[kewlguy]

Alright Mark - I did this just for you:

The file below is a flashable fix flash loop that finally works and can be flashed without the loop on any of the newer firmwares.

http://www.mediafire...yvf3fyu2od7qd7s

Now that you can safely flash back to any of the older firmwares, you have that pesky internal SD card that is partitioned in two.  Flash this file below and your internal is automagically repartitioned to one big FAT partition.

http://www.mediafire...5q9kqc9mcm2w9kt

[mrsburnout]

Thank you kewlguy!!!

[Mark Adams]

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Alright Mark - I did this just for you:

The file below is a flashable fix flash loop that finally works and can be flashed without the loop on any of the newer firmwares.

http://www.mediafire...yvf3fyu2od7qd7s

Now that you can safely flash back to any of the older firmwares, you have that pesky internal SD card that is partitioned in two.  Flash this file below and your internal is automagically repartitioned to one big FAT partition.

http://www.mediafire...5q9kqc9mcm2w9kt

I love this guy.  I knew this could be done, just couldn't do it. I also knew Kewguy would be an excellent Dev after his third post as a newbie.

Great work man!!

So this installs recovery, kernel and bootloader from 11/19 using the 1/14 framework I presume?

[Radon_22]

Karma to you, sir. Outstanding!

[burgerflipper]

awesome.
now I can try your firmare

edit:
just to clarify---

you flash this from the external SD then flash a 2010 FW from external and then flash the partition?

[kewlguy]

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awesome.
now I can try your firmare

edit:
just to clarify---

you flash this from the external SD then flash a 2010 FW from external and then flash the partition?

Yep - and obviously everything on your internal card will be wiped when repartitioning... Common sense but someone might not catch that part

[Mark Adams]

Okay Kewguy, this thread is now yours and is Stuck.  You control the first post for warnings, instructions and change logs if any need arises.

[RALIR]

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Alright Mark - I did this just for you:

The file below is a flashable fix flash loop that finally works and can be flashed without the loop on any of the newer firmwares.

http://www.mediafire...yvf3fyu2od7qd7s

Now that you can safely flash back to any of the older firmwares, you have that pesky internal SD card that is partitioned in two.  Flash this file below and your internal is automagically repartitioned to one big FAT partition.

http://www.mediafire...5q9kqc9mcm2w9kt

@kewlguy,

If I understand this correctly, this patch will remove the partition completely.  I am interested in modifying the size of the apps partition (from half the total size of the SD card to perhaps 1 GB or 1.5 GB) rather than remove it completely.  Are there any patches available to resize the apps partition?

Thank you & Best Regards,

RaliR

[kewlguy]

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@kewlguy,

If I understand this correctly, this patch will remove the partition completely.  I am interested in modifying the size of the apps partition (from half the total size of the SD card to perhaps 1 GB or 1.5 GB) rather than remove it completely.  Are there any patches available to resize the apps partition?

It is doable for sure, although it'd be hard to script it without first wiping the entire disk.

[RALIR]

@kewlguy,

Thank you for your reply.  Please let me rephrase my question.  I started with WPDN, then lent it to my daughter for the last 2 months and went and bought a Cruz reader and have been playing with it.  Now I am going to switch my Cruz Redaer for WPDN with my daughter .  On the Cruz reader, using a FW developed by JGM and an app2sd.sh script allowed me to choose the apps partition size before creating it.  I was hoping I would be able to that on the WPDN.  But so far, looking through the various postings in the forum indicate that either the internal SD is partitioned in equal size partitions or none at all.  If I use a 16 GB SD card, I do not want to leave 8 GB for apps.

Is my understanding correct about WPDN or did I miss a posting that talks about choosing a desired partition size for apps?

Thank you for your kind response.

Best Regards,

RaliR

[yalehaus3]

@kewlguy,

What's your take regarding the warning on post-2011 firmware reversals to 2010 levels?  I noticed in a post that the S20 and SH20 versions will cause possible bootloops when going back to S10 versions.  (hence the creation of your hack)

I have the S20_09_30_B_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP version of OP, the build number is PD_NOVEL 2010.9.30.  Does this mean I have to use your hack to prevent the bootloop problem?  Or is it safe to upgrade to, say the Cyanogen 6 beta (based on the S10 version)

Thanks for your support!

[Mark Adams]

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@kewlguy,

What's your take regarding the warning on post-2011 firmware reversals to 2010 levels?  I noticed in a post that the S20 and SH20 versions will cause possible bootloops when going back to S10 versions.  (hence the creation of your hack)

I have the S20_09_30_B_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP version of OP, the build number is PD_NOVEL 2010.9.30.  Does this mean I have to use your hack to prevent the bootloop problem?  Or is it safe to upgrade to, say the Cyanogen 6 beta (based on the S10 version)

Thanks for your support!

No.
Your setup is based on the Open Platform "Kit" from last year. I have not read reports of the flash-loop problem on that FW. You might have more frustration than danger flashing to something else.  Most common cure is changing the name if the zip file you flash want to install to something your current recovery file recognizes.

[burgerflipper]

Hi kewlguy, I am trying to do this and running into all sorts of problems.

I flashed the fixloop from my external SD and everything booted back up.

When I went to flash 9/23 from my external card I got the Android symbol with an exclamation mark shortly after the progress bar had started.  Paper clipped it and it booted back up to 1/29 (but my apps were showing as temp icons-- I deleted the apps then thru the settings)

Then I tried doing the SD card reformat thru the external SD (I thought maybe I misunderstood and should have done this before 9/23)  Again I got the Adroid/exclamation mark and a boot to 1/29.

Went back and tried flashing the fixflash from both the external SD and the root of the internal.  Get android exclamation either way.

So I cannot seem to flash anything from either card at this point without getting the android/exclamation.

And something else strange has happened.  I think somehow my internal and external cards have been switched.  The PDN shows 1.9 MB internal memory available (so looks like my external card has been partitioned and is being read as the internal card).  And my computer will not access the internal card thru the USB if my external card is out.

Any ideas how I screwed this up and if there's any way I can fix it?  I'm a know-nothing who hasn't ever messed with ADB.

Thanks for any help.

[mrsburnout]

@burgerflipper

Are you going back to 9/23?  And.... May I ask why?

You could just try reflashing back to Stock 1/27FW.
(In other words, start over)
In order to use your apps with the stock 1/27FW, two flashes are required.

[burgerflipper]

Just figured out the deal with the apps.  I get the real icons and they run so long as the external card is plugged in (because it is somehow now the internal card).  With that external card out the apps show up as boxes and apps do not run.

I have not been able to flash any update from either internal microSD or external SD since I flashed the fixflash.

I was going back to 9/23 so I could reformat my internal SD with the kewlguy flash in this thread.  Was then going to try the kewlguy 11/19/1/14 hybrid.

Did it because earlier today I ran into wifi trouble so wanted to star fresh (have been running Roebeet 1/27)

Right now my PDN works.  The apps it came with work (as long as I have the external card in), but I can't flash anything from either card w/o getting the android exclamation icon.

Gonna see if updating thru the Pandigital site will work.

[burgerflipper]

Follow up: updating thru the pandigital site set me straight.  Have no idea what I did switched the internal and external cards and did not allow me to flash anything.  I definitely could not fully flash anything after I flashed fixloop from my external SD.  Bad download? 

Gonna go flash kewl's root and volkey and I'm done flashing for a while. 

[mrsburnout]

@burgerflipper

Was your external card partitioned?

[burgerflipper]

I thought it was, but I was wrong.  I'm positive this whole screwup is my ineptitude.  please feel free to purge the thread of my posts (if it might scare others off from kewlguy's patches)

[yalehaus3]

Don't know if anybody has tried this, but I went on my Linux box and used the Disk Utility to repartition the 16GB card (used for internal memory) I have to a 15Gb and 1GB FAT(32) partition  The 15GB partition is the first partition and the 1GB is the second.

I added the albumThumb, DCIM, eBooks Music, Photos, Videos, and LOST.DIR in the first partition. The .apk files were put in the second partition.  This is setup for the 1-27 Pandigital firmware...

All works great!  Now, on to the KG hacks!

[panengineer]

I have read when you reboot the 1/27 FW will repartition it in half. Let us know if that is not the case.