Alright so the second SD card slot stopped working on my streak, and upon investigation It somehow has come loose off of the board. Most of the pins have broken free of their soldering points so much so that it's almost removable. The shroud has also come loose enough to where it doesn't even hold a micro SD card in the slot so basically it's broken beyond repair, or at least repair that I'm confident in doing. The phone no longer boots (DSC 1.1). It basically just sits at the DSC boot screen and goes no further.
After this happened I went ahead and cut away the plastic shrouding the internal SD card so I could have access to it.
What I was thinking might be possible is to maybe pop my 16GB SD card in the internal SD card slot and partition it to where it will act as the system and SD card partitions, much like a lot of Android devices that only have internal memory. I don't even know if it's possible. Any input would be greatly appreciated as I am now back to using my iPhone and as much as I like the iPhone I miss my big beautiful streak and all it could do.
Thanks guys.
There is a thread on Modaco that covers this. From what I remember, it involved flashing a new boot.img, and a lot of them were available. I'd suggest reading the whole thread:
http://www.modaco.com/topic/311538-hardware-hacking-this-puppy-input/
lordmorphous said:
There is a thread on Modaco that covers this. From what I remember, it involved flashing a new boot.img, and a lot of them were available. I'd suggest reading the whole thread:link
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Been reading through that thread and it helped me get my class 10 16GB useable to run the system. Thank you lordmorpheus! The main problem I have now is how to mount the 14GB extra partition (/dev/block/innersd0p2) into the /sdcard folder. I've tried manually through adb-shell (with creating a startup script it in mind) and it mounted the partition in /mnt/sdcard. I also am aware that in order to get the inner sd to be mounted via a computer you need to edit vold.fstab, and that's not a problem. Just need to jump that aforementioned hurdle, which I have no idea how to do and what I need guidance on.
I'm going to continue doing research and see what I can come up with. If anyone has any experience, or guidance feel free to chime in.
have you found a way to automount the extra space as /mnt/sd ?
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Hi there,
Can anyone please post a dl link to a partition image for the internal 2 Gb sd card of their Streak?
thanks in advance
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.
ok I'll try it and post results... thank you Sir! hoping that it would work
I was thinking of getting a class 10 8gb and putting favorite music onto it under a media directory, going as it is space you can't get at as its mainly just for apps. Clonezilla is a good idea though i was gonna use carbon copy but carbon will not allow you to clone a drive bigger than the one you want to clone, seems the same with clonezilla though dam
If you are just replacing the card, you shouldn't need an image. I replaced mine and the phone took care of setting the new sd card up automatically.
Was thinking that to be honest but i wanted a way of been able to add stuff to it without the need to take the phone apart again but looks like a new card installed then just ftp into the phone to transfer but transfer speeds suck lol, will play with the image though and see what i can sort out may be able to get a similar file structure and just add a directory
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If you are just replacing the card, you shouldn't need an image. I replaced mine and the phone took care of setting the new sd card up automatically.
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I tried putting in a replacement SD Card and it just did not show up. I tried a card with no partitions at all and one that was formatted Fat32. I did not try a factory reset after replacing the card. I have seen multiple requests for an image and now that my Streak is out of warranty I notched out the body to get access to it and figured it would not hurt to have a backup image.
a fat32 disk may not be seen the same way as ext 2,3 are linux based the first one will be a swap file then the second will be the data, I will wait till i get the card i want to install into mine, as anyone had troubles with the sides either side of the screen sticking back down, I got curious when i first had mine and took it to bits to see the micro sd card but have found one side seems to be a tad loose now
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a fat32 disk may not be seen the same way as ext 2,3 are linux based the first one will be a swap file then the second will be the data, I will wait till i get the card i want to install into mine, as anyone had troubles with the sides either side of the screen sticking back down, I got curious when i first had mine and took it to bits to see the micro sd card but have found one side seems to be a tad loose now
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I notched the plastic over the inner sd card like in this post at MoDaCo. Seems easier than opening the whole phone up and you just have to remove the back for access.
Just had a click glance through, However I am not going to dig deep until i buy my new inner sd card then i will hit it hard, But i feel i would take a different approach to how they have tackled it as i will go down the machine code route when i do it due to the fact i am thinking i will not need to edit as much but time will tell but will post when i have installed a bigger card, also need to glue the backdoor switch down as that annoys me.
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I notched the plastic over the inn sd card like in this post at MoDaCo. Seems easier than opening the whole phone up and you just have to remove the back for access.
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I did the same exact thing, and it worked pretty good, got rid of the plastic, remove the innersd... trying to recover it with the image given.. hope it will work
Update
I received the Kingston 8 GB class 10 micro SD Card I ordered today and with no prep put it in the Streak, did a factory reset and the Streak now shows over 6 GB free in internal storage. I have no idea why this card worked and the others did not, except that they were 16 GB, class 2 cards I had laying around.
FYI - I am running DSC rom .62b (a gingerbread rom).
Does anyone have an image of the InnerSD Card that can be used in a Windows based program, such as DriveImage XML? And if not, can someone tell me how to do it manually? I'm having issues booting into CloneZilla :/
Any help is appreciated,
Cullen
Hola, as you can see from my post total I'm totally new to this forum. I recently received a 8gb Nook Tablet (NT) from my kids for my birthday.
I really enjoy the book reading experience but find the app experience less than perfect. I've been an iOS user for a while and have come to expect cheap, free apps to testdrive before purchasing. I understand the way to do this on my NT is to hack the device to allow unfettered access to Android Marketplace / Google Play.
I understand there are a couple of ways to do this.
1) Hack (root?) the internal memory of the NT and load a new ... (ROM? Image? OS?) I think this is what Albertwertz and his root SD card is doing.
2) Use an SD card and boot from the SD card. This does not touch the Nook OS and does not void warranty.
Since I am not really sure what I'm doing, not voiding the warranty seems like a pretty good idea.
One of the Nook dudes at B&N told me about NtoA cards and that sounded like just what I was looking for. However, after doing some research on (mostly) this site, I've learned that the N2A guys are just reselling the work that's being done on this site. I don't think the price is unreasonable, but I'd rather get things working on my own and then donate to the team that did the work.
So, I've been reading all afternoon and think I have an understanding of what needs to be done.
Can it really be this simple?
1- Buy SD card (micro SDHC 4gb)
will class 10 provide any upside? Or is class 4 ok
2- Download Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha-final.img.zip from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481826
3- Download win32diskimager-binary.zip from the same post. (hoping there's an installer in the zip)
4- Image the SD card with win32diskimager. (from Vista 32)
5- Power off my NT, insert SD and I should be good to go.
Is it really that simple? I'm not sure what it will look like when I boot into CM7 but I'm assuming I will see something that will allow me to log into my google account and get my app on.
If I'm missing a step, please let me know. Thanks for all the help!
j
Your steps look good to me. There is an installer in the. zip.
You should be okay with a class 4 SD card, that's always what I use. There was a thread somewhere on XDA giving benchmarks for different SD cards and it showed that in some cases, class 4 cards actually performed better.
Don't be worried if you see black screen for an extended time the first time you boot, this is normal.
Yep, it's that easy. Be warned though, if you power on after making the sd card and it boots into stock, power it off and plug it into the wall/PC and see if it boots into cm7, some work without the power, some don't.
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If and when a custom recovery comes out for the 8gb nook tablet, I'd definitely consider installing internally. It technically voids the warranty but this things pretty easy to return to stock.
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I am kinda surprised at how inexpensive the MicroSD cards are. Does anyone know of a tool I can use to expand the storage partition on the SD Card (after imaging the card with the Team-B image)? I've seen a few people talking about it but everyone does it with Linux. Is there a freeware tool for us Vista or Win7 users?
Also, when I boot from the SD card, do I have access to the internal storage on NT? Or do I need to plan on all my storage going to the card?
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If and when a custom recovery comes out for the 8gb nook tablet, I'd definitely consider installing internally. It technically voids the warranty but this things pretty easy to return to stock.
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I figured I'd take that on after becoming more familiar with the platform and Android OS.
Glad I found this forum to help me through it when I'm ready!
Some reading material
You seem like you're willing to put in the effort to really learn this stuff, so definitely take a look at that link and just read, read, read and read some more when doing this stuff. That guide is a nice place to get familiar with what some of the terms are/what you'd be doing.
As for getting more space on the sdcard, I know others have managed it (I boot internally, so have no experience here). There might be a guide for it, I'll have a look. Hopefully someone can help you out if not.
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I am kinda surprised at how inexpensive the MicroSD cards are. Does anyone know of a tool I can use to expand the storage partition on the SD Card (after imaging the card with the Team-B image)? I've seen a few people talking about it but everyone does it with Linux. Is there a freeware tool for us Vista or Win7 users?
Also, when I boot from the SD card, do I have access to the internal storage on NT? Or do I need to plan on all my storage going to the card?
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I don't know about a windows program, but what you can do is make a USB version of ubuntu (linux) which will run ubuntu on your windows machine while the usb stick is in. Just go to ubuntu's download page to learn how to do this.
Then once you have ubuntu you can download gparted and fix the partitions on your sd card with that.
Or there might be a windows program. But having a ubuntu usb stick can come in handy. I have my computer dual booted and i seem to be using ubuntu more and more.
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I am kinda surprised at how inexpensive the MicroSD cards are. Does anyone know of a tool I can use to expand the storage partition on the SD Card (after imaging the card with the Team-B image)? I've seen a few people talking about it but everyone does it with Linux. Is there a freeware tool for us Vista or Win7 users?
Also, when I boot from the SD card, do I have access to the internal storage on NT? Or do I need to plan on all my storage going to the card?
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I recommend either MiniTool Partition Wizard or EASEUS Partition Master for Windows, both are freeware. Both are able to extend the 4th partition (user data partition) to consume the remaining unallocated space of your card.
Unfortunately, the NT's actual internal storage is not accessible when running the ROM from SD. The "internal storage" on the SD ROM is represented by the 3rd partition that the Team-B image creates (this partition is formatted as Ext4).
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I don't know about a windows program, but what you can do is make a USB version of ubuntu (linux) which will run ubuntu on your windows machine while the usb stick is in. Just go to ubuntu's download page to learn how to do this.
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Funny you should mention that, I was going to do some searching tonite to see if there was a portable version of Ubunto (or similar).
thanks!
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Unfortunately, the NT's actual internal storage is not accessible when running the ROM from SD. The "internal storage" on the SD ROM is represented by the 3rd partition that the Team-B image creates (this partition is formatted as Ext4).
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Well, then I definitely need to get a bigger SD card. I guess the internal storage will still be used for books bought through B&N. At least until I try and install a ROM internally.
thanks!
LoboJim said:
Funny you should mention that, I was going to do some searching tonite to see if there was a portable version of Ubunto (or similar).
thanks!
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@LoboJim take a look at LiLi for portable Linux installations (http://www.linuxliveusb.com). It's a very easy tool for creating bootable linux thumb drives -- pretty much as simple as plugging in a thumb drive and selecting a distro.
Regarding the internal partition, have you gone in to BN to have it repartitoned? I decided to "let" BN do since I'm still under warrenty. That opened up 8gb for personal use.
I found that EASUS worked for me to re-partition the sdcard.
Nikkie
Sent from my BNTV250 using XDA
A while back I bought a dropad for cheap,
touch screen become unresponsive, thought it might be the software (very outdated)
tried to root the OS and load a basic custom ROM onto the internal memory
there is now nothing in the internal memory (I have removed the back cover and taken the internal SD card and put it into the card reasder of my computer)
was hoping some one could point me into the right direction of a guide to follow?
or files that i need to load onto the internal SD to get it going again?
cheers, Jordan
sorry if wrong section or irrelevant post
just trying to find answers and this looked like a good place to start
I'm trying to get more storage by swapping them but having trouble found so. I tried most of the other internal external swap tutorials but they haven't work either. Is there an guide compadible with the optimus g or does any one knows how to do it. Thanks in advance. Currently on Tom the base 0.7.3 I believe is the version.
This wont answer your question but remember something. Memory can fail and the more its written to and read from the more chances it has to do so. Now im not saying using your internal memory would break your phone. You could use it for years and have no problems at all. But if and when it does fail wouldnt you rather it be a replaceable external sd card?
Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422158
I already tried to do some research on it. But I didn't want to mess up my phone to try to get it to work. I know that it would have to be edited to match our dev blocks and mount points but I'm not a dev and would be blind trying to get it to work. I did how ever do the next best thing to recover some space; see my thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056662.
If another dev or experienced person could get the SD Swap working it would be great. I used it for the longest and never had issues. Also, even with the SD Swap if you booted without an External SD Card the swap wouldn't occur and it would use the internal sd. It was perfect.
First thing I did when I realized this internal/external sdcard thing was to open up my terminal app and attempt a simple symlink (deleting sdcard and putting a symbolic link in its place to external). when I got the error message, the hideous reality of it hit me... this is linux on fat32 filesystem. :vomit:
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Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422158
I already tried to do some research on it. But I didn't want to mess up my phone to try to get it to work. I know that it would have to be edited to match our dev blocks and mount points but I'm not a dev and would be blind trying to get it to work. I did how ever do the next best thing to recover some space; see my thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056662.
If another dev or experienced person could get the SD Swap working it would be great. I used it for the longest and never had issues. Also, even with the SD Swap if you booted without an External SD Card the swap wouldn't occur and it would use the internal sd. It was perfect.
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Thanks. I have already tried the first one and it failed. But the secound one aka. Your tutorial is the next best thing. Saved me a load of space. Thanks man.
This was on the XDA home page today. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796
Can anyone with more skill and knowledge adapt if for our device??
Back in December I attempted to update my Nook Tablet to a new build from CM. Something in the process went wrong, and left me without a bootable device. Soon after I packed to move cross country and the unit has been in a box since. I recently got it out to try and fix it but am having a difficult time understanding what happened to it. My assumption is that the internal memory is jacked in some way.
Currently, the unit WILL NOT boot with an SD Card in the slot. The screen stays black. If I remove the SD Card, it will boot.
The unit WILL boot into recovery, but will not write a new rom, always leaves me with a failed write message. (I have to insert & mount the SD Card AFTER I get it booted)
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I am looking for suggestions on which direction to head to next. I have seen one members' video tutorials regarding formatting with ADB. The last time I used it was soon after the Droid X was released but I feel ok in performing the steps.
Is that the route I should take? Am I missing some other step in troubleshooting?
TIA.
--JD
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 for pointers on making a bootable SD card, and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056626 for pointers on how to flash CM10 onto your NT emmc.
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See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 for pointers on making a bootable SD card, and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056626 for pointers on how to flash CM10 onto your NT emmc.
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I appreciate the time you took to reply. However, I have tried creating a bootable SD card already. The tablet simply will not boot with a card in the physical slot, either with a bootable card, or without. If a card is in the slot, the tablet will present a black screen tricking you into thinking it is dead, or otherwise fubar'd. Hence my dilemma on how to proceed.
--JD
jdfgura said:
I appreciate the time you took to reply. However, I have tried creating a bootable SD card already. The tablet simply will not boot with a card in the physical slot, either with a bootable card, or without. If a card is in the slot, the tablet will present a black screen tricking you into thinking it is dead, or otherwise fubar'd. Hence my dilemma on how to proceed.
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Use this...
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2013...-2-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet-0416/
Just write the image file to your SD card and put it in your nook.
datallboy said:
Use this...
iamafanof.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/cm10-1-android-4-2-2-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet-0416
Just write the image file to your SD card and put it in your nook.
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I have already done something similar with another build. Doesn't matter what type of SD card I put in the tablet, empty, formatted, bootable, etc... as long as an SD card is in the slot, the tablet will not go anywhere past a blank, black screen. I can however boot the tablet into recovery without an SD card, then mount it within in recovery, and attempt to write a new rom but it always errors out.
Once your NT goes blank/black, if you just leave it alone for say 3-5 min, does it eventually boot to internal recovery?
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Once your NT goes blank/black, if you just leave it alone for say 3-5 min, does it eventually boot to internal recovery?
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Unfortunately no. Originally, when I got it back it out to fix it, I went for a week thinking the thing was dead. After a few aha moments, thats when I figured out having a card in the slot would keep the screen black.
--JD
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Unfortunately no. Originally, when I got it back it out to fix it, I went for a week thinking the thing was dead. After a few aha moments, thats when I figured out having a card in the slot would keep the screen black.
--JD
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My NT would typically try to boot off SD if it finds first partition to be bootable and containing the requisite boot files MLO and u-boot.bin, and if these files are corrupted its screen would stay blank/dark for ~3-5 min then it would boot off emmc. Otherwise, if the first partition is not bootable or does not contain MLO & u-boot.bin, the NT would boot straight off emmc.
I assume that you already tried different SD cards with same results?
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My NT would typically try to boot off SD if it finds first partition to be bootable and containing the requisite boot files MLO and u-boot.bin, and if these files are corrupted its screen would stay blank/dark for ~3-5 min then it would boot off emmc. Otherwise, if the first partition is not bootable or does not contain MLO & u-boot.bin, the NT would boot straight off emmc.
I assume that you already tried different SD cards with same results?
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Yes that's correct. I am going to go through various steps tomorrow, try it all again in case I missed something. I still feel as if I have corrupted the emmc somehow.
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Yes that's correct. I am going to go through various steps tomorrow, try it all again in case I missed something. I still feel as if I have corrupted the emmc somehow.
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FWIW, this link http://omappedia.org/wiki/Bootloader_Project provides an overview of the NT OMAP processor boot process.
Sounds like there might be a problem with your NT SD card reader, as a blind shot maybe you can try blowing compressed air into the empty card slot.
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FWIW, this link http://omappedia.org/wiki/Bootloader_Project provides an overview of the NT OMAP processor boot process.
Sounds like there might be a problem with your NT SD card reader, as a blind shot maybe you can try blowing compressed air into the empty card slot.
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When I get it booted into recovery, I am able to insert a card and mount it. If I attempt to install a rom at then end of the installation it fails with a write error. So I believe the card slot is good.
Now Booting
After some trial and error, the nearest I can figure is that there is something wrong with the SD->MicroSD adapter I was using. I discovered that both MicroSD cards I had been using were not properly mounting on my phone. I happened to have a new 16gb card in my desk and used that. I was finally able to boot it from the SD card in 4.2.2 - from there, since something was obviously wrong with the partitions on the EMMC, I wrote it back to 1.4.2 stock.
Am now working on get it re-rooted, with 4.2.2.RC5 written to the EMMC.
The two Micro cards I had been using had only ever been used with one adapter. I tried reformatting the cards, to no avail. The 16gb card was reporting a single partition of 9.22gb and the 8gb was reporting 3.54gb on a single partition. Never seen anything like it.
I appreciate all the suggestions and the fresh links given to me for the boot images and such. Thank you very much.
--JD
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The two Micro cards I had been using had only ever been used with one adapter. I tried reformatting the cards, to no avail. The 16gb card was reporting a single partition of 9.22gb and the 8gb was reporting 3.54gb on a single partition. Never seen anything like it.
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I'd suggest you try using a combination of MiniTool and SDformatter (https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/) with the option Full (Overwrite) to delete the existing partition and reformat the entire card.