I'm using quite an old Note FE based ROM on my S7, and I'd quite like to switch to one of the NFE ROMs that's been updated more recently, either black diamond or superleggera.
Neither of these ROMs are patched to allow using two SIM cards and a SD card at the same time, using the method where you remove the chip from the SIM card and glue it to the bottom of the SD card.
Is there a patch that can be flashed as a ZIP file that would work on these ROMs?
Or a set of instructions for modifying the ROM so as the hybrid slot will read a SD and SIM at the same time?
Mr Creosote said:
Neither of these ROMs are patched to allow using two SIM cards and a SD card at the same time, using the method where you remove the chip from the SIM card and glue it to the bottom of the SD card.
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wtf? Thats possible?
chrisrevoltes said:
wtf? Thats possible?
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Yes, it was possible on older versions of the stock ROM, then Samsung changed it so as it gives you a warning that there's something stuck in the tray, and you can't do anything until you remove it.
It's definitely possible to modify a custom ROM to allow it, as the one I'm currently running, lightROM, lets me do it.
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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.
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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,.
ok, i rooted with buddy one click, got eng s-off, flashed to a custom rom and everything is perfect. No issues at all with the phone or card as it stands. My only question is all that was done using a 4 gig SD card that i used to make a goldcard. Can i now just simply pop in a 16 gig card and reboot the phone or do i need to make it a gold card first? and is there anything i need from the old card transferred to the new card before i do it?
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ok, i rooted with buddy one click, got eng s-off, flashed to a custom rom and everything is perfect. No issues at all with the phone or card as it stands. My only question is all that was done using a 4 gig SD card that i used to make a goldcard. Can i now just simply pop in a 16 gig card and reboot the phone or do i need to make it a gold card first? and is there anything i need from the old card transferred to the new card before i do it?
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No, you no longer need the goldcard in the SD slot for the phone to operate. You can remove and save it in case you ever need a goldcard again.
I notice my TF300.
After I insert Kingston Micro-SD HC 32GB with NTFS file system.
The Launcher always freeze and ask for force close.
I try to remove Micro-SD while launcher freeze, the result is Launcher suddenly unfreeze and can use normally.
Is I use wrong file system on Micro-SD or my Micro-SD have some problem?
Which launcher are you using? Have you tried another micro sd card? Do you have the dock with a sd card inside? Custom rom or stock? Rooted? Unlocked? We need more info.
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Tw1tchy said:
Which launcher are you using? Have you tried another micro sd card? Do you have the dock with a sd card inside? Custom rom or stock? Rooted? Unlocked? We need more info.
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Addition information below information
ROM : Stock ROM ICS
Root status : No root
Unlock status : No unlock
Everything is came from out of the box.
I tried another microSD with NTFS, it seem like have this problem too.
However this problem doesn't always happen.
Some time it can work normally.
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Addition information below information
ROM : Stock ROM ICS
Root status : No root
Unlock status : No unlock
Everything is came from out of the box.
I tried another microSD with NTFS, it seem like have this problem too.
However this problem doesn't always happen.
Some time it can work normally.
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Try nova or apex . It's a lot better than the stock
I seem to have a problem whereby my SD card is unreadable after rebooting the handset. Is anyone else seeing this too? I can 'fix' it by removing and reinserting the card then formatting it again.
I should point out that I have a dual sim variant and I have modded the card/2nd sim in this way http://www.noreplied.com/how-to-ins...d-and-microsd-card-in-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge/
I don't know if this is the cause? I can't see why it would be.
edit: I should also point out I am not encrypting the card nor am I using adoptable storage.
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I seem to have a problem whereby my SD card is unreadable after rebooting the handset. Is anyone else seeing this too? I can 'fix' it by removing and reinserting the card then formatting it again.
I should point out that I have a dual sim variant and I have modded the card/2nd sim in this way http://www.noreplied.com/how-to-ins...d-and-microsd-card-in-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge/
I don't know if this is the cause? I can't see why it would be.
edit: I should also point out I am not encrypting the card nor am I using adoptable storage.
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I am also facing the same issue.. On each reboot my SD card corrupting.
sathish804 said:
I am also facing the same issue.. On each reboot my SD card corrupting.
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I ended up buying a new SD card and everything is fine now (even with a sim card super glued to it!).
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I ended up buying a new SD card and everything is fine now (even with a sim card super glued to it!).
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Which SD card you would advise?
I didn't understood this "even with a sim card super glued to it!" Could you please explain
sathish804 said:
Which SD card you would advise?
I didn't understood this "even with a sim card super glued to it!" Could you please explain
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I went with this one but I am sure others will work too https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013P1M436/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have a dual sim version which means the tray is a hybrid tray. see here http://www.noreplied.com/how-to-ins...d-and-microsd-card-in-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge/
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I went with this one but I am sure others will work too https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013P1M436/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have a dual sim version which means the tray is a hybrid tray. see here http://www.noreplied.com/how-to-ins...d-and-microsd-card-in-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge/
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Thank you!!
Mine is not dual sim version !! I will try with other SD cards and will see if the issue is till persisting or not.
I've run into a rather interesting issue with my FRD-L04. My bootloader is unlocked and I'm running stock B385 with TWRP. No matter what I seem to do, the phone doesn't pick up any of the multiple SD cards I have.
EDIT: I've had a breakthrough!
The SD card appears to function ONLY IF the SIM card isn't in the tray. What on earth?
My SIM card was manually cut down from a full size one but I didn't think it would cause any problems. If I take out the SIM card and put the tray in with just an SD, it reads it completely.
I think this might have something to do with my SIM card being really old?
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I've run into a rather interesting issue with my FRD-L04. My bootloader is unlocked and I'm running stock B385 with TWRP. No matter what I seem to do, the phone doesn't pick up any of the multiple SD cards I have.
I was previously testing an early version of RROS on the phone but quickly made my way back to stock nougat, but somewhere in the process my SD card slot may have lost functionality. I don't think I'm able to run the marshmallow rollback process if my SD card isn't detected. TWRP doesn't let me mount any of the cards I have.
I've tried using the DLoad method for the rollback package and it failed at 5%. I don't think it detects the card at all.
Is there something I can try to do to make the SD card slot work again? I'm formatting my SD cards in the appropriate format (Fat32). I have a 16GB Lexar 300x and a 2GB MicroSD card from Samsung, neither work.
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That is weird, try to format them with your computer and use exfat. See if that does anything :angel: do slow format as well if you have Windows. Not quick format.
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You are also able to run the roll back packages if you make a dload folder in the root of your honor internal storage. :victory:
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That is weird, try to format them with your computer and use exfat. See if that does anything :angel: do slow format as well if you have Windows. Not quick format.
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I just tested exFAT and it also didn't work on either card. A friend of mine just got the same phone and his SD card can even be accessed through Windows while the phone is plugged in, this never happens for me.
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I just tested exFAT and it also didn't work on either card. A friend of mine just got the same phone and his SD card can even be accessed through Windows while the phone is plugged in, this never happens for me.
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When did this start to happen? Do the cards work in another phone?
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When did this start to happen? Do the cards work in another phone?
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The cards work in every other device except this Honor 8. It may have started happening when I switched from B360 to RROS and then back again, but I don't think I've ever seen them work on the phone, even with EMUI 4.1. I get no prompts or information in the files manager, just 32GB internal storage.
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The cards work in every other device except this Honor 8. It may have started happening when I switched from B360 to RROS and then back again, but I don't think I've ever seen them work on the phone, even with EMUI 4.1. I get no prompts or information in the files manager, just 32GB internal storage.
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If you never have seen it work I would take it to a service center and have them look at the sd card reader :/ maybe someone with more experience than me with this matter could help you on the forms if you don't want to do that.
I've had a breakthrough!
The SD card appears to function ONLY IF the SIM card isn't in the tray. What on earth?
My SIM card was manually cut down from a full size one but I didn't think it would cause any problems. If I take out the SIM card and put the tray in with just an SD, it reads it completely.
If the update process in recovery even reaches 5% it means the phone detects the card with dload inside it. I'd recommend u to try and rollback and see.
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I've partially figured it out - It's clearly something to do with my SIM card. The phone will 100% recognize any SD card as long as the SIM is out, if the SIM is inserted it immediately disconnects the SD card.
My SIM card has storage on it for contacts because it's from around 2008 or 9. Should I try getting a new sim card and see if that fixes the problem?
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I've partially figured it out - It's clearly something to do with my SIM card. The phone will 100% recognize any SD card as long as the SIM is out, if the SIM is inserted it immediately disconnects the SD card.
My SIM card has storage on it for contacts because it's from around 2008 or 9. Should I try getting a new sim card and see if that fixes the problem?
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May be you should Service centre. It may be hardware issue now but may worsen later so better to send it now or ask for a refund if it is still less than 10-15 days of purchase
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May be you should Service centre. It may be hardware issue now but may worsen later so better to send it now or ask for a refund if it is still less than 10-15 days of purchase
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The phone is 9 months old, I doubt it's still serviceable. I'm going to try upgrading to a new SIM card and see if it makes a difference
EDIT: I just reflashed the stock recovery from B360 via fastboot, and then ran the OTA for B388. The "quick update" failed so I chose "download full package" during the install as it worked with my previous update from B360 to B385.
It installed, and when the phone rebooted, my bootloader was relocked. It relocked itself via the OTA.
This also fixed the SD card issue.
I don't even know how that works. I should lock the thread somehow I suppose!
If you have any further issues. I'd recommend that your contact Honor directly as they should be able to help you resolve your issue quite easily.
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This also fixed the SD card issue.
I don't even know how that works. I should lock the thread somehow I suppose!
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Glad to know this fixed for you. Enjoy.
9 month is still within warranty amd you can check with SC for sure for next 3 months