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Behold... a long awaited partitioning guide
WARNING! This GUIDE is to actually learn something not just to copy/paste commands!
Requirements
rooted phone
busybox installed
parted (optional)
backup your SD card (optional)
calculator
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Background
Before we begin partitioning, we need to elaborate some key points:
block storage units are divided into logical blocks known as sectors
sector has a size of 512 bytes
NAND flash chips are divided into blocks known as erase blocks
our SD cards consist of those NAND flash chips and controller
erase block on our SD cards has a size of 128 kB, that's 256 sectors
CHS (cylinder, head, sector) alignment has an insignificant importance here
1st sector is sector 0 (not 1) and is used as MBR (master boot record)
1st partition begins at cylinder boundary to maintain MS-DOS compatibility
raw access to block storage units is done via special block device files under /dev/block directory
our SD card is represented by block device file /dev/block/mmcblk0
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Instructions
Here I will provide you with two methods of partitioning. For 1st method you will be using fdisk utility which is part of busybox and for 2nd a standalone utility called parted will be used. Both methods can be used in normal mode via adb shell or some terminal app. I will explain both methods using adb shell as it is more convenient and handy than typing commands via touch keyboard on your phone.
1st thing to do before you begin is to unmount your SD card via "Settings->SD & phone storage" and then you issue "adb shell" command ony your PC. 2nd thing you will do is erasing of your SD card (actually you will erase just first few erase blocks of your SD card) using dd utility:
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=131072 count=16
...that will overwrite 1st 2 MB of your SD card with null characters. Next you may begin with partitioning.
fdisk
As I already stated, fdisk is a (interactive) utility that is part of busybox so I will assume it is available under /system/xbin directory. Now you can run fdisk with device file of your SD card as parameter/argument:
Code:
fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0
...this will bring you some notes on your screen you should not worry about and a command prompt:
Code:
Command (m for help):
...which you can leave at any time by pressing CTRL+C. Next you will change unit display type to sectors:
Code:
Command (m for help): [B]u[/B]
Changing display/entry units to sectors
...and print your SD's current info (this is info of my SD card actually, yours may vary):
Code:
Command (m for help): [B]p[/B]
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 8018 MB, 8018460672 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 244704 cylinders, total 15661056 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
...and you write down the number of sectors. In my case it is 15661056 sectors of 512 bytes which is exactly 7647 MB if we divide them by 2048. For example you would take 7000 MB for fat32 1st partition and 647 MB for ext 2nd partition. and it is handy that way coz megabytes are divisible by our SD card's erase block size which is 128 kB as stated before. Calculation would give you start sector for 2nd partition and this would be 14336000 (7000*2048).
Now you need to create 2 primary partitions:
Code:
Command (m for help): [B]n[/B]
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
[B]p[/B]
Partition number (1-4): [B]1[/B]
...now there's a catch. You will be offeread a start of 1st partition at 1st to 2nd cylinder boundary which is sector 16 in my case and you push it to SD card's erase block boundary (256):
Code:
First sector (16-15661055, default 16): [B]256[/B]
Last sector or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (256-15661055, default 15661055): [B]14335999[/B]
...and continue to the next partition which should also be primary:
Code:
Command (m for help): [B]n[/B]
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
[B]p[/B]
Partition number (1-4): [B]2[/B]
First sector (16-15661055, default 16): [B]14336000[/B]
Last sector or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (14336000-15661055, default 15661055): [B]15661055[/B]
...now print what you have just done:
Code:
Command (m for help): [B]p[/B]
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 8018 MB, 8018460672 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 244704 cylinders, total 15661056 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 256 14335999 7167872 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 14336000 15661055 662528 83 Linux
...it looks OK but you need to change 1st partition's hex id which needs to be fat32 (c):
Code:
Command (m for help): [B]t[/B]
Partition number (1-4): [B]1[/B]
Hex code (type L to list codes): [B]c[/B]
Changed system type of partition 1 to c (Win95 FAT32 (LBA))
...now you're am set, print again your configuration and write changes to SD card:
Code:
Command (m for help): [B]p[/B]
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 8018 MB, 8018460672 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 244704 cylinders, total 15661056 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 256 14335999 7167872 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 14336000 15661055 662528 83 Linux
Command (m for help): [B]w[/B]
The partition table has been altered!
There's a possibility you would need to shutdown and power on again your phone at this point. Do not reboot via adb or some 3rd party app!
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parted
Parted is one of interactive partitioning utilities that can also use external formatting utilities. It can be found in some recovery images but can be copied to your internal phone storage and run from there in normal mode too. To run it you have to use your SD card's device file as a parameter/argument:
Code:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
...and you will be presented with an interactive shell:
Code:
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted)
I probably shouldn't mention that there's an interactive help available and that it is invoked by issuing "help" into shell's command prompt. Next thing to do is making a MS-DOS disklabel:
Code:
(parted) [B]mklabel msdos[/B]
...and switch to display sector as a unit:
Code:
(parted) [B]unit s[/B]
Now you can print some useful info:
Code:
(parted) [B]print all[/B]
Model: SD USD (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15661056s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
Mind and write down the size in sectors (15661056 in my case).If you divide number of sectors by 2048, you get how big in MB is actually your SD card (7647 in my case).You should mind that erase block of your SD card is 128 kB and all of your partitions should start at the beginnings of those erase blocks. It is safe to say that 1st partition should begin at sector 256 and 2nd at any MB boundary. Let say you want 512 MB big ext partition and the rest for fat32 one. Mind tho that 1st partition is to be fat32! So we say 7135 MB for fat32 1st partition and 512 MB for ext 2nd partition. Now you calculate the start sector of 2nd partition... number of MB for 1st partition multiplied by 2048 should give you the number (14612480). And you are set for partitioning:
Code:
(parted) [B]mkpart primary fat32 256 14612479[/B]
(parted) [B]mkpart primary ext2 14612480 15661055[/B]
...and print result:
Code:
(parted) [B]print all[/B]
Model: SD USD (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15661056s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 256s 14612479s 14612224s primary fat32 lba
2 14612480s 15661055s 1048576s primary ext2
...and quit:
Code:
(parted) [B]quit[/B]
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At this point you have partitioned your SD card but not yet formatted it. Format fat32 partition with mkfs.vfat and ext partition with mkfs.ext2:
Code:
mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
...and:
Code:
mkfs.ext2 -m0 -b4096 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
If there is a mke2fs utility on your phone system (standalone - not part of busybox), you may use it to format second partition as ext3:
Code:
mke2fs -j -m0 -b4096 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
...or even as ext4 (if your mke2fs supports that):
Code:
mke2fs -j -m0 -b4096 -Oextents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
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Blayo,
thanks for the post. You always manage to take things to an entirely different level of understanding
Is this guide for the successful implementation of the latest data2ext scripts in roms ? in comparison to methods like the Rom Manager and partition through recovery ?
No, it is general guide to better understand partitioning etc.
BlaY0 said:
No, it is general guide to better understand partitioning etc.
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I totally agree! After going through parted I think it's the best way to partition your SD, you have complete control!
I can't wait will my new SD card arrives, and give this a shot!
The Kingston 16GB class 10 sucks even when set-up to the best parameters and the reason for that is simple: Although class 10, it is like 4 times slower than my 8GD sandisk mobile ultra Class 4 when random writing and 3 times slower when reading...
So Thanks BlaY0 for this cool guide/lesson
I have problem with fdisk . when i press p i got this info and there a no sector:
PHP:
Command (m for help): p
p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 16.0 GB, 16001269760
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 488320 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Did you change units display to sectors?
Thanks, with the "u" option comes later in your manual
A last newbie question: i have now 2 part. and formated the FAT, but i dont know, how to get the "mke2fs" on the phone to format the Linux part.?
Sorry Blay0 but Linux is another Word for me...
tasar said:
Thanks, with the "u" option comes later in your manual
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Thanx, I have changed that.
A last newbie question: i have now 2 part. and formated the FAT, but i dont know, how to get the "mke2fs" on the phone to format the Linux part.?
Sorry Blay0 but Linux is another Word for me...
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If you have busybox on your phone you also have mke2fs or mkfs.ext2 as these two are part of it. If you have CM based ROM there should already be standalone e2fsprogs in /system/bin directory and if you have a stock based one, you can find mke2fs_recvy + e2fsck_recvy in /system/bin directory. In B ROM you have all e2fsprogs available in /system/xbin directory.
Many thanks!!! Now i install your 0.5
Code:
# mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
mkfs.vfat: not found
help?
Try "busybox mkfs.vfat"...
BlaY0 said:
Try "busybox mkfs.vfat"...
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Code:
# busybox mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
busybox mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
mkfs.vfat: applet not found
its ok, before you replied i tried doing it in recovery and i believe it worked, but i think i missed a digit in my partitioning and it was only 98mb for my fat drive instead of about 988 or something (1gb) so ill try it again and let you know
EDIT: ok yeah i had the digits wrong so now its formatted/partitioned correctly. now im gonna apply the data2ext thing and see what happens. i didnt actually do anything about my darktremor a2sd so ive probably got bits and pieces of all my apps missing but if **** starts to screw up ill just put a fresh copy of cm on since ive ruined all my apps basically already
EDIT: alright its working, thanks heaps!
DT has some commands to disable itself.
As for mkfs.vfat... it is part of busybox but not necesarily. There are several versions lying around the internets. Type just "busybox" and you'll see all the utils available in it.
BlaY0 said:
DT has some commands to disable itself.
As for mkfs.vfat... it is part of busybox but not necesarily. There are several versions lying around the internets. Type just "busybox" and you'll see all the utils available in it.
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Code:
# busybox
busybox
BusyBox v1.16.2androidfull (2010-08-01 14:57:25 EDT) multi-call binary.
Copyright (C) 1998-2009 Erik Andersen, Rob Landley, Denys Vlasenko
and others. Licensed under GPLv2.
See source distribution for full notice.
Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]...
or: function [arguments]...
BusyBox is a multi-call binary that combines many common Unix
utilities into a single executable. Most people will create a
link to busybox for each function they wish to use and BusyBox
will act like whatever it was invoked as.
Currently defined functions:
[, [[, arp, ash, awk, basename, bbconfig, brctl, bunzip2, bzcat, bzip2,
cal, cat, catv, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, cksum, clear, cmp, cp,
cpio, cut, date, dc, dd, depmod, devmem, df, diff, dirname, dmesg,
dnsd, dos2unix, du, echo, ed, egrep, env, expr, false, fdisk, fgrep,
find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fuser, getopt, grep, gunzip, gzip, head,
hexdump, id, ifconfig, insmod, install, ip, kill, killall, killall5,
length, less, ln, losetup, ls, lsmod, lspci, lsusb, lzop, lzopcat,
md5sum, mkdir, mke2fs, mkfifo, mkfs.ext2, mknod, mkswap, mktemp,
modprobe, more, mount, mountpoint, mv, nc, netstat, nice, nohup,
nslookup, ntpd, od, patch, pgrep, pidof, ping, pkill, printenv, printf,
ps, pwd, rdev, readlink, realpath, renice, reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod,
route, run-parts, sed, seq, setsid, sh, sha1sum, sha256sum, sha512sum,
sleep, sort, split, stat, strings, stty, swapoff, swapon, sync, sysctl,
tac, tail, tar, tee, telnet, test, tftp, time, top, touch, tr,
traceroute, true, tty, tune2fs, umount, uname, uniq, unix2dos, unlzop,
unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vi, watch, wc, wget, which,
whoami, xargs, yes, zcat
yeah so that mkfs.vfat isnt there and neither is parted
and then when i go to android recovery
Code:
# busybox
busybox
BusyBox v1.15.3 (2010-02-06 17:13:19 CET) multi-call binary
Copyright (C) 1998-2008 Erik Andersen, Rob Landley, Denys Vlasenko
and others. Licensed under GPLv2.
See source distribution for full notice.
Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]...
or: function [arguments]...
BusyBox is a multi-call binary that combines many common Unix
utilities into a single executable. Most people will create a
link to busybox for each function they wish to use and BusyBox
will act like whatever it was invoked as!
Currently defined functions:
[, [[, arping, ash, awk, basename, bbconfig, bunzip2, bzcat, bzip2,
cat, catv, chattr, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chrt, chvt, cksum,
clear, cmp, cp, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, depmod,
devmem, df, dhcprelay, diff, dirname, dmesg, dnsd, dnsdomainname,
dos2unix, du, dumpkmap, dumpleases, echo, egrep, env, ether-wake, expr,
false, fbset, fbsplash, fdisk, fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk,
fsck, fuser, getopt, grep, gunzip, gzip, head, hexdump, hostname,
hwclock, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup, insmod, install, ip, ipaddr, ipcalc,
iplink, iproute, iprule, iptunnel, kbd_mode, kill, killall, killall5,
last, length, less, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, losetup, ls, lsattr, lsmod,
makedevs, md5sum, mdev, mkdir, mkdosfs, mkfifo, mkfs.vfat, mknod,
mkswap, mktemp, modprobe, more, mount, mountpoint, mv, nameif, nc,
netstat, nice, nmeter, nohup, nslookup, od, openvt, patch, pidof, ping,
pipe_progress, pivot_root, printenv, printf, ps, pscan, pwd, rdate,
rdev, readlink, readprofile, realpath, renice, reset, resize, rm,
rmdir, rmmod, route, run-parts, sed, seq, setconsole, setkeycodes,
setlogcons, setsid, sh, sha1sum, showkey, sleep, sort, split, stat,
strings, stty, sum, swapoff, swapon, switch_root, sync, sysctl, tac,
tail, tar, tcpsvd, tee, telnet, telnetd, test, tftp, time, top, touch,
tr, traceroute, true, tty, tunctl, udhcpd, udpsvd, umount, uname,
uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode,
vconfig, vi, watch, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs, yes, zcat
and boom, a lot more stuff is there (except parted.. but it works anyways, and mkfs.ext2 is missing, and doesnt work). it should be okay to do everything in recovery anyways right? and i can just use mke2fs -m0 -b4096 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 to format the ext2 partition?
EDIT: just tried the parted method and i dont think it works, i get this
Code:
(parted) mkpart primary fat32 256 2813951
mkpart primary fat32 256 2813951
mkpart primary fat32 256 2813951
(parted) mkpart primary ext2 2813952 3862527
mkpart primary ext2 2813952 3862527
mkpart primary ext2 2813952 3862527
(parted) print all
print all
print all
Model: SD SU02G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 3862528s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 256s 2813951s 2813696s primary lba
2 2813952s 3862527s 1048576s primary
anyways i used the first method and its fine, although the partitioning isnt spot on accurate, i just put on data2ext for cm6 and my available space is 504mb instead of 512mb and i checked all my calculations and everything, ah well close enough. thanks again!
It looks OK.
Sent from my HTC Legend
Need some help.
There's a possibility you would need to shutdown and power on again your phone at this point.
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Possibility?
I got this:
Code:
Command (m for help): p
p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7973 MB, 7973371904 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 243328 cylinders, total 15572992 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 256 13475839 6737792 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 13475840 15572991 1048576 83 Linux
Then i got
Code:
Command (m for help): mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
Command Action
a toggle a bootable flag
b edit bsd disklabel
c toggle the dos compatibility flag
d delete a partition
l list known partition types
n add a new partition
o create a new empty DOS partition table
p print the partition table
q quit without saving changes
s create a new empty Sun disklabel
t change a partition's system id
u change display/entry units
v verify the partition table
w write table to disk and exit
x extra functionality (experts only)
The same with the mkfs.ext2 -m0 -b4096 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
And now the phone says than my flash is empty or uses wrong format, dont want to mount it and want to format it. I press cancel.
if i make p again it shows:
Code:
Command (m for help): p
p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7973 MB, 7973371904 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 243328 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
What is my mistake?
UPD: Seems like it worked with the parted
Spoiler
Code:
C:\androidsdk\platform-tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=131072 count=16
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=131072 count=16
16+0 records in
16+0 records out
2097152 bytes transferred in 0.568 secs (3692169 bytes/sec)
# parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) mklabel msdos
mklabel msdos
mklabel msdos
(parted) unit s
unit s
unit s
(parted) print all
print all
print all
Model: SD SA08G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15572992s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
(parted) mkpart primary fat32 256 13475839
mkpart primary fat32 256 13475839
mkpart primary fat32 256 13475839
(parted) mkpart primary ext2 13475840 15572992
mkpart primary ext2 13475840 15572992
mkpart primary ext2 13475840 15572992
Error: The location 15572992 is outside of the device /dev/block/mmcblk0.
(parted) mkpart primary ext2 13475840 15572991
mkpart primary ext2 13475840 15572991
mkpart primary ext2 13475840 15572991
(parted) print all
print all
print all
Model: SD SA08G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15572992s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 256s 13475839s 13475584s primary lba
2 13475840s 15572991s 2097152s primary
(parted) quit
quit
quit
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.
# mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
# mkfs.ext2 -m0 -b4096 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
mkfs.ext2 -m0 -b4096 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
65536 inodes, 262144 blocks
0 blocks (0%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=4194304
8 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376
playahate said:
Need some help.
Code:
Command (m for help): p
p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7973 MB, 7973371904 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 243328 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
What is my mistake?
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I got this too... seems I forgot to enter the "w" command to write the partitions.
Absolutely. You neet to write the partition table exiting fdisk. And you can't execute mkfs.vfat and mke2fs inside fdisk shell! It's the same as you would try to microwave your sandwich in the fridge... it won't work that way...
agrrrrr. didnt see the next line with the w.
anyway i made it by parted. very good guide, very good rom =)
lil question: can i make ext3 or ext4 at any time? (after using data2ext).will it work correctly or wipe all data? or just when i make partitionong?
Yes. Just search the interwebs on how to convert ext2 -> ext3 -> ext4...
Just wondering if anyone has the original nook color's partition layout. I attempted to push HoneyComb to emmc with dd; however, that didn't work the way I expected. Now I'm missing the correct partition layout. In other words, I just need
fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0
So I can correctly setup the partitions again and install Stock again.
Any word on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
bdkoepke said:
Just wondering if anyone has the original nook color's partition layout. I attempted to push HoneyComb to emmc with dd; however, that didn't work the way I expected. Now I'm missing the correct partition layout. In other words, I just need
fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0
So I can correctly setup the partitions again and install Stock again.
Any word on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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I suspect that's the least of your worries if you did a dd to the DEVICE rather than partitions...... Geez.
Code:
# busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 935 7060567+ 5 Extended
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 57 114 465853+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 115 236 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 237 281 361431 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 282 935 5253223+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
Thanks
I will let you know how I make out.
(If it doesn't work, then there is probably just a little bit of boot code in the beginning of the device, but I suspect that it simply runs the boot code from the first partition. This is how it is done in OpenBoot, and pretty much every other system besides x86/bios)
Perhaps I should have done a full dd backup beforehand.
bdkoepke said:
Thanks
I will let you know how I make out.
(If it doesn't work, then there is probably just a little bit of boot code in the beginning of the device, but I suspect that it simply runs the boot code from the first partition. This is how it is done in OpenBoot, and pretty much every other system besides x86/bios)
Perhaps I should have done a full dd backup beforehand.
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In the developers forums theres a recovery thread that has the partitions backed up. As for Honeycomb on internal I will be posting an install image in a bit under an hour (it's uploading now) that will allow you to use honeycomb on internal.
Thank you khaytsus and MattJ951.
I was able to get this to work properly after restoring the partition layout.
Something of interest, there are 935 cylinders allocated in the default partition layout (assuming khaytsus didn't modify it at all). There are actually 965 cylinders, so there is some extra space there for the vfat partition.
Thanks again.
bdkoepke said:
Thank you khaytsus and MattJ951.
I was able to get this to work properly after restoring the partition layout.
Something of interest, there are 935 cylinders allocated in the default partition layout (assuming khaytsus didn't modify it at all). There are actually 965 cylinders, so there is some extra space there for the vfat partition.
Thanks again.
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Heh, no, rooted stock B&N ROM. Even knowing how fixable it is, I haven't experimented beyond booting NF or HC off SD.
So I have been able to get stock loaded again, but it can't detect the Mac Address/Serial Number... (Uh oh...)
Now this isn't the end of the world, but I can't use Market.apk on stock roms.
As I understand it:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /boot (This should be fine, you can dd this)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /rom (I'm guessing this is what I'm missing)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc (I just copied factory.zip here, there are no other files)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system (This should be fine...)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 /data (This is definitely fine to dd)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /cache (Definitely fine as well)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /sdcard (And also fine...)
So I'm just wondering what the original files are in /rom and /emmc.
I can't imagine the final blocks (935 and on) being used for hard-coded serial numbers/etc. That would be pretty stupid... Also the dual/froyo would clear these values.
I'm assuming the identity information is in /rom and /emmc.
Any word on this would be appreciated.
bdkoepke said:
So I have been able to get stock loaded again, but it can't detect the Mac Address/Serial Number... (Uh oh...)
Now this isn't the end of the world, but I can't use Market.apk on stock roms.
As I understand it:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /boot (This should be fine, you can dd this)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /rom (I'm guessing this is what I'm missing)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc (I just copied factory.zip here, there are no other files)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system (This should be fine...)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 /data (This is definitely fine to dd)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /cache (Definitely fine as well)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /sdcard (And also fine...)
So I'm just wondering what the original files are in /rom and /emmc.
I can't imagine the final blocks (935 and on) being used for hard-coded serial numbers/etc. That would be pretty stupid... Also the dual/froyo would clear these values.
I'm assuming the identity information is in /rom and /emmc.
Any word on this would be appreciated.
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/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 contains the device specific information...
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 contains factory.zip and a backup of /rom/devconf which also contains device specific info.
I think my mmcblk0p3 is hosed... thus my 8 failed boots always fails to install... I have yet to be able to mount it in adb to push new factory.zip... would love to get this fixed.
Got it... had to mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 then i could copy mmcblk0p2's devconf and push factory.zip to it.... 8 failed boots work as it should now.
DizzyDen said:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 contains the device specific information...
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 contains factory.zip and a backup of /rom/devconf which also contains device specific info.
I think my mmcblk0p3 is hosed... thus my 8 failed boots always fails to install... I have yet to be able to mount it in adb to push new factory.zip... would love to get this fixed.
Got it... had to mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 then i could copy mmcblk0p2's devconf and push factory.zip to it.... 8 failed boots work as it should now.
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DizzyDen, I am having the same problem i.e. 8 failed boots always fails to install. I am also unable to boot a CM7 image off of uSD card (hangs at Android) step. I can boot into CWM but it fails on installing a stock build.
I am hoping maybe my problems are related to yours. How did you accomplish the above? What tools did you use. I am fairly tech literate but a little loss with the tools and procedures for the Nook Color. I have tried several posts on restoring to stock non of which have worked. My assumption is that my partitions are messed up somehow such that it prevents my Nook from booting stock. I don't know why I have the same problem booting an image from a uSD card but it hangs on those. I am desperate at this point and any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
John
JoJa15 said:
DizzyDen, I am having the same problem i.e. 8 failed boots always fails to install. I am also unable to boot a CM7 image off of uSD card (hangs at Android) step. I can boot into CWM but it fails on installing a stock build.
I am hoping maybe my problems are related to yours. How did you accomplish the above? What tools did you use. I am fairly tech literate but a little loss with the tools and procedures for the Nook Color. I have tried several posts on restoring to stock non of which have worked. My assumption is that my partitions are messed up somehow such that it prevents my Nook from booting stock. I don't know why I have the same problem booting an image from a uSD card but it hangs on those. I am desperate at this point and any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
John
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If you boot off a CWR sd... adb shell into NC... do a fdisk -l mmcblk0... verify your info against this one:
Code:
~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 935 7060567+ 5 Extended
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 57 114 465853+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 115 236 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 237 281 361431 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 282 935 5253223+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
as long as the partition is present as listed above...
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
You will now have a file system on the mmcblk0p3 partition that you can mount to /emmc...
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc
exit from adb shell
You can then push the sideload.zip (or factory zip... fyi 1.1.0 will not work)...
adb push sideload.zip /emmc/factory.zip (replace sideload.zip with whatever zip file you intend to use for the 8 failed boot recovery file)
you will want to do the following in a blank folder on your computer... keeps cleanup a lot easier....
I then pulled mmcblk0p2 to my computer and zipped the contents to rombackup.zip and pushed it to mmcblk0p2 also...
adb shell mkdir /temp
adb shell mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /temp
adb pull /temp
zip everything you pulled from mmcblk0p2 into a zip file named rombackup.zip
then push it to /emmc
adb shell push rombackup.zip /emmc
ALTERNATIVELY: the first time I did this... I merely copied the devconf folder from mmcblk0p2 to mmcblk0p3...
adb shell
cd /temp
cp -a devconf /emmc
and it seemed fine... so I don't know if you MUST do the rombackup or not... also note....
I did delete all the files and did the zip as mentioned above.
I am not 100% certain of exactly WHAT rombackup is supposed to have in it....I just know that what I listed (both methods) has worked so far.
I kind of like the idea of the cp instead... seems it would be eaiser to just cp them back should anything ever happen to mmcblk0p2... but currently have my version of rombackup.zip trying to stay with stock setup.
Hoping someone else will pull the rombackup.zip from theirs and give me the filestructure in it.
I hope this has been explicit enough... if you need any more help let me know.
ALSO... the CM7 off uSD... are you by chance using one larger than 8 Gb? We've discovered an issue with the mke2fs on 16 Gb cards.
Thanks DizzyDen, currently I have not been able to get ADB to work. I have it installed but it does not see my device when in CWM. I did get a Froyo and Honeycomb off of uSD booting which is good. I can probably add market place and then get ADB wi-fi app to do my copying to the nook. Once I get that setup I will follow your instructions above and report back.
You might want to mount mmcblk0p3 to /emmc before you do any of the more advanced stuff I listed... just to make sure.... IF it mounts... list files before you do anything else.
I was having issues mounting the partition... that's why I had to go to the extent of formatting it.... you may be luckier and only have a corrupt factory.zip
DizzyDen said:
You might want to mount mmcblk0p3 to /emmc before you do any of the more advanced stuff I listed... just to make sure.... IF it mounts... list files before you do anything else.
I was having issues mounting the partition... that's why I had to go to the extent of formatting it.... you may be luckier and only have a corrupt factory.zip
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OK, I got ADB working now but it seems fairly complex. Please bear with me as I am a newb when it comes to ADB. I did ADB Shell and then the command you listed. Here is the output:
Code:
# fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 965 7301542+ 5 Extended
Let me know what I need to do next.
Comparing your listing and mine it appears I am missing the 5-8 partitions. Also my mmcblk0p4 partition has a different ending then yours. So how do I go about adding the 5-8 partitions back and fixing the mmcblk0p4 one?
Those are partitions that are actually created on the logical partition mmcblk0p4... as you can see in the listing I posted.
Did you use ADB from and installed ROM or did you use a cwm bootable uSD ?
anyway to check your recovery options....
in adb mount mmcblk0p3 to /emmc and list its contents:
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc
ls /emmc
See if it has either recovery file... or both... or nothing
Post back whe you can and we'll go further.
If you want I could post the img files I got of ALL my partitions... well... won't share my mmcblk0p2 or mmcblk0p3 since they have my device specific information. They may help in getting your partitions straightened out.
Another option would be that we could use teamviewer to remote connect and look through it.
DizzyDen said:
Those are partitions that are actually created on the logical partition mmcblk0p4... as you can see in the listing I posted.
Did you use ADB from and installed ROM or did you use a cwm bootable uSD ?
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I used ADB from my PC connecting to my nook that was running a bootable Froyo build from a uSD card
One other note, when booting from CWM on the uSD card when I try to do the fdisk command I get the following. I was still able to mount the partitions though in the shell example later in this message.
Code:
~ # fdisk -l mmcblk0
fdisk -l mmcblk0
fdisk: can't open 'mmcblk0': No such file or directory
~ #
anyway to check your recovery options....
in adb mount mmcblk0p3 to /emmc and list its contents:
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc
ls /emmc
See if it has either recovery file... or both... or nothing
Post back whe you can and we'll go further.
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Here is what it shows. This is connecting to ADB via my PC with the nook booting into CWM on a uSD card. I do not have CWM installed on the Nook.
Code:
~ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc
~ # ls /emmc
ls /emmc
factory.zip lost+found rombackup.zip
~ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /boot
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /boot
~ # ls boot
ls boot
charging.zip romrestore.zip uImage uRecImg
mlo u-boot.bin uRamdisk uRecRam
~ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /rom
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /rom
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /rom failed: No such file or directory
~ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /system
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /system
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 on /system failed: Invalid argument
~ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 on /system failed: No such file or director
y
~ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 /data
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 /data
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 on /data failed: No such file or directory
~ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /cache
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /cache
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 on /cache failed: No such file or directory
~ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /sdcard
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /sdcard
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 on /sdcard failed: No such file or director
If you want I could post the img files I got of ALL my partitions... well... won't share my mmcblk0p2 or mmcblk0p3 since they have my device specific information. They may help in getting your partitions straightened out.
Another option would be that we could use teamviewer to remote connect and look through it.
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I'll PM you.
I really appreciate all the help!
I've been doing mine from bootable CWR SD... just to get the commands and make sure I am seeing actual internal emmc...
THAT may be why you can't get list of mmcblk0... not certain... but I responded to your pm's.
You couldn't get fdisk -l mmcblk0 to work cause I gave you the wrong command... it should be...
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
The same as you did earlier....
It does look like we may get away with just replacing your factory.zip file...
I can send you the 1.0.1 file... the newest 1.1.0 won't work for recover for whatever reason B&N did it.
You are getting the fails (I think) because you are trying to mount all those partitions to /system...
Try this:
adb shell
mkdir /tmp4
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /tmp4
If that works... try doing the same for the remainder (5,6,7,8) increasing the tmpx each time... to match the partition you are trying to mount.
If it DOES NOT work... then I would suspect because of corrupt mmcblk04p partition... and we'll find out together if the factory.zip will fix that or if we have to go other methods.
With correct fdisk command
Code:
c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools\rombackup>adb shell
~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 965 7301542+ 5 Extended
~ #
Looks like we will be trying to fix mmcblk0p4.... I'm gonna have to reseach exactly how to repartition it (maybe my mmcblk0p4 dd image will fix that) and how to fix the logical partitions that should be on that partition.
Will talk to ya in a bit.
here.....
DizzyDen said:
Looks like we will be trying to fix mmcblk0p4.... I'm gonna have to reseach exactly how to repartition it (maybe my mmcblk0p4 dd image will fix that) and how to fix the logical partitions that should be on that partition.
Will talk to ya in a bit.
here.....
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That file at least helped me see my other partitions:
Code:
~ # dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p4-logical.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p4-logical.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
2+0 records in
2+0 records out
1024 bytes (1.0KB) copied, 0.013641 seconds, 73.3KB/s
~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 965 7301542+ 5 Extended
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 57 114 465853+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 115 236 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 237 281 361431 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 282 965 5494198+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
~ #
Now I need to figure out why my 4 and 8 partitions end at 965 instead of 935. I a going to try a factory reset first and then if that does not work try messing with resizing the partition.
John, glad we got it working for you... might want to check the fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0 now and see if it still shows mmcblk0p2 ending at 965 after the factory reset and data clear.
Nonetheless... I'm glad we got the 8 failed boots/factory resets working for you.
I'm sure we can mess with parted enough to fix it... or REALLY mess it up ;-)
BTW... in messing with this... we have you enough posts now to post in the dev forums
Hi
I recently acquired a Nexus One that I'm having memory issues with. I'm running Gingerbread 2.3.4 (GRJ22). I've tried all sorts of options in erasing / clearing memory. After each of these attempts, it always only shows 13MB free. No extra applications are even installed!
I've done the following:
* Factory Data Reset
* Clear Storage during HBOOT
* Wipe data/factory reset during RECOVERY
* Wipe cache partition during RECOVERY
Any other ideas? I've recently rooted it too.
What does it read if you do
Code:
df -h | grep /data
in the terminal? (The line is called a pipe and on the computer is located on the backslash key '\' and comes up when you use shift. I don't know where it is on the stock keyboard, but on swype, it is under the 'D' key if you use shift and long press on 'D'.
There is a possibility that your internal memory is filled with bad sectors.
As noted above, please post the output of the "df -h" command, so it'll be more clear.
I have 19.45kb free with CM7 + gapps only (edit - that is for /system and that too only 40KB free).
when I give that df command in terminal I get
/dev/block/mtdblock5 196.3M 41.1M 155.2M 21% /data
what does that mean?
munchy_cool said:
I have 19.45kb free with CM7 + gapps only
when I give that df command in terminal I get
/dev/block/mtdblock5 196.3M 41.1M 155.2M 21% /data
what does that mean?
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Just do
df -h
and you'll see the headings...
filesystem size used available use% mounted
/dev/block/mtdblock5 196.3M 41.1M 155.2M 21% /data
so that means I have 155.2M free on /data.
that's good but my /system is only 40.0k free (cm 7 +gapps) only ..bad sectors?
bassmadrigal said:
What does it read if you do
Code:
df -h | grep /data
in the terminal? (The line is called a pipe and on the computer is located on the backslash key '\' and comes up when you use shift. I don't know where it is on the stock keyboard, but on swype, it is under the 'D' key if you use shift and long press on 'D'.
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I can't seem to install terminal thru the marketplace. I think the low memory is preventing any additional application installs. Is that possible?
Is there another method to access a shell prompt on the device?
im sure you can use adb so plug it in!
daftsynth said:
I can't seem to install terminal thru the marketplace. I think the low memory is preventing any additional application installs. Is that possible?
Is there another method to access a shell prompt on the device?
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Doesn't CM7 already come with Terminal installed...check your app drawer.
What gapps are you using? Because CM7 on mine has 8.56MB free after having gapps installed and DarkTremor's a2sd. If you are using one of the gapps that adds gmail, maps, facebook, etc... then that is probably your problem. That is why we have the smaller gapps (and to have gapps that are independent of the screen resolution). All those separate apps can be downloaded from the market. The tiny gapps gives you all the apps and framework needed to get onto the market so you can download the other apps.
And yes, Terminal is normally included with CM7...
You should definitely have more free on /system on a CM7 install with gapps.
bassmadrigal said:
You should definitely have more free on /system on a CM7 install with gapps.
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How much is CM 7 + gapps from CM team on the /system (coz I use gapps which has gmail etc).
I don't know as I also have DarkTremor's a2sd installed, but I still have over 8.5MB available... so I would guess just over 10MB free.
I had low space problems on my old Eris. I just rooted & installed GingerShedBread (CM7) & have over 100MB free after installing 45 apps to internal storage.
GSB also supports moving all apps to sd including system.
Sent from my Vortex using XDA App
bassmadrigal said:
What does it read if you do
Code:
df -h | grep /data
in the terminal? (The line is called a pipe and on the computer is located on the backslash key '\' and comes up when you use shift. I don't know where it is on the stock keyboard, but on swype, it is under the 'D' key if you use shift and long press on 'D'.
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running df, I get this:
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 192M 32K 192M 4096
/mnt/asec 192M 0K 192M 4096
/mnt/obb 192M 0K 192M 4096
/system 145M 128M 16M 4096
/data 196M 183M 12M 4096
/cache 95M 2M 92M 4096
/mnt/sdcard 1G 536K 1G 4096
/mnt/secure/asec 1G 536K 1G 4096
I can't seem to run "df -h". I get this error:
-h: No such file or directory
tsaxda said:
I had low space problems on my old Eris. I just rooted & installed GingerShedBread (CM7) & have over 100MB free after installing 45 apps to internal storage.
GSB also supports moving all apps to sd including system.
Sent from my Vortex using XDA App
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I've just done some partition tweaks and now have 200+ apps with 118 mb free... xD
daftsynth said:
running df, I get this:
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 192M 32K 192M 4096
/mnt/asec 192M 0K 192M 4096
/mnt/obb 192M 0K 192M 4096
/system 145M 128M 16M 4096
/data 196M 183M 12M 4096
/cache 95M 2M 92M 4096
/mnt/sdcard 1G 536K 1G 4096
/mnt/secure/asec 1G 536K 1G 4096
I can't seem to run "df -h". I get this error:
-h: No such file or directory
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That is weird that the -h option isn't working. It works on mine. Anyway, I guess it is the default with the df command (designed to show things in MB or GB instead of just bytes).
Now we will figure out what is using all the space in your /data directory.
Code:
su
cd /data
du -hd 1
This will show a listing of your data directory with sizes next to each folder. Normally the data and app directories will be your largest (maybe app-private if you have a lot of private apps installed). You can cd into each of the directories and run the same command and if you add "| grep M" it will only show items that have a capital 'M' in it which will show you all the files that are rated in MB vs KB.
So the command would read
Code:
du -hd 1 | grep M
Hopefully you can then figure out what is taking up all your space.
bassmadrigal said:
That is weird that the -h option isn't working. It works on mine. Anyway, I guess it is the default with the df command (designed to show things in MB or GB instead of just bytes).
Now we will figure out what is using all the space in your /data directory.
Code:
su
cd /data
du -hd 1
This will show a listing of your data directory with sizes next to each folder. Normally the data and app directories will be your largest (maybe app-private if you have a lot of private apps installed). You can cd into each of the directories and run the same command and if you add "| grep M" it will only show items that have a capital 'M' in it which will show you all the files that are rated in MB vs KB.
So the command would read
Code:
du -hd 1 | grep M
Hopefully you can then figure out what is taking up all your space.
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It appears that I have bad sectors. The actual total size of /data is less than what shows up in "df". Any ideas on how I would repair the bad blocks?
I was able to run Ubuntu and get my Nexus One recognized by it. How do I fix the nexus one /data partition from Ubuntu? I'm assuming I would need to mount it.
I'm able to mount the /sd partition but can't see the other partitions. GParted only sees the SD partition as well when its attached with USB Storage turned on.
I don't have my Ubuntu box to confirm, but you should be able to mount /data as rw through adb (you only need the Linux adb, not the whole sdk).
Should look something like:
$ adb-linux shell
$ su
# mount /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data yaffs2 rw
...I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
danger-rat said:
I don't have my Ubuntu box to confirm, but you should be able to mount /data as rw through adb (you only need the Linux adb, not the whole sdk).
Should look something like:
$ adb-linux shell
$ su
# mount /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data yaffs2 rw
...I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
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I will try this when I get home. But when you execute the mount cmd above, wouldnt that just mount the partition locally on the nexus one?
daftsynth said:
I will try this when I get home. But when you execute the mount cmd above, wouldnt that just mount the partition locally on the nexus one?
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Yes it would mount it locally. I don't know if you would be able to mount the data partition onto the computer due to it not passing any disc info other than the sdcard. But, while in adb, you could try and run an e2fsck. I am not sure on the exactness of these commands, but I think it would be something like this in adb while in recovery.
Code:
adb-linux shell
mount system
e2fsck -pcfv /dev/block/mtdblock5
You may need to issue an 'su' command, but I think when you use adb it automatically logs in as root.
Yeah, yeah. Sounds like a million other posts. I am a unix/linux sort of guy, so I'm quite familiar with navigating and working in *nix based operating systems.
Here is the synopsis:
Without an SD card, the device will not boot. I can hear the USB cycle and I'm stuck at a black screen. Sounds normal so far.
After booting up CWM, I can adb in. My first step was to check devices.
/dev/block # cd /dev/block
cd /dev/block
/dev/block # ls
ls
loop0 loop5 mmcblk0p2 ram10 ram15 ram6
loop1 loop6 mmcblk1 ram11 ram2 ram7
loop2 loop7 platform ram12 ram3 ram8
loop3 mmcblk0 ram0 ram13 ram4 ram9
loop4 mmcblk0p1 ram1 ram14 ram5
As you can see, there are a few missing block devices. I proceeded to mount each of these. Only mmcblk0p1 had anything on it: the boot partition, as I expected. Mmcblk1 was the device name for the SDCard, which deviates from what I would have expected. Blk0p2 contained nothing and was not mountable.
Next, I tried to do a 'mknod' to create the devices. This was successful to a degree, but did not actually create working devices. I attempted to mkfs.ext2 on them, that failed. For grins, I tried it on p1 and p2. The only one that worked was p1.
At this point, I decided to try and flash the boot.img I retrieved from here: "mrm3.net/nook-color-recover-any-bricked-device/" and see what I could do to get the device up and running - any self booting would be an improvement, I thought. This too failed. The 'dd' was successful and the partition now contained boot info, but when i tried to boot up, I still received a black screen:
/dev/block # dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
144522+0 records in
144522+0 records out
73995264 bytes (70.6MB) copied, 44.914978 seconds, 1.6MB/s
/dev/block #
When I try to flash ANY rom, I get failures - obviously because there's no place for them to flash to.
'dmesg' doesn't contain any useful information. The device seems hosed. The last rom I was running was Cyanogen nightly #69, which wouldn't allow me to mount SDCard or do anything useful. When I tried to install nightly #80, I found that the device was no longer usable.
Hopefully this was thorough enough, I refrained from typing out the obvious stuff, but please feel free to suggest things. I'm stumped. I still think it can be saved, but I don't have a ton of hope.
Thanks a lot for giving this a read. I really hope someone can help out.
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j.k
Ill add you to the list with everyone else here of people who are more advanced than I. But one of the fist things I learned about the Nook is that its pretty much impossible to brick. I'm sure someone from the list will be by to help soon.
I really hope so.
Logically, if the device nodes can be recreated, I could flash a new mod in. Perhaps I'm going about that the wrong way.
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Next, I tried to do a 'mknod' to create the devices. This was successful to a degree, but did not actually create working devices. I attempted to mkfs.ext2 on them, that failed. For grins, I tried it on p1 and p2. The only one that worked was p1.
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Have you verified that the partition table is actually intact/correct? No point trying to create device nodes if the underlying devices aren't there. What does "fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0" give you, and how does it compare to the standard layout?
Maybe check notes with the OP of this thread -- appears that both of you have essentially the same problem.
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Have you verified that the partition table is actually intact/correct? No point trying to create device nodes if the underlying devices aren't there. What does "fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0" give you, and how does it compare to the standard layout?
Maybe check notes with the OP of this thread -- appears that both of you have essentially the same problem.
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Sorry, I should have included that earlier. The partition table is b0rked. I also had attempted applying the zips from the [ZIP][RECOVERY] EMMC Recovery Repair thread to no avail.
~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 242432 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 15260 488312 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 15261 242432 7269504 83 Linux
Not to sounds like a smartass (or maybe a dumbass) but have you tried to restore back to stock?
Yes. In my initial post, I stated that no restoring via zip works.
Currently I am attempting to rebuild the partition table as mine is hosed. I get the following output though, which is troubling by comparison to what I should be seeing:
~ # busybox fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0
busybox fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 242432.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 242432 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 15260 488312 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 15261 242432 7269504 83 Linux
Command (m for help): d
d
Partition number (1-4):
Right, virtually all .zip restore files are filesystem-level recovery and assume that the partition table is unchanged.
Try forcing the geometry using "fdisk -H 255 -S 63 /dev/block/mmcblk0"
Before I write this, does the following look like what you'd expect? I mean, it makes sense considering...
Code:
~ # fdisk -H 255 -S 63 /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -H 255 -S 63 /dev/block/mmcblk0
Code:
Command (m for help): p
p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 61 488312 b Win95 FAT32
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 0, 17)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 3, 16) logical=(60, 202, 14)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 61 966 7269504 83 Linux
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(1023, 3, 16) logical=(60, 202, 15)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 3, 16) logical=(965, 205, 8)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary
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Right, virtually all .zip restore files are filesystem-level recovery and assume that the partition table is unchanged.
Try forcing the geometry using "fdisk -H 255 -S 63 /dev/block/mmcblk0"
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What he said. Texas Instrumentss OMAP devices such as the nook require that media, whether sd, mmc, etc, be formatted with particular geometry. One that's set up, you can create the partitions normally and forget it ever happened. Remember that the first partition should be FAT, and this is where the kernel (uImage) and ramdisk (uRamdisk) as well as bootloader (u-boot.bin) and pre-bootloader (mlo) go.
See here for more info.
I believe the version of busybox available to me on this 3.0.2.8 CWR SD image is too old to accomplish what the instructions on this post state: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13971291&postcount=110
I've been unable to find a bundle of the binaries yet, but I'm still looking. That being said, I changed the geometry of the partition table and wrote the changes, then tried to dd again - fail.
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Before I write this, does the following look like what you'd expect? I mean, it makes sense considering...
Code:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 61 488312 b Win95 FAT32
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 0, 17)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 3, 16) logical=(60, 202, 14)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
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You mean you wrote the partition table as shown above? That won't work. You need to run fdisk with the corrected geometry, delete the existing partitions, and create new ones. Those warnings say that your partition LBA's are still aligned to the incorrect geometry.
What happens when remove all if the partitioning on the emmc, format it, and repartition it? For some reason ive found linux has a tendency to corrupt storage bits of memory chips altogether and the only way to restore was to completely start over clean. Also, anyone tested for bad blocks? One of my laptops decided to take a **** and the only way I'm able to install an os on it is by installing ubuntu on half the hard drive. Maybe if it is bad blocks we could repartition around them?
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What happens when remove all if the partitioning on the emmc, format it, and repartition it? For some reason ive found linux has a tendency to corrupt storage bits of memory chips altogether and the only way to restore was to completely start over clean. Also, anyone tested for bad blocks? One of my laptops decided to take a **** and the only way I'm able to install an os on it is by installing ubuntu on half the hard drive. Maybe if it is bad blocks we could repartition around them?
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Save the FUD for somewhere else....
RileyGrant said:
For some reason ive found linux has a tendency to corrupt storage bits of memory chips altogether and the only way to restore was to completely start over clean.
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LOL, just about any operating system will write an unsuitable partition table if the end user commands it to do so. No, the OP has omitted details about what he did to get into his situation, but there is no chance it just happened on its own (i.e., his partition layout is technically valid but unbootable by OMAP). If we're going to hazard wild guesses, I'd say he was trying to install Backtrack or some other non-Android Linux distribution.
Hahah I only used linux as an example because ubuntu its all I have run for a coupe years now. but you sir are completely oblivious too the fact that evo users, thunderbolt users and now nook users have reported the same issue and symptoms, always on gingerbread. A self corruption of internal memory.
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LOL, just about any operating system will write an unsuitable partition table if the end user commands it to do so. No, the OP has omitted details about what he did to get into his situation, but there is no chance it just happened on its own (i.e., his partition layout is technically valid but unbootable by OMAP). If we're going to hazard wild guesses, I'd say he was trying to install Backtrack or some other non-Android Linux distribution.
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In this case, I believe it was caused either by "fixing permissions" while using Rom Manager, or by doing it in CWM. This was in an attempt to get out of CM7 nightly #69, which all but rendered my system inoperable.
I agree with you though: there's likely no reason why linux would cause corruption on a disk. If anything, an app might be to blame, but it would have to explicitly do so.
That aside, I am very close to getting my Nook fixed. I rebuilt the partition table this morning after loading busybox 1.18 onto my SD card. ran 'fdisk' with the proper geometry, deleted the existing partitions, built each out to standard specs, then changed the filesystem id for each. After that I did a mkfs.vfat and mke2fs on the appropriate partitions and wrote the configuration.
I rebooted, did a dd of a 1.0.1 boot image to mmcblk0p1 and of a system image to mmcblk0p5 and tried to boot, but I'm still getting a black screen.
Here is my current partition table after I resized it and marked the partitions with their respective types:
Code:
/busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 965 7301542+ 5 Extended
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 57 114 465853+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 115 789 5421906 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 790 834 361431 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 835 965 1052226 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
I made the Fat32 Partitions using mk.vfat and the linux partitions with mke2fs -j -L <label>. Something still just isn't right.
Blah. I get so OCD about this sort of ****. I need to just go outside and play, this is driving me nuts.
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Blah. I get so OCD about this sort of ****. I need to just go outside and play, this is driving me nuts.
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It's not booting because you're missing your /rom partition. There is no data in /mmcblk0p2, which init calls for all your device info. Hopefully you have a backup of that as well. Without it, you won't be able to run any roms with your nook color.
And unfortunately that is a partition that is not good to share with anyone else besides each individual nook owner because is contains all the unique Device identifiers for your Nook. If two people would have the same Device info and you're both logged into your B&N stock, it will error out on the B&N server side and de-register your device and the other person as well.
If you need further guidance, PM me and I'll see what I can do to help to resolve your /rom partition issue.
-Racks
I DD'd every partition off my friend's Nook. Every one. Just to see if I could get this puppy running. Still black.
So i hard bricked my at&t Note 3 when i was in Odin. Looked like Odin froze so i unplugged it half way thru and tried to get back into download mode and NOTHING! Black screen ... can't get into download mode, power device on or nothing. Never bricked a device in all the years i've been rooting and tried everything. Unfortuantly, i still can't get this to work on Linux system and just want to know im doing things right. I placed the img on sd card and inserted it with thumb usb and that's fine. When i type in dmesg | tail i get this ...
[email protected] ~ $ dmesg | tail
[ 1548.786072] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 1548.786079] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1548.790452] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 1548.790461] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1548.791624] sdb: sdb1
[ 1548.794337] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 1548.794347] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1548.794355] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 1549.170010] FAT-fs (sdb1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
[ 1956.468460] perf samples too long (2506 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
I know my card is sdb1 and tried typing in the rest of the commands. When i type in second command sudo dd if=/<path_to_debrick.img> of=/dev/sdX i get this ...
[email protected] ~ $ sudo dd if=/<path_to_debrick.img> of=/dev/sdb1
bash: path_to_debrick.img: No such file or directory
Really no idea what im doing to not get this work but i'm sure it's something simple. I just want to get back into download mode and then i'll be straight and can Odin my files to recover. Unfortuantely i can't get back in download mode!
Do i need MJ5 img since i was on MJ5 then did UNOFFICIAL KK update and was running DynamicKat when this happened?
Also i am using a SanDisk Elevate 32GB sdhc card on my 32 Note 3 so i know the cards not the problem. It's brand new and reads fine otherwise.
Please let me know if i'm doing anything wrong as i've been working on this for 48 hours and just need my phone back! lol
Thanks ... I really appreciate it!
I'm just going to bite my tongue on this one and help you.
"<path_to_debrick.img>" is just a place holder, you have to actually put the path of the debrick.img file you loaded onto your device, not <path_to_debrick.img>
SpikeyPsyche said:
I'm just going to bite my tongue on this one and help you.
"<path_to_debrick.img>" is just a place holder, you have to actually put the path of the debrick.img file you loaded onto your device, not <path_to_debrick.img>
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Wow. That's all i have to say ... just wow! Atleast someone was able to "Bite their tongue" and let me know. Appreciate it. Will try again now. Thanks lol ... no words
SpikeyPsyche said:
I'm just going to bite my tongue on this one and help you.
"<path_to_debrick.img>" is just a place holder, you have to actually put the path of the debrick.img file you loaded onto your device, not <path_to_debrick.img>
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Sent you a PM. Thanks again.
So i got the img to write onto sd card but still can't get into download mode when i hold the buttons. No signs of life still. This is what i got after i wrote the image
PaulMichael paul # dd if=/home/paul/Desktop/debrick/Unbrick_SM-N900A.img of=/dev/sdb1
400000+0 records in
400000+0 records out
204800000 bytes (205 MB) copied, 72.2845 s, 2.8 MB/s
PaulMichael paul # fdisk -l /dev/sdb1
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb1'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdb1: 31.9 GB, 31910789120 bytes
1 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1947680 cylinders, total 62325760 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1p1 1 61071359 30535679+ ee GPT
Any help would be appreciated. I even tried it twice with no luck. Also my new 32gb sd card won't read now when i put it reader into usb. No pop up or anything? Thanks guys.
***Edited*** also i was on MJ5 then did the Unofficial "Jump from Jellybean to kk" ... which image would i need then? And if someone has it can they send it to me please!
Something didn't go right with the debrick image writing. That fdisk command should have listed all the partitions on that disk, with should be 20+, and you are only seeing one.
Re-run writing the debrick image. Sometimes it fails on the first few tries.
SpikeyPsyche said:
Something didn't go right with the debrick image writing. That fdisk command should have listed all the partitions on that disk, with should be 20+, and you are only seeing one.
Re-run writing the debrick image. Sometimes it fails on the first few tries.
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Tried writing it a few times but will keep trying. Atleast now i know where to look for the partitions to see. Thanks again.
Yeag3r24 said:
Tried writing it a few times but will keep trying. Atleast now i know where to look for the partitions to see. Thanks again.
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You're not inputting the command to write the image correctly.
The last part should be of=/dev/sdb NOT of=/dev/sdb1. Lose the 1
You really didn't read the hard debrick OPs instructions closely. he explicitly says to ignore the partition number, being the 1, because you are overwriting the current partitions.
Correcting that issue with the command should write the image correctly, and you should be good to go from there
SpikeyPsyche said:
You're not inputting the command to write the image correctly.
The last part should be of=/dev/sdb NOT of=/dev/sdb1. Lose the 1
You really didn't read the hard debrick OPs instructions closely. he explicitly says to ignore the partition number, being the 1, because you are overwriting the current partitions.
Correcting that issue with the command should write the image correctly, and you should be good to go from there.
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Funny you said that because i did just rewrite it twice without the 1 just as sdb and when i unplugged it and plugged it back into usb i did recieve about 6 pop ups but were all sd card readers showing on my desktop like i had 6 different usb readers with different size sd cards some
Here's the correct screenshot of whole desktop. Also battery was 65% when this all happened but hasn't been used since in last 2 days of trying to fix it so see no need why the battery would be dead, correct? I could have phone on for 2 days and not touch it and wouldn't be dead. Would still be at about 40-50% i would assume if left on untouched for a few days. I just know i could do this and see no reason why this shouldn't work. Do i need the MJ5 img or something since i was on that with unofficial KK on dynamickat?
SS
Yeag3r24 said:
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It looks like one of the partitions isn't being written correctly on the SD card for some reason.
How many partitions is the fdisk command showing?
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It looks like one of the partitions isn't being written correctly on the SD card for some reason.
How many partitions is the fdisk command showing?
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PaulMichael paul # dd if=/home/paul/Desktop/debrick/Unbrick_SM-N900A.img of=/dev/sdb
400000+0 records in
400000+0 records out
204800000 bytes (205 MB) copied, 74.1923 s, 2.8 MB/s
PaulMichael paul # fdisk -l /dev/sdb
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdb1: 31.9 GB, 31910789120 bytes
1 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1947680 cylinders, total 62325760 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1p1 1 61071359 30535679+ ee GPT
Yeag3r24 said:
PaulMichael paul # dd if=/home/paul/Desktop/debrick/Unbrick_SM-N900A.img of=/dev/sdb
400000+0 records in
400000+0 records out
204800000 bytes (205 MB) copied, 74.1923 s, 2.8 MB/s
PaulMichael paul # fdisk -l /dev/sdb
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdb1: 31.9 GB, 31910789120 bytes
1 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1947680 cylinders, total 62325760 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1p1 1 61071359 30535679+ ee GPT
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Now it's back to one partition again. Very strange.
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Now it's back to one partition again. Very strange.
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Well today must be my day. I called to get replacement phone and girl was real cool and said I could just pick one up here locally at the support center. Luckily dude at support center was just as cool and just pretty much swapped it right out without even trying another battery or doing tests. However when he put my battery in replacement Note i stilll had 65% so who knows wtf i did. Lesson learned ... never pull out early when Odin looks like it freezes for a few mins. Just in time for the official KK root now that I'm actually on Official KK stock rom. Thanks again for all your help. Much appreciated!
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Well today must be my day. I called to get replacement phone and girl was real cool and said I could just pick one up here locally at the support center. Luckily dude at support center was just as cool and just pretty much swapped it right out without even trying another battery or doing tests. However when he put my battery in replacement Note i stilll had 65% so who knows wtf i did. Lesson learned ... never pull out early when Odin looks like it freezes for a few mins. Just in time for the official KK root now that I'm actually on Official KK stock rom. Thanks again for all your help. Much appreciated!
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No prob. I hope you have better luck in the future.
Please delete.
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N900A 4.4.2, 32GB Unbrick HELP!!!
Yeag3r24 said:
Well today must be my day. I called to get replacement phone and girl was real cool and said I could just pick one up here locally at the support center. Luckily dude at support center was just as cool and just pretty much swapped it right out without even trying another battery or doing tests. However when he put my battery in replacement Note i stilll had 65% so who knows wtf i did. Lesson learned ... never pull out early when Odin looks like it freezes for a few mins. Just in time for the official KK root now that I'm actually on Official KK stock rom. Thanks again for all your help. Much appreciated!
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Help !!!
I have a N900A, tried to unlock the phone and now is dead.
I would like to know how you solve your problem?