You have never seen me here, though I have been lurking for quite a while. I don't know that much about how Android works and usually leave everything up the pros. Recently, as in 1 1/2 hours ago, I tried to flash CM 11 through 4EXT. Well... it failed. I was stuck at the HTC loading screen and couldn't access the internal storage. I dug around the internet for a while and, while I did find some work arounds to fix it, they were lengthy and didn't work on Windows 8.1. So, being the impulsive person I am, I attempted something extremely stupid to hopefully solve my issue... and it worked! So, here goes:
1) Boot in 4EXT (not sure if it works on other recoveries)
2) Press the USB storage button
3) On your computer, open up explorer and find where the device is connected (there should be two partitions, D: and E:\)
4) One of the two will have files while the other one just shows a device (for me, it was E:\). Right click, hit properties, then format it. Yes, your read that right: Format it.
5) Reboot your phone into recovery. You should now have access to the internal SD card.
Nice helpful first post. Next time I get stuck like that I'll have to try. It beats the heck out of reinstalling.
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i get an error too..i didnt catch the message tho..but it said aborted"
"You guys can unzip the file and push it to the system/etc folder until I have time to look at the zip"
I've had my g-Tab all of a week. I got it through Circuit City. The "application crashes" I learned are called "Force Close." Through the forum I found the solutions. I'd learned I needed the updated ROM and wanted Honeycomb. So this ROM seemed the best. I like the ROM as I've used it most of the day. I agree with the comment about soft keys because in the dark it's hard to see the keys on the bezel. The bugs I encounter are frustrating but, I've found solutions here in the forum. I'm new to Android on so many levels. This is my first Android device. So now I'm stuck.
All I wanted to do was transfer the files I have on my HTC Touchpro to my Tab. (For the 3rd Time.)(I've been through Stock ROM's and Mods several times over.) In reading I know I can't set an Adhoc WiFi tether. I also know I need the right App to transfer a file from the PC to the Tab via bluetooth or something.
So now I tried the USB file transfer. Of course it went into Debug mode. I tried some of the solutions for getting transfer mode operating but, that wasn't successful. I figured the SDCardFix solves this problem. So Tjohnsonjr says to push the file into the system/etc. folder. How would this be done?
You mean copy onto an SDcard Ext from the PC and then mount onto the gTab?
For some reason I can't even get my card to be read by the PC (I formatted it using the G-Tab command. Now when I put in my PC the explore window hangs.)
Use a bluetooth transfer? All I get is my Tab trying to use my PC as a headset. I can push a file from the Tab to the PC but, I' haven't figured the reverse.
BTW I thought I might have "bricked" the tab twice. I used CWMod to wipe cache, data, system and set the new partition. Since all of the files were on the internal SDcard the partition wiped the update.zip and command files. The reboot eventually started functioning and it pulled up "something...dirty....3388"
So obviously somewhere in the system there is still an OM android system ROM. (I think I'd like to hang onto that.)
BTW: the error reads:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
Well I hope tjohnsonjr gets this. He's put a lot of work into this ROM. But since the xda-developers won't let me post into the Developer's forum he probably won't. (Too much of a noob).
PS I know some have critiqued the gTab because of it's size. Well for a man who can't see too well that's great. The biggest problem I have with my HTC Touchpro right now is the screen is too small to read the fine print without reading glasses. If I ever figure out how to get the wifi tether working between these two devices. I'd have the perfect solution to several of my problems.
UPdate.zip=SDcardFix.zip
I changed the file name to see if that would make a difference. I was desperate.
try going back to stock rom and then installing. I had a similar problem, and I used nvFlash to go back to stock, then reinstall cwm and repartitioned, cleared data/cache etc.
Installed after doing all that and it worked like a charm.
[Q] [ROM-AOSP]G-Harmony Gingerbread 2.3.3 with Honeycomb elements(UPDATED 4/17)
TJ posted an update to his ROM. The fix to the USB works by renaming the EMMC to the external SDcard per the posts seen on this website. So if you backed up apps and data to the ext SDcard it is now listed under the emmc directory. The SDcard is the internal memory. Not sure how that's going to work when pushing apps and data to the external card. (See forum posts discussing this workaround for the situation for all ROM's.) The USB connection now works for transferring files onto the GTab. Use a file manager for pushing from internal memory to the external SDCard.
The Adhoc Wifi connection seems to work. Meaning I got my cellphone and gTab to connect to one another however, I was unable to get the gTab to connect to the internet via the cellphone. (I'm using an HTC Touchpro on Sprint. I've never gotten the wifi hotspot to function properly but, I'm experimenting with WMWIFIRouter.)
Thanks to TJ for all of the hardwork on this ROM.
I am having a rather challenging issue. I moved from branch 1.1 and Vegan GE-7.0.0.0 RC1 to 1.2 NVflash 20110508 CWM5504 and flashed the TeamDRH-AOSP-Preview-1F-LDPI. So the issue is that I cannot write to, wipe, reformat or partition my internal sdcard. I had to flash the ICS ROM from my external sdcard and reboot system, but the screen locks on the TeamDRH title graphic page after loading all of the apps. I tried different releases of CWM55XX, but no difference.
Running CWM, I have re-partitioned to 4096/0, then 2048/0, formatted/cleared/wiped every partition, run the keycheck and tried pretty much every function CW has but nothing can touch the files on the drive!
I can get into APX and CWM. I can mount the USB port and view the internal drive. I can move, add and delete files and windows explorer shows that each action is completed. I renamed the old Update.zip to Update-Old.zip and it changes in explorer. But as soon as I unmount USB the changes are lost. When I go into CWM and try to install the zips, the only zip files showing are the update.zip and Vegan…zip. I tried to go back to Vegan, but it boot loops.
I tried rr5678’s G-Tablet Format utility that completely erases all traces of anything in the G-Tablet's ROM storage space. It showed all of the steps as completed. I got the red letter message at power on, immediately flashed the 1.2 NVflash/CWM and it functioned perfectly. But, still, no change or effect on the old files on the internal sdcard.
At this point, after way too many hours researching, reading and rereading, it may be that either I have a corrupt config file, (which is beyond my limited expertise to determine) or a bad microdrive.
I would appreciate any thoughts or ideas on resolving this. I want my GTab back!!! (It would be extra nice to have ICS, as well!)
Cheers,
Geary
galyons said:
Running CWM, I have re-partitioned to 4096/0, then 2048/0, formatted/cleared/wiped every partition, run the keycheck and tried pretty much every function CW has but nothing can touch the files on the drive!
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This is a known problem that sometimes develops on some gTabs with a non-standard kind (compared to the majority of gTabs) of internal SD card.
There is no known "fix" for the problem. There is a workaround on page 5 of that thread, though.
But, first, I'd like you to get me the output of a dmesg command and then run through a set of tests (see posts #88 and #66) and get me their exact output.
Ok, I will read enough to see if i can figure out how to get the test results. Gonna take me a couple of days. Thank you for the guidance!
Cheers,
Geary
Well, I downloaded the Knoppix image, burned a bootable CD, booted Knoppix, hassled through getting connected to the internet, reread the threads and gave it a "go". Got buried in abd...dmesg and bailed. I would love to provide all of the diagnostic messages, but quite honestly, do not want to invest more time to become marginally able to do so.
So...RMA and boxed off to US Merchants. Hopefully you can discover a fix, rather than a work around for this issue. But the work around is infinitely better than an ever boot looping tablet!!
Thanks again for your help to me and others!!
Cheers,
Geary
I hope someone can help me. I have a 16gb nook tablet that I rooted using the method described here http://liliputing.com/2012/03/how-to-dual-boot-cyanogenmod-7-nook-tablet-os-with-a-microsd-card.html over a year ago and I've never had an issue until last weekend. My daughter was playing a game and the nook started acting up. The touch screen became unresponsive and the screen started to flash. I let the Nook charge overnight and when I turned it on the next day the screen became stuck at the white Nook welcome screen. After 20 minutes I tried the holding down power and N button to see if I could get it to restart, but unfortunately that may have made it worse. Now my Nook won't start at all. I've read many many threads here on how to fix it, but I am not tech savvy in the slightest. The first thing I tried was Rays method http://raywaldo.com/2012/06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/ but instead of getting the green checkmark I got the red X and the "nook is shutting down" message. I tried so many things that I cannot remember them all but I do know that one of the methods I tried I got this message.
E:Can’t mount / cache/recovery/command/
E:Can’t mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can’t open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can’t mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can’t open / cache/recovery/last_log
After that I tried to use the method described here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24995518&postcount=1 and I did make the booktable cwm-sd and I went to lavero.burgos' thread to download the mmcblk files, but they weren't there.
Also I don't understand what adb is but I'm desperate, when I found the thread that explained it and tried to download the ADB + Fastboot + Drivers.zip that was in said thread (I'm sorry I can't remember which thread it was) the zip file didn't work.
I'm really sorry for posting yet another, "please help my nook is borked" thread but after all the reading I've done this past week the only thing I've become is very confused and frustrated. Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.
Notice on the link you posted
Ray Waldo; said:
If this procedure fails, try one of these:
Celtic has a possible solution on XDA here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513583
Succulent has more info on his Github page: https://github.com/succulent/acclaim_recovery_sdcard.
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I can see how you got lost. There aren’t really any detailed instructions there.
I got the following zip from 2nd link
Flash the zip with CWM then try the bn_142_factory_recovery.zip SD card again and you should get a green checkmark this time.
udownwitopp said:
Notice on the link you posted
I can see how you got lost. There aren’t really any detailed instructions there.
I got the following zip from 2nd link
Flash the zip with CWM then try the bn_142_factory_recovery.zip SD card again and you should get a green checkmark this time.
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Thank you for your reply. I will try this tonight and hopefully it will work.
Well I tried, and I hate asking but how exactly does someone add a zip file to an sd card after an image has been flashed to it? I've tried numerous times with sd cards of various sizes and I'm pretty sure I should have been able to do this with a 16gb card, but every time I try to drag and drop the flashstock zip over onto the card it says that there is no room available. Now I have been doing a lot of reading on here and I'm pretty sure I did not set the card up right, I did format it correctly with the sdformatter program, but I'm guessing I have to do something with the partitions on the card. I am not familiar with the programs because I've never had cause to use them before so I am not entirely sure how to do that. I tried following the directions found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24995518&postcount=1 but I couldn't figure out how to enable boot, and lba flags. I realize that this has probably all been answered already, but again, there programs are so foreign to me that I'm not even sure what to look up first. Thank you again for any help that any one can give me.
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Well I tried, and I hate asking but how exactly does someone add a zip file to an sd card after an image has been flashed to it? I've tried numerous times with sd cards of various sizes and I'm pretty sure I should have been able to do this with a 16gb card, but every time I try to drag and drop the flashstock zip over onto the card it says that there is no room available. Now I have been doing a lot of reading on here and I'm pretty sure I did not set the card up right, I did format it correctly with the sdformatter program, but I'm guessing I have to do something with the partitions on the card. I am not familiar with the programs because I've never had cause to use them before so I am not entirely sure how to do that. I tried following the directions found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24995518&postcount=1 but I couldn't figure out how to enable boot, and lba flags. I realize that this has probably all been answered already, but again, there programs are so foreign to me that I'm not even sure what to look up first. Thank you again for any help that any one can give me.
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I'll try to explain the process for you. "The Red X" is a very common issue that people have with their devices. It's usually caused by digging into something that you don't fully understand. It's VERY important to understand the process of flashing custom ROMs because it could screw up your tablet, delete ROM partitions and such.
The first issue you need to attend to is "The Red X." First download the bn_142_factory_recovery.zip from the ray waldo site found here:
http://raywaldo.com/2012/06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/
Unzip the zip file and you should have a repart.img. Use win32diskimager to write this to an SD card. Once it's done writing, put the SD card in your device and it should boot from SD card and flash stock B&N 1.4.2 to your nook (if you have problems booting from SD card plug in the USB to your computer).
If you still get "The Red X" during this process please use the following method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513583
If you have further problems please post or PM me. Once you have the issue fixed I HIGHLY recommend using the SDC version. It's a lot easier than the Internal Version and will prevent mistakes from happening.
Thank you for responding. I retried the method described on Ray's site, but sadly it's still a no go. I have downloaded the parted binary and I know how to get it onto the sd card, but what I don't know is how to ADB into my device. I'm not even sure I understand what ADB is.
evm22 said:
Thank you for responding. I retried the method described on Ray's site, but sadly it's still a no go. I have downloaded the parted binary and I know how to get it onto the sd card, but what I don't know is how to ADB into my device. I'm not even sure I understand what ADB is.
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I'm not extremely knowledgeable with the ADB tool, but it's setting up your computer so you can write commands into your command prompt that will execute actions on your device. The link for setting it up is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
Once you get it set up just follow the rest of the directions in the parted binary post.
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I'm not extremely knowledgeable with the ADB tool, but it's setting up your computer so you can write commands into your command prompt that will execute actions on your device. The link for setting it up is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
Once you get it set up just follow the rest of the directions in the parted binary post.
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Thank you for a link to the post with a working zip file for adb, I've downloaded and I've tried to follow the video, but unfortunately my laptop will not read my nook at all. Every time I connect it with a usb my device manager tries to find it, but it blinks, makes an error sound and I see
OMAP4330 under other devices. I' did a search for that error and came across this thread, but again the instructions call for installing an apk on the nook and since I can't get mine to turn on, it's a no go
evm22 said:
Thank you for a link to the post with a working zip file for adb, I've downloaded and I've tried to follow the video, but unfortunately my laptop will not read my nook at all. Every time I connect it with a usb my device manager tries to find it, but it blinks, makes an error sound and I see
OMAP4330 under other devices. I' did a search for that error and came across this thread, but again the instructions call for installing an apk on the nook and since I can't get mine to turn on, it's a no go
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There is a possibility you could have deleted some partitions important to the nook then. Have you tried making an sdc version of cm10 to see if it could boot at all? You could see if you still have the device information to backup, recreate the partitions and flash back to stock.
Use this to make a bootable cm10 card:
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
Just write the image file to an SD card and put it in your nook. It will boot into cm10. Once there go into your file manager and turn on root access. Go to your root drive/ROM/devconf to access all your device information. Make a backup of all them. There is a picture of my devices root drive. If you do not have the various partitions you will have to recreate them. There is a method on the Nook General Thread for doing this named "Unbrick Internal Partitions On NT" or something similar. You can use that recreate the internal partitions essential for your nook.
If you deleted the ROM partition with the Nook's product information you may be out of luck. The serial number and Mac address are the most essential, and can be found on your device hardware. The SN is under the SD slot (if readable) and Mac address is located inside your device. Not sure where I've never opened my nook to look, but probably on the WiFi chip.
Slight chance you may be able to fix it with this information and the rest of the device information you can use from a different nook since it doesn't have to do with internet and registration. There may be a way to fix that, but I don't know of any.
Best of luck. If you have problems just post a reply or send me an email.
I can get the Nook to turn on with the bootable cm10 card in it. I get the cyanoboot screen and see the boot menu, but honestly I don't know where to go from there. I think it's time for me to try and find someone who understands all of the programs involved in trying to fix this because I know I'm going to end up making things worse, if that's even possible. Thank you for trying to help me though. I do appreciate it
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I can get the Nook to turn on with the bootable cm10 card in it. I get the cyanoboot screen and see the boot menu, but honestly I don't know where to go from there. I think it's time for me to try and find someone who understands all of the programs involved in trying to fix this because I know I'm going to end up making things worse, if that's even possible. Thank you for trying to help me though. I do appreciate it
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Hello! Did you ever figure out how to resurrect your Nook? I had trouble signing in Gmail and wanted to just unbrick and have the plain Nook again. I've been struggling getting the device to boot from the sd card with the repart imaged. I'm trying to get back to the ClockworkMod recovery screen but I can't at that moment. Someone suggested that I "flash" the B&N zip to the card but I'm trying to figure out how to do that.
Would love help!
hi,
In Veronicas repartitioning method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531120
she gets about 12gig storage. at the end of her video, she does show the new partitions via "mount USB storage"
I did find links to the official B&N flash sd card image method, but that only gives 5 and 8gig, so fancy trying Veronicas method instead.
however, I have a small question before I take the plunge and repartition my 16gig Nook (model BNTV250)
when I have done it, how do I access this 'mount USB storage' to see the changes?
no doubt this is a very simple thing to do, and I am showing my inexperience,
but, unlike some newbies, I always check every step before I actually do anything, yet am obviously missing something very simple indeed!
if it's any help, what I have done so far is:
1. as soon as I got it, I upgraded it to firmware 1.4.3, then spent ages reading all I could on here about rooting and repartitioning
(and what a wealth of information and internal/sdcard roms choices there are here!)
2. I then rooted and tried: pac_acclaim_22.0.1_29MAR2013_12_HD.zip which worked fine.
(I think this one did show the 'mount' thing in settings, but it was greyed out)
3. my current rom is: cm_acclaim_10.2_12NOV2013_HD.zip from:
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2013...id-4-3-for-nook-tablet-imgsdc-boot-09aug2013/
I picked this one as the page states: Mass Storage: 5) Mounts and Storage > mount USB storage but I cannot find this 'mount' in settings
so after all this meddling, (which I have thoroughly enjoyed)
my tablet now has Cyanoboot on it, CM acclaim Nov rom, and CM recovery 6.0.2.7CM (at one point it did have TWRP on it, but have no idea how I replaced it with CM)
by now you will have gathered that I have got myself in a bit of a spin, and any advice would be welcomed.
Kevin
up to 50 views and no replies is quite disappointing - was my request to stupid to answer?
this was never the case back in my smartphone days
but no matter
since posting earlier, I have reverted back to the 'pac' rom I mentioned above, as the Nov CM rom kept 'losing' the keyboard.
I was also getting ADB problems with it, - eg: seemingly offline and reporting an incorrect serial no. (the 'pac' rom is fine though on both counts)
attached are 2 pics, showing my storage - 1st internal rom of nearly 12 gig, 2nd of 1 gig, plus my Nook as in Windows
if I have got this right in my mind, I am assuming that when partitioned correctly with Veronica's method,
that these will effectively be reversed and I will finally have the setup I so long for?
so perhaps I should just take the plunge, and forget all that 'mount usb storage' malarkey that confuses me so?
again, any help would be very much appreciated, but if none is forthcoming ...
would anyone want to buy a cheap Tablet, as I'm not interested in it in it's current configuration.
Kevin
no need to respond now people .... it's all sorted
see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577135
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to fix my mistake since several days but no luck.
Few days ago I rooted and updated my phone to version VIBEUI_V1.5_1423_10_ST_K910 with Gapps. Everything went fine but then while I was cleaning up the phone from useless apps I made a huge mistake by unistalling a file or apk called Idea….something(can’t remember the entire name)! I thought it was a theme file as the name was very similar to another real one. After that a neverending popup started to appear and I decide to restart the phone. Never got it back! It remains stuck on Lenovo log. I’m able to get into stock recovery where on every test or sd card format it says sdcard not found. Same when I connect it on the pc, the autorun popup only, no storage.
Seems like the sdcard is not recognized anymore so I can’t even launch an sd update.
I’m pretty new on Android systems so I’m about to give up, I don’t really know what to do anymore.
I’m beg you for some help. Any advice will be more than welcome.
Thanks
cianomanera said:
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to fix my mistake since several days but no luck.
Few days ago I rooted and updated my phone to version VIBEUI_V1.5_1423_10_ST_K910 with Gapps. Everything went fine but then while I was cleaning up the phone from useless apps I made a huge mistake by unistalling a file or apk called Idea….something(can’t remember the entire name)! I thought it was a theme file as the name was very similar to another real one. After that a neverending popup started to appear and I decide to restart the phone. Never got it back! It remains stuck on Lenovo log. I’m able to get into stock recovery where on every test or sd card format it says sdcard not found. Same when I connect it on the pc, the autorun popup only, no storage.
Seems like the sdcard is not recognized anymore so I can’t even launch an sd update.
I’m pretty new on Android systems so I’m about to give up, I don’t really know what to do anymore.
I’m beg you for some help. Any advice will be more than welcome.
Thanks
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Hi guys, is there any way to get access into the phone root by using some tool?
I can't see the sdcard and I can't boot the phone with fastboot.
Please help.
Unfortunately I didn't get many answers but fortunately I solved the problem so I believe it would be nice to share with whom may need it:
here you have the steps I followed:
- buy a OTG cable
- Buy a USB stick 2-4GB
- Format USB stick with FAT (!)
- Put sdfuse directory on it and a K910 .qsb image inside the directory
- Plug stick via OTG in the phone
- start phone with Vol- & Power
- Choose point 4 - SD Update from the Lenovo recovery Menu
Phone will show this picture then:
Attachment 2826922
- Hit "start"
- Wait
- Be Happy
- Buy me a cigar (Partagas Series D No.4 preferred)
That's it!
Cheers