OK so far my problem has stumped everyone.
I have a rooted and hacked G1(HTC Dream) with a 16GB MicroSDHC that is divided into a 2GB Ext2 partition and a 14GB FAT32 partition. It worked fine for a while but then my G1 started to freeze up and reboot continuously so I took the card out and it stopped. I tried chkdsk in Vista and it hung in elevated .cmd prompt and it says i have bad sectors but it cannot fix in read only mode. I tried format in Vista and cmd and it tries, says the data is RAW and that it tried to convert to FAT but cluster size too big. Then when I try fs command for vfat in .cmd it still won't work. I used Paragon Partition Manager 9.0 PAID version to create partitions but now it hangs every time it tries to read the card and it won't format. Tried sdformatter and a low level formatter to and no good.
I have Terminal in my G1 but I am not familiar with Linux commands. I tried fdisk and it says the FAT32 is in read only mode. When I type busybox df -h it won't show the "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1" but it shows the Ext2 partition. But when I type the mount command it shows up as "rw". But i cannot access it at all to wipe the stupid card out.
HELP!!!!
1) can you mount the fat32 partition in you phone and can see the files?
2) did you tried as root *mount -o rw,remount -t vfat /sdcard* ?
Yes I tried it and it doesn't work. Is there anyway to flash the bootloader or the ramdisk?
assuming i have ramdisk.img boot.img and system.img on sdcard root and I want to copy to system files, anyone know the commands in Terminal Emulator?
Download the ubuntu live cd, burn it, then boot your computer with it. Plug your SD card into an external reader, NOT the g1. Run gparted and select the sd card from the list of drives and see if you can format or re-partition your card. If it wont let you then try selecting Device->Create Partition Table, to create a new partition table. If none of that works then either your card or card reader is dead.
Mike
Nevermind, it was a class 2 16GB card...i think I broke it...getting a class 6...
need help....
i have a 16gb class 6 and i need help or technically a walk through on how to partition this card....hence i am an extreme noob. i got into parted and it says i have a 16.1 gb so would that translate to 16001 mb? reason i ask is cause i dont know what to subtract 32mb from and such? also what is the optimal set up for a card this size? thanx in advance for any help that you guys may supply me...
TeCH NiNJa said:
i have a 16gb class 6 and i need help or technically a walk through on how to partition this card....hence i am an extreme noob. i got into parted and it says i have a 16.1 gb so would that translate to 16001 mb? reason i ask is cause i dont know what to subtract 32mb from and such? also what is the optimal set up for a card this size? thanx in advance for any help that you guys may supply me...
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do it from phone terminal its much easier, if you need any more help pm me
i got guys thanks alot....i think ill try 42mb linux-swap to see if the hero rom will run smoother. to
JJbdoggg
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thanx
Just ordered a shiny new 16GB Transcend Class 6 MicroSD... What's the best manner of backing up the current ext2 partition so I can copy it to the new ext2 partition? I would think loading up a linux liveCD would be the best, but I've never been able to access the folders in the ext2 that way. I'm sure I'm missing some su command comewhere to get to that stuff, but I'm a bit of a Linux noob, so any help would be appreciated. By the way, the 8GB AData that I bought a couple of months ago is not great... I don't recommend.
chicojd said:
Just ordered a shiny new 16GB Transcend Class 6 MicroSD... What's the best manner of backing up the current ext2 partition so I can copy it to the new ext2 partition? I would think loading up a linux liveCD would be the best, but I've never been able to access the folders in the ext2 that way. I'm sure I'm missing some su command comewhere to get to that stuff, but I'm a bit of a Linux noob, so any help would be appreciated. By the way, the 8GB AData that I bought a couple of months ago is not great... I don't recommend.
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install linux
sudo cp -a /media/yoursdcard/* /home/username/Desktop/yourfolderondesktop
and this to copy to new memory stick
sudo cp -a /home/username/Desktop/yourfolderondesktop/* /media/yoursdcard
1. Make a backup folder on the root of your sdcard.
2. In that backup folder make two more folders. Name one of them app and the other app-private.
3. Now go to ur terminal.
Type: su
Type: cp system/sd/app/* sdcard/backup/app
Type: cp system/sd/app-private/* sdcard/backup/app-private
That's it. That backs up all apps, paid or free!!!
Edit: this moves everything to your fat32 part of your sdcard that windows can see. You can mount your phone and copy everything to your computer.
sir*mez said:
1. Make a backup folder on the root of your sdcard.
2. In that backup folder make two more folders. Name one of them app and the other app-private.
3. Now go to ur terminal.
Type: su
Type: cp system/sd/app/* sdcard/backup/app
Type: cp system/sd/app-private/* sdcard/backup/app-private
That's it. That backs up all apps, paid or free!!!
Edit: this moves everything to your fat32 part of your sdcard that windows can see. You can mount your phone and copy everything to your computer.
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that only moves the apks. my method backs everything up dalvik-cache data app and app-private
Why not use Backup for root users? It even backs up market cache!
serialtoon said:
Why not use Backup for root users? It even backs up market cache!
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I'm going to give this a try. But I read in the comments and people are saying it doesn't work for pees with A2SD.
DOHCtor said:
I'm going to give this a try. But I read in the comments and people are saying it doesn't work for pees with A2SD.
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I think it will work for people with the unionfs method. Not sure though ask marcus
I decided to go ahead and install a second partition on my laptop and installed Ubuntu... Now that I've done that, I need help on getting the SDK up and running on it! Windoze installs easily. Not sure about Ubuntu, although I'm SURE there's a thread on XDA about installing the SDK on Linux and I'm about to get torched!!! But the SD backup worked PERFECTLY!
chicojd said:
Just ordered a shiny new 16GB Transcend Class 6 MicroSD... What's the best manner of backing up the current ext2 partition so I can copy it to the new ext2 partition? I would think loading up a linux liveCD would be the best, but I've never been able to access the folders in the ext2 that way. I'm sure I'm missing some su command comewhere to get to that stuff, but I'm a bit of a Linux noob, so any help would be appreciated. By the way, the 8GB AData that I bought a couple of months ago is not great... I don't recommend.
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I concur! My 8gb adata was crummy (constantly had to fsck it), so I got an 8gb transcend (working great so far) and have a 16gb transcend on order. All class 6.
sir*mez said:
1. Make a backup folder on the root of your sdcard.
2. In that backup folder make two more folders. Name one of them app and the other app-private.
3. Now go to ur terminal.
Type: su
Type: cp system/sd/app/* sdcard/backup/app
Type: cp system/sd/app-private/* sdcard/backup/app-private
That's it. That backs up all apps, paid or free!!!
Edit: this moves everything to your fat32 part of your sdcard that windows can see. You can mount your phone and copy everything to your computer.
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do not do it this way, fat32 does not support unix file permissions so a plain copy will mess things up.
if you don't know how to copy files under linux, use the following command to pack everything into a jar file in the fat32 partition (assuming you're using standard a2sd rom):
tar -cvf /sdcard/filename.jar /system/sd
if this succeeds you can copy this file into the new card (partition it first) and extract:
tar -xvf /sdcard/filename.jar
chicojd said:
I decided to go ahead and install a second partition on my laptop and installed Ubuntu... Now that I've done that, I need help on getting the SDK up and running on it! Windoze installs easily. Not sure about Ubuntu, although I'm SURE there's a thread on XDA about installing the SDK on Linux and I'm about to get torched!!! But the SD backup worked PERFECTLY!
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There's nothing to install. Download it and unzip and then set your path variable. Same as windows. I actually prefer Linux because you don't have to worry about the USB driver type.
hi everyone,
I am using mattc evoleo build and it is really great.
but I am almost out of space so I need to increase the interior phone storage from 1 GB to 2 GB.
can you show me the proper way to increase it or a data file I can replace to do so ????!!!
Kev007 posted this a while back
Manually edit data.img if you want a different size or use a different build!
I wrote this tutorial using a European HD2, 8GB microSD card, DarkStone's Froyo_v1 and a laptop running Ubuntu 10.04, your experience may vary.
Requirements:
* Desktop/Laptop running some form of Linux.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Both, a PC and a Mac, can resize the .img file but not modify (specifically - run resize2fs) the ext2 file system that Android uses. I was in a hurry to post the resizing instructions and didn't fully test the procedure on a PC. Currently, this procedure is only possible on a Linux based operating system. I apologize if your time was wasted.
* data.img file
* HD2, microSD card, microUSB cable etc, etc (you might be better off using a card reader)
--------------------------------------------(Running Linux)----------------------------------------------
Procedure:
1. UnZip Android or your present data.img file to your Home Folder. Or a folder of your liking (or even on your memory card!), just remember to cd before you do the following:
2. Open Terminal and Copy&Paste (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Shift+V) this:
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=XXX >> data.img
where XXX is the amount, in MB, by which data.img should be increased by.
My filesize started out as 256MB and I wanted a total of 512MB. That would mean I needed a extra 256MB, so I executed this:
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=256 >> data.img
3. Run a file system check and file system resizer
Code:
e2fsck -f data.img
resize2fs data.img
e2fsck -f data.img
if prompted, press "y" for "yes"
4. Copy all of the Android files onto your SD card, put it into your phone, and run CLRCAD.exe and HARET.exe!
-----------------------------------------------TIPS!-------------------------------------------------
Don't know how to cd?
If you're running a modern build of Linux you can just mount your SD card (phone or cardreader), open File Browser and paste "dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=XXX >> " into your open Terminal. This way you can just drag and drop the file into Terminal rather than typing out the file location!
Mounting:
If you're switching between builds and need to copy more than just your apps (apps are easily backed up by ASTRO File Manager - found on the Android Market), mount your data.img file and copy/backup the relevant data before moving on!
Linux:
Code:
mount -o loop data.img /mnt/data
Apart from that, I've nothing else to suggest, except maybe moving most of your apps etc from the "internal storage" to the sd card.
Maybe someone with a lot more knowledge than I can help
You could try this program too, not tried it myself, but others report it works
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824154
Please can some one who succeeded to enable Swap on defy can explain me how did he did.
I have my sd card partitioned on a normal fat32 partition and a linux swap partition
Im on cm7.2 defy+ nightly 06.5.2012 with the cm9 kernel as a base with walter's 4.5.2_DHT-22_kernel on top.
solution
kHron0S said:
Please can some one who succeeded to enable Swap on defy can explain me how did he did.
I have my sd card partitioned on a normal fat32 partition and a linux swap partition
Im on cm7.2 defy+ nightly 06.5.2012 with the cm9 kernel as a base with walter's 4.5.2_DHT-22_kernel on top.
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Well last night i just installed this app on my defy mb525 running cm10 2ndboot latest build and quarx kernel and it worked for me just install this app and then open it click on help and you will understand the whole thing! it works for me now i got 1 gb memory
Internal Swap
You can create a swap file inside your /data partition (faster than SD Card) and enable it (I've tested it on my Galaxy 5 but never on my Defy+).
Create the file: (131072/1024=128MiB)
dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/internal_swapfile bs=1024 count=131072
Prepare the file:
mkswap /data/internal_swapfile
Activate swap:
swapon /data/internal_swapfile
rafaelsoaresbr said:
You can create a swap file inside your /data partition (faster than SD Card) and enable it (I've tested it on my Galaxy 5 but never on my Defy+).
Create the file: (131072/1024=128MiB)
dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/internal_swapfile bs=1024 count=131072
Prepare the file:
mkswap /data/internal_swapfile
Activate swap:
swapon /data/internal_swapfile
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It works! Thanks :laugh: :highfive:
rafaelsoaresbr said:
You can create a swap file inside your /data partition (faster than SD Card) and enable it (I've tested it on my Galaxy 5 but never on my Defy+).
Create the file: (131072/1024=128MiB)
dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/internal_swapfile bs=1024 count=131072
Prepare the file:
mkswap /data/internal_swapfile
Activate swap:
swapon /data/internal_swapfile
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diamond_lover said:
It works! Thanks :laugh: :highfive:
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hi mate .. i was just goin trough this post and i am like interested in doing this ... can you help me pliz
i create the file 128mb ... ( can i create a bigger one Example: 256mb or 512 mb ????
and do i need to type those commands in terminal ???
if yes .. then just by typing this command the Rom Just start using the file...
But y do we need a swap file .. please any1 answer me post
Thanks
mRibti
ibtihaaz said:
hi mate .. i was just goin trough this post and i am like interested in doing this ... can you help me pliz
i create the file 128mb ... ( can i create a bigger one Example: 256mb or 512 mb ????
and do i need to type those commands in terminal ???
if yes .. then just by typing this command the Rom Just start using the file...
But y do we need a swap file .. please any1 answer me post
Thanks
mRibti
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you can set any size just replace the count with the amount of swap you want (for 256Mb it would be 256*1024=262144)
however,
i'm no expert but i would seriously consider using data partition for swap as i don't think it's suitable for continous reading and writing which can decrease your internal memory's lifetime. i'd choose to create swap partition on sdcard if it's class is good enough rather than using internal memory as the sdcards can be easily replaced contrarary to nand memory.
hi, i have been trying to get a dual boot with wp7 (hd20 8779) with android jellybean (paranoidandroid) using ext4 on the sd.
i have right now:
magldr v1.13
ext4 recovery nand
partitions:
1st FAT 14gb
2nd EXT4 1gb (made via ext4 recovery)
there is no 'nativesd' folder that i can see on the sd card (to put the jellyb.zip rom in?) and it (ext4 recovery) will not let me install zip from sd (either jellyb.zip rom or dual installer zip. it just says:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
I am also confused about which rom I should go about installing first at this point. wp7 or droid?
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ok, i was using the wrong android rom. aokp nativesd worked. booted, tested it, all ok. but then i went to install wp7 and it erased it. wp7 booted, worked. took out sd, hooked sd up to computer, repartitioned to have wp7 ||| fat32 ||| ext4, but then when i put it back into phone and booted to wp7 (to make sure it was still there), it said available storage was entire sd card. so i powered down and tried to boot into android. now android was gone. tried to boot into ext4 recovery and that was gone too.
i am very close now. i just need help partitioning this correctly. i know now that the latest version of minitool will let me partition to ext 4 so that's no problem now. can someone please help me set up my partitions so that i don't lose one installation with another? also, i don't know how to check if something is mmcblk0p2 or how to set it to that. i haven't been able to find any instructions in doing so, just mentions of it across the forums.
please help
Okay.
You probably have WP7 now, right? You've already partitioned the card with xboxmod's CABs, haven't you? If not, please do those two steps before continuing.
Windows Phone 7 wipes entire SD card and creates its own partition every time it's installed or hard reset, and because of that you can't install Android ROM first and then WP7.
After that, just take MiniTool, delete the FAT partition and create two new:
First FAT partition, then on the rest create EXT partition. It should be mmcblk0p2 then, but you want to check it anyway. How to was in that thread:
6. (WP7 users) make sure the EXT4 partition is located @ /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
To check this mount your sd-ext partition in 4EXT recovery and use adb shell or QtADB shell and type df
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If you don't have ADB yet, please download Android SDK where that tool is included. Or try QtADB, but I haven't used that one.
That instruction translates to:
1. Run 4EXT Recovery
2. Choose Mount... option
3. Mount /sd-ext
4. Run adb shell (type that in CMD when in folder with adb.exe, I hope you can navigate with CMD)
5. Type df and press enter.
Then install the ROM using 4EXT SD Recovery. Nothing complicated, I hope. That's how I've done that at least.
thank you
Spaqin said:
Okay.
You probably have WP7 now, right? You've already partitioned the card with xboxmod's CABs, haven't you? If not, please do those two steps before continuing.
Windows Phone 7 wipes entire SD card and creates its own partition every time it's installed or hard reset, and because of that you can't install Android ROM first and then WP7.
After that, just take MiniTool, delete the FAT partition and create two new:
First FAT partition, then on the rest create EXT partition. It should be mmcblk0p2 then, but you want to check it anyway. How to was in that thread:
If you don't have ADB yet, please download Android SDK where that tool is included. Or try QtADB, but I haven't used that one.
That instruction translates to:
1. Run 4EXT Recovery
2. Choose Mount... option
3. Mount /sd-ext
4. Run adb shell (type that in CMD when in folder with adb.exe, I hope you can navigate with CMD)
5. Type df and press enter.
Then install the ROM using 4EXT SD Recovery. Nothing complicated, I hope. That's how I've done that at least.
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wp7 is installed. after several searches, i'm not seeing the cab files you're talking about. the current partition structure is 200mb fat ||| 14.67gb 'other' ||| I saw that part in the thread with mmcblk0p2, but I had no idea how to specify that when I made the partition or how to check it. Thank you. Yes, I have the Android SDK (had no idea that's where to find ADB) Thanks for elaborating that for me. I am going to do all this right now!
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how do i check to make sure its mmcblk0p2?
if i just repartition in minitool everything, do i still need the xboxmod cab files i can't find?
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i repartitioned with minitool and this is what i have now:
1st) 7.88mb (free) 0 (used) unallocated logical
2nd) 5.81gb (free) 11.65mb (used?) fat32 logical
3rd) 1.46gb (free) 101.80mb (used?) ext4 primary
4th) 7.67gb (free) 7.67gb (used) unformatted primary
now, i'm going to install ext4recovery nand and try to install android, is this correct?
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i'm not seeing adb anywhere. In android sdk tools i have two shortcuts: AVD Manager and SDK Manager. I don't see adb in either. I'm loaded into EXT4 Recovery Nand now.
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After looking in the android sdk program directory in windows i found adb-has-moved.txt It says:
Code:
The adb tool has moved to platform-tools/
If you don't see this directory in your SDK,
launch the SDK and AVD Manager (execute the android tool)
and install "Android SDK Platform-tools"
Please also update your PATH environment variable to
include the platform-tools/ directory, so you can
execute adb from any location.
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when i get this completely finished, I'm going to do it again to another phone, and I'm going to make a COMPLETE step by step guide from start to finish for noobies like me and post it.
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after going to a cmd prompt and navigating to the 'platform-tools' directory and typing adb, press enter, then typing 'df', press enter, i get this error:
Code:
'df' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
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i'm attaching a screenshot, i used the command 'adb shell' then enter then the command 'df'. although i have no idea if this is doing this to my sd card on my phone which has the sd-ext mounted.
Oh, you resized WP7 like that (with partitioning tool), okay, it's fine too. You will have to hardreset though. No need to use CABs then.
ADB is in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools if you've downloaded it (platform tools) from that installer/updater of course.
Browse there with CMD and use adb shell.
Please remember to set both FAT and EXT4 partitions primary, else it won't work.
After you check if the partition is in that mmc02 thing, you can install the ROM with the recovery.
thank you
Spaqin said:
Oh, you resized WP7 like that (with partitioning tool), okay, it's fine too. You will have to hardreset though. No need to use CABs then.
ADB is in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools if you've downloaded it (platform tools) from that installer/updater of course.
Browse there with CMD and use adb shell.
Please remember to set both FAT and EXT4 partitions primary, else it won't work.
After you check if the partition is in that mmc02 thing, you can install the ROM with the recovery.
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ok i'm attaching a screenshot of my partitions in minitool. i made the fat primary as well. now i'm going to copy over the aokp jellybean rom and try to install it. fingers crossed! also, i hard reset wp7 when i first installed it. i'm afraid if i do it now, it will undo all the partitioning steps i've taken after that. is this correct?
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ok, something went wrong, because after i installed android from ext4 recovery nand, i powered down, booted into magldr 1.13 and selected '1. Boot WPH' and it said: 'WPH not installed.' aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!! lol
any ideas where i might have gone wrong?
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btw, when i booted into android (1st boot) i checked the space, and it said the 5.81gb or whatever it was, so i think the partitions are intact. could this be a 'uselast24NAND' issue? i don't think i did that when i installed wp7, i couldn't remember when i was supposed to do that. ah geeeeeeeez
noobinius said:
ok i'm attaching a screenshot of my partitions in minitool. i made the fat primary as well. now i'm going to copy over the aokp jellybean rom and try to install it. fingers crossed! also, i hard reset wp7 when i first installed it. i'm afraid if i do it now, it will undo all the partitioning steps i've taken after that. is this correct?
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First check that WP7 still boots (if you've followed most of the tutorial for the old dual boot 1 sd card method you should be fine, otherwise you'll have to start over), and don't use 4ext nand recovery (doubt it'll run anyway), you need the 4ext SD version.
Just follow this , with the difference being having 3 partitions at the end ( FAT32|||EXT4|||WP7) then install via a SD ported recovery
thank you
HypoTurtle said:
First check that WP7 still boots (if you've followed most of the tutorial for the old dual boot 1 sd card method you should be fine, otherwise you'll have to start over), and don't use 4ext nand recovery (doubt it'll run anyway), you need the 4ext SD version.
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ok, thanks hypoturtle. ok, i am going to take a little break, then find the sd version of 4ext, then i'm going to task29 this monster with hd2 toolkit and completely start over. i will update this thread with what happens and what i did. when i'm done i plan to make a complete step by step guide with links and all so there will be something with ALL the information and links in one place, placing all credit where it is due to the original developers. i am not a developer.
Yeah, that was the problem. You can't use NAND recoveries when on WP7 because they will format NAND and prepare partitions for Android, deleting WP7. For that you need SD Recovery ported by Xylo (available in NativeSD thread). After WP7 is installed, you don't even touch anything that's NAND related because it will break everything.
Check this video tut http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944288
1. install wp7
2 make android partition as in vid.
You should have after the above.
<50% of sd card volume as FAT32 on first partition (primary)
>50% of volume unformatted (WP7) on second (primary)
Then you can create ext4 partition as second partition (also set as primary), I would use minitool again to shrink your FAT partition (but use 4ext recovery sd to format it see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31247925&postcount=3464 and the post before it)
So you have 3 partitions 1. fat android 2. ext4 3. wp7
I have not tried a smaller wp7 partition than 50%, don't know if it would work but 96edwy has suggested not to do this in vid.
thank you
thank you guys for your help. i have got it working and have made a step by step guide as i did it. just one problem, and i reaaaaallly hope its not a big problem. but in android it says no sd card. i need to know how to show whatever explorer program i use in android to look at the fat32 partition. anyone know?
i also need to know how to make wp7 see the fat32 partition that will have all the media files on it. anyone?
as soon as i get this information, i will post the guide. but i don't want to post it if there is something wrong (android and windows not reading the fat32 parition).
other than that both operating systems are still there and android is running from ext4 from folder nativesd!!!
noobinius said:
thank you guys for your help. i have got it working and have made a step by step guide as i did it. just one problem, and i reaaaaallly hope its not a big problem. but in android it says no sd card. i need to know how to show whatever explorer program i use in android to look at the fat32 partition. anyone know?
i also need to know how to make wp7 see the fat32 partition that will have all the media files on it. anyone?
as soon as i get this information, i will post the guide. but i don't want to post it if there is something wrong (android and windows not reading the fat32 parition).
other than that both operating systems are still there and android is running from ext4 from folder nativesd!!!
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Check that all the partitions are set as primary, that's the only thing I can think of.
HypoTurtle said:
Check that all the partitions are set as primary, that's the only thing I can think of.
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well, i just checked it. i'm attaching the screenshot that shows the partitions. i'm a little scared to change the last one (the wp7 one) to primary for fear of messing it all up again. also, that shouldn't effect androids view of the fat32 which is set to primary right?
noobinius said:
well, i just checked it. i'm attaching the screenshot that shows the partitions. i'm a little scared to change the last one (the wp7 one) to primary for fear of messing it all up again. also, that shouldn't effect androids view of the fat32 which is set to primary right?
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Can't imagine that would cause the issue, you have them layed out as Fat32 | EXT4 | Unallocated right? Have a look at df again see if vold/179:1 appears, have attached mine from PA
thank you!
HypoTurtle said:
Can't imagine that would cause the issue, you have them layed out as Fat32 | EXT4 | Unallocated right? Have a look at df again see if vold/179:1 appears, have attached mine from PA
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so thats how you see if it's called mmcblk0p2 or not.... finally. i never used it to set these up. is it too late? i don't even know how to get adb on my phone like you did, and i tried running adb shell from my computer but it keeps saying error: device not found.
how do i get it running on my phone as you did to check?
noobinius said:
so thats how you see if it's called mmcblk0p2 or not.... finally. i never used it to set these up. is it too late? i don't even know how to get adb on my phone like you did, and i tried running adb shell from my computer but it keeps saying error: device not found.
how do i get it running on my phone as you did to check?
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Use terminal emulator, type su to get to shell then df (or anyother busybox/adb shell command)
thank you!
HypoTurtle said:
Use terminal emulator, type su to get to shell then df (or anyother busybox/adb shell command)
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ahh, great. well, i got there did it, no 179 error or any other error. i tried taking a screenshot with volume down + power key, but it doesn't seem to want to do it, maybe cuz it doesn't no where to save it idk.
anywayas, it shows:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /nativesd
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data
tmpfs /dev
tmpfs /mnt/asec
tmpfs /mnt/obb
other than sizes, that is all it shows...
noobinius said:
ahh, great. well, i got there did it, no 179 error or any other error. i tried taking a screenshot with volume down + power key, but it doesn't seem to want to do it, maybe cuz it doesn't no where to save it idk.
anywayas, it shows:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /nativesd
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data
tmpfs /dev
tmpfs /mnt/asec
tmpfs /mnt/obb
other than sizes, that is all it shows...
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Screenshot is turned on in settings, system, power menu but yea it wouldn't work anyway, other than reformating the fat partition, i can think of much else you can try, i think you may have to tempt fate here and change the wp7 part to primary, can't recall if it messes anything up at this stage, i don't think so, as long as it doesn't require a format.
THANK YOU!!!
HypoTurtle said:
Screenshot is turned on in settings, system, power menu but yea it wouldn't work anyway, other than reformating the fat partition, i can think of much else you can try, i think you may have to tempt fate here and change the wp7 part to primary, can't recall if it messes anything up at this stage, i don't think so, as long as it doesn't require a format.
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WOW, rock on man.. you did it. reset wp7 partition to primary, both operating systems still working. and android is reading the fat32 partition now. Thank you sooo much for your help. I am thrilled we did it!!
Okay, I posted a guide on EXACTLY what I did with screenshots in an ACTUAL step by step process so it will be easier for the next person that doesn't know what they're doing just like I didn't. It is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31406820#post31406820
Guide
noobinius said:
thank you guys for your help. i have got it working and have made a step by step guide as i did it. just one problem, and i reaaaaallly hope its not a big problem. but in android it says no sd card. i need to know how to show whatever explorer program i use in android to look at the fat32 partition. anyone know?
i also need to know how to make wp7 see the fat32 partition that will have all the media files on it. anyone?
as soon as i get this information, i will post the guide. but i don't want to post it if there is something wrong (android and windows not reading the fat32 parition).
other than that both operating systems are still there and android is running from ext4 from folder nativesd!!!
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PLEASE.. let us know where and how to get a hold of your NOOB Guide.. I would be very interested in it even if it all doesn't work!
TERRAREX0784 said:
PLEASE.. let us know where and how to get a hold of your NOOB Guide.. I would be very interested in it even if it all doesn't work!
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Okay, I posted a guide on EXACTLY what I did with screenshots in an ACTUAL step by step process so it will be easier for the next person that doesn't know what they're doing just like I didn't. It is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...0#post31406820