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Stupid noobie question I'm sure but I need some advice:
I'm running CM 5.0.5.3 on my N1 with AmonRa 1.7 recovery-cyan version and
App2SD. I partitioned my SD card with a 500mb ext2, then converted ext2 => ext3. All is good, but when I download apps everything is put into the main partition and I have nothing in the ext3 partition. Basically its wasted space of 500 mb right now.
How do I put apps, etc into the ext3 partition instead of the main partition? ADB push I would guess, as I can't copy/paste or move using Astro FM? If ADB push, what would be the command line instructions? Sorry, but don't know the programming language well enough to do it on my own.
you hv to enable App2SD in the Application section of the Setting menu to install apps in the SD ext partition... if you want to move ur apps, u'll hv to install CM 5.0.6 [has an option to move apps]... else, u hv to uninstall the apps and reinstall...
craigacgomez said:
you hv to enable App2SD in the Application section of the Setting menu to install apps in the SD ext partition... if you want to move ur apps, u'll hv to install CM 5.0.6 [has an option to move apps]... else, u hv to uninstall the apps and reinstall...
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Craig,
App2SD is enabled and presently storing ALL apps to the main partition. I understand updating to 5.0.6 to get the added functionality also. If I uninstall an app, say Pandora, how would I reinstall it on the ext3 partition? By default, wouldn't it just reinstall on the main partition with App2SD?
mtw4991 said:
Craig,
App2SD is enabled and presently storing ALL apps to the main partition. I understand updating to 5.0.6 to get the added functionality also. If I uninstall an app, say Pandora, how would I reinstall it on the ext3 partition? By default, wouldn't it just reinstall on the main partition with App2SD?
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I had the same problem and just went about getting my apps2sd working a different way. I have not been able to get of the built-in features (tethering, apps2sd) in cm to actually work so I use 3rd party solutions.
Its needs to be ext4 not ext3.
New Apps2SD method implemented mostly by Chris Soyars. Create an ext4 partition and enable it in settings->applications (wiki page coming soon)
shep211 said:
Its needs to be ext4 not ext3.
New Apps2SD method implemented mostly by Chris Soyars. Create an ext4 partition and enable it in settings->applications (wiki page coming soon)
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5.0.6 is the first iteration of CM that I am able to use apps2sd natively without having to resort to the older method of achieving this.
I just wiped/flashed and for kicks, gave it another try. Finally
I knew this time would come....
I've got too many apps on my phone and Im running low on space, and I've noticed my phone has been dragging lately.
I have an 8GB class 6 SD card, so hopefully speed shouldnt be an issue.
I have yet to use A2SD...
If I partition my drive, do I lose everything that's on there? Obviously that's not a problem as I can just move everything over to my computer then copy it back, but if I can leave the data on there and partition that'd be great.
Im having a hard time finding a step by step "from day one" guide.
Mind pointing me in the right direction? The only thing Ive found in the wiki is moving to a new SD card with A2SD.
Im currently running DC 2.07.2
BACK UP SDCARD
Boot into recovery. Partition SD card (default values)
Download http://www.darktremor.com/files/misc/a2sd-2.5-signed.zip
Flash above .zip as any normal ROM
Boot phone
Open command prompt and type:
adb shell
a2sd install
Tada.
Ok great, got that part down.
Now moving the already installed apps over to the SD card? What else do I do from here?
Thank you for the help!
Actually, looks like everything went ok...
ls -l /data reveals all the locations as /system/sd/app
I didn't bother to look at free internal space before installing, but my interanal free storage is now at 130MB. Sound right?
Last question i have for now....
Now that all my apps are on the SD card, if I were to flash a new ROM (say a new ROM Flipz comes out with) that has A2SD support... I dont' have to re-install them as both the apks, odex, and dalvik are all stored on the SD card right?
poor_red_neck said:
Actually, looks like everything went ok...
ls -l /data reveals all the locations as /system/sd/app
I didn't bother to look at free internal space before installing, but my interanal free storage is now at 130MB. Sound right?
Last question i have for now....
Now that all my apps are on the SD card, if I were to flash a new ROM (say a new ROM Flipz comes out with) that has A2SD support... I dont' have to re-install them as both the apks, odex, and dalvik are all stored on the SD card right?
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The only version that I'm aware of that moves Dalvik-cache to the sd card is Apps2SD version 2.5. I don't know if anyone has that in the ROMs yet. Many of them are either using an Apps2SD that was built for Fresh 2.0d, Apps2SD version 2.0, or the Apps2SD which is common in the 1.5 builds.
Your apps in /data/app and /data/app-private are on the sd card. You can flash Apps2SD version 2.5 (A2SD) from http://www.darktremor.com/files/misc/a2sd-2.5-signed.zip if you want to move the dalvik-cache.
EDIT: I really should read the instructions that was posted before I stick my foot in my mouth. The file is the one located at Darktremor, which is the version 2.5...so, yes...your dalvik-cache is on the sd card.
So I tried the above method, but all my apps stopped working and when I go to reinstall them, it says "Insufficient Space for App"...
What did I do wrong?
EDIT: Okay, nevermind, it seems to be working now. I tried installing the app again and it installed fine the second time. Trying another one now.
I did this recently and just found out that I cannot install/download apps from the market, it just gets stuck there. Does it know where its downloading too after a2sd is installed?
Hello again, I need clarification with this subject...
I had a difficult time in rooting my android, thinking I failed. so for many times I rooted, installed xrecovery, then most importantly apps2sd. but I don't think it works, then I found all about Links2sd. I installed it, and each time after installing I always select the "link2sd" option, and I check the include davlik cache, but my phone memory is continually decreasing... is this normal or not? could there be a conflict with apps2sd and link2sd since I don't know if I have deleted apps2sd. sorry I'm an android newbie. Thanks..
Well... if you had app2sd link2sd would monit about it and asked you to uninstall it first.
If you don't know if your phone is rooted, look through apps - if you have a superuser app - you're rooted
As for link2sd working or not: connect your phone to the computer and open minitool partition wizard home. It will see your ext2 partition along with free and occupied space. If there are any apps on ext2 partition of your SD card - apps are installing there and the slight decrease of space is due to the existing shortcut files. Because you have created ext2 partition, haven't you?...
I did what you said and yes I found files on the other partition I created. but problem is, some files still go to the phone memory, for example the game app "ninjump" has 15mb installed on the phone memory while on links2sd it shows that it is linked to the sd card.
also, I tried removing the memory card, and when I turned on my x8 the programs were missing, so I suppose links2sd is working.
only problem is now is that some chunks are still installed to the phone memory. is there a way of totally redirecting everything to the sd card?
link2sd: Leave data files in Internal Memory, and you can choose the apps to SD
app2sd: Copy all data from the application to the SD, It's all automatic
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I did what you said and yes I found files on the other partition I created. but problem is, some files still go to the phone memory, for example the game app "ninjump" has 15mb installed on the phone memory while on links2sd it shows that it is linked to the sd card.
also, I tried removing the memory card, and when I turned on my x8 the programs were missing, so I suppose links2sd is working.
only problem is now is that some chunks are still installed to the phone memory. is there a way of totally redirecting everything to the sd card?
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Ok, here's the deal - how many times did you install ninjump in the past? If more then once, and meanwhile you moved it to or from ext2 it might have (though the probability is very slight) that you have two apps - one in internal storage and one in ext2 storage.
So, navigate into ext2 partition (it's a folder in root directory - sdext or so) and look for this app. It might be hard, as names of linked apps are somewhat messed up, but there should be icons If there is no app on ext2, try switching it back to internal mode and then onto ext2 again - perhaps without linking dalvik cache.
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link2sd: Leave data files in Internal Memory, and you can choose the apps to SD
app2sd: Copy all data from the application to the SD, It's all automatic
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Thank you, that was sooooo relevant!
APP2SD
I having problem with the app2sd too..i dunno whether it works...This is what i had done..I had busybox, superuser, and xrecovery installed and rooted. But when come to partitioning the sd card, i partitioned it into 3 parts : FAt, ext2 and ext3...after that i installed the update.zip and custom zip of app2sd...the phone starts not recognizing the sd partition...anyone can help here??
I use titanium backup to see app2sd works or not. if a2sd decrease, so it work.
if internal still decrease, I guess some file or even some app just can't work with app2sd.
one question too, how or can I move games data from fat sdcard to ext2 partition? like gameloft data. I need my fat space for other file
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Ok, here's the deal - how many times did you install ninjump in the past? If more then once, and meanwhile you moved it to or from ext2 it might have (though the probability is very slight) that you have two apps - one in internal storage and one in ext2 storage.
So, navigate into ext2 partition (it's a folder in root directory - sdext or so) and look for this app. It might be hard, as names of linked apps are somewhat messed up, but there should be icons If there is no app on ext2, try switching it back to internal mode and then onto ext2 again - perhaps without linking dalvik cache.
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I tried navigating to the ext2 partition using minitool partition wizard, and I indeed saw files that I have installed there. so do you mean that apps2sd is better than links2sd? thanks..
Well... I'm not saying anything is better, though I used both solutions in three different ways.
For stock SE ROM link2sd is better, since you only need to partition SD card into primary fat32 and primary ext2 - nothing more. Then you install an app and all works fine.
With custom ROM you cannot use link2sd, since they all have app2sd hack preinstalled (well, you can always modify files, but what for?). Problem occurs when you have this hack AND ext2 partition. The hack then moves automatically all your apps to ext2 memory along with dalvik cache if you install them in internal storage. If you install in external storage, the app goes to fat32 secure folder and dalvik cache remains in ext2. If you don't have any ext on custom ROM, dalvik cache is always in internal storage, while you can move any non-system app onto fat32 sd card.
The ext2 solution in custom ROMs may seem convinient, but for me it was not. When you use apps like phone locator, they should always dwell in internal memory, since SD card can be easily taken out, while deleting such an app from a remotely locked down phone would require flashing, otherwise the device is useless for the thief
Well actually both app2sd and link2sd are typically similliar. I've tried app2sd before and it still leave some files in internal memory. So will link2sd. But link2sd is much more easier to use because once your phone is rooted you just need to install it on your phone without going through the adb shell thing. Easy for newbie for sure. But you just have to manually link new installed applications and games. That's what differ link2sd with app2sd. Now I'm using link2sd. If you want to make sure, why don't you try those froyo phone. Try to use the app2sd stuff on those phone. They still install some applications on their internal as well although they have built in app2sd.
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*EDIT* seems I fixed it
Hello,
I bought myself a new SD card and want to make a partition to install my apps on, rather than in the phone's real internal memory. Sorry for the long story, kindof explaining what I have already tried Hope you'll read it.
So I selected "partition SD card" in clockworkmod recovery, chose 512 MB and 0 MB swap. Afterwards I followed the steps as said by erwinP here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015532&page=164 I flashed the script (beta 3 version) and put my backup of my SD card back through the mounting option in CWM. I also installed A2SD GUI app for this script.
I first installed a busybox installer, but I got errors when installing. However I have come to read that cyanogenmod already includes busybox so this is not a problem I assume.
When I thus rebooted my phone it booted in the ADW launcher, and only the apps I had (partially) on SD already were shown. When opening the A2SDGUI app, I toggled "apps are on SD!" assuming I could put them all in the new internal memory, however it does nothing, only say "caution: your kernel must support the filesystem!"
So I thought perhaps my kernel is outdated (I was running CM 7.0.2) so I flashed nightly #177 (as I was going to do it anyway, and it has a new kernel). After that I rebooted back in my launcherpro and had all my apps back (even though the ones on SD look a bit odd in the settings), but the A2SD GUI app wouldn't open because I had no script, so I flashed that again. But now it STILL gives the same caution without doing anything else.
In CM settings I have allowed installation at an external place and said to install in internal memory next time. But it still says "internal memory 175 mb, used xxx mb", shouldn't I see internal memory 512 mb?
I hope anybody has experience with this, using CM7 and can help me with this
Cheers!
The internal memory space that u see in settings is the phone /data partition, and it will not include the ext3 partition of sdcard.
And if u face issues with A2SDGUI app, then uninstall and reinstall it. Still issues use the terminal emulator commands. A2SDGUI will be the graphical interface of terminal emulator commands AFAIK.
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reinstalling actually fixed the "info" tab, showing how much MB is free on each partition etc, which did not work before either. However the moving still gives the same caution... odd
Perhaps I'll try the terminal commands
*edit* using a few terminal commands, I still get a LOT of errors. Tons of lines so here a few examples:
cp: can't create '/DATA:dta2sd.lg2"': File exists
rm: can't remove '/data/dta2sd.lg1': permission denied
[!] no block device /dev/block/mmcblk4
and when trying to convert to ext3 partition type, I get an error "[X] kernel does not support EXT3 partition. cannot continue". Very strange that a new CM7 mod would not support EXT3?
If anybody would have a clue, that would be great
I don't think you need to toggle "apps are on SD" I think after running the script apps are automatically sent to your ext partition.
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I was wondering the same, since there IS memory being used from the EXT partition. Still I wonder why the internal memory is still 106 MB being used, I would think more would be available after using the EXT partition...
Just to be clear, when I (in the settings - apps) move an app "from SD card to phone", it moves it to the EXT partition right? And when moving to SD it just moves it from the EXT partition to the SD as before?
Not too sure mate, I don't use it now thanks to 3xeno's thread for custom mtd partition, I don't really use that many apps anymore just Facebook, xda, Google+ and a few customization tools so don't need an extra partition now.
If you want to free up some memory take a look at custom mtd partition, it works better than a2sd as things run more stable when on the internal memory. If you have hundreds of apps though you can use a2sd aswell as an mtd partition.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233340
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Same problem,but a little change in conditions, actually I am thinking to start a new topic to get some help, bro u r first!
So in my case it is a change from cm7.0.3 to #177cm7, as I used app2sd script by darktemor in the stable release, with 512 MB a2sd partition, filled with 50+app, every thing can be moved to SD,but never my a2sd partition showed any memory usage, it is as of its birth size!, dont know where all app stored, but still all worked,.
Now attracted by #177cm7, I switched to it after taking a titanium backup, then I installed titanium backup to restore app, alas my a2sd partition is gone!, also I can't use a2sd script, it gives frequent reboots, but. Now I am thinking of repartition my card, till then I am using the built in cm7 feature to move apk to card, if any one got some clues, help us
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Hello wolfway
As already said: when looking to the internal memory space, you won't see any changes.. I know that I said that in my previous posts, so sorry about that.
And about the selecting the "apps are on SD!": if you do that, you move all the apps that are on your SD-EXT partition to your 'real' internal memory. So don't do that
Perhaps you should try all over again.. Reflash the latest nightly, wipe the dalvik cache and reflash the DTA2SD script. Then go to the market, download A2SDGUI and run it.
I just did that and went to "settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> SD-card" and saw that my latest app was on the sd-card. Apparently flashing a new nightly removed my DTA2SD script (looking at the installer script, it seems logical I think), so apps were installed on my sd-card again with the build-in froyo A2SD.
What I did: I opened the A2SDGUI and went to the tab "system info". I wrote down how much of the internal memory and how much of the SD-EXT I had left (51 mb and 363 mb respectively). Then I went back to "settings -> applications ->..." and moved that one app that was located on my sd-card, to my internal memory. I then went back to A2SDGUI and looked up how much mb free I had. I then noticed that my SD-EXT dropped from 363mb to 361mb, which means that the DTA2SD script worked
Next I went to "settings -> CyanogenMod settings -> Application settings -> install location" and I selected "internal". My guess is that all new apps now will be installed on the internal memory or the ext-memory.
Really sorry again to have caused confusion!
Erwin
Erwin your last post made me confused!
So what exactly do i need to do? Never choose install location to external in 'application management'( taking about cm7 #177 build, not any other rom)? Or can i do it?, as my need is to keep internal memory free, and to put all my bulky collection of apk's to sd-ext.
Another doubts are..
1. Can i use dta2sd in cm7 #177 build? Does it support it?
2. Why do i need to put app to sd-ext, when there is already an option in cm7 to install them on sd?
3. What are the benifits i get if i use ext4 insted of ext3? Does cm7 support it?
4. Is it the android secure folder in which app are installed in sd?(if i have no ext3)
5.and a last one, if i use dta2sd script in cm7#177,(does it work?) And partition my sd to ext-3+fat32+swap partition, then chose install location to internal, will all my apks will be installed on ext3 by default?or should i have 2 move them using a2sd app? And where will the apk stored if i move a system apk to sd after the above conditions?
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showlyshah said:
Erwin your last post made me confused!
So what exactly do i need to do? Never choose install location to external in 'application management'( taking about cm7 #177 build, not any other rom)? Or can i do it?, as my need is to keep internal memory free, and to put all my bulky collection of apk's to sd-ext.
Another doubts are..
1. Can i use dta2sd in cm7 #177 build? Does it support it?
2. Why do i need to put app to sd-ext, when there is already an option in cm7 to install them on sd?
3. What are the benifits i get if i use ext4 insted of ext3? Does cm7 support it?
4. Is it the android secure folder in which app are installed in sd?(if i have no ext3)
5.and a last one, if i use dta2sd script in cm7#177,(does it work?) And partition my sd to ext-3+fat32+swap partition, then chose install location to internal, will all my apks will be installed on ext3 by default?or should i have 2 move them using a2sd app? And where will the apk stored if i move a system apk to sd after the above conditions?
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I'm sorry, I don't have enough time to answer all of your questions, but:
- I don't think it is possible to choose which apps you want to store on sd-ext, and which on internal memory
- I'm working on the CM7 nightly 176, which is the same as the 177. And it works for me.
- the build-in apps2sd can't move the hole app to your sd-card, but only a portion. It is then stored in the android.secure folder. Dta2sd moves the app completely to your sdcard, but you can't access it with a file explorer or something similar: it is an other partition. So you don't have to move your app to your sdcard: the dta2sd does all the magic for you!
For more information, go to the link where you've downloaded the script, you can find some very usefull information there!
Hopefully that helps
Erwin
Thankz for ur quick reply,i will check out the link
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cheers for the reply. Actually what you say is what I actually already have so that would mean that it did work (as I did flash the script again after my CM nightly). However the internal memory still shows only 53 mb left, but I guess that is normal then?
Can you go to a2sdgui and take a screenshot of your memory settings like this
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
53mb doesn't sound right to me, and dta2sd script shouldn't be using up all the space on your SD card, use root explorer to hunt down whichever file is taking up all the space on your card.
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hey,
the SD card is from another thing I think (made another thread about it, but still might be a nightly or this script problem)
screenshot in thumb (notice also my RAM is EXTREMELY low, I used to have 180 with my stable CM7, another problem I have to figure out I guess)
Something isn't setup right there for sure.
have you thought about reflashing and starting again or have you tried that already?
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hey,
the SD card is from another thing I think (made another thread about it, but still might be a nightly or this script problem)
screenshot in thumb (notice also my RAM is EXTREMELY low, I used to have 180 with my stable CM7, another problem I have to figure out I guess)
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Hello!
Just back from a very fine vacation, so sorry for the delay in answer. I checked my real internal memory using a2sdgui, and I have only 49mb free memory left. So it seems that the low "real" internal memory is normal.
I think it has to do with the moment you flash the script. Just untill that moment you stuff up your "real" internal memory, it is only after installing the script you can use the extra amount of storage. Dta2sd doesn't move apps to sd-ext that are already installed, so your "real" internal memory stays as it is. But when you install apps after flashing the script, they will be installed on your sd-ext. You can easelly check this by installing apps and checking a2sdgui after every installation.
Btw, this is just a hypotisis
Erwin
May be this will help you
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267099
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ErwinP said:
Hello!
Just back from a very fine vacation, so sorry for the delay in answer. I checked my real internal memory using a2sdgui, and I have only 49mb free memory left. So it seems that the low "real" internal memory is normal.
I think it has to do with the moment you flash the script. Just untill that moment you stuff up your "real" internal memory, it is only after installing the script you can use the extra amount of storage. Dta2sd doesn't move apps to sd-ext that are already installed, so your "real" internal memory stays as it is. But when you install apps after flashing the script, they will be installed on your sd-ext. You can easelly check this by installing apps and checking a2sdgui after every installation.
Btw, this is just a hypotisis
Erwin
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So if apps already installed don't move to the ext partition, I wonder what happened in my case?
I did a fresh install of cm7 177 and deleted my partition first and just used the custom mtd partition instead of a2sd, a couple of days ago I backed up my SD, re-partitioned and reinstalled a2sd beta3, used terminal to send data to SD activate zipalign and up my dalvik heapsize. As you can see from my screenshot above I have way more than 50mb internal memory,alright a lot of that comes from the mtd partition, but what I'm trying to say is all my apps where installed weeks before I added a2sd and they moved to sd-ext when running the script.
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first of all thanks a lot everybody for the answers. Just got back from a long holiday so I can play around with my wildfire again And it works now.
So I deleted a2sdgui and installed S2E. I then checked to move applications to the ext partition and rebooted. So now everything is on the EXT partition. Then I went to the settings -> applications and went to the "on SD" tab. Some were still on SD, when unchecking those boxes (thus moving from SD to "internal memory"), I could see less memory used and more on the EXT partition, whilst no (or barely) any change in the data section, good !
However my data section used was still about 75%. However I've noticed that I have a dalvik cache of 74 MB which is the reason why... I deleted it hoping to reboot with a smaller dalvik cache but that did not work, so I moved the dalvik cache too using S2E. I had a LONG boot time, and for some reason all my google settings had to be set again and all google data synched again, but now my data used is only about 25% (from app data, which for some reason can't be moved with S2E for me).
So it was working good the whole time I think, I was just mislead by the huge amount of dalvik cache using up my data section.
One more question, is S2E a totally different thing than darktremor? Does it need the darktremor script installed to work? Or is it a standalone app, and can you just install the app without the script (thus if you would flash a new ROM, you would not have to reflash the script).
I hope the moving of the dalvik cache won't make my phone too much slower but I guess that's one thing I'll have to find out
Thanks again
wolfway said:
One more question, is S2E a totally different thing than darktremor? Does it need the darktremor script installed to work? Or is it a standalone app, and can you just install the app without the script (thus if you would flash a new ROM, you would not have to reflash the script).
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could anybody answer this question for sure? cheers
also, if I restore a nandroid backup, will my partition be gone or will everything be restored correctly over both partitions?
I've tried many combinations of partition types and numbers and cannot get Link2SD to accept my second partition. I had similarly bad luck with App2SD. Is there a known good combination of app, card, partition type, size, and number that lets me offload my apps onto the external SD card? I'm using a rooted but otherwise stock GT550T rom for T-Mobile. I have a 200GB Sandisk microSD card. 8GB phone with 4GB taken by default and I couldn't find much to remove. Any other good ideas as to how I can get my apps installed. Even with 0 games I cannot install my usual suite.
i have been experiencing the exact same problem, tried both apps2sd and link2sd, still no luck.. i actually managed to corrupt a brand new card, had to go exchange it. no luck with ext4 or any others... i hope we get some assistance
Yep. What they said.
Same issue. Any fix yet?
I would also like to know a way to get Apps2SD or Link2SD working.
Hey! Androeds 4.1up the link2sd does not work anymore if all of you, does not creates universal odexes for each app in sdext2. The zygote of libs in androed 4.4+ does not permits dalvik cache outside datadir.
The solution is odex all apps one by one, because gogle system apps never recognized and will never recognize odexed apps as third apps.
Is a long war against themselves new dumb zygote for deny odexes in sdext2 :
You need only copy the created odexes inside sdext2 togheter with apk's dir and link mannually, and finnally, delete the relative dex.
The rest is normally linked by link2sd
Apps2sd works for me. I am not rooted though. Let's try to troubleshoot. Go into settings/storage and make sure the sdcard is mounted and formatted. See if your screens match mine.
Apps 2sd is a lie!
Only a Half part of app comes to a dumb system in /mnt/secure and /mnt/asec.
Is a lie!
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If you root your device, install link2sd (the real sdext linker) your apps will go to sdcard.
On androeds 4.1+ the .dex files need to be PURGED AND PUNCHED OUT DUE TO GOGLE'S SICKNESS NEW DUMB ZYGOTE, and converted to .odex.
I really like the phone itself, i honestly hope someone is able to make a rom for it. Cause out of the box i have basically no storage for apps and the apps 2 sd function in the rom only lets you move a handful of apps.
LINK2SD works on the Samsung Galaxy On5. I moved many apps and have tons of space now.
I don't know how typical my situation is, but I am having the same issue and thought i would attempt to provide a bit more in the way of detail.
My On5 is rooted with TWRP installed and functioning apparently normally. I can run apps that require root without issue, Titanium Backup for example. I have installed SuperSU and BusyBox which seem to behave normally, but Root Checker recognizes root and BusyBox but not SU Access.
When I try to use Link2SD, it doesn't recognize my second partition, and won't create a mount script. I can enter SU through terminal mode, and created /etc/fstab with mounting details for the second partition, but Link2SD still doesn't see it. Consequently, I can use the Move to SD function with some apps, but Link to SD is not functional.
I would contact LINK2SD support and ask them if the app is even capable of handling multiple partitions. My guess is no.
Link2SD not only is capable of handling second partitions, it requires them for the Link to SD function. I followed their instructions carefully for creating an appropriately formatted second partition. The issue seems to be that the phone won't allow it to mount. That is why I posted here.
n5dkj said:
Link2SD not only is capable of handling second partitions, it requires them for the Link to SD function. I followed their instructions carefully for creating an appropriately formatted second partition. The issue seems to be that the phone won't allow it to mount. That is why I posted here.
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Yes I am sorry, that is why I should post before I have coffee. I see you need an ext4 and a fat formatted... I got it to work. Here are my exact steps..
1. Down root essentials, LINK2SD from app store. Also must be rooted and have TWRP installed. I also suggest a full backup.. Then move the backup to your computer, free space on the phone... Don't leave the backup on the sdcard as it about to be partioned and formatted!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. If you already did this and tried adoptable let storage then use the 'revert changes' and reboot
3. Go into settings a d format sdcard as standard Portable Storage. Click cancel or no if it wants to move anything over.
4. Go into root essentials, storage tab and click adoptable storage
5. Follow procedures to download apk needed (the app will automatically load the web page).. Edit.. When used how much percent of the sdcard to use It's elected 50%.. I am using a 16gb card.. So I split it down the middle.
6. Power down phone
7. Hold down volume up+home+power until logo appears... Essentially go into twrp
8. Do a kernel (system) backup if you haven't yet recently.
9. Flash Apk which will automatically reboot phone
10. Not sure this is important but I waited for my phone to full boot... Paying particular attention to the Toast saying that room essentials has been granted full permissions....
10b... Do not go into storage settings and try to format the second part of the partition... It's already been formatted..
11. Went into LINK2SD, Settings... And pressed 'app location' got a weird warning about hierarchical something or whatnot.. Pressed it a few times and finally got the right screen. SELECTED EXTERNAL.
That was it... Now when I move apps with LINK2SD it seems like a ton of more free space is clearing on the internal... Before when I moved apps I think it was just moving the data..
I got it working temporarily but somehow it started making apps unusable and un-re-installable again. I'll do a factory reset and reroot (I think I just have to sideload SU) and try your step by step this weekend.
The other possibility is the apps that come with the phone are so big they don't fit in the 8gb that comes with it. Every time a Google app gets an update I lose more space and I cannot move those apps to my knowledge. Its getting harder and harder. With this method do I get true adoptable storage? As in all apps and data share the space?
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I got it working temporarily but somehow it started making apps unusable and un-re-installable again. I'll do a factory reset and reroot (I think I just have to sideload SU) and try your step by step this weekend.
The other possibility is the apps that come with the phone are so big they don't fit in the 8gb that comes with it. Every time a Google app gets an update I lose more space and I cannot move those apps to my knowledge. Its getting harder and harder. With this method do I get true adoptable storage? As in all apps and data share the space?
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Most apps are under 100MB.. Even if they download extra data there is no way any one particular app is over 8GB...
Try this...
Sort the LINK2SD app list by 'size internal'
Uninstall the top 3-4 apps that take the most space
Move any system apps you moved to the sdcard back to internal
Clear the app cache and dalvik caches
Reboot
Reformat sdcard
Reboot
Then try my steps to get adoptable storage...
Report back if you can
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cracker_jax said:
I got it working temporarily but somehow it started making apps unusable and un-re-installable again. I'll do a factory reset and reroot (I think I just have to sideload SU) and try your step by step this weekend.
The other possibility is the apps that come with the phone are so big they don't fit in the 8gb that comes with it. Every time a Google app gets an update I lose more space and I cannot move those apps to my knowledge. Its getting harder and harder. With this method do I get true adoptable storage? As in all apps and data share the space?
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PS I heard rebooting after you move the apps to SD seems to also fix the problem.
djmcho said:
Most apps are under 100MB.. Even if they download extra data there is no way any one particular app is over 8GB...
Try this...
Sort the LINK2SD app list by 'size internal'
Uninstall the top 3-4 apps that take the most space
Move any system apps you moved to the sdcard back to internal
Clear the app cache and dalvik caches
Reboot
Reformat sdcard
Reboot
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I did the instructions to get adoptable storage and it appeared to work (adoptable worked anyway) but Link2SD has no functionality with moving anything anywhere. The card is not formatted correctly for Link2SD. The main (SD) partition is receiving apps (migrate to SD built into Android) but very few and the internal storage fills up quickly. Basically the apps that work via App2SD were able to be migrated with the migrate button in Settings > Storage. I'd consider formatting the SD card's second partition so Link2SD could work on it again but I know already that it won't work with the "data" of the apps, even with Link2SD plus. I had limited success with FolderMount but that is a pain and I'm not sure it worked at all. Having data exist in two places seems to confuse my phone. Adoptable storage seems to be dead with most apps refusing to use it and Link2SD seems to be dead as it won't move most of my data without breaking the app.
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I did the instructions to get adoptable storage and it appeared to work (adoptable worked anyway) but Link2SD has no functionality with moving anything anywhere. The card is not formatted correctly for Link2SD. The main (SD) partition is receiving apps (migrate to SD built into Android) but very few and the internal storage fills up quickly. Basically the apps that work via App2SD were able to be migrated with the migrate button in Settings > Storage. I'd consider formatting the SD card's second partition so Link2SD could work on it again but I know already that it won't work with the "data" of the apps, even with Link2SD plus. I had limited success with FolderMount but that is a pain and I'm not sure it worked at all. Having data exist in two places seems to confuse my phone. Adoptable storage seems to be dead with most apps refusing to use it and Link2SD seems to be dead as it won't move most of my data without breaking the app.
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App have to be enabled by the developer to move the data with the app, Dex etc.. For example Waze is... Here is my files list view from links2sd about Waze... As you can see everything Def moved over to the adoptable storage.
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I did the instructions to get adoptable storage and it appeared to work (adoptable worked anyway) but Link2SD has no functionality with moving anything anywhere. The card is not formatted correctly for Link2SD. The main (SD) partition is receiving apps (migrate to SD built into Android) but very few and the internal storage fills up quickly. Basically the apps that work via App2SD were able to be migrated with the migrate button in Settings > Storage. I'd consider formatting the SD card's second partition so Link2SD could work on it again but I know already that it won't work with the "data" of the apps, even with Link2SD plus. I had limited success with FolderMount but that is a pain and I'm not sure it worked at all. Having data exist in two places seems to confuse my phone. Adoptable storage seems to be dead with most apps refusing to use it and Link2SD seems to be dead as it won't move most of my data without breaking the app.
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Where as chrome is not set by the developer to allow moving stuff like data over to SDcard. See attached... You will see some is on the phone and some is onbthe sdcard. If you want to move data over to the sdcard for apps that are not designed to do so you could purchase the pro version of Link2SD that allows for the forcing of data by creating linking. You might be able to do it for free using terminal emulator and the Linux linking command, which escapes me right now..
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Where as chrome is not set by the developer to allow moving stuff like data over to SDcard. See attached... You will see some is on the phone and some is onbthe sdcard. If you want to move data over to the sdcard for apps that are not designed to do so you could purchase the pro version of Link2SD that allows for the forcing of data by creating linking. You might be able to do it for free using terminal emulator and the Linux linking command, which escapes me right now..
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My problem with the Plus version of Link2SD, which I purchased, is that whenever I liked the data portion (IIRC) the newly moved app would immediately force-quit when opening after that. So I would move the data back. It would still force-quit. So I would uninstall and reinstall. It would still force-quit. Sooooo if and when I used that function it completely broke the app until I did a factory reset.
Now, Link2SD plus has nothing to do with adoptable storage as I was able to move apk and data over simply by getting the correct formatting on my SD card, though I don't remember the correct combination of ext2,3,4 partitions that made it work. What I do remember is after that I would only ruin apps by moving the data. Now, with adoptable storage, Link2SD cannot use the card at all though I haven't tried reformatting the second partition as an ext2,3,4,whatever.
Maybe go back to trying to get support from Link2SD developer?
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That was it... Now when I move apps with LINK2SD it seems like a ton of more free space is clearing on the internal... Before when I moved apps I think it was just moving the data..
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Excellent!! I just got time to try it, and I now have much more available space. Thanks for your help!