Possible to configure stock webtop? - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I basically stopped using my lapdock a few weeks ago due to the slowness of my webtop2sd setup (XFCE4 on a PNY 32GB Class 10 card), so for kicks I decided to click uninstall in the webtop2sd app to try out the stock webtop in the internal storage, and its actually not running too bad,considering I want to use it for work and most of what I do is web based, firefox is working fine. I can even still use the network printer where I work at.
I find that the dock,although not necessarily bad, is really annoying that it cant really be configured at all. I have an extra separator and nothing inbetween,where the awn manager and lx terminal were,that I removed due to them not working.
So here are the actual questions.
1. Should those 2 programs, which webtop2sd installs,work on the internal storage as well? Should I try using the app to reinstall them?
2. If they dont work, is there a way, like a config file or something,that I can manually add and move icons, or more specifically,unused seperators with? I feel that with any other dock I have ever used,I should be able to drag icons to move them,but this one seems a bit stubborn.
3. Should the dock and top notification bar be hiding randomly? I dont mind the dock hiding (not that a window will ever use that extra space),but I'd rather that top bar just stay there all the time incase I get a new notification from the phone. Can this also be configured to not do that?
I'm really not that unhappy with the stock webtop,it seems to run faster than webtop2sd, I would just like to be incontrol of the dock and the top bar and I'll be happy with it.
Stock/rooted/locked BL

I would recommend that you look into GenTop, it is a linux distro which works on the webtop. It's one of the top topics in the atrix general section.
It will only work with the blur roms and for that I would recommend Nottachtrix
Hope I Helped, If you need more help just ask

I've read the whole thread,and am turned off by the fact that it does not appear to be too user friendly to setup, considering the whole thread is basically a discussion on how to compile programs,which I lack complete knowledge of.
I just dont have the time to mess around with something I dont know much about. I didnt mind messing around with webtop2sd since I've basically turned it into Xubuntu which I've used before,but I dont know anything about Gentoo.
It would be a lot easier for me to try to mess around with this dock than try to reinstall the whole system again.All the basically need is firefox with the keyboard,and the ability to print, which I already have.

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I know this is possible, because webtop2sd adds 2 icons and a seperator to the dock for hacking before it copies the whole webtop to the sd card.
Basically, i would like to know where the config file is for the dock so i can manually configure the icons, i would use a file browser on the phone to copy the file off the phone, edit it on a pc then use the file browser in android to overwrite it.
If no one knows where that file is, does anyone know where i could start looking for it? Im not sure how the file system is really setup tbh, i dont know whats webtop or whats android.

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Folder File structure for dual boot

Looking for input on the best way to set up file folders to be utilized on both WebOS and Android partitions. I tend to go into probably Way too much detail, skip to the bottom for the tl:dr.
I first noticed that the TouchPad doesn't handle folders very well when I tried organizing many files for school. I had each class in a different folder hierarchy based on course. But when I go to access them, they show up as a huge long list of .pdfs instead of my nice organized fashion. Similar thing happened with my music. I shrugged my shoulders cause my file naming convention was good enough that I had no issues.
Then I installed CM7 Alpha 3.0 (recently flashed 3.5, same situation). Got the Android partition all setup the way I wanted, and further organized my folder structure to match. Rocked Android for a few weeks, and got nostalgic, so I booted back to WebOS. I immediately noticed that my TouchPad claimed I had no music, while not a lot, there's around 5gigs floating on it. Told myself I would look into it, spaced it off. That was until I noticed I couldn't access any recently downloaded and organized .pdfs that were done on the Android boot. What gives?
I've always found it frustrating that the native file selection system in WebOS doesn't give you file path options, but it is what it is. I know there is a file system browser on Preware, honestly I think it's cumbersome, but may have to rely on that I suppose. I have major OCD as far as how folders are organized, and really don't want to just dump everything on the root. But again, if I have to, I shall.
TL: DR Ultimately I'm trying to get info on how the WebOS partition sees files, and how the folder heirarchy works. I have files in some folders that are recognized, and some that are not. Is it naming convention, or just location? My file issues are primarily .pdfs and music files, but concerned with any productivity file extensions for the sake of school (primary use of device.)
16Gb TouchPad WebOS 3.0.4, F4 Phantom kernel, great number of patches, Dual boot CM7 3.50
Did you (or anyone else) ever find any information on this issue? I find it frustrating having to go through Internalz Pro and go through each folder to do anything. My music will not show up through the stock player (which would be great on webOS because the android sound goes bad when the screen is off).
I have not. Haven't played with my TouchPad much recently, mainly cause every ROM I flash wifi breaks.. lol.
If I ever do get a solid solution, I will try to post up.
im betting this a indexer issue if want try to force it to index, look for "Media Indexer Refresh" in preware, that should find any stray media supported by webos
Yeah, it's definitely an indexer issue. A lot of people used to say to connect it via USB and then do a hard unmount (where it says "ouch...") and let the indexer run but that doesn't work.
Thank you for that suggestion though, it is exactly what I needed. I always thought there should be some command or some patch that would force it to re-index but never found it. I ran it one time and my pics and music show up. Awesome!!

View Honeycomb Slow?

So after a month of owning the View, I decided to try Honeycomb. I used globatron's process, as I am S-Off (HBOOT 6.12.1002, if memory serves, if that makes any difference). (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409306)
The process completed flawlessly, but the tablet was SO SLOW. I know it's not the end-all of performance metrics, but with Gingerbread, Linpack scores were in the mid 50's; with Honeycomb, they topped out in the low 20's (my EVO 4G does high 30's and is underclocked to 921MHz). Apps and menus would take more than a second to load. Some apps didn't even work - YouTube would force close if I tried watching a video (and when I searched for YouTube in the market, in hopes of an update, it didn't even show up!); the gallery didn't recognize a single picture that I had stored on the device, except for the ones in the camera's own folder. It also drained a LOT of battery in a short amount of time.
I searched for Honeycomb issues, but I found nothing reporting these kinds of problems. I've since gone back to Gingerbread so that it's useable (and thanks to the Nandroid, it's like I never tried HC), but what the hell was wrong with my Honeycomb install?
Furthermore, my girlfriend's View was laggy when she did the OTA to Honeycomb, and she had me downgrade her back to Gingerbread only a couple days later. The rave reviews of HC on the View just have me wondering "why not me?!" Any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
did you clean install?
Can you clarify what you mean by "clean install"? I've not heard that terminology before...
I meant wipe/hard factory reset and wipe cache, that's what I usually do before flashing. I suggest try to flash other HC Rom like leedroid and see if you will get improvements.
I wiped data and cache before starting the process. Perhaps I'll try again with a different ROM, but I figured the stock ROM should've worked smoothly.
Yes very
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Try this rom. Solved all my speed issues with HC. You'll love it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416868
Makes View just like typical HC tablet. Browser is MUCH better.
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^ I'll give it a shot tonight, thanks!
To be honest, I couldn't quite figure out what the benefit of Sense on HC was... I've used my friend's Xoom briefly, and saw no functional differences. I suppose probably widgets, given that that's where most of the benefits of Sense are.
I'll post results once I'm able to evaluate.
Thanks again!
Flashed it last night. Had to flash it twice because the first time it absolutely would not maintain a wifi connection (not even long enough for me to get an IP address and switch to static IP).
Seemed smooth (low-30's MFLOPS), but the G-sensor (or accelerometer) was a bit jittery - games like SpeedX 3D were all over the place, and the holographic images in the gallery were shaking. Had me worried I was developing Parkinson's.
Of more pressing importance, I couldn't access any multimedia stored in a folder other than DCIM from the Gallery app, and couldn't even open images through a file explorer. Flashed back to stock Gingerbread so it's usable while I investigate.
Frustrating that I just can't get Honeycomb to work properly on this damn thing. lol
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Of more pressing importance, I couldn't access any multimedia stored in a folder other than DCIM from the Gallery app, and couldn't even open images through a file explorer. Flashed back to stock Gingerbread so it's usable while I investigate.
Frustrating that I just can't get Honeycomb to work properly on this damn thing. lol
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There's a fix for getting the system to rescan your memory cards; I'll look in a bit and see if I can't post it here. As for HC working properly, I love it. The de-Sensed HC was a thing of beauty. If I can lay my hands on a De-Sensed version of LeeDroid's work I'd be in heaven. The standard HC interface was clearly created in response to Sense's user-friendliness, and they came up with a superior product.
I looked around, but never saw a definitive answer... most of what I saw was "clear cache!" or "clear data!" but those didn't work for me. When my girlfriend's had the problem (while on Gingerbread), opening the image in ES File Explorer and choosing Gallery as the default app for those file types usually corrected it.
And I do like Honeycomb, and love the ability to resize widgets, I just need it stable and fully functional before I'm comfortable sticking with it. My work phone is a Galaxy Nexus, and I LOVE ICS, but Honeycomb is damn close in style and functionality.
I can't find the posting I saw, but it essentially was to create a directory of a certain name on the card, and that forced the Flyer to re-scan the entire card, graphics and all. Evidently something akin to a thumbnail cache can get corrupted and that causes this issue, and creating that directory forces that file to be recreated entirely. I'm still kinda new to Android, so I don't know where the nomenclature diverges from Intel-based storage management...
Thanks for taking the time to look around. I found this, but it says it's for the Music folder... perhaps I should try the same in the Pictures folder.
That directory name looks very familiar, but you're right, it's for music, not graphics. It might work for you, what's the worst that can happen?
The other thing that occurred to me is to swap the micro-SD card with another one. Placing a new card in forces "stuff" to kick in, and I'd imagine the process needs to repeat once to replace the old card back in the slow. Or at least a portion of the process to see if it "knows" that old card when you put it back in.
The content is stored in the internal memory - not on an external SD card (I only use the external card for Nandroid backups and things of the like). That's what's so baffling to me - it's the View's own non-removable memory that isn't being scanned for pictures and videos.
Not only wipe data and cache, but also format system, wipe dalvik in recovery when doing a fresh rom install for best results.
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webtop freezes when loading lots of pics

i am running Rocko rom 3.0 and webtop+ 1.3 but it's done this ever since new and stock.
if i try to load a web page that has a decent amount off pictures firefox will close. now since going to rocko and webtop+ it will lock up my phone all together... even if i unplug the phone from the hddmi cale i will have to do a battery pull to get it to work again.
i thought maybe there wasn't enough free space in .osh to cache all the photos so i moved webtop to sd (8gb) and it still does the same thing. anyone have any idea what i can do to fix this?
edit: for reference this is a page that will cause my problem: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=695011&page=18
Wow! The initial load of that page eats over 400MB of RAM on a regular PC. I had to set up a 500MB dedicated cache for Firefox to even get it to load in webtop. Webtop caches Firefox in RAM so wt2sd wouldn't fix it.
I could create a custom preference file with a massive dedicated disk cache for you of instruct you how to do it. The drawback is that webtop Firefox will run slower and be doing a lot of writes to some sort of flash memory. This may cause premature failure of either the internal memory or the SDCard depending on where the cache is put.
i pretty much figured that is what the problem was. thanks for the offer to help but i couldn't imagine webtop being slower than it already is. i was hoping to just carry this phone and my mini bluetooth keyboard on a upcoming trip but i guess i'll need a net book or just take the time to post from my phone.

[Q] Copying apps and app settings from SD to EMMC

For a while I've been using my Nook Tablet 16GB with booting off the SD. I'm running CM7 by Team B, mostly stable with what's probably the wifi issue. I've never liked the interface too much but for how much I was using it, it was ok. I recently got a smartphone with ICS, and now I'm wanting to switch to ICS or Jelly Bean for my nook. I never really booting from EMMC so it can be gone. I did a dd of the SD card to back it up, and installed a rom on EMMC. My biggest concern right now, other than all the tweaks and tuning I need to get it good, is how to I copy my apps and app settings from the SD to EMMC. They're all free apps, I'm cheap and don't bother pirating since turning off wifi gets rid of ads, but I want to keep all my settings and save points. I use FreeBSD a lot but have Linux available if all the files are on extfs. Android's a different beast than any *nix so familiarity isn't really helpful. What files do I need to copy, and how to get them onto emmc, so I can treat it as upgrading the OS instead of a clean install?
This may not help but at least there is a reply.
jrisom said:
For a while I've been using my Nook Tablet 16GB with booting off the SD. I'm running CM7 by Team B, mostly stable with what's probably the wifi issue. I've never liked the interface too much but for how much I was using it, it was ok. I recently got a smartphone with ICS, and now I'm wanting to switch to ICS or Jelly Bean for my nook. I never really booting from EMMC so it can be gone. I did a dd of the SD card to back it up, and installed a rom on EMMC. My biggest concern right now, other than all the tweaks and tuning I need to get it good, is how to I copy my apps and app settings from the SD to EMMC. They're all free apps, I'm cheap and don't bother pirating since turning off wifi gets rid of ads, but I want to keep all my settings and save points. I use FreeBSD a lot but have Linux available if all the files are on extfs. Android's a different beast than any *nix so familiarity isn't really helpful. What files do I need to copy, and how to get them onto emmc, so I can treat it as upgrading the OS instead of a clean install?
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If they are free apps then open up play store and re-install them.
The other route is you will need money to get at least titanium backup pro if you feeling legal "AAarge" captain hook not. Once you have a backup just restore the apps not data to any versions of android you want.
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If they are free apps then open up play store and re-install them.
The other route is you will need money to get at least titanium backup pro if you feeling legal "AAarge" captain hook not. Once you have a backup just restore the apps not data to any versions of android you want.
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It's not getting the apps back on that's the issue, but the settings. I don't want to have to start everything from scratch.
jrisom said:
It's not getting the apps back on that's the issue, but the settings. I don't want to have to start everything from scratch.
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Oooh, Ok..base on of my lack of experience of what you want to achieve then you need the Ghost Busters....a I mean LINUX guru...yea
Vector2nds said:
Oooh, Ok..base on of my lack of experience of what you want to achieve then you need the Ghost Busters....a I mean LINUX guru...yea
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Android's linux in kernel only. Since I'm guessing most people only worry about their apps and not settings, I'll have to search through the file system.

Rooting my Nook Tablet 8GB, Model BNTV250A, Version 1.4.3 using video

I'll put the link the the vid I followed (but only get halfway through whole process) and think I've missed something but not sure what. The guy appears to have good luck with his method, but I didn't. I cannot get the screen with the "box"
Here are the two messages I get after last step and reboot:
1. Nook encountered a problem that requires a system restart (I click "ok")
2. Then after I click "ok" I get this message:
Your Nook could not restart. Please Try again later. Or contact Customer Support.
The only part of the video I've found that I did on my own is that he doesn't tell you to plug the power cord into an outlet but it seems logical. Unless for some weird reason I'm supposed to plug it back into the usb on my laptop.
Any help very, much appreciated, denise
denise1952 said:
I'll put the link the the vid I followed (but only get halfway through whole process) and think I've missed something but not sure what. The guy appears to have good luck with his method, but I didn't. I cannot get the screen with the "box"
Here are the two messages I get after last step and reboot:
1. Nook encountered a problem that requires a system restart (I click "ok")
2. Then after I click "ok" I get this message:
Your Nook could not restart. Please Try again later. Or contact Customer Support.
The only part of the video I've found that I did on my own is that he doesn't tell you to plug the power cord into an outlet but it seems logical. Unless for some weird reason I'm supposed to plug it back into the usb on my laptop.
Any help very, much appreciated, denise
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Mmm... Video is not playing?
nmyshkin said:
Mmm... Video is not playing?
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I'll just post the youtube URL and see if that works, sorry about that, denise PS I used the youtube icon last time. Let's see if just the "link" icon will work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvGLHUFOgg
Ok, looks like that works, new to this site, or at least posting to it If you know anything about the rooting I could sure use some help. I have it all finished but, for example, I'm having issues with many of the apps on playstore not being available to me. I get the "this app is not compatible with version". Something like that. I have been reading about possible fixes but one is something called Cyanogenmod, and I can't get the app in the store. It's supposed to do some sort of fix. Then I tried a took called BuildProp Editor but when I go into my build.prop file it doesn't list one of the strings I'm supposed to change (product Model).
With the buildprop editor, you change the "model" to something the app would be compatible with. Samsung to Nexus etc. Anyway, I hope you can see the video if you either need to root something, or, you want to comment/give me some feedback
PS I just read your "signature" and you obviously know a lot about this Hope you drop back in, Denise
denise1952 said:
I'll just post the youtube URL and see if that works, sorry about that, denise PS I used the youtube icon last time. Let's see if just the "link" icon will work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvGLHUFOgg
Ok, looks like that works, new to this site, or at least posting to it If you know anything about the rooting I could sure use some help. I have it all finished but, for example, I'm having issues with many of the apps on playstore not being available to me. I get the "this app is not compatible with version". Something like that. I have been reading about possible fixes but one is something called Cyanogenmod, and I can't get the app in the store. It's supposed to do some sort of fix. Then I tried a took called BuildProp Editor but when I go into my build.prop file it doesn't list one of the strings I'm supposed to change (product Model).
With the buildprop editor, you change the "model" to something the app would be compatible with. Samsung to Nexus etc. Anyway, I hope you can see the video if you either need to root something, or, you want to comment/give me some feedback
PS I just read your "signature" and you obviously know a lot about this Hope you drop back in, Denise
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OK, so from what I can see in the video you end up with a rooted Nook Tablet, an old version of the Market, and a new launcher (maybe a few other things I didn't notice). The problem is that you now have a rooted android tablet that is running Android 2.3(?). And so what was the point? Eventually the old version of the Market won't even let you in and even if it did, your selection for apps is limited with the current Android version now being 7.0
So....you did this much and that means you can do the little more needed to not only root your tablet but also to install a new ROM that can update it to a more recent Android system. I'm no expert, but I have been around the block a few times with this device. You can "easily" flash either Cyanogenmod 10, 11 or 12 (Android Jellybean, KitKat, or Lollipop). I started with 10 and was happy with that for a long time until I got curious about a more up-to-date system. I skipped over 11 and went straight to 12.1. I'm more or less satisfied but I think 12 is pushing the limits of the hardware. It's a little wobbly sometimes.
If I were you, I'd pick the last stable version of CM 11. The absolute best guides on XDA for flashing these ROMs on the Nook Tablet were written by digixmax. The one for CM 10 is here. The one for CM 11 (and sort of 12) is here.
Read carefully and take your time. The result is well worth the effort, IMHO. A rooted tablet with the hardware capabilities of the NT running Android 2.3 is not.
nmyshkin said:
OK, so from what I can see in the video you end up with a rooted Nook Tablet, an old version of the Market, and a new launcher (maybe a few other things I didn't notice). The problem is that you now have a rooted android tablet that is running Android 2.3(?). And so what was the point? Eventually the old version of the Market won't even let you in and even if it did, your selection for apps is limited with the current Android version now being 7.0
So....you did this much and that means you can do the little more needed to not only root your tablet but also to install a new ROM that can update it to a more recent Android system. I'm no expert, but I have been around the block a few times with this device. You can "easily" flash either Cyanogenmod 10, 11 or 12 (Android Jellybean, KitKat, or Lollipop). I started with 10 and was happy with that for a long time until I got curious about a more up-to-date system. I skipped over 11 and went straight to 12.1. I'm more or less satisfied but I think 12 is pushing the limits of the hardware. It's a little wobbly sometimes.
If I were you, I'd pick the last stable version of CM 11. The absolute best guides on XDA for flashing these ROMs on the Nook Tablet were written by digixmax. The one for CM 10 is here. The one for CM 11 (and sort of 12) is here.
Read carefully and take your time. The result is well worth the effort, IMHO. A rooted tablet with the hardware capabilities of the NT running Android 2.3 is not.
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Yes, 2.3 Gingerbread. I get things done but I don't understand half of what I do. Thanks so much for the explanation. The more I searched for info, the more I kept see Cyanogenmod so figured that was going to help in some way.
Ok, do I reset the NT again, or just go from where I am at this point?
I don't know if I'm even supposed to be on this forum since I read that it is for "developers". I wouldn't have gotten the info you just gave me anywhere else that I know of though. Hope it's ok for me to stay and learn.
I'll go with the 11 because I understand that the NT is older (bought it in 2011) so no, I don't want to push my luck with it either. I have a new Fire Tablet 7, yuck, but I did get the Playstore on it at least. It works fine, I just like the whole feel of my Nook (payed a lot more for it of course).
Thanks again, and I'll post here on my progress, or lack thereof denise
denise1952 said:
I get things done but I don't understand half of what I do.
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Yep, that's me.
Ok, do I reset the NT again, or just go from where I am at this point?
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Reset.
I don't know if I'm even supposed to be on this forum since I read that it is for "developers". I wouldn't have gotten the info you just gave me anywhere else that I know of though. Hope it's ok for me to stay and learn.
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There are the developers, and then there are the people like me who grovel at their feet. I have learned soooooo much here.
Good luck. It sounds like you can do this "easily" At any rate, you can always ask questions.
nmyshkin said:
Yep, that's me.
Reset.
There are the developers, and then there are the people like me who grovel at their feet. I have learned soooooo much here.
Good luck. It sounds like you can do this "easily" At any rate, you can always ask questions.
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Ok, will do I am bummed as I have to do some errands, but can't wait to get back and go for this. Already downloaded the Mini Partition Tool, totally new to me, partitions but I do love to learn, ttyl, and thank you so much, again!
Just a bit of an update for anyone interested I got through this part of the instructions from digixmax:
Using a disk partition tool (such as MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition) create on SD card a Primary FAT32 partition, and set the partition ID type for the partition to 0x0C FAT32 LBA and set its Active flag. Once this is done, the partition should appear as a (read/write accessible) drive under Windows
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But at the end, I went in to look for the Drive and it said "Boot E" because that's where I had my SD Card. I couldn't find anywhere it said read/write accessible though? I figure I was looking in the wrong place as the directions says "under Windows" so I even looked to see if something was listed under my Windows file in File Manager.
Anyway, kind of toast right now, I'm tired and going to try again in the a.m. The making of the Partition in the Minitool didn't seem hard at all, if I did that right.
Thanks again for the help, I'll check back tonight for any replies, and then again in the a.m. denise
denise1952 said:
Just a bit of an update for anyone interested I got through this part of the instructions from digixmax:
But at the end, I went in to look for the Drive and it said "Boot E" because that's where I had my SD Card. I couldn't find anywhere it said read/write accessible though? I figure I was looking in the wrong place as the directions says "under Windows" so I even looked to see if something was listed under my Windows file in File Manager.
Anyway, kind of toast right now, I'm tired and going to try again in the a.m. The making of the Partition in the Minitool didn't seem hard at all, if I did that right.
Thanks again for the help, I'll check back tonight for any replies, and then again in the a.m. denise
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On my Win 10 machine the "properties" option from the context menu doesn't say anything about r/w for the SD card, but it does show the space used and the space available. I think you're good to go if that's what you are seeing. You can't have done all the manipulations in Mini Partition Wizard and not had write access to the card, so it's not like it's locked or something odd.
Onward!
nmyshkin said:
On my Win 10 machine the "properties" option from the context menu doesn't say anything about r/w for the SD card, but it does show the space used and the space available. I think you're good to go if that's what you are seeing. You can't have done all the manipulations in Mini Partition Wizard and not had write access to the card, so it's not like it's locked or something odd.
Onward!
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Ok, gotcha! Onward it is:highfive: lol
Ok, spent all morning trying to figure this out myself, and gave up and decided to come back here and ask what to do.
For some reason, I cannot find my unallocated space, it's not showing like the first time I ran through #1 step to "create on SD Card a FAT32 partition, etc. I did reformat the SD Card so that it was a fresh start. I did something wrong, but I can't figure out.
I read that on the MiniTool Wizard "create" is not enabled unless I have unallocated space, so that's my issue. I cannot get that "create" option enabled. I'll attach a snip of what I see at this point. Maybe that will help. I do select the Disk 2 and look down under the "partition" menu and "create" is greyed out. Then I also tried right clicking on the Disk 2 to see if it would show there but it still is disabled (please see attached please) Any help so appreciated, denise:
denise1952 said:
Ok, spent all morning trying to figure this out myself, and gave up and decided to come back here and ask what to do.
For some reason, I cannot find my unallocated space, it's not showing like the first time I ran through #1 step to "create on SD Card a FAT32 partition, etc. I did reformat the SD Card so that it was a fresh start. I did something wrong, but I can't figure out.
I read that on the MiniTool Wizard "create" is not enabled unless I have unallocated space, so that's my issue. I cannot get that "create" option enabled. I'll attach a snip of what I see at this point. Maybe that will help. I do select the Disk 2 and look down under the "partition" menu and "create" is greyed out. Then I also tried right clicking on the Disk 2 to see if it would show there but it still is disabled (please see attached please) Any help so appreciated, denise:
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Been awhile since I did this, but if you reformat an SD card that has separate partitions (as yours appears to), you will not get back all your space. What I'm saying is that there should not be two separate memory entities on that SD card at this point. The section marked by the "*" needs to be merged with the section called "Boot". That large chunk is needed to hold all the files you will use to flash the new ROM.
If you right-click on either partition near the top of the display where it shows the two sections, the context menu contains a "merge" option. Bottom line is, you need one partition on the SD card and right now the bulk of the storage space is locked up.
nmyshkin said:
Been awhile since I did this, but if you reformat an SD card that has separate partitions (as yours appears to), you will not get back all your space. What I'm saying is that there should not be two separate memory entities on that SD card at this point. The section marked by the "*" needs to be merged with the section called "Boot". That large chunk is needed to hold all the files you will use to flash the new ROM.
If you right-click on either partition near the top of the display where it shows the two sections, the context menu contains a "merge" option. Bottom line is, you need one partition on the SD card and right now the bulk of the storage space is locked up.
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Ok, I'll do that, saw the merge option. So hopefully, this will bring back unallocated space then. I should have asked how much I need. The SD card is 8 GB, probably don't need more than a couple at the most I'm thinking. I'll go give your direction a shot, thanks much for hanging in there with me, denise
OK, you need to take a breath and stop. I've just come away from another thread in which the poster decried the disappearance of all the Cyanogenmod stuff. I knew they had died but I didn't realize everything would disappear so fast...
That means you need to source the most critical component from somewhere. One option is a new post on this board for the critical files. There is also a fellow who was developing his own related ROMs, both internal and SD card versions. I'll search for that and add it to this post in a bit.
Edit: here you go https://iamafanof.wordpress.com/category/nook-tablet-2/
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OK, you need to take a breath and stop. I've just come away from another thread in which the poster decried the disappearance of all the Cyanogenmod stuff. I knew they had died but I didn't realize everything would disappear so fast...
That means you need to source the most critical component from somewhere. One option is a new post on this board for the critical files. There is also a fellow who was developing his own related ROMs, both internal and SD card versions. I'll search for that and add it to this post in a bit.
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Well all is good because I decided the same thing when I left here last time. I did try to do the partition thing and ran into another "block" so just put it away, and got into something else
I appreciate your letting me know, nmyshikin I'll be subscribed to the thread, and keep watching for any new additions. I'm not in a hurry since I have my Fire Tablet, and working on the Nook is just going to be a fun project, I hope, at some point And I did learn some things about partitions, and especially about SD Cards Denise
G0ldengirl68 said:
I'll just post the youtube URL and see if that works, sorry about that, denise PS I used the youtube icon last time. Let's see if just the "link" icon will work
Ok, looks like that works, new to this site, or at least posting to it If you know anything about the rooting I could sure use some help. I have it all finished but, for example, I'm having issues with many of the apps on playstore not being available to me. I get the "this app is not compatible with version". Something like that. I have been reading about possible fixes but one is something called Cyanogenmod, and I can't get the app in the store. It's supposed to do some sort of fix. Then I tried a took called BuildProp Editor but when I go into my build.prop file it doesn't list one of the strings I'm supposed to change (product Model).
With the buildprop editor, you change the "model" to something the app would be compatible with. Samsung to Nexus etc. Anyway, I hope you can see the video if you either need to root something, or, you want to comment/give me some feedback
PS I just read your "signature" and you obviously know a lot about this Hope you drop back in, Denise
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Good video, now if i could only find the files. Nothing but dead links everywhere.

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