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[HOWTO]Change SD with app2sd

Upgrading/Changing of memory/SD cards while using App2SD?
Here's how.
What you need:
-Rooted
-Drellisdee's ThunderG custom recovery(preferably v1.2)
-Card Reader(Optional)
Steps:
-Boot into recovery
-In recovery menu, select "Backup/Restore" then "Nand + ext backup".(If you are using an ext4 app2sd partition, ThunderG v1.2 is a MUST)
-Now with any means suitable to you, transfer the "nandroid" folder found on your SD to your PC.(the easiest way is to mount USB-ms via recovery, but for some reason this option doesn't work for me)
-Now turn off your phone and insert the NEW SD.
-Boot into recovery again and partition your new SD(for app2sd).
-Now again, with any means suitable to you, transfer the "nandroid" folder you just copied to your PC back to the new SD.
-In recovery menu, select "Backup/Restore" then "Nand restore", choose the file to restore(in most cases, there is only one option)
-Wait for it, now reboot.
-Enjoy!
Custom Recovery
ThunderG v1.2

man! you woke up early for this?
kudos!!!! now everyone can happily change/upgrade their cards...
(the easiest way is to mount USB-ms via recovery, but for some reason this option doesn't work for me)
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now this doesnt seem right... i mean, it has to work.
hhmm.. mine does. im on thunderG too.
maybe youre lacking drivers for it.... have you checked you device manager?
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EDIT ok i get it. i dont have the V1.2 will try to install later on.
maybe the new recovery has the problem.. and not your PC...
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ok ive just installed V1.2 and yes i can confirm that the USB toggle under recovery works for me.
now the next thing to try is upgarade to a higher capacity card... *lol*
nice one Ungaze!

lol, up late seems more like it.
usb-toggle issue might be usb driver related.
havent flashed the firmware yet so i didnt have the need to install the drivers as well.
i also used this method to revert my app2sd partition from ext4 to ext2. so it also works with different partition filesystem, someone can maybe test if it also works with different partition size.

thats backing up and restoring right?
maybe ill try it on ext4...
anyway, why convert back to ext2? is there any significance?

bluviper said:
thats backing up and restoring right?
maybe ill try it on ext4...
anyway, why convert back to ext2? is there any significance?
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was doing a test, and speed-wise there is a slight improvement. about 50 - 80 points on I/O using quadrant. Although really unnoticeable and I don't really rely on quadrant that much, performance seems to be just the same.(OptimusXrom maker domenic_s also uses ext2).

i see.. maybe one time ill try to do ext2.. hehehe
theres not much happening with our O1 today ei?!
so i need to do something... hehehe errr experiment on something...
*lol*

now thats weird.. after rebooting the second time to recovery...
i cant find my files under Flash zip files...
seems like only system folders are installed....

I just used EASEUS Todo Backup to clone old sd card (with partition ext 4, i think) to new sd card.
It copied everything on the old sd card to new sd card and it works flawlessly.
The software is free for home user.

bluviper said:
now thats weird.. after rebooting the second time to recovery...
i cant find my files under Flash zip files...
seems like only system folders are installed....
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are you refering to this step?
-Boot into recovery again and partition your new SD(for app2sd).
which i highly doubt. please explain.
I just used EASEUS Todo Backup to clone old sd card (with partition ext 4, i think) to new sd card.
It copied everything on the old sd card to new sd card and it works flawlessly.
The software is free for home user.
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good for you. just sharing how I did it since changing SDs are becoming pretty common nowadays.

ungaze, after installing the recovery...
and rebooting it via adb, i can still access the files on my sd card. like for example i want to install a new theme etc etc using Flash ZIP menu on V1.2
but after rebooting the second time.
i cant see the files anymore... just folders....
im not into changing cards. but i just want to install something using V1.2 recovery.
and somehow i cannot see my zip files inside Flash ZIP menu.
thats the place to look for when i want to install flashable zips right?

I see, I think I know what you mean.
One of the new features of ThunderG v1.2 recovery is the ability to recognize folders when choosing a zip file to flash. Well that's good, but the problem is that it still doesn't have the option to scroll down when the screen/list is full(or maybe I just havent found out yet). I also had this problem before, so what I did was to make a new folder with a higher alphabetical priority name, eg: "aaflash", "aflashfiles", "1flash" etc so that the folder will always appear at the top. Then I placed all my zip files into that folder and just open the folder when I need to apply something. Try it, the files should appear.

yap. someone told me that too... and so i did.. and yes it can be read...
but we can still consider that a bug.
and i think the author needs to edit that part.
anyhow. its working fine....

What does this do? Is this the way we can move all our apps to sd card??? Please im desperate
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ungaze said:
lol, up late seems more like it.
usb-toggle issue might be usb driver related.
havent flashed the firmware yet so i didnt have the need to install the drivers as well.
i also used this method to revert my app2sd partition from ext4 to ext2. so it also works with different partition filesystem, someone can maybe test if it also works with different partition size.
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could you explain how you converted the ext4 partition into ext2?

victortangocharlie said:
could you explain how you converted the ext4 partition into ext2?
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Actually, I can't really call it a convertion, I just backed up the SD contents, format it, repartition ext2 than put the old contents back in place. Update: Ext2 on optimusXrom's app2sd doesnt seem to work, didn't checked thoroughly and app2sd got disabled. Need to contact domenic on how he did this.
domenic_s said:
No, actually ext2 is faster than ext3 ... i don't know how it is to ext4 but i'm using ext2 at the moment.
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Hey ungaze,
Could you tell me how to use apps2sd to move an app to the ext4 partition i have on my phone.

[Q] Sd card not mounted in recovery?

Attempting to install RocketRom, but my sd card is not mounted while in recovery. I am on Stock KJ4 right now, rooted, and ready to go. I went into recovery and wiped my cache to prepare for the backup and install, but when I try and do anything it can't find the sd card. Any suggestions?
Also, I have a couple other questions that I hope can be answered...
1. What is the hardware button combo to get into recovery on the Note? I have just been using Terminal Emulator.
2. Also, with Terminal Emulator, I have a problem with the keyboard not showing up after the first time I use it. Only an uninstall and reinstall will get it to show up once more. I have tried to toggle the keyboard, but that doesn't work.
Any questions that could be answered would be much appreciated! I really want this ROM installed. Thanks guys!

Anyone? Someone must know what is going on here...

yentlequible,
Recovery is VolUp+Home+Power to hold until being in recovery.

The_Steph said:
yentlequible,
Recovery is VolUp+Home+Power to hold until being in recovery.
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Thanks.
I still can't figure out why the sd card won't mount. Surely someone must know what is happening? Anyone?

UPDATE: It appears that it was just an error from my own stupidity once again. I was too used to my old phone, so I didn't see the option to choose zip from internal sd. I was just selecting the other one...

[Q] I9001 (SGS+) - system is not installed and cannot install

I wiped my system with TWRP and now I am searching for a solution to install an image from an external sd-card or from a pc. I thought I could mount the external sd-card, because there is an option but I can't.

lg-optimus said:
I wiped my system with TWRP and now I am searching for a solution to install an image from an external sd-card or from a pc. I thought I could mount the external sd-card, because there is an option but I can't.
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try using other sdcard, are u using 16gb microsd? dont know if its work but somehow some sd cannot be recognized by recovery.try different size.
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compacity said:
try using other sdcard, are u using 16gb microsd? dont know if its work but somehow some sd cannot be recognized by recovery.try different size.
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I used a 32GB sdcard. I think it is a Patriot. So you mean, it should be possible to mount an external sdcard with TWRP and install from it? In the meantime I could solve it using the advanced options. There was nothing under /sdcard but the install-image under /emmc. So I copied it with TWRP to /sdcard and then thank God the installation worked after a few tries.

lg-optimus said:
I used a 32GB sdcard. I think it is a Patriot. So you mean, it should be possible to mount an external sdcard with TWRP and install from it? In the meantime I could solve it using the advanced options. There was nothing under /sdcard but the install-image under /emmc. So I copied it with TWRP to /sdcard and then thank God the installation worked after a few tries.
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Well Done! emmc can be recognized by cwm, what i mean before, sometimes (rarely) some external sd cannot be mounted, i m now searching for some info on that, as some of my friends here complaint their cwm cannot detect emmc or externalsd but da card can be access from inside ROM, i try it myself n found several sd (dont know if size n type or class differ) cannot be mounted.
If success then well done
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compacity said:
Well Done! emmc can be recognized by cwm, what i mean before, sometimes (rarely) some external sd cannot be mounted, i m now searching for some info on that, as some of my friends here complaint their cwm cannot detect emmc or externalsd but da card can be access from inside ROM, i try it myself n found several sd (dont know if size n type or class differ) cannot be mounted.
If success then well done
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I have no idea, if it was important to copy form /emmc to /sdcard. So the img was on an internal partition.

lg-optimus said:
I have no idea, if it was important to copy form /emmc to /sdcard. So the img was on an internal partition.
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most file(any from app or image or etc) will go to internal as system recognized internal as first partition.
if u already solving ur problem then try not to alter anything more as safety.
n sorry if i cant help much
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compacity said:
most file(any from app or image or etc) will go to internal as system recognized internal as first partition.
if u already solving ur problem then try not to alter anything more as safety.
n sorry if i cant help much
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
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Oh yes, I don't touch it again, at least until the next update and things start to fail. I have banned gmail now, it was something with gapps and I had no idea why I got errer messages every few seconds.

lg-optimus said:
Oh yes, I don't touch it again, at least until the next update and things start to fail. I have banned gmail now, it was something with gapps and I had no idea why I got errer messages every few seconds.
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try clearing cache or dalvik cache
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me too
lg-optimus said:
I wiped my system with TWRP and now I am searching for a solution to install an image from an external sd-card or from a pc. I thought I could mount the external sd-card, because there is an option but I can't.
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for two days now i've been trying to get jellybean 4.1.2 onto my galaxy s plus. i used odin multi-downloader to do the things suggested and when i get to the part involving the zip file on the sd card everything goes south. it gives me a "cannot mount" message and now basically the phone can either be put into downloading or recovery mode. i'm making a last attempt to get something going using the pda button and a zip file. but it's been over an hour now and i don't think i've resolved anything. got this message initially "<1> setup connection..." but the clock just keeps on ticking away.
i'm desperate and feeling stupid. and tired. time for bed. maybe someone can help walk me through this again.

angelori said:
for two days now i've been trying to get jellybean 4.1.2 onto my galaxy s plus. i used odin multi-downloader to do the things suggested and when i get to the part involving the zip file on the sd card everything goes south. it gives me a "cannot mount" message and now basically the phone can either be put into downloading or recovery mode. i'm making a last attempt to get something going using the pda button and a zip file. but it's been over an hour now and i don't think i've resolved anything. got this message initially "<1> setup connection..." but the clock just keeps on ticking away.
i'm desperate and feeling stupid. and tired. time for bed. maybe someone can help walk me through this again.
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why are you using odin?

thanks but don't know what to do all the same
ktulu84 said:
why are you using odin?
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being a noob i followed instructions. but i ain't doing anything now. getting the classic phone...!...pc icon. how do i use your advice? if it's advice... thanks for taking the time to write.

angelori said:
being a noob i followed instructions. but i ain't doing anything now. getting the classic phone...!...pc icon. how do i use your advice? if it's advice... thanks for taking the time to write.
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can you go in recovery mode? wich recovery do you have?
EDIT: can you please tell us wich files are you trying to flash through odin?

odin
ktulu84 said:
can you go in recovery mode? wich recovery do you have?
EDIT: can you please tell us wich files are you trying to flash through odin?
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somehow got the phone into download mode again. then WORKED2.rar archive, press the OPS button and select the AriesVE.ops file from the uncompressed archive;
Mark the One Package option, press the One Package button on the bottom of the window and select the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-ariesve.tar.md5 file; got a PASS; but now all i get is the samsung galaxy s plus gt-i90001 on the black background.

angelori said:
somehow got the phone into download mode again. then WORKED2.rar archive, press the OPS button and select the AriesVE.ops file from the uncompressed archive;
Mark the One Package option, press the One Package button on the bottom of the window and select the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-ariesve.tar.md5 file; got a PASS; but now all i get is the samsung galaxy s plus gt-i90001 on the black background.
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and you cannot go in recovery mode or download mode again?

recovery mode
angelori said:
somehow got the phone into download mode again. then WORKED2.rar archive, press the OPS button and select the AriesVE.ops file from the uncompressed archive;
Mark the One Package option, press the One Package button on the bottom of the window and select the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-ariesve.tar.md5 file; got a PASS; but now all i get is the samsung galaxy s plus gt-i90001 on the black background.
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into recovery mode now. getting E:can't mount/cache/recovery/command no files found. this is where the nightmare began a couple of days ago. i've got smoothieJB, broodROM and others on the SDcard. but can't read any.

angelori said:
into recovery mode now. getting E:can't mount/cache/recovery/command no files found. this is where the nightmare began a couple of days ago. i've got smoothieJB, broodROM and others on the SDcard. but can't read any.
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that message is normal, you have the roms in external sd or internal? if they are in external sd you have to search with "internal sd" option (is an error, internal sd shows you the content of external sd and sd shows you the content of internal one). make a factory reset and then try to flash one of the rom you have on your sd (if you can find them), if you want 4.1.2 rom i suggest you ivendor's one

keep getting a can't find
ktulu84 said:
that message is normal, you have the roms in external sd or internal? if they are in external sd you have to search with "internal sd" option (is an error, internal sd shows you the content of external sd and sd shows you the content of internal one). make a factory reset and then try to flash one of the rom you have on your sd (if you can find them), if you want 4.1.2 rom i suggest you ivendor's one
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first off THANKS!!!!!! second. keep getting a no files found message. i know they're there. so what are you suggesting?

angelori said:
first off THANKS!!!!!! second. keep getting a no files found message. i know they're there. so what are you suggesting?
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Mmm... Do you have an external SD? If so put it in your PC and download a ROM, put on the SD and try again
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Mmm
ktulu84 said:
Mmm... Do you have an external SD? If so put it in your PC and download a ROM, put on the SD and try again
Inviato dal mio GT-I9001 con Topatalk 2
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Mmm is what i've been saying for days. i put the zip file ROM on the SD from my pc. then i put the SD card into the phone. but the result is always the same. i'm wondering if there are some drivers missing? it all seems so straightforward but it doesn't work.

angelori said:
Mmm is what i've been saying for days. i put the zip file ROM on the SD from my pc. then i put the SD card into the phone. but the result is always the same. i'm wondering if there are some drivers missing? it all seems so straightforward but it doesn't work.
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no, is not some driver... try to format your extternal sd, then put the rom on it again, if it doesn't work try to flash another recovery , you can try this one, it is an odin package, so you can flash this the same way you flashed the other one http://d-h.st/beP

[Problem] Stock Recovery - nothing in "apply zip"

Hello,
After some problems with mounting sd card on some ROMs I finally returned to stock firmware for i9070. One problem is - I do not see nothing in "apply zip..." either from sdcard or memory. I don't see nothing in catalogue tree. What should I do? I would try another time with one ROM but I cannot flash it via stock recovery. I tried to flash CWM (with kernel) but it has bricked my phone ;/
Or if somebody will provide me a link to good "other recovery" for i9070 I will be pleased and shake your hand

Proxxx23 said:
Hello,
After some problems with mounting sd card on some ROMs I finally returned to stock firmware for i9070. One problem is - I do not see nothing in "apply zip..." either from sdcard or memory. I don't see nothing in catalogue tree. What should I do? I would try another time with one ROM but I cannot flash it via stock recovery. I tried to flash CWM (with kernel) but it has bricked my phone ;/
Or if somebody will provide me a link to good "other recovery" for i9070 I will be pleased and shake your hand
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You need to install kernel with custom recovery. You did not tell what os yoh use, JB or GB.
P.S. You can't install ROM with stock recovery.
Послато са GT-I9070 користећи Тапаток 2

Ok, but I don't see anything in Recovery. And I was seeing it before...

Proxxx23 said:
Ok, but I don't see anything in Recovery. And I was seeing it before...
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You probably had CWM, not stock recovery.
Root phone.
Install CoCore-E, Harsh build. (Unzip it, use kernel.bin.md5 with Universal Kernel flasher, and you will need some root explorer like ES file explorer to use file with Universal kernel flasher.
Voila.

Thank you so much - I'll try tomorrow
Uh. Uh. But wait. I don't see root.zip in that stock recovery. I can see nothing. That's the deal...

Proxxx23 said:
Thank you so much - I'll try tomorrow
Uh. Uh. But wait. I don't see root.zip in that stock recovery. I can see nothing. That's the deal...
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You must put it in external SD card.
And if you put it there, and still do not see anything - you need to repartition your sd card. Tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning
Remember - repartition - not format. Backup your data from it, because you will loose everything from it.

shut_down said:
You must put it in external SD card.
And if you put it there, and still do not see anything - you need to repartition your sd card. Tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning
Remember - repartition - not format. Backup your data from it, because you will loose everything from it.
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And there's no way I'll do it without microSD card reader?

Proxxx23 said:
And there's no way I'll do it without microSD card reader?
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Use USB mass storage. And you will see SD as you see it with card reader.

If you are talking about cwm, then sometimes you need to unmount either sdcard or emmc
But I wouldn't count on this information

[Q] E: Can't mount /sdcard/ and no files found

Ive been having trouble and flashing roms for the past week trying to get my captivate to boot, but i constanly either get into a boot loop or i load into a black screen.
In CWM 5.1.0.7, when i choose "Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard" i get a "E: Can't mount /sdcard/" error.
If i go to "Reformatting, tweaks and more > System Information > Browse directories and files", ill get "No files found." on a few of the directories and my /bin folder only has "init.goldfish.sh" in it. most of them have only bare minimal things in them. (im not sure if this is normal or not)
How should i go about fixing this?

Huhmeister said:
Ive been having trouble and flashing roms for the past week trying to get my captivate to boot, but i constanly either get into a boot loop or i load into a black screen.
In CWM 5.1.0.7, when i choose "Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard" i get a "E: Can't mount /sdcard/" error.
If i go to "Reformatting, tweaks and more > System Information > Browse directories and files", ill get "No files found." on a few of the directories and my /bin folder only has "init.goldfish.sh" in it. most of them have only bare minimal things in them. (im not sure if this is normal or not)
How should i go about fixing this?
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i think your internal storage has been corrupted..

n205des said:
i think your internal storage has been corrupted..
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Could there be a fix?

Huhmeister said:
Could there be a fix?
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check out this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648547

n205des said:
check out this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648547
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Thanks a million! I atleast got my phone to start up now lol. Is there really no hope for the internal SD? No way to flash it back to normal? It is a software error afterall.

Huhmeister said:
Thanks a million! I atleast got my phone to start up now lol. Is there really no hope for the internal SD? No way to flash it back to normal? It is a software error afterall.
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according to me , no there is no hope...
bt according to some users, their sd card came back to life after some time and then got bricked again...
and also no to the stock, it boots up bt cannot really do anything..
you can now use cm10,10.1,10.2, 11 roms using neat kernel..

n205des said:
according to me , no there is no hope...
bt according to some users, their sd card came back to life after some time and then got bricked again...
and also no to the stock, it boots up bt cannot really do anything..
you can now use cm10,10.1,10.2, 11 roms using neat kernel..
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4 days later, I finally have the time to have one last follow up problem. I've flashed a CM11 nightly and my external sd shows up as my main storage in settings. I can download apps but i still can't access my camera or save pictures from the internet(it tells me "no SD card , and sd card is required to download). Also tested this with the voice recorder, it wouldnt start and told me the same thing.
Is this normal with the method you gave or have i done something wrong?

Huhmeister said:
4 days later, I finally have the time to have one last follow up problem. I've flashed a CM11 nightly and my external sd shows up as my main storage in settings. I can download apps but i still can't access my camera or save pictures from the internet(it tells me "no SD card , and sd card is required to download). Also tested this with the voice recorder, it wouldnt start and told me the same thing.
Is this normal with the method you gave or have i done something wrong?
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you have done everything right, but you have forgotten to flash the neat kernel..
just flash it and everything wil be back to normal...

n205des said:
you have done everything right, but you have forgotten to flash the neat kernel..
just flash it and everything wil be back to normal...
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I got it completely working with your advice but when i took the phone out of my pocket it was stuck on the neat kernal loading screen and rebooting it wouldnt help. I decided to flash back to stock and redo the process. I wiped all data etc. in recovery but when i went to partition the sd card again in cwm it finished instantly.
My pc wouldnt read it and even my another phone didnt detect it was there.
I'm assuming the SD card just died, its verbatim 8gig(Not sure if thats a reliable brand or not).
Could this be because i did something wrong is it just a coincidence with the sd card dying? Im buying a sandisk soon anyhow.

Huhmeister said:
I got it completely working with your advice but when i took the phone out of my pocket it was stuck on the neat kernal loading screen and rebooting it wouldnt help. I decided to flash back to stock and redo the process. I wiped all data etc. in recovery but when i went to partition the sd card again in cwm it finished instantly.
My pc wouldnt read it and even my another phone didnt detect it was there.
I'm assuming the SD card just died, its verbatim 8gig(Not sure if thats a reliable brand or not).
Could this be because i did something wrong is it just a coincidence with the sd card dying? Im buying a sandisk soon anyhow.
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i think it died..
just to ensure longer life, buy a sandisk class 10 sd card..
i bought it!