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so now that we have a working sd card is there any way to change the save location of the browser and camera to the new working sd card?
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is there anything special to get the SD slot working? Mine still doesn't seem to be doing anything.

Well, in my opinion, which may be wrong...and probably is.
The new sd mod mounts the actual sd as /sdcard2/.
The problem i see with this is all the apps are looking for /sdcard/.
Now I think the best way to handle it would be to symlink /sdcard/ and /sdcard2/ as one volume.
The problem with that is that the volume manager would probably freak the **** out when you take your sdcard out of the device.
I don't know though, maybe bigrush or whoever got it working has this thought out better than I would have - but I am a software developer, not a kernel developer. That **** hurts my head.
Right now, i don't have an extra SD card worth my time of putting in (biggest extra I have is 8 gigs).
The only point I really see in it at the moment is extra space available from a file manager.
I am not sure if media scanner has to be modified to include the new directory to pic up on pictures, movies, and audio.

06types said:
is there anything special to get the SD slot working? Mine still doesn't seem to be doing anything.
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Lol root your xoom and flash the new tiamat 1.3.0 kernel

oh, maybe ill just break down and root it... I didn't really see any point until now with the lack of roms out for this so far.

I have already flashed my xoom, with the original one button flash. The new version does not have a way like the original to just one button the kernel. Will I have to re-root everything and go from there or will it sense that I am already rooted and take me to changing the kernel to be able to use the sdcard?

floridatank said:
I have already flashed my xoom, with the original one button flash. The new version does not have a way like the original to just one button the kernel. Will I have to re-root everything and go from there or will it sense that I am already rooted and take me to changing the kernel to be able to use the sdcard?
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if you use the newest one click method with tiamat 1.3.1 you will be wiping your xoom's data back to stock as well. which means you'll have to setup your xoom again and reinstall all your apps again.
if you want to just flash the newest kernel w/out wiping the data just follow the instructions on this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978013

[Q] Help! Formatted sd card

I screwed up bad last night when i was half asleep using fix permissions in recovery, and hit format sd card. by the time i realized what i was doing it was too late, i need to recover my files as close to exactly as they were as i can, i used unformatter pro, but it didnt get all the files, and the ones it did recover where grouped in folders named after the extension, and the names were just ordered numbers. im dying here because all my titanium backups, nandroids, and the treasure among treasures, chad goodmans rls 9 evo 3d kernel (those of you who dont know about his kernels, they are the best, truly works of art, and it is no longer available due to soure code discrepancies) I am dying here, any help would be a godsend.

Torrents are good for non copyrighted programs...
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Ouch
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so your gonna have to reboot a few times it will build the necessary system files.If your were partioned you'll have to repartition and reflash your rom The good news is i have that kernel so here ya go. There's a bunch in the file but you should see what you need. after you get everything running again put an e3d folder on your desktop and copy all the files from your sd to it so there's no more chance of losing it. follow the link.....http://db.tt/3gKd6uRo
Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/8v1B0Zq3

wkdclwn said:
so your gonna have to reboot a few times it will build the necessary system files.If your were partioned you'll have to repartition and reflash your rom The good news is i have that kernel so here ya go. There's a bunch in the file but you should see what you need. after you get everything running again put an e3d folder on your desktop and copy all the files from your sd to it so there's no more chance of losing it. follow the link.....http://db.tt/3gKd6uRo
Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/8v1B0Zq3
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Thanks, really helped a lot
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[Q] I screwed up (Solved)

I was trying to update a friends transformer to ICS (revolver) and I forgot that you have to put the zip on the internal storage (at least that's the only way I know how to do it) I'm using roach CWM based 5.5.0.4, I was playing around in there and, this is where I really screwed up, wiped /system. I have adb access and I'm in recovery but there's no rom installed on the tab because of me wiping /system. The rom is on the sd card (not the internal storage labeled as sdcard, an actual sd card). I tried pushing it from adb but I was probably doing it wrong. I was looking for a way to mount the internal storage but I didn't see any. I've tried several options but none have worked so any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

so why don't you just install the rom from the microSD?
You have a 5.xxx recovery, and that allows you to install zips from microSD. Just pop that into a PC and copy the rom file on it. Select install from microsd and there you go...
PS: wiping /system doesn't format the internal storage...

zdalin2003 said:
so why don't you just install the rom from the microSD?
You have a 5.xxx recovery, and that allows you to install zips from microSD. Just pop that into a PC and copy the rom file on it. Select install from microsd and there you go...
PS: wiping /system doesn't format the internal storage...
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I have the rom on the external sd card. I tried the flash from sd and it was looking at the internal "virtual" sd card. I didn't see an option to switch to the external sd and I think there are some recoverys that use the external sd as default but I haven't been able to find one. If I did find one it would have to be an image so I could flash it through bootloader.
I was looking for a .img file to flash through bootloader but couldn't find one of those. I tried adb push to get the .zip onto the internal storage but, and I'm sure I was doing something wrong, that didn't work.

wait wait wait... just to clarify, are you using the full size sd card on the dock?
LE: what's your sbk version? if you're sbk1, you can also use nvflash

zdalin2003 said:
wait wait wait... just to clarify, are you using the full size sd card on the dock?
LE: what's your sbk version? if you're sbk1, you can also use nvflash
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I think the guy said MicroSD up there, the one you inserted on the side. But the onboard CWM only detect the internal virtual SDcard.
Now he screwed because of the full wipe prior flashing while the intended Rom was placed in the MicroSD..
Yea, if the transformer comes with B70 or below, then you can use Flash to do the magic.
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zdalin2003 said:
wait wait wait... just to clarify, are you using the full size sd card on the dock?
LE: what's your sbk version? if you're sbk1, you can also use nvflash
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no, no dock. I'm using the external micro sd.
So I finally got it to push, I renamed the file ics.zip because I didn't feel like typing out the whole file name and because I used .zip at the end the file was actually ics.zip.zip, that's why it couldn't find it.
cmd says:
C:\Transformer>adb push ics.zip /sdcard
1333 KB/s <268182367 bytes in 196.431s>
It pushed but now I just tried "choose zip from sdcard" and I got "couldn't open directory. No files found"
Edit: For some reason nothing was showing up at all on the internal storage so I rebooted back into recovery and all the files that were there before returned. I didn't see my ics.zip in there though which was odd but in searching through the folders i found an older version of a rom I flashed on there when I first rooted it. It's on the welcome screen right now.

Thanks for your input, you were most helpful.
BTW, I did research and the problem is solved now, you'd have noticed if you read.

horndroid said:
I posted at 8:27
You edited your post at 8:28
I can't read the future.
And no you didn't research anything.
Any ADB guide would tell you to push files to /data/media for internal storage, not /sdcard
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Once again, thanks for your assistance /sarcasm

horndroid said:
Any ADB guide would tell you to push files to /data/media for internal storage, not /sdcard
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Hm interesting... Why wouldnt you be able to push to /sdcard/ (notice the extra slash)?
Is that folder not mounted correctly while in recovery? Ive never tried ADB in recovery, only in android and push to /sdcard/ works just fine.
pushing anything to /sdcard does not work though (notice the lack of the extra slash). Might be my rom but doubt it since its the same on my phone and other tablet...

Like you said, /sdcard is wrong.
The correct paths are /sdcard/, /data/media, and /data/media/.
Most ADB guides posted on this forum use /data/media(/) though.

horndroid said:
So much fail in this thread.
1. Because his version of CWM doesn't support microSD
2. Since when does 5.xxx recovery support installing from MicroSD?
3. wiping /system doesn't format internal storage but it wipes out the OS so there is no OS to boot into.
The correct path for pushing files to internal storage on TF101 is /data/media
Do some friggin research before you do things, wow.
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1.&2. his version might not support it and since i'm using Rogue XM Recovery v1.3.0 (CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.7), i just thought being v5 it would. It was just a fast answer, no need for your superiority complex.
3. *you don't say meme*

Your sarcasm doesn't work because I wasn't trying to assist.
I was just pointing out what an idiot you are.
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I think the thread would eventually solved even without your intervention.
Don't help if you don't feel to.. With your high in moron wouldn't do good for the public seeking for assistant here.
There's alot others intelligent guys around with good manner will come forward..
I respect your knowledge level but you too come from zero at some point way before in the past..
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farsight73 said:
I think the thread would eventually solved even without your intervention.
Don't help if you don't feel to.. With your high in moron wouldn't do good for the public seeking for assistant here.
There's alot others intelligent guys around with good manner will come forward..
I respect your knowledge level but you too come from zero at some point way before in the past..
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app
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There are a lot of people like him in all the forums, it's best just to walk away. I'm not new but I wasn't thinking clearly due to lack of sleep. Also the tf101 wasn't mine, I forgot how Asus had the storage set up, and I was thinking it would have the same path whether you were booted or through ADB. I knew I screwed up, that's why I said it right in the title. Oh well, it's fixed now. The problem is that a lot of people turn developers and newbies away by acting like that.

[Q] Entropys' CM9 Not Recognizing External SD

Hey guys, I have looked all over and cant find an answer...
I am running the most current (4/23) version of the cm9 rom, but i cant get my infuse to "recognize/or/find" my external 32gb sd card... it finds my internal 16 gb no problem, i have also swapped it out for my 16gb card and its still a no-go...
what do i have to do / change to get it to show up? im needing to get to my music because my daily drives of 14+ hours are getting a bit tedious...
if you could in full detail tell me where the file to edit is and what needs to be changed it would be awesome!
thanks in advance and if this has been posted i apologize i must have missed seeing it...

also running 4/23 built and it reads mine no problems,, bad flash?

I'm thinking its possably something to do with a lib file as both clicking on external SD and internal SD both go to the internal SD... using astro file manager I can see both fine... but not when I use a stock app... *shrug* I also can't afford to try and reinstall it as I'm no where near home for the next 5 days either and if I screw up I'm without a phone...
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you can try flashing it over and see if that helps, this time use fix permission and it could also be a bad download, what i would do is re-download, go back to phone stock , and while you're there factory reset the phone( back up all your other data ) , flash kernels to get red cmw ( entropy DD ) and then flash latest cm9

I recently installed a 64gb. I had to go back to stock to get it recognized. Then when I reinstalled CM9, I found it under /mnt/emmc.
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Go to the themes and apps forum - See Axiomkids mods and tweaks for this build. Go to number 5 in the OP. Although it says it won't recognize the external sd it does for my phone . I only have an 8 gb card, don't know if that makes a difference. Hope this helps. Edit- Here's the link. I used the1.1.4 version. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389375

Thanks... phone can find it now... but music and video apps still don't "see" it..
Is there a "string" (?) command i can use in the terminal console to change where its looking...
seems to be finding the "external SD" folder but not the actual card...
Seems very odd to me cause both when i flashed back, googles' stock apps found it, and as well as the cm 7.2.0 release found the external sd card in the right spot.
Now flashing cm 9.0 (05/02/12) it finds the external sd folder on the internal sd, but still doesn't find the external sd...
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maybe i was unclear
Pony Express said:
Go to the themes and apps forum - See Axiomkids mods and tweaks for this build. Go to number 5 in the OP. Although it says it won't recognize the external sd it does for my phone . I only have an 8 gb card, don't know if that makes a difference. Hope this helps. Edit- Here's the link. I used the1.1.4 version. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389375
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sorry, maybe im not being clear enough...
im not talking about the computer via usb finding the external sd card, but the phone itself...

still issues
Radiotsar said:
I recently installed a 64gb. I had to go back to stock to get it recognized. Then when I reinstalled CM9, I found it under /mnt/emmc.
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thanks for that, i have just gone completely stock, then rooted, flashed cm7, now back to cm 9, and still nothing. yet cm7 and stock can find all the music n videos on my external sd fine with the native built-in music/video apps... once i install cm9 they don't "see" it or recognize it... tho when i go thru astro file manager i can see it just fine... *shrug*

Google Play Music did not find my songs despite following their instructions. Winamp & the music player did.
So did Album Art Grabber.
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Did a clean install and wiped twice everything I could via cwm recovery... seems to be fine now - took me 3 hours to get back to a working stock... think my phone doesn't like the stock now after being on cm lol... anyways its working fine now... thanks to you guys on all your input... found it was a bad micro sd format when I formatted it (micro sd) from cm recovery the first time I installed cm9 on entropys first build... :banghead: shoulda thought of that earlier...
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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
Sent from my DLR_MID using xda app-developers app

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
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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
Sent from my DLR_MID using xda app-developers app

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