How would I go about partitioning, or what sizes on a 8gb micro sd? Im using clockwork mod recovery
biggary said:
How would I go about partitioning, or what sizes on a 8gb micro sd? Im using clockwork mod recovery
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Download GParted Live and use that to partition. Rom manager etc WILL NOT align your partitions properly if at all. The sizes are up to you within reason. Ext 700Mb -1Gb?
4ext partitioning can align it. make 1-2 gb (depends on how many games/app will you be using) 4ext and the rest fat32.
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Hi i just bought a new micro sd card class 10 and 16gb
i have my phone s-off and rooted, 4ext Recovery 2.1.0 in boot, LBC MOD 0.5.3
So the questions is how should i format this new card to benefit at max.
Should i directly copy the old card content to the new card and then full format the card to ext4? Or what?
What should i put in Ext4 partition and what to put in fat32 if you suggest me to have both.
And the last question should i use the mount menu or just format it and the rest will be held by the phone..
Thanks
djdigy5 said:
Hi i just bought a new micro sd card class 10 and 16gb
i have my phone s-off and rooted, 4ext Recovery 2.1.0 in boot, LBC MOD 0.5.3
So the questions is how should i format this new card to benefit at max.
Should i directly copy the old card content to the new card and then full format the card to ext4? Or what?
What should i put in Ext4 partition and what to put in fat32 if you suggest me to have both.
And the last question should i use the mount menu or just format it and the rest will be held by the phone..
Thanks
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I wouldn't bother using a partition on the SD card....so simply format the entire thing as FAT32.
SD-EXT partitions are only really intended for older devices with reduced internal storage, we should have adequate. Are you running short of internal space?
I personally don't bother locating any applications on SD as they all fit in internal memory and run faster from there anyway!
So what about HD videos bigger than 4 gb? So you mean that we only need EXT4 only if the internal memory of Desire S is not enough. What about a Class 10 sd card speed VS the internal memory speed? any idea or test about that? if the class10 card is faster than the internal memory?
Afraid that I don't know any of that
Perhaps perform some tests and post the results back, I'd be interested in them
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Hi all, I have just changed my sd card on my Sensation Xe. But the new Sd card is already partitioned and i want to delete this partition. I have read that to delete partition I have to format it from the recovery but I don't know how can I do it.
Recovery: 4EXT Recovery Touch.
CHANGE TOPIC: I have solved the problem of this topic. Now i want to ask you another thing. If i go to partition sd card from recovery i have to select the space i want on my 1 partition (fat32) but, even if i have 16 gb on sdcard, my first partition can be only until 8 gb. Why? Then it ask me the space i want for the second and the third partition. What is the 3 partition?
Thanks.
Well this is what it says in the classic 4 EXT Recovery thread OP.
Full support for up to 2 sd-ext partitions + swap
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So it should be another 2 sd-ext partition or a partition for Swap.
Personally I would just format it with my computer and a SD card adapter. I always do a low level format first them a Fat 32 format, but that is just me.
But why I can use more than 8 gb for fat32 partition?
I am trying to put NexusHD2-JellyBean-4.1.2-CM10 V1.1 on my HTC HD2 via Native SD. I can't figure out what exactly to do once I get to the partitioning of my sd card. This thread [26 SEP 2012][DEV]NativeSD Rom Boot Script for HD2 said what to put the 4ext size at but not the swap or any of that. I am new to doing this and I would greatly appreciate any help. What do I do?
There are so many instructions. Please copy/paste the instructions you're following, so we can better help you
You probably don't need swap.
post-mortem said:
There are so many instructions. Please copy/paste the instructions you're following, so we can better help you
You probably don't need swap.
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Sdcard for NativeSD:
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1. First make sure you have at least 1 Fat32 partition and 1 EXT4 partition on your sdcard
2. If you don't have these partitions ?? backup your sdcard , because everything will be wiped from your sdcard when you create partitions and format them !
3a Use the provided 4EXT recovery (NAND or SD version) to create the partitions and format them.
3b If you rather use a computer for creating and formatting partitions keep in mind that both partitions must be primary partitions (not logical)
4. The recommended size of your EXT4 partition is depending on how many roms and apps you are going to install.. 512M is the minimal size..
5. Restore/move the sdcard contents back to the Fat32 partition
6. (WP7 users) make sure the EXT4 partition is located @ /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
To check this mount your sd-ext partition in 4EXT recovery and use adb shell or QtADB shell and type df
7. Your sdcard is now ready for NativeSD usage..
What steps have you completed, and what part is troubling you? Have you partitioned your SD card?
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What steps have you completed, and what part is troubling you? Have you partitioned your SD card?
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Once it gets to 4 where it says the minimal size is 512 mb. On the recovery on my phone, it asks me for primary ext, secondary ext, and then swap. What do I do here?
Choose primary, ext3 or ext4. You don't need swap.
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Choose primary, ext3 or ext4. You don't need swap.
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Okay, so then I should put maybe 1024 mb, instead of 512, since it's a 16 gb memory card?
Go for it.
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Go for it.
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Alright, hopefully everything goes swimmingly. Will post if I have any other problems.
how can i safely unpartition my sdcard? i just found this sd card . i dont know what class this sdcard is , i guess its around class 4 or 6
you can do it from recovery...
awerqw22 said:
how can i safely unpartition my sdcard? i just found this sd card . i dont know what class this sdcard is , i guess its around class 4 or 6
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if cwm:
go to advanced, partition sdcard, set size to zero, partition....
it will automatically make it as the only partition, fat32.
if twrp,
advanced>partitionsdcard>set size to zero> partition.
again, automatically, sd-ext will be removed and your sdcard will be *unpartitioned*.
vineethraj49 said:
if cwm:
go to advanced, partition sdcard, set size to zero, partition....
it will automatically make it as the only partition, fat32.
if twrp,
advanced>partitionsdcard>set size to zero> partition.
again, automatically, sd-ext will be removed and your sdcard will be *unpartitioned*.
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THANKS A LOT ! :good:
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CWM doesn't have a zero MB partition size option.
u can try easeus partition manager also for interactive partitioning/nonparticipating
awerqw22 said:
how can i safely unpartition my sdcard? i just found this sd card . i dont know what class this sdcard is , i guess its around class 4 or 6
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Either try getting it done through recovery or else use Partition software on PC like Minitool Partition Wizard, EaseUS Partition Manager etc.
erase sd card from android..simple..
I'm getting confused between exe2 and exe4.
Which one should I use after partitioning 16gb sd card(Partition space=2GB)?
rust13 said:
I'm getting confused between exe2 and exe4.
Which one should I use after partitioning 16gb sd card(Partition space=2GB)?
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ext4 is the latest so use that ext2 is previous generation,,,,ext4 has many more features file allocations, journaling etc,,,,
I used minitool partition wizard to partition the sd card
since you are partitioning I figured you ll be using link2sd....so chose the memory space wisely...If you are going to move the game to this...the game data tends to increase eg,The Walking Dead
tu5h7r said:
ext4 is the latest so use that ext2 is previous generation,,,,ext4 has many more features file allocations, journaling etc,,,,
I used minitool partition wizard to partition the sd card
since you are partitioning I figured you ll be using link2sd....so chose the memory space wisely...If you are going to move the game to this...the game data tends to increase eg,The Walking Dead
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Hey, thanks for replying. I'm gonna partition my 16gb sd card and I'm thinking of partitioning it through CWM recovery mode.
Will it be fine to allocate 2 gb of space using ext 4?
rust13 said:
Hey, thanks for replying. I'm gonna partition my 16gb sd card and I'm thinking of partitioning it through CWM recovery mode.
Will it be fine to allocate 2 gb of space using ext 4?
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I strongly suggest not to use cwm recovery for partition(I have read that it corrupts the sd card)...do the partition on windows