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NativeSD Rom+EXT4 for New Users with peechurs

By now a lot may already know this by now
NativeSD Rom Boot Script for HD2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869673
many-many thanks to the devs & guys that gave us this!
But there are still a few out there that are new to this so here is what i did to make it simple to follow.
What's it about anyways, here one good answer from samsamuel
samsamuel said:
standard sd android runs from an image on the fat32 partition that pretends to be a file system, nativeSD actually installs to the EXT partition, and the phone/android treats it as a real filesystem. its the same as installing to nand, except as fast as or faster (assuming you have a nice fast card,) than nand, and it keeps the read/write pressure off the nand memory, reducing the potential for bad blocks.
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what you need:
- a good fast SD card, size depends on your needs (i tried a 4g Kingston that took forever to load, it could be fake/ damaged)
- MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 7.6
- Download 4EXT Recovery from here. this is where the magic starts, thanks Xylograph/ securecrt
- for multi-ROM selection , thanks datagr
- for NativeSD Touch Recovery, backup & restore thanks tytung
- How not to Google Play when using diffrent roms so as not to always go to Google Play
I assume you already have Magldr/ CWM in your HD2 & know your way around the Magldr Menu.
First we need to format the SD card so that it will contain two partitions, ALL DATA WILL BE DELETED. so do a backup/ copy of your card.
- 1 FAT32 primary
- 1 EXT4 primary
Be very careful when using the minitool partition as you can accidentally format/ delete your Hard Disk Partition.
Insert you SD card to your PC & run minitool partition, something like below will show. Make sure you select the right drive.
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Right click on the drive & choose "delete" then apply the changes, Again make sure it's the right drive! You now have an "unallocated" partition.
right click on the drive again & choose "Create New Partition" & change the dropdown boxes as the options below. Now move the mouse to the end of the "Size and Location" table. click & hold then move to the LEFT to leave a space for the EXT4 which will be done latter. Size will depend on how many Roms yo plan to use & how many apps you plan to install. Click OK.
right click on the drive again that has the "Unallocated" space & choose "Create New Partition" & change the dropdown boxes as the options below. Remember it should be Primary & EXT4. Click OK
Click Apply & when it's done you should have 1 FAT32 & 1 EXT4 Partition
Another method of creating an EXT4 partition
3a Use the provided 4EXT recovery (NAND or SD version) to create the partitions and format them.
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copy the "TOUCH" or "TWRP" or "RECOVERY" folder your SD Card (they all do the same thing)
no need to copy the others for now as it will be erased when you create/ format the EXT4 partition
Magldr > Service > Boot Setting > AD SD Dir > TOUCH
& this should run, Tap on Advance
Tap on Partition SD card
Ext size. = press the + sign to go up, swap size is 0 & make sure to select EXT4 then tap Partition
this is what info you can see using the "Recovery" Folder method
Magldr > Service > Boot Setting > AD SD Dear > Recovery (folder must be in SD root)
Time to Flash!
Magldr > Service > Boot Setting > AD SD Dir > TOUCH
Tap Install, notice that the compatible ROMS for this methoid have a div2 or NativeSD designation, tap on the ROM you want to flash.
Make SURE the ROM you Tap is the correct one
if you made a mistake tapping the incompatible ROM it will not go the Aroma installer but immediately will be flashed to NAND - erasing what ever you had there!
Install to SD-EXT
wait for it then your Done!
Magldr > Service > Boot Setting > AD SD Dir > NATIVESD
Run NativeSDBoot.apk, tap on whatever ROM you wan to BOOT to then re-start.
HTH
& BTW don't forget to hit the Thanks Button for the Dev's & Guys who made/ ported those ROM's to become NativeSD :highfive:

that's very helpful !:good:

chuchuanming said:
that's very helpful !:good:
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just hit the thanks button if you find it helpful :highfive:

Thanks you very much!!!

securecrt said:
Thanks you very much!!!
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No sir, it's Thank You, Xylograph & rest of the Guys!!! :good:

Hi,
I've done all the things in the guide and my question is, why does it go smoother and faster on my 8gb class 2 card than the 32gb class10 card?
thx and sorry for my bad english xd

I can't find softkeys
Hi I have installed on native sd the "PARANOID ANDROID LEO BETA V2.00" rom (thank to the developers for the great job) everything I've tested works fine but i can't enable sofkey i need them becouse my hard back button doesn't work very good. Can anybody help me? thanks

@alexdenied
try setting > system > navigation bar > tick

hitutsu829766 said:
Hi,
I've done all the things in the guide and my question is, why does it go smoother and faster on my 8gb class 2 card than the 32gb class10 card?
thx and sorry for my bad english xd
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could by the way it was formated or the size of cluster used? some card specs are fast in some work task but now all maybe like read-write, copy-transfer etc.
anyways just use whatever works best for you

Will add this link to a few OP on LNE TEAM threads
Thanks my friend
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

Has anyone ported tytung's nexusHD2 ics v2.7 to nativesd? I'd like to try this rom by this new method. Thanks.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using Tapatalk 2

wis1152 said:
Will add this link to a few OP on LNE TEAM threads
Thanks my friend
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
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Your very welcome sir!

I installef 2nd rom on ext4 and got bootloop? Which step am i missing?
Thanks
Sent from my NexusHD2 using Tapatalk 2

please give more info on your set up
which 2nd rom did you flash? ext size? recovery or touch?

what is the difference between the recovery files for SD (cwmtouch, cwr, twrp)?
can you also please make a tutorial on how to make multi boot using the recovery method, texts tutorial would be fine
thanks

mengfei said:
please give more info on your set up
which 2nd rom did you flash? ext size? recovery or touch?
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Ext4 3gb free >2gb, i flashed cm9ite v1.1b as 2nd using ext4 recovery sd as i flash fisrt rom PA v2. Do i need to do some extra steps or install any extra apks? Iam using marldr and android on Nand.Thanks
Sent from my NexusHD2 using Tapatalk 2

amateur_no1 said:
Ext4 3gb free >2gb, i flashed cm9ite v1.1b as 2nd using ext4 recovery sd as i flash fisrt rom PA v2. Do i need to do some extra steps or install any extra apks? Iam using marldr and android on Nand.Thanks
Sent from my NexusHD2 using Tapatalk 2
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where did you get cm9ite v1.1b?
as i sew this is the one that's available
CM9ight_leo_v1.1a_div2.zip - mirror (Flash via recovery)
md5: 6fff65279a80b4e06d5dbc7f14aa7ccf
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mengfei said:
where did you get cm9ite v1.1b?
as i sew this is the one that's available
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Sorry i got wrong typing. Cm9ite v1.1a.
Sent from my NexusHD2 using Tapatalk 2

I just flashed CM10 just now using EXT4Recovery on SD, no problem here. Try to DL the file again it might be a corrupted zip or try to see the md5 if they match.
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bleui said:
what is the difference between the recovery files for SD (cwmtouch, cwr, twrp)?
can you also please make a tutorial on how to make multi boot using the recovery method, texts tutorial would be fine
thanks
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AFAIK those are just the same ROM manager/ Recovery loaders but from different dev's or you can use either if your keys are not functioning twrp(team win recovery project). for multi boot just use the app "NativeSDmultiboot" in the first page, it will be like the one attached.

mengfei said:
I just flashed CM10 just now using EXT4Recovery on SD, no problem here. Try to DL the file again it might be a corrupted zip or try to see the md5 if they match.
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AFAIK those are just the same ROM manager/ Recovery loaders but from different dev's or you can use either if your keys are not functioning twrp(team win recovery project). for multi boot just use the app "NativeSDmultiboot" in the first page, it will be like the one attached.
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I meant, how to install multi ROM with recovery method. do you just boot to the recovery folder and install another ROM.zip? or use the NativeSDmultiboot apk and then install from there?

DataOnExt?

Sorry, i searched it in xda and google but i couldn't find. What is dataonext? How can i do this?

DoubleT34 said:
Sorry, i searched it in xda and google but i couldn't find. What is dataonext? How can i do this?
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DataonExt is basically using a partition of your sd-card( called the ext partition) to store stuff. This ext partition acts as your phone's internal memory, so when we run into low internal memory situation, after installing apps etc, dataonext usually saves the day.
You need 2 things to use this feature
A. An ext partition on your sd card
B. A script that mounts that ext partition as internal memory
A )
This can be done my using the minitool partition wizard or the CWM recovery.
In CWM menu, go to advanced>partition sd card. Select the partition size you want, keep swap to 0. Most GB roms dont need swap. And thats it, the ext partition is created
WARNING!!
Along with creating an ext partition, YOUR SD CARD WILL BE WIPED. MAKE BACKUPS
B) You need an A2SD script, Most A2SD roms already have this script so when u install the rom, after partitioning, the ext partition is automatically mounted. If you want another script, check my signature

DoubleT34 said:
Sorry, i searched it in xda and google but i couldn't find. What is dataonext? How can i do this?
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This was the first thing that came up on google.
So you mean to tell me you have searched google AND xda and you couldn't find an answer? Seems legit.
You're lucky for having people like adil answering your question first.

Marvlesz said:
This was the first thing that came up on google.
So you mean to tell me you have searched google AND xda and you couldn't find an answer? Seems legit.
You're lucky for having people like adil answering your question first.
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I found it, but isn't it about native? and native is different from nand? am i right?

adil1508 said:
DataonExt is basically using a partition of your sd-card( called the ext partition) to store stuff. This ext partition acts as your phone's internal memory, so when we run into low internal memory situation, after installing apps etc, dataonext usually saves the day.
You need 2 things to use this feature
A. An ext partition on your sd card
B. A script that mounts that ext partition as internal memory
A )
This can be done my using the minitool partition wizard or the CWM recovery.
In CWM menu, go to advanced>partition sd card. Select the partition size you want, keep swap to 0. Most GB roms dont need swap. And thats it, the ext partition is created
WARNING!!
Along with creating an ext partition, YOUR SD CARD WILL BE WIPED. MAKE BACKUPS
B) You need an A2SD script, Most A2SD roms already have this script so when u install the rom, after partitioning, the ext partition is automatically mounted. If you want another script, check my signature
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Thanks for reply. is it ext3 or ext4 for hd2? and i will mount it "/data" or "/" or no mount? and what about cluster size? And i will use jb rom so i need swap? Thanks.

DoubleT34 said:
I found it, but isn't it about native? and native is different from nand? am i right?
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It did not say "NativeSD", it said "Native". He is using "Native" here as an English word, not a method of booting android.
In fact, if you had clicked on that and gone further you'd have realized what I mean.
Tip: Next time when you search something, you need to go INTO the things you find, not just read their titles.
And btw, it should be ext4 and don't worry about the cluster size, default is fine.

Marvlesz said:
It did not say "NativeSD", it said "Native". He is using "Native" here as an English word, not a method of booting android.
In fact, if you had clicked on that and gone further you'd have realized what I mean.
Tip: Next time when you search something, you need to go INTO the things you find, not just read their titles.
And btw, it should be ext4 and don't worry about the cluster size, default is fine.
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Sorry i'm from Turkey and my English is not very well. Thread wasn't basic English. So i can't understand everything everytime, it's my bad. Thanks for reply.

DoubleT34 said:
Thanks for reply. is it ext3 or ext4 for hd2? and i will mount it "/data" or "/" or no mount? and what about cluster size? And i will use jb rom so i need swap? Thanks.
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To basically just use the ext partition as internal memory, any ext type can be used. The CWM makes a ext3. You need the ext4 partition for NativeSD roms. Thats a WHOLE different thing. And when u use a default rom with A2SD support, you dont need to mount anything, anything that needs to be mounted, IS mounted.
For swap, check the rom thread, it should be there.

[HELP][Half-Solved!] No Internal Memory.

Sup!
The problem is, that after i install ROMs via NAND+ext i cannot simply use it, because after rebooting it shows htc logo and then screen goes black.
I used only NAND roms before, because my sd card always failed to create an EXT partition on it.
But idk why, few days ago i noticed that while wiping, it didn't skip EXT partition like always, so i created one via TWRP recovery and tried to install some roms on ext.
I've done several full-wipes etc, but always it succeeds with installation, and then it goes black screen on rebooting.
What can be the problem? I thought it might be boot.img-related, but same thing occurs in 2nd rom i try to install.
I don't want to go back to old NAND rom, so if you guys could help me out, i would be really happy.
I spent several hours looking for a solution, but no positive results..
Also, i had a problem in trying to reanimate my phone via Fastboot/ADB; simply because i don't know how to proceed from bootloader to fastboot to get my phone connected with pc commands...
I tried to flash this and that ROMs.
Regards!

you could try;
changing recovery (eg 4ext), i always seem to have trouble with twrp flashing sboot, 4ext works ok
increase sboot or boot size
format ext4 with 4ext recovery
not used fastboot much, there is a tutorial here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
hope this helps
if not post your setup, partition sizes etc.

Thanks for reply Robbie!
Firstly, i cannot find 4EXT recovery to flash it straight from PC :/ Any other recommended recovery's?
Secondly, not sure if i understand sboot and boot resizing correctly.
Also, when i flash TWRP for example, in config file when i change system ya[/B ] to 280mb is it enough? I mean, when i change size via HD2Toolkit, it automatically applies CWM...

http://goo.im/devs/Xylograph/Various/Recoveries/NAND
flash it using existing recovery
in later versions of clk you can easily resize your partitions, sometimes increasing boot partition may solve booting problems.
eg black lk from here http://www.mediafire.com/download/n0aa6qv88t3n1sv/black_lk_20130506-Ex-TWRP_2_5_0_5.zip
extract it, browse to leoimg.nbh using hd2 toolkit "install custom NBH/NB RUU" and install.
Then flash 4ext using the included recovery.
Profit?

Robbie P said:
http://goo.im/devs/Xylograph/Various/Recoveries/NAND
flash it using existing recovery
in later versions of clk you can easily resize your partitions, sometimes increasing boot partition may solve booting problems.
eg black lk from here http://www.mediafire.com/download/n0aa6qv88t3n1sv/black_lk_20130506-Ex-TWRP_2_5_0_5.zip
extract it, browse to leoimg.nbh using hd2 toolkit "install custom NBH/NB RUU" and install.
Then flash 4ext using the included recovery.
Profit?
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Never thought of going to CLK though
Okay, i have clk now.
So i need to put 4ext zip into SD card throught TWRP usb plugging, and then install it straight from twrp?

Update!
I flashed 4EXT, althought i had strange code message after flashing it:
Code:
Writing recovery partition...
All done.
Updating partition details...
E:Failed to mount '/system' (MTD)
Partition details updated
Anyway, it seems to load w/o problems
Whats my point... i noticed, that i have ext2 partition on my phone, not ext4.
Can it cause black screen problem?
What to do now?
(So many questions..)
~EDIT~
i used built-in partitioning to get EXT4 partition, then installed tytung's rom again, ofc succeed etc.
But after reboot i see htc logo for 1 sec, then black screen ... sigh

ZathuraPL said:
Update!
I flashed 4EXT, althought i had strange code message after flashing it:
Code:
Writing recovery partition...
All done.
Updating partition details...
E:Failed to mount '/system' (MTD)
Partition details updated
Anyway, it seems to load w/o problems
Whats my point... i noticed, that i have ext2 partition on my phone, not ext4.
Can it cause black screen problem?
What to do now?
(So many questions..)
~EDIT~
i used built-in partitioning to get EXT4 partition, then installed tytung's rom again, ofc succeed etc.
But after reboot i see htc logo for 1 sec, then black screen ... sigh
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You need yaffs2 for nand for android to work

lolerpro8 said:
You need yaffs2 for nand for android to work
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Okay, but... how to...get it ?
~EDIT~
Reflashed SlimRom with ext, but it hangs on htc logo again..

ZathuraPL said:
Okay, but... how to...get it ?
~EDIT~
Reflashed SlimRom with ext, but it hangs on htc logo again..
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so, what are your partition sizes, nand and sdcard?
remember, if using nand with data on ext, you can afford a huge 350mb system partition or more since your data (apps and stuff) is on your ext4 sdcard partition.
Please provide details

Robbie P said:
so, what are your partition sizes, nand and sdcard?
remember, if using nand with data on ext, you can afford a huge 350mb system partition or more since your data (apps and stuff) is on your ext4 sdcard partition.
Please provide details
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Here it goes!
recovery 8
boot 5
misc 1
system 235
userdata 157
sboot 10
cache 5
+ i have 2gb ext4
SlimRom requires about 210 system partition, so i set 235.

ZathuraPL said:
Here it goes!
recovery 8
boot 5
misc 1
system 235
userdata 157
sboot 10
cache 5
+ i have 2gb ext4
SlimRom requires about 210 system partition, so i set 235.
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increase system to 350mb and reinstall "nand with dataonext" and see

Robbie P said:
increase system to 350mb and reinstall "nand with dataonext" and see
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htc
...
...
SLIMbean
...
...
...
so far it went past htc logo, but it keeps showin me SLIMbean animation
humm..
~EDIT~
i went to setup wizard, but it kept crashing. I forgot to flash gapps as in thread...sigh.
wiped system partition, flashed gapps, and now booting.
Hopefully it will get to work now!
edit2:
htc logo for about 5 minutes already
EDIT3:
i fully wiped phone, reflashed rom and gapps, it booted (waited like 15min though), but i have some strange problems with going through setup wizard again.
Mainly it stops working after few minutes, and it launches again and again. Sometimes i make till wifi/gmail sync, but for example it keeps obtaining wifi for like minute, in meanwhile Calendar Memore stops working... then it freezes, stops working, and from beginning...Once i made it through Google GPS localization.
The ****...?

Okay, after wipe and reflash, i faced same situation, but not sure why, Setup Wizard after 10 minutes of struggling allowed me to finish setup :highfive:
I still received "Calendar Storage has stopped working" every 10 seconds, so i cleared cashe of it in settings, seems to be solved.
Now, the only issues i face are:
- my phone shows me no internal storage at all...
In settings > apps, Internal storage bar is all grey without any numbers, also i cannot even update Nova Launcher because of insufficient space.
It would be quite sad to have my phone finally working, but with no storage to install basic apps like facebook, etc
-as i want to reboot my phone, it popped Setup Wizard again... WHAT THE!
Please help me with these problems...! :laugh:
EDIT:
i googled ''a bit'', and tried to copy busybox from /system/xbin to /system/bin, but i see no positive results..

Problem has changed.
Another update, but now quite positive.
After reflashing Slimrom and tytung's one over n over, i tried to flash tytung's 4.2.2, well, it succeeded.
Now i have 1,2gb of internal free memory, and it all seem to work flawlessly.
No idea why previous 2 roms didnt work 100%'ly :/
I think i won't do anything now, i am happy to have 4.2.2 features now, after 1 years of being stuck with 4.1.2
Anyways, big thanks for you Robbie. You are my life-saver once again!!!
Have a good night y'all, yawn
###EDIT###
Rom runs smoothly, i have 1,2Gb of internal memory, but my Google Play tells me "No connection. Retry" everytime i open it
Which means i canno't update/download anything.
Tried clearing cache,data,force stop,reboots, still no profits >.< im not into factory reset again though..
_____ EDIT _____
After wake up, around 1 hour of previous usage, i had black screen... rebooted -> Setup Wizard (although no errors or fCloses, only again no internal memory )

ZathuraPL said:
After wake up, around 1 hour of previous usage, i had black screen... rebooted -> Setup Wizard (although no errors or fCloses, only again no internal memory )
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it sounds like your ext4 partition (/data) is not being recognised.
Since you have to reflash, try deleting all partitions and format whole card with official formatter, then set up your ext4 partition again, use recovery to format it.
Try install again.
What is your sd card make, and class?

Robbie P said:
it sounds like your ext4 partition (/data) is not being recognised.
Since you have to reflash, try deleting all partitions and format whole card with official formatter, then set up your ext4 partition again, use recovery to format it.
Try install again.
What is your sd card make, and class?
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hold on, gonna plug it through 4ext and try to format
Will edit when im done
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Done formatting
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Also created 2 ext4 partitions (who will forbid lol) 1,5 and 1gb.
Now will flash SlimRom and gApps, i will update again as i get some new info

Robbie P said:
What is your sd card make, and class?
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about sd card? umm, i think it's SanDisk, but what class... i don't remember.
UPDATE.
I hope that system will survive the night without problems..
Everything runs quite good, i have problems with syncing contacts, but i think i will bypass it.
I connected to Google Play, i have 1,2 Gb of internal memory, so this is positive.
One problem is that when i try to install apps from GPlay, blue bar keeps running infinitely... like something blocks apps from installing.
Gonna try uninstalling GPlay updates, maybe it will help..
Will update again tomorrow!
UPDATE.
Nope.
Again, after about an hour, system started cutting me off more and more processes, so i rebooted, and then i had infinite Cyanogenmod boot animation...
I think im gonna try freaking 4.1.2 with DoE or Nand...
This sd card makes me wanna break this phone into puzzles
PACman 1.2 doesnt work with Ext , but on NAND i have only 197mb of free internal storage after fresh install I wish i could increase this

[Q&A] [Guide] Increase Galaxy Y Duos Internal Memory

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Remarks regarding increasing internal storage
Hazem442 said:
Hi All
I'm Gonna show you How to increase galaxy y duos internal memory couz it's only 170 mb and that's annoying thanks To SAMSUNG
in this TuT You Will Be able To Put the Size That You Want for my I made it 1GB
OK let's start
what we need is Deodexed rom with init.d support
i'm using XDuosV3 v2.0
Tanks To Kenjboy
and Compact Kernel V1.3
Thanks To Deadly
and Of course Amarullz for his Script
so let's start after install deodexed rom and Compact Kernel
take off your sdcard and backup your data and don't forgot nandroid backup
and use any program to divide sdcard into two parts
1st Fat32 for your data
2nd Ext2 or Ext3
like this
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then put this file to your sdcard an flash it don't forgot to mount system
Ext-S
after that reboot phone
and open drawer you will find app called Ext Manager
Open It
and press Remove All Methode then give su permission and it will take about 30 sec and the phone will reboot
then inter recovery mod of compact kernel 1.3 and format sd-ext from mounts and restore
after phone will open so open Ext Manager Again and press Install Amarullz
wait 30 sec and will reboot again after phone open if you got messages Force Close or any other Just Wipe Cache and will Be OK
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I tried this method with GingerIceJelly_v2_RC2 rom with Compact kernel. I followed your steps. The phone booted successfully after the procedure, but when I check out the internal storage it still shows that it is 170 MB.

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Hello friend, you could help me install the EXT-S? because I could not install it because he was .zip I ran it by CWM, more changed nothing

JorgeAugusto said:
Hello friend, you could help me install the EXT-S? because I could not install it because he was .zip I ran it by CWM, more changed nothing
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Did you mount system before flashing the zip
If you don't mount system nothing will change

will this work with cm11

Adarshj said:
will this work with cm11
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Read the cm11 Dev section first post - it has what you need - the modified version of s2e

marcussmith2626 said:
Did you mount system before flashing the zip
If you don't mount system nothing will change
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and as I ride this system? I'm kind of newbie in this area

JorgeAugusto said:
and as I ride this system? I'm kind of newbie in this area
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In cwm goto mounts & storage and mount system
If system is mounted it will display "unmount system"
You can then flash a zip
If you don't mount system then you can't write to it - if you can't write to it then you can't change anything

sd-ext
marcussmith2626 said:
In cwm goto mounts & storage and mount system
If system is mounted it will display "unmount system"
You can then flash a zip
If you don't mount system then you can't write to it - if you can't write to it then you can't change anything
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hello friend, I went where you sent, and put to mount the / sd-ext, more appears "Error mounting / sd-ext", I'm using the Compact v1.3 kernel, is that the problem is in the Kennel? ta the / system and / sd-ext dismantled, the / system set up normal, plus / sd-ext no!

JorgeAugusto said:
hello friend, I went where you sent, and put to mount the / sd-ext, more appears "Error mounting / sd-ext", I'm using the Compact v1.3 kernel, is that the problem is in the Kennel? ta the / system and / sd-ext dismantled, the / system set up normal, plus / sd-ext no!
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You only have to mount system and sometimes data to flash a zip
If you get an error mounting partitions it means they are not correctly formatted
If you get error mounting sd-ext it means you either haven't got a 2nd ext sd card partition or you didn't create it correctly
Either way you can create one in cwm under the partitions section (note it will format your sd card)

marcussmith2626 said:
You only have to mount system and sometimes data to flash a zip
If you get an error mounting partitions it means they are not correctly formatted
If you get error mounting sd-ext it means you either haven't got a 2nd ext sd card partition or you didn't create it correctly
Either way you can create one in cwm under the partitions section (note it will format your sd card)
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hello friend,
There are some questions in my mind.
should I install the same roms?
Is it possible if I just install the kernels?
I am using the stock rom for my gt-s6102. I haven't changed the kernel.

bradyonx22 said:
hello friend,
There are some questions in my mind.
should I install the same roms?
Is it possible if I just install the kernels?
I am using the stock rom for my gt-s6102. I haven't changed the kernel.
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This does not relate to the thread topic so I will only answer this off topic question once
You can use any kernel you like for your device as long as it's for type of rom you are using - ie stock based kernels for stock based roms or cm kernels for cm roms
You can use custom stock based kernels on stock rom

marcussmith2626 said:
This does not relate to the thread topic so I will only answer this off topic question once
You can use any kernel you like for your device as long as it's for type of rom you are using - ie stock based kernels for stock based roms or cm kernels for cm roms
You can use custom stock based kernels on stock rom
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So do you mean that I can still install the 'Ext-S' without changing my roms (as in the #1 post he used XDuosV3 v2.0)? (I have installed Compact Kernel V1.3)
coz he mention something about 'deodexed roms'. (I don't really understand this)
I doubt the app "Ext Manager" couldn't work properly as if I dont change the rom either.
**EDIT (I mean on the #2 post not #1, sorry)

[Guide] Detailed f2fs manual format guide for Nexus4 with screenshots

First of all
F2FS (Flash-Friendly File System) is a flash file system created by Kim Jaegeuk at Samsung for the Linux operating system kernel. The motive for F2FS was to build a file system that from the start takes into account the characteristics of NAND flash memory-based storage devices (such as solid-state disks, eMMC, and SD cards), which are widely used in computer systems ranging from mobile devices to servers.
You must have TWRP Recovery with F2FS support.
As far as I know, multirom-twrp works (but keep in mind to not add multirom support patch on M ROMs) or use
twrp-2.8.7.0-mako_f2fs_otg_multi.zip for flashable zip by @txuki2005 or either extract img file from it and flash using fastboot or
openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-mako-All-F2FS.img for fastboot image from CallMeAldy thread (in this thread you can also find script to do all formatting for you, but if you want to have more control just continue with my guide it's also place where I found F2FS description at). It's also possible to auto-convert to f2fs using Quanta Tweaks app for Quanta Kernel users.
Few things to know before starting:
Kernel and rom must support f2fs, if it doesn't your device will stop on lockscreen asking for unknown password, for list of supported kernels and roms I'd suggest going to CallMeAldy thread again but I will add some more supported kernels here
Always do a backup (despite different filesystems it is possible to restore your /data)
If you made a backup copy it somewhere else before you continue because there's a risk your internal storage including your previously made backup will vanish
rm -rf is a linux command that removes files without making changes to partitions filesystem (you can see the difference in step2 in restore guide)
Format removes files and changes filesystem usually to default if not specified (which is ext4) (you can see the difference in step3 in restore guide)
Formatting /system as f2fs will cause device to not boot, probably bootloader doesn't recognize it even if supported in kernel
Step by step guide starts here:
Make a backup and copy it on other storage than phone, copy your internal storage files as well if you wish to keep them!
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[*]Got to TWRP settings menu and make sure 'Use rm -rf instead formatting' is DISABLED
[*]Go to TWRP Wipe menu and select Advanced wipe settings
[*]Select desired partitions ONE at a time - /data and /cache then continue to "repair or change filesystem"
[*]Then go to Change File System (mine says it's already f2fs in Current File system line on top, if you didn't do this before, it will say ext4)
[*]Verify your partition is f2fs by checking Current file system line on top that said ext4 before is now saying f2fs. If it's still ext4 you probably forgot to uncheck step 2.
[*]If you made it for /data first then repeat steps 5 and 6 for /cache and vice versa
[*]If both partitions are f2fs now, ENABLE 'Use rm -rf instead formatting'
[*] Install your ROM and Kernel
If you wish to restore your /data from previous installation
Go to TWRP settings menu and make sure 'Use rm -rf instead formatting' is ENABLED
Go to TWRP restore menu and select your backup (if it's empty after changing to f2fs then better you've done as I advised to copy backup from phone somewhere else). If it's working you will see confirmation and "Removing all files" under partition that is being restored. It will not change filesystem back to ext4.
To compare when 'Use rm -rf instead formatting' is DISABLED it will say "Formatting using mkfs.ext4" function and partitions will be back again ext4
Kernels and ROMs supporting f2fs
with Android Marshmallow 6.0
Quanta V9 M and newer (it's possible to auto-convert to f2fs using Quanta Tweaks app with this kernel)
TaUrUs R37 and newer
if you know about more kernels supporting it, let me know
ROMs (Marshmallow):
Chroma - probably will need other kernel from above
PureNexus Project
SAOSP - Simple AOSP
with older Android releases
They can be found in CallMeAldy thread post #2 and #3

thanks for this great post

Nice post! You can add also that you have to possibility to convert directly to F2FS using Quanta Tweaks. (if one uses Quanta) That said, the current version's converter is broken but will be fixed in the next release.

Also add simple aosp ROM, data and cache.

Everytime I do this, my sd card is wiped and I have nothing. No system to boot or files. But it is changed to f2fs. So I need to use Nexus Toolkit to flash Factory Image. And then I am in loop because then my card is ext4. Do you know where is problem? Thanks.

Filip1092 said:
Everytime I do this, my sd card is wiped and I have nothing. No system to boot or files. But it is changed to f2fs. So I need to use Nexus Toolkit to flash Factory Image. And then I am in loop because then my card is ext4. Do you know where is problem? Thanks.
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Every time you flash a non-F2FS ROM to the /system partition it will reformat the /system partition to ext4. So, unless you have an F2FS compatible ROM, you should only format the /cache and /data partitions as F2FS. The format process is different from a "wipe", so you will lose all of the files stored on /data/media (a.k.a. sdcard0 or " internal storage") when you convert the /data partition to F2FS.

What if I'm already coming from a f2fs ROM and I want to change it to another ROM that supports f2fs and also to change the kernel with another f2fs one?

Do you know how to do full-f2fs installation(format /system as f2fs as well)? Is it better performance than just /data
and /cache being f2fs?Thank you.

e2fsck and badblocks can't recognize f2fs partitions
every time my nexus 4 still in bootloop, i try repairing data partition with "adb shell e2fsck -ycftv /dev/block/mmcblk0p23" and it founds many badblocks after that i can reboot my phone properly. but the problem is that other badblocks appears after some days of use, so i still doing the same thing to reboot my phone until i did this command : "mke2fs -c -c -T ext4 -L DATA /dev/block/mmcblk0p23" but the problem persists so i tried to move to f2fs partition but the is that badblocks and e2fsck can't recognize this file system in case of badblocks problem........ please help me, i didn't find a good solution ....

andy0777 said:
Do you know how to do full-f2fs installation(format /system as f2fs as well)? Is it better performance than just /data
and /cache being f2fs?Thank you.
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No. System partition is read only and the are no big differences between ext4 and f2fs in read speed.

TheArt. said:
No. System partition is read only and the are no big differences between ext4 and f2fs in read speed.
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I see. Thanks.

Thanks for this guide. I successfully installed Chroma ROM (Download link) with Banks G Apps (Download link) and the Taurus for Marshmallow AOSP Kernel (TaUrUs-Mallow-AOSP-mr1-Mako-R39_anykernel.zip) - (Download link).
General process was to flash the recovery you mention, follow your instructions, do a factory reset and wipe system. Flash the Chroma rom. Wipe cache and dalvik cache, flash the kernel. Wipe cache and dalvik again. Flash Gapps, reboot.
I know some of it was probably overkill, but it worked first time Only hiccup was that "Use rm -rf instead of formatting" was disabled when I booted to recovery, and I mis-read the instructions, so I accidentally *enabled* it rather than leaving it disabled. But once I realised the mistake it was quick and easy.

EDIT: Solved

TheArt. said:
EDIT: Solved
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Sorry, didn't have time to respond, what was the issue? Was it recovery version?

I was using unofficial twrp3.0.0 and I had problems because my backup hadn't the cache partition so /cache returned to ext4, don't know how and why. And I also flashed the rom after converting to f2fs and before restoring. I shouldn't have done that. Eventually I managed to keep my data from Krenux ext4 to Krenux f2fs.

Urgently help
Hello I want the partition back to f2fs from ext4 but no recovery anymore and with fastboot recovery.img can not boot
I have an Axon 10 Pro and have a Custom TWRP installed with Fastboot then restarted the file system from f2fs to ext4 and now I can not get help to Recovery Biite anymore:crying::crying: