a glitch. I would say, test it out and if it does Ill add 8GB to the thread title.

I have an 8GB A500 that is running Thor ROM vs12 and when I tried flashing the zip file it aborted the installation. Do you know if I needed to wipe the system before installing?

todds67 said:
I have an 8GB A500 that is running Thor ROM vs12 and when I tried flashing the zip file it aborted the installation. Do you know if I needed to wipe the system before installing?
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Thats odd. An abort during flash sounds like your recovery is not able to execute the commands during flash. You could have a number of problems there. What recovery version are you using (here it's thor v1.6), also is the downloaded zip in a good condition?

External SD Card only guide

Intro:
This is a no-nonsense guide for running your Samsung Galaxy Tab with only an external SD Card.
This guide is a compilation of other (more experienced) user's solutions, as such I take credit only on gathering presenting them on a single easy to follow post.
I don't make any guarantees, specially since this guide involves hardware modification, proceed at your own risk.
I did this procedure on a Sprint CDMA version, but all Galaxy Tabs should be more or less the same.
Why would I do this?
Because your Galaxy Tab 7 no longer works (bootloop in GB Roms or Encryption Unsuccessful on ICS/JB).
Pictures of common symptoms that this procedure fixes:
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Special Thanks to (from XDA Developers and Rootzwiki):
Black6spdZ: Who originally posted this method.
derekwilkinson: Who helped me out with the update.sh changes.
xz124: For making me custom kernel for a couple of tests (No longer needed with hardware hack) and overall being very supportive.
cgugino: Who guided me to use vold.fstab hacks to fix the device (sadly it didn't work).
iFixit: For their step by step images.
Every single Android hacker and hack user who makes this community great.
Procedure:
Summary:
- Open up the device and take internal SD Card out.
- Re-assemble the device.
- Partition the external SD Card (3 partitions, two small ext4 and one big FAT32)
- Modify ICS or later ROM's update.sh to use partition 3 as external SD Card.
- Flash modded ROM via CWM (and Google Apps optional).
- Enjoy
Taking it appart:
Don't panic!, if you can use a screwdriver and build with Legos you are qualified to do this!
iFixit does a wonderful job of showcasing how to open the device up that I rather link to them than try to out-do them.
Follow their guide until step 13 then refer back to this guide. http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Teardown/4103/2
To actually remove the Internal SD Card (that is not soldered to the board but in-fact glued to it), I recommend you take an exacto knife (or other small blade or thin screwdriver) and slide it around the edges gently; once the edges are loose, take your screwdriver under the chip and just pop it up.
There will be adhesive residue on the board, I recommend using some gentle solvent to remove it (I used a cloth with a little paint thinner).
Put everything back together (just follow the iFixit guide on reverse) and feel proud that you are done with the hardware mod.
Partition your external SD Card
I used three partitions (all primary, not logical) , two 500 MB ext4 and a FAT32 with the rest of the space.
Linux users will probably not require much help on deciding what software to use, but for Windows users MiniTool Partition Wizard does a good enough job.
Do note that your device will perform according to your external SD Card, so it's not a bad idea to invest in a category 10 SD Card.
Modifing the ROM:
Download your ICS / JB ROM of choice, unzip it and open update.sh
Edit both line 31 and 35 to be as bellow
Code:
SD_PART='/dev/block/mmcblk0p3'
Save and zip back.
Loading the Modded ROM to the SD:
Because we messed with the SD Cards, CWM will have a bit of trouble finding the external SD Card (until we flash our ROM).
Go ahead and connect your device to your computer and ADB the following command:
Code:
adb shell "echo /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file"
That will allow you to access your SD Card from your PC, just copy your modded ROM to it.
Now, issude the following command:
Code:
adb shell mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /sdcard
This will allow you to install the .zip file from CWM, go ahead and do that.
After checking partition types, your device will reboot and appear on a countdown to find the external SD Card, go ahead and reboot it manually before it does automatically (reboot to recovery with volume up).
Flash the .zip again, this time the installation will go successfully and you will have a working device.
Optionally, flash your desired Google Apps.

ChrisCTX, great write up, thanks! I have a couple questions if you don't mind.
Is that interior SD chip on the same side as the external SD slot? I ask because you noted the internal chip is glued in place.
Ok, found the information I asked about. Your web link doesn't work by the way.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Teardown/4103/2
A common issue I have noticed in the forums is the Tabs that are running CM9 are getting very warm on the right side in that area. My Verizon Tab does this.
I'm wondering if the additional thermal issue is causing the adhesive to break down and allow the chip to pull away from the main board.
If so, then this issue may be repairable. I'm throwing this out there for others to consider. I haven't run across this idea in the forums, but if it's
been discussed, I apologize.
Thanks again for the information.

Yes, everything is on the right side (battery covers almost all the left).
As for the heat loosening the adhesive, it's not impossible, but I find it a little far-fetched since Samsung decided not to solder the chips in place, I would expect them to use an adhesive that could tolerate some heat, then again, assembly lines are known to do good ol' money saving switcheroos, so I'm open to the possibility.
Sadly I just cleaned it all away with thinner, I could have perhaps asked an Industrial or Electrical Engineer in my school if he could guessed what it was.
I guess someone could try opening the device up and applying some pressure on top of the chip and see if anything happens, I can't because my internal got some of the metallic dots damaged when I popped it off (Not that I care, I planned on doing the change permanent).
If someone does that, please do share your experiences, it might just save people from having to go all ape on their device
Thanks for the link fix too, this post's has a sister thread (clone realy) on rootzwiki and it shortened it there.

Shouldn't the tittle be External SD card only guide instead?
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This is helpful
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I have been looking for this for a while. Thank you so much.
I am in the process of using this to fix a Verizon tab. Before I took internal SD chip off, I make sure that it is not loose due to heat problem. The internal SD is glue very well to the board. So the problem of a loose contacts are not it.
What I have done so far is successfully removed the internal Sandisk SD chip. Mine did not come off very easy. It broke off bit by bit. but eventually it came off.
After search for the rom file, I found a zip file called aokp_plc_milestone-6.zip. I don't know if this will work or not, but I did modified line 31 and 35 according to the guide. I notice in that zip file, the file is actually named updater.sh instead of update.sh. I don't know if this make any different.
Now I need to learn how to do ADB.

It works
Wow! I am so happy to have my tab working again. Thank you!
It is really weird. The only thing I did was removed the internal "Sandisk" chip on the motherboard.
When I put everything together, It starts to work again. The system still show the internal 1.9 GB.
I format the external SD with two ext4 and the rest fat32, and the system recognized my external SD.
So I am back to working like before. The "Sandisk" chip I took off was not the internal SD. It may have been a spare chip on Verizon tab.
I was going to do some search on how to do ADB, and everything start to work again. So, I did not even run the modified rom.
I am still running 2.2. I need to read up on different rom to try. But as of now, I am happy that I can use my tab again.

works great!!!thanks a lot. But i can't access rest of my sd card.It only shows 496 mb + 500 mb.Where is my 13,8 gb?Any ideas?

Well, in the interest of seeing what Samsung would do to fix a card corrupted by the encryption bug, I sent mine in for repair. The status shows they replaced the PBA (printed circuit board). We'll see how it works when I get it back

can't install rom. Have status 7 error message,any ideas?

I think you need to format your SD again to see the rest of memory.
I have not mess with update the rom yet, but how are you installing the rom? Are you using CWM? I think the guide said to use CWM.
Also, if you are having a verizon tab, can you point me to what rom are you trying to install? I have not have the time to look for the rom for verizon. I am very confused about the rom since so many of them.
bombarder said:
can't install rom. Have status 7 error message,any ideas?
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visualxda said:
I think you need to format your SD again to see the rest of memory.
I have not mess with update the rom yet, but how are you installing the rom? Are you using CWM? I think the guide said to use CWM.
Also, if you are having a verizon tab, can you point me to what rom are you trying to install? I have not have the time to look for the rom for verizon. I am very confused about the rom since so many of them.
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thanks for responce
I formated it already 500xt4 +500 xt4 +rest fat32
after that follow the instruction to addind scripts from adb to make visible your external sd card in cwm
finall go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585619 and download three files(first rom, second update and gapps)
after installing rom I can't install update

well, I think the guide said to get the zip file either jb or ics. modify some lines and use cwm to flash it. It did not talk about (rom, update and gapps). I have not flash the rom with ext sd only yet. Maybe the one you are following is different then this application.
The only other thing to try is to have the Fat32 as the first partition instead of last.
bombarder said:
thanks for responce
I formated it already 500xt4 +500 xt4 +rest fat32
after that follow the instruction to addind scripts from adb to make visible your external sd card in cwm
finall go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585619 and download three files(first rom, second update and gapps)
after installing rom I can't install update
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visualxda said:
well, I think the guide said to get the zip file either jb or ics. modify some lines and use cwm to flash it. It did not talk about (rom, update and gapps). I have not flash the rom with ext sd only yet. Maybe the one you are following is different then this application.
The only other thing to try is to have the Fat32 as the first partition instead of last.
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i have solved my prob by formating a 32gb sd, 10gb fat 32, 4 gb swap, and about 14 gb ext4, put cm9 on fat32, booted into cwm and installed from sd, hey presto all ok and seems very stable dont really know what partition i needed but it works, lol.

Anyone willing to do this fix for me ? PM me if anyone is willing .
I don't have Time nor tools nor patience to do this.
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mr_dell_boy said:
i have solved my prob by formating a 32gb sd, 10gb fat 32, 4 gb swap, and about 14 gb ext4, put cm9 on fat32, booted into cwm and installed from sd, hey presto all ok and seems very stable dont really know what partition i needed but it works, lol.
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can you be more specific on what you are doing? did you use adb command to copy the cm9 rom into the sd? what rom are you running before that allow you to "booted into cwm"? How are you able to "booted into cwm"? Are you using the power and up/down to "booted into cwm"?
I am running galaxy cube 3 with cwm. I can booted into cwm, but I can't access my ext sd once I am in cwm. So I can't install the mod rom.

visualxda, have you tried
Code:
adb shell mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /sdcard
?
Assuming you have 3 partitions like the guide suggest, this should load your SD in CWM.

ChrisCTX said:
visualxda, have you tried
Code:
adb shell mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /sdcard
?
Assuming you have 3 partitions like the guide suggest, this should load your SD in CWM.
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Thanks for the response.
I can mount the SD when I am in CWM now. Somehow I could not do that earlier. So, I did not use the adb command line.
The problem I have now is asert error (status 7) on CM10, CM9, and Aopk roms. From what I have read, I think my kernel is too old.
My kernel version is 2.6.35.7-dsb9938.vzw.gtab.e104.1.12

If you removed your Internal SD Card like the guide says, then you need to edit a file inside the ROMs for them to work properly.
You have to edit the update.sh in line 31 and 35 to be as bellow
Code:
SD_PART='/dev/block/mmcblk0p3'
It's all there in the guide really, just be sure to read it and follow it step by step and you WILL end up with a working Tab.

Maybe because I have a verizon tab. The only ROM I can install correctly is CM9 Build 5. I always get error status 7 with CM9 Build 10, CM10, and AOKP. If I remove the first three lines of code on the update script, then I get error status 6.
ChrisCTX said:
If you removed your Internal SD Card like the guide says, then you need to edit a file inside the ROMs for them to work properly.
You have to edit the update.sh in line 31 and 35 to be as bellow
Code:
SD_PART='/dev/block/mmcblk0p3'
It's all there in the guide really, just be sure to read it and follow it step by step and you WILL end up with a working Tab.
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[Nook HD] CM10/CM10.1 General Discussion

Tips:
To hide status/nav bars, enable expanded desktop under system->power menu. Press power button and select expanded desktop to hide/unhide.
In tablet ui mode, enable stretch screens under launcher->homescreen to show all homescreen icons.
Please post questions/problems here for sdcard install of CM10/10.1
For CM10/CM10.1 Development see this thread.

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CM10.1 Screenshots
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CM10.1 Easter Egg
Different lock screens (Only owner can change default lock screen security)
User option in the settings panel

Reserved for CM10.2. Hehe.

msprag13 said:
Have the CM10 up and running on my kid's nook HD and cm on a 4gb card is better than stock. My 7 year old daughter likes it better than the stock nook.
Now is it possible to copy what I have to a 32gb card?
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In Windows
use W32DiskImager, copy the whole 4gig SD card to a file say CM10-4gig.img by clicking READ instead of WRITE.
insert new SD card and using W32DiskImager again WRITE the same CM10-4gig.img to the SD card.
Resize the last partition (Partition 5) to occupy the larger size.
In Linux
dd if=/dev/sdx of=/tmp/CM10-4gig.img bs=4000000
dd if=/tmp/CM10-4gig.img of=/dev/sdx bs=4000000
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where /dev/sdx is your sdcard

I asked the following here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36302906#post36302906, but I thought I'd also ask here...
just occurred to me, how come you can make edits to the system via adb or cwm without causing a restore but if you make changes any other way it causes a restore? would it be possible to upload a edited kernel to trick the system to load a build of CM10 off the internal storage?

Questions from a Noob...
Hello all,
I just picked up a Nook HD yesterday, and hoped to install CM10 on it.
Using the sdcard installer found here, I got CM10 running on my Nook HD!
Unfortunately, I have been noticing some weird things and have a few questions.
1. When I reboot, I don't see the Cyanoboot screen like in this video; It takes me straight to a blank screen (which I think means that it's trying to play the bootanimation, but it doesn't/can't) and then a fully black screen, where I can then hit the Power button or Nook button and see CM10 in all its glory. Any tips?
2. When creating the sdcard for install, I was originally planning on using the CWM bootable image and then manually flashing the ROM and Gapps zips through the recovery, but there wasn't enough space on the partition. I am probably missing something here...
3. If I take the sdcard out, does it boot to the B&N Android on the internal memory?
4. Is it possible to install CM10 to the internal memory?
5. Where do CWM backups get stored by default; on the internal or external sdcard memory?
I am pretty familiar with Android and root on quite a few devices, but the nook is one of the most complex for me to wrap my head around.
Thank you very much and keep up the good work! CM10 is quick and awesome on the HD!

1. I have the exact same behavior but quickly learned to ignore it as I don't reboot often.
3. Yes. Easy to check for you.
4. Not yet AFAIK.
patel4prez said:
Hello all,
1. When I reboot, I don't see the Cyanoboot screen like in this video; It takes me straight to a blank screen (which I think means that it's trying to play the bootanimation, but it doesn't/can't) and then a fully black screen, where I can then hit the Power button or Nook button and see CM10 in all its glory. Any tips?
2. When creating the sdcard for install, I was originally planning on using the CWM bootable image and then manually flashing the ROM and Gapps zips through the recovery, but there wasn't enough space on the partition. I am probably missing something here...
3. If I take the sdcard out, does it boot to the B&N Android on the internal memory?
4. Is it possible to install CM10 to the internal memory?
5. Where do CWM backups get stored by default; on the internal or external sdcard memory?
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yelloguy said:
1. I have the exact same behavior but quickly learned to ignore it as I don't reboot often.
3. Yes. Easy to check for you.
4. Not yet AFAIK.
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Cool. Thanks for the quick reply! If you have the same issue with Cyanoboot, then I'm not too worried. I just thought it might me the nook (or me )...
But that was the biggest of my worries. Thanks for clearing that up.

Corrupt SD Card?
I've been using verygreen's SD card image to run CM10.1 on my HD+ for the past month.
I haven't had any real problems until the latest update (12/31). Apparently my SD card is now corrupt. Problems started when my HD+ rebooted on it's own and booted into stock ROM. Restarting didn't help. I had to physically pull the SD card out of the slot, plug it back in and then reboot my HD+. Booted back into CM10.1, but when I was reading a PDF, my HD+ froze and now will no longer boot into CM10.1 no matter what I do. I didn't want to wipe my SD and start over just yet.
Didn't know if this was a problem with the latest update or maybe my SD card is taking a dump after working great the past month.

kmahoney said:
I've been using verygreen's SD card image to run CM10.1 on my HD+ for the past month.
I haven't had any real problems until the latest update (12/31). Apparently my SD card is now corrupt. Problems started when my HD+ rebooted on it's own and booted into stock ROM. Restarting didn't help. I had to physically pull the SD card out of the slot, plug it back in and then reboot my HD+. Booted back into CM10.1, but when I was reading a PDF, my HD+ froze and now will no longer boot into CM10.1 no matter what I do. I didn't want to wipe my SD and start over just yet.
Didn't know if this was a problem with the latest update or maybe my SD card is taking a dump after working great the past month.
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This is the HD thread. You would get a better response if you posted to verygreen's CM10 HD+ thread. And you are running CM10, not CM10.1.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

leapinlar said:
This is the HD thread. You would get a better response if you posted to verygreen's CM10 HD+ thread. And you are running CM10, not CM10.1.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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You are correct, it's CM10. My mistake.
But, I'm not allowed to post in verygreen's thread. Guess I didn't realize this was an HD only thread.

ShapeShifter499 said:
just occurred to me, how come you can make edits to the system via adb or cwm without causing a restore but if you make changes any other way it causes a restore? would it be possible to upload a edited kernel to trick the system to load a build of CM10 off the internal storage?
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It doesn't matter how the changes to /system are made; all that matters is what the changes are. If an unrecognized file is present (or a stock file is replaced by a different file), the Nook will go into its reboot loop. But if a new symlink or new directory is present (or if a stock file is replaced by a symlink or a directory), the Nook will ignore it. This is true even if the changes were made by adb or CWM.
Yes, in theory it is possible to install a modified version of CM10 that will run off the internal storage. But nobody has created such a version yet. It's even possible in theory to install a modified boot image that will run the stock B&N system image without looking for changed files, but nobody has done this either.

Update version of CM10 possible?
I want to say first- THANK YOU! I love CM10 on my Nook HD.
I'm running the version from 12/28.
I want to update to a newer release.
I've read the edits to the 12/28 install but I'm still not quite sure- do I modify the installer image with the new hummingbird, and do a fresh install?
Or can I just use CWM?
Will either method leave the CM10SDCARD partition intact? If not, is there a way (currently available or in the future) to preserve that partition?
Thanks!
Chris Baker
Austin, Texas

Nook HD noob
OK, it seems that I have no clue on how to dual boot via microSD card to my just purchased Nook HD. (not a HD+)
I am running windows8. The Nook HD is unfortunately V2.0.5 and I have never dealt with rooting androids or putting .img on SD cards. SD card is a Kingston 8GB microSD HC class4 SDC4/8GB. I am good with computers and I like to hack into gaming systems. I read what I could but it seems that I can’t get the nook to boot off of the microSD card. How exactly do you do a warm boot/reboot?
Is there a Nook DH dual boot for dummies or can you explain step by step to someone that has never done this before? I am so lost……terminology and all.:crying:

GHSDAZZ said:
OK, it seems that I have no clue on how to dual boot via microSD card to my just purchased Nook HD. (not a HD+)
I am running windows8. The Nook HD is unfortunately V2.0.5 and I have never dealt with rooting androids or putting .img on SD cards. SD card is a Kingston 8GB microSD HC class4 SDC4/8GB. I am good with computers and I like to hack into gaming systems. I read what I could but it seems that I can’t get the nook to boot off of the microSD card. How exactly do you do a warm boot/reboot?
Is there a Nook DH dual boot for dummies or can you explain step by step to someone that has never done this before? I am so lost……terminology and all.:crying:
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I think this is the thread you want: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063968
Scroll down to where it says 'CM10 sdcard Installer'
If you can get that image (not just a drag-'n-drop) onto an sd card, then just boot up the nook and it will install CM on the sd card.

anupwardtrend said:
I want to say first- THANK YOU! I love CM10 on my Nook HD.
I'm running the version from 12/28.
I want to update to a newer release.
I've read the edits to the 12/28 install but I'm still not quite sure- do I modify the installer image with the new hummingbird, and do a fresh install?
Or can I just use CWM?
Will either method leave the CM10SDCARD partition intact? If not, is there a way (currently available or in the future) to preserve that partition?
Thanks!
Chris Baker
Austin, Texas
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Copy the newly downloaded zip to CM10SDCARD, boot to CWM and then select the file for the update. That's it.

Nook HD noob
anupwardtrend said:
I think this is the thread you want: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063968
Scroll down to where it says 'CM10 sdcard Installer'
If you can get that image (not just a drag-'n-drop) onto an sd card, then just boot up the nook and it will install CM on the sd card.
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I used win32diskimager-binary to write the cm10-sdcard-installer.img to my SD card with no luck once SD card was placed into the nook HD and cold booted. Keeps booting in the nook OS.

GHSDAZZ said:
I used win32diskimager-binary to write the cm10-sdcard-installer.img to my SD card with no luck once SD card was placed into the nook HD and cold booted. Keeps booting in the nook OS.
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Sometimes when you rewrite stuff on a card it doesn't work. Try reformatting the card using the SD formatter at sdcard.org
Then, after you've reformatted the card, try reburning the img to the card.

Nook HD noob
anupwardtrend said:
I think this is the thread you want: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063968
Scroll down to where it says 'CM10 sdcard Installer'
If you can get that image (not just a drag-'n-drop) onto an sd card, then just boot up the nook and it will install CM on the sd card.
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mothemom said:
Sometimes when you rewrite stuff on a card it doesn't work. Try reformatting the card using the SD formatter at sdcard.org
Then, after you've reformatted the card, try reburning the img to the card.
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OK, I reformatted using sdcard.org formatter. I used win32diskimager-binary to write the cm10-sdcard-installer.img to my SD card and still no luck. Started nook cold boot. Don’t know how to do a warm boot.