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after partitioning sd card using rom manager clockworkmod cant see fat32 partition

just what it says in the title, when i reboot into recovery now, it cant see the contents of my sd card so i cant flash anything.
sd card contents are all there normally, i can browse them with astro.
partitioned sd card using rom manager and that is working fine, though not sure if it is ext 2 or 3, presumably its three.
any help will be much appreciated

Are you sure you're not browsing through root of the phone with astro?
Partitioning sd card also means deleting everything on it

djoni1980 said:
Are you sure you're not browsing through root of the phone with astro?
Partitioning sd card also means deleting everything on it
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Hi thanks for replying.
i can browse the sd card through astro as normal, so i can see all the folders etc and the zip files that i want to flash, but when i go into clockwork recovery it says that it cant see the sd card, or that it maybe full (which its not there are 3gigs left)
any thoughts?

sorry should also mention that i am familiar with rooting and flashing, had a g1 with cyanogen mod and then changed to the desire in april.
so whilst i'm not a complete noob at this the current problem has got me pretty stumped

why would the recovery be unable to read the fat32 partition if it can be read by astro?
also the ext partition is working fine for apps2sd.
update is i noticed that when i reboot into recovery it can still read the nandroid backups that i made, these are the only things that show up and they are in the folder clockworkmod.
no other folders show, this is very confusing

i didnt upgrade the ext when i partitioned it using rom manager, i just left it as whatever rom manager set it as, would this affect anything?
does rom manager do ext2 or ext3 and would this make any difference?

kinkade said:
i didnt upgrade the ext when i partitioned it using rom manager, i just left it as whatever rom manager set it as, would this affect anything?
does rom manager do ext2 or ext3 and would this make any difference?
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ok i've flashed amon ra instead as i was more familiar with that from the g1 so should be able to work it all out myself now

new member here, did u ever post a fix for this I have just found this post and i am having the same exact issue, any help would be welcome

Help! Inc not reading pb31img files on hboot...

After getting my s-off and making splash screens, my wife wanted the same on her inc. I did the s-off on her phone, but now wont read the pb31img files.... It looks like it finds it, but says image not found. She was running the new 3.0 skyraider, but then i reinstalled the og 8/1 leak to see if that was it, but still not reading it.
Please help... Not really worried about instaling the splash screens, but i know other instals require that file name. Thanx!!!!!!

reformat your sdcard to fat32. it will only read that kind or partition. I promise it will work after that.

zerf said:
reformat your sdcard to fat32. it will only read that kind or partition. I promise it will work after that.
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i just saved everything from the sdcard to my comp. how do i format??
nvrmnd... i formated... hope it works!

If it's mounted on your PC as a removable disk, try right-click and "Format"... or open a DOS box and do
format x: /fs:FAT32
where x is your card's assigned drive letter.​
I think people keep tripping over this requirement because the smaller sd cards get FAT16 by default.

Success!!!!!!! Thank you guys a 1000,000!!!!!!!

helped a buddy of mine root/ROM today and he was having the same problem.. I agree that alot of people just assume that their cards are fat32 formatted and skip the check..

Help updating radio

Hoping someone had a tip to help me out. Im trying to get my radio updated so that I can properly run skyraider 3.3. I cant seem to get the radio to run in recovery when i try to book from the SD card. Am I missing something here? Any Ideas?

Is your sd card formatted FAT? The most common issue is not having your sd card formatted to FAT 32 , make sure it is for hboot to properly read it.
Is the file name proper? The zip file is case sensitive. Be sure the file name is in upper case before the dot and lower case after the dot.
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Its properly formated as FAT. I cant seem to remember i left the name alone was this suppose to be update.zip on the root of the card? right now i have it in a sub file

The sd card should be FAT32 for hboot to properly see it, the file should be named PB31IMG.zip , and be on the root of the card.
The official radio thread;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774155
Hope this helps.
Sent from my Incredible

Im pretty sure the SD card is formated correctly because its worked on all other flashes. Its still not taking the new radio even after showing its loading. It is formated as FAT 32. I have tried both the newest radios. When reading from Hboot it flashes bad image several times and then finally says checking the image and then nothing. Any other suggestions..... anyone?
Just to clarify Im trying to get skyraider 3.3.3 working (keeps rebooting on me after flashing it) someone said i needed to upgrade from the 2.05 radio. I have wiped. When it boots up to the setup screen it tells me that ROM manager has to be forced closed and then about 15 sec later it freezes and reboots.

I cant seem to get the radio to run in recovery when i try to book from the SD card.
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You flash radios in BOOTLOADER not RECOVERY.

SynbiosVyse said:
You flash radios in BOOTLOADER not RECOVERY.
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Im sorry I miss spoke I have been in bootloader. Any suggestions?

Kipphh said:
Im sorry I miss spoke I have been in bootloader. Any suggestions?
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If you are 100% sure that you are formatted in FAT32 and have the file name correct then you possibly have the same problem i did which was my stock SD card went bad and I had to get another.

Clockwork 2.5.1.2

Hey guys please dont flame... Ive tried searching for this but I keep getting the search is temporarily down try back in 20 - 30 minutes. Does anyone have a line on this version of clockwork and how to apply it.

Dougpiston.com
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Here you go...
http://db.tt/qRhVkMY
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Yup.... The ones yoe momma told ya about.... Bad Seed Customs!!

Thanks guys. I've been having issues with a lot of the newer roms that require the the 3..... cms and just wanna go back to the older versions till I upgrade. Also this Inc is probably going to my daughter and I want something trouble free for her.
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how do you apply this.. just flash it or do you have to rename it and all of that

it has to be named PB31IMG.. it also must be on the root of an SD card formatted as fat32 (not just fat).

JewRican said:
it has to be named PB31IMG.. it also must be on the root of an SD card formatted as fat32 (not just fat).
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thats not working i formated my sd card along time ago... and when i boot into hboot it just says something about parsing it and doesnt let me update...

I dont mean to insult your intelligence so dont take it that way.. are you sure you are fat32? You can format an SD card in many different file formats.
Connect your phone to a computer and click on the SD card within windows. at the bottom it will tell you your file format. I had mine in fat (not 32) and it would not work. I copied the data to my computer, formatted the card to fat32 and copied it all back and it worked like a charm.
As long as you have a fat32 formatted SD and this file (http://dougpiston.com/files/Recovery/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-inc_PB31IMG.zip) renamed to PB136IMG.zip in the root of your sd card Hboot will install the file and you will downgrade to 2.5.1.2. I did mine on Monday.
Let us know if you get it working.

JewRican said:
I dont mean to insult your intelligence so dont take it that way.. are you sure you are fat32? You can format an SD card in many different file formats.
Connect your phone to a computer and click on the SD card within windows. at the bottom it will tell you your file format. I had mine in fat (not 32) and it would not work. I copied the data to my computer, formatted the card to fat32 and copied it all back and it worked like a charm.
As long as you have a fat32 formatted SD and this file (http://dougpiston.com/files/Recovery/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-inc_PB31IMG.zip) renamed to PB136IMG.zip in the root of your sd card Hboot will install the file and you will downgrade to 2.5.1.2. I did mine on Monday.
Let us know if you get it working.
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thank you that worked rom manager still says 3.0.x.x recovery but when i boot into recovery it is 2.5.1.2 i was fat32 and everything i guess the file that i had wasnt a good one the one you put in your post worked.. thank you

xyojimbox said:
thank you that worked rom manager still says 3.0.x.x recovery but when i boot into recovery it is 2.5.1.2 i was fat32 and everything i guess the file that i had wasnt a good one the one you put in your post worked.. thank you
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glad to hear it worked for you.

Not to sound like stupid but how do you confirm this? Ive been flashing for over a year with little issue so Ive never really checked. I formatted the card with the phone when I got it but nothing further.

jbeezybaby said:
Not to sound like stupid but how do you confirm this? Ive been flashing for over a year with little issue so Ive never really checked. I formatted the card with the phone when I got it but nothing further.
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Sorry. not following your question. Are you asking how to confirm the formatting? If so, check out my post a few posts ago about mounting to windows and looking. If you are referring to something else can you clarify it for me.
Sorry for the confusion

Oh gotcha, my bad and yes Im fat32 but my phone isnt seeing the update. Its on the root of the sd card and renamed properly

jbeezybaby said:
Oh gotcha, my bad and yes Im fat32 but my phone isnt seeing the update. Its on the root of the sd card and renamed properly
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I am not sure if it is case sensitive.... i would make it so that it does match the case shown in my post before that. I did mine that way.
Also, when you are booting the phone with that file in the root of the sd card, you have to hold the volume down button and power button at the same time until you get into hboot.
Sorry if you already knew this... its just that there isnt really anything else to it. Let me know if you are still having trouble.

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I am not sure if it is case sensitive.... i would make it so that it does match the case shown in my post before that. I did mine that way.
Also, when you are booting the phone with that file in the root of the sd card, you have to hold the volume down button and power button at the same time until you get into hboot.
Sorry if you already knew this... its just that there isnt really anything else to it. Let me know if you are still having trouble.
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Yeah its weird, Ive not had a problem in the past with this but its like its not seeing the file

Bootloader problems

Ok so i place any PC36IMG.zip on the root of the SD Card and goto into bootloader mode and it never sees this file what is wrong tried to also change the splash screen and update RA and nothing what do i need to do

Did you rename the file to PC36IMG.zip.zip?
Make sure it's properly named. By default in Windows, file extensions are not shown, so the .zip is already there, you don't need to add it.

no i didn't i download it and placed it right on the root of the sd card and it only has one ext .zip

lokster_1000 said:
no i didn't i download it and placed it right on the root of the sd card and it only has one ext .zip
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There are two requirements for the bootloader to recognize the PC36IMG. One, it has to be named correctly. Capitals do matter. It has to be PC36IMG. As the previous poster stated, if you add a .zip it becomes .zip.zip, so be sure when you are looking at the file in windows, that it's just PC36IMG, all capitals. The other requirement, is that it has to be on the main directory of your sd card, not in any folders. If both of those requirements are met, the bootloader should scan and find the PC36IMG, and ask you to update. I know you said you did all that already, but just double check the file's location, and how it's named. If everything checks out, and it still doesn't work, I would then suggest formatting your sd card to FAT32, using windows, and then copy over just the PC36IMG, and try again. (of course back up your SD card before you format it ) For some reason, many people have reported the bootloader not finding a PC36IMG, and that formatting the SD card fixed the issue. Hope that helps a bit.

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There are two requirements for the bootloader to recognize the PC36IMG. One, it has to be named correctly. Capitals do matter. It has to be PC36IMG. As the previous poster stated, if you add a .zip it becomes .zip.zip, so be sure when you are looking at the file in windows, that it's just PC36IMG, all capitals. The other requirement, is that it has to be on the main directory of your sd card, not in any folders. If both of those requirements are met, the bootloader should scan and find the PC36IMG, and ask you to update. I know you said you did all that already, but just double check the file's location, and how it's named. If everything checks out, and it still doesn't work, I would then suggest formatting your sd card to FAT32, using windows, and then copy over just the PC36IMG, and try again. (of course back up your SD card before you format it ) For some reason, many people have reported the bootloader not finding a PC36IMG, and that formatting the SD card fixed the issue. Hope that helps a bit.
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Also, to add to that, if the android txt file isn't in there, it won't read either.

teh roxxorz said:
Also, to add to that, if the android txt file isn't in there, it won't read either.
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I was unaware of this. What exactly is that? A file on the sd card? I'm looking in my sd card for it now..

k2buckley said:
I was unaware of this. What exactly is that? A file on the sd card? I'm looking in my sd card for it now..
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Its inside every PC36IMG, attached is one for amon_ra, but disregard it, extract it and look at the txt file. that file needs to be in the PC36IMG for it'll be detected. I recommend copying to your pc, incase you make a PC36IMG, like if you make a splash screen, ect.

teh roxxorz said:
Its inside every PC36IMG, attached is one for amon_ra, but disregard it, extract it and look at the txt file. that file needs to be in the PC36IMG for it'll be detected. I recommend copying to your pc, incase you make a PC36IMG, like if you make a splash screen, ect.
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Gotchya, thanks. I see what you mean now. Cool.

k2buckley said:
Gotchya, thanks. I see what you mean now. Cool.
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No problem; I came across it when I made a splash screen and it didn't have that file; Most people don't know about it, lol.

i have all of that as stated i will format the SD card and see what happens

lokster_1000 said:
i have all of that as stated i will format the SD card and see what happens
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Let us know how you make out.