[Q] USB Host support(solved) - Nook Color General

Does nook color have usb host support??
Has anybody tested it?
If not, is any body working on it coz hardware definitely supports at least usb 1.3.
Edit: the applications are endless
usb drives,external hdd, internet data cards depnding on drivers avaliblity u can attach any hardware and ditch ur notebook.
EDIT 2 : Verygreen has it working
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bovg4aBFnA8
I can't thank you enough for this green, i wanted this really bad, that's why decided to look into it too(that didn't work out too well though).

Don't believe it supports it. No idea if anyone is working on it either, but I know id definitely want it.
Sent from my D1

Looking at the nook color teardown, it seems the nook has a chipset which SHOULD support USB OTG, but it would required the drivers and OS supporting it as well.

Personally I think bluetooth support will be the closest we'll get (at least for quite a while)

rigy73 said:
Does nook color have usb host support??
Has anybody tested it?
If not, is any body working on it coz hardware definitely supports at least usb 1.3.
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What would you do with it, beside a keyboard and a mouse?
I'd rather have bluetooth instead of usb host support.

I'd like to be able to ditch my laptop while running around the Gulf of Mexico. Between helicopter weight limits and the limits of what I can carry swinging from boats to platforms. Less is more. Id like to carry my nook and ext. Hard drive for movies.
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btw, those eager to try external keyboard already can give it a try with all the BT progress made by fattire (the real hero).
Since I want to stay on the safe side myself, I compiled this 2G SD image that you can boot into and have working bluetooth (keyboard and external audio confirmed working). Of course use at your own risk and such:
htt p:// handhelds.ru/nook/2g_bt_card_image.img.gz
go to settings -> wireless & networks
make sure that bluetooth is enabled and then you can explore and pair devices in "bluetooth settings" there.
Range so far is in the area of 13", so usable for a keyboard at least.

verygreen said:
btw, those eager to try external keyboard already can give it a try with all the BT progress made by fattire (the real hero).
Since I want to stay on the safe side myself, I compiled this 2G SD image that you can boot into and have working bluetooth (keyboard and external audio confirmed working). Of course use at your own risk and such:
htt p:// handhelds.ru/nook/2g_bt_card_image.img.gz
go to settings -> wireless & networks
make sure that bluetooth is enabled and then you can explore and pair devices in "bluetooth settings" there.
Range so far is in the area of 13", so usable for a keyboard at least.
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May i ask about this image... is it Froyo or Gingerbread (CM7)? Working BT sounds great, but a bit more info couldn't hurt..

Divine_Madcat said:
May i ask about this image... is it Froyo or Gingerbread (CM7)? Working BT sounds great, but a bit more info couldn't hurt..
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Ah, sorry, did not mention it.
It's CM7 from yesterday with bt patches applied on top (they were committed later on after I tested that they worked).

BTW, it's the image used by IOMonster in that video from yesterday that you referenced in the BT progress thread (I just don't have enough posts to actually post to dev forum I originally wanted to reference it there sine it seems people are eager to play with thing at least somewhat).

verygreen said:
Ah, sorry, did not mention it.
It's CM7 from yesterday with bt patches applied on top (they were committed later on after I tested that they worked).
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Awesome! Its also nice to see CM7 as an SD runnable build. Thank you!

Divine_Madcat said:
Awesome! Its also nice to see CM7 as an SD runnable build. Thank you!
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I think it would be useful for a wide testing if you post the link in the dev thread about bt work.
and I am sure tons of people are waiting to get their hands on this.

1.86GB .img doesnt fit on 1.84GB SD Card...bummer.

verygreen said:
I think it would be useful for a wide testing if you post the link in the dev thread about bt work.
and I am sure tons of people are waiting to get their hands on this.
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Here is the dev thread for you - please join in when you can, and thanks again for your work!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989637

acomiskey said:
1.86GB .img doesnt fit on 1.84GB SD Card...bummer.
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just write what fits and then reformat 4th partition as fat.
the fat partition is empty anyway.
that way you can even write to 1g sdcard if you must, the fat sdcard partition would just be really small.

Since I cannot still post in development forum, for those who try the image and it does not work, I had some problems if you d oa soft reboot from other image into SD.
Try powering off your nook and then booting from SD.
Also if that did not work, you might want to change /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini
(you need to remount /system read-write first of course)
look for BThWlanCoexistEnable = 2 line
change it to BThWlanCoexistEnable = 1
save the file
power off the nook again and then turn it back on and boot from SD.

verygreen said:
just write what fits and then reformat 4th partition as fat.
the fat partition is empty anyway.
that way you can even write to 1g sdcard if you must, the fat sdcard partition would just be really small.
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I only have a 1Gb card handy right now so that would be great, what the best way to right that? Would Win32DiskImager do the job for writing? Not sure about the reformating part though. Thanks !

webvan said:
I only have a 1Gb card handy right now so that would be great, what the best way to right that? Would Win32DiskImager do the job for writing? Not sure about the reformating part though. Thanks !
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I am not familiar with windows tools, sorry.
I imagine whatever you use to write the image will just write as much as it can and then abort
after this happens, start a tool you use to manage partitions on windows (volume manager? I dunno, used to be fdisk in DOS and Windows95 days).
point it at the SD card.
Tell it to delete the last partition.
Then tell it to create another partition on SD card that would span the rest of the free space and set the type to fat.
If a separate format is required, I imagine there would be a way to then format this new partition.

Thanks, will try that and see what happens.

bswett said:
I'd like to be able to ditch my laptop while running around the Gulf of Mexico. Between helicopter weight limits and the limits of what I can carry swinging from boats to platforms. Less is more. Id like to carry my nook and ext. Hard drive for movies.
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This would be great for me once someone get video working properly (no audio delay). Right now I would have to reencode all the video I have which is too much work.

Related

How safe is data on MicroSD/SDHC?

Every once in a while I'm having the same sort of problem whith my storage card, whether it's MiniSD, MicroSD or SDHC. To be more precise some/all files disappear leaving nothing but some bloody FILE*.CHK files, which seem to be completely useless. I did some google-search and there seems to be no practical way of retrieving the lost data.
I'm curious: why is it happening in the first place and has anyone been successful in combatting this issue? (don't tell me about backups )
I have yet to have a problem with the mem card in my Kaiser. it is a 6Gb Sandisk. Do you have an off-brand?
My old HTC Sable had issues like you describe...
arent .chk files left over by scandisk on a windows box?
this could be due to not ejecting the hardware before removing it from the pc!
under what circumstances are you experiencing this
Yes when combatting this issue I find that handguns are useless and shotguns are all the rage. When trying to do the official combat I like to taunt the problem a bit with the pistol (which just makes it mad) and then go all out with the shot gun. It's always good to have someone else at your side with a missle launcher or something, ya know, for the hardcore combat.
.CHK files are recovered file fragments from Scandisk. I would try a low level format of your SD card and then reformat as FAT32 (for the love of ____, do not use NTFS). NTFS is not designed for removable media and will give you nothing but headaches.
How do you low level an SD card. You only really hear about that with SCSI drives now days, Or do you mean a full format?
im not sure that the post that says dont format ur sd card as ntfs is accurate, while it may be true that a windows mobile device will probably not recognise this disc at all, i use an sd card formatted as ntfs in a laptop with no problems!
try hdtune @ www.hdtune.com/ this might be useful!
ChumleyEX said:
How do you low level an SD card. You only really hear about that with SCSI drives now days, Or do you mean a full format?
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You can use an SD card reader with a PC and use a program such as Boot/Nuke to do a DoD-certified erase of the contents.
andaroo said:
im not sure that the post that says dont format ur sd card as ntfs is accurate, while it may be true that a windows mobile device will probably not recognise this disc at all, i use an sd card formatted as ntfs in a laptop with no problems!
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You can format removable media with NTFS, but you need to be extremely careful since NTFS is constantly caching data from the drive. Unless you disable write-back caching or eject the card each time prior to removing it (which cannot be done on a phone), you run a high risk of corrupting the data on it.
The problem with NTFS on removable media seems to be a windows issue. Not sure if that is windows mobile as well but it also seems to be fixed in a service pack. If I were having problems I wouldn't be using something with user rights and permissions on a device that does nothing with that.
motocrossmann said:
I have yet to have a problem with the mem card in my Kaiser. it is a 6Gb Sandisk. Do you have an off-brand?
My old HTC Sable had issues like you describe...
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It's Sandisk SDHC 4GB
This is why I released my new software SD Sync Any Kaiser users tried it already? Currently only One way Sync (PPC -> Desktop) happens..
Regards,
Carty..
andaroo said:
arent .chk files left over by scandisk on a windows box?
this could be due to not ejecting the hardware before removing it from the pc!
under what circumstances are you experiencing this
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Forgot to mention when trying to fix this I used the windows disc-check utility, but initially problem started after I installed one of the games (Tomb Rider I think) and the battery power was down to 2-3% when I turned my Kaiser off. I couldn't access the programm files folder from ppc, and it was empty when I opened it on pc...except there was tombrider.exe left...
NotATreoFan said:
.CHK files are recovered file fragments from Scandisk. I would try a low level format of your SD card and then reformat as FAT32 (for the love of ____, do not use NTFS). NTFS is not designed for removable media and will give you nothing but headaches.
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Hmmm, interestingly it doesn't display the file system in the properties menu like it would for the hard drives... but I'm pretty sure I didn't format the card...unless was formatted NTFS when first inserted in a device...
ChumleyEX said:
Yes when combatting this issue I find that handguns are useless and shotguns are all the rage. When trying to do the official combat I like to taunt the problem a bit with the pistol (which just makes it mad) and then go all out with the shot gun. It's always good to have someone else at your side with a missle launcher or something, ya know, for the hardcore combat.
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Great job that you know all this stuff...must have used it alot coz you sound quite like a specialist
You might have forgotten to mention granades - there are different types of them like smoke granades or even those which can kill (OMG!) someone...that kind of stuff...
User X said:
Hmmm, interestingly it doesn't display the file system in the properties menu like it would for the hard drives... but I'm pretty sure I didn't format the card...unless was formatted NTFS when first inserted in a device...
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If you didn't format it, then it would be FAT32 formatted by default.
Extensive application in MicroSD
User X said:
Forgot to mention when trying to fix this I used the windows disc-check utility, but initially problem started after I installed one of the games (Tomb Rider I think) and the battery power was down to 2-3% when I turned my Kaiser off. I couldn't access the programm files folder from ppc, and it was empty when I opened it on pc...except there was tombrider.exe left...
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You installed the games in the MicroSD, right?
I experienced it twice, sorted out that it happens when I'm using an application that installed in the MicroSD and then turned the device off. The strange thing that it is only occurred when using a large sized and resource extensive application (especially games), it doesn't happen when using light application such as YahooGo!, MapKing, etc. I end up to install all apps in main memory, and lived peacefully (finger crossed)
I hoped someone could explain why this happen, even better cured it
Regards,
Jeffry
Saving data from *.CHK
User X said:
Every once in a while I'm having the same sort of problem whith my storage card, whether it's MiniSD, MicroSD or SDHC. To be more precise some/all files disappear leaving nothing but some bloody FILE*.CHK files, which seem to be completely useless. I did some google-search and there seems to be no practical way of retrieving the lost data.
I'm curious: why is it happening in the first place and has anyone been successful in combatting this issue? (don't tell me about backups )
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Actually you still can save your files, it still there just with mixed up name and extention
1. Sort the file by it's file size, you could get an idea what file it was by it's size
2. Change the file extention according to what you think it supposed to be judging by its size, ie:
small file to *.txt and open it with notepad, read what's in it and change it to what it's supposed to be .pwi, .xls, etc
2 - 6 MB files to *.mp3
etc
I know it's painful especially with my 2GB data, also you cannot saved your application this way, but I saved my most recent and important data this way, for the rest I just have to satisfy with my 1 month old backup
If anyone could suggest better way, pleaseee let me know
Just happen again
[email protected]!!! me and my big mouth... it just happen again this morning, same thing, install app in storage card, device turned off and wham!
But this time I did some googling and found this utility really helpfull
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download
Well, anyone could explain what caused it and how to prevent it?
Any information will be appreciated
Thanks
jeffry_p said:
You installed the games in the MicroSD, right?
I experienced it twice, sorted out that it happens when I'm using an application that installed in the MicroSD and then turned the device off. The strange thing that it is only occurred when using a large sized and resource extensive application (especially games)...
Jeffry
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Yes mate! Sounds very much like what happened here - after intstalling Tomb Rider (4-6MB) in the MicroSD I launched it and then soft reset - my program files vanished...And I dont think I could do anything about that, the .CHK files I got after running the checkdisc utility were all the same size - 32kb, something to do with the cluster size I think...
I guess the question of the cause and the way to prevent it remains open...
Bump
No one can help?
Anyone also experienced this problem? Please tell us your experience, who know we could sort out something
Thanks

SD BT and WiFi Lessons Learned on WM Side

I ported the complete registry entries from HTC Fuze to HTC Shift filling all the missing keys in Shift regarding BT, WiFi, SD and USB. This did not change the functionality of WM at all, i.e. it did not recognize any of those except the USB for ActiveSync, which is normal. No strange behavior. I compared the dlls that are references like SDMemory, btfsd, encfilt etc. They are similar. Now I wonder these things may be hardwired to the main MB instead of the WM side and WM is a daughter to MB something like a modem card. I may be wrong also. I am not giving up. I want to explore if I could use BT, WiFi and SD if vista is turned on. I know we could use SD Card as a network storage using totalcommander or any other tool if vista is turned on, but I want to use it as a local storage instead of network storage. I will keep you posted.
--Ram--
Gospeed to your work !
(Title should read: Godspeed to your work)
If anyone knows the address of one of the senior HTC engineers responsible for designing the HTC Shift,
we could then simply hold the guy hostage until he reveals his secrets.
Or maybe we can offer a bribe first, it would ease logistics of the operation.
Darn, our hybrid needs just a few more tweaks (SD,BT) to make it
reach it's full potential.
If the EC bridge controller is only powered when vista is active... we might
need some X-Box and/or PS hackers to take a look at the big picture.
lucid said:
(Title should read: Godspeed to your work)
we could then simply hold the guy hostage until he reveals his secrets.
I like this idea much better than bribing.
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If you discover any way to derivate the EC, tell me and Iùll investigate with you (even if I'm crawling under work now )
thaihugo said:
If you discover any way to derivate the EC, tell me and Iùll investigate with you (even if I'm crawling under work now )
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Sure, I will do that.
bios
a good thing to have ...
is a fully functional bios ...
we could see a lot and set a lot ...
Solding
I, for one, would be willing to solder a SDHC card straigt onto the WM MB.
If someone could point out the right place and contacts...
I know I might ruin the WM side, but I'm not using it much anyway, and I can acces internet via bluetooth and my phone, so... I'd be willing to risk it...
But hey,.... I'm crazy
HTC Debug tool
Has any one tried the HTC debug tool - BT test module on HTC Shift !!
BT test attached here
good idea, to soldering a SD Card on wm side. but without a hardware engineer how know where you must soldering.. And maybe you must enable that on MS7xxx Processor ?

dumb me or computer

OK im tired of looking i am trying to load a new rom but coming into some wierd issues and cant seem to find a solution i do a wipe then do a fat32/ext3/swap format right from my boot loader screen. then pull my battery pull my memory card stick into my computer. but here is where the problem starts my computer says the card isnt formatted and wants to reformat but with no partions. i have been hunting for sometime now and cant seem to figuire it out. please help i know this is probaly easy for most but i have no clue.
Have you tried another sd card? Is your card reader locked(SD card reader)? Do you have any FAT32 memory on the sd card?
protomanez said:
Have you tried another sd card? Is your card reader locked(SD card reader)? Do you have any FAT32 memory on the sd card?
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i am trying a new memory card right now, my card reader isn't locked and i don't believe there is any fat32 memory left on it.
What recovery image are you using? Some of them will allow you to mount the sd card whilst in your phone as it is in recovery mode (home+power). If you have one that allows you to do that you can format the card and just plug your phone in to the computer and transfer what you need that way.
autoadhd said:
my computer says the card isnt formatted and wants to reformat but with no partions.
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Thats windoze, means dumb you AND computer.
lbcoder said:
Thats windoze, means dumb you AND computer.
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Well thanks for your great input. How could i have gone on so long without your guidance. i love people like you who get all high and mighty on their computers and think cause some one isn't so knowledgeable as you are that they shouldn't really be in an area that you coincide. Well i sure hope there may not be some matter of your life where i might be able to actually help you cause my good will and natural wanting to help my fellow man,might inspire you to either look at yourself and wanna change for the best or go jump off a bridge cause you realize that you may never change.
The Sleeve said:
What recovery image are you using? Some of them will allow you to mount the sd card whilst in your phone as it is in recovery mode (home+power). If you have one that allows you to do that you can format the card and just plug your phone in to the computer and transfer what you need that way.
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Thanks i haven't tried that and honestly i couldn't tell you which recovery image i have. I had someone root my phone for me cause i didn't feel i was up for the task.
This is the last time I'll ever try to help you out.
Get off your "bill gayes is god" box and accept that you need to use the RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB.
MS is OPENLY HOSTILE to everything that is NOT MS.
And you are trying to make a filesystem layout that is a hybrid of MS and NOT-MS.
It asks you to format filesystems because it is DESIGNED TO DESTROY EVERYTHING that is NOT MS.
The solution: Don't use MS!!!
lbcoder said:
This is the last time I'll ever try to help you out.
Get off your "bill gayes is god" box and accept that you need to use the RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB.
MS is OPENLY HOSTILE to everything that is NOT MS.
And you are trying to make a filesystem layout that is a hybrid of MS and NOT-MS.
It asks you to format filesystems because it is DESIGNED TO DESTROY EVERYTHING that is NOT MS.
The solution: Don't use MS!!!
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fine all hostility aside. then why does it work when using two other windows based xp running computers? there has to be something other than its windows. Correct me if im wrong but aren't all computer systems based of linex code one way or another?
you are the sh*t
The Sleeve said:
What recovery image are you using? Some of them will allow you to mount the sd card whilst in your phone as it is in recovery mode (home+power). If you have one that allows you to do that you can format the card and just plug your phone in to the computer and transfer what you need that way.
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Thank you thank you that is it! it worked thanks!
autoadhd said:
fine all hostility aside. then why does it work when using two other windows based xp running computers? there has to be something other than its windows. Correct me if im wrong but aren't all computer systems based of linex code one way or another?
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NO. (Period)...
I'll bet both Torvolds and Gates got a cold shiver running up their necks.
autoadhd said:
Correct me if im wrong but aren't all computer systems based of linex code one way or another?
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What's a "linex"?
(I know, that was a typo... linux.)
But AAAAHHH, holy crap! There sure shouldn't be.
Note: The answer is that there is TONS of linux in Windoze.... Including big long branches of code stolen verbatim. It is totally illegal and is a strict violation of the GPL license protecting the linux source code.
Once in a while we get PROOF that MS has stolen linux code... and it results in a complicated set of denials, but ultimately MS is forced to comply with the GPL license in these cases.
http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/11/06/microsoft-lifts-gpl-code-uses-in-microsoft-store-tool/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10397607-56.html
lbcoder said:
What's a "linex"?
(I know, that was a typo... linux.)
But AAAAHHH, holy crap! There sure shouldn't be.
Note: The answer is that there is TONS of linux in Windoze.... Including big long branches of code stolen verbatim. It is totally illegal and is a strict violation of the GPL license protecting the linux source code.
Once in a while we get PROOF that MS has stolen linux code... and it results in a complicated set of denials, but ultimately MS is forced to comply with the GPL license in these cases.
http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/11/06/microsoft-lifts-gpl-code-uses-in-microsoft-store-tool/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10397607-56.html
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oh ha didnt know that computers aren't my thing cars on the other hand can't get enough thanks for the info

I am helpless and a little angry.

This is pertaining to the Mem card not being read in Froyo.
Me and many others have this problem from quite some time...but no1 seems to know the solution.
So this is my desperate appeal to all the devs and the bright minds working for this brilliant purpose of porting Droid to X1...
The actual problem: Whenever I click gallery or music, it tells me: 'Memory card unmounted or not inserted'
The irony is that Droid is running FROM the mem card. So obviously the mem card is very much in place.
Now if some1 can just spare a little time and findout why this happens.
I have myself tried two diff cards AND formatted my own atleast 4 times. The problem seems to persist.
So, any1, with any suggestion, help or idea is welcome to post it here.
And once again, I apologize to make a new thread about this topic if you think its wrong because I don't think so.
fair call circleofomega, it's an issue but from what I've observed here in my very short time is that hardware support is the critical concern and software - media not working - is at this stage a distant priority.
I'll try to reproduce this on my 2.01 glossy. I know that ringtones, alerts, etc. work and those are loading off the sdcard.
I have been following other android threads, and Tremere's 2.2 is going very fast, I hope soon it will be fixed.
and for me, I can't really use it without wi-fi, as I sync my contacts, emails, etc. so am just waiting as well
it's pretty obvious that this time they'll succeed, the build is amazing, fast n stable, i hope your problem will be fixed soon.
visser said:
fair call circleofomega, it's an issue but from what I've observed here in my very short time is that hardware support is the critical concern and software - media not working - is at this stage a distant priority.
I'll try to reproduce this on my 2.01 glossy. I know that ringtones, alerts, etc. work and those are loading off the sdcard.
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Thanx visser..I really want to make it my primary OS, but if basic problems like this one persists, its difficult and almost impossible to use it on a daily basis...but nonetheless, I hope devs dont over look this and solve it...
Once again, Thanx.
yewthanasia said:
I have been following other android threads, and Tremere's 2.2 is going very fast, I hope soon it will be fixed.
and for me, I can't really use it without wi-fi, as I sync my contacts, emails, etc. so am just waiting as well
it's pretty obvious that this time they'll succeed, the build is amazing, fast n stable, i hope your problem will be fixed soon.
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Yea, AFA im concerned, Wifi aint that important..what is imp is that I can listen to music while Im on the go...lets hope wifi and the SD card issues are solved....
Thanx for your feedback.
How could u use this build as primary OS with that battery draining ???
oO
circleofomega said:
The irony is that Droid is running FROM the mem card. So obviously the mem card is very much in place.
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From your point of view this is true. But from Droid's point of view D) he thinks that 'memory card' is his primary phone internal memory and that there is no secondary memory (memory card).
@circleofomega
if you really want it to work you need to provide a situation where the devs themselves can reproduce the error on their devices otherwise you happen to be a one off situation
a bug that cannot be reproduced is likely not a problem with android/kernel itself but your hardware.
so if you want it fixed help the devs help you
Oggy972 said:
How could u use this build as primary OS with that battery draining ???
oO
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If you use it moderately and charge it every night i think it could work out pretty well.
rex922 said:
@circleofomega
if you really want it to work you need to provide a situation where the devs themselves can reproduce the error on their devices otherwise you happen to be a one off situation
a bug that cannot be reproduced is likely not a problem with android/kernel itself but your hardware.
so if you want it fixed help the devs help you
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This i am ready to do...but how and only if Devs take some interest in it...I have already PMed some of the Devs attracting no replies...i have already given/written my situation to them with full details..what else am i supposed to do...
And +, i wud never wish that the devs or any1 else face this problem...but if only some1 can do something about it...even the G1 users have the same issue...
And as i have mentioned, i have already tried a friend's card..ITS THE SAME ISSUE....
So..Now its really upto the Devs or any other bright mind to help me out of this godforsaken madness...
So can you give some information on the cards, manufacturer, speed rating, size, etc etc ?
There might be something there.
And which version of the X1 do you have ?
sentry23 said:
So can you give some information on the cards, manufacturer, speed rating, size, etc etc ?
There might be something there.
And which version of the X1 do you have ?
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Its the default card that come with X1.
Size 4GB
I have X1 Xperia with WC's ROM, WinMo 6.5...
Can you download astro or some other file manager and open /sdcard?
matejdro said:
Can you download astro or some other file manager and open /sdcard?
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yea..there is this OI manager that reads my card flawlessly..its only in the Gallery and Music application that the system says NO mem card...
OK, that means nothing is wrong with your card or kernel and it's gallery/music player fault.
Probably very stupid question, but: Do you have any pictures or music on your card?
The problem is that Android's mount service crashes on startup for no apparent reason, as illustrated in a log Oggy972 sent me:
Code:
E/MountService( 214): Error processing initial volume state
E/MountService( 214): java.lang.Exception: Unexpected state 2
E/MountService( 214): at com.android.server.MountService$2.run(MountService.java:447)
W/MountService( 214): Duplicate state transition (removed -> removed)
Why it thinks you removed the card you are booting from is beyond me..
Tremere said:
The problem is that Android's mount service crashes on startup for no apparent reason, as illustrated in a log Oggy972 sent me:
Code:
E/MountService( 214): Error processing initial volume state
E/MountService( 214): java.lang.Exception: Unexpected state 2
E/MountService( 214): at com.android.server.MountService$2.run(MountService.java:447)
W/MountService( 214): Duplicate state transition (removed -> removed)
Why it thinks you removed the card you are booting from is beyond me..
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hey..thanx Tremere...but is there a soluiton or i can enter some code in the terminal...???
Memory cards are mostly bundled by operators, at least that was the case here in Europe. What make and type is it ?
And what ROM do you have installed for Windows ?
sentry23 said:
Memory cards are mostly bundled by operators, at least that was the case here in Europe. What make and type is it ?
And what ROM do you have installed for Windows ?
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yea, mine is also bundled with my X1...i doesn't have a name...but says Micro SD 4 GB HC...
http://www.androidfreeware.net/get-auto-mount-your-sd-card.html
does any1 have this app ??? plz..it wud be of a great help...
Read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7390550#post7390550

[Q] NC + HoneyComb 16GB SD Headscratcher

Ok so I have my Nook Color and I have my shiney new class 4 sd card.
I have managed to install Honeycomb on said SD card. I even manged to get ADB setup and installed the marketplace and what not.
What I do not have is left over space on the card. I did use the image from this link:
***.addictivetips.com/mobile/install-android-3-0-honeycomb-and-market-on-nook-color/
[EDIT: Nice spam filter. Try this.]
Since the image is 4GB in size, I was under the impression I would have roughly 12GB free on my SD card. I do not. If I go to Settings > Storage it shows the SD card as having a total size of 1.25GB and 1.14GB free. It also shows the internal storage as having a total size of 656MB and 555MB free space.
Ok I could have sworn the EMMC (or internal storage) was 5GB and add in my 16GB of SD should give me 21GB of space +/- space of the OS and apps.
So where the frell is my 12GB of space at?
Also when I plug the nook into my PC running Windows 7 64-Bit I get 3 removable drives that are greyed out and unusable. Loverly. The heck? At the very least the internal EMMC should be showing up.
Notes:
Yes I did install the USB driver
From what I understand this version of HC is not rooted but like your intro video says, I am a newb so what the frell do I know?
What I want:
To be able to plug my NC into the PC and have access to the EMMC (where a lot of my files are now) and access to remaining 12GB or so of space on the NC itself.
History of me and the NC:
I have previously installed CM7 on a different SD card and it was alright. I didn't like it because I couldnt move icons around on the desktop in an intuitive manner. (i.e., grab and drop) and it felt too much like a hacked up phone OS instead of pure android. I want pure android on my NC.
I did my research before I purchased the NC and IMO, it is the best value for the $$$ in terms of an Android tablet. I don't mind putting in some hours in front of the command line (I started working with computers when DOS 5 was released, so lets compare the color of our beards, eh?) and am totally comfortable in various OS's and speak *NIX fluently.
Got an answer that you think is gonna work? Or should I just wait for someone else to post a different Honeycomb image for the NC, or is there one out there that simply works?
Over the last few months I have spent many hours reading these and various other forums (B&N Forums, Android Forums) to get ready to hack my Nook and I would love to contribute in some small (or not so small) manner however being married with 2 kids working 50+ hours a week puts a damper on my "fun time" (i.e. hackery).
Thanks in advance for not only reading all this, but for any help / support that is offered.
D'Oh!
Shoulda watched the video twice. Posted in wrong sub-forum.
Shoulda been in the Q&A area.
Crap.
Maybe there is a mod out there willing to move it.
Think I may have found whats up.
I pulled the SD card and stuck it back in my laptop to take a look-see at the partitions. Lo and behold there is a 12.5GB un-partitioned space.
So now I am going to create a new partition and then stick it in the nook and boot from it. Hopefully once I hook it up to USB, it will be able to mount as volume for file transfer. It would suck to have to poweroff the nook and pull the card every time I wanted to add some files to it.
No luck. Windows will not recognize the partition I created.
I.e., I am unable to assign a drive letter even though it is a logical partition.
Off to google stuff again.
Well I gave up on this.
However I am willing to admit when I am wrong. I am now quitw happily running the latest stable build of CM7 and its running nicely. Got a few more tweaks to do before I arrive at what I had pictured in my head for my ultimate nook.
I just wanted to report in and give a status update although I am kinda puzzled by the lack of responses. Are the majority of you running froyo and waiting for a better version of honeycomb to be released?
Anyway cheers and happy hacking.
Most of us are (I think) running CM7 (gingerbread). When the HC sources are released, I expect we'll be running CM8 within weeks.
Windoze has real troubles with partitioned SDs, especially in built-in readers, either a case of "we know better" or one of those simplifying assumptions that gets in the way. An external reader (looks more like a generic USB drive) might fare better. I'm a Linux guy, so I'm all set. Most Windoze systems don't have drivers for ext filesystems, so they're unusable (/system and /data).
Image-copying always sets the partitions and filesystems until you re-partition like you did. Good detective work there.
Also, lots of us have lives and aren't in this forum full-time. I tend to ignore HC posts when I don't have infinite time to mess around.
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No luck. Windows will not recognize the partition I created.
I.e., I am unable to assign a drive letter even though it is a logical partition.
Off to google stuff again.
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Delete the partition you created... extend the last partition on the SD... the nook can now use all of it when running off SD and the remaining portion of partition 1 when booting stock.
So come to find out that the main holdup woith getting honeycomb going for the nc community is a lack of source code. Until such time as that is made available I can wait.
Now then, here is where I will eat my own hat. I reloaded the latest stable version of CM7 on my nc and I am really impressed with it. Last time I tried it woas a few months ago and it was a dissapointment for me. However between then and now I have learned a lot more about Android in general and the nook. This is my first android device.
FWIW Linux is my mainOS and has been for years. I was in windows so I could satisfy a craving of mine.You see, I am a WoW player. While the game runs ok in Wine, it runs far far better natively, especially for raiding. So I use linux for work and most other functions, i use windows for games.
So anyway I am now very comfortable in my CM7 setup and will continue to work witu it and learn more as time goes by.

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