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[Q] Issues with downloading things on SD and seeing them in recovery

I'm running into this issue and don't know what I'm doing wrong. When I download things they automatically go into my sdcard/download folder. I downloaded a theme for the Xoom and I verified it was on my SD card by going into Root Explorer and looking for it.
When I reboot into recovery and go to install the .zip the file doesn't who up at all. Also if my card is corrupted is there a way to wipe from the Xoom itself?

It needs to go in the external folder within your sdcard.

So I have to make a folder called external and move the things? Is there a way to have the browser through downloads to a particular folder instead of me having to do it manually? I prefer to browse XDA from the browser and I like to download things from XDA. I will try that now and see if that works. Thanks I'll post back if it works out for me.
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It won't work
You can't just make a file called external. I assumed that you had installed one of BRD's custom kernel's. This is the only way you can use the external SDcard. I assumed since you had cwm recovery working that you had done this.
Start with this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978013
You need to be updated to 3.1 to use the latest kernel.
I also don't know of away to (easily) change the download location with the stock browser. An aftermarket browser may let you change the download location.

Awesome. It worked when I moved it into the extracted folder. I was able to flash the theme.
I was wondering if there was a way to change download path by editing something in root explorer.. Most if not all the things I download are from XDA and are flashable.

ok, guess you got it working

HELP quick please stuck on clockwork

i have a problem how can i fix this problem

Buy a ouija board or visit a psychic.
To put this another way, if you don't describe the problem or what you did that caused it we're not really able to offer much help. There are a number of threads on this board and in the development section covering problems with phones that are stuck in a boot loop, at the LG logo, at CWM etc.

Here you go,here is the answer to your problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197108

Don't panic it's always a good thing that clockworkmode works, i had the same issue, and now im using my O3D again, all you have to do is track a .zip rom which is in the general discussion (i'll try to locate it and post the link, meanwhile look for it), download it, create a backup using CWM, unzip the rom in the pc extract the file which contains a folder with a backup named as a date, place that folder in the internal memory (you can mount it using cwm) under the following directory \clockworkmode\backups don't erase the existing folder.
Back in cwm make a full wipe, then check te restore option using the backup folder that you placed (you will know by the date it was created)
And you are good to go, to get back your info restore again using cwm the backup that you created initially.
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King_3d_rom_v1.1
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Not able to create nandroid backup

i tried creating a nandroid backup it does everything but when it comes to the last step it says got an error in creating md5 sum
Help me

anna0811 said:
i tried creating a nandroid backup it does everything but when it comes to the last step it says got an error in creating md5 sum
Help me
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i dont understand why u always face some problems. Anyway it will be better if u mention everytime ur firmware, kernel version, how u flashed it, ur theme etc.

anna0811 said:
i tried creating a nandroid backup it does everything but when it comes to the last step it says got an error in creating md5 sum
Help me
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I think u should create a thread named as "anna0811" and list all your problems in that thread......
got new galaxy i9003 on replacement.....
ddkp2/ext4/cwm 5

i am on xxkpq posideon rom concept evolution theme by jooode

anna0811 said:
i am on xxkpq posideon rom concept evolution theme by jooode
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sometime theme files confict with custom rom files. I will suggest to use a clean custom rom without theme. If u want to use theme then use it on xxkpq stock rom.

i think i know the solution for this.this happened to me also.
first you should format your sd card(settings>sd card and storage>unmount sd card>format sd card)
then create the backup again.dont change the default file name(just to be on a safer side)
then try to restore it.hope it helps

deepanshu sharma said:
i think i know the solution for this.this happened to me also.
first you should format your sd card(settings>sd card and storage>unmount sd card>format sd card)
then create the backup again.dont change the default file name(just to be on a safer side)
then try to restore it.hope it helps
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good point! making spaces in the name will cause errors, which is the main reason not to rename it. you didn't mention if you're trying to use CWM's option to create a new backup with a specific name, anna... is that what you're doing?

[Q] Update.zip to restore apps?

hey guys i just wanted to ask something. Its possible to install apps via update.zip immediately after flashing ROM rite? I searched XDA and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=917922
but im not sure how to do it and anyway the meaupload link for that download is down. Btw since all my app data together is more than the data partition of the phone (>200mb), is it possible to make the apps link to my second partition of sd card via update.zip script or something? Hope u guys can help me!!

Does anyone know how to do this? if possible i think it would save a lot of time as when reinstalling via titanium backup. this way would be more hassle-free if possible.

So no one knows how to do this? ok then nvr mind i guess it must be too hard or something....

Why not just use an ext partition and app2ext?
Creating an update.zip is possible, but it's not very convenient. Esp keeping it up-to-date.

Mioze7Ae said:
Why not just use an ext partition and app2ext?
Creating an update.zip is possible, but it's not very convenient. Esp keeping it up-to-date.
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srry if im asking a really dumb qn but does that mean that if u install apps to ur ext2 via link2sd, u dont have to install them again on new ROM?

App2ext is different from link2sd (but they both use ext partition.
In link2sd you usually create /sd-ext/link2sd folder, reboot and then use the Link2SD app to manually move apps to /sd-ext/link2sd. This is good if you want to mix apps on SD and internal.
In app2ext (which I'm suggesting) you instead create /sd-ext/app folder on sdcard and reboot. All your installed apps will be moved there from internal memory and new apps will be installed there automatically. They will still be there after you factory reset or install a new ROM. (To preserve application data you need something else such as titanium backup)

Ohhhhh. Thx a lot!! Ok I just wanna try a bit of programming that's why I asked how to make update.zip. haha. Anyway Thx!!
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androidlover123 said:
Ohhhhh. Thx a lot!! Ok I just wanna try a bit of programming that's why I asked how to make update.zip. haha. Anyway Thx!!
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You can learn by studying the gapps package used by CM or any other update.zip. The "magic" is inside the META-INF folder. META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script has the installer commands that do things like mount /system and extract files, set permissions etc. The final step is to sign the update. OpenRecovery allows unsigned updates, but you should sign anyway even using testkeys--it forces a sha1 verification of the zip files to detect corruption before the update is applied.

Mioze7Ae said:
You can learn by studying the gapps package used by CM or any other update.zip. The "magic" is inside the META-INF folder. META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script has the installer commands that do things like mount /system and extract files, set permissions etc. The final step is to sign the update. OpenRecovery allows unsigned updates, but you should sign anyway even using testkeys--it forces a sha1 verification of the zip files to detect corruption before the update is applied.
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oooh i can kinda understand the code in the updater-script. for eg: ui_print to print to screen, package_extract_dir to extract files to the directory in whatever folder u state. but what is the update-binary file?

The update-binary is the program that reads and executes updater-script.

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The update-binary is the program that reads and executes updater-script.
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Is that something you must write yourself or something? Or just copy from other update.zips?

I just copy it. It's probably in the AOSP source somewhere but I've never looked.

[Q] Adding Titanium Backup to custom rom

I'm running a custom rom (CM7.2-RC3-APOCALYPSE-BAREBONE v12-06-12, by itasoulas, based on CM7.2 RC3 by vo-1 v31-05-12) on my Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830D). I'm about to flash a newer version of the custom rom, but I wanted to add Titanium Backup and S2E to the rom, so that my ext partition is mounted automatically after flashing, and Titanium Backup is already on and ready to restore.
I have the apk files for S2E & Titanium, do I just add them to the system/app folder in the rom zip? Or do I put them in the data/app folder, in which case I'd have to create said folder in the rom zip? Please let me know, as it would let me eliminate a whole 2/3 steps in the flash/restore process (flash->install S2E->reboot to mount ext->install Titanium->restore becomes flash->restore).
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd post this in the CM7.2-RC3-APOCALYPSE thread, but this is my first post and I'm not allowed to post there yet.

As you can see, I didn't get any response from my post, so I rolled the dice and went for it.
So here's how it works for those who don't know:
To add system apps to a rom, place the apk files in the system/app folder in the zip. If you want the apps installed as user apps, place them in the data/app folder in the zip. Worked like a charm. I flashed, booted, configured S2E (installed w/rom), rebooted, ran Titanium Backup and restored everything.
BTW, I was also able to add the APN info for my carrier into the rom. You can do that by editing the apns-conf file in the system/etc folder in the zip. This is handy because when I flash a custom rom I have no APNs set up, as well as no wireless networks saved, so by doing this I was able to run the initial setup when you first reboot the phone (instead of just skipping it, missing Gapps, and adding my account later).
Hope this helped for anyone who is interested.

Neat. Though I'd likely keep titanium as a user app, I'm definitely going to try this.
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There is an app to move apps from users space to system space available on the google play. It is called app-mover. It is simple tool. If you are already using link2sd then there is a menu option for moving the apps.