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[Q] Help newbie to create SD card

Hi guys.
Please, I need a little help. 2 days ago I bought Desire. I rooted it with UnRevoked 3.2.1. I also replaced SD card with a new 8 GB Sandisk. Now, how can I create all pertitions needed (ext3 and fat32)? I put on ROM manager, which does nothing, ie. when I select to create partition of 512 MB, it rebooted, but does nothing. I am Windows XP and Win 7 64 bit user. Can you please tell me how to create all necessary partitions AND neede Cache, ... folders on SD?
Thank you a lot,
Sandi

What exactly did you do with ROM manager?
I would just reboot into recovery (start phone with volume down, wait a few seconds till sd card check is over and select recovery) and go to "mounts and storage" and format sdcard. 512 mb ext2, rest fat32, then upgrade to ext3. Should work this way.
edit: ext partition size varies depending on the rom you flash and if it has data2sd.
Which rom do you want to flash?

There have been, in the past days alone, multiple threads about this. Maybe some searching on your one is a good idea. If that is to complicated i can narrow it down for you with a little hint: GParted

Actually, I thought that it will be this way. But this does nothing, so I am a little lost.
Regards,
Sandi

Ok, I rebooted phone. Having HBOOT 0.93. Going to down to Recovery. I got a ClockWorkMod v2.5.0.7. Going to Mounts and Storage. Then select Format sd-ext. It says: Formatting SDEXT:...
No app2sd artition found. Skipping format of /sd-ext.
So, how to create partition?
Thank you very much, Sandi

ok i thought that clockwork mod recovery was capable of partitioning sd card.
but you can flash amon ra recovery (this is the GSM version):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839621&highlight=amon
have you got s-off? if yes, you can just flash the recovery via fastboot.
if not, you will probably have to do it with unrevoked.
edit: accidently hit the thanks button on your post, dont wonder

I have S-ON now. How can I then use AmonRa .IMG? I have no way to choose to load img file, as only load ZIP and so on are there.
Regards,
Sandi

Well, just start unrevoked and press CTRL + R (or just select file --> custom recovery...
Select the image you downloaded from the amon-ra thread and it should work. Haven't tried it with a custom one yet personally, but these instructions are also mentioned in the amon ra thread:
Amon_RA said:
Install
Unrevoked
http://www.unrevoked.com/recovery/ to flash it.
Be aware that unrevoked flashes an Superuser app... so any issues related to su use are out of my control!
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Once done, boot into recovery select "Partition sdcard" and use it to your likings .

Thanks anyway, I just went back to original ROM.
Regards,
Sandi

Of course I wanted to get me some custom ROMS, but it finished badly.
Now I did it
I rooted with Unrevoked. I went without problems. Then I created CD for AlphaRev 1.5, rebooted PC and started process to get S-OFF.
Unfortunatelly, it said after step 3, that procedure didn't finish correctly. My HTC stuck on HTC logo screen, and it throws 2 black lines on it.
I can get to Recovery mode with power+down buttons, but what to do now. It doesn't reboot at all.
I have correct RUU exe file for my HTC, but it is not recognised. Please, any help what to do?
Regards,
Sandi

[Q] SDCard Mounting problem

I have the following problem:
-some days ago I root at the phone and followed a tutorial and I wanted to put GingerVillian 1.4 rom.
-I encountered during flashing sdcard problem in the sense that it did not want to partition, after countless attempts on win then on linux failed. It ends almost immediately with full option and run ext2 to ext3 getting error 'ext3 fs' via adb!
Finally (I did not explain why) PartitionSD worked in recovery mode. I realized that I have to go for it took a few seconds (before it ends almost instantly (I say only one point for the work phase)) Then I upgrade ext2 to ext 3.
I installed the custom ROM.
Everything was ok / functional. I moved and dalvin-cache to sd: a2db cachesd.
My problem is yet to come, do not know why I got the impression (or so I understand) that the nand backup will contain information that I needed on the phone (numbers phone, msgs, etc.) and I could choose what I want to restore only. So I reboot in recovery mode and I did the restore.
Unfortunately this has restored my htc phone-sense and goes into a reboot loop as long the card is inserted. I removed the card and I could enter the system.
Unfortunately does not recognize any card (I tested with the default sdcard that came with, it boot even though he just does not mount)
I also entered the recovery mode: and tried to format (same error as at beginnin no chance error "run via adb") and I tried to mount from the recovery options:
Error Can not mount / dev/block/mmcblk0p1
I note that the root has been preserved a2db I no longer recognized in the terminal emulator (somewhere logical since now is htc sense again)
Can anyone help me?

OK. I suggest you should start from scratch. Just take your sd card out your phone.
First fix your sd card:
-Boot a Gparted live cd.
-Format your SD card to one big fat32 partition.
Then do this:
-Download a rom without A2SD or anything like that. For example: Oxygen 2.0.1 (in fact it has kind of A2SD support, but if you don't have an EXT partition it doesn't matter. nothing can go wrong on that)
-Put that rom on your SD card and boot in recovery. (Vol down + power button, you'll enter fastboot. wait 10 seconds. select in the fastboot menu: 'recovery'.)
-full wipe. Everything. data, factory reset, dalvik cache. everything,
-install rom.
Post your results.

??!! King SHOOTER and HDMwIn??!

2 questions or more lol... I'm a noob to all this but i am trying xD
1. is the shooter rom for evo 3d phones or normal evo phones or both...
2. is there a kernal for GB sense 3.0 that HDMwIn works on yet? all the forums i've read havent said there has been an update.
3. Should i download a different rom and download a new kernal? I have stock kernal. Any help I do appreciate

Shooter ROM is a port from the Evo 3D, built for the EVO 4G. If it is in the EVO 4G development section it is made for the Evo and wouldnt work on another phone because of framework issues.
HDMIwin currently doesnt work on Gingerbread Sense ROMs.
Either GoldenMonkey or Freedom kernel. I use Freedom kernel, as it is updated often and stable as anything.
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do you use Freedom Universal? Agressive or just the normal Freedom
and thanks for the help

I do not use the Shooter ROM, but Universal would most likely be it. I use Aggressive Freedom.
I am using my Sense setup, which is in my signature. r3chargeD is based on Mik3D, which is another port of the EVO 3D. Themed really nice, fast and a lot of free RAM.
Oh, and before you flash the ROM, partition your SD card if you havent before. What is the capacity of your card?
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16gb Kingston card

not sure how to format it or free up space/partition etcc... I have Amon Ra 2.3

I will get a link to a guide for you in just a second, let me break out the laptop...
Modified Dredz's guide found here, (thanks Dredz!) but I HIGHLY recommend you follow my write-up below.
BACK UP EVERYTHING ON YOUR SD CARD TO YOUR COMPUTER AS PARTITIONING DELETES EVERYTHING ON THE SD CARD
Back up everything on your SD card to your computer.
Boot into AmonRa.
Select "Partition SD Card". You will be prompted to set an amount for Swap and ext2. The rest of the card will be FAT32, which is normal storage space for everything else.
Select 1536 megabytes for swap
Select 3072 megabytes for ext2
Should say something about the rest being for FAT32 or something along the lines of that, choose to continue.
After process finishes, select "Upgrade ext2 to ext3".
After process finishes, DO NOT CHOOSE TO UPGRADE TO ext4. Do NOT
Go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING there. Twice.
From main menu, select USB-MS and copy your files back to your SD card. You don't have to transfer files like android.secure and Android and temporary files, only what you need.
Do a fresh install of Shooter ROM or ROM of your choice.
Flash Freedom kernel, whichever you chose.
Reboot.
Initial boot will take a while. Let it be.
Once everything is booted up, do setup and reboot.
Download apps from the Market. I highly recommend a fresh install, not restoring from Titanium Backup or anything of the sort.

now once i do this, it will erase everything currently on the card correct?

anaias said:
now once i do this, it will erase everything currently on the card correct?
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Partitioning will delete everything on the card. That is why I want you to back up everything on the card to your computer before you start anything. Flashing the ROM will not delete anything on your SD card. The only thing that will delete anything on your SD card will be partitioning. Just follow all of the steps exactly

so after i partition, I can go ahead and install the kernal first, then install the rom? or rom then kernal?

nvm, i see you put install rom, then kernal lol

Back up everything on your SD card to your computer.
Boot into AmonRa.
Select "Partition SD Card". You will be prompted to set an amount for Swap and ext2. The rest of the card will be FAT32, which is normal storage space for everything else.
Select 1536 megabytes for swap
Select 3072 megabytes for ext2
Should say something about the rest being for FAT32 or something along the lines of that, choose to continue.
After process finishes, select "Upgrade ext2 to ext3".
After process finishes, DO NOT CHOOSE TO UPGRADE TO ext4. Do NOT do it. DO NOT DO IT
Go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING there. Twice.
From main menu, select USB-MS and copy your files back to your SD card. You don't have to transfer files like android.secure and Android and temporary files, only what you need.
Do a fresh install of Shooter ROM or ROM of your choice.
Flash Freedom kernel, whichever you chose.
Reboot.
Initial boot will take a while. Let it be.
Once everything is booted up, do setup and reboot.
Download apps from the Market. I highly recommend a fresh install, not restoring from Titanium Backup or anything of the sort.
Everything in that specific order

now with the shooter Rom, it shows i need to download a Format all Zip... will i need to do that or no.. before installing the Rom

You don't need it, because wiping everything twice in the wipe menu does that. Trust me, wiping everything twice in the recovery wipe menu will be plenty and it will not fail.

sweeet thanks

So everything works now? I'm glad
Just a reminder: whenever you are flashing a new ROM, wipe everything (cache, dalvik, data, system, rotate and battery stats, boot, sdext, android.secure, anything else I might have forgotten) twice except for SD card. You don't need to ever wipe the SD card itself, only the sdext

yup, everything seems to be working okay. I really do appreciate your help

No prob, that's the beauty of XDA, users helping other users

well everything was working fine, then i rebooted the phone again, and now it is stuck on the Evo splash screen, wont load after that!!! help >.<

i tried wiping/reflashing and everything, phone booted up fine, worked for a couple minutes, then once i rebooted, it froze up again. Not sure what to do now

[Q] Rooted and Rebooted..What now :)

I rooted my evo 2.3...thanks to qbking of course...now, since i rooted my phone coming from 2.3 and not 2.2...what available roms are there for me? Is it a special few..or all are available to me? if there are one available...would you guys mind telling me what roms, kernels, mods, you all are using...thanks in advance

Currently using evolved recharged final
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I've found that any mikrom at themikmik.com is pretty good.

thanks
would u mind tellin me wat that rom is capable of?

Overclocking and has the best battery life I've had on a sense Rom. But now I'm on king bliss beta v7 I love the sense 3.5
Sent from my amazing Evo on king bliss beta v7

The Goods
Based Of Of Mik3D
Has Sense 3.53.651.1 Elements
Includes Golden Monkey (smoothest out of all, and works with virtuous oc)
CPU Config + Virtuous OC (Thanks To smokin1337 and rmk40)(Tutorial in 2nd post)
Zeus Mods (Thanks To ihtfp69, Team Synergy, and Everyone else who helped port it)(Tutorial in 2nd post)
Transparent Notification Bar with White Text
5x5 app drawer with custom background (Tutorial in 2nd post)
Black Theme
Directors Cut Circle Battery
Themed Android Keyboard
Sexy Dialer (Thanks xXxVirusxXx)
Green Overflow
Juwe's Ram Optimizer (Thanks juwe11)
Chainfire 3d
FB Chat from Htc Salsa
Native Screenshot
Hacked Wifi Tether (added the other tether app if you want that one)
Terminal Emulator
My Backup Root
Everything Else I Forgot..
from my amazing Evo on king bliss beta v7

That is all in evolved recharged final
Sent from my amazing Evo on king bliss beta v7

You may use any ROM available in development. Before you get flashing-happy, let me give you a few tips:
Download AmonRa as a PC36IMG.zip and put it on the root of your SD card (meaning not in any folders or anything). Get into HBOOT. It will check for certain files and find the PC36IMG.zip and ask if you want to update. Choose yes. It will ask if you want to reboot. Say yes. The phone will reboot. Delete AmonRa off of your SD card.
Get to HBOOT again. Navigate with the volume buttons to recovery. Power button to select. This will take you to recovery.
Make a nandroid (Backup, Nandroid Backup, choose everything except for cache).
Plug up the phone to your computer. Choose mount as MS. Back up everything you have on your phone to your computer.
I am assuming you are using the stock 8-gigabyte card.
Partitioning your SD card: (helps alleviate the phone, stores data on the sd card) (PARTITIONING WILL DELETE EVERYTHING OFF YOUR CARD SO BACK UP EVERYTHING TO YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE)
Back up everything on your SD card to your computer.
Boot into AmonRa.
Select "Partition SD Card". You will be prompted to set an amount for Swap and ext2. The rest of the card will be FAT32, which is normal storage space for everything else.
Select 512 megabytes for swap
Select 1024 or 2048 for ext2 and the rest for FAT
After process finishes, select "Upgrade ext2 to ext3".
After process finishes, DO NOT CHOOSE TO UPGRADE TO ext4. Do NOT do it. DO NOT DO IT
Go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING there. Three times.
From main menu, select USB-MS and copy your files back to your SD card. You don't have to transfer files like android.secure and Android and temporary files, only what you need.
Download a ROM of your choice, I suggest Team Nocturnal's Stock if you want stock. But I highly encourage you to try out different ROMs.
Do not extract ROM. They need to be .zip
Transfer to your SD card while phone is mounted as MS.
Unmount phone from computer.
Choose "flash zip from SD card"
Navigate to ROM.
Select with power button. Let it run its course.
Reboot.
Initial boot will take a while. Let it be.
Once everything is booted up, do setup and reboot.
This is total overkill, but it will help hopefully. You only need to partition your SD card once so I am helping you do it the first time

Currently using MIUI 1.9.9.
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+1 miui. Use it on all my phones, og EVO EVO 3d and my sgs 2. This ROM is gansta like my og EVO
did you know the bird is the word?

tropicalbrit said:
You may use any ROM available in development. Before you get flashing-happy, let me give you a few tips:
Download AmonRa as a PC36IMG.zip and put it on the root of your SD card (meaning not in any folders or anything). Get into HBOOT. It will check for certain files and find the PC36IMG.zip and ask if you want to update. Choose yes. It will ask if you want to reboot. Say yes. The phone will reboot. Delete AmonRa off of your SD card.
Get to HBOOT again. Navigate with the volume buttons to recovery. Power button to select. This will take you to recovery.
Make a nandroid (Backup, Nandroid Backup, choose everything except for cache).
Plug up the phone to your computer. Choose mount as MS. Back up everything you have on your phone to your computer.
I am assuming you are using the stock 8-gigabyte card.
Partitioning your SD card: (helps alleviate the phone, stores data on the sd card) (PARTITIONING WILL DELETE EVERYTHING OFF YOUR CARD SO BACK UP EVERYTHING TO YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE)
Back up everything on your SD card to your computer.
Boot into AmonRa.
Select "Partition SD Card". You will be prompted to set an amount for Swap and ext2. The rest of the card will be FAT32, which is normal storage space for everything else.
Select 512 megabytes for swap
Select 1024 or 2048 for ext2 and the rest for FAT
After process finishes, select "Upgrade ext2 to ext3".
After process finishes, DO NOT CHOOSE TO UPGRADE TO ext4. Do NOT do it. DO NOT DO IT
Go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING there. Three times.
From main menu, select USB-MS and copy your files back to your SD card. You don't have to transfer files like android.secure and Android and temporary files, only what you need.
Download a ROM of your choice, I suggest Team Nocturnal's Stock if you want stock. But I highly encourage you to try out different ROMs.
Do not extract ROM. They need to be .zip
Transfer to your SD card while phone is mounted as MS.
Unmount phone from computer.
Choose "flash zip from SD card"
Navigate to ROM.
Select with power button. Let it run its course.
Reboot.
Initial boot will take a while. Let it be.
Once everything is booted up, do setup and reboot.
This is total overkill, but it will help hopefully. You only need to partition your SD card once so I am helping you do it the first time
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Nice wright up but not sure if he will need 512mb swap I only did 32mb but to each his own.
Also make sure to wipe before you flash a ROM (factory reset/data/system/boot/cache/dalvik cache/android secure/( and sdext if your partitioned))
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linsalata28 said:
Nice wright up but not sure if he will need 512mb swap I only did 32mb but to each his own.
Also make sure to wipe before you flash a ROM (factory reset/data/system/boot/cache/dalvik cache/android secure/( and sdext if your partitioned))
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Haha you are probably right about the swap size. I have a 16-gig card and have a 3-gig ext3 and 1.5-gig swap. Ridiculously big, never gonna need it.
And another piece of advice: do not trust Superwipe scripts to do everything for you. Wipe everything except for SD card. At least once. I do it twice usually.
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam!

HTC desire Clockworkmod corrupted/deleted

Hi people, I have a HTC Desire that I has Clockworkmod installed. I gave it to my girl and she deleted Clockworkmod I think. The phone gets the splash screen but bootlooped, I did the power vol down and got into the bootloader, go to recovery, phone loads into cwm everything i do in cwm hangs the phone, I tried flashing recovery files from fastflash and android flasher but nothing works.
Its like the cwm is corrupted and wont let me do anything how do I get into the phones recovery not Clockworkmod recovery.
Cheers Glenn
sorry i;m new at this

- You can't really accidentally delete a recovery. If you can get into clockworkmod recovery it, it is not deleted
- You can only flash a different recovery if you are s-off, are you s-off?
- Does performing any action within cwm cause it to hang immediately? Can you try to full wipe (wipe data/factory reset), and then flash a ROM.zip file such as cyanogenmod? Does it boot?
- If you can't get it to boot, then you will likely have to flash an RUU to get it booting again. Use the 2.3.3 GB RUU, details how to flash are in the troubleshooting guide stickied to the top of Q&A.
- Once you get it booting and if you still want to install a custom ROM, use revolutionary to s-off, then flash 4EXT recovery instead, use that recovery to (re)partition your sdcard and install the ROM.

eddiehk6 said:
- You can't really accidentally delete a recovery. If you can get into clockworkmod recovery it, it is not deleted
- You can only flash a different recovery if you are s-off, are you s-off?
- Does performing any action within cwm cause it to hang immediately? Can you try to full wipe (wipe data/factory reset), and then flash a ROM.zip file such as cyanogenmod? Does it boot?
- If you can't get it to boot, then you will likely have to flash an RUU to get it booting again. Use the 2.3.3 GB RUU, details how to flash are in the troubleshooting guide stickied to the top of Q&A.
- Once you get it booting and if you still want to install a custom ROM, use revolutionary to s-off, then flash 4EXT recovery instead, use that recovery to (re)partition your sdcard and install the ROM.
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Yes I'm S-off, the phone wont start(boot all the way to working) I get into the (power vol down) menu, I go into recover, anything I do in there hangs the phone all I get is the cwm hat icon, I have to tske the battery out and put it back in. the only thing I think is, I have change micro SD cards the one that used to be in it is in my new phone and have deleted all the old files on it.
WHENEVER I do anything CWM it hangs can I recover without CWM it seems it controlls everything i do....
i had Rom manager installed too thet could be deleted, if rom manager is delete will that stuff up the phone, i think the partition is delete tooo... can i re partition it from windows??

vk2wgw said:
Yes I'm S-off, the phone wont start(boot all the way to working) I get into the (power vol down) menu, I go into recover, anything I do in there hangs the phone all I get is the cwm hat icon, I have to tske the battery out and put it back in. the only thing I think is, I have change micro SD cards the one that used to be in it is in my new phone and have deleted all the old files on it.
WHENEVER I do anything CWM it hangs can I recover without CWM it seems it controlls everything i do....
i had Rom manager installed too thet could be deleted, if rom manager is delete will that stuff up the phone, i think the partition is delete tooo... can i re partition it from windows??
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- I've never seen CWM hang like this. Within CWM, are you using the power button to select the options? You need to push the trackball to select (the middle button on the front of the phone)
- If you were using a custom ROM which used the sdcard in some way like a partition, you can't simply switch sd cards without backing up and transferring the necessary files to the new sdcard
You are s-off, so that's good. Assuming you still want a custom ROM:
- Flash 4EXT recovery using fastboot
- Backup your sd card, and use 4EXT recovery to completely reformat and partition your sd card (maximum 2GB ext4 partition)
- Copy backup back to sdcard, and ROM.zip of your choice
- (Optional but recommended) For maximum app space, flash optimal hboot for your ROM using fastboot, read the ROM's install instructions for information.
- 'Wipe all partitions except sdcard' option within 4EXT recovery (this is a 'full wipe')
- Install ROM.
EDIT: once you get it booting again, DO NOT use ROM manager in any way on this phone. You don't need it, has caused problems on this phone, could have been the reason for your issues in the first place.

eddiehk6 said:
- I've never seen CWM hang like this. Within CWM, are you using the power button to select the options? You need to push the trackball to select (the middle button on the front of the phone)
- If you were using a custom ROM which used the sdcard in some way like a partition, you can't simply switch sd cards without backing up and transferring the necessary files to the new sdcard
You are s-off, so that's good. Assuming you still want a custom ROM:
- Flash 4EXT recovery using fastboot
- Backup your sd card, and use 4EXT recovery to completely reformat and partition your sd card (maximum 2GB ext4 partition)
- Copy backup back to sdcard, and ROM.zip of your choice
- (Optional but recommended) For maximum app space, flash optimal hboot for your ROM using fastboot, read the ROM's install instructions for information.
- 'Wipe all partitions except sdcard' option within 4EXT recovery (this is a 'full wipe')
- Install ROM.
EDIT: once you get it booting again, DO NOT use ROM manager in any way on this phone. You don't need it, has caused problems on this phone, could have been the reason for your issues in the first place.
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Dont know what I did but I got it going, Thanks Eddie for the help, is there a rom that i can download that will take it back to the factory rom...its running cyanogenmod 7 atm, and what about Rom Manager and CWM can I uninstalll them and put 4EXT on it instead?? Thanks heeps man:good::good::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

vk2wgw said:
is there a rom that i can download that will take it back to the factory rom...its running cyanogenmod 7 atm
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A factory ROM is not a custom ROM. If you want a full factory / stock ROM, you will need to flash an RUU (use the 2.3.3. GB WWE RUU)
If you intend to still use the phone, and install a few apps on it without running out of space, then you still need a custom ROM. With CM7, for maximum app space you need:
- cm7r2 hboot (flash with fastboot)
- partitioned sd card (using 4EXT recovery or gparted only, NOT CWM or minitool partition wizard)
- an app such as S2E or Darktremor A2SD to move apps and dalvik to the partition, or flash a compatible app2sd script
Or pick a ROM of your choice. The correct hboot, partition and A2SD method still apply to virtually all custom ROMs
and what about Rom Manager and CWM can I uninstalll them and put 4EXT on it instead
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Like I said, you don't need ROM manager. CWM recovery is ok as long as you only use it to backup, full wipe and install ROMs. don't use it to partition the sd card.
4EXT is better as it can partition and backup/wipe/install ROMs all in one. Flash it using fastboot, or install it using the 4EXT app in the thread.