Safe to flash an adsd+ Android Rom on my existing one? - HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera

I have Hyperdroid with CNM 7 and a2sd+ partitioned SD card.
My question to you guys is..
Is it safe to flash another Android Rom with a2sd+ on my existing one?
Or do i need to flash my Card with Panasonic SD Format and make a new partition?
Whats the best a2sd+ ROM in your opinion?
Sorry if might this had posted before..it's just a quick question
Regards,
Arkatis

arkatis said:
I have Hyperdroid with CNM 7 and a2sd+ partitioned SD card.
My question to you guys is..
Is it safe to flash another Android Rom with a2sd+ on my existing one?
Or do i need to flash my Card with Panasonic SD Format and make a new partition?
Whats the best a2sd+ ROM in your opinion?
Sorry if might this had posted before..it's just a quick question
Regards,
Arkatis
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Hi,
The ext2/3/4/ partition does not get changed when you flash a new ROM.
You should be fine to flash a new ROM over your old one.
Don't forget to backup your data and when you go into MAGLDR wipe data,cache partition,and dalvik(in advanced).
Each ROM comes with its own CWM partition to flash in recovery.Do this, then flash your new ROM...
As for which ROM to choose,Imilka does a nice line in A2SD ROMS.
(Please remember,that this is only MY opinion)
Check here:
http://android.hd2roms.com/

That was very helpful man! Cheers!

If you're coming from a different ROM then you should do a back up using titanium backup before installing new ROM. It's highly possible it will have conflicts. Install app2sd when you close to run out space in your internal memory. Say, when you install a NAND ROM everything goes into your internal memory and whatever left should be use mostly before installing app2sd. Installing app2sd will take 195Mb from SD card and stop using your remaining space in internal memory.

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i can use apps2SD on stock sd?

I have no space in my nexus for applications, I can use app2sd in stock 4 GB SD memory that comes with the nexus one?
yes you can use it on any SD card if following conditions are satisfied...
1.using a Custom recovery
2.partitioned your SD card with ext partition
3.using a custom ROM other than stock which provides Apps2SD
thanks, I'm testing the desire of MoDaCo r22, I can partition to ext4 with this rom?
I'm using the r22 rom without app2SD desire of MoDaCo, it is necessary
to wipe to install another rom, or I can update
only?
- Format the SD
- Create EXT4 partition from the recovery
and then as a step applications to the sd?
TANX
if you are moving from r22 without apps2sd to r22 with apps2sd, then i guess no wipe is required but if you are moving from one rom to another different rom, it is always best practice to wipe everything and install the rom.

[Q] Resize rocovery partition

If I resize my recovery partition on my HD2, is all data on my SD card lost? and would i have to reflash a new NAND ROM?
Repartitioning your internal memory will not affect the data on your sd card in any way.
Yes, you would have to flash a new ROM, or restore a backup.
so i take it the recovery partition clockwork uses it not on that sd card
which leads to my other question, if my rom requires a 169mb recovery and i use a 400mb recovery, will it work?
yes it will work, but you will waste 231mb of rom space. This is because you will set a system partition of 400mb, and load into it 169mb of files, BUT once the rom is running, all your user data, installed apps, etc get put into different partitions. Nothing will use the extra 231mb in the system partition, so it will be completely wasted and unuseable.
abdalla21 said:
so i take it the recovery partition clockwork uses it not on that sd card
which leads to my other question, if my rom requires a 169mb recovery and i use a 400mb recovery, will it work?
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is there any sense rom that will work on a 150mb recovery? if so please share the link
Very unlikely. Why not just change the size?
samsamuel said:
Very unlikely. Why not just change the size?
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bored on my help desk job, was gonna mess with my rom,but if im goin to resize i rather do it at home....lol
think im gonna try the bliss rom, any takes on it?
well you could always flash the rom, play with it, then when you get home, do a cwm backup, change the part size, reflash the rom, then in cwm do an advanced restore and just restore the sd-ext and data partitions. hey presto, system size changed and any settings you configure today will be restored into the new flash.
CAnt comment on the rom, i only use typhoon.
abdalla21 said:
so i take it the recovery partition clockwork uses it not on that sd card
which leads to my other question, if my rom requires a 169mb recovery and i use a 400mb recovery, will it work?
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CAUTION; the CWM partition make it is for the SD and it WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON SD , for partition internal memory u have to use other tools on a PC (my favorite its HD2 toolkit)
Enviado desde mi HTC HD2
Typhoon has a nice stable sense rom.?
Send me a link
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Typhoon is a cm7 rom. Cm7 roms don't have sense.
I CAN highly recommend it, though. I've been on an older version typhoon for over a month now, and the only bug is the occasional failed video capture. Annoying, but doesn't happen often.

[Q] SD partition

Hi,
Today i flashed with succes my first android rom Hyperdroid GBX v12, Gingerbread 2.3.3
But i missing sense in this rom so i wish an other rom with sense. I started to partitining my sd card but i get scared and flashed the same rom again.
1. can i flash each nand rom from sd card
2. if not is it possible to undo the partitining of th sd card
I'm so glad that i am windows free
arjanbannie said:
Hi,
Today i flashed with succes my first android rom Hyperdroid GBX v12, Gingerbread 2.3.3
But i missing sense in this rom so i wish an other rom with sense. I started to partitining my sd card but i get scared and flashed the same rom again.
1. can i flash each nand rom from sd card
2. if not is it possible to undo the partitining of th sd card
I'm so glad that i am windows free
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I didn't' get it! What scares you? You should partition your sd if its needed. Some ROMs, especially Sense, required SD Partition. If you skip this part the rom wouldnt boot. And the instalation is from SD!
First of all, don't be scared flashing a ROM. One of the only ways to brick a HD2 is by flashing the wrong radio.
Partitioning the SD card? Just use minitool partition manager or easeus partition manager (both work fine) and then create your Ext3 partition there. Just make sure you have the files on your SD card backed up to your PC as when you're partitioning, it'll need to format the card.
EDIT: to answer your questions...
1) it's only possible to have one android rom installed at one particular time.
2) it is possible to wipe the partition on your sd card to make it full capacity again. Search for 'Panasonic SD Formatter' and that works just fine.
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both of you thanks a lot for the quick reaction.
What scares me is that when i put a new rom at my sd card and flash it, is that enough or do i have to delete the old first???
And second, does it mather what kind of rom i flash there are to much to choose i think. i have a european model so i shouldnt choose the tmous models are all other roms save to flash?
What the heck i did it!!!!
No thinking just doing!!!!
but now its hanging on the start up
so back to the first flash who worked is there anyone who knows what i am doing wrong????
You should have enough space to have more than one rom on your SD card. Why it's looping on boot is because you have the wrong clockwork partition. In each rom it should be outlined as to what size you need the partition, then just reflash the right size clockwork from magldr/cLK.
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Skellyyy said:
You should have enough space to have more than one rom on your SD card. Why it's looping on boot is because you have the wrong clockwork partition. In each rom it should be outlined as to what size you need the partition, then just reflash the right size clockwork from magldr/cLK.
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do i need the panasonic sd formatter before doing this?
Nope you don't need to do anything to the SD card partition. It's the internal memory you're partitioning to make room for your ROM. Can't remember exactly but you can just edit one of the files that you've got in your clockwork folder to change the partition size or just go to the clockwork thread and download the partition size clockwork you need.
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[Q] Move apps from sd-ext to NAND, then repartition SD card

Hi guys,
I've installed a CM7 ROM then installed S2E, then flashed an AOSP build to replace it. When I try to use S2E to move the apps back to NAND from sd-ext, it shows up in NAND in the first couple of boots, but later on goes back to sd-ext without S2E doing the job. I kinda figured that it's built into the ROM to move the apps to sd-ext.
What would be the safest way to move the apps from sd-ext back to /data/app, and then repartition my SD card into a single partition and use its whole storage capacity?
Thanks in advance!
ejebyte said:
Hi guys,
I've installed a CM7 ROM then installed S2E, then flashed an AOSP build to replace it. When I try to use S2E to move the apps back to NAND from sd-ext, it shows up in NAND in the first couple of boots, but later on goes back to sd-ext without S2E doing the job. I kinda figured that it's built into the ROM to move the apps to sd-ext.
What would be the safest way to move the apps from sd-ext back to /data/app, and then repartition my SD card into a single partition and use its whole storage capacity?
Thanks in advance!
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try link2sd in the market,it's free,but once you've moved all u want to,boot into recovery and wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik,that MIGHT do the trick
one question, how do you want to partition your sd? i mean one fat or one ext partition? But seriously, one partition is a bad idea, i wouldnt recommend that.
@Ty5982, Thanks for the input! Will try that later.
@greg17477, I'm using Windows so I want to format it to a single Fat32 partition. What's your recommendation?
Partition ur sd card in recovery with 1gb and swap size 64mb,THEN,open link2sd and when u 1st open it,it checks your phone and sd card then prompts u were u want to send apps to,ext 2,3,4 or FAT 32,select FAT 32 as its what u want,then a error msg will appear,reboot,then open link2sd and now you've got your fat 32 lol
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Ty5982 said:
Partition ur sd card in recovery with 1gb and swap size 64mb,THEN,open link2sd and when u 1st open it,it checks your phone and sd card then prompts u were u want to send apps to,ext 2,3,4 or FAT 32,select FAT 32 as its what u want,then a error msg will appear,reboot,then open link2sd and now you've got your fat 32 lol
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Won't that have moved his apps to a fat32 partition?
If I'm reading this correctly what the OP wants is to move his apps to NAND so he can format his sd card to its full capacity in FAT32, presumably so he can use it as a normal SD card (eg for a camera, moving files etc)
I personally use a very popular app called DarkTremors Apps2SD GUI, it comes preinstalled on a lot of custom ROMS. This app checks where your apps are when you launch it, and gives you the option to either move them to SD-EXT or back again. Launch APPS2SDGUI, let it check your system, then click 'Apps are on SD!' to move them back to NAND.
P.S. I don't think you can wipe the SD-EXT partition off the SD card using Windows' built-in formatter. There are lots of freeware apps that can and will do this though, google is your friend =]
jwchips said:
Won't that have moved his apps to a fat32 partition?
If I'm reading this correctly what the OP wants is to move his apps to NAND so he can format his sd card to its full capacity in FAT32, presumably so he can use it as a normal SD card (eg for a camera, moving files etc)
I personally use a very popular app called DarkTremors Apps2SD GUI, it comes preinstalled on a lot of custom ROMS. This app checks where your apps are when you launch it, and gives you the option to either move them to SD-EXT or back again. Launch APPS2SDGUI, let it check your system, then click 'Apps are on SD!' to move them back to NAND.
P.S. I don't think you can wipe the SD-EXT partition off the SD card using Windows' built-in formatter. There are lots of freeware apps that can and will do this though, google is your friend =]
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@Ty5982, unfortunately it didn't work. It went badly and I lost the apps in sd-ext so I ended up restoring them..
@jwchips, thanks! Will try that one instead. Yep, I've read about the tools/apps that can be used to partition/format storage devices with EXT. Thanks again.
ejebyte said:
@Ty5982, Thanks for the input! Will try that later.
@greg17477, I'm using Windows so I want to format it to a single Fat32 partition. What's your recommendation?
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well i would recommend tu have 2 partitions, ext and fat. Just to be safe or prapared in case your want to try a different rom. Nowadayes almost every rom uses ext partition. And you won't run out of space, if you install some more apps.
greg17477 said:
well i would recommend tu have 2 partitions, ext and fat. Just to be safe or prapared in case your want to try a different rom. Nowadayes almost every rom uses ext partition. And you won't run out of space, if you install some more apps.
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I see. Thanks! Currently I have a 512MB EXT partition on my SD card. I thought I'd be able to choose which apps to move there but it seems my ROM automatically symlinks the apps installed to the EXT partition.
So I decided I want to just install the apps to NAND since I don't really install a lot of apps and I'm using a TMOUS HD2, just for an extra boost in performance compared to when apps are installed to SD-EXT. Then I'll just selectively move apps to SD.
ejebyte said:
I see. Thanks! Currently I have a 512MB EXT partition on my SD card. I thought I'd be able to choose which apps to move there but it seems my ROM automatically symlinks the apps installed to the EXT partition.
So I decided I want to just install the apps to NAND since I don't really install a lot of apps and I'm using a TMOUS HD2, just for an extra boost in performance compared to when apps are installed to SD-EXT. Then I'll just selectively move apps to SD.
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ah ok, on TMOUS HD2 you might do not need an ext partition
greg17477 said:
ah ok, on TMOUS HD2 you might do not need an ext partition
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That's what I've figured..
I might just back-up everything then re-flash and repartition my phone and SD card. Anyway, thanks everyone!
ejebyte said:
That's what I've figured..
I might just back-up everything then re-flash and repartition my phone and SD card. Anyway, thanks everyone!
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Hi, I hope you guys are still around, I´ve been looking for an answer and can´t find anything, heres the question I posted on another thread:
I´ve been having trouble with my phone freezing even after full wipes, so I´ve come to the conclusion my sdcard is corrupt.
So I want to go through the Gparted process to format and re-partition my sdcard.
Currently I have 16GB class 6, which has the recommended FAT32 and 1GB ext4.
Is it safe (or even possible) to format the sd card now. I tried with Gparted and only the FAT32 partition showed up???
The rom is runnymede aio which requires the ext4
Thanks
colinmc8 said:
Hi, I hope you guys are still around, I´ve been looking for an answer and can´t find anything, heres the question I posted on another thread:
I´ve been having trouble with my phone freezing even after full wipes, so I´ve come to the conclusion my sdcard is corrupt.
So I want to go through the Gparted process to format and re-partition my sdcard.
Currently I have 16GB class 6, which has the recommended FAT32 and 1GB ext4.
Is it safe (or even possible) to format the sd card now. I tried with Gparted and only the FAT32 partition showed up???
The rom is runnymede aio which requires the ext4
Thanks
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be sure to format both partitions as primary.

root irevolutionary

hy,
i rooted my phone with irevolutionary-superuser,but aplication continue to instal at phone ememory.
can anybody help me?
thanks
nobody can help me?
you need to install a custom rom with app2sd (called also a2sd) enabled... go in the "Desire Android Development" section and try
Also helpful:
Link2SD app or Install Manager
Before changing rom for apps2sd
u have to partition the SD card
for more details check out the below link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
ba3 said:
Before changing rom for apps2sd
u have to partition the SD card
for more details check out the below link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
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I suggest using 4EXT recovery to partition your SD card, it did it simple and easy. It's so nice a recovery i bought it, no regrets at all.
Then you'll have to install a rom with an app2sd script that will use the ext4 partition to extend your phone's memory
pix106 said:
I suggest using 4EXT recovery to partition your SD card, it did it simple and easy. It's so nice a recovery i bought it, no regrets at all.
Then you'll have to install a rom with an app2sd script that will use the ext4 partition to extend your phone's memory
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