hello there. i need help using apps2sd and partitioning. first of all i have had the sd card partitioned before to swap 96 mb, ext2 512 mb and the rest fat32. then today i ran wipe battery stats in amon ra recovery as i wanted to recalibrate. this also wiped my sd partitions i believe. now when i i re partition the sd card with the settings swap 0 mb ext2 256 mb and the rest fat32, it says succesful, but the phone will not allow to check apps2sd and when i look in the storage setting it sayd that there is to external partition. the total space shows the partition is there though as it has less than it should. please help. thank you very much
hello guys, i was wondering how to delete the ext2 partition of 2gb i have made on my 16 gb msdcard, and then to get the sdcard to show the full amount instead of just 14 gb, any help will be apreciated
Use Gparted and just delete the ext2 partition, then resize the FAT32 partition to fill the gap left.
If you didn't use Gparted, use whichever tool you used... then delete the ext, then resize the FAT32 partition.
Have fat32 and ext3 partitions on my SD card, both 4 GB in size. Want to resize them without losing data or having to reinstall anything, using Windows tools only (no Linux!).
If I
1. backup the ext3 partition to my PC hard drive using HDClone,
2. delete existing ext3 partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard,
3. enlarge existing fat32 partition into unallocated space with Partition Wizard,
4. create a new ext3 partition of desired size in the rest of unallocated space with
Partition Wizard,
5. restore the ext3 from backup to the new ext3 partition,
will that work?
hmmm, you have to try ans tell us,
afaik ,, there is no way without backing up data and reformatting .. atleast on WIN
i did a few times it works. but it may be a good idea to flash mgldr after you put sd into phone.
wuzzi said:
Have fat32 and ext3 partitions on my SD card, both 4 GB in size. Want to resize them without losing data or having to reinstall anything, using Windows tools only (no Linux!).
If I
1. backup the ext3 partition to my PC hard drive using HDClone,
2. delete existing ext3 partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard,
3. enlarge existing fat32 partition into unallocated space with Partition Wizard,
4. create a new ext3 partition of desired size in the rest of unallocated space with
Partition Wizard,
5. restore the ext3 from backup to the new ext3 partition,
will that work?
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They recommend backing up your data before resizing, it (may) corrupt the stored data
How would i do that:
-backup sd card files on pc.
-make a backup with cwm (also backups sd ext..)
-boot to recovery->advanced->partition sd card: choose your size.
-restore you files from pc to sd
-boot to cwm and restore backup.
Well, I performed the routine on a different sd card now. Created a small ext3 and restored my backups to the appropiate partitions. Said "no" when HDClone asked to "change partition sizes for best compatibility". Seems to have worked beautifully, everythings runs just like before.
Thanks everybody!
I have the same desire: i want to resize my ext partition without losing data.
Many threads have suggested the following:
- backup ext partition (for example though clockwork or in Linux)
- shrink fat partition, delete ext and create new larger ext
- restore backup
I'm sure this routine will work, but it seems rather inefficient.
Therefore my question is: can't i use Minitool Partition Wizard to shrink the fat partition and then enlarge the ext partition all through resizing (and all while the data)?
Can use minitool partition wizard home edition it's free for personal use you can create, resize ,delete any kind of partitions included ext3 and ext4
*Backup your data first
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saeid63t, i tried resizing with minitool PW.
While it can successfully resize fat32 partitions (and retain data) it cannot resize or merge ext3 partitions.
Fortunately Gparted can. I downloaded and burned the Gparted bootable live cd. Once booted I resized the ext3 partition while retaining all data of the ext3 partition.
The end result: i enlarger my ext-partition in 10 minutes without restoring or reinstalling any data from recovery and without formating or recreating partitions from scratch again. Gparted all the way for more efficiency!
Write data to ext3
wuzzi said:
Well, I performed the routine on a different sd card now. Created a small ext3 and restored my backups to the appropiate partitions. Said "no" when HDClone asked to "change partition sizes for best compatibility". Seems to have worked beautifully, everythings runs just like before.
Thanks everybody!
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How did you restore data(write data) to new ext3 partition ??
please help....
I couldn't get Mini-Partition or EaseUS to resize the EXT3 partition. I could easily create a larger one, but copying will put the EXT3 partition only into unallocated space, not integrate into an existing EXT3 partition. I even tried reducing the FAT32 partition on my smaller SD card to make room to resize the existing EXT3 partition and the same problem happened.
Does anyone know how to resize an EXT3 partition? You'd think this would be more widely asked about or addressed, given how people will move from smaller to larger SD cards. Yet... once you've got a 2Gb EXT3 partition, you never need to increase it (at least given the current Android ROM's). So, I just moved all of my apps back to the phone, installed the new SD card, then moved them back manually. Thankfully I'm just starting out and didn't have more than a dozen apps to move.
It seems we can use minitool pw to manage sd card partition directly, like resize partition, delete partition, extend partition and copy partititon.
Do the SGT 10.1's already have ext4 or not? if not, is there a way to get it put on there?
personal reasons.
yep /system /data /cache are all mounted on a EXT4 filesystem on my stock Tab 10.1
emuneee said:
yep /system /data /cache are all mounted on a EXT4 filesystem on my stock Tab 10.1
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But internal storage is FAT not ext4... This is why over 4 GB files does NOT supported...
ext4 or ext3 file system has better performance than FAT32 ... Archos's Android devices use ext3 or ext4 for better performance and there isn't any restriction about over 4 GB files (especially for 720p movies ... ) ...
ext3 or ext4 file system can be seen on Windows platform without any problem by means of one application...
My old Archos 5 Internet Tablet has 32 GB internal memory which ext3 file system. I can transfer over 4 GB movies without problem under MTP mode ...
No, there is no fat32 partition on the tabet. It's all ext4, more infos here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14963363&postcount=13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15854494&postcount=41
The problem with files bigger than 4gb being transfered via mtp lies somewhere else.
gokpog said:
No, there is no fat32 partition on the tabet. It's all ext4, more infos here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14963363&postcount=13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15854494&postcount=41
The problem with files bigger than 4gb being transfered via mtp lies somewhere else.
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As I said before Archos's MTP mode supports without problem.
Moreover, Archos's files system can be formated FAT32 or ext3 ... Both system are supported!...
I think Samsung Galaxy Tab's files system of internal memory is FAT not ext3 or ext4 ...
If so can you instert ext3 or ext4 formated external usb pen drive via "usb adaptor" .... Well I don't think so...
You might think it is fat32 but it is ext4. Download a terminal emulator, type in "mount" and see for yourself. It has all been explained in the links above.
And sorry, I have no idea what an usb mount has to do with the fact that the internal storage or "/sdcard" is part of the /data partition and /data is ext4.
I think it is unreasonable partition, data partition is not enough
Now there are more than 1GB of system partition the remaining space, I think points to the data partition 800MB, 190MB and now there are cache partition the remaining space, I think points to the data partition 150MB, and now my data partition space remaining less than 500MB How to re- Partition, I extracted the PIT partition files, how changes?