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[Q] need help for sd card partition

hello everyone,
i need your help to partition my sd card and to enable app2sd, last week i had formated my sd card cause i ve got somme probleme witjh it the sd carde were parttionned and working fine but after formating it i tried to partition it with mad team app2sd(using kyrillos 4.1 oc) application as i did befor, but after enting commande in termainal emulator and copying fs convert to fugmode reprtory in sd card i can t no longer see a2sd line in titanium back up i tried to reformat reflash with xjpf, xjpm then many other custom rom nothing happen i made a secreenshot of titanium backup screen but i cant upload it to the post
so i dont know what a did wrong this time
many thanks for your help

hi..
Format the sdcard and try partitioning using minitool..

thank for your reply
can you tell me if i put this on minitool
partition fat 32: 13gb
ext 2:1.5gb
ext 3:200mb will it work? and if i have to enter commande mkfs.vfat/dev/block..
in terminal emulator
now i m using kyrillos 5.5

The partition should be ext4 and you won't require 1.5gb for apps.. Make an ext4 partition of 512mb or 1gb and the second partition fat32 .. swap partition isn't necessary
also make sure that both partitions are primary ..
And you won't have to enter any command in terminal emulator..

Ok very thankful for your reply i will try tomorow
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You're welcome

hello again
i tried your solution but still not working i explain: i formated my sd card using gparted live cd and external card reader then i made 2 partition: fat 32(13.95) and ext4 (1gb) both as primary then i shutedown my phon put sd card on it and the phone didnt boot(bootloop during 10 min) so i removed the battery removed sd card i copied the content of the reportery sdcard present in the kyrillos 5.5 zip and still not bootin , so i removed again the battery and sd card then the phone starts without the sd card and when i put the sd card and when i go the titanium backup its shows me a prtition with 14.9
any suggestion please

Does it show a field named app2sd in titanium? If yes, what is the size of it ?
Also let the phone boot with the sdcard in.. It sometimes takes a very long time on the first boot..

no its not shoing its, do you think that if i try to reflash with kyrillos rom may be it ll work

leper-messiah said:
no its not shoing its, do you think that if i try to reflash with kyrillos rom may be it ll work
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Reflashing could help but do that only if you're sure that you've partitioned the sdcard correctly

i tried to boot the phone with sd card in but its freez on boot after about 15 min
this is my partitions:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
and this is what i m getting with titanium back up

The partitions are correct.. try reflashing with sdcard In ...

Tried but the phone wont boot toll i remove the sd card i dont know what wrong
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Any idea of what going wrong
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leper-messiah said:
Tried but the phone wont boot toll i remove the sd card i dont know what wrong
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Which version of app2sd are you using?? And do you have CWM recovery?? If yes, then boot into recovery with SD card in. Then wipe data. And reboot. If it doesn t boot, again goto recovery and wipe data. Keep doing it few times till it boots. The first boot will take longer time.

I use kyrillos rom 5.5 but as i said i cant use cwm because my volume up and down are out so i cant navigate throught the menu
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leper-messiah said:
I use kyrillos rom 5.5 but as i said i cant use cwm because my volume up and down are out so i cant navigate throught the menu
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Hmm. Then boot up first. Then insert SD card. And then do factory reset by going into settings=>privacy. Do this a few times till it boots. Doing factory reset also wipes data. So this should also work(theoretically).

Will try this just one thing should i flash the ketnel too
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leper-messiah said:
Will try this just one thing should i flash the ketnel too
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Kernel?? Why ?? Kyrillos v5.5 come with Fugumod 2.4 beta3 standard edition.

Yes i guess and how zbout fs.convert should i put in fugmod directory
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[Q] Low internal storage: MIUI (2.3.7)

I flashed my HD2 with MIUI 2.3.7 some time ago, but now I'm constantly getting low internal storage errors. One thing I didn't do when I flashed this ROM was repartition the SD card (and I think this ROM has A2SD built in?). So I know that might probably help getting rid of the errors.
But when I checked the phone's internal memory, I saw "200 MB used - 18 MB free". So that's a total of 218MB internal memory? I'm pretty sure I'm missing at least 200Mb there.
I have another HD2 here (running AmeriCanAndroid from SD) so I checked its internal memory under "About Phone". On the HD2 with ACA, it says it has a total of 411MB internal memory. On the HD2 with MIUI, it says it has a total internal memory of 217MB. So where's the missing 194MB?
I read somewhere that the phone probably has a wrong "ClockworkMod Recovery partition layout" and that for MIUI, it needs a "150MB Partition Layout". The article didn't actually explain what those things are or how to set it up.
So, is that indeed what's going on here (any way to check)? And if so, how can I change my phone to this "150MB Partition Layout?"
Thanks in advance.

Like I said, it was quite a while ago when I flashed this ROM so I can't remember what I did when I did. But looking at my HD2 folder on my PC, I probably *did* use a 150MB ClockWorkMod recovery partition size. Also, I *did* create a 1GB ext partition on my SD Card for A2SD.
So why am I getting the "low internal storage" errors?

Many possibilities, could be the ext partition not being recognized, not in proper format...
The script may not be working (?). And you're never going to get the whole 512MB of your ROM. I think it's maximum 400, give or take. so about 400 - 150 you're left with about 250 .. I don't know where that 50 went (maybe it is not actually 400? or maybe you set a slightly larger partition).
I also never believed in a2sd, always datatoext. Your best bet is to back up your apps using titanium (or similar apps), check the partitions, and reflash ROM + a different script; that is because you can't flash a script while having been used the rom. (or you can try your luck).
dat english.

I second that, app2sd is not reliable to get more memory available.
Lack of internal storage is due to a incorrect system partition. It has nothing to do with your ext4 partition, since you're not running NativeSD.
DataOnEXT is your best option. Backup your app data and flash a ROM from start with DataOnExt option.
Be sure to make your system size large enough.
Create an ext4 partition on your sd of 1 to 2 GB for app storage.
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You should use Cronmod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716124 INT2EXT+ is recommended
Flash your rom on nand (without dataonext) then flash Cronmod(you must have ext4 partition, 1gb is good)
On clk 1.5 you can easily change partition sizes without computer

Marvlesz said:
Many possibilities, could be the ext partition not being recognized, not in proper format...
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This is what A2SD reports:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
So it looks like it's being recognized just fine...

Zippy1970 said:
This is what A2SD reports:
So it looks like it's being recognized just fine...
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Yes, it is. But the script you're using is useless. Use DataOnExt instead.
WARNING: You need to do a fresh install, so make a backup beforehand.

I tried DataOnExt and I can't get it to work. It keeps giving me force close errors on almost every app/widget and when I reboot my phone, all my widgets loose their settings.

Zippy1970 said:
I tried DataOnExt and I can't get it to work. It keeps giving me force close errors on almost every app/widget and when I reboot my phone, all my widgets loose their settings.
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Try a different ROM, and increase your /system size to 285MB or 300-350MB if you have badblocks.

Zippy1970 said:
I tried DataOnExt and I can't get it to work. It keeps giving me force close errors on almost every app/widget and when I reboot my phone, all my widgets loose their settings.
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You can't dirty flash it, you need a fresh install. If you do a dirty one, everything will force close.

Have you considered using NativeSD?

mengfei said:
Have you considered using NativeSD?
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I second this, NativeSD can be great.
The only few cons I know of, is that NAND is a tad bit more responsive (even with highclass SD cards), battery life is shorter than if you only were to use NAND and your SD card will wear out quicker.
Other than that, it's basically superious to NAND.

Increase internal memory

Hello,
Is it possible to further.increase internal memory.
I have made link2sd, but want to increase more. Attach is my current memory status.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I want.to take 100mb from system and 50mb rom cache.
Plz guide me, thanks.
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bilal1947 said:
Hello,
Is it possible to further.increase internal memory.
I have made link2sd, but want to increase more. Attach is my current memory status.
I want.to take 100mb from system and 50mb rom cache.
Plz guide me, thanks.
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It's impossible exept if you delete system media like ringtone.
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after intstalling all my installed user apps, ie., 46 in numbers, i am left with 180mb free internal memory
I tried mtd partitioning and got more space but not sure as what exactly happened, as something weird has happened.
A) changed system partition size from 250 to 150, means 100mb here release.
B) changed cache partition size from 175 to 75mb, means 100mb here release.
C) i should get this 200mb as free in data partition apart from what free internal memory which is 90mb that i already have & all i got is 180 that means, an increse of 90mb only so where the rest of the space gone?
Anyhow, i am happy, how much total internal memory does Wildfire show and how much do you guys left with after installing all the apps?
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bilal1947 said:
after intstalling all my installed user apps, ie., 46 in numbers, i am left with 180mb free internal memory
I tried mtd partitioning and got more space but not sure as what exactly happened, as something weird has happened.
A) changed system partition size from 250 to 150, means 100mb here release.
B) changed cache partition size from 175 to 75mb, means 100mb here release.
C) i should get this 200mb as free in data partition apart from what free internal memory which is 90mb that i already have & all i got is 180 that means, an increse of 90mb only so where the rest of the space gone?
Anyhow, i am happy, how much total internal memory does Wildfire show and how much do you guys left with after installing all the apps?
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Default cache size is around 50mb,75mb is wayy to much.
I always have 10mb for cache.
Fir cm7,i recommend 140 10 mtd values.

What's going on? As u suggest i made system partition to 140 and cache partition 25, and see.what it does, 300mb cache.
And how come its using 75mb?
What i do now to get this cache to internal memory?, though free internal memory after all my apps is 220mb. That's enough.
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Most probably link2sd is showing it wrong. As i can see it is showing right values, i.e 300 mb internal memory.
So download some app called freespace from play store and check with it.
And you can never have 140 system+300 data+300 cache in 512mb ROM.

You are right.
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internal memory issues
Please help me!!
I have erased all phone data, set it back to factory data, wiped dalvik cache, data and EVERYTHING possible!! My phone is like new.
But it still says the avaiable space is 98.30MB!!!
Why is that and what can do??

t2oll said:
Please help me!!
I have erased all phone data, set it back to factory data, wiped dalvik cache, data and EVERYTHING possible!! My phone is like new.
But it still says the avaiable space is 98.30MB!!!
Why is that and what can do??
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Two ways to increase:
No.1 Link2sd - via making partition of you sd card
Watch this video and you can do it, its easiest way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxFizGRdYeM
No.2 re-partitioning of the original system & cache partition to its required size and automatically you will get the freed space for internal memory
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233340
Must read this thread if lost, its a complete index related to wildfire
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318

Thank you very much!
I installed Storage Analyser and it shows I have 66MB of dalvik cache (data/dalvik-cache) and 29MB em data/data but then when I go to these folders using ES File Explorer, thee folders is 'empty'.
I will read the links you sent me and I hope it helps.

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Internal Storage - Wrong free space

Hi Guys,
I've performed a factory reset from Android and also i wiped data and cache from CWM.
Why the free space is wrong? Is it a normal behavior?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I have 1gb free space only but the the grey bar is too large.
Do i need to perform a format from cwm?
Thanks in advance.

mcarnevali said:
Hi Guys,
Why the free space is wrong? Is it a normal behavior?
Do i need to perform a format from cwm?
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No it's not normal, my S4 shows i have 5.89 GB free available
Yeah you might try that, don't forget to backup stuff.

MichelN said:
No it's not normal, my S4 shows i have 5.89 GB free available
Yeah you might try that, don't forget to backup stuff.
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Ok, can i brick my phone formatting the SD from CWM?
I dont know the recommended steps to perform that.
Thanks
Max
EDIT: I found this option format / sdcard but i dont know if my phone will be able to starup after the format or if i need to reflash the rom.

Well, i've formatted my internal sd from CWM using the option format sd card and everything is working as expected, now i have 8gb free space... :good:

mcarnevali said:
Well, i've formatted my internal sd from CWM using the option format sd card and everything is working as expected, now i have 8gb free space... :good:
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Are you running the stock rom, just rooted and using CWM?
My phone is reporting 0.0 GB of free space...

Yes, stock rom + chainfire root + cwm
Just format the sd card using the option format /sd card
Max
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chewyfood said:
Are you running the stock rom, just rooted and using CWM?
My phone is reporting 0.0 GB of free space...
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Yes, stock rom + chainfire root + cwm
Just format thw sd card using the option format /sd card...
Max
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[Q] 8gb Internal Memory became 4gb After Flashing CM12.1

After flashing CM12.1 my internal storage only shows 4gb of total space. The phone originally came with 8gb of internal storage, and is just after I did this that it was reduced. I did clean up all the Dalvik cache, I also tried doing a new factory reset, but still it's showing only 4gb. Is this normal?

Anyone?..

4.5gb /data
2gb /system
boot, recovery, /cache ... etc. the rest gbs
and that's 8gb distributed on all the partitions needed for any android system to work.
samsung in a way is trying to make you think that you can use the hole 8 gb, but you cant because the system needs half of that

Thanks for response. My question was.. is it normal that the total storage before was 8GB but after flashing CM12.1 it became 4GB?
Stock ROM and before flashing:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
After Flashing to CM12.1:
So where did the remaining 4GB?

yeah its normal, cm shows only the data partition size witch is around 4.5gb and Samsung shows the whole size witch includes system, cache, recovery, boot ... etc partitions witch is 8gb
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Thank you so much for the quick response. All my queries has been solved now. Appreciate your help sir..

After flashing CM12.1 my internal storage only shows 4gb of total space. The phone originally came with 8gb of internal storage, and is just after I did this that it was reduced. I did clean up all the Dalvik cache, I also tried doing a new factory reset, but still it's showing only 4gb. Is this normal?

Aneeskhan said:
After flashing CM12.1 my internal storage only shows 4gb of total space. The phone originally came with 8gb of internal storage, and is just after I did this that it was reduced. I did clean up all the Dalvik cache, I also tried doing a new factory reset, but still it's showing only 4gb. Is this normal?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69560590&postcount=5 .

My phone used to have 8gb before flashing now it has 4gb. Please note that it includes 2.5gb which is for system data and the rest is for use. Is this normal? And what can be done to rectify this?

Zuleiy said:
My phone used to have 8gb before flashing now it has 4gb. Please note that it includes 2.5gb which is for system data and the rest is for use. Is this normal? And what can be done to rectify this?
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Yup it is completely normal. You have 4 GB space for your personal use. Rest space is being utilised by the Android System.

after factory resert my j7 it shows 4 gb internal memory and with which it says its full yet i havent installed any apps or have any files or pictures in my phone. what could be the problem.

I have a Samsung Galaxy j120zn mobile with 8 gb internal storage but only 4 gb is useable another 4 gb is said to be system memory. My question is how can i get 4 gb system memory to be redused to 2gb and useable internal memory to be around 6 gb where i can download things... .........plizzzzzz help

Same problem here. Flashed New android 7.0 on my Galaxy J7 Prime, memory was 32gb, now it's 4gb. Any help?
---------- Post added at 08:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:26 PM ----------
I was already rushing to get the money to buy a new one. Flashing another rom was NOT an option, it lasts around 48 hours with my internet connection to download a rom. Googled a bit... SOLUTION FOUND! Go in settings, factory reset, and after reset it went back to 32GB! PROBLEM SOLVED.

My phone is Mi 4i after system reboot and software flashing internal memory which was 16gb is now showing as 2gb in storage , could u please help me , because I've done reboot , reset factory and all

Follow these steps
remzkee903 said:
Thanks for response. My question was.. is it normal that the total storage before was 8GB but after flashing CM12.1 it became 4GB?
Stock ROM and before flashing:
After Flashing to CM12.1:
So where did the remaining 4GB?
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1. Install OrageFox recovery (Not tried this on TWRP)
installation link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5/development/official-orangefox-recovery-project-t3941742
2. On OrangeFox recovery=> Menu=> Manage Partitions
3. Then do Resize FS for Data and System
Thats all
I also faced this issue. This methode is worked for me :angel: