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Hey I have a couple of class 6 8 gig cards that I used in my G1 that I would like to keep using on the Vibrant. Of course the cards were formatted with partitions to Fat32, ext 2, and swap ext. After rm all the partitions, how can I format them back to use on the Vibrant as regular storage? The comp did not recognize the card at all so I couldn't reformatted that way.
Any suggestions or did I forget some step.
Thanks

Well.. you are using Amon_RA's Recovery. Just put the card into G1 and boot into recovery and partition the SD card and set SD card to 100% FAT32 (0 MB on swap; 0 MB on ext) and you're pretty much set. Easiest way to set it up =)

zephiK said:
Well.. you are using Amon_RA's Recovery. Just put the card into G1 and boot into recovery and partition the SD card and set SD card to 100% FAT32 (0 MB on swap; 0 MB on ext) and you're pretty much set. Easiest way to set it up =)
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Thanks I tried that but none of my card readers are able to read either card using that technique. They can read the card that came with the Vibrant and I can see it's a fat file system.

without partitions you would probably have to go into the partitioning program in the control panel on windows or use your g1 to partition in recovery as previous poster said.
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Ok problem solved, actually not a problem at all 8g SD Card with just 100% fat32 worked just fine once installed in the Vibrant, thanks

Jdom58 said:
Ok problem solved, actually not a problem at all 8g SD Card with just 100% fat32 worked just fine once installed in the Vibrant, thanks
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hehe.. you're welcome, its what i said

[Tutorial] How to partition your SD Card for DT: Apps2SD

A lot of custom ROMs out there for the Android utilizes Dark Tremor’s A2SD which of course enables you to store your apps and phone’s dalvik cache in the SD card and saves you more free memory for more apps.
This is good especially if you download lots of games to your phone.
Requirements:
SD card reader – since you need to connect your SD card to the PC.
A partitioning tool. – I suggest Partition Wizard by Mini-tool – http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
How to partition the SD Card:
Connect your SD card to your PC and let Partition Wizard detect it.
Delete all your current partition in the SD card. Make sure to back up your files first.
Using the partition wizard, create a Fat32 filesystem. Make sure that it’s set as primary and has a 32kb cluster. Leave space for the ext4 partition. (if your SDcard’s size is 4gb, then just allocate around 3.4gb for the Fat32 parition.)
Using partition wizard, create a ext4 filesystem on the remaining unallocated parition of the SD card. It is advisable that you allocate 512mb for your ext4 partition.
Once done, you can now flash/install your custom Android ROMs that utilizes Darktremor’s Apps2SD.
PS: I wrote this because I always see people asking everywhere on how to partition their SD cards.

And what about this tutorial..?
Just use Search Button...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning

ingbrzy said:
And what about this tutorial..?
Just use Search Button...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
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I admire you for searching that. I found that too. However, I'm getting tired of newbies asking around the threads and just getting that same answer.
That's why I wrote this. The intention of this is good. Don't spoil it.

Yes you are right...
For people is easier just ask a question than try to search answer by yourself...

Thanks this gonna help once i get the card reader xD
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Thanks for this

hey bro. maybe you could add some reasons why ext4 is better than ext2 or ext3. thanks!

mine says damaged sd card. format? like that.
help!

do i really need a card reader? Is it not okay to just connect phone to PC with SD card in it?

zuheltzer said:
do i really need a card reader? Is it not okay to just connect phone to PC with SD card in it?
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Nope. Most SD cards will have a problem when flashed that way. So better use a card reader.

How do i know if the script is working? I've started A2SDGUI, but in the tab that should show me used and free space SD-EXT entry is the same as /cache, that is 24mb total (I've created 512mb ext4 partition).

Does the DT: Apps2SD work on gingerbread already? it has been the only thing stopping me from upgrading ever since couldn't stand that out of memory notification

Has anybody tried partioning their 2gb default sd card?
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Can I have ext4 on my 8GB SDHC Card??

danish. said:
Has anybody tried partioning their 2gb default sd card?
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It can be partitioned but not advisable if you use stock samsung 2gb class 2 for a2sd, yes a2sd will run but it may give you a poor phone performance. buy a class 4 atleast sd card.

AxleFolie said:
Can I have ext4 on my 8GB SDHC Card??
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Yes you can partition ext4 on your 8gb sd card, i recommend 1gb for ext4 if you play heavy games. BTW you can adjust the size of partition using minitool partition home, search the forum for link.

royskeyz said:
Yes you can partition ext4 on your 8gb sd card, i recommend 1gb for ext4 if you play heavy games. BTW you can adjust the size of partition using minitool partition home, search the forum for link.
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Oh btw i got class 2 8gb sdhc card..

AxleFolie said:
Oh btw i got class 2 8gb sdhc card..
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oh! you can try if you observed laggy poor performance it could be due to your low class sd card.

royskeyz said:
oh! you can try if you observed laggy poor performance it could be due to your low class sd card.
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Can you link me on how to make ext4 im having a hard time.. Btw, im using FirstUA V1.1 Rom..

AxleFolie said:
Can you link me on how to make ext4 im having a hard time.. Btw, im using FirstUA V1.1 Rom..
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Are you kidding me? its in the first page on this thread mate.

(Tutorial)How to use Swap!

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...

Solved

Solved

Nobody knows?
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bxmx666 said:
hello
i have a class 4 8gb sdcard with two partitions :
1st 256 ext3
2nd the rest is fat32
I used gingerdx moved to stock (didn't use the ext in stock) then when I full wipe in cwm it says error and doesn't format ext
Now the Ext PARTITION IS GONE! !!!
NO TOOL OR PROGRAM CAN SEE IT AND THE SPACE IS GONE TOO AND THERE ARE APPS IN IT THAT MAKES EVERY THING GO FC I DONT KNOW HOW IT WORKS
i tried to format the sd card but it didnt do a thing it just formated the fat32 patrition
so how can i fix it ???????!!!!!!!!!thanks in advance
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Use partition tool mini software or else. Check you sd card,whether you ext gone or not. But fat32 is not kind of partition dude.
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bxmx666 said:
hello
i have a class 4 8gb sdcard with two partitions :
1st 256 ext3
2nd the rest is fat32
I used gingerdx moved to stock (didn't use the ext in stock) then when I full wipe in cwm it says error and doesn't format ext
Now the Ext PARTITION IS GONE! !!!
NO TOOL OR PROGRAM CAN SEE IT AND THE SPACE IS GONE TOO AND THERE ARE APPS IN IT THAT MAKES EVERY THING GO FC I DONT KNOW HOW IT WORKS
i tried to format the sd card but it didnt do a thing it just formated the fat32 patrition
so how can i fix it ???????!!!!!!!!!thanks in advance
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when your are full-wiping.... ur ext partition data also formated ..... but if the partition gone ? i duuno already
when require to full-wipe, try format /data only...

CKKnot said:
when your are full-wiping.... ur ext partition data also formated ..... but if the partition gone ? i duuno already
when require to full-wipe, try format /data only...
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That what im wondering too, partition gone. Hmm. Lol bit.
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well when i format it in cwm it says :
error mounting sd-ext
skipping format
and it says that when i fullwipe too
and minitool partition and gparted didnt see that there is a partition
and the apps in it shows up in rom if i put sdcard in so what the do you think is going on????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bxmx666 said:
well when i format it in cwm it says :
error mounting sd-ext
skipping format
and it says that when i fullwipe too
and minitool partition and gparted didnt see that there is a partition
and the apps in it shows up in rom if i put sdcard in so what the do you think is going on????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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use card-reader, run partition wizard (GOOGLE MAN) and inspect while fix the problem urself @@ if really don't know then find us
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CKKnot said:
use card-reader, run partition wizard (GOOGLE MAN) and inspect while fix the problem urself @@ if really don't know then find us
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Edit: Sorry, i din't see ur post just now
is that really:
and minitool partition and gparted didnt see that there is a partition
and the apps in it shows up in rom if i put sdcard in so what the do you think is going on????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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maybe you configured swap partition & ur sdcard is already wear out....

Sounds like you didnt partition you sd card yet buddy?. make sure you sd card "Fat32" format. how many GB you sd card mate? if you go to my computer, your sd card a still the same size?? if yes,thats mean no partition yet.
And imma fully recommend, do not use CWM/USB port to partition your sd card.
Take out Sd card From Phone and Use SD Card Reader.
P/s : go to youtube.com And Search how to partition SD Card Ext3,ext2,ext4 Tutorial.

Shimizux said:
Sounds like you didnt partition you sd card yet buddy?. make sure you sd card "Fat32" format. how many GB you sd card mate? if you go to my computer, your sd card a still the same size?? if yes,thats mean no partition yet.
And imma fully recommend, do not use CWM/USB port to partition your sd card.
Take out Sd card From Phone and Use SD Card Reader.
P/s : go to youtube.com And Search how to partition SD Card Ext3,ext2,ext4 Tutorial.
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You didn't read my post mate
Its 8gb class4
I know that I partitioned it and the space is gone and I don't use swap
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Swap it expander issue

i have a partion on my sd card using swapit ram expander for increasing rom
now i want to change my sd card
so if i just move the swap file from previous sd card to the new one
will it work?

No, you must delete the swap ram on your current sd card first then create a new swap ram on your new sd card
Don't forget to hit thanks!

Adam Azmi said:
No, you must delete the swap ram on your current sd card first then create a new swap ram on your new sd card
Don't forget to hit thanks!
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will i get back the memory used by swat expander? 360mb

Puru007 said:
will i get back the memory used by swat expander? 360mb
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Yes.

luqman98 said:
Yes.
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how to delete that ???

Puru007 said:
how to delete that ???
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Delete the swap file or what?

luqman98 said:
Delete the swap file or what?
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swap file ... so that i cn get back 360 mb back to my sd card

Puru007 said:
swap file ... so that i cn get back 360 mb back to my sd card
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If you're partitioning your SD Card to use swap, backup all your files, delete all partitions using EaseUS Partition Manager (Windows, obviously). Then create the new partition with FAT32 filesystem.

luqman98 said:
If you're partitioning your SD Card to use swap, backup all your files, delete all partitions using EaseUS Partition Manager (Windows, obviously). Then create the new partition with FAT32 filesystem.
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u re not getting
i want to restore the memory of sd card i used before in swap it expander bcz i dont need it now
is it poasible to restore the sd card life ?

Puru007 said:
u re not getting
i want to restore the memory of sd card i used before in swap it expander bcz i dont need it now
is it poasible to restore the sd card life ?
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I don't know, but formatting SD Card will remove it since you can't find the swap file in your SD Card.

luqman98 said:
I don't know, but formatting SD Card will remove it since you can't find the swap file in your SD Card.
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yea man .... i want to restore my sd card life back to where it was before creating the swap file