If I use gparted to shrink the p4 partition to 6gb (so the whole cards
partitions are < 8gb and dd the updated card to a file, then back to
to an 8gb card that should work, right? I know the restore will run
out of card to write to but the actual image is only ~8gb so it fits.
If I can successfully access the p4 vfat (/sdcard) it worked, right?
I'm hopeful the boot block / partition table will then reflect a real
size of ~8gb.
Sounds like it's worth trying. If it won't boot you can try to get to the individual partitions. fdisk -ul will tell you where they're at in sectors.
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Ended up rebuilding up from the provided 2gb card image.
It seems down sizing doesn't work, but upsizing does .
I also did the build.prop change to support the netflix app.
Everything is working as expected.
This is my first first Tutorial thread in xda!
So,don't mind me and forgive me If i am done wrong something!
Swapper is simple application for "extending memory". Helps when you need some memory for non active applications (like music player + browser + maps + etc...).
Requirement: root, SD/SDHC card and custom kernel that support swap .
Warning: SD card will be used as swap space. It can (and will) shorten SD card lifespan.
1.Downlod Swapper 2 from market! Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=lv.n3o.swapper2
2.Install Swapper2 normally
3.There are 2ways to swap: first use swap by partition and another one is by none partition(But If you partition you can create more 256mb)
4.For using swap by partition u must partition your sdcard by using minitool or etc....(NOTE: partition to linux swap and primary)
5.After you partition you turn off yor phone and then back to xrecovery or cwm to clear cache partition
6.turn on n then open swapper2 normally and go to Preferences of swapper then you check safe to unmount and safe to remount
7.and then you go adavaned preferences and check the Use swap partition and Swap partition set it to /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
8.after that go back to swapper2 and turn it on (wait the process when it say All done It works)
9.Another one way is none using swap partition it easy because swap create it by itself but it can't more then 256mb
10.First Open Swapper2 then go to Preferences of swapper
11.Click on Swap size and click what number that u want to swap 32,48,64..etc
12.Then go back to Swapper2 and turn it on
13.For none using swap partition method It take a while 3minutes or more depend on class of your sd card!!!wait the process untill it say All done It mean that It works
Recommend: For me,I'm using micro sdcard 16G class10 so i partition my sdcard 1500mb for swap ^^ I alway free more ram about 90 to 120
Note: for swappiness it depend on your phone!!for me i can use swappiness 100 smoothy
If you have any question you can ask me more about this
I take my time for making this thread If you think I'm helped you Just Click THANKS for me
Remember: do it with your own risk and i don't warranthy if this method cause brick your lovely x8
the primary partition must be ext or can be fat or ntfs ?!
also do u notice real improvements ?
I never understood how to do it with terminal, so thanks for your help!
darknessx10 said:
I never understood how to do it with terminal, so thanks for your help!
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Your welcome
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Finally a simple and fast tutorial,thanks!
ahmedz_1991 said:
the primary partition must be ext or can be fat or ntfs ?!
also do u notice real improvements ?
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Second partition must be linux swap and primary
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I have a problem,when i format my sd card and put swap partition on mini partition tool,when i place my sd card back to phone its says "damaged sd card"...
I have swap running on 2 x8's. 1 is using 7000mb fat, 400 ext2 and 4-500 linux swap, however i cannot see the ext and swap partitions when i connect to pc, even though everything is working fine i would like to know how i can reformat my 8gb sd back to 8gb.
The other x8 has a 2gb unpartioned sd using the other method where a 256mb swap file is created. It works fine and is simple to set up but i have over 90mb free ram on partition set up and 70-80mb on the simple method.
All mine were set up with trial and error and there was no way to really confirm it was set up properly so this thread has confirmed my setup. It could have saved me time a few weeks ago but i'm sure lots of users will find this thread very helpful.
@ mods, I think its time to refresh the stickies as some are obsolete and i believe this thread would be an ideal sticky.
@OP, nice job. Thanks for your contribution to our little x8 section
corsav6 said:
I have swap running on 2 x8's. 1 is using 7000mb fat, 400 ext2 and 4-500 linux swap, however i cannot see the ext and swap partitions when i connect to pc, even though everything is working fine i would like to know how i can reformat my 8gb sd back to 8gb.
The other x8 has a 2gb unpartioned sd using the other method where a 256mb swap file is created. It works fine and is simple to set up but i have over 90mb free ram on partition set up and 70-80mb on the simple method.
All mine were set up with trial and error and there was no way to really confirm it was set up properly so this thread has confirmed my setup. It could have saved me time a few weeks ago but i'm sure lots of users will find this thread very helpful.
@ mods, I think its time to refresh the stickies as some are obsolete and i believe this thread would be an ideal sticky.
@OP, nice job. Thanks for your contribution to our little x8 section
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You want to know how to format your sd card with 7000mb fat32 400 ext3 linux swap 500mb
If you format it,it will back to 8Gb sd card
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RodrigoOgasawara said:
I have a problem,when i format my sd card and put swap partition on mini partition tool,when i place my sd card back to phone its says "damaged sd card"...
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Let partition by this method:
1.connect your sd card to pc
2.open minitool partition
3.right click on your fat32 sd card and choose the word resize
4.after you resize u will see your partition
5.right click on your new partition and choose word create
6.partition it to linux swap and primary
7.apply it and wait the process
7.Done and Cheers
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what i do wrong?
its working only for custom kernels?
Well i have a 4gb class 4 sd card.I;ve made'it 3.2 gb fat32 128linux swap and the rest ext 3.And i have min 90 mb free mem ,max 120.
RodrigoOgasawara said:
I have a problem,when i format my sd card and put swap partition on mini partition tool,when i place my sd card back to phone its says "damaged sd card"...
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Don't forget to format after partitioning!
And with minitool for working swap and ext you must connect sd as phone's mass storage->not CWM mount usb storage, booted ROM and connect phone to PC.
Then you'll able to partition your sd. After all FORMAT and all will work.
+1 When you have a 4gb sd you must create FAT, when you have above 4 gb create FAT32. Create first a primary FAT(32), then a primary SWAP/EXT
I partitioned my SD card (4gb class 4) with this propieties
Primary: 3.4GB
Logical: 313MB
But when I put the sd card into the phone, it doesn't recognizes the SDCard.
It's weird because when I browse in my SD card via cwm it shows my files and folders :Z
Anyone knows what the hell i'm doing wrong?
junghyun01 said:
You want to know how to format your sd card with 7000mb fat32 400 ext3 linux swap 500mb
If you format it,it will back to 8Gb sd card
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No, it is only showing as 7gb. When I format it stays at 7gb and I can't see the other 2 partitions on the PC. They work with links2sd and swapper. Do I need to remove anything from the rom connected with apps2sd, I'm using kuyadroid with alfs kernel. I have removed everything from the modules folder but my phone storage is low and links2sd says only 2% of ext2 been used even though it successfully links my apps, or so it claims. Sorry for all the questions but if I know then I can help others thanks for your reply
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darknessx10 said:
I partitioned my SD card (4gb class 4) with this propieties
Primary: 3.4GB
Logical: 313MB
But when I put the sd card into the phone, it doesn't recognizes the SDCard.
It's weird because when I browse in my SD card via cwm it shows my files and folders :Z
Anyone knows what the hell i'm doing wrong?
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all partition MUST set in PRIMARY no LOGICAL... For me let swapper2 make your sdcard partition is the safest & easiest way,@author 1question do i need to format my sdcard when i let swapper2 partition my sdcard...
Here is a easy tutorial for partition !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning
corsav6 said:
No, it is only showing as 7gb. When I format it stays at 7gb and I can't see the other 2 partitions on the PC. They work with links2sd and swapper. Do I need to remove anything from the rom connected with apps2sd, I'm using kuyadroid with alfs kernel. I have removed everything from the modules folder but my phone storage is low and links2sd says only 2% of ext2 been used even though it successfully links my apps, or so it claims. Sorry for all the questions but if I know then I can help others thanks for your reply
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you cannot see the others partition because the card reader or phone shows the 1st partition,you can see the other partition by using partition tool,coz the 1st partition is only mounted which is fat32...
Hi,
I want to root a Simple Touch Glow and was following the steps using SD_2gb_clockwork0rc2.zip.
The trouble is that is designed for a 2GB card and mine is 16GB. Can I use it? If not, is there a version for the 16GB card or do I need to buy a 2GB card?
Thanks in advance!
Yes, you can always use a bigger SD card than necessary.
If you are writing an image to the card you may end up with the drive appearing as if it were a smaller size.
When you are all done you will have to reformat the drive to get it to be its full native size.
For instance, writing Noogie to a 4 Gig SD card will work fine.
When you are done, the card will appear to be only 70 Megs.
Just reformat the card.
Windows can not low-level format an SD card.
Partition Wizard can. http://www.partitionwizard.com/
Renate NST said:
Windows can not low-level format an SD card.
Partition Wizard can. http://www.partitionwizard.com/
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As can SD Formatter, and the Nook can as well from the settings.
I can't get my SD card card to mount.
Do I have to format it coming from stock FW?
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It needs to be in FAT32, so copy whatever is on it off it, and use EaseUS Partition Home free version to format it FAT32
LostInMyHead said:
It needs to be in FAT32, so copy whatever is on it off it, and use EaseUS Partition Home free version to format it FAT32
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Thanks!
I don't have a dedicated SD Card reader in my possession, but an old BlackBerry phone did the trick.
I had to format it FAT32 (Primary), logical didn't work.
I installed CM7 on a 16GB SD card for my Nook Color about a year ago and it has been working fine since then with no problems. I've been doing regular image backups of the SD card using Win32DiskImager. I recently had problems with an app update so decided to try and do an image restore of a recent backup. I get error messages from Win32DiskImager that there's not enough room on the SD card. I've tried reformatting/repartitioning the SD card using various tools (Windows format, Nook SD card format, EaseUS, SDFormatter, etc.) but haven't been able to get the full disk space back. The message I get from Win32DiskImager is: " Not enough space on disk: Size 30390270 sectors, available 30248960 sectors." This was the original SD card that had the CM image on it. Any ideas? Thanks!
zinger14 said:
I installed CM7 on a 16GB SD card for my Nook Color about a year ago and it has been working fine since then with no problems. I've been doing regular image backups of the SD card using Win32DiskImager. I recently had problems with an app update so decided to try and do an image restore of a recent backup. I get error messages from Win32DiskImager that there's not enough room on the SD card. I've tried reformatting/repartitioning the SD card using various tools (Windows format, Nook SD card format, EaseUS, SDFormatter, etc.) but haven't been able to get the full disk space back. The message I get from Win32DiskImager is: " Not enough space on disk: Size 30390270 sectors, available 30248960 sectors." This was the original SD card that had the CM image on it. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Try burning the SD image file again and before rebooting, try doing the restore.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
Try burning the SD image file again and before rebooting, try doing the restore.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Thanks but I think I've figured out what the problem is. I have two 16gb sd cards but each is from a different vendor. Apparently each card has a slightly different storage capacity (~70M) so the image created from the card with the larger capacity won't fit on the sd card with the lower capacity. Does anyone know if there is a safe way to shrink the partition size on the sd card that currently has CM7 installed without losing the data? I could easily get by with 4gb instead of the current 16gb. I'd like to be able to use both sd cards using the same image.
Use minitools partition manager and shrink partition 4... as long as there's enough free space... nothing is lost.
DizzyDen said:
Use minitools partition manager and shrink partition 4... as long as there's enough free space... nothing is lost.
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I was able to change the size of partition 4 but it just move it to unallocated space and kept the total memory of the sd card the same. Sounds like I would need to reformat the sd card to change the overall size.
I ended up using an imaging program called usbit. It has an option when restoring an image to truncate oversize images. It does warn that there is a chance of data loss when doing this but I tried it and it seemed to work without any problems. I was able to restore the images that I had created with Win32DiskImager with this tool. Another good feature with this tool is that it can also compresses the image files that are created with it.