Whats the reason for taking the sim card and the battery out of the phone before flashing the new rom? Read this in a PDF file
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No need to remove them, you can flash without removing them undoubtedly..
Of course, I am not a developer, so don't know the reason..
pvsukumars said:
No need to remove them, you can flash without removing them undoubtedly..
Of course, I am not a developer, so don't know the reason..
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Well I left the battery and the SD card in. I put the files in Smartflash. All is good but can't my SD card to mount so I can get Superuser to work
wyrman said:
Whats the reason for taking the sim card and the battery out of the phone before flashing the new rom? Read this in a PDF file
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Older root techniques has the unintended side effect of wiping SDCard. (I found a post about that when I was searching for a way to root my phone)
You don't need to now. It only writes to internal memory and doesn't put any risk to SD and SIM.
xonar_ said:
Older root techniques has the unintended side effect of wiping SDCard. (I found a post about that when I was searching for a way to root my phone)
You don't need to now. It only writes to internal memory and doesn't put any risk to SD and SIM.
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I did get this to work bud. I wasn't using a patched rom so it didn't root. All is good now tho
Removing SD card is safeside somewhat for noobs, but no problem with latest smartflash techniques.
Well I dont have any answers of your question coz it can be get in google. I am here to suggest you that dont open so many threads as you had so many Questions, you could post it in one thread and title goes as "few Questions".
Does it make a difference when flashing in Smartflash which file is CP or AP? I see two different reads here.
wyrman said:
Does it make a difference when flashing in Smartflash which file is CP or AP? I see two different reads here.
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The start of the file tells SFT where to write the data,so either way should work. I use AP as bin and CP as fls because thats what it actually is supposed to be.
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ok so I was running drizzy's 2.7 and i needed to repartition so i could install the jac drizzy collaborative hero
after repartitioning i tried starting up so i could connect to my pc and put the update on my sd card. it goes to the g1 screen and then goes to a completely black screen and stays there... no hero or android logo....i can still do recovery i think
ha sorry i miss read your question. can you even go to recovery?
def not a brick... brick = not able to access bootloader or recovery screen. If you can access those, just transfer file over via adb and just re-flash and you should be good.
i dont know what adb is so im just gotta put a ROM on the sd card via a reader and flash it???
Noobyflasher said:
i dont know what adb is so im just gotta put a ROM on the sd card via a reader and flash it???
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ADB is your best friend. It will let you do things when you can't do anything on your phone (like in your case).
If you are going to mess with Hero roms (or any experimental roms for that matter) you really need to learn at least the basics of it. Read up on it and start using it. It's a lot better then trying to put in 10 lines of code on phone's keyboard.
Good luck
i used an sd card reader to put the file on my sd card and now its flashing....i cant find a thread through search about adb...got any good links???
Noobyflasher said:
i used an sd card reader to put the file on my sd card and now its flashing....i cant find a thread through search about adb...got any good links???
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Go into Dream Android Development forum, second sticky from the top. It has all the info you will ever need, including basic ADB comands. At this point that's all you need, you will learn more as you move along and do things over and over again.
Edit: Silly me, look at the first thread on this forum
Good luck.
Hi, I'm trying to recover some old deleted files on one of my SD cards, I usually use disk internals uneraser but all the files its restoring are still corrupt and so cant be viewed (photos), is there any better tool to recover with? I tried photorec but its really confusing :S. I really need these files back, has anyone got any ideas? I would be greatly appreciative
Link to thread with what i use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651563 no software is going to be 100% effective as can be a very hard job hence why data recovery services are very expensive.
stylez said:
Link to thread with what i use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651563 no software is going to be 100% effective as can be a very hard job hence why data recovery services are very expensive.
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Thanks I'll give it a spin
Recover My Files
Thats what i have used in the past.
flyboy
http://www.runtime.org/
i bought these guys software it works for me i use it all the time at work.
stylez said:
Link to thread with what i use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651563 no software is going to be 100% effective as can be a very hard job hence why data recovery services are very expensive.
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flyboyovyick2k9 said:
Recover My Files
Thats what i have used in the past.
flyboy
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josefcrist said:
http://www.runtime.org/
i bought these guys software it works for me i use it all the time at work.
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Hey guys, thanks for all the input but so far none of these have worked, they've either only found some files, or any of the files I want are too corrupt to use, the problem is I need some of the older photos, deleted a few months ago. I need a really powerfull program..
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Hey guys, thanks for all the input but so far none of these have worked, they've either only found some files, or any of the files I want are too corrupt to use, the problem is I need some of the older photos, deleted a few months ago. I need a really powerfull program..
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Like i said no program is 100% to which is why data recovery is an expensive business
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Like i said no program is 100% to which is why data recovery is an expensive business
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Well the cost isnt an issue if you know what I mean
really sucks that I cant get this picture in particular back
Once I had to recover a memory stick that was corrupted and I was forced to reformat and got reazonable success with PCtools File Recovery.
On the other hand, tried using same on a friend's stick without success because she had partially reused (overwritten deleted files) the stick. It also works on sd cards inside small card readers that look like memory sticks.
There is also another application from sony called Memory Card File Rescue: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?upd_id=2159&SMB=YES
but you will have to provide some sort of sony card type id to be able to download it, but it works with sd cards also as far as I tested but is less effective.
wovens said:
Once I had to recover a memory stick that was corrupted and I was forced to reformat and got reazonable success with PCtools File Recovery.
On the other hand, tried using same on a friend's stick without success because she had partially reused (overwritten deleted files) the stick. It also works on sd cards inside small card readers that look like memory sticks.
There is also another application from sony called Memory Card File Rescue: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?upd_id=2159&SMB=YES
but you will have to provide some sort of sony card type id to be able to download it, but it works with sd cards also as far as I tested but is less effective.
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Thanks, but that one didnt work either.
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Thanks, but that one didnt work either.
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Hi again, which one did not work? I've mentioned two!
wovens said:
Hi again, which one did not work? I've mentioned two!
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I didnt try the sony one as you said its not as good.
Is it possible to install Android to NAND without an SD card?
fldash said:
Is it possible to install Android to NAND without an SD card?
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Not at this time, no.
fldash said:
Is it possible to install Android to NAND without an SD card?
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edit......
cp0020 said:
yes you can. the latest nbh's enable that function
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I think he means 'without having an sd card'
mrkite38 said:
I think he means 'without having an sd card'
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yeah i just got it lol i thought he meant like run android off nand without an sdcard. my bad lol
mrkite38 said:
Not at this time, no.
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bah, looks like I need to pick one up... I saw this and thought it might be possible...
BEFORE STARTING
1. know that there are multiple ways to flash a rom to your phone. here are a few
a. using windows, get a flashing package from one of the xda devels, and replace the RUU_signed.nbh file in that package with whatever you are trying to flash (try NFSFAN's package, it has always worked well for me for this; some carrier packages don't work), renamed the same way
b. use a 2GB or smaller micro SD card with the .nbh named VOGUIMG.NBH in root, then place the phone in bootloader mode (see #2)
c. use linux and HTCFlasher - don't know much more about this method, find it here
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Thought I could use a) or c) without an SD card...
fldash said:
bah, looks like I need to pick one up... I saw this and thought it might be possible...
Thought I could use a) or c) without an SD card...
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You can flash the nbh without an sd card, but for our android (so far) the nbh doesn't contain the system image, just the kernel and some other stuff. You have to have an sdcard to get the system image in. That's different than winmo, where the nbh has everything in it. I suppose we could go that way eventually, but it's so easy to switch things around without having to reflash with the way it is now...
For reference, the nbh is about 3 MB. The system image is 50 MB or more depending on version, etc.
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You can flash the nbh without an sd card, but for our android (so far) the nbh doesn't contain the system image, just the kernel and some other stuff. You have to have an sdcard to get the system image in. For reference, the nbh is about 3 MB. The system image is 50 MB or more depending on version, etc.
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That makes perfect sense. I'll pickup a SD card on my way home. They are 'micro-' SD correct?
fldash said:
That makes perfect sense. I'll pickup a SD card on my way home. They are 'micro-' SD correct?
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Correct.
ten chars...
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You can flash the nbh without an sd card, but for our android (so far) the nbh doesn't contain the system image, just the kernel and some other stuff. You have to have an sdcard to get the system image in. That's different than winmo, where the nbh has everything in it. I suppose we could go that way eventually, but it's so easy to switch things around without having to reflash with the way it is now...
For reference, the nbh is about 3 MB. The system image is 50 MB or more depending on version, etc.
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yeah and seeing as what happend to my phone i think it would be a bad idea to make it like that. its less ware on the phone and it is super easy to switch to a different rom
I have another question regarding a post I saw in another thread. It said I can only flash with a 2GB card. So if I get a card, it has to be 2GB or smaller? Or can I get a 4GB and flash using the A) or C) method and use the 4GB card to install?
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I have another question regarding a post I saw in another thread. It said I can only flash with a 2GB card. So if I get a card, it has to be 2GB or smaller? Or can I get a 4GB and flash using the A) or C) method and use the 4GB card to install?
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yes you can flash from a computer and install android from any size sdcard. it requires a 2gb or less sdcard only if your flashing via sdcard
cp0020 said:
yes you can flash from a computer and install android from any size sdcard. it requires a 2gb or less sdcard only if your flashing via sdcard
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Are there any drawbacks or benefits from certain flashing methods? Thanks, and hopefully my final question...
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Are there any drawbacks or benefits from certain flashing methods? Thanks, and hopefully my final question...
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no its all the same. flashing is flashing lol but read my careful while flashing thread cause i flashed my phone so much that its completely dead
cp0020 said:
no its all the same. flashing is flashing lol but read my careful while flashing thread cause i flashed my phone so much that its completely dead
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Yea, I've only flashed my phone 2 times total I think...
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Yea, I've only flashed my phone 2 times total I think...
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just go easy on the flashing ok? its ok to flash just dont go crazy like i did lol
It seems the firmware after the models xjm1 and xjm2 are bricking phones on reverting back to US firmware. Thought it was my phone. So im getting rid of this thread.
previous post edited...sorry I read wrong......
Nope, just wanted to show off my homescreen in case anyone was wondering compatibility issues with applications that everyone is familiar with. Those were just some of the main applications I know a wide audience tend to use, so I picked them to display.
damn,.. you already answered to my stupid question.... sorry for wasting your time...anyways I've got few new questions!
After MIMO Ext 4 procedure is done...
1) What happens if you take out the external memory card after booting...
2) What happans if you lose the external memory card? Is the phone considered bricked then?
3) How do I reverse the MIMO Ext 4? (get rid of MIMO Ext4)
Anyways great info!!! I might actually try JM2 installation!!
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damn,.. you already answered to my stupid question.... sorry for wasting your time...anyways I've got few new questions!
After MIMO Ext 4 procedure is done...
1) What happens if you take out the external memory card after booting...
2) What happans if you lose the external memory card? Is the phone considered bricked then?
3) How do I reverse the MIMO Ext 4? (get rid of MIMO Ext4)
Anyways great info!!! I might actually try JM2 installation!!
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1. Since your application data is now stored and ran from the sd card, your applications will go wonky, and any applications you try to install or reopen that have been close will not open.
2. No, if you lost the sd card, you can simply format another one, or use ROM manager and the clockwork recovery to reinstall your stock rom.
3. Rom manager or reflash original firmware with ODIN. But I recommend using Clockwork recovery to reinstall a nandroid backup found in the development section here, or an update.zip. As these methods are less intrusive an will give you less problems.
yay!! now I know and I dont' have to shiver in fear bricking my phone trying MIMO Ext4 !!!!!!!!!
I appreciate your swift replies !! I'll probably try this when I get some free time !!
If I could track down a i897 phone file, I'd be all over this on my Captivate.
Croak said:
If I could track down a i897 phone file, I'd be all over this on my Captivate.
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Yeah, I had captivate in my possession yesterday, and this exact method did not work for it. Of course it might would if I could of found the exact firmware for the captivate split into the three odin files, rather than the all in one click exe. But i've returned it since then, so I won't be able to look into that anymore.
I used a program called Universal Extractor to bust open that one-click file, but all it could extract were the non-binary files inside, about 300kb of .xml, .txt and script files, in the META-INF and system directory.
I don't get it.... Why is this a goid thing to move all of your data to your sd... ?
Have you figured out why you don't have data service?
This is good write up. There are some captivate owners looking to do the same. But we don't have the firmware package u have on the vibrant. I am sure someone will come up with it. However, No DATA is a problem. I need data service. I tether alot. I pretty much depend on it.
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I don't get it.... Why is this a goid thing to move all of your data to your sd... ?
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Its for the lag fix, but doesn't have the space limitations that the nand partition does.
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tissimo said:
Its for the lag fix, but doesn't have the space limitations that the nand partition does.
Sent from my SGH-T959
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Really, an ext part on the sd card is faster than the internal memory? K.. I know alot of people have bad lagg, but I havnt seen it. Buy thanx fot lettin me know.
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Really, an ext part on the sd card is faster than the internal memory? K.. I know alot of people have bad lagg, but I havnt seen it. Buy thanx fot lettin me know.
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Its due to the I/O of the internal memory. IIIRC the internal is limited to sequential read/writes, but I guess the external isn't (and neither is nand).
Thanks for this .
Anybody know how to do this? I found a solution for other devices, but not Droid 3. I need this pretty bad because my internal memory is getting full (11gb) and it doesn't save anything but media crap on external sd card (32gb) I need to save apps in ext card too..
Anybody interested?
hilokilo said:
Anybody know how to do this? I found a solution for other devices, but not Droid 3. I need this pretty bad because my internal memory is getting full (11gb) and it doesn't save anything but media crap on external sd card (32gb) I need to save apps in ext card too..
Anybody interested?
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Connect the device to the computer, transfer files to the external SD card (leave the folders alone). Done.
Or you can use Root Explorer and transfer the files...
ChaoticWeaponry said:
Connect the device to the computer, transfer files to the external SD card (leave the folders alone). Done.
Or you can use Root Explorer and transfer the files...
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Thanks for the reply, but I thibk you misunderstood me.
What I meant was that I would like to switch my External SD Card to Internal.
Since the phone saves everything (like apps) in the internal memory (except media files)
I want to use my full 32 gb sd card as internal mem instead.
I hope I explained clearer this time
You have to edit the mounting points in /system/etc/vold.fstab
I've done this on previous devices, but haven't done it on my D3, so I don't know if it will break anything, so do a nandroid before changing anything.
Do you happen to know how? Thanks.
Sorry. I want to keep this alive.
Check out this post from the CM9 thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21032236 . I am not sure if it can be used exactly as is for a Gingerbread setup, but it should at least give you a good starting point for what you need to edit in order to make it work for you. I know this was already mentioned, but MAKE SURE you have a nandroid backup and to be really safe make sure your phone is charged more than 50% in case you wind up having to do an SBF. If you were not aware, you can't program this phone when the battery is below 50% and it won't charge unless it can boot, so you can see the problem you will encounter if you brick your phone with a low battery.
"App 2 SD"
from market move most of your apps to the external SD
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boazal said:
"App 2 SD"
from market move most of your apps to the external SD
Sent from my XT860 using XDA App
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Read the thread, that's not what he is asking for.
Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk
from i see, he looking for a way to clear the Internal memory, so i suggest him a way.....
boazal said:
from i see, he looking for a way to clear the Internal memory, so i suggest him a way.....
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He is trying to permanently swap the internal and external SD cards so that his 32Gb external is used as the primary storage and to accomplish this he will have to edit a few files in system. The link I provided earlier should get him the info he needs to do this.
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Check out this post from the CM9 thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21032236 . I am not sure if it can be used exactly as is for a Gingerbread setup, but it should at least give you a good starting point for what you need to edit in order to make it work for you. I know this was already mentioned, but MAKE SURE you have a nandroid backup and to be really safe make sure your phone is charged more than 50% in case you wind up having to do an SBF. If you were not aware, you can't program this phone when the battery is below 50% and it won't charge unless it can boot, so you can see the problem you will encounter if you brick your phone with a low battery.
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Thanks for replying and the best part is that you know what im talking about
So, is that thanks button enough for you?
UPDATE - Holy Krap! This also works for Liberty Rom!! D
hilokilo said:
Thanks for replying and the best part is that you know what im talking about
So, is that thanks button enough for you?
UPDATE - Holy Krap! This also works for Liberty Rom!! D
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The thanks is very appreciated, it sounds like you got it figured out, that's what I was really looking for.