I just bought a used Dell Streak 7 off of eBay and I'm about to return it. But before I do, I wanted to see if anyone could help me with a problem.
EVERY TIME I reboot the tablet, it resets itself. Brings up the Android screen where I have to press on the Android then continue to setup the tablet which is very annoying. Can anyone help?
The tablet is on 2.2. T-Mobile version with the slot for SIM card and WiFi.
eb121209 said:
I just bought a used Dell Streak 7 off of eBay and I'm about to return it. But before I do, I wanted to see if anyone could help me with a problem.
EVERY TIME I reboot the tablet, it resets itself. Brings up the Android screen where I have to press on the Android then continue to setup the tablet which is very annoying. Can anyone help?
The tablet is on 2.2. T-Mobile version with the slot for SIM card and WiFi.
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Try updating to Honeycomb
giveen said:
Try updating to Honeycomb
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I did. I tried every single update I could find. The US 4G ones weren't working so I tried the other ones just in case and none of them worked.
eb121209 said:
I did. I tried every single update I could find. The US 4G ones weren't working so I tried the other ones just in case and none of them worked.
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How are you flashing it and which ones did you get, be specific and where you got it.
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How are you flashing it and which ones did you get, be specific and where you got it.
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I downloaded the updates from the first post on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431797.
One at a time I transferred them onto the root of my SD card and changed the names to "Update.pkg", also tried "update.pkg". Then I entered recovery holding volume up and the power button. Used volume down to scroll to the option to update from SD card. Pressed power to run the update, it ran for about 30 seconds to a minute but then would come up with a FOTA name mismatch error and reboot.
I tried downloading updates from another website but I can't remember where it was exactly.
EDIT: I just tried all the PKG files at http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_7#Official. Almost all of them come up with a FOTA name mismatch, even the US 4G one. The only one that doesn't come up with that error is version 336. But that one comes up with another error, "Install modem error. System will upgrade again."
eb121209 said:
I downloaded the updates from the first post on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431797.
One at a time I transferred them onto the root of my SD card and changed the names to "Update.pkg", also tried "update.pkg". Then I entered recovery holding volume up and the power button. Used volume down to scroll to the option to update from SD card. Pressed power to run the update, it ran for about 30 seconds to a minute but then would come up with a FOTA name mismatch error and reboot.
I tried downloading updates from another website but I can't remember where it was exactly.
EDIT: I just tried all the PKG files at http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_7#Official. Almost all of them come up with a FOTA name mismatch, even the US 4G one. The only one that doesn't come up with that error is version 336. But that one comes up with another error, "Install modem error. System will upgrade again."
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You are using an External SD Card, correct? Maybe you wouldn't get a FOTA error if you weren't anyway.
wptski said:
You are using an External SD Card, correct? Maybe you wouldn't get a FOTA error if you weren't anyway.
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On post number 5 I already stated "One at a time I transferred them onto the root of my SD card".
I'm starting to think you may be read only.
Not certain yet.
giveen said:
I'm starting to think you may be read only.
Not certain yet.
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Are you talking about the tablet itself or the SD card?
eb121209 said:
Are you talking about the tablet itself or the SD card?
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I just opened a case with eBay so I should be getting a refund for this crappy tablet.
eb121209 said:
I just opened a case with eBay so I should be getting a refund for this crappy tablet.
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Its not that bad of a tablet, just has its quirks.
giveen said:
Its not that bad of a tablet, just has its quirks.
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I don't mean all Dell Streak 7's, I meant THIS tablet.
eb121209 said:
On post number 5 I already stated "One at a time I transferred them onto the root of my SD card".
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In Androidspeak, the internal memory is called sdcard and the physical SD Card is called external_sd or sdcard1.
wptski said:
In Androidspeak, the internal memory is called sdcard and the physical SD Card is called external_sd or sdcard1.
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I don't care what the "internal storage" is called.
eb121209 said:
I don't care what the "internal storage" is called.
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But we kinda do.
For example, I work in tech support field. I get calls about "yeah I'm out of memory", and I"m thinking RAM (Random Access Memory) but what they mean is Hard drive storage.
Lingo is important
giveen said:
But we kinda do.
For example, I work in tech support field. I get calls about "yeah I'm out of memory", and I"m thinking RAM (Random Access Memory) but what they mean is Hard drive storage.
Lingo is important
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The first problem I ran into being new to Android was thinking exactly that SD Card meant internal memory because that's what a file manager calls it.
wptski said:
The first problem I ran into being new to Android was thinking exactly that SD Card meant internal memory because that's what a file manager calls it.
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internal storage:cyclops:
giveen said:
internal storage:cyclops:
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Whoops! Yeah, internal storage.
Related
anyone know how to stop this SD card from disappearing
Funkadelick said:
anyone know how to stop this SD card from disappearing
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no one knows ????
you're going to have to be a little more specific..........how do you mean disappear? and when does it happen? any other side affects (have to reboot to "make it reappear") ?
wang1chung said:
you're going to have to be a little more specific..........how do you mean disappear? and when does it happen? any other side affects (have to reboot to "make it reappear") ?
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I mean sometimes I can change wallpapers through gallery and i see my stuff... then like an hour or two later there's nothing there -- it doesn't detect my SD card hence it "disappears"
I have to reboot about 5 times a day to get it back
what does it say when you open up gallery? when i had an issue with mine, it would say "no sd card" or something to that affect.
or does yours just not show any pictures?
edit: is this your external sdcard or your internal one?
wang1chung said:
what does it say when you open up gallery? when i had an issue with mine, it would say "no sd card" or something to that affect.
or does yours just not show any pictures?
edit: is this your external sdcard or your internal one?
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Internal SD
It says "no items" when I open up gallery
have you tried flashing a new rom? or possibly do you have a app killer that might be killing some services?
Funkadelick said:
Internal SD
It says "no items" when I open up gallery
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install this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8174375&postcount=60
next time you get the error
run that app
if that still doesn't help
make sure you have no file called .nomedia in the gallery folder or the root of your internal SD
wang1chung said:
have you tried flashing a new rom? or possibly do you have a app killer that might be killing some services?
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No im not the flasher sorta type, still new to this -- haven't even rooted yet.
No app killer either.
AllGamer said:
install this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8174375&postcount=60
next time you get the error
run that app
if that still doesn't help
make sure you have no file called .nomedia in the gallery folder or the root of your internal SD
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I can't use astro to search b/c it says nothing is there.
I am not rooted -- what's the easiest way to root a bell i9000m ? I recall reading you need a special update.zip -- anyone know ? or perhaps a good app?
Funkadelick said:
I can't use astro to search b/c it says nothing is there.
I am not rooted -- what's the easiest way to root a bell i9000m ? I recall reading you need a special update.zip -- anyone know ? or perhaps a good app?
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goto the market and search
OCLF
it stands for ONE CLICK LAG FIX, from there you can click ROOT,
your device will reboot, and it should be rooted.
Funkadelick said:
I can't use astro to search b/c it says nothing is there.
I am not rooted -- what's the easiest way to root a bell i9000m ? I recall reading you need a special update.zip -- anyone know ? or perhaps a good app?
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woah.. no need for any of that
just what you said already answered another question without asking.
just find your invoice, take it back to the store, and have them replace the phone, that phone obviously have a defective internal SD
AllGamer said:
woah.. no need for any of that
just what you said already answered another question without asking.
just find your invoice, take it back to the store, and have them replace the phone, that phone obviously have a defective internal SD
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Won't I lose all my apps and contacts and stuff ? this is getting annoying this is the 2nd time i've taken it back
Funkadelick said:
Won't I lose all my apps and contacts and stuff ? this is getting annoying this is the 2nd time i've taken it back
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ok I just figured something out
when i plug in the USB cord -- the SD card goes missing
is this normal ?
Funkadelick said:
ok I just figured something out
when i plug in the USB cord -- the SD card goes missing
is this normal ?
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I think I figured out your issue. Go to Settings, About Phone, USB Settings and what tell me what setting is selected....
Electroz said:
I think I figured out your issue. Go to Settings, About Phone, USB Settings and what tell me what setting is selected....
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Samsung Kies
Funkadelick said:
Samsung Kies
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Same here. Strange.
Do you have USB debugging turned on? If not, try it.
It's in >settings>applications>development
Funkadelick said:
Samsung Kies
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if i plug in my phone usb cable in Kies mode
i can still access the Internal and External SD cards in the phone
also in the PC
i find this the most convenient
when using it with the USB Debugging method ON, then i have to manually MOUNT the SD cards for them to work on the PC
but i lose access to the internal SD and External SD when i do that.
that is the NORMAL behavior
Electroz said:
Same here. Strange.
Do you have USB debugging turned on? If not, try it.
It's in >settings>applications>development
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it's off
ill put it on - tried gallery again and no items -- gonna try rebooting and see if this did anything brb
I started this thread in the "General discussion" section about this but I'm starting to think my problem might be more SGS specific.
My problem is that my phones USB connection stopped working then I foolishly reformatted my system partition with out having another ROM with which to replace it. I still have "ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.3" installed but am unable to find a way to install another ROM. Most people seem to say flashing from an external SD card is trivial with CWM but I can't work out how to do it. Does anyone know a way to flash a ROM from the external SD card with CWM v2.5.1.3 on an SGS, or any other way I could get an image back on my phone that doesn't require a working USB connection?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Go into update from zip as usual then scroll down to external sd... if that's not working go into advanced and check if external sd is mounted
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You may need to update cwm, I don't think the earlier versions hadan option to flash from Ext sd
slaphead20 said:
You may need to update cwm, I don't think the earlier versions hadan option to flash from Ext sd
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Yeah, I think that might be the case. There is an option to "mount /sd-ext" but I don't think that actually mounts the external SD card. I think it has something to do with an "extended" or "extra" partition. In any event, when I select the option I get this error:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2
(File exists)
Error mounting SDEXT:!
Also, I can't see an "external sd" option under "update from zip". Under "install zip from scdard" there is an option to "choose zip from sdcard" but this doesn't seem to access the external card.
Any idea how I might be able to update to a later version of CWM?
ROM manager should offer you latest cwm,
slaphead20 said:
ROM manager should offer you latest cwm,
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Sure, my problem is how to get it onto my phone though rather than where to download it
Try plugging the phone In to the computer when In recovery and mount USB storage and see if it comes up on your pc?
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S.Bartfast said:
Sure, my problem is how to get it onto my phone though rather than where to download it
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If you get room manager from the market it has options to instal various versions of cwm
Sorry, forgot you had formatted! ^^
calum96 said:
Try plugging the phone In to the computer when In recovery and mount USB storage and see if it comes up on your pc?
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Yeah, I have actually tried that, but alas no :,-(
slaphead20 said:
Sorry, forgot you had formatted! ^^
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No worries (it was pretty stupid of me).
Called a repair shop today, it will cost $80 to get the USB port replaced. Trying to decide between forking out $80 or donating it to landfill.
S.Bartfast said:
Yeah, I have actually tried that, but alas no :,-(
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Have you tried pushing files to sd card with adb?
Since the phone is worth over £200 I would get it fixed you should look online and see how easy it is to fix you might be able to or know someone who can fix it at a cheap price (that part is most likely on sale online for way less)
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slaphead20 said:
Have you tried pushing files to sd card with adb?
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Do you mean Odin? I have tried pushing with Odin but again... )-,:
S.Bartfast said:
Do you mean Odin? I have tried pushing with Odin but again... )-,:
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Adb is the Android debug bridge, google it and you will find plenty of info re. how to instal and use
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(that part is most likely on sale online for way less)
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Well, here it is: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Samsung-...Parts_Tools&hash=item2571b036fe#ht_1558wt_952
Just have to work out how to do it now.
I had the phone in pieces the other night trying to clean the port and that socket seem pretty firmly attached. Have to see if I can turn up any instructions. There are lots of sights saying they'll do it for you but haven't been able to find any instructions on how to do it myself yet.
I keep trying to write cwm to sd card and all it does is damage it. Tried about five times already.
What am i doing wrong?
Kionic said:
I keep trying to write cwm to sd card and all it does is damage it. Tried about five times already.
What am i doing wrong?
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Hm, what do you mean damage it? Symptom or error message? Are you using WinDiskImage32?
dbh369 said:
Hm, what do you mean damage it? Symptom or error message? Are you using WinDiskImage32?
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Its a error message . "Writing to a physical device can corrupt the device. Are you sure you want to continue?"
Wont let me write without corrupting the SD.
Kionic said:
Its a error message . "Writing to a physical device can corrupt the device. Are you sure you want to continue?"
Wont let me write without corrupting the SD.
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This comes because the SD card was formatted in an unrecognized way (probably exFAT). You can ignore it.
dbh369 said:
This comes because the SD card was formatted in an unrecognized way (probably exFAT). You can ignore it.
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I did. Then after when i put it into my NookHD it said the SD was damaged.
I rebooted to see if CWM would boot but nothing happened.
EDIT
I formatted it back to normal and tried to write cwm and had no success.
You need to hold the power button down 10 seconds to truly turn out of for a reboot. Put the sd in when it is of the turn it back on.
Are you saying the software would not write on the second attempt?
If so- you might need to download position software to clean up you sd.
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dbh369 said:
You need to hold the power button down 10 seconds to truly turn out of for a reboot. Put the sd in when it is of the turn it back on.
Are you saying the software would not write on the second attempt?
If so- you might need to download position software to clean up you sd.
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It writes then i get the sd was damaged message.
Ive formatted it several times before writing cwm to sd and had no luck.
Kionic said:
It writes then i get the sd was damaged message.
Ive formatted it several times before writing cwm to sd and had no luck.
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Hmm, see if this help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075420
You may need to repartition the card to full size again and image it again.
dbh369 said:
Hmm, see if this help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075420
You may need to repartition the card to full size again and image it again.
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You can actually use the Nook itself to format an SD card and restore it back to full size. Go to Settings > Storage Management > SD card > Erase SD Card. After it's erased, tap Unmount SD card and take the SD card out. (Or just turn off the Nook and take it out.) Put it back in your computer and try writing the CWM image again.
Also, make sure you're burning the correct CWM image for the correct device (HD or HD+) and for what you're trying to do (rooting stock or making a CM10 SD card).
Got it working. Thanks dbh369 and ikmiller.
I had to change partitions and use the RIGHT image. Feel stupid now but at least i got it working.
Kionic said:
Got it working. Thanks dbh369 and ikmiller.
I had to change partitions and use the RIGHT image. Feel stupid now but at least i got it working.
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Great! Glad it worked.
Dell Streak, I just flashed Honeycomb Version 3.2
moiwillys said:
Dell Streak, I just flashed Honeycomb Version 3.2
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Need a bit more detail than that.
moiwillys said:
Dell Streak, I just flashed Honeycomb Version 3.2
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Sorry, the first message is incomplete and sent by mistake.
I flashed Honeycomb on my streak 7 wifi. Here the file name: LG7-Wifi_514_21700_00.pkg
Everything works fine but I can not access my sd card
and the internal memory (16GB) of the device.
All applications are unable to access it. There is nothing to install on the system.
I reflashed a second time but it's the same thing.
I hope I can make myself understood, I'm French.
Thank you in advance
Have you tried rebooting a few times? What does it say in Settings > Storage?
giveen said:
Have you tried rebooting a few times? What does it say in Settings > Storage?
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Well, maybe 5 restarts. But if it helps I will start to work immediately and have 100 reboots in 10 minutes ...
When I go into the settings of storage, it appears less than a second the proportions of occupations simbolises by colors. But this information immediately disappear, leaving no informations like catching on that I attached to the message.
Thank you for assistance.
Now I'm sure I have at least 100 reboots but the problem persists.
Still no access to the SD card and internal memory of my streak.
sd card issue
moiwillys said:
Now I'm sure I have at least 100 reboots but the problem persists.
Still no access to the SD card and internal memory of my streak.
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Please help I am having the exact same problem
BCAngel7777 said:
Please help I am having the exact same problem
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If you flashed a different version of android i.e jellybean or ics you need to nvflash back to 2.2 then upgrade to android 3.2(honeycomb) via cwm or fastboot your partition are probably not correctly formatted
Ive been having trouble and flashing roms for the past week trying to get my captivate to boot, but i constanly either get into a boot loop or i load into a black screen.
In CWM 5.1.0.7, when i choose "Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard" i get a "E: Can't mount /sdcard/" error.
If i go to "Reformatting, tweaks and more > System Information > Browse directories and files", ill get "No files found." on a few of the directories and my /bin folder only has "init.goldfish.sh" in it. most of them have only bare minimal things in them. (im not sure if this is normal or not)
How should i go about fixing this?
Huhmeister said:
Ive been having trouble and flashing roms for the past week trying to get my captivate to boot, but i constanly either get into a boot loop or i load into a black screen.
In CWM 5.1.0.7, when i choose "Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard" i get a "E: Can't mount /sdcard/" error.
If i go to "Reformatting, tweaks and more > System Information > Browse directories and files", ill get "No files found." on a few of the directories and my /bin folder only has "init.goldfish.sh" in it. most of them have only bare minimal things in them. (im not sure if this is normal or not)
How should i go about fixing this?
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i think your internal storage has been corrupted..
n205des said:
i think your internal storage has been corrupted..
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Could there be a fix?
Huhmeister said:
Could there be a fix?
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check out this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648547
n205des said:
check out this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648547
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Thanks a million! I atleast got my phone to start up now lol. Is there really no hope for the internal SD? No way to flash it back to normal? It is a software error afterall.
Huhmeister said:
Thanks a million! I atleast got my phone to start up now lol. Is there really no hope for the internal SD? No way to flash it back to normal? It is a software error afterall.
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according to me , no there is no hope...
bt according to some users, their sd card came back to life after some time and then got bricked again...
and also no to the stock, it boots up bt cannot really do anything..
you can now use cm10,10.1,10.2, 11 roms using neat kernel..
n205des said:
according to me , no there is no hope...
bt according to some users, their sd card came back to life after some time and then got bricked again...
and also no to the stock, it boots up bt cannot really do anything..
you can now use cm10,10.1,10.2, 11 roms using neat kernel..
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4 days later, I finally have the time to have one last follow up problem. I've flashed a CM11 nightly and my external sd shows up as my main storage in settings. I can download apps but i still can't access my camera or save pictures from the internet(it tells me "no SD card , and sd card is required to download). Also tested this with the voice recorder, it wouldnt start and told me the same thing.
Is this normal with the method you gave or have i done something wrong?
Huhmeister said:
4 days later, I finally have the time to have one last follow up problem. I've flashed a CM11 nightly and my external sd shows up as my main storage in settings. I can download apps but i still can't access my camera or save pictures from the internet(it tells me "no SD card , and sd card is required to download). Also tested this with the voice recorder, it wouldnt start and told me the same thing.
Is this normal with the method you gave or have i done something wrong?
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you have done everything right, but you have forgotten to flash the neat kernel..
just flash it and everything wil be back to normal...
n205des said:
you have done everything right, but you have forgotten to flash the neat kernel..
just flash it and everything wil be back to normal...
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I got it completely working with your advice but when i took the phone out of my pocket it was stuck on the neat kernal loading screen and rebooting it wouldnt help. I decided to flash back to stock and redo the process. I wiped all data etc. in recovery but when i went to partition the sd card again in cwm it finished instantly.
My pc wouldnt read it and even my another phone didnt detect it was there.
I'm assuming the SD card just died, its verbatim 8gig(Not sure if thats a reliable brand or not).
Could this be because i did something wrong is it just a coincidence with the sd card dying? Im buying a sandisk soon anyhow.
Huhmeister said:
I got it completely working with your advice but when i took the phone out of my pocket it was stuck on the neat kernal loading screen and rebooting it wouldnt help. I decided to flash back to stock and redo the process. I wiped all data etc. in recovery but when i went to partition the sd card again in cwm it finished instantly.
My pc wouldnt read it and even my another phone didnt detect it was there.
I'm assuming the SD card just died, its verbatim 8gig(Not sure if thats a reliable brand or not).
Could this be because i did something wrong is it just a coincidence with the sd card dying? Im buying a sandisk soon anyhow.
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i think it died..
just to ensure longer life, buy a sandisk class 10 sd card..
i bought it!