I can't seem to find how to prepare my phone for a mtd (cm7,miui etc)
What are the positives and negatives to a mtd rom?
Backup market apps. install the mtd ROM and your good to go. restore market apps if you want.
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It's when you're going back from an MTD to a non-MTD ROM that you need to use Odin and do a repartition. Going TO the MTD ROM is handled by the installation script.
i have tried everything and i cannot get around the "trying to mount SD card" when CM7 is trying to install. i have Odined like 3 times, formatted my SD card 4 times etc..i have followwed all directions to the T.
what is up with this???
Also, im using a 32 gig SD card if that makes any diff
410 posts and you still don't know the way to the Q&A section?
that makes me a sad panda.
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410 posts and you still don't know the way to the Q&A section?
that makes me a sad panda.
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Sorry, off topic.. but LOL!
dvigue said:
i have tried everything and i cannot get around the "trying to mount SD card" when CM7 is trying to install. i have Odined like 3 times, formatted my SD card 4 times etc..i have followwed all directions to the T.
what is up with this???
Also, im using a 32 gig SD card if that makes any diff
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Try a different sd card, then start trying different stock packages...my phone would only flash mtd off of a fresh dl09 install...it seems other fascinates will be different. Try ed05, eb01, dl01, pwgb eh09...etc
also try odining without pit file.
another method I seen a member use is to pull sd card(unmount first), odin the stock ec09 package(it's a few pages back in the dev section), boot once, power off, odin cwm4 fixed for cm7, install sd card, three finger into recovery, then flash cm7.
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according to Tom Gray, who's leaked fixed files I'll post later, to fix the sd card issue, remove autorun.iso from the /system/etc/ folder asap. it embeds itself in the sdcard and does some strange things.
just passing it along. will post newest gb leaked fixed files in the am when they are released on fb, unless someone beats me to it.
Nameless doesn't include that file and people are still getting burned SC cards from that ROM.
It was a nice try, but that's probably not the problem.
from what I understand, it's included with the ec09 leak, then it embeds itself in the sdcard. could happen prior to flashing perhaps. perhaps not. just passing along some info, hoping to help.
jpaulwaite said:
from what I understand, it's included with the ec09 leak, then it embeds itself in the sdcard. could happen prior to flashing perhaps. perhaps not. just passing along some info, hoping to help.
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That makes sense then, as you're supposed to ODIN the leak before flashing nameless or some other ROM.
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That makes sense then, as you're supposed to ODIN the leak before flashing nameless or some other ROM.
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You don't have to ODIN.. Nameless is flashable from existing CWM I thought..?
cesium said:
That makes sense then, as you're supposed to ODIN the leak before flashing nameless or some other ROM.
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It doesn't happen, because my ROM formats all partitions where data is stored by the OS. The file isn't included with the ROM as said before, and even if you did flash the stock ODIN before you flashed the ROM, the ROM will format the space where that file would exist, therefore it would never be there.
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It doesn't happen, because my ROM formats all partitions where data is stored by the OS. The file isn't included with the ROM as said before, and even if you did flash the stock ODIN before you flashed the ROM, the ROM will format the space where that file would exist, therefore it would never be there.
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Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the info! Always trying to learn
pcpark87 said:
You don't have to ODIN.. Nameless is flashable from existing CWM I thought..?
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I thought you have to ODIN the leak if you are coming from froyo or something else.
IMO the GB Leak was one of the fastest rom's I have tested to date. I did not have any SD Card issues with it so not sure what I had done differently than others or perhaps I was just lucky. My only problem was that network-location based apps would not load.
zakth said:
IMO the GB Leak was one of the fastest rom's I have tested to date. I did not have any SD Card issues with it so not sure what I had done differently than others or perhaps I was just lucky. My only problem was that network-location based apps would not load.
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its the gingerbreak app people are using to root the phone not the leak itself
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its the gingerbreak app people are using to root the phone not the leak itself
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that's an interesting comment... I used the psneuter hack in SoC as opposed to the gingerbreak version of rooting. Maybe that's why I haven't had any issues. Could be a break there.
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its the gingerbreak app people are using to root the phone not the leak itself
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I never used that app and sd card is broken
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boldfilter said:
its the gingerbreak app people are using to root the phone not the leak itself
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do we have any link that gives a lil proof of this...not calling you a lair, i just dont wanna lose me data from my sd card again...thats all...ill try rooting the other way for now
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I never used that app and sd card is broken
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found out it is an app and now i feel like an ass clown
Let me ask this, did everyone who have their SD cards fried, odined to EC09 first, then re-root your phones?
Any methods that you use to root gingerbread roms, is called gingerbreak, and it has problems frying SD card.
So for those of you who came from Froyo, but didn't care about EC09 modem, flashed the EC09 roms, without re-rooting, should not have the SD card problems.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
"WARNING: Apparently on some devices the root exploit causes the SD card (internal or external) to be formatted. Also, if it gets stuck but you do see the card mounting/unmounting, try formatting your SD card yourself and try again (or use a different SD card) -often this works (a fix for both issues is being looked at)"
read here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
I have had zero SD card issues with EC09. I did odin the full rom/modem, them used the gingerbreak apk installed from SD card. I also have tested out navenedrob's Nameless v4.1, gonna use it daily, for now, I really like it. I have also tried out jptech's TechnoROM v1 test, not a fan of the launcher. I have flashed both roms and odin'd the ec09 leak several times in the past few days, no SD card issues. the browser downloader, and the market however, hope that gets figured out soon. And FYI nameless v4.1 with nemesis2all OTBv2 recovery and netflix I have been wearing out the battery watching cartoons.
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"WARNING: Apparently on some devices the root exploit causes the SD card (internal or external) to be formatted. Also, if it gets stuck but you do see the card mounting/unmounting, try formatting your SD card yourself and try again (or use a different SD card) -often this works (a fix for both issues is being looked at)"
read here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
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and ty for the link sir...i just wanted a lil conformation on that...didnt wanna place blame where it didnt need to be
again thanks
fortesquieu said:
... So for those of you who came from Froyo, but didn't care about EC09 modem, flashed the EC09 roms, without re-rooting, should not have the SD card problems.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I never odin'd the leak, I just flashed nameless via cwm so I didn't have to reroot. However my SD still died after about 12 hours. I agree there must be some reason some have issues and some don't but I don't think that's it.
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I followed these directions to load EC09.
http://t.co/3jqjJNV
I've been running it now for a week and I haven't had any problems at all.
In fact so far this has been one of the better roms I have ran, battery life on this leak has almost been double what I was getting on any other were I would be lucky to get 20hours. Now at that mark I still have almost 40% left.
I do have to say that it does run quite a bit slower though .
Where on froyo everything was snappy this thing takes some time to process even simple things, but I would totally exchange speed for the battery life I have now.
Just follow p3droids instruction on loading EC09 and rooting it via adb and your good to go.
fortesquieu said:
So for those of you who came from Froyo, but didn't care about EC09 modem, flashed the EC09 roms, without re-rooting, should not have the SD card problems.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I did this and it killed my SD card.
As soon as I loaded the EC09 leak, the phone refused to recognize the pre-installed sdcard, which was a class 4. Once I switched to a class 6 card, I have not had any problems. BTW, I used SuperOneClick to root the EC09 leak.
i have been trying for freaking 2 days to install Cm7.1 on my fascinate. i have odined about 35 times, and tried EVERYTHING i have read here. TO THE T. what the hell is it with this freaking rom.
ALL i get is waiting for SD card to mount...EVERY time....
i have tried 3 diffrent card 8gig 16gig and a 32 gig
im at my last rope...
ANY help will be so appreciated....i have been odining back to DL09 stock before following the guides
Are you sure you are using the correct version if CWM?
Try DROIDSTYLES guide. Its easy to follow and it works.
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Try DROIDSTYLES guide. Its easy to follow and it works.
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I'm using the cwm made for cm7. And yeah i followed this guide to the t...I'm stumped
Are you using the SD card that was supplied ? The stock SD. I've read before where it matters. Btw I'm happy to help a fellow. PENS fan! !
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dvigue said:
i have been trying for freaking 2 days to install Cm7.1 on my fascinate. i have odined about 35 times, and tried EVERYTHING i have read here. TO THE T. what the hell is it with this freaking rom.
ALL i get is waiting for SD card to mount...EVERY time....
i have tried 3 diffrent card 8gig 16gig and a 32 gig
im at my last rope...
ANY help will be so appreciated....i have been odining back to DL09 stock before following the guides
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try reformatting sd card in cwm4, then odin dl09 eclair, boot once, then odin cwm4 and follow the guide from there... its under the mounts and storage tab. Remember its going to completely wipe the sd card, so back everything up to your pc you don't want to lose. Some fascinates are a real pain to get on mtd...mine was. If reformatting works for ya ill add it to my guide as an option for those having issues. thx
i have TRIED EVERYTHING posted here and on another post. i have used all 3 of my cards, and i can NEVER EVER get around that mounting issue. i have wasted all weekend ****ing with this thing. im going back to stock...screw it
dvigue said:
i have TRIED EVERYTHING posted here and on another post. i have used all 3 of my cards, and i can NEVER EVER get around that mounting issue. i have wasted all weekend ****ing with this thing. im going back to stock...screw it
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tell me about it... I spent a week off/on trying to figure out why mine wouldnt flash mtd, then I finally got it to install. Some fascinates dont play nice when trying to convert to mtd. Your last option is to get a replacement, which is what I almost did, but ended up not needing to thankfully.
Mine was the sd card issue, it won't install with my 32GB but would install with my 16GB stock Samsung sd card.
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droidstyle said:
tell me about it... I spent a week off/on trying to figure out why mine wouldnt flash mtd, then I finally got it to install. Some fascinates dont play nice when trying to convert to mtd. Your last option is to get a replacement, which is what I almost did, but ended up not needing to thankfully.
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I finally got my phone to run MTD. For the longest time it wouldnt take and when i thought it would it fried my stock sd card, and in every other time it wouldnt mount my new one. I got a class 4 card, followed Chopper's instructions in the TSM pool party thread (2 steps, odin'd cwm4 then flashed tsm), absolutely no problems. Finally my phone gave into the dark side aka mtd. *sinister laugh*
Device Info:
TSM Pool Party 1.5, Glitch 12 ML, Adren XIX
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I finally got my phone to run MTD. For the longest time it wouldnt take and when i thought it would it fried my stock sd card, and in every other time it wouldnt mount my new one. I got a class 4 card, followed Chopper's instructions in the TSM pool party thread (2 steps, odin'd cwm4 then flashed tsm), absolutely no problems. Finally my phone gave into the dark side aka mtd. *sinister laugh
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TSM Pool Party 1.5, Glitch 12 ML, Adren XIX
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I ended up needing a new sd card also, but that was after flashing cm7. bought a pny 16gb class 10 and everything has been great.
Okay, so I rooted and installed ICS passion on two friends Vibrants. Followed directions and everything turned out great..
My question is why is the extra step of flashing GB prior to ICS necessary? Most devices I've owned have been HTC, so the process for HTC devices is much more familiar to me.
I have some ideas what it might be (bootloader and modem are Included in ROMs in some cases?), but the reading I've done has not given me any real answers. TIA.
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Its not. I had to Odin back and went straight to ics. Flash twice, once for compatible recovery second to actually flash rom.
Flashing gb specifically cm7 would also get you the compatible recovery.
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trailblazerz11 said:
Its not. I had to Odin back and went straight to ics. Flash twice, once for compatible recovery second to actually flash rom.
Flashing gb specifically cm7 would also get you the compatible recovery.
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Gotcha. Just couldn't figure out why the tutorials said to flash CM7 prior to flashing ICS. Thanks for the info!
I have always been under the impression that flashing CM7 before ICS bc it re-partitions the external_sd to emmc.
Plus RULE #2 follow OP (that is what Neo says to do and he created the ROM)
RULE #1 (make a friggin' backup)
Woodrube said:
I have always been under the impression that flashing CM7 before ICS bc it re-partitions the external_sd to emmc.
Plus RULE #2 follow OP (that is what Neo says to do and he created the ROM)
RULE #1 (make a friggin' backup)
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Lol thanks. Yeah, I've been around XDA a while and read enough to know how to get where I want to be and to follow directions. Sometimes said directions just aren't clear as to why you're doing what you're doing. =)
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I have always been under the impression that flashing CM7 before ICS bc it re-partitions the external_sd to emmc
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Doesn't make sense to me.
Why would external SD need to be partitioned? Internal SD partitioned into pieces for system data etc.. external sd is entirely different.
Ics just changes the routing to ext SD I think.
I have had no prob flashing ics from stock.
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trailblazerz11 said:
Doesn't make sense to me.
Why would external SD need to be partitioned? Internal SD partitioned into pieces for system data etc.. external sd is entirely different.
Ics just changes the routing to ext SD I think.
I have had no prob flashing ics from stock.
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Yeah, none of the update-scripts format external partition.. That's not it. I do believe it has to do with the recovery as you said previously.
So here's my situation. I have s-off via wire trick/controlbear program, running amon ra recovery and I did use a sacrificial sd card in the process. I've tried probably 5 different ics roms and the only thing that doesn't work is the sd card. It doesn't give a notification in the top bar but only when I attempt to browse the card through a file manager or gallery then it either says "sd card unmounted" or "please insert sd card". I've wiped everything and formatted it 10 ways from Sunday through windows and the recovery menu but it still isn't recognized. I even tried a few other sd cards I have laying around that I know for sure have been untouched from the rooting process and they do not work either. On the other hand, whenever I revert back to Gingerbread whether it be stock RUU or Rom the sd card works just fine so that makes me think there's nothing wrong with the card it's just not working in ics for some reason. I've done all I can do to the extant of my knowledge to fix it so any other suggestions would be very much appreciated!!! thanks
Additional info, I don't know if it makes a difference or not but when I did the s-off procedure I didn't flash the custom hboot. The hboot is still on 2.11.0000
Did you go into settings > Storage and try mounting the sd card manually, thats what i have to do after reboots.
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Did you go into settings > Storage and try mounting the sd card manually, thats what i have to do after reboots.
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Yeah I've tried that still no cigar
You need the "old firmware patch" because you have gingerbread firmware and the mount points are different for the sd card on ics.
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In order to avoid this problem I would recommend following the instructions contained in the second post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603917
This will upgrade your firmware to the current leak which will make it unnecessary to flash the old firmware patch, the reason your SD card won't mount is because you are on the old firmware and haven't flashed the patch.
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You need the "old firmware patch" because you have gingerbread firmware and the mount points are different for the sd card on ics.
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guess I skipped over the patch part but I got it working now. Thanks!!!
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Hello guys I think my Vibrant just passed away.
After installing the new ROM 2.11 PA and few apps I had backed up with titanium my Vibrant lost its SD Card. It wont find it and it will stay looping at the CWM menu and nothing else. Os after few tries to recover I decided to Odin and start over but all I get is the splash menu and power off
Im not a median loader. I think I have plenty of experience as I have root phones about 200 times. Load ROMs about 500 times easy.
But this one is biting me. It just wont go to recovery or bootup..
All Im able to do is to ODIN de phone successfully and get it to Download mode and recovery mode. Other then that it just dont do anything else but showing me the splash and go black screen.
Any ideas?
SVLAN said:
It just wont go to recovery or bootup.
All Im able to do is to ODIN de phone successfully and get it to Download mode and recovery mode.
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So, are you saying it will or will not go into recovery? Or is it just going into stock recovery?
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So, are you saying it will or will not go into recovery? Or is it just going into stock recovery?
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It only goes to stock recovery and download mode after I odin and it pass!!
but the phone wont pass through the splash as it goes blank. Before had a problem with not detecting the SD Card as well
I have tried ODIN and Lidroid http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058802
But none of them are able to get me back fully pass the splash.
If you are using eclair in the odin pda, you might search and download this pda, dont tick repartition...Eugene_2E_jk2_froyo.tar. Hard to say Im not familiar with the rom you flashed.
If you have download, you'll find an answer.
I had a very similar situation with my vibrant and treated it as the eu bug, get an external sd, partition it and install Rom from stock recovery, depending on the type of rom you are wanting to run, you will have to make a modification to the vold.fstab file. If you tell me the ostensibly you will be running I can further help you on the edits to be done to the file. (editing the vold.fstab file will allow the phone and apps to recognize your partitioned sd card in the same way it usually sees you internal sd.)
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If you are using eclair in the odin pda, you might search and download this pda, dont tick repartition...Eugene_2E_jk2_froyo.tar. Hard to say Im not familiar with the rom you flashed.
If you have download, you'll find an answer.
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Brooooooooooooo you are a genius.
Thank you so much this and restore my phone normally
Hey guys everything seen to be perfect other then My phone is not detecting the SD Card
I was reading this thread but there are no files.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846384
Any other method to fix this?
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I had a very similar situation with my vibrant and treated it as the eu bug, get an external sd, partition it and install Rom from stock recovery, depending on the type of rom you are wanting to run, you will have to make a modification to the vold.fstab file. If you tell me the ostensibly you will be running I can further help you on the edits to be done to the file. (editing the vold.fstab file will allow the phone and apps to recognize your partitioned sd card in the same way it usually sees you internal sd.)
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I will install Jb PA v2.11
Any help?
Ok guys the SD Card Storage is not detected.
I cant see the SD CARD with anything. I be able to see the internal memory with a file browser but the phone is not detecting neither the SD CARD or the External Micro SD.
is there a fix for this?
Without the SD CARD I cant root or load ROMS....
Any help I will appreciate
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I will install Jb PA v2.11
Any help?
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Here is the vold.fstab file for jb roms, however if you aren't using the external sd install I mentioned you shouldn't need it, if so just paste this over the existing file in /system/etc.
Thanks mate but I cant install any roms because the phone cant read the SD Card :crying:
Hopefully this isn't your issue but if it is, here is a workaround for EU bug. It says captivate but its the same for vibe.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21439417
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icoltsfan94 said:
I had a very similar situation with my vibrant and treated it as the eu bug, get an external sd, partition it and install Rom from stock recovery, depending on the type of rom you are wanting to run, you will have to make a modification to the vold.fstab file. If you tell me the ostensibly you will be running I can further help you on the edits to be done to the file. (editing the vold.fstab file will allow the phone and apps to recognize your partitioned sd card in the same way it usually sees you internal sd.)
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Can I do with the frojo stock and then odin the stock frojo after editing?
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Hopefully this isn't your issue but if it is, here is a workaround for EU bug. It says captivate but its the same for vibe.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21439417
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I would use this method if I didnt had any problems at frojo stock. If the phone cant read the SD card then means I wont be able to root or do anything in the phone as it wont read the SD card. :crying:
What problems are you having with froyo?
When you Odin to stock 2.1 eclair, it passes but doesn't boot correct....?
When you flash eugenes froyo via Odin, have you tried mounting internal SD in recovery?
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samsgun357 said:
What problems are you having with froyo?
When you Odin to stock 2.1 eclair, it passes but doesn't boot correct....?
When you flash eugenes froyo via Odin, have you tried mounting internal SD in recovery?
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Im on Eclair right now mate, I got it this far but It just wont read neither the SD Card or the EXT Card....
Any solutions for this?
Thanks mate
samsgun357 said:
What problems are you having with froyo?
When you Odin to stock 2.1 eclair, it passes but doesn't boot correct....?
When you flash eugenes froyo via Odin, have you tried mounting internal SD in recovery?
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Ok I put the Eugene Frojo again to try formatting the sd card and I got this when I attempted
Code:
Your Storage is not ready yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
Why are you trying to format the SD card? How are you trying it (in Rom Manager or on PC). Either way, STOP!!! That is part of what is messing things up. The ROM Manager format and partition options do not work correctly.
What is it that you are ultimately trying to do? Please don't say "seeing storage". That is a symptom of the problem. It seems that you are trying too many things at once. What is your goal here and once we know that, it will be better for us to diagnose your problem.
Woodrube said:
Why are you trying to format the SD card? How are you trying it (in Rom Manager or on PC). Either way, STOP!!! That is part of what is messing things up. The ROM Manager format and partition options do not work correctly.
What is it that you are ultimately trying to do? Please don't say "seeing storage". That is a symptom of the problem. It seems that you are trying too many things at once. What is your goal here and once we know that, it will be better for us to diagnose your problem.
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Hello mate, all Im trying to do is to access the SD Card so I can put the update file to root and the roms I want to flash. Another thing is I cant install anything because is not detecting the Internal SD card. I cant even take photos because the same reason. and due to this same reason is not detectting neither the external micro sd.