Transfer files from PC or ext SD from recovery?

[OhYa1337]

Transfer files from PC or ext SD from recovery?
by OS is damaged and I can only get to fastboot, android recover, etc
How can I either restore a factory rom with RSD or fastboot or is there a way to access the external SD card from recovery?

I have tried using RSD light to load
1FF-olympus-user-2.3.6-4.5.141-111212-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P012.sbf
but it fails each time

the phone is Unlocked & rooted
I tried fix permissions, still fails

 

[barry_]

Transfer files from PC or ext SD from recovery?
by OS is damaged and I can only get to fastboot, android recover, etc
How can I either restore a factory rom with RSD or fastboot or is there a way to access the external SD card from recovery?

I have tried using RSD light to load
1FF-olympus-user-2.3.6-4.5.141-111212-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P012.sbf
but it fails each time

the phone is Unlocked & rooted
I tried fix permissions, still fails

I'm not familiar with fastbbot and RSD could lead to more problems if done incorrectly so I would go the external way.
Do you have a card reader/usb for your micro sd card? If so, you can take your external out of the phone and install anything you want then turn off phone and put in your card again and access recovery.

 

[BigJeff]

Turn the phone on while holding "power" and "volume down" until white letters show up saying fastboot on the top right corner of the screen. Then release both buttons. It will still say fastboot at this point. Click the volume down button until it cycles to android recovery. Then click power up to enter recovery. Scroll through the menu down to mounts and storage and click the power button to select it. then scroll down again and select mount USB storage. Select it and then connect your phone to your pc and transfer the files you want. This is all assuming you've installed CWM or another 3rd party recovery.

 

[OhYa1337]

I have CWM 4.0.1.4 installed

The restore continually fails and if I use advanced to try to restore the data folder on its own it says Error while formatting data

External 2gig SD Card placed in phone:
I cant find the external SD card in the list when I try to use it for installing a new ROM

Accessing phone via USB cable & PC:
when I go to mounts & storage / mount USB
it says,
USB Mass Storage Device
Leaving this menu unmount
your SD card from your PC

Unmount
**** Go Back ****

I connect the phone to the PC at this point and it does nothing, no beebs nothing...
I tried 2 different cables
it did when before...