After a few questions I decided to write a TUT how to get a smaller wp7 partition.
Better: I tried to write a TUT
What you need: your sd card, a SECOND SD CARD with less storage, partition app for pc(I used EASEUS Partition Master 6.5.2 Home Edition), usb cardreader
1st step: flash wp7 with magldr when the SMALL sd card is in your phone or perform a hard reset with the smaller card when you have already flashed wp7.
2nd step: connect both sd cards to your pc and run the partition app.
Delete the filesystem of your BIGGER sd card.
3rd step: copy the wp7 partition from the small sd into the unallocated space of your big sd.
Now create a new partition(FAT32) of the rest unallocated space and convert from logical into primary partition. The drive letter must be set on your fat32 partition! Otherwise your pc will not find it. In front of your wp7 partition should be a “ * “.
I used 4gb and 16gb sd cards so I got 3.5gb wp7 partition and 11.5gb fat32 left on my 16gb card .
Sorry for my English
Hope it can help anyone of you guys and don’t forget to thank DFT for LEO70
Wouldn't it work to have 2 sd cards?... 1 for wp7 and 1 for android. Just make sure the phone is off when you switch them and make sure the wp7 card is in when you boot into wp7. I want to try that... have my 16gb for wp7 and my 32gb for android. Has anyone been able to boot android off sd with magldr yet?
EDIT: Oops, I actually posted this in the wrong thread. Sorry.
Hmmmm tried doing this but failed, I think it's due to my card reader only being able to read Micro SD and not Micro SDHC, tried doing it through magdlr usb was a no go, could change the partition but not wipe it, nice idea though, I'm sure many will find it helpful
I'm running WP7 and, from the the SD, Android.
Now, I'm using an 8Gb Sandisk SD, 4Gb used by the WP7 unknown file system and 4Gb by the Android FAT32 partition. Since I put a lot of stuff in WP7, it's getting closer to be full sooner and sooner.
Is it possible to resize the partition - let's say 6Gb WP7/2Gb Android - without losing data? Has anyone of you already tried doing it?
Thanks!
There are many reformatting and partitioning applications out there, but they wipe the data of your sd card. Since its on the sd card just backup(move) all the info onto your pc.
Hope this helps
If I helped please hit the thanks button!
i have tried an tried, but each time i inserted the sd card then wp7 didn't recognize it untill i hard reset the phone and wp7 destroys the partition info again and all of the sd card is assigned to wp7 again.
Blame73 said:
I'm running WP7 and, from the the SD, Android.
Now, I'm using an 8Gb Sandisk SD, 4Gb used by the WP7 unknown file system and 4Gb by the Android FAT32 partition. Since I put a lot of stuff in WP7, it's getting closer to be full sooner and sooner.
Is it possible to resize the partition - let's say 6Gb WP7/2Gb Android - without losing data? Has anyone of you already tried doing it?
Thanks!
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bump up the same question.
Please forgive me for reposting this but I cannot find the answer and it's driving me crazy.
I am running a dual boot HTC HD2 with Windows Mobile 7 in NAND and Android on the SD card.
Windows Mobile 7 creates a dedicated and non-standard partition on the back half of the card.
Android is booting from a FAT-32 partition on the front of the card.
The partition table looks something like this for the 16GB Class 10 card I am using:
FAT-32 Partition from 0 to approx 7.3 GB set as primary.
Type 4 Partition from 7.3GB to the end of the card.
When running Android from a dedicated SD card the SD card can be found at /mnt/sdcard and everthing is hunky dorey.
However, when the Windows 7 partition is also on the card /mnt/sdcard is empty (there is nothing mounted there). All of the applications that look for an SD card cannot find it. I did find the entire contents of the SD card in /bootsdcard.
I tried creating a soft link between from /bootsdcard to /mnt/sdcard and that did not work.
Does anybody have any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks,
Mike
RE: SD Partitioning
ChitownWingMan said:
Please forgive me for reposting this but I cannot find the answer and it's driving me crazy.
I am running a dual boot HTC HD2 with Windows Mobile 7 in NAND and Android on the SD card.
Windows Mobile 7 creates a dedicated and non-standard partition on the back half of the card.
Android is booting from a FAT-32 partition on the front of the card.
The partition table looks something like this for the 16GB Class 10 card I am using:
FAT-32 Partition from 0 to approx 7.3 GB set as primary.
Type 4 Partition from 7.3GB to the end of the card.
When running Android from a dedicated SD card the SD card can be found at /mnt/sdcard and everthing is hunky dorey.
However, when the Windows 7 partition is also on the card /mnt/sdcard is empty (there is nothing mounted there). All of the applications that look for an SD card cannot find it. I did find the entire contents of the SD card in /bootsdcard.
I tried creating a soft link between from /bootsdcard to /mnt/sdcard and that did not work.
Does anybody have any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks,
Mike
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Hello...first save all data from FAT32 format. Then:
How to dual boot Windows Phone 7 and Android on HTC HD2 with 1 SD card?
1. In WP7, go to ‘Settings’.
2. Then ‘about’.
3. Click on ‘reset your phone’.
4. Double confirm with ‘yes’ and ‘yes’.
5. Once phone restart, hold on power button. MAGLDR bootloader will be loaded.
6. Take out your SD card from phone and put it into SD card reader at PC.
7. Load Partition Wizard Home Edition.
8. There should be 2 partitions on your SD card (200MB on the left and another larger one on the right).
9. Delete the larger one.
10. Create a partition as ‘Logical’ with ‘Unformatted’ file system.
11. Make sure that the ‘Unallocated Space After’ is 0 MB and some space at ‘Unallocated Space Before’.
12. Apply the changes for pending operations.
13. Close Partition Wizard Home Edition.
14. Put your SD card back to phone.
15. Power on your phone.
16. Setup WP7 for the first time usage.
17. Power off it.
18. Take out your SD card from phone and put it into SD card reader at PC.
19. Load Partition Wizard Home Edition.
20. The ‘Unformatted’ partition should turn into ‘Other’ file system.
21. Delete the 200MB ‘Other’ partition.
22. Create a partition as ‘Primary’ with ‘FAT32′ file system.
23. Right click on the ‘Other’ partition and select ‘Modify’ and then ‘Set Partition As Primary’.
24. Apply the changes for pending operations. You should have 2 primary partitions (FAT32 and Other).
25. Close Partition Wizard Home Edition.
26. Copy SD MAGLDR Android into your SD card. Follow the guide here.
27. That’s all.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913815
Important: Make sure to make window phone 7 memory bigger than android (Partition Bigger)
Dual Boot SD Card Issue
Jerome.Ramos said:
Hello...first save all data from FAT32 format. Then:
How to dual boot Windows Phone 7 and Android on HTC HD2 with 1 SD card?
1. In WP7, go to ‘Settings’.
2. Then ‘about’.
3. Click on ‘reset your phone’.
4. Double confirm with ‘yes’ and ‘yes’.
5. Once phone restart, hold on power button. MAGLDR bootloader will be loaded.
6. Take out your SD card from phone and put it into SD card reader at PC.
7. Load Partition Wizard Home Edition.
8. There should be 2 partitions on your SD card (200MB on the left and another larger one on the right).
9. Delete the larger one.
10. Create a partition as ‘Logical’ with ‘Unformatted’ file system.
11. Make sure that the ‘Unallocated Space After’ is 0 MB and some space at ‘Unallocated Space Before’.
12. Apply the changes for pending operations.
13. Close Partition Wizard Home Edition.
14. Put your SD card back to phone.
15. Power on your phone.
16. Setup WP7 for the first time usage.
17. Power off it.
18. Take out your SD card from phone and put it into SD card reader at PC.
19. Load Partition Wizard Home Edition.
20. The ‘Unformatted’ partition should turn into ‘Other’ file system.
21. Delete the 200MB ‘Other’ partition.
22. Create a partition as ‘Primary’ with ‘FAT32′ file system.
23. Right click on the ‘Other’ partition and select ‘Modify’ and then ‘Set Partition As Primary’.
24. Apply the changes for pending operations. You should have 2 primary partitions (FAT32 and Other).
25. Close Partition Wizard Home Edition.
26. Copy SD MAGLDR Android into your SD card. Follow the guide here.
27. That’s all.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913815
Important: Make sure to make window phone 7 memory bigger than android (Partition Bigger)
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That is exactly the procedure I followed to get the dual boot to work at all on 1 SD card. That is how I got the two partitions.
Android boots from the SD card and works (I am using it every day). Android just doesn't think that there is an SD card installed for A2SD or any other SD card function.
Should I reduce the size of the FAT-32 partition and create another FAT-32 or EXT partition?
Help please, this is driving me crazy.
You have to start all over. Just save your data on both OS's. You should have only 2 partitions in the end FAT 32 for android and Other for Window 7. Make sure that Window 7 partition has a larger partition size than android, otherwise you will have a lot of errors. Hope this helps you out. J
I've done that twice. Everything works in Windows 7 the only issue is for some reason Android doesn't see the SD card that it is booting from.
What SD card are you using? I am using 32g Sandisk Class2. Everything works perfect on mine with the HD2. Perhaps it's the SD Card?
Jerome.Ramos said:
What SD card are you using? I am using 32g Sandisk Class2. Everything works perfect on mine with the HD2. Perhaps it's the SD Card?
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The card works fine for Windows 7 with or without the Android FAT-32 partition.
If the FAT-32 partition is the only partition on the card then Android sees the card correctly.
With both partitions Android (MCCMBoxmax V8.0) boots and runs from the card just fine with the exception that Android doesn't see the SD card that is was booted from. However, the card is mounted on /bootsdcard.
I even tried splitting the FAT-32 partition into a smaller FAT-32 partition and an EXT2 partition. That also did not work.
I have tried the following cards:
Samsung 16 GB Class 2 - MMB3R16GUACA-GE (replacement supplied by HTC)
Patriot 16 GB class 10 - PSFGMCSDHD10-BC
And like I said, both OS's work except for this one android glitch.
same problem for me...
Same problem for me too!
Additional info:
If i browse back to /sdcard i can see everything on my memory card. But there is nothing on /mnt/sdcard
Any help suggestions are much appreciated...
hemyl said:
Additional info:
If i browse back to /sdcard i can see everything on my memory card. But there is nothing on /mnt/sdcard
Any help suggestions are much appreciated...
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I had exact same issue on my previous dual boot setup on various cards and various roms. Prior to this I had no problems setting up a dual boot with WP/Android.
Okay, so this is probably not helpful, since I am very limited in my understanding, but others out there chime in if you know... I may be wrong but it seems that back when we only had Windows Mobile 6.5 with the ability to run Android from the sd card, it seems that there was this same limitation. I think that it is the case, because I remember in January when the ability to run Android from NAND first was released, I was all excited because we would finally be able to use our SD cards in Android correctly. In summary, I think it is due to running Android from SD... it doesn't recognize the SD card as an sd card because it treats it like the internal memory. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I seem to remember that.
ealex134 said:
Okay, so this is probably not helpful, since I am very limited in my understanding, but others out there chime in if you know... I may be wrong but it seems that back when we only had Windows Mobile 6.5 with the ability to run Android from the sd card, it seems that there was this same limitation. I think that it is the case, because I remember in January when the ability to run Android from NAND first was released, I was all excited because we would finally be able to use our SD cards in Android correctly. In summary, I think it is due to running Android from SD... it doesn't recognize the SD card as an sd card because it treats it like the internal memory. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I seem to remember that.
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However, the SD card works properly if there isn't a Windows Mobile 7 partition even when booting from the SD card.
Something about the Windows partition is messing up with the mounting of the SD card. I just don't know enough to figure it out.
load up a partition program and make sure both partitions are set to primary.
orangekid said:
load up a partition program and make sure both partitions are set to primary.
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I don't believe that the windows partition can be set to primary and still work.
However, I will try it. Thanks.
I got it working!!!
Here is what I now have on a 16 GB Class 10 SD Card
Partition # File System Capacity Type
1 FAT-32 3.91GB Primary (Android Boot Parition)
2 EXT-2 3.52GB Primary (Android A2SD partition)
3 Other 7.32GB Logical (Windows Mobile 7 partition)
Android boots and sees the SD card. Windows Mobile 7 boots and sees the SD card!!!!
For just two partitions make the WM7 partition primary.
Thanks thanks thanks....
ChitownWingMan said:
Here is what I now have on a 16 GB Class 10 SD Card
Partition # File System Capacity Type
1 FAT-32 3.91GB Primary (Android Boot Parition)
2 EXT-2 3.52GB Primary (Android A2SD partition)
3 Other 7.32GB Logical (Windows Mobile 7 partition)
Android boots and sees the SD card. Windows Mobile 7 boots and sees the SD card!!!!
For just two partitions make the WM7 partition primary.
Thanks thanks thanks....
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glad you got it working
ChitownWingMan said:
Here is what I now have on a 16 GB Class 10 SD Card
Partition # File System Capacity Type
1 FAT-32 3.91GB Primary (Android Boot Parition)
2 EXT-2 3.52GB Primary (Android A2SD partition)
3 Other 7.32GB Logical (Windows Mobile 7 partition)
Android boots and sees the SD card. Windows Mobile 7 boots and sees the SD card!!!!
For just two partitions make the WM7 partition primary.
Thanks thanks thanks....
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I installed WM7 on NAND, and Android 2.3.4 on SD Card. I followed the original steps as mentioned in this thread above, and have run into the same issue. That is, android is not able to recognize the SD Card. Now, my question is that can I just format (and delete) the first half of the sd card (the one that has android) .. and then create one Fat-32 and one ext-2 partition on that .. Will that work? I am trying to understand if I need to upset my windows installation at all ..
Also, I need to understand the role of Partition 1 and partition 2 above. I was of the understanding that the "Android" folder (ROM Files) should be loaded to the Fat32 partition. However, in this case it seems that the ROM files are kept in ext2 partition instead?
Thanks in advance, for your help
Can't get WP7 partitions created on reset
I have the US T-mobile HD2 loaded with WP7 7592 Green Mango with market place ROM and it runs fine on a 2GB Samsung card. I also have a class 4 Adata 32 GB card that I have a 14.4 GB FAT32 partition created for Android, and that runs without issue. I have tried a bunch of different ways to get it to dual boot but have had no success. I tried lots of ways including these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167659
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913815
and
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/24/h...roid-promises/
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTHRAUHZHlo
The main issue is that when I have tried doing the phone reset on WP7 NAND it doesn't seem to create the necessary partitions on the 32 GB card any way I try, and I've tried loading WP7 ROM with the 32GB card in the phone. But whenever I boot up WP7 with the 32GB card in the phone it says: storage card not working, so I boot up with 2GB card in phone, select reset and right before I click the the last confirmation I switch the cards, but after going into Magldr on boot up and putting card into PC the new partitions haven't been created. I also tried splitting the last part of the drive into a 203 MB Fat 16 drive located just right of FAT32 partition and then creating unformatted partition with remaining space. I have 2 card readers and 2 2GB cards and the 32GB card. Please tell me what I should try next. Thanks so much!
PHONE: T-Mobile US HTC HD2 (1024 Mb)
HSPL: 2.08.HSPL RADIO: Radio 2.15.50.xx
MAGLDR: MAGLDR 1.13 CWM v3.0.2.4 170MB recovery
WP7 ROM (NAND[http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157535])
Android version I'm using[Copes_AOSP_SD_HD2_GB232-CM7_A2SD_(04-02-2011)]
Android version I'd like to use[miuiandroid-1.8.5_HD2-EN-PACK1_2.3.5]
if i have read this right, this is not a dual boot problem, but a "I can't get WP7 to work with my 32GB sd card" problem.
It may be your card is not compatible with WP7
32 GB WP7 Compatible Cards
I guess that's right, but I have looked through posts and not found any list of 32GB class 4 or higher cards that are compatible. It seems that a lot of people are recommending sandisk cards. If that is the brand I need to go with I can. Thanks for the correction.
Hi,
I wonder if someone can help me, I've got WP7.5 install as a NAND installation, with Android 4.0.4 as a SD installation. Both work brilliantly, although I do have some slight problems.
Android won't detect an SD card installed, so I can't use some apps, that require an SD card to be present.
Does anyone know if there is a fix for this, surely I'm not the only person in this position.
Cheers
I'm guessing it's because your SD has been formatted specially by WP, and Android can't read this. Your FAT32 partition is probably too small for anything to be stored in it.
The Fat32 partition is 1.6Gb.
Is it worth making that bigger, or creating another FAT32 partition?
Cheers
Hmm, I'd guess that you wouldn't have any more than 200-300MB free on your SD as read by SD Android then. I don't know how much an SD Android build takes up but the data.img is at least 1GB of that. As for increasing the partiton/creating a new one, I don't actually think that's possible without losing your data is it?
Hi,
Thanks for your help.
I'm not too fussed about losing anything...
Here is what I have just tried without any success.
I have a 8Gb card partitioned like this.
1.*Gb
Primary, FAT32, (Android SD install)
2Gb
Primary, FAT32, (My hope would be that Android would see this as the SD card)
4Gb Other (WP 7 partition)
No luck unfortunately, any ideas?
Cheers
Are you sure you're using an 'unlockable' WP7.x ROM? If so, try formatting the storage card to normal and flash a Android build, see if it utilises the memory card like normal, if it does, then I would say that you're doing something wrong when setting it up.
Just double check each step of a tutorial (example: this one) twice and hopefully you'll only have to flash one more time.
Why do you have 2 fat 32 partitions ?...just use one fat 32 partition..in regular sd android....data image is used as internal memory and fat 32 part as sd card
I believe your second partition is not being recognised...make only one fat 32 partition you don't need two
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Hi all, i have a 16gb class2 card. I bought a new 32 gb class10 card. Is there a way to transfer my existing wp7 partition and contents as is to the new card and increase the size.
I have WP7.8 from Ansar on my WP7 partition, which is about 7.5GB. Then I have an EXT4 partition (2GB) and a FAT32 partition (5GB) for my NativeSD android rom.
Can i transfer the whole contents to the new SD card, and double the size of each partition, without having to reinstall? I am not that worried about Android, as i can sync from google servers, its WP7 that i am worried about, as a lot of effort has gone into finding and installing the right apps and customizing the start screen in a certain way etc.
Any kind of help or tips from prior experience in doing this would be extremely appreciated.
Thanks
WP created that partition when you flashed that ROM & I don't know any software that can do that & WP is very picky when it comes to partition.
what i did before was I made an image file of my existing 8ig card with WP & SD Android to a 16gig card but that will only give you a bigger FAT32 partition. You can use minitool partition
mengfei said:
WP created that partition when you flashed that ROM & I don't know any software that can do that & WP is very picky when it comes to partition.
what i did before was I made an image file of my existing 8ig card with WP & SD Android to a 16gig card but that will only give you a bigger FAT32 partition. You can use minitool partition
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Can you elaborate please? You made an image of an existing setup with wp7 and android and tranfered that to a new card and everything worked?
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