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[HD2 Android SD Development] dertester123:
Are there images of 2/4 Gb sdcards somewhere that could be used instead of buying a new sdcard?

Does this even work or are there phone-specific files in this partion?

Another idea:

Has someone tried to make a partition with an exotic filesystem that wp7 cant resize? Im not sure if its formatting the card at all or only resizes the existing partitions :/
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
what are you talking about? You only need one sd card to do the trick and you can resize the wp7 partition if you like.
[HD2 Android SD Development] dertester123:
Oh sorry:eek: i only read the first post telling that 2 cards are needed and a few of the last ones...

I will read backwards a bit more, maby you can point me to the version where i dont need a smaller sdcard to move the partition to my actual .
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
In about screen, reset your device and leave sd inside. When rebooted into magldr, pull sd card out and make partition for wp7(must be logical partition), but leave 200mb fat partition as is. When still in magldr, insert sd card and continue initial setup. Verify your sd size in about screen. If good, power down device and partition the rest. Try it.

Download minitool partition wizard to convert the wp7 logical partition to primary.
[HD2 Android SD Development] bteljuice:
This is where I am at so far. Thanks to zarathustrax who has helped me as well.

I am not able to change LOGICAL to PRIMARY with either softwares. What do I do? How do I do it?

Thanks in advance
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
get the tool here.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10797940&postcount=253

insert sdcard in pc and launch program. right click on the WP7 partition, select modify and click set as primary. done
[HD2 Android SD Development] bteljuice:
Thank you kind sir for the help.

But I am already using Mini Tool as EASEUS cannot detect my SD Adapter. So the whole procedure was done using Mini Tool.

I did try that but the Modify area is ENTIRELY SHADED (cannot click anything)

EDIT: In the first steps, When I have the 200mb and the unformatted . When I deleted unformatted and create new one for WP7, Do I set it to NTFS, Fat16, Fat32 or unformated? I set it to unformatted.
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
unformatted
[HD2 Android SD Development] bteljuice:
Yeah, I already did that. No avail :(
[HD2 Android SD Development] bteljuice:
if I'm correct, I think I did this procedure 13 times so far with no avail.

This is what I reached and I think it is wrong because when I run WP7, it says I have 15GB storage and 10Gb free :(
[HD2 Android SD Development] balgoth18:
Does any one know if this will work on a, Samsung Captivate?
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
I have the feeling your wp7 says 15MB storage and 10MB free, not GB. That's what mine would show when WP7 didn't even use the card storage and only was using the internal rom memory.

What kind of sd do you have? You problem could be the sd card, as wp7 is very finicky about what kind of sd card it will use. I was even having problems while trying with a 32gb Class 4 Kingston... it would read it half the time, not accept it the other half. When it did read it and use it, my wp7 didn't run very smooth. Using a class 2 sandisk now without problem. Both 16gb and 32gb class2 sandisks have worked flawlessly so far.
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
No, this is only for the HD2.
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
Well, I'll try modifying phiremod 2.1 in a little while and see if I can get it to boot. Phiremod final wouldn't boot for me... that's the 1st build I haven't been able to get to boot for me.

I finally got wp7 all set up again... it took me a lot longer this time than it did the first time I set it up... I had trouble getting chevron to unlock... when I did it the first time, it unlock right away with no problem, but this time it took me almost 2 hours to get it to work... not sure why. I hope that this new update from MS coming soon doesn't mess things up for us HD2 users.

I'll let you know if I get phiremod working.
[HD2 Android SD Development] bteljuice:
I just wanted to thank you for helping me out and staying by my side through out the problems and errors I have been getting.

I really would like to thank you and tell other member's what a reputable guy you are.Kudos to you my friend :)

Anyhow, back to topic.

I have a 16gb Class 2 Sandisk. So I don't think it is my SD card. Because when I know how a bad SD card will look like (I have a 1gb and a 2gb and tried them with WP7. Some wouldn't be read, some caused WIFI problems). This one is doing none of those.
[HD2 Android SD Development] revenge50:
cool man,android and wp7 r the best
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
thanks, i'm looking forward to it. I will try to do some experimenting myself. I will load phiremod on an unpartitioned sd card, because that worked for me the first time. After I have set it all up, i'll try to partition it and see what it does.
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
Ok, try this, follow this exactly: (have you set magldr to always be shown at startup?)

reset device with sd card inside. at magldr screen, remove sd card and insert in pc.

You now should have two partitions. delete the unformatted partition and click apply.

Don't touch the 200mb fat partition. Now right click unallocated partition and select create. Create a 4096mb partition. Set it to logical and unformatted. Move it to the end of the SD card. click apply.

Don't do anything yet with the fat partition. Now remove the sd card from your pc and insert in HD2 and continue to boot to wp7. Leave it inside and go through the setup wizard. Check your storage space in about screen.

Waiting for your response.
[HD2 Android SD Development] krdvg:
hyellow, it seems to me as zarathustrax said, WP will just try to grab the biggest partition space. I have tried everything. I want 5gb for windows rest of 16 for android. But I dont think windows lets you assign the biggest one for anything else.
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
I think that if you make the unformatted partition at the end smaller than what the unallocated space is, then wp7 will take the unallocated space as its partition. I've seen this happen to a couple people throughout the forum. So if you have your card setup with the 200mb fat16(primary), 10gb unallocated(logical), and 4gb unformatted(logical), then wp7 will take the 10gb instead of the 4gb. Have you tried making a wp7 partition smaller than the unallocated space, hyellow? I would test it, but I don't want to destroy my wp7 partition after all the trouble I had getting it unlocked with chevron again.

If this is the case, I think some extra partitions might need to be made after the 200mb fat16 partition (or even expand the fat16 partition) before you put you card back in the phone to set wp7 on the partition you made. For example, if you want 4gb for wp7 on a 16gb card, your card would have to look like this before putting it back in phone: 200mb fat16(primary), 3.8gb fat32(logical?), 3.8gb fat32(logical?), 3.8gb unallocated (logical), and finally the 4gb unformatted(logical)... then hopefully wp7 will take the 4gb partition, then you can erase all the other partitions and make a 11gb fat32(primary) partition and switch the logical wp7 partition to primary.

Can anyone confirm any of this?
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
allright, I will sacrifice my beautifull WP7 setup again, all for the benefits of XDA members. This is what I am going to test.

1. Install Android on unpartitioned SD, to avoid problems with SD card not recognizable with phiremods 2.1 build.

2. Create an Android partition that is larger than the WP7 partition. I will use a 16gb card and assign about 2gb to WP7 and the rest for Android.

3. I will setup Android first, and when it's done, I'll boot into WP7 without SD card, reset it (without SD card) and reinsert SD card at magldr screen. I think that wil destroy it, but i'll give it a go.
[HD2 Android SD Development] bteljuice:
Thank you kind sir

Will give this a try if zarathustrax's method did not work as this would be my last chance to succeed.

I love the HD2 XDA community. Everyone is so helpful :D
[HD2 Android SD Development] genesis123:
I have tried attempts similar to what you suggested and wp7 just formats the entire card. But I will try your exact method and see what happens.

Also I think this could be a lot simpler if someone would upload their image of this working, i.e. 1gb, 2gb or 4gb sizes for wp7.
[HD2 Android SD Development] krdvg:
You dont have to test it. I tried it, created padded partitions to get the unformatted one as the largest. It does not work. WP7 still occupies the whole card but removes the size of that intermediate fat from free space.
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
I'm on to something that I just have to try and therefore sacrifice my WP7 partition again. I hope it'll be worth it. I'll report back in a sec.
[HD2 Android SD Development] genesis123:
Yeah I've tried it in every possible possiblity I could think of: ext2/3, fat32/16, logical/primary... doesn't work.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Mark Twain:
Does WP7 format the sd card only after a hard reset or always when it recognizes an inserted sd card?

so, if i accidently put in a sd card with android on it will wp7 format it or ignore it?
[HD2 Android SD Development] genesis123:
ignore it, blah blah
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
Not sure... I think it might ignore it, but it might ruin your wp7 setup if you have it set to another sd card. If you have wp7 set to a card, you should always habe that card in when you boot into wp7.
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
it seems to be not possible to create a WP7 partition that would be smaller than the Android partition.

I have learned that the partition on the SD card is created in while displaying the DFT boot screen.
[HD2 Android SD Development] genesis123:
After trying almost everything this method seems to be the only way to have wp7 smaller than android. It will take up about 1/3 of the sd card, perhaps someone can build upon this and figure out a way to make it even smaller?
[HD2 Android SD Development] krdvg:
Well, I am done for a while, now trying to find a good SD build. What are you guys using? I need a nice lightweight build. Currently using the copenhagen CM7 sd build. Its ok, just kinda sluggish.
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
I'm really liking jdms and hd2one... both really fast and good with battery. I'm about to try out copenhagens build. I hope darkstone puts out some new superram versions now that he's done with nand and going back to developing sd builds.
[HD2 Android SD Development] krdvg:
Will look into those, the first post on the other magldr sd build thread has modified file for hd2one 0.3.5, but I can only find 0.3.6 in the forums. Where is the 3.5 release? (EDIT: found it, http://hotfile.com/dl/90469608/7cf2780/HD2ONE-0.3.5.zip.html)
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
Didn't even know those were posted... I've been doing the editing myself. I have a copy of the latest hd2one (0.3.6) working if you want. Just pm me if you like hd2one and want 3.6 version.
[HD2 Android SD Development] armageddon528:
I partitioned my SD card, so I have 12Gb for Android and 4Gb for WP7! :D

And second SD card: 2Gb for Android and 6Gb for WP7.
[HD2 Android SD Development] mark3d4death:
RE: Help?

Hi,

I have carried out this process successfully a number of times with a 4&8GB Micro SD cards.

However, I have recently purchased a 16GB one, and once I have followed the procedure to copy/resize the partitions across etc, Windows Phone 7 will not boot - it just loops - gets to the DFT screen then reboots. Any ideas?

I have even tried installing Windows Phone 7 to the SD card, however the same problem still happens - and it appears that when I installed it to that SD card, the installed didn't format it, it just remains as a FAT32 partition.

Any help is much appreciated,

Thanks
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
Could you explain how you managed to have the AD partition to be greater then the WP7 partition? There are members who are trying to do the same.
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
WP7 can be very picky about what sd card you use. What kind of sd is it? I recommend sandisk class 2/
[HD2 Android SD Development] bteljuice:
Just a small suggestion.

Why don't you just copy the partitions from previous smaller SD to your 16GB and just re-size the Android partition to take the rest of your SD card ?
[HD2 Android SD Development] gitanojr:
How exactly did u moved the wp7 partition to the end?
[HD2 Android SD Development] gilla87:
Couldn't for the life of me get it to dualboot by partitioning with one card.. So I had to settle for doing the two card method with 8gb Android 8gb wp7... Sucks cause I wanted like 12 wp7 2.5 Android... Oh well.. When it seemed like I had it with one card method, it would always start from scratch wp7 (brown theme, leo70) :/ congrats to anyone who got it working using one card..

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[HD2 Android SD Development] Maxey:
SD card bricked?

Hi guys i used this method

But after i inserted my card into my card reader and stuck it into my pc, I couldn find My card in the EASEUS partition manager. Additionally Windows now shows me that i only have about 200 MB of space on that card.

Is it broken?

What could i do to fix this?

Thanks!
[HD2 Android SD Development] krdvg:
That method is not so good. Use the modified method. Dont remove card during reset, just let it reset and reboot to magldr, then remove the card (you should have the show menu always enabled in magldr > services)

The card is not broken dont worry. And it will show in EASEUS if you use a card reader.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Maxey:
tried to rebot, but every time windwos phone tried to boot it stuck. So now i managed to get nand android on the phone again.Still sd card is not showing up in EASEUS explorer and still 200 MB only...getting a little nervous here ;)
[HD2 Android SD Development] krdvg:
Try minitool partition wizard. Are you using a card reader or the laptops sd slot? EASEUS will NOT work if you are using a sd slot.
[HD2 Android SD Development] krdvg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKl2dvzDa5U
[HD2 Android SD Development] Maxey:
Ah great, that video helped! At least Android is showing 15,1 GB again!

Great, thanks a lot!

Trying the dualboot again...i like WP 7..just dont like not having navigation!
[HD2 Android SD Development] futaris:
Looks like Windows Mobile 6.5 from SD will be possible soon.
[HD2 Android SD Development] azzajess:
does this mean that you also have Windows mobile 6.5 plus win 7 and android on a sd card?
[HD2 Android SD Development] futaris:
Not yet.

Currently:

Windows Phone 7 [NAND]

Android [SD]

Future:

Windows Phone 7 [NAND]

Android [SD]

Windows Mobile 6.5 [SD]
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
If cotulla is able to make the sd bootable wm65 build, it will mean we can have wp7 on nand and part of the sd card, and then have wm65 and android in another partition running from sd card. He hasn't guaranteed its possible yet, but that he's gonna try to make it.
[HD2 Android SD Development] georo:
Hey guys I uploaded a video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0YI-SV4KiU I hope will help you. I put-it in the new tread also but I was thinking you may not see-it there until someone will pin this.
[HD2 Android SD Development] darrengladysz:
Thanks for the video.

I will put it on the 1st post.
[HD2 Android SD Development] hecatombercm:
I could not see either SD card in EASEUS ALL-IN-ONE Partition Manager Software.

Any one else?

Any solution?
[HD2 Android SD Development] georo:
But the PC see that 200MB on your card when you insert the card after you install the WP7? How you connect your card to the PC?
[HD2 Android SD Development] hecatombercm:
Yes the PC sees it just fine. I have a built in memory card slot. usually i use it for readyboost but occasionally I flip my media sd cards in and out of there because it has a much faster transfer rate
[HD2 Android SD Development] georo:
Did you insert the card first and then start the EASEUS because if you start the program first and then insert the card will not see the card.
[HD2 Android SD Development] krdvg:
EASEUS does NOT work with built in memory card slot. You need an external card reader which plugs into USB.
[HD2 Android SD Development] hecatombercm:
tried both

that explains it, any program that does
[HD2 Android SD Development] darrengladysz:
I used easus with both a usb and an internal card reader. That is how I transfered the partitions from one to the other. I had no problem.
[HD2 Android SD Development] gilla87:
That's dope that there's these videos to help out people, but id like to see one showing how to do it with the alternate method with 1 card.. Mostly to see if peeps are even telling the truth saying its possible.. Like I said earlier, couldn't do it with that method, ended up having to do with two cards, 1 8gb card and 1 16gb for 8 per OS :[ (wanted majority for Zune music, but no dice)

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[HD2 Android SD Development] shahidpak:
can only see 1 partition

Hi dear

Thanks for the tutorial. but whenever i insert the windows phone 7 card into the reader it only show 1 partition 200 MB (unallocated) in size nothing else is visible to me. I am using EASEUS Partition maker home edition.

any helpppp?

sorry Got answer that EASEUS does not work with built in laptopn sd card slot.. ok trying to arrange an external usb sd card reader.
[HD2 Android SD Development] hecatombercm:
I could not use the first method, as the only card reader the partition software would recognize is an old att fuze. with the second method I made a great deal of attempts but it never worked either.

Worked when booting wp7 prior to resizing fat32 partition.
[HD2 Android SD Development] jamieross:
Superb clear and concise bud this should be on the first post, I did it with a 4gig card with no hassles.

Jamie
[HD2 Android SD Development] s_it:
I'm gonna try this later, quick question. Can i use this method for my 2GB and 16GB SD cards, or need exact 8GB and 16GB?????

thx
[HD2 Android SD Development] xDhaha:
i want to know this too :)
[HD2 Android SD Development] adityakishoor:
Multi Boot Help!!!

hey.. i hav 2 8gb cards... n i am currently on android.... if i flash wp7 on my another card will it affect android by any chance????? i mean if i put back the android 8gb card will android boot????????
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
If you are booting android from sd, then you can safely install wp7. You are running wm6.5 and boot android with haret? everything on the android sd remains the same.
[HD2 Android SD Development] duhhh:
I'm gonna to try this,but I have 1-2 questions

1.what android version you are using?

2.how to boot android from SD on wp7(haret or magldr)?
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
1. i am running this at the moment, because it is stable and seems t like my sd card, plus it has sense, i always had weak for sense.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=881937

2. i am booting it from magldr.
[HD2 Android SD Development] duhhh:
ok 10x

now i'll flash 7 coz i on nand android
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
Yeah, you can use any size you want.

WP7 needs to be installed on NAND. Then you can Android from SD.

You will have to edit the init.rc file in most android build to get it to boot from magldr, but you can probably keep your build the same on the same card. And yes, you can use a different sd card for wp7, and just switch them when you want to switch OS's.
[HD2 Android SD Development] jcsy:
i used to run WM7 and SD RAM build SUPERAM1.5 :)

my signature has the build

but recently moved away from it due to battery draining issues
[HD2 Android SD Development] adityakishoor:
i am booting android from MAGLDR 1.12.... n i hav installed MCCM HD V5.1 CWR,NAND......

so i can load wp7 on my other card..???? n if i put my android card then it will boot to android.....?????
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
No, if you have a NAND android build installed, WP7 will install over it and erase it. You can only have 1 OS installed to your NAND at a time right now. If you want to dualboot WP7 and android, you will have to put WP7 on NAND and run a SD android build from your SD card.

Hopefully soon we will have a SD build of WM65... then we can have WP7, WM65, Android, Ubuntu, and eventually meego on our HD2s all at once!
[HD2 Android SD Development] gilla87:
This is probably where I was going wrong then... been trying to resize droid partition prior to booting wp7 after resetting.. So then it is take out card after second confirmation at magldr screen, not right before you hit second reset confirmation as posted on OP's first post as a quoted alternate method? Damn, Means I would have to use my code for the third time... I kind of want to wait to see if an updated ROM comes out though, although the wp7 runs pretty stable as of now :/ chances are though... once i have it how i want, mostly space for wp7, that WOULD happen, haha... thanks quoted dude, and hyellow
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
i have used my code almost 10 times now and will definately be using it another 20 times the next month.
[HD2 Android SD Development] hyellow:
Does anyone has a tutorial on how to use to sd cards at the same time? We need something like a dual microsd controller. Can you imagine 2 times 32Gb. The controller should autodetect and let the device know it is one sd card. don't really think it can be done, but maybe someone was wondering the same?
[HD2 Android SD Development] roteplex:
Hey can anyone tell me if the FAT32 partition can be accessed using windows phone 7, so if I put videos/music will I be able to access through WP7 or do all of you guys keep two copies of your music folders one for WP7 and one for android.
[HD2 Android SD Development] gilla87:
niice! Well then I will have to try again.. Noticed OP updated the alternate method as well.. Cool beans :)

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[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
No, wp7 cannot access the fat32 partition. That's actually the main reason I'm trying to push the referrals to dropbox in my signature, because when you refer somebody, you and the person you referred get an extra 250mb of storage for free. With dropbox, you can keep your music and files in there and access them from both android and wp7, as there are dropbox apps for both OS's. You can play music files right from the dropbox folder. It also makes it easier to transfer files to your phone.

So if anyone wants 2.25gb of free online storage, which will increase an extra 250mb everytime you refer someone, click my referral link in my signature! ;) :D
[HD2 Android SD Development] shree.cse:
I completed everything correctly till the 8th step, now I am confused with the 9th. How can I do resize/move the fat16 partition.

My partitions are like this,

I have green fat16 200mb partition on top,

second: I have a light yellow coloured 5.24gb size unformatted wm7 partition(I think)

third: I have grey coloured unallocated 1.97gb partition.

Now I stucked!

Can any one please please help me?
[HD2 Android SD Development] 5pteron:
Yes. This is where I got stucked too.

The unformatted WP7 partition is supposed to be on the third one. But apparently, even though I moved it to the end of the sd card prior to booting WP7 to check changed storage size, it just comes to the second place.

So the FAT16 and Unallocated partitions are not adjacent, thus cannot be merged together.

Anyone has workaround??
[HD2 Android SD Development] zarathustrax:
Yeah, using this method, you have to make the wp7 partition bigger than the unallocated space. WP7 takes the bigger partition for some reason. Some people have gotten it to work with a smaller partition, but there doesn't seem to be a known method to consistently work.