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I have installed the new iMate rom to my T-Mobile SDA(US) and have the following observations.
Push Email is working well.
Screen fonts not as crisp as original T-Mobile.
I believe the OS is overall slower.
Don't see A2DP.
Camera and Video work well.
I'll keep testing and keep this thread updated.
Do you know where I can find instruction on how to backup my original T-Mo rom? I'd like to load the sp5m rom but I want to make sure I have a backup. Also, which filename did you use, there seem to be sever roms for sp5, sp5m and two versions for the sp5m at that!
-Kap
kaplanfx said:
Do you know where I can find instruction on how to backup my original T-Mo rom? I'd like to load the sp5m rom but I want to make sure I have a backup. Also, which filename did you use, there seem to be sever roms for sp5, sp5m and two versions for the sp5m at that!
-Kap
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Here is what I recall, I'm by no means an expert.
To start, you will need a 64MB mini SD card minimum.
I had to application and SIM unlock the phone. You can find good info at http://wiki.spv-developers.com/index.php/Main_Page
Disable ActiveSync under File/Connection Settings by unselecting "Allow USB connections".
With the phone off, press and hold down the camera button while attaching the USB cable from your computer. This should bring up the 3 color bootloader screen on your phone.
Use mtty.exe on your computer and select USB to connect. After connecting type:
r2sd all
This should back up your original rom to the mini SD card. This action will COMPLETELY REFORMAT AND ERASE YOUR SD CARD. I'd suggest copying everything off of it to your HDD in ActiveSync.
This is where it gets gray for me. There is supposedly a way copy the image from the SD card to your PC and back using itsutils utilities called psdpread.exe and psdwrite.exe. You have to know or figure out the size of the image on the SD card and the instructions were not intuitive to me. At this point I am leaving the card out of my phone until I decide whether or not to stay with the iMate rom. I did confirm that I can use the card to reload the T-Mo rom. With the card in the phone, load up the bootloader as described above. When it first comes up, it will ask you press the volume slider to load from the card. I worked for me.
I get Vendor ID error
What was required to load the ROM on your T-Mobile US branded SDA? I keep getting a Vendor ID error ( I assume the same as the old country code error on the XDAs). My phone is application and sim unlocked.
Thanks.
Panabax
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Panabax said:
What was required to load the ROM on your T-Mobile US branded SDA? I keep getting a Vendor ID error ( I assume the same as the old country code error on the XDAs). My phone is application and sim unlocked.
Thanks.
Panabax
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I had to use what I believe is referred to as the Super CID unlock. It is one of the options in the SPV-Services app I got from the URL referenced in the first post. I was very leary to use it because I couldn't find any documentation about how to revert back if desired. I haven't had any issues since I set it to "11111111". I only hope that it won't prevent me from using the official T-Mo AKU2 release when it comes out.
Thanks
Thanks. In the time between our posts, I came to the same conclusion. The upgrade is proceeding as I type.
Panabax
Hmm sounds like something I would like to try. Thanks for all the good info, I have a 256 MB sd card on the way from New Egg to use exclusively to back up my rom (didn't want to waste my 2gigger .
-Kap
artiemon said:
Use mtty.exe on your computer and select USB to connect. After connecting type:
r2sd all
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Can you explain where to get mtty.exe and how its used?
Thanks
-Kap
kaplanfx said:
artiemon said:
Use mtty.exe on your computer and select USB to connect. After connecting type:
r2sd all
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Can you explain where to get mtty.exe and how its used?
Thanks
-Kap
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Here is where I got mtty.exe.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaHowtoCopyRom
The following thread has some info on backing up the rom. Scroll down to a post by Genesis3. He is referring to a different terminal emulator (terraterm), but it works the same as mtty. Both of these just open up a terminal session to your phone. Genesis3 is discussing a different platform, but you will get the idea.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=43399
thanks for the quick reply, im hoping to get the imate rom on my phone today.
-Kap
HI,
I downloaded the SPV-Services.zip. However, when I run it on my PC. It says
RAPI Init failed:RAPI init timeout
ROM editing tools will be unavailable
Anyone know what is the problem here?
Thanks
thx for your new ROM,
if i want to install chinese input software to input chinese word with
new rom, how can I?
thx again!
ronior said:
thx for your new ROM,
if i want to install chinese input software to input chinese word with
new rom, how can I?
thx again!
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I dont think there is Chinese input program for Windows Mobile 5 SP.
thx for your rapid answer
but really has one!
your can find it almost in any chinese forum
ronior said:
thx for your rapid answer
but really has one!
your can find it almost in any chinese forum
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Really?
well...then
did u application unlock the phone before installation? Just copy the cab file to your phone and run it....or use the setup if it has one
sixthday said:
HI,
I downloaded the SPV-Services.zip. However, when I run it on my PC. It says
RAPI Init failed:RAPI init timeout
ROM editing tools will be unavailable
Anyone know what is the problem here?
Thanks
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You have to kill wcescomm.exe in the Windows Task Manager (ctl-alt-del keys brings it up), look for wcescomm.exe, stop the task. This will eliminate the error you are getting. Then Run the 'SPVServices.exe' file on your PC - it will communicate with your phone via activesync. Please note that this file connects to a remote server to do the unlocking calculations, so requires an internet connection. It's been reported that if you have IE7 (beta 2 in my case) installed, it might not work; I have IE7 B2 installed and all worked fine. On the SPVServices tool menu, click the CDI box, it will update your ID to 11111111 (now all is unlocked) then you can do the mtty.exe to backup up your ROM to a miniSD card. I have a word document I've written for myself that outlines some of these pieces and bits and parts I've read on various forums. Email me if you want the Word Doc file.
i have this problem:
r2sd all
***** user area size = 0x3CA0000 Bytes
R2SDBackup() - Download type = 6
usTotalBlock = 1 sizeof(SDCARD_SIGNATRUE_TABLE)=512
You didn't get the proper security level to download a specific image
Cmd>
can you help me?
ciselko said:
i have this problem:
r2sd all
***** user area size = 0x3CA0000 Bytes
R2SDBackup() - Download type = 6
usTotalBlock = 1 sizeof(SDCARD_SIGNATRUE_TABLE)=512
You didn't get the proper security level to download a specific image
Cmd>
can you help me?
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I believe that message is displayed if you have not yet CID unlocked your phone. Did you use SPV Services to unlock it?
i have done these two procedures:
http://wiki.spv-developers.com/index.php/HTC_Application_Unlock_Guide
and
http://wiki.spv-developers.com/index.php/HTC_Smartphone_SIM_Unlock_Guide
than I tried mtty.exe but... :-(
have I forgot something?
There's an application called SPV-Services in one of the links above. It has an option for Super CID unlock.
Hi all,
I'm happy to report that I am another sucessful Magician upgrader after reading all the guides on this site, with a 1.13 Magician + Radio + BigStorage ROM chugging away nicely on my O2 XDA II Mini.
Anyway, I decided to help in what way I can and compile a COMPLETE guide on upgrading the Magician to the highest-level ROM at the moment - the 1.13 ROM + 1.13 Radio, BigStoraged! This guide is basically a compilation of ampda's excellent guide, kta's brief 1.13 + 1.13 Radio guide and this thread here that tells of how to BigStorage hack ROMs on the SD card (instead of having to rip the ROM, hack it, and write it back onto the SD). All of these sources are also credited in the actual PDF .
Why this guide? Because all of the above guides, when combined, make for a quicker way to get 1.13 and BigStorage .
Hope someone finds it useful!
EDIT 1st March 2007: Due to the removal of Windows Mobile ROMs of this site (as explained here), the link to the T-Mobile ROM used in this guide no longer works. The removal of said ROMs from this site pretty much outlaws the linking to or distribution of these ROMs, hence I cannot help you find these ROMs either. Sorry . As such, please refrain from posting requests for ROMs on this thread. Do not PM me either asking for ROMs.
For clarity, the BigStorage update gives you a total of 26.72MB in Storage (ROM), with about 1 to 3 MB used up, most likely reserved for the 'Permanent Storage' feature found in Settings (this is not certain). The BigStorage update does not give you more 'Main Memory' (RAM) to use, however you may have more free Main Memory since operator files (eg. IntelliDialer, MMS support) are not automatically installed (as they usually are when your device is first 'Customized' after hard resets).
By the way, the link to the file is located UNDERNEATH THIS LINE. If you don't see a file here, then you're not registered or logged in. You must register and log in to the forum to see any attachments in posts. Please do not PM me about the file not being here unless you have done both of the above! (yep, I've recieved countless PMs on this)
Thanks! Will soon give it a try.
Thank you!
I was also trying to piece it all together through various threads and guides and getting confused by it all.
This guide is exactly what I needed, and it all worked fine.
Glad to help!
EDIT: Nuts, six seconds and I've already found an error Embarassed . Page 2 lists ntrw.exe and romupdate.exe as required, but the link there should be http://members.iinet.net.au/~apmoon/ppc/bs/AM BIG ROM Tools & Files.rar
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That's it, I'm giving it a go, and first thing I tried this link, but it does not work.
Hi,
I could eventually manage the bigstorage rom, but no way to change the radio rom.
Your instructions do not mention the possible country error ID (like I'm getting), so I stil got 1.12, and no way to find how to upgrade.
.. no instruction; no tips/hints; no files
Ok, I am a recent m500 (HTC Magician) owner ..
Its a bog standard phone at the moment, I'd like to upgrade; BUT there are no files on this topic!!
Can anyone help?
WOOPS .. my mistake .. NOW I SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS
WOOPS .. my mistake .. NOW I SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS .. they weren't there a few moments ago! ..
I swear!
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mrplatypus said:
Ok, I am a recent m500 (HTC Magician) owner ..
Its a bog standard phone at the moment, I'd like to upgrade; BUT there are no files on this topic!!
Can anyone help?
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Hi, you will find plenty of files and instructions on this forum. Just do a search with "bigstorage" or simply take a look in the forum "Magician upgrade"
Prerna said:
Hi,
I could eventually manage the bigstorage rom, but no way to change the radio rom.
Your instructions do not mention the possible country error ID (like I'm getting), so I stil got 1.12, and no way to find how to upgrade.
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By the way, people are not too helpful, but I was able to find the information after a few hours search:
Just rename the file "HTCRuu.dll" to "Ruu.dll", and launch the "NoID" updater.
Prerna said:
By the way, people are not too helpful, but I was able to find the information after a few hours search:
Just rename the file "HTCRuu.dll" to "Ruu.dll", and launch the "NoID" updater.
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Oh gee, thanks :wink:
Well the link not working isnt really my fault... I just triple checked the thing and it appears as though ampda's site has actually disappeared! I'll attach the file required (Complete with ROM and tools required) to the first post shorty.
toomuchdogfur said:
Prerna said:
By the way, people are not too helpful, but I was able to find the information after a few hours search:
Just rename the file "HTCRuu.dll" to "Ruu.dll", and launch the "NoID" updater.
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Oh gee, thanks :wink:
Well the link not working isnt really my fault... I just triple checked the thing and it appears as though ampda's site has actually disappeared! I'll attach the file required (Complete with ROM and tools required) to the first post shorty.
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Thanks for that! And sorry for the comment, which is not at all directed to you, but more like a general impression as I keep coming accross dozens of unanswered quetions all around the forum. It shows actually that the forum is more for true techies, who in turn are not too keen on supporting newbies (with lots of exceptions of course) ;-)
OK the first post has been updated with the tools required for the update, as well as a direct link to the 1.13 ROM and Radio on the FTP.
As for the Radio Country ID error, I admit this is probably an oversight of mine. I initially used MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe with the radio on my Magician only to have it angrily spit out an error 150: incorrect device. Renaming the HTCRUU.dll to RUU.dll gave me the same error! I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked. After doing the same thing with my uncle's Magician, I concluded that the noID thing was not needed for the radio and hence I didn't mention it at all!
So really I don't know what to say about this other than if the country-ID upgrade fails, consult this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=30717
Maybe depending on which original rom. Mine was Orange.
That kinda makes sense I guess. As for the lack-of-replies thingy, I think that could be due to the fact:
1. No one knows the answer
2. Whoever asked the question skimped too much on details or doesn't punctuate their questions or spellcheck\grammarcheck them or... well you get my drift!
3. The question has already been solved, and\or its a question about something impossible. Forum search!
The most irritating thing is that 2. and 3. seem to almost always go hand-in-hand :lol:. Granted, I know that it is a bit tough to find the right solution to a problem, but remember that this is a forum, a developer's forum mostly, and an unmoderated one at that! All the information is there, but its everywhere, so be thankful for those willing to spend time to gather it up into something digestible!
toomuchdogfur said:
...I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked...
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Hi,
each time I heard about the NoID_MaUpgradeUt.exe, I read that you have to run it twice to make it work : the first time it gives the famous Country Error ID but the 2nd time it works... Hope this helps...
snorlax said:
toomuchdogfur said:
...I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked...
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Hi,
each time I heard about the NoID_MaUpgradeUt.exe, I read that you have to run it twice to make it work : the first time it gives the famous Country Error ID but the 2nd time it works... Hope this helps...
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Heh yeah I heard that too, but I got away with not using NoID at all! In fact NoID was paining me with code 150 errors instead of the country ID 120 errors, but I hope with this suggestion and also the link above people will be able to figure out the problem.
And also, does having not so many posts on your guide a good thing or not? It could be good because almost no-one has a problem, or it could be bad because no-one uses it . Or I could just be placing too much of my self-esteem on the balance of a forum thread .
snorlax said:
toomuchdogfur said:
...I then ran the original MaUpgradeUt.exe and oddly enough it worked...
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Hi,
each time I heard about the NoID_MaUpgradeUt.exe, I read that you have to run it twice to make it work : the first time it gives the famous Country Error ID but the 2nd time it works... Hope this helps...
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Actually, as long as you do not rename HTCRuu.dll to Ruu.dll, the .exe will not even start (because it searches for "Ruu.ddl and can't find it)
Now I got no idea whether there are many versions with different attributes or what.
toomuchdogfur said:
And also, does having not so many posts on your guide a good thing or not? It could be good because almost no-one has a problem, or it could be bad because no-one uses it . Or I could just be placing too much of my self-esteem on the balance of a forum thread .
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Must be a mixture of both :lol:
+ the fact that this model is quite old now and most people have upgraded.
Hi,
since I've had serious problems after installing o2 active crap, I needed to hard reset the magician.. but I decided this time to proceed with a bigstorage installation!! And the guide u provided is just great I've done bigstorage succesful, and now I have 26,72mb of total memory.. Anyway, is that normal that even if it's empty, it displays 1,12mb of memory in use?? Maybe I should format it.. :wink:
MANY THANKS!!
MocciJ
Hi all,
I have to move back from a crystal v2. rom to the "original" rom, cause I had enough about the earphone jack problem, I want to use my warranty aqnd send it back to assistance
I have to reinstall the original italian jamin rom, I tried moving first to the NDIV rom and then to the italian rom : i got this
"ERROR (296): UPGRADE ONLY
This NBF file cannot be used for your PDA phone. Please get newer NBF filE"
Now I came back to the crystal v2
I think that first I have to cid unlock my jamin...
But the file I need, following the wiki link is broken, no more the file inside the archive....
Somone could " help " me ?? Maybe sending me a pvt ...
###################### THIS WAS A PREVIOUS MESSAGE ##############
I found the file by myself,
I started to cidunlocking but after the first process ( the seventh following the guide ) I am not able to connect anymore via usb my device to the laptop!!!!!
And NOW????? If I am not able to connect I cannot change the rom to a working one!!
Please HELP ME !!
###############################
It's becoming a Diary....
I solved by myself, the instructions for cid unlocking are not complete, if happens problem of connection between pc and ppc ( and I am sure they happen ) it is necessary to HARD reset the ppc, and remove and reinstall Activesync ... This is what I did , and it works ....
Thank you all
This was posted in another thread here, but it needs its own. (if someone beat me to it, please delete).
A .nbh image file has been released that will allow you to downgrade your rc30 phone to rc29 which will re-introduce the root bug. Once there you can follow the steps to get root access, install the modified recovery image and flash JF's rc30 and keep root! The steps can be found in various threads on this forum, and also in my wiki.
To downgrade using this NBH file: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Root_For_RC30
To gain root access: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rooting_Android
To flash the recovery and install modified rc30: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Keeping_Root
Please remember this wiki is made and edited by users, not just me. Some information might not be written as well as it can, and if you find a problem, please feel free to login and correct it.
Good luck to everyone stuck on RC30 who wanted root, its finally here!
By the way, I got this info from disconnects site (gotontheinter.net) and I believe (might be wrong) he got it from here somewhere.
Hehe. I knew someone out there still had a copy of the RC29 NBH. This is great news!
MD5 checksums:
53840b90a0fe1bfab19fab8ef8fb9724 *DREAIMG_TC4-RC29.NBH
4f0efb2037524a06bda26f286bba474d *HappyNewYear.zip
Eng Bootloader sticky information updated.
Darkrift said:
This was posted in another thread here, but it needs its own. (if someone beat me to it, please delete).
A .nbh image file has been released that will allow you to downgrade your rc30 phone to rc29 which will re-introduce the root bug. Once there you can follow the steps to get root access, install the modified recovery image and flash JF's rc30 and keep root! The steps can be found in various threads on this forum, and also in my wiki.
To downgrade using this NBH file: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Root_For_RC30
To gain root access: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rooting_Android
To flash the recovery and install modified rc30: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Keeping_Root
Please remember this wiki is made and edited by users, not just me. Some information might not be written as well as it can, and if you find a problem, please feel free to login and correct it.
Good luck to everyone stuck on RC30 who wanted root, its finally here!
By the way, I got this info from disconnects site (gotontheinter.net) and I believe (might be wrong) he got it from here somewhere.
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I'll update my stickied post and host the NBH as well.
Nice, spread this fast!! all those users who have wanted root and its here. We need them all to get it before tmo or google find a way to block this!! Someone slashdot it!!! (just please dont slashdot my site directly lol, im on shared hosting)
Yehaaa, best christmas present, however a bit late
Anyone already tried it out?
To avoid creating two stickies with overlapping information, I suggest putting a prominent link in the first post to Koush's main sticky on rooting.
will this work on tc5-rc8 uk
Nope, we'll need a different .nbh file for that. With luck someone'll find it soon
works on stock RC30 just fine..
For TC5-RC8 users:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3109773&postcount=97
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QIDKOHPW
MD5:
2f02dd9a3b7c7f2fe058047b9c7a0245 *DREAIMG_TC5-RC7.NBH
b253b71fad2ed0352bcb58c4966b9a25 *HappyNewYearUK.zip
For those in the UK...
Here's your RC7 NBH... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3109773&postcount=97
Man. chavonbravo is everyone's hero today.
I am trying this now - once flashed with root on RC7, can i do the bootloader flash to Engineering to keep root forever?
for the tc5 rc8 i keep getting
no signature (1 files)
verification failed
any ideas
Epic Fail
Runs through the update, then:
DREAIMG.nbh - FAIL
Update Terminate
UPDATE FAIL
UPDATE:
I had to download the DREAIMG.nbh that was in the zip file, and put that on the sd card. De-bricked, and now my phone is root-enabled.
Thank u so much, I have been waiting this for a long time. Happy new year to everybody
OMG it worked!!!!!
I wiped out my SD card with it connected to my comp through USB. Then reformatted it to FAT32 (it was FAT), and copied the dream file to my phone. Rebooted with the camera key held, pressed power when it told me to. Then it took less than 10 mins to do its thing and now I am setting up the phone again after its reset.
Woot!
kila-user 1.0 TC4-RC29 115247
ota-rel-keys,release-keys
am i missing something, i got the phone to flash back to RC29, did the reset and typed telnetd, but its not doing anything, it just says telnetd on the screen. did i miss a step?
After that go to market and download the telnet app and keep going. And using those walkthroughs I did what they said but I used JK v1.3 instead of 1.2 and now I am a very happy panda, just look at my sig!
thanks to all for the NBH file, I downgraded from RC30 to RC29, rooted upgraded to modified JF1.3 changed to Engineering bootloader, the best new year gift for G1 user.. am planning to upgrade to modifed RC8 but not now..
-Pramod
Hi people,
I'm trying to write this message with links to the relevant guides I used, but since this is my first post I can't add links to this. I hope it is still kinda clear what I mean.
I've got an HTC Desire Z (or G2 as I think it is called in the US). I bought it new from a store here in the Netherlands without any contract so there is no connection with any carrier. I now want to root my phone so that I can put Cyanogen mod on it. For this I followed some guides which led me to do a firmware downgrade. A guide on the cyanogenmod website worked all well, until I got to step 8: "Select Bootloader to flash the 1.34.707.3 firmware.". After doing this my phone gives an error saying the following:
CID incorrect!
Update Fail!
Press power to reboot.
So after some searching I found that I need to spoof a CID using a "Goldcard". And here I'm kind stuck.
I searched around for goldcards and I found a lot of guides using some sort of Goldcardtool. This however, only works on windows, and since I am on (Ubuntu) Linux I can't use that. I tried to follow a youtube guide, which when typing "cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid", ended in a "No such file or directory" error.
I then found a guide on the Droid-den website ("Android Guide: How To Create a Gold Card") with which I created two .img files after which I needed to do some hex editing. For this I installed a hex editor called ghex. I can open the .img files I downloaded, but I am not able to select my micro sd card in the hexeditor. I tried Bless hex editor as well, but no luck there either.
So my questions:
Do I absolutely have to use a goldcard (even though my phone is not carrier branded) or am I simply doing something wrong?
If absolutely needed, what am I doing wrong in creating the goldcard? Is there another (preferably easy) way to create a goldcard on Ubuntu?
All tips and hints are welcome!
Hi!
Use "cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc2:*/cid" or "cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2/mmc2:*/cid"