Re: [HOW-TO] Download, Run CM7 off SD Card (Easy to follow! No ro
Thanks. Since this was running off of the SD, I kind of figured you couldn't use ROM Manager to flash other ROMs or make backups.
I might give MIUI a shot to see if I can use this process to do a MIUI bootable SD card.
Again, thanks for getting this thread out; I'm loving CM7 on my Nook, but also love trying out different ROMs as well.
UPDATE: Redid this process with MIUI 2.3.9 (the GB based version, not the ICS alpha in development) downloaded from MIUI.US and...it works! When the initial boot started, it said CWM said it couldn't flash the ROM because it was looking for one that started with "update_cm... .zip" so I had to rename the ROM file name with the CM7 name and retried...and it worked! It did say, when flashing, that a bunch of files in /system/vendor were missing, but it continued on and booted up. No need to flash gapps because it was built into the ROM already. Haven't had time to test it much but so far basic functions, wifi, and Google Market (Play) seem to be doing good! Also did a reboot (full power off/power on, not a power-->reboot option) to make sure it's truly bootable and good to go there. So it seems it is possible to make a bootable MIUI 2.3.9 off of SD Card using this process. Only issue so far is no soft buttons like on CM7 so I have to go back to home screen for everything. Maybe button savior will be handy. Anyway, just wanted to provide an update. Again, thank you!
UPDATE to UPDATE: Had some time to play with this a bit. First, Button Savior is already built into the ROM so that solves the soft button thing (it's a "ghosted" tab you pull from the right side, like you would pull down the status or notificatioon screen). Also, I put the analog clock widget in the trash and tried to put the "flip clock" widget instead...caused a looping force close of process.android.com. Ended up having to wipe the SD card by deleting all but one partition on the card using EASEUS to give me one big partition (the card itself) and then format the card and redo the whole process. So...add system widgets (the ones that pop up if you just 'long press' on the screen) at your own risk! But, you can make folders since I did that without issue. Hopefully this is helpful if anyone wants to make a bootable MIUI SD Card. Now to see if I can make a MIUI ICS bootable card ;-)