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WTF is this!!

hi all,
i just upgraded to a custom rom with my goldcard..
it boots fine etc and works good.. but now when i want to boot WITHOUT sd card it goes to the splashscreen and then it goes black:S:S
does this mean i CANT boot without sd card??
//Nick

Could be you need swap and /ext for the rom to even boot?
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huh i dont understand?? what do i need to do in order to boot without sd card??
//Nick

Use different ROM that do not need sd card partitions ... Man ... BASIC information U should include in 1 post is NAME AND LINK to ROM U want to boot wihtout sd ...

Krzysiec said:
Use different ROM that do not need sd card partitions ... Man ... BASIC information U should include in 1 post is NAME AND LINK to ROM U want to boot wihtout sd ...
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but i finally got a hero rom with everything working.
what rom is good and need need all that sh*t?
i want sense on it
Please someone help me as i cannot find any good rom until this one but this cant boot without sd
//Nick

You have to tell us the ROM you've flashed, as already mentioned.
And before flashing a ROM you should read the info-> there should be written Format SD this way... or DalvikCache on SD or Something else...
Btw. Why do you care about a non SD-Rom? usually you have your SD in the Phone otherwise buy a cheap one....so you got two... and don't have to care anymore...

Deusum86 said:
You have to tell us the ROM you've flashed, as already mentioned.
And before flashing a ROM you should read the info-> there should be written Format SD this way... or DalvikCache on SD or Something else...
Btw. Why do you care about a non SD-Rom? usually you have your SD in the Phone otherwise buy a cheap one....so you got two... and don't have to care anymore...
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because i want to buy a 8GB one and i think when i insert that one,the rom wont boot up with my 8Gb wich is verry annoying: here is the rom i flashed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540745
someone can help me now?
//Nick

Install this ROM, it's Sense UI and is very fast and stable.
[ROM][32A] CursorSense32A-1.2.6.1 - NOW CM UPDATER FRIENDLY! [01-30-10]

Rugga said:
Install this ROM, it's Sense UI and is very fast and stable.
[ROM][32A] CursorSense32A-1.2.6.1 - NOW CM UPDATER FRIENDLY! [01-30-10]
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isnt that for 32A?? i got 32B
//Nick

nickislauw said:
because i want to buy a 8GB one and i think when i insert that one,the rom wont boot up with my 8Gb wich is verry annoying: here is the rom i flashed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540745
someone can help me now?
//Nick
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from the link you gave there's this lines :
NOTE
For this rom to working correctly you will need to have 3 partitions on your memory card.
Fat32
ext2/3
linux-swap
in that correct order The swap partition will need to be atleast 32 mb. Making larger won't help as that is the size I have left to. may change later but 32 seems to be more then suffcient.
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so yes... you'll need your SDCARD to boot ..
if you want to use another SDCARD, just partition the new SDCARD like the old one and just copy the content from the old one ..
you can use the recovery image to partition the new SDCARD.

ari197 said:
from the link you gave there's this lines :
so yes... you'll need your SDCARD to boot ..
if you want to use another SDCARD, just partition the new SDCARD like the old one and just copy the content from the old one ..
you can use the recovery image to partition the new SDCARD.
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hey tnx dude!
i will try it!
PS: is there any rom that will boot WITHOUT sd card? (no not an official)
Tnx
//Nick

next problem
hi all,
my next problem is:
ive got a 2gb kingston sd card.. but when i put it in the pc it says: 1.11 GB free.. the sd is clean and it just say 1.11 GB:S:S
I have a ext2 partition from 512 MB but 2GB-512MB isnt 1.11GB?
someone can explain how i can put this good again??/
tnx!
//Nick

nickislauw said:
hi all,
my next problem is:
ive got a 2gb kingston sd card.. but when i put it in the pc it says: 1.11 GB free.. the sd is clean and it just say 1.11 GB:S:S
I have a ext2 partition from 512 MB but 2GB-512MB isnt 1.11GB?
someone can explain how i can put this good again??/
tnx!
//Nick
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it's because the sd card is partitioned.. you need to re-partition (make it just one partition) and reformat it ..
just use fdisk on your PC to do it .. or there could be an option on the recovery image to do this (not sure, just check it)..

nickislauw said:
hey tnx dude!
i will try it!
PS: is there any rom that will boot WITHOUT sd card? (no not an official)
Tnx
//Nick
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not sure about 32B .. 32B is lacking memory, that's why most ROM for 32B need swap on the sd card..

ari197 said:
not sure about 32B .. 32B is lacking memory, that's why most ROM for 32B need swap on the sd card..
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lol i got my magic just 1 day and immediatly rooted it so i just follow the tuts but i dont understand the whole swapping progress i actually didnt knew how i did it all but i did it :'D
//Nick

nickislauw said:
lol i got my magic just 1 day and immediatly rooted it so i just follow the tuts but i dont understand the whole swapping progress i actually didnt knew how i did it all but i did it :'D
//Nick
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well what doesn't kill your phone, will only make you understand more

ari197 said:
well what doesn't kill your phone, will only make you understand more
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offtopic: hey your signature says: waiting for hero rom on my magic?
is there coming a new hero rom ??? and is it for 32B?
//Nick

nickislauw said:
offtopic: hey your signature says: waiting for hero rom on my magic?
is there coming a new hero rom ??? and is it for 32B?
//Nick
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well, it's kinda outdated .. I was waiting for sense ROM for my magic .. right now I'm using one the eclair ROM
and mine is 32A ..

[DEV] unCoRrUpTeD Dual Boot V1 (RELEASE:TBA)

unCoRrUpTeD Dual Boot V1​
COMING SOON
Head on over to the official thread for unCoRrUpTeD Dual Boot >>>>>>>> Dual Boot

Reserved for no reason at all.
Maybe i can find a use for it

unCoRrUpTeD said:
Reserved for future use
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HELL YEA!!! been waiting for this man..you are awsome! look forward to the release with anticipation. I did want to ask..whats a sufficient Micro Sd card to you(size wise)? i currently have a 2gb with about 1gb left would that be enough or should i go buy a 4gb?

+1 on this, will be really useful! Thanks for your work!

t12icky0 said:
HELL YEA!!! been waiting for this man..you are awsome! look forward to the release with anticipation. I did want to ask..whats a sufficient Micro Sd card to you(size wise)? i currently have a 2gb with about 1gb left would that be enough or should i go buy a 4gb?
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I currently have the partitions for /system and /data set as 200Mb. i am going to try and add on more for /cache, but I am looking into making it as small as possible, since many would not be installing a lot of extra apps. It could be as small as 330Mb total.

so will i need that APPS2SD thing for this?

t12icky0 said:
so will i need that APPS2SD thing for this?
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No. I will have instructions on setting up your sdcard
Right now my script is linux based. I'm not sure how much can be done with a batch script, but it will direct you in what you will need to do.

unCoRrUpTeD said:
No. I will have instructions on setting up your sdcard
Right now my script is linux based. I'm not sure how much can be done with a batch script, but it will direct you in what you will need to do.
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sweet..your the man..cant wait!

One important thing I would like to propose here for the developer is a "standard" location somewhere on the SD card which would keep all the common data such as contacts, recent sms, call logs, etc. so that multi boot environment can share data without loss or duplicates.
In other words, boot to CM6 tonight and in two days when you decide to go back to stock ROM, all your sms, phone calls and such are picked up right where you left them in CM6 and vice versa.
Other than that, this sounds like an awesome thing. Can't wait to have the phone boot one ROM for Monday, another for Tuesday, and another for Wednesday and another...

obsanity said:
One important thing I would like to propose here for the developer is a "standard" location somewhere on the SD card which would keep all the common data such as contacts, recent sms, call logs, etc. so that multi boot environment can share data without loss or duplicates.
In other words, boot to CM6 tonight and in two days when you decide to go back to stock ROM, all your sms, phone calls and such are picked up right where you left them in CM6 and vice versa.
Other than that, this sounds like an awesome thing. Can't wait to have the phone boot one ROM for Monday, another for Tuesday, and another for Wednesday and another...
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Not really possible. Different rom versions (2.1 vs 2.2) store the data in different formats. You'll have to rely on something like titanium backup to handle it.

How exactly is the dual-booting done? Does the batch script need to be controlled from the computer, or have you made a custom bootloader for on-the-fly switching?

HeroMeng said:
How exactly is the dual-booting done? Does the batch script need to be controlled from the computer, or have you made a custom bootloader for on-the-fly switching?
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very good question

It's pretty simple if you have ever extracted the ramdisk and kernel from boot.img
The recovery has not been modified and the only time a computer is used is to setup the ROM the first time. You have to modify the boot.img from the ROM you want to installed on the sdcard. Once it has been changed, all you do is flash the boot.img of the ROM you want. I have mine setup where everything for the ROM is stored on the sdcard (/system, /data, and /cache) but have not been able to test out cache yet.
The reason for a non modified recovery is so that it can be done on any android phone.
I may put up a way to do this while I look into the script.

that is awesome you got so far so quick. i was hoping the squashfs tip would help you out. cant wait to see what approach you took.

unCoRrUpTeD said:
It's pretty simple if you have ever extracted the ramdisk and kernel from boot.img
The recovery has not beenmodified and the only time a computer is used is to setup the ROM the first time. You have to modify the boot.img from the ROM you want to installed on the sdcard. Once it has been changed, all you do is flash the boot.img of the ROM you want. I have mine setup where everything for the ROM is stored on the sdcard (/system, /data, and /cache) but have not been able to test out cache yet.
The reason for a non modified recovery is so that it can be done on any android phone.
I may put up a way to do this while I look into the script.
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Oh, I see how you do the dual boot now. But I have one more question. How exactly do you get the rom on the SD? Do you use an ext partition or just put it on the FAT partition? Or is there some other partition type that I haven't heard of?
Sent from my Hero. It has a mind of its own

HeroMeng said:
Oh, I see how you do the dual boot now. But I have one more question. How exactly do you get the rom on the SD? Do you use an ext partition or just put it on the FAT partition? Or is there some other partition type that I haven't heard of?
Sent from my Hero. It has a mind of its own
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Since everyone has a different size sdcard and most do not want to format the sdcard completely I will provide instructions on how to partition it correctly.

t12icky0 said:
HELL YEA!!! been waiting for this man..you are awsome! look forward to the release with anticipation. I did want to ask..whats a sufficient Micro Sd card to you(size wise)? i currently have a 2gb with about 1gb left would that be enough or should i go buy a 4gb?
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Go on buy.com and get a 16gb sdcard for about 35 bucks, jesus lol !!!

CrashV2010 said:
Go on buy.com and get a 16gb sdcard for about 35 bucks, jesus lol !!!
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lol..i dont use that much space...as you can see i have 1gb left on my
2gb..LMAO! i would have like prolly 15gb left on it. So it would be pointless for me to get a 16gb.

t12icky0 said:
lol..i dont use that much space...as you can see i have 1gb left on my
2gb..LMAO! i would have like prolly 15gb left on it. So it would be pointless for me to get a 16gb.
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I have an 8GB class6. I have used about 4GB.
Post #2 has steps on setting up the sdcard

Just wondering but whats the plus side to this as opposed to just having different nandriod backups to flash between? I know it would be faster to boot but imo that's not woth all the partitioning of the sd card and what not. Now if it allowed you to run Windows Mobile roms from the SD then that would be awesome. I had a dual boot on my old HTC diamond and thats where I first discovered Android

Cannot Access Internal Storage After S-off

I S-off'd my HTC Sensation using Revolutionary's S-Off & recovery tool. I also installed the Superuser app to give me 'root' although I simply cannot access the phone's internal memory. (only my 8GB SD card is recognized by W764bit).
I've tried everything I can think off, including: uninstalling/reinstalling the drivers, rebooting, enabling USB debugging, factory rest, renaming the ext-SD's drive from H to Z, enabling disk connection type, installing HTC Sync, mounting/demounting,
Bizarrely, when I physically remove the ext SD card Windows 7 displays a drive, although its unaccessable and PC connect goes into charge only mode with 'disk' option not available.
I did have trouble installing Superuser 3.0.7 and had to retry several times, also in the apps menu its icon is a green android appose to a grey andoid with cross bones. Does this mean my phone's not rooted?
I also noticed whilst backing up using the recoverythat it does find the ext SD. I'm in a bit a situation because I used Revolutionary so I could install ICS, and now it's available over OTA I can't install it because of the S-Off.
Would it be easier for me to reurn it to stock and just install over OTA?
I've tried everything I can think of and searched everywhere to resolve this issue so help much appreciated.
Cheers Ian

Internal memory isn't meant to be accessed.
No the green Android is the new icon, you should be rooted. To check download an app like Titanium and see if you can obtain root access.
Is your SD card formatted as an EXT partition?
Easiest way to get ICS from where you are is to follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21989107
I assume you've already done SuperCID so backup your stuff and then move onto the part that says update firmware.

Do you mean you can't access the SD card from the phone? Or just from the computer?
If you can view the SD card contents from within the phone just fine, it could be that you formatted the SD card with a file structure that's incompatible with Windows.

Thanks for the reply K0mic... When I said memory I meant storage, or is this the came case?
If Revolutionary S-Off is a bootloader unclocker then use I've SuperCID (sorry complete noob), but yeah I got the beta key.
The SD card is FAT32 ATM which will el[plain why the backup doesn't recognize it What's the best way to format it to EXT? is it using 3rd party software or can it be done with Android?
I went to follow this guide:
w w w .androidauthority.c o m/sensation-install-ics-aokp-rom-63544
when installing ICS and 'step 4' is the problem I have; I simply cannot access the Sensation's Internal SD card :/ Windows only displays the phone's fitted 8GB microSD card :/

Skipjacks said:
Do you mean you can't access the SD card from the phone? Or just from the computer?
If you can view the SD card contents from within the phone just fine, it could be that you formatted the SD card with a file structure that's incompatible with Windows.
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I can view the microSD fine with W7, but maybe that's because its Fat32. It's the internal SD card I can't access, or is it because that one has an EXT partition?
Cheers Ian

You cannot access your internal memory (it's not an internal sd card) from windows explorer. You'll need to use adb in order to obtain access to your internal memory through your pc...
android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=ADB

Ahh... that explains why then I take it the internal storage is where the HBoot and ROM resides?
I think I may has misinterpeted what ext SDcard means. (I thought it mean external, i.e. the microSD card you can access/remove. So, when a website's guide tells to to place a ROM's file in the internal SD and not the EXT SD they mean place the file on the FAT32 partion of the same physical micro SDcard that contains both FAT32 and EXT partitions correct?
And the true internal storage is where the ROM (GB/ICS) and Hboot is located along with all of the OS' system files? If this is the case I take it there's no real reason for the average person to want or need to access the device's internal storage unless allowing a tool like Revolutionary to write to it.
I hope I've explained myself enough, so do I have the right understanding now?
Cheers Ian

Infiltrator2K said:
Ahh... that explains why then I take it the internal storage is where the HBoot and ROM resides?
I think I may has misinterpeted what ext SDcard means.
Cheers Ian
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You can see your SD card in windows 7 (PC) but not the internal memory. If you want to flash something in to your phone's internal memory (hboot, boot, system, recovery etc) through the PC, you can use adb command. Or you can flash the zip file thorough SD card with custom recovery.
If you want to change the android system file on phone, you can use root explore (you can find it on google play) or other apps.

gordonlu said:
You can see your SD card in windows 7 (PC) but not the internal memory. If you want to flash something in to your phone's internal memory (hboot, boot, system, recovery etc) through the PC, you can use adb command. Or you can flash the zip file thorough SD card with custom recovery.
If you want to change the android system file on phone, you can use root explore (you can find it on google play) or other apps.
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So all I need to do to get ICS on my S-off Sensation is download the relevant ICS ROM to my micro SDcard and run it from recovery?
Also, is recovery not recognizing Ext SD because I've not created the partition yet? If so what is the EXT partition actually used for?
Cheers Ian

Infiltrator2K said:
So all I need to do to get ICS on my S-off Sensation is download the relevant ICS ROM to my micro SDcard and run it from recovery?
Also, is recovery not recognizing Ext SD because I've not created the partition yet? If so what is the EXT partition actually used for?
Cheers Ian
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If you want to get custum ICS ROM, first, you need a s-off phone, then flash a custom recovery, then flash adequate firmware (hboot, radio) with custom recovery, then flash the custum rom. You can found detail guide and files in sensation Rom develope forum.
The sencond question, I don't know what kind of problems you met. When you enter recovery, you can choose install zip from SD card. Or you met another promblem?
I hope these answer can help you
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using XDA Premium HD app

I think I am kind of get what you problem is, as I read thru the site you give it seem have some mistake at no 4. Because you want see or never have access to internal memory of the phone. Just place the ROM on the SD card. as you see on step 9 you have to “wipe data/ factory reset” the phone. This procedure will definetly remove/delete the rom if you place in internal memory. The Clock Work Recovery also don't have function to install ROM from internal memory. I think maybe some miss typo on the site.
Another things is if you are now on stock Gingerbread not custom ROM you'll be get the FOTA update. Since S-OFF and rooting don't bother the update file, but you have to change to Default or original Recovery because you will get hang on htc white screen after reboot. Maybe the FOTA just not been role up on your country/carrier or unknown reason.
*sorry for my bad english

gordonlu said:
If you want to get custum ICS ROM, first, you need a s-off phone, then flash a custom recovery, then flash adequate firmware (hboot, radio) with custom recovery, then flash the custum rom. You can found detail guide and files in sensation Rom develope forum.
The sencond question, I don't know what kind of problems you met. When you enter recovery, you can choose install zip from SD card. Or you met another promblem?
I hope these answer can help you
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XaQi nailed it... it was a typo on the websites behalf that threw me. Many thanks with your help though and for explaining things, it's much appreciated
XaQi 101 said:
I think I am kind of get what you problem is, as I read thru the site you give it seem have some mistake at no 4. Because you want see or never have access to internal memory of the phone. Just place the ROM on the SD card. as you see on step 9 you have to “wipe data/ factory reset” the phone. This procedure will definetly remove/delete the rom if you place in internal memory. The Clock Work Recovery also don't have function to install ROM from internal memory. I think maybe some miss typo on the site.
Another things is if you are now on stock Gingerbread not custom ROM you'll be get the FOTA update. Since S-OFF and rooting don't bother the update file, but you have to change to Default or original Recovery because you will get hang on htc white screen after reboot. Maybe the FOTA just not been role up on your country/carrier or unknown reason.
*sorry for my bad english
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I am running what I believe stock Gingerbread, but I used Revolutionary Tool to aquire S-off and installed Clock Work Recovery. I installed Superuser for root, although I believe this to be just a normal app and nothing to do with the Hboot process.
I used the Revolutionary tool so I could manually install ICS as at the time it wasn't available OTA, although it became available yesterday, but now I've tinkered around with the Revolutionary tool it won't install, only hanging with the red exclamation mark.
That typo you so rightly pointed out to me cost me a lot of time wasting. I spend hours trying to resolve what I thought was an issue Muppets who wrote those instructions!
How can I install ICS OTA now? Either way I can't install atm as things are.
Cheers Ian

Always check the software update on settings.
If you can find a link to download the compatible FOTA file or RUU you may go with it. But remember to install Stock Recovery before OTA I use this guide to get back to Stock Recovery it may help you to. [GUIDE] Get Stock Recovery/Install OTA Updates without losing data.
Other's option is install custom ROM go to Sensation Android Development, there are many great custom ROM you may find one that suite you. Just follow the instruction carefully.
If you want something similar to OTA you may want to try this [ROM] HTC Sensation *STOCK* ROMs | 3.32.401.x | Ice Cream Sandwich | HTC Sense 3.6 but I recommended [ROM] Android Revolution HD 6.6.0 | ICS | High Quality & Performance | 3.32.401.105 for many support and guide.

Sweet
XaQi 101 said:
Always check the software update on settings.
If you can find a link to download the compatible FOTA file or RUU you may go with it. But remember to install Stock Recovery before OTA I use this guide to get back to Stock Recovery it may help you to. [GUIDE] Get Stock Recovery/Install OTA Updates without losing data.
Other's option is install custom ROM go to Sensation Android Development, there are many great custom ROM you may find one that suite you. Just follow the instruction carefully.
If you want something similar to OTA you may want to try this [ROM] HTC Sensation *STOCK* ROMs | 3.32.401.x | Ice Cream Sandwich | HTC Sense 3.6 but I recommended [ROM] Android Revolution HD 6.6.0 | ICS | High Quality & Performance | 3.32.401.105 for many support and guide.
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Top man I found a link on how to remove Revolutionary and return the phone to stock although I don't see the point if I can install tweaked ROMs like that I take it I can install the ROMs with S-off and rooted?

You can install OTA updates, or custom ROMs with s-off and root. The catch is that you'll need to change between recoveries to do so...
OTA updates = stock recovery
Custom ROMs = CWM or EXT4 recoveries
Follow the link provided two posts up, or let me know if you want a PG58IMG.zip I made for the stock recovery. I made another for CWM touch but I won't share warez.
Also, if you're going to flash a custom ICS rom you'll need to update your firmware first to one of the 3.32 releases...

run Ubuntu from SD card ?

Hi,
I want to run Ubuntu on the TF101 but without touching the Android partition and losing anything from the current ROM installation.
Would it be possible to install Ubuntu on external SD card and run through boot with a custom bootloader ? (dual boot maybe)
I've searched for a thread for this but there are several Ubuntu threads on the development forum and most of them run Android with a different partition table on internal SD card.
Thanks.

mrmrmrmr said:
Hi,
I want to run Ubuntu on the TF101 but without touching the Android partition and losing anything from the current ROM installation.
Would it be possible to install Ubuntu on external SD card and run through boot with a custom bootloader ? (dual boot maybe)
I've searched for a thread for this but there are several Ubuntu threads on the development forum and most of them run Android with a different partition table on internal SD card.
Thanks.
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I'm pretty sure it can't be done like that. It either replaces recovery or you do the pseudo dualboot.

Solar.Plexus said:
I'm pretty sure it can't be done like that. It either replaces recovery or you do the pseudo dualboot.
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ok; that's acceptable. But what about installing the Linux partition on SD card instead of the internal SD ?

mrmrmrmr said:
ok; that's acceptable. But what about installing the Linux partition on SD card instead of the internal SD ?
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I think this is what you are looking for. It's the Dualboot over external micro sd section

doing that is pretty straightforward, you just need to partition the external sd and pass the right parameter to the kernel while booting, but you still need to flash a secondary kernel ( hopefully on the SOS partition of your internal mmc ) so u will not actually get a *clean* dualboot.
It probably worths only if u wanna easily edit the rootfs content without using nvflash so much ( which u need anyway at least for the initial kernel download ).
An other advantage is that if u're planning to make lots of tests ( apt-get install *this*, autoremove *that* ... ) u will save ure internal hd a lot of read/write cicles getting some years more for ure device to live..
I did it on my B60 using OLiFE scripts, just edit the ./boot/dualboot.cfg file replacing the "root" kernel parameter with whathever partition u want ( probably blk1p1 on the simplest configuration ), format ure external ssd as u need ( you can do it right from android with a terminal emulator and fdisk/parted ), copy over ure new root partition the rootfs content of ure choise , flash the "edited" kernel with OLiFE and enjoy.

Migrate sdcard

I've recently flashed vjs ROM below to my old desire.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40191064
I've just got a new 8gb class 6 SD card to upgrade from old smaller class 2.
I think the apps for this ROM are installed to my SD card in some way.
Any tips how I can easily upgrade from old to new SD? I was thinking some kind of sector based copying technique could save me reinstalling ROM and apps? Or am I better to simply plug in new SD card, re flash ROM and reinstall apps?
Thanks in advance

Buzzlightyear2 said:
I've recently flashed vjs ROM below to my old desire.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40191064
I've just got a new 8gb class 6 SD card to upgrade from old smaller class 2.
I think the apps for this ROM are installed to my SD card in some way.
Any tips how I can easily upgrade from old to new SD? I was thinking some kind of sector based copying technique could save me reinstalling ROM and apps? Or am I better to simply plug in new SD card, re flash ROM and reinstall apps?
Thanks in advance
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when you flashed the rom do you remeber typing these commands into terminal emulator:
su
a2sd install
Y
N
Y

Yes exactly right

Buzzlightyear2 said:
Yes exactly right
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ok that means that your apps are on the sd.
Which recovery do you have right now? and are you s-off?

Yes S off with clockwork recovery v5.0.2.0

Dont think it is significant but thought I'd mention that I did partition the old SD card when I had cyanogen 7 flashed to get more space for apps. I do not know if this partition still exists and if it is in use...I don't think so since I followed instructions for vjs 4.2.2 ROM.
I find partitions with android bit confusing which is frustrating as I've done it with Windows PCs for years

Buzzlightyear2 said:
Dont think it is significant but thought I'd mention that I did partition the old SD card when I had cyanogen 7 flashed to get more space for apps. I do not know if this partition still exists and if it is in use...I don't think so since I followed instructions for vjs 4.2.2 ROM.
I find partitions with android bit confusing which is frustrating as I've done it with Windows PCs for years
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your partition is still there and its in use (all your app are on it). This is what you should do:
1. Install 4ext recovery (much better for the desire than clockwordmod). Go here: http://www.4ext.net/ Download the apk and install it to your phone. Then open the app and donwload/install the new recovery
2. boot into recovery, go to backup | restore, and choose backup
3. after its done reboot your phone
4. Take your old sd out of the phone, and put your new one in. Then follow this guide to partition the new sd: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2125513 (use the 4ext method and start at step [4])
5. Once its done reboot the phone.
6. Now put your old sd card into your pc, and copy all of the files onto the pc into a folder.
7. Take out your old sd card, and put the new one in. Then copy all the files over onto the new sd.
8. Put your new sd card into the phone, and boot into recovery.
9. Go to backup|restore and choose restore. Then select the backup.
10. reboot and your done.

Really appreciate your help. Will give that a shot and report back.
Thanks again

chromium96 said:
1. Install 4ext recovery (much better for the desire than clockwordmod).
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Great tool...just bought the paid version

A littlebit off topic here, but I am also using that rom. Have been for 2 days now. How long have you been using it and have you had any issues with stability.
To the other guy what is the difference between cwm recovery and ext4 and why is it better for the desire if you don't mind me asking
Kind regards
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Buzzlightyear2 said:
Great tool...just bought the paid version
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Yeah its a great recovery. Lots of useful options.
Did everything else work out OK?
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bozie said:
A littlebit off topic here, but I am also using that rom. Have been for 2 days now. How long have you been using it and have you had any issues with stability.
To the other guy what is the difference between cwm recovery and ext4 and why is it better for the desire if you don't mind me asking
Kind regards
Sent from my DLR_MID using xda app-developers app
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i also used that rom for about a month. It was very fast but i kept having random reboots. I ended up switching to the one in my signature. Its not as fast, but in my opinion its more stable, and i'd rather have stability than speed.
4ext is a good recovery because it has a lot of useful features like partitioning the sd (cwm has this too, but its not good), usb unbrick, touchscreen, themeable, one click full wipe, etc... I used to use cwm, and i never had any problems with it, i just recently moved to 4ext and is great.

I have not noticed any reboots as yet, although I will look out for them now lol. Will have a look into that recovery.
Thanks for the advice
Much apreciated
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bozie said:
A littlebit off topic here, but I am also using that rom. Have been for 2 days now. How long have you been using it and have you had any issues with stability.
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Couple of random reboots...no worse than cm7.2...I suspect some of reboots and lags I see are due to me not knowing what I was doing partitioning SD plus old slow class 2 SD

chromium96 said:
Did everything else work out OK?.
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I will complete SD folder backup later when I have access to a pc...will let you know
glad I posted this question...just read excellent partition guide you linked to and also happy with 2 tools (4ext and titanium backup pro) I've learned about and bought. I owe you a beer

Buzzlightyear2 said:
I will complete SD folder backup later when I have access to a pc...will let you know
glad I posted this question...just read excellent partition guide you linked to and also happy with 2 tools (4ext and titanium backup pro) I've learned about and bought. I owe you a beer
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Lol no need. Just press thanks

OK I partitioned new 8gb SD with 1024mb ext1 no ext2 and no swap. The remaining was fat32. Now I can plug SD card in adapter in windows PC and copy all files from old card to new sd, plug new sd into phone, boot to recovery...but no backup to restore! all the files I copied to the root of SD in windows (inc my nandroid backup) are not visible so I cannot restore my nandroid backup! In recovery all I can see is a folder called 4ext (using apply zip functionality simply to see if I can view files)
Plugging new SD back into windows I can see all the files again!

Buzzlightyear2 said:
OK I partitioned new 8gb SD with 1024mb ext1 no ext2 and no swap. The remaining was fat32. Now I can plug SD card in adapter in windows PC and copy all files from old card to new sd, plug new sd into phone, boot to recovery...but no backup to restore! all the files I copied to the root of SD in windows (inc my nandroid backup) are not visible so I cannot restore my nandroid backup! In recovery all I can see is a folder called 4ext (using apply zip functionality simply to see if I can view files)
Plugging new SD back into windows I can see all the files again!
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If you boot into android and use a file manager can it see the files?

chromium96 said:
If you boot into android and use a file manager can it see the files?
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No.
When I copied files from old SD to windows the PC windows would not recognise the SD directly so I put old sd in phone, booted android then turned on usb storage and copied via usb phone cable.
Windows recognised new SD so I plugged SD card into PC directly (not using phone) to copy files to new card.
I suspect this process may be the problem but do not understand why.

Copied files via USB to phone with new SD card and then restored nandroid...seems to have worked but lags I hoped would be fixed with faster class 6 card still there bit a bit better.
Thanks for all your help