Hi guys okay so i have a problem. i have cwm recovery and i have slim bean on my s4 installed and the thing is i i tried flashing a rom from my external sd card 32gb and it automaticallly fails no matter how many times i try and its fat32 aswell thats what it says on its properties. But when i move the rom to my phone memory it flashes just fine so what is the matter here? If someone could help ASAP that would be awesome
zee24 said:
Hi guys okay so i have a problem. i have cwm recovery and i have slim bean on my s4 installed and the thing is i i tried flashing a rom from my external sd card 32gb and it automaticallly fails no matter how many times i try and its fat32 aswell thats what it says on its properties. But when i move the rom to my phone memory it flashes just fine so what is the matter here? If someone could help ASAP that would be awesome
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Backup your SD card data, reformat the SD card. And restore the data, should work. However, the issue i was having with flashing ROMs was not due to SD card issues, but my actual data partition was corrupt and using CWM i formatted my entire data partition and everything flashed properly then.
elesbb said:
Backup your SD card data, reformat the SD card. And restore the data, should work. However, the issue i was having with flashing ROMs was not due to SD card issues, but my actual data partition was corrupt and using CWM i formatted my entire data partition and everything flashed properly then.
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HEY i tried re formatting the card but still sometimes it works other times it doesnt flash it makes no sense to me, sometimes i flash an 19505 rom and it works other times the same rom says installation aborted so then i install an 1337m rom and it works and 19505 ddoesnt i honestly am so confused why the hell is cwm doing this? Sometimes it flashes a rom and other times the same rom doesnt flash??? Can you tell me what you formatted from cwm so i can try that too
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elesbb said:
Backup your SD card data, reformat the SD card. And restore the data, should work. However, the issue i was having with flashing ROMs was not due to SD card issues, but my actual data partition was corrupt and using CWM i formatted my entire data partition and everything flashed properly then.
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And now the roms wont even flash from my internal memory either wtf??? I think twrp might be a better recovery i might ue that insted of cwm im thinking cwm is the problem
zee24 said:
And now the roms wont even flash from my internal memory either wtf??? I think twrp might be a better recovery i might ue that insted of cwm im thinking cwm is the problem
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Back up your internal SD card and wipe the data partition completely. Youre having the exact same issues i was. its not the recovery, TWRP sucks imo
elesbb said:
Back up your internal SD card and wipe the data partition completely. Youre having the exact same issues i was. its not the recovery, TWRP sucks imo
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^ What he said. Never had a problem with Philz but more than a few with TWRP.
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TWRP sucks imo
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Amen brotha, amen. :highfive:
Unnessasary hate
Lol why you guys hating I got twrp and did what you said and all seems to be good I think twrp is better because in twrp there's a key important feature which is a file manager built in let's you move zips from sd card to internal or vice versa cwm doesn't have that
zee24 said:
Lol why you guys hating I got twrp and did what you said and all seems to be good I think twrp is better because in twrp there's a key important feature which is a file manager built in let's you move zips from sd card to internal or vice versa cwm doesn't have that
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It has some nice features but for me, the only real functions for recovery are:
1) Wipe data/cache/dalvik and some other mounts.
2) Nandroid backup and restore.
Don't have any other needs, and CWM hasn't given me any troubles in ages, TWRP on the other hand... But if CWM had the file manager, it would make it that much better for me.
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So I completed step 2 of root today and decided to flash Fresh .5.3
Wiped data, but forgot to wipe SD card. Began to boot loop so I read that I would need to partition the SD card. I tried to Flash back to Fresh .2 in order to backup my SD card and began to boot loop there too.
So I go into recovery and partition (0,0)
I'm still boot looping Fresh .2 and I can't flash anything else (read: my backup) because I wiped the SD card.
Help would be greatly appreciated
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7028432#post7028432
zhensley said:
So I completed step 2 of root today and decided to flash Fresh .5.3
Wiped data, but forgot to wipe SD card. Began to boot loop so I read that I would need to partition the SD card. I tried to Flash back to Fresh .2 in order to backup my SD card and began to boot loop there too.
So I go into recovery and partition (0,0)
I'm still boot looping Fresh .2 and I can't flash anything else (read: my backup) because I wiped the SD card.
Help would be greatly appreciated
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LOL, Just format your SDCard using a PC, download the ROM to you SD and flash it again. Note - You dont need to wipe your SD Card lol
Kykiskly said:
LOL, Just format your SDCard using a PC, download the ROM to you SD and flash it again. Note - You dont need to wipe your SD Card lol
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flipz says that you should wipe your sd card for whatever reason. so he was just following the instructions. :/
Yeah, I was just following the instructions I was given via Flipz.
I don't have an SD adapter handy...is there a way to access the SD card while in the phone or am I going to have to get an adapter and go that way?
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Yeah, I was just following the instructions I was given via Flipz.
I don't have an SD adapter handy...is there a way to access the SD card while in the phone or am I going to have to get an adapter and go that way?
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nenn said:
flipz says that you should wipe your sd card for whatever reason. so he was just following the instructions. :/
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I flashed Flipz latest without wiping my SD and got no issues, but if Flipz mentioned that and you followed, I am sorry to hear you have this conflict now. Like I suggested in my previous post, easiest way is to format your SD using an adapter with WIN or MAC, your choice, then download and place Flipz ROM and re-flash.
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I flashed Flipz latest without wiping my SD and got no issues, but if Flipz mentioned that and you followed, I am sorry to hear you have this conflict now. Like I suggested in my previous post, easiest way is to format your SD using an adapter with WIN or MAC, your choice, then download and place Flipz ROM and re-flash.
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I was boot looping after the initial install so I looked at Flipz FAQ. He says, "In every case that I've seen, this has been caused by sd:ext not being wiped properly" and then advises to do a complete sd wipe. Anyway, I guess I will have to wait until I can get an adapter. Sheesh.
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I was boot looping after the initial install so I looked at Flipz FAQ. He says, "In every case that I've seen, this has been caused by sd:ext not being wiped properly" and then advises to do a complete sd wipe. Anyway, I guess I will have to wait until I can get an adapter. Sheesh.
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He was talking about the SD card ext2/3/4 partition, not the fat32 partition
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He was talking about the SD card ext2/3/4 partition, not the fat32 partition
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Here is the exact quote.
"In every case that I've seen, this has been caused by sd:ext not being wiped properly. Clockwork Recovery isn't doing it right. It appears to but actually errors out. The fastest way to actually wipe it properly would be to reboot in to recovery and re-partition it. This will wipe EVERYTHING off of your sdcard! Do 0/0/Remaining if you want to use apps2sd or 32/1gb/Remaining to use apps2sd. Then wipe everything and re-flash the rom."
It's confusing enough that he said both the 0/0/remaining and 32/1gb/remaining both allow you to use apps2sd...I didn't know there were different levels of repartitioning.
I've discovered that in the recovery menu there is an option that is something like "USB-MS" which basically allows you to access the SD card while in the menu. I threw .5.3 on there and am booting now....Hoping this works.
Did everything the way I normally do when flashing a new rom.
Now when I attempt to load any ROM from my sd card, I get this message:
Installing system files ...
E:Error in /sdcard/Incredible Files/SkyRaider_33_Sense_Final.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
I also try to do a restore from my nandroid backups and it ALWAYS "freezes". Now the only thing I can do is boot into recovery but nothing after that. I've read through a lot of material and know how to do most things, however I'm by no means an expert and now I feel like I've caused irreversible damage.
HELP?
sounds to me like your rom got corrupt during the download, i would try to download it again after deleting the file off your SD card.
did you download it from a PC or from your inc? i have seen people get corrupt files when downloading straight from the inc, its best to use a PC to download the roms
you can use the mount menu in recovery to mount your usb storage if you dont have an adapter to read the microsd, this will let you replace the possibly corrupt rom with a fresh zip
My original sd card has become unreadable by both my incredible and by my sd card reader. I have another one and loaded all of the backed up files I had on the old one. I've tried downloading the ROM through ROM Manager as well as placing the file on the new sd card and both do the same thing.
I honestly have no idea what to do now and am worried that not everything I need was transferred to the new sd card.
I just want to be able to load ANY ROM and I'm willing to reset/wipe anything and everything but I don't think there's anything I can do at this point....
well there is nothing that needs to be on the SD card at all aside from the backup or [rom].zip file you are trying to flash
have you tried installing a different rom with recovery? maybe virtous rom?
also what version of clockwork recovery are you running?
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My original sd card has become unreadable by both my incredible and by my sd card reader. I have another one and loaded all of the backed up files I had on the old one. I've tried downloading the ROM through ROM Manager as well as placing the file on the new sd card and both do the same thing.
I honestly have no idea what to do now and am worried that not everything I need was transferred to the new sd card.
I just want to be able to load ANY ROM and I'm willing to reset/wipe anything and everything but I don't think there's anything I can do at this point....
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And you're sure it's FAT32?
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Positive it's FAT32 and I just flashed the most current Clockwork Recovery from ROM Manager.
powellshake2 said:
Positive it's FAT32 and I just flashed the most current Clockwork Recovery from ROM Manager.
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Try to format/partition the sd via recovery. The new clockwork has this method (haven't tried it and don't know if it works) and the alternate RA does, too. I've used that one and know it works. Try that (leave the defaults, which is 512mb sd-ext, 32mb or similiar swap, I think, and the rest as FAT32).
boot into hboot (vol down and power when device is off)
what hboot version and baseband are you running?
I dont think the sd card is the problem
I wiped the dalvik and batt stats and for whatever reason tried again to reinstall the ROM and it went through this time.
Everything seems to be working as normal. Man was that one weird ass experience.
This is what ive done in the recovery
Wiped the following:
cache, data, system, boot, davlik, SD card, sd card ext
did a factory reset..
installed rom.. but my phone keeps restarting and getting stuck in a boot loop..
Ive tried many roms and doing the same wipes but same problem...
is my phone dead? is that the proper way to do a clean install of a rom?
Saw this video on youtube, will it work?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF1CIIJnhAg&feature=related
any no, returning it is not an option as Im not a sprint customer....
fix your phone
Dude the thing you did wrong it that you wiped your sd card,never wipe your sd card everything else but that ,just download a rom on your Pc and drop it on your sd card then go into recovery(Amon recovery 2.3)please tell tell me that's what you use,clockmod dose'nt do a clean wipe,once everything is back up and running and you've installed your apps go back into recovery and do a nandroid backup. ps; hit the thanks button.
daynjahrus1 said:
Dude the thing you did wrong it that you wiped your sd card,never wipe your sd card everything else but that ,just download a rom on your Pc and drop it on your sd card then go into recovery(Amon recovery 2.3)please tell tell me that's what you use,clockmod dose'nt do a clean wipe,once everything is back up and running and you've installed your apps go back into recovery and do a nandroid backup. ps; hit the thanks button.
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Excellent first post! Completely correct about not wiping SD. Also sound advice about making sure you have Amon RA.
@ the op, hit ^^ this guys thanks button!
Actually, wipe sd is not bad if you are able to put stuff back on your sd card... What you should do IS use Amon Ra recovery, and partition the sd card and upgrade it to ext 3.
Pick a ROM, let's try to get that flashed and working! Hit me up on gtalk if you'd like, pm for contact info.
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Try taking out your sd card then do a hard reset.
imheroldman said:
Actually, wipe sd is not bad if you are able to put stuff back on your sd card... What you should do IS use Amon Ra recovery, and partition the sd card and upgrade it to ext 3.
Pick a ROM, let's try to get that flashed and working! Hit me up on gtalk if you'd like, pm for contact info.
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what size should I make the swap and ext? keep it stock using 32mb for swap and 512mb for ext2 then convert to ext3?
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what size should I make the swap and ext? keep it stock using 32mb for swap and 512mb for ext2 then convert to ext3?
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32 for swap is cool and 1024 for ext 2 and yes, upgrade to ext 3.
gd6noob said:
what size should I make the swap and ext? keep it stock using 32mb for swap and 512mb for ext2 then convert to ext3?
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It really depends on what you are flashing, if you use your sd card. I don't really store anything in my sd card, so I use 64mb for swap and 2048 for ext, and yes upgrade to ext 3. If you are flashing ICS you can use ext 4.
I am curious did you get a ROM working? I remember switching to Amon Ra after a similar situation, nothing would work, though it did with Amon.
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i flashed the CM9 ICS.. but my phone is still rebooting and stuck in the boot loop
Hi guys, sorry for the newbie question but here I go. Just now I decided to flash a new ROM so I do what I normally did before I flash a new ROM (backup my sd card contents and do a nandroid backup). After I done those, I reformat my sd card using my laptop and place the ROM I wanted into the sd card. After I flash the ROM I get stuck in the HTC screen and my backup doesn't work but luckily I manage to revive my Desire. After that I notice that my previous partition that I made using gparted is gone and that's why the ROM didn't work at first. So, am I still able to recover my lost partition from my sd card or they are gone for good?
If you have a working nandroid backup, you can try to recreate your partitions first and restore then.
Windows laptop? The reformat using will have wiped your Ext partition. As said recreate fat32 and Ext using Gparted and restore nandroid (assuming under AmonRa or 4Ext recoveries you included sd-ext) or flash new Rom.
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yurimizu said:
Hi guys, sorry for the newbie question but here I go. Just now I decided to flash a new ROM so I do what I normally did before I flash a new ROM (backup my sd card contents and do a nandroid backup). After I done those, I reformat my sd card using my laptop and place the ROM I wanted into the sd card. After I flash the ROM I get stuck in the HTC screen and my backup doesn't work but luckily I manage to revive my Desire. After that I notice that my previous partition that I made using gparted is gone and that's why the ROM didn't work at first. So, am I still able to recover my lost partition from my sd card or they are gone for good?
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Looks like u didn't perform a full wipe... Via recovery...
Nd by full wipe I mean cleaning cache, dalvik cache, sd-ext, etc...
No need to format the sd card before flashing a new Rom....
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hi having problems partion my sd card so that i can use runnymeade rom i have tried to partion it as 1.2 gb .3gb and .1gb but it does not fully boot the rom i dont know what i am doing wrong please help am a complete noob with the desire
thanks in advance
akhillad said:
Looks like u didn't perform a full wipe... Via recovery...
Nd by full wipe I mean cleaning cache, dalvik cache, sd-ext, etc...
No need to format the sd card before flashing a new Rom....
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I did the full wipe via recovery but I reformatted my sd card using my laptop and I think that's the problem since the process wipe out everything including the partitions I made before. And thanks for the answer, greatly appreciate
beachcomber said:
Windows laptop? The reformat using will have wiped your Ext partition. As said recreate fat32 and Ext using Gparted and restore nandroid (assuming under AmonRa or 4Ext recoveries you included sd-ext) or flash new Rom.
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Yes, a windows laptop and unfortunately it has wiped my previous partition. I did manage to partition it again but I found out that my sd card size is reduced. So does the reformat process wipe out my old partition for good or I still can somehow recover back my lost partition?
robbani123 said:
hi having problems partion my sd card so that i can use runnymeade rom i have tried to partion it as 1.2 gb .3gb and .1gb but it does not fully boot the rom i dont know what i am doing wrong please help am a complete noob with the desire
thanks in advance
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Although I'm not an expert in partitioning but I can provide some info about this. Firstly, how you partition your sd card (gparted, rom manager or other methods)? And which partition you made (EXT3/4)?
yurimizu said:
Yes, a windows laptop and unfortunately it has wiped my previous partition. I did manage to partition it again but I found out that my sd card size is reduced. So does the reformat process wipe out my old partition for good or I still can somehow recover back my lost partition?
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The ext partition itself is gone, but if you re-partition using Gparted, copy your sd card backup from laptop onto sd card, then providing your nandroid included sd ext backup a restore should get you back to where you were.
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Although I'm not an expert in partitioning but I can provide some info about this. Firstly, how you partition your sd card (gparted, rom manager or other methods)? And which partition you made (EXT3/4)?
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hi i used 4ext to make the partion and i made all partion ext4 i think dont really know what i am doing please help
I have avoided formatting my internal SD card via clockworkmod since day one out of fear that I will brick my phone. I format it all the time when its connected to my PC....but I heard it shares some system partitions with the internal storage? .....and formatting via CWM will brick your partition map?
Is there any re-partition files available for the galaxy s3 if corruption ever did occur?
This area is something I dont know much about, so please bare with my classifications if they are inaccurate.
Thanks!
RealTic said:
I have avoided formatting my internal SD card via clockworkmod since day one out of fear that I will brick my phone. I format it all the time when its connected to my PC....but I heard it shares some system partitions with the internal storage? .....and formatting via CWM will brick your partition map?
Is there any re-partition files available for the galaxy s3 if corruption ever did occur?
This area is something I dont know much about, so please bare with my classifications if they are inaccurate.
Thanks!
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I believe you can, as long as you install a rom before rebooting. I think i did it before but I can't say I'm sure.
RealTic said:
I have avoided formatting my internal SD card via clockworkmod since day one out of fear that I will brick my phone. I format it all the time when its connected to my PC....but I heard it shares some system partitions with the internal storage? .....and formatting via CWM will brick your partition map?
Is there any re-partition files available for the galaxy s3 if corruption ever did occur?
This area is something I dont know much about, so please bare with my classifications if they are inaccurate.
Thanks!
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I've done it before on CWM. I currently use TWRP though. Just load your ROM and anything else you need to flash on your extsd card. Format internal storage then flash your ROM of choice. I do this every time I flash a new ROM. I find it helps cut down on freezing and other issues.
As long as you flash a ROM after you wipe the internal storage your fine.
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TheSocalGuy79 said:
I've done it before on CWM. I currently use TWRP though. Just load your ROM and anything else you need to flash on your extsd card. Format internal storage then flash your ROM of choice. I do this every time I flash a new ROM. I find it helps cut down on freezing and other issues.
As long as you flash a ROM after you wipe the internal storage your fine.
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That's right. Formatting through recovery will not affect the boot or recovery partitions, so it's safe to do... but as SocalGuy79 said, just make sure you have the Rom zip you want to flash on your extSDCard.
I do that every time I install a new ROM. So no, it's perfectly safe, just make sure you flash a new ROM before you reboot lol.
Joe0113 said:
I do that every time I install a new ROM. So no, it's perfectly safe, just make sure you flash a new ROM before you reboot lol.
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Same here. I use TWRP 2.4.4, Format data usually too, I never backup and restore data for apps ever. And I very, very rarely ever have problems that others have with ROMs.
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TheSocalGuy79 said:
I've done it before on CWM. I currently use TWRP though. Just load your ROM and anything else you need to flash on your extsd card. Format internal storage then flash your ROM of choice. I do this every time I flash a new ROM. I find it helps cut down on freezing and other issues.
As long as you flash a ROM after you wipe the internal storage your fine.
Sent from my Clean Bean v2.6 Galaxy S3
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I have done something really stupid here. I formatted my /system and /data & /data/media using CWM and the rom i had loaded for flashing on the internal storage is now gone. I do not have an external sd card. I tried using adb to sideload or push the file but in vain since /data/media folder is missing. Will this be fixed if I flash stock ROM using Odin.
I can still boot into CWM and download mode.