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
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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,.
I'm trying to make a goldcard so I can root my phone. But I always get an error that supposedly has to do with the goldcard I attempted to make from a 8gb Sandisk class 4 microsd that AT&T gave with my phone.
You're picking the wrong device when you create the gold card.
Try picking the logical partition and not the physical device.
Have you tried the one click gold card maker in the developer section, with the the phone on disk drive while putting the goldcard img on it?
edit: it also depends on which method you use, for some reason the hack kit wouldn't let me make my scan disk into a gold card but it let me make my Kingston into one. I finally got my scan disk working using a one click to place the image on the SD card.
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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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
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........ 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
I bought a Kingston 32gb class 10 SD card and copied all my files to it (from the previous SD card). It worked great for a week. Then last night I started getting errors about the card either being damaged or unmounted. Googling hasn't told me much. Is there a special way to prepare a 32gb card, is class 10 too fast for my Inspire, does anyone know anything about this? I did find the following in a discussion on creating a gold card, so I'm trying it now (don't know if it will work--I'm running H2testw on the card right now before trying it in the phone again).
Thanks for any help on this.
QUOTED MATERIAL BEGINS HERE
When reformatting the card, Windows will place the DOS boot record at sector 0 and the MBR after the DOS boot record. The SD Card user module is not capable of working when the DOS boot record is placed in Sector-0.
To fix this issue, follow the steps below.
(1) Download Panasonics SDFormatter V2.0 (free utility)
(2) Insert SD card into Windows PC
(3) Format the SD card with the Panasonic utility, SDFormatter V2.0, using the following options.
- Format Type: Quick
- Format Size Adjustment: Off
(4) Eject the SD Card (**This is an Important Step**)
(5) Re-insert the SD card
(6) Format the SD card using Windows Explorer
- Right click on the SD card and select format
- Set file system to FAT
- Do not select Quick Format
(7) Eject the SD Card
(8) NOW You can proceed through the steps as normal and hex edit using the PSAS image without fear of the dialog box "Please format this drive". =D
In the above method, the Panasonic SDFormatter utility places the MBR in Sector-0 and Dos Boot Record following the MBR. With both the boot records intact, Windows will not alter the position of the boot records and will only initialize the FAT tables during formatting.
Update: I followed the steps listed above through #7 (I didn't need to create a gold card so I didn't go on to step 8). My card has worked fine since then.
Very nice! I followed your instructions and got my 16 GB card back. Thanks.
Is the extra money for a class 10 really worth it for a phone though?
LateralOctober said:
Is the extra money for a class 10 really worth it for a phone though?
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The faster speed seems to be allowing much better sound and video synch in videos. Not sure about other read/write operations.
Hi, i have some problem. I folow your instructio and all work well until i reboot phone, after that i get message sdcad demaged, only format from android help but after that MBR is gone. Any idea?
bataya said:
Hi, i have some problem. I folow your instructio and all work well until i reboot phone, after that i get message sdcad demaged, only format from android help but after that MBR is gone. Any idea?
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No, I'm just quoting what I found on the net that seemed to help in my case. I didn't come up with the "fix".
Ok, tnx for reply.
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I had to reformat mine again, as last night it just went blank in my phone. Not a big deal as the process took about an hour, but as the process worked, but I'm wondering why the card went bad again?
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I had to reformat mine again, as last night it just went blank in my phone. Not a big deal as the process took about an hour, but as the process worked, but I'm wondering why the card went bad again?
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Once I went to listen to my music after this last time of fixing the card, I found that it was messed up again. I think the culprit might have been because when you reformat the card and it's put back into the phone, there are certain folders created. I connected my phone to the computer and accessed the card that way. I copied all of my folders back onto the card and in the process, overwrote the new folders. This might have something to do with it not responding and I must have copied over the problem again, so this last time after reformatting again, I only copied over all folders, except for the existing ones on the card and it seems to be working correctly again. I say it's working correctly because I can see my music again. Hopefully this might help someone who's experiencing some problems in the future and give a little insight on trying not to copy the problem file back onto your card, like I did.
It seems that my SD card is not writable when inserted. Is this true? I tried to create a new folder on it with root explorer (I am not rooted though) and it said that my device needs to be rooted in order to accomplish that task.
Any ideas?
Jonn
Did you try something like es file explorer? I would try that.
That didn't work either. It says "operation failed".
I actually noticed that it wasn't working playing act raiser and it wasn't saving my position. Moving the ROM to internal storage worked. I then tried to create a folder.
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Huh. Just tried a different SD card and that one worked. Weird.
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I spoke too soon. After removing the sdcard that worked and putting it back in, it no longer is writeable.
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It works again if I pull the card out, restart the shield and put the card back in. Perhaps something up with the mounting process?
It appears that once a card is mounted, if it is removed and re-inserted, it remounts as read only.
Jonn
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It looks like sdcard mounting is messed up. I can't get any of the sdcards i have tried to mount.
Did you go into settings and actually click unmount before removing the SD Card? Many linux systems (android is linux) will mount devices which werent safely removed in read only mode for some bizarre reason.
I tried that as well. It still doesn't work.
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It seems that my SD card is not writable when inserted. Is this true? I tried to create a new folder on it with root explorer (I am not rooted though) and it said that my device needs to be rooted in order to accomplish that task.
Any ideas?
Jonn
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when you go to storage under settings, under sd card does it show total space for card. if not maybe you have to format it to NTFS first. thats what I had to do with my new card. also said to do so on shield guide
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when you go to storage under settings, under sd card does it show total space for card. if not maybe you have to format it to NTFS first. thats what I had to do with my new card. also said to do so on shield guide
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I did not read the destructions. The destructions have useful information? Where may i find these destructions? I assumed fat32 so that is what my sd is formatted to.
chevyowner said:
I did not read the destructions. The destructions have useful information? Where may i find these destructions? I assumed fat32 so that is what my sd is formatted to.
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sorry i cant post link yet cause im new to forum. but go there, (shield.nvidia.com/user-guide/sd-card) user guide said to format it to NTFS
Would has added this sooner, but I lost my sdcard reader.
Formatting it NTFS worked.
Still wont mount, but now i at least get the option to mount.
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when you go to storage under settings, under sd card does it show total space for card. if not maybe you have to format it to NTFS first. thats what I had to do with my new card. also said to do so on shield guide
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Yes, I formatted it to NTFS before I inserted it. It shows the total space and space available, it just doesn't allow anything to be written to it. I can take it out and put it in a PC and it works correctly. I also have another SD card that I tried and it worked for a few minutes, but I haven't been able to get it to keep working.
Jonn
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Yes, I formatted it to NTFS before I inserted it. It shows the total space and space available, it just doesn't allow anything to be written to it. I can take it out and put it in a PC and it works correctly. I also have another SD card that I tried and it worked for a few minutes, but I haven't been able to get it to keep working.
Jonn
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sorry I dont know what else to tell you, i first had the same problem like yall when I stuck in a brand new card. nothing I downloaded would go on to card. and it didnt show the amount of space left under the storage menu. Then i found out it need to be formated to NTFS. Once i did that everything started downloaded and showing up on card.
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Yes, I formatted it to NTFS before I inserted it. It shows the total space and space available, it just doesn't allow anything to be written to it. I can take it out and put it in a PC and it works correctly. I also have another SD card that I tried and it worked for a few minutes, but I haven't been able to get it to keep working.
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The only memory card I have gotten working (about 1 minute ago) is 512MB and formatted fat32
The card i want to us is a 16gb microsdhc formatted fat32 when this memory card is in my shield it knows it has a memory card but says it has no partitions on it.
I am running testdisk on the sd card and it found 9 partitoins. I will try and clean that up.
To be honest, I've never tried SD card support on the device. So I can't say one way or another. But I'll be looking at it soon enough since I got my first build of CWM for SHIELD waiting for me to debug in the other room once the kids go to bed.
I just tried two different 8GB class 10 transcend cards, an 8GB class 2 generic card and a 256mb sandisk card. I put each card in and copied a file from internal storage to it. Then I removed each of the cards without unmounting and put them back in and proceeded to copy a file to the card again. Every time it worked successfully. I do not even know what format they are in and didn't format them before testing. And, maybe the issue didn't show up because I didn't give it enough time. I am not sure.
Also, I know this is probably a really dumb question but the micro sd slot is spring loaded. You are pushing it in until you hear a good solid click right?
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Having issues of my own.
Bought a 64gb sandisk SDXC card for shield. It worked 100% fine in my SGS3 formated for exFat. But not in the shield...
It seems to work somewhat when formated for NTFS. But the file path is really messed up and 1/2 my apps cant see the SD card because of this. It something like (root/storage/sdcard1/....)
2 apps that are basically usless right now due to this are Power amp & FPse.
Android doesn't normally support either exFat or NTFS. The shield may include support for them but if I had a shield I would steer clear anyway and go with what android definitely trusts in FAT32.
Hopefully NVidia will do a firmware update to sort these problems though