Hey guys,
Seeing how cyanogenmod and Super D kinda use the same guts to an extent, I flashed Super D 1.10.* over Cyanogenmod 4.1.15.1 without a wipe and it's running fine. Is this something I'm going to regret later and should wipe and reflash, or is it a non issue?
Also I'm looking to upgrade to a larger (posibly faster) microSD card. What is the best way of doing this without losing any data/apps? Would it be nand+ext backup from recovery, then partition new microSD same way, and drag over nand+ext file and restore? Or is it going to be a two step process, of partitioning and reflashing new microSD, and using a third party app like mybackup to restore apps?
thanks
If it's not broken now, it's probably fine. If you run into problems though, do the wipe.
As for the SD, I use a Linux boot CD (Ubuntu Installer CD) to partition and copy the SD contents. I just used 2 SD readers and copied directly between the cards. It worked very well for me and the phone didn't know the difference. Doing a nand+ext, partitioning the new card, then restoring would likely work for apps and such, but /sdcard (the FAT32 partition) won't be restored. You can use just about anything to copy that partition though.
thanks man. gonna go get new microSD today. I hear sandisk is best quality for accuracy in class claims. any other suggestions? people always tell me microSD's over ebay from generic manufacturers in china rarely match their advertised class ranking. Any one agree that notion?
shawndaivari said:
Hey guys,
Seeing how cyanogenmod and Super D kinda use the same guts to an extent, I flashed Super D 1.10.* over Cyanogenmod 4.1.15.1 without a wipe and it's running fine. Is this something I'm going to regret later and should wipe and reflash, or is it a non issue?
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Holy crap.. it worked! Thanks for posting that you tried it w/success. I just flashed Super D's 1.10.3 w/out any issue.
Now to mess around with Super D for the 1st time
remind me how this is android development
Well part of developing is finding out different ways to do things, so he found a compatibility. Good enough?
Flashin cyan over superD isnt suprising since its basically a themed rom to flash over the rooted defanged roms
Same TREE branch
in theory any rom based off Cyanogen's git tree would flash over CM just fine
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shawndaivari said:
Hey guys,
Seeing how cyanogenmod and Super D kinda use the same guts to an extent, I flashed Super D 1.10.* over Cyanogenmod 4.1.15.1 without a wipe and it's running fine. Is this something I'm going to regret later and should wipe and reflash, or is it a non issue?
Also I'm looking to upgrade to a larger (posibly faster) microSD card. What is the best way of doing this without losing any data/apps? Would it be nand+ext backup from recovery, then partition new microSD same way, and drag over nand+ext file and restore? Or is it going to be a two step process, of partitioning and reflashing new microSD, and using a third party app like mybackup to restore apps?
thanks
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The best way for me is to turn off the phone, put new SD in and if your have RA-amon's recovery you can partition with that, and then toggle USB. Plug your old SD into your computer with SD-reader or the like, I use a USB-reader. Then you copy old SD to new. Remember once you partition your card it becomes the life of your phone, your apps are stored in your partition. So' everthing that was on the old card needs to copied to the new one or your going to have problems. Nandroid backs up your rom state, not your SD. As for SD's I would go with kingston, I've tried quite a few and kingston's have never let me down. Trust me I've been with this root thing from the beginning, when we rooted through Telnet and partition from console in recovery and ADB. I've root over 20 phones. I just rooted my moms Samsung Moment. Follow instuctions and you don't have problems. I would'nt make a habit of flashing without a wipe, I wipe data, dalvik and ext, just to be safe. Use Backup for root users, and then you can restore on your new rom, so you don't have to go through installing all your apps.
shawndaivari said:
Hey guys,
Seeing how cyanogenmod and Super D kinda use the same guts to an extent, I flashed Super D 1.10.* over Cyanogenmod 4.1.15.1 without a wipe and it's running fine. Is this something I'm going to regret later and should wipe and reflash, or is it a non issue?
Also I'm looking to upgrade to a larger (posibly faster) microSD card. What is the best way of doing this without losing any data/apps? Would it be nand+ext backup from recovery, then partition new microSD same way, and drag over nand+ext file and restore? Or is it going to be a two step process, of partitioning and reflashing new microSD, and using a third party app like mybackup to restore apps?
thanks
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wait wait wait...your tellin' me...we can flash superD over cyanogen without doin; the whole partition thing!...without any problems? or do i have to do all that before?...
I've recently flashed vjs ROM below to my old desire.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40191064
I've just got a new 8gb class 6 SD card to upgrade from old smaller class 2.
I think the apps for this ROM are installed to my SD card in some way.
Any tips how I can easily upgrade from old to new SD? I was thinking some kind of sector based copying technique could save me reinstalling ROM and apps? Or am I better to simply plug in new SD card, re flash ROM and reinstall apps?
Thanks in advance
Buzzlightyear2 said:
I've recently flashed vjs ROM below to my old desire.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40191064
I've just got a new 8gb class 6 SD card to upgrade from old smaller class 2.
I think the apps for this ROM are installed to my SD card in some way.
Any tips how I can easily upgrade from old to new SD? I was thinking some kind of sector based copying technique could save me reinstalling ROM and apps? Or am I better to simply plug in new SD card, re flash ROM and reinstall apps?
Thanks in advance
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when you flashed the rom do you remeber typing these commands into terminal emulator:
su
a2sd install
Y
N
Y
Yes exactly right
Buzzlightyear2 said:
Yes exactly right
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ok that means that your apps are on the sd.
Which recovery do you have right now? and are you s-off?
Yes S off with clockwork recovery v5.0.2.0
Dont think it is significant but thought I'd mention that I did partition the old SD card when I had cyanogen 7 flashed to get more space for apps. I do not know if this partition still exists and if it is in use...I don't think so since I followed instructions for vjs 4.2.2 ROM.
I find partitions with android bit confusing which is frustrating as I've done it with Windows PCs for years
Buzzlightyear2 said:
Dont think it is significant but thought I'd mention that I did partition the old SD card when I had cyanogen 7 flashed to get more space for apps. I do not know if this partition still exists and if it is in use...I don't think so since I followed instructions for vjs 4.2.2 ROM.
I find partitions with android bit confusing which is frustrating as I've done it with Windows PCs for years
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your partition is still there and its in use (all your app are on it). This is what you should do:
1. Install 4ext recovery (much better for the desire than clockwordmod). Go here: http://www.4ext.net/ Download the apk and install it to your phone. Then open the app and donwload/install the new recovery
2. boot into recovery, go to backup | restore, and choose backup
3. after its done reboot your phone
4. Take your old sd out of the phone, and put your new one in. Then follow this guide to partition the new sd: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2125513 (use the 4ext method and start at step [4])
5. Once its done reboot the phone.
6. Now put your old sd card into your pc, and copy all of the files onto the pc into a folder.
7. Take out your old sd card, and put the new one in. Then copy all the files over onto the new sd.
8. Put your new sd card into the phone, and boot into recovery.
9. Go to backup|restore and choose restore. Then select the backup.
10. reboot and your done.
Really appreciate your help. Will give that a shot and report back.
Thanks again
chromium96 said:
1. Install 4ext recovery (much better for the desire than clockwordmod).
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Great tool...just bought the paid version
A littlebit off topic here, but I am also using that rom. Have been for 2 days now. How long have you been using it and have you had any issues with stability.
To the other guy what is the difference between cwm recovery and ext4 and why is it better for the desire if you don't mind me asking
Kind regards
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Buzzlightyear2 said:
Great tool...just bought the paid version
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Yeah its a great recovery. Lots of useful options.
Did everything else work out OK?
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bozie said:
A littlebit off topic here, but I am also using that rom. Have been for 2 days now. How long have you been using it and have you had any issues with stability.
To the other guy what is the difference between cwm recovery and ext4 and why is it better for the desire if you don't mind me asking
Kind regards
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i also used that rom for about a month. It was very fast but i kept having random reboots. I ended up switching to the one in my signature. Its not as fast, but in my opinion its more stable, and i'd rather have stability than speed.
4ext is a good recovery because it has a lot of useful features like partitioning the sd (cwm has this too, but its not good), usb unbrick, touchscreen, themeable, one click full wipe, etc... I used to use cwm, and i never had any problems with it, i just recently moved to 4ext and is great.
I have not noticed any reboots as yet, although I will look out for them now lol. Will have a look into that recovery.
Thanks for the advice
Much apreciated
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bozie said:
A littlebit off topic here, but I am also using that rom. Have been for 2 days now. How long have you been using it and have you had any issues with stability.
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Couple of random reboots...no worse than cm7.2...I suspect some of reboots and lags I see are due to me not knowing what I was doing partitioning SD plus old slow class 2 SD
chromium96 said:
Did everything else work out OK?.
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I will complete SD folder backup later when I have access to a pc...will let you know
glad I posted this question...just read excellent partition guide you linked to and also happy with 2 tools (4ext and titanium backup pro) I've learned about and bought. I owe you a beer
Buzzlightyear2 said:
I will complete SD folder backup later when I have access to a pc...will let you know
glad I posted this question...just read excellent partition guide you linked to and also happy with 2 tools (4ext and titanium backup pro) I've learned about and bought. I owe you a beer
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Lol no need. Just press thanks
OK I partitioned new 8gb SD with 1024mb ext1 no ext2 and no swap. The remaining was fat32. Now I can plug SD card in adapter in windows PC and copy all files from old card to new sd, plug new sd into phone, boot to recovery...but no backup to restore! all the files I copied to the root of SD in windows (inc my nandroid backup) are not visible so I cannot restore my nandroid backup! In recovery all I can see is a folder called 4ext (using apply zip functionality simply to see if I can view files)
Plugging new SD back into windows I can see all the files again!
Buzzlightyear2 said:
OK I partitioned new 8gb SD with 1024mb ext1 no ext2 and no swap. The remaining was fat32. Now I can plug SD card in adapter in windows PC and copy all files from old card to new sd, plug new sd into phone, boot to recovery...but no backup to restore! all the files I copied to the root of SD in windows (inc my nandroid backup) are not visible so I cannot restore my nandroid backup! In recovery all I can see is a folder called 4ext (using apply zip functionality simply to see if I can view files)
Plugging new SD back into windows I can see all the files again!
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If you boot into android and use a file manager can it see the files?
chromium96 said:
If you boot into android and use a file manager can it see the files?
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No.
When I copied files from old SD to windows the PC windows would not recognise the SD directly so I put old sd in phone, booted android then turned on usb storage and copied via usb phone cable.
Windows recognised new SD so I plugged SD card into PC directly (not using phone) to copy files to new card.
I suspect this process may be the problem but do not understand why.
Copied files via USB to phone with new SD card and then restored nandroid...seems to have worked but lags I hoped would be fixed with faster class 6 card still there bit a bit better.
Thanks for all your help
I have tried to move apps to sdcard with Link2SD and other similar apps. It fails and says that I can't move them because my device has a primary external storage which is emulated from the internal storage.
Here is a screenshot of the message
Howdy!
as far as I have found out (and been following this problem on and off since I got my plus a few months ago) there is no proper way to move apps to your SD card. Best solution (and the one I am using) is to partition your SD Card then use Link2SD to link apps on your SD. You can set it up to do so automatically for every new app you install. As for partitioning I found this guide the best since I'd never attempted it before but it works really well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126363
Good luck and hope this helps a little!
Thanks a lot
lance2355 said:
Howdy!
as far as I have found out (and been following this problem on and off since I got my plus a few months ago) there is no proper way to move apps to your SD card. Best solution (and the one I am using) is to partition your SD Card then use Link2SD to link apps on your SD. You can set it up to do so automatically for every new app you install. As for partitioning I found this guide the best since I'd never attempted it before but it works really well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126363
Good luck and hope this helps a little!
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Do we need to root phone for that?
If yes then what's the point of making partitions.
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fayez107 said:
Do we need to root phone for that?
If yes then what's the point of making partitions.
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Well, my phone was rooted anyway but I think Link2SD needs it. As to why exactly it needs to be partitioned I can only tell you that when my card wasn't partitioned as suggested in the guide I linked then Link2SD wouldn't even offer to link the apps. I am no expert as I pointed out but this was a solution that worked for me. It may well be someone else found something better that doesn't require partitioning. To my knowledge doing things this way requires root AND the partitioned SD card.
lance2355 said:
Well, my phone was rooted anyway but I think Link2SD needs it. As to why exactly it needs to be partitioned I can only tell you that when my card wasn't partitioned as suggested in the guide I linked then Link2SD wouldn't even offer to link the apps. I am no expert as I pointed out but this was a solution that worked for me. It may well be someone else found something better that doesn't require partitioning. To my knowledge doing things this way requires root AND the partitioned SD card.
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Did you try Apps to SD? Ill be rooting very soon and see what happens. If none works then last stop would be to make partition.
Okay I did root my phone successfully. Still cant move apps. Now going to do this partition system. Hope it works !
fayez107 said:
Did you try Apps to SD? Ill be rooting very soon and see what happens. If none works then last stop would be to make partition.
Okay I did root my phone successfully. Still cant move apps. Now going to do this partition system. Hope it works !
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Yeah, I tried Apps to SD as well but without success. You get exactly the message as the OP said here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42863865&postcount=2
Same goes for Link2SD however once you partitioned it at least offers you to link the apps. But like I said that only happened after I did the partitioning. Beforehand it would not even offer that.
I am not entirely sure what or why Samsung did what they did in kinda blocking the moving of apps to an external card but it it really blows considering that you only get a somewhat limited amount of storage to begin with.
lance2355 said:
Yeah, I tried Apps to SD as well but without success. You get exactly the message as the OP said here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42863865&postcount=2
Same goes for Link2SD however once you partitioned it at least offers you to link the apps. But like I said that only happened after I did the partitioning. Beforehand it would not even offer that.
I am not entirely sure what or why Samsung did what they did in kinda blocking the moving of apps to an external card but it it really blows considering that you only get a somewhat limited amount of storage to begin with.
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Hello again brother. Same here. Before partitioning there was not any option to create link even.
I did the partitioning stuff did work. I can successfully transfer my apps into the ext2 partition i created. (Btw which partition format did you go with?)
How ever I believe folder mount is still a better option as it does not require you to create partitions and works directly such as you enter a brand new card without partition and move apps into card and then it links it. But the only drawback is you need to purchase the app :
fayez107 said:
Hello again brother. Same here. Before partitioning there was not any option to create link even.
I did the partitioning stuff did work. I can successfully transfer my apps into the ext2 partition i created. (Btw which partition format did you go with?)
How ever I believe folder mount is still a better option as it does not require you to create partitions and works directly such as you enter a brand new card without partition and move apps into card and then it links it. But the only drawback is you need to purchase the app :
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I used ext4 for my partition. And I hadn't heard of Folder Mount until you mentioned it. Will have to check it out. Can you actually move stuff if you use that?
lance2355 said:
I used ext4 for my partition. And I hadn't heard of Folder Mount until you mentioned it. Will have to check it out. Can you actually move stuff if you use that?
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Well ext4 didn't work for me idky though ext2 did and it worked. But creating partitions is pure junk and it would reduce the life and speed of your card (its something i believe) so I deleted the partitions and brought my card into original format.
And yes man Folder Mount is something we need ! It does exactly what both of us want. Simply move all the app data from internal memory to external memory and as soon as you move you have empty space on your internal storage and external storage is occupied. Its simple and very clear and easy to use. Just 3 clicks i believe and its done. And another good stuff is it will show you how much an app is occupying internal space and then moves it into SD card and also doesn't show important system apps to move as moving them creates problem.
There's a free version to try which would allow you to move 3 apps only and if you want more then buy the app for 2 Dollars.
Its developed by @madmack. Do check it out. The sad part for me is I dont have a credit card nor Paypal is available in my country
And i need this app badly !
Hello everyone, albeit I have a substantial experience with Samsung Galaxy and Sony (Ericsson) Xperia devices, I am new to the HTC line of devices in the Android universe.
:silly:
A colleague from my workplace has entrusted with me her HTC Explorer A310e, to eventually root the device and consequently flash a compatible custom firmware of my choice, if I so choose to.
I intend on discussing my queries related to the aforementioned device within this single thread, rather than create separate threads for multiple queries.
I am all set to root, unlock the bootloader and subsequently flash a custom recovery on to the device by following this tutorial, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415223 by @jaggyjags.
After the said processes have been completed, I am aware it is imperative to perform a NANDroid backup via the custom recovery, which I would be able to save to the external SD (memory card).
:good:
My queries, after performing the required procedures are -
When is it required to partition the SD?
Is it the internal SD, or the external SD, or both that require(s) partitioning?
How do I partition the required SD? Please point me to an appropriate guide/tutorial.
I intend on using Titanium Backup to perform a backup of the device's contents. I reckon restoring system data such as Phonebook, Messages, Calendar, etcetera should not cause any issues, right?
Some of the device's Software Information is
Android version
2.3.5
HTC Sense version
3.5
Software number
1.31.720.3
Baseband version
10.35d.80.09H_1.11.82.17
Build number
1.31.720.3 CL214721 release-keys
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I await your knowledgeable responses, and I thank you for your patience with my naivety!
YLNdroid said:
Hello everyone, albeit I have a substantial experience with Samsung Galaxy and Sony (Ericsson) Xperia devices, I am new to the HTC line of devices in the Android universe.
:silly:
A colleague from my workplace has entrusted with me her HTC Explorer A310e, to eventually root the device and consequently flash a compatible custom firmware of my choice, if I so choose to.
I intend on discussing my queries related to the aforementioned device within this single thread, rather than create separate threads for multiple queries.
I am all set to root, unlock the bootloader and subsequently flash a custom recovery on to the device by following this tutorial, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415223 by @jaggyjags.
After the said processes have been completed, I am aware it is imperative to perform a NANDroid backup via the custom recovery, which I would be able to save to the external SD (memory card).
:good:
My queries, after performing the required procedures are -
When is it required to partition the SD?
Is it the internal SD, or the external SD, or both that require(s) partitioning?
How do I partition the required SD? Please point me to an appropriate guide/tutorial.
I intend on using Titanium Backup to perform a backup of the device's contents. I reckon restoring system data such as Phonebook, Messages, Calendar, etcetera should not cause any issues, right?
Some of the device's Software Information is
I await your knowledgeable responses, and I thank you for your patience with my naivety!
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1. You need to partition your SD card if you want to expand your internal memory, or some ROMs cannot be flashed without SD partition because our PICO has a limited internal storage.
2. there is nothing like internal SD card in PICO. you need to partition your SD card(external).
3. you can partition your SD card by using mini tool partition wizard.
hit thanks if it helped :good:
Bootloader Unlock
Is it compulsory to unlock the bootloader via the HTC Dev portal, or can it be done through another alternative?
:fingers-crossed:
Understandably, since it is necessary to have the Google Android SDK installed, which package should I download - the ADT Bundle, or the SDK Tools Only from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html?
YLNdroid said:
Is it compulsory to unlock the bootloader via the HTC Dev portal, or can it be done through another alternative?
:fingers-crossed:
Understandably, since it is necessary to have the Google Android SDK installed, which package should I download - the ADT Bundle, or the SDK Tools Only from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html?
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1. Its mandatory to unlock bootloader via HTC Dev portal because the identifier token will only be provided by that portal
2. I had Android SDK, HTC Sync, Java Runtime Environment(All Provided in HTC Dev portal) in my system for the unlocking process...
Hit like if it helped :good:
Bootloader Unlock
aashking said:
1. Its mandatory to unlock bootloader via HTC Dev portal because the identifier token will only be provided by that portal
2. I had Android SDK, HTC Sync, Java Runtime Environment(All Provided in HTC Dev portal) in my system for the unlocking process...
Hit like if it helped :good:
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@aashking, thank you for informing me that the bootloader unlock process is mandatory via HTC Dev.
:good:
As for the Google Android SDK, which package would you suggest I download and consequently install - the ADT Bundle or the SDK Tools Only, available at http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html?
Download the one Android SDK zip provided in HTC Dev portal, you need not install it, HTC sync should be installed to connect your phone and to read commands, and follow the procedure given in HTC Dev its the simplest one
Hit thanks if it helped :good:
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aashking said:
Download the one Android SDK zip provided in HTC Dev portal, you need not install it, HTC sync should be installed to connect your phone and to read commands, and follow the procedure given in HTC Dev its the simplest one
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@aashking, I have already installed HTC Sync on my computer. I believe the Android SDK zip file link provided at HTC Dev, which you are referring to, is the one mentioned within the Unlocking Bootloader Instructions procedural guide, http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions, right?
:fingers-crossed:
Absolutely mate, good luck let's hear for success :good:
Hit thanks if it helped :good:
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aashking said:
Absolutely mate, good luck let's hear for success :good:
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@aashking, the link provided at http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions, redirects to http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html, and hence the confusion over the package to be downloaded!
:silly:
Go with "android-sdk_r23.0.2-windows.zip" hoping that you are in windows,
Hit thanks if it helped :good:
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Partitioning the SD card
Now that my colleague's Explorer A310e has an unlocked bootloader, a custom recovery and root access, I am very keen on flashing a custom firmware and am inclined towards MiniCM9, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169776, whose thread author is @thewisenerd.
Considering the limited internal storage capacity of the HTC Explorer, I understand it is rhetorically imperative to partition the external memory card (read as external SD, or plainly, SD card), and before I proceed with flashing the aforementioned custom Ice Cream Sandwich AOSP firmware, I would like to know what methodology should I apply, keeping in mind my colleague's primary/initial storage concern is with respect to using WhatsApp Messenger, an instant messaging app that is fixed to the internal storage.
My colleague's device came bundled with a 2GB microSD memory card. But, I have strongly suggested her to get a higher capacity memory card, perhaps an 8GB one.
:silly:
As usual, I await your valuable responses.
YLNdroid said:
Now that my colleague's Explorer A310e has an unlocked bootloader, a custom recovery and root access, I am very keen on flashing a custom firmware and am inclined towards MiniCM9, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169776, whose thread author is @thewisenerd.
Considering the limited internal storage capacity of the HTC Explorer, I understand it is rhetorically imperative to partition the external memory card (read as external SD, or plainly, SD card), and before I proceed with flashing the aforementioned custom Ice Cream Sandwich AOSP firmware, I would like to know what methodology should I apply, keeping in mind my colleague's primary/initial storage concern is with respect to using WhatsApp Messenger, an instant messaging app that is fixed to the internal storage.
My colleague's device came bundled with a 2GB microSD memory card. But, I have strongly suggested her to get a higher capacity memory card, perhaps an 8GB one.
:silly:
As usual, I await your valuable responses.
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As to partitioning your SDCard, I am assuming your objective is to "expand" you internal memory using "memory increasing scripts". This isn't a complex deal (I've explained how these work here), and mostly just involves one partition for reverse mounting the userdata (/data) partition.
You do not need to make two partitions, one would suffice. Also, you can make this partition before/after flashing the ROM. It makes not much difference. You could just flash the ROM, and then use an init.d script (explained here) to increse your memory (i personally recommend "int2ext", and not "int2ext+" or any other variants).
Since it is a 2 gB memory card, I am pretty sure it would be (<=) class 2. I would strongly recommend buying an SD Card that's atleast class 4, but a class 2 would splendidly do but performance would be slightly affected as it wouldn't be fast.
As far as Whatsapp is concerned, it has the option to backup messages to the SD Card. Since flashing an ICS ROM (coming from stock, I'm guessing), you would need to 'factory reset' the device (i.e. format the userdata + cache) partitions. You can safely restore the Whatsapp messages from the sdcard after flashing the ROM.
Partitioning the SD card
thewisenerd said:
As to partitioning your SDCard, I am assuming your objective is to "expand" you internal memory using "memory increasing scripts". This isn't a complex deal (I've explained how these work here), and mostly just involves one partition for reverse mounting the userdata (/data) partition.
You do not need to make two partitions, one would suffice. Also, you can make this partition before/after flashing the ROM. It makes not much difference. You could just flash the ROM, and then use an init.d script (explained here) to increse your memory (i personally recommend "int2ext", and not "int2ext+" or any other variants).
Since it is a 2 gB memory card, I am pretty sure it would be (<=) class 2. I would strongly recommend buying an SD Card that's atleast class 4, but a class 2 would splendidly do but performance would be slightly affected as it wouldn't be fast.
As far as Whatsapp is concerned, it has the option to backup messages to the SD Card. Since flashing an ICS ROM (coming from stock, I'm guessing), you would need to 'factory reset' the device (i.e. format the userdata + cache) partitions. You can safely restore the Whatsapp messages from the sdcard after flashing the ROM.
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@thewisenerd, thank you very much for addressing my queries and providing links which further explain aspects relevant to the subject topics in question. I have exhausted my '8 thanks per day' quota, but nonetheless, I will definitely hit the thanks button once the quota has been renewed.
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Keeping aside the default limited internal storage of the device, is it possible to have one desirable partition dedicated to installing apps, and another to store the end user's data such as images, videos, audio files, etcetera? Would this be an ideal scenario for the daily usage of the device?
Currently being on a stock Gingerbread firmware, I am gearing up to flash the MiniCM9 Build#7 custom Ice Cream Sandwich firmware, and once I have done that, I will need your assistance with partitioning/expanding the existing 2GB microSD memory card. I have suggested my colleague to purchase a higher capacity Class 4 memory card, perhaps an 8GB one, which she should do so by next week.
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After rooting the device, I have taken a backup of all user apps + system data. I am aware you have, in your thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169776, priorly suggested to refrain from restoring apps and data as they may lead to Force Closes, but is it absolutely compulsory to avoid restoring even contacts, text messages and calendar entries, as well as, apps (and their data) downloaded from the Google Play Store?
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Keeping aside the default limited internal storage of the device, is it possible to have one desirable partition dedicated to installing apps, and another to store the end user's data such as images, videos, audio files, etcetera? Would this be an ideal scenario for the daily usage of the device?
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er, you need to create two partitions (i.e. one fat32 (for files), and one ext4 (for installing apps)). You can easily create an ext partition by using the option in your recovery (usually found in the 'advanced' subcategory).
Currently being on a stock Gingerbread firmware, I am gearing up to flash the MiniCM9 Build#7 custom Ice Cream Sandwich firmware, and once I have done that, I will need your assistance with partitioning/expanding the existing 2GB microSD memory card. I have suggested my colleague to purchase a higher capacity Class 4 memory card, perhaps an 8GB one, which she should do so by next week.
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For partitioning, as said, the recovery can be used.
After rooting the device, I have taken a backup of all user apps + system data. I am aware you have, in your thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169776, priorly suggested to refrain from restoring apps and data as they may lead to Force Closes, but is it absolutely compulsory to avoid restoring even contacts, text messages and calendar entries, as well as, apps (and their data) downloaded from the Google Play Store?
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for contacts, there's an "import/export from/to storage" option in the "people" app. For messages, I ain't sure. For Calendar entries, Google syncs it? Even otherwise, only contacts have been very 'important' to me, so I just export them to SDCard, and import them later.
NOTE: partitioning the sdcard WILL remove all data. In case you are backing up data on the sdcard, backup all the data on your SDCard on your PC too.
Partitioning the SD card
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You can easily create an ext partition by using the option in your recovery (usually found in the 'advanced' subcategory).
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@thewisenerd, admittedly I am still quite confused about the partitioning business. The following is what I did -
Booted into the custom recovery (Yannou90 CWM-Based Recovery v5.0.2.).
Navigated to advanced and then to Partition SD Card.
Chose 1024M as the Ext Size and 0M as the Swap Size.
Pressed the power button to initiate the partitioning process.
After the partitioning process completed, I connected the device to my laptop and navigated to the Computer Management console under the Microsoft Windows platform. Within the Disk Management sub console, two partitions were listed for the removable storage, and while one partition had a drive letter assigned and file system denoted, the other partition did not. The partition which had a drive letter assigned and whose file system was denoted, displayed its capacity as nearly about 908MB, whereas the remaining 980-oddMB was displayed for the other partition.
I redid the partitioning process from the custom recovery, setting 2048M as the Ext Size and 0M as the Swap Size to go back to the memory card's initial state.
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er, you need to create two partitions (i.e. one fat32 (for files), and one ext4 (for installing apps)).
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I implore you to kindly assist me with this.
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@thewisenerd, admittedly I am still quite confused about the partitioning business. The following is what I did -
Booted into the custom recovery (Yannou90 CWM-Based Recovery v5.0.2.).
Navigated to advanced and then to Partition SD Card.
Chose 1024M as the Ext Size and 0M as the Swap Size.
Pressed the power button to initiate the partitioning process.
After the partitioning process completed, I connected the device to my laptop and navigated to the Computer Management console under the Microsoft Windows platform. Within the Disk Management sub console, two partitions were listed for the removable storage, and while one partition had a drive letter assigned and file system denoted, the other partition did not. The partition which had a drive letter assigned and whose file system was denoted, displayed its capacity as nearly about 908MB, whereas the remaining 980-oddMB was displayed for the other partition.
I redid the partitioning process from the custom recovery, setting 2048M as the Ext Size and 0M as the Swap Size to go back to the memory card's initial state.
I implore you to kindly assist me with this.
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The first 'process' was correct. why did you repartition with 2048 mB as the ext size?
the first 1024 mB (with a letter assigned) was the fat32 partition and the 'other' 1024 mB drive was the ext3/4 drive (not supported by windows) which is to be used for the reverse mounting process.
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The first 'process' was correct. why did you repartition with 2048 mB as the ext size?
the first 1024 mB (with a letter assigned) was the fat32 partition and the 'other' 1024 mB drive was the ext3/4 drive (not supported by windows) which is to be used for the reverse mounting process.
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@thewisenerd, I appreciate your patience and guidance. I reckon I will go through the partitioning process again, create the 1024MB FAT32 partition, flash my preferred custom firmware and then, get to enabling the 'other' 1024MB ext3/4 drive. Which method would you suggest/recommend for the reverse mounting process?
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@thewisenerd, I appreciate your patience and guidance. I reckon I will go through the partitioning process again, create the 1024MB FAT32 partition, flash my preferred custom firmware and then, get to enabling the 'other' 1024MB ext3/4 drive. Which method would you suggest/recommend for the reverse mounting process?
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"int2ext(4)", nothing more, nothing less.
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"int2ext(4)", nothing more, nothing less.
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@thewisenerd, I downloaded, extracted and placed the 40int2ext script file, provided as an attachment within this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389501 by @<Engine/>, to the root of the SD card, and following the consequent instructions, copied the said script file to /system/etc/init.d and set the permissions to all, as instructed within the aforementioned thread's guide.
However, when I navigate to Settings > Applications > Manage applications, the Internal storage at the bottom of the screen still displays 130MB free.
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Prior to copying the 40int2ext script file, I noticed the init.d folder has three pre-existing files, namely, 10mounts2sd, 33ng_tweaks and S70zipalign.
Should I try the CronMod-INT2EXT4_signed.zip file, provided by @croniccorey within the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716124 thread?
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I thank you for your continued assistance.
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I forgot to mention the device is currently running on NExtGen 1.6 custom Gingerbread {Sense} firmware.
YLNdroid said:
@thewisenerd, I downloaded, extracted and placed the 40int2ext script file, provided as an attachment within this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389501 by @<Engine/>, to the root of the SD card, and following the consequent instructions, copied the said script file to /system/etc/init.d and set the permissions to all, as instructed within the aforementioned thread's guide.
However, when I navigate to Settings > Applications > Manage applications, the Internal storage at the bottom of the screen still displays 130MB free.
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Prior to copying the 40int2ext script file, I noticed the init.d folder has three pre-existing files, namely, 10mounts2sd, 33ng_tweaks and S70zipalign.
Should I try the CronMod-INT2EXT4_signed.zip file, provided by @croniccorey within the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716124 thread?
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I thank you for your continued assistance.
PS:
I forgot to mention the device is currently running on NExtGen 1.6 custom Gingerbread {Sense} firmware.
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you need to copy the script *after* flashing the ROM, and booting it. Also, you need to set the permissions (tick all the boxes!).