About to get the Inspire and get right on with rooting, although I've been reading and not understanding how this goldcard works completely. I guess my concern is the errors some users are getting? Where they need to use another HTC device to get the right cid code or something? I dont have another HTC device, can I actually lock my device out? Please advise as I'll risk rooting only so far. Thanks, maybe I'm just blowing this out of proportion.
if you follow the instructions in the hack kit, you shouldn't have any issues. this was my first experience with creating a gold card and it went smoothly. just be patient and persistent.
I am also about to buy the Inspire. So can we use the bundled SD card for the gold card? or do we have to have a spare card for emergency restore and stuff?
You can use the card it comes with.
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Good question as I was going to use a spare one. I might as well use the one it came with. I'm about to begin. whats the worst that can happen?
gunnyman said:
You can use the card it comes with.
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I will probably keep a spare one around. Would you recommend that?
Thans
metaldood said:
I will probably keep a spare one around. Would you recommend that?
Thans
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use whatever works. just keep in mind you can't use the goldcard.img file you get from the email on any card other than the one you got the serial number from. I bought a 16 GB card to use with my phone anyway, so I used the 8 GB it came with and put it in a drawer in case I ever need it again.
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use whatever works. just keep in mind you can't use the goldcard.img file you get from the email on any card other than the one you got the serial number from. I bought a 16 GB card to use with my phone anyway, so I used the 8 GB it came with and put it in a drawer in case I ever need it again.
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Oh okay. I have 1 8GB with me right now and I will get the one with Inspire. So is 8GB enough for the gold card so that I will keep it for .img file?
I will keep the spare in my phone.
Sorry I am a total noob in this. I come from iPod family
It will work with a 2 GB card minimum from what I read.
what does that mean? i have a 8 gig myself so just process for a goldcard.img? then save then use if needed?
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use whatever works. just keep in mind you can't use the goldcard.img file you get from the email on any card other than the one you got the serial number from. I bought a 16 GB card to use with my phone anyway, so I used the 8 GB it came with and put it in a drawer in case I ever need it again.
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Sorry to Bump this up,.
but i got a HTC Desire,.since 2010,
made a goldcard back then (4g microsdhc )
rooted ,.used several diffrent roms,. but im getting Low on space issues,..
so i bought this 16gb micro SDHC ,Backed up my rom., and now i want to put my backed up rom on this new 16GB card,.and use that for permanent,.
do i need to make a goldcard from this 16gb as well ? and if yes ,.how >? i cant boot with it because my rom is not on there,.i tried partitioning it in CWM recovery. and mounted the SD card put my clockworkmod on the SD card with the Backup,...
Restored,..but it stops and says cant mount sd ext.,...
then i tried mounting the SD card and start the Goldcard tool and tried making a Goldcard of it,.and tried the Restore again,...didnt work as well,..
now my problem got bigger,..as the 16gb card cant be mounted anymore,.or used in any other device ,like my wifes Tablet,..
any one can help me out on this ,
thanks in advance ,.
Mike130784 said:
Sorry to Bump this up,.
but i got a HTC Desire,.since 2010,
made a goldcard back then (4g microsdhc )
rooted ,.used several diffrent roms,. but im getting Low on space issues,..
so i bought this 16gb micro SDHC ,Backed up my rom., and now i want to put my backed up rom on this new 16GB card,.and use that for permanent,.
do i need to make a goldcard from this 16gb as well ? and if yes ,.how >? i cant boot with it because my rom is not on there,.i tried partitioning it in CWM recovery. and mounted the SD card put my clockworkmod on the SD card with the Backup,...
Restored,..but it stops and says cant mount sd ext.,...
then i tried mounting the SD card and start the Goldcard tool and tried making a Goldcard of it,.and tried the Restore again,...didnt work as well,..
now my problem got bigger,..as the 16gb card cant be mounted anymore,.or used in any other device ,like my wifes Tablet,..
any one can help me out on this ,
thanks in advance ,.
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The goldcard was only necessary to get past the very first stage of rooting. A goldcard is used to force the device into accepting a ROM that was not designed for the particular device (in the case of Inspire, you must install a DesireHD ROM to be able to continue with the rooting process).
Once you're rooted, the rooting process sets SuperCID in hardware so a gold card is no longer needed, even if you want to install a ROM not designated for your device.
In short, use your 16GB card just as you normally would (maybe save the 4G in case you ever need to root a different device).
Thank you for your fast reply.,
i understand the idea behind the goldcard beter now,.
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Can you use the 8GB Sd Card that came with the Inspire as a Gold Card? I've already used 4gb of it for music and other stuff. Sorry if this is a noob question, I'm used to one-click roots (Captivate) . Thanks
I did. But it was blank. Copy everything off, then do the GC, then once completely done, reformat and put it all back.
Simple answer. Yes, that's about all its good for. Get something bigger for storage and make that your gold card.
Inspire (rooted)
Leedroid v2.0.0
TELUS kernel
So to connect the sd card I could just connect my phone to the PC, use mass storage and then format the sd card? Thanks for the replies guys
Yes. +10
Inspire (rooted)
Leedroid v2.0.0
TELUS kernel
I'm still new to all this rooting, goldcard, etc. Once the Goldcard is created, and the phone is rooted, you don't actually have to continue to use the Goldcard, do you? Example, make the GC on the 8Gb that came with the Inspire, and then once the root is complete, go back and permanently use my own 16Gb stick.
Heartbreak said:
I'm still new to all this rooting, goldcard, etc. Once the Goldcard is created, and the phone is rooted, you don't actually have to continue to use the Goldcard, do you? Example, make the GC on the 8Gb that came with the Inspire, and then once the root is complete, go back and permanently use my own 16Gb stick.
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That is correct, I have my 32GB Sandisk in there now. Works great.
I have a question along these lines too. By switching SD cards after the rooting process,(going from a smaller to bigger SD card) would you lose root? Or is it just for the initial root process?
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I have a question along these lines too. By switching SD cards after the rooting process,(going from a smaller to bigger SD card) would you lose root? Or is it just for the initial root process?
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It's only.needed for the process of gaining root.
Thanks for the reply. Was really hoping to not have to sit there for another hour and a half just to root it again.
Tx Redneck said:
It's only.needed for the process of gaining root.
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Thanks!
scorpiopantera said:
Thanks!
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You're welcome.
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ok, i rooted with buddy one click, got eng s-off, flashed to a custom rom and everything is perfect. No issues at all with the phone or card as it stands. My only question is all that was done using a 4 gig SD card that i used to make a goldcard. Can i now just simply pop in a 16 gig card and reboot the phone or do i need to make it a gold card first? and is there anything i need from the old card transferred to the new card before i do it?
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ok, i rooted with buddy one click, got eng s-off, flashed to a custom rom and everything is perfect. No issues at all with the phone or card as it stands. My only question is all that was done using a 4 gig SD card that i used to make a goldcard. Can i now just simply pop in a 16 gig card and reboot the phone or do i need to make it a gold card first? and is there anything i need from the old card transferred to the new card before i do it?
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No, you no longer need the goldcard in the SD slot for the phone to operate. You can remove and save it in case you ever need a goldcard again.
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/
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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.
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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.
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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
I used Bubby's one click GUI to make goldcard. But that's not the problem. When I try to add items to the sdcard after making the gold card and items will not stay on the card. So I looked for away to remove goldcard and I cant find any help anywhere. Thanks
Not sure what you mean, bit it sounds like you have one of the sdcards that's hard to make into a gold card. Format it and try again.
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I did format but they files stay right were they are.
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I did format but they files stay right were they are.
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Are you using the phone or your OS to format the SD card?
make sure you turned off fastboot, and on charge only mode
stealitall said:
I did format but they files stay right were they are.
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What files are you trying to put on there? Files unrelated to the rooting process? Are you done rooting?
If you are, just reformat it, as suggested. Or keep it after you root in case you need to root another inspire and use another SD card for your daily use.
I used some POS 4gb I had laying around gathering dust and it worked fine. After I was done, I put it in its little plastic storage case for a rainy day, and plopped the 8gb that came with the phone back in.
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I just saw that you tried reformatting and its still not cooperating. Did you format fat32 (full, not quick format) with it in the phone, via the OS, and did you "safely remove hardware" (unmount via OS) prior to disconnecting the phone from the pc?
Maybe try the HP USB Disk Format Tool ? ...with an adapter... not in your phone.
I just returned.. It was only a day old! Thanks all for you help..
Use a sd adapter , format it with fat32 and try again :d
My god I've been at this for hours and decided to finally give in and ask what's wrong here. I've followed the instructions perfectly but I always get stuck at the part that says "SD card is either not mounted or doesn't work." Now I've done just about everything you can do with Android on my captivate so I'm not new to this but on my captivate the SD card in most guides is usually the internal one. So my question: To use Ace Hack Kit do you need an EXTERNAL SD card? If so won't removing it make the phone not work?
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My god I've been at this for hours and decided to finally give in and ask what's wrong here. I've followed the instructions perfectly but I always get stuck at the part that says "SD card is either not mounted or doesn't work." Now I've done just about everything you can do with Android on my captivate so I'm not new to this but on my captivate the SD card in most guides is usually the internal one. So my question: To use Ace Hack Kit do you need an EXTERNAL SD card? If so won't removing it make the phone not work?
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You need an SD card. There is no internal card on these phones. Just the emmc chip which houses your partitions. It needs the card for the root process. Also its good to just have one for storage. They are real cheap at best buy for the class 10. The phone will work without one, but for rooting its required. Also for installing custom roms you will need one.
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