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Format SD Card with ext

Hi all
A very noob question but I cannot find out how. How to format my sd card with ext partition? I tried the clockwork but did not work. I tried ROM Manager and its telling me that there is an error.
Can someone point me to something were it shows how to do this?
Thanks a lot for your help

jmonfu said:
Hi all
A very noob question but I cannot find out how. How to format my sd card with ext partition? I tried the clockwork but did not work. I tried ROM Manager and its telling me that there is an error.
Can someone point me to something were it shows how to do this?
Thanks a lot for your help
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Get a SD card reader?

i don't have one, is there another procedure through the phone?

No need for card reader. I did it using the one in rom manager, but as you are not able to use this, i would go with the pushed recovery from the older rooting methods from modaco. You just enter the black recovery screen with the !
Then your insert the cable, and run a batch file on your computer. This recovery should have the ability to partitionate.
just search for the r5 root or pm me for link (cant post links as i'm a new user)
You must use the file called "recovery-windows.bat" or the one for your system.

but if you have clockwork installed, the black screen with <!> will not appear becaus clockwork recovery is loaded automaticly.
if i push the recovery from the r5-root img (while beeing in clockwork recovery) it seems like there are both recoverys running at the same time.
how can i uninstall clockwork recovery or block it from beeing autostarted ?

It doesn't. Normally it boots into normal recovery, and then you have to apply update.zip (which is Clockwork Recovery). THEN it boots into CMR.

ye it is because you have flashed the unrevoked permanent recovery. I prefer the fakeflash as it is easy to change and work just as well.
In that case if there is another easy method to format the sd other than using your computer. I have seen som suggestions on using the amonra recovery.. You could try that.
And i only think you can remove the permanent recovery by flashing stock ruu for now, but then you will have to reroot, as it also unroot the device.

pain in the arse isn't it.. I came across this exact dilemma today
hopefully the unrevoked guys will sense this and make some changes on their next release?

Ok managerd to do it by flashing the ROM
Thanks for your help guys
oursoul said:
pain in the arse isn't it.. I came across this exact dilemma today
hopefully the unrevoked guys will sense this and make some changes on their next release?
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After Nandroid Restore: Constant bootloop!

Ok, so I decided to restore my nandroid backup via clockworkmod recovery. After the restore I reboot my device but I'm stuck in a bootloop.
I've tried it three times now, all with the same outcome. I also wiped everything, but still a bootloop.
Any help?
Thanks.

Did you have Apps2SD installed with a partitioned SD card?
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MasDroid said:
Did you have Apps2SD installed with a partitioned SD card?
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Yepp, on EXT3.

Re-partitioned my SD Card, still a bootloop

Hmm... what kernel are you using? Try updating to a different kernel.
I think it may be something to do with custom kernels not fitting into the boot partition on restore.
Make sure you have the latest custom recovery and also try wiping via the older method of accessing Recovery Mode by connecting the USB cable.
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MasDroid said:
Hmm... what kernel are you using? Try updating to a different kernel.
I think it may be something to do with custom kernels not fitting into the boot partition on restore.
Make sure you have the latest custom recovery and also try wiping via the older method of accessing Recovery Mode by connecting the USB cable.
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Ok, so I decided to wipe everything again. I then restored my nandroid, but this time I chose not to restore SD-EXT (in the advanced menu) and it's booting up. So I'm thinking that's where the problem is.
Also, I flashed a permanent recovery via unrevoked. How do I update my recovery?

AFAIK, unless there is a newer version of unrEVOked released to update your current version, then you wont be able to update it.
I think what is happening here is that it does not support your chosen partition that you selected, i know that ClockworkMod recovery supports ext3 partitions and can be successfully restored, but ext4 is unsupported.
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MasDroid said:
AFAIK, unless there is a newer version of unrEVOked released to update your current version, then you wont be able to update it.
I think what is happening here is that it does not support your chosen partition that you selected, i know that ClockworkMod recovery supports ext3 partitions and can be successfully restored, but ext4 is unsupported.
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I flashed richardtrip's kernel, but still stuck in a bootloop.
Just flashed OpenDesire and it boots up.
Btw, my ext is ext3. Isn't there anything else I could do to get my nandroid backup working again?
Thanks for your help so far.

The UnrEVOked v2 a.k.a. ClockWorkMod recovery 2.0.1.6 does not mount & wipe EXT3.
On the other hand ClockWorkMod recovery 2.0.1.4 which is used by ROM Manager DOES mount & wipe my EXT3.
Try reverting back to the older version if you can.
If it still does not restore ext3 for you then try to remove it by flashing a stock RUU and then re-root, this would put your recovery back to stock.
Then try the fake flash recovery - ClockworkMod custom (not permanent) recovery image with ROM Manager.
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Nothing seemed to work, so I just reflashed a fresh rom and restored my apps & settings. Thanks for your help though
Little OT: How's DJ Droid going for you, in particular how's the battery life so far?

Hard to tell yet buddy as i only flashed the rom and new radio yesterday and will have to wait and see how good/bad the battery life span is after a few charges
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[Q] Can't boot my Desire with any ROM

Hi,
I am having some real problems with my Desire. I was using T-Mod (Leedroid) but thought I'd try out the RCMix ROM this arvo so I did all my backups and a Nandroid backup. I was using CWM 2.5.0.7 and this was fine before but I tried to flash RCMix on and it didn't work. I then tried to upgrade CWM to 3.2.0.8 unsuccessfully. I even tried upgrading from ext3 to ext4 and I formatted my 16GB SD card but that didn't help either.
I have not been able to upgrade anything yet and my phone will not even boot up stock. It is not letting me do any installs of zips, it says no files found and it won't let me do any Nandroid restores either.
So I am stuck with a useless phone that I can't even temporarily use because it won't boot past the Telstra boot screen. I can only get into bootloader and recovery. I have wiped everything but can't get anything to work. I am S-ON.
Can anybody help me? I'm at a loss and have been googling and trying things for hours upon hours tonight. It would be great just to even get back to stock....

Format your SD card (copy content to PC first!), go to fastboot and then try RUU from Telstra...
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The Telstra RUU didn't work because it's too old. I'm downloading the downgrade from 2.2 to 2.1 right now, so I'll try that and see what happens.
Any ideas why CWM can't see the zip files on my sd card?

Corrupted data perhaps...? Try formating your sd (all partitions - if any ext3/4) and rebuild your partitions... It should work...by your intel, it must be an sd card problem, have you tried another one...?
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I tried formatting it a few times. I tried both ext3 and also ext4 but it still couldn't see the zip files. I also formatted the FAT32 part. I used Gparted to do it with the FAT32 partition at the left and ext3/4 on the right. I tried it at 2GB but it didn't like it so I tried 1.8GB and then it recognised the ext3/4 part but still can't see the zip files.
Just finished downloading the downgrade so will try that now.
Perhaps something is wrong with my sdcard..?

The downgrade failed but I've managed to flash RCMix on with a different 2GB sdcard. I have tried to use the other card again but CWM still can't find any files on it for some reason. Gparted is also not loading it anymore so perhaps that 16GB sdcard is dead. Looks like I'm going to need to buy a new 16GB sdcard so I can store my music on there again as 1GB is being used for the ext3 partition.
Does this sound about right, that the sdcard is dead?
I can still use and access it in windows, it just won't work on the phone.

I found that if the cards file system is on the way out cwm nicely wipes it for me. If after several formats its the same, it may well be a dead card
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yeah ok, I've formatted it numerous times and it still won't read any zips. I wasted so much time when all I had to do was use another sdcard....sucks so much.
Also how do I permanently upgrade CWM from 2.5.0.7? I have to keep fake flashing 3.2.0.8 at the moment.
I was thinking when I get my new sdcard that I'll try and do S-OFF. Is it worth it? Should I bother?

Oh god yeah. Fake flash has so many flaws. S-off and fastboot flash recovery.img. see fastboot faq in my signature
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ok thanks, I'll try S-OFF and flash a new recovery.img when I get a new sdcard.
Which version of CWM is best to use? I was going to use 3.2.0.8 because that's what was said to use with RCMix.

I use 5.0.2.0 for some time now and I haven't had any problems at all.
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Avilis said:
I use 5.0.2.0 for some time now and I haven't had any problems at all.
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/
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ok thanks, I'll try that version then.
Do I need to download recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-bravo.zip or recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-bravo.img ??

.img to fastboot flash it. I prefer 2.5.0.7 myself
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Cool thanks. I can't use 2.5.0.7 though as apparently it won't work well with the ROM I'm using.

MU7L3Y said:
Cool thanks. I can't use 2.5.0.7 though as apparently it won't work well with the ROM I'm using.
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And why not? You get errors?

I did have some issues but never mind all that now. I bought a new 16gb card today and am now S-OFF thanks to the revolutionary method and have flashed cwm 5.0.2.0, a new splash img and boot animation. Now to set up the rest of my phone. I'm a happy chappy!

[Q] installed midnight rom v2.2 problems booting

Need help I installed midnight rom v2.2 today I did the recommended wipes as instructed. I had cwm 4.0.1.5 and did my backup twice. When I installed midnight every thing went good but then during reboot it just rebooted back into cwm 5.0.2.3 I've pulled the battery and nothing. I can't even get into my restore files ......did flashing the new cwm erase the backup?????I'm stuck what do I do???????

in the older 4.x cwm backups are on the internal sd card
in the newer 5.x cwm backups are on the external card.
(may be the other way around)
as long as you didnt format the actual sd cards your alright the backups are still there.
i think from cwm you can mount both to a pc and just copy the clockwork folder from one to the other. though i may be wrong.
might be easiest to odin a kernel that has the old 4x cwm
check the dev section there are a few floating around.
edit this kernel has the old cwm as both a flashable zip from inside cwm
and a .tar from odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284092
sometimes it takes more than 1 wipe/format to fully clear or you could have a bad download.
there are also a few full system .tar files that will get you back up and running on a stock system.

Thanks I used Odin to reflash a kernel with the cwm I needed and was able to restore. Ill try to flash midnight against knowing I'm this now!

no prob.
may think about copying the backups to the other sd card too.
that way they are still there even on the newer 5x cwm if you have a problem.

Would it work if I upgrade to zedomax v6.02 it comes with cwm5 same as what comes in midnight rom2.2 that way I don't go through the same problem if it happens again?

it should but your best bet would be to update to that kernel with cwm5
then create a new backup before continuing.

If your phone boots into CWM after a battery pull, just select reboot system now and that will boot the phone up. I see that on my phone as well at times. Not sure what causes it but that always fixes it for me.

ptfdmedic said:
If your phone boots into CWM after a battery pull, just select reboot system now and that will boot the phone up. I see that on my phone as well at times. Not sure what causes it but that always fixes it for me.
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I tried that about 5 times it just kept booting into cwm. Maybe a bad download im not sure, but ill try it again and see if it works this time around. Thanks!

Problem solved i just reflashed the rom and it booted up just fine. It works great. Very good rom!
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[Q] CWM/Radio/Nandroid Issues

So I've been having GPS issues, yeah I know, flash the radio I got told, used fake flash CWM 2.x to do it, somehow it didn't work... (said "successful" but radio version in "about phone" didn't change)
BUT apart from that, more importantly, since then whenever I use ROM Manager (v4.8.0.2) and select "Backup Current ROM" it
boots into CWM 5.0.2.0
Starts backing everything up
Get's to near the end and says "ERROR in backing up \sdcard\.android_secure"
Then it says please see the log
Then when I reboot into CM7 in Rom Manager the backup is there...
My question: I have enough SD Card space, and Nandroid backups went fine until I tried flashing the new radio...does this error I'm getting affect me being able to flash that Nandroid backup, is it corrupted? Or can I just ignore the error?
Thanks!

First of all format ur sd card in fat32 format using ur PC...then try again and if problem persists try another SD card....
For radio one try to flash new version or downgrade to older one...u can get it from shipped-rom.com or I'll attach it after few hours...
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Ankurcul said:
First of all format ur sd card in fat32 format using ur PC...then try again and if problem persists try another SD card....
For radio one try to flash new version or downgrade to older one...u can get it from shipped-rom.com or I'll attach it after few hours...
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The SD card doesn't need formatting cause it worked fine like a day ago...? And it's in FAT32 already...
Shipped-ROMs doesn't offer radios, just RUU's which I don't really want, my ROM is fine it's just the radio...

Try a nandroid back up in normal phone recovery instead of using rom manager and see if it completes with no errors.
sent from my emmaroid infected wilderbeast

slymobi said:
Try a nandroid back up in normal phone recovery instead of using rom manager and see if it completes with no errors.
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Hmmm that's odd, it worked fine doing it that way...thanks Maybe it was that the Revolutionary CWM is 4.x and Rom Manager is 5.x although why it stopped before is beyond me...it's working fine thru normal recovery though

@mattDN93-hey bro just download this radio version from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Wildfire:_Support_Downloads
just reflash 3.35.20.10 it using cmw...if u r getting error just let me know i'll tell u another method...
i had tried this one nd my gps started working...