How To Install A ROM To An Android Phone / Device Without SD Card
Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.
This method was shared with us by XDA-Developers forum member kyouko who used it for the HTC Hero CDMA device but it is quite straightforward and will work on any Android device that has an Amon_RA recovery available for it.
This method utilizes ADB to mount the data partition and push the ROM to it before flashing it from recovery. You will need Amon_RA recovery for this procedure as ClockworkMod recovery will not allow you to flash the ROM from the data partition. We can’t list Amon_RA recovery for every Android device over here but doing a quick search on Google or XDA-Developers forums will most likely get you to it, if a version exists for your device. Here is how to proceed with the method:
- Download and install Amon_RA recovery on your phone if you don’t have it installed already.
- In case you don’t have ADB installed, refer to our guide on what is ADB and how to get it.
- Download the ROM that you want to flash and place it on a convenient location on your computer. We will be using C:\ for that location and ROM.zip for the ROM’s filename in this guide.
- Reboot your phone into recovery, do a wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik cache.
- Connect your phone to your computer via USB.
- Launch a Command Prompt or Terminal window on your computer and enter these commands:
adb shell mount data
- Wait for a few seconds to see if you get the prompt back and then press Ctrl+C. Do it even if you don’t get the prompt back after a few seconds.
- Now enter the following command, replacing C:\ROM.zip with the path and filename of the ROM that you are using:
adb push C:\ROM.zip /data/
- Wait patiently while the ROM is pushed to your phone and once it’s done, enter these commands:
adb shell recovery --update_package=DATA:ROM.zip
- Reboot your phone from recovery. The ROM is now flashed to your phone.
[via XDA-Developers]
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/sbin/sh: adb: not found error help!!
I am getting the same. Help anyone?
Try reinstalling Android Studio & it might work.
Thanks…is there a way to get Amon Ra on the device without using the sd card? I’ve searched and only found flashable zips, which require the sd care (broken on my Acer a500 tablet).
Thanks a lot. My sd card reader is broken and you saved my G1.
I have an HTC Desire Z. There is no Amon_RA recovery for my phone. What do i do?
compile it via source code
Hi, I try this method in my HTC Magic and I can’t install, why? I really don’t know. I push the ROM wich have 81MB to /cache and then try to flash from there but the process take more than usual, about 15 minutes and nothing happen because when I reboot my phone not new ROM exists. Also I’m getting this error:
recovery –update_package=CACHE:rom.zip
sh: /sbin/postrecoveryboot.sh: not found
Any help? I really need to flash my phone because my SD card because this error appear in recovery Can’t mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
Hi!
Did you solved this problem with your HTC Magic,cause I have the same s**t
Thank you so much!!! I could not mount my sdcard because there were files missing from the other ROM. FIXED!! but you should also say that the ROM must be a signed one 🙂 there must be another command to install ROM without sign check. either way thankyou. I thought I was done for!