hello,
Okay, the problem is: my htc hd2 doesn't start. At all. Not even in magdlr. It just keeps black.
And afcourse it could be broken but this is what happened:
I wanted to use my sd-card for my phone, but it didn't work because the last owners put android on it.
So I searched on the internet and did the clockworkmod. But when I came to the boot part, it didn't work, and it got stuck there. And nothing worked, so I took out my battery (not the smartest thing to do I know) to restart it. But then my whole htc didn't start!
Did I break the battery? Or did I break the whole phone? I'm desperate!
And is it because the mod (which I already deleted from my sd card with and micro-sd-usb)?
Thanks for the answer (if I get them)
bent battery pin?
new problem
alright i fixed it but:
I tried to download the clockworkmod on my htc hd2. But now i'm stuck in magdlr.
If I try:
- boot wph it says: wph not installed
- boot AD SD - sd kernel open failed
- boot AD NAND - NAND kernel open failed
with hardreset it just starts up but then goes into magdlr
with reset and powerdown too.
Help? And if I connect my phone to my laptop it doesn't say it's connected...
ellistol said:
- boot wph it says: wph not installed
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have you installed wp7 yet?
- boot AD SD - sd kernel open failed
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do you have an sd version of android on the sd card, and have you set the default sd folder for magldr to look in for it?
- boot AD NAND - NAND kernel open failed
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have you installed a nand android yet?
with hardreset it just starts up but then goes into magdlr
with reset and powerdown too.
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hard reset does nothing when winmo isn't there.
Help? And if I connect my phone to my laptop it doesn't say it's connected...
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no, it probably won't until you install some android drivers. (Install 'myphoneexplorer', , no need to actually use it, but it handily installs android usb drivers)
samsamuel said:
have you installed wp7 yet?do you have an sd version of android on the sd card, and have you set the default sd folder for magldr to look in for it?have you installed a nand android yet?hard reset does nothing when winmo isn't there.
no, it probably won't until you install some android drivers. (Install 'myphoneexplorer', , no need to actually use it, but it handily installs android usb drivers)
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alright, thanks! I thought wp7 didn't have to be installed, because I bought it from someone who put android on the phone. (windows phone 7)
I tried to have an sd version of android on the sd card, and I do not exactly know what you mean with: "have you set the default sd folder for magldr to look in for it" (sorry, i'm bad at this stuff, I just wanted to put apps on my phone again, which didn't work because the sd-card didn't work, (and that is because of the last owner...)
I thought a nand android was just the android system? Like, you build it from windows to android right? The last owners did that already, or is it something whole different?
But I will try and await your answer
I just want my phone to start up again! haha, I do not really care about the sd anymore, as long as the phone works!
ellistol said:
put android on the phone. (windows phone 7)
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android isn't wp7,. wp7 isn't android, , two utterly different operating systems
I tried to have an sd version of android on the sd card, and I do not exactly know what you mean with: "have you set the default sd folder for magldr to look in for it" (sorry, i'm bad at this stuff, I just wanted to put apps on my phone again, which didn't work because the sd-card didn't work, (and that is because of the last owner...)
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unzip sd version of android into a folder on teh sd card (lets say you call it 'android'), , then in magldr choose services - bootsettings - ad sd dir and set it to 'android'
then, services - boot source - android from sd to boot automatically to that sd installation.
I thought a nand android was just the android system? Like, you build it from windows to android right? The last owners did that already, or is it something whole different?
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nand android runs from teh internal nand memory, not teh sd crad
But I will try and await your answer
I just want my phone to start up again! haha, I do not really care about the sd anymore, as long as the phone works!
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you havent flashed anything yet, so its not 'not working', , its working fine, its waiting for you to install an operating system.
samsamuel said:
android isn't wp7,. wp7 isn't android, , two utterly different operating systemsunzip sd version of android into a folder on teh sd card (lets say you call it 'android'), , then in magldr choose services - bootsettings - ad sd dir and set it to 'android'
then, services - boot source - android from sd to boot automatically to that sd installation.nand android runs from teh internal nand memory, not teh sd crad
you havent flashed anything yet, so its not 'not working', , its working fine, its waiting for you to install an operating system.
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ohhh thanks! I'm going to try the second one. But, sorry for being such an noob (probably), where can I download and sd version of android? Because I do not want to download something and then discover that I downloaded and unzipped something wrong...
Thanks you so much for your help!
The SD Android section
samsamuel said:
The SD Android section
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alright, so I tried to use the amercian android... but now it's stuck on the grey boot screen. For like an hour now, and I reformatted the sdcard already. And tried twice again.
But do you have to run the clrcad.exe and haret.exe even if you run it with magdlr? Because those don't work for me. I get: This is not a windows 32bit application.
Related
Hi everyone
I keep having this problem whenever I restart my fone to boot to Android
/ failed to mount the sd card. cannot continue
/ bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
I have formatted many times and still fail. Please let me know what is the best solution for this and why does it happen.
Thank you
Try to modifiy the line " set cmdline ... " with " set cmdline "rel_path=Android" "
makz27 said:
Try to modifiy the line " set cmdline ... " with " set cmdline "rel_path=Android" "
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or u can delete the android folder on SD
Thank you for ur replies...I am still trying and learning
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Try to modifiy the line " set cmdline ... " with " set cmdline "rel_path=Android" "
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Failed...
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Failed...
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do as I said
I'm having the same problem. It works well the first time it boots, but then when I try to boot again it shows that message. I've already reformated my SD card about 6 times in as many ways and still no fix :/
same problem here. not sure what is going on. It happened after the first reboot from Android back into WinMo
I had the same issue. found this in the thread for shubCRAFT, in the first post.
"If you get unable to mount sdcard plz replace set cmdline "rel_path=Android" with set cmdline "rel_path=Android loop_partition=mmcblk0" in startup.txt"
Also if you run Froyo.. DO NOT delete the Android folder from the root of your SD card.. thats where you are supposed to put things.. 2.1 or sense.. i do not know about that, don't use them.
I had the same problem a few days ago and could never figure it out. but i started deleting folders on my sd card such as .footprints and the android folder and the .lost files folder and rebooted the phone and it loaded the card. I am thinking it has something to do with the folders or something loaded in it. for me it will restart android while in stand by and then it will try to load android and cant mount sd card. has been annoying until i started deleting folders and it worked. figure i would share my experience.
yeah im having this same problem...with almost every rom
atfirst the darkstone series worked but now it doesnt
i have reformatted my sd card alot now and am trying again
someone figured a way out?
the only trick that works with me
Hi,
same story; formatting the SD with different tools does not solve the problem, at least with me.
Occasionally I have this recurring problem (but I believe is something related to the kernel) and the only solution always working with me is to:
- remove the android folder
cheers
fabrizio
squidbutt said:
yeah im having this same problem...with almost every rom
atfirst the darkstone series worked but now it doesnt
i have reformatted my sd card alot now and am trying again
someone figured a way out?
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Hello,
I am having the same problem too. Fact is that sometimes Sense crashes when I go back to WM after my first boot on Android. When I try to boot back on Android I get the same message. I have used the Darkstone build and running dutty's creme ROM.
I have also tried on another SD card, same problem.
i've had exactly the same problem. deleting the "android"-folder did a perfect job
yekafe said:
do as I said
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this works for Froyo 2.1!
thanks!!!
Found Solution
I had the same problem and formatted my cards through windows several times and tried several Android program still no success.
Then on one of the websites they recommend to use this SD card formatter that complies with SD card standards and now can boot Android without any problems on my HD2.
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
Please let me know if it works for you.
That didn't work for me but thanks for tip.
this only happens to me when using a 16gb class 2 card. what are you all using?
8g class6, deleting the "android" folder is the "best" solution for me...
Hi! I have the same problem on my HTC Touch Diamond. (DIAM160) Everytime I boot HARET.EXE It starts to boot Android but it always stops when it wants to mont SD card... Iv'e tried to format SD memory but its the same problem.
Someone help?
I am on stock 16GB sd card class2 and HD2 stock battteryI tried 2GB class 2 and 8Gb class 6. I am on Radio 2.10 and even upgraded to 2.12.Lot of SODS and phone restarts automatically.
After SOD windows won't load up and hangs at Stick together logo and will never go forward. Need to take off the battery and need to wait for couple of minutes and after wards it loads.
After getting into Android, gets again SOD and will reboot and when I get back into android, will try to check email or make call and then again phone restarts itself.
Any ideas.
I am on Darkstone latest release froyo2.2 with today's update i.e 18th August and tried all kinds of ROMS.
Any help is appreciated.
do you hspl3 your hd2
Yes it says 2.08SPL when I enter in tri-color mode.
Any help on this?
this has happened to me as well, using mattc 1.5b with Cloudy 1.6 winmo ROM
Radio 2.10.50.26. I am unable to provide the cause of this, just seems to be
random.
Could be corrupt files on you sd card. A bit time consuming, but doesn't hurt..
- Copy your sd card onto your pc.
- Format sd card (fat32)
- Copy everything back
I read somewhere that this problem can be caused with mounting your sd card from your phone via usb. I know I had a lot of problems with Android seeing the new files I copied over so I stopped doing it (connecting via usb).
polstein said:
Could be corrupt files on you sd card. A bit time consuming, but doesn't hurt..
- Copy your sd card onto your pc.
- Format sd card (fat32)
- Copy everything back
I read somewhere that this problem can be caused with mounting your sd card from your phone via usb. I know I had a lot of problems with Android seeing the new files I copied over so I stopped doing it (connecting via usb).
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Friend,
I did copying N number of times, formatting SD card..
Do you want to me to try still?
Any other suggestions?
Just dittoing. Having the same problem with chuckyrom + mattc 1.5. Seems to happen when i'm not using the phone for a while.
Can I load the stock firmware , and install HSP3 and start running android?
Do I need to have a different ROM to run this? All I understood was earlier there was a sound issue but not now..Can I do the above step?
same
yea i get this very random, I'm not to sure if its bluetooth related for me, anyone's guess i think at the moment
kingfisher1111 said:
Friend,
I did copying N number of times, formatting SD card..
Do you want to me to try still?
Any other suggestions?
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I had this same self-reboot issues, regardless of android build, even after deleting and re-creating the android folder in the sd card.
Following is how I managed to solve it:
Take out sd card and use card reader, mount it on a winxp machine.
Copy ALL files to a backup folder in pc. Use 'xcopy /e /c *.* c:\sdbak\.' for example, as normal copy/paste wouldn't work if it found errors due to corrupted files.
Use sd formatter. Refer to this thread. Do a Full format; a class 2, 8GB will take around 10 minutes to complete.
Copy back each backup folder into the formatted sd card, one by one. Recreate and copy your favorite android build onto the sd card.
Reinsert sd card, boot up and start android from fresh.
Let us know if this works for you.
i did do full format in xp before and have random reboot problems. Maybe something happened since then, ill try this tool.
Did it and no dice, still reboots. Im gonna try another suggestion about uninstalling setcpu.
setcpu
this restart happens to me everytime i use setcpu im on shubcraft 1.4b with the r4 overclocked zimage labeled NewKernels_LatestGIT_r4_BTalternative it just started happening with this zimage. are you using setcpu try uninstalling it it worked for me! i never had this prob with the original zimage! hope this helps!
b3ltazar said:
this restart happens to me everytime i use setcpu im on shubcraft 1.4b with the r4 overclocked zimage labeled NewKernels_LatestGIT_r4_BTalternative it just started happening with this zimage. are you using setcpu try uninstalling it it worked for me! i never had this prob with the original zimage! hope this helps!
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I havent changed the zimage, but i am using shubcraft and setcpu, ill uninstall and see if it makes a difference. Thanks.
ferdaus said:
I had this same self-reboot issues, regardless of android build, even after deleting and re-creating the android folder in the sd card.
Following is how I managed to solve it:
Take out sd card and use card reader, mount it on a winxp machine.
Copy ALL files to a backup folder in pc. Use 'xcopy /e /c *.* c:\sdbak\.' for example, as normal copy/paste wouldn't work if it found errors due to corrupted files.
Use sd formatter. Refer to this thread. Do a Full format; a class 2, 8GB will take around 10 minutes to complete.
Copy back each backup folder into the formatted sd card, one by one. Recreate and copy your favorite android build onto the sd card.
Reinsert sd card, boot up and start android from fresh.
Let us know if this works for you.
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It doesn't work. It still reboots inspite of doing all the above steps.
I have the same issue with crashing back to windows mobile when inactive, this is only recent for me, previously Android was solid as a rock. Guess I will try a build without adding apps or settings and see if it crashes, then add apps one at a time.
Does anyone know of a way of catching the error/crash reason?
b1ackhawk said:
I havent changed the zimage, but i am using shubcraft and setcpu, ill uninstall and see if it makes a difference. Thanks.
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Just a note, shub and darkstone's builds gave me random reboots. Ive moved to mattc's nexus based build and it has been super solid.
I have installed mattc 1.7 and zimage r11 with all .ko files and no longer experience reboots in android, I use task manager and setcpu also, its worth trying a this if you have probs
Sent From My HD2 using xda Android app
I have HTC HD2:
-ROM CRUZER 2 (built 97)
-OS ver.5.2.23569 (23569.5.5.0)
-RADIO 2.12.50.02_2
I try to install android on my HD2, but doesn't work...always freeze on green logo HTC...(i'm waiting more than 15 minute) & still freeze...won't boot in android...
Can anyone help me...i need advice...where is the wrong step..thx
(sory my english not good)
alifasikin said:
I have HTC HD2:
-ROM CRUZER 2 (built 97)
-OS ver.5.2.23569 (23569.5.5.0)
-RADIO 2.12.50.02_2
I try to install android on my HD2, but doesn't work...always freeze on green logo HTC...(i'm waiting more than 15 minute) & still freeze...won't boot in android...
Can anyone help me...i need advice...where is the wrong step..thx
(sory my english not good)
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android build..?
back up all your data from your sd card, then reformat your sd card and try again. I should work....
Yesterday i was helping my gf to install android on her hd2, i encountered exactly the same problem as you. Then reformat sd card, install android again. It works smoothly without any problem.
Hope it helps.
thx for advice...i try it...
I have the same Problem...
no matter what I do, it does not work
It always freeze or reboot new.
I have formatted my SD i think over 100 times
What i do wrong?
I have hspl2 and the newest Radio ROm, but it doesnt work
EDIT: I tried all Android builds noone works
Did you do a task29 to format internal memory, then install back energy rom. Only install android. Have you tried that?
@ whizzkid_cool
I dont understand, what is task29
And energy rom? is that a custom Rom?
Still Doesn't work....
whizzkid_cool said:
back up all your data from your sd card, then reformat your sd card and try again. I should work....
Yesterday i was helping my gf to install android on her hd2, i encountered exactly the same problem as you. Then reformat sd card, install android again. It works smoothly without any problem.
Hope it helps.
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Still Doesn't work....
Any advice.....
Did you copy the complete Android directory (so not only the files) to the root of your SD card?
All you have to do is read
It could also be your SD card. I had exactly the same issue with an 8gb card I recently purchased. No matter how many times I formatted it I still couldn't get Android to run fully all the time.
I have since got a 4gb SD card and Android, all builds, now runs without any issues whatsoever.
Just a suggestion that it may not be something you're doing, or not doing, but an actual hardware issue!
You might also be making the same mistake I did.
When the guides on this forum said to copy the Android folder to the root of my SD card, I thought it was referring to the "/" directory that I saw in Windows Explorer. (What is actually the internal memory of the HD2)
I was putting Android in the wrong directory. I should have been copying it over to the Storage Card one, which is the actual MiniSD Card. That's the root directory.
Just a thought.
same problem...
Hey guys
i tried everything but i have the same problem
it´s only the green screen from HTC. I hope it is not the SDCard
I have the goatrip 6.0 final version and tried it with many Android builds, most of them were from Mdeejay
Please help me without android i think the hd2 is boring for me
Hi everyone!
I have (what I think is) a huge problem on my phone and after looking in tons of forums for solutions I found that the people here seem to really be able to help me.
I'm new to android phones... So please bare with me...
So I bought this phone in second hand from a friend who was in need of some cash for college (I don't really like to buy used stuff but...), and it came rooted with cyanogenMod7 but I was having trouble cause the phone wouldn't recognize my sd card and I couldn't connect it to my pc so I tryed to change it back to its original settings...
Its a vodafone 845 (huawei U8120)..
A friend of mine tried to help and we found this recovery menu (Clockwork recovery v3) and he chose some format options (format boot, system and data) and now the phone is useless! It still doesn't recognize my SD card or my pc, I can get into this recovery menu again but cant seem to fix the problem!
Other than that all the phone does is show the initial hourglass forever...
I would be so gratefull if someone could help! Thank you in advance!
RubenLockheart said:
Hi everyone!
I have (what I think is) a huge problem on my phone and after looking in tons of forums for solutions I found that the people here seem to really be able to help me.
I'm new to android phones... So please bare with me...
So I bought this phone in second hand from a friend who was in need of some cash for college (I don't really like to buy used stuff but...), and it came rooted with cyanogenMod7 but I was having trouble cause the phone wouldn't recognize my sd card and I couldn't connect it to my pc so I tryed to change it back to its original settings...
Its a vodafone 845 (huawei U8120)..
A friend of mine tried to help and we found this recovery menu (Clockwork recovery v3) and he chose some format options (format boot, system and data) and now the phone is useless! It still doesn't recognize my SD card or my pc, I can get into this recovery menu again but cant seem to fix the problem!
Other than that all the phone does is show the initial hourglass forever...
I would be so gratefull if someone could help! Thank you in advance!
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Well you wiped the phone, so there's nothing to boot into.
You need to put a rom on the root of the SD card (not in any folders). Make sure the rom is made for your device. Boot into recovery and flash the rom, you should have a working phone after that.
Thank you for you help!
Now the only problem that stands is that the phone doesn't mount my sd card... Its an 8gb kingston, maybe I should get one with less capacity? The previous owner used a 4gb card and she said she never had any trouble regarding that...
Although the phone specifications on the net say it can handle cards up to 16gb :S
Have you tried mounting the SD card in clockwork mod as the usb disk drive?
Its found under mounts/storage.
sent from my legend, currently using extream legend fuse™
Ok guys, I've gotten as far as flashing the rom!!
Made huge progress in exchange for several hours of sleep xD
Now the only problem that stands is that when I choose the option "flash zip from sd card" I get this:
"E: No signature (242 files)
E: verification failed
Installation aborted"
And I'm lost again, yet soooo close to fixing my phone! :/
RubenLockheart said:
Ok guys, I've gotten as far as flashing the rom!!
Made huge progress in exchange for several hours of sleep xD
Now the only problem that stands is that when I choose the option "flash zip from sd card" I get this:
"E: No signature (242 files)
E: verification failed
Installation aborted"
And I'm lost again, yet soooo close to fixing my phone! :/
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There should be an option somewhere to turn off signature verification. If you can find that option, toggle it off and try again.
You should try installing the original Firmware.Or Reinstall CM7
I got very similar problem. Have u tried to install different sd card. Maybe current one is broken like in my case?
Note: I do not have this device
See [GUIDE]All Huawei new&old phones-Install Stock Rom-Full Reset
Procedure:
1) Download stock ROM from HERE (im guessing you want Vodaphone UK)
2) Format your SD card to FAT32 (plug it into computer, right click on device, format, follow instructions)
3) Create the folder "dload" (without the quotes of course) on to the root (top level) of your SD card.
3) Extract the UPDATE.APP from the stock ROM and place it in "dload"
4) Power off your phone and put sd card in.
5) Power on by pressing POWER+RED_BUTTON+VOLUME_UP
If done correctly you will see a progress bar saying "UPDATING!"
Edit: this will reset the device to normal, however it will of course require a working SD Card. Try using a friends, try using your card in other devices (other phones, computers, etc).
To test SD Cards in your phone:
1) Insert Card
2) Boot into recovery
3) Go to Mounts & Storage menu
4) Plug device into computer
5) Choose "Mount sdcard over USB" (or similar)
6) If it shows up on the computer it is working, and you may as well use it to carry out the steps above
Note, if you are still checking for sdcard after resetting the phone, you will need to devise another method as the recovery will be replaced. For example use the storage menu in system settings, as this will show stats on the sdcard if it is readable.
My phone is working!
The problem with the SD card was that it was password protected, so I used another phone to disable the password, about the ROM, i just picked another one, I actually found it here on XDA! The celestial teapot, I really like it
Now all I want to know is if its possible to have multitouch on my phone?
And by the way, THANK YOU ALL for your help guys! You're awsome!
RubenLockheart said:
My phone is working!
The problem with the SD card was that it was password protected, so I used another phone to disable the password, about the ROM, i just picked another one, I actually found it here on XDA! The celestial teapot, I really like it
Now all I want to know is if its possible to have multitouch on my phone?
And by the way, THANK YOU ALL for your help guys! You're awsome!
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No problem, glad to help. Glad you got everything up and running too Multitouch is included in the kernel (at least on my device). If you can find a custom kernel for your phone, make sure it's compatible with your rom. I'm not familiar with your phone, so you'll need to do some checking on kernels. I'm not sure if multitouch is also a hardware limitation or not, so if you don't have multitouch at all it may not be possible. Kernels determine the number of touch points on my phone, if you don't have it at all then it may not be possible or there may be another mod for it.
If you can flash a custom kernel to achieve this, remember to do a nandroid backup first. Always do a backup when flashing anything. If they start to take up too much space, delete the old ones and just keep the most recent. Also remember to only wipe dalvik and cache when flashing a kernel.
Again, since I'm not familiar with your phone you'll need to do some research on these things first. The best thing you can do is read, read, and read some more. If you get stuck again, the good people here will always be able to help you out.
Ok, without getting into the cascading series of screwiness along the way, I think I've managed to effectively brick my phone. I'm posting in hopes that the part of my brain screaming "No, you're missing something" is right.
e970, already rooted, running CyanogenMod 10.1 and TWRP 2.6.3.0. In pursuit of a "clean slate" to deal with remnants of sloppy uninstallations, I thought I'd clear everything with TWRP and just put CM back. So, I pulled out my SD card with my saved data, and had TWRP wipe everything, including the CM zip on the root of the built-in storage. I copied the newer CM and GAPPS to a spare SD card, plugged it in...
and I found the external SD card wasn't recognized by TWRP. There's only 1 storage location listed, which is the built-in area I just wiped.
I can't get the phone to be recognized by a desktop running Windows 8.1. I have freshly installed the drivers, downloaded the SDK, rebooted, etc. from that side. The phone is never recognized by either Windows or ADB. So, I dug out the laptop I originally installed CM from some time back (last year?). Same story - no Windows or ADB recognition.
Ok, fine - maybe the USB port is dying on me. I'll try formatting the SD card and see if that's the issue. FAT32, copy the files back, still no luck. Great. Maybe it's the card, so I copy my data and put the zips on the original card I had in the phone. Still no dice.
So, here I am. No OS installed, no image on the internal drive to recover from, TWRP won't recognize my external card(s), and I can't get anything to acknowledge the phone via USB to do a sideload.
Am I missing something, or did I completely hose myself?
I forgot to mention: I did try different cables and ports on both computers before arriving at the idea the e970 USB port may have having issues.
Have you tried a different SD card?
SD card have a finite lifespan, and I've seen them fail n the middle of normal use. The first thing I'd try would be a different SD.
If that doesn't work, you may have to just LGPNST back to bone stock.
(You may want to play with the "Partition SD Card" option under "Advanced" in TWRP. It'll wipe any data on the card so back up to your computer first, but this may kick the SD card into being recognized by the phone [though I dont know how windows would react to it])
OMGMatrix said:
Have you tried a different SD card?
SD card have a finite lifespan, and I've seen them fail n the middle of normal use. The first thing I'd try would be a different SD.
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I did, in fact. I tried it on a spare first, so I didn't have to worry about erasing the data on the SD card I pulled out of the phone. When that failed, I tried copying the zips onto my original card, which was also not picked up. I've found other posts on here that suggest this particular version of TWRP had issues reading external cards, but I don't see any way to get a different one on the phone at this point.
OMGMatrix said:
(You may want to play with the "Partition SD Card" option under "Advanced" in TWRP. It'll wipe any data on the card so back up to your computer first, but this may kick the SD card into being recognized by the phone [though I dont know how windows would react to it])
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I might be missing the mark here, but wouldn't this format the already-empty internal storage (since it's the one selected) rather than the external card?
elvinone said:
I did, in fact. I tried it on a spare first, so I didn't have to worry about erasing the data on the SD card I pulled out of the phone. When that failed, I tried copying the zips onto my original card, which was also not picked up. I've found other posts on here that suggest this particular version of TWRP had issues reading external cards, but I don't see any way to get a different one on the phone at this point.
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If you can boot the phone into fastboot (should be VOL UP + Power), you should be able to flash the recover that way with:
fastboot flash recovery <name of recovery>.img
You'll need to get the .img instead of a flashable zip obviously, but that can be done even by grabbing the "recovery.img" file from a flashable recovery zip.
elvinone said:
I might be missing the mark here, but wouldn't this format the already-empty internal storage (since it's the one selected) rather than the external card?
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I've honestly not messed with this option; I just know I've solved similar problems with flash drives in the past by formatting in different ways.
OMGMatrix said:
If you can boot the phone into fastboot (should be VOL UP + Power), you should be able to flash the recover that way with:
fastboot flash recovery <name of recovery>.img
You'll need to get the .img instead of a flashable zip obviously, but that can be done even by grabbing the "recovery.img" file from a flashable recovery zip.
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How is he going to do that? He can't get a PC to recognize the phone.
Maybe try a Linux box? You could make an Ubuntu live USB stick with some extra storage space on it, and try running adb from there.
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How is he going to do that? He can't get a PC to recognize the phone.
Maybe try a Linux box? You could make an Ubuntu live USB stick with some extra storage space on it, and try running adb from there.
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There's a thought... I think I have a Knoppix disk around here that I could boot from. I don't have high hopes, since it's not being recognized by the laptop I did this on originally, but I'll give anything a shot at this point. I'll let you know how it goes.
No dice. ADB gives me the same response whether the phone is at the fastboot screen or the sideload inside TWRP.
[email protected]:~/Documents/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ ./adb start-server
[email protected]:~/Documents/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached
[email protected]:~/Documents/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$
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(You may want to play with the "Partition SD Card" option under "Advanced" in TWRP. It'll wipe any data on the card so back up to your computer first, but this may kick the SD card into being recognized by the phone [though I dont know how windows would react to it])
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I tried this but didn't have any luck. It looks like it is trying to hit the external card, but still isn't recognizing it.
E: Unknown File System: 'datamedia'
Updatition partition details...
Partitioning SD Card...
E: Unable to locate device to partition.
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Check ALL your cords
Another update. After presuming me e970 dead, going to Best Buy to shop for an AT&T Next upgrade, running the HTC One m8 for a couple days, I get a wild hair to try the HTC cord on the old phone. Oddly enough, it works and the phone was picked up immediately. I've already pushed CM over via adb, and and working on gapps now.
Apparently both of the cords I tried previously weren't up to spec for smartphone use. I'm going to have to come up with a labelling system on what's good for trickle charges and what's good for data.
I'm not sure what a return will do to my upgrade status, but I'd rather wait on a new phone. It even looks like I know what I'll get. Thanks for the ideas along the way.
Nice, glad you found a solution. Unless things have changed with the new plans, you should be OK to return the phone within 14 days and keep your upgrade.
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