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I've read over and over and need verification and reassuarance that I'm doing this properly. Trying to keep track of android devices get confusing at time. I'm not a total android noob, I've got my thunderbolt, the wife's fascinate, and a droid x, I've just bought the iconia and it's rooted, my confusion lies with, its magic and the Acer recovery installer. After rooting do you just flash cwm via the Acer recovery installer? Create a backup and flash a new rom? And treat it like any other device?what's the importance of having both cwm and the Acer stock image? Stock is for receiving ota updates correct?
What's different between its magic and the Acer recovery installer?
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ARI installs both the custom CWM and itsmagic on to your tablet once rooted. Flashing ROMs through CWM will automatically run itsmagic to calculate the new checksums, you don't need to worry about it.
ARI is just there to make installing itsmagic and CWM a lot simpler.
Thanks. How do you format external SD on this thing?
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ibsk8 said:
Thanks. How do you format external SD on this thing?
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Have yet to find an app that can do this - have never had the need, but if needed I would just use a microsd card reader, hook it to my PC, and format from there. Anyone else know of a utility for Droid that allows format of external SD card?
to OP:
I could not the format function in honeycomb either kinda odd.
Anyway, if you are trying to 'format' for first time use in your tab, upon inserting SD card the tab automatically creates the file structure it needs. Hope that helps.
Take the card out.I use a format utility by sandisk works with all removable media.think I gotfeom there website. But there are alot of format utilities out there just format in fat 32 seems to work best.for me anyway
Hope this helps
I was just going to pop in in my thunderbolt and format it, is this a problem?
Also when creating backups with cwm does it save backups to the internal memory? Or external_sdcard?
Drives me nuts that the internal memory is at /mnt/sdcard and its not an SD card.
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ibsk8 said:
I was just going to pop in in my thunderbolt and format it, is this a problem?
Also when creating backups with cwm does it save backups to the internal memory? Or external_sdcard?
Drives me nuts that the internal memory is at /mnt/sdcard and its not an SD card.
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CWM saves to ext SD card!
Another Q, the tablet I have says android 3.0.1 ,what else do I need to know before flashing, do certain roms on work when on certain android versions?
On the phones you have to match roms to radios (but no radios here) are there firmware versions that need to be matched with the from or will flashing the rom bring you up to the current version.
I've learned the hard way so sorry for the noob questions, each device is a new method thanks.
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Check for update, newest update ota is 3.1
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Hymizzle said:
Check for update, newest update ota is 3.1
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What he said ^
update to 3.1 and then root with Iconiaroot 1.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138228
That way you don't have to bother with the orientation lock, etc of gingerbreak.
Thanks. Downloading now.
More questions.
When retrieving an ota is it necessary to revert back to the stock recovery as well?
For example prior to retrieving
1. Restore stock backup via cwm
2. Restore stock recovery (is this necessary?)
3. Unroot via terminal or other method
4. Retrieve OTA
Then reroot and reflash cwm recovery and create a backup.
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ibsk8 said:
For example prior to retrieving
1. Restore stock backup via cwm
2. Restore stock recovery (is this necessary?)
3. Unroot via terminal or other method
4. Retrieve OTA
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There shouldn't be the need for any of those steps, CWM doesn't care if you have rooted the tablet for example, and the OTA update just updates binaries on the system, it shouldn't be affected either.
if you install a stock rom, you have to re-flash cwm, root, kernel because it cleans everything, and i think that it is a good thing to happen.
One little question about the Tool "Multirom":
My internal storage is nearly full because of many Gameloft Games like Nova with big .obb files. After installing a custom Rom on a external storage like a 64gb usb stick, do the Apps/Games of the 2nd Rom will be stored on the external device or on the Nexus 7 internal storage?
Unfortunately tools like "Directory Bind" don't work for me because of Android 4.21...
I think they will store in external storage.
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Sadegh is right. They stay on the external.
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rebel1699 said:
Sadegh is right. They stay on the external.
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Thanks^^.
Little problem after installation: Multirom doesn't see the rom (paranoid android) on my USB drive.Always the message "No Roms in this location".USB is formatted in NTFS and the paranoid.zip is in the root directory
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Thanks^^.
Little problem after installation: Multirom doesn't see the rom (paranoid android) on my USB drive.Always the message "No Roms in this location".USB is formatted in NTFS and the paranoid.zip is in the root directory
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Try FAT32.
Mac of York said:
Try FAT32.
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Well Fat32 is much better,now i can boot many roms but I cant install the paranoid-android rom.Always the same error:
create system.img
create data..
create cache
...
...
unable to open paranoid.zip
Whats wrong?
Maybe a kernel problem because I selected "use the same kernel for both roms"?
Ok I found the problem.In my opinion MultiROM is not fully compatible with NTFS...None of my roms work on NTFS.Always stuck on create data.img...
FAT32 works but the 4gb cap is a little bit annoying.Any idea?
The thread says NTFS is compatible... so it should be. You could also try making it extX.
Well ext3 is compatible too but I cant write anything on my USB Stick with this partition format...I use "Ext2fsd" but I cant mount the partition as read & write...only as read only.
I think NTFS is the best for me but I cant get it working ...Can I move the rom which I created under Ext3 to the NTFS partition?
Maybe exFat?
Have you checked the paranoid zip isn't corrupted? (md5 check or redownload)
I've not tried usb storage but paranoid is certainly working for me in multirom on internal storage
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I can use Titanium Backup Pro for my apps but what do I use to backup all my media files and other things stored on the "SD card?" I have a 32Gb USB drive that I've used to store the Ti backup on but what can I use to basically copy /mnt/sdcard to the USB drive?
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how did you copy all your titanium backups to the USB drive? or are you looking for an app which you don't really need?
I assume you can just plug in your nexus 7 to PC, mount it and copy the entire sd card contents. this would include your titanium backups, so in fact you could backup everything in one go.
when you do a factory reset within recovery when switching roms, it shouldn't touch the sd card partition unless you specifically ask it to wipe it within recovery. having the sd card backup is merely safer if you want it.
You can use USB cable connection.
I use ES FILE EXPLORER to transfer files to and back by wifi. Connects to your lan, ftp, cloud, etc.
MyPhoneExplorer also works. Easier but less tools than ES File Explorer.
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Anderson2 said:
You can use USB cable connection.
I use ES FILE EXPLORER to transfer files to and back by wifi. Connects to your lan, ftp, cloud, etc.
MyPhoneExplorer also works. Easier but less tools than ES File Explorer.
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ES transfers to usb like a million times faster than mtp does to a computer.
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BlackFire27 said:
ES transfers to usb like a million times faster than mtp does to a computer.
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So you just open /sdcard in ES File Explorer, select all and then copy to your USB card? How long does it take? I'm sure I've got at least 10G of media files.
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bsoplinger said:
So you just open /sdcard in ES File Explorer, select all and then copy to your USB card? How long does it take? I'm sure I've got at least 10G of media files.
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Could take up to an hour or so, so grab some chips and be patient.
Nexus 7
Took quite more than an hour, more like 3 but worked fine. Interestingly, a factory reset via the standard settings (vs. doing it in recovery) preserved the pseudo SD card on Android 4.2.2 so all the copying was unnecessary. Of course its useful for just making general backups of my media so the knowledge is still useful.
Also of interest, was that I couldn't use ES File Explorer to do the copy. It had the "smarts" to know there was only 1.5G free on /sdcard and wouldn't let me copy the 17G of media and files to the USB card since stickmount mounts it as /sdcard/usbstorage/xxx and ES ignored that it was a mount point and incorrectly assumed that the storage limit of /sdcard applied. Root Explorer didn't verify space requirements so did the copy.
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bsoplinger said:
Interestingly, a factory reset via the standard settings (vs. doing it in recovery) preserved the pseudo SD card on Android 4.2.2 so all the copying was unnecessary.
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It's my understanding that the settings menu merely prepares a recovery command file (/cache/recovery/command) which calls for a factory reset, and then reboots to the recovery - which then reads the command file and does the bidding of whatever prepared the command file (to the extent that the recovery actually implements the full syntax of the command file language).
A custom recovery will obey this command - and "factory reset" according to it's own definition of what that is. So TWRP or CWM won't wipe the whole of /data. But if it is a stock recovery that you have sitting there, that's a different story (I *think*).
Are you saying that you had a stock recovery installed when you did this - or a custom recovery?. Up until now, I have always assumed that a stock recovery wipes everything when a "factory reset" is requested.
Custom recovery, latest CWM touch actually. I was completely unprepared after doing the factory reset from the settings screen to find the pseudo SD card intact. This would be the first Android device I've owned that behaved this way. Then again it's also the first Nexus (or perhaps I should say Google device) with bog standard Android without some manufacturers additions on it. I've rooted them all starting with my Android 1.6 device so it comes as a huge surprise to me.
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bsoplinger said:
I was completely unprepared after doing the factory reset from the settings screen to find the pseudo SD card intact.
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i did try to tell you
eddiehk6 said:
when you do a factory reset within recovery when switching roms, it shouldn't touch the sd card partition unless you specifically ask it to wipe it within recovery.
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never mind, no harm in being extra safe.
bsoplinger said:
Custom recovery, latest CWM touch actually. I was completely unprepared after doing the factory reset from the settings screen to find the pseudo SD card intact. This would be the first Android device I've owned that behaved this way. Then again it's also the first Nexus (or perhaps I should say Google device) with bog standard Android without some manufacturers additions on it. I've rooted them all starting with my Android 1.6 device so it comes as a huge surprise to me.
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I'll bet you $1 that the stock recovery wipes everything.
The problem with a custom recovery on a device with no external SD card is there's no place for Nandroid backups and ROMs to hide if a factory reset wipes everything. But it's clearly needed for clean ROM installs. So "factory reset" in custom-recoveryland is not the same as factory reset with the stock recovery for those devices.
Sort of bad nomenclature for a rooted device in the first place anyway - if there is one thing the operation is not for a rooted device, it's "factory reset".
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Hi,
I have a SM-N9005 and rooted. My problem is, when i want to install zip file from my extsdcard it cannot open. In this case how i want to flash a new rom? Btw, i'm using CWM recovery. Tq in advance
I assume the card was formatted in the phone and you are not trying to use NTFS or a format the 9005 does not recognise.
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Hi,
i have two identical NC devices [ from the outside], but
here are the difference in the inside:
#first:
- internal storage for the apps that can't be unmounted have 0.9GB
- internal storage for the user data that can be unmounter/remounted have 5GB
#second:
- internal storage for the apps that can't be unmounted have 4.9GB
- internal storage for the user data that can be unmounter/remounted have 1GB
and i want to change #second NC internal storage to look/work as onthe #first
i read and tried this:
- changing from this
/devices/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/mmc_host/mmc1 auto auto defaults voldmanaged=sdcard1:auto,noemulatedsd
/devices/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.1/mmc_host/mmc0 auto vfat defaults voldmanaged=sdcard0:8,nonremovable
to this:
/devices/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/mmc_host/mmc1 auto auto defaults voldmanaged=sdcard0:auto
/devices/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.1/mmc_host/mmc0 auto auto defaults voldmanaged=sdcard1:8
Also fstab.encore are identical on both devices.
but does not helped.
Can anyone help with this or point to the right dirrection ?
Thanks
The issue is that BN changed the internal partitioning sizes for the newer Nook Colors. Dean Gibson developed a set of tools to repartition the newer nooks back to the original sizes if desired. See this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14101197
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Yes,
i just found this thread, but
repartitioning files does not installs [ got cwm error] and
i looking to make usb adb cwm setup and
try do this manually.
It's good that i can resize but, have issue with Cwm adb setup on win 8.1 x64
purenoise said:
Yes,
i just found this thread, but
repartitioning files does not installs [ got cwm error] and
i looking to make usb adb cwm setup and
try do this manually.
It's good that i can resize but, have issue with Cwm adb setup on win 8.1 x64
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You are using too new of a CWM it must be older than v6045. You can find one on my Nook Color Tips thread.
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Managed to manually resize partitions.
Will try with older CWM, but is it possible to make .zip for newer CWM ?
purenoise said:
Managed to manually resize partitions.
Will try with older CWM, but is it possible to make .zip for newer CWM ?
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No, it takes a little effort to change files and make sure they work. Not worth to me the extra effort when it can be flashed with the older CWM.
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Tried your CWM-6.0.1.2-bootable_SD & CWM-5.5.0.4-bootable_SD:
- it boot CWM but then not mount Sdcard even manually
Suggestions ?
purenoise said:
Tried your CWM-6.0.1.2-bootable_SD & CWM-5.5.0.4-bootable_SD:
- it boot CWM but then not mount Sdcard even manually
Suggestions ?
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You mean when you say install zip from SD it says it will not mount?
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leapinlar said:
You mean when you say install zip from SD it says it will not mount?
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Yes, gives me an error that there is no SD, but
was booted from SD with your CWMs.
And can't mount in 'Mounts and...' - same error
CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.2
E:Can't mount /sdcard/
Error mounting /sdcard!
SOLVER - WORKS:
- just reflashed CWM-6.0.1.2-bootable_SD.img
Thanks.
RePartitioning
So i can repartition other devices
[ i know, not with this files]
just i need to know what partitions is to safe resizeable ?
purenoise said:
So i can repartition other devices
[ i know, not with this files]
just i need to know what partitions is to safe resizeable ?
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Each device uses different partition structures so there is not an easy answer for this. And on top of that most newer devices do not use the DOS partition structure like the PC and the Nook Color does. Therefore fdisk will not work on them. They use a newer structure called GPT that is more robust than the DOS structure. And you must use the tool gdisk.
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