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First off let me say I'm new to root. I rooted my evo last night by following the 2.2 root video guide. Now I'm looking for a rom and kernal that's right for me so please be patient with a noob.
Can someone explain to me (in noob terms please) how to install a rom and kernal. If there is a video guide that would be great. I assume all roms will come with the same files so once I learn how to do it I should be set.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Please use the search tool. Most roms in the development forum say how to also.
And check the sticky in the same forum.
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Novarider said:
First off let me say I'm new to root. I rooted my evo last night by following the 2.2 root video guide. Now I'm looking for a rom and kernal that's right for me so please be patient with a noob.
Can someone explain to me (in noob terms please) how to install a rom and kernal. If there is a video guide that would be great. I assume all roms will come with the same files so once I learn how to do it I should be set.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
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PEOPLE USING AMONRA RECOVERY THE ROM AND KERNEL MUST BE ON THE ROOT OF YOUR SD CARD. ONLY ON CLOCKWORK RECOVERY CAN YOU SCAN THROUGH FOLDERS TO FIND YOUR ROM/KERNEL. SOME PEOPLE SWITCH RECOVERYS WITHOUT REALIZING SO TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE I SUGGEST PUTTING ALL ROMS/KERNELS ON THE ROOT OF YOUR SD CARD. ALSO, WHILE ON AMONRA RECOVERY TO GO BACK A MENU/SCREEN YOU MUST PRESS VOLUME DOWN AND VOLUME UP AT THE SAME TIME.
1.) To install a new ROM you first have to download the said ROM. (Obviously.) Second of all, you have to find the kernel you want to use. Most ROMs come with kernels but you can still download the kernel of your choice.
2.) Once you have the ROM and kernel of your choice, go into recovery mode by powering off your phone, turn it ON WHILE HOLDING the VOLUME DOWN button, do not let go of the volume down button until you're at the boot screen. Select "Recovery" by pressing the VOLUME DOWN button and selecting it by pressing POWER.
3.) You're now in recovery mode. Make a NANDROID backup (varies on how to do it depending on which recovery you're using) if you're on Clockword Recovery scroll down until you see something saying "nandroid" when there select it with POWER, then select the option that says "Backup". (Not sure how AmonRAs recovery works exactly.)
4.) Wipe data/factory reset twice, wipe CACHE twice, wipe Dalvik-cache twice. (Dalvik-cache is located in "advanced" in the main recovery screen.)
5.) Choose "install zip from sd card" then "choose zip from sd card", press up once and it'll bring you to the bottom of the list and you should see your ROM, select it, then install it. Once done installing, go back and reboot your phone, it should be all done now. IF, IF, IF, you have another kernel, after installing your ROM, re-wipe CACHE and DALVIK-CACHE, THEN install the kernel.
You're all set.
Ok simple enough. Thank you for the info. Can I download the rom directly to my phone from this site or do I need to download it on my computer and move it to my sdcard?
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Ok simple enough. Thank you for the info. Can I download the rom directly to my phone from this site or do I need to download it on my computer and move it to my sdcard?
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You can download it from your phone, but make sure it's on the ROOT of your sd card. I prefer downloading it from my PC, then putting it on my sd card.
So you mean make sure its on the sd card itself and not in a file like downloads right? Also can I delete the PC36IMG file so it doesn't do that update check every time I go into bootloader?
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So you mean make sure its on the sd card itself and not in a file like downloads right? Also can I delete the PC36IMG file so it doesn't do that update check every time I go into bootloader?
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Yes, make sure it's not in a folder like "downloads". And yes you can ditch the PC36img.
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Thanks you were very helpful
why cant ROMs be in a folder? i have flashed a dozen ROMs that are all in a folder.
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why cant ROMs be in a folder? i have flashed a dozen ROMs that are all in a folder.
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They can be, I was just saying my preferable choice. Sorry if this has confused anyone.
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ryohei47 said:
why cant ROMs be in a folder? i have flashed a dozen ROMs that are all in a folder.
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Depends what recovery you are using. Ra recovery has to be in the root folder of the SD card. Cwr you can actually go through folders and search for the zip. So it wouldn't matter where you out it on SD card for clockwork but If ra recovery and its in a folder in SD card you won't see it and can't search through folders for it.
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They can be, I was just saying my preferable choice. Sorry if this has confused anyone.
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Depends on what recovery. This is going to confuse people who use ra recovery and can't ever see their flash zips
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martyzidek said:
Depends on what recovery. This is going to confuse people who use ra recovery and can't ever see their flash zips
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Yeah it just occurred to me now. I'll edit my post.
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No problem just trying to help out.. I used Cwr then found out the delvik wipe didn't work. I had my SD card organized. Had my roms and kernels in a folder. Switched to ra recovery and couldn't find them. Realized then it had to be in root folder. Thought somehow I lost them during the process. I have a backup on my pc also just in case.
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When I'm using RA_GNM recovery instead of CWM and reboot into recovery, how do I scroll down past the last file. I can only access whats shown on the page and I know that I put the .zip file on there cause they aare there when I switch back to CWM. Thanks
Great now I dont know what to do. I partitioned my sd card and now I can't get to my nand restore.
I don't know why I did this please help.
I found the recovery img on my sd card when I put it in the PC but not sure how to get it back on my phone now.ARGHHHHH
You can go in Rom manager and at the top of the main page it says flash clockwork mod recovery tap it and let it load and there you go..... about the file you downloaded are you looking in the download folder?
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no im looking on the root. I editted my op
20phileagles said:
When I'm using RA_GNM recovery instead of CWM and reboot into recovery, how do I scroll down past the last file. I can only access whats shown on the page and I know that I put the .zip file on there cause they aare there when I switch back to CWM. Thanks
Great now I dont know what to do. I partitioned my sd card and now I can't get to my nand restore.
I don't know why I did this please help.
I found the recovery img on my sd card when I put it in the PC but not sure how to get it back on my phone now.ARGHHHHH
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What errors are you getting?
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E:Couldn't open directory /sdcard/nandroid
This is RA-inc-v1.8.1
20phileagles said:
E:Couldn't open directory /sdcard/nandroid
This is RA-inc-v1.8.1
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I'm afraid you may have to flash back to stock, unroot, reroot, and format your SD card..... try doing a full wipe and let me know if you get errors like.....E:can't mount Dev block..... on system mounting system or data.. let me know ill be waiting
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newtoroot said:
I'm afraid you may have to flash back to stock, unroot, reroot, and format your SD card..... try doing a full wipe and let me know if you get errors like.....E:can't mount Dev block..... on system mounting system or data.. let me know ill be waiting
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Thanks but I'll be a while
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Thanks but I'll be a while
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Send me a pm when your ready
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hi partitioned my sd card so no probs there, ive been searching for that exactly i do with the partition now ive got it lol,
in titanium backup i can see theres stuff on the new partition but ive no clue whats on there, so whats it for & how do i put things on it & what things? but most of all why did i make it in the first place?? lol
you're supposed to research this stuff before you do it...
i also hope that you've used either gparted or 4ext recovery to parition (not minitool...)
basically the partition is generally for apps. it's better than normal android 'move to SD' because you can move all of the app, and can move widgets too. you can also move dalvik cache to sd as well depending on the script.
this all depends on what rom your are using and what built in script (if any) it uses to move bits around.
further reading here, i'd recommend reading through more of those guides just for more general learning...
titanium backup will show that the partition is filling up. better apps like 'diskusage' will show you how all your partitions are being used.
i did try to find out as much as i could & the reson i did it before knowing why is cos i want to know i can do it more than anything else all i knew was everyone else is doin it so i needed to know how lol
thanks for the link i'll enjoy reading it
i used rom manager to do it hope i used the right one cos everone else seemed to be useing it
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i did try to find out as much as i could & the reson i did it before knowing why is cos i want to know i can do it more than anything else all i knew was everyone else is doin it so i needed to know how lol
thanks for the link i'll enjoy reading it
i used rom manager to do it hope i used the right one cos everone else seemed to be useing it
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Yh, dont use rom manager (cwm) to partition ur sdcard, it makes bad partitions. Like eddie says, use gparted or download http://4ext.net/ updater app then install 4ext recovery and use that to partition sdcard.
Dont forget backup first
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cheers for that i'll make sure i press the thanks button will i delete rom manager then?
pandashoe said:
cheers for that i'll make sure i press the thanks button will i delete rom manager then?
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installing 4ext recovery will remove clockworkmod
uninstall rom manager like you would any other app if you haven't already. you don't need it, and can cause real problems if you use it with this phone.
ok i'll do that when i workout how to do it then lol
pandashoe said:
ok i'll do that when i workout how to do it then lol
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Its easy. Click the 4ext recovery updater app in my sig, install it then open the app and flash 4ext recovery, simples. Then goto settings/ applications and uninstall rom manager
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did this but it wouldnt open from my downloads on the phone or from recovery mode what am i doin wrong?
Its easy. Click the 4ext recovery updater app in my sig, install it then open the app and flash 4ext recovery, simples. Then goto settings/ applications and uninstall rom manager
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did this but it wouldnt open from my downloads on the phone or from recovery mode what am i doin wrong?
Its easy. Click the 4ext recovery updater app in my sig, install it then open the app and flash 4ext recovery, simples. Then goto settings/ applications and uninstall rom manager
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Download the app on ur phone and install it, in ur app drawer press 4ext recovery updater and then flash recovery from the menu. I really dont know what else to tell u, u could flash it via fastboot commands (recovery.img) but i feel that would prob take us a week lol
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So i created my partition with minitool and i have no issues!
And the esiest way to use the ext was for me cyanogenmod 7.2 ...
Just flash the rom and install s2e
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rc7?
well all quite strange to me as after a reboot the app install had changed do i could install it so thats worked lol, now its got loads of older V do i need to install rc7 on my phone?
pandashoe said:
well all quite strange to me as after a reboot the app install had changed do i could install it so thats worked lol, now its got loads of older V do i need to install rc7 on my phone?
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that's what I'm using
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good as long as am doin what you are i know am goin to be ok lol
so ive done a backup to my pc, do i now have to format the sd card to remove the first patition i put on then create a new partition then reinstall from the pc?
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good as long as am doin what you are i know am goin to be ok lol
so ive done a backup to my pc, do i now have to format the sd card to remove the first patition i put on then create a new partition then reinstall from the pc?
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yh nandroid backup and save on computer also anything else u want to save. then depending on what rom ur going to install, partition ur sdcard to what ever the rom requires. so once u know that, boot into recovery go to tools/partition sdcard/ remove all partitions and start from scratch.
then ul have to choose size, normally most requirements would be this setup
1024 (1gb)
skip
skip
then choose ext4 and ur done.
just dont go bigger than 1.5gb ext4 (1524)
check ron requirments first tho
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Am useing WildWild v5 so how do ifind out the size I need 4 it am so pleased to know I was thinking of doing the right thing so now am goin to hit the thanks buttons 4 you so thanks
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Am useing WildWild v5 so how do ifind out the size I need 4 it am so pleased to know I was thinking of doing the right thing so now am goin to hit the thanks buttons 4 you so thanks
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for mildwild just partition like i said above
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Do i have to use partition tool on pc, or can i just simply use recovery for that?
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proadi96 said:
Do i have to use partition tool on pc, or can i just simply use recovery for that?
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for pc use gparted only and recovery use 4ext recovery to partition
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factory reset?
jmcclue said:
for pc use gparted only and recovery use 4ext recovery to partition
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So do do a full factory reset then just flash the rom to put it in the new partition? Or am I on the wrong track again lol
I use cm10 alpha 7 , when I swap sd card by changing vold.stab I get unfortunately android.process.media stopped and I tried to open storage in settings then I get settings stopped . Possible solution ? :/ Sorry for bad english
Did you set the permissions correctly? Or did you sure the value in vold.fstab are done correctly?
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as long as ur editing the vold.fstab file not copying a replacement then permissions won't change
just make sure that u only change the "1" with "0" and vice versa , don't change anythn else, then save then reboot
If u prefer just flashing a zip then u can find a link for it in another question thread i guess
Try flashing zip files from here instead http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994688
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Vold.stab failed?
Oh I forgot to change permissions :/ what settings should I do for permissions?
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Oh I forgot to change permissions :/ what settings should I do for permissions?
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Set (rw-r-r) maybe. CMIIW
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i got the same problem when i try to do it but i search here and found a flashable file and its works
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Try flashing zip files from here instead http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994688
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this is it, works on my rom. :good:
SWAP sdcard flashable zip file not working for me
Aldich13 said:
this is it, works on my rom. :good:
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I had downloaded the respective zip according to the andriod version, however, no matter how many times I tried I end up in BootLoop ..
anyone knows why it does not work on my phone?
zpwhtj6478 said:
I had downloaded the respective zip according to the andriod version, however, no matter how many times I tried I end up in BootLoop ..
anyone knows why it does not work on my phone?
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i suggest you reinstall your rom and try editing or flashing moded vold.stab again
[Q] sd card swap failed
klacenas said:
i suggest you reinstall your rom and try editing or flashing moded vold.stab again
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hi, Yes, I did that reinstall the same rom and flash the zip file. I had also tried a few different ROM with the same repeated flashing & keep getting the same result. At one point, I had also waited for 30 minutes thinking maybe I should have waited a bit longer.
zpwhtj6478 said:
hi, Yes, I did that reinstall the same rom and flash the zip file. I had also tried a few different ROM with the same repeated flashing & keep getting the same result. At one point, I had also waited for 30 minutes thinking maybe I should have waited a bit longer.
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That's very strange, okey lets take it step by step:
What recovery are you using?
Before attempting to swap your sdcard, does the rom worked porperly?
sd card swap fail
klacenas said:
That's very strange, okey lets take it step by step:
What recovery are you using?
Before attempting to swap your sdcard, does the rom worked porperly?
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CWM 6.0.2.3 ..and yes, it working..because I was able to re-install the ROM zip so I can get back the system.
During the installing of the swap sdcard zip file. I did not see any error message as well.
I had flashed SWAP ICS Version: Android 4.0.x on the S3 ROM by ipromeh..
okey then i guess the only thing you can do is try again. try this, i know you know how to flash but just try it:
1) wipe data/factory reset, wipe dalvik, wipe system, wipe cache
2) reboot to recovery
3) redo step 1
4) reboot to recovery
5) flash rom, flash gapps
6) boot rom
7) reboot rom
8) install es file manager (you may download it from play store)
9) start es file manager, enable root browsing, and edit /system/etc/vold.stab like in the attached picture
10) reboot
try and lets see
Hi. I had used manual editing on the /system/etc/bold.fstab
Screenshot attached.
Reboot into recovery and wipe the cache ..the reboot system. This time no Boot loop but sdcards are not changing. Please see the second screenshot.
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zpwhtj6478 said:
Hi. I had used manual editing on the /system/etc/bold.fstab
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Reboot into recovery and wipe the cache ..the reboot system. This time no Boot loop but sdcards are not changing. Please see the second screenshot.
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that's really strange. it should change after reboot even without wipe.
anyone experienced this? or does anyone have any idea how to resolve this?
i downloaded blackberry lockscreen zip file for cym 10 from this link - http://d-h.st/7Mr but after flashing it the screen is stuck on boot screen .. the thread was this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224691&highlight=lockscreen i installed the disable capacitive zip file but did not installed the file for uninstallation now my screen is stuck on boot that is the circle loading from last 3 hours please help thanks in advance.I KNOW THIS IS A QUESTION AND IT SHOULD GO IN QNA SECTION BUT I DOWNLOADED A FILE FROM THIS SECTION AND GOT STUCK SO M POSTING THIS IN BOTH THIS SECTION AND THE QNA SECTION PLEASE HELP PLEASE
Re flash the cm10 bro. Thats the easiest way
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jatanshah said:
i downloaded blackberry lockscreen zip file for cym 10 from this link - http://d-h.st/7Mr but after flashing it the screen is stuck on boot screen .. the thread was this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224691&highlight=lockscreen i installed the disable capacitive zip file but did not installed the file for uninstallation now my screen is stuck on boot that is the circle loading from last 3 hours please help thanks in advance.I KNOW THIS IS A QUESTION AND IT SHOULD GO IN QNA SECTION BUT I DOWNLOADED A FILE FROM THIS SECTION AND GOT STUCK SO M POSTING THIS IN BOTH THIS SECTION AND THE QNA SECTION PLEASE HELP PLEASE
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Tell me what you did exatcly.. And what rom and which build version you coming from before flash my mod ?
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I just want to how can i copy file from my pc to android during recovery mode
dirgandro said:
re flash the cm10 bro. Thats the easiest way
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i can copy uninstall file from my pc to android and flash it thats my solution but how can i copy file if my phone doesnt startt ! ???
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Adi Aisiteru Reborn said:
Tell me what you did exatcly.. And what rom and which build version you coming from before flash my mod ?
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i downloaded the bb ten lockscreen on my pc and copied to my droid and booted in recovery mode to flash the lockscreen then i switched on my phone and enabled lockscreen to slide ( i have cm10) then suddenly the phone turned off and the cm10 boot animation ran on my screen but after that my phonw wont start
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i downloaded the bb ten lockscreen on my pc and copied to my droid and booted in recovery mode to flash the lockscreen then i switched on my phone and enabled lockscreen to slide ( i have cm10) then suddenly the phone turned off and the cm10 boot animation ran on my screen but after that my phonw wont start
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and whic CM10 Build you coming from
the mod only for CM10 Beta-1, if you coming from other build you will bootlop
for both
Adi Aisiteru Reborn said:
and whic CM10 Build you coming from
the mod only for CM10 Beta-1, if you coming from other build you will bootlop
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ok so give my a solution for both 1) if i had cm 10 beta 1 ..and 2) if i did not have beta 1 please ..most likely i dint have beta 1
jatanshah said:
ok so give my a solution for both 1) if i had cm 10 beta 1 ..and 2) if i did not have beta 1 please ..most likely i dint have beta 1
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Using card reader, transfer any file rom from your pc to your SD CARD, than insert the sd card back to your wonder, boot to recovery by pressing 3 button, and flash the rom from exster sd
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i did
Adi Aisiteru Reborn said:
Using card reader, transfer any file rom from your pc to your SD CARD, than insert the sd card back to your wonder, boot to recovery by pressing 3 button, and flash the rom from exster sd
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i did the same but instead of my files on sd card showing in recovery mode it is showing all the file i have on my droid storage and not a single file of my sd card
Why is this thread in this section ?
lol
andynroid said:
Why is this thread in this section ?
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because i am in trouble and you should help me and not see the section in which it belongs to!
jatanshah said:
because i am in trouble and you should help me and not see the section in which it belongs to!
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Copy the ROM in ur MicroSD
Go to CWM Recovery
Format all clean (except where the ROM is stored)
Wipe Data N Cache etc
Wipe Delvik
Flash as usual
..Just to ensure no unwanted bit n pieces is left behind :highfive:
thats the problem
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Copy the ROM in ur MicroSD
Go to CWM Recovery
Format all clean (except where the ROM is stored)
Wipe Data N Cache etc
Wipe Delvik
Flash as usual
..Just to ensure no unwanted bit n pieces is left behind :highfive:
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i wanted to do the same but in recovery mode the files shown are of my droid storage and not of my microsd card files ...what to do i know its a rare problem but it is happening with me
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i wanted to do the same but in recovery mode the files shown are of my droid storage and not of my microsd card files ...what to do i know its a rare problem but it is happening with me
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You mean you cant see ur Micro SD it should be read as folder EMCC (something like that)
As long as the W can boot to Samsung logo it is just soft-bricked
One more solution in CWM mount everything and try to re-flash the ROM
Relax ... And be patient
First you don't know how to choose your ext SD in recovery that's all.
Before first .. This thread must be in Q&A section
Second
Go into recovery
Then choose install from SD card ..
Then search for this word External SD .. Choose it
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no such folder
andynroid said:
You mean you cant see ur Micro SD it should be read as folder EMCC (something like that)
As long as the W can boot to Samsung logo it is just soft-bricked
One more solution in CWM mount everything and try to re-flash the ROM
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there is no such folder
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I KNOW THIS IS A QUESTION AND IT SHOULD GO IN QNA SECTION
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Then why are you posting it in the Themes and apps section... You know where to post it so why didn't you post it in the correct section.
And as for creating multiple threads across the 2 forums, do not do this. Please read the forum rules regarding this. Seeing as this thread has the most replied, I have deleted the one you created in Q&A and moved this from themes and apps to Q&A.
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there is no such folder
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How about external SD ?
there is no external sd folder !!!!!
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Relax ... And be patient
First you don't know how to choose your ext SD in recovery that's all.
Before first .. This thread must be in Q&A section
Second
Go into recovery
Then choose install from SD card ..
Then search for this word External SD .. Choose it
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there is no xternal sd folder bro !! and i know sorry i dint post this in qna section
jatanshah said:
there is no xternal sd folder bro !! and i know sorry i dint post this in qna section
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Are you sure ? You mean you cant even browse the folders via CWM ?
If the answer is Yes...........then might as well get ODIN ready..:good: