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hslee45 said:
I was following the instruction and just before I was about to flash the new ROM, I partitioned my SD card and now everything is screwed up.

Is there anyway I can start over from the beginning?

PLEASE HELP!
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There are no instructions in the first three or four posts of this thread that instruct anyone to partition their SD card. So, I guess you mean "I was following the instructions, right up to the point where I decided to not follow the instructions."

When you say "just before I was about to flash the new ROM", do you mean that you had already performed the "wipe data/factory reset" procedure? If that is the case, it implies that:


1) You successfully got to the point where the Amon_RA recovery was installed and functioning. (That is good.)

2) The "wipe data/factory reset" means that your ROM is still bootable (but probably without the SD card in it), but it has been wiped clean, as in a new phone from the factory.

3) Partitioning of SD cards is destructive - so unless you backed up your SD card someplace, everything which was on it (pictures, music, etc) is now all gone - including the ROM file which you copied to the SD card AND THE NANDROID BACKUP which you made (if you were following the instructions)

Here is what I would suggest:

Unpartition your SD card and don't ever partition it again. Having a partitioned SD card merely interferes with your ability to jump back and forth between rooted Eclair ROMs and Froyo (or Gingerbread) ROMs.

You can unpartition your SD card with the menu in Amon_RA - just set the "ext" and "swap" sizes to zero, and it will reformat 100% of the card as a single partition.

Next, copy the ROM .zip file to your SD card - you can use the "Toggle USB-MS Mode" in Amon_RA to do this, or you can boot the phone and configure it minimally, so you are using the regular OS to do this same operation.

Then, boot into Amon_RA, and continue where you left off:

- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache
- flash your ROM.

eu1
 
hslee45 said:
I was following the instruction and just before I was about to flash the new ROM, I partitioned my SD card and now everything is screwed up.

Is there anyway I can start over from the beginning?

PLEASE HELP!
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Just copy the .zip file for the new ROM back to the SD card (which you can access by connecting the phone by USB and choosing the menu option "USB-MS toggle". After you copy the file and remove the SD card drive safely from your computer, press the trackball and you will return to the Recovery menu.

That said, why did you decide to partition your SD card? At this point there is little reason to do so.
 
Ok, I figured out a way to start over and install PlainJaneT2 V2.0 on my Eris. The reason why I was trying to partition my SD card is because I was trying to install DarkTremor Apps2SD and it required partitioning my SD card.

Ultimately, I want to run apps from my SD card. Is there a better way to doing that other than installing Apps2SD?

Sorry, I'm ver much a noob at this but I did figure out a way to re-install OTA ROM from the SD card and got back on track with flashing PlainJaneT2 safely. So now I'm running that. However, I still haven't figured out a way to run apps on my SD card and overclocking, etc.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!
 
hslee45 said:
Ok, I figured out a way to start over and install PlainJaneT2 V2.0 on my Eris. The reason why I was trying to partition my SD card is because I was trying to install DarkTremor Apps2SD and it required partitioning my SD card.

Ultimately, I want to run apps from my SD card. Is there a better way to doing that other than installing Apps2SD?

Sorry, I'm ver much a noob at this but I did figure out a way to re-install OTA ROM from the SD card and got back on track with flashing PlainJaneT2 safely. So now I'm running that. However, I still haven't figured out a way to run apps on my SD card and overclocking, etc.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!
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hslee45,

The need for apps2sd is not as necessary nowadays with Android ROMs higher than 2.1 (i.e., Froyo (2.2) and Gingerbread (2.3)) since there is that capability baked-in.

If you take a peek around the all-things-root threads, you'll see the other folks that are much more familiar with the various Eris ROMs than I, but I'm sure they'll direct you to something like "condemnmed CM7":

http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/318705-condemned-cm7.html

[ROM] 7/12/11 Condemned CM7 V15 - xda-developers

whose author, CondemnedSoul, is an active and much-welcome presence here in the AF Eris forums.

There's GSB, a 2.3 Gingberbread-based ROM:

[ROM][7/6] GSB v3.7 | CyanogenMod7.1.0 RC1 [2.3.4 GingerBread NIGHTLY] - xda-developers

which is very highly-regarded.

Also, there's xtrSENSE that is a 2.1 ROM, but uses cache2cache to gain you more space for your apps (and also does have a2sd support if you really need it):

[ROM][GPL][3/15/2011] xtrSENSE5.0.1 [cache2cache,apps2sd,oc,jit]-HTC Sense - xda-developers

There are of, course, more that you can find in the same forum area over on XDA via the above links. Be sure to read through the threads very carefully, paying attention to the instructions and cautions.

Also, it might be best to start a new thread with your questions since you've already conquered your root issues and this thread has pretty-much served its purpose for you (we like to try to keep things clean and on-topic as much as possible).

Hope that helps (and welcome to the AndroidForums! :)).

Cheers!
 
hslee45 said:
Ok, I figured out a way to start over and install PlainJaneT2 V2.0 on my Eris. The reason why I was trying to partition my SD card is because I was trying to install DarkTremor Apps2SD and it required partitioning my SD card.

Ultimately, I want to run apps from my SD card. Is there a better way to doing that other than installing Apps2SD?
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At this point, I think that running xtrSENSE with its built-in cache2cache is a better solution than running PlainJaneT2 without. Unless you are planning to run several hundred apps or something, cache2cache should be better for you, and, as Scary said, you can still do a partitioned SD card with apps2sd with xtrSENSE if you really need to. xtrSENSE also includes the changes that HTC included with the latest (March 2011) OTA update to the stock Eris OS, while PlainJaneT2 was never updated with those changes.
 
Thanks, alien!

I got through flashing GSB successfully and it's running smoothly thus far on my Eris.

There's still a lot of getting used to the interface but by and large it seems to be working flawlessly.

Two quick questions, however:
1. Is it necessary to install a Task Manager? Or having this ROM pretty much optimizes my phone's performance?
2. I installed my apps from my SD card and they do not show up in Market under My Apps. Should I have installed them from the market individually?

Sorry to continue on in this thread. I don't think there will be any more questions after this, though.

Thanks in advance!
 
hslee45 said:
Two quick questions, however:
1. Is it necessary to install a Task Manager? Or having this ROM pretty much optimizes my phone's performance?
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If you mean an automatic task killer, that runs on a schedule killing background tasks, I think not. It's not a terrible idea to have a task manager like System Panel Lite to quickly view and perhaps kill a runaway app, though I have to say that I have not used this app myself this way in well over a year. Gingerbread does have a task manager built-in as well.

2. I installed my apps from my SD card and they do not show up in Market under My Apps. Should I have installed them from the market individually?
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Unfortunately, when you install apps this way that do not install with market links. Many rooted users use an app like Titanium Backup or MyBackup Pro for Root, both of which can restore apps (and their data) while also re-linking to the market.
 
i rooted the phone and installed xtrRom, but now i need user data from the pre-root ROM which i did a flash backup of. i restored back to this original ROM and tried to use Titanium backup, but su tells me i don't have root.

Do i need to run the gscript lite script1 and script2 each time i want root?
 
DrDooGood said:
i rooted the phone and installed xtrRom, but now i need user data from the pre-root ROM which i did a flash backup of. i restored back to this original ROM and tried to use Titanium backup, but su tells me i don't have root.

Do i need to run the gscript lite script1 and script2 each time i want root?
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No, you need to get superuser access into the stock ROM.

See this post on where to get it: http://androidforums.com/eris-all-t...-titanium-backup-please-help.html#post2839768

Flash that file from Recovery, restart the phone, and TiBu should be able to get root access.
 
Hi,

I got to the point where I clicked on the PlainJane zip file but got the above error and the installation was aborted. I've retried the entire process twice now and keep stopping at the same place.

Any advice as to what to do now?????

Thanks,

sahancock
 
sahancock said:
Hi,

I got to the point where I clicked on the PlainJane zip file but got the above error and the installation was aborted. I've retried the entire process twice now and keep stopping at the same place.

Any advice as to what to do now?????

Thanks,

sahancock
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Please be more specific about the error you are observing.

"above error"? There are 950 posts in this thread.

eu1
 
sahancock said:
Hi,

I got to the point where I clicked on the PlainJane zip file but got the above error and the installation was aborted. I've retried the entire process twice now and keep stopping at the same place.

Any advice as to what to do now?????

Thanks,

sahancock
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Seriously, I would take this time to download and copy over xtrSENSE5.0.1.zip instead. It's better than PlainJane.

See here: [ROM][GPL][3/15/2011] xtrSENSE5.0.1 [cache2cache,apps2sd,oc,jit]-HTC Sense - xda-developers
 
OK, wasn't quite finished here. It is suggested that I delete GScript from my phone. But, I don't know how to do this. So sorry, I'm a major beginner and need bunches of help. :D

Thanks
 
sahancock said:
OK, wasn't quite finished here. It is suggested that I delete GScript from my phone. But, I don't know how to do this. So sorry, I'm a major beginner and need bunches of help. :D

Thanks
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Welcome to the AndroidForums, by the way...(you picked an excellent first thread to post in...not many are written better).

I assume you are speaking of this paragraph?:

Code: 
This also means that if you use the current method, and then afterwards run
 "part1" only (for instance, to show a friend) - you might render the Amon_RA
 custom recovery unbootable. This puts you in a precarious place, especially if
 something goes wrong with your ROM. [COLOR=blue]It is probably a good idea to remove [/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]the scripts in the "/sdcard/gscripts/" folder on your SD card, and also remove[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue] the Gscript Lite app from your phone.[/COLOR] You have been warned.

Well removing the Gscript Lite app should be a piece of cake, no? (just uninstall it from the Market app or from Settings -> Applications -> Manager applications (long-press the Gscript Lite app when it appears and select uninstall).

Removing the /sdcard/gscript directory is pretty simple too. I think there's usually a file manager app in the app drawer, but I usually use Astro File Manager and this thread already has you using ES File Explorer. Just fire-up any one of those three, navigate to the /sdcard folder, find the "gscript" subfolder, long-press it and select Delete (or you might have to select something like Edit first, and then Delete).

Make sense?

Good luck and cheers!
 
sahancock said:
OK, wasn't quite finished here. It is suggested that I delete GScript from my phone. But, I don't know how to do this. So sorry, I'm a major beginner and need bunches of help. :D
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scary alien said:
Well removing the Gscript Lite app should be a piece of cake, no? (just uninstall it from the Market app or from Settings -> Applications -> Manager applications (long-press the Gscript Lite app when it appears and select uninstall).

Removing the /sdcard/gscript directory is pretty simple too. I think there's usually a file manager app in the app drawer, but I usually use Astro File Manager and this thread already has you using ES File Explorer. Just fire-up any one of those three, navigate to the /sdcard folder, find the "gscript" subfolder, long-press it and select Delete (or you might have to select something like Edit first, and then Delete).
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To be honest, GScript is an app (with some scripts) that are distributed with xtrSENSE. It is true that you may never need them, but they may prove useful at some point down the road. Therefore, I would do one of these two things:

- start the GScripts app. Make sure that root_part1.sh and root_part2.sh are not showing up (I think that they will not.) If they are not, I am willing to bet that you will be all set. If they are, see the next step

- if you want to delete them anyway, probably the easiest thing to do is to connect your phone to your computer by USB cable. Choose "disk drive" when prompted to make the phone's SD card connect to your PC as a disk drive. In that disk drive, look for the /gscript folder and erase the files:

root_part1.sh
root_part2.sh

You can leave the rest of the files there.

I'm glad that this worked out well for you. xtrSENSE is really much, much better than the stock Eris, though it looks and feels the same.
 
This worked perfectly. I used this tutorial to install KaosFroyo on my Eris. The performance is definitely better over the OTA update I had previously installed. Before it would take me a minute to pull up the number pad to make a phone call. Now it's almost instantaneous. Just in case someone is curious: I had installed the leaked 2.1 update, and the root worked just fine.
 
Hi, did everything you said, but got a bunch of errors. Just to confirm does this work with android 2.3.3 Gingerbread?
Anyway the errors are as follows:
-your phone is reported to be a:
-cannot create /sqlite_stmt_journals/prod_chk.txt: directory nonexsistant
Any idea? o.O
Thanks in advance
 
ArYaNsH said:
Hi, did everything you said, but got a bunch of errors. Just to confirm does this work with android 2.3.3 Gingerbread?
Anyway the errors are as follows:
-your phone is reported to be a:
-cannot create /sqlite_stmt_journals/prod_chk.txt: directory nonexsistant
Any idea? o.O
Thanks in advance
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ArYaNsH,

Do you have an HTC Droid Eris?

Because the only way you could have Gingerbread on that phone is if it was already rooted and running a custom, rooted Gingerbread ROM (and you wouldn't need this thread's method).

Let us know.

Cheers!

P.S. welcome to the AndroidForums :).
 
ArYaNsH said:
I have a HTC EVO 4G....did an OTA update some days ago, and phone has never been rooted.. :(
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Yeah, sorry :(...this thread is specifically for the HTC Droid Eris...

You're going to want to visit the Evo forum:

HTC EVO 4G - Android Forums

and specifically, you'll want to visit and ask questions here:

EVO 4G - All Things Root - Android Forums

and here's a rooting thread for you:

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/395962-rooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/194918-rooting-dummies.html

Best of luck to you.

Cheers!
 
I must be the real dummy!

I downloaded gscript.zip, but when I get to FIG.11 I get an error message that reads (bad .zip file)

Any help?


Thanks!!!!
Pyro
 
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