hey guys
i have yesterday in fact got cwm on my sgp 5.0
and i have flashed ics crumble onto it and its working epically but
i can only have 1.88 gb of space on the internal sd card (its a 16gb sd)
can any one give me a hand? with this thanks
and also i cannot connect my sgp to my computer as windows 7 comes up with usb device not recognized
please help a brother out thanks all
P.S i have all the kernal files and roms that i have loaded onto my sgp if needed
I suspect you've got a few full (i.e. from CWM) backups stored on the internal drive. THose suckers take at LEAST 1 gig for each backup point.
Also, you might try deleting the actual rom image files from your device, since they're not needed after flashing.
Finally, try searching the app store for a disk usage analyzer to help you track down the bloat. There are a few decent free ones out there.
Ohk thanks for the hand with this
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Hey I did what you said and a disk app showed that my internal sdcard has 12 gb of free space but for some odd reason I cannot access it for a odd reason
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Hey some help here would be great as I want to do apps with data files but can't access he internal sdcard
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i had a similar issue..my actual sd card that i could take in and out was labeled as "internal" and viceversa. so to get into my actual cd card i would have to go into the "internalsd" folder instead of the external..so try that, maybe yours got switched. im sure your 16gs is still at least half way empty. i dont remember what i did to reverse this affect but i think it just fixed it on its own i cant remember.
connect to computer windows 7
Make sure debugging is unchecked(applications>development>usb debugging)otherwise the computer will not reconize the unit
Evoium said:
hey guys
i have yesterday in fact got cwm on my sgp 5.0
and i have flashed ics crumble onto it and its working epically but
i can only have 1.88 gb of space on the internal sd card (its a 16gb sd)
can any one give me a hand? with this thanks
and also i cannot connect my sgp to my computer as windows 7 comes up with usb device not recognized
please help a brother out thanks all
P.S i have all the kernal files and roms that i have loaded onto my sgp if needed
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Make sure debugging is unchecked(applications>development>usb debugging)otherwise the computer will not reconize the unit
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hey thanks for the reply
but still no luck with getting it fixed it is really pissing me off as i cant download 2 gig game files :/
but i can move stuff to the internal sd though
Hey guys any other suggestions how to fix cause I like this Rom soo much and I don't really wanna reflash my tablet
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You flashed ICS Crumble, which is AOKP based. I'm thinking you're suffering from a known code issue that switches the storage locations on your device. So, in a file explorer you'll notice that what was "external" on stock ROM is now registered as "internal", and what was registered as "internal" on stock ROM is now listed as "external" on ICS ROMs.
I attached a patch for it here. It's a patch that you flash in recovery. So, put it in an easily navigable directory.
By the way, not sure if you know, or not, but ICS Crumble is a really old ROM and Reuben is not developing it any more. If you want something more recent, I recommend Supermaster34's CM9 or Remics-UX (Samsung touchwiz look-alike). Also, we have some amazing devs in this forum that are working on a kernel 3.x and Jelly Bean build for our device (5.0). That could hit beta stage in the near future.
thanks higg
thanks man it worked
i would buy you beer right now
anyway so you say theres new roms out?
well im currently running cwm5 and im unsure of how to upgrade it to 9
do i do it the same as the storage swap zip?
if you can get the correct file for my tablet i would owe you even more
and once again thank you soo much you rock!!!
I'm glad that I could help. I gotta give credit where it's due. The patch I attached is something Reuben, the developer of ICS Crumble, added to patch the storage issue. I keep a copy of the patch handy for those who need it.
CWM refers to ClockWorkMod. CWM is just another name for recovery mode where you flashed that patch. CM9 refers to Cyanogenmod 9 which is a modified build of Google's open-source Ice Cream Sandwich code. CM10 refers to Jelly Bean, but our developers are still working on a kernel 3.0 and a stable build for our devices. AOKP, which I mentioned earlier, is similar to CM9 with some subtle differences.
If you search the Galaxy Player's development forum with the phrase "CM9" you should see some current ROMs. Right now, a developer by the name of Supermaster34 has some awesome ICS builds for the SGP 5.0. I highly recommend his work.
As for the storage issue and patch, you'll probably have to flash that patch every time you flash a new ICS ROM. Because, when you flash a ROM, you usually need to format the system and do a data wipe. But, the only way to be 100% sure is check your directories with a file explorer after flashing a new ICS ROM. (Also, always remember to backup your current ROM before flashing a new one!)
Edit:
Here is the link for the ROM I use from Supermaster34's.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679957
Just go to the OP (Original Post) of this thread and follow the instructions. If you look in the "extras" section, you'll see the Bluetooth patch there too. You flash the ROM and the Bluetooth patch in recovery mode. If you have a USA model, skip the step for the home button fix. Good luck.
In all of my ICS ROMs I've already swapped the memory locations around so you won't need to flash the swap storage patch. Personally I'd recommend RemICS-UX over my CM9 ROM as its got more features and I usually update it more often, but it does have a Samsung like ui so not everyone like it
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title shows the way it is...i've had it UP TO HERE with Boot manager.
I love the HTC Sense 4.1 camera on Newts HTC One XxX ROM but I dont like the bloaty sense framework that It has...right now i'm running AOKP 1.6 Linaro because it's fast and has no sense. unfortunately, I can't have both..and I found out that an app can "dual boot" your phone into 2 separate ROMS so that you can enjoy both. However i've been having NOTHING but PROBLEMS with boot manager. What started off as a simple idea has become a curse spewing nightmare
I'm s-Off and running Snuzzo's kernel from AOKP 1.6
1. I've searched the forums and done everything that other people have said
2. I'm using the Lite Version of Boot Manager since I only need one slot.
3. I have errors with "Error building new boot.img"
4. Disabled SU Logging and even wiped and tried SuperSU instead! (with logging disabled of course)
5. tried to install slot 1 via Zip file AND NANDROID BACKUP. Still having issues!
6. When installs are successful with no errors, when rebooting into the SDCARD Rom it just hangs at the HTC splash screen. mocking me.
7. Tried installing from external and internal storage..same problems...and i'm having a flip flop issue as well in regards to that..**
I'm at my wits end and am about to scrap this whole dual boot idea
**What I will say is that file explorer apps show my SD card as Internal Storage. and the internal storage shows my SDcard files...dafuq?! maybe SD card format?? that's for another forum question though...
If anyone can help me get this to work..I'll thank you and be sure to buy the app. But as for now...I'm glad I didn't spend my damn money!
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title shows the way it is...i've had it UP TO HERE with Boot manager.
I love the HTC Sense 4.1 camera on Newts HTC One XxX ROM but I dont like the bloaty sense framework that It has...right now i'm running AOKP 1.6 Linaro because it's fast and has no sense. unfortunately, I can't have both..and I found out that an app can "dual boot" your phone into 2 separate ROMS so that you can enjoy both. However i've been having NOTHING but PROBLEMS with boot manager. What started off as a simple idea has become a curse spewing nightmare
1. I've searched the forums and done everything that other people have said
2. I'm using the Lite Version of Boot Manager since I only need one slot.
3. I have errors with "Error building new boot.img"
4. Disabled SU Logging and even wiped and tried SuperSU instead! (with logging disabled of course)
5. tried to install slot 1 via Zip file AND NANDROID BACKUP. Still having issues!
6. When installs are successful with no errors, when rebooting into the SDCARD Rom it just hangs at the HTC splash screen. mocking me.
7. Tried installing from external and internal storage..same problems...and i'm having a flip flop issue as well in regards to that..**
I'm at my wits end and am about to scrap this whole dual boot idea
**What I will say is that file explorer apps show my SD card as Internal Storage. and the internal storage shows my SDcard files...dafuq?! maybe SD card format?? that's for another forum question though...
If anyone can help me get this to work..I'll thank you and be sure to buy the app. But as for now...I'm glad I didn't spend my damn money!
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From what ive heard the app has been abandoned by the developers. I wanted to dual boot too but I got the same error with the error building new boot.img as well so i quit trying. btw are you s-off? the app requires s-off so it can flash the other boot.img of the Sd roms.
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From what ive heard the app has been abandoned by the developers. I wanted to dual boot too but I got the same error with the error building new boot.img as well so i quit trying. btw are you s-off? the app requires s-off so it can flash the other boot.img of the Sd roms.
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yes..I'm S-Off and recently in April of this year the developer made an update to support the Rezound. So even if the app has been abandoned for future devices....it supports the Rezound...and I've looked in the forums and people HAVE got it working on the Rezound. Pisses me off that It's not working for me
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yes..I'm S-Off and recently in April of this year the developer made an update to support the Rezound. So even if the app has been abandoned for future devices....it supports the Rezound...and I've looked in the forums and people HAVE got it working on the Rezound. Pisses me off that It's not working for me
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Same with me it was part of the reason i went to s-off. Hopefully sometime in the future the dev of the app can update it to fix the bugs.
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Same with me it was part of the reason i went to s-off. Hopefully sometime in the future the dev of the app can update it to fix the bugs.
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what about the other people that have got it working???...how come they didn't have to quit?
Maybe the AOKP ROM i'm using is bad (since the SD CARD and INTERNAL MEMORY labels are switched and it possibly is confusing the boot partition)...perhaps I should try installing the AOKP Rom on sense
Took me a few tries but I did this :
Use ext4
Use internal sd
Force screen on
Install from nandroid
For me it's actually easier to just restore nandroids if u wanna jump from one rom to another..
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Squirrel is right ot much easier to just make a nandroid and bounce back and forth..
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Took me a few tries but I did this :
Use ext4
Use internal sd
Force screen on
Install from nandroid
For me it's actually easier to just restore nandroids if u wanna jump from one rom to another..
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In AOKP the labels are switched..so use the bullet option "external SD" because the internal SD is labeled as the external.
INTERESTING: when I set boot manager to install to internal (i have to select "external) it STILL installs it to the sdcard but in a folder that says sdcard/sd-ext.
NOT to the actual internal memory. I will move that folder to the real internal memory when the install finishes and see if it will work. If not. I'm almost POSITIVE that the switched Internal Memory and SD card labels in AOKP are to blame...and it that's not the problem. boot manager can f$#k itself.
Edit: I fuking quit. I did everything and the install worked from a sense ROM.but it past the splash screen and hung at a black screen.
I'm such a whore for screencast and that 4.1 Sense camera..i'll stay with One xXx for a while (even though sense ROMS are against my grain)
Boot manager hasn't worked properly with aosp since the mount points were fixed in aosp. It's the way it differs from sense. Using emmc as internal unlike sense which It's mounted as sd card. You can use it to switch between sense roms all you want to but not aosp
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im not sure if this is one of the problems but i noticed when i tried to use it earlier that it asked if i was on the newest hboot (2.21) or an older one but we are actually on 2.27 so that could be messing with things
I used to use Boot Manager with 2.25 with no issues, and there isn't much difference between 2.25 and 2.27.
I'm in a very similar boat....I have a recent ota RUU and s-off and bootmanager actually installs for me (yay) but I never have data. EVER. Data never works for any slot roms, only for my phone rom. I hear this is because of AOKP vs sense. My phone rom is Viper rom, and I tried to put AOKP linario for my slot 1. It installs and boots fine but I dont have data. I also tried MIUI but again no data. However if I put them on my phone rom, I have data. I figured I put it on the phone rom, make a nand, put viper back as my phone rom, then nand restore MIUI or linario to a different slot ..... no go - still no data. I think I read here that at this point I can only user boot manager to switch between sense roms and not between aokp/sense.
If it's also true that they dropped support for it I will be extremely sad. I paid for an app that doesn't even work/have suppor then .......
I actually just pm'd both devs the other day. I'd have emailed but their email rejects anything saying "over quota" or something. And their forums give me a 500 http server error.
If you make and headway let me know because I'm lost too
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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giovonniAndroid23 said:
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 I'm pretty new to the world of custom roms and started with the galaxy s3 (so had an external sd card slot). I upgraded to the s4 and recently traded for a HTC one. The HTC one already had cleanrom 1.6 installed along with twrp recovery.
Today I decided to install android revolution 10.1. All went well other than having a very large "other storage" usage, about 10 Gb. So I did a system wipe within twrp hoping that I would not brick the phone or something. It worked to a point but is still utilizing 6.5 Gb.
My question is am I doing good this correctly? Is there a way to create a secondary partition that would allow me to complete format the primary partition? Many of the tutorials online stated to put the zip to root of virtual sd; but since I did not get the phone completely stock and only had one partition, I do not know if there is a way to create or re-create it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and hope this is where I am supposed to posting this question. Thanks for all the hard work in making these roms great.
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So I'm pretty new to the world of custom roms and started with the galaxy s3 (so had an external sd card slot). I upgraded to the s4 and recently traded for a HTC one. The HTC one already had cleanrom 1.6 installed along with twrp recovery.
Today I decided to install android revolution 10.1. All went well other than having a very large "other storage" usage, about 10 Gb. So I did a system wipe within twrp hoping that I would not brick the phone or something. It worked to a point but is still utilizing 6.5 Gb.
My question is am I doing good this correctly? Is there a way to create a secondary partition that would allow me to complete format the primary partition? Many of the tutorials online stated to put the zip to root of virtual sd; but since I did not get the phone completely stock and only had one partition, I do not know if there is a way to create or re-create it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and hope this is where I am supposed to posting this question. Thanks for all the hard work in making these roms great.
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You gotta pull everything off, format the sd, reinstall the rom and then replace everything. That's what happened to me and it's because htc/Google changed up the file system in order to make multi user work.
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As a 4 year long Android Root lover, I got recently really disappointed with such fragility of the Hardware and Softwares as well. I Always defended Samsung/Android over Apple/OS because of the versatility and incredible (Samsung) hardware quality, until what happened...
After many years of Cyanogen Mod tranquility, I decided to experiment other ROM variations and SLIM BEAN was quoted to be a light-weight battery saver (My battery was not lasting one full day on idling).
I Flashed SlimBean 9 (JB 4.2) over CM10 (JB 4.2 as well). Everything went well and I was using the phone without issues, in exeption for a high software instability. So that it happened (I`ll try to make a long story short), during a regular BACKUP (with My Backup Root) the phone unexpectedly rebooted and automatically went to the SEMAPHORE 6.0 CWM boot screen (which I dont remeber to have it installed). After that, the phone went into a boot loop on Galaxy/Vibrant screen and no way to reinstall any other room again (showing failure messages when trying to write or wipe data on ":/data" and "/emmc"directory. After many attempts to flash it back to stock with odin (re-partitioning or not), the phone was always caught in the boot loop.
After more than 1 week reading the many good posts in this forum, I have finally realized what may be the cause of the failure. Maybe my internal /SD Card was ruined BY Slim Bean and my last hope should be a 16GB external SD to try to "revive" it (I was intendind to sell it :crying.
So far, I was able to install ICS ROM (Many thanks to Fernhamm and XSenman for the posts) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1665123
But no way to be able to install any APP (Like the ES Explorer for SD reprogramming), save config data or even receive any messages (fails on saving the message).
The SIM is fine, since I can connect to the internet and make calls.
It shows no info for the internal storage size but recognizes 4gb of external storage (my actual SD card).
according this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1665123
It should be able to, at least, install apps from Google Play, or even using contacts and receiving messages.
It looks like he is recognizing the Ext. SD card but is not using it, at all (its only 4GB, but should be useful).
I will be very thankfull if you guys could give me a hint about how can I solve this issue. I have browsed over the forum but apparently no one is experimenting this specific situation.
OBS: I have noticed that all the threads, in this regard, were concerning the I9000 and none for the Vibrant.
Thanks to all and congratulations for this forum!
Just return to stock with Odin and root again.
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Eugene s unbrickable, stock 2.1 then bionix fisherman mod. Disable lag fix.
Search for "MBR error vibrant" and one of those will mention Eugene's unbickable and a detailed guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40081255
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Ace42 said:
Just return to stock with Odin and root again.
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I can return to stock but the phone still does not works without the External SDCard. It seems to be the same problem that Xseenman had in this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31017954&postcount=5335&nocache=1&z=8739465500693768
However he managed to use the External SD card as the only one (i will have to buy one of 16gb in this case).
But also have seen guys like "ferhanmm" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1665123 that actually fixed his internal SDCard by using the "OVERSTOCK Kernell" flashing it thru Odin. Unfortunately (due to the forum rules) I was not authorized to reply on his post.
The point is, according the first solution (External SD card swap), I am not being allowed to save the Vol.fstab file after editing it on ES Explorer. It shows up a warning message that "due to an error (not specified) the file will not be saved".
I have been already, for 2 full weeks, trying desperately make this piece of plastic usefull, but have always some bug to fix.
Taking advantage from this post, is there any possibility to repartition or format the (not mountable) Internal SDcard?? Because it was broken by some software, i believe some kernell might put it back to place (Overstock, Eugene`s, Semaphore???).
Thanks to all.
Read my post. I forgot to disable voodoo lag fix and borked the partitions. This fixed it. I'm now back on hellybean
Make sure to let each ROM boot normally before you flash the next. I even went as far as formatting the internal SD card after each ROM booted and settled from within the settings.
Oh in vodoo recovery you can't flash from your ext SD, it doesn't recognize it. Mount in vodoo recovery via menu and put update-cm 7.1.zip on tour internal as well as cm 10.1 nightly or any other ROM you'd like to flash. I don't recommend any ICS ROMs due to EU bug. Flash 7.1 to format to mtd then flash your jb ROM. You'll have to flash GB boot loaders if you get power reset or unknown upload mode bug.
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omnifarious said:
Eugene s unbrickable, stock 2.1 then bionix fisherman mod. Disable lag fix.
Search for "MBR error vibrant" and one of those will mention Eugene's unbickable and a detailed guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40081255
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THere's no relation to Lagfix because when I flash it back to Odin, it still does not recognizes the internal SD. All configs should go back to the originals (ain't it?).
I am a little familiar with rooting and flagging cm add I did it flawlessly on my nexus I just bought a nook tablet 8gb (wad told it was new hd and didn't know a thing about nooks and fell for it) but it is the older regular nook tablet. It was already rooted and had cm7 installed. I don't know what method was used bit it does power directly into cm7. I am used to jelly bean and I don't like going back to GB. I've researched fora few days on differences with this tablet but I've not found much. Does anyone have s link to a stable version of the acclaim cm10? What doi need to do too flash the new rom without raising my chances of brick. Do I just go to recovery and delete all data then install rom from sd? Do I have to flash a new kernel? Or can I flash a faster one(that's another reason for wantingcm10 mine freezes alot) if I can flash one does anyone have links to the rom and a comparable kernel? That you so much in advanced!
Wrong subforum methinks...
Try cm10.2, usual full wipe and install via CWM.
It's now supported via cmupdater for automatic updates
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Try the cm10.2 in the thread, full wipe and install via CWM.
It's now supported via cmupdater for automatic updates
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ok now i have a bigger problem... I didnt reformat the SD card but I removed it and deleted unneeded things there was a clockworkmod file but i didnt touch it and there was no .zip file but after I did that nothing would word EVERYTHING force closed so I held power botton and hit "reboot" well when I did that it rebooted into the nook operating system... How did this happen? is it unrooted? can I get back to CM7 or did i delete it on accident? ANYBODY PLEASE HELP i just bought this and its actually my daughters birthday gift and I dont have the money to buy anything else so I have to find a way to get this working before her bday
Sounds like you had cm7 on SD not internal...
Do a clean install to internal