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[Q] Hero does not recognize SD card & ADB does not work.

EDIT: I think that these steps are helpful for someone who has same issues.
(A) I fixed SDcard issue.
1. run into FASTBOOT mode (press VOL-UP + POWER in booting)
2. run the following command from PC: % fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
(B) I could not fix USB brick issue. But I can flash RUU to my cell (no ADB connect, S-ON)
1. make gold card (ref. http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard)
2. put RUU into gold card
3. flash RUU via HBOOT
NOTE:
After these steps, USB may be still bricked. You should better use older RUU for getting root
without ADB commands by AndroRoot or others. (I used newest RUU so that I lost root forever. LOL)
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ORIGINAL POST:
My Hero has some problems two days ago. I did many things but it still does not work well. How do I fix these problems? Could anyone give me an advice?
ROM: AOSP 2.3.3 (ver04/21/2011) w/ Firerats 1.5.3 (100 4) + Kifno Universal Scripts 1.5
Recovery: aospCWMod-HC-20110421.img (w/ firerat-recovery
SD card: 8GB(real size:7.45GB) (7.0GB FAT32 + 256ext4 + 128swap)
What happened:
* doesnt recognize SD card not only after booting but also from Recovery mode.
* cant connect with Hero via ADB not only from USB cable and also from wireless(ADB wireless)
(first, I could connect with Hero, but suddenly I couldnt)
* Any other functions on HERO may work well (Call, Network, Wifi are available)
* USB cable still supply power fortunately.
What did I do before this matter happened:
* "Backup Current ROM" via ROM Manager 4.1.0.0
It did not work well although messages (Waiting for SD card to mount (XXsec)) appear. After that my phone does not recognize SD card but ADB was still working.
* After doing "Partition SD card" via ROM Manager 4.1.0.0, typing "parted" on ADB and so on (as follows), ADB was gone.
What I did to solve this problem:
* Reformat and Repartiton SD card (8GB/FAT32, 8GB(FAT32+ext3(256MB)+swap(128MB))
* Change another SD card (4GB/FAT32)
* Try another USB cable
* Partition SD card via Recovery mode
* Partition SD card via ROM Manager 4.1.0.0
* (parted command does not exist on Recovery mode)
* Reinstall Android SDK on PC
Others:
* SD card can be read from Windows 7 after my HERO did not recognizing it. (All of data on FAT32 were copied from SD to other)
* On root in SD card I found some files I have never seen before.
Those names are "qxdm_(DATE)_(TIME)_1.dm"
This files are created after reformat SD card.

I tried a few:
* ext3 partition is changed from ext3 to ext4, but still not recognize.
* Fortunately ADB wireless WORKS.
What causes that my HERO does not recognize SD card on Recovery mode?
(SD slot destroyed? or not?)
Can I reinstall recovery image and reflash ROMs via ADB wireless without using SD card? (If I can, does it make my HERO a brick?)
Any idea?

tbb-xda said:
I tried a few:
* ext3 partition is changed from ext3 to ext4, but still not recognize.
* Fortunately ADB wireless WORKS.
What causes that my HERO does not recognize SD card on Recovery mode?
(SD slot destroyed? or not?)
Can I reinstall recovery image and reflash ROMs via ADB wireless without using SD card? (If I can, does it make my HERO a brick?)
Any idea?
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It sounds like you sorta found a solution. I would say it sounds like you're running too many tweaks. Why are you formatting your sd? Are you using data2ext or a2sd? If you use firerat you shouldn't need that. Also, to use SD in recovery you need to mount sd in the mounts/storage menu. I guess I'm a little unsure of where you're at now.

Thanks, il Duce.
> I would say it sounds like you're running too many tweaks. Why are you formatting your sd? Are you using data2ext or a2sd? If you use firerat you shouldn't need that.
Sure. All you said is right.
I used data2ext or a2sd in other ROMs once before using firerat.
Now I'm using firerat instead of it then I dont use data2ext or a2sd.
I was too lazy to remove ext4 partition.
The reason why formatting my sd card again is that as mounting sd card was not available due to these problems and I thought that its partition might be corrupted and I should fix it due to formatting it. But I had no luck..
> Also, to use SD in recovery you need to mount sd in the mounts/storage menu.I guess I'm a little unsure of where you're at now.
My explanation seemed like obvious. I wrote many unwanted things.
I couldnt mount sd in recovery menu. It said only "Error mounting /sdcard!" (also /sd-ext is same).
Before this problem happened, I was able to mount sd in it and in ROMs.
All I want to do is to use SD card in recover and in ROM again.

I did additional few things. But still I cant mount sd card.
* My hero in fastboot can be recognized from my laptop. "fastboot devices" can work well. But my hero in recovery cannot be recognized. "adb devices" cant get anything.
-> USB cable may be OK.
+ fasboot flash/boot does not work. (I found a posts that said that flash via fastboot doesnt work on Hero CDMA. Right?)
* My hero in hboot can access SD card. "HERCIMG.zip" on root in sd card can be accessed. But my hero in recovery cannot access sd card.
-> SD slot and SD card may be OK.
+ I cant find available HERCIMG.zip for HBOOT 1.47.
Can I flash recovery in terminal on ROM?

I would recommend the following:
1. Remove all partitions from your SD card, reformat it to FAT32
2. Run RUU on your phone, that should overwrite everything - you will need to re-root, but it will remove all the dingleberries from your phone.
Hope this helps.

tbb-xda said:
* My hero in fastboot can be recognized from my laptop. "fastboot devices" can work well. But my hero in recovery cannot be recognized. "adb devices" cant get anything.
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Oh Dude, why didn't you say this earlier... I assumed that fastboot/HBOOT is not working on your phone.
1. You can absolutely flash recovery or any other images from fastboot, on a hero. Do "fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>"
2. You can also flash recovery from HBOOT... look for the right HERCIMG.zip, place it on the root of the SD card, boot your device by holding down the volume down + power

andythegreenguy said:
Oh Dude, why didn't you say this earlier... I assumed that fastboot/HBOOT is not working on your phone.
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Sorry I would have written it more orderly.
I already tried both and tried them again. But both seems like not work well.
HERC XC SHIP S-ON, HBOOT 1.47.0000 (HERO20000),
MICROP-0110, TOUCH PANEL-SYN0104,
RADIO-2.42.02.10.29, Mar 1 2010,16:02:39
1. You can absolutely flash recovery or any other images from fastboot, on a hero. Do "fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>"
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I tried some recovery.img (aospCWMod-HC-20110421.img, recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
but it says FAILED (remote:not allow).
2. You can also flash recovery from HBOOT... look for the right HERCIMG.zip, place it on the root of the SD card, boot your device by holding down the volume down + power
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I find several HERCIMG.zip via some file share services that Google teaches me. I tried one of them (I got it from http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-792170.html) and it seems like doing well (as below).
Ohters say "CID incorrect" "Update Fail!" after Checking.
It says:
SD Checking...
<snip>
Loading...[HERCIMG.zip]
(refresh screen)
Checking..[HERCIMG.zip]
(refresh screen)
<VOL UP> FastBoot Mode
<BACK> Simlock
<HOME> Recovery
press <HOME>, go to Recovery, then boot.
But nothing changes. Still I have same issue.
Should I look for another HERCIMG.zip?

I have questions like noobish.
In my thought, these issues (cant mount sdcard in recovery and ROM) may be solved by reflashing ROM image again. Is it right?
Does "flash_image" via terminal on ROMs work well?
(I've not done it from terminal.)
If using firerat, is it necessary to flash FR-recovery over just flashed recovery to avoid rebooting back into recovery?
(I worry that if sdcard were not still mounted in recovery after doing "flash_image recovery" I would have no solution to escape from the bootloop into recovery mode because I cant connect phone in recovery via ADB now.)
Does the following steps seem worth a try?
1. push a recovery image to inner memory (e.g. /data/local/) via ADB wireless
2. open terminal, "su" and "flash_image recovery <above image>"

tbb-xda said:
HERC XC SHIP S-ON, HBOOT 1.47.0000 (HERO20000),
MICROP-0110, TOUCH PANEL-SYN0104,
RADIO-2.42.02.10.29, Mar 1 2010,16:02:39
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Doesn't seem like you are S-off or you have Eng-SPL. The first one would have allowed you to use HBoot and the second to run fastboot.
If you were S-Off and had the Eng-SPL, the screen should have read something like this...
HERC XC ENG S-OFF...
Anyways, did you try to run RUU? You should try the one found on the HTC website for the CDMA Hero.

Thanks, all.
Fortunately I seems like fixing these problem.
But it's not known exactly why I fixed these problems.
In view of andythegreenguy's advice, I tried to run RUU on my phone.
But I cant connect my phone via ADB.
Then I reinstall HTC driver for Windows 7 once again. Of course, I already tried it before but still it didnt work well.
Booting into FASTBOOT because I could connect my phone via FASTBOOT, and connecting my phone with USB and trying to replace HTC driver.
But it still said that the driver was already installed.
But after rebooting into recovery mode, my laptop recognized it. And sdcard could be mounted in recovery mode for no special reasons.
After booting sdcard works well in ROMs.
(No qxdm_*.dm files I had seen first after these problems occurred doesnt be created any more)
It seems strange to me that connecting ADB act on the behavior of mounting sdcard. I still worry that the same issues will happen. Does this happen?
Anyway, thank all guys giving advices to me.
ps. I'll try S-OFF and ENG-SPL for avoiding the same issues.

Good to hear that your problems seem to be solved.
BTW, you don't need to have ADB running to run RUU, you just need HTC sync properly installed and have the RUU executable from HTC website.

OMG... I got excited for nothing. I didnt fix it basically. LOL
After that, I tried to flash recovery image.
flash recovery(aosp 4/21) and flash FR-recovery(1.5.3) w/ full wipe and reboot into recovery.
But the same issues occured again. (hero in recovery didnt mount sdcard again laptop didnt connect it via ADB)
It goes worse in point of losing booting ROMs. HBOOT, FASTBOOT work but didnt do S-OFF and ENG-SPL.
I acted stupid. I should have done S-OFF or ENG-SPL before flashing recovery.
I guess that the I have the same chance as the previous post (occasionally ADB works well in recovery). I will do serveral things that I did. (and try on another PC).

andythegreenguy said:
Good to hear that your problems seem to be solved.
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Thanks. But I completely got no luck. LOL
BTW, you don't need to have ADB running to run RUU, you just need HTC sync properly installed and have the RUU executable from HTC website.
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Oops. I guessed wrong.
I could connect Hero in FASTBOOT via USB then run "HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6.exe". It seemed to work. But it gave 'Error [131] Incorrect Customer ID'.
I was looking for some articles about Error[131]. They said that driver's name should be "My MTC" not "HTC Bootloader".
But my laptop shows "HTC Bootloader" after re-install HTC Sync 2.0.40 again and updating driver from "Devices and Printers".
Does it cause error?

I am all confused about what your phone is doing... . Anyways, switch off your phone (battery out, if nothing else works) and follow these steps:
1. Backup your SD card
2. Remove all partitions from the SD card and format it to FAT32
3. Install HTC sync on your computer
4. Download the RUU to your computer
5. Switch on your phone
6. Run the RUU from your computer and see what you get (report back)

andythegreenguy said:
I am all confused about what your phone is doing... . Anyways, switch off your phone (battery out, if nothing else works) and follow these steps:
1. Backup your SD card
2. Remove all partitions from the SD card and format it to FAT32
3. Install HTC sync on your computer
4. Download the RUU to your computer
5. Switch on your phone
6. Run the RUU from your computer and see what you get (report back)
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I did above steps.
1. already done backup
2. Use "Mini Tool Partition Wizard 5" for removing all partition and making FAT32. (and use "Panasonic SD formatter 3.0" for re-formatting sdcard)
3, use HTC Sync 2.0.40
4. RUU is HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6.exe
5. connect usb cable to hero
6. run RUU and turn on hero in accordance with its guidance.
hero is booting up normally and it shows FASTBOOT USB on the top of screen.
then rebooting by RUU and it shows alternative HTC boot screen
it says "Error 131 Customer ID error" and quit.
# I tried it from Windows 7 and Windows Vista. But both are same.
My career is KDDI Mobile. Maybe it borrows sprint network
(ROMs showed that the career was sprint) Is it concerned with Error 131?

tbb-xda said:
My career is KDDI Mobile. Maybe it borrows sprint network (ROMs showed that the career was sprint) Is it concerned with Error 131?
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The HTC RUU is for Sprint only... hence the error. Do you have a RUU specific to your carrier?

andythegreenguy said:
The HTC RUU is for Sprint only... hence the error. Do you have a RUU specific to your carrier?
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No I dont have it. I have checked that company's page for RUU but I had no clue.
I believed without no doubt thatit would work because KDDI services operates on Sprint networks as a MVNO and usually "Settings" shows "Sprint" as connected carreer.
BTW, I left hero in recovery mode all night.
I found the files "qxdm_*.dm" created on sdcard. What are these files?
These files seem to be created not only in recovery but also FASTBOOT, HBOOT.
Those file size seem to depend on running time after booting. (if the sizes exceed 65535KB, it seem to create a new file.)
I guess that after booting my phone may keep writing these files on sdcard and this may prevent phone from mounting sdcard...

I fixed SDcard issues ( not mounting). And I could flash RUU into phone by Gold Card.
Unfortunately, USB bricked issue are not solved.
But, I wrote up these steps for helping someone having same issues because I found many similar articles.
See my 1st Post.

[Q] USB Mass Storage without rebooting from CWM [FIXED]

Bonehead that I am, I did the preparatory data/factory reset in CWM without transferring the new rom to the SD card first. I didn't realise USB mass storage CWM didn't work on the note (or at least, it doesn't on mine)
So normally I'd just reboot, and transfer the file within ICS, but since I've wiped, seems like that's not the way forward. So I guess my question's a twofer.
1) Is there a way to transfer the file to the sd card without exiting CWM?
2) Is USB Mass Storage in CWM a known issue, or is it unique to me? (I understand it's a known issue on the Nexus).
Thanks in advance.

its a known issue
Why cant you just boot the phone up and place it on ?
You use adb much ? If so, Get the rom, Put it in the folder with all your adb files,
Boot into recovery (usb debugging enabled by default in recovery) and type in a command window:
adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/
or
adb push nameofrom.zip/sdcard/nameofrom.zip
then find it, select it and flash it

As previously established, I'm such a noob. I've always installed a fresh rom after doing a reset in CWM. Somehow got it into my head that that amounted to wiping the OS completely. Man, I suck at rooting recently. I was an old hand when I had a DHD. Now I've got an SGN I'm an amateur again!
Rebooted and transferred the file without issue.
Thanks for the help.

[Q] please help! wiped too much from One..

I really hope someone can help..
I'd previously installed CWM and rooted my one, but was still using the stock ROM (.13)
I wanted to wipe my One and have a fresh start after having tried out a load of apps and trying to get the menu/logo mods going..
I chose to wipe everything through the android settings, but my SDCard was still full of my stuff afterwards, when I'd chosen to remove it all..
I then made my mistake. I booted into CWM and chose to format a few of the different options it allows under Mounts and Storage. tbh, I exactly forget which now.
Now, it'll still boot into CWM but wont get past the HTC splash screen when booted normally.
I have nandroid backup I originally took while rooting available on my PC, as well as a image.zip I made at the same time.
Would anyone be kind enough to help me resurrect it pleeeease?

panic over..
just in case it helps out anyone who does something similarly dumb:
I copied my backup.zip onto a USB drive, connected it using a USB OTG cable and CWM let me restore it from that = booting HTC one.

However, you can push the rom into the sd when you're on recovery and with a pc type:
Code:
adb push name_of_recovery /sdcard

Guich said:
However, you can push the rom into the sd when you're on recovery and with a pc type:
Code:
adb push name_of_recovery /sdcard
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Thanks.. I'll keep that for the next time I stuff it up!

[Q] Internal SD Card missing after unlocking bootloader

After having some problems with my Xperia T (random reboots, reboot loops, crashes) on stock Android 4.3 I decided to give it a go and try to install Omnirom 4.4
I tried to follow this procedure to install Omnirom
1. I unlocked the bootloader using Sony's guide
2. Got root through towelroot
3. I installed TWRP, which seems to be recommend for the Xperia T, TWRP installed BusyBox Free (no idea what this does, but TWRP recommended installing this.
This is as far as I got. The problem I have is that I don't have access to the internal SDcard (my phone does not have a removable sdcard) when connected via USB to my computer.
The internal SD Card does not appear as 'mass storage' in my windows explorer, nor does the phone give me the option to access the internal sdcard as a storage device.
Therefore I cannot copy the Omnirom zip and the GAPPS to the internal sdcard.
I'm stuck here. I tried searching the web, but got no solution.
Anybody who give me a little help here?

I think you can mount the SD-card from TWRP, then you can access it from your computer. Not a TWRP user myself, but that's how it works from CWM
Sent from my LT30p using XDA Free mobile app

Going into -> TWRP -> Settings -> Storage Info
I have 2 options:
- External storage location
- USB-OTG location
What is what? And where should they point to?
Currently they are set to:
- External storage location: /storaga/sdcard0/media
- USB-OTG location: /storage/sdcard0
I can see the contents of the 'sdcard' but have no idea what to mount where.....

Seems right.
USB OTG is when you plug in a usb stick to your phone. So pretty unimportant.
Why cant you download the Omni zip with your phone?

WhiteNeo said:
Seems right.
USB OTG is when you plug in a usb stick to your phone. So pretty unimportant.
Why cant you download the Omni zip with your phone?
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Pluging the usb cable in the phone and pc doesn't seem to do anything. Windows Explorer doesn't show the internal memory card as a storage device, so I cannot transfer the Omni.zip
Pluging the usb cable in the phone also doesn't charge my phone ...
Even PC Companion doesn't find my phone. It keep searching and searching but doesn't find it.

Dinobe said:
Pluging the usb cable in the phone and pc doesn't seem to do anything. Windows Explorer doesn't show the internal memory card as a storage device, so I cannot transfer the Omni.zip
Pluging the usb cable in the phone also doesn't charge my phone ...
Even PC Companion doesn't find my phone. It keep searching and searching but doesn't find it.
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If you have ADB drivers installed (from the Flashtools folder, for instance), you can access your entire phone through ADB while in recovery. Mounting USB storage to transfer files between TWRP and my PC has never worked for me; it has worked on CWM though, although I haven't used that method in ages since I prefer ADB.

Antiga Prime said:
If you have ADB drivers installed (from the Flashtools folder, for instance), you can access your entire phone through ADB while in recovery. Mounting USB storage to transfer files between TWRP and my PC has never worked for me; it has worked on CWM though, although I haven't used that method in ages since I prefer ADB.
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Ok, I didn't manage to get ADB working on Win8, but got it running on Elementary OS
Let's investigate how to transfer files via ADB....

Dinobe said:
Ok, I didn't manage to get ADB working on Win8, but got it running on Elementary OS
Let's investigate how to transfer files via ADB....
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adb push computer/file/path device/file/path

WhiteNeo said:
adb push computer/file/path device/file/path
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Ok, I managed to get the omni rom .zip and gapps.zip to the sdcard using the adb push command.
I tried to install this via TWRP and select the zip file. Unfortunately when selecting 'reboot to recovery' in TWRP nothing seems to happen. The phone reboots, Sony and Xperia logo appear and the phone just starts as normal....
I can't get the phone into recovery. I tried to push the volume up, volume down, holding the volume up/down, push repeatingly .... etc nothing seems to work...

Some more info
- I verified that I'm root
- I reinstalled TWRP
- I downloaded and installed the recovery image in TWRP (for the xperia t this is 'mint')
- I tried other recovery tools such as Clockworkmod, but my device is no supported
- I tried 'Quickboot tool' to get into recovery, doesn't make any difference....
What am I missing?

I forgot to thank everybody who helped me out on this.
I managed to get access to the sd card, push customs roms (CM10 an CM11) and flash my phone. Unfortunately nothing helped fixing my Xperia T reboot problem. I flashed it back to the original Sony rom and returned it to the shop, up to 3 weeks without phone....

[Q] Installing Clockworkmod only

Hi all,
been a while since upgrading and always seemed to get help, so now im stuck i thought id bob back and ask again.
my friends father passed away recently, leaving his mobile locked with all family photos stored on the device, the device has no sim card as this has been cancelled and no memory card, the photos are on the actual phone.
the phone works but when powered on it prompts for the pin code. i dont want to try too many attempts and lock the phone. ive tried download mode, then connecting to PC, i can see the memory card but says please insert when i click it.
on my older phone i had CWM recovery installed and could mount the the storage card, will this work for the internal storage too ??
i dont need the phone, i just cant risk loosing precious photos...is installing CWM an option or is there another way of accessing the memory card while still locked.
the only information i have is that is a Galaxy s I9000, i have no idea which version of andriod is running
thanks for reading and hopefully someone can help
cheers craig

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2244741

Thanks pryerlee
ive been reading and trying to get the adb method 2 to work but i either get unable to CD system or device offline when i type adb devices ive used linux mint 15
ive also tried window 7 but cannot connect or get same. i read further down and one member stated the USB debugging has to be ticked. i obviously cannot do this.
the only way i can get a connection is through the android recovery by hol vol up, menu and power it on. i can list files but i cant access the system directory or the sdcard.
i would like to be able to install CWM then i can try method one to unlock the phone or just mount the storage and hopefully recover the photos that way.
any advice on which update.zip i need to install CWM
thanks in advance...

you could try aroma file manager as it works from recovery, just download the file to the sdcard then install it from recovery that way you can get into system files, but saying that if you can't access the sdcard from recovery then I can't see it working, but no harm in trying. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646108