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Can you use the 8GB Sd Card that came with the Inspire as a Gold Card? I've already used 4gb of it for music and other stuff. Sorry if this is a noob question, I'm used to one-click roots (Captivate) . Thanks
I did. But it was blank. Copy everything off, then do the GC, then once completely done, reformat and put it all back.
Simple answer. Yes, that's about all its good for. Get something bigger for storage and make that your gold card.
Inspire (rooted)
Leedroid v2.0.0
TELUS kernel
So to connect the sd card I could just connect my phone to the PC, use mass storage and then format the sd card? Thanks for the replies guys
Yes. +10
Inspire (rooted)
Leedroid v2.0.0
TELUS kernel
I'm still new to all this rooting, goldcard, etc. Once the Goldcard is created, and the phone is rooted, you don't actually have to continue to use the Goldcard, do you? Example, make the GC on the 8Gb that came with the Inspire, and then once the root is complete, go back and permanently use my own 16Gb stick.
Heartbreak said:
I'm still new to all this rooting, goldcard, etc. Once the Goldcard is created, and the phone is rooted, you don't actually have to continue to use the Goldcard, do you? Example, make the GC on the 8Gb that came with the Inspire, and then once the root is complete, go back and permanently use my own 16Gb stick.
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That is correct, I have my 32GB Sandisk in there now. Works great.
I have a question along these lines too. By switching SD cards after the rooting process,(going from a smaller to bigger SD card) would you lose root? Or is it just for the initial root process?
heavyweight80 said:
I have a question along these lines too. By switching SD cards after the rooting process,(going from a smaller to bigger SD card) would you lose root? Or is it just for the initial root process?
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It's only.needed for the process of gaining root.
Thanks for the reply. Was really hoping to not have to sit there for another hour and a half just to root it again.
Tx Redneck said:
It's only.needed for the process of gaining root.
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Thanks!
scorpiopantera said:
Thanks!
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You're welcome.
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About to get the Inspire and get right on with rooting, although I've been reading and not understanding how this goldcard works completely. I guess my concern is the errors some users are getting? Where they need to use another HTC device to get the right cid code or something? I dont have another HTC device, can I actually lock my device out? Please advise as I'll risk rooting only so far. Thanks, maybe I'm just blowing this out of proportion.
if you follow the instructions in the hack kit, you shouldn't have any issues. this was my first experience with creating a gold card and it went smoothly. just be patient and persistent.
I am also about to buy the Inspire. So can we use the bundled SD card for the gold card? or do we have to have a spare card for emergency restore and stuff?
You can use the card it comes with.
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Good question as I was going to use a spare one. I might as well use the one it came with. I'm about to begin. whats the worst that can happen?
gunnyman said:
You can use the card it comes with.
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
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I will probably keep a spare one around. Would you recommend that?
Thans
metaldood said:
I will probably keep a spare one around. Would you recommend that?
Thans
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use whatever works. just keep in mind you can't use the goldcard.img file you get from the email on any card other than the one you got the serial number from. I bought a 16 GB card to use with my phone anyway, so I used the 8 GB it came with and put it in a drawer in case I ever need it again.
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use whatever works. just keep in mind you can't use the goldcard.img file you get from the email on any card other than the one you got the serial number from. I bought a 16 GB card to use with my phone anyway, so I used the 8 GB it came with and put it in a drawer in case I ever need it again.
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Oh okay. I have 1 8GB with me right now and I will get the one with Inspire. So is 8GB enough for the gold card so that I will keep it for .img file?
I will keep the spare in my phone.
Sorry I am a total noob in this. I come from iPod family
It will work with a 2 GB card minimum from what I read.
what does that mean? i have a 8 gig myself so just process for a goldcard.img? then save then use if needed?
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use whatever works. just keep in mind you can't use the goldcard.img file you get from the email on any card other than the one you got the serial number from. I bought a 16 GB card to use with my phone anyway, so I used the 8 GB it came with and put it in a drawer in case I ever need it again.
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Sorry to Bump this up,.
but i got a HTC Desire,.since 2010,
made a goldcard back then (4g microsdhc )
rooted ,.used several diffrent roms,. but im getting Low on space issues,..
so i bought this 16gb micro SDHC ,Backed up my rom., and now i want to put my backed up rom on this new 16GB card,.and use that for permanent,.
do i need to make a goldcard from this 16gb as well ? and if yes ,.how >? i cant boot with it because my rom is not on there,.i tried partitioning it in CWM recovery. and mounted the SD card put my clockworkmod on the SD card with the Backup,...
Restored,..but it stops and says cant mount sd ext.,...
then i tried mounting the SD card and start the Goldcard tool and tried making a Goldcard of it,.and tried the Restore again,...didnt work as well,..
now my problem got bigger,..as the 16gb card cant be mounted anymore,.or used in any other device ,like my wifes Tablet,..
any one can help me out on this ,
thanks in advance ,.
Mike130784 said:
Sorry to Bump this up,.
but i got a HTC Desire,.since 2010,
made a goldcard back then (4g microsdhc )
rooted ,.used several diffrent roms,. but im getting Low on space issues,..
so i bought this 16gb micro SDHC ,Backed up my rom., and now i want to put my backed up rom on this new 16GB card,.and use that for permanent,.
do i need to make a goldcard from this 16gb as well ? and if yes ,.how >? i cant boot with it because my rom is not on there,.i tried partitioning it in CWM recovery. and mounted the SD card put my clockworkmod on the SD card with the Backup,...
Restored,..but it stops and says cant mount sd ext.,...
then i tried mounting the SD card and start the Goldcard tool and tried making a Goldcard of it,.and tried the Restore again,...didnt work as well,..
now my problem got bigger,..as the 16gb card cant be mounted anymore,.or used in any other device ,like my wifes Tablet,..
any one can help me out on this ,
thanks in advance ,.
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The goldcard was only necessary to get past the very first stage of rooting. A goldcard is used to force the device into accepting a ROM that was not designed for the particular device (in the case of Inspire, you must install a DesireHD ROM to be able to continue with the rooting process).
Once you're rooted, the rooting process sets SuperCID in hardware so a gold card is no longer needed, even if you want to install a ROM not designated for your device.
In short, use your 16GB card just as you normally would (maybe save the 4G in case you ever need to root a different device).
Thank you for your fast reply.,
i understand the idea behind the goldcard beter now,.
so i was trying to root my phone and the image didnt copy over n now its at the little recovery image thing witht the triangle and exclamation point
EDIT: So im back to normal and i see damaged SD Card is that possibley what went wrong?
I think a little more info is needed. Did you make a proper gold card? What process did you used and so on.
Ok, so i used the auto gold card maker up until patching it, then i used the HXD thing and copied and pasted the gold card to 000 to 170 and saved but everytime i put in the card it keeps saying damaged SD card but i safely removed it from windows idk what im doing wrong
the hex editor only works with only certain sd cards. Give me a sec and I will link you to the one I used to patch the gold card img to my Scan disc.
Edit: here it is, all you need to do is patch the gold card.img on to the sd card with it.http://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/
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the hex editor only works with only certain sd cards. Give me a sec and I will link you to the one I used to patch the gold card img to my Scan disc.
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does it matter that its an sdhc?
You should be able to patch the image with the gold card maker I posted above.
Edit: to test it, all you do is use it as a removable drive if you can access it then it worked. If it asks you to format it then it didn't work, and you need to do it again.
mudknot2005 said:
You should be able to patch the image with the gold card maker I posted above.
Edit: to test it, all you do is use it as a removable drive if you can access it then it worked. If it asks you to format it then it didn't work, and you need to do it again.
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no luck gives me an error message and a Different CID
Then your going to have to try a different Micro SD some honestly just don't work. I went through three two scan disks and a patriot. If your able to get a kingston or pny class four 2gb those are confirmed to work.
Edit: Make sure you have the right mmc (2) and that it has been reversed, then remake the gold card image and try again.
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If your able to get a kingston or pny class four 2gb those are confirmed to work.
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That upsets me because i lost one of those and was going to use it earlier but couldnt find it
I don't know if all the stock sd cards are the same, but I was able to use the 8gb sd card that came with my phone to make my gold card.
It took me about 10 tries to make it with the stock 8gb.
I ended up trying a Lexar 8gb class 6 and it worked on the first try no problem. This was after the stock Samsung SD card that came with my inspire gave me hell.
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so after trying for the past day i figured out what was wrong, when i used the hex editor i would click on the GOLDCARD instead of the Removable disk, got it to work rooting as i type
Hi all and thanks for reading.
I successfully unlocked and rooted my HTC Status/ChaCha (S-ON) yesterday using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452173
I'm glad I found this site because I was about to pay someone to do it. I literally just bought this phone a few days ago from eBay and sold my BlackBerry. All in all, I love it but just dislike the fact that we have to go through these steps just to make it capable of holding a few apps.
I just found out that I need to enable a2sd in order to use App2SD but first I need to partition my SD card. I currently have a 2gb sd card in my phone but don't have a card reader. So I ordered a new 8gb sd card along with the reader so I can continue with the process. My question is how do I go about installing the new sd card since the rooting and unlocking was done using my 2gb sd card? I already found the tutorial to partition the card using Mini Tool.
Please bear with me and I'm sorry if my question irritates anybody. I'm just new and ignorant when it comes to Android. I've read dozens of threads and many of them might as well be in Chinese lol.
TIA!
Just partition your new card, then copy the contents of the 2Gb card over to the main partition of the 8Gb card.
The rooting/unlocking is held within the system partition (or another internal partition) which is held within the handset, so switching out the memory card won't affect it.
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Just partition your new card, then copy the contents of the 2Gb card over to the main partition of the 8Gb card.
The rooting/unlocking is held within the system partition (or another internal partition) which is held within the handset, so switching out the memory card won't affect it.
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Thank you so much for answering my question! I appreciate it! Cheers.
Hi, Still very new to all this. Was wanting to use link2sd app. Upon loading up the app and finding out more. It states "second partition not found, no sd card present"? So i'm reading all these threads on how to partition. Concern is, this guide for dummies writes that they want me to unmount sd and put in computer via usb or sd card reader? I don't have a sd card reader on laptop. Am i not able to leave it mounted in my phone while partitioning? This sd is internal and i don't see anything else under my sim card. Looks empty as if nothing is there. Is that where the external would go? Under sim card? Anyways, aside from that. I can't use CWM. Has no option for format sd card in 6.0.4.7. So was told to use Minitool partition wizard. Is this free? Says freeware. I'm guessing yes, though someone said it asked for license after partition. Shrugs.
My biggest concern is that even if i figure this out and get a second partition going..... What is going to be lost after format? My guess is everything right? So when i do a factory reset, will i still be flashed with beanstalk rom...Or wiill i have to start from stock again and update back to beanstalk? Sorry to sound stupid. Only been playing around with this phone a couple days. First smartphone and still very new to flashing, etc.
come on....60 views and not one helpful answer? surely someone has knowledge on this discussion. Please help! Does this phone ship with a sd card internally or no? I swore i used app2sd on earlier build before i return phone for a replacement. Why does it not work no longer? is there a specific build/rom that would allow me doing this? new to smartphones. be nice to the newb. thx.