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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!
[/LIST]
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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] CWM not mounting SDcard (any SDcard)

OK. So I need some serious help.
I have thrashed the web and found similar issues but the fixes there do not work for me.
Today I followed the instructions on the t-mod site (t-mod.org) to install T-Mod LeeDrOiD HD V3.3.3 Port R5 A2SD (Australian version of Leedroid). I had to apply the Telstra froyo RUU first to update my Hboot. The root process and s-off seemed to go fine. I installed the radio Radio_32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08 and then T-mod.
On the first boot it went past the s-off ‘Why so serious’ screen and I thought I had it made but then the keep looping through the same boot animation screen. The last line reads “Detecting phone storage…”
I went back to recovery and found the CWM could not mount my sdcard.
CWM-AlphaRev Recovery v2.5.1.8
E:Can’t mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(no such file or directory)
Error mounting SDCARD:!
Since then I have tried a number of things.
- Tried to format card from CWM. Failed
- Tried to format card in Windows 7, which worked. But did not help.
- Tried a different sdcard. No difference.
- Tried to reapply the Telstra RUU. Successfully detected the device but would not complete.
- Hit the panic button.
Other people have reported similar issues with CWM not mounting the sdcard but this is generally fixed by either formatting the card or using a different card. The card in the phone was a brand new Lexar 16GB class 6 and then I tried the original 2GB Sandisk.
Please help.

See my replies here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176663

Wow. I look at that but not well enough. I thought it was for only when your pc would not detect your phone but it is so much more. thanks

It really is much easier than it looks. Just get Android Flasher from the link I provided in the other thread and run that command and that should re-enable your SD card on your phone.

This happened to my Desire once and I was stuck for hours, in the end found this to fix it, just plug your phone up via Fastboot and give this a go:
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0

Same thing happened to me just now. Fastboot says OKAY but still sd cant be mounted. Is there any other way? I used ADB, I'll also try Android Flasher.
EDIT : I formatted SD via CWM now it works
EDIT2 :Formerly I formatted with gparted in Linux, still wondering why it went wrong

please delete me

Hey Guys, i have the same problem. But i dont know what i should do with the Android Flasher ... Just go to /data an execute the files?? I have the Galaxy S2!
When i click on external_sd/ it says No files found. And how can you re flash the ROM, without having the sd card working. (because all the people say after re flashing it worked again:/)

[Q] help needed, hboot & sdcard problems

hi and thanks in advance for any help!
Had Cool3D AceS v2a and decided to upgrade it to v3 as i really liked this ROM
Had clockwork v5.0.0.2 recovery
Deleted all cache files
Partitioned SDcard with Gparted 1gb ext4 & 3gb fat 32
Copied new ROM to sdcard
clockwork would not see the ROM zip file to install
repartitioned & reformatted sdcard in clockwork
could not copy the rom to the SDcard
thought it may be clockwork prob so installed amon ra recovery
partitioned the sdcard (1024 ext2, then changed to ext3, then 4) & reformatted
did a full wipe
windows still could not copy the ROM to SDcard
reformated to just ext2
still cannot copy rom zip (windows wants to repair)
connected phone to ubuntu install
cannot copy ROM zip
thought it was a Hboot prob? but i cant flash hboot with cm7r2 or bravo_downgrade from alpharev (currently have cm7 hboot)
The phone now wont boot past the flash screen, i can still get into amon ra & pwr/vol - screen
Currant print from fastbootcommanderv5.1.5
............................................................
Operating system: Windows.
Tools folder found.
Windows fastboot tools found.
The folder containing the IMG files was not found.
No Nandroid folder was not found - "Restore" button disabled.
STARTING PRINT OF DEVICE INFO.
-----------------------------------.
SPL/hboot version: 0.93.1000.
Radio version: 5.11.05.27.
Main software version: 2.29.405.5.
cid: htc__001.
cpld: none.
product: bravo.
mid: pb9920000.
security: off.
build-mode: ship.
-----------------------------------.
Print of device info SUCCESSFUL.
-----------------------------------.
Flashing "hboot" - PLEASE WAIT.
"hboot" flash FAILURE.
-----------------------------------.
Flashing "hboot" - PLEASE WAIT.
"hboot" flash FAILURE.
Can anyone help/advise - please?

If you have another SD Card try with that, I also faced similar issue.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium

First partition should be fat 32
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

hi and thanks will buy another sdcard and try that - the card was formatted with the fat 32 partition first then the ext2/3/4 with amon ra (previously with gparted & clockwork)
I am still unsure why i can not flash hboot however and how that is linked to the SDcard? Tried flashing with the sdcard out too with the same error
The SDcard i am using is the stock 4gb one
thanks again

Excuse me if I overread it, but in your opening post I cannot find a step for going S-OFF. And so you cannot use fastboot, which means you cannot flash hboots.

I had S-off and indeed boot screen confirms S-off (BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF), do i need to reflash s-off again (I had it when I first installed aces v2a)
presumably theres a way to get s-off again via amon ra? as most guides I see require going into the installed ROM which i cannot. will try and look for a tut
thankyou

Your S-OFF status cannot be changed by flashing a rom or using any recovery.
Is your phone in fastboot mode when you flash hboot? Where is hboot image you want to flash stored?

ok have installed the ROM (Cool AceS v3)
I deleted all the partitions in ubuntu / gparted to 'unallocated space' (I actually used the live usb install avail here http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/ to achive this rather than the burn cd image as per step 5 of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084&highlight=noob+guide ) This also alows use of latest gparted which comes with ubunto 11.04.
I then used the amon ra to partiton the sdcard with 1gb ext2 then change to ext3 then ext4 & no swap
I then copied the rom onto sdcard via the ubuntu live install.
removed the zip security check in amon ra
rebooted to recovery and installed the ROM - SUCCESS!!!
all is now working (and im loath to change anything) - however I do have a couple of questions.
looking at gparted now at the phone its all 'unallocated space' the ROM works fine however (shows 2.9gb on my 4gb stock SDcard) - is this normal for this ROM?
also is the partition information for the SDcard contained within the phones system (96mb unallocated space on phone when sdcard is removed)?
Should I re- S-off the ROM now I can?
thanks again for all the pointers and i hope this may help any others with SDCARD copy/format issues.
---------- Post added at 01:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:56 PM ----------
MatDrOiD said:
Your S-OFF status cannot be changed by flashing a rom or using any recovery.
handy to know as i could not find any guide that does not require booting into an installed ROM
Is your phone in fastboot mode when you flash hboot? Where is hboot image you want to flash stored?
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yes i followed the guide for fastbootcommander here very carefully http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193915
I store the flash images on the desktop and load them as required into fastbootcommander by browsing for them and downloaded them from alpha-rev
thanks again

Why should you re-S-OFF your phone? All is working fine right now, isn't it?
vanticar said:
Should I re- S-off the ROM now I can?
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Wether you are S-OFF or S-ON has nothing to do with rom, it has to do with the bootloader. If this one is S-OFF, the rom also is it.

MatDrOiD said:
Why should you re-S-OFF your phone? All is working fine right now, isn't it?
Wether you are S-OFF or S-ON has nothing to do with rom, it has to do with the bootloader. If this one is S-OFF, the rom also is it.
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yes finally seems a fight between gparted/windows and ext4 partitions (seems windows7 doesnt like ext4 installed on sdcard as then it wants to fix the fat32 partition in order to copy files to it, if it fix's the fat 32 partition gparted then doesnt like it and ubuntu wont copy files)
I am on CM7 and was going to try CM7r2 (this ROM works on either apparently however)
for now thankfully it works though I have not tried flashing hboot
is there a relationship with hboot and the partition structure on the SDcard?

I cannot image in which way the desire's internal storage (hboot) should have something to with the partition of your sd card.

[Q] Partition SD

Hi!
I got some question related to Partition SD card.
Running RCMix S v2.0 CM7
Right now i have 6.42 Gb fat32 and 1Gb Ext 3.
I partition this using CWM-Alpharev recovery 2.5.1.8
When i try to use Gparted to partition to Ext 4 while am on Rcmi. The rom wont able to read the sd and it restart. After it got stuck at "why so serious" screen so i pulled battery out and get into recovery to flash the rom again. Thats when i ran you another problem i get cant mount error. "E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (No such file or directory) E: Can't mount SDCARD:" I has tried all the usb fix thing but no luck. The only way i fixed it turn it back to 1 Gb Ext 3 partition.
My question is!
Is there a a way to partition to Ext 4? and is Ext 4 better than Ext 3. Can i stay with Ext 3 since the ROM am using a2sd doesn't work since i keep getting Low on internal storage.
Also, I cant make gold card since i cant put new sd card in phone. The phone wont boot up after it get stuck at "why so serious."

hi try to flash different recovery and format (not wipe) all partitions and flash it again... at the moment im using 4ext recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154221
or RMD recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137763
what hboot you using?

Does RcMixS boots if you are using ext3? If yes, stick with it. Ext4 is just faster than ext3, but you should not get any problems. RcMixS requires only an ext partition, not a special type.

Hboot-0.93.0001
Bravo PVT3 SHIP S-OFF
Radio-4.08.00.09
and yes RcMixs work fine with ext3 and that only ext that work with the recovery.
It is safe to flash new recovery?

It depdends. Are you S-OFF? If, then yes. If not, then no.

Bravo PVT3 SHIP S-OFF
It said it off so that mean it safe?
And if it is. How can i flash new recovery?

If you how what you do when using fastboot and check the md5 after downloading the recovery.img, I would say: Yes, it's save.
Flashing new recovery via fastboot is very easy:
1.) Download the recovery you want. In my opinion 4EXTRecovery and RMD Recovery are currently the best ones.
2.) After downloading, check the md5!
3.) Install adb on your computer. An installation can be found in my signature.
4.) Boot your phone into fastboot mode (Turn it off, press and hold back and power button a few seconds until a white screen with FASTBOOT in red highlighted letters appears).
5.) Connect your phone to your computer via USB (FASTBOOT should change to FASTBOOT USB).
6.) Open cmd in computer (I assume you are using windows) and enter
Code:
fastboot devices
The output should say
HT********** fastboot devices. The **** are placeholders for numbers. If you get this output, fastboot sees your phone.
7.) Now type
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
to delete the recovery.
8.) When finished, type
Code:
fastboot flash recovery C:\recovery.img
I assume the recovery image you want to flash is stored on partition C: and named recovery.img.
9.) You are done.

Thanks you so much. It worked. I got a another questions. It regard of updating radio. My current radio version is 4.08.00.09. It is important to update to latest version or am fine at current radio?

You only really need to update your radio if there are problems. So if you really need to update your radio, make sure your hboot has >40 mb on cache partition. Otherwise, it will fail and can cause big problems. But mostly nothings happens. So if you have a /cache partition with <40 mb, you have to flash radio via fastboot. A guide can be found here on xda.

Do you know how to check if hboot have more than 40 mb or less on cache partition?
There no problem right now. I just want to know just in case later in future something wrong, and i know what to do.
And thank you very much for helping out.

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SwiftKeyed from dGB using Transparent XDA App

One last question. Sorry for so many questions.
Do you know how make goldcard? I tried to make one following instructions on web but it said i need put spare SD card in phone and boot up but the thing is the current rom am using. Which is RCmix 2.0 it need sd ext to boot up or phone will get stuck at S-OFF screen.

Creating a goldcard is very easy:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/308798-pc-application-goldcardtool/

Put the microSD card in your device and boot it.
That part i got stuck at. The thing is went i put a new sd card in phone and boot up. It wont boot into the phone just get stuck at the splash screen. Like i said before. I believe the rom am currently using (RCmix 2.0) need sd-ext to run.

Overread that, my bad. You are right, RcMixS needs ext partition to boot up. Configure your sd card appropriate.

What do you mean configure my sd card? You mean to make my spare sd fat 32 and ext 3 but dont i need copy the content from ext 3 on my other sd card to the spare one?

Configure=partition. I thought you were not be able to start the rom? So there won't be any data on sd-ext because this partition is only for apps. All other content have to be copied to FAT32 partition.

Ok ill try that then. Does it matter if there contents and ext 3 partition in sd card while make a goldcard?

Partitioning a card will break gold as it rewrites the boot of the card, where the goldcard.img is. Although I haven't tried it myself, I believe creating a gold card after partitioning should be fine.

Well that what i mean partition so phone boot up and create the phone. Can i also make one using Sd card reader to make goldcard rather than put sd card in phone and make it there?

[Q] Rooted my desire... flashing a ROM?

Hi all. This is my first post so if it’s in the wrong section or anything please let me know!
So, my contract (finally) ran out with Orange UK and I bit the bullet and rooted my HTC Desire. I was a complete noob to it when I started so I followed what seemed to be the easiest method. I used the Revolutionary method and installed Clockworkmod as it offers at the end of the process. Then I installed the rooted version of stock Gingerbread (2.3.3).
For the sake of clarity, here’s all the info of my phone as it stands:
Model Number: HTC Desire A8181
Android Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.10-g3f43272
[email protected] #1
Tue Jun 14 21:11:23 CST 2011
Build Number: 3.14.405.1 CL96875 release-keys
Software Number: 3.14.405.1
Browser Version: WebKit/533.1
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT: 6.93.1002
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL: SYNW0101
RADIO: 5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
RECOVERY: Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4
My question is where to go now. The main reason I rooted (I guess as with most Desire owners) was so I could gain more storage space. I’ve read about repartitioning the SD card which I will probably go for in the long run, but I wanted to try flashing a custom ROM first just to get a feel for things. Would flashing a custom ROM free up some memory in itself, due to losing the HTC stock apps and sense UI, etc?
Can anyone recommend a light ROM that would work with the version of HBOOT and CWM I have? I’ve looked at Oxygen which is supposed to be a very light Gingerbread based ROM? Does flashing a ROM require me to format my SD card or factory reset first, etc?
Any recommendations and pointers toward the process involved would be great!

greenstarthree said:
Hi all. This is my first post so if it’s in the wrong section or anything please let me know!
So, my contract (finally) ran out with Orange UK and I bit the bullet and rooted my HTC Desire. I was a complete noob to it when I started so I followed what seemed to be the easiest method. I used the Revolutionary method and installed Clockworkmod as it offers at the end of the process. Then I installed the rooted version of stock Gingerbread (2.3.3).
For the sake of clarity, here’s all the info of my phone as it stands:
Model Number: HTC Desire A8181
Android Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.10-g3f43272
[email protected] #1
Tue Jun 14 21:11:23 CST 2011
Build Number: 3.14.405.1 CL96875 release-keys
Software Number: 3.14.405.1
Browser Version: WebKit/533.1
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT: 6.93.1002
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL: SYNW0101
RADIO: 5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
RECOVERY: Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4
My question is where to go now. The main reason I rooted (I guess as with most Desire owners) was so I could gain more storage space. I’ve read about repartitioning the SD card which I will probably go for in the long run, but I wanted to try flashing a custom ROM first just to get a feel for things. Would flashing a custom ROM free up some memory in itself, due to losing the HTC stock apps and sense UI, etc?
Can anyone recommend a light ROM that would work with the version of HBOOT and CWM I have? I’ve looked at Oxygen which is supposed to be a very light Gingerbread based ROM? Does flashing a ROM require me to format my SD card or factory reset first, etc?
Any recommendations and pointers toward the process involved would be great!
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Install 4ext recovery. (4ext.net)
Partition your sd-card (Back it up first) 1gb ext, and skip the rest.
Install a rom that uses any a2sd type script.
Or install mounts2sd, and enable stuff from terminal.
Light roms: Mildwild, Cyanogenmod 7, Redux
To flash a rom: Factory data reset +Wipe cache+ wipe dalvik cache
No need to wipe sd-card.

Installing above ROM's is not a best idea with Stock HBOOT which you have.
To use them flash a cm7r2 hboot or look for something else. (or you'll just waste loads of internal memory)
Try this one for example if you interested in Sense 2.1/3.0 (A2SD version for your hboot, make sure you partitioned your SD with 4ext recovery) - http://revolutionrom.com/
Do some reading ADB/Fastboot guides, once you'll understand flashing hboots it's a cake, takes like 10secs and you're setup for any ROM's out there.

Hi guys, thanks for the replies.
So if I understand it right, I'd need to flash the HBOOT to use a ROM such as Cyanogenmod (but could use my current Clockworkmod recovery), but to use Revolution ROM, I have to flash to 4EXT Recovery and partition the SD?
Would I flash 4EXT recovery first (with my stock HBOOT and ROM), then partition the SD card, then install Revolution ROM?

You can do that.
Sent from my toaster

greenstarthree said:
Hi guys, thanks for the replies.
So if I understand it right, I'd need to flash the HBOOT to use a ROM such as Cyanogenmod (but could use my current Clockworkmod recovery), but to use Revolution ROM, I have to flash to 4EXT Recovery and partition the SD?
Would I flash 4EXT recovery first (with my stock HBOOT and ROM), then partition the SD card, then install Revolution ROM?
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#1 If you wont flash required hboot, it will work too but you'll waste about 150Mb internal memory in this case.
#2 4ext is not requirement for anything, it's just better recovery and you can partition SD card with it. (partitioning in CWM usually doesn't work properly)

Ok, I think (since I would in the long run anyway) ill try flash 4ext recovery and then give the Revolution ROM a go.
However I just turned on my PC to find my graphics card has died so apologies if my replies are erratic!
In the meantime, does 4ext recovery partition the SD card from the recovery on the phone itself? Does it format the SD in the process?
Thanks again
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

greenstarthree said:
Ok, I think (since I would in the long run anyway) ill try flash 4ext recovery and then give the Revolution ROM a go.
However I just turned on my PC to find my graphics card has died so apologies if my replies are erratic!
In the meantime, does 4ext recovery partition the SD card from the recovery on the phone itself? Does it format the SD in the process?
Thanks again
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app
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Yes, partitioning happens from the recovery, and yes, data on the sd card will be lost since it's being reformatted. Also, if you flash a new ROM, your apps will be gone, so it's mainly a good idea to back them up with an app such as Titanium Backup or MyBackup and restore them to your new rom.

And dont forget to make a Nandroid backup in recovery before u start flashing anything.
Then copy it to ur computer before u format the sd card.

R.ik said:
Yes, partitioning happens from the recovery, and yes, data on the sd card will be lost since it's being reformatted. Also, if you flash a new ROM, your apps will be gone, so it's mainly a good idea to back them up with an app such as Titanium Backup or MyBackup and restore them to your new rom.
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You can choose to not format FAT (windows) partition, in that case your data on the sd card will be untouched. (but you should backup it anyways, just in case)
Also you dont need to "flash" 4ext recovery, you just download the 4ext application and it will do the rest.

k3lcior said:
You can choose to not format FAT (windows) partition, in that case your data on the sd card will be untouched. (but you should backup it anyways, just in case)
Also you dont need to "flash" 4ext recovery, you just download the 4ext application and it will do the rest.
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Hmm... I downloaded the 4Ext Recovery.apk and tried to use it, but when I hit "Online Install/Upgrade" I get a message saying BusyBox could not be found. So I downloaded BusyBox from the market and tried again, same message.
I opened the BusyBox app and it gives me a message that it was denied SuperUser access, even though I set the "default action" in SuperUser to Allow.
I'm using SuperUser version 3.1.3 (46) and su binary v3.1.1 (17), both of which are as far as i can tell the latest?
Thanks!

open the superuser app and change the permission for busybox from denied to allowed, see if that works
Sent from my HTC Desire

indefinitely ckaygr
Got there in the end!
I did some uninstalling / reinstalling but what seemed to work was setting Super User's default action to "Prompt", then clicking allow at the time the app requested access. Perhaps something was wrong with SuperUser's auto allow setting. In any case I Smart Installed BusyBox and then installed 4Ext, ran the flash from the app and all fine.
So, my next step would be to make a full backup from withing 4Ext recovery (is that what's called a 'nandroid' backup?), plus copy the contents of my SD card to a PC for safe keeping, before I look at partitioning the SD?
With regards to formatting the SD, I don't have all that many apps installed (I couldn't because of low internal memory!) so I'm up for formatting it if that would work better?
What I'm not sure about is, if I partition and format the SD card, presumably that will stop me booting into my current ROM? If I manage to partition successfully, would I then switch the phone off, put the SD card in my PC, copy the Revolution ROM zip file to the root of the SD, boot back into recovery and install the ROM?
Sorry for being a rambling noob!
Thanks again,

greenstarthree said:
Got there in the end!
I did some uninstalling / reinstalling but what seemed to work was setting Super User's default action to "Prompt", then clicking allow at the time the app requested access. Perhaps something was wrong with SuperUser's auto allow setting. In any case I Smart Installed BusyBox and then installed 4Ext, ran the flash from the app and all fine.
So, my next step would be to make a full backup from withing 4Ext recovery (is that what's called a 'nandroid' backup?), plus copy the contents of my SD card to a PC for safe keeping, before I look at partitioning the SD?
With regards to formatting the SD, I don't have all that many apps installed (I couldn't because of low internal memory!) so I'm up for formatting it if that would work better?
What I'm not sure about is, if I partition and format the SD card, presumably that will stop me booting into my current ROM? If I manage to partition successfully, would I then switch the phone off, put the SD card in my PC, copy the Revolution ROM zip file to the root of the SD, boot back into recovery and install the ROM?
Sorry for being a rambling noob!
Thanks again,
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Just install 4ext, nandroid backup, backup sd content to hdd, partition it with 1GB ext3 or ext4 (doesn't matter if you decide to format FAT partition), then do full wipe (data, cache+dalvik, system, boot), put the rom.zip on SD and flash it.
If you formatted SD now you can also copy back the music, pics etc. back on your SD.

k3lcior said:
Just install 4ext, nandroid backup, backup sd content to hdd, partition it with 1GB ext3 or ext4 (doesn't matter if you decide to format FAT partition), then do full wipe (data, cache+dalvik, system, boot), put the rom.zip on SD and flash it.
If you formatted SD now you can also copy back the music, pics etc. back on your SD.
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Ok so I made a nandroid backup and then copied the entire SD to my PC. I'm currently downloading the A2SD+ version of RevolutionROM.
Just a couple of (probably silly) questions:
1. I've not read about wiping boot before, presume this won't affect HBOOT or Recovery?
2. Once I've partitioned and assuming I do format the FAT partition, how do I then get the ROM.zip onto the SD? Will I be able to power off the phone after partitioning, remove SD card, copy from PC, put back in then boot into recovery again without a problem?
Cheers

greenstarthree said:
Ok so I made a nandroid backup and then copied the entire SD to my PC. I'm currently downloading the A2SD+ version of RevolutionROM.
Just a couple of (probably silly) questions:
1. I've not read about wiping boot before, presume this won't affect HBOOT or Recovery?
2. Once I've partitioned and assuming I do format the FAT partition, how do I then get the ROM.zip onto the SD? Will I be able to power off the phone after partitioning, remove SD card, copy from PC, put back in then boot into recovery again without a problem?
Cheers
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1. No it wont affect.
2. You can mount USB storage from recovery and copy files from there.

Sorted!
Writing this from the xda developers app installed on my Desire running revolution ROM.
Massive thanks to you all for your help getting me here! Could I just ask, how do I manage the apps and their caches/data? Do I need to use App2SD anymore or are they automatically using the newly created EXT4 partition?
When I go to manage applications, the phone still only shows around 134MB remaining?
Thank you so much again!
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Well if you want more space for apps, another step would be flashing hboot appropriate for ROM, most of them supports cm7r2 hboot which has nearly twice more internal memory reserved for apps.
With cm7r2 hboot i would recommend trying some AOSP ROM's as they are much smaller and fits nicely.
For example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453287&page=379 (it's easy to settle with as it's automatically moving apps/dalvik to ext partition, dont need to setup any a2sd scripts)
Or any other AOSP rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
Just keep looking for something that you'll like.

Ah, so I might have misunderstood, I thought partitioning the SD card would cause Revolution ROM to read the 1GB EXT4 partition as internal memory. Or that I would have a function to move app and dalvik from within the ROM? Is that not the case or is it just a manual process to move them?
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Sorry, just noticed something strange:
When I booted into 4EXT recovery, I got this message:
Recovery is in safe mode. This is because the following partition is not accessible: "system"
Please enter the wipe menu and format system! If you changed hboot you should choose to format all partitions (except sdcard).
Afterwards please reboot recovery.
I thought something had gone wrong in the install of Revolution ROM yesterday, so I re-did everything (formatted all partitions, formatted SD FAT32, re-partitioned SD card). After a reboot the message was gone, so I re-installed Revolution ROM, which started ok. But then I rebooted to recovery and the message was back!
The recovery itself seems to work ok, but what would the reason for this message be??