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Hey guys,
I am using Oxygen 2.0 - RC7 which supports a2sd ext2 / ext3. (Gingerbread)
I have gone through the tutorial and formatted my sdcard and did all that stuff. in the normal file explorer my SDcard is shown also to be smaller but my internal memory didn't "grow". what have i forgottn? i created this partitions and stuff, I only heard something about "tables" but I have never done that / don't know what it is.
can someone help me?
what i basically want: have a bigger internal storage
(HTC Desire)
Urool said:
Hey guys,
I am using Oxygen 2.0 - RC7 which supports a2sd ext2 / ext3. (Gingerbread)
I have gone through the tutorial and formatted my sdcard and did all that stuff. in the normal file explorer my SDcard is shown also to be smaller but my internal memory didn't "grow". what have i forgottn? i created this partitions and stuff, I only heard something about "tables" but I have never done that / don't know what it is.
can someone help me?
what i basically want: have a bigger internal storage
(HTC Desire)
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You've done nothing wrong, everything is working as intended.
Your internal memory wont grow, it will still be 134mb~. But with the ext partition this will shrink less hard then normal.
ie. a 20mb app will only take off 1-3mb of the internal storage.
Hope this clears a couple of things up
Hi guys! As many know HTC HD2 have very small internal storage. I use App 2 SD
but not all apps are allow to move to SD. I was wondering if there's anyway or any program that trick/lure mobile that SD card is Internal storage?
//Thanks
Use a rom with built in app2sd+ support and an ext partition. Then, you DO NOT need to manually move apps to the SD, the system just does it for you, and all apps should work.(angry birds works from ext, for example, but doesn't if you manually choose to move it to SD)
Thanks for the answer m8.
I just update to newest HyperDroid (HyperDroid-CM7-v2.0.0-FearlessFalcon-signed)
And I think it got app2sd+ support but do I need to install or format SD to a specific way?
hi you can partition your sd card in magldr.
the first partition must be fat 32
the second partition must be ext3 or ext4 with a maximum of 1gb.
(Note this must be done before you flash any rom)!!
then the rom use the ext part automaticly
[email protected] hm... But what if I do it and than reflash? Will it work? 1gb = 1024 right?
What options it is in magldr? I have aMAGLDR V1.13 got lots of options from 1 - 12
but I dont see any SD or format?
boot magldr by hold pressing power butten than scorll down to ad recovery by pressing vol down. there you´ll find advanced section.
in this section you´ll find partition sd card there choose 1024m swap 0m
this is all
Aaaaaah Thanks trying now, and after that I need to reflash the rom?
And now everytime I install apps it will be in ext (1gb) partition? Do I need App 2 SD application anymore or move apps to SD?
No you don't need to manually install or use the app2sd app.
Aha that's good! ^_^
Hm it's still not done, I did partition 1024m swap 0m. Please wait...
Hope it's not stuck?
this coul take a few minutes. also you can take out battery after about 5 minnutes. sometimes it doesn´t show that its finished.
than you can reflash your rom!
Thanks guys for all help! I know I am a newbie when it come to these stuff. But it's fun to learn something new, now I can share the info with my friends ^_^
It seems to be working fine. I see that I have 174mb free and when I install apps now that usual cannot be move to SD is not on Intern Storage anymore! Now I can save lots of space.
Btw I put it on 1gb what if I have it 2gb? or maybe 1gb is enough hehe.
I use 32gb Kingstone card atm.
hi good to hear that all works great for you.
when you take more than 1024m as ext it could give bugs from some roms, cause not all roms support more than 1gb ext partition.
i think 1gb is more than enough for apps.
for example 1 app uses about 250 - 800kb so you can install more than 800 - 1000 apps on this ext partition.
all data which is used by apps may be stored on your fat32 partition like sygic aura maps and so on
Aaha I c, thanks for that info. Yes I guess you are right about that. Btw how do you check how much space you have left on that storage? In Storage info I only see phone's storage and not that extern.
And maybe you can help me with another thing, I tried to convert some movies/music video and I use MP4ForHD it seems to convert fine 800x480 but after I have transfer to the phone, it wont play -_-
for videoplay try yxplayer1 or 2.
to see how much space there is on ext partition you can use system control panel from market or applanet.
alltome said:
for videoplay try yxplayer1 or 2.
to see how much space there is on ext partition you can use system control panel from market or applanet.
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Thanks for the help m8! I tried yxplayer, it seems to be a good player but it doesn't play my files at all. It show up as 00:00 no playtime. But when I use Video Player inbuilt it seems to play but it didn't before. Really weird.
Hi experts here,
Sorry to bother you but I could not find clear explications on how to do it right:
I have formatted my 16GB SD card to have 13GB Fat 32, 1,5 GB Ext2 and 0,5 GB linux swap.
Then I have copied the current AmeriCan Android to to the Fat32 partition and fired HaRet.
Android boots fine, but has got no SD card mounted and the menu to mout it is greyed out.
a) how to mount the Fat32 Partition of the SD card?
b) did Android install on the ext2 partition? If not, what is the procedure to get it there?
Thank you.
RIN67630
As far as I know, sd-build android's data/storage is in a file called data.img located on your sdcard. I am not sure if it's supposed to show that you actually have an sdcard.
a) I am not sure, so I can't say anything.
b) Find a rom you want (because you can't convert your current ROM to an ext one, you can make a backup though) from the nand section. If by (boot from ext) you mean NativeSD, you don't need MAGLDR/cLK. Just look for the "NativeSD for Windows Mobile Users" guide, and follow it. But if by that you mean (have your storage on the ext) then you must install cLK/MAGLDR, install a recovery, repartition your system accordingly and then flash the rom from the recovery install earlier.
If what I said made no sense to you or you think it's too complicated, use the search.
rin67630 said:
Hi experts here,
Sorry to bother you but I could not find clear explications on how to do it right:
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Thank you.
RIN67630
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May I try to reformulate my questions?
- Can Nandroid mount (read-write) the SD FAT32 Partition which contains the filesystem image from which it has booted?
- If yes, how?
- If no, would nativeSD be the solution to share (read-write) the FAT 32 data between Android and WinMo?
Thank you for the advice.
Hi, I think we are in the same boat, I am running an SD version Android ICS from my SD card and it says that no SD card is mounted. I would like to know how I can transfer music and side load apps I already downloaded. It would be great help if someone could help
Sent from my HTC HD2 using xda app-developers app
memphis517 said:
Hi, I think we are in the same boat, I am running an SD version Android ICS from my SD card and it says that no SD card is mounted. I would like to know how I can transfer music and side load apps I already downloaded. It would be great help if someone could help
Sent from my HTC HD2 using xda app-developers app
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Finally, I found it out: My SD card was partitioned. I made an extra second EXT2 partition for Android, which was a bad idea.
It turns out that Android cannot recognize partitioned SD cards or they need a separate mounting procedure, don't know exactly...
Since I have deleted the extra partition Android can read/write on the full SD card...
Hello folks,
I know this is not the official forum but this seemed to be the only one related to Lenovo Tablets.
So, I just bought a Lenovo Ideatab a1000 tablet (4gb edition) and unfortunately, I came to know that lenovo has partitioned the eMMC card rather uniquely. Only 500 MB is available for installing applications while other space is reserved for data etc.
Obviously, I ran out of space after installing 7-8 applications.
I wanted to ask is there any way to extend the partition to use the whole space? If yes, how?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
I'm facing the same problems
And different storage size.
I have 500mb for Internal
And 2gb eMMC.
My badluck. I dont even asking about this and they dont mention about that when I bought this one.
As I know it will be having 4gb storage with the lowest price.
gefademe2d said:
I'm facing the same problems
And different storage size.
I have 500mb for Internal
And 2gb eMMC.
My badluck. I dont even asking about this and they dont mention about that when I bought this one.
As I know it will be having 4gb storage with the lowest price.
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I am also having the same problem.. is there no expert who is using the same tab and come up with the solution ?
Install the new update
They just released a new update, which converts the 500MB internal storage to 1.5GB internal storage reducing the USB storage from 2GB to 1GB. It will also wipe out your apps and data, so don't forget to take a back up
gefademe2d said:
I'm facing the same problems
And different storage size.
I have 500mb for Internal
And 2gb eMMC.
My badluck. I dont even asking about this and they dont mention about that when I bought this one.
As I know it will be having 4gb storage with the lowest price.
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an update is released to increase to 1.5 gb , if that too not sufficient u can use link2sd
nameisbalu said:
an update is released to increase to 1.5 gb , if that too not sufficient u can use link2sd
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link2sd also need root right?
how about change vold.fstab?
To increase internal only option is link 2sd
By changing voidstab u can swap emmc with sdcard
is there any way to combine internal storage and usb storage as single partition..?
any method for root users..??
Maybe will be better if we find the way to increase the memory of system partition finding the block and looking a way to increase the memory..
Easiest way to increase internal is just swipe the internal and SDcard.
This can be done by overwrite the file vold.fstab in system/etc directory
I have modified vold.fstab file
If you want it
Ppersonal Message me.
that doesnt change internal right it only changes usb storage well let me know if u..
sutariyaraj said:
Easiest way to increase internal is just swipe the internal and SDcard.
This can be done by overwrite the file vold.fstab in system/etc directory
I have modified vold.fstab file
If you want it
Ppersonal Message me.
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I know bout that sutariyaraj and iv done it myself but it doesnt increase the internal it changes only the usb storage and external microsd card right ...
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If u know a way to increase internal also then pls share it with me
Via personal message or my gmail id:[email protected]
Or fb id:[email protected]
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an update is released to increase to 1.5 gb , if that too not sufficient u can use link2sd
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where can i get this update, i saw an update available and downloaded it but after reboot it says ota package not installed. So i rooted the tab using kingoroot. Please tell me what to do.
Hi all, thanks for kind support,
I've a 900V CID11 bootloader locked, unrooted, I installed MM 6.0.1 by safestrap.
MY phone is 16GB but it looks I've really small space for apps, someone can kindly describe me how the storage is allocated?
As I guess reading around, the safestrap eat me 2,5gb for some reason, then there is the rom space, then the "sdcard" folder for data. On sdcard I still have 500MB available but I think the phone doesn't want to use them for installing apps. I've 32GB SD but it looks also that with uroot phone I can't move apps there.
Any way to expand the space for installing apps? Any way to repartition the space? Use the 2,5gb of safestrap? Maybe repeat the procedure using flashfire?
By now I've a serious limitation. Thank you for help
I ask kind help, thank you
Well your only option is to look up how to use your 32gb as card as adoptable storage
SuperBrolySSJ said:
Well your only option is to look up how to use your 32gb as card as adoptable storage
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thanks for answer,
may you kindly explain me breifly how the whole storage is allocated on the phone memory? What can it change if I'll have root (what can I edit/reallocate) and if one day someone will unlock the bootloader and I can load everything? (can I use the supposed 2,.5GB safestrap partition as system?)
Thank you
help needed to understand, thank you
do you need to know how to use the adoptable storage? And sorry for taking so long
I would know how 1)
Android partize the internal memory,
2) why data wipe is not wiping the /sdcard folder (I'm speaking about intenal memory),
3) if there exist a ROM partition and if it the same of "System" or two different
4) if it is possible to edit files inside System and ROM with root permissions
5) if System has a rigid partition size, or depends on the quantity of internal, and which criteria is used to assign the space.
6) If gapps are all stored in System
7) Where the 3rd party apps are stored
8) Where folder data is located, and it's not /sdcard folder.
9) if safestrap eats 2,5GB of space and hide it from a file explorer.
10 ) if it's possible to reduce safestrap partiton
11) if the space used from safestrap reduces directly the "system" partition, or even "data" and "/sdcard"
12) if it's possible to edit the partitions size, for example I've a big SD card and I sould like to use the internal memory almost for installing apps.
Thank you a lot!!! I can't find such infos.. and that is quite amazing. You can answer briefly
somebody can help clear? Thank you
Hopefully somebody can reply me, thanks
Do you still need help
Yes please, I would know how Android works with the storage, I think there are some hidden partitions that I can't see with xplore, containing ROM.
Xplore tells I've 11GB internal memory (and the phone has 16, where are othere 4/5?)
And also tells that:
root total amount is 2,47 GB, free 16%of 11GB=1,7GB
Internal storage (SD card folder)= 1,44GB, , free 16%of 11GB=1,7GB
2,47+1,44+1,7=5,61, where are other 5GB to make 11GB?
I think I lost somewhee 9 GB!
Thank you for help!
This might explain it more
Barabba11 said:
Yes please, I would know how Android works with the storage, I think there are some hidden partitions that I can't see with xplore, containing ROM.
Xplore tells I've 11GB internal memory (and the phone has 16, where are othere 4/5?)
And also tells that:
root total amount is 2,47 GB, free 16%of 11GB=1,7GB
Internal storage (SD card folder)= 1,44GB, , free 16%of 11GB=1,7GB
2,47+1,44+1,7=5,61, where are other 5GB to make 11GB?
I think I lost somewhee 9 GB!
Thank you for help!
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http://indiatoday.intoday.in/techno...hone-has-12gb-storage-available/1/411117.html
What you are saying sounds about right with safestrap and rom slots. And 16gb just isn't all that much space to work with.
Root Essentials will allocate your sd card for you. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superthomaslab.rootessentials
Also, with safestrap...are you using the main rom slot to boot into? if not, you should, then delete the other rom slots, that will free up a ton of space. plus if i were you, i would get rid of safestrap and flash TWRP on your phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...t/rd-unlocking-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909
Good luck
I thank you very much for your kind help!
Let's proceed by order, ok about the real 14,6GB, but does the ROM shows itself in xplore in the root folder? I think it should.. like I can see C:\ on the windows OS with all the system files. Or does Android hide the ROM files?
I agree about Safestrap caused it, I used it to mount the Android 6, I unfortunately have a CID11 S5 and I can't have it rooted, how can I recover the Safestrap wasted space? I think I'm using only the main ROM, I followed the procedure to root Lollipop and upgrade with Safestrap to MM.
Thank you a lot!
Any help here? Thank you a lot!