Vilord's ext2 backup and senseHERO error. - Touch CDMA General

So heres the low-down:
My (4GB) SD Card is partitioned as so:
1.8GB fat32
1GB ext2 (system)
1GB ext2 (data)
I've put the latest basefiles (20091116) in the fat32 partition along with the senseHERO 1.3.3 build. i boot up haret go through the installer for the data. finish all the steps and once it starts to boot, i either get "android_power wakeup" or "ERROR: CANNOT LINE EXECUTABLE 's/system/bin/sh' "
it wont boot into the build and it's kinda buggin me out man.
so if anyone has any idea on what i should do please help. thanks people

Not sure what the issue is, but your ext2 partitions are much much larger than they need to be.

TheKartus said:
Not sure what the issue is, but your ext2 partitions are much much larger than they need to be.
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yeah i'm gonna fix that. lol. so when running the vogue installer i hit volume down to start it. then do i hit volume down to wipe data or end. or do i basicly hit volume down all the way till it says press any key to boot?

Giggles 312 said:
yeah i'm gonna fix that. lol. so when running the vogue installer i hit volume down to start it. then do i hit volume down to wipe data or end. or do i basicly hit volume down all the way till it says press any key to boot?
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First time around you want to run the recovery, then you want wipe data and and backup. Then you should be good to go.

Android power wakeup sounds like it's not using the proper init.rc file, confirm that you have the init.hero.rc in your init folder on the sdcard.
Giggles 312 said:
So heres the low-down:
My (4GB) SD Card is partitioned as so:
1.8GB fat32
1GB ext2 (system)
1GB ext2 (data)
I've put the latest basefiles (20091116) in the fat32 partition along with the senseHERO 1.3.3 build. i boot up haret go through the installer for the data. finish all the steps and once it starts to boot, i either get "android_power wakeup" or "ERROR: CANNOT LINE EXECUTABLE 's/system/bin/sh' "
it wont boot into the build and it's kinda buggin me out man.
so if anyone has any idea on what i should do please help. thanks people
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TheKartus said:
First time around you want to run the recovery, then you want wipe data and and backup. Then you should be good to go.
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yup thats what i've been doing all this time, but still getting the android_power wakeup error. i dug into some older threads and found nothing really to my benifit, but i realized that its not vilord's backup method thats killing me, its either the build or my phone.

Giggles 312 said:
yup thats what i've been doing all this time, but still getting the android_power wakeup error. i dug into some older threads and found nothing really to my benifit, but i realized that its not vilord's backup method thats killing me, its either the build or my phone.
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The nuclear option always seems to work... repartition the SD card, redownload the basefiles and a sytem file and just start from scratch.

mssmison said:
Android power wakeup sounds like it's not using the proper init.rc file, confirm that you have the init.hero.rc in your init folder on the sdcard.
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ok. thats a step in the right direction, but i forgot to mention that imma COMPLETE NOOb at working with android and linux. imma windows man XD and i just got into the swing of useing a smartphone. so yea XD where is this init.hero.rc you speak of? and how would i "fix" it?
BTWS mssmison i used you ext2 partition backup on a donut build and it was flawless. made everything so much smoother and perfect. thats why i wanna do this to a hero build so i can have a hero android phone without actually coughing up my hard earned cash on one ... yet

power wake up errors also can be caused by bad permissions set for /bin could you possibly upload a logcat?

jamezelle said:
power wake up errors also can be caused by bad permissions set for /bin could you possibly upload a logcat?
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i would if i knew how. being a noob sucks :/

i have a kaiser
p1: Fat32 1.8 gig
p2: Ext2 200 mb
When i start haret it keeps giving me mdp_dma_to_middi: busy.
wont go further then this...
being a n00b to...

n0r said:
i have a kaiser
p1: Fat32 1.8 gig
p2: Ext2 200 mb
When i start haret it keeps giving me mdp_dma_to_middi: busy.
wont go further then this...
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your going to need a data partiton as well(another ext2 partition). Make both ext2 partitions 256mb and the rest fat32.The dma_mddi error happens to me and it boots fine..but the screen rotates upside down when you open the keyboard.

ajclai08 said:
your going to need a data partiton as well(another ext2 partition). Make both ext2 partitions 256mb and the rest fat32.The dma_mddi error happens to me and it boots fine..but the screen rotates upside down when you open the keyboard.
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ok thnx!
I read on another post this resolution: 288x384
maybe ittl help you?

n0r said:
ok thnx!
I read on another post this resolution: 288x384
maybe ittl help you?
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no, hero based builds all have to be 320x480

Giggles 312 said:
i would if i knew how. being a noob sucks :/
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This thread is funny.

the screen flips down when you open keyboard because zimage24.. use zimage23 and that will be fixed... search it at deprecated in vogue-android

I would like step-by-step info on how to format my SD card to have an EXT2 partition.
I currently use Windows 7.
What tools or downloads are required? I've searched a bit but can't find a tutorial.
Thnx in advance!

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[How-to]Darktremors apps2sd on Froyo

Edit: I made some scripts that you can run from gscript lite found in market for free. This script will mount the last partition so your windows pc will see it. There is one for mount and one for unmount. Plug your phone in pc and run the mountsd script and your window should pop up on the pc with the folder showing the partition that your froyo rom is using. If you have your card partitioned differently then these instructions then you can just edit the mountsd script where it says /dev/block/mmcblk0p4. Change the 4 to the number of the fat32 partition that you want it to mount. http://www.multiupload.com/HNIKCP720C
If you want to copy from froyo partition to recovery partition try this
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No need to stop being lazy but you gotta give me a minute lol...download script and run it in gscripts. In File Manager if you press the home button you will see sdcard and sdcard2. sdcard is the froyo partition and sdcard2 is the recovery partition of the card. I am sure you can get to it in astro too but don't have it downloaded to test. Just navigate to the root folder of the phone and it should have the sdcard2 directory. This will stick untill you reboot then you will have to run the script again.
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We all have seen that froyo doesn't like partitioned sd cards. After many attempts at partitioning my sd card for another project i'm working on I figured out a way to install the "old" apps2sd on Froyo. I know alot of people preferred the way it was done in 2.1. Froyo seems to use the last partition on the sd card at least untill the 7th partition which it stops looking after that. Amon's recovery works with the first partition on the sd card. So the solution is to put a Fat32 partition as the first partition then put your ext3 and swap partitions and then a 4th partition as fat32 for the phone to use when booted. The important thing to remember is to put any rom's you want to flash on the first partition. Your nand backups will also be stored on the first partition. Pictures, music, video's, stuff you download to the phone and any other normal stuff that uses sd card will end up on 4th partition. I will give instructions using a program called gparted. I think it is available for windows also. This should work with any type of partitioning software.
I will leave the original instructions at bottom of post but after a lot of partitioning my sd card for this project and the ubuntu/debian project and the DualRom project I've found that this method is a little better. I believe someone else linked to this method somewhere in this thread
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THIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING OFF OF YOUR SD CARD
ok try this...boot phone into recovery...hopefully you have amon's recovery cause I don't think clockwork uses parted(not sure). Then type or copy/paste these commands:
adb shell
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
rm 1
rm 2
rm 3
rm 4
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 2000
mkpartfs primary ext2 2001 2500
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 2501 2550
mkpartfs primary fat32 2551 7948
quit
Depending on the number of partitions on your sdcard currently it may say error after the rm 1,rm 2, rm 3, rm 4 commands. You can ignore them.
Then reboot your phone or copy the file you want to flash back on to card and flash it.
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PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN USING A FORMATTING PROGRAM THAT YOU ONLY REFORMAT YOUR SD CARD AND NOT YOUR HARD DRIVE
1. BACK UP YOUR SD CARD!!!!!!!!(this will erase all data on sd card)
2. Plug your phone into your pc and mount the sd card(like you would if transferring files from pc to your card)
3. Open GParted and on the bar at the top click Gparted then devices and choose the phone( should be the second in the list if you only have one hard drive and no other external storage devices connected)
4. On the gparted screen you will see the partitions of your sd card. There should only be one at the moment if you are already using froyo. Right click on all of the partitions and click unmount and then delete. This will delete everything on your sd. Please be sure you have backed up your card.
5. You should now have one line that says unallocated.
6. Right click on unallocated and click click new. It will bring up a screen that has size and type of partition sizes. The only things you need to change are the size and type. For the first partitions I used 2000mib in the new size box but I keep around 5 Nand backups and 10 to 15 rom's stored on my card at a time. If you do not do alot of nands and store alot of roms you could probably make this partition smaller. Then under file system choose fat32 from the dropdown menu and choose add.
7. Right click on unallocated again and click new. This will bring up the screen to chose size and file system again. Normally people use 500mb for the ext3 partition for apps2sd. You can adjust the number to fit your needs. Choose your size and then make the file system ext3 and click add.
8. Right click unallocated again and click new. This partition should be around 50mb and choose file system as linux-swap.
9. Right click unallocated and new again. This will be the partition you use for your media on your phone such as pic's or music. You will want to use the rest of the space left on your card for this partition. Choose fat32 for the file system and click add.
10. You should now see 4 sections listed. First and last should be fat32, second ext3 and 3rd linux-swap. If it looks correct you hit the checkmark button at the top of the gparted screen. It will make all changes to your sd card. You can then unmount your card and make sure your phone reads it. I reccomend taking 1 picture before copying the stuff you backed up back onto your card.
Remember to put your Nand folder and any roms onto partition 1 and all other stuff you backed up on partition 4. When your card is setup you can go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715933 to get the zip to flash to install the apps2sd. Install apps2sd as per instructions on that thread.
I have apps2sd currently running on my phone with CELB3.2 and it is working fine. I set my card up on a linux machine with gparted.
you are the man Conap ...currently running your 3.2froyo, which BTW is smooth as heck....what I hate the most about froyo is there A2sd setup ....and you have just solved that problem
rvpartsguy said:
you are the man Conap ...currently running your 3.2froyo, which BTW is smooth as heck....what I hate the most about froyo is there A2sd setup ....and you have just solved that problem
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Well if you or anyone else that has windows test's this can someone report if you can access both fat32 partitions when you mount the phone in windows....
I'll be trying this ish later. Superb work conap. I'm on windows, I'll let you know how it goes as well
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I'm undecided if I'll try this, but if I do it'll probably more to see how it works under Windows than to use it myself.
I wish the best of both worlds, being able to have Widget apps installed to SD card, but not have separate partitions, and still be able to specify applications I want to remain in the phone memory, for speed.
No matter what, though, beautiful! Thanks for writing up the instructions!
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I'm undecided if I'll try this, but if I do it'll probably more to see how it works under Windows than to use it myself.
I wish the best of both worlds, being able to have Widget apps installed to SD card, but not have separate partitions, and still be able to specify applications I want to remain in the phone memory, for speed.
No matter what, though, beautiful! Thanks for writing up the instructions!
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I agree it would be nice to have the option to move specific apps back to the phone. But I have seen alot of people that prefer this way so I thought i'd write this up. I actually needed partitions for other things which is why I was looking into it anyway. I now have 8 partitions on my sd card and everything still functions correctly. I did find that Froyo would read the last partition on the sd card up untill 7 partitions. When I added an 8th partition it still looked at partition 7. In case any one was interested in more partitions just make sure the fat32 is last partition untill you have more then 7 leave 7 as fat32.
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I agree it would be nice to have the option to move specific apps back to the phone. But I have seen alot of people that prefer this way so I thought i'd write this up. I actually needed partitions for other things which is why I was looking into it anyway. I now have 8 partitions on my sd card and everything still functions correctly. I did find that Froyo would read the last partition on the sd card up untill 7 partitions. When I added an 8th partition it still looked at partition 7. In case any one was interested in more partitions just make sure the fat32 is last partition untill you have more then 7 leave 7 as fat32.
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Do you have a 16GB or larger card? Wow!
Very interesting information, thank you!
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Do you have a 16GB or larger card? Wow!
Very interesting information, thank you!
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nope just stock 8gb...mostly small partitions for testing some ideas lol...i did find that the phone does not mount any more then 7 partitions(kernel limitation maybe) You can have more then 7 if you are useing your card for things other then the phone but for phone purposes 7 is the limit.
How do I plug my phone into my computer?
need help!!
Hi I accidently run the 'makeboot' from gparted iso on my windows Vista 32bit HDD, before I read it will damage windows boot and can only run it on SD card.
Now I have not restarted my laptop, to loose every thing, I need help to correct it!
Please guide my, what are my options.
Conap said:
nope just stock 8gb...mostly small partitions for testing some ideas lol...i did find that the phone does not mount any more then 7 partitions(kernel limitation maybe) You can have more then 7 if you are useing your card for things other then the phone but for phone purposes 7 is the limit.
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Oh, okay! Nosey people (me) want to know. Hehehe.
workshed said:
How do I plug my phone into my computer?
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You're messing with me, right? The USB cable that came with your phone, that you can also charge your phone with???
ykhehra1 said:
Hi I accidently run the 'makeboot' from gparted iso on my windows Vista 32bit HDD, before I read it will damage windows boot and can only run it on SD card.
Now I have not restarted my laptop, to loose every thing, I need help to correct it!
Please guide my, what are my options.
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You'll probably have to boot your Vista 32-bit installation DVD and run a Startup Repair. Or if the computer came with a recovery DVD that you hopefully burned after booting up the computer the first time, use that.
If you don't have any easier option, you can download Startup Repair-only burnable disc images from the EasyBCD website. Just google for it. Make sure and download the correct one (Vista 32-bit), and then you'll have to burn it to a CD and boot from it. Hopefully you're computer doesn't have any SATA or RAID setup that Vista doesn't include the drivers for, otherwise you'll have to download those and put them on a flash drive, and then you can load them from the Vista repair CD.
Good luck.
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Hi I accidently run the 'makeboot' from gparted iso on my windows Vista 32bit HDD, before I read it will damage windows boot and can only run it on SD card.
Now I have not restarted my laptop, to loose every thing, I need help to correct it!
Please guide my, what are my options.
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There is no makeboot option on gparted in linux that i can see...if you think you have messed up the boot partition of your pc don't restart it till you fix it. Google should be your best friend on that one. I don't use windows so can't be of any help to you there....
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Oh, okay! Nosey people (me) want to know. Hehehe.
You're messing with me, right? The USB cable that came with your phone, that you can also charge your phone with???
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LMAO
What's a usb cable... is it that black thing with a square end??
Its g8 solution, good job! little tricky on windows, but worked at the end.
workshed said:
LMAO
What's a usb cable... is it that black thing with a square end??
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Ooooh, you got me. LOL!
ykhehra1 said:
Its g8 solution, good job! little tricky on windows, but worked at the end.
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Are you able to get both FAT32 partitions (partition 1 for ROMs and other flashes, partition 4 for everything else) mounted with drive letters under Windows?
is there an advantage to doing this? i'm just curious
asilentcivilian said:
is there an advantage to doing this? i'm just curious
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nevermind, i found the 2.1 dark tremor thread. i assume the same results apply to froyo with this.
asilentcivilian said:
is there an advantage to doing this? i'm just curious
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some people just prefer this way. this way actually stores the whole apk on the phone and save's more room then froyo. plus you can mount your sd card while still using your apps. I did this mainly cause I wan't partitions for other things on my phone personally. It just happens that it helps the apps2sd issue too...

[Q] How to Install/Run Android on ext2 partition !!!

I Created ext2 Partition on my sdcard now i dont know how to run android on it? can i use any rom by moving it to the ext2 partition ? if yes so how to run iy from winmo i know that windows mobile cant see the ext2 partition so how can i run Android from Winmo? is there a certain versions for this or any android rom will work . please help me in this guys .
Windows will not be able to read ext2. Your only use for ext2 is assign it to be used as a swap partition. Whenever windows sees any ext2 partitions it will ask you to format your SDcard.
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Seriously this is your 3rd post on this and they are all in the wrong forum. Spam?
xhanay said:
Windows will not be able to read ext2. Your only use for ext2 is assign it to be used as a swap partition. Whenever windows sees any ext2 partitions it will ask you to format your SDcard.
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i know that i need to know the steps to install android on ext2 partition . is any version works ! if yes so please tell me how to make it works.
What's the point of creating the ext2 partition in the first place? You don't need it. All you have to do is place the android build folder in your sd card and run clrcad and haret. Seriously, every build thread has the step by step instructions and they all say the same thing.
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mastajest said:
What's the point of creating the ext2 partition in the first place? You don't need it. All you have to do is place the android build folder in your sd card and run clrcad and haret. Seriously, every build thread has the step by step instructions and they all say the same thing.
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it gives more battery time + improving the performance, my friend has did it on his diamond and he says its much better than launching the Adnroid from the fat32
Mido said:
it gives more battery time + improving the performance, my friend has did it on his diamond and he says its much better than launching the Adnroid from the fat32
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haret will not boot android from and ext2 partition.
Mido said:
it gives more battery time + improving the performance, my friend has did it on his diamond and he says its much better than launching the Adnroid from the fat32
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Can't you just ask your friend how he did it then?
Why in the hell did you create three threads on this. What or you retarded or just stuck on stupid.
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johncmolyneux said:
Can't you just ask your friend how he did it then?
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after created the partition he installed a rom from neopeeks specially for this and he put the haret file into the fat32 partition and it works, no need to say i already tried this but it didnt worked.
mattfmartin said:
Why in the hell did you create three threads on this. What or you retarded or just stuck on stupid.
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well i will be retarded if i talked to you, why dont you shut your mouth and keep watching others instead of being such aggressive to others !!
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what suppose this to mean ?
Mido said:
well i will be retarded if i talked to you, why dont you shut your mouth and keep watching others instead of being such aggressive to others !!
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Someones gotta keep you morons in line
is that how you made your 1374 post? stop stealing the thread ,anyway i will ignore your posts psycho.
Will you be my friend? Haha
Mido said:
after created the partition he installed a rom from neopeeks specially for this and he put the haret file into the fat32 partition and it works, no need to say i already tried this but it didnt worked.
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haret will look for the kernal in a fat32 partition, so even if you had an .ext2 partition (as I do) you will only have app data in there (apps2SD).
It may be possible to create an .ext2 partition and populate it with the system.ext2 data required for android, but I do not see anything else going in there. So, it would be pointless... then android would be reading from two partitions at once... seems slower to me.
What is you purpose for doing this? And I read the previous explanation which, with all 'due respect', makes no sense.
If you want it segregated from your other files, make two fat32 partitions.
right hears my $1 worth of a idea....
1st he has a diamond, the diamond doesnt have a memory card its all internal so yes it will have ext2 i think
2nd no point in going on about it and bad mouthing people.
3rd just get along with each other.
Dblfstr said:
haret will look for the kernal in a fat32 partition, so even if you had an .ext2 partition (as I do) you will only have app data in there (apps2SD).
It may be possible to create an .ext2 partition and populate it with the system.ext2 data required for android, but I do not see anything else going in there. So, it would be pointless... then android would be reading from two partitions at once... seems slower to me.
What is you purpose for doing this? And I read the previous explanation which, with all 'due respect', makes no sense.
If you want it segregated from your other files, make two fat32 partitions.
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im trying to do this only because my friend told me that Android on ext2 partition is running more faster he tested on both fat32 and ext2 and i thought that if its done to diamond so it must be done for hd2 but seems like its not yet.

How to format SD card as Ext4?

How do I format the SD card as Ext4 and then make a partition of about 750mb on it?
If you have a card reader you could just boot your computer with linux (live cd or usb stick) and use linux tools (gparted etc) to partition the card.
Daz555 said:
If you have a card reader you could just boot your computer with linux (live cd or usb stick) and use linux tools (gparted etc) to partition the card.
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Do I need a card reader, I put my phone in Disk Drive and then tried gparted but it couldnt find it, Il try a card reader tonight!
You can actually just connect via USB. Then right click on it in Linux and chose Format. Then go into the advanced options. (I use Ubuntu and have used LinuxMint in the past)
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You can actually just connect via USB. Then right click on it in Linux and chose Format. Then go into the advanced options. (I use Ubuntu and have used LinuxMint in the past)
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Ok thanks ive partitioned it, now how do I get all my apps onto my partition lol!
How about using windows platform? How to partition in ext4?
c_shekhar said:
How about using windows platform? How to partition in ext4?
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Just boot Gparted Live from a usb or something.
Repsys7 said:
Ok thanks ive partitioned it, now how do I get all my apps onto my partition lol!
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If the rom you're using supports A2SD (every rom doesn't) there's probably instructions in the thread for that. Here's from LeeDroid's thread:
LeeDroid said:
Q: What is A2SD+
A:
A2SD+ Moves your apps & Dalvik cahche to a hidden EXT partition on your MicroSD
You will be required to format you SD card with 2 partitions as laid out below
How do i set up my MicroSD ready for A2SD+
A:
Backup all data on you SD card (this will be Formatted)
The card should be formatted with your standard FAT32 partition 1st followed by an EXT3 partition (I would recommend a minimum 512mb)
Linux users use GParted or a similar software.
For everyone else I would recommend using Rom Manager or CWM
Once you have downloaded ROM manager from the market, open the app and click partition SD Card, Select your EXT size and set 0mb for swap
Restore your data to your SD.
Flash the A2SD+ Patch
Boot << Please be aware, 1st boot may take a while depending on how many apps you have installed.
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Hawks556 said:
If the rom you're using supports A2SD (every rom doesn't) there's probably instructions in the thread for that. Here's from LeeDroid's thread:
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Thanks! Im using RCMix3D at the moment, im not sure if it has A2SD though, if it doesnt is there a way to get it like just flashing it or something?
Repsys7 said:
Thanks! Im using RCMix3D at the moment, im not sure if it has A2SD though, if it doesnt is there a way to get it like just flashing it or something?
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As I said, every rom doesn't support A2SD and those who do have it probably mentioned in the OP of the rom thread (RCMix3D doesn't atm). You can't add A2SD support by flashing, you can only flash the A2SD patch to a rom that supports it.
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As I said, every rom doesn't support A2SD and those who do have it probably mentioned in the OP of the rom thread (RCMix3D doesn't atm). You can't add A2SD support by flashing, you can only flash the A2SD patch to a rom that supports it.
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Oh alright then, Il have to find another way to get apps to sd I guess!
Thanks for your help!
Excuse me for going off-topic a bit
But why are there so many people focused on moving every application to the SD card?
It can't be for the space... I just counted and I have 70 apps installed on my internal memory, using 274 MB with 883 MB free.
I just don't get it?
co2-guy said:
Excuse me for going off-topic a bit
But why are there so many people focused on moving every application to the SD card?
It can't be for the space... I just counted and I have 70 apps installed on my internal memory, using 274 MB with 883 MB free.
I just don't get it?
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I dont know about other people but for me, there is a new rom out every day and full wiping makes sure nothings wrong and if the apps are on the SD then its just easier you dont have to worry about losing your apps
But always you can use Titanum Backup to backup your apps.
Hmm.. So, ext4... For what? I know, ext4 is newest than ext3, but performance ext4>ext3 or for what?
suroegin said:
Hmm.. So, ext4... For what? I know, ext4 is newest than ext3, but performance ext4>ext3 or for what?
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ext4 is the same as ext3, but has journalling initialised that makes it more fault tolerant. Don't take my word for it read me here
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But always you can use Titanum Backup to backup your apps.
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But if I do that when I restore it do I still get my progress in apps, like where im up to and stuff?
Repsys7 said:
But if I do that when I restore it do I still get my progress in apps, like where im up to and stuff?
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Yes, as long as you backup and restore apk + Data for the required apps
ghostofcain said:
Yes, as long as you backup and restore apk + Data for the required apps
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Oh I didnt know that, how do I do that?

CAN'T BOOT TO 4.0 but 2.3 is fine???

how come none of the ICS 4.0 works but all 2.3 works? did it flash the wrong MAGDLR and HSPL or something? all 2.3 takes 3 minutes to boot. but all ICS are passing 1 hour and it's still not booting 4.0
what size of system partition u using ?
_JaSoN_ said:
what size of system partition u using ?
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not sure what you mean. maybe that's the problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434860
check there
Installations:
Please use at least 165MB system partition and at least 2MB cache partition.
sigh... this is disheartening...
i don't get it. i go to 8. AD RECOVERY and partition SD to at least 200mb and least 2mb and still just loads and loads and loads on the colorful boot screen.
No, you don't partition your SD, you flash a new CWM partition layout. Download CWM, change the flash.cfg to whatever size is necessary then enter USB flasher mode on the phone and flash from the PC. On your SD card a 1gb EXT partiton is recommended which is probably what you had before changing it.
Nigeldg said:
No, you don't partition your SD, you flash a new CWM partition layout. Download CWM, change the flash.cfg to whatever size is necessary then enter USB flasher mode on the phone and flash from the PC. On your SD card a 1gb EXT partiton is recommended which is probably what you had before changing it.
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yeah... no idea what you're talking about.
upsidedownbanana said:
yeah... no idea what you're talking about.
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Well then go do some research and don't bother flashing any phones in the future if you can't figure it out after that
Nigeldg said:
Well then go do some research and don't bother flashing any phones in the future if you can't figure it out after that
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This thread made my day xP
Sent from my HTC HD2 using Tapatalk
your system partition is not big enough...220is needed
got it working. had to download the NAND tool by searching google. because none of the links on this forum works. that's what i really needed. everything else was silk
upsidedownbanana said:
got it working. had to download the NAND tool by searching google. because none of the links on this forum works. that's what i really needed. everything else was silk
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*slow sarcastic clapping* Well done, you used Google. Next time, do this before posting unnecessary threads
ah come on be easy on the noob! as great as this whole thread is, just remember there was SOME point you had to ask some question for the millionth only to answer it yourself.
but seriously ... try google first!

[Q] How can I make my ext partition on my SD card bigger?

I have Android in NAND and I was running out of memory. So I made an partition on my SD. So that apps automaticly are going to install on my SD. That partition was 2GB. I use a ton of apps and within a week the partition was full. So how can I make that partition bigger WITHOUT losing any data?
Do a full cwm backup (titanium backup too, just in case)and also backup the fat partition of the SD card, reformat to desired size, then in cwm choose backup/restore, advanced - restore sd-ext, then restore your fat partition stuff too(important that bit, because there's android stuff on the fat partition too)
you can potentially just do a full restore from cwm rather than a selective sd-ext restore, but id try the selective restore first.
elias2204 said:
I have Android in NAND and I was running out of memory. So I made an partition on my SD. So that apps automaticly are going to install on my SD. That partition was 2GB. I use a ton of apps and within a week the partition was full. So how can I make that partition bigger WITHOUT losing any data?
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A little bit off topic, but what kind of apps are you talking about?
I have over 100 apps, and my 1GB ext partition is not even half full.
Are you sure it's 2GB ?
Marvlesz said:
A little bit off topic, but what kind of apps are you talking about?
I have over 100 apps, and my 1GB ext partition is not even half full.
Are you sure it's 2GB ?
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+1 - I have a fair number of apps including games and stuff, most of which are in my EXT partiton, and yet I have only used up around 350MB. Are you linking the libs files as well?Or did you create a smaller partition than you thought, as Marvlesz suggested (perhaps 256MB)?
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+1 - I have a fair number of apps including games and stuff, most of which are in my EXT partiton, and yet I have only used up around 350MB. Are you linking the libs files as well?Or did you create a smaller partition than you thought, as Marvlesz suggested (perhaps 256MB)?
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I have Fifa 12, MC2, MC3, Dead Trigger,Real Football and PES 2012.
elias2204 said:
I have Fifa 12, MC2, MC3, Dead Trigger,Real Football and PES 2012.
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That's strange i had 224 apps installed on my hd2 including many big games still i had 600 mb left from my 2gb ext partition
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P.S. my HD2 got a dead touchscreen.so using this this till the HTC guys fix it
Anurag pandey said:
That's strange i had 224 apps installed on my hd2 including many big games still i had 600 mb left from my 2gb ext partition
Sent from my LG P350 using xda premium
P.S. my HD2 got a dead touchscreen.so using this this till the HTC guys fix it
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When I want to get something like Facebook, Maps or Songpop it says that I have not enough space those apps are around 10mb. When I go to settings it says that I have 28mb. But if I want to get something big like Minecraft it installs it without a problem.
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When I want to get something like Facebook, Maps or Songpop it says that I have not enough space those apps are around 10mb. When I go to settings it says that I have 28mb. But if I want to get something big like Minecraft it installs it without a problem.
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What is the script that you're using for the sd-ext? Are you using link2sd?
(Pressed thanks by mistake )
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What is the script that you're using for the sd-ext? Are you using link2sd?
(Pressed thanks by mistake )
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I have no idea I'm just using this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817793
those roms dont support sd-ext by default, you have to flash one.
samsamuel said:
those roms dont support sd-ext by default, you have to flash one.
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Oke, what do I have to flash?
elias2204 said:
Oke, what do I have to flash?
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You have to flash an a2sd script that suits your needs
EDIT:
Sorry, my fault. I know you're going to ask "what is that" and "where do I get it".
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716124
I (just) hope that you will find all the information you need there.
Ohh, and before I go, don't ask us which is the best, there is no best .
And the one I'm using is this : INT2EXT+
Good luck
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You have to flash an a2sd script that suits your needs
EDIT:
Sorry, my fault. I know you're going to ask "what is that" and "where do I get it".
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716124
I (just) hope that you will find all the information you need there.
Ohh, and before I go, don't ask us which is the best, there is no best .
And the one I'm using is this : INT2EXT+
Good luck
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I installed INT2EXT+ and it f*cked up my rom. When I boot up I get only force closes. So it made my phone unusable. Had to flash my rom back.
elias2204 said:
I installed INT2EXT+ and it f*cked up my rom. When I boot up I get only force closes. So it made my phone unusable. Had to flash my rom back.
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Most of the scripts have to be flashed right before instalation of the rom.
So flash a script in a rom with all the apps already installed is not a good idea.
Magic2010 said:
Most of the scripts have to be flashed right before instalation of the rom.
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flash the script BEFORE the rom?? that would be a neat trick to see.
@op, i use int2ext+ with the aokp jb rom from that thread, , flash the rom, let it set up, (dont bother with for example google account details and what not, just let it set up till you see the desktop).reboot, flash the script(you HAVE created teh ext partition already right? cos this script doesnt create it), reboot, then install your apps and data and such .
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flash the script BEFORE the rom?? that would be a neat trick to see.
@op, i use int2ext+ with the aokp jb rom from that thread, , flash the rom, let it set up, (dont bother with for example google account details and what not, just let it set up till you see the desktop).reboot, flash the script(you HAVE created teh ext partition already right? cos this script doesnt create it), reboot, then install your apps and data and such .
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I will try that. But meanwhile I flashed CM10 on my phone and then the script and it's working!!!!! But I like Paranoid Android more so I'm going to do what you said. BTW yes I have a partition on my SD-Card it's 2GB.
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flash the script BEFORE the rom?? that would be a neat trick to see.
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I meant to say right after the Rom, and before all the apps.
Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's working!!!!!!!!!
elias2204 said:
Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's working!!!!!!!!!
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Why don't people use the thanks button?
Start from page one, and press the "Thanks" button for everyone that helped you (or even just tried to), yes, including me.
That is better than saying "Thank you" a million times.
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Why don't people use the thanks button?
Start from page one, and press the "Thanks" button for everyone that helped you (or even just tried to), yes, including me.
That is better than saying "Thank you" a million times.
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Did that.

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