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trying to install rom from sd card (phone has been wiped after trying to install leedroid 3.0.3) and I get the following messages when in recovery;
unable to moun't sd card
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0p1)
(no such file or directory)
E: Can't mount /sdcard
HELP!!!!
Does this when I try installing from SD, formatting SD, all sorts. I cna access the card though from the computer when I select mount USB storage.
any ideas? I'm phoneless at the moment. eek. Thanks
westleydan said:
trying to install rom from sd card (phone has been wiped after trying to install leedroid 3.0.3) and I get the following messages when in recovery;
unable to moun't sd card
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0p1)
(no such file or directory)
E: Can't mount /sdcard
HELP!!!!
Does this when I try installing from SD, formatting SD, all sorts. I cna access the card though from the computer when I select mount USB storage.
any ideas? I'm phoneless at the moment. eek. Thanks
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This sort of happened to me before. try downloading and installing the file attached. It should do the trick. N.B- You need to have root access.
ok thanks. I have root access (i think, fairly new to all this, apologies).
How do I run the file??
Thanks.
sorry to be a pain
westleydan said:
How do I run the file?? Thanks. sorry to be a pain
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Boot your phone (make sure the file is on your phone), then simply select the file and follow the onscreen instructions. After that, select it's icon in the menu and choose to allow it to automatically operate when USB is connected. Then just allow root access and you're good to go. Try your rom flashing again and it should be successful.
hey
thanks for your help, but I currently have no ROM / OS installed on the phone, so can only boot into recovery / fastboot etc.
not into android os.
westleydan said:
hey
thanks for your help, but I currently have no ROM / OS installed on the phone, so can only boot into recovery / fastboot etc.
not into android os.
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Since you can boot into recovery and access your phone from your computer, then just flash the stock windows mobile rom to your phone. I think that would work and it does make sense. If it does work then you can continue doing what you want after you have done it.
Do you mean flash it via fastboot? I'm sturuggling to get files across from my pc... sorry to be a pain...
I can access the SD card to drag files in recovery. but cant isntall from the sd on my phone.
tried flashing files direct to phone with fastboot but coundt. probably just got it wrong. gahhh.
westleydan said:
Do you mean flash it via fastboot? I'm sturuggling to get files across from my pc... sorry to be a pain...
I can access the SD card to drag files in recovery. but cant isntall from the sd on my phone.
tried flashing files direct to phone with fastboot but coundt. probably just got it wrong. gahhh.
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Have you tried a different SD Card or a sdhc card? One of them might help.
I haven't tried another card yet no.
I need to purchase one first, hopefully will get chance this week.
Any links to best guide to make a goldcard btw?
Thanks.
westleydan said:
I haven't tried another card yet no.
I need to purchase one first, hopefully will get chance this week.
Any links to best guide to make a goldcard btw?
Thanks.
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Go here and read my first post [OP]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052063. Hope this helps.
sorry guys but i made an "uh oh" and need help please! i had Virtuous Unity 1.31.0 & was attempting to flash the beta version. i had blue magic theme on my rom as well. Here are the exact steps i took: downloaded rom, put phone in clockwork recovery, wiped dalvik, wiped cache, wiped data, mounted system, flashed the zip & rebooted. Now i'm looped in the "blue magic" boot animation. what'd i do wrong & can it be fixed. i backed everything up too. i can get it into HBOOT screen by pressing power & down on volume key but am not able to scroll to any of the options. after a cple seconds it automatically selects HBOOT & asks if i want to install update from sd? i assume it's the gingrbread update but i've selected "no" every time so i could talk to someone first. right noe i'm on a publis cpu & it won't allow me to access the phone internals. i need admin passcode. i haven't messed much with playing with my phone thru a cpu so i'm not quite sure i'm even doing it right. sorry for my cpu lack of knowledge but i've adapted to android pretty well. Help please & thank u in advance
problem is that you have a PD98IMG.zip file on your sdcard....
pull the sdcard, boot into HBOOT, select recovery, then pop in the sdcard when you get to recovery
Pirateghost said:
problem is that you have a PD98IMG.zip file on your sdcard....
pull the sdcard, boot into HBOOT, select recovery, then pop in the sdcard when you get to recovery
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Yup. If you happen to have a PD98IMG.zip on your SD, bootloader will try to flash it everytime and you won't be able to access Recovery. Either pull the SD card until after you've selected Recovery like pirateghost suggested, or find a card reader/other device to read your card to delete PD98IMG.zip
Ok sweet. That got me back to clockwork, slipped the card back in once in recovery, clicked reboot and it still looped. It did say I had that file so I'm guessing I have to find a card reader and delete the file maually now or did I do something wrong?
Thanks so much for ur reply and it looks like I'm going to have to find a card reader and do it manually cuz it still loops. Thank u so much!
Just go in recovery rewipe and flash the beta rom only no themes yet let it reboot it should load right up I think the theme messed you up the bata rom is based I'm 2.3.4 so 2.3.3 themes wont work
sent from my unity loaded inspire 4G
Ok, did all that but Noticed before I rebooted that at the bottom where it shows the processes it's going thru, it says installation aborted. Says E:Can't open/Sd card/ download etc...2.33.0 BETA.zip....(bad). Do I still reboot or attempt to flash again?
Try going into mounts option in recovery and mount the external sd card.
Not giving option to mount. Only unmount so I guess I unmount and try to remount?
Try that and see if it works.
Aborted again. I'm getting worried friend
Still aborted. I'm getting worried friend
Don't worry. It will work out fine. Let me check something and I will reply momentarily.
Thank u so much for helping. I'm wishing I could pay u at this point
Don't worry. Turn off phone. Check to make sure sd card is properly inserted. Power phone back up and boot into recovery. Select install zip and see if you are able to view your files.
Well I can go to install the zip but still aborts
Try going to backup and restore and select restore. Select the backup you said you made and try restoring to your backup. You may have a bad download of the beta rom. Let me know if you can restore. Wipe first.
What happens If I scroll down to that PD98IMG.zip u were talkin bout. I see it on the zip file list...
You don't want to use that. That type of file can only be used in Hboot. It seems like you can see what is on your sd card so it is mounted. The rom file you were trying to flash may be corrupted. Unless you can get another rom on your sd card I would say restore to your backup until you can get another rom on your card and also delete that PD98IMG file.
if it says corrupted that means that your ROM file is corrupted or didnt fully downloaded.
1.Turn Off Phone
2.Take out SD Card
3.Vol+Power to Hboot
4.You will be at recovery mode.
5.Insert Sd Card back in
6.go to Mount
7.Mount your SD CARD(make sure USB is plugged in the computer)
8.Wait a little, your computer will have pop-up, if not go to My computer and click on your Sd Card.
9.Drag in a new fully downloaded rom into it.
10.Unmount the Sd Card
11.Happy Flashing!
sorry if this does not work, tried my best to help. This worked on me, so It should work for you as well.
another method is, if you got a Card Reader(micro chip goes in side a big chip) then put your ROM in their and delete the PD19 blah file, and skip steps 6 to 10
Hey all,
I stumbled into an issue a few days ago and I'm trying to figure out how to get it resolved with minimum headache.
I downloaded the latest CyanogenMod download from h8rift's get.cm website, but unfortunately I didn't notice that it was CM9 rather than CM10 until I had flashed it and the boot animation popped up.
I didn't have a CM10 zip saved to my SD card partition, and TWRP, for some reason, would not mount to USB on either my Mac or my PC. The phone wouldn't boot into CM9, so I couldn't download the zip from there either.
So, I hit 'factory reset'.. twice, both from the bootloader, and from TWRP. Well, no luck. Now the file browser in TWRP doesn't even show my SD card's contents, just the TWRP folder. Every time I see a command line in TWRP, it tells me the SD card couldn't be mounted.
So, crap. Are all my files gone? I didn't realize factory resetting wipes the phone. I have all my photos on the SD card partition as well as a somewhat recent Titanium backup, so I'd really, really, really not like to lose those.
I understand that running a RUU will probably fix my issue, but the thing is, on the off chance that my SD card contents are still around, I'd like to be able to keep them. Will running a RUU wipe the SD card, if it still is in there somewhere? Are there any other suggestions re: getting the phone to boot, or be recognized as a USB disk? Also, if I do end up RUUing, I assume I have to unlock the bootloader again. Sigh, that was a hassle the first time.
tl;dr I'm complaining about a lot of stuff that I'll probably have to do anyways because I did something stupid and wasn't smart enough to keep backups, but if anyone wants to give pointers that'll make this process easier I will kiss your shoes and worship you forever.
Thanks.
If you end up needing to wipe your SDCard, here are some helpful tips
[Q] E:Can't mount/SD card http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1751803
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denversc said:
If you end up needing to wipe your SDCard, here are some helpful tips
[Q] E:Can't mount/SD card http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1751803
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Oops, here is the full url:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751803
So I just managed to boot into CyanogenMod 9, without actually doing anything.
So it boots but can't mount the SD card. I have no idea either. Any way to mount the SD card without relocking bootloader?
Have you tried to access your sd card with a file manager app like solid explorer to see if anything is still on the card?
Sent from my Nocturnalized One XL using Forum Runner
Factory reset from the bootloader appears to wipe the sdcard and leave it in an unformatted state. I did this yesterday and fixed it by letting the phone boot back into the sense rom I was running.
Not quite sure what you can do in CM9. Have you tried connecting to your computer and seeing if windows detects a valid drive? If it doesn't maybe let windows format it, yeah I don't like this idea either, so you can at last get some files on it.
I had a similar problem after flashing a nocturnal update...
Here's what I did to resolve:
Wipe all - SD card, factory reset (all can be done inside TWRP)...then plug your phone into your computer via usb and on your phone in TWRP main screen, navigate to Mount and select USB storage. It WILL show up on your computer as unformatted - just reformat (which will wipe it again) and then let you copy files in. Just download the latest CM10 (which is working great) and flash away...
I am using a Mac computer running win xp via parallels and it worked great - I don't remember what file structure to format the SD card as, but it was the default when it brought up the format dialogue...
Hope that helps!
Sent from my One X using xda premium
Ok, I've spent about 8 hours on this and read a million forum topics, flashed everything upside down, five ways to sunday and now and I'm giving up:
I have adb, fastboot usb, unlock code, TWRP, HTC sync all working (as far as I can tell)
I successfully loaded AOKP latest build onto an external SD card, installed it with TWRP and it will get to the loading animation, where it loads permanently and will not complete.
My assumption is that it is trying to mount the sdcard and data folders and cannot, I believe this because in TWRP, I get error messages saying "E:/ unable to mount /data" and the same for /sdcard.
I successfully updated TWRP with a recovery image to 2.3.3.0, which did not seem to help, but it is functioning and I can get to it reliably.
at teamw.in/project/twrp2/66
I tried chmod 755 for the data and sdcard folders, but they don't mount so it appears that is not taking hold.
I have wiped and erased pretty much everything (probably too much, in frustration).
So now I can have a bootloader, TWRP, or a spinning unicorn logo, but my phone won't do anything else.
I'm stuck. Can anyone figure out why I am hanging at the loader or what I'm doing wrong?
I appreciate the help in advance
arjent said:
Ok, I've spent about 8 hours on this and read a million forum topics, flashed everything upside down, five ways to sunday and now and I'm giving up:
I have adb, fastboot usb, unlock code, TWRP, HTC sync all working (as far as I can tell)
I successfully loaded AOKP latest build onto an external SD card, installed it with TWRP and it will get to the loading animation, where it loads permanently and will not complete.
My assumption is that it is trying to mount the sdcard and data folders and cannot, I believe this because in TWRP, I get error messages saying "E:/ unable to mount /data" and the same for /sdcard.
I successfully updated TWRP with a recovery image to 2.3.3.0, which did not seem to help, but it is functioning and I can get to it reliably.
at teamw.in/project/twrp2/66
I tried chmod 755 for the data and sdcard folders, but they don't mount so it appears that is not taking hold.
I have wiped and erased pretty much everything (probably too much, in frustration).
So now I can have a bootloader, TWRP, or a spinning unicorn logo, but my phone won't do anything else.
I'm stuck. Can anyone figure out why I am hanging at the loader or what I'm doing wrong?
I appreciate the help in advance
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Hi,
Are you s-on/off?
What hboot?
Bootloader says:
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-11.22.3504.07_M
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
arjent said:
Bootloader says:
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-11.22.3504.07_M
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
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Hi,
What does it say at the top of the page?
According to the rest of it,there should be no reason for the ROM failure.
I am not very familiar with TWRP.
Would you be willing to install 4EXT recovery ,and trying again?
Look HERE
Step 1. Flashing 4EXT recovery touch
malybru said:
Hi,
What does it say at the top of the page?
According to the rest of it,there should be no reason for the ROM failure.
I am not very familiar with TWRP.
Would you be willing to install 4EXT recovery ,and trying again?
Look HERE
Step 1. Flashing 4EXT recovery touch
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It says "revolutionary" at the top of the bootloader
ok, I did the 4EXT thing, copied, wrote over the image, flash rebooted and the phone cycled, and up pops my spinning unicorn gears as before. Still spinning....and spinning....I waited 5 minutes.
Is there some way to check into the mount permissions or something? Could I have messed that up and that is why it won't finish loading? This whole unable to mount /data thing?
More ideas?
arjent said:
It says "revolutionary" at the top of the bootloader
ok, I did the 4EXT thing, copied, wrote over the image, flash rebooted and the phone cycled, and up pops my spinning unicorn gears as before. Still spinning....and spinning....I waited 5 minutes.
Is there some way to check into the mount permissions or something? Could I have messed that up and that is why it won't finish loading? This whole unable to mount /data thing?
More ideas?
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Hi,
Sorry,it is not clear.
Did 4EXT install?
Or does the spinning occur when you try to load a ROM?
Next thing I would suggest is to back up your sd card,format it to FAT32,and replace all your stuff.
Do not worry about the Android files.They will be installed when you load the card.
Format all partitions (except sd card)
Download a ROM,place it on the root of your sd card,check the md5 checksum,then,run it.
Yes 4EXT installed.
It said "error could not mount sdcard" but booted anyway
In 4EXT it still won't mount /data or /sdcard I do see that the SDcard is formatted as FAT 32
I'm a little confused, you said to format sdcard to fat32, but your next line says to format all partitions except sdcard?
When youi say you did the whole 4EXT thing, do you mean you installed AOKP using 4EXT Recovery?
If you can boo tinto 4EXT right now you will find a mounts menu that will allow you to mount and unmount just about everything.
You MAY see that the internal storage and SD card are already mounted. Unmount them and remount them. If that doesn't work unmount them, reboot into recovery, then remount them. 4EXT is pretty powerful and handles mounting pretty well.
I don't believe you deleted too much off the phone. I simply don't believe it. It's posisble to do that, but you wouldn't have access to the recovery module. If you can boot to 4EXT I am certain this is fixable.
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arjent said:
I'm a little confused, you said to format sdcard to fat32, but your next line says to format all partitions except sdcard?
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Because you want to format everything and there is no option to format everything. You have to do everything internally and then do the SD card separately. It's to prevent you from accidentally screwing yourself up.
But actually before you format the internal memory, take the SD card out and try to boot. See what happens. It's possible that your SD card has an error that is causing the boot loop. Take it out and see if you boot all the way to the android home screen. If so, your ROM is installed. Just format the SD card after that and it should work.
Ok, booting into 4EXT and going to the mounts menu, when I hit "mount /sdcard" or "mount /data" it gives me an "error mounting..." message. I can mount and unmount system and cache though. I think that's the issue...any way to make those mountable again?
I will format everything and see if that helps...
Nope, it won't allow me to format my sdcard, since it is not mountable. Other partitions formatted with the exception of /sdcard/.android-secure since sdcard will not mount. I don't have an external sdcard in at the moment...should I put one in to do all this? I assumed /sdcard is the internal memory, no?
Toggle usb storage also gives me an error message " E: unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory) Unable to connect to your (internal?) sdcard. If that helps understand the situation at all
Thanks for the glimmer of hope with "I am certain this is fixable"
arjent said:
I'm a little confused, you said to format sdcard to fat32, but your next line says to format all partitions except sdcard?
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Hi,
Yes.
These are 2 separate instructions.
Format all partitions (except sd card) is something you will find in 4EXT.
It should be used to clean your phone before a fresh install.
Format to FAT 32 is something I suggested you do to your sd card,in case it has some error or other,which may be preventing you from flashing a ROM.
In any case,try the mount/unmount thing that Skipjacks suggested first
malybru said:
Hi,
Yes.
These are 2 separate instructions.
Format all partitions (except sd card) is something you will find in 4EXT.
It should be used to clean your phone before a fresh install.
Format to FAT 32 is something I suggested you do to your sd card,in case it has some error or other,which may be preventing you from flashing a ROM.
In any case,try the mount/unmount thing that Skipjacks suggested first
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Ok, as before, I could not format sdcard due to being unmountable. /data is now mountable though, that's progress!
It seems the internal sdcard being unmountable is the crux of the problem. Cannot format or repartition or mount internal sdcard.
arjent said:
Ok, as before, I could not format sdcard due to being unmountable. /data is now mountable though, that's progress!
It seems the internal sdcard being unmountable is the crux of the problem. Cannot format or repartition or mount internal sdcard.
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Hi,
2 choices:
1.Use a card reader
2.Use another card
I would suggest number 1
It can then be formatted in your PC (better than on the phone)
And it is an extremely useful tool.(quicker data transfer)
malybru said:
Hi,
2 choices:
1.Use a card reader
2.Use another card
I would suggest number 1
It can then be formatted in your PC (better than on the phone)
And it is an extremely useful tool.(quicker data transfer)
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But that is my internal sdcard it is referencing that cannot be mounted. I can't take it out to format it in a card reader. I do have an external micro sdcard that is already formatted. Is there a way to use ONLY the external card, as it seems my internal card is messed up?
arjent said:
But that is my internal sdcard it is referencing that cannot be mounted. I can't take it out to format it in a card reader. I do have an external micro sdcard that is already formatted. Is there a way to use ONLY the external card, as it seems my internal card is messed up?
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Hi,
OK.
I got the wrong end of the stick.
Why are you using internal?
To load a ROM,place it on the root of your external sd card.
When you choose/select ROM to flash in recovery,that is where the phone looks.
Not in the internal.
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Hi,
I have to go now.
If your internal memory is screwed,then, a RUU may may your only savior.
Look HERE
malybru said:
Hi,
OK.
I got the wrong end of the stick.
Why are you using internal?
To load a ROM,place it on the root of your external sd card.
When you choose/select ROM to flash in recovery,that is where the phone looks.
Not in the internal.
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Hi,
I have to go now.
If your internal memory is screwed,then, a RUU may may your only savior.
Look HERE
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Ok, well I did not want to do the RUU if I could avoid it.
I think somehow, magically, you guys have helped me fix it. I took your suggestion of not trying to load a ROM onto the internal memory and just leaving it on external micro SD and leaving the external in while I run. (too scared to take it out after 24 hours of tinkering) But it is running now! Thank goodness.
Some combo of wiping and formatting with 4EXT in addition to my change in installation method (although I tried this same method yesterday to no avail) has solved the problem.
Thanks to the both of you! Real heartfelt thanks as well as forum button thanking.
Ok, I have a problem very similar to threads Ive found by with some minor differences. Hoping for some answers to this nightmare....
I have an AT&T One X - unlocked, rooted and flashed. I was running Viper XL and using TWRP recovery 2.3.10. Yesterday, I decided to flash a Liquidsmooth ROM using flash image gui......everything went fine with install until it hung on liquidsmooth boot screen, for an hour. Figuring there was an install error, I rebooted into twrp to do a recovery. Recovered back to Viper XL and was thrown into bootloop - HTC screen/Viper Boot...over and over again. Finally decided to stop before I destroyed anything.....so here's where I am now. The phone has been reset, sd card was wiped but I can still boot into TWRP without a problem. However, now there is no backup or ROM zip on this SD card.
So my guess is that first and foremost I need to get a ROM on that SD card, however (I'm on a Mac) when I plug the phone in, I get a "No Android Device Connected" in the dialog and when trying to mount SD card via TWRP, the "Mount SD Card" box wont tick.
If I view the log file in TWRP I see a lot of 'could not mount SD card' errors.....
I don't want to keep screwing with it and make things worse. Considering this has happened with both CM10 and LiquidSmooth, my guess is I should just stick with Viper for now, so any help getting this back on here would be hugely appreciated! I have no access to a PC, only a mac.....
Boot screen info:
TAMPERED - UNLOCKED
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
RADIO-0,19as.32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
If you're on Hboot 1.14 and are S-On you need to manually "flashboot flash boot boot.img" in fastboot from the bootloader menu whenever you flash a new ROM. Go to the bootloader and click "fastboot" then plug in your USB connected to the computer and it should now say "fastboot usb" assuming your drivers are installed (it might install them after you plug your phone in). Now you can flash the boot.img from the rom zip manually via the fastboot command window.
EDIT: Sorry didn't realize you were on Mac. I would first figure out how to mount the SD card as removable storage and not an Android device. You may have to format it as a file system first. At least that's what I had to do when this happened to me when I first flashed but i'm on Windows. I should of read your post more thoroughly.
So this would be done from the terminal? I was able to boot onto fastboot, connected USB cable and now show fastbootusb. I downloaded the ViperXL rom again, so I should extract the boot.img and flash this via terminal?
Are the commands the same on a mac? And how do I then get the rom onto the SD card?
Am I correct in my assumption that this is the answer? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693372
originalseven said:
So this would be done from the terminal? I was able to boot onto fastboot, connected USB cable and now show fastbootusb. I downloaded the ViperXL rom again, so I should extract the boot.img and flash this via terminal?
Are the commands the same on a mac? And how do I then get the rom onto the SD card?
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I don't want to give you too much advice since I don't have a mac but I would assume they're the same except you need to have fastboot/adb on your computer but since the ones I have are .EXE files they're not going to work on OSX. However, If fastboot usb came up the computer is reading the phone so you may be able to open the SD card as removable storage on you computer thats how it is on Windows. So once you do that you can just move the ROM zip onto the card. But, like I said you're going to need to figure out a way to flash the boot.img separately or else you won't be able to boot into the ROM when it's installed (you'll just bootloop). You're going to have to do that with every new ROM you flash if you're still S-On.
Wish I can be more help but i'm not that versed in OSX.
you can use [APP] Flash Image GUI - Flash Kernels and Recoveries from normal Android mode! to flash boot.img fine before flashing the rom. it will search the rom zip for the boot.img and flash it. you can also flash recovery using the app also. some roms place boot.img in other locations other then the root of the zip in which case you might have trouble selecting the whole zip, but you can just extract the boot.img and flash it fine.
c0d_fish said:
I don't want to give you too much advice since I don't have a mac but I would assume they're the same except you need to have fastboot/adb on your computer but since the ones I have are .EXE files they're not going to work on OSX. However, If fastboot usb came up the computer is reading the phone so you may be able to open the SD card as removable storage on you computer thats how it is on Windows. So once you do that you can just move the ROM zip onto the card. But, like I said you're going to need to figure out a way to flash the boot.img separately or else you won't be able to boot into the ROM when it's installed (you'll just bootloop). You're going to have to do that with every new ROM you flash if you're still S-On.
Wish I can be more help but i'm not that versed in OSX.
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No problem - thanks for the help you can offer. It seems my bigger problem is getting a ROM onto the SD card - Ive read several similar threads and from what I can tell, doing a factory reset through TWRP means I need to reformat the SD card, which is why it wont mount. Does this sound reasonable?
And if so, is it as simply as "Wipe external storage - SD CARD" in TWRP?
originalseven said:
Am I correct in my assumption that this is the answer? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693372
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No, this is for the ONE S
you are on ONE X
Try this to get your SD Card working again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942519
now you can Mount the SD in TWRP
then put the ROM on the SD and install it with TWRP.
Then this for the boot.img:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182207
SORRY, did't read you are on MAC, you can try this to get fastboot on the MAC
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
Ghostrider said:
No, this is for the ONE S
you are on ONE X
Try this to get your SD Card working again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942519
now you can Mount the SD in TWRP
then put the ROM on the SD and install it with TWRP.
Then this for the boot.img:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182207
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He has OSX so I don't believe the exact methods of these posts will work but it will point him in the right direction.
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originalseven said:
No problem - thanks for the help you can offer. It seems my bigger problem is getting a ROM onto the SD card - Ive read several similar threads and from what I can tell, doing a factory reset through TWRP means I need to reformat the SD card, which is why it wont mount. Does this sound reasonable?
And if so, is it as simply as "Wipe external storage - SD CARD" in TWRP?
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And yes you will have to reformat the SD card I don't know how to go about doing it OSX though. I'm sure a google search will help. The method should be the same for any type SD card plugged into OSX. But remember flashing the boot.img will be the other issue.
c0d_fish said:
I don't want to give you too much advice since I don't have a mac but I would assume they're the same except you need to have fastboot/adb on your computer but since the ones I have are .EXE files they're not going to work on OSX. However, If fastboot usb came up the computer is reading the phone so you may be able to open the SD card as removable storage on you computer thats how it is on Windows. So once you do that you can just move the ROM zip onto the card. But, like I said you're going to need to figure out a way to flash the boot.img separately or else you won't be able to boot into the ROM when it's installed (you'll just bootloop). You're going to have to do that with every new ROM you flash if you're still S-On.
Wish I can be more help but i'm not that versed in OSX.
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Ghostrider said:
No, this is for the ONE S
you are on ONE X
Try this to get your SD Card working again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942519
now you can Mount the SD in TWRP
then put the ROM on the SD and install it with TWRP.
Then this for the boot.img:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182207
SORRY, did't read you are on MAC, you can try this to get fastboot on the MAC
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
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Yeah those are .exe files. No go on this machine. Similar method for the mac anywhere?
yes i saw it at the Moment, and put something in that maybe work.
this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
doing a factory reset in hboot corrupts your sdcard.
once you get adb/fastboot working try running "fastboot erase cache" that clears out the part of cache where the settings for twrp reside, that is why when you format cache in twrp you always see 16MB when you fastboot erase cache it goes to 0MB but for recovery to store it's settings you need to rewipe cache and dalvik in twrp.
Ghostrider said:
yes i saw it at the Moment, and put something in that maybe work.
this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
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This is your answer this man saved you some headaches I think.
Yes, Ghostrider helped you alot give him Thanks, but also do my recommendation also each time you flash recovery.
Ghostrider said:
yes i saw it at the Moment, and put something in that maybe work.
this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
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I think my inner idiot is kicking in. I believe I already have fastboot installed - perhaps Im missing something. I went through this process before and have all of these same files still on my desktop. I'm able to boot my phone into the bootscreen (white screen) and TWRP without problems....the only issue I have right now is my SD card and getting a ROM pushed to it. I've gotten two conflicting bits of advice that im reluctant to try....one of them states I should just boot into TWRP and do a "Wipe external storage" and the other one says I should format it using disk utility in OSX. When I boot into TWRP and hit "mount", Im given four options, mount system, mount data unmount cache and mount sd card...the ONLY one I cant select is mount sd card.
DvineLord said:
doing a factory reset in hboot corrupts your sdcard
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oh yaa, this one i did once
and never again
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your SD Card is maybe not there when you have done an factory reset in hboot.
then you Need to Format it in stock recovery.
like in the first link from me
originalseven said:
I think my inner idiot is kicking in. I believe I already have fastboot installed - perhaps Im missing something. I went through this process before and have all of these same files still on my desktop. I'm able to boot my phone into the bootscreen (white screen) and TWRP without problems....the only issue I have right now is my SD card and getting a ROM pushed to it. I've gotten two conflicting bits of advice that im reluctant to try....one of them states I should just boot into TWRP and do a "Wipe external storage" and the other one says I should format it using disk utility in OSX. When I boot into TWRP and hit "mount", Im given four options, mount system, mount data unmount cache and mount sd card...the ONLY one I cant select is mount sd card.
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Not sure what you should do really this happened to me but I forgot what I did. I ended up just formatting the card with the disk utility in Windows but I don't remember if I had to re-flash the recovery or not afterwards.
So I should just use this method again, regardless of whether I may have done it before, correct? This will format in stock recovery?
In the APK folder, there are two fastboot files, one 'fastboot' and one 'fastboot-mac' - i want the -mac one obviously, right?
originalseven said:
So I should just use this method again, regardless of whether I may have done it before, correct? This will format in stock recovery?
In the APK folder, there are two fastboot files, one 'fastboot' and one 'fastboot-mac' - i want the -mac one obviously, right?
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That page is no longer found but yeah seems like that would be the one to use.
I can't give you much advices on a MAC, I don't use one.
but if you have working fastboot and ADB this could workout.
Ghostrider said:
yes i saw it at the Moment, and put something in that maybe work.
this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
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Ghostrider said:
I can't give you much advices on a MAC, I don't use one.
but if you have working fastboot and ADB this could workout.
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Ok - I believe that fastboot is working correctly. I get this output from terminal
Mac-Pro:android originalseven$ ./fastboot-mac devices
HT29SW306500 fastboot
Mac-Pro:android originalseven$
So it's showing a connection between phone and computer.......
The next logical step would be....format the SD card?
Thank you guys sooooo much for the help!!!