I have had my iMate Jam for a few months now and recently upgraded from PCs to MACs. I have virtual PC wich allows me to do most of my active synching and installations, but I can't use NTRW as OSX drivers grab the SD card before Virtual PC does. Are there any tools native to OSX or Linux which will allow me to write my ROM dumps back to the memory card? If not has anyone successfully used NTRW through a PC virtualization program like Virtual PC?
Thanks in advance,
Steve
You can read and write the memory card using the Terminal:
insert the card in the reader and issue the comand: diskutil list
the result looks like this:
Code:
dueperdue$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: type name size identifier
0: Apple_partition_scheme *233.8 GB disk0
1: Apple_partition_map 31.5 KB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Boot 233.6 GB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: type name size identifier
0: *483.9 MB disk1 <=== this is the Memory Card
In your sistem, the memory card can have a different identifier. You should be able to recognize it because of the size, and because it does not contain partitions. To be sure, you can issue the command: diskutil info disk1 (disk1 is the identifier of the memory card reader) the result should be something like this:
Code:
dueperdue$ diskutil info disk1
Device Node: /dev/disk1
Device Identifier: disk1
Mount Point:
Volume Name:
Partition Type:
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: USB
SMART Status: Not Supported
Total Size: 483.9 MB
Free Space: 0.0 B
Read Only: No
Ejectable: Yes
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not Supported
Once you find the identifier for the memory card, you can read the rom from it using the command dd if=/dev/disk1 of=the_filename_of_the_rom_backup.
**WARNING**: check the disk identifier accurately and perform a read the before trying to write, to ensure that everything is ok: performing the read on the wrong drive is harmless, but a write will damage the content of the disk!!!
To write the rom on the card the command is dd if=the_filename_of_the_new_rom of=/dev/disk1.
Thanks for the info, I was beginning to loose hope ;-) I'll give it a shot in the afternoon and report back.
Worked like a charm, you're a life saver
Hey thanks iDG. I knew there'd be a way, and like marsonist couldn't get VPC to do it. Now I can drag myself off this PC and work in style!
Cheers 8)
Hi all,
i was saw thread about flashing Artemis SD Card flashing Here
well in my P3300 i have a problem i m not able to connect my Pocket PC to PC cause its have a hardware problem so i m not able to do there Steps
1. install WM5torage in your pda (example: http://freewareppc.com/communication/wm5torage.shtml)
2. start the program
3. deselect all voices in the panel (expecially Removable Class)
4. connect your pda with PC via USB
so i have decide to make partition with card reader and i find a way to make partition in MMC Here
now with this thread i finally made a 256mb partition into my 1gb MMC then i copy Arteimg.NBH file into my MMC & then i started booting my P3300 its say checking SD Contents after 5 sec its hang on vertical colored bars i was wait for 20mins but its still hang can anyone 1 tell me where i m doing wrong????
please tell me
Well try all capital except the file type ( like this => ARTEIMG.nbh )
The sd card should have partition fat32 and it helps if it is all empty.
the vertical bars is bootloader mode. were it should check for an img on the sd card. And read it. if it downloads it ( wich does take very long with a factory img allready) it should work, if it gives an error then try again
But i would try fixing the hardware conflict first, cause it makes it a lot easyer.
and get the factory img as backup , to use in bootloader if you brick it.
One issue I've had is larger games that place files on the SD card would fill the internal sd card's space up fairly quickly, and they would never have an option to place these files in another location, so I edited the ect/vold.fstab to switch the mount points for sdcard and external_sd so that my larger microsd card could be my primary storage and i could use the internal for other odd things that i change less often, I've yet to run across any issues, although I haven't tried to use the built in format options since doing this. If anyone else wants to try this, here is what I changed to get this to work
via root explorer or another method, find the "vold.fstab" file under the "ect" and make a backup of it, then pick open in text editor in root explorer and change the following sections that are in bold to what i have them shown as
for GB
# internal sdcard
{
ums_path = /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file
asec = enable
discard = enable
format_option = -r 2236
}
dev_mount sdcard1 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd 11 /devices/platform/s3c-mshci.0/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0
# external sdcard
{
ums_path = /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun1/file
asec = disable
}
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
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save and reboot
for ICS (samsung based)
# internal sdcard
{
storage_struct = cover, "/mnt/sdcard/external_sd","/mnt/sdcard/usbStorage"
ums_sys_path = /sys/class/android_usb/f_mass_storage/lun0/file
discard = enable
}
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
# external sdcard
{
ums_sys_path = /sys/class/android_usb/f_mass_storage/lun1/file
android_secure_containers = enable
}
dev_mount sdcard1 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd 11 /devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0 encryptable_nonremovable
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I've attached to this post a copy of my vold.fstab for ICS, i've tested it and it does allow applications to be moved to sd and my 64gig card works just fine as /mnt/sdcard. Best to still backup your original file before trying it and make sure you match the permissions of the original. It did require a few changes to make it function under ICS compared to how it was done in GB. Do not use the ICS copy for GB.
Thanks ciphray.
I have been looking for this and appreciate your help.
Will certainly try now.
Just one word "AMAZING"
This is awesome! Not useful as i have 16gb external card, but will do when i upgrade
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I did the tutorial and now show me the sd space is unavailable and all the space of the sd is in usb storage,how I can do to show me the two spaces at the same time
the lines must be exact so likely there's a space you're not seeing or a letter missed, I've attached a copy of mine in a 7zip file, see if this helps, make sure the permissions match your old file
edit: updated file attachment for move to sd function
I dont think this is getting the attention is deserves, so ... bump
I may just try this before the day is out
Thanks for this tip.
I've found an issues with move apps from the 2GB storage partition to SD card (now the removabe one) after doing the swap. The phone generate an error of "SD card is full".
Any idea on how to solve this problem?
Cheers
Bigmille said:
Thanks for this tip.
I've found an issues with move apps from the 2GB storage partition to SD card (now the removabe one) after doing the swap. The phone generate an error of "SD card is full".
Any idea on how to solve this problem?
Cheers
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edited first post, the asec disable/enable needed to be reversed, this should fix the move to sd coming back as full, just change those 2 save and reboot and that should take care of it
sorry for asking this in note thread....but i want it on my galaxy s2......
can i do the same for it to swapping the memory paths.....???????????
thanks for sharing. so i just install apps and it will be in sd card?
the titanium move apps to sd is external or sd?
this might work for a galaxy s2 with the same paths/partitions however as i do not have a galaxy s2 i cannot test this, at the worst you can just revert to the original file, as long as you made a backup if it doesn't work. it'd definitely be doable either way by following the same overall method of reversing the 2 mount points
as for the apps to sd thing, this doesn't enable any apps to be moved to the sd card that weren't already movable before, this simply makes it so they would go to the sd card instead of the internal 12gb partition, this is mostly useful for games that store files in a fixed path like mnt\sdcard or mnt\sdcard\android such as larger games
Be warned though, the internal space if probably much faster than your SD card. It certainly is in my case, and I don't see myself wearing out the chip in the next few years.
I have SG-N...
If I do this, will the device going to be faster or it's just about more storage space?
Just more storage space. The internal SD is a great design as the average read and write is about 20 ~ 30 mb/s. Run an ANTUTU test and you'll see what i mean.
If you prefer performance, this is definitely the way to go. The external SD is better suited for recording videos, storage pictures, and movies on the go.
Would it be possible to update this hack for the ICS build?
I tried the same with ICS "vold.fstab" but only the external SD card will mount, not the internal SD card.
Many thanks
Still, doesn't work for apps storage space (The 2GB allowed for apps to be installed on device)!
If this way can be extended to cover that instead of Move2SD or Link2SD, it would be great!
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updated original post with ICS support
AT&T LTE White Samsung Galaxy Note
OK, so I followed this step by step & now my external SD is unavailable & won't mount & the internal USB storage is unavailable as well. Restarted a few times to no avail. Because the external card won't mount. I can't copy the original file back over. I typed it in, per the original file & that didn't help either, any ideas?
if you edited it with root explorer then it should have also created a backup called vold.fstab.bak unless you edited it more than one time in which case that file would have been overwritten with your second edit, you could try going into cwm and mounting the storage via usb from in there to get to your backup on your card(this doesn't effect your sd card while not booted into android), and then put it in a dropbox account or email it to yourself, and then save that file to an accesible area of your 2gb internal storage, and then copy it from there, did you use the correct copy? ie GB ver on GB or ICS ver on ICS? they changed a few things so the 2 are not interchangeable, but as long as you have it exactly right including spaces then there shouldn't be any way this wouldn't work on any of the Samsung based roms
Sorry for opening a new Thread but via search i didn't found the theme.
Very easy the scenario:
Acer A500 regular upgraded to ICS and rooted. Into the external sd slot a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 (SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A) formatted NTFS
the crazy behaviour is that any program that create a file into the external card lose the write and execute permission: if via browser you download a file, or from the PC connected you copy a file into the microSD the file will NOT HAVE W or X attributes set normally is a 644 file
owner RW
group R
World R
The same for the directory. I tryed to change all the file/directoryName into the microSD root directory to permission 777 but this condition stay for some hours / 1 day and then goes back losing the W attribute
For use the files it is necessary via Root Explorer or Total Commander changes the attributes. This is very boring and cause a lot of time lost.
Has any one some suggestion how I can fix it.
thanks in advance
mauri
Full easy instructions for running remix os off usb stick without errors for noobs
This is a working usb install media creator method for remix os installation and legacy bios circumventing all known errors made for noobs including USING full drive internal storage space etc.
You will be able to use this usb stick for future creation of other usb install media
you will have the choice to also install to hard drive
you will need 2 x usb drives and require drive write speed to be higher than 10 mb/s
the first drive will be the installer drive and the second will be the actual usb drive used to run remix os.
For first installer drive it will be basic fat 32 install. you will need rufus usb boot media creator
after creation of the installer drive keep it safe i reccommend you use a 4gb drive $4/£2 off ebay but get something thats got a write speed higher than 10 mb/s or else install will fail!
Format the second drive with the size of your choice to ext 4 on your pc with minitool partition or acronis disk manager (make sure the drive is formatted as primary and set to active flag)
1. Create fat 32 usb boot disk with first usb drive and rufus usb boot media creator and the remix os iso version 2.0402
2.make sure after creation you boot up the usb drive and enter remix os then shutdown and boot up again to write the config files
3.make sure you dont boot up the ufi version of the boot up, only use the legacy version (it will have ufi next to boot drive in bios usb boot up list)
4.after you enter remix os go to settings and download the update (ota) (this is the main fix for version 2.0402 which updates to version 2.0403)(if this update fails you cannot proceed further with instructions unless you have version 2.0403 iso)( this update DOSENT APPLY TO REMIX OS version 2.0403 or 3.0+ INSTALLATION)
5. After ota update reboot and enter remix os again and let android upgrade
6.after this stage is complete your fat32 remix os usb bootable drive is ready to create a usb drive that runs remix os from the drive itself using full drive internal storage space.
7.insert the second drive in a usb hub and boot up the computer with both drives in the computer and boot from the first drive (the usb remix os installer drive)
8.boot up and at the grub boot menu (it should look blue with yellow writing not the black ufi version) press tab and type: INSTALL=1
9. then press enter then you will enter usb media creation menu select scan usb drives and select the second drive (the remix os running drive)
10. It will ask you what you want to format the drive as so select do not format option (becus you already formatted it)
11.then it will ask you to install first grub boot menu say yes
12. Then it will ask you to install second boot grub efi menu say yes
13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***
14. Then it will ask you if you want read/write privelage say yes
15. It will proceed to write the remix os onto the drive
16. When finished it will ask to restart (at this point i just switch the pc off by holding power button then restart and boot off the new second drive to run the os from it already upgraded too)
**** Newbie Errors to avoid******
1. make sure you format the drive correctly, sometimes errors at this stage will create errors later on and affect later installation and will create boot up failures
2. i have to stress this once again as once i formatted the same drive with the same settings in minitool partition manager but in different order for example: instead of formatting it ext 4 then applying changes then setting it to primary then applying changes then setting the partition to active flag and applying changes, i did format ext 4 and change partition to primary all at once then applied changes then set it to active flag and applied changes and later after remix os install the usb wouldnt boot saying "missing operating system error" so caution.
3. after you format the drive with ext 4 partition the usb drive will be unrecognizable in windows. (do not use windows unplug usb drive feature to remove the drive, just pull it out)
4. make sure you pull the first installer drive out before booting the newly created ext 4 usb as it may affect boot up
5. sometimes for power saving reasons the screen might go blank while installing as installing takes time dont panic just press power button or any key to revive the system
6. if you dont get a usb drive faster than 10 mb/s then you will have problems if you continue with the installation and alot of system lag
7. its happened to me many times before so listen carefully: if you dont format the drive correctly even the drives transfer write speed can be greatly affected for example i formatted the usb drive and made a mistake but it was not detectable as it said all was fine i think i formatted the usb drive fat32 without first deleating the existing partition (just converted it) then with remix os installation at the stage where you boot up the installed drive for the first time to do a drive write speed test it was telling me the drives speed was below 5 mb/s ( the drive was a lexar p23 usb 3.0 16gb 150 mb/s read 60 mb/s write) and warned me about install failure then i formatted the drive again this time deleting the patition first then applying changes and doing the rest of the steps one by one each time applying changes after only changing one setting then at the remix os installation speed test this time it was reporting 60 mb/s write speeds!
8. remix os works like a charm on intel cpus and intel integrated gpus and i dont have other makes to test so this tutorial is only for legacy bios and intel cpu and gpu (tested all working)
9. This is something so basic but having a data indicator led on your usb drive or usb hub will save you waiting hours! most waiting is due to not knowing whats happening or not knowing if there is an error or not so try and get a usb drive with an led that tells you if the system is currently writing/working to disk and when that led stops blinking for a long period e.g 2 mins then you will know the install has crashed or android is not loading. Also with slower drives the waiting period is longer as the system takes longer to write to the drive (a 544MB/s msata SSD FLASH drive takes 5 secs to install while a usb 3.0, 60 MB/s write drive will take 15 mins) but if you have a data status led which shows its still blinking then atleast you will know the installation/loading is still working and no need to abort it. Also Android os constantly writes to the drive when running so you will see the data status led constantly blink too and if that ever stops you know you have encountered a system crash. Also the led shows how well remix os is running as regards speed of the operating system, for example at the start of loading remix os or when doing a task the led stays constanly blinking RAPIDLY but after loading or finishing the task the led defaults to a blink per second (this is classed as normal operation and healthy) but when the led is constantly blinking RAPIDLY without pauses or stays on for a long time then it means the operating system is not running smoothly as it should and then you should check if theres a problem formatting or if its a fake drive etc.
10. Using slow usb drives or fake usb drives will get very HOT and will cause the error "not responding...wait or close" error while very fast drives will always stay COOL without system lag and errors.
note: If wanting ntfs version of remix os then its a little complicated than this and you will need to use imgtools to increase the data.img file on the ntfs drive after creation with the first usb media creator drive.
The remix os ota update 2.0403 addresses the boot media creation errors of remix os 2.0203 . After the ota update all drives created with the grub menu installer boot up as they should but only ufi boot up option hangs!
Hope this helps hit the thanks dont forget so i know how many people were helped by this! enjoy.
I have the ativ pc pro xe700t1c the uk version with intel core i5 quad core and its also a convertible tablet with msata ssd as hdd drive and as you all probbaly know android was created for fast flash memory and linux format os so the best combination is an ssd and ext4 linux file format. I have a 64gb 544 mb/s msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure which i use to boot remix os and run it off it. Its perfectly smooth and fast enough 5 secs to boot and the ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet is fully compatible hadware software wise, no problems at all. The 5 year old Ativ pc pro gets 123,000+ score in antutu benchmark same as the latest LG G5 with the latest adreno 530 gpu/snapdragon 820 cpu which costs approx £600 now in retail!!! I bought the Ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet for only £200 two weeks ago with accessories (ethernet dock etc) worth alone £100 on its own off ebay!!! On top of all that its also a windows 10 pro convertible laptop/tablet system which on its own without android was initially worth £1200 five years ago and still costing approx £500 even now in retail. So what im trying to say here is that for only £200 i get a £600 android 6.0 laptop/tablet and i also get a £500 windows 10 pro laptop tablet ALL IN ONE. Muahahahahahaha haaaaa hahahaha kekekeke.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New...549634?hash=item33bcb8a542:g:UFYAAOSwQItUFG7S ( 128GB Msata SSD 544 MB/s read write )
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231736235624?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT ( USB 3.0 Msata enclosure )
Wrong forum, this forum is in regards to the tablet jide released.
Could a mod move this to the remix os for PC forum.