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Hi
I have flashed my G1 T-mobile following the the one-click process in here! i have now root access. The ROM is CyanogenMod-3.9.11.2
After all that i bought a trascend SDcard 8GB class 6, formatted about 600MB to EXT4 using gparted on a live cd, winxp and my G1.
The first thing i noticed is that the phone is slower to load up. it stays about 35secs on the G1 logo and then move to android for a total of about 1min to be ready.
Second thing my free space on internal memory went from 38MB to 68MB, i believe somehow the phone moved the cache on the sdcard...if i install new programs they get installed on the phone memory as far as i understand...however i could be wrong on this. i never started the phone without sdcard since, I'm not sure if this could damage the phone in some way.
I would like to have some feedback on this (the slow boot and memory thing) if someone has experienced a similar situation.
I'm thinking to flash my phone again and move to a stable version of Cyanogen so that i can use app2Sd and Cyanogen updater!!
- how can i flash a new room, considering that i have the latest radio but not HARDspl. (as far as i understand the oneclick method doesn't change the SPL)
I was looking at using again the small oneclick software and flash the Cyanogen 4.0 this time, would that make sense since i have already root access on the phone?
thank you for the help
kirk
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After installing and unistalling few softwares i found out that all programs are actually on the SDcard however the Mobile uses still the internal memory for the cache. This doesn't bother me for now since i still have about 68MB free. Basically if you install CyanogenMod and you don't have a partitioned SDcard all software get installed on the internal memory however as soon as you put in an partioned card all programs get transfered automatically after the first boot. At least this is what happen to me. Somehow i got what i wanted and because of this i don't need to flash my phone anymore... maybe I'll flash it again when android 2 is out, if i don't have to change spl, image recovery or anythingelse too risky
I used the 1-click method as well, and I just download the latest cyanogen rom, rename it to update, boot into cm-recovery and apply the update.
One more thing, the latest versions of Cyanogen's rom have auto apps2sd built into the rom. It will automatically move all apps to the sd card as long as you have an ext2/ext3/ext4 partition on your sd card.
Your still going to have the same boot time. It's still going to take awhile to boot, just because you have a custom rom doesn't mean it will boot faster. And to load a new rom either rename to update.zip and update or if you have the newest recovery then you can just flash whatever rom without renaming because you can flash any .zip file.
In reading your post I think you said you wanted to use the small 1 click software to download cm4.0 You are done rooting your phone you no longer need to use the 1 click software.
Just copy new rom (cm4.0.4) to sd card
unplug phone from computer
turn off phone
boot into recovery (home and power at the same time)
flash new rom
when you use one root, it flashes cm-recovery 1.4 so there is no need to rename, just put on the root of your sd and flash from recovery
supremeteam256 said:
Your still going to have the same boot time. It's still going to take awhile to boot, just because you have a custom rom doesn't mean it will boot faster. And to load a new rom either rename to update.zip and update or if you have the newest recovery then you can just flash whatever rom without renaming because you can flash any .zip file.
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Are you aware of any reason for the slow boot after partition of the sdcard??
is it the stock 1GB sdcard?
Cause it has to read from the sd during boot up and it has to run the script for the apps2sd
Fingerlickin said:
is it the stock 1GB sdcard?
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no is a transcend 8GB class 6.
gridlock32404 said:
Cause it has to read from the sd during boot up and it has to run the script for the apps2sd
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As far as i know i'm not using app2sd yet. I partitioned my SDcard ONLY after i flashed my phone. however like i said i think the phone is somehow using the ext4 partition for something.
You reckon this would be a normal boot time i mean it takes between 50secs and 1.05 min to be ready. Phone is stable as far as i can tell.
I myself am not concerned with the boot time, the ext4 is another filesystem that it has to read and recongize, you basicly have a little mini computer in your hands so how long does your pc take to load up, there are many files and system checks that it has to go through starting up not to mention all the settings and components it has to turn on
Bottom line, if you want something to boot up quickly than get a basic phone because there is a very good way to speed up a mini computer to do the same
gridlock32404 said:
I myself am not concerned with the boot time, the ext4 is another filesystem that it has to read and recongize, you basicly have a little mini computer in your hands so how long does your pc take to load up, there are many files and system checks that it has to go through starting up not to mention all the settings and components it has to turn on
Bottom line, if you want something to boot up quickly than get a basic phone because there is a very good way to speed up a mini computer to do the same
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Well i'm aware of all this and i'm not concerned too much about the boot time. I'm only trying to gather information and learn a bit more from other ppl experiences. I come from windows mobile and android OS is all new world for me.
have you a similar configuration to my G1? Do you run app2sd? is yor boot time similar to mine??
maybeoneday said:
Just copy new rom (cm4.0.4) to sd card
unplug phone from computer
turn off phone
boot into recovery (home and power at the same time)
flash new rom
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Just a quick question for future reference...
do i need to put Cyanogen recovery image on the root of the sd card when i boot into recovery mode?
thank you
Kirk
Why did you root your phone? You have no desire to search to even do one of the most well documented things to your phone in these forums. What you need to do is take a DREAIMG.nbh file and put it in the root of your sdcard (or in no folders), then open up terminal emulator and type su then reboot bootloader once that happens wait for it to flash that image. Then you will have the most pimping room on your phone. Also you have amazing boot times. Everything you want.
david1171 said:
Why did you root your phone? You have no desire to search to even do one of the most well documented things to your phone in these forums. What you need to do is take a DREAIMG.nbh file and put it in the root of your sdcard (or in no folders), then open up terminal emulator and type su then reboot bootloader once that happens wait for it to flash that image. Then you will have the most pimping room on your phone. Also you have amazing boot times. Everything you want.
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Hi David
I had specific reason to root 2 different G1 and this is not to play with it or try a new ROM or even experiment new things. I may change my ROM again when a major relase is out (i.e. Android 2 if it has something that i need)
Going back to reflashing the phone.
You now suggest me to use DREAIMG.nbh which is actually mentioned on the guide "hoe to downgrade-root-flash your phone" here
....am I missing something here?? thank you for taking the time to reply anyway.
..I have read quite a bit on this forum and i decided to use the one-click method (because is the quickest and safiest one). I thought reflashing should be as easy. go in safe mode wipe and reflash it. Anyway for my nature i tend to ask/investigate one thing before go and actually do it. My questions are:
- if i press home power right now, considering that i have nothing on my sdcard would it take me to the safemode screen?
- Consequently do i need to have Cyanogen image revovery together with the ROM on my sd card in order to flash a new version of CyanogenMod?
Thank you
Kirk
you can boot into recovery at any time by pressing home and power when the phone is powered down. it will go into recovery no matter what is on the sdcard.
Also the recovery image you have on your phone does not determine what rom you can flash.
wow... i am at a loss for words...... do you even know why you did any of the things you did? did you even read the release notes for cyan's rom's? ALL OF THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ARE THERE...
if you have an ext partition on your sd card....it WILL AUTOMATICALLY be used for apps2sd with 80%-90% of the ROM's out there today... ITS IN ALL OF THE ROMS' CHANGE LOGS/RELEASE NOTES
I had specific reason to root 2 different G1 and this is not to play with it or try a new ROM or even experiment new things. I may change my ROM again when a major relase is out (i.e. Android 2 if it has something that i need)
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if you didnt root to try a new rom or experiment with new things, your better off with the stock firmware...which is why david suggested you flash DREAIMG.nbh
go in safe mode wipe and reflash it
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going into safemode wont flash anything.... i suggest you search and find out what exactly safemode is, especially since there was a thread only a few threads below yours detailing it.
All you need to flash a new ROM is the rom on your sd card and a working recovery, as well as anything that the ROM your installing has required which are noted in the changelog/release notes....
nothing else is needed on your SD card, except maybe specific partitioning, which will be noted in the ROM's requirements.
I try to help out here as much as i can when i have time (most of my posts are in Q&A helping out people) but it seems as though no one even bothers to look at the actual forums anymore. They just create an account, create a thread, bug people till a simple question is answered, and disappear forever.....
I came to this site simply to get roms, but i stayed because there was so much to learn and i created an account to help out people as well...i did all of my major modifications without asking any questions....all the questions are already answered somewhere...
i understand its hard to go through all the clutter, but it is starting to look as if no one even cares anymore
@B-man007 i am starting to feel like you do, i had my phone rooted and all that good stuff at least a month before i made an account just to download something uploaded to the forum. I wish i could see how many post i have in a ceratin forum bc i imagine at least 450 or 500 of them would be in this one helping people. Its getting to the point where i no longer care to help people and i thought i had a lot of patience. I porbably do but people are sinking to new lows with the questions they ask...
I think I have maybe 5 posts in dev, most of my posts are q&a and general, but then again half of those posts are from hijacking threads. I just got tired of answering the same questions over and over and over
gridlock32404 said:
I think I have maybe 5 posts in dev, most of my posts are q&a and general, but then again half of those posts are from hijacking threads. I just got tired of answering the same questions over and over and over
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u hijack the hell outa threads. there should some type of entrance exam for xda. like do u know how to search, can u read do u have a brain. i mean god i actually helped a guy who couldnt open the terminal
I did everything right and after I reboot when in safe mode, it loads the "tmobile G1 screen but the 2nd load screen loads forever and does not change. I waited over an hour last night and it did not finish loading.
Should be in Q&A mate.
What rom ? what version ? what does it say if you run a logcat.
Try reflashing it via the recovery console.
safe mode refers to windows and recovery mode is the one your talking about.You should at least give other info like your SPL,radio,ROM,recovery,etc..
The ROM is SuperD192
using latest spl and radio
is there any other roms that you recommend?
anthonyc9 said:
The ROM is SuperD192
using latest spl and radio
is there any other roms that you recommend?
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Of course:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456
Flash the rooted base, then flash the expansion from the above link
This is what i did in order.
1. formatted SD card
2. ran the recovery
3. rebooted in recovery mode and flashed the radio
4. rebooted again and flashed the spl.
5. rebooted and flashed the ROM
anthonyc9 said:
This is what i did in order.
1. formatted SD card
2. ran the recovery
3. rebooted in recovery mode and flashed the radio
4. rebooted again and flashed the spl.
5. rebooted and flashed the ROM
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I'm not sure which radio and SPL you flashed was it these:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...Wbt0kE3c8xtD9CWMg&sig2=2_QLVSY7frWDfnh2v7u6pA
yes, those were the exact ones
anthonyc9 said:
yes, those were the exact ones
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At least you can read cause most people flash the SPL then radiod and get a nice paper weight to display.Get Amon_RA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4647751&postcount=1
After updating to that wipe everything then flash Super-D.
anthonyc9 said:
The ROM is SuperD192
using latest spl and radio
is there any other roms that you recommend?
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the latest spl and radio you say.............
and how do we now you didn't do something stupid and use the wrong ones?
is it too much to post at least the version numbers?
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but anyway,
take out the SD Card, and open it on your computer
copy all the files into a new directory call my Phones SD card
now put it back in the phone
go into recovery
somewhere in the Recovery (I'm not going to give any specifics, which is tbh only fair cos you didn't give any. )
is format/part SD Card, do it ....
swap size,,, I duno, 32mb,64mb, 96mb? up to you...
Ext2 errm 512mb is good
rest is fat32
now, put your ROM on the sd card , and flash it
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next time Wipe Data/cache , Dalvik-cache, sd:ext before you flash the ROM
Oh and do a nandriod back up BEFORE you wipe Data/cache , Dalvik-cache, sd:ext, before you flash the ROM and might be a good idea to read up next time before you Wipe Data/cache , Dalvik-cache, sd:ext before you flash the ROM Oh and do a nandriod back up BEFORE you wipe Data/cache , Dalvik-cache, sd:ext, before you flash the ROM
so i am going to use this as a recovery instead? and just follow the same steps i did in the past?
Pm me, I'll walk you through sorting this out in simple plain english.
Ace42 said:
At least you can read cause most people flash the SPL then radiod and get a nice paper weight to display.Get Amon_RA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4647751&postcount=1
After updating to that wipe everything then flash Super-D.
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so i update to that recovery instead of the one im using, then just follow the same steps?
Sorry i am very new to this. I appreciate all of your help!
anthonyc9 said:
so i update to that recovery instead of the one im using!
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do you honestly expect an answer?
YOU HAVE NOT SAID WHICH RECOVERY YOU ARE USING?
sorry for the caps, but come on, this is't about being new to rooting, this is being new to common sense
1/ which recovery
2/ which radio
3/ which SPL
4/ which ROM
you could cheat by posting a link to the guide you followed
if it was written on the back of a beer mat, take a pic of it
I'm sorry for being so rude, I am actually trying to help you
people will be able to answer your questions better if you give information..
I am pleased to say he is now up and running.
And to the senior members on this thread take your heads from up your arses. **** we were all new once and just waffling **** at someone loaded with jargon and expecting them to understand is a ****in joke.
I have to say I'm very disappointed to be classed as the same as you people and apologies for the language but some people need telling straight. Go get over your ****in selfs!
If ANY of you had given him a chance you would have found him to be a great guy that listened to instructions and had a fairly good understanding for someone so new.
You so called 'Senior Members' disgust me. *Le Sigh*
When booting the Nexus One I get an Android with an explanation point, then I am able to toggle the volume key and power to get into "Android system recovery <2e>" screen which gives me the options
-reboot system now
-apply sdcard:update.zip
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
when it's in this screen I can NOT access it through fastboot or adb.
It looks like it is only allowing me to push "officially" signed update.zip files to it and nothing else.
I cannot get it in to hboot or anything else it ONLY boots into "Android system recovery <2e>"
Maybe someone has an official update.zip boot image they can send me to or some other idea it would be much appreciated since I cannot use the phone at all.
Thank you in advanced, Please help!!!
Did you try holding trackball and power button when the phone is turned off to bring you directly to fastboot?
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Did you try holding trackball and power button when the phone is turned off to bring you directly to fastboot?
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Yes, with no luck, it just goes straight to the Android and explanation point
Are you rooted? Unlocked bootloader? What did you do to get you into this situation?
Not to worry you, but usually not being able to boot into fastboot is not a good thing.
hyperandy said:
Maybe someone has an official update.zip boot image they can send me to or some other idea it would be much appreciated since I cannot use the phone at all.
Thank you in advanced, Please help!!!
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Heres a thread that contains the official 2.1 update1 zip.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=627823
Maybe the volume key or trackball is stuck/damaged?
irishrally said:
Are you rooted? Unlocked bootloader? What did you do to get you into this situation?
Not to worry you, but usually not being able to boot into fastboot is not a good thing.
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ya at this point I was kinda figuring that but I am hopeful ...I unlocked the boot loader and everything was going great until I partitioned the sd in the recovery image, then I started getting a weird MISC error and couldn't boot up at all, only in recovery but fastboot and everything still worked. Then I saw a post about applying the original image to the device via fastboot, preformed that and ever since then I have had a $500 brink that lights up
I don't think you can brick the N1 by just flashing a ROM, usually this only happens when changing the radio or spl.
I would try taking out your sd card, copy all your files you your computer, format your sd card, copy your files back to your sd card and see what that does for you. Maybe some issue arose when you partitioned your sd card, although you said fastboot still worked until you flashed the ROM. Worth a shot though.
If you can access fastboot then, I would flash Amon Ra's custom recovery image via fastboot and take it from there.
well I actually tried a completely different sdcard and then none at all. No luck. If it's not letting me into hboot do you think it may have gotten corrupted or something
hyperandy said:
well I actually tried a completely different sdcard and then none at all. No luck. If it's not letting me into hboot do you think it may have gotten corrupted or something
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Honetly, I don't know. Did you try copying the .zip in the link posted above to your sdcard and then applying that zip in recovery?
Hopefully someone that knows more than me will chime in and have some better ideas.
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Honetly, I don't know. Did you try copying the .zip in the link posted above to your sdcard and then applying that zip in recovery?
Hopefully someone that knows more than me will chime in and have some better ideas.
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maybe it's because I just woke up but I am not clear what you are asking, can you rephrase that? The link above my SD card?
hyperandy said:
maybe it's because I just woke up but I am not clear what you are asking, can you rephrase that? The link above my SD card?
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Did you try copying the .zip file in the link below to your sd card and trying to flash it in recovery?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=627823
Thank you, ya I didn't see the link the first time. duh. Yep I tried that and I get a build.prop error (although this update says installing for a second and i see a progress bar, I have tried that same file from a few download locations to make sure it wasn't a bad download too):
file_getprop: Failed to stat "/system/build.prop": No such file or directory
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted
Thank you for all your help!! but I am afraid this isn't looking to good.
I also tried creating that file just to see but since it wasn't officially signed it gave me an error about that
I think at this point it is looking for a specific signed update.zip file, where I find that, I have no idea.
It almost seems like I need the whole update.zip officially signed by google and/or HTC and then it would flash. I highly doubt they are going to hand that over. I am half temped to see if I could send it in to them to be reflashed even for a fee if it means I can get this thing working again, but I don't even know if they would offer that. It's only 2 months old and I think the file I need maybe out there but damned if I have been able to find it anywhere.
hyperandy said:
I think at this point it is looking for a specific signed update.zip file, where I find that, I have no idea.
It almost seems like I need the whole update.zip officially signed by google and/or HTC and then it would flash. I highly doubt they are going to hand that over. I am half temped to see if I could send it in to them to be reflashed even for a fee if it means I can get this thing working again, but I don't even know if they would offer that. It's only 2 months old and I think the file I need maybe out there but damned if I have been able to find it anywhere.
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I wouldn't give up yet. I'm sure there is someone out there that can tell you you are completely hosed, or help you fix the problem.
If you can't fix it, I have heard it will cost $196 for a new motherboard if you send it in to HTC. They could just reflash your phone but I heard they handle a case like this by charging you for a motherboard swap. Second hand information though.
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I wouldn't give up yet. I'm sure there is someone out there that can tell you you are completely hosed, or help you fix the problem.
If you can't fix it, I have heard it will cost $196 for a new motherboard if you send it in to HTC. They could just reflash your phone but I heard they handle a case like this by charging you for a motherboard swap. Second hand information though.
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I believe that, I work in the field service industry and I see stuff like that all the time. Although I would rather pay the 196 instead of 560+ again. I am almost 100% certain this could be re-flashed with the right file. but I have so far spent 2 full days trying different things, I think I will give it until tomorrow and then send it in (by then I should be good an sick of searching). Unfortunately, I am in love with my Nexus. it's been a while since I had a phone I really enjoyed as much. If I knew another great phone was coming out in a week I would probably say the heck with it and just buy the next one but this is still an awesome device.
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I believe that, I work in the field service industry and I see stuff like that all the time. Although I would rather pay the 196 instead of 560+ again. I am almost 100% certain this could be re-flashed with the right file. but I have so far spent 2 full days trying different things, I think I will give it until tomorrow and then send it in (by then I should be good an sick of searching). Unfortunately, I am in love with my Nexus. it's been a while since I had a phone I really enjoyed as much. If I knew another great phone was coming out in a week I would probably say the heck with it and just buy the next one but this is still an awesome device.
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Have you tried every option in all the other "HELP BRICK" posts?? I don't really have time to search (and my nexus is working fine) but I know there has been plenty of threads like this before. Multiple options where tried, some successfully and some not. I would not give up unless it won't power on at all. Does ADB logcat work during a boot? Fastboot Devices? anything??????
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Have you tried every option in all the other "HELP BRICK" posts?? I don't really have time to search (and my nexus is working fine) but I know there has been plenty of threads like this before. Multiple options where tried, some successfully and some not. I would not give up unless it won't power on at all. Does ADB logcat work during a boot? Fastboot Devices? anything??????
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No haven't tried those checking the Help Brick post I will see what I can find. No adb and not fastboot devices, just says waiting for device if I try anything.
Since you have unlocked the bootloader have you tried a complete reload?
fastboot: flash boot, flash recovery
recovery: wipe everything, reset, install latest CM.
Did you ever figure this out?
i've done a lot of searching and haven't been able to figure out why i cannot flash the latest roms. example, i can flash the nightly build 283 but not the most recent 295. the latest miui rom and the GB ones. everytime i try to flash i get E:Can't open /sdcard/xxx (bad). it is really starting to irritate the crap out of me. my boot loader is unlocked, hboot v.0.33.0012, and amon ra 2.0 recovery. i tried partitioning my sd card with 128mb swap, 1024mb ext3, and it hasn't helped any. if anyone has any ideas i would appreciate any help i can get.
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i've done a lot of searching and haven't been able to figure out why i cannot flash the latest roms. example, i can flash the nightly build 283 but not the most recent 295. the latest miui rom and the GB ones. everytime i try to flash i get E:Can't open /sdcard/xxx (bad). it is really starting to irritate the crap out of me. my boot loader is unlocked, hboot v.0.33.0012, and amon ra 2.0 recovery. i tried partitioning my sd card with 128mb swap, 1024mb ext3, and it hasn't helped any. if anyone has any ideas i would appreciate any help i can get.
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Rom manager
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
switched to rom manager, still no luck, same message...
still don't know why, but i decided to swap my 32gb card for the 4gb that came with the phone, first rom i tried i got an error 7 message, the second finally flashed, so it has something to do with the sd card apparently... i just flashed gingerpassion, i'm going to keep on playing and see if i can figure out what my problem is
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Rom manager
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I wish I could say "Nice try, you're getting the hang of this forum thing," but unfortunately you still don't have a clue. This is not an issue that has anything at all to do with ROM Manager (which is really only a frontend to Clockwork Recovery, anyway). PLEASE "lurk more". That is, read posts rather than just making pointless posts. Then you will know a few things and be able to help people out.
(apologies to the OP)
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everytime i try to flash i get E:Can't open /sdcard/xxx (bad).
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easyN1 said:
still don't know why, but i decided to swap my 32gb card for the 4gb that came with the phone, first rom i tried i got an error 7 message, the second finally flashed, so it has something to do with the sd card apparently... i just flashed gingerpassion, i'm going to keep on playing and see if i can figure out what my problem is
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That does certainly sound like an SD issue. I would recommend doing a full format of the 4GB (without doing any partitioning to remove any extra variables), and then trying to flash one of the ROMs that were giving you trouble. If it fails, there is an option under the Other menu in Amon_RA's recovery that will allow you to export the recovery log to your SD card. Do that, and post that log (or even just review it on your own) and we should be able to better determine where the issue lies.
Good luck!
Just got a rooted incredible S, I got told there is a ROM on it but on boot it just shows the HTC splashscreen then the wavering android logo and didnt do anything for 5mins so I took out the battery
Went into... CWM? Power+vol down now im wondering what to do. There is no MicroSD card currently in it.
VIVO PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.13.0000
RADIO-3805.09.03.27_M
eMMC-boot
-insert date-"
Am i not mistaken I need a microsd card to install a ROM?
Where to go from here?
P1n3apqlExpr3ss said:
Just got a rooted incredible S, I got told there is a ROM on it but on boot it just shows the HTC splashscreen then the wavering android logo and didnt do anything for 5mins so I took out the battery
Went into... CWM? Power+vol down now im wondering what to do. There is no MicroSD card currently in it.
VIVO PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.13.0000
RADIO-3805.09.03.27_M
eMMC-boot
-insert date-"
Am i not mistaken I need a microsd card to install a ROM?
Where to go from here?
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Yes you will need to get a microSD card to install and flash a new ROM using CWM.
Actually I'm not sure if it is CWM... Its a white background with 3 droids down the bottom on skateboards
Selecting recovery takes me to 4EXTRecovery v2.1.0 which also tells me the current ROM is Nik_IncredibleS_TriNiTy_Sen and cuts off, how do i boot the rom from there?
Or is the SD card also required here? backup/restore under Nandroid part tells me it cant mount the SD card.
P1n3apqlExpr3ss said:
Actually I'm not sure if it is CWM... Its a white background with 3 droids down the bottom on skateboards
Selecting recovery takes me to 4EXTRecovery v2.1.0 which also tells me the current ROM is Nik_IncredibleS_TriNiTy_Sen and cuts off, how do i boot the rom from there?
Or is the SD card also required here? backup/restore under Nandroid part tells me it cant mount the SD card.
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You are going to want to get a SDcard in there so you can backup the system and download a new ROM or at least download Nik Trinity ROM so you can reflash it.
In the mean time from the recovery menu you could try a wipe data/system reset to see if you can get it booted.
The good thing is that you have permanent S-Off, so you should be able to get one of the ROMs to load and boot.
Will try that now, should i try:
wipe data/factory reset
format system
format data
Or something else? I presume the first option? Dont wanna screw anything up
P1n3apqlExpr3ss said:
Will try that now, should i try:
wipe data/factory reset
format system
format data
Or something else? I presume the first option? Dont wanna screw anything up
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Yes since you don't have a SD card to flash a ROM, just do the first one.
freedom548 said:
you need reflash the rom.
1.format my SDcard first then copy all zip file to SDcard..
2.use ARHD super wipe
3.flash the rom
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Don't have a readily available SD card atm, will steal the one from my old phone when I can or buy one in the next couple days
tpbklake said:
Yes since you don't have a SD card to flash a ROM, just do the first one.
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Same old, same scenario as before
So when I get the SD card I put the rom files on the SD card then what...?
P1n3apqlExpr3ss said:
Same old, same scenario as before
So when I get the SD card I put the rom files on the SD card then what...?
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You will need to flash/reflash a ROM zip file from recovery. As a previous poster noted, run the ARHD super wipe script first and then flash a ROM.
Gotcha makes sense now, would you recommend the ARHD ROM or something from CM or MIUI? Or is it down to the usual personal preference thing?
P1n3apqlExpr3ss said:
Gotcha makes sense now, would you recommend the ARHD ROM or something from CM or MIUI? Or is it down to the usual personal preference thing?
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Personal preference. On my original HTC ARia I went with CM6 and CM7 because HTC Sense was too slow, but on my IncS it runs Sense 2.1 so well I have just stuck with a rooted version of the WWE stock 2.10.405.1 ROM. To each his own.
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Personal preference. On my original HTC ARia I went with CM6 and CM7 because HTC Sense was too slow, but on my IncS it runs Sense 2.1 so well I have just stuck with a rooted version of the WWE stock 2.10.405.1 ROM. To each his own.
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Thought so. One last thing, when I flash a ROM using the SD card, it is okay for me to swap them out isnt it? Ill just lose some temp data, maybe some app data and whatever media files I had on it?
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Thought so. One last thing, when I flash a ROM using the SD card, it is okay for me to swap them out isnt it? Ill just lose some temp data, maybe some app data and whatever media files I had on it?
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Yes you can swap them.
P1n3apqlExpr3ss said:
Gotcha makes sense now, would you recommend the ARHD ROM or something from CM or MIUI? Or is it down to the usual personal preference thing?
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Really depends on weather u want a Sense ROM or not. Niks Trinity sensation XL v2 is turning out to be a great sense ROM heavy on the eye candy, although this can also be a bit heavy on the battery consumption. CM or arhd for non sense ROMs. Flash one, try it out, back it up then flash another, try that out, if u like back it up, if not restore the older flash and use that or flash another. With CW recovery the possibilities are endless. Happy flashing....once u get an sd!
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App
Thanks for the help tpbklake
Exactly what I was thinking Vader, may as well try out a few before deciding on anything
Any idea when we can expect semi-stable AOSP builds? I have noticed GalnetMIUI have started introducing some of the ICS framework into their builds http://galnetmiui.co.uk/landing/ics-builds/
Anyone want to help guide me through this?
Got the MicroSD and formatted as FAT32, currently downloading ARHD and CM and will use whatever downloads sooner
EDIT: Looks like CM will be done a lot sooner, with the installation process http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Incredible_S:_Full_Update_Guide do i need to put it under a root folder? ARHD doesnt mention a specific folder, only the SD card. Does it really matter?
EDIT2: Installed CM7.1 fine, then ran the super wipe script and couldnt install Galnet's MIUI for some reason. Will try again and also try ARHD
Well flashing roms in the end is easy enough, anyone want to give me a semi-detailed crash course in backing up apps, back up the rom, restoring apps and old roms?
P1n3apqlExpr3ss said:
Well flashing roms in the end is easy enough, anyone want to give me a semi-detailed crash course in backing up apps, back up the rom, restoring apps and old roms?
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In recovery mode you can do a nandroid backup which is a complete backup of the phone at that point in time; ROM, apps, settings etc. Restoring a nandroid backup will return the phone to that point in time.
To backup apps and then restore them when you flash a new ROM, IMO I like My Backup Root. Titanium Backup is another choice.
Awesome, that was all easy enough, just restoring apps and their permissions one by one is a pain in the ass
That galnet ICS ROM and a ICS theme is really nice
this is the first time i've heard people trying to flash a rom without a sd card. (where did he put the rom in the first place anyway?)