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Mrkblo · 10-21-2014, 08:56 AM

I'm running into an unexpected problem right now. I have managed to make a backup of my original sdcard in order to have a look at the serial number. After doing that, I have altered the bits in hex 0x200 on the factory image david sent me, and saved the file. But now, when I try to write the image to a different sdcard, Win32 Disk Imager says that there is not enough space (even though the microsd card is formatted and without a single file on it).

I have faced the same problem when I was trying to write the android image on a 2GB sd card. Is there anything I should be doing with the card before using Win32 Disk Imager?

Thanks in advance.
EDIT 1:
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Fixed it! Looks like the difference between the image size and sdcard was really small. I've used Usbit (usb image tool). In this software you can select the option to truncate oversized images. This will write the partitions to the new card and hopefully fail while writing the blank at the end of the card leaving you with a usable card. And thats what hapenned to me.

EDIT 2:
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Ok, no luck. Kobo Touch starts after writing the truncated image to the sd card, but something went wrong. After starting it, it asked for an update and after the update I got a critical error screen, what made me do a reset just to get the same results. Tried flashing the android image to another card (also truncated), and it wont go past the boot screen... looks like my only chance is using my 32gb sd card with this thing, what I really didnt want to do as I think it's a waste. Will buy a 4gb sdcard and see how it goes.

10-21-2014, 08:56 AM	#326
Mrkblo Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2014 Device: Kobo Touch	I'm running into an unexpected problem right now. I have managed to make a backup of my original sdcard in order to have a look at the serial number. After doing that, I have altered the bits in hex 0x200 on the factory image david sent me, and saved the file. But now, when I try to write the image to a different sdcard, Win32 Disk Imager says that there is not enough space (even though the microsd card is formatted and without a single file on it). I have faced the same problem when I was trying to write the android image on a 2GB sd card. Is there anything I should be doing with the card before using Win32 Disk Imager? Thanks in advance. EDIT 1: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fixed it! Looks like the difference between the image size and sdcard was really small. I've used Usbit (usb image tool). In this software you can select the option to truncate oversized images. This will write the partitions to the new card and hopefully fail while writing the blank at the end of the card leaving you with a usable card. And thats what hapenned to me. EDIT 2: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, no luck. Kobo Touch starts after writing the truncated image to the sd card, but something went wrong. After starting it, it asked for an update and after the update I got a critical error screen, what made me do a reset just to get the same results. Tried flashing the android image to another card (also truncated), and it wont go past the boot screen... looks like my only chance is using my 32gb sd card with this thing, what I really didnt want to do as I think it's a waste. Will buy a 4gb sdcard and see how it goes. Last edited by Mrkblo; 10-21-2014 at 10:36 AM. Reason: typo