Since I cannot reply to topic below I need to post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
I want to root my Galaxy S2 without changing kernel version and found the solution at the link above, but I have no micro SD card available. Is there another way to do it without a card?
And I quote
" Choose install zip from sdcard or external SD"
In other words phone memory or sd card also I would like to ask do you really need root if you didn't notice the instructions
E_Goldstein said:
And I quote
" Choose install zip from sdcard or external SD"
In other words phone memory or sd card also I would like to ask do you really need root if you didn't notice the instructions
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Yes I need root.
And, maybe I have a different recoverymeny, cause I can only select to browse external SD card or Cache. I cannot select "sdcard" or phone memory or anything else that is browsable.
Talk about idiot i cant read lol it has to be done via external sd, there cheap enough,near enough all phones use them cant u borrow one for half hour
If you need it that bad flash a kernel
E_Goldstein said:
Talk about idiot i cant read lol it has to be done via external sd, there cheap enough,near enough all phones use them cant u borrow one for half hour
If you need it that bad flash a kernel
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Wow! thanks for welcoming me to the forum by calling me an idiot! I feel very welcome here.. not! I hope you get a warning from the moderators.
Of course I can read, it clearly says to use an SD-card, that I understand, but since I don't have any micro SD card I just asked if there is another way. I want to root my phone without using an SD-card and without modifying the kernel.
I you know a way, please respond, but if you are here just to call people idiots then maybe you are in the wrong forum.
So i called myself an idiot for not being able to read as i read the thread you linked wrong and i insulted myself but you couldn't read that go figure.
Secondly you have a couple of options to root grab a cheap micro sd or use a insecure kernel, but as most people on here want spoon feeding everything nowadays because they can't be bothered to read if it could be done a different way it would have a thread if you can't post in that thread go in off topic and post till you have met the requirements to be able to post in certain threads.
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lol he called himself an idiot, not you
atifsh said:
lol he called himself an idiot, not you
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OK, maybe my first interpretation was correct then I can not read lol
Sorry
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K, Seriously, I KNOW there are threads that are even TITLED "STUCK AT RECOVERY, HELP"
But (especially for a developers site) search seems to suck and I can't find what I want!
Its a simple noob problem. Installed 3d party ROM. Installed new kernel. won't boot and stuck at recovery. Koush's recovery "sees" external_sd card, but doesn't find the ROM I want to flash.
Help? Thanks
ALSO, if there is a better way to search these treads please let me know!
I simply type "stuck at recovery" and it pulls up pages and pages of CRAP where the words "stuck" and "recovery' happen to be used...sheesh.
No Luck For Lazy
Search Does Not Suck. Your Search String Sucks
I'm not sure if you have to flash the kernel. I would try wiping everything and flashing the rom only and see if it boots.
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You should try placing the rom on the internal sd. I could never get the recovery to actually mount the external sd. Not really sure how to get to the internal sd when stuck where you are though. Maybe adb?
Picasosz said:
Search Does Not Suck. Your Search String Sucks
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Just the fact that you cannot use a wildcard in a boolean search string = the suck.
eweo911 said:
You should try placing the rom on the internal sd. I could never get the recovery to actually mount the external sd. Not really sure how to get to the internal sd when stuck where you are though. Maybe adb?
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yeah. in the end I am going to have to work in adb me thinks.
ODIN'd to stock.
ODIN'd back to stock.
Thanks all for your input.
Doesnt EVERY rom thread tell u to place it in internal sd?
98classic said:
Doesnt EVERY rom thread tell u to place it in internal sd?
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Perhaps we should start telling people to remove the external sd?
Small disaster. Trying to upgrade from 18/04 Hydrogen ICS to the 13/05 build. I flashed the 13/05 .zip in recovery after wiping Dalvik and Cache. Booted as normal, until I found all gapps were dud icons (I did not flash 29/04 version as I thought that I could keep my earlier version). Irritatingly, while USB Mass Storage worked correctly with my PC and I could use file explorers like ES and Astro, when I booted into recovery I could not do anything. I have a nandroid backup from 21/04 which I'd like to restore, but clicking on both 'install zip from sdcard' and 'mounts and storage' just gives an error message saying 'can't mount /sdcard'. I have no clue what to do, any help would be much appreciated...
Please help...
Seriously, does anyone know what to do? My phone is almost unusable, I can barely launch any apps. Is my question so stupid it doesn't bear replying to? Somebody please say something...
Laika97 said:
I have a nandroid backup from 21/04 which I'd like to restore, but clicking on both 'install zip from sdcard' and 'mounts and storage' just gives an error message saying 'can't mount /sdcard'
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Laika97 said:
Somebody please say something...
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Do you actually have a microSD card? If not, use "internal SD card" options.
Also, why are you using "install zip from x" to restore a nandroid backup?
Laika97 said:
Seriously, does anyone know what to do? My phone is almost unusable, I can barely launch any apps. Is my question so stupid it doesn't bear replying to? Somebody please say something...
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Almost .
This is XDA Developers forum not a fix my fzzzz phone forum for those that cannot be bothered to do basic research .
jje
y dont u revert back an from there flash the correct way
oinkylicious said:
Do you actually have a microSD card? If not, use "internal SD card" options.
Also, why are you using "install zip from x" to restore a nandroid backup?
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I do have a 16GB external SD. I was not trying to restore nandroid via install zip from SD, I was only saying that originally I wanted to reflash the 18/04 build, and only when I found that this didn't work did I attempt restoring my backup. sorry if this was not clear.
Thanks for the reply. I tried to find instructions for remounting my SD, but a search of this forum didn't yield anything. Perhaps this is the wrong forum
rocky23 said:
y dont u revert back an from there flash the correct way
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Unless I'm using the wrong method, I can't flash the 'proper way' since the install zip from SD card path doesn't display my SD. I can put the gapps and ROM on the SD via PC, but I can't access them when I disconnect.
I'm not convinced you understand that there's a difference between "install/restore from sd card" and "install/restore from internal sd card". Have you actually tried both?
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I'm not convinced you understand that there's a difference between "install/restore from sd card" and "install/restore from internal sd card". Have you actually tried both?
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I haven't, but only because I know where I keep my ROM on my external SD! I have changed ROMs at least five times before on this phone using this method and I am a veteran (if I can use such a hyperbolic term) of the MoDaCo ZTE Blade forum. I hope I know what I'm talking about. Being treated like a hopeless noob gets pretty boring after a while. Fact is, I can't access my external SD inside recovery. I get that my explanations probably don't make enough sense, but I'd like a specific suggestion to my pretty specific problem. Sorry if I come across as a little blunt, I'm just rather frustrated that I haven't found a fix in 3 days...
Laika97 said:
Being treated like a hopeless noob gets pretty boring after a while.
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You hadn't given me a reason to treat you differently, and a lack of ability to do these things on your own for three days kinda goes with the assumption .
Laika97 said:
Fact is, I can't access my external SD inside recovery. I get that my explanations probably don't make enough sense, but I'd like a specific suggestion to my pretty specific problem.
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Boot your phone, copy files from microSD to internal memory, reboot to recovery, use internal SD options.
Hello xda developers user , i have rooted Galaxy S2(GT-I9100) device using the stock version of samsung 4.1.2 XXLSJ and my question is How can I Install Android Apps to my external SD Card, please help me .
This has been asked/answered 987,241 times in the 14 months I've been coming here. XDA or Google search yields so many hits it ain't funny. If I can do that, you can.
MistahBungle said:
This has been asked/answered 987,241 times in the 14 months I've been coming here. XDA or Google search yields so many hits it ain't funny. If I can do that, you can.
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so how the hell can i do that
OK. Let me be blunt this time. Search. Stop being lazy :-/
MistahBungle said:
OK. Let me be blunt this time. Search. Stop being lazy :-/
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did , tryed , nothing happend
APP2SD ?If write to search and click search button so hard ?
Looks like your apps are staying on your internal SD then. No skin off my nads.
Paulius7 said:
APP2SD ?If write to search and click search button so hard ?
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it doesnt work it reads my usb memory as a SD card , my sd card is 8 gb and it reads my usb memory as 11 gb
I don't understand You Have Usb memory and SD card ? can you explain ?
there is plenty of space for apps on sgs2 .. so you dont need to install them on your SD-Card ...
the internal SD Card is much faster though .. so you will have more fun starting them
Dizblo said:
Hello xda developers user , i have rooted Galaxy S2(GT-I9100) device using the stock version of samsung 4.1.2 XXLSJ and my question is How can I Install Android Apps to my external SD Card, please help me .
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There are several methods(whatever method you will need root) , one is swapping the internal and external memory card so all apps will directly install into the sd card(there are several threads on how to do it, I think there is an app in play store too) , and other method is using a third party application like directory bind.
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A simple search gave me this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010152 it contains the vold.fstab file for your version too.
You should try searching properly, If one man can do it, another can.
Using GT - I9100
Just hit the damn help button if I helped you.
Hi,
I have just got my SGSIII and lovin it. I was using Motorola Atrix 2 prior and on it, I had set external SD (Micro SD card) as 'Default Write ****'.
So all my settings (TiBack, Nova, Whatapp, Other apps stuff,) is in there. So my question is this,
Shall I go ahead and do whatever thats needed to swap the storages like I had on my prev. phone or Keep it as it is and use the Samsung Galaxy SIII default setup??
I can definitely see some advantages. Install apps and data to internal SD and use External SD as purely for photos,videos and such stuff..roms and crap. But would like to know what is standard going on.
If I decide to Dual-boot will I have any issues?
Also If I choose to switch roms,..What is the best option?
Thanks and regards,
NHS2008
P.S. How the hell can I remove the 'Tap and hold screen to add items' on blank screens!!??
Anyone?? Shall I stick with internal as internal or make ext. internal??
This is asked and answered all over the forum .
If you cannot even find the basic stickied faqs and guides then leave storage alone .
jje
JJEgan said:
This is asked and answered all over the forum .
If you cannot even find the basic stickied faqs and guides then leave storage alone .
jje
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I am not asking HOW to do it, I am asking whether I shall do it..
NHS2008 said:
I am not asking HOW to do it, I am asking whether I shall do it..
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Likewise if you cannot answer the question yourself then don't do it .
Of course if you want to brick your phone carry on .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148708
jje
Hello! I'm new to this website and new to rooting tablets. I want to root my Nook tablet, I have model no.BNTV250. I was wondering if this was possible, and what would be the best way to go about it. I've been looking all over the internet but I can't seem to find an explanation. This site seems to be the best I've seem to answering my question. If there is a thread here for rooting it, please point in the right direction. I do apologize if i posted this in the wrong section! Thanks!
StraTTtheRippeR said:
Hello! I'm new to this website and new to rooting tablets. I want to root my Nook tablet, I have model no.BNTV250. I was wondering if this was possible, and what would be the best way to go about it. I've been looking all over the internet but I can't seem to find an explanation. This site seems to be the best I've seem to answering my question. If there is a thread here for rooting it, please point in the right direction. I do apologize if i posted this in the wrong section! Thanks!
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Welcome.
You have a few options.
You can continue to run the internal (eMMC) stock B&N ROM with modifications like root. Running a small tablet like this is considered by many to be less than ideal. The interface is clunky.
You can replace the internal (eMMC) stock B&N ROM with a full, rooted version of android. What you get is an experience much like many tablets available (Nexus 7), with the main difference that many of those other tablets also have cameras and bluetooth, and the Nook Tablet doesn't.
You can create a bootable microSD card with a full, rooted version of android. If you have a spare microSD card kicking around, this gives you the option of trying the full android experience without actually modifying anything on the internal eMMC storage. Take out the microSD card, reboot, and you're back to stock. Put the microSD card in again whenever you want. Put in another microSD card with a different android ROM. Swap back and forth whenever you want. For this option, I think the smallest card you can use is a 2GB, but I could be wrong on that.
Decide which option you want and then we can discuss it further.
InUrKitchin said:
Welcome.
You have a few options.
You can continue to run the internal (eMMC) stock B&N ROM with modifications like root. Running a small tablet like this is considered by many to be less than ideal. The interface is clunky.
You can replace the internal (eMMC) stock B&N ROM with a full, rooted version of android. What you get is an experience much like many tablets available (Nexus 7), with the main difference that many of those other tablets also have cameras and bluetooth, and the Nook Tablet doesn't.
You can create a bootable microSD card with a full, rooted version of android. If you have a spare microSD card kicking around, this gives you the option of trying the full android experience without actually modifying anything on the internal eMMC storage. Take out the microSD card, reboot, and you're back to stock. Put the microSD card in again whenever you want. Put in another microSD card with a different android ROM. Swap back and forth whenever you want. For this option, I think the smallest card you can use is a 2GB, but I could be wrong on that.
Decide which option you want and then we can discuss it further.
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Thanks for the response!
I'd like to go with option 3. I followed a video I found on youtube that had the links to everything I needed, but then I realized it was actually for the the color reader and not for the BNTV250, which is what I have. I was hoping there was an option for the SD card Android method like the other model. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, and thanks again for the help and getting back to me.
StraTTtheRippeR said:
Thanks for the response!
I'd like to go with option 3. I followed a video I found on youtube that had the links to everything I needed, but then I realized it was actually for the the color reader and not for the BNTV250, which is what I have. I was hoping there was an option for the SD card Android method like the other model. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, and thanks again for the help and getting back to me.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36685310&postcount=1 would be a good starting point. Take note of the second paragraph, which leads you to a much easier method.
Good luck!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36685310&postcount=1 would be a good starting point. Take note of the second paragraph, which leads you to a much easier method.
Good luck!
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This would have worked (the second paragraph method) but I do not understand all this formatting different partitions thing. I guess you have to do it, because the image file (IMG) I downloaded won't fit on my 2GB SD card. Maybe I need a bigger card? Or do I HAVE to do the partitions?
EDIT: I did the partition method exactly as described in the instructions and it's still telling me I don't have enough enough space on my SD card. I don't understand why it keeps telling me this, because he said a few times you can use a 2GB card?
I can help... Let's start with identifying what OS your pc has and going over which instructions you performed.
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InUrKitchin said:
I can help... Let's start with identifying what OS your pc has and going over which instructions you performed.
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I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate on my PC, and I followed these instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36685310&postcount=1
I was following the second paragraph method (using the write image to SD card method)
My card was too small though. I need 1.87 GB and my card was only 1.86. I have a 4GB card handy so I'm going to try that out. I'm just wandering if I have to do the different partitions on the card or not, I already did it once but the image was too big for the card. I'm just not sure if I'm just using the write image option if i have to use the partition method. Either way it doesn't matter, since I do understand how to do it now. Thanks again!
The second paragraph links to instructions you that don't require you to make partitions. You need to be more specific about which steps you did.
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You are going to the blog post and following the WINDOWS instructions, correct? Copy and paste just the steps here.
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The second paragraph links to instructions you that don't require you to make partitions. You need to be more specific about which steps you did.
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You are going to the blog post and following the WINDOWS instructions, correct? Copy and paste just the steps here.
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I got it to work! My SD card just wasn't big enough. Thanks everyone for your help!
Does anyone know if there's a way to add APK files? I put them on the SD card but the APK Installer I have only goes into the android folders. Thanks again for all of the help, I really appreciate it!
I think you can just click on it from within your file explorer and it will prompt to install it.
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I think you can just click on it from within your file explorer and it will prompt to install it.
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I figured it out actually. The last thing I'm trying to figure out is how to expand the memory for installing apps. I'm using a 4GB SD card, but there's almost 2gb (like 1.86GB) left on the card not being used for anything. I'm trying to figure out how I can make use of that for more storage for apps. I'm looking up and down the instructions, and he said you can expand the memory, but it doesn't say how.
StraTTtheRippeR said:
I'm trying to figure out how I can make use of that for more storage for apps. I'm looking up and down the instructions, and he said you can expand the memory, but it doesn't say how.
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Head back to the original link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36685310&postcount=1 and read step 1.
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Head back to the original link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36685310&postcount=1 and read step 1.
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It took me awhile (I kept making dumb mistakes) but I finally got it up and running the way I wanted it. Thanks a lot for all of your help guys, this is pretty sweet!