Hi,
I am planning to flash custom rom on my anroid. I have rooted my htc one x and s-off is also done. Most of the topics I am reading for flashing says to copy ROM zip file on SD card. How can I copy files to SD card when there is no slot for SD card?
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Vijay
When people refer to the sd card on this device they're talking about the virtual sd card (internal storage). You can connect it to the PC in a couple of ways:
-Connect via a usb cable while booted into Android, if you're on a Jellybean Sense ROM it should show up as a removable drive in Windows automatically. If you're on an ICS Sense ROM you'll need to select disc drive from the notification menu that pops up when you connect. If you're on an aosp ROM you'll need to select the same thing from the notification menu.
-The other way is to boot into TWRP recovery, connect via usb cable, select Mount from the TWRP home screen, then select Mount USB Storage. Now it should show up as a removable drive in Windows.
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Got it. Thanks for the info.
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Hello there..
Previously i already rooted my phone HTC Desire. But after i change a few ROM's, have some error on progress. but i'm not sure what the actual problems. After that my phone can use BUT i cannot access my SD Card,i cannot use my camera/video,Bluetooth even when i plug my USB Cable,it NOT show DISK DRIVE for me to select. My question is, without access to SD Card and USB Cable, how to change my existing ROM's to another?..
*Hopefully the expert person can help me.
Please be advise.
Regards & Thank you Guys...
-faizal from Malaysia-
The simplest suggestion would be to remove the SD card from the phone and use a card reader to place a new ROM on it.
If this doesn't work for some reason, you can connect to your computer via Wifi and use ADB to push a new ROM onto the SD card. However, if your phone won't mount the SD card when you plug in the USB cable there is probably something wrong with the way it is communicating with the SD card.
An external card reader is your best bet.
Just to double check - can you access your SD card when you boot the phone in recovery mode?
AaronLMC said:
The simplest suggestion would be to remove the SD card from the phone and use a card reader to place a new ROM on it.
If this doesn't work for some reason, you can connect to your computer via Wifi and use ADB to push a new ROM onto the SD card. However, if your phone won't mount the SD card when you plug in the USB cable there is probably something wrong with the way it is communicating with the SD card.
An external card reader is your best bet.
Just to double check - can you access your SD card when you boot the phone in recovery mode?
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The problem is, i can't access my SD card from my phone and recovery mode. and also when i plug in USB cable to PC,it just show can charge only. As i know, we ONLY can flash new ROM just from SD Card. is that have another way to do it?
Hi,
I just bought the Desire S and it comes with an 8GB SD card. When I plug my phone into the computer to browse the SD card, the SD card doesn't show up in My Computer. I've tried USB storage ON and OFF, debugging Mode and nothing works.
When I go to Computer Management -> Disk Management, the SD card shows up as "Unallocated". I cannot assign a drive letter to it as well.
I took the SD card out of the phone and plugged it into the computer using a card reader and it showed up in My Computer and was working fine. I put it back into the phone and plugged the phone to the computer and selected SD card storage option on the phone and I can't browse the SD card any more.
I've already formatted the card as FAT32 using Windows 7 before putting it into the phone.
I can browse the SD card just fine using a file explorer on the phone.
What could be the problem? why isn't the SD card showing up when I plug the phone into the computer?
I'm running MIUI 1.9.30 ROM, but the problem was also present with the original HTC ROM as well.
maybe you should try to format it through phone's settings, even better if you try to use a sense rom
Do you have htc usb drivers on your pc? Not sure if this they are required to browse the sdcard whilst in the phone, but they maybe?
The best you can do, you must format your SD card (all partitions) with your recovery (Ext3 or Ext4).
If you have used 4EXTRecovery or CWM, it's easier. (I prefer 4EXTRecovery )
At the end I think it will be ok
chris5s said:
Do you have htc usb drivers on your pc? Not sure if this they are required to browse the sdcard whilst in the phone, but they maybe?
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I downloaded the "HTC Sync" tool and installed it but it doesn't recognize the phone probably because MIUI is installed on the phone.
Does anyone else have MIUI installed and managed to get it to work? Or is there some USB drivers I need to install?
philos64 said:
The best you can do, you must format your SD card (all partitions) with your recovery (Ext3 or Ext4).
If you have used 4EXTRecovery or CWM, it's easier. (I prefer 4EXTRecovery )
At the end I think it will be ok
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But Windows doesn't recognize Ext3 or Ext4, so I still won't be able to browse my SD card on the computer.
456456 said:
But Windows doesn't recognize Ext3 or Ext4, so I still won't be able to browse my SD card on the computer.
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Indeed, except if you use Droid Explorer on your PC (you can read all partitions from your phone with).
Except your SD partition who's must be in Fat32, all the parttions must be in Ext3 or Ext4.
That's why I'm write that's you can format your Sd card with your recovery.
For exemple, mine is:
System => ext4 => capacity :549 MB => free: 101MB
data => ext4 => capacity :1156 MB => free: 427MB
cache => ext4 => capacity :142 MB => free: 138MB
sd ext => ext4 => capacity :0 MB MB => free: 0 MB
sdcard => fat32 => capacity :29543 MB => free: 15369MB
In my pc, the only partition that I can read is sdcard
I tried Droid Explorer but it is buggy, incomplete, very slow, and overall crap.
I tried RCMix3D 1.5 ROM with Sense 3.5 and Android 2.3.5, and still the SD card doesn't show up on the computer. I have HTC Sync installed, but it crashes when I plug the phone in.
The SD card is formatted as FAT32.
Is there anything else I can do to browse the SD card on my PC? What did you guys do to get your SD card to show up on the PC for the first time?
Thanks for your help.
456456 said:
I tried Droid Explorer but it is buggy, incomplete, very slow, and overall crap.
I tried RCMix3D 1.5 ROM with Sense 3.5 and Android 2.3.5, and still the SD card doesn't show up on the computer. I have HTC Sync installed, but it crashes when I plug the phone in.
The SD card is formatted as FAT32.
Is there anything else I can do to browse the SD card on my PC? What did you guys do to get your SD card to show up on the PC for the first time?
Thanks for your help.
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Some daft questions:
Did the SD function fine ever, eg with stock ROM when you first got the phone?
Have you tried an alternate SD card in the same phone?
Have you tried a different USB lead?
Have you tried on a different PC?
Have you tried another USB cabel?
Swyped from my Desire S
[Solved]
I found out what the problem was. After having a look at My computer -> Properties -> Device Manager, I found that two of the USB Controllers were not working properly and the SD card was detected as an "Unknown Device".
I uninstalled HTC Sync, fast boot drivers, and anything related to Android or HTC from my computer.
I then uninstalled the USB controller drivers by right-clicking on each and selecting Uninstall, and the same for the "Unknown Device". After a restart Windows started scanning for drivers for these devices and they started working perfectly again.
The SD card now shows up in My Computer when I plug the phone in, without the help of any HTC drivers.
I hope that helps others who come across this problem. Thanks to everyone who tried to help me with this problem. I appreciate your help guys.
i had that too.... i formatted it wiht my desire hd and it worked
Great to hear that this is resolved.
Best to edit your opening post #1 (using Advanced edit) and prefix the title of the post with [SOLVED] so as to note it's resolved.
So i have just rooted and unlocked the phone. I am trying to put recovery on it, i put the update zip file on the root of the sd card manually by putting the sd card in my pc and transferring then tried installing it via the sammy recovery but it says no file found. When i connect via usb and select mass storage it shows the drive but when i click it, please insert removable disk.
Its a 4gb micro sd, i tried a 2gb as well
Don't confuse the SD card with the external SD card. What the file system shows as SD card is actually internal memory partitioned as a 16 gb "card" for our use. The file system shows the actual SD card that can be removed as "external_SD".
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You need to start over on installing your drivers. Uninstall them from control panel, then go intoprogram files, find the folder labeled "Samsung"and delete it. Restart your computer. Now, reinstall your drivers. Make sure your USB cable is plugged into the back of your computer, not th he front. Let it go through the process of identifying your phone and installing the drivers.
i removed all the drivers but when i try to reinstall the sgh i897 drivers i get this error
samsung android usb modem driver was not installed successfully 16
Download kies, the full version not mini. After you install it, look under tools. There's an option to install drivers. Do that.
Hi everybody, i am a new member (a noob) so i really need your help. I am using a Samsung Galaxy Wonder GT-I8150, i rooted it and flashed the cm9 rom using cmw recovery 5. Now when i want to download something or take a picture (i installed a camera app because cm9's camera is not working) it tells me that i need to insert my sd card. I go back to cmw recovery 5 - Mounts and Storage - Mount Usb Storage, it says: Usb Mass Storage Device Leaving this menu unmount your sd card from your pc. I tried using this option while my phone is connected to the pc but nothing happens, any help plz?:crying:
Maybe, you should try to format sdcard.
gameboy20131 said:
Hi everybody, i am a new member (a noob) so i really need your help. I am using a Samsung Galaxy Wonder GT-I8150, i rooted it and flashed the cm9 rom using cmw recovery 5. Now when i want to download something or take a picture (i installed a camera app because cm9's camera is not working) it tells me that i need to insert my sd card. I go back to cmw recovery 5 - Mounts and Storage - Mount Usb Storage, it says: Usb Mass Storage Device Leaving this menu unmount your sd card from your pc. I tried using this option while my phone is connected to the pc but nothing happens, any help plz?:crying:
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It could be something as simple as your SD card being not properly inserted into the slot - maybe because you accidentally dropped it. Try opening the phone's back and removing the SD card and then reinserting it. make sure it properly sits in its slot. If the problem still persists, wait for someone with better knowledge to come along.
I have a G-tablet and it does not work usb storage.
I try to install the bootloader external micro sd card, and now he does not enter the boot screen.
will be to have some output? remembering that I can only use the external micro sd.
awaiting.
Your problem description is not very clear.
Are you saying that your USB port (which one: micro USB for adb, or the standard slot for USB peripherals?) isn't working, and that you want to install something using your external SDcard?
micro sd externo
rajeevvp said:
Your problem description is not very clear.
Are you saying that your USB port (which one: micro USB for adb, or the standard slot for USB peripherals?) isn't working, and that you want to install something using your external SDcard?
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Yes, I want to install a rom and bootload using external micro sd.
is possible?
wanderpaula said:
Yes, I want to install a rom and bootload using external micro sd.
is possible?
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1. Do you want to install the ROM from the external SD card to the standard partitions on the NAND flash and internal SD card?
OR
2. Do you want to install your ROM from the external SD card to non-standard partitions--like on the external SD card itself?
The first is very easy. Most ClockworkMod versions will let you choose a zip file from the external SD card.
The second option is will need modifications to the ROM package itself.
option 2
rajeevvp said:
1. Do you want to install the ROM from the external SD card to the standard partitions on the NAND flash and internal SD card?
OR
2. Do you want to install your ROM from the external SD card to non-standard partitions--like on the external SD card itself?
The first is very easy. Most ClockworkMod versions will let you choose a zip file from the external SD card.
The second option is will need modifications to the ROM package itself.
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Option 2 because I can not access the bootload.
will be possible?
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Option 2 because I can not access the bootload.
will be possible?
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1. As far as I know, on the gTablet, the bootloader will only work if it is on a standard NAND flash partition. It cannot run off the SD cards.
Simiarly, both the recovery image and the ROM kernel has to live on the NAND flash. The ROM itself (apps and data), however, can exist on either SD card.
2. You can install a ROM if your gTablet can boot into recovery mode (either CWM recovery or the standard recovery).
A new bootloader can be installed (without using the USB cable and the APX mode) only by the standard ViewSonic recovery. CWM recovery won't do it.
3. You can install either of the recovery images (CWM or std) using either recovery mode, or by using any of the custom ROMs.
Ie. If your mini-USB port can't be used for APX mode, the tablet must boot either into the ROM or into recovery mode.
4. A bootloader and a ROM can also be installed in APX mode, but, for that a working USB port is needed. If your mini-USB port is not working, open the tablet up and inspect the mini-USB port carefully. Also try using a different computer and USB cable.