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Ive tried installing Cyanogen about 10 times on my G1 and it always ends up the same no matter what guide i use. Ive tried so many different "stable" versions of Cyanogen i dont even know where to begin. I downgrade to RC29 fine, Install the radio update, and gain root access. Then i boot into the Home+Power menu and install Cyanogen through the Alt+S install prompt. Then the phone reboots and either hangs at the G1 screen or loads to the Cyanogen (Blue text) Android screen and hangs there and the screen eventually goes black.
Another time i installed a more recent version of Cyanogen, After about 5 minutes of sitting at the android screen it would load, but all the applications would instantly crash and i would have no choice but to turn the phone off. Does anyone have any idea what im doing wrong. Ive been searching every android forum for the past 4 days and cant seem to find a solution to solve this problem.
I don't know if this will work since you don't have a Cyanogen ROM to begin with, but you might try the Cyanogen updater app in the market. It is unbelievably easy and does everything for you from downloading the rom to rebooting into recovery and automatically flashing it.
Did you partition you sd? I am pretty sure any cyan mod requires a fat32 and ext2 oartition for the auto apps2sd.
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Did you partition you sd? I am pretty sure any cyan mod requires a fat32 and ext2 oartition for the auto apps2sd.
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Nah, it works fine without an ext2 partition, once you create one it will copy your apps over and set it up on boot. It does seem to have issues when the partitioning isn't right though. I've found doing partitioning in recovery console most reliable.
I have the same problem and to me it DOes have issue when the partitioning isnt right cuz I failed the partition... in console it just didnt work, and now everytime I try to reinstall the rom it turn black after the blue android logo...and from there Im stuck, I just dont know what to do to make it work...
have you tried checking the md5sum to see if you got a bad download. i got one once and nothing would work
MD5 sum matches up fine. Is there anything else i should be adding to this procedure?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548924
I do this guide word for word and end up with that black screen i was describing before every time.
Install CyanogenMOD 4.0.1 (Stable), Right after that section of the guide when i reboot my phone, i get the black screen after the android logo sits for about 5-10 minutes and i cant continue with the guide any further although im assuming the other guides after this are optional.
have you tried the latest 4.0.4 rom?
Yessir i have. Ive tried 4.0.2 and older versions as well. No luck just different problems.
Can we install another rom other than cyanogen on the cyanogen recovery? cuz if so ill try to install a rom that dont have app2sd just to see...
Ive find my problem now my cyanogen work...it was my sd card that is not well partitioned even tough I reformated it to fat32 it just wont work..so after installin the cyanogen rom i just removed the sd card and it worked fine...so I guess ill go buy a already partitioned sdcard cuz im havin problem with theses...
I can't believe that no one has said this to the op but did you wipe before flashing
yea wiped... but now how to I proceed? I need an sd card...
If I partition my sd card outside of the cellphone and put it in, will cynogen rom will recognize that app2sd is possible or I will need to reinstall the rom?
I was suggesting wiping to the op mesh, forken, yes you can partion the card outside the phone as long as you have a fat32 partion on there since it is the only file type that the phone will recongize as a non operating storage place for your roms and other files
partitioning is so simple, just use console and follow the guides. Make sure you know what size your card is and you will be fine. You can't buy a partitioned sd card so your gonna have to figure it out.
once in recovery goto console
hit enter after each line
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print (this will give you your sd size in mb)
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 xxxx (xxxx is the size you get in print MINUS 512)
mkpartfs primary ext2 xxxx xxxx (first xxxx is the size of your sd MINUS 512, like we just did. 2ND xxxx is the full size of your sd)
then goto recovery and click fix/repair ext filesystems.
well yes you can buy a pre partion, theres a android website where you can buy pre partition sd card anyway you like it...
the problem is that my sd card is bugged now I think I need to fix it before trying to partition it again...cuz it wrongly partitioned..
Really you can buy pre partion cards, I think I just found my next scheme to make money since I can use the partion editor in ubuntu in 3 minutes so there is 60 minutes in an hour, so that's 20 cards an hour and I am lazy so 5 cards a day. How much is the mark up on these pre partion cards, I can out do them by 50 cents, make a link to my website for them in my sig and prob make a little profit, yay, go ignorance and laziness
ahah ill post it...
Do you know if I can fix a wrongly partitioned sd card... with just trying to partition it correctly? or I need to fix it first?
Sure, wipe it completely clean, it's called reformating. Make new partions, whichever way you are using for partion does not seem to be working for you so I would suggest trying to find another way, try googling gparted like I told you before to do and give that a try
just format the card to FAT32. You don't need an ext partition to run cyanogen, you just need it if you want apps2sd. And do a low level (not quick) format.
ive tried to reformat to fat32 and it does the same thing...
Hi
I have some problems with my Dream now after an format fore EXT2 so I can use apps to sd.
I have CyanogenMod 4.0.4
Iv'e used an guide and console for formating my SD card 8gb class 6.
I've made an 7.2gb fat32
700mb ext2
50mb linux swap
After that I converted the ext2 to ext4, checked everything with print and it was ok.
Than when I've rebootet my phone it woudnt start up, it came to the android in blue, and that blinked some and than the screen went black.
So my plan was to upgrade the 4.0.4 to 4.2.5 anyway so I did that.
My phone was an 32B so I used the HTC_ADP_1.6_DRC83_rooted_base.zip
Everything went great with that, but when I tried restarting the problem was still there...
Dont know what to do know?
Remove the ext4 partition?
Try restoring your memory card to original and then try to partition it again.
Ive tried to restore my memory card, no help.
Ive tried to boot the phone with no memorycard, still no go...
Dont know what to try anymore..
1) Format the entire card as fat32
2) add other partitions
3) Wipe from recovery
4) Flash your rom
Also this sub forum is for development, which this clearly isn't.
Ok sry i thought this was the place to ask with this.
I got the phone booting up with 4.2.5 and it worked great.
All my programs waws gone so I need to install them again, but no worry.
So I now tried to format the memorycard again, looks like it didnt work again and im at my problem again...
Now it hangs on the T-mobile screen, so I guess out with the battery and try an reboot before I start all over again...
Maby I'm not supposed to have programs on my SD?
make sure you partition properly.
fat>ext>swap
you can install amon_RA's recovery and let that partition your card for you
Hi.
Ive sendt my phone back to originale software, and than upgraded again, and it seems like it's 4.2.5 and the ext partition that is the problem.
If I change SD card to one without the ext partition it's no problem to start after an whipe..
I've tried reinstalling 4.2.5 but no luck, maby I shall trie an ext3 insted of ext4?
Yes have followed the guide on the pratition, and Fat32, EXT than swap
**UPDATE BELOW** I Fixed It!!!
Hey is anyone able to help me?
on my phone i flashed straight from the stock firmware to JM 2 which worked fine, allthough i still get really bad lag when coming out of standby and when going back to the menu.
Iv been trying to get this sd card fix to work now for two days, firstly i was formatting the sd card through the phone using gparted, which doesn't work properly.
Now i have bought a sd card reader!
But its still not working.
i have tried several times doing this:
Partition sdcard first fat32 then 990 mb ext3/4 (tried both now)
Re flash JM2 512 PIT (clean slate)
Flash ext3/4 (with or without adding the 512 pit again, no re-partition)
>>>At this point the phone reboots up fine, however when looking in my folders i see no /disk/ or anything resembling the ext3/4 partition i made, it only sees the fat32 partiton
I carried on with the guide regardless.
flash update.zip (root)
download and install busybox
run the commands listed, i get no errors
>>> If i dont reboot at this point most apps dont work and fclose, if i do reboot the phones screen goes black during the samsung logo animation, it stays powered though, i can still light up the touch buttons
I really want this to work, sure the screen and hardware on this phone are great but it is worthless to me if its not useable!
******UPDATE*******
Just as i was writing this in frustration i have got it to work!
Format sd Fat32/ext3 (800mb)
Flash JM2 Pit 512
Flash ext3 (not 4!)
Root
Do not install the new version of busybox, use the one that comes with the root update.zip (not sure if this made a difference)
use busybox commands as per guide, and market fix
reboot
Increased my quadrant score from 800 ish to 1400, phone feels quick now. I could have gotten more performance with ext4 but it doesn't seem to work
Please post this question in the main thread for this tweak. I doubt you will get much response here.
Hey Everyone, first off. I love you all. You've made me LOVE my Vibrant and NookColor more than ever!
I have two questions.. (sry my search on the site wasn't working )
1. I had a 4gb microsd card that I used to put the Autonooter for NC on it. Now I'm seeing alot of updates with froyo and overclocking kernels and I want to try them out. But my 4gb card is frozen solid at 32mb, I tried formating a through windows, I read on another post that I cant find at all that theres a better program out there for fully formatting microsd cards back to the original state.. Does anyone know the program?
2. I've been reading daily on the updates for Froyo, Which one is the current most stable version?
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Thanks!!!
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1. Put the uSD card back into your NC. Under the original (BN) Settings ---> Device Info ---> SD card : first unmount the uSD card, then format it. Then remove from NC.
2. Not my thing, no help, sorry.
Thanks for the help on the SD Card! First step done, alot more to go!
Okay, So I installed Clockwork Recovery and made a backup of my system. After I installed clockwork, My nook froze at boot, I figured out how to get into clockwork recovery and I am currently restoring my eclair.
I see alot of people using froyo, which build and what post did everyone do it from? I see alot of eMMC but I see a Development build.. I'm confused as to which one I should get.
Thanks!
Hi!
I have a problem a Nook of a friend which is stuck on Read Forever screen
I had install the rom of CM on it. and after I went to rom manager to make an update of the recovery i tried to reboot the device.
after of that the nook is stuck in this screen,
I tried to make a bootable SD recovery card but it does not boot from the SD either.
Any solution.
Is CM7 installed on the card or the internal memory?
sorry guys I had made a bad copy of my sd card recovey.
everything is ok now.
please Mods delete my thread if possible!
Thanks in advance!
merry x-mas guys
Got a problem,
Step-son got a nook color from his grams, intended to put CM7 on it so he has some halfway decent tablet, so he can play his flash games on it.
- after setup of the Nook color, it downloaded version 1.4.1 of it's own B&N OS
- did the uNooter from an 8 GB SD card (according to these instructions http://wiki.cyanogen...ll_Update_Guide), worked almost like a charm, at reboot i got a popup reading "default action: Home OR [that special menu-loader from the uNooter on the SD card]. after tapping the special menu-loader i was able to go into ROM MANAGER, did FLASH CLOCKWORK MOD RECOVERY, 5 minutes later gave SUPER USER/ROOT permissions, reboot, worked fine.
- tried to put the CM 7.1 on said 8 GB SD card, noticing that the uNooter image only has a ~70 MB partition and the rest of the 8GB is unused, so the 100MB "update.zip" doesn't fit (obviously).
- DOWNLOADING Roms via ROM MANGER directly is obviously a no-go, because it has no premium license, and loading it from the 8GB SD-card isnt working because the partition was only ~70 MB small.
- ASSUMING that the uNooter is NEEDED EVERYTIME to get into that special menu-loader for the Color Nook, I selected in ROM MANGER the option PARTITION SD CARD, thinking it will lead me into a menu where i can make another partition, beside the uNooters, to dump the CM 7.1 update.zip to flash the Nook Color's Rom with CM 7.1
- next thing I know, it reboots, and its stuck at the "Read Forever"-boot screen.
I PRESUME that ROM MANAGER's "partition SD card" screwed with the internal/virtual 'SD-card partition' and not my actual microSD chip loaded into the Nook Color's microSD-slot.
Is there a way to restore the device and/or load CM 7.1 on it, and if so, how; or am i ****ed ?
cheers
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PS: is there a way to force-reboot the Nook Color? like as it's on phones often the case, by force-crashing it by holding down a combo of keys ? if so, which ones?
Atlana, same question answered here, as well as over on CM forum.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20677328#post20677328
Hold power button for 20 seconds or so to force power off. Do it twice until you see it start to boot.