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URGENT HELP RE EXE ROM & 4gig SD Card

HI.. m Oicnev.. this is regarding extracting the files from the EXE rom.. have download both the 131 and 132 (a later version, as told), but couldn't extract the files.
Have tried using winrar and winzip, but to no avail.. tried right-clicking, but no option to extract, only add to archive.. tried accessing from within winrar. there was the option to extract, but it always returned, no archive file/s in there..
tried running the EXE rom, it ran, posted extracting files, and the showed its dialog box.. then, as told, it returned an error in the end..
i used netants as downloader..
is there anything i further need to do to be able to extract the files? Is there any other way i could get the files? PLS HELP!!!
ALSO, i bought a 4gig SD Card.. the problem is my xda mini couldn't access it, unless, as it prompted, it formats it "to make it readable." This i did, and yes it became readable, but it got converted to 2.1gig. i returned it to the seller, had it replaced, thank goodness the seller was kind.. but now, i don't know what to do.. the SD Card is accessible as 4gig from my card reader though... will the rom upgrade fix the problem? Is there any other software that i need to have? PLS HELP!!!
MANY MANY THANKS, in advance!

You used one of the ROMs from this site's FTP right? I've tried several and all of them extract just fine! If you're looking for the latest ROM that is used widely without any problems, 1.13 T-Mobile ROM, that can be found here.
From there you can use kta's + ampda's guides or my own guide to run you through the upgrade process!

Thanks... only that... Stil problem - 4gig SD Card vs. Mini
Ey, know what, i finally solved my puzzle re EXE ROM.. have managed to extract the files... i tried running the EXE file, clicking next til the last one before it would start to upgrade, but without clicking it (i read from one of your guides).. then i searched for the files in my hidden windows temp folders... found them.. and ran the upgrade.. It went perfectly, i liked it..
But my BIG other problem remained.. still, my XDA Mini couldn't access my 4gig SD Card, despite all the upgrades.. it was still prompting me to format it (beccause it couldn't read it), which must not be done, coz it will convert it to 2.1gig.
I read in one forum to try partitioning the SD Card into two 2gig partitions.. i found it sound.. i followed the instructions.. i ran "compmgmt.msc" from my pc through "start/run".. I was trying to make the first step of deleting the partition through 'Disk Management', but to no avail.. Yes, there was a 'delete partition' option shown in the menus, but unlit; meaning option not available.. So, i was already stalled, couldn't proceed anymore...
Anyone with more options out there? please help...
Many thanks

Your device formatted the memory card as FAT16. This is only supported up to 2 GB:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#Final_FAT16
Just format the memory card with your card reader as "FAT32" and you will have 4 GB capacity.

RE FAT16
Hi... i checked through my card reader.. its in fat32 format...

@esackbauer,
are you sure the fat16 fat32 topic is the answer to the problems with 4 gig cards? to mee, it doesnt seem so!
see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=58669

Flashing ROM from SD?

Does anybody know the method to flash a ROM for the Gene from the SD card?I tried transferring an NBH file via bluetooth,then I put the device in bootloader but it didnt work.

Yes, i found this, post #97, look familiar? lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3481229&highlight=flash+sd#post3481229
Make sure ur sd card is in fat32 format, preferably blank is good! and make sure its 2gb or under (only sd not sdhc).
Good luck.

Already did all of that.Tried to flash from a 1Gb and a 2Gb formatted in FAT32.Bootloader just hangs therc.How long is it supposed to take?

mm thats wierd. Does it just hang on the bootloader and do nothing else?
Have you renamed the nbh file correctly? And its on the root directory of you sd card, not in a folder?

notice you need to name it ****img.nbh according to your device and not just go into bootloader but go into the screen allowing you to flash from your SD (you can find the comination in the gene section).
also, you should make sure the gene supports this feature as not all devices do.

Hey Nir,
I sad to say but i have this in my polaris too
I have followed my own instructions (and yours) i just cant get it to flash. Combination for polaris is bootloader then press power button. The screen flashes up "loading" for a brief moment then goes back to bootloader screen. I have tried renaming to POLAIMG.nbh with no luck, card is 2gb sdhc (i know the hc is sometimes a problem, but many people with 8gb sdhc cards have gotten it to flash).
I cant flash in from my laptop as i have sophos and even with admin rights, its a bugger and just quarantines the ruu file (its hard to turn off completely so card flashing is the easy way......... or should be!!)
I guess re-formatting the card is the only next solution, but any others?

Something Went terribly wrong

so i was trying to root my phone and the image didnt copy over n now its at the little recovery image thing witht the triangle and exclamation point
EDIT: So im back to normal and i see damaged SD Card is that possibley what went wrong?

I think a little more info is needed. Did you make a proper gold card? What process did you used and so on.

Ok, so i used the auto gold card maker up until patching it, then i used the HXD thing and copied and pasted the gold card to 000 to 170 and saved but everytime i put in the card it keeps saying damaged SD card but i safely removed it from windows idk what im doing wrong

the hex editor only works with only certain sd cards. Give me a sec and I will link you to the one I used to patch the gold card img to my Scan disc.
Edit: here it is, all you need to do is patch the gold card.img on to the sd card with it.http://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/

mudknot2005 said:
the hex editor only works with only certain sd cards. Give me a sec and I will link you to the one I used to patch the gold card img to my Scan disc.
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does it matter that its an sdhc?

You should be able to patch the image with the gold card maker I posted above.
Edit: to test it, all you do is use it as a removable drive if you can access it then it worked. If it asks you to format it then it didn't work, and you need to do it again.

mudknot2005 said:
You should be able to patch the image with the gold card maker I posted above.
Edit: to test it, all you do is use it as a removable drive if you can access it then it worked. If it asks you to format it then it didn't work, and you need to do it again.
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no luck gives me an error message and a Different CID

Then your going to have to try a different Micro SD some honestly just don't work. I went through three two scan disks and a patriot. If your able to get a kingston or pny class four 2gb those are confirmed to work.
Edit: Make sure you have the right mmc (2) and that it has been reversed, then remake the gold card image and try again.

mudknot2005 said:
If your able to get a kingston or pny class four 2gb those are confirmed to work.
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That upsets me because i lost one of those and was going to use it earlier but couldnt find it

I don't know if all the stock sd cards are the same, but I was able to use the 8gb sd card that came with my phone to make my gold card.

It took me about 10 tries to make it with the stock 8gb.

I ended up trying a Lexar 8gb class 6 and it worked on the first try no problem. This was after the stock Samsung SD card that came with my inspire gave me hell.
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so after trying for the past day i figured out what was wrong, when i used the hex editor i would click on the GOLDCARD instead of the Removable disk, got it to work rooting as i type

Messed up SD card during downgrade portion of rooting.

I thought I had turned my sd card into a goldcard in my inspire but I must have done something wrong. during the downgrade part of rooting, bootloader was unable to find pd981im.zip ... now my sd card is jacked. rebooted the phone and now I am not able to connect the phone as a physical disk (option is not even there) and it says damaged sd card. Is there a way to bring the sd card back to life through the phone or do I have to buy a micro sd usb key or the likes to format it?
Let me know if I need to clarify more.
Thanks,
Dkay

onelesssblues said:
I thought I had turned my sd card into a goldcard in my inspire but I must have done something wrong. during the downgrade part of rooting, bootloader was unable to find pd981im.zip ... now my sd card is jacked. rebooted the phone and now I am not able to connect the phone as a physical disk (option is not even there) and it says damaged sd card. Is there a way to bring the sd card back to life through the phone or do I have to buy a micro sd usb key or the likes to format it?
Let me know if I need to clarify more.
Thanks,
Dkay
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Try going into settings>>SD & phone storage and unmount your SD card, then hit the "Format SD card". It's worth a shot, if not you could go buy a cheap 2 gig for the SD card adapter.
P.S. This section is for development, just a heads up.

You didnt make your gold card correctly some times it takes a few times to make it. As said before format and retry.
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If your ZIP file is named as posted -That is wrong
onelesssblues said:
........ pd981im.zip ...
Let me know if I need to clarify more.
Thanks,Dkay
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You may have just typed your ZIP file incorrectly in this post, if not the
correct name is PD98IMG., there is no
number "ONE" it is the letter " i ". - Glenn

SD Gold Card Help

I am having a problem that I haven't seen posted, or at least that I haven't found a post about.
I rooted my GF's phone, created her gold card, downgraded, installed a new ROM, everything went very smooth.
She has been using her phone for a few weeks and has had no problem. The other day she went to take a picture with her phone and when she click the button to take the picture the phone said that the SD card was not accessible.
I took her card out and put my card in, same thing. I put her gold card back into the phone. Installed file explorer and went to the SD Card, no folders had been create. I tried to create a folder through file explorer. Phone said that the SD Card was not accessible.
Anyone got any suggestions? I am clueless as to why I can't get any SD Card to work in her phone. The SD Card worked before I rooted so it has to be a problem with something I did or something I didn't do.
Thanks in advance

Did you try the card in your phone? Just to see if its the rom your using or the sdcard may have become corrupted....
WC

Well if you put two different cards in her phone and same thing then you either have a software error. (Reinstall the rom) or a hardware error. (take the phone back.) This has nothing to do with a gold card tho.

Don't get too worried too quick. This could simply be that the SD card is mounted as read only. I'm not sure how to do it but there's a way to check and correct the issue. Let Google be your friend on this one it will probably lead you right back to these forums with info on correctly mounting your SD card.
If that's not the issue start by reinstalling the Rom your using.
Next troubleshooting step after that is to reflash the stock Rom.
If that doesn't work. Go back to square one. Unroot. Format the SD card. Redo the gold card reroot and see what happens.
Absolute worst case would be go back to stock and locked to ATT and return the phone do to hardware issues.
Hope this helps!
Sent from my InspireDesire 4GHD

May want to look here for read only fixes... they seem to have success...
WC

He is using two seperate cards. One he knows is working on his phone with the same results on her phone. Not reading. I do not believe he has a card error. Unless he somehow messed them both up? Sounds somewhat far fetched. heh
I took her card out and put my card in, same thing. I put her gold card back into the phone.
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Thanks for all the tips, I will try a good bit of them once she gets home from work. Something tells me its isn't mounting the card correctly, I am leaning toward a ROM problem and maybe going to try a different ROM.
She doesn't give her phone up to often for me to play with, typical woman she is always on it. But I will try some of the suggestions here and any others that come up here after. Somethings got to fix it.
Thanks All