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[Q] HELP! Desire won't boot up, Clockwork mod recovery accessible

This is my first post on this forum (figures I'll jump head in when I have a serious issue,ha?)
Ok here goes:
My Issue: HTC Desire is stuck on boot-up screen with Green HTC logo forever.
How it happened: I tried flashing a script using ROM Manager that was supposed to correct some local language settings, over my current rom.
Phone state before action: Worked beautifully using Modaco R8 RC1 ROM. Phone is of course rooted.
Why I can't solve it myself: Well, this is my first serious issue (well, I hope it's not serious, actually!) with phone, which i've had for about a week , so I'm relatively a n00b.
-- I can access Clockworkmod recovery. However, under NANDROID RESTORE there are no files. I have no idea why, because I DID a full nandroid backup before that install. I have a copy of all the IMG files of the last working setup on my windows machine hard drive, and my assumption is that maybe I accidentally moved the files to the hard drive after i did that backup, instead of copying them.
Now -
1) Can I somehow restore the phone to a working state without the nandroid backup, using some other function of the CW Mod recovery?
2) Can I somehow connect the phone via USB to the computer and get it to read the Micro SD card so I could maybe move the IMG files I have back to SD Card (using a mounting option)?
3) Anything else I could try?
If nothing else, please just calm me down if you can and let me know the phone is fixable and not bricked because I can access recovery?! That would at least help me go through the night...
last note: Before I flashed the zip, ROM Manager said my CW Mod version is 2.0.5.7. Within the recovery itself, it says the version is only 2.0.5.1. Don't know why that is , and if it is important.

owolfson said:
2) Can I somehow connect the phone via USB to the computer and get it to read the Micro SD card so I could maybe move the IMG files I have back to SD Card (using a mounting option)?
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You could read the SD Card directly with your computer. If you don't already have a microSD/USB reader, they are very cheap and will prove very useful in situations exactly like this one.

cmstlist said:
You could read the SD Card directly with your computer. If you don't already have a microSD/USB reader, they are very cheap and will prove very useful in situations exactly like this one.
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You are right! Indeed they are very cheap, but, unfortunately it's going to be a game of patience for me, because it's late evening right now and the shops are closed.
That's why I Was wondering if there's an option to mount SD using HBOOT or Recovery so I could end this ordeal tonight...
Anyway, The fact I could get into CM Recovery means the phone was not permanently damaged, right?

Right, if you can boot into recovery it's a good sign.
I have an N1, not a Desire, but in my CM recovery menu under "partitions menu" there is a "mount USB storage" option. Try that?
Alternately if you own any other phone with a microSD slot that can mount it via USB, it could be your makeshift USB reader.

I have had a similar issue before! What I actually ended up doing was pushing the files using ADB. Its quite easy and I'm sure you can find lots of threads on how to use it. Once the files are pushed to your SD card you can then restore it

FIXED!
AdamLC said:
I have had a similar issue before! What I actually ended up doing was pushing the files using ADB. Its quite easy and I'm sure you can find lots of threads on how to use it. Once the files are pushed to your SD card you can then restore it
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Problem solved! And yeah, that's how I ended up doing it.. no micro SD card reader was needed..
I installed HTC Sync for the device drivers... then connected the Desire with the USB cable .. and worked out of the problem using ADB commands..
luckily, the guy whose update I installed that caused the problem has the same ROM as myself, so I installed his framework.jar file , and the machine is fine yet again!

Help! no SD recognition, USB link doesn't work and no signal!

Hello everyone.
I've got a really big problem with my HTC Desire.
I installed the following radio: 32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.14 and ever since my device has gone to shi*...
As I've mentioned above, 3 big issues/problems have now arised:
- My device no longer recognizes the SD card. Neither in the operation system nor in recovery. I've tried both my SD cards, both of which used to work fine with my phone, and currently DO work fine with my PC.
- USB link does not work anymore. neither in OS nor recovry. I have no communication between my device and PC.
- I have no signal, aside from the occasional emergency calls signal. The device does not connect the phone company.
I will mention though, that whenever I perform a factory reset, and the phone loads the OS, for about 5-10 seconds I have a signal and the phone is connected to the phone company. If I do nothing, I lose the signal and never get it again.
If I make it to place a call however, I will keep having signal until that call has ended.
So as you can see I'm in a very difficult situation here...
* I cannot install other roms as my phone does not have access to the SD card.
* I cannot write commands to the device via adb shell as I have no USB communicaion between my device and my PC (and I have tried my wife's laptop as well)
* I cannot use my phone's basic features! (making calls, messaging, etc).
If it helps, a bit of phone background:
I'm rather new to the whole Android world. especially when it comes to messing about with advanced features.
What I have done with my phone is:
- Rooted it. I can't remember which method I used, but it included something called "unrevoked3" if I'm not mistaken. I could probably find out the details if neccessary.
- Installed clockworkmod recovery.
- Tried numerous times unsuccessfully to install different versions of apps2sd.
- Successfully installed Cyanogen 6.0.2 mod.
- Installed the radio mentioned above which fuc*ed up my phone.
I need the help of the experts in here urgently as I have not been able to use my phone in 2 days..!
Thanks in advance!
Liran

Can anyone help?

Since you claim that all of this started when you flashed the radio:
1. First try to wipe the Dalvik cache (boot into recovery, choose "advanced" then "clear Dalvik cache" in ClockworkMod). It might not help.. but if it does, it is by far the easiest solution.
2. If that doesn't work, do a factory reset. I know it sucks having to reinstall the apps, but it usually helps with weird problems like these.
3. If that doesn't work, flash a new radio (I suggest using a different version from the file you used, just to be certain). Remember to do a factory reset and clear the cache after you've flashed the radio.
4. If it doesn't work after that, please flash another ROM (again, to make sure that there were no errors in the ROM file you flashed) and .. you guessed it.. factory reset and cache wipe again.
And when all of that doesn't work.. panick and post here again.
Good luck.

Thanks for the reply
martijn_bakker said:
Since you claim that all of this started when you flashed the radio:
1. First try to wipe the Dalvik cache (boot into recovery, choose "advanced" then "clear Dalvik cache" in ClockworkMod). It might not help.. but if it does, it is by far the easiest solution.
2. If that doesn't work, do a factory reset. I know it sucks having to reinstall the apps, but it usually helps with weird problems like these.
3. If that doesn't work, flash a new radio (I suggest using a different version from the file you used, just to be certain). Remember to do a factory reset and clear the cache after you've flashed the radio.
4. If it doesn't work after that, please flash another ROM (again, to make sure that there were no errors in the ROM file you flashed) and .. you guessed it.. factory reset and cache wipe again.
And when all of that doesn't work.. panick and post here again.
Good luck.
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1. Tried that already.
2. Done that more than a few times already.
3. and 4. I can't do any flashing as I don't have SD card access on my phone.
Any other ideas?

So you have no SD card access from the bootloader either. I'm no expert, but there are some things you can try without running the risk of messing things up further.
If you can access the SD card from the recovery then you could put the ROM or radio images on the card from the PC and then flash them from recovery.
If the SD card doesn't work in recovery either then it might be a different problem altogether (different software, after all). Is there anything in the device or the SD card that might adversely affect contact between the SD card and the phone? Dirt in/on connectors, erosion from wear etc?
Maybe when you tried APP2SD, someone gave you A2SD instructions (which requires an ext3fs which some kernels can't read). If you can't read the SD card from recovery.. can you reformat if from there? (Please remember to back up the files on the SD card before you try this). I was unable to access my SD card after I'd repartitioned and reformatted it (maybe because I used vfat32 instead of vfa16 .. I don't know). The point is.. reformatting solved that issue for me, it might solve yours.
If you can't get these ideas to work, you could try:
- Flashing /system through fastboot
- Booting an alternate kernel or booting from the SD card through fastboot
However.. I haven't actually done either of those myself.. and I don't want to be responsible for wrecking your device. So I hope someone more knowledgeable will be able to help you out there.
Sorry

My desire stopped recognising SD cards (they worked in my PC).....had to be sent away. Still waiting for it back. My wasn't rooted though.

This mght help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639

martijn_bakker said:
So you have no SD card access from the bootloader either. I'm no expert, but there are some things you can try without running the risk of messing things up further.
If you can access the SD card from the recovery then you could put the ROM or radio images on the card from the PC and then flash them from recovery.
If the SD card doesn't work in recovery either then it might be a different problem altogether (different software, after all). Is there anything in the device or the SD card that might adversely affect contact between the SD card and the phone? Dirt in/on connectors, erosion from wear etc?
Maybe when you tried APP2SD, someone gave you A2SD instructions (which requires an ext3fs which some kernels can't read). If you can't read the SD card from recovery.. can you reformat if from there? (Please remember to back up the files on the SD card before you try this). I was unable to access my SD card after I'd repartitioned and reformatted it (maybe because I used vfat32 instead of vfa16 .. I don't know). The point is.. reformatting solved that issue for me, it might solve yours.
If you can't get these ideas to work, you could try:
- Flashing /system through fastboot
- Booting an alternate kernel or booting from the SD card through fastboot
However.. I haven't actually done either of those myself.. and I don't want to be responsible for wrecking your device. So I hope someone more knowledgeable will be able to help you out there.
Sorry
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I cannot access the SD card from recovery.
It's also not a problem with the SD card as I've tried 2 different cards, both of which work fine on my PC.
I tried formatting both cards on my PC. 4GB to FAT and 16GB to FAT32 (I don't think it supports FAT because I did not have that option with that specific card). Neither helped.
I didn't see an option to format the SD through recovery on my phone, but any attempt to load a file from the SD on recovery ended in the following message:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0p1)
E:Can't mount /sdcard
How do I flash /system from fastboot? Bear in mind that I don't have USB connectivity from there, nor do I have SD card access.
I appreciate the help

themikeyboosh said:
My desire stopped recognising SD cards (they worked in my PC).....had to be sent away. Still waiting for it back. My wasn't rooted though.
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I really hope I won't get to that as I have voided my warranty by rooting my phone, plus I don't think my insurance will want to fix my self-ruined device.. :\

Thank you mate, but this thread is irrelevant to my case as far as I can see
ianmufc said:
This mght help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639
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It says in there:
"Also, SD card functionality has to work. For this, do 'fastboot oem enableqxdm 0' in fastboot mode."
I cannot issue commands in fastboot mode. I cannot write them on my device as I have no keyboard, and I cannot send them to my device from my PC as I don't have USB connectivity on my device.
That's also the reason I can't do any of the steps on that guide.
Unless I'm missing something..?

Here are some notes if it helps anyone solve my problem:
- I can probably use Wi-Fi if it helps in any way.
- What is odd is that my phone cannot read or mount the SD cards anywhere, but it was able to put 2 files on them after they were formatted by my PC.
The files were:
qxdm_20101123_022000_1.dm and qxdm_20101123_022256_1.dm on my FAT 4GB SD card
and: qxdm_20101123_023126_1.dm and qxdm_20101123_023357_1.dm on my FAT32 16GB SD card.
- My radio is still 5.11.05.27 which means the radio update mention above (32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.14) which I think screwed things up - didn't even work.
- Putting PC36IMG on a formatted SD card and starting the phone in fastboot did nothing. No sort of installation was attempted. The phone was just waiting for my input on that screen as normal (or am I missing something I was supposed to do..?)
- After formatting the SD card (on my PC), putting it in my phone and loading the OS, again I have a T-mobile signal for 10 seconds which then disappears into no signal...
- My phone's info in bootloader:
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

I had sd and isb bricked too. But I was able to use fastboot.
Have You tried it? Reboot to recevery, go to fastboot and connect usb cable.

I'll apologise in advance if I'm making the wrong assumptions here, but as you say you're rather new to this:
Fastboot is a way to control your device from the PC. When USB and SD connectivity are broken, you might be able to use it to restore the device. It will do nothing if you only activate it on your device. You'll also need the software on your PC.
You'll need the "fastboot" (and maybe "adb" programs) for your PC, from the Android SDK. Download the SDK from the Android site and follow the installation instructions from the same site (you'll just need step 2 if all you want to do is fix the desire, the rest is for developers only). On Windows, you'll also want HTC Sync (it contains some USB drivers that we need).
Once that is done, boot the Desire into fastboot mode, connect the USB cable and on the PC, open a command prompt and execute "fastboot devices". If it lists the device, then you can use fastboot to work from there. (Basically all that tickmaster describes above... only in a lot more words)

martijn_bakker said:
I'll apologise in advance if I'm making the wrong assumptions here, but as you say you're rather new to this:
Fastboot is a way to control your device from the PC. When USB and SD connectivity are broken, you might be able to use it to restore the device. It will do nothing if you only activate it on your device. You'll also need the software on your PC.
You'll need the "fastboot" (and maybe "adb" programs) for your PC, from the Android SDK. Download the SDK from the Android site and follow the installation instructions from the same site (you'll just need step 2 if all you want to do is fix the desire, the rest is for developers only). On Windows, you'll also want HTC Sync (it contains some USB drivers that we need).
Once that is done, boot the Desire into fastboot mode, connect the USB cable and on the PC, open a command prompt and execute "fastboot devices". If it lists the device, then you can use fastboot to work from there. (Basically all that tickmaster describes above... only in a lot more words)
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martijn_bakker, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
I have no words to express my excitement and gratitude!
I've done what you suggested and you were absolutely right!
The PC HTC sync driver missing was what created the problem.
After installing it I could issue the fastboot command to enable the sd card.
And then as if by magic, all my other problems had disappeared as well!
If there's anything I can do - if you need any help with anything - just name it!
Liran

Help !
Hey Liran or anyone who understood the procedure above,
could you please inform me about the steps i should take to make it work on my desire?
I have the exact same problem but my phone has the following:
Revolutionary
Bravo PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
I would be really, REALLY greatful if someone could help me

Wish I could help mate, but this was over 2 years ago! I've moved on to Samsung Galaxy S3 since 7 months ago!
Good luck mate...
Liran

I just asked because i can't understand what martijn_bakker told you to do..
Basically i don't know which commands i should use..
Anyway, thanks for your time

Solution for SD card not mounting after custom ROM installation

I have seen dozens of posters on different forums having this problem, and I think a common thread may be beneficial. If the mods disagree, or if you feel this is an inappropriate place for this thread, please let me know where I should move it to, because I really would like to help others learn from what I've discovered.
I have an HTC desire, and I recently started experimenting with rooting my phone, and installing custom ROMs. I quickly realized I wanted to use A2SD but my 8gig microSD card was only class 2, so I decided to upgrade before taking this step.
I was using AuraxTSense and I bought a 16gig patriot class 10 microSD card. Unfortunately, when I put the new card in, my phone would refuse to mount it. I knew the card was good as I could use it and format it in my card reader.
I would get the message it is now safe to remove SD card, and "Disk Drive" wouldn't show up as an option when I connected the phone to my computer.
I thought the problem was AuraxTSense, so I flashed LeeDroid on there. Same problem.
I reverted the phone to my provider's (Telus) RUU, and that seemed to allow my card to be recognized. This confirmed that the fix would be in the software.
I scoured dozens of forum threads, and tried everything people have suggested, using fastboot, using adb, nothing worked.
Finally one thing did, and I would like to share it.
1) I reverted my phone to the provider's RUU
2) I re-rooted my phone using unRevoked to flash clockwork
3) I used unRevoked AGAIN to flash AmonRa onto the phone
4) I booted into AmonRa recovery and made an ext2 partition on my SD card
5) I upgraded the ext2 partition to ext3 (not sure if this is important, but i did it)
6) I flashed LeeDroid ROM.
All problems solved. Custom ROM, shiny SD card, and A2SD.
I hope this can reach and help some other people that I see having this problem.

SD Card read in GUI but not recovery mode

Strange issue here. I flashed CWM & CM7 + Gapps to my phone, however after that my phone would not read my sd card, so my friend put his sd card in my phone & bam it read it. I said okay maybe I need to reformat my sd card, which I did. Put it back in my phone nada. So we put his back in & sure enough it reads it. He placed CM7 + Gapps on his sd card, thinking we could just reflash. However when I go into recovery mode the sd card is not recognized. but it does recognize it when running the CM7 gui.
I noticed that when going into recovery mode I get numerous errors to name a few:
missing bitmap icon_clockwork
failed to open /etc/recovery.fstab
unknown volume for path /cache/recovery/command
I can still use my phone, download from the market, but cannot get my phone to recognize the sd card in recovery nor can I mount the device as usb.
Please help.

No one? I have read thru the various threads, but would like to prevent myself from having to unroot via Odin. Hoping there is an easier alternative.
Again I can get into the CM7 GUI, download from the Market & my sd card is recognized & mounted, but once I go into recovery, the sd card will not be read.
I've wiped cache, data, fixed permissions etc. etc. & still nothing.
P.S. If Odin is the only alternative then so be it. But just thought I'd get some feedback first

Update: Odin'd phone back to stock, rerooted using the 1Click method, installed the MIUI Rom, but could not get gapps to install, no biggie, as I really wasn't feeling the MIUI GUI anyhow.
Redownloaded the CM7 alpha4 rom from this site as well as the accompanying gapps.zip & decided to give this rom another go. The rom installed fine & loaded perfectly, however when going back into recovery to reflash gapps, my recovery menu was giving the same bs errors as noted in my first post. So something is a miss with the rom itself or I'm missing some step that allows the sd card to be recognized while in recovery. Do I need to do a sd card partition?
I did notice however, that after the 1Click root method the CWM menu was green (not to sure of the build #), then after installing the CM7 rom the CWM menu was orange with a different build #.
So as of now I Odin'd once again & I'm back at stock, until I can figure out which rom would suit me best.
Out of all the android phones I've had (all HTC btw), this Samsung Epic seems to be, IMHO, the most difficult one to get a decent rom working. On the plus side it's also the easiest to recover from a soft brick, which is reassuring.

As for the issue with the memory card, I can offer no help. I have had numerous problems getting ROMs to operate properly. Viper's Synergy ROM with the Genocide 1.0kernel works perfectly for me, however...maybe you should try that one. There are a "proprietary" apps that come with it (Viper's app launcher is probably the best I've ever seen) and they take great care to communicate well from what I can see.
Again, sorry I didn't directly address your problem, but I thought I would say something anyway.

Thanks jdtuttle & any help is much appreciated. I'll give that rom a try.

I'm having the exact same problem. No one seems to know anything about it so far. I had the same change in menu colors for cwm recovery screen same errors. Won't let me flash google apps or any back ups on my sd card. When the phone is running outside of recovery the sd card is fine will read write do everything it normally would

[Q] Rooted htc Evo won't boot pass htc screen !!

Hey pls help me I'm rooted with revolutionary "rooting for dummies" .... Everything went well the phone was amazing ... I then installed miui rom and loved it also but then the phone stop reading the sd card it wont pick up on it at all I said forget I disnt need it but then it wouldn't connect to wifi I pulled the battery phone wouldn't boot pass htc Evo 4g screen I tried to boot in recovery no luck I rebooted And did a clear storage to forever for the phone to come on but it did the wifi worked still wouldn't read sd card but now It will no longer boot!!!!! Pls pls pls pls help me I'm freaking out!!

What recovery? You try to install a new recovery thru hboot?
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Lovekelly said:
Hey pls help me I'm rooted with revolutionary "rooting for dummies" .... Everything went well the phone was amazing ... I then installed miui rom and loved it also but then the phone stop reading the sd card it wont pick up on it at all I said forget I disnt need it but then it wouldn't connect to wifi I pulled the battery phone wouldn't boot pass htc Evo 4g screen I tried to boot in recovery no luck I rebooted And did a clear storage to forever for the phone to come on but it did the wifi worked still wouldn't read sd card but now It will no longer boot!!!!! Pls pls pls pls help me I'm freaking out!!
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So are you or are you not able to boot in to recovery? Kinda confused. You said that you tried but no luck but then you rebooted and did a clear storage. So were you able to boot in to recovery the second time? If you can, do a full wipe and try flashing a different rom. You can download one to your PC, boot in to recovery, enable the usb drive, push the file to your phone and flash.

Ummm sorry for the confusion .... I'm talking about I held the volume down and power button to get to the screen I believe it's "bootloader" and tried to select recovery so maybe I can do a backup to wen it previously worked but no luck cause the phone wasnt reading the sd card with the backup on it! So I went back to the "bootloader" and did a "clear storage" it worked but the phone took forever to come on.... I did that about 2 times when the phone wouldnt boot pass the htc screen but now it no lingers works doing that! And to answer you guys question no I'm not able to boot in recovery just to bootloader with the options
Fast boot
Recovery
Clear storage
Reboot
USB hboot
If you guys are still confused let me know I will explain further more the phone will not access recovery at All!

As asked... what recovery did you load? Amon_RA or CWM? Also, what HW version do you have?

O I'm very sorry.... CMW
Hw info:
Android version 2.3.4
Baseband version 2.15.00.0808
Kernel version: [email protected] #1 Sat apr 30 04:36:42 edt 2011
Build number: MIUIAndroid 7.29
And to answer your previous question I don't know how to install a new recovery thru hboot .... I hope this helps you

If you can get to your sd card via a card reader to load a new recovery, then follow the steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026. Otherwise, try this first to see if you can at least get sd access again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243

Ok will try how do I get a card reader?

If you are on a laptop, most recent ones will have a slot for it and may even have the dock/reader to place it in. You can also get an external one that connects via USB at Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Radio Shack. Basically anywhere that sells SD cards. Usually around the camera section. You can also check tigerdirect.com or newegg.com if you can wait to receive it via mail. They usually have bargains that you can take advantage of. If this is your primary phone, then go to a store to get one so you can get your phone working.

Or if you can't get your hands on a card reader, you could stick your card in a different phone (old phone, friends phone, neighbors phone, phone at sprint store, whatever). Then download amonRa recovery from xda (download the PC36IMG version of it). Move it to the root of SD card (i.e. NOT in any folder) using some sort of file explorer on the borrowed phone.
Then put card back into your Evo, boot into bootloader (using power and volume down method you used earlier).
Bootloader should scan your card, find the PC36IMG, and ask if you want to do the update.
Hope this helps.
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Ok thank you I'm going to do it in the morning will this still work for me even thou my phone won't read my sd card??

Your hboot/bootloader should still read your SD card fine. Unique problem, but should read fine. You remember which hboot version you have?
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No but I'll find out of you tell me how to

Well, not really necessary to know, unless you're trying to use some fastboot commands. But, you said you CAN still get into bootloader by holding volume and pressing power, right? Once in bootloader, it will say your hboot info in upper left corner.
In any case, follow the above info about getting recovery as a PC36IMG onto your SD somehow, and boot into bootloader. Good luck. Report back.
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ok doing it as i type on emore thing was is exactly the root of my sd card?

Lovekelly said:
ok doing it as i type on emore thing was is exactly the root of my sd card?
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not in any folders

ok thnx you

hey i put the files on the sd card and did the bootloader and it still didnt recognize the sd card at all i wont do anything..... am i doing something wrong or is there another option

Nvm........

Hun?? I'm confused you put nrvm