PMP5580 rom porting to NX008HD8G_WM

[shaunmt]

I put the pa on my tablet and now it only ready 432mb for sdcard and it wont boot with out the sd card in with the unbrick on it and when i went back to the stock rom it wont boot with out the sd card and it don't read the sd at all or nand as its known as. So not sure if there's a way to rewrite the nand mem or not!!!!! Or is there a way to rewrite the the iso for the rescue SD cardso it can make the par. for a hole 32gb sd not just 2gb then it would read the hole card for the sd or can that not be done?

First, you shouldn't need a rescue SD card, if you have a working bootloader and boot image installed internally.

Second, you can make your own rescue SD card, if you know how... Christian Troy posted a good tutorial in the Ainol forums at Slatedroid, but it's for Unix.

Unfortunately, I can't post a 32GB SD Card image due to the bandwidth required to upload and download 32 GBs.

ShaunMT

[nan4012]

First, you shouldn't need a rescue SD card, if you have a working bootloader and boot image installed internally.

Second, you can make your own rescue SD card, if you know how... Christian Troy posted a good tutorial in the Ainol forums at Slatedroid, but it's for Unix.

Unfortunately, I can't post a 32GB SD Card image due to the bandwidth required to upload and download 32 GBs.

ShaunMT

Ya thats what i don't get is why i need the rescue sd card for ir to boot if it's not in the it just stays black and doesn't try to boot but put the sd in and it will boot just fine and it won't let any apps go onto the sd card, is there a way to the internal nand go mest up and thats why it won't boot.

[shaunmt]

Ya thats what i don't get is why i need the rescue sd card for ir to boot if it's not in the it just stays black and doesn't try to boot but put the sd in and it will boot just fine and it won't let any apps go onto the sd card, is there a way to the internal nand go mest up and thats why it won't boot.

I don't think the internal nand is the problem...

If it doesn't do anything at all (no power) the internal bootloader is wrong.

If the screen lights up, but remains black, the graphic drivers are wrong.

My stock based ROMs should install the correct bootloader and a boot image with the correct graphic drivers, although I can't promise the PA ROM doesn't overwrite them. I haven't even looked at the PA files nevermind tested them myself.

ShaunMT

[nan4012]

I don't think the internal nand is the problem...

If it doesn't do anything at all (no power) the internal bootloader is wrong.

If the screen lights up, but remains black, the graphic drivers are wrong.

My stock based ROMs should install the correct bootloader and a boot image with the correct graphic drivers, although I can't promise the PA ROM doesn't overwrite them. I haven't even looked at the PA files nevermind tested them myself.

ShaunMT

ya i tried puting yours and it still wouldn't boot without the sd card in, and ya this was the first pa one i have tried for my tablet, i downloaded it about a hour after he posted it and the my tab was like it is now lol but love pa on my samsung galaxy sII so thoughti would try it and ya not sure what to do know but might just try a few things and try to get it to read my hole 32 gb sd then i don't care if the card has to stay in it lol and don't mind the loss of the internal 5gb sd.

[Micheal]

Just to clarify a bit. The PA ROM is based on cyanogen. This transfers your storage assignments around a bit. Your SD card is no longer at /sdcard/external_sdcard. It is /storage/sdcard1/ your internal memory is at /mnt/sdcard0/ you will o longer see an internal memory card. You may want to check and make sure that vold_swap isn't on because that switches you internal and external sdcards which could cause your issue.

[shaunmt]

Just to clarify a bit. The PA ROM is based on cyanogen. This transfers your storage assignments around a bit. Your SD card is no longer at /sdcard/external_sdcard. It is /storage/sdcard1/ your internal memory is at /mnt/sdcard0/ you will o longer see an internal memory card. You may want to check and make sure that vold_swap isn't on because that switches you internal and external sdcards which could cause your issue.

Good point.

Also, if they aren't mounting, you might just need to wipe data and cache...

ShaunMT

[stevemp]

reflash

I put the pa on my tablet and now it only ready 432mb for sdcard and it wont boot with out the sd card in with the unbrick on it and when i went back to the stock rom it wont boot with out the sd card and it don't read the sd at all or nand as its known as. So not sure if there's a way to rewrite the nand mem or not!!!!! Or is there a way to rewrite the the iso for the rescue SD cardso it can make the par. for a hole 32gb sd not just 2gb then it would read the hole card for the sd or can that not be done?

First thing I would try is to reflash in the correct order. I have had some bad flashs before plus it seems my tablet doesn't seem to like some micro sd cards, two cards won't work with custom roms. Also one other thing I do is delete apps data in the Android/data directory on the internal sd-card before flashing for a cleaner install.

The CT based roms don't over write the bootloader, every thing else is replaced.

[nan4012]

First thing I would try is to reflash in the correct order. I have had some bad flashs before plus it seems my tablet doesn't seem to like some micro sd cards, two cards won't work with custom roms. Also one other thing I do is delete apps data in the Android/data directory on the internal sd-card before flashing for a cleaner install.

The CT based roms don't over write the bootloader, every thing else is replaced.

ya i tried that now i got it to boot right with smt rooted stock rom but still not reading sd when i goto app it shows up blank under sd and then if i use the aopk rom it boots right and show 432mb for sd but can't put nothing to it, and i did see when i try to do a wipe data/factory reset it says formatting /emmc/ .android_source.... Error mounting /emmc/ .android_source! skipping format ..... not sure what to try next lol been doing this for 5 years and never had this happen i have helped with alot of rom's in the past for alot of phone and tablets but this one has got me stumped

[shaunmt]

ya i tried that now i got it to boot right with smt rooted stock rom but still not reading sd when i goto app it shows up blank under sd and then if i use the aopk rom it boots right and show 432mb for sd but can't put nothing to it, and i did see when i try to do a wipe data/factory reset it says formatting /emmc/ .android_source.... Error mounting /emmc/ .android_source! skipping format ..... not sure what to try next lol been doing this for 5 years and never had this happen i have helped with alot of rom's in the past for alot of phone and tablets but this one has got me stumped

You'll probably have better luck wiping data (factory reset) and cache with the stock internal recovery instead of CWM recovery...

The error formatting .android_secure in CWM is normal because our tablets don't store apps on external SD.

ShaunMT

[nan4012]

You'll probably have better luck wiping data (factory reset) and cache with the stock internal recovery instead of CWM recovery...

The error formatting .android_secure in CWM is normal because our tablets don't store apps on external SD.

ShaunMT

i would use the stock recovery but it just boots to cwm now. you have the stock recovery for wm ver.

[shaunmt]

i would use the stock recovery but it just boots to cwm now. you have the stock recovery for wm ver.

If you flash my modified stock ROM, it will reinstall the stock recovery internally.

That may not help you switch to PA though... I suspect PA probably installs CWM internally...

Problems like this are why I refuse to support installing CWM internally on Nextbooks. Sometimes the stock recovery is the only way to fix certain problems that seem to be common on all Amlogic devices.

ShaunMT

[nan4012]

If you flash my modified stock ROM, it will reinstall the stock recovery internally.

That may not help you switch to PA though... I suspect PA probably installs CWM internally...

Problems like this are why I refuse to support installing CWM internally on Nextbooks. Sometimes the stock recovery is the only way to fix certain problems that seem to be common on all Amlogic devices.

ShaunMT

ok got the stock recovery back used your stock rom and got everthing back now it reads the on sd card normal again.

[shaunmt]

ok got the stock recovery back used your stock rom and got everthing back now it reads the on sd card normal again.

Glad to hear it!

Sorry PA didn't work out for you... you could always try it again, but you're probably going to run into the same problems, unless some one modifies it to not install CWM internally.

ShaunMT

[nan4012]

Glad to hear it!

Sorry PA didn't work out for you... you could always try it again, but you're probably going to run into the same problems, unless some one modifies it to not install CWM internally.

ShaunMT

if i install your SMT-Next8HD8G-NXM8000ND_WM-102813 will it keep put cwm on or keep the old recovery

[Micheal]

Haven't flashed PA yet. Wife is in love with a game on the device so possible data loss is a no-no till she finishes it.