How to boot from USB - Microsoft Surface

It seems my Surface is refusing to start. All I see is the word Surface for a couple of seconds before it turns off. Luckily, I made the recovery USB a while back. Does anyone know what I need to press to get it to boot from the USB? Thanks!
EDIT: NVM, I figured it out. For anyone out there that needs this: Hold VOLUME DOWN while turning on the device. It will boot from the USB drive you have in it.

rcx84 said:
It seems my Surface is refusing to start. All I see is the word Surface for a couple of seconds before it turns off. Luckily, I made the recovery USB a while back. Does anyone know what I need to press to get it to boot from the USB? Thanks!
EDIT: NVM, I figured it out. For anyone out there that needs this: Hold VOLUME DOWN while turning on the device. It will boot from the USB drive you have in it.
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So how did you make the recovery USB? TIA
Edit: managed to make the recovery USB, now if I could only work out how to delete the Recovery partition........

May be using Storage Manager?

ctitanic said:
May be using Storage Manager?
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Just search for Recovery under the "Settings" option and it should pop up a program (desktop) saying "Create a recovery drive"
killall said:
So how did you make the recovery USB? TIA
Edit: managed to make the recovery USB, now if I could only work out how to delete the Recovery partition........
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I believe after you make the recovery usb and before you close the program, there is a blue link at the bottom to remove the recovery partition. Else, you can probably just go through Disk Management and remove the partition, then extend the windows partition. (Search Disk Management under the "settings" option, then select the "Create and format hard disk partitions" desktop program). I haven't tried doing this (got the 64GB version) so good luck and hope it works Might want to make a back up of the back up though. Hoping that Microsoft will make a web recovery option someday similar to what the current gen macs all have now.

rcx84 said:
Just search for Recovery under the "Settings" option and it should pop up a program (desktop) saying "Create a recovery drive"
I believe after you make the recovery usb and before you close the program, there is a blue link at the bottom to remove the recovery partition. Else, you can probably just go through Disk Management and remove the partition, then extend the windows partition. (Search Disk Management under the "settings" option, then select the "Create and format hard disk partitions" desktop program). I haven't tried doing this (got the 64GB version) so good luck and hope it works Might want to make a back up of the back up though. Hoping that Microsoft will make a web recovery option someday similar to what the current gen macs all have now.
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This is great. That would free up an additional 2-3gb of space!
Is it possible to create a recovery drive on an sd card? Is there an option to make the sd drive bootable?

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[Q] UH-OH

Got a bit of a problem folks,, hope to get some help...
i have been running TNT lite since i got the tab and was up to 4.1 and started getting the acore force closes. so i followed some threads and installed clockwork and did the partition reformate and wipe data,,,,
now when i reboot, it gets the birds splash, and moves to the G-tablet boot image (i have the dancing droid one) and it hangs,,,,,,, nothing....
any ideal how i "fix this"...
thanks for any help because as you can see i am at a stop!
jake
I had some issues with my first tab similar to what you are having. The only way I solved it was by reflashing and wiping all date, which takes you back to the EULA. Good luck.
Do you have functional recovery? I'm guessing yes since you partitioned. Go to recovery and flash the rom again. You can mount the usb drivers in cwm to start usb mass storage so that you can download the rom on your computer and transfer to tablet. You can also put rom on external sd card and install from cwm.
When you partitioned the storage you deleted everything including the os. I believe it warned you of that before you did it.
If no recovery then you will have to nvflash. Search nvflash and bekit to get the nvflash info.
Matt
Make sure you are using bekits .8 CWM release. The latest release of CWM gave me fits, the only thing that would install was CM 7.
This isn't an Android Development topic, its a General topic, but don't worry about it, a mod will move it.
As to the question, like the others said. Use CWM .08, Wipe System, Wipe Cache, Install zip from SD Card, Install your choice of ROM (in your case, TnT Lite 4.1), Install gApps.zip, Reboot system now. That should get you up and running.
I am confused about you saying that you just now installed CWM but have been running TnT Lite. How would you have done that or do you mean you tried to update CWM or do you mean you have been using the stock TnT?
Also, feel free to hop on the #Tegratab IRC on Freenode if you need fast troubleshooting. Someone is usually on there to help
jasco13 said:
Do you have functional recovery? I'm guessing yes since you partitioned. Go to recovery and flash the rom again. You can mount the usb drivers in cwm to start usb mass storage so that you can download the rom on your computer and transfer to tablet. You can also put rom on external sd card and install from cwm.
When you partitioned the storage you deleted everything including the os. I believe it warned you of that before you did it.
If no recovery then you will have to nvflash. Search nvflash and bekit to get the nvflash info.
Matt
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I "think" i tried this last night. I have 4.1.4 Update.zip and recovery folder on an USB stick. In CW, i went to "mount USB" (thinking i could access my USB and install from there) but ???? i didnt see anything and the only options were install update.zip from SD, and from Location but no USB option, and of course no way (that i saw) to brows to another location to "pick" where i wanted to install from.
Im thinking i am missing something with this step, or just plain old doing it wrong..
TheJesus said:
This isn't an Android Development topic, its a General topic, but don't worry about it, a mod will move it.
As to the question, like the others said. Use CWM .08, Wipe System, Wipe Cache, Install zip from SD Card, Install your choice of ROM (in your case, TnT Lite 4.1), Install gApps.zip, Reboot system now. That should get you up and running.
I am confused about you saying that you just now installed CWM but have been running TnT Lite. How would you have done that or do you mean you tried to update CWM or do you mean you have been using the stock TnT?
Also, feel free to hop on the #Tegratab IRC on Freenode if you need fast troubleshooting. Someone is usually on there to help
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I have been installing the Roms, by downloading, taking the two "files" and moving them to my tab, and then rebooting with the power volume up,, ,finds the update and installs the ROM. its worked for all of them since 2.2...i thought i read that was an acceptable means of installing the ROM.????
as far as getting the files onto my SD (now). How? my computer doesnt see the tab because it is just hanging on dancing andy(unless there is anothe way of making it "see it", i cant seem to figure out how to get CW to read from my USB drive.....
Im just plain "stuck".
I am by no means a Android guru, and up to this point havnt had problems in the past... I TRULY am thankful for ANY help and all help i have recieved...
thanks folks
Jake
power off the tablet.
hold vol+ then power till u see recovery key pressed in the upper left corner of the screen. it will appear while the birds are still on the screen. If you get to the g tablet screen power off and repeat till u get into cw recovery.
Using volume +/- to navigate up and down Home to select and back to go back one level
Navigate cw recovery till u see mount usb storage i think its under partitions.
when you see usb mounted hook up the usb cable to the computer to the tablet mini usb port. copy the rom of your choice to the tablet. u only need the update.zip
once copied unmount usb storage.
back out till u see apply update.zip
Install and reboot u will be good to go.
of course flash gapps if u know what that is and want market on the tab.
Enjoy.
jakehale said:
i cant seem to figure out how to get CW to read from my USB drive.....
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CW Won't read your USB drive. The "Mount USB" option in CW is to mount your tablet onto your computer as a USB storage device. By doing so, you can push files over to the tablet's internal storage from your computer.
BigJohn
BigJohn89 said:
CW Won't read your USB drive. The "Mount USB" option in CW is to mount your tablet onto your computer as a USB storage device. By doing so, you can push files over to the tablet's internal storage from your computer.
BigJohn
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Agree. That is what I was talking about earlier, I just couldn't remember what it was labelled in CWM. Mount the USB to your PC and push over the file. Then in CWM choose install from sdcard (I think, too lazy to look). Navigate to the rom file and run it. All should be well after that.
Matt
I've had issues with the dancing droid boot animation (as have many others) where it won't get past the boot screen. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone.
japhule said:
I've had issues with the dancing droid boot animation (as have many others) where it won't get past the boot screen. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone.
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How do i get the stock one back? im kinda tired of him also

[Q] Hardware-only way to get into USB Mode?

Long story short, my phone incurred water damage as a result of going into a pool, and after using rice to dry it out, the phone works perfectly, with one exception: the touchscreen doesn't work at all, and I think it's permanently broken. It still displays everything (my lockscreen, background, notification bar, etc...) but I can't slide to unlock or touch the buttons or anything. I used the System Information screen from the bootloader menu (I rooted using Ace's guide) and that said "TOUCH PANEL-fail". I have insurance through SquareTrade, so I'm not worried about the phone itself, but I'd like to get my data off of it.
When I plug it into my computer using the USB cable, the computer recognizes that I plugged something in and other computers automatically detect the drivers and install them, but I can't get my phone to show up in the file system where USB drives and other things normally show up (Computer or My Computer). My friend told me that there's a hardware-only way to switch into USB mode on an iPhone, and I was wondering if there's a similar trick to do it on the Inspire. If there were such a thing, would I be able to use it to get all of my data off of my phone? Is there a way to switch the Inspire to USB mode through hardware alone? If so, how do I do it?
karmapuhlease said:
Long story short, my phone incurred water damage as a result of going into a pool, and after using rice to dry it out, the phone works perfectly, with one exception: the touchscreen doesn't work at all, and I think it's permanently broken. It still displays everything (my lockscreen, background, notification bar, etc...) but I can't slide to unlock or touch the buttons or anything. I used the System Information screen from the bootloader menu (I rooted using Ace's guide) and that said "TOUCH PANEL-fail". I have insurance through SquareTrade, so I'm not worried about the phone itself, but I'd like to get my data off of it.
When I plug it into my computer using the USB cable, the computer recognizes that I plugged something in and other computers automatically detect the drivers and install them, but I can't get my phone to show up in the file system where USB drives and other things normally show up (Computer or My Computer). My friend told me that there's a hardware-only way to switch into USB mode on an iPhone, and I was wondering if there's a similar trick to do it on the Inspire. If there were such a thing, would I be able to use it to get all of my data off of my phone? Is there a way to switch the Inspire to USB mode through hardware alone? If so, how do I do it?
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You could boot it up into 4ext or cmw and enable usb storage from there to transfer files off of it. When off, hold power and down on your volume until the boot menu pops up, then boot into recovery. within recovery has your option to enable usb mass storage mode
I tried that and couldn't find a menu option that worked - I tried going to "mounts and storage" and then "mount USB storage", but it said:
AHK ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.1.4
E:Unable to write to ums lunfile (No such file or directory)
What did I do wrong?
karmapuhlease said:
I tried that and couldn't find a menu option that worked - I tried going to "mounts and storage" and then "mount USB storage", but it said:
AHK ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.1.4
E:Unable to write to ums lunfile (No such file or directory)
What did I do wrong?
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You could try this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=eEeHaszOMi0&feature=fvwrel
Sent from a dream.
Maybe this is just thinking outside the box... but since you are mounting the mass storage device you are trying to get data off the micro SD Card. Couldn't you just take the micro SD card out? That's all of your data. Then if security is your issue run the following commands in adb. This will make your phone unbootable. So I am not sure if that will mess with your insurance claim.
adb shell
su
format SYSTEM
format DATA
format CACHE
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
haha I'm not quite that clueless - I removed the SD card and got all of that data off, but I want to try to get anything that's directly on the phone off as well. I'll look into both of those methods and let you guys know if either of them work, thanks!
in recovery just create backup, it goes to sd card..
then on your new indentical phone just restore.
DJ_MiX, I think that sounds like a really good, easy solution - would I be able to restore the files to a different phone? I'm thinking about getting the Galaxy Nexus as a replacement, but I'm open to getting another HTC Inspire if it would be the only way to preserve all of my data.
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DJ_MiX, I think that sounds like a really good, easy solution - would I be able to restore the files to a different phone? I'm thinking about getting the Galaxy Nexus as a replacement, but I'm open to getting another HTC Inspire if it would be the only way to preserve all of my data.
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If you nandroid you can just look inside the zip file for your data.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

copy files from SD without screen

Hey, the screen on my Nexus s got broke and i can see anything and the touch pad not working but the phone is turning on.
i want to copy the files from the SD card to my computer. (the computer recognise the phone)
There is a way to do it without to press on "Turn on USB storage" on the phone ?
thnks
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Hey, the screen on my Nexus s got broke and i can see anything and the touch pad not working but the phone is turning on.
i want to copy the files from the SD card to my computer. (the computer recognise the phone)
There is a way to do it without to press on "Turn on USB storage" on the phone ?
thnks
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What recovery do u have?
Pull the battery, then power up to boot loader or recovery so u can use volume buttons to navigate and power button to select ur way to "mounts and storage" and turn on USB mode.
If u cannot see anything at all then let us know what recovery u have so we can tell u how many volume button clicks u need to do and when to hit the volume button.
I use clock mod, so I can only help u if u have that... but someone else will come along to assist with the other recovery.
Good luck
Vs Nexus S4G using tapatalk2
hey thank you for answering i almost sure that i have ClockworkMod Recovery...
so what i need to do ?
Do you per chance remember the version? Was it touch recovery or not? This changes how many clicks you have to do. I've helped a few people with that, but it's important you try to remember or find out which one you have so we can help you. Otherwise I can give you both directions, but there's always the slight possiblity you'll end up doing something wrong.
i think it was 5.1 if im not worng.. no touch thats 4 sure
azulay4u said:
i think it was 5.1 if im not worng.. no touch thats 4 sure
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Follow this then:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30911845&postcount=8
rydneff 4476
i did it, it recognize the phone but when i pressing on removable disk i get the message "please insert a disk into removable disk"
what to do ? i tried agaig didnt work
azulay4u said:
i did it, it recognize the phone but when i pressing on removable disk i get the message "please insert a disk into removable disk"
what to do ? i tried agaig didnt work
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And if you unplug it then replug it, does the drive disappear then re-appear? Just to make sure it's the right removable disk and not another one.
Edit: You need to unplug and replug once you have navigated to the right section in CWM.
yes tried that, didnt work.. and he did that only in the first time
can you send me print screen ?
or any other way ?
azulay4u said:
yes tried that, didnt work.. and he did that only in the first time
can you send me print screen ?
or any other way ?
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I cannot take screenshots in recovery, you know.
For the computer part, I'm at work and I have very little time. I help people in between actions here and there.
Once you can boot into CWM and connect the phone to computer, there is a possible chance to use ADB to copy files to and from the phone. Copy the entire 'sdcard' contents by typing:
adb pull /data/media C:\backup\
*you'll have to create a directory called backup first.
any alternative way please ??
eksasol said:
Once you can boot into CWM and connect the phone to computer, there is a possible chance to use ADB to copy files to and from the phone. Copy the entire 'sdcard' contents by typing:
adb pull /data/media C:\backup\
*you'll have to create a directory called backup first.
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Don't boot in CWM for adb though, just fastboot (VOL+ & PWR).
There's not much we can do for you azulay4u if you can't manage to navigate and mount the USB nor do you want to ADB pull your data. :/

[Q] stuck in boot loop

I've got my tf300t stuck in a boot loop when i turned it on today. (Ive looked around the forums for this issue already and been able to find little or no solutions that work for me)
I'm using cm10 and twrp. last night i shut the tablet off as usual and go to turn it on today and i cant get past the white asus logo and device unlocked screen.
I can access my twrp recovery menu, wiping dalvik returns a "E:Unable to mount '/data' (tw_mount)" cache wipes fine no errors.
I'm unable to flash another rom or restore from a back up as well.
Fastboot says its working but in cmd prompt it wont list the device. (computer recognizes it and it shows in device manager as android adb interface)
If there is any other information needed I will be more than happy to provide it.
any tips or help is greatly appreciated.
thanks in advanced.
I'm not yet very fammiliar yet with TF300, but from SGS 1 and ICS I remember one trick. If you have external microSD pluged, take it out or of you don't have it plug it in and then enter TWRP.
It probably won't work but you can try anyway.
Does TWRP have any file browser? I'm using CWM so I don't know much about TWRP.
stenc55 said:
I'm not yet very fammiliar yet with TF300, but from SGS 1 and ICS I remember one trick. If you have external microSD pluged, take it out or of you don't have it plug it in and then enter TWRP.
It probably won't work but you can try anyway.
Does TWRP have any file browser? I'm using CWM so I don't know much about TWRP.
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Yeah it does have the file browser, upon initial booting i can browse an sd card ( i have a few of various sizes none seem to to be having any affect) and i can browse the internal storage as well. Booting both with and without the sd card in the device still leaves me in the boot loop.
So, can you copy new rom to sd card, then copy from sd to internal and install new rom? I think only option you have is to reinstall rom.
stenc55 said:
So, can you copy new rom to sd card, then copy from sd to internal and install new rom? I think only option you have is to reinstall rom.
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I can and have tried but it wont let me flash with the "unable to mount /data" error. It tells that my external sd-card and whatever rom i attempt to flash has problems
Hagenator said:
I can and have tried but it wont let me flash with the "unable to mount /data" error. It tells that my external sd-card and whatever rom i attempt to flash has problems
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Be sure your sdk is up to date.
1. If you hold volume down plus power button to get to fastboot.
2. shift + control right click fastboot folder on computer then open command prompt.
3. type devices... and if it is not showing a device there something is not right.
4. you can try adb push to apply a flash if your device is not wanting to flash from sd card.
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Repairtech123 said:
Be sure your sdk is up to date.
1. If you hold volume down plus power button to get to fastboot.
2. shift + control right click fastboot folder on computer then open command prompt.
3. type devices... and if it is not showing a device there something is not right.
4. you can try adb push to apply a flash if your device is not wanting to flash from sd card.
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I've tried this as well. It was my first thought. Also it states in my original post that fastboot doesnt list my device, adb doesnt list it as well. Both are recent and up to date. However device manager does recognize it and windows makes the little notification sound. In safely remove devices it shows up as fastboot when i enable fastboot on the device.

Cm10.1 with wrong gapps

Please help I am new to this stuff and yesterday I got my phone to cm 10.1 but I realized the .zip from the thread was wrong and now i have 4.2.1 running on my phone but 4.3 gapps and because of that my phones keyboard wont work. Also I cant flash new gapps because it doesn't let me install from my external sd and i haven't found a way to connect my phone to my computer.
Can someone please help me?
Tell me ways I can connect to my pc?
charminster said:
Please help I am new to this stuff and yesterday I got my phone to cm 10.1 but I realized the .zip from the thread was wrong and now i have 4.2.1 running on my phone but 4.3 gapps and because of that my phones keyboard wont work. Also I cant flash new gapps because it doesn't let me install from my external sd and i haven't found a way to connect my phone to my computer.
Can someone please help me?
Tell me ways I can connect to my pc?
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You can't just... Plug it in to your PC? Don't you have a USB cable?
Connor Baker
No it doesn't connect to my computer. Even tried with other computers and wires
charminster said:
No it doesn't connect to my computer. Even tried with other computers and wires
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If you cannot turn developer mode on and use ADB push, then, you should be able to in CWM.
Failing that, does Google Play work?
If so, install (from your PC via Google Play page) WiFi File Transfer Pro, fire up an FTP session and push the needed GApps over.
And if all else fails...
ODIN back to stock.
I really don't get it
Can you explain this in detail?
charminster said:
I really don't get it
Can you explain this in detail?
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Sure thing.
ADB is the debug program for Android. You can use it specifically to push files to the device. But it is not turned on on the device by default. You will need to go into developer options under settings and turn USB debugging on (if Developer Options is not there, go into About Phone and tap Build Number 7 or 8 times tom unlock the feature).
For this to work, you will need a linux PC with an ADB binary (if using Debian/Ubuntu, can "apt-get install adb", then run adb as superuser or sudo) or a windows computer with adbsetup installed. The latter will install the program to C:\adb. So open a command prompt and (with the device plugged in and developer options turned on) type:
Code:
c:
cd \adb
adb devices
You should get a listing of your device, raring to go. If so, great! Copy the the appropriate Gapps package to C:\ADB and type:
Code:
adb push gapps-4.2.zip gapps-4.2.zip
...or whatever the filename is called (there twice as it needs the local and remote file name).
So if that works, can reboot into recovery (CWM) via the three finger salute (turn device off fully, wait a few seconds, hold down both volume buttons while pressing the power button), wipe dalvik cache, and flash the right GApps.
Another option is if you can add Google Play apps to your device. Don't imagine, but if it is possible, fire up your computer and log into your Google Play account. Search for "WiFi File Transfer Pro" and install. With a Wifi connection on the device, it should download and install. If it doesn't, try the scorched earth option below. If it does install, open Wifi File Transfer Pro, turn on FTP server, and keep note of the IP address and Port (Will be noted as IPort). Open or install an FTP client like FileZilla on your PC, and open a connection using that IP address and Port. Transfer the Gapps package over to the device, in the root folder. Then like above, reboot into recovery and wipe dalvik, flash gapps.
The last option, the scorched earth method, is to bring everything back to stock, mind you with root and CWM. Pick option D from the above link (previous post). Download and install adbsetup for the drivers. Option D download will come with a program called ODIN, and that link will have detailed instructions (download and extract the files, open ODIN, put the phone into download mode by turning the device off, hold down both volume buttons while inserting the MicroUSB cable, place the extracted files inthe right sections of ODIN, and flash away).
Hope this helps.
Ok one of my main problems is that I can't use keyboard...which means no internet because I can't type any passwords
And the other big thing is that none of my computers connect toy phone even with USB debugging on from setting and even in recovery
I was wondering if I get a connection with no password will I be update from the phone because there is an option to do so.
charminster said:
Ok one of my main problems is that I can't use keyboard...which means no internet because I can't type any passwords
And the other big thing is that none of my computers connect toy phone even with USB debugging on from setting and even in recovery
I was wondering if I get a connection with no password will I be update from the phone because there is an option to do so.
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Because Google Play is part of Gapps, there is no guarantee that will work either to update. If you can find an unsecured network (or temporarily turn off WPA on your router), you can test this, but at this point, I would be doing the scorched earth method. You would only be going back to Gingerbread, and however you play your cards (whether you disable lagfix or flash ICS as an intermediary), you would only be one or two flashes away from a functional Jellybean.
Ok my phone doesnt connect with usb ive tried several different times.
I did the adb method everything was fine except i didnt get the device list ,it was empty.
So if it cant connect how will i connect it to my computer to use odin?
Ps. I did download the drivers
charminster said:
Ok my phone doesnt connect with usb ive tried several different times.
I did the adb method everything was fine except i didnt get the device list ,it was empty.
So if it cant connect how will i connect it to my computer to use odin?
Ps. I did download the drivers
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True enough. Lets try this (as I just thought about it via some other weird, more convoluted way). CM 10.1 comes with a file manager right? Download the 4.2 Gapps onto your mcroSD card, insert it into your device. Fire up the file manager. Copy the Gapps file from the external SD card to the internal card, root folder (where the offending Gapps lies). Reboot into ClockworkMod and wipe Dalvik and install the appropriate zip.
If this does not work, my more convoluted way wouldn't either (search and download "wifi file transfer pro apk" to SD, open with file manager, install, follow the rest of above option 2), and would be out of options except getting your hardware fixed (as it sounds like your device not connecting via USB is a hardware issue).
Ive tried with micro sd before and it hasnt worked
The thing is that All of this stopped working after the update and the thing that i disliked the most was that when i was getting the update it said jb 4.2 gapps but proved wrong
:crying:
charminster said:
Ive tried with micro sd before and it hasnt worked
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You tried mounting the microSD with the proper Gapps, and copying it with CM's File Manager (to the internal disk to be picked up by CWM later)? Just being clear, and making sure you are not talking about trying to install a zip directly from the MicroSD with CWM (as mentioned, and ruled out before). Because these are two completely different things. Is the MicroSD readable at all on your device? Is it formatted properly (FAT32, or even Ext2/3/4, but not NTFS)?
Can you explain the formatting stuff?
charminster said:
Can you explain the formatting stuff?
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Sure. Insert the microSD into your computer, and open up Windows Explorer. There will be a new drive that appears. Right click on that removable drive, and select Properties. Confirm the File System. If it is FAT32, you are okay. If it is NTFS, or exFAT, you will need to format (as the Infuse will not recognize these formats). Press Cancel.
Before beginning, make a backup of the MicroSD card, as we are going to wipe and start from scratch. Then, right click on the removable drive again (and only this drive, or you will cause damage to your computer) and select Format. Change the file system to FAT32. If this is not an option, find and download a disk utility that will (I'm not familiar with them, but google "removable storage format fat32 download" for one). Press start, and wait a few minutes. When done, you can reload your files on the drive (restore your backup), and try inserting it in your Infuse again.
Hope this helps.
I followed all your steps bit the phone still doesnt read it i opened setting..storage..mount external sd
But it wasnt letting me and the same thing trying through recoveryCWM
charminster said:
I followed all your steps bit the phone still doesnt read it i opened setting..storage..mount external sd
But it wasnt letting me and the same thing trying through recoveryCWM
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Probably not, IIRC external SD did not work in CWM for the Infuse. But re-read post #10, what I'm suggesting is getting CWM to read the proper Gapps from the internal card, but placing it there with CyanogenMod's file manager.
CM 10.1 comes with a file manager right? Download the 4.2 Gapps onto your mcroSD card, insert it into your device. Fire up the file manager. Copy the Gapps file from the external SD card to the internal card, root folder (where the offending Gapps lies). Reboot into ClockworkMod and wipe Dalvik and install the appropriate zip.
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I cant get it there because i cant do anything with the sd card it doesnt show in file manager either
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I cant get it there because i cant do anything with the sd card it doesnt show in file manager either
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Sorry, I misread your previous post. Thanks for the clarification. What are the details on the microSD card? Make, model, speed, capacity? If it is a 64+ GB card, it would spell problems as the Infuse was never rated for a capacity that large.
It's a sandisk 16 gb
Sd card
Fat32
No reason why the microSD won't work in the Infuse.
If you have a Bluetooth keyboard you can borrow - or try buying (not sure if it will connect) - but if you can get your hands on one, you could use that (never had to use one so I don't know how they connect) to download the right GApps package to your phone (via the built-in browser).
I'm curious as well, if the speech-to-text works. You could use google now search to find the gapps package ("okay google, xda developers") and browse to the right page. Of course you will need a unsecured network to attempt.
Other than that, unfortunately I'm out of ideas.

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