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[GUIDE] How to setup A2SD WITHOUT flashing a fresh ROM

After an hour or two of frustrating googling and thread sifting I managed to successfully setup A2SD to increase internal phone memory without affecting my current ROM and installed apps/data/settings. I thought I'd put together a clear and simple guide to save anybody else the pain and because I feel I owe the community for all the awesome ROMs and hacks my HD2 has been subjected to over the past couple of years!
Update: If you want to upgrade your ICS ROM rather than fresh install and maintain this A2SD script then see here
How to setup A2SD on the HD2 without flashing a new ROM and maintaining all apps, settings and data
1.) Copy the contents of your SD card to a PC so it can be restored later. Before doing anything like this I always make a backup of my current ROM using CWM recovery and you should too! Please search XDA if you are unsure on how to do this. There are other ways to back up your SD card and apps and tools that will do this for you but this is the easiest and most foolproof method.
2.) Reboot your phone into recovery. If you have MAGLDR then when your phone is off, hold power button until you see the MAGLDR menu and select option 8 for recovery using the volume buttons to scroll and call button to select
3.) Still using the volume and call/back buttons to navigate the menu, select ADVANCED and then PARTITION SD CARD. Select your ext partition size. 1024 seems a healthy size big enough for most people. I have read many warnings about using 2048 and above so I recommend only going as big as you need to. Select 0M swap and continue to partition. Please be aware that your SD card will be formatted so make sure you paid attention to step 1!
4.) Now you need to flash the script that will make this partition wizardry happen. Download 40ad2sdx-a2Recovery.zip and save to your PC. From the CWM recovery main menu, select MOUNTS AND STORAGE then MOUNT USB STORAGE with your phone plugged into the PC. Windows will recognize your phone as a USB mass storage device so you can copy the script (40ad2sdx-a2Recovery.zip) directly onto the SD card. Once copied, press the call button on the phone to unmount USB storage. Now, back to the main menu and select INSTALL ZIP FROM SD CARD then CHOOSE ZIP FROM SD CARD. 40ad2sdx-a2Recovery.zip will be the only thing in the list so select and install it
5.) To complete the setup of the script you need to fix permissions. Once again, CWM recovery does all the hard work for us so from the main menu simply select ADVANCED and then FIX PERMISSIONS
6.) Ok. The A2SD virtual internal phone storage is now setup but before you reboot the phone, you need to restore the contents of the SD card so that Android doesn't try and set up the SD card from scratch and inevitably cause issues with your apps. As in step 4 connect your phone to the PC as a USB mass storage device and copy the SD card backup you made in step 1 back on to your SD card. This may take a while depending on how much data you have. 4GB took just over an hour for me. Once complete select UNMOUNT on the phone
7.) Now for the moment of truth... Keep your fingers crossed and select REBOOT from the recovery main menu. If all went to plan everything should look exactly as it did when you left it. Go into SETTINGS/MANAGE APPS to see your shiny new internal storage size and no more complaints from Android about your internal memory being low.
8.) We're almost there. Although everything should now work perfectly and your internal memory has increased you will most likely find you have the low sound issue where media played from the SD card is very quiet. To solve this you simply need to fix permissions one last time. Boot into recovery as in step 2 and select ADVANCED and then FIX PERMISSIONS just as you did in step 5. Now reboot and enjoy!
WARNING
- This guide assumes you have recovery etc. installed (see my signature for the specs that worked for me)
- I have only tried this with tytung's NexusHD2-ICS-CM9 V1.2 so I cannot promise it will work with other ROMs although I don't see why not. Be aware that some ROMs are already DATA2SD enabled and will not require an additional script - do your research!
- I have written this guide with the intent of helping a few lost HD2 users and it's merely based on my experience. I hold no responsibility for you bricking your phone or any other damage caused
- I am not a DEV but a ROM dabbler; I did not write this script and can only thank the guys responsible for it

Update...
uzi2 said:
You can,save a lot of time by creating the EXT4 partition with minitools partition wizard as it won't delete the data already on the FAT32 partition.
Sent from my Xoom
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This will make the above procedure a hell of a lot faster!
Here is a link to the Minitool Partition Wizard download

Additionally to using MTPW, format your SD with SD Formatter (to have it really nice and clean) and do all your operations with a SD card reader on your pc to make things even more faster
Plus, I think CWR only formats in ext3, not ext4 (which seems to be better)...
More info plus some other scripts in the Tytung Nexus CM9 wiki quoted in my sig.

geenyous said:
Additionally to using MTPW, format your SD with SD Formatter (to have it really nice and clean) and do all your operations with a SD card reader on your pc to make things even more faster
Plus, I think CWR only formats in ext3, not ext4 (which seems to be better)...
More info plus some other scripts in the Tytung Nexus CM9 wiki quoted in my sig.
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Thanks for the tips, SD Formatter looks like a good idea.
I really need to find my mini-SD to SD adapter!
I have had no issues with ext3 so far, does anybody know the benefits of ext4?

The whole procedure is much more simple that it seems like in the guide (very good guide also).
I did use the same script and it works perfect.

You should add another step that includes rebooting into recovery and fixing permissions a second time to fix the low volume issue. Aside from that thats the best guide on this subject I've read so far. Lets hope this will be a help to people switching to ICS roms without included Whatever2SD.

vasil.domuschiev said:
The whole procedure is much more simple that it seems like in the guide (very good guide also).
I did use the same script and it works perfect.
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Thank you, your right about it being easier than it looks. My aim was to make sure inexperienced users don't get stuck

Dam4rusxp said:
You should add another step that includes rebooting into recovery and fixing permissions a second time to fix the low volume issue. Aside from that thats the best guide on this subject I've read so far. Lets hope this will be a help to people switching to ICS roms without included Whatever2SD.
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Thanks, you're right about adding a step to cure the low volume issue. I will do that as soon as I get back on a PC.
All the guides I found before this were unnecessarily complicated and misleading. I hope this helps a few people

Thanks, worked for me!

As said, worked OK for me, but had low sound bug after that. Fixed permissions as you told and it was OK until next reboot. After reboot low sound was back.
Solution for me was to fix permissions twice.
1. Power off
2. CWM recovery and Advanced -> Fix permissions
3. Power off
4. CWM recovery and Advanced -> Fix permissions
5. Power off and boot
Now even after reboot low sound is not coming back.

ponn said:
As said, worked OK for me, but had low sound bug after that. Fixed permissions as you told and it was OK until next reboot. After reboot low sound was back.
Solution for me was to fix permissions twice.
1. Power off
2. CWM recovery and Advanced -> Fix permissions
3. Power off
4. CWM recovery and Advanced -> Fix permissions
5. Power off and boot
Now even after reboot low sound is not coming back.
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Coincidentally I updated the above guide explaining that you will need to fix permissions twice to avoid the low sound issue about 15 mins ago. See the final 'step 8'
Please can I ask you to have a quick look and confirm these steps make sense?
Thanks

Yes, I think that doing it second time right after the first boot might do the trick also.

ponn said:
Yes, I think that doing it second time right after the first boot might do the trick also.
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Thanks, just wanted to double check we were on the same page!

Thanks, worked for me. great work.

How to upgrade your ICS ROM.... properly!
I had some trouble upgrading from 1.2 to 1.3 because I was trying to use WinRAR to insert the script into the zipped ROM and CWM kept erroring.
7-zip seems to do the job perfectly so once again, feel free to learn from my mistakes...
How to upgrade your ICS ROM and maintain amarullz script
1.) Back up current ROM and apps however you want. I recommend a backup of the ROM with CWM and a backup of the apps with Titanium Backup. You can also copy the entire contents of the SD card to a PC for a fool proof backup. This is only as a precaution in case all hell breaks loose!
2.) On your PC unzip the script 40ad2sdx from 40ad2sdx-a2Recovery.zip or download the attached file from this post and unzip
3.) Open NexusHD2-ICS-CM9_V1.3.zip with 7-zip (Google and download for free) and go to folder system/etc/init.d/ then drag and drop the unzipped file 40ad2sdx to the opened 7-zip window then close 7-zip
4.) Copy the modified NexusHD2-ICS-CM9_V1.3.zip to the phones SD card
5.) Boot into CWM and install the ROM. There is no need to wipe cache or dalvik cache
6.) Reboot and relax

I am a newbie I don't know where to click on the "Thanks" button. so again, this thread did help me and work very well.

thanx
thnx buddy.... but i tried it on coredroid v3.7 for hd2.... it got stuck....... had to reinstall rom.......... any ideas

Is this script working on urdroid sensational xl stock 3.5? Please advise....
Sent from my mighty HTC HD2

shezi2243 said:
thnx buddy.... but i tried it on coredroid v3.7 for hd2.... it got stuck....... had to reinstall rom.......... any ideas
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Sorry to hear you're having trouble but as stated I have only tried this on ICS ROMS CM9 by tytung V1-4.
I have not tried installing this script on a Gingerbread ROM such as coredroid v3.7. In fact, I never found the need for more internal memory when I was using Gingerbread ROMS.
On the coredroid thread it says:
"Can we use A2SD?
All CoreDroid builds use EXT partition to use as DATA USER and use some parts of SYSTEM. This was chosen this way cause it makes the build faster. You can always use APPS2SD from MARKET to save a little more space on Phone storage if its not enough for you"
This suggests to me that all you need to do is create the EXT partition using CWM and you're good to go but please do some XDA searching first
Good luck

taufan36 said:
Is this script working on urdroid sensational xl stock 3.5? Please advise....
Sent from my mighty HTC HD2
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If you are referring to this ROM here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275119
Then you do not need the script from my thread. It looks like ext partition support is included and mandatory from version 3.2 onwards. Please see threads specific to your ROM but as in my previous reply it looks like all you need to do is create an ext partition and you're done.
Please search XDA to confirm this as I have not used that ROM
Good luck

[Q] Memory card issue after flashing 7.1.0

Hello members.
I just found a strange issue that I have started facing lately whenever I try to flash a custom ROM on my Defy.
Current stock ROM was 2.2.2
I rooted it and tried This ROM. After flashing it I realized my Proximity sensor stopped working after sometime and my memory card was out of space according to my cell though Astro and ES explorer could access it and I could play music too but my cell still said that Available memory was 0 ( It had 1GB free memory )
Then I changed the ROM to 2.3.7 posted by Quarx hoping it would solve my issue but I had same 2 issues again.
My stock ROM is working perfectly and is not showing any issues. Please tell me what do I do ?
I want to use custom ROMs real bad :3

nidhish91 said:
Hello members.
I just found a strange issue that I have started facing lately whenever I try to flash a custom ROM on my Defy.
Current stock ROM was 2.2.2
I rooted it and tried This ROM. After flashing it I realized my Proximity sensor stopped working after sometime and my memory card was out of space according to my cell though Astro and ES explorer could access it and I could play music too but my cell still said that Available memory was 0 ( It had 1GB free memory )
Then I changed the ROM to 2.3.7 posted by Quarx hoping it would solve my issue but I had same 2 issues again.
My stock ROM is working perfectly and is not showing any issues. Please tell me what do I do ?
I want to use custom ROMs real bad :3
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1) after taking the nandroid backup of ur stock rom .. clear the cache from stock recovery..
2) then u come to custom recovery (via CWM) and wipe data/factory reset and than u install CM7 and flash Gapps .. then wipe cache & dalvik cache ...Reboot
i think u wont be having any problem after doing this..
Cheers

I have the sbf file of the Stock Rom so thats not an issue. I did try the steps you told me to follow but I had the same problems ! Dont know whats causing it.

nidhish91 said:
I have the sbf file of the Stock Rom so thats not an issue. I did try the steps you told me to follow but I had the same problems ! Dont know whats causing it.
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plug defy into pc... enable SD file transfer... copy all SD contents to pc... get a new SD card... insert it into ph & copy contents from pc to new SD

King_Rat said:
plug defy into pc... enable SD file transfer... copy all SD contents to pc... get a new SD card... insert it into ph & copy contents from pc to new SD
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Why do I buy a new SD ? Its a sandisk class 4 4GB card which is working. The problem is when I use it with ROMs

[Q] Huawei U8800 Can't install Aurora from 2.3GB (B528)

Hi guys, I have the Huawei U8800 and it has the Official Gingerbread (2.3.5) B528 ROM and I read that I need to have 2.3.5 to upgrade to Aurora ROM, I did root the device and installed Clockwork Mod 5.5.0.4 which is compatible with that rom. I did wipe dalvik cache, wiped user data and all that. But when I flash the rom, it gets stuck on the Huawei Boot Screen and when I turned it off and on again it installed Android 2.3.5 on its own. On the screen it said upgrade firmware step 1 out of 2, do not turn off device. Any help would be appriecated as I have searched high and low for a solution, so I did try to find someone with a similar problem but I still can't solve it.

I'm sorry, but I think you are not following the steps properly. Make sure you go through all steps thoroughly.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED CUSTOM PARTITION BUT I RECOMMEND YOU CUSTOM PARTITION YOUR PHONE SO YOU CAN INSTALL BIGGER ROMS!!! (here)
Go to my Xperia Style GB ROM (in my signature) and follow the steps there install a ROM, but use Aurora instead of my ROM.
I think the 2.3 GB ROM installs again before you still have the 'dload' folder on your sd card. The phone detects it and starts installing it again.

Wow thanks for such a quick reply, I will try to follow your steps. Thanks a lot!
rqmok said:
I'm sorry, but I think you are not following the steps properly. Make sure you go through all steps thoroughly.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED CUSTOM PARTITION BUT I RECOMMEND YOU CUSTOM PARTITION YOUR PHONE SO YOU CAN INSTALL BIGGER ROMS!!! (here)
Go to my Xperia Style GB ROM (in my signature) and follow the steps there install a ROM, but use Aurora instead of my ROM.
I think the 2.3 GB ROM installs again before you still have the 'dload' folder on your sd card. The phone detects it and starts installing it again.
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Hey, I followed your steps but still stuck on the bootscreen. I followed your steps exactly as they are, I don't know what im doing wrong :/
rqmok said:
I'm sorry, but I think you are not following the steps properly. Make sure you go through all steps thoroughly.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED CUSTOM PARTITION BUT I RECOMMEND YOU CUSTOM PARTITION YOUR PHONE SO YOU CAN INSTALL BIGGER ROMS!!! (here)
Go to my Xperia Style GB ROM (in my signature) and follow the steps there install a ROM, but use Aurora instead of my ROM.
I think the 2.3 GB ROM installs again before you still have the 'dload' folder on your sd card. The phone detects it and starts installing it again.
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Elora ROM
UPDATE: I managed to installed the Elora ROM which is based on Aurora ROM and is working just fine! Thanks. Also I tried your ROM the Sony Ericsson Themed GB and it worked also . But somehow when I used your partition guide I messed up my phones internal memory (2GB) and I cannot access it from my computer.

se7entijz said:
UPDATE: I managed to installed the Elora ROM which is based on Aurora ROM and is working just fine! Thanks. Also I tried your ROM the Sony Ericsson Themed GB and it worked also . But somehow when I used your partition guide I messed up my phones internal memory (2GB) and I cannot access it from my computer.
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That doesn't mean it is messed up.
The custom partition takes memory from your internal sdcard and dedicates it to your phone's internal memory. So, your internet sdcard's memory goes from 2GB to 1.46GB, and your phone's internal memory shoots to 1.2GB. This way, you can install bigger ROMs on your phone and install more apps on your phone.
I don't know about accessing the internal sdcard from your computer because I never even tried doing it.

Ok I managed to find a program on the PC that can read the internal sd card and it worked great! The weird thing is, I installed an Updated version of the same ROM (Elora 1.7.28) and it was much more unstable than the previous version, to be frank Im trying to understand if the developer is still updating the ROM or not since it is dated from 2012.
For example, downloading apps from the market were extremely slow and when I connected the phone to the PC, the PC didn't even detect I connected my phone and apart from that, usually in android it tells you to connect your device for usb storage, Android didn't even give me that.
So I restored to a backup I made of the previous version of the ROM (Elora v1.1.10 something like that) and connected to the PC works fine, android tells me for usb storage, and downloading apps from the market is extremely fast.
Although the phone is working quite well (Elora V1.1), some games like Real Racing 3, Frontline Commando and Frontline Commando D-Day didn't work. Apart from that its working quite well. Sorry for the long text.
rqmok said:
That doesn't mean it is messed up.
The custom partition takes memory from your internal sdcard and dedicates it to your phone's internal memory. So, your internet sdcard's memory goes from 2GB to 1.46GB, and your phone's internal memory shoots to 1.2GB. This way, you can install bigger ROMs on your phone and install more apps on your phone.
I don't know about accessing the internal sdcard from your computer because I never even tried doing it.
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se7entijz said:
Ok I managed to find a program on the PC that can read the internal sd card and it worked great! The weird thing is, I installed an Updated version of the same ROM (Elora 1.7.28) and it was much more unstable than the previous version, to be frank Im trying to understand if the developer is still updating the ROM or not since it is dated from 2012.
For example, downloading apps from the market were extremely slow and when I connected the phone to the PC, the PC didn't even detect I connected my phone and apart from that, usually in android it tells you to connect your device for usb storage, Android didn't even give me that.
So I restored to a backup I made of the previous version of the ROM (Elora v1.1.10 something like that) and connected to the PC works fine, android tells me for usb storage, and downloading apps from the market is extremely fast.
Although the phone is working quite well (Elora V1.1), some games like Real Racing 3, Frontline Commando and Frontline Commando D-Day didn't work. Apart from that its working quite well. Sorry for the long text.
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I don't know about all those errors because I never tried Elora. But, the developer is obviously not working on it anymore. (Don't know where the developer is )

I decided to jump ship and go back to 2.3.5 using your Xperia Style ROM, it's much much much more smooth.
rqmok said:
I don't know about all those errors because I never tried Elora. But, the developer is obviously not working on it anymore. (Don't know where the developer is )
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se7entijz said:
Hi guys, I have the Huawei U8800 and it has the Official Gingerbread (2.3.5) B528 ROM and I read that I need to have 2.3.5 to upgrade to Aurora ROM, I did root the device and installed Clockwork Mod 5.5.0.4 which is compatible with that rom. I did wipe dalvik cache, wiped user data and all that. But when I flash the rom, it gets stuck on the Huawei Boot Screen and when I turned it off and on again it installed Android 2.3.5 on its own. On the screen it said upgrade firmware step 1 out of 2, do not turn off device. Any help would be appriecated as I have searched high and low for a solution, so I did try to find someone with a similar problem but I still can't solve it.
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remove dload folder on your internal and external sd card before flashing new rom

Yeah, in fact that did cross my mind. Yesterday I managed to repartition my card now I have ~2GB to install applications (Internal SD Card) thx guys. But I do have a problem Real Racing 3 tells me insufficient space although I do have enough space and it is installed on the internal SD Card and not the SD Card.
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remove dload folder on your internal and external sd card before flashing new rom
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Steps I took to get KitKat on my New Nook HD+

Bought a brand new Nook HD+ with the intention of using it as an inexpensive tablet in my kitchen, primarily to access the web and run cooking apps. Out of the box, I found it laggy and unresponsive to the point of being unusable.
I have some experience rooting/jailbreaking my phones, very little experience with tablets. I was eager to get KitKat on the device right away—it has proven to be so much better on my phone, much better battery life, much more responsive, less buggy, more fluid, etc. Problem is, KitKat is bleeding edge, and there are no official builds, and most of the install guides for dummies (=me) refer to earlier (JB) versions of Android.
It turned out to be quite time consuming to read all of the different versions of the install process, and to patch together a process that worked. I thought I would document what I did, in order to (possibly) save others some of the time that I invested.
Note: this process does NOT install KitKat to the SD card. In plain English, these steps install a bootable recovery image onto a micro sd card. Booting into the micro-sd recovery will allow you to wipe stock from your device and install kit-kat, google apps and an internal recovery. When you are finished, you remove the micro-SD and you have an Android tablet that boots into kitkat. If you want something different stop reading!
1) get a class 4 micro SD (class 4 seems to be the one that boots most reliably in the Nook HD+ (see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2288688&page=12 )
2) Download win32diskimager (http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/?source=directory ) and this bootable CWM recovery image (http://nook.rootshell.ru/hd/emmc-cwm-early3.img.gz ).
3) Extract the CWM recovery image, and use win32diskimager to write the image to the micro sd.
4) Download EMMC (internal) recovery image and latest CM11 EMMC from this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600572) . You want “Ovation Recovery Image (CWM)” and “cm-11-xxxxxxx-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-emmc.zip.” All recoveries and roms for this device are called Ovation. Download Paranoid Android Google Apps from this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942 ). MAKE SURE the version you download is for Android 4.4.x. It will say 4.4.x in the file name. I chose the Google Stock Package. (PA-Google Apps will allow you to enable ART if you want to.)
5) Turn on the Nook HD+, register it, and download all the system/firmware updates until the Google Play Store installs on your device (Google Play and Gmail etc. just recently got added to the Nook, so probably aren’t installed out of the box).
6) Transfer the three zip files (recovery image, CM11 and PA Gapps) you downloaded in step 4 onto the internal sdcard of the Nook itself. (This step is IMPORTANT: the current bootable version of CWM can ONLY read files on the internal SD, so you won’t be able to flash any roms or apps or recoveries unless they are actually on the device) I was unable to use the USB cable to transfer the files directly to the Nook from my computer—others have also had trouble getting Windows to recognize the Nook HD+ properly— and I didn’t want to spend a lot of time figuring it out, so I used the micro sd card as follows. If you can transfer directly from the computer, skip to step 7.
6a) Copy the new internal recovery, new system image and PA Google Apps from your computer to the micro SD card. Eject micro SD from computer.
6b) On the Nook, use Play Store to install a file explorer. I use Root Explorer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer&hl=en . You don’t need root to copy files from external to internal SD (and you don’t have root at the moment) so you can download any file explorer you like.
6c) Insert micro SD in the Nook while the Nook is still booted/on. The nook will flash a message saying that it’s mounting the SD card. Once it does, use the file explorer to copy all zip files downloaded in step 4 from the EXTERNAL to the INTERNAL SD. The internal SD card is referred to as “sdcard” or “sdcard0” and the external SD as “ext_sdcard” or “sdcard1”.
7)Turn off nook.
8) Insert micro SD card if it isn’t in already, and turn on the device. You should see the "Nook" logo, which gets overwritten by the "cyanoboot" logo. Keep waiting. It will eventually go into CWM. If it doesn’t, go back and start reading through the thread referenced in step 1. With any luck, you won’t have trouble. I had boatloads of trouble booting from the SD card until I got a class 4 micro SD, and used the bootable image linked in step 2. Since then I can boot every time.
9) Use CWM to backup stock rom, then wipe data/factory reset. (Very good instructions on using CWM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317500 ) Flash the internal recovery. Flash the CM11 Rom. Flash PA Google apps. Remove micro SD. Select “Reboot System now”.
10) When you reboot, go to Settings/About tablet/Build number. Tap on that seven times to enable developer options. Go to Settings/Developer Options and select Advanced Reboot which allows rebooting into recovery from the power button.
11) OPTIONAL: Enable ART. ART is not compatible with all applications, so you might experience problems. You can see which applications work and don’t work here: http://www.androidruntime.com/. Enabling it made a very big difference for me in terms of smoothness; others with more experience seem to achieve similar, or better effects by modding with xposed, gravitybox, etc. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579945&highlight=change+and+resolution&page=24) To read more about ART and what it does see: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...-in-secret-for-over-2-years-debuts-in-kitkat/. If you decide to give it a try: Settings/Developer Options/ Select Runtime/Use ART.
12) Reboot—this time will take a while because ART (if you enable it) has to reconfigure itself.
For me, the difference is night and day. I now have a tablet that runs beautifully. Many many thanks to the hard working developers who make this possible, especially Verygreen, who provided the rom and recovery, and e.mote who wrote the "for dummies" thread that helped this dummy make it through the process.
Please comment and change anything that I have garbled. My goal is to consolidate information, not mangle it!

Very good post
Thanks for the excellent post. :good:

I was running 4.4.2 different versions on emmc and sd card.
10.2 nightly is still the best for me!
Performance and battery wise.

Hi I installed the same rom over Carbon rom. I went to format my sd card and every time iI tried the Nook would reboot. I went into CWM recovery and formatted it from there but I think it formatted the internal sdcard, Could someone check this out for me as this is my first post I cant post on the developer forum. TIA Mike

Not sure what you exactly what you mean, but it sounds like you were trying to format your external SD card from inside your nook? If you write the CWM bootable image to your external SD using Win32Diskmanager you don't need to format it. Writing the image will erase everything already on the external sdcard. You should be able to boot from it and install the zips. Is your problem that you can't boot from the external SD, or that you erased the zips from your internal sdcard?
Go back and read over verygreen's thread referenced in step 4-- I think he may have posted an updated version of CWM that can read the external sd card. Otherwise:
Did you make a backup of your carbon rom install? If so, you could write a bootable (earlier) version of cwm to the external sdcard, copy your backup to the sdcard and restore it, and then start over. (or not, as some people seem to think Carbon rom is just as good-- I never tried it) The thread in step 9 has great instructions that might help with that.
This thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579945 ) is about installing a different version of cm11, and it's in a non-developer forum, where we can post. You might find answers there.

se1961 said:
Not sure what you exactly what you mean, but it sounds like you were trying to format your external SD card from inside your nook? If you write the CWM bootable image to your external SD using Win32Diskmanager you don't need to format it. Writing the image will erase everything already on the external sdcard. You should be able to boot from it and install the zips. Is your problem that you can't boot from the external SD, or that you erased the zips from your internal sdcard?
Go back and read over verygreen's thread referenced in step 4-- I think he may have posted an updated version of CWM that can read the external sd card. Otherwise:
Did you make a backup of your carbon rom install? If so, you could write a bootable (earlier) version of cwm to the external sdcard, copy your backup to the sdcard and restore it, and then start over. (or not, as some people seem to think Carbon rom is just as good-- I never tried it) The thread in step 9 has great instructions that might help with that.
This thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579945 ) is about installing a different version of cm11, and it's in a non-developer forum, where we can post. You might find answers there.
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Sorry I didn't explain very well, I installed verygreens KK rom succesfully and wanted to do a backup of it. I put in a SD card and thought I would format it as it had some old junk on there. When I tried to format through the settings section the tablet would just reboot. So I booted into evergreens CWM recovery and tried through there, it formatted something but my external card cannot be read. And some of my settings have been lost, some time ago I used 4. Swapping "sdcard" and "ext_sdcard" from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613. So I think that may be my problem. I have back ups so no problem.

mikemelbrooks said:
some time ago I used 4. Swapping "sdcard" and "ext_sdcard" from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613. So I think that may be my problem.
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Ah! I thought from your first post that you were quite new to this process, but clearly you are ahead of me on this one. Good luck.

Update: installed the latest build which has the touch screen patch. It's PHENOMENAL. Truthfully, the only thing I need this tablet for is using a website that involves a lot of dragging and dropping. I had to train myself not to accidentally zoom and/or copy. No more! I haven't even enabled ART this time because it's working so well. I would have posted on Verygreen's thread to thank but don't have enough posts.
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Back to stock
Great post i want to try this but am wondering is it possible to go back to stock after doing this, i installed clockworkmod before so i have a backup of my original nook before i installed anything.

RADZ1973 said:
Great post i want to try this but am wondering is it possible to go back to stock after doing this, i installed clockworkmod before so i have a backup of my original nook before i installed anything.
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Yes, just restore your backup.
And BTW, never fully quote a long opening post like that. It just wastes bandwidth and we have to scroll through all that to see your comment or question.
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Sorry about the quote , thank for the info though cos i wasnt sure i could go back to stock. I have just followed this tutorial and all is well, this is good because my Moto g just got this update so im in sync .

RADZ1973 said:
Sorry about the quote
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You can actually go back and edit out that quote.
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kokercey said:
Thanks for the excellent post. :good:
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Next time, no need to quote the full post.

Nook for Android?
This works very nicely. But Nook for Android won't install. Are there properties I can change to allow Nook for Android to install on this 'new' Nook device?
rogerlig

Great tutorial.
I would suggest around your step 9, after you have made a backup with CWM, before you wipe data/factory reset:
Remove microSD. Reboot into stock Nook and connect to computer. Copy off the backup from clockworkmod folder to your computer. Then boot again with the microSD, and proceed to wipe and flash.
Otherwise, the backup may get wiped.

rogerlig said:
This works very nicely. But Nook for Android won't install. Are there properties I can change to allow Nook for Android to install on this 'new' Nook device?
rogerlig
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You must get the nook for android app from someplace other than Play Store, like 1mobile.com.
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I got everything running, but my HD+ is running extremely laggy. I did a full wipe, but my internal SD card is still a little over 7 gigs full. Is there something else I missed? The Nook reader is particularly slow.

liukuei said:
I got everything running, but my HD+ is running extremely laggy. I did a full wipe, but my internal SD card is still a little over 7 gigs full. Is there something else I missed? The Nook reader is particularly slow.
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Yes, a full wipe (factory reset) did not remove your previous media files. To do so you need to boot to CWM and go to mounts and storage and format 'data and datamedia'. That clears out previous files and should improve performance.
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leapinlar said:
Yes, a full wipe (factory reset) did not remove your previous media files. To do so you need to boot to CWM and go to mounts and storage and format 'data and datamedia'. That clears out previous files and should improve performance.
Thanks. Will I need to reflash CM 11 after?
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liukuei said:
leapinlar said:
Yes, a full wipe (factory reset) did not remove your previous media files. To do so you need to boot to CWM and go to mounts and storage and format 'data and datamedia'. That clears out previous files and should improve performance.
Thanks. Will I need to reflash CM 11 after?
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no if it successfully flashed last time, you just need to reset-up your accounts and install apps again.
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[Q] First time android on HD2

Hi,
Let put it simple, i need help to put Android ROM to my HD2 which is still on WM 6.5. I dont use this phone so i dont need to backup anything.
Also i have problem to choose ROM which will go on this device, but i know that i would like to have stable latest version. Why not put it back in use
4.4 have problems with wifi and gps if i have correct info so i need help to select right one and it will be nice to have step by step turtorial because i never didnt modification on mobile phone like this one, iphone is some different story.:angel:
Tnx in advance

Reboot your phone and keep pushing volume down, when you are in 4 colors (bootlader) use Task29 to format your device from PC, Connect HD2 to pc let windows install drivers, then execute task29, when you reach 99% keep pushing volume down to boot again in bootlader (4colors). After Task29 instal MAGLRD, when it is installed reboot your phone and when you see go, go, go appear keep pushing on/off botton to boot in MAGLRD, go to flashable mode and install Recovery CMW or 4EXT, whatever, before that open flash.cfg file with Note and set up the file like the developers asking on they roms threads, (Partition 200mb, Cache 2mb exc) when you installed recovery put the Rom zip file which you like to sd, format your sd from pc before do that, then boot in MAGLRD, when you are there boot in recovery and select flash from zip in installation, done, enjoy the Rom. After installation reboot your phone 3 times. Flash in this way how many time you like and if you have problems do not ask me. :laugh:
I run Tytung ICS v3.0 (very stable and fully working) and I get with my 2300mha battery 5 days of normal use. Latest Roms I don't know if they will reach that.
Hit 10 times thanks botton.
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I forgot one of the most important part, before do all from my first post you have to install first HSPL and after that a Radio, I think v2.12.50.02_2 it's good enough.
Hit, Hit, Hit.

Thanks!!!!!
I hope that i have all understand correctly for now. But i need small favor to ask, is it possible that you send me links for all this sw which you have mantioned in your post?
Tnx in advance

I bought this phone recently
its got Windowsmobile 7/8 already installed, and Madglr (it says aMadglr on the top(when you press n hold the call end key))
do I follow the same steps?

Ahmed93 said:
I bought this phone recently
its got Windowsmobile 7/8 already installed, and Madglr (it says aMadglr on the top(when you press n hold the call end key))
do I follow the same steps?
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MADGLR is needed for Windows Mobile 7 too because it's ported to HD2 like Android buy you have to format your phone with Task29 if you want switch to Android so WP7 will be deleted with MADGLR, so yes, you have to go through all the steps.

daracg said:
Thanks!!!!!
I hope that i have all understand correctly for now. But i need small favor to ask, is it possible that you send me links for all this sw which you have mantioned in your post?
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It's not so hard to find all this stuff if I already told you what you have to do. You want easy way? Right, I want each of you to hit 10 times thanx botton for this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5279236&postcount=4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611787
HSPL4, Radio, MAGLRD are flashable from PC, put your HD2 in bootloader (4 Colors) and install first HSPL4, then Radio. Do a formatting via Task29 and then install MAGLRD.
Unzip on Pc, connect via usb, flash.
Install Recovery but before that see from Rom Thread which size of partition have to be, set up flash.cfg file with Note, flash recovery from MAGLRD in flashable mode. Then put the Rom in SD and install from Recovery. Read my first post. Hit, hit, and hit again thanx.

In MAGLDR use ROMUpdateUtility.exe to execute the installation.
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In Recovery use DAF.exe

eclyptos said:
In MAGLDR use ROMUpdateUtility.exe to execute the installation.
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In Recovery use DAF.exe
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Eclyptos thanks for your help and guide.... I have all basic information which i need to start porting android to my HD2 :fingers-crossed:
I have click Thanks button on all post in this tread for you but i can't do it 10 times on one post :angel:
At the end your recommendation for SD card which one, which class and capacity, do i need to format SD card to FAT32 or Ext4 because at the moment i have only 2GB card.....
Also can you share or copy the link of your stable, fully functional ROM that you use in HD2?
Because i will do it for the first time i would like to start with this ROM so i can see procedure and that i know that all functionality on the HD2 is working. Later i will experiment with other newer versions If I'm correct you have android ice cream sandwich 4.0 is this right?
Thanks in advance

thanks a lot, I'm running Android now
daracg said:
At the end your recommendation for SD card which one, which class and capacity, do i need to format SD card to FAT32 or Ext4 because at the moment i have only 2GB card.....
Also can you share or copy the link of your stable, fully functional ROM that you use in HD2?
Thanks in advance
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I suggest getting a higher class, I always use class 10
I used this Rom for now, theres a guide in that thread too

daracg said:
Eclyptos thanks for your help and guide.... I have all basic information which i need to start porting android to my HD2 :fingers-crossed:
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I am glad I can help.
daracg said:
I have click Thanks button on all post in this tread for you but i can't do it 10 times on one post :angel:
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Go in other threads and Hit everywhere you see me.
daracg said:
At the end your recommendation for SD card which one, which class and capacity, do i need to format SD card to FAT32 or Ext4 because at the moment i have only 2GB card.....
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Actually 2GB is a bit low of storage, any class 10 should be ok, you don't need more because the bandwidth of the microSD slot is low anyway.
I got 64GB Samsung Pro UHS-1 formatted in FAT32 on my HD2 and working flawlessly but the only way to let it work the SDXC 64GB on HD2 is to format the card with Guiformat.exe in FAT32 with 32768 Unit Size (cluster).
Ext4 partition is needed only if you use a script (data on ext) or a Rom with Data on Ext because that partition will be used by Android to install the applications on SD so for example if you have a 32GB MicroSD you have to partitioning the card with Mini Tool Partition Wizard Home free and make 2 partition on sd, 1 in EXT4 of 4GB and 26GB in normal FAT32, remember 2GB is taken by the system so the 32GB effectively will be 30GB only. All SDHC are already in FAT32 so you will not have to format them, only SDXC are in extFAT so you have to switch to FAT32.
If you don't have different SD just leave that card in FAT32 and install the rom and when you go out of storage you can move the Application to SD. You can also format the all card in EXT4 and let Android use it as internal storage, because this how it will be if you install the Rom with Data on Ext so you will have 2GB of storage instead of 750MB.
daracg said:
Also can you share or copy the link of your stable, fully functional ROM that you use in HD2?
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This is what I use: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434860
daracg said:
Because i will do it for the first time i would like to start with this ROM so i can see procedure and that i know that all functionality on the HD2 is working. Later i will experiment with other newer versions If I'm correct you have android ice cream sandwich 4.0 is this right?
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For the start it's ok but actually newest Roms are not fully working or they have problems, update to newest it's not the best choice sometime.
My rom is ICS 4.0.4 and I play on this rom with Most Wanted, N.O.V.A 3 and 9MM so I can't ask more. Remember also the HD2 have a limited hardware so do not pretend more.

Ahmed93 said:
thanks a lot, I'm running Android now
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Good.
Ahmed93 said:
I suggest getting a higher class, I always use class 10
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Of curse, Class 10 is always best choice.
Ahmed93 said:
I used this Rom for now, theres a guide in that thread too
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..hahah..nice Rom the GB HyperDroid CM7 v6.0.0 but actually out there is the newest version v6.0.1 which have more features. That was my second or maybe third rom and it's good for overclokking but actually you go no where with that Rom.
The kernel is not evolved very well and you will never play with that Rom on Most Wanted or 9MM, forget N.O.V.A 3. . :laugh:
Just let me know one thing, go to menu where you scroll all applications and rotate to landscape, where the icons goes?

@daracg I saw now that thread of my Rom, it's closed due to lack of support for Tytung so the Mods removed the Download links but actually I got a zip of that Rom so if you want to try it let me know, I will try to upload for you and send you a link via PM because probably I can't post it here. I never upload anything because of my low internet upload so we can figure out some way. Just let me know.

eclyptos said:
@daracg I saw now that thread of my Rom, it's closed due to lack of support for Tytung so the Mods removed the Download links but actually I got a zip of that Rom so if you want to try it let me know, I will try to upload for you and send you a link via PM because probably I can't post it here. I never upload anything because of my low internet upload so we can figure out some way. Just let me know.
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Thanks i will let you know but first i have to buy a bigger SD card and than i will start to play with flashing :good:

eclyptos said:
Just let me know one thing, go to menu where you scroll all applications and rotate to landscape, where the icons goes?
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they stack up (in LauncherPro) ..touch/scroll anywhere and they come back to normal
(and I don't use LauncherPro) it hasn't been updated since years
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eclyptos said:
The kernel is not evolved very well and you will never play with that Rom on Most Wanted or 9MM, forget N.O.V.A 3. . :laugh:
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in your opinion, whats the heaviest/graphic hungry (and free) game on Android?

daracg said:
Thanks i will let you know but first i have to buy a bigger SD card and than i will start to play with flashing :good:
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Ok, in the same time I will try to Upload the Rom anyway so you will try it if you want. I will send you the link.

Ahmed93 said:
in your opinion, whats the heaviest/graphic hungry (and free) game on Android?
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All heaviest Games are not free and most hungry Game it's N.O.V.A 3, it's a kind of Crysis on mobile phone.
Free heavy Games which I tested are Dead Trigger, Dead Trigger 2 and Frontline Commando.
Remember the HD2 have some hardware limits so you can't pretend to much from it but a good kernel help a lot and one of them it's Tytung kernel.

JUST FOR INFO GUYS
This is what I get with my rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611064

I'm lost !
eclyptos said:
I am glad I can help.
Go in other threads and Hit everywhere you see me.
Actually 2GB is a bit low of storage, any class 10 should be ok, you don't need more because the bandwidth of the microSD slot is low anyway.
I got 64GB Samsung Pro UHS-1 formatted in FAT32 on my HD2 and working flawlessly but the only way to let it work the SDXC 64GB on HD2 is to format the card with Guiformat.exe in FAT32 with 32768 Unit Size (cluster).
Ext4 partition is needed only if you use a script (data on ext) or a Rom with Data on Ext because that partition will be used by Android to install the applications on SD so for example if you have a 32GB MicroSD you have to partitioning the card with Mini Tool Partition Wizard Home free and make 2 partition on sd, 1 in EXT4 of 4GB and 26GB in normal FAT32, remember 2GB is taken by the system so the 32GB effectively will be 30GB only. All SDHC are already in FAT32 so you will not have to format them, only SDXC are in extFAT so you have to switch to FAT32.
If you don't have different SD just leave that card in FAT32 and install the rom and when you go out of storage you can move the Application to SD. You can also format the all card in EXT4 and let Android use it as internal storage, because this how it will be if you install the Rom with Data on Ext so you will have 2GB of storage instead of 750MB.
This is what I use: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434860
For the start it's ok but actually newest Roms are not fully working or they have problems, update to newest it's not the best choice sometime.
My rom is ICS 4.0.4 and I play on this rom with Most Wanted, N.O.V.A 3 and 9MM so I can't ask more. Remember also the HD2 have a limited hardware so do not pretend more.
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I did want you explianed but after MAGLDR, I get the screen as attached and I can't continue anymore. I can't even link the device with the computer (active synch doesn't reconize the telephone) ... how can I retart from 0 ?

val-lyon said:
I did want you explianed but after MAGLDR, I get the screen as attached and I can't continue anymore. I can't even link the device with the computer (active synch doesn't reconize the telephone) ... how can I retart from 0 ?
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With Volume Up and Down you can scroll and select the options, if you read carefully what I said few times you will know what to do. Select Option 5) USB Flasher, connect to PC and install Recovery. When you did that, boot into MAGLRD, then in Recovery and install any Rom. Read all the steps. Hit, Hit and Hit 10 times, Thankx botton (just because you avoid months of seraching how to do it )

BTW after flashing Recovery to boot into it select option 8.