Here's my question, the roms I've installed from the zips that I have placed on my sd to flash, can these be deleted off the sd card after they have been flashed since I've got nandroid backups of these roms which have been saved to internal.
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hdeglide said:
Here's my question, the roms I've installed from the zips that I have placed on my sd to flash, can these be deleted off the sd card after they have been flashed since I've got nandroid backups of these roms which have been saved to internal.
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Easy answer, yes.
My opinion, keep one in case your backups fail and your stuck (seen it happen a couple times). Then you have something to flash to get back quickly.
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Absolutely, just keep at least one sure fire way of keeping a Rom whether it's a nandroid or the zip file of a Rom. Been in a few situations where my phone couldn't boot and had no Rom on my internal or external sd and had to hijack my parents phone to put a Rom on the external sd to flash.
Thank you was thinking of reformatting my extsd and didn't want to screw things up.
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I know this may be a stupid question, the G2X did not come with an SD Card, so is there a way to flash a custom ROM without an SD Card?
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I know this may be a stupid question, the G2X did not come with an SD Card, so is there a way to flash a custom ROM without an SD Card?
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Yes there is!! Go over to the development section and read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715 you would have to.
1.root
2.install INTERNAL recovery via nvfash
3. Flash away...
Internal recovery will let you flash stuff in the g2x internal storage..thus eliminating the need of sd card.
G2X
Yep. Flash the latest internal SD version of cwm in the Dev section
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Oh and thank this guy ^ for it!
G2X
I read the first part of the tutorial, it says I need SN external sdcard
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I read the first part of the tutorial, it says I need SN external sdcard
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NvFlash has been updated to use internal or external by Krylon360!
Read some more!
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Kept reading, and did not see anything about internal...and if I wanted a ROM, I would have to place it on the SD Card, I am just going to get one of the Gingerbread ROM's, but my question is, how is the battery life, is it still horrible? Can someone post a video tutorial about how to internal recovery via nvfash? Internal recovery is Clockwork Mod Recovery Correct? I am coming from installing custom ROMS on the HTC HD2, so I am not new to this, but I would like a video step by step, and even if I get that far, I have to put the ROM I want on the SD Card which I do not have, in order to flash it....
Sorry for the questions, I just want to make sure I have the correct video and info, so I do not brick my phone
I'm on CWM right now...I just got done completely wiping the phone and went to restore a backup I have and I get this error:
MD5 Mismatch!
And it won't do anything. I can't reboot the phone because I just wiped everything, so I have no where to go. Please help!
RUU?
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RUU?
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What does that mean?
I think my only option right now is to go to the store and buy a microsd card reader so I can put a rom zip file on my sd card and then get it up and running.
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What does that mean?
I think my only option right now is to go to the store and buy a microsd card reader so I can put a rom zip file on my sd card and then get it up and running.
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You're using CWM and you don't know what an RUU is...Great.
Go flash a stock ROM via USB and that way at least you will have a ROM back.
Or, go and use the mount SD card option in CWM to mount your SD card to the PC that way. Then you can copy over a ROM zip file and flash that way.
Alright I'm downloading a stock rooted rom right now.
Any ideas what caused this problem? Only thing I can think of is I made all the backups in cwm 4.0.1.5, but I went back to 4.0.1.4 because of the charging issues, and 4.0.1.4 was the one I was using to try and restore my backups.
I just want to know for next time.
I'm pretty sure that means there was an error signing the backup.
You also didn't have to buy an SD card reader, you can mount your SD card in CWM under mounts and storage
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I'm pretty sure that means there was an error signing the backup.
You also didn't have to buy an SD card reader, you can mount your SD card in CWM under mounts and storage
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And what exactly does that mean?
After I get this up and running I'm going to try and do a backup with 4.0.1.4 and make sure it works with that version.
Whew, back up and running on stock rooted rom.
Is there any way on the gs3 to save your nandroids to the ext SD card?
Mine shows the option greyed out.
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If you booted into CWM using the EZ Recovery app then you would notice that you can manually save backups to either sd card.
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It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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I think that may be the issue then. Thanks
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It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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This!
Brian Gove said:
It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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so i finally put my sd card in my computer and its showing up being formatted as fat32 so idk what the issue may be.
Ok maybe I put the topic wrong. What I meant was from manager doesn't see my extsd card
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Ok maybe I put the topic wrong. What I meant was from manager doesn't see my extsd card
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If your talking about rom manager then yea thats normal!
On a side note, I recomend flashing files manually in CWM recovery...you would not believe how many threads I have helped folks get out of a softbrick or bootloop situation by flashing with rom manager. The app works great, but you still need to know the background information on what your flashing! To many people think since they can pull the file up on RM, it must be compatible, or they flash with the wrong recovery = soft brick! Part of the main reason my guide is written in its fashion...provides proper instructions to flash, makes one read a bit, and repeats its self to pound the info into ones head. Not tryin to preach to ya, just wanted to share some possibly useful info to yourself and others. thx
I was wondering the same about saving to external from rom manager. So our only option it looks like is to boot to recovery and manually go to save it to the external sd?
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I was wondering the same about saving to external from rom manager. So our only option it looks like is to boot to recovery and manually go to save it to the external sd?
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Yeah that's what I was saying. And I don't flash anything with room manager lol. Just bought it back when I had the OG droid and then I seen that option so I was just curious.
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when i go to backup my rom in clockwork it wont let me back up to ext sd it says cant find ext sd is that a reason because i have a 64gb sd or whats the issue thanks
Make sure your sd card is formatted to Fat32. You'll lose the ability to transfer >4gb files.
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Make sure your sd card is formatted to Fat32. You'll lose the ability to transfer >4gb files.
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Thanks i kinda figured that was the issue that it doesnt support exflat. how would i go about installing team win recovery if i have clockworkmod installed same way with odin? i know team win supports exflat
Another question that pop in my mind would i be able to back up my rom on a differnt sd card with clockwork.
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Thanks i kinda figured that was the issue that it doesnt support exflat. how would i go about installing team win recovery if i have clockworkmod installed same way with odin? i know team win supports exflat
Another question that pop in my mind would i be able to back up my rom on a differnt sd card with clockwork.
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Just download "GooManager" from the Play Store. Press your menu button and select "Install Open Recovery Script" and the latest TWRP will install.
In regards to CWM and two sd cards. Sure can, but who really uses two external sd cards for one phone?
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well just didnt want to lose the exflat support for my phone thats all i was woundering thanks and ill check out goomananger then hope i can back up my rom
I have a SCH-R530U US Cellular GS3 running on JB 4.2.2 with AOKP's mr1 build 5.
Kernel: 3.0.67-aokp-00038-g5a02406
I'm bored of this ROM and want to try Liquid Smooth for the features and hopeful battery life extension. I have been trying to get my phone back to stock EVERYTHING every couple weeks for the last few months now, and have not found any stock rom/kernel files that do anything other then brick my device into a hard boot loop. I have a NANDROID backup, so all is not lost, but I'm just so sick of not being able to find ONE file that will give me stock kernel and stock ROM so I can try a new ROM with new features and speed. I would flash LS over the AOKP build, I just haven't found any info on whether or not the ROM is compatible with my kernel, or if that's even an factor and Iv freaked out too many times over thinking my phone was F$*!ed to be that ballsy in trying something without having exact instructions or some sort of literature/video. So Id rather be safe then sorry and start completely fresh.
Also to get rid of all the non-sense i have on my phone from flashing tons of files to get rid of AOKP, and not knowing how to delete them.
The other issue. My SD card isn't recognized by anything. I cant move apps to my SD card with any app out there, the file is emulated and what i think happened was somehow, I ended up with two SD card files, and they have mixed files in them. So being as newb as I am, idk what files i need to keep in order for proper functioning of my phone and which I can delete, so i can move apps to the SD card and pictures and all that stuff to free up space on my phone. Im more then willing to delete everything on the card, but that wont fix my unorganized internal file clusterf$!*#.
Iv seriously being looking for months, downloaded ADB toolkit to try and get stock back that way, but just another boot loop.
TL;DR
1. Need stock ROM/kernel files for my version that will actually work and not bootloop me.
2. Can any ROM be flashed over any kernel, or are there restrictions with specific ones?
3. How can I fix my SD card problem (not recognizable by any App2SD app; literally none -says my SD card is emulated), with messed up internal files?
PLEASE HELP!!!!
Through your recovery do a full wipe (system, data, cache, dalvik) Sounds like you want to wipe your internsl sd too? Depending on where you keep your info you can wipe your internal SD but it's not necessary.
When you flash a ROM it will come with it's own kernel so you don't have to worry if a ROM is compatible with your kernel. Just make sure you flash a ROM that is compatible with US Cellular.
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Thank you for your reply, honestly.
I vaguely remember doing a full wipe (system, cache, delvik, and data) and it not fixing the issue. But, I will try again. I'm more concerned about my SD card issue and all the messed up files. Will wiping all this fix that? Using ES explorer, I have about six /0 files... Idk if you know much about that, but from what I've learned, within that ONE /0 file, there should be storage for my SD card (data/media) and of course, there's nothing there. So, do you think or do you know that doing a full system wipe will remedy the problems? No tone intended, not trying to be a jerk, simple curious for the future.
Just format the SD card. Wipe everything off if your comfortable with losing the info. You can save important stuff top your CPU if necessary.
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Won't formatting the SD card just erase everything anyway? This would fix my "corrupt" file issue though, correct? The multiple files and unoraginzation?
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Yes formatting it will completely wipe it.
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And that's something I can do through my recovery, yes?
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I'm using TWRP and it can be done though recovery.. wipe > advanced > check sd card
Just backup anything you want to save
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Will responded with results later tonight. This stuff always scares me... Gatta risk it for the biscuit though.
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