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Hi all,
I just registered and am not allowed to post to the developer's forums. . .
My sincerest apologies if this has been asked and answered already, but I haven't found a clear (at least to me) explanation either here or over at Cyanogen.
I'd like to dual-boot between my rooted BN 1.2 on eMMC and CM7 on SD using the same SD card for both. That is, partition the SD card to provide the entire filesystem for CM7 and the data/storage for stock.
Currently, I have a Nook Color running BN 1.2 Stock and rooted using the instructions posted in the forums here.
I am running ClockworkMod Recovery 3.2.0.1 and ROM Manager 4.2.0.2. The SD card is a 16GB Class 4 and currently is not partitioned, as far as I know.
Is it possible to partition this card so it has one partition for the stock OS and whatever partition(s) are needed to boot CM7 without loosing any of the data already on the card that was placed there by the stock OS?
I have Titanium Backup+Root, if that helps. I don't mind having to restore the stock OS sdcard data on a new partition so long as the eMMC/stock OS will be able to find everything.
Thanks,
Aron
Hi people! I'm sorry if this has been discussed before, I searched but couldn't find the topic about that. If there is one, please direct me there. Thanks!
So, my friend has a ChaCha, and she gets the low memory msg all the time. She can't install anything, only having ~80MB of space taken (when calculated) although the phone says that more than 130MB is taken. She can't open Gtalk or Gmail - the phone is slower than imaginable! We wiped the cash from the Apps Settings, checked and everything possible is on the SD card, but still... The phone is not rooted nor anything.
Thanks in advance!
Link2sd app
Be carrefull !!
But the phone itself offers the option of installing a part of the app on sdcard - why then the link2sd? Can it be that the phone alone isn't doing the job properly?
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mironiko said:
But the phone itself offers the option of installing a part of the app on sdcard - why then the link2sd? Can it be that the phone alone isn't doing the job properly?
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Link2sd is one option. When you use native a2sd (built in) it doesn't move everything on sd, just part of application. The best way is too flash one of many custom roms that have ability to install scripts that will move all apps to ext partition. CM mods support those scripts (IMO the best one to use is CronMod Script - D2EXT and INT2EXT (+)), there are also many stock based custom roms that has dta2sd preinstalled.
Of course you need to be rooted and you need to partition your sd-card in order to do that.
Regards
didije, can you please tell me how to root your phone and install this partition thingy onto the SD CARD without losing the stock rom? I like sense widgets and the stock rom very much!
TH3KiD said:
didije, can you please tell me how to root your phone and install this partition thingy onto the SD CARD without losing the stock rom? I like sense widgets and the stock rom very much!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32489433&postcount=4
After you unlock the bootloader flash recovery and to root it install this zip though recovery.
On a stock rom (stock kernel) you can only use apps such as link2sd. And there are many threads on partitioning sd-card, just google it. The easiest way is to partition from advanced menu in clockwork recovery but I am not sure if partitioning through clockworkmod recovery works with link2sd.
TH3KiD said:
didije, can you please tell me how to root your phone and install this partition thingy onto the SD CARD without losing the stock rom? I like sense widgets and the stock rom very much!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449681
1. First Unlock the phone, then root, follow the thread.
stayfidz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449681
1. First Unlock the phone, then root, follow the thread.
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I just pointed him to the post you wrote in his thread, lol :laugh:
what made me root my explorer was the fact of the low internal memory and i after i found out i could use a partition on my sd card to use as internal memory i started to search for more info.
But its too confusing what ROM do i use if i need one how to setup the partitions etc.
what do they mean to wipe everything before inserting a new rom do they mean the phone the sd card.
I could use some help lol
thx in advance
brigas
Partition your sd card and create ext 2/3/4 partition using mini partition tool in computer.
Wiping everything means to format everything thing like cache partition, dalvik cache, system, boot, data partition SD ext ..... In recovery.
Don't format SD card.
Here you can select ROMs, scripts, kernels and tutorials for much more.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754876
Hit "THANKS". If this helped.
yeah i am currently checking that thread i used one of the links to root my phone. but now i kinda nervous on doing the next steps. i already did a backup of my sd card and my rom i think with the ClockworkMod recovery, So correct me if im wrong the next steps are:
Delete data from sd card and partition it into 4 partitions. with that partition mini tool
do a factory reset on the phone( i suppose is how u wipe everything)
and then use recovery to put the new Rom of my choosing.
is this right?
Follow this for creating ext partition.
Create only Only one ext partition.
http://www.noypigeeks.com/android/tutorial-a-guide-to-link2sd/
For flashing ROM, follow the instructions given on the thread of the ROM.
Basic method is
Reboot into recovery.
Format/wipe data
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache in advance(menu)
Format SD ext, system, boot, in mounts and storage.
Now select install zip from SD card/chose zip from SD card/navigate to your ROM's directory/select it and yes to confirm.
Wait. After it says install from SD card completed. Reboot the phone.
You are done.
First boot of every ROM may take a little long. Wait and don't panic.
Some ROMs needs mounting ext, data,cache etc. Check the thread for that. I hope it'll help to get started.
Hit "THANKS". If this helped.
thx a lot man. Finally an explanation i can follow, thanks a lot guy i really appreciate it.
And if you dont mind me asking, what ROM are u using or had best experience with?
noobexplorer said:
thx a lot man. Finally an explanation i can follow, thanks a lot guy i really appreciate it.
And if you dont mind me asking, what ROM are u using or had best experience with?
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hi
assuming u have unlocked ur bootloader and have rooted then u need to add CWM for u to try the roms see below link for details. and best rom well u need to try them almost all of them are good its just that u need to find out for ur self which is best for u
link for CWM : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415223
use this CWM for the 1st time latter on u can try the twrp
and u can creat a EXT2 part from this cwm but remember to take a backup of ur sd before doing it as it will wipe ur SD clean
happy flahing:good::laugh:
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thx a lot man. Finally an explanation i can follow, thanks a lot guy i really appreciate it.
And if you dont mind me asking, what ROM are u using or had best experience with?
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I Am using flyROM v3 here. But I suggest not to go with it as it lags and have random reboots.
I suggest use jaggy ROM by jaggy/danceoff.
If you've rooted your phone using jaggy's tutorial, you are already on "yannou's recovery". This recovery is perfect. No issues At all but you can change it to TWRP for touch support and some more features. But I suggest be on yannou's recovery.(because some are having problems with TWRP flashing sense 4 ROMs )
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Have a look at this too.
You'll get some sense about working in recovery.
How to flash ROMs.
The method for flashing is almost the same for every ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2134836
Hit "THANKS". If this helped.
cool guys i did it. thx for all the help, i sucessfully Put jaggy ROM working. Now that i understand the process involved should i try and a better rom v4? what apps are cool for rooted phones?
Now after getting some sense about flashing. You can try other ROMs as well. Just wipe everything and flash.
Use titanium backup, root explorer, must have apps for rooted one.
Hit "THANKS". It encourages me.
Try
Cm 9,1 build11 man
or
cm9 Xperia fusion (Looks great)
This is best for u start with lag less Rome
Well, this one was not really asked for, but I need it for my other testing, and I imagine people might be interested in having the option.
This is also a bit more like a proof of concept (and a bit crude at that), even though fully functional - Stock ROM fully bootable from sdcard.
I don't think a lot of people would use this as a daily driver, but it certainly beats having stock on sdcard vs needing to restore stock in EMMC every time you need to test one little thing (or you might buy a few more Nooks, I guess. B&N would certainly appreciate that ).
Limitations and differences from real stock:
- currently there's no access to emmc storage partition as I wanted the setup to remain as vanilla as needed at first
- adb is on by default, though (As root).
- You can actually change files in /system as much as you want - secure mode is off.
For ovation (Nook HD+) You'll need a special ovation image that you'll need to write to an sdcard, at least 4G in size. (gunzip and use dd or winImage)
For hummingbird (Nook HD) You'll need a special hummingbird CWM image that you'll need to write to an sdcard, at least 4G in size. (gunzip and use dd or winImage)
Also get the the stock image (see below) and either place it to internal storage or reboot from the card and use adb push it to /sdcard (basically it's like you install CM ROM, refer to user-friendly thread in General if you cannot follow my condensed instructions here, only use different file name). Note this already has gapps and other stuff, so you don't need any additional installs other than stock at the beginning.
Stock images:
For ovation: stock-ovation-2.2.0.zip (If you are upgrading from 2.1.1 or before, you also need to flash cyanoboot-ovation-2.zip)
For hummingbird: stock-hummingbird-2.2.0-new.zip (If you are upgrading from 2.1.1 or before, you also need to flash cyanoboot-hummingbird-1.zip)
So after you install this thing, reboot. CWM will warn you that the image is not rooted. Decide for yourself if you want to root on the spot or not.
The dimmed Cyanoboot logo will stay on for quite a while (52 seconds for me) - don't worry, it's doing something.
You'll be able to adb in about halfway through that.
Then you'll see familiar Nook Stock white booting screen, this one will stop at 99% - again no fears, it takes quite a while here till the thing rebuilds the caches, on my class4 sandisk it takes 2m40s
Once it's done - you'll be prompted to register and all that.
Now you are done, enjoy.
Now I also have a script to automate creation of the stock zips for sdcard install, so you no longer need o wait for me to create these files
History:
Old Stock images:
For ovation: stock-ovation-2.1.0.zip stock-ovation-2.1.1.zip - these need a special old ovation image
For hummingbird: stock-hummingbird-2.1.1.zip - these need a special old hummingbird CWM image
This is awesome. This way if users want to dual boot, they can put stock on SD, CM10.1 on emmc and not worry about resetting stock. That way they can add things to stock /system directly. Curious to see if the CWM root works.
Thanks for this.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Once it's done - you'll be prompted to register and all that.
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I hope I can just backup existing data partition from emmc stock and restore to sd card stock (via tar or possibly CWM) and the result will run without starting from scratch.
fanoush said:
I hope I can just backup existing data partition from emmc stock and restore to sd card stock (via tar or possibly CWM) and the result will run without starting from scratch.
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You should be able to, if you backup with the emmc CWM and advance restore just data with SD CWM.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
Nice to see more options. Having something that I do not need is better than etc etc, you know that, right.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using Tapatalk 4 Beta
leapinlar said:
You should be able to, if you backup with the emmc CWM and advance restore just data with SD CWM.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Playstore, "Nandroid Manager" should work nicely, You can specify the location of the CWM backup.
Hello, I am/was planning to install this alongside my CM10.1 EMMC setup, but now that I reread this thread -again- it doesn't seem to have a way to dual boot. I mean when SD would be inserted it would boot to Stock, when not it would boot to CM, but the ideal would to be able to switch from one OS to another w/t having to add/remove the SD card quite as frequently, no?
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Hello, I am/was planning to install this alongside my CM10.1 EMMC setup, but now that I reread this thread -again- it doesn't seem to have a way to dual boot. I mean when SD would be inserted it would boot to Stock, when not it would boot to CM, but the ideal would to be able to switch from one OS to another w/t having to add/remove the SD card quite as frequently, no?
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You can dual boot if you go to my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42295360.
Follow the directions there and it will put the cyanoboot menu on the SD. Then you can change the default to boot to emmc instead of SD if you want. Just remember the terminology is backwards though, stock means emmc and CM10.1 means SD.
Then every time it boots with the SD inserted it will boot to emmc and if you want it to boot fully to SD, just press the n key to get to the menu and choose CM10.1 (SD).
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leapinlar said:
You can dual boot if you go to my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42295360.
Follow the directions there and it will put the cyanoboot menu on the SD. Then you can change the default to boot to emmc instead of SD if you want. Just remember the terminology is backwards though, stock means emmc and CM10.1 means SD.
Then every time it boots with the SD inserted it will boot to emmc and if you want it to boot fully to SD, just press the n key to get to the menu and choose CM10.1 (SD).
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Whoah! That's exactly what I was looking for, didn't know it would work with "Stock-SD" .
Thanks, as always, leap
Now all it remains is to find a way to enable "unknown sources" to this rom and I'll be set (the method used for "emmc-stock" doesn't work here unfortunately).
Again thanks (both to VG and leap, and to the rest of the community that may have helped )
Hello, sorry to double post (and bump this thread) but I found out why's it impossible to enable "unkown sources" using the "extras.zip" that is been given to leaplinlar's thread. Apparently it searches for the EMMC partition whereupon it tries to enable the changes (install zeam, enable "unknown sources", etc). Given that this install uses the SD-card one would only need to redirect "uknown sources" script to search (and run on) SD card.
Given my non-experience in writing android-scripts I found a hard time to do just that, so if leap or anyone else would be able to modify the script (and post it as a flashable zip if possible) so that to run on an external stock setup, I think, it's something that belongs in this thread as it's the only thing missing from VeryGreen's experimental rom (it actually runs perfectly, root included, it only lacks "unknown sources")...
Again thanks, to all involved, for your work.
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Hello, sorry to double post (and bump this thread) but I found out why's it impossible to enable "unkown sources" using the "extras.zip" that is been given to leaplinlar's thread. Apparently it searches for the EMMC partition whereupon it tries to enable the changes (install zeam, enable "unknown sources", etc). Given that this install uses the SD-card one would only need to redirect "uknown sources" script to search (and run on) SD card.
Given my non-experience in writing android-scripts I found a hard time to do just that, so if leap or anyone else would be able to modify the script (and post it as a flashable zip if possible) so that to run on an external stock setup, I think, it's something that belongs in this thread as it's the only thing missing from VeryGreen's experimental rom (it actually runs perfectly, root included, it only lacks "unknown sources")...
Again thanks, to all involved, for your work.
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Yes, after your last post, I decided to modify the zip to make it possible to do that. I just need a little time to get it done.
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leapinlar said:
Yes, after your last post, I decided to modify the zip to make it possible to do that. I just need a little time to get it done.
Sent from my Galaxy Tab 2 using XDA Premium
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Hey, thanks, that's much appreciated :good:
Take your time...
leapinlar said:
You can dual boot if you go to my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42295360.
Follow the directions there and it will put the cyanoboot menu on the SD. Then you can change the default to boot to emmc instead of SD if you want. Just remember the terminology is backwards though, stock means emmc and CM10.1 means SD.
Then every time it boots with the SD inserted it will boot to emmc and if you want it to boot fully to SD, just press the n key to get to the menu and choose CM10.1 (SD).
Sent from my Galaxy Tab 2 using XDA Premium
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Just one thing to add (sorry for the double post): This solution does not work as it interferes with VG's method to boot stock from SD. Upon replacing the boot files, it would simply refuse to boot to Stock (SD), it will hang on the selection screen. The EMMC setup -of course- will boot just fine, so I guess that/this need to be reworked as well ... sadly.
Thanks anyhow
any help would be appreciated, i tried installing this the other day to a 4gig sd card, and somehow messed up the 10.1 emmc rom to were it wouldnt boot into it anymore. i thought i did everything right but i guess i didnt.
any words of wisdom? thanks
TheNeck said:
any help would be appreciated, i tried installing this the other day to a 4gig sd card, and somehow messed up the 10.1 emmc rom to were it wouldnt boot into it anymore. i thought i did everything right but i guess i didnt.
any words of wisdom? thanks
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Did you take the SD out when you tried to boot to CM10.1? If you did and it would still not boot to CM10.1, just reflash the CM10.1 emmc ROM zip again. That should fix CM10.1.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Did you take the SD out when you tried to boot to CM10.1? If you did and it would still not boot to CM10.1, just reflash the CM10.1 emmc ROM zip again. That should fix CM10.1.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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i already reflashed cm10.1 and its working fine now, my question now, why did it mess up my cm10.1 installing stock 2.1.0 from sdcard?
Stevethegreat said:
Just one thing to add (sorry for the double post): This solution does not work as it interferes with VG's method to boot stock from SD. Upon replacing the boot files, it would simply refuse to boot to Stock (SD), it will hang on the selection screen. The EMMC setup -of course- will boot just fine, so I guess that/this need to be reworked as well ... sadly.
Thanks anyhow
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It should not have been a problem. I have not tested it since I don't have his SD set up yet. Did the menu come up? And you choose CM10/CM10.1? And held n for at least 3 seconds?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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i already reflashed cm10.1 and its working fine now, my question now, why did it mess up my cm10.1 installing stock 2.1.0 from sdcard?
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It should not have messed it up. What is the name of the zip you flashed for stock and where did you get it?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
It should not have messed it up. What is the name of the zip you flashed for stock and where did you get it?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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i downloaded the file stock-ovation-2.1.0.zip from the original post.
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i downloaded the file stock-ovation-2.1.0.zip from the original post.
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And you flashed it with early7.1 CWM after booting with it once?
And how was CM10.1 messed up? You took the SD out of the slot when you tried to boot to CM10.1, right?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
And you flashed it with early7.1 CWM after booting with it once?
And how was CM10.1 messed up? You took the SD out of the slot when you tried to boot to CM10.1, right?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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i wrote the 7.1 image to the sd card, i didnt flash it
with the SD out, CM10.1 is just stuck in a reboot loop
hi
i was thinking of upgrading my phone (one V) to Kitkat [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785779]
so my current version of CWM is 5.8 do i hav to update it to 6.0 [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871243]
if yes, can you plz tell me wat are d ways to update it. I hav read few post but am still confused.
and the installation process for Kitkat rom is same as any other rom or does it hav different steps to complete installation.
waiting for reply !!!
download cwm zip > put to sd card > reboot recovery > flash zip > advanced > reboot recovery > done
axljohn said:
download zip > put to sd card > reboot recovery > flash zip > advanced > reboot recovery > done
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and wat about the CWM ???
Neel009 said:
and wat about the CWM ???
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Dont forget to flash a gapp too that is for your google play.
I had no problem with CWM until now but I needed an ext4 partition for a rom (slimkat) and CWM failed.
I then installed 4ext and everything worked. (except the ROM on my phone hehe)
So if you need an ext4 partition for your rom, I would not recommend CWM based on my experience.
axljohn said:
download zip > put to sd card > reboot recovery > flash zip > advanced > reboot recovery > done
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download zip its that cwm.
Neel009 said:
and wat about the CWM ???
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it can be done with any zip.
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AoDev said:
I had no problem with CWM until now but I needed an ext4 partition for a rom (slimkat) and CWM failed.
I then installed 4ext and everything worked. (except the ROM on my phone hehe)
So if you need an ext4 partition for your rom, I would not recommend CWM based on my experience.
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didnt have any problems on my side.. i think all partitions on any phone is ext4.. what phone did u use?
axljohn said:
it can be done with any zip.
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didnt have any problems on my side.. i think all partitions on any phone is ext4.. what phone did u use?
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my question was ''do i need to upgrade my Clock Work Mode recovery to 6.0 before flashing kitkat rom ??
if yes then how to update ??''
plz reply !!!
Neel009 said:
my question was ''do i need to upgrade my Clock Work Mode recovery to 6.0 before flashing kitkat rom ??
if yes then how to update ??''
plz reply !!!
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1) yes
2) search it in your device's forums. a little searching won't hurt
axljohn said:
1) yes
2) search it in your device's forums. a little searching won't hurt
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i used rom manager to update my cwm recovery to 6.0 or 6.1 but its still 5.8.x. then i manually searched and found out about this verzion [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871243]
help me update my CWM recovery manually.
plz !!!
axljohn said:
it can be done with any zip.
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didnt have any problems on my side.. i think all partitions on any phone is ext4.. what phone did u use?
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It's an HTC Sensation. I tried first with CWM and rom manager. But the partition was not recognized when installing (Slimkat) .
Then, I found this about creating partition: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2125513
Where you can read:
These two methods are the best ones to use. Other means could result in sd-card damaging, or other problems. Do not use:
ROM Manager, CWM Recovery, Windows Minitool Partition Wizard etc.
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And for me it happened to be true
(The SD was not damaged, just the partition not working).
Neel009 said:
i used rom manager to update my cwm recovery to 6.0 or 6.1 but its still 5.8.x. then i manually searched and found out about this verzion [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871243]
help me update my CWM recovery manually.
plz !!!
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PM the OP for that version.. I guess the thread's already closed because there's no links.. And I also found that your device has no support (officially, at least) for CMW v6.x.x.x. Sorry man.
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AoDev said:
It's an HTC Sensation. I tried first with CWM and rom manager. But the partition was not recognized when installing (Slimkat) .
Then, I found this about creating partition: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2125513
Where you can read:
And for me it happened to be true
(The SD was not damaged, just the partition not working).
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The "partition" you're talking about there is SD partition, right? To use that partition you must format the partition's file system to ext4, not fat32 (default SD file system). Maybe it "didn't work," just the in the wrong file system.
axljohn said:
The "partition" you're talking about there is SD partition, right? To use that partition you must format the partition's file system to ext4, not fat32 (default SD file system). Maybe it "didn't work," just the in the wrong file system.
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Yes, correct. The conclusion is that I was able to make a correct ext4 partition with 4ext recovery only, I thought it could be useful to the OP regarding his question about CWM.
AoDev said:
Yes, correct. The conclusion is that I was able to make a correct ext4 partition with 4ext recovery only, I thought it could be useful to the OP regarding his question about CWM.
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Except that all phone partitions are ext4 by default. It's the phone partitions OP is concerned of, not SD partitions. I think..
Are you saying that some recoveries have different file systems other than ext4?
axljohn said:
Except that all phone partitions are ext4 by default. It's the phone partitions OP is concerned of, not SD partitions. I think..
Are you saying that some recoveries have different file systems other than ext4?
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He asked if the steps to install kitkat are the same and more info about CWM. I just explain the problem I had when I did exactly what the OP wants to do, in the same situation.
It would crash during the install because there was no ext4 partitions on the sdcard. I don't know why, this part I don't understand. I never had to do something like that until now. So after investigating the matter I realised that I had to create an ext4 partition (1GB) on my SD card. (it had 1 Fat32 partition)
I tried with different tools. CWM included. They failed. I stepped upon the post I mentioned before. I installed 4ext. I created a 1GB ext4 partition on the SD Card. The install was successful and I enjoy my phone again with KitKat. (but in the end I removed Slimkat due to some bugs and installed this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530073, which works perfectly so far)
That's all about my experience installing a kitkat based rom which is the OP goal. As mentioned before, I don't know why it needed this ext4 partition for the installation. My knowledge does not go that far, but the result is there.
AoDev said:
He asked if the steps to install kitkat are the same and more info about CWM. I just explain the problem I had when I did exactly what the OP wants to do, in the same situation.
It would crash during the install because there was no ext4 partitions on the sdcard. I don't know why, this part I don't understand. I never had to do something like that until now. So after investigating the matter I realised that I had to create an ext4 partition (1GB) on my SD card. (it had 1 Fat32 partition)
I tried with different tools. CWM included. They failed. I stepped upon the post I mentioned before. I installed 4ext. I created a 1GB ext4 partition on the SD Card. The install was successful and I enjoy my phone again with KitKat. (but in the end I removed Slimkat due to some bugs and installed this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530073, which works perfectly so far)
That's all about my experience installing a kitkat based rom which is the OP goal. As mentioned before, I don't know why it needed this ext4 partition for the installation. My knowledge does not go that far, but the result is there.
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since u flashed kitkat in ur htc sensation and u hav done it right, u can guide me to do so......
here is what i understood regarding the kitkat rom
i have to to do partition of my SD card (the link was helpful !!!)
CWM version does not do any help for kitkat rom (i guess !! am still confused about CWM recovery because the link for one v's CWM 6.0 is dead and in Kitkat rom's link it does not say anything or about the CWM version how to flash it )
my question is
after partition, did you completed the "using the ext partition" and then you flashed it using CWM and what version of CWM did you use ?
and my CWM version is 5.8 should i use it to flash kitkat (without getting bricked) ??
Sorry for asking so many question. My roms thread does not have the details that i generally find in other thread. I want to flash Kitkat so badly.
It does not matter if the rom works or not, still its worth a shot. just want to make sure i do everything right from my side without damaging my handset.
AoDev said:
He asked if the steps to install kitkat are the same and more info about CWM. I just explain the problem I had when I did exactly what the OP wants to do, in the same situation.
It would crash during the install because there was no ext4 partitions on the sdcard. I don't know why, this part I don't understand. I never had to do something like that until now. So after investigating the matter I realised that I had to create an ext4 partition (1GB) on my SD card. (it had 1 Fat32 partition)
I tried with different tools. CWM included. They failed. I stepped upon the post I mentioned before. I installed 4ext. I created a 1GB ext4 partition on the SD Card. The install was successful and I enjoy my phone again with KitKat. (but in the end I removed Slimkat due to some bugs and installed this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530073, which works perfectly so far)
That's all about my experience installing a kitkat based rom which is the OP goal. As mentioned before, I don't know why it needed this ext4 partition for the installation. My knowledge does not go that far, but the result is there.
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Neel009 said:
since u flashed kitkat in ur htc sensation and u hav done it right, u can guide me to do so......
here is what i understood regarding the kitkat rom
i have to to do partition of my SD card (the link was helpful !!!)
CWM version does not do any help for kitkat rom (i guess !! am still confused about CWM recovery because the link for one v's CWM 6.0 is dead and in Kitkat rom's link it does not say anything or about the CWM version how to flash it )
my question is
after partition, did you completed the "using the ext partition" and then you flashed it using CWM and what version of CWM did you use ?
and my CWM version is 5.8 should i use it to flash kitkat (without getting bricked) ??
Sorry for asking so many question. My roms thread does not have the details that i generally find in other thread. I want to flash Kitkat so badly.
It does not matter if the rom works or not, still its worth a shot. just want to make sure i do everything right from my side without damaging my handset.
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Sorry.. Even I don't understand the question anymore. But as far as I know, ext4 partitions on an SDcard is never related to flashing ROMs.. It is only used for Link2SD and such..
Yes, so, somehow it looks like during the installation, these Kitkat roms were expecting an ext4 partition on the SD Card.
If you look in Internet, you can find things like that for example:
(Damn, my xda noob account does not let me post links, search youtube and use this video ID: ?v=bUMhn6geaUM
They talk about this ext4 partition on the SD card, why they do it and what they use to do it. (Partition Magic)
Maybe if I had just removed my SD card , the install script would not have tried to use the SD card, but let's not add more confusion
As I said, CWM (I had 5.8) did not work to create a correct ext4 partition on my SD Card. (the install failed again)
The funny thing is I even paid 2$ for CWM xd
I replaced CWM by 4ext recovery. website: 4ext.net (install the 4EXT Recovery Updater)
Then I created the ext4 partition on the SD Card and both kitkat roms I tried were installed successfully.
(In 4ext recovery, install from zip, select your rom zip, go.)
btw, I backed up everything before (but I guess it's obvious) , once, I had to reinstall my backup from recovery because it would not boot.