How to switch sd cards on a rooted g1? Help is appreciated! - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I'm going to get a different microsd card, so I can enjoy the class 6 goodness. How do switch microsd cards with root enabled and apps2sd, and a hero rom? I tried this once and returned the card, but now I want to really get it working. All help is appreciated GREATLY!

All you do is:
1.Partition
2.Repair EXT
3.Upgrade ext if you want
4.Out rom on sd
5.Wipe
6.flash
7.self-explanatory

Ace42 said:
All you do is:
1.Partition
2.Repair EXT
3.Upgrade ext if you want
4.Out rom on sd
5.Wipe
6.flash
7.self-explanatory
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sorry man, you're the one that got me root in the first place so :O. But do you mean put rom on sd? and for the seperate steps should I reboot recovery after each? sorry for being a noob

hiddengopher said:
sorry man, you're the one that got me root in the first place so :O. But do you mean put rom on sd? and for the seperate steps should I reboot recovery after each? sorry for being a noob
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Ill rephrase:Make sure phone is already charged
While phone off
1.Partition
2.Repair EXT
Type reboot recovery in console
4.Put rom on sd
Put sd into Pc or hook phone to pc in recovery mode
5.Wipe
6.flash

Ace42 said:
Ill rephrase:Make sure phone is already charged
While phone off
1.Partition
2.Repair EXT
Type reboot recovery in console
4.Put rom on sd
Put sd into Pc or hook phone to pc in recovery mode
5.Wipe
6.flash
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when I partition it, it takes a lot longer and has way more lines of dots than usual, and it doesn't stop.

hiddengopher said:
awesome, thanks!
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No problem

sorry about changing at the last second but it just keeps going

bump, kind of panicking on what to do, the whole page is filled with the dots now

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HELP!! installed CM 4.0.3.1 with move cache..NO SD!

hey guys i just updated to CM 4.0.3.1 and it automatically installed move cache to sd, i also accidently installed teds hero theme, not knowing it wasnt ready for 4.0.3 yet, but now my phone cant read my sd card, therefore i cant mount/unmount it , could this be from the "move cache to sd" app? any help is appreciated, thanks guys!
Did you have your card partitioned with ext2/ext3/ext4? If you didn't then apps2sd won't work. And you can always mount your sd card thru adb.
supremeteam256 said:
Did you have your card partitioned with ext2/ext3/ext4? If you didn't then apps2sd won't work. And you can always mount your sd card thru adb.
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no i didnt have those partitions, stupid me, i guess thats why...anyway i can fix this?
rschuman90 said:
no i didnt have those partitions, stupid me, i guess thats why...anyway i can fix this?
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Just partition your sd card with your fat32, ext2/ext3/ext4 (I would do ext3), and linux-swap then reflash the rom.
i dont know how, and my sd card doesnt even show up on my phone at all
btw im using my 1gb card that came with my phone
rschuman90 said:
i dont know how, and my sd card doesnt even show up on my phone at all
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Do you have a card reader?
nope im suggesting my card is toasted or i have to do a wipe?
try booting into recovery, drop into the recovery console and type
ums_enable while your phone is plugged up to your computer. if that works, when you are done type ums_disable. that should allow you to mount your card in recovery
either way, i still dont know how to partition my car....i just want to be able to get it to be read so i can reflash my rom and go back to normal
which recovery image do you have?
david1171 said:
which recovery image do you have?
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im not sure either to be quiet honest, im a noob, and right now i was able ot access the Cm 4.0.1 zip from my sd card in console but im stuckon the android screen, so im all out of ideas :/
well i got into console and im able to mount my sd card through console, however im clueless on how i can get this all fixed, :X
rschuman90 said:
im not sure either to be quiet honest, im a noob, and right now i was able ot access the Cm 4.0.1 zip from my sd card in console but im stuckon the android screen, so im all out of ideas :/
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we all had to start somewhere
do you have adb? if so just type adb shell reboot recovery
if not, then while stuck at the android screen press send, menu and call to reboot then hold home to boot into recovery.
once in recovery, does it have a picture of a green android, or what is the background of?

Oh I hope I'm okay....

Just installed the new radio, then SPL in that order....
followed instructions for partitioning ext2,
then reboot.....
stuck on the g1 screen.
BUT
I can get to recovery (home and power). What can I do now?
larf2k said:
Just installed the new radio, then SPL in that order....
followed instructions for partitioning ext2,
then reboot.....
stuck on the g1 screen.
BUT
I can get to recovery (home and power). What can I do now?
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did you install a rom after you installed the new radio and SPL? if not you have to do that.
how can I if i can't boot then mount? do I need to take the sd card out and get a reader? then browse the sd card on a computer and put a new ROM in as update.zip?
larf2k said:
how can I if i can't boot then mount? do I need to take the sd card out and get a reader? then browse the sd card on a computer and put a new ROM in as update.zip?
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exactly, I had to do the same thing when I updated to the new radio and spl. If you don't have a micro sd to sd then just go buy a new micro sd card and it will come with one.
Plug in your USB cable as normal, boot to recovery, go to the console and enter
Code:
ums_enable
to mount
AdamPI said:
Plug in your USB cable as normal, boot to recovery, go to the console and enter
Code:
ums_enable
to mount
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or do that. I've never tried it but I am sure he knows a lot more about it than me. I just know the basics of how to get the job done. haha.
don't forget to ums_disable when you are done to unmount the sdcard
david1171 said:
don't forget to ums_disable when you are done to unmount the sdcard
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thanks for the help guys. I didn't know about that. So I learned something also. but I am sure that he is even happier that they can save themselves a little bit of money.
sweet, it worked and saved me money.
thanks, you guys rule.

Major RA-dream Problem

Is it normal to NOT be able to wipe the Dalvik-cache and ext partition??
It always gives me an error saying it doesnt exist? I am able to install ROMs and themes however. Any ideas or recommendations on what to do?
Running: RA-dream-v1.2.3.
Do you have partations on your SD?
ilostchild said:
Do you have partations on your SD?
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Do you mean the below?
Partition Fat32/Ext2 with App2SD
Open up Apps2SD
It will show you a screen telling you that your card is not partition and you will have a sliding bar to choose the amount of space you want for an EXT2 partition
I suggest a max of 600mb for EXT2 space (I use 500mb)
Press Ok
You will get a Force Close screen DONT PRESS FORCE CLOSE PRESS WAIT
You will get a reboot message, Press Reboot
You now have a EXT2 partition
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Upgrading your EXT2 Partition to EXT3
Note: You do need the Cyanogen Recovery image for this to work!
Reboot into Recovery (Home + Power)
Go to console (Alt+x)
Press Enter
Type the following in the Console:
Code:
upgrade_fs
Wait for it to finish
Congrats! You now have a Fat32/EXT3 partitioned Sd Card!
Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535232
If you get a error about run via console or something you should remove sd blow the slot then place the card back in. Your sd might be the prob though so see if anything changes.
I see i noticed you have a older Ra which has bugs you should upgrade to theh newer version that have those things fixed.
@ Ace42
Quote: If you get a error about run via console or something you should remove sd blow the slot then place the card back in. Your sd might be the prob though so see if anything changes.
Yes it does say run via console, blew the slot several times and same thing, even blew on the SD card and nothing :-(
Perhaps it is time to change out this SD for a newer one, could be its going out on me?
Quote: I see i noticed you have a older Ra which has bugs you should upgrade to theh newer version that have those things fixed.
Upgrading to the latest and greatest RA is my next step, hoping this will fix my issue... thanks for all your suggestions so far.
@ilostchild: thanks for your input as well.
Okay so I installed the lastest RA Dream and am still getting the same error.
I am going to test out a new microSD and see what happens. I just have to make a temporary folder on my desktop copy, format the new SD to fat32 and copy the original files and folders I had back into the new one right?
Also, will me not having partitions be the whole reason behind it? Even the Dalvik-cache?
legend221 said:
Also, will me not having partitions be the whole reason behind it? Even the Dalvik-cache?
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yes................ that would be a reason why you can't wipe your ext partition. you need to have an ext partition to wipe it.
grandomegabosses said:
yes................ that would be a reason why you can't wipe your ext partition. you need to have an ext partition to wipe it.
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That makes perfect sense, thank you.
What about the Dalvik-cache?
legend221 said:
Is it normal to NOT be able to wipe the Dalvik-cache and ext partition??
It always gives me an error saying it doesnt exist? I am able to install ROMs and themes however. Any ideas or recommendations on what to do?
Running: RA-dream-v1.2.3.
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ive got a solution update to 1.5.2
VoLoDaR1 said:
ive got a solution update to 1.5.2
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Im good to go, got that installed since today 04:55 AM.
I think I found my solution the Sandisk 1GB was holding me back. Now I can even install the ROM Super D unlike before.
Many thanks to everyone for their contribution.

nexsense hd rom help

error!!!!! cant mount sd ext failure line 17 installation aborted...please help...i partion 512mb then 512mb ???
so i partition for nothing so is there a way to clear this partiotion??
try to format your SD card..
fabler said:
try to format your SD card..
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i did a quick format on my sd card and noting still it still has the partition????
are you using PC to format your SD card? if yes then please don't use PC.. Just use your phone to format SD card..
o okay i will try to format through my phone the sd card...will report back soon..thanks!
okay im trying to format from my phone went into the setting to sd card unmount it clicked on format and nothing haoppens??? omg is it damage now?
Format it on your PC but do a normal format not a quick format. Then try to format it from the phone.
xghostyxjokerx said:
okay im trying to format from my phone went into the setting to sd card unmount it clicked on format and nothing haoppens??? omg is it damage now?
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No.. it's not damage.. Its formatted.. now see if you can still see that partition..
fabler said:
No.. it's not damage.. Its formatted.. now see if you can still see that partition..
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okay i think it worked....how can i see if its partition in rrecovery??? and clean the ext partition??
xghostyxjokerx said:
okay i think it worked....how can i see if its partition in rrecovery??? and clean the ext partition??
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can you tell me what are trying to do? I may help.
fabler said:
can you tell me what are trying to do? I may help.
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okay thing is i was trying to use the hd rom from evil but for some reason im getting a error unable to mount sd card and line 17 erroir?? even after partitioning.....so i want to get my sd card and all back to normal and use a different rom now i want to clean my sd card and have no partition...see?? so i think i clean it back to original and now i need to see how i can check to see if its not partition....get me?
xghostyxjokerx said:
okay thing is i was trying to use the hd rom from evil but for some reason im getting a error unable to mount sd card and line 17 erroir?? even after partitioning.....so i want to get my sd card and all back to normal and use a different rom now i want to clean my sd card and have no partition...see?? so i think i clean it back to original and now i need to see how i can check to see if its not partition....get me?
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You can still install HD ROM from evil. How did you partition your SD card?
fabler said:
You can still install HD ROM from evil. How did you partition your SD card?
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through the recovery amon 1.8.0.1 i went to wipe everything then i partition the sd card and then i place the files back to the card then try to flash and get this whole error...
xghostyxjokerx said:
through the recovery amon 1.8.0.1 i went to wipe everything then i partition the sd card and then i place the files back to the card then try to flash and get this whole error...
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I think it might not be partitioned properly... coz I've created 512MB ext3 partition and 32 MB of swap partition on my SD card..and everything worked great..
fabler said:
I think it might not be partitioned properly... coz I've created 512MB ext3 partition and 32 MB of swap partition on my SD card..and everything worked great..
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i dont know thats how i did it and twice.....is there another way?
xghostyxjokerx said:
i dont know thats how i did it and twice.....is there another way?
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Try another sense + froyo ROM from evil.. It don't required partitioning.. check the following URL.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730290
fabler said:
Try another sense + froyo ROM from evil.. It don't required partitioning.. check the following URL.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730290
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dangit if there is another way to partition properly please someonone help till then i guess i have no choice but to use the other roms.....thanks though.,..
xghostyxjokerx said:
dangit if there is another way to partition properly please someonone help till then i guess i have no choice but to use the other roms.....thanks though.,..
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Yes.. you can partition by installing clockworkmod's ROM manager. But I would suggest you to install the ROM from my given link.. Because HD ROM's from evil have many issues.. NO camera and wifi and some other issue.. it is less stable. But the link I've provided is very stable ROM and it is by Evil.. so.. its your choice finally.
fabler said:
Yes.. you can partition by installing clockworkmod's ROM manager. But I would suggest you to install the ROM from my given link.. Because HD ROM's from evil have many issues.. NO camera and wifi and some other issue.. it is less stable. But the link I've provided is very stable ROM and it is by Evil.. so.. its your choice finally.
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yeh your right...i'll just wait till a more stable version of the hd rom is released.....thanks for your help!
xghostyxjokerx said:
yeh your right...i'll just wait till a more stable version of the hd rom is released.....thanks for your help!
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Till then you can try evil's non-HD ROM.. It's really great.. and it may solve your sync problem..

[Q] About to smash my old G1, please help me load a custom rom.

so I found my old G1 and decided to install a newer version of android. Did a search and learned I needed to root it first, so I did it following THIS GUIDE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
I Did every step well. Now in order to install a custom rom, at the end of the page it says:
Download the image.
Rename it to update.zip.
Copy it to your phone's SD card.
Turn your phone off.
Start up in recovery mode by holding Home and pressing Power.
Press alt-W to wipe your device. (You need to do this, or the device may hang at the flashing Android screen)
Press alt-S to apply the update.
There are links for custom roms in the same page but none of them work.. So i searched myself for a new rom and found "Froyo by Lazzo", put it in the SD card and renamed it to update.zip, installed the zip succesfully but when it reboots it just hangs in the black G1 screen...
What am I doing wrong?
domenicostorino said:
so I found my old G1 and decided to install a newer version of android. Did a search and learned I needed to root it first, so I did it following THIS GUIDE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
I Did every step well. Now in order to install a custom rom, at the end of the page it says:
Download the image.
Rename it to update.zip.
Copy it to your phone's SD card.
Turn your phone off.
Start up in recovery mode by holding Home and pressing Power.
Press alt-W to wipe your device. (You need to do this, or the device may hang at the flashing Android screen)
Press alt-S to apply the update.
There are links for custom roms in the same page but none of them work.. So i searched myself for a new rom and found "Froyo by Lazzo", put it in the SD card and renamed it to update.zip, installed the zip succesfully but when it reboots it just hangs in the black G1 screen...
What am I doing wrong?
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you need to update your radio to 2708/2825 and spl 0013d, and format your sd card to ext 4.
go here for updating radio/spl:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
go here for formatting sd card and flashing froyo by laszlo:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097920
Thanks very much for your help... but I am so freaking confused/frustrated still. I we t to the threads you mentioned, downloaded a single zip file called "dream2708kit" that comes with the radio and spl. How do I install those files? by selecting on "install zip from sdcard" in recovery?
I tried installing the zip containing the two files (spl and radio) but as I expected got an error saying there are two files... how do I install each one at a time?? thanks very much for your help...
domenicostorino said:
Thanks very much for your help... but I am so freaking confused/frustrated still. I we t to the threads you mentioned, downloaded a single zip file called "dream2708kit" that comes with the radio and spl. How do I install those files? by selecting on "install zip from sdcard" in recovery?
I tried installing the zip containing the two files (spl and radio) but as I expected got an error saying there are two files... how do I install each one at a time?? thanks very much for your help...
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its ok, i know how it feels, be very careful because the process of upgrading your radio and spl is potentially dangerous and can cause a brick, so make sure to follow every direction as instructed.
here are guides to updating radio and spl:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983834
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098899
fastboot method is much safer, but if recovery method is the only way you can do this, go for it, but be extremely careful.
Thanks, finally installed hboot and the radio I needed, still with partitioning troubles.... lets forget the rom I wanted in the first post, I found this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036283
I have the correct radio, followed instructions and it hangs in the black G1 screen... must be because I am having troubles understanding how to partition the damn sd card!
I am stuck in this step "partition your sd card: swap(64M+),EXT4(AT LEAST 256M),FAT32" so...how do I do that?
I have the RA v1.7 recover, so when I go to "partition sd card" I get the following options:
Partition SD
Repair SD:ext
SD:ext2 to ext3
SD:ext3 to ext4
Which one should I choose to complete this step: swap(64M+),EXT4(AT LEAST 256M),FAT32
When I choose the 1 option it allows me to set the swap size as well as the Ext2 one,
but if I select any of the two other options it just partition the SD without allowing me to chnge the sizes...
Its actually pretty simple.
Ok, so heres what your going to do.
We are going to partition through recovery:
boot into recovery
go to the partition sd card option
click partition sd card
use these sizes:ext 2: 512 mb, linux swap :64, and the rest is for the fat 32 partition
then once that is done, click ; SD:ext2 to ext3 :: Convert ext2 to ext3
then once that is done, click : SD:ext3 to ext4 :: Convert ext3 to ext4
and u now have ext 4!
and there ur done.
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After getting the hang of it you'll be addicted to flashing all types of ROMs... until your not satisfied... and you will try to research how to MOD your own... or THEME your own ROM... haha
just follow what maximo said.. and your all good
maximo360 said:
Its actually pretty simple.
Ok, so heres what your going to do.
We are going to partition through recovery:
boot into recovery
go to the partition sd card option
click partition sd card
use these sizes:ext 2: 512 mb, linux swap :64, and the rest is for the fat 32 partition
then once that is done, click ; SD:ext2 to ext3 :: Convert ext2 to ext3
then once that is done, click : SD:ext3 to ext4 :: Convert ext3 to ext4
and u now have ext 4!
and there ur done.
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Did everything, still nothing.... what do you mean with " and the rest is for the fat 32 partition"? before partitioning in what kind of format the SD card should be? I had it in FAT32
marchking said:
After getting the hang of it you'll be addicted to flashing all types of ROMs... until your not satisfied... and you will try to research how to MOD your own... or THEME your own ROM... haha
just follow what maximo said.. and your all good
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So true.
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domenicostorino said:
Did everything, still nothing.... what do you mean with " and the rest is for the fat 32 partition"? before partitioning in what kind of format the SD card should be? I had it in FAT32
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It doesn't matter what format it is, when you click format sd card, your formatting it to ext 2. What I mean by the rest for fat32 is because your sd card will have 3 partitions, sd ext, swap, and whatever is left of the sd card after choosing the sizes for sd ext and swap, will go towards fat 32.
So just follow my steps again and see if it works, if not are you sure its your sd card? Did you flash the appropriate kernel for the rom to boot? Your supposed to flash a kernel after flashing the rom. Your probably doing everything else right except that. Flash the kernel recommended in the rom thread.
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So true.
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ok well after you partition your sd card you need to upgrade to ext 3 and than upgrade to ext4!! my partition pref is '128mb swap and 1024mb ext4'
haha oops lol i just read more and you say you did that.. so yeah try a kernel or a diff rom lol

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