I'm thinking of getting a larger capacity sd card and am curious as to what I need to do. I'm running whitehawk's miui rom and it uses the external as the primary. I also have cwm on the external so what happens there?
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Cwm is not "on" your external sdcard, it reads files "from" your external sdcard. Just swap the cards and you're done.
G2X CM7
There's an alternate to the nvflash method where cwm is installed as /sdcard/update.zip, to keep the stock recovery on the phone but still have cwm when necessary. That's how it's done on my Vibrant, too, for example. Maybe that's what OP means.
In any case, just copy the contents of the old card to the new card. You can do it from within Android if you don't have a way to read the cards otherwise. If you're worried about problems, just backup with cwm before you copy the contents of the SD card over to your PC, then restore the backup after you've copied everything to the new SD if there are problems.
Uejji said:
There's an alternate to the nvflash method where cwm is installed as /sdcard/update.zip, to keep the stock recovery on the phone but still have cwm when necessary. That's how it's done on my Vibrant, too, for example. Maybe that's what OP means.
In any case, just copy the contents of the old card to the new card. You can do it from within Android if you don't have a way to read the cards otherwise. If you're worried about problems, just backup with cwm before you copy the contents of the SD card over to your PC, then restore the backup after you've copied everything to the new SD if there are problems.
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An update.zip file is an example of what cwm looks for to flash to the phone. Cwm (recovery) reads the update.zip from the sdcard and flashes it to the phone but update.zip is not cwm recovery.
G2X CM7
Thanks guys.
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I assume that i had rooted the phone
i wanted to install a custom rom.
i did the One-Click-G2x-recovery-flasher-09-23
well at this phone i downloaded the rom i dod this steps
Wipe data/factory reset
then i did
ount and storage = format/system
now when i need to go to install from zip card.
none of the roms show up in my sd card.
and when i reboot the phone it goes into a black screen .
i can only get to the CWM screen
is there anything i can do?
thank you ahead of time
Did u install the latest cwm?
Go back in your sd card and make sure the rom files are there. Its possible that u placed them in the internal memory so check both
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Hey hi thanks i was using Flash CWM 4.0.1.5
but then i try
Flash CWM 5.0.2.0 and i was able to flash it.
thanks for the reply.
Did you download the rom using your phone or PC... reason I ask is if you used your phone to download the rom its saved in the download folder... I use my phone to download my roms...also if your promise on the external SD just choose install from SD, if its on your internal SD then you would choose install from internal SD... there's also a download folder on internal SD .. you can check there also...
crazerico said:
Hey hi thanks i was using Flash CWM 4.0.1.5
but then i try
Flash CWM 5.0.2.0 and i was able to flash it.
thanks for the reply.
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4.0.1.5 is set up to use the internal memory. You can only flash from the internal pseudo "sdcard" and any CWM backups will be stored in the same internal memory.
5.0.2.0 lets you flash from either the pseudo internal "sdcard" of the "external sdcard." But when you do backups of your rom they will only be stored on the external sd card.
Use 5.0.2.0. It is better and more versatile in my opinion but you need an external sd card to fully utilize it.
Also, I wish people would stop misusing the term bricked. A true brick is a phone that does NOTHING when you press the power button. I did this once to an A71 variant phone and the phone was very dead. The condition you have is more like you "borked" your phone. The phone powers on so it is not dead, so it is not bricked. Plus as long as you can get into recovery I would not even consider your condition a "soft brick." A soft brick is when the phone is borked and takes extraordinary measures to revive it, but it is still fixable. A better post would have been "My phone is messed up. Need help reviving it."
Your title is fine, is has the word "maybe" in it. He's just one of those people..
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I tried to do a search on this but found nothing, and I'm also apologizing ahead of time if I'm posting in the wrong section.
I am trying to get my LG G2x to a stock ROM using this guide: (can't post link since it's my first post, but it's "how to unroot the tmobile g2x" at the unlocker.
I was able to follow the steps and installed clockworkmod on the phone (v4.0.1.5). I am however having problem on step 6. When I do the the backup on clockworkmod (CWM), it automatically is doing the backup on the phone's internal memory, and not the sd card.
I tried to mount the phone with the PC and cut and paste the folder to the SD card, thinking CWM would pick it up after a reboot of the phone. However, this is not the case. I tried to find the SD card by trying to do "install zip from SDcard" in CWM, but there is only a DCIM folder in the _ExternalSD folder, and nothing else. No matter what I do, the backup is always saving to the internal memory, and not the SD card. If I leave the backup on the phone's memory, it is showing up under recovery in CWM, but I'm guessing it's not possible to flash the phone while it's running from the internal memory.
I formatted the card at least 3 times, and even tried another card just to be sure, but no luck still.
Am I doing something wrong? Do I have to do something to mount the card or unmount the phone memory? If anyone could please help. I have to send in my phone for warranty in a few days, and I desperately need to get it back to stock. Thanks.
Nvflash latest recovery (5.0.2.7 i believe)
fcisco13 said:
Nvflash latest recovery (5.0.2.7 i believe)
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Worked like a charm. I guess I had flashed the internal and SD option for nvflash, and that's what was messing up. 5.0.2.7 allows you to save only to SD card, so it worked perfectly. Thank you so much!
sideburnsam said:
Worked like a charm. I guess I had flashed the internal and SD option for nvflash, and that's what was messing up. 5.0.2.7 allows you to save only to SD card, so it worked perfectly. Thank you so much!
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Latest also allows you to flash from internal/external.
Hi All.
I'm new to this and trying to install my first rom (aiming for cynagenmod 7- it has the language support i need, or so they say)
I rooted my phone and followed a yourtube video titled "How To Install CyanogenMod 7 Nightly on T-Mobile G2x after Nandroid Backup"
When i get to the part where i need to install zip from sd card, i can't find the file. I went back and copied the zip file into a few different folders, and although i can locate the folders, it tells me that the file cannot be found.
How do i get around this? Your help is much appreciated.
Maholly said:
Hi All.
I'm new to this and trying to install my first rom (aiming for cynagenmod 7- it has the language support i need, or so they say)
I rooted my phone and followed a yourtube video titled "How To Install CyanogenMod 7 Nightly on T-Mobile G2x after Nandroid Backup"
When i get to the part where i need to install zip from sd card, i can't find the file. I went back and copied the zip file into a few different folders, and although i can locate the folders, it tells me that the file cannot be found.
How do i get around this? Your help is much appreciated.
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How did you download it? Through rom manager or from the phones xda app, browser? Look in folders with xda or rom manager?? Next time just copy and paste it to the root of the sdcard, not in a folder.
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Downloaded it on a computer and then copied it to sd card
and you can't find where you put it? did you place it in a certain folder already created... you can plug your phone in to pc then enter recovery mode, go to storage and mounts at the bottom select mount usb then copy the zip to your sdcard in no folders.
When i try to do that t tells me unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory).
From recovery mode there are some folders i can't see when i browse the folders on the computer when the phone is booted up normally - and vice versa. Is this an indicaiton of a problem?
Silly question: do you actually have an SD card inserted in your phone? If so, what did you use to format it?
i do have an sd, and i actually didn't format it. should i format? if so, what is the best way?
Your help is much appreciated
Maholly said:
i do have an sd, and i actually didn't format it. should i format? if so, what is the best way?
Your help is much appreciated
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Did you try, while in recovery, taking the back off your phone, pop out the sd card, wait 1 second, then pop it back in?
Stupid question, but it's a mistake some beginners make, but did you unzip it by any chance? That could be a reason CWM isn't seeing it. Once you DL the ROM you need to leave it untouched. Then place on SD.
After that in CWM go to choose zip from sd.
And you attained CWM via NVFlash correct?
buru898 said:
Did you try, while in recovery, taking the back off your phone, pop out the sd card, wait 1 second, then pop it back in?
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Yes, tried that and still no luck
mackster248 said:
Stupid question, but it's a mistake some beginners make, but did you unzip it by any chance? That could be a reason CWM isn't seeing it. Once you DL the ROM you need to leave it untouched. Then place on SD.
After that in CWM go to choose zip from sd.
And you attained CWM via NVFlash correct?
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no, didn't unzip, left it as cm_p999_full-201.zip
and yes, did get the CWM via NVFlash
Maybe you accidentally copied it to internal memory instead of the sdcard. You can check in cwm under internal sdcard I believe is what it is called.
When you connect the phone through USB it mounts both internal and the sdcard.
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My file explorer sees it in both the root and the folder I created in the root - both can't be seen in recovery mode.
Should i list the directories i see in both views?
In cwm are you selecting install zip from sdcard or install update from sdcard
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I ask it to install zip from sd and not update
Maholly said:
My file explorer sees it in both the root and the folder I created in the root - both can't be seen in recovery mode.
Should i list the directories i see in both views?
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you may have put it on the "internal sd card" instead of external sd card, however this is not an issue if you flash CWM 5.0.2.0 or later, it has an option to install zip from internal sd and external. i renamed my external sd card to avoid future confusion (otherwise i see two "removable disks" when i plug my phone into my computer)
Check your file names on your SD card. Check what you see listed in Recovery. If you see differing file names, then you're accessing the wrong memory.
I'm going to assume you tried booting with the physical buttons. Try booting with CWM which should give you a blue menu.
i did try to boot both ways and both times i did not find it... for the millionth time i took the sd card out and put it back in and rebooted using cwm, and funny enough, it found the direcotry... and yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, cynagenmod7 is my new rom
thanks for all your help, support and commiseration... really, much appreciated. i do ve a few more issues that i have to research now... again, external sd not found though... will probably solicit more help
again, thanks
Facing the same problemm
Hello,
new to this rooting and stuff.. I rooted the rom , installed clockworkmod... Now the rom is just not getting detected... Did it a million times.. What to do.. facing exactly the same problems.. I did all that was mentioned... The file is unzipped only card is inserted, using the cmw reboot and stuff itself so no tension.. plzz let me no what to do... stuck here since hours.. !!
hippoalways said:
Hello,
new to this rooting and stuff.. I rooted the rom , installed clockworkmod... Now the rom is just not getting detected... Did it a million times.. What to do.. facing exactly the same problems.. I did all that was mentioned... The file is unzipped only card is inserted, using the cmw reboot and stuff itself so no tension.. plzz let me no what to do... stuck here since hours.. !!
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Don't unzip the file. When you flash anything via clockwork, it flashes using .zip files.
So I had a G2x before. It stopped working on me randomly. I ended up borrowing another G2x from a friend.
It's running 2.3.4.....I went to flash CWM with NV-Flash and it worked fine it seemed. But now the phone won't fully recognize the SD card.
I thought I remembered running into this problem the last time but cannot find anything on it.
The card works. I can put files on it and delete them by plugging the card straight into the computer. But when i plug the SD card into the phone it recognizes all of the folders but none of the files in those folders.
Ideas???
when I'm on stock 2.3.4 my phone actually makes my sd card directory /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD
So see if you have that directory...that should be your actual sd card
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Alright that was the issue and _ExternalSD is a folder and has the files in it but CWM doesn't seem to let me into that folder either. :/
Well I guess I should have checked this last night and I don't know why I didn't. Flash CWM with NVFlash but the phone still doesn't have root access. Any ideas on that?
Spectral8x said:
Alright that was the issue and _ExternalSD is a folder and has the files in it but CWM doesn't seem to let me into that folder either. :/
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In clock work do browse your internal or external sd card?
Spectral8x said:
Well I guess I should have checked this last night and I don't know why I didn't. Flash CWM with NVFlash but the phone still doesn't have root access. Any ideas on that?
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Flashing clockwork doesn't give you root... it only flashes clockwork. To get root flash any ROM.
I go into the external SD folder and go to the download folder there where the zips are located and they do not appear. They are there tho I verified that with astro and rom manager can see them but cannot flash the roms through it.
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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
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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
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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
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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