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SD Partitioning from Recovery

How long should it take? I have done it a couple times before so that I could use Apps2SD and then back to a single partition to use Froyo, then back to an ext partition set up. Now, I was trying to partition back to a single FAT32 partition, but it seems like it has been doing it for a lot longer than it previously did. Is it stuck in a loop, or should I just battery pull and assume it worked?

I just checked it. It didn't partition anything. Weird. I'll try again.

joshmerd said:
I just checked it. It didn't partition anything. Weird. I'll try again.
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If you're checking for the partition in Windows, then you're making the same mistake that I first made. Ext2 and Ext3 partitions are Linux partitions, so windows doesn't see them. If you partitioned using Amon_RA's recovery, make sure you also converted from Ext2 to Ext3. Also, make sure you did NOT convert to Ext4--Zanfur's OC Kernel does not currently support Ext4, so this won't work on any of the Eris ROMs. Hope this helps!

Some ROMS seem to require ext2 and some require ext3 apparently. Is it possible to create a softlink so the phone would see both ext2 and ext3 or is it even possible due to differences in the filesystem structure? I'm thinking along the lines of using something like "ln -s"...

[Q] regarding EXT4 via CWM

hi
i also have an olive pad & in a discussion in that forum i found out that if we use CWM to do to ext it does only ext2 & not ext4(see below link)
link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17028858&postcount=6
now my question is how to do we do EXT4part via CWM as i was told that we
need ext4 to be present on our SG3 for the apps2sd to work on the cooked roms
i do have the madteam apps apk can i use that
thanks in advance & sorry if this question was asked i could not find it

haree said:
hi
i also have an olive pad & in a discussion in that forum i found out that if we use CWM to do to ext it does only ext2 & not ext4(see below link)
link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17028858&postcount=6
now my question is how to do we do EXT4part via CWM as i was told that we
need ext4 to be present on our SG3 for the apps2sd to work on the cooked roms
i do have the madteam apps apk can i use that
thanks in advance & sorry if this question was asked i could not find it
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partition ur sd to ext2 .. then convert it to ext4..
simple..!!

ranadip.bswas said:
partition ur sd to ext2 .. then convert it to ext4..
simple..!!
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Yest. Partition in ext2 using cwm and convert to ext4 with minitool or gparted
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ranadip.bswas said:
partition ur sd to ext2 .. then convert it to ext4..
simple..!!
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ale_bot said:
Yest. Partition in ext2 using cwm and convert to ext4 with minitool or gparted
ale_bot from xda app
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hi
thanks guys let me explain a little more on why this confusion
i also have a HTC tattoo on which i also have CWM
on the tattoo i have the option of converting ext2 to ext4 ie on the system CWM
we dont have the same and im not confy with the above mentioned tools. so will Madteam apps work for me
and again another reason for this confusion is that recently i have been having alot of problems with the cooked roms not working well and i feel maybe this is because of me having ext2 & the cooked roms need ext4.Do correct me if im wrong here

ale_bot said:
Yest. Partition in ext2 using cwm and convert to ext4 with minitool or gparted
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umm.. if u really want to use minitool or gparted.. then y takin so much pain to use cwm to partition.. partition ur sd directly to ext4..

FuguMod and G3MOD kernels are capable of converting file systems of sd-ext partition too
add this line to fs.convert and making the partition through cwm(and btw i think it makes ext3 partitions)
anyways here's the line
Code:
mmcblk0p2 ext4
hope it helps

cdesai said:
FuguMod and G3MOD kernels are capable of converting file systems of sd-ext partition too
add this line to fs.convert and making the partition through cwm(and btw i think it makes ext3 partitions)
anyways here's the line
Code:
mmcblk0p2 ext4
hope it helps
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hi
simple question. now i have used the CWM and have done
the extpart 1024 swap0
is this enough to use our cooked roms or do i need to convert it to ext4
why is because off late im having some heavy problems using the cooked roms
im trying to find out why,Because all these days i have not had any problems

haree said:
hi
simple question. now i have used the CWM and have done
the extpart 1024 swap0
is this enough to use our cooked roms or do i need to convert it to ext4
why is because off late im having some heavy problems using the cooked roms
im trying to find out why,Because all these days i have not had any problems
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IF you made a partiton,convert it to ext4-helps a lot (in other ways too because ext4 is far more better than ext2)
the partiton isnt needed for any cooked rom
it is just an addon so we can get more space for apps
If you can specify what kind of problems you are having and on which rom then i can help more

CWM 2.5.1.8 MZ - wipe problem

Hi,
I cant mount and wipe :
/data - it write : cant mount /dev/block/stl7
/cache - it write : cant mount /dev/block/stl8
/dalvik-cache - it write : cant mount /dev/block/stl7 (File exists)
it does not matter if I have JPQ or JPS, deodexed or stock - problem i same ...
any tips ?

Delete all partitions from your sdcard, format it (not in CWM, with a 3rd part program) and then re-create partitions (from CWM).

andreapier said:
Delete all partitions from your sdcard, format it (not in CWM, with a 3rd part program) and then re-create partitions (from CWM).
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I did this already and it does not helped as it result to this state
I created partitions with CWM included at Kyrillos 7.0
I checked there are no difference at this CWM and CWM included at Kyrillos.
But I get same issue when I used later stock ROM and deodexed too with G3MOD 1.7 kernel. There was first time I see wipe issue ...
Now I am trying gparted, we will see. ..

OK, tested, I exactly did it like You said and unfortunatelly it does not work, I get same results :-( ... and what worst I will ahve to again move 32 GB of data -**** :-(
any other tips ? different kernel usage etc ?
thnaks for any help ...

radek.god said:
OK, tested, I exactly did it like You said and unfortunatelly it does not work, I get same results :-( ... and what worst I will ahve to again move 32 GB of data -**** :-(
any other tips ? different kernel usage etc ?
thnaks for any help ...
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when i had this problem once, the filesystems were gone from EXT2 / EXT4 to RFS after flashing a new rom.
i don't know which filesystems u use...
have a look into /sdcard/Android/data/g3mod/fs.current , if u use g3mod kernel. (for fugumod kernel it's /sdcard/Android/data/fugumod/fs.current)
put a file "fs.convert" in /sdcard/Android/data/g3mod/ (or .....fugumod/)
the file looks like attached... (!!! cut off .txt extension !!!)
after that you have to reboot (!!! not into CWM !!!) and WAIT PATIENTLY for the kernel to convert the filesystems.
After that you should have no problems anymore with the CWM recovery.
good luck!

/data + /cache deleted - pfeeeeeeeeeeeeee !
ufff,
as noone knows and nothing work, I tried some stupidity
I changed permission to /data and /cache and tied delete them manually (mean after it there were no /data and no /cache directory.
NO flash JPS helps, no wipe data helped , I though phone were to the hell , as I always stucked at screen lock , then I see some error message setup cant process, forced closure and phone restart .over and over again
I tried flash Kyrillos 7.0 OC and it works - I am back inj game again
anyway I think there have to be made some changes to CWM, because :
- Kyrillos ROM -all wipes and mounts work
- G3 MOd kernel - wipes and mounts does NOT work correctly
- other kernel after apply CWM - wipes and mounts does not work correctly

as i told you: after flashing JPS all filesystems are converted to rfs
you can also use g3modAPP to change it (only under g3 kernel i think)

mankokoma said:
as i told you: after flashing JPS all filesystems are converted to rfs
you can also use g3modAPP to change it (only under g3 kernel i think)
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what does it means to me ? - as Kyrillos 7.0 is JPS based too ...
If I will convert rfs to efs (?) will CWM work to me even at JPS ?
what partitions have to be converted to make CWM works ?
If Kyrillos use rfs too, can be CWM files riped backward from Kyrillos ROM /system to stock/deodexed JPS ?
I need JPS stock + fugumod ultra + 5lockscreen_extended menu + CWM
And I tried CWM at JPQ , same issue - cant mount /wipe

mankokoma said:
as i told you: after flashing JPS all filesystems are converted to rfs
you can also use g3modAPP to change it (only under g3 kernel i think)
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Ok, I will try, I did no tee your post because of some page error (my side ) thanks

if u use STOCK rom there is NO CWM.
Even NOT if u use fugumod kernel.
CWM is included in custom ROMs e.g. Kyrillos' ROM
and in G3mod kernel.
If u want to have CWM you must use one of both.
When u have flashed a stock rom, the filesystems are converted to RFS.
Look into above attached file and u will see what is usually used for partition filesystems.
mmcblk0p2 ext4 (external sd-partition)
stl6 ext2 (/system)
stl7 ext4 (/data)
stl8 ext2 (/cache)
Further, when u wanna use the external partitions on the sdcard u have to use Kyrillos' app2sd script in /etc/init.d
To convert the filesystems is a just suggestion - it should also work with RFS (though i'm not sure about that....)
but you have to look at /sdcard/Android/data/fugumod/fs.current to see what filesystems are used.

mankokoma said:
if u use STOCK rom there is NO CWM.
Even NOT if u use fugumod kernel.
CWM is included in custom ROMs e.g. Kyrillos' ROM
and in G3mod kernel.
If u want to have CWM you must use one of both.
When u have flashed a stock rom, the filesystems are converted to RFS.
Look into above attached file and u will see what is usually used for partition filesystems.
mmcblk0p2 ext4 (external sd-partition)
stl6 ext2 (/system)
stl7 ext4 (/data)
stl8 ext2 (/cache)
Further, when u wanna use the external partitions on the sdcard u have to use Kyrillos' app2sd script in /etc/init.d
To convert the filesystems is a just suggestion - it should also work with RFS (though i'm not sure about that....)
but you have to look at /sdcard/Android/data/fugumod/fs.current to see what filesystems are used.
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many many many ..... THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKS
I have stock NON deodexed and CWM works after conversion
I had no proble mount all and wipe all
I have ext4 as sd-ext

solution
bro if ur using g3mod then just convert all filesystems to ext2 using g3mod app ..............................its tested n m pretty sure tat it'll work

varunrocks17 said:
bro if ur using g3mod then just convert all filesystems to ext2 using g3mod app ..............................its tested n m pretty sure tat it'll work
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no, I am using Fugumod 1366 only, I get best results and most stable instead of G3MOD kernel 1.6 and 1.7
but I am not sure about ext2 vs ext4 someone test it on PC and ext2 get better speed results

Its time to partition. A few questions.

Okay, I am now thinking of partitioning my SD Card....
So a few questions:
1. What are ext4, SWAP and any other kind of partitions and the difference between them?
2. How do I partition and what should be the size of different partitions, how many partitions and each partition for what purpose?
3. After partitioning, what next so that all my apps go to partitioned SD Card, like adding a few App2SD Scripts?
4. What exactly are these App2SD and Data2SD Scripts and the difference between them?

[email protected] said:
Okay, I am now thinking of partitioning my SD Card....
So a few questions:
1. What are ext4, SWAP and any other kind of partitions and the difference between them?
2. How do I partition and what should be the size of different partitions, how many partitions and each partition for what purpose?
3. After partitioning, what next so that all my apps go to partitioned SD Card, like adding a few App2SD Scripts?
4. What exactly are these App2SD and Data2SD Scripts and the difference between them?
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See THIS
And also THIS

That was a good read....
But what is "Swap"?
I have no idea what that is....
And is there specifically any difference between ext3 and ext4?

[email protected] said:
That was a good read....
But what is "Swap"?
I have no idea what that is....
And is there specifically any difference between ext3 and ext4?
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AFAIK swap is a partition that makes it run as ram when its required.. In short for memory!!
And ext3 and ext4 are just linux partitions and ext4 is recommended. Google is always your friend!!

[email protected] said:
That was a good read....
But what is "Swap"?
I have no idea what that is....
And is there specifically any difference between ext3 and ext4?
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If you are getting some errors/bugs after partitioning, disable swap as it doesnt work for every1
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neo1691 said:
AFAIK swap is a partition that makes it run as ram when its required.. In short for memory!!
And ext3 and ext4 are just linux partitions and ext4 is recommended. Google is always your friend!!
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Thanks for all the info mate....

Help Link2SD

Im not a noob,but......
Failt to creat mount script in Link2sd.
With the ext3 partiton = failed to mount,invalid argument,you device dont support..
With the ext2 partiton = failed to mount,invalid argument,you device dont support..
With fat32 only give invalid argument.
creeds 3.5 and kuro kernel
anyone know the cause?

maybe its because kuro kernel does not support ext scripts?

deathnotice01 said:
maybe its because kuro kernel does not support ext scripts?
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but it fails with fat32 too

hey,i have tested kuros kernel and link2sd has work without problems,because link2sd works ever on kernel likes kuros,kuro has this kernel make from a source/stock kernel(as far as i know)and android supports the normal app2sd as standart in all android phones at version 2.2,so link2sd too.there is an other fail.with kurokernel ihave part with minitool the first part. primary 3,5gb as fat 32 and the second part. as primary with 500mb ext2,it has worked perfectly.
edit:becomes link2sd permissions from superuser and whats with the mountscript after first install?

i have format the 2nd partiton as logic,so there is the problem?

yep,both must be part as primary

solved now