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[Q]How to expand my expand storage capacity?

Hi can someone properly guide me how to expand my storage capacity on my galaxy fit with razordoid v4.
I have checked other threads but they are more or less confusing... :/
I'd appreciate if someone could put the apps i need and the steps required in order to do that.
Thank you very much for the support!

Do you have a sd ext partition?
If not, refer the guide in my sig...
From what i know, razodroid has a memory hack, so you just need a working sd partition...
Do not use Link2sd or other apps, since razodroid should set up the memory hack itself...

a.cid said:
Do you have a sd ext partition?
If not, refer the guide in my sig...
From what i know, razodroid has a memory hack, so you just need a working sd partition...
Do not use Link2sd or other apps, since razodroid should set up the memory hack itself...
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In your guide you mentioned ext3, but on razordroid i see that they talk a lot about ext4. What is all that about ?

Ext 3 and 4 are different file systems...
When you format system while installing a custom rom, cwm partitions it to ext4...
And when you partition sd with cwm, then the sd partition is ext3...
Try it...
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If raj has given specific instructions on partitioning, then follow those (tell me also)...my guide is as general as it can be...
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a.cid said:
If raj has given specific instructions on partitioning, then follow those (tell me also)...my guide is as general as it can be...
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Hardly found any specific advice about that so i'll stick to the basics and i can't post on the dev forum yet (new member limitation or smth) to ask directly there.
Atm i am backing up my system and application data for making the partition.
Also regarding your thoughts on shdc maybe in 1-2 years UHS-I and II will work with smartphones for faster transfer rates.

Its very easy.
Just do backup of all your sd card data(copy all your sd card to your pc).-IMPORTANT
Then boot in clockwork mod recovery and go in partition sd card option.(Its in mount and storage or advanced)
Then it will ask for your confirmation to format sd card. Selact yes.
Then you will be asked to set the value of partition. Then select 1024M(which means 1gb)
Then proceed further. Partitioning takes quite a long time so dont panic.
After its done and after rebooting device, in settings>sd card and phone storage, you will find that the sd card total space will be 1gb lesser than before(ex. If u have 7.32gb memory then it will become 6.32gb)
This tells that partition is complete. Now flash razodroid 4 and the memory hack patch and you will get 1gb of internal memory
Best of luck

K did all that but:
i had already installed razordroid v4. And although the partition was made ( i chose only 512, not that it would matter) it didn't increase the internal storage with 512. Can i do that manually? I woudn't want to flash razord again....

hangman04 said:
K did all that but:
i had already installed razordroid v4. And although the partition was made ( i chose only 512, not that it would matter) it didn't increase the internal storage with 512. Can i do that manually? I woudn't want to flash razord again....
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If you chose 512m then its ok. Ultimately it depends on users choice. And internal memory will become 512 mb only. The rom itself takes some internal memory by which you will not see complete 512 mb remaining under the internal phone storage option.

hangman04 said:
K did all that but:
i had already installed razordroid v4. And although the partition was made ( i chose only 512, not that it would matter) it didn't increase the internal storage with 512. Can i do that manually? I woudn't want to flash razord again....
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You would have to flash razo again...
The memory hack is implemented at first boot...
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Reflashed. It didn.t work. Whne deleting cache and data is it possible to delete the partition settings?

Reflashed. It didn.t work. Whne deleting cache and data is it possible to delete the partition settings?
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Partition isn't "soft"...
Even after data wipe, your partition shall remain, though it would be wiped too...
And just check how much internal memory you have...(from the default task manager)...
@people who've flashed razo - memory hack isn't optional...??
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I have the same problem. I made a partition of 1 gb, i can see it is mounted, and when i flash razodroid, the internal memory is 178 Mb, But the sd card shows 1gb less. What can I do?

Can someone who has flashed the rom say whether memory hack is included or optional?
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In the dev page raj says that it is included..

Its not included in the rom. It needs to be flashed seperately. But i hav not tried it.
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srady89 said:
I have the same problem. I made a partition of 1 gb, i can see it is mounted, and when i flash razodroid, the internal memory is 178 Mb, But the sd card shows 1gb less. What can I do?
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Once you have partitioned your sd card you will always see and have 1gb less memory.

djbjpanchal said:
Its not included in the rom. It needs to be flashed seperately. But i hav not tried it.
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This explains it then...
Its not included, so either flash the memory hack, or use your preferred hacks/scripts/apps to make use of your sd ext partition...
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Can you please give a link to memory hack for razodroid 4 ?
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srady89 said:
Can you please give a link to memory hack for razodroid 4 ?
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Have no idea, in the description the mem hack is said to be included. And there is no parch. Anyway i PMed Raj and asked him to comment in this thread... He should be able to help us ...

[NEED HELP] Partitioning SD Card

Hello all, i want to partition my 8gb sd card (class 4) but dunno how to do it perfectly coz diz my 1st time. Actually browsing XDA , i gone through tassadar's multirom. This is d need for partition !!
wat is the idle size of partition for 8gb ?? & wat is the process ??
Edit: m using clockwork recovery 5.0.2.7 touch.
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I was going to cr8 thread of same doubt.
I also waana partition my sd card. 8Gb class 4..1.5 gb space left.
And i also need pros and cons of partition.
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Me too I had looooooooooooots of doubts but after I partitioned it today regretted every moment without ext!!!!!!
So I partitioned it through CWM 256 ext and 32 swap and when using link2sd it's exactly like apps are in /data(widgets...)
I don't know about risks coz I didn't face any
PM me for any question I'm ready to help!

I too have a doubt when I partitioning my SD card all my data in it will gonna erase
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Yes, partitioning your SD card will format it and erase everything on it, so back it up first.
The point of an ext partition is to extend the internal memory, so you can load it up with apps and not run out of internal storage. This comes in handy on the ov which has very little internal memory to begin with. With an ext partition, you can use apps like link2sd to create symbolic links to your apps, so they can be on the sd card, but the "think" they are on the internal. This way you can move apps that can't be normally moved to the sd, or use widgets, which need to be on the internal memory. I, however like cronmod's ext scripts. They can be put in the init.d of some roms, and they will move your data partition, and/or dalvik, and/or data/apps to the ext. That way you don't have to manage apps like with link2sd. In a sense, it's like adding straight to the internal memory.
To partition your sd card, the easiest thing is to do it from a custom recovery. You won't get to choose the filesystem, but you can choose the size of the ext partition and swap. Keep swap at zero, as most phones here won't use it. Set your ext partition to ~10% of the size of the sd card.
If you want a different filesystem than your recovery gives you, you can use the minitool partition wizard on your pc with a card reader:
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Is swap partition really helpful for low ram devices and O1??
Do we need to use any script to use of swap memory or is it done automatically??!
Edit: Good info about swap partition.

hope this can help you!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2059900

rr0yy said:
Is swap partition really helpful for low ram devices and O1??
Do we need to use any script to use of swap memory or is it done automatically??!
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Actually swap is not needed for o1.Even on ics i have about 150-200 mb of free ram most of the time,and if u make swap partition u'll get even more free ram.But remember unused ram or free ram is nothing but waste of ram in linux,unlike windows.

Can make partion without formating sd card?
I don't have pc and can't even go to cyber or friends home till April
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virusshah1997 said:
Can make partion without formating sd card?
I don't have pc and can't even go to cyber or friends home till April
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Have 10th board exams?
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Finally my sd card partition with 512mb ext & 0mb swap formatted. Used cwm 5.0.2.7 touch recovery.(very easy) :beer:
Now m using GB as well as ICS via multiRom at 1 fone lg P500 (dual boot)
ITZ AWESOME !!
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akiratoriyama said:
Have 10th board exams?
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Yeah
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virusshah1997 said:
Yeah
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Me too
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Finally got it ,was trying for such a long time but wasn't able to..

[RESOLVED] How to resize my sdcard Partition.

Hi Guys,
I hv a 256 MB partition created on my Sdcard but want to increase it to 512 MB...Tried looking for an option in recovery mode but could'nt find anything.
Could you guys pls help me in repartitioning my sdcard.
- Have tried searching xda on the captioned topic but could'nt find any convincing post.
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Use GParted

Junior Einstein said:
Use GParted
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ThanX Einstein
will try & let you know...

Re: How to resize my sdcard Partition.
Hey Einstein,
I downloaded Gparted but found that i need to create a bootable image & than use it
Will it work if I drop my current ext & create a new partition with 512 mb using the good old CWM
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Re: How to resize my sdcard Partition.
You just repartition through cwm(tried it myself before). Just like a first time partitioning
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borchaniz said:
You just repartition through cwm(tried it myself before). Just like a first time partitioning
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Hi Borchaniz....i have a few queries...
1. How should i delete my current ext partition...could'nt find any option in CWM to delete the partition.
2. if i go ahead & direclty follow the first time partitioning process what will happen to my existing partition...wil that be part of my new sd-ext
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Re: How to resize my sdcard Partition.
Your SD card will be formatted, old partition deleted, new partition created.
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Just in case it isn't clear, you will lose all data on the sd card when you repartition. If you use gparted, you can accomplish the same thing, while preserving the data.

Re: How to resize my sdcard Partition.
DpAk007 said:
Hi Borchaniz....i have a few queries...
1. How should i delete my current ext partition...could'nt find any option in CWM to delete the partition.
2. if i go ahead & direclty follow the first time partitioning process what will happen to my existing partition...wil that be part of my new sd-ext
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Copy your all data from SD card.
Go to Phone Settings> Storage Settings> Unmount SD card> Erase SD card.
This will delete all your old partitions from SD card.
Now reboot in CWM recovery and partition your SD card according to your need.
Restore your data.
Cheers!!!

Use minipartition tool from a PC, connect your phone as usb storage and it will resize your sd card partition without formatting.

Success
ThanX for the Help Guys...
I have successfully resized my partition to 512 MB using ClockworkMod Recovery. As mentioned by "upconvert"...old partition deleted, new partition created.
Would like to share my experience with the below tools...
GParted - Itz an 100 MB ISO file & after downloading got to know that it can be used only from Boot mode :bad:
MiniTool Partition - This one has a pretty neat UI & the setup is sized just 14 MB. The problem here was the Resize option didn't work for me. Not sure on the exact reason , maybe it requires the memory card to be connected using a card Reader & not as a USB storage.
Phone :- Lg Optimus One
ROM :- HoneyWizz by Kssood & Kukde
--> Hit Thanx if i Helped you by anyway

DpAk007 said:
ThanX for the Help Guys...
I have successfully resized my partition to 512 MB using ClockworkMod Recovery. As mentioned by "upconvert"...old partition deleted, new partition created.
Would like to share my experience with the below tools...
GParted - Itz an 100 MB ISO file & after downloading got to know that it can be used only from Boot mode :bad:
MiniTool Partition - This one has a pretty neat UI & the setup is sized just 14 MB. The problem here was the Resize option didn't work for me. Not sure on the exact reason , maybe it requires the memory card to be connected using a card Reader & not as a USB storage.
Phone :- Lg Optimus One
ROM :- HoneyWizz by Kssood & Kukde
--> Hit Thanx if i Helped you by anyway
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I don't know why minitool partition didn,t work, I personally used it on a phone connected as usb storage. Maybe there is a problem with order of operations (delete one partition before resize the other etc. but i'm not sure).
Anyway I'm happy that you solved your problem.

rodem77 said:
Use minipartition tool from a PC, connect your phone as usb storage and it will resize your sd card partition without formatting.
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Can you provide a tutorial on how to do that? I have a 16 GB SD card. Out of the 14GB available, 13GB is my main partition. 1 GB is my app partition. I want to increase the app partition without formatting my SD Card.
Thanks!

MiniTool Partition Wizard 10 worked perfectly for resizing a 16GB to 64GB for the kids' Kindle Fire tablet. I initially cloned the 16GB partition to the 64GB using WinDiskImager32, then resized it afterwards.

Increasing Internal Memory Problem

I want to increase my internal memory of htc explorer,
Using Mini Cm9 rom and mount2sd script but when I cross 150mb limit then it shows "Sd Card unexpectedly removed" I searched a lot but did not find any help..
I am using 16gb sandisk sd card
2gb ext2 partition.....Any Help

maksuperlink said:
I want to increase my internal memory of htc explorer,
Using Mini Cm9 rom and mount2sd script but when I cross 150mb limit then it shows "Sd Card unexpectedly removed" I searched a lot but did not find any help..
I am using 16gb sandisk sd card
2gb ext2 partition.....Any Help
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use int2ext..
google it...extract on pc..search the 40int2ext..copy to sd card..
using root browser copy it system/etc/init.d folder...set permissions...TICK ALL..reboot

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amit.lohar said:
use int2ext..
google it...extract on pc..search the 40int2ext..copy to sd card..
using root browser copy it system/etc/init.d folder...set permissions...TICK ALL..reboot
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I tried this but that did not work.......although same things happen with link2sd and any built in script in roms like nextgen and jaggy........while sd card work in mobile perfectly...

maksuperlink said:
I tried this but that did not work.......although same things happen with link2sd and any built in script in roms like nextgen and jaggy........while sd card work in mobile perfectly...
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kind of not so..i havnt used this rom...
post in the thread bro...or on fb grp

maksuperlink said:
I want to increase my internal memory of htc explorer,
Using Mini Cm9 rom and mount2sd script but when I cross 150mb limit then it shows "Sd Card unexpectedly removed" I searched a lot but did not find any help..
I am using 16gb sandisk sd card
2gb ext2 partition.....Any Help
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is it happening on minicm9 only or other roms too?

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Affangta said:
is it happening on minicm9 only or other roms too?
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This is happend to just mini cm9 in other roms display gone off and soft keys keep brightening....solution restart the phone.......very irritating

maksuperlink said:
This is happend to just mini cm9 in other roms display gone off and soft keys keep brightening....solution restart the phone.......very irritating
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& what about stock rom, does that one work well? if you have these issues in stock rom too than maybe it's a hardware problem.

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Affangta said:
& what about stock rom, does that one work well? if you have these issues in stock rom too than maybe it's a hardware problem.
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Stock and all other roms works good and this problem only occur when I want to increase my internal memory......:silly:
looks like problem with my sd card I also tried another card but this slow down pico to hell......

maksuperlink said:
Stock and all other roms works good and this problem only occur when I want to increase my internal memory......:silly:
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try aries kernel then..but you'll need 2 ext4 partitions for your sd card.

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Affangta said:
try aries kernel then..but you'll need 2 ext4 partitions for your sd card.
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I am on ext2 partition...please explain why ext4.....

maksuperlink said:
I am on ext2 partition...please explain why ext4.....
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because it is recommended by kernel developer..& you have one external partition, make it two.

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Affangta said:
because it is recommended by kernel developer..& you have one external partition, make it two.
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How to make 2 ext partition......I am using Mini tool for partition..........and sizes of partition????

1-create sd-data partition ext4 as primary 1gb
2-create sd-cache partition ext4 as primary 70mb

mount2sd
i m having trouble using mount2sd. whenever i try to move data or cache to ext the phone gets laggy even after reboot

help with creating partition

Hi
i saw that im can incrase phone internal memory by a partition
how can i'm do it?
beacause im saw a tutorial on cm11 post
and how much partiton size i can choose?
because im saw that im can do 512mb partiton
and 1024 mb partiton
and if i making partiton the apps will removed?

If you create a partition all the stuff on you SD card will be removed.
512 MB should be enough for most people IMHO.
You can create a partition by using Partition Manager.
Regards,
akiratoriyama
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akiratoriyama said:
If you create a partition all the stuff on you SD card will be removed.
512 MB should be enough for most people IMHO.
You can create a partition by using Partition Manager.
Regards,
akiratoriyama
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Hi
im want to make a partiton because im installed cm11 on lg p500
and cm11 has not enough mb in internal memory
im found that tutorial http://www.noypigeeks.com/android/tutorial-a-guide-to-link2sd/
if im do it, im can install many apps?
sorry about the english, im from israel

eran32 said:
Hi
im want to make a partiton because im installed cm11 on lg p500
and cm11 has not enough mb in internal memory
im found that tutorial http://www.noypigeeks.com/android/tutorial-a-guide-to-link2sd/
if im do it, im can install many apps?
sorry about the english, im from israel
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No probs
XDA is a global community and as long as your English is understandable you're good to go
That guide should work and yes a partition will allow you to install many apps.
Regards,
akiratoriyama
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akiratoriyama said:
No probs
XDA is a global community and as long as your English is understandable you're good to go
That guide should work and yes a partition will allow you to install many apps.
Regards,
akiratoriyama
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thanks man, im try it

From my experience if you want to partition your SD Card, it's best if you first backup all you SD Card data to other storage, and then partition it using Partition Manager or Recovery like CMW, and than you copy back your data to the SD Card. On some occasion (twice to be exact) I found that partitioning you SD Card using Partition Manager without backup and clean up/delete all partition before creating second partition will reasult in read only second partition on android.

ayrus02 said:
From my experience if you want to partition your SD Card, it's best if you first backup all you SD Card data to other storage, and then partition it using Partition Manager or Recovery like CMW, and than you copy back your data to the SD Card. On some occasion (twice to be exact) I found that partitioning you SD Card using Partition Manager without backup and clean up/delete all partition before creating second partition will reasult in read only second partition on android.
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I noticed that too.It rendered my SDcard unreadable on CM11.I had to use other phone running JB to format it.
Also doesn't partitioning memory card formats SD card before partitioning (Except gParted)
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eran32 said:
Hi
i saw that im can incrase phone internal memory by a partition
how can i'm do it?
beacause im saw a tutorial on cm11 post
and how much partiton size i can choose?
because im saw that im can do 512mb partiton
and 1024 mb partiton
and if i making partiton the apps will removed?
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You meant external (sdcard-ext2) memory? Then follow @akiratoriyama suggestion. Internal memory /data partition is fix, 200MB. And it's dangerous to repartition, AFAIK.
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sorry for the up
but im need help
i want to do it on my lg p500
but someone can give me tutorial that work?
because cm11 have not enough space in internal memory

Which ROM did you intent to use? And what version of android do u use?