[Q]Flashing ROM without MicroSD - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I skimmed through the forums and i cant find a solution (specifically for the X10) to how i can flash a ROM without the use of a MicroSD card. If WP7 wasnt such a pricky OS i wouldnt have this problem but now since the card is integrated with my Focus i wont be able to use it unless i know someone with a Symbian powered Nokia which is never going to happen.
anyways is there a way i can flash a ROM thats in the .zip folder without using a microSD?

No one? theres gotta be a way
all i want is to take the files in the .zip folder and convert it to a flashable file for the PC application because i have no more MicroSD card

XERO_Racer said:
No one? theres gotta be a way
all i want is to take the files in the .zip folder and convert it to a flashable file for the PC application because i have no more MicroSD card
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I dont think so. Even there are some methods over bluetooth, you need some external storage for flashable data. Because you cant store flashable file on the same filesystem as is intended to modify when flashed. Yes, maybe cache, but you will need to somehow remount it as /mnt/sdcard instead and not sure if it is even possible in xrecovery.

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Need help flashing ROM

I've followed the post by xboarder56. My phone has an unlocked bootloader and is rooted. I did not receive any errors when running the command: Fastboot flash boot [boot.img path]. I attempted to use QuikSense and BeastMod. I am using windows, but have access to linux if necessary (would prefer to finish this in windows though).
I believe the problem might be that I do not have an sdcard. Also, I did not see any directions relating to copying files TO the phone, and as such did not. Does loading the boot.img load these files onto the phone or is this something that I need to be doing (also, how do you do that? Guessing I will need linux for that since I don't have an sdcard and will need to write to the device while windows can't read it).
You need a SD card, but xboarder is working on a recovery that doesn't require one
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I thought it might be as much. I ordered an sdcard and it should be here tomorrow. Do I need to perform any additional steps (such as copying files somewhere) or are the steps I am already performing going to be enough?
xboarder said the new recovery works with internal memory as well so shouldn't be a card problem
So I got my SD card and copied all the files to the root of it and performed the flash again. Still nothing. Where should I be copying the files to?
Valde_Edius said:
So I got my SD card and copied all the files to the root of it and performed the flash again. Still nothing. Where should I be copying the files to?
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Let's backtrack.
What recovery do you have currently?
Stock, xboarders recovery (identifiable with the X in the background) or the CWM Recovery?
What files did you put and where did you put them?
Name the files you downloaded them and where you put them (external sdcard, internal sdcard, in a folder, etc)
Are you able to flash anything?
Did you format your sdcard from the phone?
So yeah... answer those for us please.
If the files are on the root of your INTERNAL SDCARD then you need xboarder's recovery.
If the files are on the root of your EXTERNAL SDCARD then you need the standard clockwork recovery (download from ROM Manager)

Restore Internal SD Card from zip ROM streak 5

Hello friends, how are you?
I'm from Portugal, and i have one nice strek 5 working great.
But i have another two, that don't boot, it stuck on delll Logo.
i think another my friends try to root or update, and fail.
it don't make any fast boot or streak mod.
so i disassemble to read its sd card.
because i'm using windows, so i install DiskInternalls Linux Reader to have acess to sd card files.
When mounted, its show two volumes, "Linux Ext Volume 1" and "Linux Ext Volume 2"
the firs one have 244 Mbs, and the other one have 1.65Gb
the small one have two folders, lost+found, recovery and a lot of jpeg files in root folder.
the second one, that have 1.65Gb, have a lot od folders and semms a lot of a zipped rom image.
Its possible just decompress and copy to the volume?
Thanks
If you format the card and put it back in the streak, it should set it up automatically. However, you will lose anything on it this way.
Ok. i will try..
but, it don't need to write some data in "boot area" ?
I'm asking that, becouse i download 3 roms, all ziped, but easy to see files, i also download streak mod, and has only one img file, it can't be unzipped..
my firts idea, was copy streak boot files, to card, but i can't acess it..
My assumption, and it is only an assumption, is there is some sort of actual rom memory on the phone that holds the lowest levels of the operating system. Maybe fastboot and the recovery menu, but not recovery itself. The rom actually resides on the internal sd card. When I put in my freshly formatted sd card, I simply rebooted the phone and I don't remember if it was automatic, or I had to confirm it, but the streak partitioned/formatted/whatever the internal sd card itself. I then flashed a recovery and a rom.
Hello.
like you said, i have insert a new sd card, but formated in FAT, i think thats the problem.
I try to load Linux Live CD, and format in ext2/3.
or try to copy rom directly file to sd card.
You think might work?
***EDIT***
I have format the card, and i have inserted into sreak and turn it on..
How much time is preparing the new card ?
and how i know that is ready to reboot?
thanks
I have created an image of my inner SD Card right after a factory reset.
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I created this using Clonezilla, you should be able to use Clonezilla to restore it. It is an image of the entire sd card. You need to unzip the downloaded file to use it.
Note: I am running DSC_Rom, which is Gingerbread based. I don't think it makes a difference.
marvin02 said:
I have created an image of my inner SD Card right after a factory reset.
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I created this using Clonezilla, you should be able to use Clonezilla to restore it. It is an image of the entire sd card. You need to unzip the downloaded file to use it.
Note: I am running DSC_Rom, which is Gingerbread based. I don't think it makes a difference.
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cannot start clonezilla iso
slav_pu6 said:
cannot start clonezilla iso
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You burn the .iso file to a cd and boot it.

Minimum files needed on a new SD card

So when my new SD card comes in what do i need to put on it besides my personal media files? I know the is a PG86IMG.ZIP file on the root for the boot loader but is it necessary to be there always? If not i guess just format and everything should find find then?
Thanks in advance.
So when my new SD card comes in what do i need to put on it besides my personal media files?
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Well, ideally, if you want all of your apps and such to work properly, you need to copy everything from the old card to the new one. Just connect old card to PC, move everything to a folder on the PC, then move everything to the new card.
I know the is a PG86IMG.ZIP file on the root for the boot loader but is it necessary to be there always?
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Uhh no. Once you have flashed whatever that file was, you can delete it.
I recommend you get rid of that PG86IMG.zip file.
It will cause you major problems if you try to boot into the bootloader since it will constantly ask you to install it, which means you'd just be reflashing it everytime.
To use an SD card in the Evo, format it in Fat32 and it'll work just fine.
You don't need any files on there, Android automatically creates it's own folders.

[Q] Files not found when attempting to install CM10 rom

I have been trying for at least two days now to get CM10 on my nook tablet, I have been going through many guides to do it but most are very specific and I don't really know where to go or what to do (I am a total noob at this). Yesterday I found an extraordinary tutorial that explained step by step everything I had to do, I followed it and again I couldn't get past attempting to install the roms because it cannot find the files. I had reached this same stage by following different tutorials but in the end I couldn't find the zips. I even tried with another SD card and the same happens. I have thought of putting the rom zips in the internal memory and running them from there but I'm not sure if it's a good idea.
(Is it any good to tell you I wiped a N2A card 8GB with 2.2 in it to use as my sd card for CM10? I believe it was running CM7 but a week ago I couldn't get it to work so I decided to try CM10 myself thinking it couldn't be that hard)
I really hope someone here knows what can I do because to me my nook tablet is pretty much useless without Android.
Since you're a newbie I suggest using the SDC image. You can download it from here: http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
Note this does not flash to internal so it doesn't change anything on your book itself.
All you need to do is write the image file to an SD card and you're good to go. No need to flash it from recovery. You can also repartition the SD card for more space in the data partition, allowing more apps.
If you get stuck or need something explained just reply or send me an email.
Only the zip files are missing? Or all folders are missing?
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Zip files missing
satan89 said:
Only the zip files are missing? Or all folders are missing?
Sent from my ST27i
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Only the zip files are missing, I can browse through folders without a problem.
Saturnath said:
Only the zip files are missing, I can browse through folders without a problem.
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Just place them in a location where cwm recovery is reading. Doesn't matter if its SD or internal.

Help i just system wiped in twrp

i accidentily sytem wiped my vs985 and lost the cm11 .zip file and now i have no OS
Im still in TWRP from bump and REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE
Haha ummm, download a ROM to an SD card (buy a cheap small one if you don't have one, to save yourself in situations like this), put it in, install that beast.
Diddler Thankyou said:
i accidentily sytem wiped my vs985 and lost the cm11 .zip file and now i have no OS
Im still in TWRP from bump and REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE
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Didn't know Verizon had ext.sdcard
Otg "on the go cable" Rom to a flash drive insert in to cable. mount Otg in recovery and bam in tha biness
WHATSAMATTA U ALUMNI
deathsquad737 said:
Didn't know Verizon had ext.sdcard
Otg "on the go cable" Rom to a flash drive insert in to cable. mount Otg in recovery and bam in tha biness
WHATSAMATTA U ALUMNI
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What carrier you have doesn't matter... all versions of the G3 has an sdcard slot, which you can use if you have an external sdcard. It supports up to 128GB.
OP, just download a new ROM file on a computer and put it on a microsd. TWRP can install it from that.
SDCARD
when did verizon get a external sdcard?i havent seen any external sdcard vs985
edit:nevermind you are right
hey guys, I did the same as the OP. I tried loading an OS onto an SD card and I cant it to mount in TWRP. what am I doing wrong??
edit- got it working again, thank you guys!!
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If you ever do this, listen to the posts above...
After i flashed it from the ext sd, all my syst files are on my sd card... Its only 8gb and im running low on space... Should i install the zip onto my int and gp to twrp, wipe the ext then flash from the int?
Diddler Thankyou said:
Follow up:
If you ever do this, listen to the posts above...
After i flashed it from the ext sd, all my syst files are on my sd card... Its only 8gb and im running low on space... Should i install the zip onto my int and gp to twrp, wipe the ext then flash from the int?
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After you've flashed the zip, you don't need to keep that zip on your phone at all anymore. The OS is installed and you're all good. I mean, you should keep it on an external sd, in case something like this happens again - but you don't have to. If you're low on space, delete the original zip, but make a backup in TWRP - that is more handy to have anyway.
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After you've flashed the zip, you don't need to keep that zip on your phone at all anymore. The OS is installed and you're all good. I mean, you should keep it on an external sd, in case something like this happens again - but you don't have to. If you're low on space, delete the original zip, but make a backup in TWRP - that is more handy to have anyway.
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Is this the same with any downloads such as roms , addons, modems, hotspot provisions and the like, once they are in TWRP Recovery can I delete them from my phone /sd/ downloads and they remain in TWRP?
They aren't in TWRP recovery, they are installed into your phone, replacing stuff that was already there. The zip archives are just downloaded so TWRP can be used to install (flash) them. Those archives don't run in your phone. You can delete them and re-download them later if you ever need to flash them again (not likely).
Format your SD cards as fat32 - you'll need a tool to do so (just Google it, or look on this forum in the TWRP thread). Alternatively, you can use the "push" command from a computer through ADB to send a file directly to your phone's internal memory. You can Google that up as well. Actually, I did that one for you...
https://www.google.com/search?q=twrp+system+wipe+adb+push

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