Alright so the speedy does not have official support from Boot Manager but i have played around with the settings and got it working, you have to manually edit the variables.
1.) Open Boot Manager and go to settings ( if its the first time opening the app it will say unsupported either email the developers or manually enter variables )
2) INSIDE SETTINGS Make sure large boot.img is checked ( i couldn't get anything to boot with smaller boot.img )
**now in manually set variables
3.) Device name = speedy
4.)SDcard block = dev/block/mmcblk1p1
5.)System size in mb = 496
6.)data size in mb = 430
7.)cache size in mb = 150
**make sure to hit the set button beside each line**
8.) Then in extras ( its the screen all the way to the right of the ROM page )
make sure you set your sd booster up to at least 2048.
9.) Flash all ROMS using EXT2 Regardless of boot manager seeing ext4
*I tested all these ROMS with an 8GB Class 2 SanDisk.*
Here ill list out the working ROMS i have got to boot with Boot Manager
1.) newSENSE-RC-2
2.)Supreme Sense-v-X-a2sd
3.)Mokee OS 1.0 ( permission issues but works)
4.)Mokee OS 1.2
5.)MIUI v2.3.30 ( posted by Bfitz26)
6.)U.K.E v 1.4.6 ( with gapps ) *Flash the ROM to SD then flash gapps with no wipe. Then boot into SD ROM
7.)CoreDroidMod v6.6
**NOT WORKING with Boot Manager**
1.) Zens cm 9 build
2.)Joy OS
Cool man, thanks for the tut. May give this a try at some point. Do the ROMs running on the sd seem pretty smooth? Also are you able to use your sd-ext with each ROM?
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crump84 said:
Cool man, thanks for the tut. May give this a try at some point. Do the ROMs running on the sd seem pretty smooth? Also are you able to use your sd-ext with each ROM?
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Well I had used dreads recovery to remove my ext, and never did anything past testing the ROMS, now that I have 4 on my SD It's a little late to go adding it back LOL, I guess it was just a proof of concept that it would work for us
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I'm really sorry that JoyOS doesn't go in the boot manager, if i could fix it, I would
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I'm really sorry that JoyOS doesn't go in the boot manager, if i could fix it, I would
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It might not be you LOL
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Also if anyone can think of anything to help other users with this feel free to pm me or post here and I can add to the OP or Second post. If you've gotten a ROM to work that I have posted as not working ill change it up.
This should be a community effort to get official support for this awesome app. I've tweeted the devs and blew their email up but I alone don't think ill get you all official support
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Thanks for spending time to figure this out. Ill try it and play around a bit. Let you know if I find anything
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Nice so i is like a 4 boot partition?
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Nice so i is like a 4 boot partition?
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Yeah I have all them systems on my sd card and can boot between then with a reboot
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that's pretty sick never partitioned my sd card but i might give this a whirl that way i can switch between roms pretty easily..
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that's pretty sick never partitioned my sd card but i might give this a whirl that way i can switch between roms pretty easily..
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Well boot manager don't partition per-say it just copies your phones partition structure to the SD and flashes ROMS to it
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ah ok so it's more or less a virtual partition sort of. i always had issues with partitions my sd card is like a class 1 i think so i doesn't handle a whole lot. i might try this later after i get miui set up.
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ah ok so it's more or less a virtual partition sort of. i always had issues with partitions my sd card is like a class 1 i think so i doesn't handle a whole lot. i might try this later after i get miui set up.
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I ran Supreme Sense from a 8 GB class 2 and it ran quite well.
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nice wanna test it on miui soon once my son takes a nap
so question for ya does this app wipe the sd card? just kind of curious on the prerequistes and what does this do to /system reversable brick concerns etc.. would appreciate some insight on this before i dive into it
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so question for ya does this app wipe the sd card? just kind of curious on the prerequistes and what does this do to /system reversable brick concerns etc.. would appreciate some insight on this before i dive into it
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no it does not wipe the SD card or anything like that, the app tells you to backup your phone ROM but thast a simple one click and your all good from there, incase like a sdROM dont boot there is a bootmanager folder made on your sdcar and you go into recovery and then go to bootmanager then to phone rom and flash update zip with no wipe and it will be all good
cool so it's like a built in img file in the bootmanager app it self aka folder so does this replace cwm basically? sorry for the questoins here just a bit curious and for other people might find this infomation useful once this thread gets more attention..
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cool so it's like a built in img file in the bootmanager app it self aka folder so does this replace cwm basically? sorry for the questoins here just a bit curious and for other people might find this infomation useful once this thread gets more attention..
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No it don't replace any recovery or any actual files on the phone, it does it all from sdcard, later on I should be able to get screen shots for y'all, depending on how much time it takes to rip all my doubleshot mods down. But who knows I'm out with the family now
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Could someone handle me the download links for CM7 Alpha?
They were taken down to work out some issues.
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You're better off waiting. They discovered a bug that causes the device to be bricked if you format the SD card. There's a fix for said brick, but it's still something that shouldn't be out in the wild.
I was looking for the same thing, so since I don't see anyone posting it I guess its a no on sharing cm7 lol
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I was looking for the same thing, so since I don't see anyone posting it I guess its a no on sharing cm7 lol
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Exactly!. We don't want to put other users Nook Tablets in risk.
~ Veronica
I see I see
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Isn't the bug only an issue if you are planning on using the SD Card version? I don't see what the problem would be with the internal version...oh well.
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Isn't the bug only an issue if you are planning on using the SD Card version? I don't see what the problem would be with the internal version...oh well.
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So far yes but truth is that eather with warnings or not people(noobs) could still do it lol so... to put an example i have read of 2 guys who wiped all the partitions off course they bricked their device (Judge for yourself).
So let devs work, test more and fix bugs, anyway there are some other bugs too and it other features aren't supported yet like Bluetooth, microphone, etc. I personally stay away of alphas but this time i tested support of apps and few other things but nothing major because i know there can be risks.
~ Veronica
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Isn't the bug only an issue if you are planning on using the SD Card version? I don't see what the problem would be with the internal version...oh well.
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The bug is on both versions, and occurs if you try to format/erase the SD Card through the CM7 storage menu. So theoretically as long as you don't do that, you're fine, but I understand the hesitance to share a file that could potentially brick someone's device.
I was using the internal version, and experienced the SD format brick.
After recovering, I've continued to use CM7, primarily because when I tried to go back to the 1.4.1 + root image that's floating around here, I couldn't install market apps anymore. Tablet would reboot every single time I've tried. So I went back to CM7, just reminding myself to never, ever, ever erase the SDcard through the mod.
If you are not careful
I have been very cautious and lucky so far. I Rooted my Nook Tab back in late November by following ADB instructions and then applied many different tweaks including build.prop etc. All directions in these forums must be followed explicitly and you MUST have some working knowledge of ADB and a general understanding of how computers work. I have read every post in this forum and spent many hours researching how the devs were trying to circumvent the bootloader using various exploits. I did try to inject the Chainfire 3D wrapper as to be able to play Tegra Games and got caught in a boot loop and had to factory restore. Over all, I have been very careful. I have read in the forum that others have tried to apply CM7 update by trying to flash the cm7.ZIP file. It is very lucky for these people that in Clock Work Mod (CMW) this mode does not format the internal memory, it just writes to the System/app folder or to the folder that is specified inside the zip file. It is easy to get excited around buzz words like CM7 and CM9. But it is important to net let it go to your head and research thouroughly before hack-a-lackin your tablet. I am very grateful that the Devs rethought the CWM flasher and added the hash checksum so that someone with a bad connection didn't flash a partially downloaded file. I have CM7 on my Nook. Luckily, I didnt try to format an SD card with the Nook, I used an external card reader. The most important thing is, the Devs and the End Users are all going down unfamiliar territory. Research is the WORD. Happy Hacking!!!
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I have been very cautious and lucky so far. I Rooted my Nook Tab back in late November by following ADB instructions and then applied many different tweaks including build.prop etc. All directions in these forums must be followed explicitly and you MUST have some working knowledge of ADB and a general understanding of how computers work. I have read every post in this forum and spent many hours researching how the devs were trying to circumvent the bootloader using various exploits. I did try to inject the Chainfire 3D wrapper as to be able to play Tegra Games and got caught in a boot loop and had to factory restore. Over all, I have been very careful. I have read in the forum that others have tried to apply CM7 update by trying to flash the cm7.ZIP file. It is very lucky for these people that in Clock Work Mod (CMW) this mode does not format the internal memory, it just writes to the System/app folder or to the folder that is specified inside the zip file. It is easy to get excited around buzz words like CM7 and CM9. But it is important to net let it go to your head and research thouroughly before hack-a-lackin your tablet. I am very grateful that the Devs rethought the CWM flasher and added the hash checksum so that someone with a bad connection didn't flash a partially downloaded file. I have CM7 on my Nook. Luckily, I didnt try to format an SD card with the Nook, I used an external card reader. The most important thing is, the Devs and the End Users are all going down unfamiliar territory. Research is the WORD. Happy Hacking!!!
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Very nice 1st post. Well said!!!
Land Master said:
Very nice 1st post. Well said!!!
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I second what he said , well said!... if just all users be like him, sigh
~ Veronica
Okay I have the internal file on my nook but I keep getting that md5 error when I try to flash because I downloaded straight to my nook can someone help me with how to get this restore Rita work
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Unzip it on your PC. If you are in CWM, you can go to the Advanced menu and "Mount USB Storage."
Even if I downloaded it on my book tablet first this still will work
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Even if I downloaded it on my book tablet first this still will work
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Worked for me ...
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I put it in usb storage mode transferred the file from my download files to my computer unzipped it and took the file and placed it in the cwm restore folder went to restore and tried to flash and still got the md5 mismatch error please help
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I put it in usb storage mode transferred the file from my download files to my computer unzipped it and took the file and placed it in the cwm restore folder went to restore and tried to flash and still got the md5 mismatch error please help
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I believe you need to unzip straight to the SD on your nook.
So when you extract it you do it directly to the cmw folder okay ill try that
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I managed to compile twrp for the SGS3 GT-I9300. I loved this recovery on my SGS1 (until I couldn't get it to activate on devil kernel) and my Galaxy Tab 10.1. It has saved my rear end several times while testing the A1 kernel. With its on recovery terminal I could dd flash the stock kernel. CWM Touch is nice but I ABSOLUTELY LOATHE the blobs backup format. It makes it darn near impossible to save nandroid backups on your computer. I can understand the logic behind the blobs format but I still hate it. Also, I think it's a shame that the American/Canadian Qualcomm SGS3 has TWRP but the international power house doesn't.
I just downloaded the twrp source a few hours ago so this is TWRP V2.2.2.1. Unfortunately, the external SD does not mount but I did manage to get adb to work. I think that you could always adb push a rom zip in the event you cannot boot, forgot to make a nandroid, and forgot to have a "just in case" zip. Also, when rebooting, YOU MUST CHOOSE REBOOT SYSTEM. If you just poweroff, it will reboot into recovery the next time. If you forget and choose poweroff and it reboots into recovery, just choose reboot system and everything will be fine.
Attached is A1 (the character my A1 kernel is named after) holding my I9300 showing the recovery. The source is also uploaded, which includes files that I've changed in case anybody is interested to know how I did it. There is a rootzwiki page with instructions I followed. Just a few minor deviations from the instructions. I did "make recoveryimage" instead of "make amp amp..." that they recommended. And the obvious deviation, our device is called i9300 not tenderloin. That's the HP Touchpad.
I flashed the latest CM10 nightly from it, the latest siyah kernel and a touchwiz zip and nothing went wrong. Also tested backup and restore. Went fine.
Here is a youtube video demonstrating TWRP on the Galaxy Nexus by some random person on youtube.
Credits: team win, siyah kernel developer (recycled your zip to make the recovery zip). None of the code is original from me. I only tweaked the recovery.rc to enable adb.
sounds Good .
I'll wait for few replies
and I'll test it myself later on
Could you add A video of you showing all the menu's around this recovery ?
one more thing:
did you check that all the functions are working ?
shay2911 said:
sounds Good .
I'll wait for few replies
and I'll test it myself later on
Could you add A video of you showing all the menu's around this recovery ?
one more thing:
did you check that all the functions are working ?
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Checked flashing. Flashed a cm10 nightly, siyah kernel, cm camera fix, touchwiz launcher. All of those are working. (Say what you want about touchwiz but Ive always liked the launcher) Just checked backup and recovery.
And... my phone is not yet dead as evident from my signature. Video?? How?? Just tape it running from my tablet??
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yea if you could film it from your tablet or even post an video that shows this recovery on S1 ( you said it was used on s1)
btw where did you find camera fix for cm ?
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found this video on youtube add it to the main post
this recovery looks amazing
I just flashed this Recovery seems Good one thing bugs me there the slide to confirm it's not smooth but besides the smoothness of the it's great
Thanks for your effort. I love this recovery, it rocks.
I use it on my Asus TF300.
Please also add externalSD support.
Thanks.
SGS3 I9300XXDLIB
Wont let me download :s
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Dees_troy is making twrp and im the tester
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Wow! Did a full 1.17Gig backup in like 10 seconds! Awesome, man thanx a lot, I hated backing up because it took ages especially heavy ROMs like ARHD and the like but now it's a breeze!! One question, am I able to restore CWM backups with TWN?
Excellent interface backed up and restored no problem .
jje
Works really well.and love the options it has.much more interactive and useful than CWM imo.sorry please dont mind me no disrespect to the fellow developers.
Thanks subbed
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christophermaisch said:
Wow! Did a full 1.17Gig backup in like 10 seconds! Awesome, man thanx a lot, I hated backing up because it took ages especially heavy ROMs like ARHD and the like but now it's a breeze!! One question, am I able to restore CWM backups with TWN?
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Dont give BS m8, it took 7mins to backup ARHD ROM. HOw can you backup almost 2gb of rom in 10secs?
BTW great recovery, much better than CWM been using for ages. Thanks.
Edit: Tried installing few zip mods although it says files installed but there is no mod done.
Finally ported to int. S3 ! Thanks AAccount ! This recovery is way much better than CWM.
Nice work mate, I was waiting for this.
sak500 said:
Dont give BS m8, it took 7mins to backup ARHD ROM. HOw can you backup almost 2gb of rom in 10secs?
BTW great recovery, much better than CWM been using for ages. Thanks.
Edit: Tried installing few zip mods although it says files installed but there is no mod done.
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Tried mounting the system and then installing the mods? Should work that way i guess :S
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Wow... great work Aaccount hope you soon add ext sd too
sak500 said:
Dont give BS m8, it took 7mins to backup ARHD ROM. HOw can you backup almost 2gb of rom in 10secs?
BTW great recovery, much better than CWM been using for ages. Thanks.
Edit: Tried installing few zip mods although it says files installed but there is no mod done.
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Either I'm doing something very worry but it is about that and 2gb is not almost 1.2 gb, 1.9gb is almost 2gb.
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Wow... great work Aaccount hope you soon add ext sd too
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Ext Sd seems to work :| it does read that i have an external sd and the amount of space left in it and all
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Will you be fixing ext sd
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Will you be fixing ext sd
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It is already fixed guys seriously it is working for me :| i just flashed a couple kernals and they flashed fine from the external sd
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It is already fixed guys seriously it is working for me :| i just flashed a couple kernals and they flashed fine from the external sd
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Likewise backup restore and flashing from EXT SD no problem .
jje
Thanks, so far so good. All seems to work.
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I first noticed that when I went to take pictures that a toast message would popup that said something along the lines of "Unable to save file to sdcard due to insufficient file privaleges". Originally I thought it was the Rom at fault which I will leave nameless beings that its occoring with every Rom I've flashed since as well. But only after switching between the 3 Roma I had saved on my sdcard prior to this incident, I tried to download a newer Rom to see if it was a bug that had been fixed but couldn't download anything to my sdcard. The only time I can download is through the market or via adb push so I know the internal storage isn't broken, but not recieving the correct permissions.
Has anyone else experienced this or have a fix because I don't want to bring the phone back "re-locked" and ask for a replacement. But I also do not want to buy a new phone or go through asurion. Thanks in advance and happy hollidays!
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I first noticed that when I went to take pictures that a toast message would popup that said something along the lines of "Unable to save file to sdcard due to insufficient file privaleges". Originally I thought it was the Rom at fault which I will leave nameless beings that its occoring with every Rom I've flashed since as well. But only after switching between the 3 Roma I had saved on my sdcard prior to this incident, I tried to download a newer Rom to see if it was a bug that had been fixed but couldn't download anything to my sdcard. The only time I can download is through the market or via adb push so I know the internal storage isn't broken, but not recieving the correct permissions.
Has anyone else experienced this or have a fix because I don't want to bring the phone back "re-locked" and ask for a replacement. But I also do not want to buy a new phone or go through asurion. Thanks in advance and happy hollidays!
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Backup everything from your storage. Go into recovery and format /sdcard. I had the same thing happen. Worked fine after the format and restoring the files.
I'm getting ready to head home so ill do it when I get there. Should I format it in cwmr recovery or through settings just so I make sure I do it the way you did it. Less room for error lol. And thanks a lot I'm really hoping that it helps! I miss having the camera mostly for taking pictures of my 14 month old Son Hambo!
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I'm getting ready to head home so ill do it when I get there. Should I format it in cwmr recovery or through settings just so I make sure I do it the way you did it. Less room for error lol. And thanks a lot I'm really hoping that it helps! I miss having the camera mostly for taking pictures of my 14 month old Son Hambo!
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I did it from in CWM recovery.
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I did it from in CWM recovery.
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Thanks, and That's what she said. . Lol
Edit : when I format my sdcard, will I have to reflash afterwards or will I still have functionality?
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No reflash needed. Just format and reboot.
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No reflash needed. Just format and reboot.
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Your my hero!
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Still having problems
Flak_Munky said:
I did it from in CWM recovery.
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How do you do it through TWRP? I'm having this issue and I can't figure out how to get it to go away either.
Thanks!
Hey guys,
I've been lurking for a little while now and reading up on steps I need to follow to swap my internal and external memory, but I wanted to clarify something to make sure I'm not doing anything wrong. First off, I have a Verizon Note 2 that I rooted using Odin and running "Jelly Beans build.1 VRALJB 4.1.1 by Beanstown106". That's as far as I've gone thus far. I tried just using directory bind to install apps to my external micro sd card, but that program has too many issues to use reliably. Apps were forcing close and the app itself was glitching. I've decided to run a memory swap mod, but from what I've gathered, I'll need to unlock the bootloader and flash a new rom. So here's my plan (please let me know if there's some flaw in it):
1) I'll unlock the bootloader using AdamOutler's guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2043636
2) I figured the next easiest step would be to just flash a custom rom that includes the memory swap in it inherently, like the angelROM TouchWiz debloat build here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055073&nocache=1
Thanks for any info you folks can provide. This is my first time jumping into advanced Android modifying and I'm nervous about mixing the wrong builds/roms and bricking my phone.
P.S. One last thing: Does anyone know if AFTER having run the mod to swap memory, if you can transfer all the data to a new (larger) memory card and swap them out? I have a 32 GB card but intend to get a 64 GB one in the next few days. Can I flash the angelROM build now and then just swap them when I get the larger card or will that cause issues?
There shouldn't be any issue as long ss you turn off the phone and then remove the 32GB SD and use your computer to handle the swap. It wont break anything if the phone is on but it'll make it act a smidge wonky imo.
Also: http://db.tt/NtrxYbU8
Its a zip that will switch the sd card positions. This isnt my original work but I use it because it works no questions asked.
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There shouldn't be any issue as long ss you turn off the phone and then remove the 32GB SD and use your computer to handle the swap. It wont break anything if the phone is on but it'll make it act a smidge wonky imo...
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Thanks so much for the info! I'm still a little nervous about whether or not I'm missing a step between unlocking the bootloader and then jumping into the "memory swap ROM" immediately. Can anyone verify that my plan is correct and whether or not the angelROM w/ memory swap mod is OK on our Verizon Note 2's?
As long as you use the angelROM for the Verizon Galaxy Note 2 Development section you will be fine. After unlocking the bootloader via Adam's process you should have TWRP recovery, which will allow you to fladh the rom.
Download the rom to either your internal storage or your external storage.
Extra: from what I have been told flashing modem's (new radios) that leak will screw up the current ROM you are using. So if new radios leak anytime soon and you are still running the sd card swap you will need to undue that if you plan to flash them.
Extra 2: I can't vouch for it myself because I'm having my own problems after undoing the zip file i shared, but I know undoing the zip is as easy as using root explorer to delete the alteration in the init.d file under etc, so theres that.
Tl; dr: after you unlock the bootloder you are good to run the swap.
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As long as you use the angelROM for the Verizon Galaxy Note 2 Development section you will be fine. After unlocking the bootloader via Adam's process you should have TWRP recovery, which will allow you to fladh the rom.
Download the rom to either your internal storage or your external storage.
Extra: from what I have been told flashing modem's (new radios) that leak will screw up the current ROM you are using. So if new radios leak anytime soon and you are still running the sd card swap you will need to undue that if you plan to flash them.
Extra 2: I can't vouch for it myself because I'm having my own problems after undoing the zip file i shared, but I know undoing the zip is as easy as using root explorer to delete the alteration in the init.d file under etc, so theres that.
Tl; dr: after you unlock the bootloder you are good to run the swap.
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Great, thanks again for all your help! I'll give it a go tonight. I'm actually fairly techie and have hacked many devices in the past, but I feel like modding Android devices is probably one of the toughest yet. There are just so many variations of rom builds and hacks, coupled with the confusion of WAY too many android devices and specifics for different carriers... It's hard keeping everything straight. Thanks again! :good:
Omg this is a God sent post! Ok so I have the 16gb and I only have 2gigs left lol,... Ok but what happens when you flash a new rom or an update from Verizon comes out am I going to have to revert back and be tranfering data each time? Will recovery recognize the memory swap? After the memory swap will I have to move or copy everything over before or after the swap, if after how will it boot if it thinks it's OS is on the memory card now.... If I revert back does that mean the OS needs to be copied back to internal memory before the swap... Ughhhh this is too much but I LOVE my phone and there is no other way I have to get this working... I really hope they improve this method
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Also is this future proof as I won't be able to fit my data back on the 16gb internal
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Omg this is a God sent post! Ok so I have the 16gb and I only have 2gigs left lol,... Ok but what happens when you flash a new rom or an update from Verizon comes out am I going to have to revert back and be tranfering data each time? Will recovery recognize the memory swap? After the memory swap will I have to move or copy everything over before or after the swap, if after how will it boot if it thinks it's OS is on the memory card now.... If I revert back does that mean the OS needs to be copied back to internal memory before the swap... Ughhhh this is too much but I LOVE my phone and there is no other way I have to get this working... I really hope they improve this method
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So to answer some questions:
It will revert back to normal between roms. Thats why I recommend using the zip I posted. Again its not my work and I am not taking credit for it. But that zip can be applied to any rom.
You should worry more about losing the bootloader and root under new software because most likely that will happen.
I suggest doing a clean install with the swap, and not installing apps. Otherwise you will have to move stuff manually.
Rom will continue to work if you want to remove the init.d file but most likely have sd card issues as I am seeing. Instagram doesnt recognize I have an sd card in. Its hit or miss and in now way reflects the owners work, its the nature of the beast unfortunately.
Hope that helps
EDIT: The zip isnt rom specific, whereas angelROM is specifically for that rom
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Ok so when those custom ROM's have an update that requires it to boot into recovery am I going to have to revert back or will the recovery recognize that the memory has been switched and apply whatever update like normal inside of recovery? Thanks for your help
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Ok so when those custom ROM's have an update that requires it to boot into recovery am I going to have to revert back or will the recovery recognize that the memory has been switched and apply whatever update like normal inside of recovery? Thanks for your help
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Lets say you use cyanogen right? And a new version of the rom comes out. It will recognize whatever is currently your external and internal, but when you flash a new rom it will revert back to original paths.
EDIT: This doesn't apply to the angelROMs that have the switch pre applied
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Ok last question when I wipe data does it still keep the switch or revert back
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Ok last question when I wipe data does it still keep the switch or revert back
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That I am unsure of. Because data wipes everything I believe it would get rid of the init.d file so it woukd revert back to normal, but I'm not 100% sure on that
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Ok, so I followed the steps I detailed in my OP and everything went pretty well. I'm running angelROM v4 and wanted to update to the v6 that was posted but I'm unable to boot back into recovery mode now... After initially unlocking, I made a nandroid backup in TWRP, but now I can't seem to get back into recovery mode. I power off and hold volume - & power but the phone just boots back up normally. Is there something I'm missing here? Does flashing a new rom remove the TWRP recovery option or something?
Never mind. I apologize if I wasted anyone's time with this. I figured out I can reboot into recovery mode by using Rom Toolbox. I just figured there would be a shortcut that would allow me to do it without it also.
Ok so your not able to use the power + up key combination like normal?
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Ok so your not able to use the power + up key combination like normal?
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You know, I never saw in any of my searching any indication that "volume + & power" was the correct key combination to boot to recovery. Everything I found said that to boot into recovery mode in TWRP, you need to use "volume - & power", not volume +. I'll give that a go. Thanks!
By the way, I'm just about ready to give up on this whole memory swap mod thing. Has anyone gotten it working without issues? The angelROM I posted about earlier worked but when apps were installed they didn't get allocated to the correct memory. For example, I first attempted to install some of my backups from Titanium Backup Pro, and when I did that, the apps installed to the (switched) "card" memory. Which, of course, is pointless, since the whole idea is to get them to install on the external sd card so the device can hold more apps. I initially figured this was probably a limitation with restoring apps in Titanium Backup, so I tested installing some apps directly from the google play store. When I did that, those apps ended up taking up memory on BOTH storage locations. Example: EXT MEM had 10 GB and INT MEM had 4 GB before I installed a 1 GB app. AFTER installing that app, my EXT MEM had 9 GB and my INT MEM had 3 GB.
At that point I figured it was probably an issue with the angelROM itself so I ditched it and moved on to Bean's Revision 4 (which I like the look of more anyway). That happens to have a "memory swap" option so I enabled that and I'm getting the EXACT same issues. So my question is this: has anyone been able to use the memory swap mod and install apps on the external sd card WITHOUT the app taking up equal space on the internal storage? If so, what did you do to get it to work?
P.S. I'd post these questions in the angelROM thread or bean's revision 4 thread, but being new here, my post count is still too low to ask questions on the development boards. Thanks!
So in my flashing craziness I forgot to use the sd downgrade when I went from an AOSP rom back to a 4.1.2 rom. Definitely a noob mistake that I will never make again.
Now my internal SD seems extremely cluttered with a 0 folder similar to the main one.
Is there a simple way to clean this up?
FWIW I did flash the new Beans 18 build then flash the downgrade earlier today, however I am currently on a restored backup of Beans 17.
I have considered flashing back to stock and then rooting again to make it all clean, but that won't take care of the unused and duplicate folders in my internal storage...right?!
Yes I am new here so please be kind! I spend a ton of time teaching myself and learning about rooting and customizing, but this is one thing I wanted a definite answer to before I end up deleting a crucial file or folder.
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So in my flashing craziness I forgot to use the sd downgrade when I went from an AOSP rom back to a 4.1.2 rom. Definitely a noob mistake that I will never make again.
Now my internal SD seems extremely cluttered with a 0 folder similar to the main one.
Is there a simple way to clean this up?
FWIW I did flash the new Beans 18 build then flash the downgrade earlier today, however I am currently on a restored backup of Beans 17.
I have considered flashing back to stock and then rooting again to make it all clean, but that won't take care of the unused and duplicate folders in my internal storage...right?!
Yes I am new here so please be kind! I spend a ton of time teaching myself and learning about rooting and customizing, but this is one thing I wanted a definite answer to before I end up deleting a crucial file or folder.
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Easiest way would be to use a file explorer and copy/paste anything from /0 you want to keep over to the correct sdcard location. Then you can just delete the /0 folder.
Thanks for taking the time to answer. I was able to delete all but 2 sub folders under 0...the download and jelly beans folder refuse to delete. Not sure what that's about but at least I now have my internal in better shape!
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Thanks for taking the time to answer. I was able to delete all but 2 sub folders under 0...the download and jelly beans folder refuse to delete. Not sure what that's about but at least I now have my internal in better shape!
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Were you using an explorer like Root Explorer that you could get R/W privileges with? If not do that.
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I am using ES file explorer...I thought it would be able to 'see' all the files.
If I need to use another program or app, let me know.
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Thanks for taking the time to answer. I was able to delete all but 2 sub folders under 0...the download and jelly beans folder refuse to delete. Not sure what that's about but at least I now have my internal in better shape!
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Reboot to TWRP, go to advanced to fix the permissions on those two folders and then delete it from there, worked for me.
I also found trouble deleting beans, but got it done from a pc. Different beans for different fiends.
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I am using ES file explorer...I thought it would be able to 'see' all the files.
If I need to use another program or app, let me know.
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I haven't used ES in a long long long time. If it will allow you full R/W privileges like Root Explorer you should be able to do it but I honestly don't know about ES because I use Root Explorer. Maybe the post about boring into recovery would work.
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mayorblurps said:
So in my flashing craziness I forgot to use the sd downgrade when I went from an AOSP rom back to a 4.1.2 rom. Definitely a noob mistake that I will never make again.
Now my internal SD seems extremely cluttered with a 0 folder similar to the main one.
Is there a simple way to clean this up?
FWIW I did flash the new Beans 18 build then flash the downgrade earlier today, however I am currently on a restored backup of Beans 17.
I have considered flashing back to stock and then rooting again to make it all clean, but that won't take care of the unused and duplicate folders in my internal storage...right?!
Yes I am new here so please be kind! I spend a ton of time teaching myself and learning about rooting and customizing, but this is one thing I wanted a definite answer to before I end up deleting a crucial file or folder.
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I was in the same boat as you buddy. I put everything I wanted from my internal memory to my sd card and went into TWRP and wiped the internal data(the one you have to type yes to continue) then wiped cache system and data and reflashed beans room and then used my backup from my sd card
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I was in the same boat as you buddy. I put everything I wanted from my internal memory to my sd card and went into TWRP and wiped the internal data(the one you have to type yes to continue) then wiped cache system and data and reflashed beans room and then used my backup from my sd card
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^ This is the way to go. Just get rid of everything and start over. Although make sure to have the rom on your external sd so after you wipe internal you have the rom to flash. I do it when I get bored and want to clear out old app folders
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If I needed to clear the internal, I would remove important files and then do an internal storage wipe on a clean Rom from twrp.
Current device:
Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Retired devices:
Huawei Ascend, Droid Charge, Droid Bionic
I used this wipe application called Zoot's wipe script, it has the Aroma wipe installer in it. This has several wiping variations but the big wipe is the Mega Wipe. Make sure you transfer all your important files to your external sd card because this Mega Wipe will wipe your internal memory clean to where you have 10gb free again. (For me on Verizon we only can get the 16gb gnote2, so after Touch Wiz sucks up the memory it needs you only have about 10gb free) Download this zip file and when you flash into recovery, I use TWRP, this can be used on Clock work too. flash this zip file and select Mega to clean out your internal sd. Super Wipe can be used to flash different roms too.
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all you have to do is hit format data in twrp, same thing as "megawipes".
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all you have to do is hit format data in twrp, same thing as "megawipes".
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That's what I've been saying.
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That's what I've been saying.
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Yeah those mega wipe threads were really confusing me I was like umm isn't that a basic option in twrp.
I use internal system wipe in twrp... Works great
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Yeah those mega wipe threads were really confusing me I was like umm isn't that a basic option in twrp.
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They started making those years ago and they just haven't stopped because people think they do more than just wiping in TWRP, which they don't.
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joshm.1219 said:
all you have to do is hit format data in twrp, same thing as "megawipes".
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Cool, never knew. Some one on XDA sent me the Aroma Mega wipe link and I just rolled with it. Yeah still unfamiliar with all the functions of TWRP.
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Bill Idol said:
Cool, never knew. Some one on XDA sent me the Aroma Mega wipe link and I just rolled with it. Yeah still unfamiliar with all the functions of TWRP.
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CWM and was wiping everything via cwm and still all of the folders reappear! do i need to use TWRP???