Hi all,
I have a wildfire S, no rooted, and I had the usual problem with the internal memory.
So, I tried to find a solution to this, and I came across this article:
www.bongizmo.com/blog/moving-all-android-apps-to-sdcard-apps2sd-froyo/
(thanx to MPHI for the usefull tip about the link
I tried it , and works fine!!!!
I managed to double my memory free space.
I suggest you to try it!
good luck
Do you mean thies one:
How to move apps to sd card on an unrooted device: A noobs guide.
yaret said:
Hi all,
I have a wildfire S, no rooted, and I had the usual problem with the internal memory.
So, I tried to find a solution to this, and I came across this article: (unfortunately I am a new user, and I cannot post a third party link to this forum, yet! If you want the link, just send me a personal message and I will reply to you.)
I tried it , and works fine!!!!
I managed to double my memory free space.
I suggest you to try it!
good luck
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May i know the link? My wildfire S is almost out of memory ~ 7MB left
No, I don't mean this one.
paweh said:
May i know the link? My wildfire S is almost out of memory ~ 7MB left
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Send it private
(sorry, I cannot paste it directly here)
Then please send it to me also.
Wanna see what posibilities there are.
yaret said:
Hi all,
I have a wildfire S, no rooted, and I had the usual problem with the internal memory.
So, I tried to find a solution to this, and I came across this article: (unfortunately I am a new user, and I cannot post a third party link to this forum, yet! If you want the link, just send me a personal message and I will reply to you.)
I tried it , and works fine!!!!
I managed to double my memory free space.
I suggest you to try it!
good luck
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PM sent for the answer
yaret said:
...
(unfortunately I am a new user, and I cannot post a third party link to this forum, yet! If you want the link, just send me a personal message and I will reply to you.)
...
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As long as you don't use URL BBCode tags and you remove the 'http' from your link, you should be able to post it here
Send me too thanks!
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already pm u. pls. send me. tks.
+1 for wanting the link plz
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first of all you don't need the SDK. Just download a terminal app from the market, install it (it doesn't need root) and execute the Terminal. Type the command 'pm set InstallLocation 2' directly into Terminal and you will see that you get a 'permission denied' error. You can see what it is currently set to by typing 'get installLocation', you will get a '0' indicating it is set to auto, i.e. the phone controls it. I think the WildFire S is going to end up being the least supported phone until root/s-off is available.
read carefully this post
I just try not using SDK, but with android terminal emulator from market and used command: pm setInstallLocation 2 and worked but only for applications which already could be moved to SD card from Settings>applications>manage applications. The other ones automatically install in internal memory (iGo for example) or did not install at all (said there is not enough memory ex: SystemPanel App). In my opinion this method has 0 functionality for our WF S.
I can confirm that this method actually works. After following all the steps on my non-rooted, Android 2.3.3 Wildfire S I was able to move the Astro file manager, the Mobo Player Codec (which took almost 7mb on the phone memory, now only 4 kb!), etc. to the SD card. All these user apps couldn't be installed on the SD memory before.
Thus I was able to double my free phone storage, as yaret originally stated. In fact, I was struggling with Friendstream telling me every time I don't have enough phone memory (not RAM) to run it (under 20480 kb or something like that). Therefore I had to clear all the cash data repeatedly, several times a day. You could imagine how irritating this was. No such problems any more. What is more, I think my Wildfire S works faster and more smoothly now.
Of course, you still can't move preinstalled system apps on the SD card, you would need root access for that. For further information please read the link in post 1 carefully.
Overall HUGE thanks to yaret for sharing this useful method!
Hey,
thanks for this
Hello, I have a few questions. Please help me!
1) To download the latest version of Android SDK (which includes adb executable), follow instructions from step 2 in the Installing the SDK article from the official Android development site. Note: you do not need to install any other software such as Eclipse for this procedure.
Do I need to download the EXE file or the ZIP file? I downloaded the EXE file as it says I need Java JDK. But even after downloading JDK, then installer doesn't go forward. What should I do?
Also, you said follow from step 2. As you said, we don't need to follow step 3 i.e; installing Eclipse so we don't need to check step 4 and 5, right?
2) If you are installing Android SDK on Windows machine, you also need to install USB driver as described in USB driver for Windows section.
I'm using HTC Wildfire S. There are drivers available only for Samsung Nexus S. I don't think there are any drivers available for HTC Wildfire S. What should I do? Skip it or what?
3) Start terminal window on your computer.
By terminal you mean CMD, right?
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I'm so new to this. Please help me! Thank you, sir
Answer to Royal King:
1)I prefer the zip file, is more clear...
4 and 5 step is very important. It's easy to do it. Please follow it.
2)I didn't install the USB drivers for windows. After installin the software, needs update. I think it did it automatically. So you are ok
3)to start a terminal just: a)click START button b) in the search section write: CMD
Worked fine here just follow steps below remeber to have sdk setup and point it to platform-tools
Type the following two lines in the terminal window and press Enter after each line:
adb shell
pm setInstallLocation 2
Now on your phone go to Settings->Applications->Manage Applications->All.
Press hardware Menu button and select Sort by Size.
Tap on each app that is taking significant amount of space and tap Move to SD card button. Press hardware Back button and repeat.
(optional) To change the default installation location for new apps back to the internal phone memory, go back to your terminal window and type:
pm setInstallLocation 0
(important) Go to Settings -> Applications -> Development and disable USB debugging. Leaving USB debugging enabled makes your phone vulnerable (e.g. lock pattern can be reset).
Enjoy!
full internal memory
Can anyone sent me the link..i'm on wildfire s too
Related
It is not quite self-explaining how to install Android on our Windows Mobile devices. Therefore I took some time and wrote down all the steps for people who are new to "Android".
More testers -> more experience -> more knowledge -> faster/better development.
I hope this way the forum is kept clean(er) from all kinds of questioned that have already been answered many times.
ReadMe Includes:
- Partitioning
- Device preparations
- Boot loader
- Install steps
- Fixes
- Links
- more...
If you are a developer (you create your own package) feel free to use my ReadMe for your packages (update regularly though).
to download the ReadMe click the [Android Repository] button in my signature.
It goes to a rapidshare page with 3 files, and when I click on the filename Android_README.TXT
or start download, I get the error
The file could not be found. Please check the download link.
ok thanks. i fixed it (rs bug when renaming files ^^)
How would i partition a 1GB SD Card? ie what sizes etc are the last 3 same but the unallocated is just whats left over?
I want to use a spare card rather then the one that came with my HD.
ATHiEST said:
How would i partition a 1GB SD Card? ie what sizes etc are the last 3 same but the unallocated is just whats left over?
I want to use a spare card rather then the one that came with my HD.
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normally just calculate how i wrote in the readme:
whole space -768 (3* 256) and then the other 3 x 256
but in ur case i would make the swap smaller (i think its not even used at all) and the fat32 bigger; for instance:
fat32 - 384 MB
ext2 - 256 MB
ext2 - 256 MB
swap - 128 MB (rest)
To be honest the bit I find most confusing is all the different versions!
i didnt create any partitions on my card, and android works as good as it does on any, mind you i have not updated the files fo0r a month so alot might have changed
ReadMe updated!
updated a bit...
Geeba said:
To be honest the bit I find most confusing is all the different versions!
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i agree...
i've been looking these posts here for a couple of days now and i still don't know how to do it....
especially the DualBoot thing...
is it possible to make a little bigger how-to manual?
or at least explain the versioning and the needed thing a little more?
the readme is about 50 times longer than anything else u will find about installing android anywhere else
the different versions are just like in windows mobile, theres not much to explain, its rather up to ur personal preference. doesnt take as long as flashing a wm rom, so its easy to try out more versions, especially with more sd cards.
dual boot is easy:
1. install the cab
2. open the dual boot program and make all your settings, for example: auto boot android (click on the checkbox/ratio under android logo), check auto boot checkbox and check fast boot (means 3 instead of 10 secs).
3. restart your device, DONT LAUNCH HARET because that will destroy all the dualboot settings. if you restart/shutdown the device normally, the settings will be stored and android will automatically booted at next startup (or whatever you set before)
if you have android autoboot and u want to boot wm, just QUICKLY press the wm LOGO when the dual boot screen appears.
i might include this in the readme soon, just dont have the time right now unfortunally
N!ghty said:
the readme is about 50 times longer than anything else u will find about installing android anywhere else
the different versions are just like in windows mobile, theres not much to explain, its rather up to ur personal preference. doesnt take as long as flashing a wm rom, so its easy to try out more versions, especially with more sd cards.
dual boot is easy:
1. install the cab
2. open the dual boot program and make all your settings, for example: auto boot android (click on the checkbox/ratio under android logo), check auto boot checkbox and check fast boot (means 3 instead of 10 secs).
3. restart your device, DONT LAUNCH HARET because that will destroy all the dualboot settings. if you restart/shutdown the device normally, the settings will be stored and android will automatically booted at next startup (or whatever you set before)
if you have android autoboot and u want to boot wm, just QUICKLY press the wm LOGO when the dual boot screen appears.
i might include this in the readme soon, just dont have the time right now unfortunally
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Thanks for the dualboot help... i'll try that...
the first problem I have encountered yesterday when trying to put Android was SD card formating...
i downloaded the program you said and followed the instructions oh how-to and was not able to do it under Windows 7 with my 16GB SD card... does it even work for Windows 7??? is there another program I can try to do it with???
I have also dualboot on my PC with the Kubuntu being the second OS, but I'm not using it as much as Windows 7... I can try with it if you think it will work.. but first I have to download the 15GB of data from my SD card to my PC, again
I would like to put the Espresso build cause I saw that it has everything working beside the GPRS and camera...
can you tell me what should I download for my Blackstone so it works properly???
thanks alot...
qtype said:
Thanks for the dualboot help... i'll try that...
the first problem I have encountered yesterday when trying to put Android was SD card formating...
i downloaded the program you said and followed the instructions oh how-to and was not able to do it under Windows 7 with my 16GB SD card... does it even work for Windows 7??? is there another program I can try to do it with???
I have also dualboot on my PC with the Kubuntu being the second OS, but I'm not using it as much as Windows 7... I can try with it if you think it will work.. but first I have to download the 15GB of data from my SD card to my PC, again
I would like to put the Espresso build cause I saw that it has everything working beside the GPRS and camera...
can you tell me what should I download for my Blackstone so it works properly???
thanks alot...
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like the readme says: partitioning is only needed for partitined builds, which means that android uses several partitions to store different kinds of data, for - hopefully - more speed. only glossy uses partitions, espresso doesnt.
for glossy, u can also use ubuntu (download parted magic or something similar) to create partitions.
for espresso, u just need to copy the stuff onto ur sdcard.
but thats all in the readme... i dont have time to explain in detail coz i need to study a whole ****in lot at the moment +.+
N!ghty said:
like the readme says: partitioning is only needed for partitined builds, which means that android uses several partitions to store different kinds of data, for - hopefully - more speed. only glossy uses partitions, espresso doesnt.
for glossy, u can also use ubuntu (download parted magic or something similar) to create partitions.
for espresso, u just need to copy the stuff onto ur sdcard.
but thats all in the readme... i dont have time to explain in detail coz i need to study a whole ****in lot at the moment +.+
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ok... thanks for the help... you helped me a lot just with the claryfication of the versions that need partitioning and the ones that don't...
i didn't know that...
good luck with studying!!!!
one more question...
I get the following message '' Failed to load file\Storage Card\zImage''
Can you help me with that????
qtype said:
one more question...
I get the following message '' Failed to load file\Storage Card\zImage''
Can you help me with that????
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meaning u dont have a zImage at all (ur probably using espresso?). so download one from here, copy files onto sd card and rename "zImage.xxxxxx" to "zImage" and ur ready to go.
N!ghty said:
meaning u dont have a zImage at all (ur probably using espresso?). so download one from here, copy files onto sd card and rename "zImage.xxxxxx" to "zImage" and ur ready to go.
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yep, I downloaded it but I didn't know that i have to rename it...
It did the trick... booting up Android
thanks for all of your help...
updated the readme, not includes DualBoot howto and some other changes...
I managed to get the WiFi working but no matter which zImage I'm using I can't get the 3G to work...
I'm I doing something wrong or did I maybe forgot to do something????
qtype said:
I managed to get the WiFi working but no matter which zImage I'm using I can't get the 3G to work...
I'm I doing something wrong or did I maybe forgot to do something????
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well, some details about what version you are using would be helpful. however, this is not the right channel to ask this question. i think this question has already been asked several times in other threads. try search function or read the thread for ur version, its probably a version-issue or only for your country/provider
N!ghty said:
well, some details about what version you are using would be helpful. however, this is not the right channel to ask this question. i think this question has already been asked several times in other threads. try search function or read the thread for ur version, its probably a version-issue or only for your country/provider
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sorry about that...I realized it later that I should ask in another thread that question...
I managed to figure it out... I just needed to manually configure my APN settings...
The following information is for those who are still unsure of whether Apps2SD has been installed and if it is working correctly after root.
Open a Terminal Editor on your phone (I currently use ConnectBot, which is available for download via the Android Marketplace, comes with hotkeys, and it's free, link <here>).
When you have the client open, type "su" to gain super user access, and then hit enter. Now type "ls -l /data" and hit enter. You should see a few lines, a couple of which should read on the far right column:
dalvik-cache -> /system/sd/dalvik-cache
app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
app -> /system/sd/app
Notice the -> indicating symlinks and the 'sd'
You can also run: busybox df -h to check the /system/sd that the folder is being used
If this output is visible to you, then Apps2SD is working properly and you have installed it correctly. You will notice that by checking Menu > Settings > SD & phone storage, there is still some internal memory going down due to cache, other data, etc, but the main apps all go on the SD card given the above result. I currently have 29 apps installed (including Google Earth, which is 22.1 MB in size itself) and my internal memory currently shows 119MB of available space.
You can perform more extensive checks by executing the following command:
ls /system/sd/app (this will list all the apps which you have installed to the SD card)
If you prefer to run it from a PC with your phone connected, then this can also be checked via ADB by installing the relevant Android SDK for your OS. Downloads for SDK versions, link <here>.
Alternatively, you can use the script (written by theboxman from MoDaCo.com), which you can run via GScript Lite to test if Apps2SD is working correctly, link <here>.
how about unlock?
thank you for the info. btw, i havent seen in the forum if there a way to unlock the Desire form a certain network. any idea? sorry i know its the wrong place to ask and post this.
Hi Mastoid,
Could you tell me how exactly to run this from PC?
I've got the whole SDK installed but no idea what i have to do...open a prompt or something? Please inform as i'd really like to check.
You need to download the Android SDK and also Java.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/widget/jdk6.jsp
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Then open a command prompt in Windows, plug in your Desire (your phone does not need to be in hboot/fastboot to access adb shell).
1) Open a command prompt on your computer and cd to your adb tools directory (it will be wherever you extracted the sdk; ie, c:\android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
2) In that window enter the following commands:
adb shell
su
ls -l /data
this should list the top 2 items as:
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-28 22:54 app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-28 22:54 app -> /system/sd/app
ls -l /system/sd/app (will list apps on installed to your SD Card)
Now, for final proof, type:
busybox df -h
iom_jack said:
thank you for the info. btw, i havent seen in the forum if there a way to unlock the Desire form a certain network. any idea? sorry i know its the wrong place to ask and post this.
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Do you mean to have it sim-unlocked?
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100328154024AA1abkl
Great!
That worked, though the items you mention are not at the top but a couple of rows down. Busybox did show the apps installed on the SD.....ah, peace of mind
thx for the instructions!
no problem bud, glad it worked out for you
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Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
can it stop working halfway? i mean at first it really looked like apps were on SD but now it takes the flash memory instead....
i have 38m left with APP2SD
totorip said:
can it stop working halfway? i mean at first it really looked like apps were on SD but now it takes the flash memory instead....
i have 38m left with APP2SD
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I posted a thread recently showing how to check if Apps2SD has been installed correctly and is working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677073
How to setup App2SD?
Anyone got a clear, easy guide on getting it working? Can you install it on the standard rooted ROM from MoDaCo? Do you need to have it cooked into a ROM?
A video or something would help but I'm interested in getting it setup incase I need to get a load of apps
î did your think i i use better terminal pro
app => system/sd/app
dalvik cache => /system/sd/dalvik cache
app private => /system/sd/ app private
so how can i have around 40mb left only?
Re: Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
How many apps have you installed?
How have you partitioned your sd card? i.e. swap size?, ext2 size?
Have you applied the Apps2SD update zip?
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ive got maybe 40/50apps
i partitionned , 66 cache 1280m EXT 2=> EXT3
and no update....i dont need with the latest modaco R2 custom rom do i?
im afraid to reboot everything again, spent the whole day to isntall everything
30mb left :x
Re: Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
I would suggest that you apply the dalvik-cache update zip and that should hopefully fix it. Note that you should only allocate 512MB to 1024MB (max) for the ext2 size and, you do not require a swap of 66MB, it is not recommended. I have my swap set to 0MB, ext2 set to 512MB which is more than enough space for apps, and rest to FAT32.
Search google for the "Apps2SD mini guide" (found via MoDaCo website) click the link and scroll down to the bottom of page one, the update zip file is available there.
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is it bad? (64 swap)
i calculated, i installed 170m worth of app. And i have "43" left (started at 138)
so , somewhere, APP2SD is working...but not verry effective
Re: Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
I think it is working, run the command (ls /system/sd/app) in terminal editor in the link i posted earlier and check what apps are stored to the sd card. Also, download and install "cachecleaner" from the marketplace (free) to free up some cache space.
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You have something wrong. I have also this Rom with about 53 apps and have still 134MB free.
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i installed the update.zip
i went from 38 to 53mb
then i use cache cleaner , i now have 60....
and still 170m worth of app...
so is my app2sd working in half?
Re: Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
I ran the command in Su, and only the 2 app ones said sd, my dalvic cache didn't say SD card. I ran the suggested update fix but had bootloop, do I need to wipe anything first? I'm using evil 1. 0 Rom and thought it came pre app2sd. . .
Id like to get dalvic moved. . .
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Lol since thazt update zip i have no more wifi....cant start wifi it says. Great
I've searched and read guide after guide and I'm getting absolutely nowhere. I have tried to partition using ADB, I have tried to partition using a new Recovery image but I can't even change it.
Am I the only person who is having this trouble?
Can anyone see where I am going wrong....
Phone was modified using unrevoked3 and has Clockworkmod 2.5.0.1 on it.
I have downloaded the SDK for windows package and extracted it to C:\Android I then run CMD in administrator mode, go to the directory and type 'adb shell'... works fine so I then disconnect and then type 'adb shell reboot recovery' and I get 'reboot: no such tool'. I have also tried rebooting the phone into recovery mode myself but when I try to connect to it via 'adb shell' it tells me there is no device (It shows in the device manager just the same as it did before). Screeched to a halt there.
Next I thought I would change the recovery image to "RA-desire-v1.7.0.1-R5". According to the comments in the thread I can use unrevoked to install this image. I run the program select the image, plug the phone in and away it goes. After 10 mins of it saying "waiting on root, you can safely reboot" or something like that I gave up and took the battery out as nothing was happening.
Where am I going wrong here? I am only trying to get an EXT3 partition onto the phone so that I can put the apps on there and having it run faster.
This is a VERY brief runthrough of what I have done. I have been searching for about 10 hours in total, reading guide after guide and trying to follow them. I don't even get past the first couple of steps and there is an awful lot of wrong and old information out there.
Oh, as a side note. Is there any way to have the OS boot up in 10 seconds like Sense on the desire z?
Thanks for any help, I'm at my wits end.
if you r rooted download Rom manager from market and select partition SD card
secondly u can get fast boot if you flash the hd Rom in Android development section
'adb shell reboot recovery' written in only one line leads you to nowhere, you should open the shell with 'adb shell' and then issue the command 'reboot recovery' (never used that last one so I don't know if it works).
Appart from that you should do what is said in the above post, just download ROM Manager and partition your SD from there (you will need to go back to clockworkmod, but I think you don't need to do unrevoked again since you are already root)
Thanks a lot guys. Will give this a go tomorrow.
Sounds so simple too, can't believe the way I was going about it.
if you have a cd rw on your pc, just download the gparted live cd ....... its awsome
i'm also struggling with this...also followed the methods OP has posted and getting no where..dont want to use ROM manager because i want to have around 1/2GB space for partition...ROM manager only allows a maximum of 512mb
Worked flawlessly, I can't believe how much searching I done and the answer was so simple.
Off to see what I can do with it now
killa_byte said:
i'm also struggling with this...also followed the methods OP has posted and getting no where..dont want to use ROM manager because i want to have around 1/2GB space for partition...ROM manager only allows a maximum of 512mb
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If using windows download
Acronis*Disk*Director*Home (it is paid)
or
Linux (free) -- through USB
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
dexteral said:
secondly u can get fast boot if you flash the hd Rom in Android development section
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Just gave this a go and it takes even longer to load lol. Once it hits the Matrix screen it's quick enough. The white screen with HTC is where it takes forever. It takes literally AGES.
The setup looked good too but I think I'll be back to froyo.
Scott M said:
Just gave this a go and it takes even longer to load lol. Once it hits the Matrix screen it's quick enough. The white screen with HTC is where it takes forever. It takes literally AGES.
The setup looked good too but I think I'll be back to froyo.
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have you ticked fasboot in the option menu i think it was in applications menu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdal1o9e38
dexteral said:
have you ticked fasboot in the option menu i think it was in applications menu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdal1o9e38
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Ah haaa
No I didn't. Will give that a go. Is there a link to information on the fastboot? Does it use the battery or just store the current memory to the SD card (Like hibernation)?
Thanks
Scott M said:
Ah haaa
No I didn't. Will give that a go. Is there a link to information on the fastboot? Does it use the battery or just store the current memory to the SD card (Like hibernation)?
Thanks
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jus search there, u'll know everything u need to know.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789830
dexteral said:
If using windows download
Acronis*Disk*Director*Home (it is paid)
or
Linux (free) -- through USB
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
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installed ubuntu on my USB how do i partition the sd card?
Woowww 157 pages lol. My head SERIOUSLY hurts.
I managed to get the fast boot thing to work by selecting "Hibernate" rather than "Power Off". Going by the desire Z demo, it can shutdown and restart in approx 10 seconds without going into hibernation (Can't remove battery/power).
Still, I'm going to have a play around with the HD firmware you liked to. It seems to be getting very good reports
Fingers crossed on the camera getting sorted out soon.
Thanks again for your help.
Scott M said:
Woowww 157 pages lol. My head SERIOUSLY hurts.
I managed to get the fast boot thing to work by selecting "Hibernate" rather than "Power Off". Going by the desire Z demo, it can shutdown and restart in approx 10 seconds without going into hibernation (Can't remove battery/power).
Still, I'm going to have a play around with the HD firmware you liked to. It seems to be getting very good reports
Fingers crossed on the camera getting sorted out soon.
Thanks again for your help.
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scott can u provide any guidance to a first time rooter?
i'm really stuck...all i want to do is partition my sd card with 1/2gb for apps and the rest for my files etc.
killa_byte said:
scott can u provide any guidance to a first time rooter?
i'm really stuck...all i want to do is partition my sd card with 1/2gb for apps and the rest for my files etc.
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Rom manager did it all for me bud. Is your phone already rooted? With a custom firmware? If so just download "Rom Manager" from the market and run it
killa_byte said:
scott can u provide any guidance to a first time rooter?
i'm really stuck...all i want to do is partition my sd card with 1/2gb for apps and the rest for my files etc.
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ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix
what i did
intalled on d drive
ran ubuntu
on device boot to recovery > mount usb, should be detected,
on ubuntu unmount by rick clicking on the file sytem on left side. now go to the disks and right click on the sd card and create a partition.
or search youtube to format sd card
what other s did
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772325
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dexteral said:
ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix
what i did
intalled on d drive
ran ubuntu
on device boot to recovery > mount usb, should be detected,
on ubuntu unmount by rick clicking on the file sytem on left side. now go to the disks and right click on the sd card and create a partition.
or search youtube to format sd card
what other s did
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772325
hope m clear
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it sounds clear enough but ubuntu takes 5 hours to install on a usb drive...is this normal?
killa_byte said:
it sounds clear enough but ubuntu takes 5 hours to install on a usb drive...is this normal?
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takes half hour tops if run from hard disk. 600 mb file ... not sure abt usb though
Hello,
My name is Iris, but you guys can call me Rezz7
I am new to the forum, not to XDA I come here often (long story)
I have a T-Mobile G2 phone that I used Visionary to gain temp root, then I went this route to perm root:
Instructions:
1. The first step is to install Terminal Emulator and a file manager from the Marketplace, such as, Astro file manager.
2. Now insert the SD card to your computer and unzip the “root_files.zip” file (download link given at the bottom of this post) to this SD card (a directory will be created called root_files on the card). When done, unmount the SD card from your computer. Make sure that all the extracted files are directly inside the root_files folder and not in another subfolder inside it.
3. Enable unknown sources (under Settings –> Applications) and USB Debugging (under Settings –> Applications –> Development).
4. Using the file manager (we are using Astro file manager), navigate to the root_files directory on the SD card (created in step 2), and select “com.modaco.visionaryplus.r14.apk” to install the Visionary app.
5. Launch the Visionary app and click on “Temproot now”. Leave the other settings unchecked. Visionary Desire Z Temp Rooting Desire Z
6. Start the terminal app and type the following commands:
$ su
# cp /sdcard/root_files/perm_root /data/local/perm_root
# chmod 777 /data/local*
# /data/local/perm_root
With this ROM: SenseGinger by TeamVillain.v3
I come here often to read on stuff, but see I come from the iphone world, jailbreaking and unlocking is waay more simple than android. Eh!
Ok so my question is the following. I have ROM MANAGER and the phone's recovery is ClockWorkMod Recovery, I downloaded the SenseGinger to the SDCARD, I wipe data, cache and tried to load from SD. I see META-INF
and a system but ....? what am I missing. Where is the big boot?
HEEEELP please
Thanks
what do you mean you tried to load from sd? you need to select flash rom from sd from the rom manager program. your phone will then reboot and start to flash the rom. thats all you need to do.
Hirabi12 said:
Hello,
My name is Iris, but you guys can call me Rezz7
I am new to the forum, not to XDA I come here often (long story)
I have a T-Mobile G2 phone that I used Visionary to gain temp root, then I went this route to perm root:
Instructions:
1. The first step is to install Terminal Emulator and a file manager from the Marketplace, such as, Astro file manager.
2. Now insert the SD card to your computer and unzip the “root_files.zip” file (download link given at the bottom of this post) to this SD card (a directory will be created called root_files on the card). When done, unmount the SD card from your computer. Make sure that all the extracted files are directly inside the root_files folder and not in another subfolder inside it.
3. Enable unknown sources (under Settings –> Applications) and USB Debugging (under Settings –> Applications –> Development).
4. Using the file manager (we are using Astro file manager), navigate to the root_files directory on the SD card (created in step 2), and select “com.modaco.visionaryplus.r14.apk” to install the Visionary app.
5. Launch the Visionary app and click on “Temproot now”. Leave the other settings unchecked. Visionary Desire Z Temp Rooting Desire Z
6. Start the terminal app and type the following commands:
$ su
# cp /sdcard/root_files/perm_root /data/local/perm_root
# chmod 777 /data/local*
# /data/local/perm_root
With this ROM: SenseGinger by TeamVillain.v3
I come here often to read on stuff, but see I come from the iphone world, jailbreaking and unlocking is waay more simple than android. Eh!
Ok so my question is the following. I have ROM MANAGER and the phone's recovery is ClockWorkMod Recovery, I downloaded the SenseGinger to the SDCARD, I wipe data, cache and tried to load from SD. I see META-INF
and a system but ....? what am I missing. Where is the big boot?
HEEEELP please
Thanks
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Sounds like you unzipped the file, you need to keep it zipped and chose the install from sdcard option from recovery
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OriginalGabriel said:
Sounds like you unzipped the file, you need to keep it zipped and chose the install from sdcard option from recovery
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Thanks to the both users that answered. I will try with the zipped file. If not... I will take a break... lol
Almost the ere, but see, it did not flash the rom it said aborted (SIGH)
^^^^FAILED
you didn't just rezip it did you?
try downloading a fresh copy of the .zip file
lil-devil said:
you didn't just rezip it did you?
try downloading a fresh copy of the .zip file
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I will try that....
Thanks.
I really want to learn all this phone flashing stuff .... I used to change my old iphone all the time,I get bored of things quick. Hopefully all you smarties can be my "mentors" til I become android smart like yall.
Hirabi12 said:
I will try that....
Thanks.
I really want to learn all this phone flashing stuff .... I used to change my old iphone all the time,I get bored of things quick. Hopefully all you smarties can be my "mentors" til I become android smart like yall.
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Do you have root explorer ? It's a great tool to have for rooted devices also if you happen to unzip it again you can use that to re-zip the file (if you have a slow internet connection, i think this way would be faster than downloading the rom again)
ALSO i suggest you try Virtuous rom first because not everything is working on Senseginger yet (i know so sad eh)
heema88 said:
Do you have root explorer ? It's a great tool to have for rooted devices also if you happen to unzip it again you can use that to re-zip the file (if you have a slow internet connection, i think this way would be faster than downloading the rom again)
ALSO i suggest you try Virtuous rom first because not everything is working on Senseginger yet (i know so sad eh)
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Thanks for your advice. Sad? Nooo its tragic, lol.
Right now I have a mega slow connection. Im on a fam plan. I have a nexus one that had an ota like over a month ago for 2.3.3, the g2 im rooting, and my brother has another g2 that im supposed to root.
My interent connection is more than slow. I usually use the nexus one as wifi, or use my brother's phone and mine for the 4g however tmobile is throttling us because we capped our data at 5GB though we have unlimited data, so downloading that senseginger is a pain... that tool you recommended will be useful in the future. Thanks.
I dont know where else to get roms from, I found a few for the G2 from the unlockr website. But I will research what you recommended.
Hirabi12 said:
I dont know where else to get roms from, I found a few for the G2 from the unlockr website. But I will research what you recommended.
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You can view the various roms available in the development sub-forum under the G2 Header. This thread has a list of roms and links to them (as well as various guides and kernels).
Browse and play around with the roms, give them a chance and find out what features you like best. They've all got pros and cons. CM7 (Cyanogenmod 7) is a non sense-based rom that is pretty popular and a stable build was released a few days ago.
takram said:
You can view the various roms available in the development sub-forum under the G2 Header. This thread has a list of roms and links to them (as well as various guides and kernels).
Browse and play around with the roms, give them a chance and find out what features you like best. They've all got pros and cons. CM7 (Cyanogenmod 7) is a non sense-based rom that is pretty popular and a stable build was released a few days ago.
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Thanks Takram.
Im a bit familiar with Cyanogenmod my ex modded his nexus one all the time. I have had anexus for over a year n never modded it, now i have both the g2 n the nexus. I was afraid bc I used to see my ex flash his phone all the time n it looked so complicated just like he would say that jailbreaking iphone is hard.
:-/ But i will start playing with different roms n stuff. Thanks for the link
Ok... It seems to be working, guys. Thanks to every single one of you. I would have never been able to solve this on my own.
What do you guys know about data throttle? Is there any way to by pass it? I mean we all pay unlimited data, plus the extra for 4g, and the extra for tethering. We should not get throttled...
Hirabi12 said:
Ok... It seems to be working, guys. Thanks to every single one of you. I would have never been able to solve this on my own.
What do you guys know about data throttle? Is there any way to by pass it? I mean we all pay unlimited data, plus the extra for 4g, and the extra for tethering. We should not get throttled...
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There are a few threads about this already but the quick answer is no. Tmo is throttle on they're end now so unless someone's hacks tmo there is nothing you can do. I would call and complaine though.
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shortlived said:
There are a few threads about this already but the quick answer is no. Tmo is throttle on they're end now so unless someone's hacks tmo there is nothing you can do. I would call and complaine though.
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Yea I have. :-X They are just butts about it.
King size BUG in SenseGinger
I have installed this rom on my G2 like 2-3 days ago.... and this super bug started today. I had to make a call to activate a bank card, so I dial the bank's number, and so when I have to press one for english the phone crashes! I have tried robooting the phone, I deleted the cahe, wiped the user, reinstalled the rom... same issue.
Giant Bug, though we confuse our phones this days with computers, gps or flashlights the truth is... that its a phone .... and lol well, if you can you can't use the phone feature lol ... i find it funny. Kinda' ironic.
Which version you running? They just released a new version about that time.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983991 This one
shortlived said:
Which version you running? They just released a new version about that time.
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???? help???
I know there was a temporary patch that was attached to a post on page 67 that will fix that problem. You basically need to replace the phone.apk.. im personally staying on the old version until they get overclocking on the new version. Also the older version runs flawlessly on my g2 so i really didnt see any reason to upgrade.
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HMM I hear you. I can't say it runs flawlessly. Mines freezes a bit, or it doesn't react quickly. When I slide the notifications down it takes me like two or 3 touches to get them to slide down. Or going through screens it freezes sometimes. But its not something that I can't live with. The thing about the phone kills the mobile network. I have to reboot the phone for it to come back.
Sometimes if you let it sit like 5 minutes the mobile network comes back on its own.... I mean not flawless, the phone app issue is most annoying though. Thank God I wasn't stranded somewhere needing to activate my bank card.
This is a Tutorial for recovering unwanted deletion of files in the INTERNAL MEMORY of your Samsung Galaxy S3
I have finally finished the video to tribute War Tickler's thread!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HomqBx0J0e8
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR A BRICKED S3. IF YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THE TUTORIAL PROPERLY YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM. ROOT AND RECOVER MEMORY FROM YOUR PHONE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Make sure your Computer Hard Drive has Sufficient Space:
If your Galaxy S3 is 16GB have at least 20GB of space on your Computer HARDDRIVE.
If your Galaxy S3 is 32GB have at least 50GB of space on your Computer HARDDRIVE.
WarTickler's Thread on XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
How to ROOT AT&T ANDROID (However the tutorial presumably recovers all kinds of S3 internal memory): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
How to Install Android SDK or ADB:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khrxo0-NieM
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830108
Download tools:
Cygwin:
http://www.cygwin.com/
NetCat:
http://www.daemon.de/idisk/Apps/netcat-openbsd-cygwin/netcat-openbsd-win32-1.10.2.3.zip
VHD Tool:
http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/vhdtool/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=5344
PIRIFORM Recuva:
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Special Thanks to:
Wartickler- http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2129788
ReverendkJr- http://www.youtube.com/user/reverendkjr?feature=watch
If I have helped you Please press the Thank You button!
Please remember to click thanks to those who I have helped!
Thanks for this!
Thanks nice to know!
hi,tnx for toutorial.sry my english is bad.
i've a problem:when i run theis command in 2th cygwin window (nc 127.0.0.1 5555 | pv -i 0.5 > mmcblk0p15.raw) ,the last command in first cygwin window would be stop and just get 66 byte data!!!!
my international S3 is rooted bye siyah kernel and busy box 1.21 is installed.
naeem_0310 said:
hi,tnx for toutorial.sry my english is bad.
i've a problem:when i run theis command in 2th cygwin window (nc 127.0.0.1 5555 | pv -i 0.5 > mmcblk0p15.raw) ,the last command in first cygwin window would be stop and just get 66 byte data!!!!
my international S3 is rooted bye siyah kernel and busy box 1.21 is installed.
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It might have something to do with the mmcblk0p12 code. Try using 15 or 16 at the end of the code to let your computer find the right user memory block because different phones have different placement of code.
The apps mentioned in the previous couple of posts are all 'paid for apps' and don't mention being able to recover files from the phones internal memory. They only seem to be capable of working on drives can be mounted such as the MicroSD cards in the mentioned devices. Jelly bean phones connect via MTP so pretty sure they won't work on the internal memory of the likes of the S3 or S4.
The only tried and tested method (for the internal memory) seems to be the one in the OP.
Thanks OP for the video, makes it easier to follow Wartickler's instructions.
It works
I followed the guide and it actually worked out. Thank you very much! :good:
zmcmay said:
I notice that there are many free tools can be used to recovering deleted pictures and files, such as PhotoRec, TestDisk and Recuva. They are 100% free that works for such use.
Here is a tutorial which tells the details how to undelete photo files.
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I don't think that will work on Android with MTP. Maybe back when UMS was still supported one of those tools may have helped, but as far as I know (I may very well be wrong) standard PC based recovery tools will not work.
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Dammit....should have done a little more research before overwriting my deleted files....great....
Thanks!
Been looking for something like this! Thanks!
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Sweet, thanks for taking the time to make this tutorial. This will come in handy when deleting photos and accidentally deleting the wrong photo.:good:
Like it
Nice Job
I hope this works
I deleted tons of images unknowingly from my note 2 internal sdcard n I am so hopibg this will help me recover them
Thanks for this
Re
i get this error
nc 127.0.0.1 5555 | pv -i 0.5> mmcblk0p29.raw
-bash: nc: command not found
0 B 0:00:00 [ 0 B/s] [<=>
Any ideas??? what i did wrong?? Oh ya by the way using S4 to recover so different block number and also on win 8
Does anyone know if the solution from first post should works with Note 3? I have deleted DCIM folder... It was on internal storage. There is no option of "mass storage" in Note 3.
Diskdigger apk for root users
Check out "DiskDigger undelete (root)"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger
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I have seen many programs for pc and apps for Android that claim to recover pictures from a factory reset. Do any of them work? Or is this the only way? How long of a process is this starting from beginning unrooted?