Hello wonderful sgs4g community, i hope you are all excited about all our new stuff as i am. Anyways now that drhonk has built ext4 into our kernel we can now go ahead and do SOME ext4 mods. here is the guide on how to create an ext4 partition so that you can use the link2sd app so:
A:you can have an ext4 sdcard filesystem
B: create more internal space for your apps(takes away even more bloat)
Here is what you will need:
A computer
MICRO ADAPTER or USB CABLE to plug into the computer
drhonks new 2.1 bali kernel
mini tool partition wizard(or any other program that does this) you can find it here: http://download.cnet.com/Partition-...62200.html?part=dl-6285158&subj=dl&tag=button
link2sd apk you can find that here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
Now go ahead and mount your sdcard to computer with the micro adapter
go into mini tool and click on your sdcard
press move/resize
go ahead and resize from 256mb 512mb or 1g off from your original size
THE UNALLOCATED WILL BE THE SIZE OF YOUR NEW PARTITION
now go to the unallocated amount and press create partition
make sure that you do ext4 and make sure it is PRIMARY not logical!!!
press apply!
bam you go ext4
now put your sdcard back in and go to link2sd
it will tell you to go into recovery and mount your sdcard
sooooo
go into cwm and go to mounts and storage then make sure you have your sdcard say UNMOUNT
reboot
go back into link2sd and click ext4 when it pops up,
NOW move all the files THAT ARE NOT SYSTEM FILES(which it wont let you do anyways) and your all done
afterwards you should have from 375mb to 440mb of free internal space
have fun
Thanks to:
Fknfocused for pushing me to do this
drhonk for the kernel ext4 patch
wizard(i saw he did the link2sd first so i decided to do it)
and the rest of the community for being awesome
Thanks brotha! im doing this right now.
fknfocused said:
Thanks brotha! im doing this right now.
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lemme know if i missed something or, something went wrong
dsexton702 said:
lemme know if i missed something or, something went wrong
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ok will do, did I need to assign a drive letter for this partition? it just defaulted to *
fknfocused said:
ok will do, did I need to assign a drive letter for this partition? it just defaulted to *
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i just named my ext4 im not sure if it matters
dsexton702 said:
i just named my ext4 im not sure if it matters
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got it, thanks again. should i stay away from linking widgets? does it break like moving the app to SD?
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got it, thanks again. should i stay away from linking widgets? does it break like moving the app to SD?
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it doesnt effect app2sd and to be honest you dont need app2sd after you do this trick, and im not positive about widgets i think they might be safe though
Uhh thank you for posting my name there )) well it works ... if you guys want and know how to use linux u can do it from there too ... if anyone needs help ley me know ...
Link2sd is only way I thought off to check if kernel mounts ext4 ...damn glad about that faulks
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I used ubuntu and gparted inserted the mini sd into the adaptor created the partitions then placed it back into the phone and ran links2sd worked like a champ did that this am your way seems easier good write up
mopar2ltr said:
I used ubuntu and gparted inserted the mini sd into the adaptor created the partitions then placed it back into the phone and ran links2sd worked like a champ did that this am your way seems easier good write up
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thanks brotha i appreciate it!
and thanks for briefly explaining the ubuntu way of doing it
Its easier with linux as windows doednt have support for ext
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Its easier with linux as windows doednt have support for ext
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im sure, windows can be a pain! but thats why minitool is needed
Dunno man I ditched windows few years back and ain't regretting it ....using xubuntu as desktop and ubuntu.srv ,debian and centos as servers
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ok i did something all wackey... lol for some reason i can only see 1.89 gb of my sd card on my phone and on mini tool partition it shows that i have 12 gb in fat32 and 1.89 gb unallocated. there is nothing i can figure out on how to get the two partitions of the sd card to join back together. even the minitool thinks they are two seperate devices. does anyone know what i can do to fix this and start over from the beginning? sorry guys im a linux newbie but i am having fun while learning.
So will this work also on drhonks uv version too?
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Looks like your 12 gb is not mounted ...
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Nice tutorial. @makavelicruz. ...of course. Why wouldn't it?
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Looks like your 12 gb is not mounted ...
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Ive tried mounting the sdcard from recovery and only one partition ever shows up.
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farwek said:
Ive tried mounting the sdcard from recovery and only one partition ever shows up.
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mind giving us a screenshot?
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I get an error each time i make an unallocated partition and click 'create'.. anyone else run into this?
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i installed the zip as instructed . but when i check the SD card for ext4. its not there... shouldn't i be able to see it when i'm using minitool partition.... I know i'm not in the right thread but still short off ten post.
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i installed the zip as instructed . but when i check the SD card for ext4. its not there... shouldn't i be able to see it when i'm using minitool partition.... I know i'm not in the right thread but still short off ten post.
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there is no ext4 flashable zip when your making an ext4 partition
Im talking about the converter zip u wrote the guide about.
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Im talking about the converter zip u wrote the guide about.
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EXT4 partition and making your sgs4g ext4 are 2 different things
the partition makes a ext4 partition in your sdcard so that your sdcard can be ext4 as well
the sgs4g ext4 converter makes the OS ext4
Is there a point to partitioning my sd card with ext4 now that my OS is ext4?
Im sorry . So one more question. Im I mistaken then to think the system cache and data would be on the sd card and not the phones internal storage
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Im sorry . So one more question. Im I mistaken then to think the system cache and data would be on the sd card and not the phones internal storage
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its on the phone itself not the sdcard
Dev question since u 2 built the rom and kernel.
Curious as to changeng the fstab and recovery.fstab for the sd cart from vfat to ext 4 and formating the card as ext 4 and remounting. Is there support in the file system for this? Just curious as to trying to find ways to get ext 4 sd card support on boot for the instant mount's and no more scanning sd cards
and this seems to be the most logical way to add sd card ext4 support without the need of programs are makeing 2 partitions.
like adding and or changeing to
/dev/sdb1 /media/sd ext4 users,iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0
or
/dev/sdb1 /media/sd ext4 auto,exec,rw,async,user 0 0
for mount speed increase for asynchronous writing
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Dev question since u 2 built the rom and kernel.
Curious as to changeng the fstab and recovery.fstab for the sd cart from vfat to ext 4 and formating the card as ext 4 and remounting. Is there support in the file system for this? Just curious as to trying to find ways to get ext 4 sd card support on boot for the instant mount's and no more scanning sd cards
and this seems to be the most logical way to add sd card ext4 support without the need of programs are makeing 2 partitions.
like adding and or changeing to
/dev/sdb1 /media/sd ext4 rw,user,auto 0 0
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PM not good enough?
Dr. Hook? edit is in order. lol
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PM not good enough?
Dr. Hook? edit is in order. lol
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ya i made a few entry errors lol.
and i guesss i wanted to get there input cause if they say it should be possable i would just i guess use this thread once i edited the entries and posted them for people with errors with it.
i guess i could have pmed them shesh sorry.....
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and i guesss i wanted to get there input cause if they say it should be possable i would just i guess use this thread once i edited the entries and posted them for people with errors with it.
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didnt mean to sound like a d***, if thats what your intentions are disregard my post.
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didnt mean to sound like a d***, if thats what your intentions are disregard my post.
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That would be the idea IF this is actually possable without risking killing the card and or phone or both. It opens up alot of possablies hummm swap files ram disks bla bla bla.. Or just really fast file system without the damm limitations of fat 32
I just dont have access to my linux box for a bit so i cant test this at home Or I would do it myself and post results.
It will break your usb mount if you convert sdcard to ext4
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It will break your usb mount if you convert sdcard to ext4
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Thanks but if i personally dont care about hooking the device to a pc at all im more curious of the phone ramificatons.
unless im totally mistakeing what you are saying
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Thanks but if i personally dont care about hooking the device to a pc at all im more curious of the phone ramificatons.
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We dev have to consider the general users not one.
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We dev have to consider the general users not one.
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true my bad sorry if i came off wrong. Well off to test then ty ill post results. Humm but wouldnt the phone still be readable under linux via usb and windows with the program to read ext 4?
damm cant test no linux box grrrrrrrrrrrr..... cry... well ty for the info im going to dive deeper into this and post results here when i can but ty so much with your reply it helps...
It gives me some ideas n hope i can do it without breaking usb support. or at least re adding it back
I have spare 8gb card ...ill try and let you know what's up...
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This has been untested, and I'm not to sure of the results. You would have to edit the vold.fstab, and the recovery.fstab
ty for the info soon as i get a linux box running on this laptop will test it. thanks for your reply.
Ok, so finally accustommed to a galaxy s 4g after switching from a vibrant I got my rom installed, the cwm, the lighting zap and everything else. How ever my brother bought me a bigger microsd card for Christmas and its in the mail. Im just curious. Will I be able to put that SD card in and I'm good to go or do I have to reflash cwm or something?
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You should copy all contents from your current SD card to the new one, in case settings and APPS are stored there."pretty sure they are"
What's the best way to format the new.card for use with the Roms were using.
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What's the best way to format the new.card for use with the Roms were using.
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If you're on a windows computer you can just go to my computer and right click your sd card, format and pick fat32.
So there's no ext4 formatting like for the system partition. What if you're on a Mac? Wouldn't you format as Unix file system or just ms-dos. This overwrites the ext4 partition on the card?
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So there's no ext4 formatting like for the system partition. What if you're on a Mac? Wouldn't you format as Unix file system or just ms-dos. This overwrites the ext4 partition on the card?
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You could format it ext4 on Linux (not sure about MacOS but probably), however, the kernel in your phone must support ext4 - like you mentioned with the system partiton on voodoo kernels. You might have to go on and manually change the mount table on the phone so thay it mounts it ext4.vs. vfat/fat32.
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I just got my 32GB cl 4.
I moved all contents from my old (including a backup of my EFS) to my external HD.... formatted it (using the phones storage settings).
Powered off my phone.
Put in my new microSD and rebooted... the necessary Android files show up automatically... I then moved all my important files over as a copy/paste from the external HD.
Rebooted... then went into recovery and made sure voodoo was enabled. It was... no issues.. running great.
sorry for noob post but i havnt been able to understand all this with all the posts iv read
Iv been looking into installing apps on the external sd card and i came across "partitioning sd card" and a whole bunch of other vocabulary, so iv got a couple of questions.
1. can someone explain to me the basics of this?
2. define ext2, ext3, ext4, fat32, swap size, (there might be a bit more i jsut cant think of any right now)
3. do u reccomend doing this with cwm? iv come across a few posts where people have been saying thing could brick your phone
4. apperntly cwm has some built in partition? i dont really know..
5. how would I do this this with cwm?
Boot into recovery and look for partition sd option, follow instructions.
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
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Boot into recovery and look for partition sd option, follow instructions.
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
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thanks but is it safe? and what do i put for each option?
Make sure you backup your sdcard before you partition or you'll lose your important files.
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thanks but is it safe? and what do i put for each option?
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Is it safe?
Don't know i have 20 apps installed so dont need more space, it was safe on n1.
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Make sure you backup your sdcard before you partition or you'll lose your important files.
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yes iv already done that I just wanna know what the procedure is
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maxesxp said:
sorry for noob post but i havnt been able to understand all this with all the posts iv read
Iv been looking into installing apps on the external sd card and i came across "partitioning sd card" and a whole bunch of other vocabulary, so iv got a couple of questions.
1. can someone explain to me the basics of this?
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Try this link. Very simple.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
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Try this link. Very simple.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
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thank you but iv come across ext4? whats that? and what is swap? theres some vocabulary words in there i dont sorry for all the questions lol
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thank you but iv come across ext4? whats that? and what is swap? theres some vocabulary words in there i dont sorry for all the questions lol
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EXT4 is the file system (like FAT or NTFS but for Linux based). Swap is the partition used sort of like ram (just slower) in the way that temporary files are stored there for quick access.
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EXT4 is the file system (like FAT or NTFS but for Linux based). Swap is the partition used sort of like ram (just slower) in the way that temporary files are stored there for quick access.
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Okay thanks can you give me a procedure to how to partition you sd card? Thanks in advance
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I think people mentioned to do it through clockword mod? I think I've seen an option down there.
I have no idea why you'd want to, though. I can't really see any benefit and it would only complicate things.
Only reason to partition sdcard to have an ext partition is for people like me that have way too many apps to install that normally wouldn't fit on the g2x's internal storage. Even putting apps to SD wouldn't allow my setup of over 600 apps to my phone without an app called link2sd, currently rocking a 12gb ext3 partition on my 32gb class 10 Lexar sdcard. Call me crazy but I love having all my apps available any time I need, my phone is a beast I tell ya, with all the stress I put in it its still blazingly quick!
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I think people mentioned to do it through clockword mod? I think I've seen an option down there.
I have no idea why you'd want to, though. I can't really see any benefit and it would only complicate things.
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yupp thats what i wanted to do lol but it says swag size and stuff and i got confused... and ppl hav said clockworkmod is ddangourous when it comes to partitioning soo im a bit scared
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Only reason to partition sdcard to have an ext partition is for people like me that have way too many apps to install that normally wouldn't fit on the g2x's internal storage. Even putting apps to SD wouldn't allow my setup of over 600 apps to my phone without an app called link2sd, currently rocking a 12gb ext3 partition on my 32gb class 10 Lexar sdcard. Call me crazy but I love having all my apps available any time I need, my phone is a beast I tell ya, with all the stress I put in it its still blazingly quick!
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yupp lol iv filled my sd card up so thats how i stumbles across this
Is there any way on the gs3 to save your nandroids to the ext SD card?
Mine shows the option greyed out.
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If you booted into CWM using the EZ Recovery app then you would notice that you can manually save backups to either sd card.
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It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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I think that may be the issue then. Thanks
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It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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This!
Brian Gove said:
It might also be that you don't have your external card formatted to fat32. CWM doesn't like the exFat format that I believe all big cards come in.
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so i finally put my sd card in my computer and its showing up being formatted as fat32 so idk what the issue may be.
Ok maybe I put the topic wrong. What I meant was from manager doesn't see my extsd card
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Ok maybe I put the topic wrong. What I meant was from manager doesn't see my extsd card
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If your talking about rom manager then yea thats normal!
On a side note, I recomend flashing files manually in CWM recovery...you would not believe how many threads I have helped folks get out of a softbrick or bootloop situation by flashing with rom manager. The app works great, but you still need to know the background information on what your flashing! To many people think since they can pull the file up on RM, it must be compatible, or they flash with the wrong recovery = soft brick! Part of the main reason my guide is written in its fashion...provides proper instructions to flash, makes one read a bit, and repeats its self to pound the info into ones head. Not tryin to preach to ya, just wanted to share some possibly useful info to yourself and others. thx
I was wondering the same about saving to external from rom manager. So our only option it looks like is to boot to recovery and manually go to save it to the external sd?
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I was wondering the same about saving to external from rom manager. So our only option it looks like is to boot to recovery and manually go to save it to the external sd?
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Yeah that's what I was saying. And I don't flash anything with room manager lol. Just bought it back when I had the OG droid and then I seen that option so I was just curious.
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