Hello, I am new here and a rookie (or noob), I rooted my Inspire the other day (xda Hack Kit) and would like to install a custom rom (Android Revolution HD). The problem is I can not figure out how to load the zip file onto my sd card. I know this has probably been asked before but I have been looking for 2 days and can't find the answer.
I have the file on my computer just need to know how to load it on my phone and I know I can handle it from there. Thank you so much
scrappy1959 said:
Hello, I am new here and a rookie (or noob), I rooted my Inspire the other day (xda Hack Kit) and would like to install a custom rom (Android Revolution HD). The problem is I can not figure out how to load the zip file onto my sd card. I know this has probably been asked before but I have been looking for 2 days and can't find the answer.
I have the file on my computer just need to know how to load it on my phone and I know I can handle it from there. Thank you so much
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If you are having trouble copying files to your device from your pc you may want to take some time and learn what our doing before you brick your device. Mainly now that you voided your warrenty by rooting it.
Plug your device into the PC and select mass storage and then copy the file to it.
My phone is over a year old so there was no warranty to void. As for having trouble, yes I may be having a little but I am a very smart person. I know about the mass storage to transfer files. My problem is the mass storage is not were it is supposed to be. I have looked in 2 areas under the SD & phone storage and also under wireless & networks and it is not under either one.
scrappy1959 said:
My phone is over a year old so there was no warranty to void. As for having trouble, yes I may be having a little but I am a very smart person. I know about the mass storage to transfer files. My problem is the mass storage is not were it is supposed to be. I have looked in 2 areas under the SD & phone storage and also under wireless & networks and it is not under either one.
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When you plug in the device you will get something in the pull down that says Connect swap files. Or if you are on an HTC rom then you will get a popup asking to pick a connection type.
Thank you, I'm at work now so I will try that tomorrow. Just wondering when I plug in to the pc what connection will I be looking for?
scrappy1959 said:
Thank you, I'm at work now so I will try that tomorrow. Just wondering when I plug in to the pc what connection will I be looking for?
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If your on GB 2.3.3 it will be the disk drive option.
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sebo1084 said:
If your on GB 2.3.3 it will be the disk drive option.
Thank you
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I flashed the Android Revolution HD 6.3.2 yesterday and my phone is fantastic very fast. So everything worked out good. Thank you for all your help. One quick question though is the new version 7.0.3 stable now, I know they were having a problem with tinny sound and the GPS. Thanks
I want to help... but it's as easy as ...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=site:xda-developers.com+tinny+inspire
well.... yeah
Oh and the other search would be related to "aGPS"
hi guys....
quick question... i have a star note a9220... a generic android 4.0 phone... and everytime i set a ringtone from one of the sd cards whenever i access the cards from my pc or just use it to charge my phone it returns everything to default... is there a way to access the root directory so that I can add some better ringtones to the default list??? i dont really want to start messing about with the os... do i need to root it or can i use an app?
cheers peeps!!!
shugs81 said:
hi guys....
quick question... i have a star note a9220... a generic android 4.0 phone... and everytime i set a ringtone from one of the sd cards whenever i access the cards from my pc or just use it to charge my phone it returns everything to default... is there a way to access the root directory so that I can add some better ringtones to the default list??? i dont really want to start messing about with the os... do i need to root it or can i use an app?
cheers peeps!!!
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To access the root directory or system files, your phone needs to be rooted. I don't think there is any better way than that.
shugs81 said:
hi guys....
quick question... i have a star note a9220... a generic android 4.0 phone... and everytime i set a ringtone from one of the sd cards whenever i access the cards from my pc or just use it to charge my phone it returns everything to default... is there a way to access the root directory so that I can add some better ringtones to the default list??? i dont really want to start messing about with the os... do i need to root it or can i use an app?
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You can use SuperOneClick to root your device temporarily. The root access survives until reboot. After that your device would become normal. Do this and push your ringtones to relevant location using Root Explorer. Then, reboot.
is there a version of super one click that supports android 4?
otherwise any idea's how to root it while keeping 4.0?
plus any idea's how to install and run stuff from the external card? the way it's set up is 512mb as system 2gb in sd and 16gb "usb" which is my external card... 2gb just isnt enough...
Thanks peeps
shugs81 said:
is there a version of super one click that supports android 4?
otherwise any idea's how to root it while keeping 4.0?
plus any idea's how to install and run stuff from the external card? the way it's set up is 512mb as system 2gb in sd and 16gb "usb" which is my external card... 2gb just isnt enough...
Thanks peeps
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Rooting doesnt change your android version
It will still be 4.0 after rooting
1 - Just root with superone click
get a free explorer which can access root directories
copy your desired Ringtones and paste them into media/rindtone folder (or where every you rom stores the ringtone)
2 - go to setting, then developement and check Install from unknown sources tick box
then use a Explorer, find the apk files downloaded from internet and install by clicking
3 - 2 GB is more then enough for about 500 apps
i think you'll be good to go for about some time until its become low
that wasn't it...
the "latest" version of super one click from the official site tries to root 2.2/2.3... that's what it says... which was why I was asking if there's a version for 4.0...
and the 2gb thing.... I listen to various podcasts etc and I can't seem to download them onto the 16gb card... it doesn't like it... but that's beside the point...
I have a few apps which came installed natively like docs to go, and fm radio etc which I would like to remove...
I might as well full root it and try to get a blank 4.0 rom.... just need to try to remember how to do it! :s
not sure which 9220 copy you have, just check on this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646544 it has links to other 9220 copies, then find the yours
as I know, the simple way to check is your rom model number to ensure the right rom, patches... to flash
Hello to all.
This is my first post. I have just installed CM10 on my Sprint Galaxy S3 SPH-L710 phone. I notice that my information contained on the sdCard is not being read. I can look at the pictures. In the Storage portion of the settings, I notice that the sdCard "usage meter" is blank (grey). When i install the card in my laptop, I see all of the files.
Is there a fix for this or should I install a new ROM? I installed the latest version from this site (8-23-2012)
Please help and yes I am a Rookie with this. But I appreciate all of the information here, and yes I SEARCHED for an ANSWER prior to posting this question:fingers-crossed:
Blessings
Just FYI this is the Verizon S3 forum.
And you can't browse your card thru the settings>storage menu. You need to use a file browser like astro or es file explorer. You can also use the one that's already on your phone called my files.
And it may be worth knowing that it is September, not August. The latest build of CM10 as of this writing for SPH-L710 is cm-10-20120914-NIGHTLY-d2spr.zip according to get.cm. Perhaps that SDcard issue has been addressed since the 23rd of August
***UPDATE***
As of update MF5 and higher, this feature is now part of Samsung's software (YAY! )
To move apps to SD, simply Go to:
1] Settings
2] More
3] Application Manager
4] Select your app from the list
5] Select the "Move to SD card" option
For those of you on older firmwares or wanting a slightly more powerful tool, read on!
Hi Everyone,
I'm posting this here hoping to save others some trouble of finding how to move Apps to SD Card. Officially it's not supported, but there's already a few methods of doing so. First, some warnings:
Rooting: Currently there is no recoveries for the Galaxy S4, so if rooting somehow goes wrong, you've got an expensive paperweight.
Apps to SD Card: SD Card memory is more vulnerable than the internal memory, so there's always a risk of data loss on them. Keep anything you can't afford to lose in the internal memory!
Step 1: Prepare your phone for rooting:
First up you need to Root your Galaxy S4. To do this:
[On your Phone]
- Go to Settings --> More Tab --> About Device
- Tap "Build number" multiple times - I think after 9 it enables "Developer Options"
- Go back to the "More" menu, and open the new developer options tab
- Enable "USB Debugging"
- Plug your phone into your computer via USB
[On your Computer (Windows only instructions)]
- Download the Galaxy S Drivers from HERE and save them somewhere handy (IE: Desktop)
- Right click "Computer/My Computer", go to properties, and open your device manager
- You should see your galaxy in there somewhere (Possibly under "other"). Right click this, go to "update driver software", and browse for drivers. Select the S Driver folder mentioned above and hit next, and it should update/install itself.
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Step 2: Root your phone:
For versions before MDN/MDM - thunderserpent's guide should do the trick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266336
For versions ending in MDN/MDM - djembey's guide should work great: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190
For older versions (stock without an OTA Update), use the below method:
[On your Computer (Windows only instructions)]
- Once installed, download the Motochopper software HERE to root the phone
- Double click the motochopper "run.bat" in the folder, and follow the instructions onscreen.
Step 3: Install and use FolderMount:
[On your Phone]
- Once rooted, download foldermount HERE
- Once installed, open FolderMount and grant superuser access when asked.
- In FolderMount, you have the options to:
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:: Name your folder (IE: "Generic Game 1")
:: Select the "Source" Folder (the one on your local storage)
:: Select the "Destination" Folder (the one on your SD Card)
When you enter these details, it will then move them to your SD Card!
Personally I paid the £1.40 for the FolderMount Pro, because it also shows you filesizes when browsing - and it's finally made my S4 useful!
I know it's not the easiest process ever, but hopefully I've explained it enough to get people started. I have a 32GB external and the measly 8.8 internal I was left with was useless. Now I can move apps to the external card to save space internally!
Common Locations of Large Files:
Two common locations for games (IE: Gameloft games, EA Games, etc.)
Android/data
Android/obb
Potential Downfalls:
- Loading times may increase from the external memory
- Updates may cause problems, although testing so far shows it doesn't have any problems
- You may need to re-mount after reboot, the mount on boot option may not always work
If you get prompted to redownload a game/update that you already have - check in FolderMount that it has been mounted okay
Disclaimer: These instructions are purely to try and help people - I don't own, maintain, or affiliate with any of the downloads. Use at your own risk!
Update
Some people using Adam Kernel/root having been having issues - please see some steps below from abheshekk who managed to get it working fine:
abheshekk said:
Hi,
Follow following steps to resolve this issue, mine is working now:
I9500 should be on stock rom mine was on mdk indian latest firmware.
1. install Adam kernel 1.1 using odin
2. install cofface cwm recovery
3. install busybox
this will work for you enjoy
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Good how to, and the app FolderMount is well worth the money!
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Nice How-to,
when I am back home, I will try it
GhostLeader said:
Nice How-to,
when I am back home, I will try it
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Samsung's response to the lack of built in memory is an SD Card, yet they don't officially support this - so after a bit of looking around I managed to get it working. Figured if it helps even one or two people out, yay
Please note you will probably have to reinstall the apps when updates for the app are available in the market.
Not too mention Samsung's response was misleading and stupid, since misleads customers thinking it fixes the app storage.
Eambo said:
Samsung's response to the lack of built in memory is an SD Card, yet they don't officially support this - so after a bit of looking around I managed to get it working. Figured if it helps even one or two people out, yay
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Can you plz add the information where my installed apps are on android? Dont know the path, its my first android smartphone
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GhostLeader said:
Can you plz add the information where my installed apps are on android? Dont know the path, its my first android smartphone
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So far, I'm not entirely sure. They seem to have different locations:
Android/data
Android/obb
Are a huge chunk (6.6GB on mine - mainly games - Gameloft etc.)
The rest are in 100s of MB at most, so those seem to be the main places. If you get the 'paid' version of the FolderMount app, it shows you the folder sizes in the app which helps a lot
As for updates/reinstalling, this may indeed be true. I haven't had a chance to test/play with this unfortunately! If I get an update anywhere, I'll update this!
Edit: I deleted one of my folders from NFS MW and it redownloaded to the SD Card which was handy - however I don't know how google play will work with updates, whether it does a "smarter" check or not.
I can't find most of my apps. There's a few in Android/data. . But idk where the rest are at. Nothing in obb
opz187 said:
I can't find most of my apps. There's a few in Android/data. . But idk where the rest are at. Nothing in obb
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opz what apps are you using?
As an update, I just updated an app through Play and it looks to have updated without a problem to the SD Card - I can't really poke around much to tell, but it launched and looks fine to me, and looks to still be mounted on the SD Card
Seems to be updating the apps on the SD card just fine. Cheers OP.
beagio said:
Seems to be updating the apps on the SD card just fine. Cheers OP.
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Thanks for confirming that - from the description of FolderMount it sounds like the phone should be unaware of it being external, so I was hoping there wouldn't be a problem
Eambo said:
Thanks for confirming that - from the description of FolderMount it sounds like the phone should be unaware of it being external, so I was hoping there wouldn't be a problem
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Seems to me that it's basically created a symbolic link pointing to the external SD card. Android shouldn't know the difference. That's just a guess tho, as I'm new to this Android malarkey
I had an update today for Iron Man 3, which is on my external card. It updated fine through Google Play, and when I launched it it just went "Verifying Files" then launched - no issues
The only problem I've found so far is with the gallery and hidden folders. I went into the gallery and hid a folder - a few times I couldn't get the option to show hidden folders. I rebooted, and can no longer either hide or show hidden folders - which is strange. The option is entirely missing now...may be unrelated, but not entirely sure.
Eambo said:
I had an update today for Iron Man 3, which is on my external card. It updated fine through Google Play, and when I launched it it just went "Verifying Files" then launched - no issues
The only problem I've found so far is with the gallery and hidden folders. I went into the gallery and hid a folder - a few times I couldn't get the option to show hidden folders. I rebooted, and can no longer either hide or show hidden folders - which is strange. The option is entirely missing now...may be unrelated, but not entirely sure.
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So as im new to Android guys with this method you can download,install and run/play apps/games straight from a micro sd card thus freeing up the internal storage ?
Wow, I'm using it on S3, and it works much better than Directory Bind, than never did work on my S3 (I don't know why)!!!
Thkx a lot for this!!! Now I finally can have all my big games installed!!!
drenco said:
So as im new to Android guys with this method you can download,install and run/play apps/games straight from a micro sd card thus freeing up the internal storage ?
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Sorry for the delayed response - yep, that's exactly what it does. Again it has some negatives as the external is a bit slower to load and has a higher chance of failure, but I know I certainly had no room internally - this allows me to use the 32GB External for games, apps, etc.
Link2SD
Hi all,
I installed Link2SD from market. Working nicely, also with updates and new apps.
Does this this foldermount option do the same, or is it more efficient?
Seems to do the same thing. No problems so far.
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FolderMount allows you a choice in moving your large app data and obb folders and even media like the whatsapp photos folder to the external SD.
It's more flexible in what you can do.
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I got this alcatel a564c from tracfone and wondered if anyone has rooted this phone? I have seen some old threads asking about it but not much about developing.
I have tried kingo root and I am trying others but other posts have said none work. The last one in November.
I am interested in any info on finding an exploit that I could test out. I dont have experience developing a root but I could learn.
Thanks!
Try the framaroot application. That application works for many devices. My Alcatel got rooted too
revolutionyzer said:
Try the framaroot application. That application works for many devices. My Alcatel got rooted too
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I tried it before but I just tried the latest 1.9.3 version. No good. Thanks though.
Using x-plore file manager you can download movies and what not to sd card. I have this phone and have downloaded numerous movies and software directly to sd card. Something about backdooring kitkat, this may or may not help with rooting but it does help to eliminate the 4gig headache.
I have set all the download locations to my 16gb sd card. But installed apps use only the 4gb provided. I have a tendency to fill that. There are also some issues with the default apps setting getting reset. And I can not use google voice over wifi without a cell connection.
x-plore file manager
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NunYaBidNez702 said:
Using x-plore file manager you can download movies and what not to sd card. I have this phone and have downloaded numerous movies and software directly to sd card. Something about backdooring kitkat, this may or may not help with rooting but it does help to eliminate the 4gig headache.
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Thanks for info about x-plore file manager sending movies and other files to SD card.
I noticed it shows root files is my phone rooted from this app download?
boogoogaa2015 said:
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Thanks for info about x-plore file manager sending movies and other files to SD card.
I noticed it shows root files is my phone rooted from this app download?
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No, seeing the root of the SD card does not mean that you have root access to Android itself
jpaytoncfd said:
I got this alcatel a564c from tracfone and wondered if anyone has rooted this phone? I have seen some old threads asking about it but not much about developing.
I have tried kingo root and I am trying others but other posts have said none work. The last one in November.
I am interested in any info on finding an exploit that I could test out. I dont have experience developing a root but I could learn.
Thanks!
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It's crazy that as long as this phone has been out......there's still no root for it. It's a shame that Google decided to "fix" the security issues that most of us never even knew existed by limiting what we can use as default app storage with no way to bypass the restriction unless you have root access. Hopefully someone comes up with the solution soon or I'll be thinking of exchanging my Alcatel A564C for something I can actually use.