do i need a Sdcard to root my phone?
Didn't on the skyrocket, the phone has a built in one
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what do you mean built in one? i knwo the phone has 16gb of storage but every guide i see to root the phone says to copy files to the sdcard.
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ps2gamer02 said:
what do you mean built in one? i knwo the phone has 16gb of storage but every guide i see to root the phone says to copy files to the sdcard.
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The sdcard is the built-in 16gb storage.
In the guide you will see external sdcard too, that's the optional card
which is a removable one.
so just to clarify i don't need a SDcard to root if im following the guide that's stickied?
ps2gamer02 said:
so just to clarify i don't need a SDcard to root if im following the guide that's stickied?
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correct sir
for some reason my phone wont go past the downloading screen an my phone wont connect to the computer. i enabled debugging mode cuase i thought that would be the problem but its still wont go past that screen.
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ps2gamer02 said:
for some reason my phone wont go past the downloading screen an my phone wont connect to the computer. i enabled debugging mode cuase i thought that would be the problem but its still wont go past that screen.
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Looks like you are not using the Samsung Unified USB driver.
Try this one, this is what I use.
Here is the Samsung Unified USB driver: http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13196871580881
Be sure to uninstall kies if it's installed and uninstall any other samsung usb driver,
then reboot windows before installing the unified samsung drivers.
Good Luck!
ps2gamer02 said:
for some reason my phone wont go past the downloading screen an my phone wont connect to the computer. i enabled debugging mode cuase i thought that would be the problem but its still wont go past that screen.
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Do you have the newest KIES installed? I think I read in another thread where someone else experienced this same problem and it finally got corrected when they installed the newest version on their PC.
Don
I need help, either im missing something or none of the bricked threads had the same issue as me. I was trying to flash a different rom onto my phone with TWRP and wiped EVERYTHING, OS and all, and now i cant get android file transfer on my mac to recognize it so i cant put the rom on the phone to flash, and my PC wont recognize its attached.
Anyone know what to do? apparently im a complete moron when it comes to phones lol
thanks in advance
EDIT** i found something about adb sideload but it keeps saying "adb is not recognized as an internal or external command" in command prompt even tho i installed the android SDK. i feel like im missing something
crash087 said:
I need help, either im missing something or none of the bricked threads had the same issue as me. I was trying to flash a different rom onto my phone with TWRP and wiped EVERYTHING, OS and all, and now i cant get android file transfer on my mac to recognize it so i cant put the rom on the phone to flash, and my PC wont recognize its attached.
Anyone know what to do? apparently im a complete moron when it comes to phones lol
thanks in advance
EDIT** i found something about adb sideload but it keeps saying "adb is not recognized as an internal or external command" in command prompt even tho i installed the android SDK. i feel like im missing something
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install and use toolkit from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994961
This is solved he pm'd me and I got it sorted
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a sorry didnt see that you are using mac... well then you need to add your adb command to your path variable so bash can find it... should be the same principle on mac as for other operating systems. just google that or execute the command directly from within it's directory so bash can find it.
edit: ah ok then good that it's fixed
Lloir said:
This is solved he pm'd me and I got it sorted
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yep, Lloir is my hero. as for using a mac, i have a pc as well. one for school one for games haha
I don't know when it happened, but I can't see anymore the internal storage card of my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini . I tried everything I found on the internet and what I thought off.
How do I see again the internal storage (512MB)?
I have a 16GB sd card inside of the Xperia and this is the only thing I see when I connect the phone to my laptop.
I completely removed all the files and registry entries from Sony, SE and Xperia before I tried it again. No luck. Please help, otherwise I don't know what to do.
Should I try another , custom ROM?
p.s.:Even PC Companion doesn't let me click on the USB sign/icon. Only on the icon for the sd card.
I just discovered that I can't even access the internal storage from ES Files Explorer like I usualy did. WTH?!? I am starting to think this was done by a firmware update... Can someone please explain to me which update did this and how to revert back? I want to access the internal storage ://
Or can at least someone confirm (or deny) my thoughts? Do you have problems accessing internal storage with SE Xpera Mini and Android Version 4.0.4?
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I think we can not see internal storage on windows using any android Version. ( someone correct me If I'm wrong)
Try to use file manger by Rhythem software, open file manager, settings, tick on root and mount system.
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Mysteryagr said:
I think we can not see internal storage on windows using any android Version. ( someone correct me If I'm wrong)
Try to use file manger by Rhythem software, open file manager, settings, tick on root and mount system.
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While researching the problem I tried to connect only the phone without the sd card. This lead me to several heavy topics in regards to MTP USB Device issues, ADB drivers, WPD FileSystem Volume Driver, etc. When I wanted to quit, I found an interesting topic.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1554632
Where I discovered that the reason for not showing the internal memory while connected thru Mass Storage Mode (MSC) with Debugging Mode on is probably due the freaking bloated MS registry over time (with updating the phone to various and newest versions). I don't know how this could happen, but hey... everything is possible with Microsoft))
And since I deleted all the registry entries when I uninstalled the SEUS and PCC except the entries like this, which I couldn't remove: VID_0FCE&PID_0DDE
I can't think of any other reasons ... and don't know who could be to blame.
I always updated the SEUS and PCC to the latest versions before connecting the phone. And I am not sure, but I think that everythink worked perfectly before I updated to 4.0.4 eight or so months ago... or maybe it was when I bought my new 16 GB sd card a couple of months ago.
I'll give it a try in a virtual machine in the next days...
In regards to your question. I've been working with the phone for around two years and I've seen both internal and external storage. I also copied various songs and books to the internal storage, when I had a smaller sd card at the begining. This is why I am a bit freakin out. I don't want to do a clean install of my OS just because of this stupid problem. There must be an easier solution.
Okay, after further research I found out that it is actually a driver related issue. And my guess is that due Sony going solo, their newest update 4.0.4 messed up the debugging mode. While I know that in previous versions, when debugging enabled, I could easily see the storage in my mobile.
Should I revert or does someone know of a trick? Can someone confirm, that the debugging mode in previous versions does work? It should, since I remember using it... at least with 2.3.4...
What about other ROM's? Has someone similar experience with them perhaps?
What about adb? Is adb shell working?
Can you please elaborate more on "adb shell" ? I am not using any developer tools, just flashtool.
Hey BlueFord,
i have CyanogenMod 10 and before i had the ICS-Stock-ROM.
But i never saw a "Internel Storage" or something like that, only my SD-Card.
Good Luck! :fingers-crossed:
Hey #{Script-Kiddie},
you can only see the internal storage in debugging mode (I remembered this, while I was researching how to fix the damn problem). I can't correct the topic title anymore (at least I think so).
Thanks.
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BlueFord said:
Can you please elaborate more on "adb shell" ? I am not using any developer tools, just flashtool.
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You need the android sdk installed. You can find it on google, it's Google's developer tool. And it has a function called adb.
You can choose a or b (for a few times using the sdk, just use b)
a) you add the tools and platform tools to your environment (as a variable, how to do it -> search on Google how to set up adb)
b) open cmd and navigate to the android sdk folder -> tools/platform tools (where adb is, I don't remember the folder). Then you connect your phone with usb debugging on and type
Code:
adb shell
Now you are in your phone and you can browse files and folders from your phone on your PC. Type
Code:
ls
to see what's in that directory,
Code:
cd ..
to go one folder up, and
Code:
cd nameofthefolder
to open a folder.
Just try it. With adb you can pull/push data, too
And by the way: I could never access my / filesystem from my phone via my PC, only via adb :good:
Sent from my Nexus 7 running Android 4.2.2
BlueFord said:
Hey #{Script-Kiddie},
you can only see the internal storage in debugging mode (I remembered this, while I was researching how to fix the damn problem). I can't correct the topic title anymore (at least I think so).
Thanks.
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Debugging Mode = true
Can't see the internal Memory.
And by the way: I could never access my / filesystem from my phone via my PC, only via adb
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With the debugging mode ON, you didn't get on the PC another removeable device? The internal storage.
I can acces the HTC Desire C internal storage with the debugging mode ON...
I tried and downgraded the Mini to 4.0.2.A.0.42_CE... sadly it didn't do the trick. Still no device drivers for debugging mode on, which would put in My Computer the Xperia like a removeable device again.
I've received a notificitation about the new firmware version 4.0.2.A.0.84 and updated it in hope it would maybe help. Still no luck.
Is there maybe a custom ROM or an app for that? I would like to try it out. I got very used to see internal storage on both of my smartphones, HTC Desire C and SE Xperia Mini, in Windows.
OK. Last try to get an answer from the community. Can anyone see the SE Xperia Mini as a removeable device in Windows 7/Vista/XP ? With the debugging mode ON, of course.
And I don't mean the SD card storage, it should be the internal 512 MB of the telephone.
Can you see this removeable device with a CUSTOM ROM or is it the default/stock/locked/original SE Xperia Mini ROM? Please, answer and help me. ://
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BlueFord said:
OK. Last try to get an answer from the community. Can anyone see the SE Xperia Mini as a removeable device in Windows 7/Vista/XP ? With the debugging mode ON, of course.
And I don't mean the SD card storage, it should be the internal 512 MB of the telephone.
Can you see this removeable device with a CUSTOM ROM or is it the default/stock/locked/original SE Xperia Mini ROM? Please, answer and help me. ://
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Ifyu want to see/explore the internal storage of your phone jut use droid explorer as the root of the phone is not mounted .........
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD
BlueFord said:
Hey #{Script-Kiddie},
you can only see the internal storage in debugging mode (I remembered this, while I was researching how to fix the damn problem). I can't correct the topic title anymore (at least I think so).
Thanks.
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andogeek10 said:
Ifyu want to see/explore the internal storage of your phone jut use droid explorer as the root of the phone is not mounted .........
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD
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I want to have it mounted and see it in my Windows 7, because I know it worked before.
How come no one can confirm this?
Hi I'm hoping someone can help me...my samsung s3's screen has cracked after someone kicking a football at it and I need my data off it, I dont have kies and when I connect to my pc I can't choose usb mass storage as the screen has no display! Is there any easy way to backup my data off it? Most data is on the phone as onl recently bough a sd card.
pull the files using adb
Glebun said:
pull the files using adb
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Thaks for your reply, I've tried this and it's not picking up my device? I scan but nothing happens...although my pc picks up the phone.
install adb drivers
Glebun said:
install adb drivers
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Thanks!!
there's a button for that
Hello guys
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Duos GT-s5302. I installed a ROM that has a bug for external storage (USB) and other bugs. I want to install another fine ROM. When i placed my external sd card in the phone, i entered the recovery mode and i do not find the option for update from external sd (i find only 4 options). When i placed the USB in the PC, i get "Please Insert a Disk into Drive E:" I tried some fix methods but nothing new
Can you do me a favor please ? I can't use my phone now
Thank you
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Hi !
I cherched for a solution and some people told me that adb is a good one. To resolute the problem i need to send a rom from PC to internal SD Card. So, i tried the push function and i got permission denied, i cherched over the forum i found that i need to activate the USB debugging in the phone (i can't do it because the ROM 'im using has a bug), run as Root (it told me that adbd can't run as root in builds production) and give permissions with "su" function (i got a text saying the permission is denied). Then i cherched again and i found that i need to run adb in recovery mode, but my Samsung Galaxy Pocket Duos GT-s5302 is listed on device only in boot mode.
Can anyone give me a solution please ?
Please Help
Thank's