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Hey Everyone
I've got a Hero from 3 network in UK and i want to install the latest generic stable official firmware rom onto it(if this is the fastest possible ROM). how would i go about doing this?
FW version: 1.5
Baseband: 63.18.55.06iu_6.35.08.22
Kernel: 2.6.27-430d1aea [email protected] 951
Build: 2.73.771.62 CL 80033 release-keys
soft: 1.0.0.A6288
Dont mind doing tricky stuff, not a comp noob, just new to HTC devices
thanks in advance

Hi, welcome to the forums
what you need to do is create a goldcard, what this does is bypass the cid check when upgrading your rom, CID stands for carrier ID it stops people on branded devices flashing generic roms, you will find all the info you need in this thread
i hope this helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=572683

thanks alot! do you know if i require a SD card reader for this process?

shikari14 said:
thanks alot! do you know if i require a SD card reader for this process?
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maybe you can do it by connecting your hero to your pc then mounting the sd card but i havent tried

mancsoulja said:
maybe you can do it by connecting your hero to your pc then mounting the sd card but i havent tried
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I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the phone doesn't completely emulate a card-reader in USB Storage mode. It mounts the /sdcard/ partition as a usb device, but you need access to the boot sector of the SD card.
Attempting to manipulate the boot sector of the card through the phone's USB connection may produce undesirable results.
Best case: It works!
Worst case: Your phone stops booting, because you accidentally altered the phone's boot sector instead of the SD card's.

[Q] Micro-SD Card Root Directory Changed After 4.4

So, after I updated my Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 (international) to Android 4.4.2, the Micro-SD card directory changed and now no apps can recognize it at all. I've tried flashing different roms such as the Google Play Edition rom, AOKP, Cyanogenmod, and none of them fixed the problem. The new directory is:
/storage/sdcard1
instead of:
/mnt/media-rw/SD card
Is there a way to move the SD card directory back to /mnt/media-rw/SD card? If there isn't, is there another way to fix this problem?
I'm rooted and currently running AOKP. Sorry if this is a stupid question.
Thanks!

[Q] vold.fstab - Swapping Internal / External SD Card(s)

Hey guys,
I haven't found any info on the forums about this yet. Does anyone know how to/or have a modified vold.fstab for the stock TouchWiz rom?
I have a general idea on what to do, but I'd rather not attempt this one by myself!
Thanks in advance - zmag

zmag said:
Hey guys,
I haven't found any info on the forums about this yet. Does anyone know how to/or have a modified vold.fstab for the stock TouchWiz rom?
I have a general idea on what to do, but I'd rather not attempt this one by myself!
Thanks in advance - zmag
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if u want just transfer what ever u want on your sd card from internal,just use link2sd and NextAppSDFix

Airboner said:
if u want just transfer what ever u want on your sd card from internal,just use link2sd and NextAppSDFix
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That's not what he's talking about. He wants to use his extSdCard as his internal storage. I used that on my s4 with a 64gb class 10 with awesome results

Hehe well you're correct thatsupnow, but I did consider Link2SD Pro - but I would rather edit the vold.fstab directly (and correctly)
There's also an app on the play store (free) called Root External 2 Internal SD, but it looks like it was made for the GS3 - again, would rather edit the source than install another app.
I am using NextAppSDFix at the moment, until I install Xposed and use the Xposed mod (which I suppose is no different than using the app)
But I havent seen any modded vold.fstab files for the GS5 yet, which honestly is surprising to me. I figured someone would've had one by now...
Maybe there's a rom that has this already? and can be used on the stock ND2 rom? Any input on the subject is greatly appreciated. Just wanna use my 64gb card instead of having 10gb.
Thanks in advance! - zmag

Yeah man development has been pretty slow. I wonder if the mod for the s4 could be manipulated to work on the s5?

zmag said:
I haven't found any info on the forums about this yet.
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You didn't search very far if you didn't run smack into at least half a dozen forum threads detailing various ways to swap the internal and external SD cards. Not to mention threads that explain at length how to edit vold.fstab. However, while vold.fstab maps sysfs devices to filesystem mount points, it isn't a good idea to edit it directly as an update would easily break your mod..
A better method is to swap the internal and external SD cards is to employ a script to remount the two storage locations. Then transpose them using the -bind switch. A script to do this can be found here.
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Ok, well I meant in the S5 forums - I didn't know that the S4 scripts applied at all.
Sorry for the trouble... I'm coming from an HTC Evo 4G LTE, I'm still getting acquainted with Samsung's file system.
I don't plan on updating from ND2 any time soon. If I do, I usually try and make a nandroid backup first just in case anything breaks on me.
Thanks again for the help!

my samsung s5 is not detecting the microsd
please help.
i tried in other cells the microsd and its working, and with a root software i can see that the cell read the microsd, but i cant use ir and i need more space in my cell.
or if someone please can copy and paste here the vold.fstab for the verizon samsung s5.
thanks

vold.fstab g900v
dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host
Don't know if it helps

external sd card mount error !! after installing ROM

Hello Guys,
my phone is Karbonn Titanium s5 plus which is a MT6582 device (Rooted).
I have installed multiple custom ROMs for testing purpose. Now 2 days ago my phone rejected all custom ROMs but accepted the stock ROM and Sony Xperia V2 ROM. Now the problem is that after installation I find that the file manager is not working and DiskInfo app shows me that my external sd card is not mounted. I searched a lot about this error and was confused. my ext-sdcard is of 16gb and another app called APARTED shows out of that 11580 MB is showing fat32 fs and 4096 MB is showing ext2 fs and both of them are unmounted by the system by default.
when I connect the sd card to my PC with sdcard reader then it shows the contents and the card is absolutely OK.
So there are 2 problems :
1. I cannot install custom roms which I had installed previously in this phone via CWM or TWRP.
2. ext-sdcard not showing anymore in android file manager or any such file xplorers.
so guys any help will be appreciated !
Thanks and Regards.

I have same problem

I'm facing the same issue on my Galaxy S5 900F
May I ask if u have found a solution? Spent many days googling but no luck.
Really hope u can help! :fingers-crossed:
Much thanks in advance!

Karbonn A9 indian

Note 4 5.1.1 stock rooted, is it possible to swap internal by external sdcard memory?

I finally was able to find a safe root for Note 4 5.1.1 stock rom that wouldn't cause a boot loop , next step was to swap internal by external sd , the sd is formated exfat , i have searched and keep finding outdated tutorials with resources killed by time so please for whomever is willing to help to make sure they upload their resources along .
also i managed to download an app that would enable init.d on note 4 (hopefully) so script solution is available .
I got to understand I can not use the normal route of installing xpose and the swap memory app from google play as still till date installing xpose on note 4 would cause a boot loop , is that correct ?
I can't seem to find vold.fstab on stock kernel , so vold manipulation is unavailable too .
thanks in advance !
p.s , i have seen an older post about manipulating mounts so new apps are installed directly to sd card while still in place but with precaution that if someone copies files to internal memory directly when plugged to a computer the mobile might boot loop i may want to dodge that solution thank you

I have searched more and found a custom belt version for samsung galaxy of xpose , i installed it and installed swap internal memory by sd from app store but yet no matter what it didnt do the swap , so xpose tricks are incompatible .
p.s i never had answers in this forum , why ?