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Just a quick question about rooting to my internal sd cards. Just so everyone knows im using Froyo.
When i mount my phone and go to my computer i click removable disk drive H with 13.4 GB free. After clicking it 5 folders appear: Android, DCIM, external_sd, LOST.DIR, and Nook.
Now i am wondering if the internal sd is what all these folders are located on, or if there should be a folder for my internal sd. I originally assumed that it was all on the internal sd however after trying to root for the last 5 hours and failing its raised question.
after i click "reinstall packages" i then get an error:
_Install from sdcard....
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to open/mnt/internal_sd/update.zip (No such file or directory)
now i know the "update.zip" file is the file added for the root, but according to this error it should be located to a folder name "internal_sd" however no such folder exists. Like i said before i thought the entire removable drive was supposed to be the internal memory so why would there be need for that folder and if i do need the folder do i just create it is is it a hidden file or... yeah i have no idea, help please?

Unfortunately you can't root Froyo with an update.zip (unless I missed a post). I did it this way Captivate JI6 (v2.2) Hacks (root, non-market, no start up sound)

you are right 2.2 cant be rooted by the update.zip method. Nothing can be loaded by an update zip at the moment due to changes in system

Delldorado said:
Just a quick question about rooting to my internal sd cards. Just so everyone knows im using Froyo.
When i mount my phone and go to my computer i click removable disk drive H with 13.4 GB free. After clicking it 5 folders appear: Android, DCIM, external_sd, LOST.DIR, and Nook.
Now i am wondering if the internal sd is what all these folders are located on, or if there should be a folder for my internal sd. I originally assumed that it was all on the internal sd however after trying to root for the last 5 hours and failing its raised question.
after i click "reinstall packages" i then get an error:
_Install from sdcard....
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to open/mnt/internal_sd/update.zip (No such file or directory)
now i know the "update.zip" file is the file added for the root, but according to this error it should be located to a folder name "internal_sd" however no such folder exists. Like i said before i thought the entire removable drive was supposed to be the internal memory so why would there be need for that folder and if i do need the folder do i just create it is is it a hidden file or... yeah i have no idea, help please?
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If you look closely at the messages it is giving you. It has found the update, opened it and then tried to verify it which is where it fails. The reason being that Froyo requires digitally signed updates. The root method we used for 2.1 uses an unsigned update file.
I am curious about the LOST_DIR folder. I have em too. Also note that the external SD card is no longer under /sd but /external_sd.

hmm alright i just hadnt seen anything that said i couldnt do it that way yet, i dont know anything about this stuff. went to that link but have no clue how to do that either so i guess im screwed

Delldorado said:
hmm alright i just hadnt seen anything that said i couldnt do it that way yet, i dont know anything about this stuff. went to that link but have no clue how to do that either so i guess im screwed
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Read up on how to set up and use ADB from your PC (search this forum), specifically pushing/pulling files and using the shell. Once you've become familiar with that, the instructions for rooting JI6 won't seem so difficult.

i also wish i had read this before spending 7 hours aimlessly in front of my computer thinking i was on the brink of success every time i tried.

[Fix]EE4 sdcard write protection for root users

XDA developers, Kejar, nor I are responsible for anything you do to your phone so as always use with care​
For those of you using a custom kernel with Build EE4 to gain root and have run into the Write protection pop up when trying to transfer files to your sdcard.
sdcard patch:
simply download below
place on sdcard
and flash using clockwork
All credit to Kejar , so please remember to thank him

You are a beast!!!

I think his username is kejar, BTW.

yyhd said:
You are a beast!!!
Why aren't you on irc foo?
Edit: KELJAR IS A BEAST!!!!
Btw dxc...keljar said it was a dam easy fix. Give me my macchiatos back!
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Ill refund you tomorrow EDIT: DONE
and its as easy a fix as anything else is i never said it was a hard fix...ill pull the whole thread sorry

After first running this patch, the first time I plugged it in the usb storage option popped up, but then never came up again. I ended up having to go into Setting>USB Settings while the phone was unplugged and changing it to "Ask on Connection" and it works perfectly. When the "Mass Storage" Option is selected, Windows recognizes the phone as a cd rom. Thanks for all your work DroidXCon, Kejar, and everyone else.

How to Save it on SD when Its readonly
If the SD card is in read only mode, then how can I save the zip on sd card? Also the usb is not recognized because iof it being a read only mode

rukshmani said:
If the SD card is in read only mode, then how can I save the zip on sd card? Also the usb is not recognized because iof it being a read only mode
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I would suggest putting the file on the SDcard before you update or pull the sdcard out and use a micro USB card reader to put it on.

rukshmani said:
If the SD card is in read only mode, then how can I save the zip on sd card? Also the usb is not recognized because iof it being a read only mode
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You can unmount the SDCard and push the file to the SDCard via adb. The SDCard is only read-only when it is mounted as mass storage. I have a feeling that this change is going to cause a few short-term issues with custom kernels at some point, but only time will tell.

BTW - TY to kejar & DroidXcon, regardless of how easy a fix is or isn't they still deserve all the props and I will gladly donate the macchiatos to the guys, consider it done

imnuts, I know you are working on an update to your debloated ROM, likely built off of EE4, will you be using a custom kernel in yours or stock until we know if it will cause issues?

DroidXcon said:
Ill refund you tomorrow EDIT: DONE
and its as easy a fix as anything else is i never said it was a hard fix...ill pull the whole thread sorry
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Aw man. I was kidding, dxc.
Sorry if I offended you.
For reals, I was just joking around. I guess it didn't come off that way.
My bad. Sorry.

rukshmani said:
If the SD card is in read only mode, then how can I save the zip on sd card? Also the usb is not recognized because iof it being a read only mode
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My card wasn't really read only, just not accessible via usb. I just downloaded the file via my DC browser and it saved to the card no problem

Orrrr. Just send the download link to your phone via email or whatever method you choose. Then use your supa fast 4G facemelter to download the file on your phone and then go into CWM and flash it.

Quick (noob) Question. When going to apply this patch in CWM, do you use the "apply patch option" or "zip to apply". Literally popped my rooting cherry an hour ago. Everything works besides SD Card being Read Only Status. Thanks in advance.

1) download the sdcard fix from here and rename the file to update.zip
2) place update.zip in the adb platforms tools directory, where the adb command exits.
3) with USB mass storage off, I used ADB shell to push the file from the host computer to the Charge into the root folder of the SD card, /sdcard
(this assumes you don't have any file named update.zip already in the root of your sdcard)
adb devices
adb push update.zip /sdcard
adb reboot recovery
4) CWR should run and now you use the menu to apply update.zip.
Thanks OP.

Now I'm experiencing something slightly different...and this fix isn't helping.
Since the day I got the charge I've had issues writing to it in windows, wasnt til yesterday I started to really question more so why...thinking it was just a cheap card going bad.
I rooted the phone the day I got it, everything worked fine except being able to write to the sd card when mounted. Now I wasnt getting write protection, I was more so getting windows locking up, and things of that nature (thinking bad card right).
Yesterday I unrooted, and updated to ee4. it does the auto mount thing now, I mounted and was able to transfer 200 and some songs to the card, no issues.
Rooted late last night now running the debloated ee4, with pb&j kernel (voodoo enabled) and tried to move some icons over and unzip them, and it failed again, with io errors in the logs...
Anyone have any thoughts on this one...

I was able to just plug my microSD card into a card reader to my laptop, and drop the zip file in there. booted into CWR and flashed the update. Worked like a charm. Thanks!!!
My way of testing was to take a screenshot. and verify that it was in the screencapture directory.
Cheers!

No more root
So I installed cwr w Odin, then pb andj kernal w car and the fix w cwr and rebooted. Checkedrootchecker and o was root checked. Then I flashed debloated eel and it worked but now I have no root access. Root heck says busy box is installed correctly but it says "su binary not found in the system declared path??
Thanks
Chris

clk5068 said:
So I installed cwr w Odin, then pb andj kernal w car and the fix w cwr and rebooted. Checkedrootchecker and o was root checked. Then I flashed debloated eel and it worked but now I have no root access. Root heck says busy box is installed correctly but it says "su binary not found in the system declared path??
Thanks
Chris
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Hmmm, strange. Try reflashing PBJ. If that doesn't work, try flashing GummyCharged and see if that helps?

Isn't that another rom? Don't I have to be rooted first?

Once rooted can SU file be deleted from SD card?

I was able to get S-OFF and root my phone yesterday. It was surprisingly easy to do. Much easier than jailbraking an iphone, but that is a different story/forum.
My question: Once root is achieved can the su file that is placed on the SD card be deleted?

Of course, the SU zip is only for flashing. It's contents are copied to the system and afterwards the system will no longer access the zip files.

Thank you.

[Q] Can't find zip in recovery mode when trying to install rom

Hi All.
I'm new to this and trying to install my first rom (aiming for cynagenmod 7- it has the language support i need, or so they say)
I rooted my phone and followed a yourtube video titled "How To Install CyanogenMod 7 Nightly on T-Mobile G2x after Nandroid Backup"
When i get to the part where i need to install zip from sd card, i can't find the file. I went back and copied the zip file into a few different folders, and although i can locate the folders, it tells me that the file cannot be found.
How do i get around this? Your help is much appreciated.

Maholly said:
Hi All.
I'm new to this and trying to install my first rom (aiming for cynagenmod 7- it has the language support i need, or so they say)
I rooted my phone and followed a yourtube video titled "How To Install CyanogenMod 7 Nightly on T-Mobile G2x after Nandroid Backup"
When i get to the part where i need to install zip from sd card, i can't find the file. I went back and copied the zip file into a few different folders, and although i can locate the folders, it tells me that the file cannot be found.
How do i get around this? Your help is much appreciated.
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How did you download it? Through rom manager or from the phones xda app, browser? Look in folders with xda or rom manager?? Next time just copy and paste it to the root of the sdcard, not in a folder.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

Downloaded it on a computer and then copied it to sd card

and you can't find where you put it? did you place it in a certain folder already created... you can plug your phone in to pc then enter recovery mode, go to storage and mounts at the bottom select mount usb then copy the zip to your sdcard in no folders.

When i try to do that t tells me unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory).
From recovery mode there are some folders i can't see when i browse the folders on the computer when the phone is booted up normally - and vice versa. Is this an indicaiton of a problem?

Silly question: do you actually have an SD card inserted in your phone? If so, what did you use to format it?

i do have an sd, and i actually didn't format it. should i format? if so, what is the best way?
Your help is much appreciated

Maholly said:
i do have an sd, and i actually didn't format it. should i format? if so, what is the best way?
Your help is much appreciated
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Did you try, while in recovery, taking the back off your phone, pop out the sd card, wait 1 second, then pop it back in?

Stupid question, but it's a mistake some beginners make, but did you unzip it by any chance? That could be a reason CWM isn't seeing it. Once you DL the ROM you need to leave it untouched. Then place on SD.
After that in CWM go to choose zip from sd.
And you attained CWM via NVFlash correct?

buru898 said:
Did you try, while in recovery, taking the back off your phone, pop out the sd card, wait 1 second, then pop it back in?
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Yes, tried that and still no luck

mackster248 said:
Stupid question, but it's a mistake some beginners make, but did you unzip it by any chance? That could be a reason CWM isn't seeing it. Once you DL the ROM you need to leave it untouched. Then place on SD.
After that in CWM go to choose zip from sd.
And you attained CWM via NVFlash correct?
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no, didn't unzip, left it as cm_p999_full-201.zip
and yes, did get the CWM via NVFlash

Maybe you accidentally copied it to internal memory instead of the sdcard. You can check in cwm under internal sdcard I believe is what it is called.
When you connect the phone through USB it mounts both internal and the sdcard.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

My file explorer sees it in both the root and the folder I created in the root - both can't be seen in recovery mode.
Should i list the directories i see in both views?

In cwm are you selecting install zip from sdcard or install update from sdcard
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

I ask it to install zip from sd and not update

Maholly said:
My file explorer sees it in both the root and the folder I created in the root - both can't be seen in recovery mode.
Should i list the directories i see in both views?
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you may have put it on the "internal sd card" instead of external sd card, however this is not an issue if you flash CWM 5.0.2.0 or later, it has an option to install zip from internal sd and external. i renamed my external sd card to avoid future confusion (otherwise i see two "removable disks" when i plug my phone into my computer)

Check your file names on your SD card. Check what you see listed in Recovery. If you see differing file names, then you're accessing the wrong memory.
I'm going to assume you tried booting with the physical buttons. Try booting with CWM which should give you a blue menu.

i did try to boot both ways and both times i did not find it... for the millionth time i took the sd card out and put it back in and rebooted using cwm, and funny enough, it found the direcotry... and yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, cynagenmod7 is my new rom
thanks for all your help, support and commiseration... really, much appreciated. i do ve a few more issues that i have to research now... again, external sd not found though... will probably solicit more help
again, thanks

Facing the same problemm
Hello,
new to this rooting and stuff.. I rooted the rom , installed clockworkmod... Now the rom is just not getting detected... Did it a million times.. What to do.. facing exactly the same problems.. I did all that was mentioned... The file is unzipped only card is inserted, using the cmw reboot and stuff itself so no tension.. plzz let me no what to do... stuck here since hours.. !!

hippoalways said:
Hello,
new to this rooting and stuff.. I rooted the rom , installed clockworkmod... Now the rom is just not getting detected... Did it a million times.. What to do.. facing exactly the same problems.. I did all that was mentioned... The file is unzipped only card is inserted, using the cmw reboot and stuff itself so no tension.. plzz let me no what to do... stuck here since hours.. !!
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Don't unzip the file. When you flash anything via clockwork, it flashes using .zip files.

CWM not finding any ZIP files.

OK. So here after having some time to sit down after work to get a full idea of what is going on.
I have 2 different ROMS with zips to flash. One is a stock 2.3.4 rooted....the other is ParanoidAndroid CM9 with everything needed to run it.
2.3.4 has caused my phone to read the SD Card as _ExternalSD as a folder.
When on the phone through Astro or through ROM Manager I can find and view the ZIP files on my memory card.
I flashed CWM via NVFlash and CWM is installed on the phone but the issue that comes up is that when I navigate to the _ExternalSD folder and open in within CWM it only has a data folder and all other folders are missing and the ZIP file that is in the root of my SD card is no where to be found.
What can I do??

Don't navigate to that folder. In CWM, your external is simply just that, your external. So when you go to "Install zip" always pick from "choose from external" or however it's worded. It isn't in your internal in that folder that's called _ExternalSD... think of that like more of a shortcut on your ineternal sd card to get to your external sd more easier in file exporers.
So once again, in CWM go to flash/install zip, and choose external SD and it should be there. _ExternalSD is just a quick shortcut for file managers to locate your external.

That isn't the issue. I chose install zip from SD Card....It brings up a list of all of my folders. I have a zip in the root of my SD and it doesn't show up. I have the other zips in a download folder....That folder will not open. None of the other folders will open. The only folder that WILL open is the folder called _ExternalSD........When I open that folder it brings up the SAME list of folders but no ZIP shows up in the root of that folder and when I open my download folder it shows a data folder in it and no files or ZIPs

Nothing???

What do you mean though the folder won't open? Do you get some sort of error or something?

When I boot into CWM and go to install from SD card and what not it brings up the folders that are in the root of my SD card.
There is a ZIP file in the root that does not show up in CWM. My other ROM is located in my download folder.
If i go to the download folder i see and select it the screen blinks and goes to the same list. The folder does not open.
If I go to my ExternalSD and the only folder that shows inside there is a data folder.

Maybe it's a corrupt or incomplete zip file. Hmm have you tried formatting your external at least? Not via your phone but format with an adapter directly to your computer.
Weird problem, but trying to help as much as I can.

Yeah it is a super weird problem. I can try to format the SD card and see what happens.
I don't see that working but I am going to give it a shot but any other ideas on what it could be i'm down to check into.
My last G2x was rooted fine cracked the screen and ended up getting another G2x and now it won't root. LOL super frustrating. I've rooted so many and this one is just being a pain lol.

So far reformatting is not working. Its not doing anything. I'm so dumbfounded as to what is going on.

Try a complete nvflash again? With clockwork 5.0.2.0?

How would I do that? I thought about trying that but I can't seem to be able to get it to reflash it.
How do I boot the phone up so the NVFlash will work. When I plug it in NVFlash cannot find the device

Alright so I think I've figured out the issue now I just need to come up with a solution.
ROM Manager says I am on 5.0.2.0 but when I boot into CWM it shows I am actually on 4.0.1.5.
So I need to flash 5.0.2.0......Issue is here tho that I cannot flash it through ROM Manager and I can't seem to get NVFlash to work in flashing 5.0.2.0.
Can anyone lend some advice on that?

Spectral8x said:
Alright so I think I've figured out the issue now I just need to come up with a solution.
ROM Manager says I am on 5.0.2.0 but when I boot into CWM it shows I am actually on 4.0.1.5.
So I need to flash 5.0.2.0......Issue is here tho that I cannot flash it through ROM Manager and I can't seem to get NVFlash to work in flashing 5.0.2.0.
Can anyone lend some advice on that?
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Don't use ROM manager.
Sent via G2x on CM7 b135.1 w/faux 52 kernel