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Help Request- Partitioning a 8GB SD Card for Mytouch 3g, Have Cyanogen 4.0.2

Hello XDA Developers.
I have hit a brick wall trying to partition my 8gb SD card for my MyTouch3g, and could use a little help, i can getting very frustrated and any help will be appreciated .
Questions:
1) Is there any way to partition the 8GB SD card on the computer, then just put it into the MyTouch3g?
2) How do i know what size partitions should be for my 8GB card?
I cannot get adb set up on the computer properly to do it, also many of the guides are for the G1 and involve typing things in the recovery console with the hardware keyboard.
I have googled for hours trying to find a guide specifically for partitioning with the Mytouch3g without using adb, but could not find one.
Side note: I rooted my phone using the 1touch method.

you can use Amon_Ra's recovery and it'll do it for you automatically.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-root-the-mytouch-3g-or-g1-in-one-click/

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maybe dumb question, can i flash the Amon_Ra's recovery img after already having the cyanogen recovery img...or do i need to start with a clean slate?...and any advice if im using the stock 4gb SD card as far as partitioning/format for better performance?

i need help too...
please help a noob!!!
i'm in the exact same boat. using cyanogen 4.0.2 also and an 8gb sd card too.
please help...

Same
Yeah im worried about flashing another recovery image over the Cyanogen recovery image.
I rooted using the 1-touch method that auto installed Cyanogen Recovery image....dont know if flashing another recovery image would brick it or not

if you guys have the myTouch and unsure, unroot then root again using the Amon_Ra method on unlockr
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g/

I use Amon_Ra's recovery and I know it does the partition for me automatically, but how do I know what size my partitions are ? For example, there are some roms that require 96Mb's for Swap...Any help will be greatly appreciated and thanx to all the Devs for their hard and continous work on the G1 and MT3G....

unk2009 said:
I use Amon_Ra's recovery and I know it does the partition for me automatically, but how do I know what size my partitions are ? For example, there are some roms that require 96Mb's for Swap...Any help will be greatly appreciated and thanx to all the Devs for their hard and continous work on the G1 and MT3G....
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Did you ask this in every thread?............search please!!!!
Cyan's recovery should have an option to auto format your card

you can use Amon_Ra's recovery img without flashing it to your phone!
Just boot it, instead of flashing it.. and select the option to partition the sdcard and then reboot...
No changes to your phone... just a partitioned sdcard!
use the following commands with fastboot loaded on your phone (back + power)
fastboot boot your_recovery_img.img
Hope this helps

philicibine said:
you can use Amon_Ra's recovery img without flashing it to your phone!
Just boot it, instead of flashing it.. and select the option to partition the sdcard and then reboot...
No changes to your phone... just a partitioned sdcard!
use the following commands with fastboot loaded on your phone (back + power)
fastboot boot your_recovery_img.img
Hope this helps
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does this really work? first time i have seen this reported. Have you done it? If you have could u give me some more detailed instructions on how to do it. Please and thank you. If this is a totally noob request I apologize,I am new to this.

Follow this guide and you can partition the card how you like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535914
It really is easy to do, just try.

Here's what I am doing. I'm a complete noob and it took days and days of tinkering and reading through this site to refine this. I've done it multiple times now with experimental ROMs and it works great for me.
Put your SD card in your computer's reader, or a 3rd party reader device. Copy all the files to your hard drive in a backup folder of some kind.
Go get GParted at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
You can download the iso image. Use a program like http://www.imgburn.com/ to burn the iso image to a CD which will be bootable.
Once you have the Boot CD with GParted you can boot your computer up with it in the disc drive. Make sure your BIOS settings have the CD before your hard drive to check for boot sequence.
GParted will start up, I pick the defaults. It reads my SD reader with my 8GB Class 6 inserted. Make sure you select your SD card from the drop menu, the default is my computer hard drive which you don't want to touch!
I delete all the partitions on the card.
The first partition is your FAT32 and it will be the largest partition.
The next Partition you want to make is an ext2, ext3, or ext4 partition. I use ext3. I make this partition about 800 MB. This is where the Cyanogen ROM will copy your apps to automatically when it detects it.
The last partition is going to be a Linux Swap file and should be about 32 MB.
I've seen where some people use a 64 MB swap file but I think the general consensus of 32 is fine.
Once you are done, close out GParted and pull the CD out when it ejects your tray. When you reboot the computer without the CD in it, your Windows OS should boot right up like normal.
In Windows you should see the large FAT32 partition on your SD card. Windows won't see the ext3 or swap partitions. Copy your SD card files back to your SD card and eject the card.
When you put the card in your MyTouch3G, turn on the phone. Leave it alone when your screen comes up. The Cyanogen ROM will detect your ext3 partition and begin copying all your apps to it. At first it will look like you have no apps but they will begin appearing as they are copied to your SD card. It may take a couple minutes depending on how many apps you have.
The GParted CD is an easy way in the future to wipe out partitions on your card and set it up for you.

[Q] HELP!! Used Verygreen's instructions and have problems!

I have a 16Gb SandDisk class2 that I just bought, using verygreen's instructions for "ROM][CM7] [v1.3] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards", and completing the first step for putting the image on the card, I now end up with an SD card that shows it is only 116MB and out of space!!! HELP!!! How do I undo this???

Edit: Relevant to emmc flashing technique only. Too tired to think yesterday.

babyfine24 said:
I have a 16Gb SandDisk class2 that I just bought, using verygreen's instructions for "ROM][CM7] [v1.3] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards", and completing the first step for putting the image on the card, I now end up with an SD card that shows it is only 116MB and out of space!!! HELP!!! How do I undo this???
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If you read the instructions you'd know that was normal... that is the "boot" partition you are seeing.
You can use something like EASEUS or MiniTools Partition managers to resize it prior to putting it in the nook and letting it set up the other partitions (keep it below 2GB... I recommend 1.75GB)
After you put it in the nook and let it set up... you cannot resize partition 1... but can resize partition 4 if it doesn't automatically set up to use the entire free space automatically.

I used EASUS partition manager. You can get it for free here: http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
When you put the image on the card the software did not use all available space. Get EASUS and stretch out the last partition to the max and you will get full use of your card again.

I've been followed a lot of instructions but this particular "partition the uSD" always gives me problem. I bet I do not fully understand the process of using EASEUS or MiniTool to RESIZE PRIOR putting into the NC.
Can someone who has done this pls write up a detail instructions? Dizzy, pat, can you help?
Thing is: after creating a bootable uSD, the card becomes "boot" and only 110+ MB available like OP indicated, that's fine, we all understand that.
Next step is using EASEUS or MiniTool to resize.
Resize what?
As after creating the uSD, only "boot" partition showed as FAT32, the rest is UNallocated. Sine we haven't inserted the uSD in the NC yet, therefore no such ext4, ... created. So what are we resizing here? The "boot" partition?

votinh said:
Thing is: after creating a bootable uSD, the card becomes "boot" and only 110+ MB available like OP indicated, that's fine, we all understand that.
Next step is using EASEUS or MiniTool to resize.
Resize what?
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You then resize the only partition that has been created on the drive... the 110MB partition.
votinh said:
As after creating the uSD, only "boot" partition showed as FAT32, the rest is UNallocated. Sine we haven't inserted the uSD in the NC yet, therefore no such ext4, ... created. So what are we resizing here? The "boot" partition?
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After resizing only partition prior to running the uSD in the nook... you put it in nook...let it create the other partitions... after it is done... put it back in computer and resize the LAST partition on it.

What you're seeing is normal. The image copy sets things up, then the install step rearranges and populates the rest of the card. All that's happened is that an image of a tiny card has been copied onto a larger card, but that's not the final setup.
Unless you're unhappy with the final partitioning, you don't need to mess with it manually.
If you're feeling adventurous, Verygreen has posted that you can set up the partitions the way you want, then copy the files from the image (not the image itself) onto the first partition, and the installer will leave them that way.
Pretty slick, actually.

DizzyDen said:
You then resize the only partition that has been created on the drive... the 110MB partition.
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So, you said we "resize" the "boot" partition, right?
If so, we resize it from 110+MB to 1.75GB like you recommended in previous post?
Should we say "supersize" it? expand it? increase it?
Put the word aside, let say I increase the boot partition to 1.75GB, what about the rest? Still UNallocated, I believe.
After resizing only partition prior to running the uSD in the nook... you put it in nook...let it create the other partitions... after it is done... put it back in computer and resize the LAST partition on it.
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If I follow through, the first (boot) partition will still be seen as FAT32 and Windows will only see the very first FAT32 partition. What is the purpose of "resizing" the last partition?
Are you telling me that after resize the last partition, Windows will see it (as well as the first "boot" FAT32)?

votinh said:
So, you said we "resize" the "boot" partition, right?
If so, we resize it from 110+MB to 1.75GB like you recommended in previous post?
Should we say "supersize" it? expand it? increase it?
Put the word aside, let say I increase the boot partition to 1.75GB, what about the rest? Still UNallocated, I believe.
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Just use the resize tool to make it max 1.75GB... the rest will still be unallocated until you let it do its thing by booting it in the nook.
votinh said:
If I follow through, the first (boot) partition will still be seen as FAT32 and Windows will only see the very first FAT32 partition. What is the purpose of "resizing" the last partition?
Are you telling me that after resize the last partition, Windows will see it (as well as the first "boot" FAT32)?
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The purpose of resizing the last partition is to allow the nook to use the entire disk.... has nothing to do with windows seeing it.

DizzyDen said:
Just use the resize tool to make it max 1.75GB... the rest will still be unallocated until you let it do its thing by booting it in the nook.
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Clear!
Big thanks
The purpose of resizing the last partition is to allow the nook to use the entire disk.... has nothing to do with windows seeing it.
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I keep thinking that after the NC does the magic partition, it will automatically sees the rest.
Moreover, if the USB cable plugged in and tap to turn on USB Mass Storage, it's ready to use anyway.
I might miss that but I thought PC see the left over (via usb cable plugged) without "resizing" any partition.
I have to do it over again to be sure.

Just take the uSD out and load it in computer... start EASEUS or MiniTools partition manager and see if it shows the last partition taking the remaining space... or if there's still part unallocated.

[Q] Re: "Dualboot Mirage CM7 / ICS CM9 Image": can't resize sdcard volume.

This question probably belongs in the thread "[ROMS]NEW! Dualboot Mirage CM7 / ICS CM9 Image for SDcard [3/26]", except that I can't post there yet.
I was able to create a working dual boot card per the instructions. However, I could not make a working card that made use of all 16 GB of my card, rather than just the <4GB size of the image file. The card still worked when I used fdisk on my Mac to increase the size of the last, 'sdcard', partition to fill up the available space. However, that did not increase the capacity of the FAT volume in that partition, leaving the extra space still unavailable.
After saving the files from that volume, I then used the Mac's Disk Utility to erase the partition and re-create it as a FAT partition using all the available space. Once I did that, unfortunately, the Nook would then not recognize anything on the SD card and would only boot into the Nook's own ROM.
As an alternative, I tried leaving the existing partitions alone and editing the MBR with fdisk to create a new partition using the available space, which I then formatted as a FAT partition with Disk Utility. Again, the Nook would no longer recognize the SD card and would only boot into its stock ROM.
I actually tried the above with two 16GB SD cards, a SanDisk Class 4 and a Samsung Class 10, and with two Nooks. Moreover, I tried a number of manipulations of the MBR, mostly to make it identical to the original one except for necessary size changes. Nothing worked to get a card that would boot and use the full 16 GB. I'll admit I haven't tried everything, such as trying to resize to something less than the full 16GB, but I've put so much time into this already that I don't want to do any more until I get some feedback.

aarons510 said:
This question probably belongs in the thread "[ROMS]NEW! Dualboot Mirage CM7 / ICS CM9 Image for SDcard [3/26]", except that I can't post there yet.
I was able to create a working dual boot card per the instructions. However, I could not make a working card that made use of all 16 GB of my card, rather than just the <4GB size of the image file. The card still worked when I used fdisk on my Mac to increase the size of the last, 'sdcard', partition to fill up the available space. However, that did not increase the capacity of the FAT volume in that partition, leaving the extra space still unavailable.
After saving the files from that volume, I then used the Mac's Disk Utility to erase the partition and re-create it as a FAT partition using all the available space. Once I did that, unfortunately, the Nook would then not recognize anything on the SD card and would only boot into the Nook's own ROM.
As an alternative, I tried leaving the existing partitions alone and editing the MBR with fdisk to create a new partition using the available space, which I then formatted as a FAT partition with Disk Utility. Again, the Nook would no longer recognize the SD card and would only boot into its stock ROM.
I actually tried the above with two 16GB SD cards, a SanDisk Class 4 and a Samsung Class 10, and with two Nooks. Moreover, I tried a number of manipulations of the MBR, mostly to make it identical to the original one except for necessary size changes. Nothing worked to get a card that would boot and use the full 16 GB. I'll admit I haven't tried everything, such as trying to resize to something less than the full 16GB, but I've put so much time into this already that I don't want to do any more until I get some feedback.
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Well you're missing just one step after fdisk. If Disk Utility is failing at it you could try terminal:
First you need to find out where your /sdcard is being mounted at. Use "diskutil list" to find out
Once you find out where it's being mounted (eg. /dev/disk4s7). You will then need to unmount the volumes before you can format it.
Code:
$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk4s*
$ diskutil partitionDisk "/dev/disk*" 1 MBRFormat "MS-DOS FAT32" "sdcard" "*M"
Replace * with the actual values needed. You might need "sudo" to perform the format command. Make sure you're formatting the correct mount point or else you might end up wiping your system. But if you were able to use fdisk, I'm sure you have a good understanding of terminal.
Haven't tried it myself. But it should(might) work.
-Racks

Won't "diskutil partitionDisk ..." wipe out all volumes on disk?
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When I type
Code:
diskutil partitionDisk
in Terminal to get usage info, I see, inter alia, the following:
Code:
(Re)Partition an existing disk. All volumes on this disk will be destroyed.
But that is clearly not what I want to do. Am I missing something?
Updated update:
I have tried, several times and on both SD cards and both Nooks, diskutil eraseVolume, a presumably more powerful version of the erase option in Disk Utility. I tried one or another of the commands:
Code:
diskutil eraseVolume MS-DOS sdcard /dev/disk4s7
diskutil eraseVolume 'MS-DOS FAT32' sdcard /dev/disk4s7
on cards that were booting, but with the small sdcard partition or the small volume on the enlarged partition. I also tried at least one of those commands on a card that was already not working after modification. In all cases, the commands ran without error but produced a non-booting card. Changing the 'ob' partition id back to 'oc' with fdisk didn't help, nor did any restoration of the original fdisk MBR info.
In sum, the only change that I have been able to make to a card as originally written from the image without making it unbootable was to enlarge the sdcard partition while leaving the sdcard volume untouched, and therefore not using most of the capacity of the partition.

Some more general but related questions.
Since I've got your attention, Racks, let me ask a few questions whose answers might help me and others understand what is going on here and what might go wrong with this and other Nook Color boot setups. Of course, also please point out where anything I think I know is, in fact, wrong.
1) I understand that the firmware boot code on the Nook first looks for something on an inserted SD card to boot from. It seems it looks for a file named u-boot.bin on the first partition of the inserted card to which to transfer control. Does it also check other things on the card before transferring control to u-boot.bin? Does it look at the file MLO? Does it look at the partition labeled sdcard, or at any other partition, before doing so?
2) Presuming that it does transfer control to u-boot.bin, what does the latter check before either booting from the (default) ROM on the card or, if the Home button is being held down, going to the interactive boot dialogue? My experience has been that, when using one of my 'non-working' cards, the Nook goes quickly to the ROM on internal memory without showing any visible signs of doing anything else first. In other words, it 'knows' that it can't boot from a ROM on the sdcard before actually trying to do so.

Help With MAGLDR Install

Hi Guys,
Back in April 2011 I bought a HTC HD2 phone off eBay and followed the instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948 and installed Android. I can't remember the ROM I installed.
Anyway, I now want to upgrade the phone to ICS.
I have gone to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434860 and downloaded the ROM NexusHD2-ICS-CM9-HWA_V2.4.zip
Under the "Instructions" section, I clicked on mskip's guide which takes you to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830
This says that it assumes that MAGLDR is installed and if not, follow the guide at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948
which is the thread I followed back in April 2011. I therefore assume I have it installed but not sure how to check. I decided to try to install it again, but I can't get WMDC to see it when I connect to my PC but I have downloaded HTCSync which can see it.
How do I get WMDC to see my phone so I can do an install (my PC is Win 7 64 bit) or how can I check it's already ok to go because of my install of the ROM back in April last year?
Also Since my PC is probably not the same as it was 15 months ago when I did the above flashing, I tried to install Radio. The link on that page doesn't seem to work, but I went to the link from my previous attempt ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948 ) and downloaded that Radio (Radio_Leo_2.15.50.14). I guess I'll need to install this at some point.
As for HardSPL, I somehow ended up at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5279234 but my phone's exactly the same as the screenshot at the bottom of the first post. I then ended up after some searching at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=609477 and downloaded HardSPL 4. Since I can't sync using WMDC, I ended up successfully installing it by following the note at the bottom of the install instructions which read "You can also install HARDSPL by entering Bootloader mode manually, then running the HSPL4.exe program once you see 'USB' at the bottom of the tri-colour screen."
I think I'm starting to get lost trying to follow all these different threads etc and really would appreciate some help.
All I want to achieve is a nice ICS install that's stable and user friendly.
Thanks in advance.

1- You already have HSPL.
2- To check if you have MAGLDR (when booting up phone, hold "END" button) If a multi-option screen appeared, you have MAGLDR.
3- Next upgrade your radio, do so by booting in the bootloader and update normally (WMDC will not see your device, but you should be good to go as long as "serial" changes to "USB" on your phone.
4- Update/install CWMR.
5- Flash your ROM via option 8. AD recovery.

If you followed the original older guide, then you have all of the prerequisites and have installed the DFT Desire ROM. Just follow the second MSkip guide to flash CWM, repartition your SD card and flash NexusHD2. Just use the correct partition size which should be mentioned in the OP.

Nigeldg said:
If you followed the original older guide, then you have all of the prerequisites and have installed the DFT Desire ROM. Just follow the second MSkip guide to flash CWM, repartition your SD card and flash NexusHD2. Just use the correct partition size which should be mentioned in the OP.
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Thanks.
At http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830 I've got down to point 3. FLASHING A CWM (CLOCKWORK MOD) ROM and have done up to point 2 - wiping data/factory reset
Currently my ROM (NexusHD2-ICS-CM9-HWA_V2.4.zip) is on my PC and the phone doesn't show in Explorer, so I read a bit further down where it said:
HOW TO COPY FILES TO YOUR PHONE
NOTE: This can be used to copy music or data across to your Storage Card and for copying your CWM Rom (with .zip extension) to the Root of your Card for flashing
1. Connect your phone to your pc via the USB Cable
2. In the Clockwork Mod main menu select 'mounts and storage'
3. Go down to 'mount USB storage' and select
Note: The Storage Card will now appear as a drive on your pc
4. When finished copying files select 'Unmount'
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After selecting "Mount USB", my phone says:
E: Unable to write to ums lunfile (No such file or directory)
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and my phone still doesn't appear in Windows Explorer.
Other than removing the card and putting it into a reader and plugging the reader in to the PC, how can I get the phone to Mount USB?
Thanks in advance.

hi, check out the link below it might help

mengfei said:
hi, check out the link below it might help
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply, but I can't see anything about mounting USB Storage. Am I missing something?

MadMax1412 said:
Thanks.
At http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830 I've got down to point 3. FLASHING A CWM (CLOCKWORK MOD) ROM and have done up to point 2 - wiping data/factory reset
Currently my ROM (NexusHD2-ICS-CM9-HWA_V2.4.zip) is on my PC and the phone doesn't show in Explorer, so I read a bit further down where it said:
After selecting "Mount USB", my phone says:
and my phone still doesn't appear in Windows Explorer.
Other than removing the card and putting it into a reader and plugging the reader in to the PC, how can I get the phone to Mount USB?
Thanks in advance.
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I've never actually tried to mount USB Mass Storage outside of running a ROM, I always use an SD card reader so I'm not too sure why it isn't mounting. Have you tried the USB Mass Storage option in the MAGLDR main menu instead? Also, be conscious of how you use your phone whilst in MAGLDR and CWM, as you can't charge the phone via normal methods. It shouldn't be too bad, as I've found battery drain in both to be minimal, but at the same time don't just leave it on for a few hours whilst you wait for a response or a download or something.

Nigeldg said:
I've never actually tried to mount USB Mass Storage outside of running a ROM, I always use an SD card reader so I'm not too sure why it isn't mounting. Have you tried the USB Mass Storage option in the MAGLDR main menu instead? Also, be conscious of how you use your phone whilst in MAGLDR and CWM, as you can't charge the phone via normal methods. It shouldn't be too bad, as I've found battery drain in both to be minimal, but at the same time don't just leave it on for a few hours whilst you wait for a response or a download or something.
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Thanks. As soon as I went to USB Mass Storage, Windows installed driver and showed it in the Explorer window. It apparently needs to be formatted first, so whilst I look around and find out what format I should use, I'll put it on the charger as I've had it sitting at the menu option for the past 12 hours or so whilst waiting for a response.

MadMax1412 said:
Thanks. As soon as I went to USB Mass Storage, Windows installed driver and showed it in the Explorer window. It apparently needs to be formatted first, so whilst I look around and find out what format I should use, I'll put it on the charger as I've had it sitting at the menu option for the past 12 hours or so whilst waiting for a response.
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Unless you mean an external battery charger, if you try to charge it it will just boot into magldr. I assume you mean which format type for the SD card right? That would be FAT32, and you can later create an EXT3 partition in CWM

Nigeldg said:
Unless you mean an external battery charger, if you try to charge it it will just boot into magldr. I assume you mean which format type for the SD card right? That would be FAT32, and you can later create an EXT3 partition in CWM
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Yep, an external charger.
I had found via a quick search that FAT32 seemed to be the best. Out of curiosity, I've already done point 2 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830 so when Windows does do the format, I assume it will be the remaining partition that was created (leaving the 1024M partition alone)? If so, do I need to manually set this 1024M partition of EXT3 or would that have been done as part of Step 2.

MadMax1412 said:
Yep, an external charger.
I had found via a quick search that FAT32 seemed to be the best. Out of curiosity, I've already done point 2 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830 so when Windows does do the format, I assume it will be the remaining partition that was created (leaving the 1024M partition alone)? If so, do I need to manually set this 1024M partition of EXT3 or would that have been done as part of Step 2.
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There is actually a quick way to check. In CWM, go to the wipe data option and wipe data. If the sd-ext is present, it will format it and you will know. If sd-ext is wiped then it will say "no sd-ext detected, skipping format of sd-ext" or something similar.
But when formatting the card using windows, it doesnt really remove the sd-ext partition. Just cleans the Fat32 partition

adil1508 said:
There is actually a quick way to check. In CWM, go to the wipe data option and wipe data. If the sd-ext is present, it will format it and you will know. If sd-ext is wiped then it will say "no sd-ext detected, skipping format of sd-ext" or something similar.
But when formatting the card using windows, it doesnt really remove the sd-ext partition. Just cleans the Fat32 partition
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I went into "Wipe Data/Factory Reset" option and the following came up:
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
No app2sd partition found. Skipping format of /sd-ext.
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure....
Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!
Skipping format...
Data wipe complete
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So I went back to the USB Mass Storage option to let Windows do the formatting. It only allowed FAT, NTFS or exFAT but no FAT32 option. Selected FAT and it said that Windows was unable to complete the format.
I've gone back to the instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830 and started again at point 1 but still no luck. I hope that re-doing point 2 doesn't mean I've now got 3 partitions.
Since that didn't work I was having a look at the "Mounts and Storage Menu". Should I perhaps select "Format /sd-ext"?

Hi guys
Any further ideas on how to format my partition? Do I need to choose mount /sd-ext or format /sd-ext ?
Thanks

Hi Guys,
Whilst waiting for a reply on my USB issue, I thought I would try a few things.
I ended up getting an SD card reader and plugging the SD card into Windows to see if a format would work that way. It didn't.
I then opened Windows Disk Management system and it said the whole card was unallocated. When I right clicked on it, I was offered to create a "New Simple Volume". Since I'm only using a 1GB card, the maximum disk space in MB offered was 967 which I chose (basically the default).
In the "Format" section of the wizard I formatted it as FAT32 and left allocation unit size as default. I removed the tick from "Quick Format".
Thinking this was the solution to my problem, I put the card back in the phone. I also assumed that I would need to re-do everything at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830
Unfortunately I can only get to point 3.2 where I do a factory reset.
Is it possible that Step 2 where I partition the card is stuffing something up? If so, can I skip this part and just do Steps 1 and 3?
Thanks in advance.

Nigeldg said:
If you followed the original older guide, then you have all of the prerequisites and have installed the DFT Desire ROM. Just follow the second MSkip guide to flash CWM, repartition your SD card and flash NexusHD2. Just use the correct partition size which should be mentioned in the OP.
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This is the correct answer, I agree....here is the older guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11097380

MadMax1412 said:
Hi Guys,
Whilst waiting for a reply on my USB issue, I thought I would try a few things.
I ended up getting an SD card reader and plugging the SD card into Windows to see if a format would work that way. It didn't.
I then opened Windows Disk Management system and it said the whole card was unallocated. When I right clicked on it, I was offered to create a "New Simple Volume". Since I'm only using a 1GB card, the maximum disk space in MB offered was 967 which I chose (basically the default).
In the "Format" section of the wizard I formatted it as FAT32 and left allocation unit size as default. I removed the tick from "Quick Format".
Thinking this was the solution to my problem, I put the card back in the phone. I also assumed that I would need to re-do everything at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830
Unfortunately I can only get to point 3.2 where I do a factory reset.
Is it possible that Step 2 where I partition the card is stuffing something up? If so, can I skip this part and just do Steps 1 and 3?
Thanks in advance.
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OK so you're stuck on point 3.3? I.e. Actually locating the ROM and flashing it? I think what you're doing is copying the ROM over then partitioning. What you should have done is partitioned then copied the ROM over, as partitioning completely wipes the card.
Another possible problem with your method is that you only have a 1GB card, so if you select a 1GB EXT partition then you have no FAT32 partition, and as a result you won't be able to flash the ROM. Try using a 256MB EXT partition instead, and then flashing. Hopefully it will all work fine after that.

Nigeldg said:
Another possible problem with your method is that you only have a 1GB card, so if you select a 1GB EXT partition then you have no FAT32 partition, and as a result you won't be able to flash the ROM. Try using a 256MB EXT partition instead, and then flashing. Hopefully it will all work fine after that.
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How embarrassing is it that I didn't pick up on this. I was blindly following the instructions and set my partition to 1024M when I've only got a 1GB card. Just excuse me for a moment whilst I slap myself up the side of my head.
OK, I'm back. Rather than reduce the size of the EXT partition, I might buy a bigger card anyhow to allow room for photos etc. I will let you know how I go tonight.

Hi Guys
I purchased a 4GB card today and just got home and the install as per the instructions ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830 ) went without a hitch.
Amazing what you can do if you don't try to create a partition bigger than your SD Card. Still can't get over how I missed seeing the obvious.
Thanks to all the posters for your help.

[Q] Space for Apps

Hi,
I have two Nook Color tablets that are running CM11 on SD. The SanDisk microSDs are 16GB each.
I have a constant problem that the space for Apps runs out. So I can't update apps or download any new. The only thing these NCs are used for are Apps. & web browsing. So I don't need alot of space for other tings like saving videos, music & files.
Is is possible to increase the size for the "volume" where the apps are saved?
Thanks in advance.

frav.se said:
Hi,
I have two Nook Color tablets that are running CM11 on SD. The SanDisk microSDs are 16GB each.
I have a constant problem that the space for Apps runs out. So I can't update apps or download any new. The only thing these NCs are used for are Apps. & web browsing. So I don't need alot of space for other tings like saving videos, music & files.
Is is possible to increase the size for the "volume" where the apps are saved?
Thanks in advance.
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You must be running some very large apps because the space is already generous. But yes, you can use partitioning software to change the allocation. But you need to start over fresh. Make the SD and boot once before adding the CM rom zip. Use partitioning software like MiniTool and decrease the size of partition 4 (from the front of the partition), then expand partition 3 to fill the space. That gives you less for media and more for apps. Then install the CM zip and gapps.
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Thank you for your information. I have now re-imaged (v1.3-largest-rev8c) the two 16GB SD-Cards with Win32diskimager, that i have for my two Nook Colors, installed "MiniTool Partition Wizard 9.0" & decreased the size of partition 4 [SDCARD(FAT32)] to 8.0GB. "Apply" on that & then start Resize partition 3 (Ext4) . But I can´t resize that one to use the unallocated space. Isen't it possible to resize an Ext4 partition?
Anyhow, My solution was to delete the third partition. Create a new Primary Ext4 partition. I diden't choose any Cluster size (1/2/4KB) more that let it be as "Default". This way I now have a 5.6GB third partition (for apps), instead of the default that had 1.9GB . I hope this helps me with my out of space problems. Installation of latest Nightly is running.

Unfortunately it looks like it diden't was successfull. The Cyanoboot only loops around now. It says "Loading..." then it gets black & after a while it start over again.

I suppose that the third partition wasen't empty. That't why it dosen't work for me.
Is it possible to re init that partition with data like the first run did? Or do we have another suggestion of partitioning program that can expand an existing Ext4 partition, in Windows, on a SD-Card?

I have now tried with "Paragon Partition Manager". Then it was possible to resize. But still the same problem with loop at boot after installing CM11.
Are there any limit of how large the third partition can be?

Hmmm... Now I have redone everything again, without any modifications to the partitions. But still the same problem, Cyanoboot just loops. Do we have a problem with the nightly? cm-11-20150405-NIGHTLY-encore.zip

The reason I told you to start over is an ext4 partition must be empty to be resized. And if you don't start really fresh your data will still be there. And by fresh I mean taking the card back to a full 16Gb and formatting it with a program like SDFormatter. Then you can reimage. And yes, you must not use new nightly on a new SD. You must start with CM11 CM11 or older. See my warning in the SD thread.
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Okay, so... is this a step by step procedure that would work?
SD Formatter to fully format the SD-card
Win32diskimager with "v1.3-largest-rev8c"
Boot once so partitions are created
Decrease the size of partition 4 (from the front of the partition), then expand partition 3 to fill the space
Add the CM zip and gapps to SD-Card
Install the CM zip and gapps

Then I have done a new try, based on below steps,
SD Card Formatter V4.0 , Full(OverWrite) Took almost an hour for 16GB
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/index.html
Used "Win32DiskImager 0.9.5" to write "generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-10.1-10.2-11-largest-Rev8c.img"
SD-Card mounted in NookColor, start it up to create partitions & filesystem.
SD-Card back into PC,
Resize partitions 3 & 4 with "Paragon Partition Manager™ 14 Free"
Insert SD-Card in NookColor & start, to make sure it still boots.
SD-Card back into PC,
Copy...
cm-11-20141008-SNAPSHOT-M11-encore.zip
gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip
... to SD-Card
Insert SD-Card back into NookColor & start it up, installation started to run.
After that the installation is finnished & that the NC it powered off. Power it up again & the CM11 will boot!
Success!
After first boot & configuration. I will update to latest Nightly, cm-11-20150405-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
Thank you for all help!

frav.se said:
After first boot & configuration. I will update to latest Nightly, cm-11-20150405-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
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When you install the nightly (or any zip after M11), you will get an error message during install but you can ignore it. It only causes a problem during the FIRST install to the card. That's why you need to begin with M11.