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I start using a second partition for my apps and some of the caches...
But is there more? Yes there is (i hope). But what else? Any ideas, more is better...
What do you need:
A FAT32 / EXT2 partition combo on your CLASS 6 MicroSD (the EXT2 from 100mb to 1,5gb as max recommend (real max = 2gb)!
Only at "others" there is one way to move cache without EXT2 partition.
Do it yourself:
(Private) Apps to SD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=462882 (Apply on your own Rooted System)
Complete ROM:
(Private) Apps to SD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=480582 (modded JF1.42 RC33)
Other:
- Apps Caches (no ext2 needed): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471653 and http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f28/updated-move-caches-to-sd-card-11167/
- Apps Caches (with ext2): Change the paths from: "/sdcard/cache" to "/system/sd/cache" from http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f28/updated-move-caches-to-sd-card-11167/
I will add everything that's relevant to putting stuff from your ROM to your FLASH!
i hope we can move everything to the sd lol ;P
Theoretically it is but i think it will be to damn slow But if we put the core and much used stuff on system (something like vista does it with mem, preload stuff i use alot to my system and stuff i don't use a lot to my sd or somthing... But i don't have skills to do something like that (i suck with linux :S).
Yeah, it's possible. But as you said, the issue would be with the speed of everything... I know some basic Linux, but not to move the entire OS to the SD, otherwise I'd try it myself, and test the speed of it.
Phromik said:
Yeah, it's possible. But as you said, the issue would be with the speed of everything... I know some basic Linux, but not to move the entire OS to the SD, otherwise I'd try it myself, and test the speed of it.
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the most i have tried is i moved the entire /data folder over to the EXT2 partition and then mounted the SD to /data .. so when you pull up available space it says 1G+ available on the phone for apps .. actually pretty kool but i can't get the SD to mount to /data on the phone boot and the slowness is definitely a factor .. anyone who wants to try for themselves is welcome .. but i can't speak for any errors you might get
LucidREM said:
the most i have tried is i moved the entire /data folder over to the EXT2 partition and then mounted the SD to /data .. so when you pull up available space it says 1G+ available on the phone for apps .. actually pretty kool but i can't get the SD to mount to /data on the phone boot and the slowness is definitely a factor .. anyone who wants to try for themselves is welcome .. but i can't speak for any errors you might get
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how do you do it that it shows in storage available that u have 1G+ available space. i would want that to show for me.
Smokuevo said:
how do you do it that it shows in storage available that u have 1G+ available space. i would want that to show for me.
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in my script i put in my modified JFv1.42 you can do:
#copy.sh all
this moves everything to the SD (the ultimate in G1 lag) and then from Terminal again:
#mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /data
this should work (unless i forgot a step) .. then when you look at the available space you should see the entire EXT2 partition listed for the phone .. to get my script you can either flash my modified update.zip that has the modified init.rc and mountd.conf or else just copy my script to your phone
what if i already did copy.sh data copy.sh app .. will copy.sh all mess anything up?
whats the reverse step
Well the first stap is backing up ofcourse! So the only step if you screw up is putting the backup back...
back up didnt work. got to try cupcake though. haha.
now getting stale nfs files
Smokuevo said:
what if i already did copy.sh data copy.sh app .. will copy.sh all mess anything up?
whats the reverse step
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i did put in "copy.sh undoall" to reverse the steps .. but this will also move apps and if you have too many apps if could crash the phone .. i may need to remove apps from the undoall process
after i did the command to make the room on my SD show up as my memory how do i revert that back to normal to see the space on my phones internal mem?
Smokuevo said:
back up didnt work. got to try cupcake though. haha.
now getting stale nfs files
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on a linux distribution type :
fsck.ext2 -p [your partition] mine is /dev/sdd2 for example
I Wrote This Because I searched and searched and could never find an answer I dont like wiping or reformating my ext partition and then having to redownload all my market apps everytime i want to try a hero rom and go back to a normal one (and by normal i mean anything that isnt hero)
1. Make sure the build you want to revert to is on the root of your sdcard
2. Now go into the Recovery Console and type in these commands
(Access this using Home+power and when the screen comes up alt+x)
# mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd (enter)
# cd /system/sd (enter)
# rm -r /system/sd/app_s (enter)
# recovery
now just wipe (alt+w) and flash (alt+s)
If you have already gone to another Build and your not having any problems
you can check check to see if this file still remains on your ext partition by
doing the following commands in the Terminal Emulator
$su
# cd /system/sd
# ls -la
on the right hand side of the screen your going to see folder names that
are located on your Ext partition if You see app_s do the first set of commands
to remove it
* I realize there is alot of ppl that already know this but theres some ppl that
dont (like me when i flashed my first hero build) and this guide was meant
for the ppl that dont *
* I am not responsible for ppl that cannot follow simple instructions so if you
by some act of God manage to mess up your phone with this tutorial its on
you *
* Just thought i would throw this in for ppl this is from his cyanogen build
page *
By cyanogen
3. I keep getting foreclosures why?
The only thing i can think off is apps on your sd try formating ur sd and flash the full update. If you had a previous ROM installed that copied stuff to your SD card (like most of the Hero ROMs), you'll need to clean that out.
Hmm why should i reformat my ext partition? I moved from jacHeroSki to Cyanogen's build without that . Anyway good tutorial for newbies .
read his build information he tweaked the apps2sd.sh because it was corrupting the app_s folder when it was on the sdcard therefore his maybe putting it somewhere else but if the app_s folder is put in /system/sd when you reload another build it still tries to load that app_s folder therefore all you get is force close popups
Also this folder remains on your ext taking up space
I actually asked someone about this in another thread, but I didn't get a complete answer. And since you were kind enough to post about it I thought I would ask you:
- lets say I have Cyanogen 3.x with apps on SD with lots of apps installed
- lets say I want to try Hero with apps on SD since the hero builds are so big
- lets say I want to revert to Cyanogen 3.x with all my apps still there after playing with Hero since I suspect it won't be good enough for me (yet)
What is the process to do this?
1. Start with Cyanogen 3.x and apps on SD and lots of apps
2. nandroid backup to sd card fat partition
3. put hero build as update.zip on sd card fat partition
?4. tar the ext partition to a file in the nandroid subdir in the fat partition?
?5. remove all files from the ext partition like you show?
6. install update.zip for hero, it sets up its apps on sd, I play with it for a while
?7. to switch back I nuke the ext files like you show?
?8. I use fastboot or just burn the flash images to put back my internal flash to the nandroid state?
?9. I extract the tar of my ext back to the ext partition from the fat partition?
10. back in the same state as step 1
Thanks for any insite you can give.
knox you have a pm
im having a problem with switching builds (non hero) and am sure its the apps on the sd card. what do i do to just wipe the partition without having to reformat?
Woodard2589 said:
im having a problem with switching builds (non hero) and am sure its the apps on the sd card. what do i do to just wipe the partition without having to reformat?
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you can do it two ways the easiest way is to get lucid script by following his tutorial which can be found using search
the other way is to boot into recovery go to the console and do these commands
#mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
#cd /system/sd
#rm -r /system/sd
i have not tried the above commands because i have not wished to totally wipe my Ext partition which would defeat the purpose of my tutorial
P.S also i have never had a problem switching between non hero builds with apps on my ext partition so it could be caused from something else did you wipe first before goin to another build if not you may want to try that first because the commands will wipe everything from your partition and you will have to remake the directory folders (app, app-private,etc)
ive been on on an old cyan build and when trying anything past 3.4 it gets stuck at the second splash screen unless i boot with no memory card in. then it works fine. had apps on sd before using his build and when using it its never used the sd card. tried wiping before installing and still doesnt work. ended up just flashing over without wiping and booting with no sd card. all my apps shows as installed in the market but none show on the phone, when i reinstall the apps act as tho they were never not installed. didnt get much help in his thread except that my cat log shows that its out of mem, which it has plenty of on both the sd and phone memory.
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ive been on on an old cyan build and when trying anything past 3.4 it gets stuck at the second splash screen unless i boot with no memory card in. then it works fine. had apps on sd before using his build and when using it its never used the sd card. tried wiping before installing and still doesnt work. ended up just flashing over without wiping and booting with no sd card. all my apps shows as installed in the market but none show on the phone, when i reinstall the apps act as tho they were never not installed. didnt get much help in his thread except that my cat log shows that its out of mem, which it has plenty of on both the sd and phone memory.
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ok that may be the problem the older builds use an old apps2sd method the newer builds use a newer one if your using his recovery image 1.3.x boot into recovery the scroll down to fix file systems if it doesnt work go into the console and run the fix file systems script manually by typing in this command
#e2fsck /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
#apps2sd
The easiest way for me was nandroid...I've flashed about 6 Hero roms in the last 3 days lol. And all I did was nandroid before I started the flashing...and if I didn't like the build I was currently using I just used the recovery console to roll back to my back up. Simple as that.
slow xda causing dups
slow xda causing dups
Yeah but i dont think nandroid affects your memory card i may
Be wrong but nandroid only restores the state of your phone i dont
Think it removes trash files from your memory card or ext
I would like to know exactly what these do before i do them. sorry guys im a noobe..
Build:RA-magic-v1.2.3G
- wipe sd:ext partition
- Wipe SD:dalink-cache
- part sd:fat32+ext2+swap
- part sdnly fat32
- repair ext filesystem
- convert ext2 to ext3
- fix apk uid mismatches
- fix rotate
- USB Mass storage on
- USB Mass Storage off
Also how do you flash this recovery img from the Recover Flasher App, VS using CMD & fastboot.
jdubdieslo said:
I would like to know exactly what these do before i do them. sorry guys im a noobe..
Build:RA-magic-v1.2.3G
- wipe sd:ext partition
- Wipe SD:dalink-cache
- part sd:fat32+ext2+swap
- part sdnly fat32
- repair ext filesystem
- convert ext2 to ext3
- fix apk uid mismatches
- fix rotate
- USB Mass storage on
- USB Mass Storage off
Also how do you flash this recovery img from the Recover Flasher App, VS using CMD & fastboot.
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wipe sd: ext partition- deletes your apps on your ext partiton
wipe sd: davlik-cache wipes your cache on your sd
part sd: fat32+ext2+swap makes the three partitions you need to run hero roms
parted sd: fat32 only- just partitions your memory card for a fat32 for stock roms like cyanogen
convert ext2 to ext3- does exactly what it says. makes ext2 to ext3
repair ext filesystem- do this after you choose to convert ext2 to ext3
fix apk uid mismatches- does exactly what it says
fix rotate- fixes auto rotate issues some roms have
usb mass storage on- allows you to access your fat32 part of your sd from the recovery
usb mass storage off- turns off the mounting of your sd from the recovery
to flash it using the recovery flasher app, just look at the unlockr's video and substitute the recovery image name for the one that is in the video. Voila.
Hope this helps
Applause...
Getting a straight answer sometimes is the most difficult part of installing a rom.
thelastgoodbrother said:
Applause...
Getting a straight answer sometimes is the most difficult part of installing a rom.
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lol thats very true but come on if you can't do the research to figure out the basic youll be posting another thread the next day but this time it'll be called "stuck on the g1 screen" lol sometimes not giving a straight answer may save their phone... but thats just my opinion
So use part sd: fat32+ext2+swap when useing hero rom... what if i use hero rom & go back to cyanogen can i leave it that way or do i need to parted sd: fat32 only? also if i did part sd: fat32+ext2+swap And then did part sdnly fat32 would it override the part sd: fat32+ext2+swap. another question i dont even know what ext 2 is so moving it to ext 3 would be? sorry guys im new at this.. just wanted to clarify this. is fat32 letting me store apps to sd? because i removed the sd card while phone was on & notices it froze; i put it back in removed & rrplaced battery and it was fine again.. also i noticed i part sd: fat32+ext2+swap again before i read your replies to see what it would do and everything on my sd card was goin..
also what is swap i saw an app that saved a swap file on sd..
thanks everyone for you help. loving the android community. as soon as i get some extra cash i will be donating to people that helped me make my android stand out from any one's android on my end of the computer. thanks
jdubdieslo said:
So use part sd: fat32+ext2+swap when useing hero rom... what if i use hero rom & go back to cyanogen can i leave it that way or do i need to parted sd: fat32 only? also if i did part sd: fat32+ext2+swap And then did part sdnly fat32 would it override the part sd: fat32+ext2+swap. another question i dont even know what ext 2 is so moving it to ext 3 would be? sorry guys im new at this.. just wanted to clarify this. is fat32 letting me store apps to sd? because i removed the sd card while phone was on & notices it froze; i put it back in removed & rrplaced battery and it was fine again.. also i noticed i part sd: fat32+ext2+swap again before i read your replies to see what it would do and everything on my sd card was goin..
also what is swap i saw an app that saved a swap file on sd..
thanks everyone for you help. loving the android community. as soon as i get some extra cash i will be donating to people that helped me make my android stand out from any one's android on my end of the computer. thanks
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If you are running a hero rom and want to go to cyanogen, you can leave the fat32+ext2+swap. Just make sure that you wipe your sd partition and davlik cache using the options in the recovery image. Do this every time you are flashing any new rom for that matter, whether it's a different hero rom or a stock rom.
Ext is the partition of your memory card that stores all your apps. This was necessary for the g1 because it only had like 80 mb of memory for apps. The mytouch has nearly 300 so apps2sd is not really necessary, but most custom ROMs include this anyway. Ext3 is what most of these ROMs operate on. Ext2 is an old outdated version that no one really uses anymore and ext4 is even newer than ext3 but is not really necessary.
Fat32 only does not let you store your apps on your sd. It does not have the ext partition to let that happen. I don't know why your phone froze when you took your sd card out. It shouldn't have. When you part your memory card, whether its just fat32 or the combo fat, ext, and swap your memory card gets wiped and formatted to whatever you have, so of course you will lose all your contents on the memory card. It wipes and reformats all 3 partitons, or just the one if you are doing only the fat32.
As for swap, this is necessary for hero. Hero phones have 288 mb of ram and the mytouch only has 192mb so if you don't have this, the phone lags so bad and hangs up and you get constant load screens. The app you saw is known as swapper. Yes it does put a swap file on your sd card, but if you go into advanced settings, it lets you use your swap partition of your memory card, which is what you should always choose.
Keep them questions rolling, I like being able to contribute whenever I can.
tazz9690 said:
If you are running a hero rom and want to go to cyanogen, you can leave the fat32+ext2+swap. Just make sure that you wipe your sd partition and davlik cache using the options in the recovery image. Do this every time you are flashing any new rom for that matter, whether it's a different hero rom or a stock rom.
Ext is the partition of your memory card that stores all your apps. This was necessary for the g1 because it only had like 80 mb of memory for apps. The mytouch has nearly 300 so apps2sd is not really necessary, but most custom ROMs include this anyway. Ext3 is what most of these ROMs operate on. Ext2 is an old outdated version that no one really uses anymore and ext4 is even newer than ext3 but is not really necessary.
Fat32 only does not let you store your apps on your sd. It does not have the ext partition to let that happen. I don't know why your phone froze when you took your sd card out. It shouldn't have. When you part your memory card, whether its just fat32 or the combo fat, ext, and swap your memory card gets wiped and formatted to whatever you have, so of course you will lose all your contents on the memory card. It wipes and reformats all 3 partitons, or just the one if you are doing only the fat32.
As for swap, this is necessary for hero. Hero phones have 288 mb of ram and the mytouch only has 192mb so if you don't have this, the phone lags so bad and hangs up and you get constant load screens. The app you saw is known as swapper. Yes it does put a swap file on your sd card, but if you go into advanced settings, it lets you use your swap partition of your memory card, which is what you should always choose.
Keep them questions rolling, I like being able to contribute whenever I can.
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ao since ext 2 is outdate we want to convert ext 2 to ext 3 then repair ext filesystemafter words.. so if you convert ext 2 to ext 3 is there only a ext 3 now or both ext 2 and it adds a ext 3? also what does dalvik mean? also i thought apps to sd was a big deal because if you switch roms all your apps are still there, but if you wipe ext partition then you lose the apps so the real reason is just for phone with low ram and cant store many apps at once.. intresting..and wats up with not wipe data/factory reset after installing roms? whats the reason behind that, i notice my IME keyboard is no longer there when i do that.. im trying to think of more questions lol. thanks a million.
jdubdieslo said:
ao since ext 2 is outdate we want to convert ext 2 to ext 3 then repair ext filesystemafter words.. so if you convert ext 2 to ext 3 is there only a ext 3 now or both ext 2 and it adds a ext 3? also what does dalvik mean? also i thought apps to sd was a big deal because if you switch roms all your apps are still there, but if you wipe ext partition then you lose the apps so the real reason is just for phone with low ram and cant store many apps at once.. intresting..and wats up with not wipe data/factory reset after installing roms? whats the reason behind that, i notice my IME keyboard is no longer there when i do that.. im trying to think of more questions lol. thanks a million.
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if you convert ext2 to ext3, there will only be ext3. It converts it from ext2, it does not make an additional partition. Davlik cache, if I am not mistaken is all your cache from your browser to google maps gets saved to your sd card as well instead of your phone memory. The apps2sd was originally for the fact that you keep your apps, but when flashing hero roms, it did not work for some reason and it resulted in boot loops. So that's why they say always format your ext if flashing from a different rom. For stock roms, I don't believe this would be an issue so you probably could go on without wiping your sd as long as you are moving from a stock rom to another stock. It will not work if you go from stock to hero, and vice versa. Wipe data/factory reset clears all the settings from your phone so you do not have any lingering settings stored on the phone from an old rom when you flash a different one. The only time that you do not need to do this is if you are flashing a newer version of the same rom. The IME is probably still there, it just got unchecked from the input method. Go to locale and text and recheck the "input" box and it should work again.
yeah it is safest way to wipe and reformat the sd card before flashing a new rom.
tazz9690 said:
if you convert ext2 to ext3, there will only be ext3. It converts it from ext2, it does not make an additional partition. Davlik cache, if I am not mistaken is all your cache from your browser to google maps gets saved to your sd card as well instead of your phone memory. The apps2sd was originally for the fact that you keep your apps, but when flashing hero roms, it did not work for some reason and it resulted in boot loops. So that's why they say always format your ext if flashing from a different rom. For stock roms, I don't believe this would be an issue so you probably could go on without wiping your sd as long as you are moving from a stock rom to another stock. It will not work if you go from stock to hero, and vice versa. Wipe data/factory reset clears all the settings from your phone so you do not have any lingering settings stored on the phone from an old rom when you flash a different one. The only time that you do not need to do this is if you are flashing a newer version of the same rom. The IME is probably still there, it just got unchecked from the input method. Go to locale and text and recheck the "input" box and it should work again.
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Previously I got a 2GB micro-sd card. so no problem for me to move my music, photos, videos and backup apps to my pc.
But i just bought a 8GB card 2 weeks ago and man, backup all before flashing a rom is pain in the a** . but can't help flashing this and that ROMs hee hee
so no choice. yesterday I flashed Eugene's supermagic rom. awesome!
cheers
tazz9690 said:
if you convert ext2 to ext3, there will only be ext3. It converts it from ext2, it does not make an additional partition. Davlik cache, if I am not mistaken is all your cache from your browser to google maps gets saved to your sd card as well instead of your phone memory. The apps2sd was originally for the fact that you keep your apps, but when flashing hero roms, it did not work for some reason and it resulted in boot loops. So that's why they say always format your ext if flashing from a different rom. For stock roms, I don't believe this would be an issue so you probably could go on without wiping your sd as long as you are moving from a stock rom to another stock. It will not work if you go from stock to hero, and vice versa. Wipe data/factory reset clears all the settings from your phone so you do not have any lingering settings stored on the phone from an old rom when you flash a different one. The only time that you do not need to do this is if you are flashing a newer version of the same rom. The IME is probably still there, it just got unchecked from the input method. Go to locale and text and recheck the "input" box and it should work again.
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so when going to another rom should you part the sd before or after the rom is loaded? and honestly im running out of questions.. i got one that is throwing me off.. i have my phone in fastboot and in device manager it show andriod bootloader (cant remember the exact device); i type in the cmd
cd desktop
cd fastboot
then the code for the custom splash and i get
< waiting for device > and it just sits there. nothing will happen. & my splash is still stock.. the file is at the rights bytes and i have the folder on my cd on the desktop and the driver i beleive is installed correctly on the cp. what am i doing wrong?
I think the Title should be Changed, Something Like Recovery-101. Know Your Phone.
Alot of great Info for New comers
jdubdieslo said:
so when going to another rom should you part the sd before or after the rom is loaded? and honestly im running out of questions.. i got one that is throwing me off.. i have my phone in fastboot and in device manager it show andriod bootloader (cant remember the exact device); i type in the cmd
cd desktop
cd fastboot
then the code for the custom splash and i get
< waiting for device > and it just sits there. nothing will happen. & my splash is still stock.. the file is at the rights bytes and i have the folder on my cd on the desktop and the driver i beleive is installed correctly on the cp. what am i doing wrong?
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Part the sd before you load the rom onto the phone. if it has apps2sd and you try to part your memory card after, you will get stuck at the splash more than likely because you are missing key components that are stored onto the sd, like all your apps for example that come with the ROM.
In fastboot, when it's plugged in, on the phone does it say "Fastboot USB"?
You might want to try to reupload the drivers for the fastboot. That may be why it's hanging. I never use fastboot through the desktop. I always use fastboot through the SDK folder on my C:\ drive. It always worked for me that way. For some reason I could never get it to work with the "cd destop" but thats just me.
tazz9690 said:
Part the sd before you load the rom onto the phone. if it has apps2sd and you try to part your memory card after, you will get stuck at the splash more than likely because you are missing key components that are stored onto the sd, like all your apps for example that come with the ROM.
In fastboot, when it's plugged in, on the phone does it say "Fastboot USB"?
You might want to try to reupload the drivers for the fastboot. That may be why it's hanging. I never use fastboot through the desktop. I always use fastboot through the SDK folder on my C:\ drive. It always worked for me that way. For some reason I could never get it to work with the "cd destop" but thats just me.
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i figured taht was the right order part sd then load rom because i did it and it worked lol, and since it worked i never tried it rom the part sd. so do cyanogen roms have app2sd? and does the cyanogen rom have a overclocker built in now because i tried to use my overclock widget and it doesnt work and the phone seems as if its running faster even with out my widget..
and yes it says fastboot usb & ive tried uninstalling & reinstall the drivers mutliple times and still get < waiting for device > so if i do it on the c:/ drive were do i place the fastboot folder? /c:/fastboot? and what would the code be?
cd c:/
cd Fastboot
thent he other code that i have saved at home the flash_splash one? i cant remember it.
one really dumb question. i rooted my pops mytouch lol because he was complaining about the mytouch stock because of numerous things. so i rooted it to 4.2.2 and out of all things he is now complaining about the stock ringtones.. lol. anyone know where to get the stock ringtones? if not its cool i told him id make sum ringers with ringdroid for him like the temptations and willie nelson lol.. thanks all for your support.
jdubdieslo said:
i figured taht was the right order part sd then load rom because i did it and it worked lol, and since it worked i never tried it rom the part sd. so do cyanogen roms have app2sd? and does the cyanogen rom have a overclocker built in now because i tried to use my overclock widget and it doesnt work and the phone seems as if its running faster even with out my widget..
and yes it says fastboot usb & ive tried uninstalling & reinstall the drivers mutliple times and still get < waiting for device > so if i do it on the c:/ drive were do i place the fastboot folder? /c:/fastboot? and what would the code be?
cd c:/
cd Fastboot
thent he other code that i have saved at home the flash_splash one? i cant remember it.
one really dumb question. i rooted my pops mytouch lol because he was complaining about the mytouch stock because of numerous things. so i rooted it to 4.2.2 and out of all things he is now complaining about the stock ringtones.. lol. anyone know where to get the stock ringtones? if not its cool i told him id make sum ringers with ringdroid for him like the temptations and willie nelson lol.. thanks all for your support.
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Cyanogen's rom has dynamic apps2sd. If it senses that you have a partition, it will do apps2sd. If you don't have an ext, it will save it to the phone, so it will work that way too.
For the fastboot, do you even have your computer set up for the use of ADB and fastboot? Like having the latest SDK downloaded and set up for your computer? That might be why it says, waiting for devices. When you do cd fastboot, afterward type fastboot devices and see if in the cmd it says "HTC Bootloader" or "Android Bootloader" I am not sure which one it is.
As for the ringtones, here is the link for the download in Cyanogen's 4.2.2 threat http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/audio-resources.zip That downloads a zip of all the stock ringtones. Just upzip the file and place it on the root of your sd card.
tazz9690 said:
Cyanogen's rom has dynamic apps2sd. If it senses that you have a partition, it will do apps2sd. If you don't have an ext, it will save it to the phone, so it will work that way too.
For the fastboot, do you even have your computer set up for the use of ADB and fastboot? Like having the latest SDK downloaded and set up for your computer? That might be why it says, waiting for devices. When you do cd fastboot, afterward type fastboot devices and see if in the cmd it says "HTC Bootloader" or "Android Bootloader" I am not sure which one it is.
As for the ringtones, here is the link for the download in Cyanogen's 4.2.2 threat http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/audio-resources.zip That downloads a zip of all the stock ringtones. Just upzip the file and place it on the root of your sd card.
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thats good to know. so if you ext 2 will cm use ext 2 & if you converted it will it use ext 3? also how can i tell what i have ext 2 or ext 3 other than knowing if i click convert to ext 3? i downloaded the SDK and used the usb folder when the computer was looking for drivers & it says it installed drivers successfully; so now when im in fastboot usb on my phone the computer in device manager shows bootloader (cant remember exactly what it says untill i get home); & when my phone is in recovery the driver shows ADB (cant remember the exact name till i get home also); and then i do the codes because my fastboot & sdk folders are on my desktop; when i downloaded the sdk folder i dont think i did anything with it as far as isntalling it, what does the sdk folder do? lol. sorry..
thanks for the ringtones my pops says mucho gracias.
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thats good to know. so if you ext 2 will cm use ext 2 & if you converted it will it use ext 3? also how can i tell what i have ext 2 or ext 3 other than knowing if i click convert to ext 3? i downloaded the SDK and used the usb folder when the computer was looking for drivers & it says it installed drivers successfully; so now when im in fastboot usb on my phone the computer in device manager shows bootloader (cant remember exactly what it says untill i get home); & when my phone is in recovery the driver shows ADB (cant remember the exact name till i get home also); and then i do the codes because my fastboot & sdk folders are on my desktop; when i downloaded the sdk folder i dont think i did anything with it as far as isntalling it, what does the sdk folder do? lol. sorry..
thanks for the ringtones my pops says mucho gracias.
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I don't think any builds use ext2 anymore. They all either use ext3 or ext4. You have to make an ext2 first though, before you can convert it to ext3. Same goes for ext4, you have to have ext3 before you can upconvert to it. Just use ext3 just to be safe. If you go into "Parted" through the recovery image by typing in "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0" in adb shell, then typing 'print' it will show how big your fat32 is, it'll say which ext you have as well as your size, and the same for linux swap.
For a SDK, the folder stores the drivers needed for fastboot and adb in it. You should save it to the root of your C:\ drive because it makes things easier. I recommend you set up SDK using this thread guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
Setting up the Android 1.5r2 SDK
Download the file from above
Unzip to your desktop
Take the "android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2" folder and move it to the root of your hard drive (C:\)
Right click on My Computer and click properties
Select the Advanced Tab or Advanced System Setting (Vista)
Select Environment Variables...
Press New
For Variable Name type: adb
For Variable Value type: C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\tools
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Preparing your phone for ADB
Go to Settings on your phone
Select Applications
Select Development
Make sure 'USB Debugging' is checked
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Installing Drivers
Plug in your phone through USB and DO NOT MOUNT IT!!!!!
Your computer should see a new device and try to install Android 1.0 driver (If it doesnt, scroll down to the "Im not getting a notification of Android ADB when i plug in my USB" section)
Let it load
Once it cant find them select "Install drivers from my pc"
The drivers you need are in the Android SDK 1.5r2 folder (C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\usb_driver)
Depending on your OS pick x86 or amd64
You ADB Android Device should now be installed! Good Job
Those are basically what you need to look at.
jdubdieslo said:
I would like to know exactly what these do before i do them. sorry guys im a noobe..
Build:RA-magic-v1.2.3G
- wipe sd:ext partition
- Wipe SD:dalink-cache
- part sd:fat32+ext2+swap
- part sdnly fat32
- repair ext filesystem
- convert ext2 to ext3
- fix apk uid mismatches
- fix rotate
- USB Mass storage on
- USB Mass Storage off
Also how do you flash this recovery img from the Recover Flasher App, VS using CMD & fastboot.
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Don't mean to hijack your thread OP, but I do have a question that I hope someone can answer. When partitioning the SD card, you choose the option I put in Bold. After that, could you use this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535914
To adjust the different sizes of the 3 partitions? I know that in order to run any Hero ROMS, your SD card has to be partitioned with at least 3 (fat32+ext2+swap) parts. This is the only part that still confuses me when it comes to adequately rooting.
If you are using ubuntu, you create the partitions you want, as well as the size. If you use the recovery image, you would just be adding an unnecessary step because it will just get deleted when you make your partitions again with Ubuntu.
tazz9690 said:
I don't think any builds use ext2 anymore. They all either use ext3 or ext4. You have to make an ext2 first though, before you can convert it to ext3. Same goes for ext4, you have to have ext3 before you can upconvert to it. Just use ext3 just to be safe. If you go into "Parted" through the recovery image by typing in "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0" in adb shell, then typing 'print' it will show how big your fat32 is, it'll say which ext you have as well as your size, and the same for linux swap.
For a SDK, the folder stores the drivers needed for fastboot and adb in it. You should save it to the root of your C:\ drive because it makes things easier. I recommend you set up SDK using this thread guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
Those are basically what you need to look at.
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So if u have a ext 3 how do u get ext 4? Also wat is linux swap? And yea i didnt do all that im sure thats why i was getting < waiting for device >. I will let u know the outcome of the splash screen... thanx.
jdubdieslo said:
So if u have a ext 3 how do u get ext 4? Also wat is linux swap? And yea i didnt do all that im sure thats why i was getting < waiting for device >. I will let u know the outcome of the splash screen... thanx.
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If you want ext3, you have to go into parted like I stated in a previous post and create your partitions that way. From there, to upgrade to ext3, you type "upgrade_fs". You now have ext3. If you want ext 4, after that you would type
"tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2"
That's just too much work for me. I am fine with ext3. If you want a more in depth explanation, go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714&highlight=wipe+partition
Linux swap, I believe I explained in one of my early posts. The mytouch only has 192 mb of ram. The Hero's have 288 and so do the 32A board Sapphire phones like the HTC Magic and the Rogers Magic. Since we were unfortunate to get that low of Ram, if you try to run a hero rom without the linux partition, the phone will lag, freeze, and get load screens constantly. Using a linux swap partition makes it possible to run the Hero ROM's at a decent speed, though it will not be as fast as if you had the actual HTC Hero phone or a 32A Sapphire.
Hi,
I'm not a developer but I think my idea is great.
1. Using CACHE partition (50Mb) as virtual ram
- I see that we are using swap ext partition to increase virtual ram, but access data speed of sdcard is not fast enough (for class2 or class4 sdcard),
- And I see that we have 50Mb free in cache partition which are only used when we use OTA update. But if we use a moded rom, why do we use OTA update ? access data speed of internal memory is really good, why don't we use cache partition as virtual ram ???
2. Runing faster with dalvik-cache on internal memory.
- As you know, after install an application, we will have apk file in data/app or data/app-private and some odex file in dalvik-cache.
- If we only use app2sd with data/app and data/app-private, our application will run faster.
There was already an idea like that.
You mean using CACHE as swap partition.
At the moment this isn't possible because we would have to format this partitions and recovery wouldnt work then.
maxisma said:
There was already an idea like that.
You mean using CACHE as swap partition.
At the moment this isn't possible because we would have to format this partitions and recovery wouldnt work then.
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What are the partitions formatted as now?
ivanmmj said:
What are the partitions formatted as now?
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YAFFS2
Swapfiles aren't compatible with it.
Only 1 solution:
Create a loop-ext-file and loop mount it, put a swapfile on it and you're set.
But thats slow.
The partition wouldn't have to be formatted, you can use zeroed images for swap space, I've done it in Solaris before and I'm sure some of the memory techniques for Android have implemented this before, don't quote me!
maxisma said:
There was already an idea like that.
You mean using CACHE as swap partition.
At the moment this isn't possible because we would have to format this partitions and recovery wouldnt work then.
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Is it not possible to use something like a swap file on the cache partition? I'm not familiar enough with the workings of Android, but I know that swap files are supported in Linux and I've seen it mentioned for Android, so is there any reason this wouldn't work? It would be an amazing improvement. I see you answered while I was typing this post, thanks.
I do wish people would stop putting their ideas as [new solution] and stuff and just put it forward as an [idea] or [concept] until there's a working implementation.
maxisma said:
YAFFS2
Swapfiles aren't compatible with it.
Only 1 solution:
Create a loop-ext-file and loop mount it, put a swapfile on it and you're set.
But thats slow.
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Would the loop mounting be slow to create or slow for performance? I wouldn't mind a bit more boot time if it meant onboard swap, but obviously if it's a slowdown vs SD or none at all, it's probably not worth it.
How would u format a folder like that??? We could elimate the recovery and instead of useing it for 50 mb swap. Let's use it on the system folder. And then we could than drag eclair in our phones but then we would have to be stuck have just one rom. We could also ask rom devs to make us img instead of .zip roms so we could just flash the images
What about Nandroid etc?
This is a must-have.
Also I think the formation of the partition would be overwritten with every reboot..
But idk.
Won't try it out.
there's an issue for using /cache as swap or compcache like maxisma said.. recovery uses a small portion of /cache to write it's files to temporarily so this wouldn't be an easy work around. this idea was already started a long time ago by shafty and well, it never turned out.
maxisma said:
YAFFS2
Swapfiles aren't compatible with it.
Only 1 solution:
Create a loop-ext-file and loop mount it, put a swapfile on it and you're set.
But thats slow.
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You don't need a swap partition, neither real nor looped
Code:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/cache/swapfile bs=1M count=XX
# mkswap /cache/swapfile
# swapon /cache/swapfile
Ooops, forget about it: swapon (as a busybox internal) can't do that on my CM. It does work on my machines :/
But remember guys we also have the spl as backup. We could make the nandro-backup into a .nbh file to flash but it takes a longer time to do it. We could make an app or script that does it for as. I tried to customize the init.rc, build.prop, and fstab but it changes everytime - reboot. What should I do? These files were rewriten when I rebooted. If you guys want to talk this over with me and some of my friends on gtalk, I'll create a group for us to talk more in depth. My email address is [email protected].
jroid said:
there's an issue for using /cache as swap or compcache like maxisma said.. recovery uses a small portion of /cache to write it's files to temporarily so this wouldn't be an easy work around. this idea was already started a long time ago by shafty and well, it never turned out.
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How much code do we have for recovery? I know there are modified recovery images, I have used Cyano and RA. It seems like it would be possible to create a small ramdisk or loop mount for recovery to use and recover this RAM for use by our applications. Or a mod to the init script to format that device properly for recovery when it boots and run mkswap on it when we boot to normal mode. I'm not real familiar with Android at this level, so perhaps I'm way off base here.
Do you know how to put a custom init.rc on to the g1? When I reboot it is gone and goes back to the orginal init.rc
mohsinkhan47 said:
Do you know how to put a custom init.rc on to the g1? When I reboot it is gone and goes back to the orginal init.rc
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You have to change the one in the initial ram disk.
1) unpack boot.img
2) change initrc
3) repack boot.img
4) flash
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You have to change the one in the initial ram disk.
1) unpack boot.img
2) change initrc
3) repack boot.img
4) flash
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I did that but got " broken image file ". What do I do now?
If the 50MB on the cache partition is never used, would it be possible to re-map it to /system? Probably something akin to what the "Death" SPL did.
That is what I said but then I guess you would have to reformat the phone to accept a different amount of info in this case megabytes. We would have to reformat the system folder to hold more info on it.
rgawenda said:
You don't need a swap partition, neither real nor looped
Code:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/cache/swapfile bs=1M count=XX
# mkswap /cache/swapfile
# swapon /cache/swapfile
Ooops, forget about it: swapon (as a busybox internal) can't do that on my CM. It does work on my machines :/
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YAFFS2 doesn't support swapfiles.
Thats why would need a loop mounted ext-image.
Placing a swap file/partition in internal memory is risky business. Flash memory has a limited number of write cycles, and swap does many writes per second. Whereas an SD card can be replaced if worn out, internal memory cannot, so the phone becomes a brick if the flash memory is damaged by swapping.
Hi there,
I'm trying to use A2SD, since the HTC ChaCha has a ridiculously small amount of internal storage... After following the instructions thoroughly (Partitioned with MiniTool Partition Wizard, 1 partition Fat32, 1 partition EXT2 of 1024MB and then i flashed the A2SD zip through the CWM Recovery)
I installed Quick System Info Pro to check whether it's working. But the A2SD shows "no information available". My Application Manager tells me I only have 86MB left (I haven't installed much, yet, because I want A2SD to work first)
So after searching the internet for I few hours, I couldn't find anything like my problem. I tried the a2sd diskspace command in terminal, which gave me the errors "Darktremor Apps2SD may not have ran during boot. Cannot read a2sd.mountpoint" and "SD Card not mounted".
I can access my SD card with no problems at all. What's going on?
Can somebody help me? T.I.A.!
As far as I know the SD partitions only work if you create them with CWM. I'm pretty sure there was someone else posting a similar problem with a partition created using linux.
Try partitioning with CWM and check if that works.
I've tried partitioning via CWM before, but A2SD didn't work. Therefore I tried using MiniTool...
Well, did the whole thing over. Partitioned via CWM. Flashed A2SD zip again.
QSI: "A2SD-storage: No info available"
I ran a2sd diskspace in terminal again. This time I get the errors "No a2sd.swap environment variable found" and "Darktremor Apps2SD may not have ran during boot. Cannot read a2sd.mountpoint"
If I try a2sd reinstall i get the "DarkTremor Apps2SD may not have ran..." and "No SD mounted"
Darktremor A2SD working on HTC ChaCha but only for ext2
I dnt knw reason but i tried ext3 it dsnt work..(Partitioned with MiniTool Partition Wizard)..but when i tried ext2 it worked again Partitioned with MiniTool Partition Wizard...
but in command a2sd partlist it shows that my rom support ext2 and ext3 but dsnt support ext4.
But actually it is not supporting ext3 as well..
Doesn't CWM make a partition as EXT2 by default?
NO
Jorinde123 said:
Doesn't CWM make a partition as EXT2 by default?
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No only make partition as EXT3 by default.
i'm using latest version of CWM 5.0.2.8..
Anyway.
First I partitioned with MiniTool 1 Fat32 and 1 Ext2. Didn't work.
The second time with CWM partition Ext3 it still won't work.
Anyone?
if ext2 is found during installation it will work without do anything
to check if it works type a2sd check
if ext2 is created after install type a2sd check then a2sd reinstall
(execute using adb shell ex. adb shell a2sd check)
Nope, didn't work. Maybe it's because i was using the stock rom, and the rom might refuse.
I installed CM7 now, but it's not really satisfying... I JUST WANT MY CHACHA WITH MORE THAN 150MB SPACE.
Sent from my HTC ChaCha A810e using XDA App
try to create ext2 partition after installation. because during installation CWM by default format SD ext partition and convert ext2 partition to ext3 partition (you select option to format SD ext or not but it 'll format SD ext partition during ROM installation). you can check it in (Mini Tool Partition Wizard) it 'll show 2nd partition as ext3 after ROM installation .. So try to convert ext3 to ext2(Mini Tool Partition Wizard) after ROM installation then open terminal in your mobile or use adb shell enter command a2sd check then a2sd reinstall.. i had same problem but solved it by this method now its working perfectly..
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Jorinde123 said:
Nope, didn't work. Maybe it's because i was using the stock rom, and the rom might refuse.
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I think stock ROM does not support ext2 partition. but custom ROM are available that based on stock ROM and support a2sd and ext2 or ext3 partitions.
Can anybody confirms that Does stock rom support EXT2 partition.?
That's a negative. Stock ROM does not have support for extended partitions at all.
Latest SuperOSR released has an updated kernel which includes ext partitions support.
I'm using a modified stock ROM (removed a few useless APKs). On one ChaCha I have Link2SD working with an EXT3 partition, but with another it refuses to work.
The software version I'm using is 1.57 (the HTCdev one). Does this means that this version supports EXT2/3?
Valid and working properly on latest SuperOSR build. Screenshot attached.
r2b2 said:
The software version I'm using is 1.57 (the HTCdev one). Does this means that this version supports EXT2/3?
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its not about ROM but kernel and official htc kernel only support ext2. no supprt for ext3 and ext4
To enable a2sd, after flashing the ROM go to market & download terminal emulator.
Follow instruction below:
Key in:
su
a2sd check
a2sd reinstall
Phone will reboot once.
su
a2sd check
a2sd zipalign
a2sd cachesd
Phone will reboot again & woot! app2sd+ enabled
If you facing problem for a2sd not detect the ext partition was ext4 but not ext2/ext3, after flashing ROM please re-partition your ext again. This should fix the issue. <<< hope this solve your issue.
faizkalwar said:
I think stock ROM does not support ext2 partition. but custom ROM are available that based on stock ROM and support a2sd and ext2 or ext3 partitions.
Can anybody confirms that Does stock rom support EXT2 partition.?
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Yes! I'd like to know! Because the stupid unstable CM7 is driving me crazy! I don't know what irritates me more, the lack of storage or the lack of a proper working phone...
How is CM unstable? What do you mean by that? Do you have any problems with it? FC's?
Alex C. said:
How is CM unstable? What do you mean by that? Do you have any problems with it? FC's?
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* Camera doensn't work, I know about the issue of the front camera, not working, but rear one doesn't work either.... (And no other camera app will...)
* No longer WiFi tethering HotSpot.
* Facebook App keeps signing out
* My Gmail no longer syncs (and since I can't delete my gmail account to add it again, i can't do anything about it)
1) Up until now you are the only one who reports rear camera not working.
2) There are apps for Wi-Fi tethering.
3) Facebook App - Not using it, unable to find out if the ROM is the issue or other factors.
4) Same as 1) - Have you tried a factory data reset?! That deletes your gmail account.
Alex C. said:
1) Up until now you are the only one who reports rear camera not working.
2) There are apps for Wi-Fi tethering.
3) Facebook App - Not using it, unable to find out if the ROM is the issue or other factors.
4) Same as 1) - Have you tried a factory data reset?! That deletes your gmail account.
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Well, there you have my point. I don't want to factory reset it every time it doesn't work well... And there is a status bar widget for WiFi tethering, but I can't configure it...
Oh! And I remebered another weird thing. When my phone turns off due low battery, and I charge it. I can't turn the phone on. The LED turn on, orange. And if I disconnect the charger, the LED stays on, and the phone doesn't do anything. I have to remove the battery to be able to turn on my phone...
Edit:
Sorry for being a bit harsh about CM7 not working well and all. Of course I want to put some effort in it to make it work right. It's just... Well I want a super-duper-brilliant working phone! I'm just one lucky cookie to be a trouble shooter, when it comes to being the one GETTING the troubles! I hope you can do something with those issues, let me know if you need more info or logs or whatever!