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[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
Hanging on HTC logo

I wonder if its possible to get this in the instructions or something as I just got messed up by this and luckily, did a quick search first :)

I entered the wifi password and it hung for me

Trying to install again and see what happens...

Failed again...

Trying with the newer data2sd files

I got an error about a corrupt SD card when I'd booted...

re set up the SD card partitions and still freezes on htc logo! I'm ready to give up :(

16GB class 6

fat32 - 14gb

ext4 - 1.5gb

gparted to partition

clockworkmod 2.5

S-On

Starburst 1.3.0 Lite

booting up after installing starburst first time:

enter carry as o2 postpay

english uk

skip keyboard

internet connection left as 3g/wifi

sync data - never

connect to wifi - untick

google location - left as is

skip other accounts

skip facebook etc.

skip time

finish

power off (not a reboot)

boot to recovery

apply data2sd zip

hang.

what am i doing wrong?
[Desire Android Development] IndicaviA:
1. 16 GB SD AData class 6

2. 15GB Fat32 Primary , 768 EXT4 Primary, made via GParted

3. Recovery: ClockWorkMod 2.5.0.7

4. S-ON

5. Starbust 1.3.2 , newest Data2SDw3

6. Standard kernel

So, I just meet problem somebody else had previously. I got about 140 apps installed. Now I want to install CardioTrainer from market (yesterday it happened by other software) it tells me "installation unsuccesful" or "data package is invalid" . I have tried to install different versions from SD also. Same error. I tried to wipe dalvik but still unsuccesful.

Can it be due to newest Data2SD? Is there any way how to get back to older data2sd now without losing data?

After /system/xbin/busybox df -h | /system/xbin/busybox grep mtdblock in emulator it writes:

/dev/block/mtdblock3 250.0M 220.8M 29.2M 88% /system

/dev/block/mtdblock4 40.0M 6.9M 33.1M 17% /cache

/dev/block/mtdblock5 147.6M 145.7M 1.9M 99% /system

:-(
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
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[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Dalvik cache filled already? If you do have a titanium backup you can easily recover with that. If you don't, but have a nandroid backup, restore to that, then create a titanium backup, then follow same procedure. We don't have code at the moment to automatically take you to the old version. Full wipe, first time install, titanium restore should work well though.
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
The beginning of the log tells the story

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): SD Card has been initialised...checking for ext partition.

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): Starting DATA2SD

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): /system/bin/e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): /system/bin/e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): e2fsck -b 8193 <device>

I//system/xbin/busybox( 68): mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /data failed: Invalid argument

Your ext4 partition is corrupted or badly formatted or not formatted at all... I dunno exactly but you may have done something wrong and you can't get data2sd if you dont have a cleany formatted ext4 partition.
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Your NAND is full as I expected.

I just wonder how you managed to fill your NAND with only 140 apps.

IMHO your NAND is filled with more than the settings and the dalvik cache.

What I suggest is to reboot into recovery then start an adb shell.

Then type this:

mount /data

cd /data/

du -sh *

And post results

Then I may be able to tell you what's going wrong with your NAND.
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
ok - all I did was set it up with gparted and format it to ext4 ? is there something else I should be doing with it?

it shows up in gparted as an ext4 partition... or is there some way I can check this is formatted correctly before I start running the zip?
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Try to format the ext4 partition manually. See DATA2SD Original Post for instructions.

(command is /system/bin/mke2fs -T ext4 -b 4096 -E stride=64,stripe-width=64 -O ^has_journal,extent,^huge_file -m 0 -L userdata /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 )
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
is it worth trying to format with gparted as an ext2/3 as the instructions:

as the script formats it to ext4 anyway?
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
I'd say no :)

You can leave the 2nd partition unformatted. It has to be less than 2GB and 2nd primary partition, MB aligned. The data2sd install script is normally taking care of formatting to EXT4 with correct parameters.

If something goes wrong during this operation, then erase the SD and try again to partition it with Gparted.

There is a script around here made by melethron which is doing this automatically also.

If you know how to use fdisk, then boot into recovery and use /system/xbin/busybox fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0

To be MB aligned, the beginning sector of the partition must be a multiple of 2048
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
I had it as 1.5GB before

just formatting my SD again but going for a 1GB ext4 partition - it has a warning triangle next to the /dev/mmcblk0p2 partition - then next to that the blue square and the 'ext4' file system type...

Any thoughts?

if i partition it as unformatted i get the same triangle warning symbol next to the partition
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
dunno what this triangle means. I don't have it. Any info from Gparted if you click on the triangle?
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
gives some info about the partition then at the end says

dumpe2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)

dumpe2fs: a block group is missing an inode table while reading journal inode

unable to read the contents of this file system!

Because of this some operations may be unavailable

This cause might be a missing software package.

the following list of software packages is required for an ext4 file system support: e2fsprogs v1.41+
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Format the partition to ext2 then and see what happens. The data2sd installer should be able to reformat it in EXT4.
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
no warnings for fat32 or ext2 - ext3 and ext4 give me the error :(

using gparted live 0.8.0-1 if that helps..
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Apparently ext3/4 are not fully supported.

Format to ext2 as primary, make sure that it's all MB aligned, no bootflag set, then reflash everything. The data2sd installer will format to ext4 anyway.
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
doing that right now!
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
no joy - same issue.

is it worth getting another log?

was applying Data2SDInstallerW3_StarBurst.zip

is it worth trying the older one again? Data2SD_Installerv0.7_tiny_signed.zip ?
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Either of them is formatting to ext4. The latter is the stable version.

Before that, can you go into recovery and type this:

mount /system

/system/xbin/busybox fdisk -lu /dev/block/mmcblk0

and post results?
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
One thing I did notice is if I format in gparted and then remove the SD then go back into Gparted it comes up as an unknown partition - even when its partitioned as ext2 - is that normal? seems a bit odd to me...

how do I get to recovery to type in those commands?
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
dunno what you're doing wrong with Gparted... Are you sure that you applied changes before unmounting the SD?

Did you follow step by step everything on this page?
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
I must be doing something wrong but dont know what - the FAT32 partition seems fine and I am applying after every change...

yes that was the page I had up when setting it up :(

is there nothing I can to do check that the ext2/3/4 is working ok when its not in gparted?
[Desire Android Development] jamadant:
Easy fast install, 410mb free from 512mb partition after install. Quadrant 1490, just checking battery life but nice rom thanks.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Major update to StarBurst - Version 1.1.4 will be released today

Highlights of Version 1.1.4

This major update has fixes to all the minor issues reported to me, and will also update your Market and major system apps to the latest versions available on the Market, and also adds some very useful apps and a few widgets. You can remove them at any time if you dont want them! :)

Android Market Update 2.2.11 ** update **

Adfree added, fixed and updated to 0.6.3 ** update **

Latest Adfree hosts added **** App Added ****

Gmail 2.3.2 ** update **

Google Maps 5.0.0 ** update **

Facebook for Android 1.5.0 ** update **

Gmail Unread Count Widget **** App Added ****

Sms Unread Count Widget **** App Added ****

Astro File manager **** App Added ****

Adobe Flash Player 10.1.106.15 ** update **

Youtube ** update **

Massive APN List

Locale list

Patches integrated (Reboot menu and other minor updates)

Explorer **** App Added ****

Google Mail changed to Gmail :)

My Backup Root 2.6.1 **** App Added ****

Titanium Backup **** App Added ****

Rom Manager **** App Added ****

Note: The Data2SD flasher has been reworked and simplified. The prior Data2SD installation files will not work for this Rom and vice versa. Please download the new Data2SD installation/reinstallation scripts to use with this system.

As usual, do a Nandroid backup before installation. As usual, a wipe isnt necessary if you had StarBurst previously, just install Starburst through recovery, install the Data2SD reinstaller (No need of a reboot in between if you had StarBurst previously), and reboot. :)

Of course if this is your first StarBurst installation, Do a Nandroid Backup, Install the Rom, reboot once, then reboot back to recovery to install the Data2SD installer. Reboot into Android to enjoy your new found freedom from space constraints :P

Let me know whether you would like free apps like Explorer, Titanium, Astro and MyBackup Pro integrated into the Rom. The reason I havent integrated themes into the rom is that I myself prefer a pure Sense installation, and freedom to do whatever I want with it :)

There is also the compatibility aspect. Theme it too much and it will lead to incompatibility with other patches/mods. Also note that whatever the version number of my Rom, you can use the UOT kitchen version to generate any theme and it will always be compatible with your version. You can also safely flash themes designed for the stock rom w/o any modifications to the framework manually.
[Desire Android Development] huzi7868:
is this correct i have a previous starburst rom after i flash the new one will i have to flash the new data2sd reinstaller or will the old one work thanks;)
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
New Rom, new Re-installer.. :)
[Desire Android Development] mendozinas:
If I understood correctly - framework is not changed in new version?

Sent from my pocket using pen
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Yup...Only app changes/fixes. Framework is the same. :)
[Desire Android Development] huzi7868:
thanks man keep up the work got 30 friends with desire cant wait to tell dem
[Desire Android Development] qwert69:
openVPN

Hi, is this ROM support openVPN or can you please add it in future update? Thanks
[Desire Android Development] huzi7868:
cool cant wait for the rom
[Desire Android Development] huzi7868:
starburst what radio are you using and which 1 would u recomend
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
I wont be able to test out OpenVPN on my phone, so right now, I cant promise this.. :)

I'm on 5.11.05.27. It's good to be on a recent radio. 5.09 or newer should be fine.

Rom is now online :)
[Desire Android Development] gurpreet3579:
every thing seems fine i will give it try:D
[Desire Android Development] Alas2708:
Hey how can I change sd cards with data 2 sd? Will a nandroid backup, switch cards then nandroid restore do it?

Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
With the latest data2sd that this Rom uses, it is that simple.

Swyping away..
[Desire Android Development] IndicaviA:
Yes, as far as I know, if do a nandroid backup, than switch SD cards (the new one shoul also have 2 partitions , 1st FAT32 and 2nd EXt4), restore and it should work.

It should work even if the new card is only in FAT32 but I dont know what will happen, if there is not enough space for previous backuped apps in internal memory.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
You would lose some apps. But that's unlikely with data2sd. More likely if you move from data2sd to stock. Or if you reduced the size of your ext too much

That's s prob which plagues mtd partitions though.

Swyping away..
[Desire Android Development] Alas2708:
Hi again... i confirm the sd card switch worked without issues... i re-created the partition layout (fat32 in front, ext4 at the end) on my new sd card before restoring as you say...
[Desire Android Development] Yves55:
StarBurst

Je voudrais savoir comment faire pour enlever les réseau sociaux et sense.

Merci.
[Desire Android Development] iroironz:
Hi Droidzone,

Looks like you've done a great job. However, the dropbox links are down (saying they've disabled them because of too much traffic).

Any chance os setting up alternate downloads. Hey, where did your mini site go?

Jay.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Dropbox down

Hi Jay,

:( Yup...Unfortunately I got a mail from Dropbox saying that a little while ago... What's the point of having public links if they dont allow us to share via that?

Anyway...Guess it's back to Multiupload..But I have a very bad upload speed, so it might take a few hours to reupload them (developing country, you know :D)..

I dropped the link for the mini site from Xda b/c it was taking a lot of time to test out the roms for errors, update XDA with notifications, and then again do the same thing on that site too.. Anyway the links on that site too used to be the same, so not much point I guess..

Dropbox used to be really convenient though..It would resume uploads even if it was interrupted, so I could just start the download and leave the PC on overnight..

If anyone has any suggestions on a good ftp/http service which allows multistream downloads and/or resuming uploads, do let me know..It has to be free of course.. :D
[Desire Android Development] SirHades:
erm.. ok.

1. 8GB class 6 Kingston

2. 1GB primary EXT3 rest in Fat32, both Primary

3. Amon Ra

4. Amon RA-desire-v2.0.0

5. S-ON

6.

Full Wipe

Flashed "Main Rom (1.3.2) – Standard Edition- Updated on 17 Feb 2011"

Booted once, no issue whatsoever.

Reboot in recovery

Flashed "Data2Sd installer (Latest Dalvik2Nand Edition)"

Reboot

..Bootloop

7. Main Rom (1.3.2) – Standard Edition- Updated on 17 Feb 2011 and Data2Sd installer (Latest Dalvik2Nand Edition)

8. standard Kernel

9. Did you get any of the following messages in recovery?

1. sd-ext could not be formatted, file already exists? No

2. Failure mounting ‘sd-ext’ No

3. Or a message similiar to the above? No

10. Step at which major error was noticed

Reboot after Data2Sd installer (Latest Dalvik2Nand Edition)

From this point, it starts and enters a bootloop. Every once in a while I see the sense lockscreen, but it mostly just sits writing Quietly Brilliant over and over again.

Coud it be that I have to re-format the SD card with Amon-Ra to install this rom?

Or maybe my device is one of the few unlucky ones..

Cheers!
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
I don't have Amon-RA recovery but CWM 2.5.0.7 so I cannot guarantee that the script is 100% compatible. This could be a incompatibility issue but hard to say.

Because your phone boots to the quietly brilliant logo, you should be able to get a logcat log to post here.
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
if I do a Nand backup after partition and installing starburst - I do get an error...

E: can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (file exists)

count not mount sd-ext. sd-ext backup may not be supported on this device. skipping backup of sd-ext.

generating md5 sum...

backup complete!
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
could you reboot into recovery and type is an adb shell (console)

mount /system

/system/xbin/busybox fdisk -lu /dev/block/mmcblk0

and post results?

final solution is to format with the recovery ... but your partition won't be aligned.
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
like this:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
~ # mount /system
mount /system
~ #
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>/system/xbin/b
usybox fdisk -lu /dev/block/mmcblk0
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>

duh - the correct bit:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
~ # mount /system
mount /system
mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system failed: Device or resource busy
~ # /system/xbin/busybox fdisk -lu /dev/block/mmcblk0
/system/xbin/busybox fdisk -lu /dev/block/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 16.7 GB, 16777216000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2039 cylinders, total 32768000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 2048 30670847 15334400 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 30670848 32767999 1048576 83 Linux
~ #
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Hum looking fine so far. There's something wrong at some stage but can't find what.
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
is the sd-ext not mountable a bad sign?

E: can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (file exists)
count not mount sd-ext. sd-ext backup may not be supported on this device. skipping backup of sd-ext.
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
I'd say so... What is you recovery again?

I recommend CWM 2.5.0.7.

In recovery type this (from DATA2SD OP)

cd /

/system/bin/mke2fs -T ext4 -b 4096 -E stride=64,stripe-width=64 -O ^has_journal,extent,^huge_file -m 0 -L userdata /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

Tell me if it's running fine

If everything is OK, you should be able to mount your ext partition with this command

/system/xbin/busybox mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /sd-ext

df -h

mount

umount /sd-ext

and post results
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
oh the clockwork recovery is the same version as you mentioned 2.5.0.7

running....

/system/bin/mke2fs -T ext4 -b 4096 -E stride=64,stripe-width=64 -O ^has_jour
nal,extent,^huge_file -m 0 -L userdata /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
Filesystem label=userdata
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
65536 inodes, 262144 blocks
0 blocks (0.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=268435456
8 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376

Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 33 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
~ #

not able to mount though - where do I need to put the busybox folder?

~ # /system/xbin/busybox mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /sd-ext
/system/xbin/busybox mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /sd-ext
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /sd-ext failed: Invalid argument
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Good news, your ext partition seems to be formatted to ext4 now :)

try instead in recovery to mount ext partition

type this

mount /system

:> /system/etc/mtab

echo "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data rw,barrier=0,noatime,nodiratime,nosuid,nodev,nobh,nouser_xattr,commit=60" > /system/etc/fstab

mkdir /sd

system/xbin/busybox mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /sd

This should mount the ext4 partition

Maybe there is an issue with you sd-ext directory.
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
~ # mount /system
mount /system
mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system failed: Device or resource busy
~ # /system/etc/mtab
/system/etc/mtab
/sbin/sh: /system/etc/mtab: not found
~ # echo "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data rw,barrier=0,noatime,nodiratime,nosuid,node
v,nobh, nouser_xattr,commit=60" > /system/etc/fstab
echo "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data rw,barrier=0,noatime,nodiratime,nosuid,node
v,nobh, nouser_xattr,commit=60" > /system/etc/fstab
~ # mkdir /sd
mkdir /sd
~ # system/xbin/busybox mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /sd
system/xbin/busybox mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /sd
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /sd failed: Invalid argument
~ #

Busybox - what do I do with that? how do I get that working? I have busybox-1.17.2.tar.bz2 and extracted that to a folder... but not a clue what I am doing with it... that seems to be the error
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
is it worth me flashing the RUU and re-rooting and starting again?

Or do you think this is something more serious with the sd-ext thing not mounting?
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
you didn't type properly the command

it's :> /system/etc/mtab

don't forget the ":>" bit

Also don't forget the "/" at the beginning of commands.

You should have busybox installed from start with the StarBurst ROM.

Otherwise a precompiled version is availaible in Data2SD OP. What you have here is sources and I don't really think that you are ready to crosscompile busybox for your phone :)

I strongly recommend you to read Data2SD post to get some infos on how this is working.

This could help you to sort out your issue.

Remember that this is for developers and from what I can see you're lacking a bit of experience to sort out simple things needed to solve your problem.

Sorry but I can't keep on flooding the StarBurst thread with troubleshoot commands if you don't have a single clue of what you're doing.
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
No problem, I thought this would be one of the simplest rom's to get working as it was stock with just the data2sd twist which is what i wanted... I've been trying to get this working now for 8 hours and followed the guide to the letter and struggling to bits... I'm happy to hold my hands up and say I'm a complete newbie when it comes to flashing in the Android world...

I'll go back to the RUU - re-root - retry it one more time from start to finish and if it doesn't work I'll just stick with the stock rom

thanks
[Desire Android Development] sibere:
Yes. Be carefull with the RUU, you may loose root.

I'm really surprised about you issue, many have flashed this rom and never got this type of issue AFAIK.

good luck.
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
Yeah, my plan is;

1) RUU

2) re-root (unrEVOked 3.21)

3) partition SD

4) flash starburst

5) boot

6) back to recovery to run data2sd

7) see what happens

if all else fails I'll go back to RUU and re-root so I can restore my backup
[Desire Android Development] IndicaviA:
OK, this is the result:

13.2M app

2.0K app-private

6.5K backup

122.6M dalvik-cache

7.5M data

2.0K dontpanic

512 drm

6.5K local

2.0K lost+found

32.0K misc

4.5K property

497.5K system

So what I am suppose to do? Try to wipe dalvik again? Or make titanium backup of all apps + data, wipe everything, install Starburst 1.3.2 from scratch with Data2SDInstallerw3 and after that restore titanium ? (And do I have to use "restore all apps (except system ones) with data" or "restore missing apps + data" to avoid problems?

Thanks for your effort guys.
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
just FYI - I had the same issue again - HTC logo freezes.