hey people
ive run into a bit of a problem i removed my 8gb microsd card from my htc magic and formatted it to fat32 and also have created a fat 32 partition on it named EXT2, now heres where the issue arrises i place it back into the phone and swicth it on plug it into the usb on my vista laptop and mount the card through the phones options but it doesnt show up in the windows explorer so i can transfer anything to it? however if i put it in an adaptor and run windows explorer it sees it no probs, any ideas how to get the remount working!!!!
also does the scond partition need to be fat32 also or ? and ive called it EXT2 in caps not ext2 in lower case will this be an issue
stevetigersix said:
also does the scond partition need to be fat32 also or ? and ive called it EXT2 in caps not ext2 in lower case will this be an issue
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Your problem here is you don't understand the difference between FAT32 and EXT2 file systems. Google is your friend...do some reading. Your Windows won't be able to read an EXT2 partition without some specialist software. A Linux PC will be able to read both.
Creating a FAT32 partition and naming EXT2 is not an EXT2 partition. I'd suggest you download a Linux Live CD e.g. Ubuntu and run Gparted to create a EXT2 partition on your SD Card.
The Android runs using a Linux Kernel and natively supports EXT2.
Hi! I have a questions.. i made 2 partitions on my 16gb sd card (primary fat32 and primary ext3), but i when i decided to change my android nand rom and so, reformat the sd, I formatted in windows xp only the fat 32 partition and then i still don't find the ext3 partition in gparted. My sd first was 16gb now is 15gb. i lost 1 gb!!!
thank's guys!!!
Have fat32 and ext3 partitions on my SD card, both 4 GB in size. Want to resize them without losing data or having to reinstall anything, using Windows tools only (no Linux!).
If I
1. backup the ext3 partition to my PC hard drive using HDClone,
2. delete existing ext3 partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard,
3. enlarge existing fat32 partition into unallocated space with Partition Wizard,
4. create a new ext3 partition of desired size in the rest of unallocated space with
Partition Wizard,
5. restore the ext3 from backup to the new ext3 partition,
will that work?
hmmm, you have to try ans tell us,
afaik ,, there is no way without backing up data and reformatting .. atleast on WIN
i did a few times it works. but it may be a good idea to flash mgldr after you put sd into phone.
wuzzi said:
Have fat32 and ext3 partitions on my SD card, both 4 GB in size. Want to resize them without losing data or having to reinstall anything, using Windows tools only (no Linux!).
If I
1. backup the ext3 partition to my PC hard drive using HDClone,
2. delete existing ext3 partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard,
3. enlarge existing fat32 partition into unallocated space with Partition Wizard,
4. create a new ext3 partition of desired size in the rest of unallocated space with
Partition Wizard,
5. restore the ext3 from backup to the new ext3 partition,
will that work?
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They recommend backing up your data before resizing, it (may) corrupt the stored data
How would i do that:
-backup sd card files on pc.
-make a backup with cwm (also backups sd ext..)
-boot to recovery->advanced->partition sd card: choose your size.
-restore you files from pc to sd
-boot to cwm and restore backup.
Well, I performed the routine on a different sd card now. Created a small ext3 and restored my backups to the appropiate partitions. Said "no" when HDClone asked to "change partition sizes for best compatibility". Seems to have worked beautifully, everythings runs just like before.
Thanks everybody!
I have the same desire: i want to resize my ext partition without losing data.
Many threads have suggested the following:
- backup ext partition (for example though clockwork or in Linux)
- shrink fat partition, delete ext and create new larger ext
- restore backup
I'm sure this routine will work, but it seems rather inefficient.
Therefore my question is: can't i use Minitool Partition Wizard to shrink the fat partition and then enlarge the ext partition all through resizing (and all while the data)?
Can use minitool partition wizard home edition it's free for personal use you can create, resize ,delete any kind of partitions included ext3 and ext4
*Backup your data first
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saeid63t, i tried resizing with minitool PW.
While it can successfully resize fat32 partitions (and retain data) it cannot resize or merge ext3 partitions.
Fortunately Gparted can. I downloaded and burned the Gparted bootable live cd. Once booted I resized the ext3 partition while retaining all data of the ext3 partition.
The end result: i enlarger my ext-partition in 10 minutes without restoring or reinstalling any data from recovery and without formating or recreating partitions from scratch again. Gparted all the way for more efficiency!
Write data to ext3
wuzzi said:
Well, I performed the routine on a different sd card now. Created a small ext3 and restored my backups to the appropiate partitions. Said "no" when HDClone asked to "change partition sizes for best compatibility". Seems to have worked beautifully, everythings runs just like before.
Thanks everybody!
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How did you restore data(write data) to new ext3 partition ??
please help....
I couldn't get Mini-Partition or EaseUS to resize the EXT3 partition. I could easily create a larger one, but copying will put the EXT3 partition only into unallocated space, not integrate into an existing EXT3 partition. I even tried reducing the FAT32 partition on my smaller SD card to make room to resize the existing EXT3 partition and the same problem happened.
Does anyone know how to resize an EXT3 partition? You'd think this would be more widely asked about or addressed, given how people will move from smaller to larger SD cards. Yet... once you've got a 2Gb EXT3 partition, you never need to increase it (at least given the current Android ROM's). So, I just moved all of my apps back to the phone, installed the new SD card, then moved them back manually. Thankfully I'm just starting out and didn't have more than a dozen apps to move.
It seems we can use minitool pw to manage sd card partition directly, like resize partition, delete partition, extend partition and copy partititon.
Hi all,
One question:
Can it be, that with some SD-cards the creation of an ext partition is not possible?
I've got a sandisc 32GB card in my HTC HD2.
I formatted it in an external reader under XP using 'card formatter' in fat32.
Then I used partition manager to create one big fat32 partition, cluster size 4096 an a small, 1GB ext4 partition, same cluster size. Both are set to primary, first is fat, second is ext.
It doesn't matter, if I choose ext2, 3 or 4, as soon as I insert the card in my phone, the ext partition is not seen by it...
Using Titanium Backup, the ext partition should show up...
Under XP, in partition manager, everything works out smooth and both partitions show up fine.
Thank you for your suggestions!
jollmo said:
Hi all,
One question:
Can it be, that with some SD-cards the creation of an ext partition is not possible?
I've got a sandisc 32GB card in my HTC HD2.
I formatted it in an external reader under XP using 'card formatter' in fat32.
Then I used partition manager to create one big fat32 partition, cluster size 4096 an a small, 1GB ext4 partition, same cluster size. Both are set to primary, first is fat, second is ext.
It doesn't matter, if I choose ext2, 3 or 4, as soon as I insert the card in my phone, the ext partition is not seen by it...
Using Titanium Backup, the ext partition should show up...
Under XP, in partition manager, everything works out smooth and both partitions show up fine.
Thank you for your suggestions!
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what do you mean when you say ext partition is not seen by phone?
When you open titanium backup, in the lower part of the window, it shows:
System-ROM: 'size(free)'
Intern: 'size(free)'
SD-card: 'size(free)'
and then there should be ext?: 'size(free)'
but it doesn't show up...
jollmo said:
Hi all,
One question:
Can it be, that with some SD-cards the creation of an ext partition is not possible?
I've got a sandisc 32GB card in my HTC HD2.
I formatted it in an external reader under XP using 'card formatter' in fat32.
Then I used partition manager to create one big fat32 partition, cluster size 4096 an a small, 1GB ext4 partition, same cluster size. Both are set to primary, first is fat, second is ext.
It doesn't matter, if I choose ext2, 3 or 4, as soon as I insert the card in my phone, the ext partition is not seen by it...
Using Titanium Backup, the ext partition should show up...
Under XP, in partition manager, everything works out smooth and both partitions show up fine.
Thank you for your suggestions!
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Format the SD-card using CWR (P.s. everything gets deleted on the SD-card)
in CWR, the card gets formattedd, but no ext partition comes up
I tried several times, but checking in my cardreader, there is no ext partition
I read and tried already so many tutorials and howtos from xda and other forums, that for now, I'm a bit confused...
Some of them say, the ext partition has to be the first, and others say, it has to be the second...
But all point out, both have to be primary and clustersize should be 4k...
So I start to think, maybe its because the card is too big?
All reports refer to cards smaller than 32GB...
what rom are you using ?
[OCT16] AmeriCanAndroid AOSP HD2 GB2.3.7 CM7 | bk2sdext [KERNEL:ACA823]
thats an SD build isnt it? i dont think the ext partition works on sd builds but i could be wrong
an ext partitoin is used on nand builds, what exactly are you needing the ext partion for?
no, its a NAND-build, runs on clk...
I was running it from SD for over half a year and switched to NAND-version mid september...
From that time on I tried to get the ext stuff running, by reading and trying, but now I decided to ask
Weird.. I stick my SD-card in a computer and remove all partitions leaving it blank. Then CWR-partition it. Has worked for me all the time..
Can you try with a smaller card??
For me its weird too, I briefly followed every tutorial I've seen so far, moving the ext partition from the beginning to the end, trying different cluster sizes...
Thats why I ask if it might be the size of the card, everything else is working fine.
I've got a 2GB card lying around somewhere I'll try to find it and see if that one works.
One thing, thats making it a pain in the a.. to try again and again is, that in the meantime I've got about 16GB of music on my card, which is taking some time to copy everything back
Ok, just to end this:
I managed, to get it to work.
I didn't change anything in my setup, but after downloading Link2SD from the market, my ext4 partition is recognised and working
It's still not recognised by TB or other skripts, but thats ok for me, as long as I can use it...
Hello,
I have a rooted LG Optimus L3 device with Link2SD.
The SD card is partitioned and contains two partitions: one FAT32 partition for file storage and one EXT2 partition for use with Link2SD. The FAT32 partition is larger than the EXT2 partition.
The SD card is recognized by Link2SD, and by the phone as "empty or with unsupported filesystem". I have tried with different filesystems and partition sizes, but I always end up with just the second partition, which I am able to browse in on my phone if it is in FAT32 format. LinkSD has no problem with the card but I always end up without my first partition.
What happened to the first partition and why does it not show up? Does it have to do with the fact that this device has his own internal memory?
What can I do to regain the first partition and use it as External SD file storage?
Thanks in advance.