/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 - the best thing to do with it... - Galaxy S II General

Have you checked out /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 on your device?
It's a ~500MB partition, that just seems to be reserved for GameHub (it's not mounted by default, it's just THERE... mine happens to have some hidden ngmoco content on it).
I feel we could make better use of this, thoughts? I wonder if we'd get a good boost by formatting it as swap for example?
Fellow devs, share your thoughts...
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Do we really need swap on a phone with 1 GB of RAM?

No, not necessarily, that's my point... it's silly to be wasting nearly half a gig tho...
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paulobrien said:
No, not necessarily, that's my point... it's silly to be wasting nearly half a gig tho...
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Hmm.. A very "creative" idea.. Make it another /system partition with another ROM. Dual booting FTW!

kalpik said:
Hmm.. A very "creative" idea.. Make it another /system partition with another ROM. Dual booting FTW!
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That would be a VERY VERY creative idea, and a VERY good use of that extra space!!!!!

kalpik said:
Hmm.. A very "creative" idea.. Make it another /system partition with another ROM. Dual booting FTW!
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Oh yes, that is a brilliant idea!
There are issues with /data conflicts between ROMs, but assuming the ROMs aren't too wildly different, it could work!
Another option would be to use it for dalvik-cache to save space on /data?
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Having a play with the swap option just for fun!
Code:
# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 853048 512220 340828 0 19616
Swap: 524284 0 524284
Total: 1377332 512220 865112
#
I'm away for a week from tomorrow, but when I get back I might rustle up a 'Dual ROM switcher'...
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Mr O'Brian on fire as usual.
How much work would be involved in modifying CWM to boot from either partition? Is that even possible?

That'd be cool!

You can make a multi boot script just editing some of the boot scripts - no actual need to modify CWM

paulobrien said:
Oh yes, that is a brilliant idea!
There are issues with /data conflicts between ROMs, but assuming the ROMs aren't too wildly different, it could work!
Another option would be to use it for dalvik-cache to save space on /data?
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My vote goes to using it for dalvik-cache and increase data by 500MB

Or we could use it to add an extra 500mb of space available for the user in the internal SD.They are on the same memory chip,right?Reformatting both and merging them sounds about right.
That's if we don't find something better.
As for the second rom thing,I have an idea.What if we use that space as a secondary /system,and split a 1-2gb of space from the internal SD to use as /data for the second rom?That way,only the boot scripts would need modifying,unless I am missing something that I shouldn't be missing.

I believe ODIN has that function to repartition. would it be right to say that as long as the custom rom to be flashed would actually mount/recognize the partitions properly then the phone should boot as per normal with the new sizes then just soft/hardlink the folder ?
just thinking out loud.

Brilliant ideas, if it works we can have a dual boot with HTC Sense n Meego... until a new mobile OS joins in
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This is getting interesting by the moment yeaaah!!!
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Dual boot seems like a nice option to do.....maybe running cm7 and stock simultaneosly.....dalviks-cache is a good idea too, but as it is now, its more than enouh for me....that one would depend on users data usage. Swap memory, yeah 1 gb for android is more than enough. Maybe we could initially use it for storage of cwm backups (which shouldnt be to hard to do), then move on to dual booting or whatever is decided.
Why didnt I see that partition before?...**facepalm**

doctorcete said:
Dual boot seems like a nice option to do.....maybe running cm7 and stock simultaneosly.....dalviks-cache is a good idea too, but as it is now, its more than enouh for me....that one would depend on users data usage. Swap memory, yeah 1 gb for android is more than enough. Maybe we could initially use it for storage of cwm backups (which shouldnt be to hard to do), then move on to dual booting or whatever is decided.
Why didnt I see that partition before?...**facepalm**
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I believe no one had seen that up until now.

I guess you people missed this one.

phunkycow said:
I guess you people missed this one.
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LOL. Well spotted Seems this has been in use for some time
I personally would use the block 12 for general file storage, and as a place for tweaks to be processed (sorta like a scratch filesystem in photoshop and adobe software). I use /cache for it right now, but you never know when it might come in handy...

kalpik said:
Hmm.. A very "creative" idea.. Make it another /system partition with another ROM. Dual booting FTW!
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First thing that came to mind after reading Paul's post. Good thinking Batman!

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Vilord's ext2 backup and senseHERO error.

So heres the low-down:
My (4GB) SD Card is partitioned as so:
1.8GB fat32
1GB ext2 (system)
1GB ext2 (data)
I've put the latest basefiles (20091116) in the fat32 partition along with the senseHERO 1.3.3 build. i boot up haret go through the installer for the data. finish all the steps and once it starts to boot, i either get "android_power wakeup" or "ERROR: CANNOT LINE EXECUTABLE 's/system/bin/sh' "
it wont boot into the build and it's kinda buggin me out man.
so if anyone has any idea on what i should do please help. thanks people
Not sure what the issue is, but your ext2 partitions are much much larger than they need to be.
TheKartus said:
Not sure what the issue is, but your ext2 partitions are much much larger than they need to be.
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yeah i'm gonna fix that. lol. so when running the vogue installer i hit volume down to start it. then do i hit volume down to wipe data or end. or do i basicly hit volume down all the way till it says press any key to boot?
Giggles 312 said:
yeah i'm gonna fix that. lol. so when running the vogue installer i hit volume down to start it. then do i hit volume down to wipe data or end. or do i basicly hit volume down all the way till it says press any key to boot?
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First time around you want to run the recovery, then you want wipe data and and backup. Then you should be good to go.
Android power wakeup sounds like it's not using the proper init.rc file, confirm that you have the init.hero.rc in your init folder on the sdcard.
Giggles 312 said:
So heres the low-down:
My (4GB) SD Card is partitioned as so:
1.8GB fat32
1GB ext2 (system)
1GB ext2 (data)
I've put the latest basefiles (20091116) in the fat32 partition along with the senseHERO 1.3.3 build. i boot up haret go through the installer for the data. finish all the steps and once it starts to boot, i either get "android_power wakeup" or "ERROR: CANNOT LINE EXECUTABLE 's/system/bin/sh' "
it wont boot into the build and it's kinda buggin me out man.
so if anyone has any idea on what i should do please help. thanks people
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First time around you want to run the recovery, then you want wipe data and and backup. Then you should be good to go.
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yup thats what i've been doing all this time, but still getting the android_power wakeup error. i dug into some older threads and found nothing really to my benifit, but i realized that its not vilord's backup method thats killing me, its either the build or my phone.
Giggles 312 said:
yup thats what i've been doing all this time, but still getting the android_power wakeup error. i dug into some older threads and found nothing really to my benifit, but i realized that its not vilord's backup method thats killing me, its either the build or my phone.
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The nuclear option always seems to work... repartition the SD card, redownload the basefiles and a sytem file and just start from scratch.
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Android power wakeup sounds like it's not using the proper init.rc file, confirm that you have the init.hero.rc in your init folder on the sdcard.
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ok. thats a step in the right direction, but i forgot to mention that imma COMPLETE NOOb at working with android and linux. imma windows man XD and i just got into the swing of useing a smartphone. so yea XD where is this init.hero.rc you speak of? and how would i "fix" it?
BTWS mssmison i used you ext2 partition backup on a donut build and it was flawless. made everything so much smoother and perfect. thats why i wanna do this to a hero build so i can have a hero android phone without actually coughing up my hard earned cash on one ... yet
power wake up errors also can be caused by bad permissions set for /bin could you possibly upload a logcat?
jamezelle said:
power wake up errors also can be caused by bad permissions set for /bin could you possibly upload a logcat?
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i would if i knew how. being a noob sucks :/
i have a kaiser
p1: Fat32 1.8 gig
p2: Ext2 200 mb
When i start haret it keeps giving me mdp_dma_to_middi: busy.
wont go further then this...
being a n00b to...
n0r said:
i have a kaiser
p1: Fat32 1.8 gig
p2: Ext2 200 mb
When i start haret it keeps giving me mdp_dma_to_middi: busy.
wont go further then this...
being a n00b to...
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your going to need a data partiton as well(another ext2 partition). Make both ext2 partitions 256mb and the rest fat32.The dma_mddi error happens to me and it boots fine..but the screen rotates upside down when you open the keyboard.
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your going to need a data partiton as well(another ext2 partition). Make both ext2 partitions 256mb and the rest fat32.The dma_mddi error happens to me and it boots fine..but the screen rotates upside down when you open the keyboard.
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ok thnx!
I read on another post this resolution: 288x384
maybe ittl help you?
n0r said:
ok thnx!
I read on another post this resolution: 288x384
maybe ittl help you?
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no, hero based builds all have to be 320x480
Giggles 312 said:
i would if i knew how. being a noob sucks :/
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This thread is funny.
the screen flips down when you open keyboard because zimage24.. use zimage23 and that will be fixed... search it at deprecated in vogue-android
I would like step-by-step info on how to format my SD card to have an EXT2 partition.
I currently use Windows 7.
What tools or downloads are required? I've searched a bit but can't find a tutorial.
Thnx in advance!

[Q] How to Install/Run Android on ext2 partition !!!

I Created ext2 Partition on my sdcard now i dont know how to run android on it? can i use any rom by moving it to the ext2 partition ? if yes so how to run iy from winmo i know that windows mobile cant see the ext2 partition so how can i run Android from Winmo? is there a certain versions for this or any android rom will work . please help me in this guys .
Windows will not be able to read ext2. Your only use for ext2 is assign it to be used as a swap partition. Whenever windows sees any ext2 partitions it will ask you to format your SDcard.
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Seriously this is your 3rd post on this and they are all in the wrong forum. Spam?
xhanay said:
Windows will not be able to read ext2. Your only use for ext2 is assign it to be used as a swap partition. Whenever windows sees any ext2 partitions it will ask you to format your SDcard.
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i know that i need to know the steps to install android on ext2 partition . is any version works ! if yes so please tell me how to make it works.
What's the point of creating the ext2 partition in the first place? You don't need it. All you have to do is place the android build folder in your sd card and run clrcad and haret. Seriously, every build thread has the step by step instructions and they all say the same thing.
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mastajest said:
What's the point of creating the ext2 partition in the first place? You don't need it. All you have to do is place the android build folder in your sd card and run clrcad and haret. Seriously, every build thread has the step by step instructions and they all say the same thing.
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it gives more battery time + improving the performance, my friend has did it on his diamond and he says its much better than launching the Adnroid from the fat32
Mido said:
it gives more battery time + improving the performance, my friend has did it on his diamond and he says its much better than launching the Adnroid from the fat32
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haret will not boot android from and ext2 partition.
Mido said:
it gives more battery time + improving the performance, my friend has did it on his diamond and he says its much better than launching the Adnroid from the fat32
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Can't you just ask your friend how he did it then?
Why in the hell did you create three threads on this. What or you retarded or just stuck on stupid.
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johncmolyneux said:
Can't you just ask your friend how he did it then?
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after created the partition he installed a rom from neopeeks specially for this and he put the haret file into the fat32 partition and it works, no need to say i already tried this but it didnt worked.
mattfmartin said:
Why in the hell did you create three threads on this. What or you retarded or just stuck on stupid.
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well i will be retarded if i talked to you, why dont you shut your mouth and keep watching others instead of being such aggressive to others !!
Yosef said:
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what suppose this to mean ?
Mido said:
well i will be retarded if i talked to you, why dont you shut your mouth and keep watching others instead of being such aggressive to others !!
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Someones gotta keep you morons in line
is that how you made your 1374 post? stop stealing the thread ,anyway i will ignore your posts psycho.
Will you be my friend? Haha
Mido said:
after created the partition he installed a rom from neopeeks specially for this and he put the haret file into the fat32 partition and it works, no need to say i already tried this but it didnt worked.
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haret will look for the kernal in a fat32 partition, so even if you had an .ext2 partition (as I do) you will only have app data in there (apps2SD).
It may be possible to create an .ext2 partition and populate it with the system.ext2 data required for android, but I do not see anything else going in there. So, it would be pointless... then android would be reading from two partitions at once... seems slower to me.
What is you purpose for doing this? And I read the previous explanation which, with all 'due respect', makes no sense.
If you want it segregated from your other files, make two fat32 partitions.
right hears my $1 worth of a idea....
1st he has a diamond, the diamond doesnt have a memory card its all internal so yes it will have ext2 i think
2nd no point in going on about it and bad mouthing people.
3rd just get along with each other.
Dblfstr said:
haret will look for the kernal in a fat32 partition, so even if you had an .ext2 partition (as I do) you will only have app data in there (apps2SD).
It may be possible to create an .ext2 partition and populate it with the system.ext2 data required for android, but I do not see anything else going in there. So, it would be pointless... then android would be reading from two partitions at once... seems slower to me.
What is you purpose for doing this? And I read the previous explanation which, with all 'due respect', makes no sense.
If you want it segregated from your other files, make two fat32 partitions.
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im trying to do this only because my friend told me that Android on ext2 partition is running more faster he tested on both fat32 and ext2 and i thought that if its done to diamond so it must be done for hd2 but seems like its not yet.

Quick question!!

i bought a new memory card for my phone..... and im just wonderin if do i have to format in FAT 32 or just leave it and erase the files of a new memory card??
Thank you
rizer08 said:
i bought a new memory card for my phone..... and im just wonderin if do i have to format in FAT 32 or just leave it and erase the files of a new memory card??
Thank you
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If it's new, there's no real need to format. It is already formatted in FAT 32.
You could however partition the memory card within CWM Recovery to setup SWAP and ext4.
Hope that helps =)
Agree it should already be formatted for windows - I would just add:
You can apply the 4EXT extension easily enough in recovery - my personal favorite 4EXT touchcovery...
I would not use a swap file on this device - useful for my old MT3G but I wouldn't do it for this phone IMHO
I use SDFormatter (it's free) for formatting all my MicroSD cards. I had problems getting a 32 GB MicroSD card to be recognized on my MyTouch 4G and after formatting it with that program, no problems anymore
SH31KH said:
If it's new, there's no real need to format. It is already formatted in FAT 32.
You could however partition the memory card within CWM Recovery to setup SWAP and ext4.
Hope that helps =)
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Alright, I've been around for awhile and still haven't really looked into this, but what exactly is swap and ext4? Like what are the benefits?
And also, I'm trying to find the differences between the 4ext touchcovery and clockworkrecovery other than themes and touch. What would you recommend and why?
I2IEAILiiTY said:
Alright, I've been around for awhile and still haven't really looked into this, but what exactly is swap and ext4? Like what are the benefits?
And also, I'm trying to find the differences between the 4ext touchcovery and clockworkrecovery other than themes and touch. What would you recommend and why?
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Swap is a portion of your card (or hard drive for desktop) that the system will use almost like RAM - for frequently accessed files/information. This was very useful for the older phones that had little RAM but not really needed for newer phones. That swap will get 'thrashed' quite a bit too, and with a limited amount of read/writes per SD card I would not recommend it except on older phones.
ext4 is a file system and ext3 was better than ext2 etc... ext4 in a nutshell is faster, and more stable - lots of googling available on that one if you are interested in the fine details.
4ext recovery - has a couple of really nice features like md5 checksum check and a few others and the new touchcovery is so slick - no buttons needed at all, great UI and all the features of the original - I practically feel guilty using it! Try it - if you don't like it you can always go back ...
Hope that helps...
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Swap is a portion of your card (or hard drive for desktop) that the system will use almost like RAM - for frequently accessed files/information. This was very useful for the older phones that had little RAM but not really needed for newer phones. That swap will get 'thrashed' quite a bit too, and with a limited amount of read/writes per SD card I would not recommend it except on older phones.
ext4 is a file system and ext3 was better than ext2 etc... ext4 in a nutshell is faster, and more stable - lots of googling available on that one if you are interested in the fine details.
4ext recovery - has a couple of really nice features like md5 checksum check and a few others and the new touchcovery is so slick - no buttons needed at all, great UI and all the features of the original - I practically feel guilty using it! Try it - if you don't like it you can always go back ...
Hope that helps...
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Yea, so swap is in other words Virtual Memory? When i had an iphone 3g, I used a VM mod and a couple others to speed it up cause it has very little RAM.
And I'm using 4ext touchcovery and I love the wipe all but sdcard function.
What are the benefits of partitioning your sdcard?
I2IEAILiiTY said:
Yea, so swap is in other words Virtual Memory? When i had an iphone 3g, I used a VM mod and a couple others to speed it up cause it has very little RAM.
And I'm using 4ext touchcovery and I love the wipe all but sdcard function.
What are the benefits of partitioning your sdcard?
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Yeah touchcovery is sweet and you are correct about swap being virtual memory.
For partitioning your card with 4EXT, I am no expert but I think stock Android expects FAT, and if you run windows you would not see 4EXT easily etc... but I use a 4EXT partition of 500 MB for Android, since it is faster, more stable etc... and android has no problems reading it since it is a *NIX derived OS and the more recent ROMs should take advantage of that partition format.
You can partition pretty easy in 4EXT touchcovery BTW ... not sure how it handles existing data so I would back up if you go that route...

[Q] How can I make my ext partition on my SD card bigger?

I have Android in NAND and I was running out of memory. So I made an partition on my SD. So that apps automaticly are going to install on my SD. That partition was 2GB. I use a ton of apps and within a week the partition was full. So how can I make that partition bigger WITHOUT losing any data?
Do a full cwm backup (titanium backup too, just in case)and also backup the fat partition of the SD card, reformat to desired size, then in cwm choose backup/restore, advanced - restore sd-ext, then restore your fat partition stuff too(important that bit, because there's android stuff on the fat partition too)
you can potentially just do a full restore from cwm rather than a selective sd-ext restore, but id try the selective restore first.
elias2204 said:
I have Android in NAND and I was running out of memory. So I made an partition on my SD. So that apps automaticly are going to install on my SD. That partition was 2GB. I use a ton of apps and within a week the partition was full. So how can I make that partition bigger WITHOUT losing any data?
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A little bit off topic, but what kind of apps are you talking about?
I have over 100 apps, and my 1GB ext partition is not even half full.
Are you sure it's 2GB ?
Marvlesz said:
A little bit off topic, but what kind of apps are you talking about?
I have over 100 apps, and my 1GB ext partition is not even half full.
Are you sure it's 2GB ?
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+1 - I have a fair number of apps including games and stuff, most of which are in my EXT partiton, and yet I have only used up around 350MB. Are you linking the libs files as well?Or did you create a smaller partition than you thought, as Marvlesz suggested (perhaps 256MB)?
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+1 - I have a fair number of apps including games and stuff, most of which are in my EXT partiton, and yet I have only used up around 350MB. Are you linking the libs files as well?Or did you create a smaller partition than you thought, as Marvlesz suggested (perhaps 256MB)?
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I have Fifa 12, MC2, MC3, Dead Trigger,Real Football and PES 2012.
elias2204 said:
I have Fifa 12, MC2, MC3, Dead Trigger,Real Football and PES 2012.
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That's strange i had 224 apps installed on my hd2 including many big games still i had 600 mb left from my 2gb ext partition
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Anurag pandey said:
That's strange i had 224 apps installed on my hd2 including many big games still i had 600 mb left from my 2gb ext partition
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P.S. my HD2 got a dead touchscreen.so using this this till the HTC guys fix it
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When I want to get something like Facebook, Maps or Songpop it says that I have not enough space those apps are around 10mb. When I go to settings it says that I have 28mb. But if I want to get something big like Minecraft it installs it without a problem.
elias2204 said:
When I want to get something like Facebook, Maps or Songpop it says that I have not enough space those apps are around 10mb. When I go to settings it says that I have 28mb. But if I want to get something big like Minecraft it installs it without a problem.
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What is the script that you're using for the sd-ext? Are you using link2sd?
(Pressed thanks by mistake )
Marvlesz said:
What is the script that you're using for the sd-ext? Are you using link2sd?
(Pressed thanks by mistake )
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I have no idea I'm just using this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817793
those roms dont support sd-ext by default, you have to flash one.
samsamuel said:
those roms dont support sd-ext by default, you have to flash one.
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Oke, what do I have to flash?
elias2204 said:
Oke, what do I have to flash?
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You have to flash an a2sd script that suits your needs
EDIT:
Sorry, my fault. I know you're going to ask "what is that" and "where do I get it".
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716124
I (just) hope that you will find all the information you need there.
Ohh, and before I go, don't ask us which is the best, there is no best .
And the one I'm using is this : INT2EXT+
Good luck
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You have to flash an a2sd script that suits your needs
EDIT:
Sorry, my fault. I know you're going to ask "what is that" and "where do I get it".
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716124
I (just) hope that you will find all the information you need there.
Ohh, and before I go, don't ask us which is the best, there is no best .
And the one I'm using is this : INT2EXT+
Good luck
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I installed INT2EXT+ and it f*cked up my rom. When I boot up I get only force closes. So it made my phone unusable. Had to flash my rom back.
elias2204 said:
I installed INT2EXT+ and it f*cked up my rom. When I boot up I get only force closes. So it made my phone unusable. Had to flash my rom back.
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Most of the scripts have to be flashed right before instalation of the rom.
So flash a script in a rom with all the apps already installed is not a good idea.
Magic2010 said:
Most of the scripts have to be flashed right before instalation of the rom.
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flash the script BEFORE the rom?? that would be a neat trick to see.
@op, i use int2ext+ with the aokp jb rom from that thread, , flash the rom, let it set up, (dont bother with for example google account details and what not, just let it set up till you see the desktop).reboot, flash the script(you HAVE created teh ext partition already right? cos this script doesnt create it), reboot, then install your apps and data and such .
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flash the script BEFORE the rom?? that would be a neat trick to see.
@op, i use int2ext+ with the aokp jb rom from that thread, , flash the rom, let it set up, (dont bother with for example google account details and what not, just let it set up till you see the desktop).reboot, flash the script(you HAVE created teh ext partition already right? cos this script doesnt create it), reboot, then install your apps and data and such .
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I will try that. But meanwhile I flashed CM10 on my phone and then the script and it's working!!!!! But I like Paranoid Android more so I'm going to do what you said. BTW yes I have a partition on my SD-Card it's 2GB.
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flash the script BEFORE the rom?? that would be a neat trick to see.
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I meant to say right after the Rom, and before all the apps.
Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's working!!!!!!!!!
elias2204 said:
Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's working!!!!!!!!!
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Why don't people use the thanks button?
Start from page one, and press the "Thanks" button for everyone that helped you (or even just tried to), yes, including me.
That is better than saying "Thank you" a million times.
Marvlesz said:
Why don't people use the thanks button?
Start from page one, and press the "Thanks" button for everyone that helped you (or even just tried to), yes, including me.
That is better than saying "Thank you" a million times.
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Did that.

Get use out of the 2gb wasted /system space when using a custom ROM

Hello xda,
When you install a (lightweight) custom rom on a s4, you will easily have about 2gb of the /system partition unused (+plus a few gb more in some other partitions). It sums up to about 4.5gb (!) of unused space.
Changing the partition sizes using a modified pit file is impossible.
Converting user apps to system apps seems useless as updates are installed on the internal storage.
Can something be done using foldermount? (moving cache to one of those unused system partitions?)
What do you think is the best way to get use out of this wasted space?
Thank you in advance,
Pretty much the only thing you can do with that extra space is to flash another ROM on it and then you can dual boot any 2 ROMs.
You can have a TouchWiz ROM and a LineageOS ROM, or any other combination of 2 ROMs.
This is pretty much the only thing you can do. Even if you somehow move apps to /system, their data will still be written on the /data partition.
Also, /system is read-only by default.
nxss4 said:
What do you think is the best way to get use out of this wasted space?
Thank you in advance,
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Flash a bigger Gapps package. The Google apps will be installed on the system partition. Don't fill it completely, though.
Thank you for the replies guys! Dual booting is a good way to fill up space, indeed. But I'm really satisfied with RR 7.1.1. Maybe dualboating touchwiz for the camera is an idea, I will see!
Salut, thanks but I does it have any benefits? As updates will be installed on the internal storage anyway.
nxss4 said:
Salut, thanks but I does it have any benefits? As updates will be installed on the internal storage anyway.
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There's no reason to fill your phone up with a bunch of useless apps. Install the package that fits your needs most.
As you can convert user apps to system apps you can integrate updates to system partition too.
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As you can convert user apps to system apps you can integrate updates to system partition too.
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That's interesting, is there an automated way to do that? I did some research before starting this thread but couldn't find anything?
I like my phone to 'just work' (not like iphones) when I am busy
nxss4 said:
That's interesting, is there an automated way to do that? I did some research before starting this thread but couldn't find anything?
I like my phone to 'just work' (not like iphones) when I am busy
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Automated? Well, it's not an iPhone
With link2sd you can migrate apps and updates into system partition.
Good luck
tset351 said:
Automated? Well, it's not an iPhone
With link2sd you can migrate apps and updates into system partition.
Good luck
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Oh well, I'm going to look into that, I use apps2sd atm for foldermount, they don't have this option. I'm gonna try out link to sd, thanks!
UPDATE: It works flawlessly, thanks !
Just no automatic applying updates to system apps, but i guess I can live with that

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