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
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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.
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Thanks brotha! im doing this right now.
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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 *
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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
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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
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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
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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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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?
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.
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use mini tool partition
--- Delete all partiion > Apply
-- Create Partition with full Space - as Primary > Apply
and if you wat to make partition agai fro Android device, better you make from Recovery Mode its more easy
Where can I get that software because I didn't find in play store
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Where can I get that software because I didn't find in play store
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you'll find mini partition tool just google around!! It's a tool for PC!! Be careful while using it!! http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html download from here !!!
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I'm think you can do this in recovery. Just pretend you're partitioning your sdcard except set the ext partition to 0mb and swap to 0mb.
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Setting 0mb is not in clockwork mod recovery..
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Setting 0mb is not in clockwork mod recovery..
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Use amora then
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Use amora then
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You need to format the sdcard again after setting to 0 to get the whole memory again,or else the partitioned memory wont be visible.
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D'load "partition magic" or such software to ur pc.connect ur sd card with the help of a card reader to that pc. Then do "merge partition".It should delete the partition.BTW don't forget to make a backup of ur sdcard.
The simplest way : insert ur memory card in some nokia mobile den open ur memory card format n u r done. Other method : go to setting in ur phone go to storage and format ur sd card.
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I have deleted partitions by just reformatting the sd after mounting while inserted in the phone
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What if i made a partition and now i can't retrieve the information i had before partitioning? I'd like to some how delete the new partition and be able to use the data i had before. I don't want to format! I just can't get to the partition with the data.
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What if i made a partition and now i can't retrieve the information i had before partitioning? I'd like to some how delete the new partition and be able to use the data i had before. I don't want to format! I just can't get to the partition with the data.
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If u partition from recovery,ur sd card is already formatted and u cant retrieve data back unless u have a backup on ur pc.Dnt know about pc tools for formatting.
Use gparted on Ubuntu (you can put it on a CD or a memory stick and make it bootable - with poweriso - and boot into live CD, no need to actually install ubuntu, but after you try it you will, try with wubi to avoid partitioning)
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Thanks a lot dude it helped me....
I think mini partition should do the trick, you can delete the ext partition, and then resize and expand the fat32 partition and integrate the fat32 partition with the unallocated partition created after deletion of ext partion
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I think mini partition should do the trick, you can delete the ext partition, and then resize and expand the fat32 partition and integrate the fat32 partition with the unallocated partition created after deletion of ext partion
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yes, on windows MiniTool Partition Wizard :good: can rescue your sd and erase all partitions
Hello friends I am on rasheds cm10 and I want to partition my sdcard so how much of it we need to do
I have 16gb sdcard
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I think it comes down to personal preference more than anything. I've got 2048 ext4(which some people might say is too much), 0 swap and the rest as fat32.
Also on a 16gig card.
I'm using link2sd and I know that A2sd, D2ext and Int2ext work but some scripts might not work with ext4 and the size of the ext partition might be limited.
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nomancoolboy said:
Hello friends I am on rasheds cm10 and I want to partition my sdcard so how much of it we need to do
I have 16gb sdcard
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Actually partitioning 1gb of memory is enough for our phones. And use swap if u want to have more ram. I personally perefer using ext4 as it is.the fastest out of the ext partitions.
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Hi I have 1 gb for link2sd and i think that this amount is enought.
To partitioning I used mini partition tool, in this case I used ext3 because with ext4 I had a problem with another phone.
Also, keep in mind that the 1st partition should be formatted FAT32, the 2nd partition EXT, and the 3rd partition as SWAPFS (optional, only if you want to enable swap). Do not create the partitions in some other order.
How to unpartition sdcard
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How to unpartition sdcard
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Good question. Go through the normal partitioning process but set both Swap and Ext to 0mb, maybe?
EDIT: Seems Amon Ra will let you set things to 0mb.
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Good question. Go through the normal partitioning process but set both Swap and Ext to 0mb, maybe?
EDIT: Seems Amon Ra will let you set things to 0mb.
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It is.
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How to unpartition sdcard
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Using minipartition tool, select partitions, delete them, later select all unallocated space created and create a new singular partition.
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Just go into storage settings in normal mode and format the card, it will delete all partitions and make them as 1
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Just go into storage settings in normal mode and format the card, it will delete all partitions and make them as 1
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It doesn't. It wipes only the data not the partition
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It doesn't. It wipes only the data not the partition
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On all partitions? Doesn't it just wipe the fat32, storage partition?
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On all partitions? Doesn't it just wipe the fat32, storage partition?
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With Junior Einstein method you can't delete a partition but you can only delete files that you can find in (and only) data partition.
And no, not in all partitions, this procedure delete files only in data partition, and yes, Junior Einstein method wipe the fat32 storage partition, allenwalker1998 said only data not the partition and this is correct; at the end the partiton is formatted, not deleted.
To remove/change a partition you have to use a specific tool that can be one like minipartition tool or something else.
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On all partitions? Doesn't it just wipe the fat32, storage partition?
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deleted
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As the partitioning an sdcard formats it so i cant do that because i dont have a pc to backup it ..!
Now i dont want to do that
But provide information to those who need it!
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As the partitioning an sdcard formats it so i cant do that because i dont have a pc to backup it ..!
Now i dont want to do that
But provide information to those who need it!
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If you use mini partition tool, you don't need to format your sd card to partitioning it. You have to use the command resize (for your actual fat32 partition) and later on created free spece use command create a new partition. I personally tested this and all my data are safe, this procedure will NOT erase your data but anyway you need a pc also to use minipartition tool and have a backup before any modification is a good idea.
Please help.
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Please help.
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Backup sdcard on pc. Goto recovery(yannous recovery recommended),advanced,create partition,select ext4(I guess u need to boot sense, it will work fine). Sdcard will be formatted and partitions will be created. Even though you would have selected ext4 in computer sdcard will be read as ext3.
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Please help.
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Download Minitool partition wizard software and put your sd card in your computer by using card reader or directly connect mobile with USB , and resize the ext4 partition to fat32 and then make Ext3 partition ! i dont think there is any way u can convert it directly !
Hit thanks if i helped!
There is.
hamzazxplorer said:
Download Minitool partition wizard software and put your sd card in your computer by using card reader or directly connect mobile with USB , and resize the ext4 partition to fat32 and then make Ext3 partition ! i dont think there is any way u can convert it directly !
Hit thanks if i helped!
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Use Gparted.
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Backup sdcard on pc. Goto recovery(yannous recovery recommended),advanced,create partition,select ext4(I guess u need to boot sense, it will work fine). Sdcard will be formatted and partitions will be created. Even though you would have selected ext4 in computer sdcard will be read as ext3.
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yannu90 recovery doesnt let u select ua choice.. its automatically make it to ext3..
What about TWRP?
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yannu90 recovery doesnt let u select ua choice.. its automatically make it to ext3..
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It offers choice between ext3 and ext4.
Here are the links, btw.
TWRP 2.2 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911242
TWRP 2.4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2123503
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It offers choice between ext3 and ext4.
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who said dat.. i m using dat only.. itll automatically creates.. dont give to select ua choice..
TWRP 2 does.
shree alwaz said:
who said dat.. i m using dat only.. itll automatically creates.. dont give to select ua choice..
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I don't know about TWRP 2.4.
I use TWRP 2.2, and the partition creation option gives you options about choosing the ext size, swap size and the file system.
TRY THIS-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38706881
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Use Gparted.
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Minitool is pretty easy to use , works well and also has a graphical user interface!
I meant converting the partitions directly.
hamzazxplorer said:
Minitool is pretty easy to use , works well and also has a graphical user interface!
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You might be able to use any of the gazillion partitioning tools available for Windows. Minitool, Easeus Partition Manager, and all the likes give you the options of converting the partitions (directly) to ext4, too. But, since ext partitions are evolved around Linux, Gparted, and its likes, could handle the Partitioning and converting (directly) job better.