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Ok I am using my iPod to type this as I don't have a PC readily available to gain access to my as card in my g1. Problem is I ran the original adp (to restore) update and now my phone is stick in a bootup loop. I rebooted and am at the console. My problem is I don't know the commands to get to my sdcard and go to the folder called updates which is where I keep the updates. I need to re run the theme I had installed to hopefully get my phone to boot up again. Could someone tell me commands from the console to get to the as card to redo the theme? Much appreciated if someone could help.
ok, got home, got it fixed by putting theme back onto phone (used mem card reader to put update.zip back on card). All is working good. I would still like to know commands, obviously not all possible commands, but just enough to do the above task if needed again. i looked online foe a list of commands, which i found but what would the sd card be called if i was trying to switch over to it to get to my files etc.... I know how to use DOS and this seems to be very similar?
Thanks
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mount -a
will try to mount everything in the /etc/fstab
but if you just wanted to mount your sdcard it would be
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mount /sdcard
which is a bit dull, so lets assume your fstab is screwed
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mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard
you would then do some thing like
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cp /sdcard/updates/ThatThemeILike.zip /sdcard/update.zip
to be safe you should then unmount
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umount /sdcard
then you can then go back to the recovery screen with
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recovery
if your interested
http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html
will help you out with some basic commands
Awesome! thank you so much, I really appreciate it.
I'm enjoying the new roms that are coming out, each one is better than the last, and I've tried just about every one of them. That being said I am still having a few problems with the g1. When I boot using (home+power) I see this at the top of the screen "E:can't open /cache/recovery/command" I've tried updating to cyanogens newest recovery console and it didn't change anything that I could tell, I can't even alt+X to get a prompt, this text at the top could be the reason why. I'm sure I have messed something up but honestly after 2 days of searching I am still no better off than I was before. Also, I cannot get my sd card to work properly. I've tried every way on earth to format the sd card to attempt to get 3 partitions. When I do this, I either cannot install update.zip to the fat32 part, due to the recovery screen not seeing anything on the card ("update.zip not found") or I end up boot-looping after the HERO screen. I'd like someone to help me start this over again. I've used all the different roms out there, I just want to get my SD card properly formatted so my HERO rom will use the swapfile and ext2/3 the right way. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I've followed the "step by step" guides in this forum and to my knowledge I've done everything right a few times over. I used paragon to attempt to set up the sd card, and I was using the correct radio/spl for each rom I attempted to use. It also might help if I mentioned after re-installing the Cyanogen's recovery img, I saw no change in the (home+power) screen. If you need more details from me PLEASE don't hesitate to ask me, I just want to get my phone set up the right way so I can install all my apps and not have to stay in the habit of flashing my phone 5+/- times per day which is cool but getting old fast! So please help >.<
You need to reformat your SD card. That message means nothing. I had that before.
I have reformat the card over ten times now. I've tried using the paragon method, did it exactly as the guide said, I got boot loop and had to reformat the card back to fat 32 so i could even boot to hero. I still cannot use alt+x to access anything from the recovery screen either.
Do you still have root?
do you have access to ADB?
Yes I still have root, and I am currently running Soulife Roger's 2.8 if that makes a difference. I'm not sure what ADB means is that something I run in terminal?
check your private email
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darkphoenix2012 said:
I have reformat the card over ten times now. I've tried using the paragon method, did it exactly as the guide said, I got boot loop and had to reformat the card back to fat 32 so i could even boot to hero. I still cannot use alt+x to access anything from the recovery screen either.
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try these steps from my root walkthrough:
3. Download the recover_testkeys.img
http://files.lucidrem.us/_fd.php?file=jf/ROOT/recovery_testkeys.img
4. Copy recovery_testkeys.img to SD FAT32
14. Type cat /sdcard/recovery_testkeys.img > /data/local/recovery.img[enter]
15. Type cat /sdcard/recovery_testkeys.img > /system/recovery.img[enter]
16. Type flash_image recovery /system/recovery.img[enter]
once you do this .. try to reboot .. let me know if you're good to go
LucidREM said:
try these steps from my root walkthrough:
3. Download the recover_testkeys.img
http://files.lucidrem.us/_fd.php?file=jf/ROOT/recovery_testkeys.img
4. Copy recovery_testkeys.img to SD FAT32
14. Type cat /sdcard/recovery_testkeys.img > /data/local/recovery.img[enter]
15. Type cat /sdcard/recovery_testkeys.img > /system/recovery.img[enter]
16. Type flash_image recovery /system/recovery.img[enter]
once you do this .. try to reboot .. let me know if you're good to go
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I tried the "cat /sdcard/recovery_testkeys.img > /system/recovery.img" and I got this message " cannot create /system/recovery.img : read only file system "
You must type "mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system" no quotes. Before the cat commands.
Tried using that command first and using those 3 commands again. Nothing happened other than when I load into recovery menu, I see Android recovery menu, test keys, then I get the same E:can't open /cache/recovery/command error as I was before. I'm still having SD card issues too. I can't seem to get this to work right, no matter how many times i read a "how to do xxxx"
darkphoenix2012 said:
I'm enjoying the new roms that are coming out, each one is better than the last, and I've tried just about every one of them. That being said I am still having a few problems with the g1. When I boot using (home+power) I see this at the top of the screen "E:can't open /cache/recovery/command" I've tried updating to cyanogens newest recovery console and it didn't change anything that I could tell, I can't even alt+X to get a prompt, this text at the top could be the reason why. I'm sure I have messed something up but honestly after 2 days of searching I am still no better off than I was before. Also, I cannot get my sd card to work properly. I've tried every way on earth to format the sd card to attempt to get 3 partitions. When I do this, I either cannot install update.zip to the fat32 part, due to the recovery screen not seeing anything on the card ("update.zip not found") or I end up boot-looping after the HERO screen. I'd like someone to help me start this over again. I've used all the different roms out there, I just want to get my SD card properly formatted so my HERO rom will use the swapfile and ext2/3 the right way. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I've followed the "step by step" guides in this forum and to my knowledge I've done everything right a few times over. I used paragon to attempt to set up the sd card, and I was using the correct radio/spl for each rom I attempted to use. It also might help if I mentioned after re-installing the Cyanogen's recovery img, I saw no change in the (home+power) screen. If you need more details from me PLEASE don't hesitate to ask me, I just want to get my phone set up the right way so I can install all my apps and not have to stay in the habit of flashing my phone 5+/- times per day which is cool but getting old fast! So please help >.<
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The "E:can't open..." is referring to the Nandroid backup- I had the same problem too and everyone thought I was crazy. This may be preventing you from updating to the cyanogen recovery.
When I rooted my phone I went directly to JF1.5 which does not have nandroid in it. To solve it, I flashed the previous JF (1.43?) and that went away.
Give that a try and then flash the cyanogen recovery. Good luck.
I had the the same problem mate! here is what I did to fix it....
1....format card to fat 32 (make sure you dont have any other partitions on your card!)
2....go here and download the "update.zip" version http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523558
3....rename and flash the file in the normal way!
4....enjoy!
p.s. make sure you sdcard is freshly formatted and as only a single fat32 partition.
attempted that last suggestion twice before I posted here that it unfortunately didn't solve the issue I still get the same E:can't open /cache/recovery/command error i've been getting and cannot install cyanogen's recovery image. Is there anything else I could try? Surely there is a reason for all this trouble I've been having with the SD card partitioning working with the ROM, and being unable to use cyanogen's recov.
darkphoenix2012 said:
Tried using that command first and using those 3 commands again. Nothing happened other than when I load into recovery menu, I see Android recovery menu, test keys, then I get the same E:can't open /cache/recovery/command error as I was before. I'm still having SD card issues too. I can't seem to get this to work right, no matter how many times i read a "how to do xxxx"
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What happens when you type this?
alritewhadeva said:
You must type "mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system" no quotes. Before the cat commands.
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Does it go back to the command prompt or error?
I'm pretty sure that the error message I've been getting is the only reason I'm having these issues. IF I could use cyanogen's recovery, I could follow the exact guidelines here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533731
Since I cannot do the " How to install custom ROM (With full wipe)" part of the guide, I think that is where my issues with SD partitions working properly within the ROM.
Again thank you for the help, I don't have much black hair left, the gray is running wild
temporizer said:
What happens when you type this?
Does it go back to the command prompt or error?
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^ It went back to the command prompt without an error, and this time after typing all three lines of code, and rebooting the phone to check the recovery menu, the error was still there as if I had done nothing.
how were you able to update to cyanogen's recovery if you can't get into recovery in the first place? or did i read that wrong?
When I flash the Cyanogen's recovery, its as if it did nothing, I'm assuming from what I read it would add more functions to the screen or it would be obvious that it did something. I thought that if that had flashed correctly I would be able to use alt+X to open a prompt. I could be completely misunderstanding what it is supposed to do, but I don't know I thought I was more sure of what I read
I thought my error message at the top of the screen (after home+power) was what was preventing me from installing the recovery.
Ok I tried flashing an older version of the JF1.42 and my recovery error has been solved. Thank you for all your help!! Would I need to flash to something else If I wanted to run the latest and greatest hero rom? Either way what would you suggest I do next?
I had to reset my phone today, since for some odd reason, I switched it off and back on, and it wouldnt get back the flashing android screen (havent even made any changes to it recently, God knows why it decided to do this).
Anyway, I figured, format the phone, reflash JF 1.5, and then move apply apps2sd (I already have my apps on my SD card, just have to link them back to the phone so it can see them), and the small customisations I can do later, I would get my phone back to functioning level.
I am using these instruction from SDK on my computer:
1. Check if your phone is recognised.
adb devices
2. Mount the phone into ADB.
adb remount
3. Bring up the shell.
adb shell
4. Check if /system/sd is visible.
df
5. Skip this step if you already have your apps on SD.
cp -a /data/app /system/sd
6. Skip this step if you already have your app-private on SD.
cp -a /data/app-private /system/sd
7. Remove the current apps folder on device.
rm -r /data/app
8. Remove the current app-private folder on device.
rm -r /data/app-private
9. Link the app folder on sd to the one on device.
ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app
10. Link the app-private folder on sd to the one on device.
ln -s /system/sd/app-private /data/app-private
11. Finally Reboot.
reboot
Well, I can flash the phone fine, but when I am trying to follow the instructions for relinking the apps from SD to the phone (stage 4), it doesnt show /system/sd, instead it shows /sdcard.
Does this mean I should change the following steps to say 'sdcard' instead of '/system/sd'? I have tried this with no luck, shows me the android screen indefinitely.
I have an ext2 partition on the phone on which I have my apps, I have done this whole process before many times, but not for a while so I am missing something important.
And I am skipping steps 5 and 6, since I have already got all my apps on my SD card.
Any help would be must appreciated, this is wasting quite a bit of my time.
PS: the only thing I have changed since I last did this, was I flashed the phone with a google ion build, while it had JF 1.5 on it. What I did notice after that was the phone ran a lot slower. That is the only change I can think of which separates this process working perfectly previously, and not at all now.
Um reformat your entire card to fat32. And then use cyanogen's recovery 1.31. to split your sd into 2 partitions. Msg me on gtalk or by email and I'll help you out
Many thanks for the reply.
Hmm I would have thought a reformat of the SD card would be last resort, is there no way to sort this out without going down that route?
Don't think there's another way, You could try switching ROMS see if that fixes it...
Might not need to reformat it all just yet.. Been awhile since I used JF, but I don't think it automatically mounts /system/sd
I think you might need the init.rc from this post -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=512743
Personally - and I try not to be preach about it, but I think CM users can't help that -- I'd suggest trying CyanogenMod since you're reflashing anyway. It isn't quite as stock as JF, but it is rock solid and fast, and it should pickup your existing A2SD partition automatically.
Agreed with Saiboogu. Try out Cyanogen's ROM you will NOT regret it
Ok, I am up for that.
BTW, when I format my phone (Alt+W I believe), and start it up again, its firmware is still upgraded.
If I reflash with a ROM, will that cause any problems or slowing, will it be overwriting anything? I guess I dont quite understand what the formatting of the phone is doing, and what it is leaving behind, and then what reflashing with a ROM is doing on top of that.
Also,m when you say Cyanogen's rom will do apps2sd automatically..how? Will it recognise the apps currently on the ext2 partition of my SD card? It wont delete them will it?
It will not delete them. It uses bind mounts to automatically do the apps to sd . Just wipe and flash
Ok, giving it a try now.
Hmm something I should have asked beforehand, my partition is ext2, do I need to change that to ext3 before I flash the cyanogen ROM?
Like alritewhadeva said - it just recognizes your existing apps.
A wipe clears out all the custom data.. Your settings, application data in the /data partition, your google account data that is synced to the phone. It doesn't touch the actual OS, which is why your ROM is still installed after a wipe.
With that said.. Cyanogen builds can be "broken" if you wipe after a flash. So always either just flash, or wipe *then* flash.
PERFECT! its worked like a charm! no hassle at all!
Great! You won't regret it.
one problem I have noticed, my camera keeps force closing (wont even start up without force closing straight away).
Any solution to this? Have tried going into the camera app in applications manager and clearing defaults, but no defaults were set.
That one sounds familiar, but I can't find an actual reference to it right now. Probably want to search the Cyanogen thread for mentions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=518851
Also keep an eye out for updates - Cyanogen is prolific, and will probably get one released sometime this evening. It may fix the issue.
That one sounds familiar, but I can't find an actual reference to it right now. Probably want to search the Cyanogen thread for mentions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=518851
Also keep an eye out for updates - Cyanogen is prolific, and will probably get one released sometime this evening. It may fix the issue.
Edit: Ah, here it is - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=536687
He says he had to wipe his SD card, repartition and everything. Not sure if that is your issue or not.
Ah I posted a fix for that just take the camera.apk from an older cyanogen build (3.6.5) and push it over.
so put the camera.apk on sdcard
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd sdcard
cp Camera.apk /system/app
reboot
I am afraid due to my pathetic ignorance of how android works, I cant decipher what you said.
How do I get the camera apk? And once I acquire it, and put it on my SD card (I am assuming not in any folder, just on the main directory of the card), I use the terminal emulator to type in those commands?
well thats rather funny, just switched my phone on and off and the camera is working now.
raukodur said:
well thats rather funny, just switched my phone on and off and the camera is working now.
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well then awesome
Great that you got it working. For future reference (because these things do happen occasionally), alritewhadeva was suggesting that you download an older version of CM (link on his build thread), unzip it and find the camera.apk file. Then place that file on your sd card, and follow his directions in Terminal Emulator on the phone.
Okay, I have SEARCHED XDA & SEARCHED GOOGLE and read probably close to thousands of posts trying to find the answer... maybe I just missed it but I tried...
I am thinking of moving from CM 4.0.4 to JacHERO... (no commenct please about possible move from CM it has nothing to do with the recent C&D) but I am afraid to wipe SD CARD & start fresh with everything...
Does NANDROID backup everything? Meaning does it COMPLETELY backup not just the OS but all the partitions on the SDHC card? (i.e. FAT32 & ext2 & ext3)?? I dont think it does from what I can tell & have read...
What I want to be able to do is wipe everything clean, install HERO, clean, if I totally hate it or its too slow for me or what not, I want to be able to restore what I had running...
please no comments on how hero is better or how CM is better etc...
I would suggest you do a search for switchrom or switchrom.sh
That should be what you're looking for.
HTH
search for the Q&A section?
Nandroid backs up all you need that if you get a bootloop for some reason you can just restore it and your good...... next time post in the proper place
P.S.- why are you afraid of wiping your SD card that would be a lot easier?
Switchrom.sh or Bart
Switchrom is good, but doesnt backup the entire ext3 partition. If complete EXT3 backup is what you seek, see BART (Backup and Recovery Tool).
Have fun and read lots!
emilj said:
Okay, I have SEARCHED XDA & SEARCHED GOOGLE and read probably close to thousands of posts trying to find the answer... maybe I just missed it but I tried...
I am thinking of moving from CM 4.0.4 to JacHERO... (no commenct please about possible move from CM it has nothing to do with the recent C&D) but I am afraid to wipe SD CARD & start fresh with everything...
Does NANDROID backup everything? Meaning does it COMPLETELY backup not just the OS but all the partitions on the SDHC card? (i.e. FAT32 & ext2 & ext3)?? I dont think it does from what I can tell & have read...
What I want to be able to do is wipe everything clean, install HERO, clean, if I totally hate it or its too slow for me or what not, I want to be able to restore what I had running...
please no comments on how hero is better or how CM is better etc...
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If you want to back up your SDCARD, you need to plug it into your computer (can be through phone when phone is in "mount" mode) and run this command:
dd if=/dev/sdcarddevice | gzip -9 > /some/place/to/make/backup.gz
You can NOT make a backup of the sdcard from your phone OS since 1) phone internal storage is not nearly sufficient, 2) backing up the sdcard TO the sdcard is retarded and doesn't accomplish anything.
My suggestion;
first do a nandroid backup to backup the phone internal storage to the sdcard, then backup the sdcard. Then you have everything no matter what.
On more bit of complication...
I currently have fat32 & ext2 BUT no swap setup on my SDHC card....
I would need to wipe the card & re-partition it so that I can have swap.
BART looks like the key, but will it re-partition the sdhc card too?? It says BART backs up the ext partitions but doesnt say anything about the partitions...
This is not development related. Next time, please keep your questions within the Q&A forum. Moved.
lbcoder said:
If you want to back up your SDCARD, you need to plug it into your computer (can be through phone when phone is in "mount" mode) and run this command:
dd if=/dev/sdcarddevice | gzip -9 > /some/place/to/make/backup.gz
You can NOT make a backup of the sdcard from your phone OS since 1) phone internal storage is not nearly sufficient, 2) backing up the sdcard TO the sdcard is retarded and doesn't accomplish anything.
My suggestion;
first do a nandroid backup to backup the phone internal storage to the sdcard, then backup the sdcard. Then you have everything no matter what.
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You read between the lines for me thank you... the point was to backup to a computer (obviously I cant backup 5gb to the remaining 3gb on my card )
I ran SU first & tried the command you gave me & I got this error:
dd: can't open '/dev/sdcarddevice': No such file or directory
Which makes sense if I am running it in "mounted" mode because the SD card is no longer visible to the OS.... right?
I currently have fat32 & ext2 BUT no swap setup on my SDHC card....
I would need to wipe the card & re-partition it so that I can have swap.
BART looks like the key, but will it re-partition the sdhc card too?? It says BART backs up the ext partitions but doesnt say anything about the partitions...
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Yeah Bart isnt the way to go to repartition your SDcard, if you have the 1.4 cyanogen recovery you can do the repartitioning from the recovery console, a basic search can provide you with many guides on how to do something like this, hope this helps
stefan.buddle said:
Yeah Bart isnt the way to go to repartition your SDcard, if you have the 1.4 cyanogen recovery you can do the repartitioning from the recovery console, a basic search can provide you with many guides on how to do something like this, hope this helps
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Okay, I'm not totaly newb if I sound like it...
I can repartition my card no problem... I was looking for a backup tool that would restore ALL partitions & ALL data if I was to wipe the OS & wipe the card & start fresh...
Theoretically backup to a PC... I can load up a Linux build if I need to... the "DD" was a good idea... would this be a good solution to load up linux to a "DD" combined with a Nandroid backup? Again, would I have to repartition my card back to the way it was?
emilj said:
You read between the lines for me thank you... the point was to backup to a computer (obviously I cant backup 5gb to the remaining 3gb on my card )
I ran SU first & tried the command you gave me & I got this error:
dd: can't open '/dev/sdcarddevice': No such file or directory
Which makes sense if I am running it in "mounted" mode because the SD card is no longer visible to the OS.... right?
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#1: you don't run this on your phone, you run it on your COMPUTER.
#1a: when you set your phone to "mount", it is not actually mounting. That is what happens on your computer (if you so choose), AFTER putting the phone into its mode where it is mountable and after the computer detects the device. They really should call it "mass storage mode" or something that isn't strictly incorrect.
#2: you need to use some brains in running a command.
#2a: DON'T EVER just do stuff you see online. *ALWAYS* research the commands and understand what they do before you run them. Otherwise you *WILL* eventually do something stupid, like "for FILE in /dev/sd?; do dd if=/dev/zero of=$FILE; done", which will wipe every single bit of information in all of your hard disks with zeros. In this case, the command I suggested will do no damage, but you didn't know that...
#2b: There is no such device as /dev/sdcarddevice. This is intended (following #2a) that you replace it with what makes sense ON YOUR SYSTEM, i.e. "sdcarddevice" is variable and will change depending on when/how you attached the device and what other devices are already there. Same with the /some/path/to/etc
lbcoder said:
#1: you don't run this on your phone, you run it on your COMPUTER.
#1a: when you set your phone to "mount", it is not actually mounting. That is what happens on your computer (if you so choose), AFTER putting the phone into its mode where it is mountable and after the computer detects the device. They really should call it "mass storage mode" or something that isn't strictly incorrect.
#2: you need to use some brains in running a command.
#2a: DON'T EVER just do stuff you see online. *ALWAYS* research the commands and understand what they do before you run them. Otherwise you *WILL* eventually do something stupid, like "for FILE in /dev/sd?; do dd if=/dev/zero of=$FILE; done", which will wipe every single bit of information in all of your hard disks with zeros. In this case, the command I suggested will do no damage, but you didn't know that...
#2b: There is no such device as /dev/sdcarddevice. This is intended (following #2a) that you replace it with what makes sense ON YOUR SYSTEM, i.e. "sdcarddevice" is variable and will change depending on when/how you attached the device and what other devices are already there. Same with the /some/path/to/etc
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Gee thanks... I thought you were giving me a command that I wasnt aware of...
So the bottom line is that I am still where I started, is there any way to backup the OS & all partitions to my computer that I can restore if necessary??
So something like imaging the sdcard like winhex, and a nandroid or switchrom should be fine. I'll be trying this soon. I need to learn more about the ins and outs first. Please let me know what you find or how u get this to work for u. With dd or whatever. Thanks.
you are making this WAY too complicated, make a nandroid, use BART, move the files over to your computer by dragging and dropping. then do whatever horror you want to do to your phone. if it messes up, then make your partitions again using parted in the recovery console. restore the contents of your sdcard from your computer to your sdcard, restore your nandroid. ta-da
it is not hard to backup your ext3, it is even simpler to backup your fat32. stop over thinking all of this and search a little next time.
You fail, please try again
Yeah makes sence now that I think about it, partitioning the sdcard was pretty ez. I'm just gonna repartition to include a swap and keep that setup for everything and BART the rest. Sometimes I just don't see the answers right away until they are pointed out to me lol sry .....I failed again.
Opps, some how ended up in this topic by mistake
I'm running OpenEclair 1.2.2 on a standard UK G1. I have no swap partition, and no EXT3 on my card as I prefer the idea of keeping all my apps on my phone.
However, it would seem like I have a corrupt file system on my phone, as after a restart, apps will disappear, force close, or behave very strangely!
So my question is, how do I repair my phone filing system? Not my SD card, but the one in my phone where apps are stored?
Thanks
Rebooted again and now all my contacts are missing. Also tired running this command (don't know if it's correct)
e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
I get an error saying no such file or directory.
Funkstar De Luxe said:
Rebooted again and now all my contacts are missing. Also tired running this command (don't know if it's correct)
e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
I get an error saying no such file or directory.
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Did you run this from recovery console? I don't think it will work from adb or terminal.
Yeah, I get the same error
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Yeah, I get the same error
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Sorry, just reread your first post. That command is to repair your Ext2(3) partition. Since you don't have that, you would get that message. I understand why you would want to not use ext as your phone should load apps faster off the phone itself. The problem is, the rom itself needs more space than the standard rom that came with the phone. Your best bet is to wipe, partition, and reinstall OE. You could try a different rom to see how it performs without the ext for app to sd. In fact, if you find 1 that works well you should post your results to help others.