Here's my problem :
-I made 512MB ext3 on my SD card 4GB
-Installed STOCK FROYO ROM a2sd+
-Phone booted succesfully and worked fine
THEN I :
-Removed SD card (4GB) , and put 8GB one.
-Phone doesn't start , rebooting the white screen "quietly brilliant "
Would the PHONE run into recovery MODE with the 8GB ONE ?
If Does , I Would copy STOCK FROYO ROM ( which installs on the PHONE , not on the SD CARD ) , Kernel , Radio , Flash them , WITH 8 GB ONE .
And then I hope the phone would work ??
Now I Can't TRY This , because my phone is not at home ..
Please help me , im so worried
Make a nandroid
Create a ext partition on your new card.
Copy fat partition from old to new card.
Swap cards.
Restore nandroid.
There at least 3 threads which I replied to with the exact same problem.
TheGhost1233's solution is the right one BTW.
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TheGhost1233 said:
Make a nandroid
Create a ext partition on your new card.
Copy fat partition from old to new card.
Swap cards.
Restore nandroid.
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If I wipe the old ROM , Install a new one which doesn't support A2SD ( I Mean ROM which installs on PHONE and doesn't need SD card to RUN) , Then moutn the 8GB card .
Would this work ?
I mean , how to back when I bought the phone .. WHen i bought it It Could work without SD Card , thats what i want to do ... Because after that I Would be able to moutn 8GB card ..
Just copy a rom to the new card (including pictures music and other stuff you want form the old card)
Put new card in the phone
Boot in recovery
Full wipe and flash the rom.
Yes, then you have to flash a ROM which does not need an EXT partition (so no a2sd, d2ext... whatever)
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1. Remove the old card
2. Put the new one
3. Via RECOVERY MODE ( I don't know would it work wihout the SD card, Hope so) , Go into mout card via storage
4. Copy the new ROM
Suggest me any Stock froyo ROM , which doesn't include a2sd or any of those. Just a one normal for Phone
5. Flash it , with radio ( Without any KERNEL )
6. ENJOY
Right ?
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Hi ,
for christmas my parents buy me a MicroSD "Dane elec" Class4
but since 2 days, i want to format for my Rom HD but my desire don't want it.
with Gparted i format : 6,4GB in FAT and 1 GB in EXT3
flag : lba on FAT
but nothing working.
can you help me please !
i have Rom manager with Clockwordrom.
S-ON but i have Su rights.
scoubi_doo said:
Hi ,
for christmas my parents buy me a MicroSD "Dane elec" Class4
but since 2 days, i want to format for my Rom HD but my desire don't want it.
with Gparted i format : 6,4GB in FAT and 1 GB in EXT3
flag : lba on FAT
but nothing working.
can you help me please !
i have Rom manager with Clockwordrom.
S-ON but i have Su rights.
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Did you have the card in the phone before?
Many of the HD roms install part of the rom on the sd card, that is why you cant simply swop sd cards ... you have to reflash.
Sorry if im not quite understanding the problem properly ...
sorry for my poor english
normal i have a 4GB in the phone but my gift for christmas was a micro SD hc 8GB.
but if i lunch or reflash a rom with it, i stay on the HTC Screen because it search the right partition, if a put the old micro SD it's ok.
i use Gparted to make a FAT and a EXT3 but the phone have the same trouble.
thanks for help me
Ok sounds like there might be some inconsistencies with the previous partition that you made.
I'm not sure if this will work but its worth a try:
1. Reformat the SD card
2. Then make the partitions again, so the 6.4 gb fat partition first and then the 1 gb partition after that
3. Copy the Rom you wish to flash onto ur 8gb SD card
4. Insert it into your phone, enter hboot/recovery perform complete wipe and then perform the flashing procedure again.
I hope this works, good luck ... let know what happens
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Hi All,
Im currently running Android Revolution gingerbread. I've recently changed from cyanogen to this mod - so far sooo good.
I've had a bit of a look around for an answer to this question but can't find anything definite.
My SD card has rubbish all over it, i want a fresh card - how do i do this ?
If I wipe everything will my Rom run ok? Also i had backups using rom manager however no idea where they are stored....please help a noob like me!
Final question - best way to format the sd card?
If you want to be on safe side, connect your phone to PC and copy everything from your sdcard to your PC. (this is just to ensure that you have backup of your sdcard if you need to use something in future).
Then boot into CWM and format sdcard from there. Do not wipe everything (like system etc. just format your sdcard...Formatting your sdcard won't affect your ROM
There are some notes too about formatting SD Cards here.
(The 3rd option down in the list.)
I formatted my card in the settings on MIUI but now it wont even accept it. It keeps telling me to insert a card even if I try to mount. Cwm is just as bad, won't even let me mount the card there. You think it's damaged? I've only had it a week.
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I have the SD card that came with phone, which is locked to t-mob. I got a 2nd 2 gig card and formatted that and did the gold card thing, now I have the orig SD card in. Is phone still carrier unlocked? If I downgrade and install Rom from the 2 gig card and then put the 8 gig card in will it still work?
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I take it , the t-mobile is the 8GB card ??, You should be able to format that anyway - if it is 'locked ' there will be a work around.
- (can you explain sd card locked to me ??- or are you saying that this 8gb sd card has the tmobile rom on - but is editible (ie - you cant take and add stuff to it freely)
( if your saying your PHONE IS LOCKED TO T-MOBILE - then its not to hard to sim -unlock and flash roms too, )
!!! TOP TIP - DONT UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE VERSION AS PAST A CERTAIN SW VERSION A DOWNGRADE WILL BE REQUIRED TO S- off, Sim unlock ect - YET !!!
Ok - your trying to do similar to I have done. Once you have downgraded and installed/flashed a new rom of your choice from your new 2gb card then I cant see a reason why you cant remove your 2gb card and insert the 8gb Tmobile sd.
This should have no massive effect other than your loss of the original tmobile rom and settings.
Be advised though once you start messing with your phone - you'll invalidate you warranty.
Is this phone on contract or from an ended contract ...are you free to do with it what u want ??, ie unlock and use on any network ??
Ive just got an ORANGE BRANDED HTC Desire HD- which was an unwanted upgrade. This was obviously locked to Orange( with orange rom on sd ), I got another sd card, gold carded it, downloaded a rom - placed on this sd and flashed, then put back in my orange sd and it hasnt effected the phone at all..... (you can just wipe you t-mobile sd once youve installed a new rom, Normal format - not fast - use again - then back up you new installed rom to that 8gb card - then you back to using your 8gb card)
If you have an unwanted upgrade or an out of contract phone I d highly recommend flashing a new rom to it, these branded roms(orange rom, tmobile rom ect ect) are full of bloatware and often limited and slow compared to the DEV Roms, even a move to a stock HTC rom will show a great improvement.
Here's a bunch of guide links I used Goldcard, downgrade, s-off , upgrade ect
Gold Card http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/
Downgrade: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
Downgrade guides/ rooting ect for HTC Desire HD: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Desire_HD:_Rooting
Hope this helps you
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thank you for the info,
the 8gig card that came with phone has all my camera images of my boy, and apps i have downloaded from market, and any other stuff that is saved to the sd card, so i didnt want to format it to make a goldcard, that i why i used the 2 gig card as goldcard, and lan to use that same 2 gig card to flash roms from, then just re-insert the 8 gig card to have all my apps and images (will apps work after a new rom flashed? or will i need to re download them?)
Plug your 8gb sd into a sd card holder and plug into your pc, explore the sd card, you should find your photo's in gallery, there should also be a folder called apps backup - all your apps should be in there, also check the download folder - you may find some are in there also. just check that youve found every thing you want to save, copy it to a pc - and then you can overwrite that card
ps. the apps in the apps backup folder on your 8gb, can be saved to your pc, you can then wipe the card, goldcard it, downgrade , route install rom ect and then simply put the apps backup folder back onto the 8gb card, then download astro or another android file explorer , look at your sd card when in your Desire - locate the apps backup folder and then just re-install them - no probs - THATS what Ive been doing - today - all works fine
I got HTC Wildfire and i just installed RemPuzzle 2.83(which is great btw but that's not the point here)
and my CWM recovery is v2 or i don't remember.
i had v5 in my sd card.
i booted on my recovery(old version) and then i selected to install v5.
from v5 i selected to partition the sd card(options 4GB memory and swap 0) :silly:
it completed the task and after that the sd card is uselless.
the phone can't read the sd and my computer(windows) suggests to format the sd card but it cannot complete the task.
my question is
can i get the sd card working again or it's going to the trash can?
i don't care about the data inside,before anything was done i ha backup done to my pc.
geogs said:
I got HTC Wildfire and i just installed RemPuzzle 2.83(which is great btw but that's not the point here)
and my CWM recovery is v2 or i don't remember.
i had v5 in my sd card.
i booted on my recovery(old version) and then i selected to install v5.
from v5 i selected to partition the sd card(options 4GB memory and swap 0) :silly:
it completed the task and after that the sd card is uselless.
the phone can't read the sd and my computer(windows) suggests to format the sd card but it cannot complete the task.
my question is
can i get the sd card working again or it's going to the trash can?
i don't care about the data inside,before anything was done i ha backup done to my pc.
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Use clockworkmod v 5 to format the SD card or just re-partition again with a swap size
my phone can't recognise the sd card.not even in recovery.when i selected wipe sd card it says "skipped sd card - complete"
as an effect i also can't partition again the sd card from my mobile.
Try to format your sd card via cmd (windows).
Just a thought.
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didn't work either..
cannot complete the task.
i'm gonna try with a partition manager and see if i have any luck..
geogs said:
didn't work either..
cannot complete the task.
i'm gonna try with a partition manager and see if i have any luck..
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Using an sdcard reader use the windows program called easeus partition master. If that doesn't work your only hope may be a Linux terminal. But make sure you use a different card reader as to rule out the phone as an issue.
Hiya mate, have a try with Heavy_Metal_Man suggestion with a partition manager, a good one I use is Mini Partition Manager, it has detected the 3 cards I have broke before :silly:
mount it to pc,
completely remove all partitions
and create 1 new partition across entire card,
reboot in to recovery when it tells you its created the partition.
and try it again
Hope this helps, if it did click " Thanks " on the posts you think helped!
ok guys.
thank you for your help.
i solved it...
i used MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition (with card reader) and saw the sd card and recreated all the needing staff so the sd card could be usable again.
what i did with CWM recovery is that i didn't replace totally the stock CWM,i just run the v5 something like virtually.and that created the problem.
thank you guys for your response!
cheers.
Hi,
Years ago I rooted my HTC Desire A8181 and flashed it with a custom LeeDrOiD V2.x ROM.
It worked flawlessly.
I stopped use that phone after I bought a Samsung.
Recently I found my old HTC Desire in a closet and wanted to see if it works.
I enabled the Desire and it shows white background with HTC word in the middle of the screen. Then it shows black background with ANDROID word in the middle of the screen and that screen stays forever. Right now there are no SIM and Memory cards in the phone.
I suppose, without memory card the phone will not boot, correct?
Please advice, what should I do to bring my HTC Desire back to life.
Thanks
Evgeny
LeeDroid 2.5 must have sd memory for sd-ext partition.
ze7zez said:
LeeDroid 2.5 must have sd memory for sd-ext partition.
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I see!
I have to find a new card to do that.
Please remind me
1. Can I format SD Card with FAT32 & an EXT3 partitions in the phone?
2. Do I need to copy a Zipped file (Recovery ZIP ?) to the card and where can I find it?
Is there a ROM for this old phone, which not requires an external SD memory card?
Thanks again.
Evgeny
evgenyg said:
I see!
I have to find a new card to do that.
Please remind me
1. Can I format SD Card with FAT32 & an EXT3 partitions in the phone?
2. Do I need to copy a Zipped file (Recovery ZIP ?) to the card and where can I find it?
Is there a ROM for this old phone, which not requires an external SD memory card?
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You can create partitions in SD using TWRP or CWM recovery.
You insert "ROM.ZIP" on FAT32 partition. In recovery you choose this place.
All firmware RUU do not include service sd-ext.
Thanks,
I got it!
Evgeny