Ok so I'm confused, whenever I load a new rom I always go into recovery mode and use cwm, but lately I've been reading that it's not a good way to do it. That it can corrupt the file, am I missing something this is the only way I know how to load roms.
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jvx333 said:
Ok so I'm confused, whenever I load a new rom I always go into recovery mode and use cwm, but lately I've been reading that it's not a good way to do it. That it can corrupt the file, am I missing something this is the only way I know how to load roms.
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It's bad to transfer ROMs to your phone from your computer using the clockworkmod mounting method.
Flashing ROMs through CWM is the only way to go.
IRASadPanda said:
It's bad to transfer ROMs to your phone from your computer using the clockworkmod mounting method.
Flashing ROMs through CWM is the only way to go.
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Meaning put the downloaded rom and put it onto and sd card via a micro sd card adapter in your computer or transfer it while there is a working rom on the phone.
I connect my phone to PC then just transfer to sd card I never use cwm
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I don't mean to take this off topic but this has to do with cwm. I am trying to load a new rom through cwm using my micro SD card but it is not recognizing my SD card in cwm. do I need to wipe it before I see anything? really nervous about doing that without seeing the rom first. what should I do?
smoovy said:
I don't mean to take this off topic but this has to do with cwm. I am trying to load a new rom through cwm using my micro SD card but it is not recognizing my SD card in cwm. do I need to wipe it before I see anything? really nervous about doing that without seeing the rom first. what should I do?
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Do you have an internal or external SD? If you have an internal SD you will have to scroll down to "choose zip from internal SD".
Also, as a rule of thumb, whenever you are switching ROMs you should backup and wipe first unless you are on the same ROM and are just updating and the developer says that a full wipe is not needed.
I am using an external micro SD card. I have just the option for "install zip from sdcard" then I have the option to "choose zip from sdcard". when I select this, all I can see is 2 folders "lost.dir and Android" not the 2 zip files or folders that are on my external sdcard. internal sdcard refers to the phones internal storage correct? I dont want to confuse the 2.
smoovy said:
I am using an external micro SD card. I have just the option for "install zip from sdcard" then I have the option to "choose zip from sdcard". when I select this, all I can see is 2 folders "lost.dir and Android" not the 2 zip files or folders that are on my external sdcard. internal sdcard refers to the phones internal storage correct? I dont want to confuse the 2.
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The phone comes with an 8 GB internal SD card, and then you can put in up to a 32 GB micro SD card. You may have actually unknowingly put the files on your internal SD.
After choosing "Install zip from SD card" try choosing "Choose zip from internal SD card" (not quoted exactly, I can't check for my self right now but the option will say something about internal memory.) See if your zips are in there.
do i need to wipe first before seeing that option? I am using the latest cwm it does t give me the option to choose. I took the micro SD out and loaded the zips on there and reinstalled it into the phone but it will not allow me to see the externalSD card in cwm. I can see the zips on my phone when it is on using androzip. but unable to access on cwm. do I need to clear something in cwm to make this access able?
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I got it to work. thank you all for your help
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I wanted to flash and try another ROM, but when I go into Recovery and try to insert a file from the SD card, the file is not there. Is there any way to fix this? Is there also a difference if the Recovery menu is red or green? Thanks.
GAPY427 said:
I wanted to flash and try another ROM, but when I go into Recovery and try to insert a file from the SD card, the file is not there. Is there any way to fix this? Is there also a difference if the Recovery menu is red or green? Thanks.
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Red CWM is preferred, but no. Put the zip file on your Internal SD, that way as soon as you select choose zip from sd card it will be right there (usually near the bottom for me)
Like above post, red is preffered but you can also use green. And make you're putting the rom.zip on the phone memory and not the removable SD card.
Yeah usually it doesn't read your sd card that way the things that are saved there are safe. You can leave a copy there, but flash from the one on the phones memory. Also maybe try "ROM manager" it's free in the market place. Although I've never flashed a ROM from sd it has the option available. Give it a try an see if that works for ya.
Don't be afraid
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Thanks everyone for the guidance. I transfered the files to the phone's internal memory and it worked.
Alternatively, you can go into the mount settings menu and mount "emmc". Then, you should have an option under zip flashing for selecting a zip from "internal sdcard" at the bottom of the menu. From this point you can select zips on the external sdcard. This is the case for
Blue CWM but I assume in other versions.
Yes, it seems counterintuitive that:
"sdcard"= internal storage, and:
"internal sdcard"= external sdcard (emmc)
I just rooted my TF101 yesterday using Vipermod and I wanted to install a custom ROM on it today. I backed up my current settings using the backup on CWM and placed the revolver.zip file in my external SD card.I wiped my data to factory settings. However, when I boot into CWM and go to install zip file from SD card, the file is not there. It appears that the CWM was reading the data file on my internal SD card. So I tried putting the revolver.zip file on the external SD card but when I went to install it from there it gives me an error saying installation aborted. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you in advance for the help.
What version of CWM are you using?
Roach's version 3.2.0.1 will read from the external sd card
Roach's version 5.5.0.4 will read from the internal sd only
Team Rouge recovery will read from internal or external sd
I am currently running 5.5.0.4 so I guess it should only be reading from the internal card then.
And just to clarify, am I supposed to place the .zip file onto the SD card because when I do so it will not run, and I get an error message saying that the installation has been aborted followed by a dead android. Am I supposed to unzip the file and then place in into the SD card? Or is there another reason why I am getting this error?
flyinbrian2229 said:
I am currently running 5.5.0.4 so I guess it should only be reading from the internal card then.
And just to clarify, am I supposed to place the .zip file onto the SD card because when I do so it will not run, and I get an error message saying that the installation has been aborted followed by a dead android. Am I supposed to unzip the file and then place in into the SD card? Or is there another reason why I am getting this error?
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Yes put the zip file on the internal sd card.
Boot into recovery and choose "install zip from sd card" (exact wordings might be different).
If it's not flashing I would check MD5SUM of your download file.
This is going to sound completely noobish, but how would I go about doing that?
flyinbrian2229 said:
This is going to sound completely noobish, but how would I go about doing that?
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You can go into the Google Play (Market) and search "md5sum" there's a lot of apps to do it.
Personally I use this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwyLDEsIm5ldC5kcm9pZGNvcmUubWFuZDUiXQ..
When you download a ROM or other files, the dev usually list
an md5sum, make sure the md5sum of the file you download match what is listed.
When a download is corrupted the md5sum (md5 hash) will not match up.
I just downloaded rogue CWM and then flashed that with CWM. Then I was able to access the external SD card and I am now currently installing the ROM.
Thank you very much for the help, thanks given.
yes,
it is important to take the correct version of cwm : 3.2.0.1 by Roach2010 !
flyinbrian2229 said:
This is going to sound completely noobish, but how would I go about doing that?
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Install a completely new recovery.. Try TWRP... download it and place it in your internal memory and flash it.... its one of the best recoveries out there...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29865501
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I cant able to see my sd card while i try to install a zip file from my External SD Card.
Whenever i tried to opening from CWM recovery it showing "No file found"
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Press the button "install zip from sdcard" or try "install zip from external sd card"
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marshygeek said:
Press the button "install zip from sdcard" or try "install zip from external sd card"
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External Sd card is showing "No files found"
But thanks i moved my file into internal SD and installed...
Ooopss
sumesh.gdi said:
I cant able to see my sd card while i try to install a zip file from my External SD Card.
Whenever i tried to opening from CWM recovery it showing "No file found"
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It made me no problems and it was due to the fact that I did not have the latest version of Recovery
Please install latest cwm recovery, 5.x.x
older versions of cwm had this error. It didn't recognize the external sd card, so you had to move the file to internal card.
Did you try skin kernel?
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iAmBalvinder said:
Please install latest cwm recovery, 5.x.x
older versions of cwm had this error. It didn't recognize the external sd card, so you had to move the file to internal card.
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i just got the same error (no files found) and im using 5.8.1.8 ...my current rom wont boot so i dont know how can i even put my ZIP to internal memory! i cant find solution anywhere, so i'll take any suggestion
x3mer said:
i just got the same error (no files found) and im using 5.8.1.8 ...my current rom wont boot so i dont know how can i even put my ZIP to internal memory! i cant find solution anywhere, so i'll take any suggestion
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Current you can just flash bam kernel.
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Balls! In TWRP I wiped Data and System and now since all my files are gone I can't flash a ROM.
TWRP doesn't recognise my External SD either so what do I do?
When I turn on the tablet I do get 4 options:
Recovery
Android
USB
Download
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when you choose recovery, what happens? you may need to reflash TWRP.
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when you choose recovery, what happens? you may need to reflash TWRP.
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It opens up TWRP but from there I can't see my External SD and trying to select the External SD option does nothing. It's formatted at FAT32 and contains a zip for Clean ROM.
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It opens up TWRP but from there I can't see my External SD and trying to select the External SD option does nothing. It's formatted at FAT32 and contains a zip for Clean ROM.
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Oh, you are using a SD and not a MicroSD? If so, grab a MicroSD if you have one and insert it into the pad, not dock. It WILL see that.
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Oh, you are using a SD and not a MicroSD? If so, grab a MicroSD if you have one and insert it into the pad, not dock. It WILL see that.
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Sorry, it is a Micro SD in the side of the actual tablet.
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If you can't get it to work, connect it to a PC and use adb to push the zip onto the tablet.
Phew! I fast booted CMW and now flashing CleanROM
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I'm having the worst time trying to find out how to friggin' backup my phone to my external sd card. For some reason, I can do it to my internal storage, but have no way of getting it backed up to my external SD card. I can see the option to select it, but I can't actually select it. I think I have to create a folder on my external SD card for the root but I just can't figure it out. Does the whole entire SafeStrap file need to be copied over to my SD cars as well with a repeat process of installing it the same way in which I did for the internal storage too?
Have you tried backing it up then manually copy pasting it to your sd card?
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I have not, as I assumed that while that might be an option, that if I cannot select the external storage option then something is wrong with SafeStrap. If all I have to do is manually copy it over to my external SD card, and with that done Safestrap can still function OK, then that is what I can do. I thought there was something smaller I might have been missing, so I wanted to make sure it was done accurately. Thanks for the input!
EDIT: My real worry with this, is that if I cannot select external SD storage, then how will I select the files I need to install when flashing ROM? I don't have enough space on my internal storage for the files, and would have to put them onto my external SD card, but if I can't select it then I have no clue how I'll be able to flash the ROM.
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no way of getting it backed up to my external SD card. I can see the option to select it, but I can't actually select it.
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I thought I had the same issue and mashed the radio button a bunch of times out of frustration and it eventually worked. It's like the touch isn't as responsive in that area of the screen when in SS.
Well, I got the ROM to work. Since my internal storage is only 5 GB, I couldn't leave both the backup file and the ROM zip files on the same storage device, so I moved the backup manually to my external SD and left the ROM.zip on my internal. I flashed them, got the ROM to work but when I opened it up and booted, as I expected, the phone is like new (nothing installed like I originally had it). Well, I can't restore the backup since it is on my external SD card and since I can't still select that option under SafeStrap, I'm kind of in a pickle here. As well, I my computer couldn't recognize my phone either when on the new CM10 ROM. I'm just going ROM this weekend. If any of you have any clue how to get my computer to recognize my phone when booted on the CM10 ROM, or know how to get SafeStrap to allow me to select my external SD card for storage etc I would much appreciate it!!