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Ok, a little background. As we all know, the Evo Shift is sorely lacking on internal data space. I have been using Link2SD with my CWM created 4GB ext3 partition for several weeks. However, Link2SD doesn't allow for linking other folders in /data to save even more internal space. So I installed FolderMount to see if I could use it to link /data/data to my ext partition. Before I started, I made a backup in CWM, as is necessary when messing with stuff you don't know. I rebooted the phone after the backup and linked /data/data with FolderMount and rebooted again. BAM! Bootloop. Ehh, oh well, right? I gotta backup, so no worries. Yeah, I wish. Slam into recovery, start the restore, and get "Error formatting sd-ext!" I'm not too worried, just wipe the SD and recreate the ext partition. Still the same. Try again, making every effort to pay close attention to every detail. Still no dice. I tried doing a fresh format with my PC, going into CWM and formatting SD again, recreate ext partition, try to format it and same error. I even tried throwing the SD card in completely unformatted, just to make sure, and of course CWM didn't even see the SD card at all (duh, but you gotta be sure). I am kinda stuck... I don't have the $$ to buy another 32GB Class10 SD card, and I don't have another SD card to use at all. Can anyone give me any guidance as to maybe something that I have missed or haven't thought of? I'm really scratching my head trying to get around this formatting error. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Ok, nevermind, I figured it out. Main thing was, don't be up for 48 hrs and try messing with your phone. LOL! Second, while CWM will create a 4gb ext3 partition, it doesn't like to format or recognize them correctly. So I opted for a 2gb ext3 partition and I am good to go. This thread can be deleted. Thank you.
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Sorry we couldn't be more help. Lol. Glad you got it worked out.
scrumbleyj said:
Ok, a little background. As we all know, the Evo Shift is sorely lacking on internal data space. I have been using Link2SD with my CWM created 4GB ext3 partition for several weeks. However, Link2SD doesn't allow for linking other folders in /data to save even more internal space. So I installed FolderMount to see if I could use it to link /data/data to my ext partition. Before I started, I made a backup in CWM, as is necessary when messing with stuff you don't know. I rebooted the phone after the backup and linked /data/data with FolderMount and rebooted again. BAM! Bootloop. Ehh, oh well, right? I gotta backup, so no worries. Yeah, I wish. Slam into recovery, start the restore, and get "Error formatting sd-ext!" I'm not too worried, just wipe the SD and recreate the ext partition. Still the same. Try again, making every effort to pay close attention to every detail. Still no dice. I tried doing a fresh format with my PC, going into CWM and formatting SD again, recreate ext partition, try to format it and same error. I even tried throwing the SD card in completely unformatted, just to make sure, and of course CWM didn't even see the SD card at all (duh, but you gotta be sure). I am kinda stuck... I don't have the $$ to buy another 32GB Class10 SD card, and I don't have another SD card to use at all. Can anyone give me any guidance as to maybe something that I have missed or haven't thought of? I'm really scratching my head trying to get around this formatting error. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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Cool you figured it out. I just saw this post, but if it happens in the future, you can try a program Partition Master. I've used it to take an SD card with didn't partitions (ext3 and ext4) to reformat it to a single volume. Plus, you can partition it this way too. I haven't used it in a year or so, but I remember it working when I was just messing around. You have to stick the micro SD card into an adapter and then connect it to your computer as a regular SD card. Then run the program and mess around with it.
Bro, I had tried everything. I used EaseUS Partition Master to reformat, repartition, and all. I checked the CWM log, which I had completely missed, because I had been up working for 48 hours straight. Log showed this error, which I basically commited to memory.
Mke2fs: lseek: Value too large for defined data type
A little more research on that error told me that CWM doesnt like 4gb ext3 partitions. It's weird though, because I've had this 4gb ext3 partition for a while and have flashed many roms and restores without issues. It started after I tried using 2 different symlinking apps. So I just tried a 1gb ext3 partition and everything works. I'll work out the error to get my 4gb partition back when I get some time.
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I've never needed more than 1gb myself. 4gb seems like a lot.
I have a 2GB ext.4 for the tester.
I'm currently running bhundven's herring CM9 with no kernel modifications and CWM 6. I find that the internal storage for this phone is very low and only holds a small amount of applications, especially since many apps seem to not want to install at all (about 3/4 of the time I try to install things, I get either "Package invalid" or "Insufficient space available", which is extremely annoying and might be a separate problem).
Is there any way that I can get sd-ext to work on this phone with this setup? I'd rather not switch kernels (I'd love to get TWRP recovery but the flashable doesn't work for me and I don't want to switch kernels).
cpkelley94 said:
I'm currently running bhundven's herring CM9 with no kernel modifications and CWM 6. I find that the internal storage for this phone is very low and only holds a small amount of applications, especially since many apps seem to not want to install at all (about 3/4 of the time I try to install things, I get either "Package invalid" or "Insufficient space available", which is extremely annoying and might be a separate problem).
Is there any way that I can get sd-ext to work on this phone with this setup? I'd rather not switch kernels (I'd love to get TWRP recovery but the flashable doesn't work for me and I don't want to switch kernels).
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I haven't used it but this app should do the trick.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.codlab.int2ext
Let me know if it works.
I prefer Mounts2SD, which lets you completely configure things. I was running PACman with cache and dalvik offloaded which worked quite well. And free is a good price.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spazedog.mounts2sd
That seems like it just switches the internal and external storage, not making an ext partition on the SD card. But can things like this really be done through an app? I thought these things had to be done through init.d or build.prop scripts.
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The app creates an init file. Or so it appears. Like I said I don't use it. It seems that raze does and I'd defer to him here. Either his app or the one I linked should work fine.
Thanks (given) to both of you. And any ideas on what else might be causing the invalid packages when downloading from the play store? It happens even though I have much more free app space than I would need (eg. I had 119 MB of free space and a 30 MB app download failed).
EDIT: Just tried using Mounts2SD, but it couldn't find the sd-ext partition. Do I need to create that manually, and how?
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Titanium backup had a feature to integrate app updates into the Rom.
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Another way is to create ext4 partition (about 1G is usually enough) on you SD card with free MiniTool Partition Wizard and then use Link2SD to link apps/dalvik to this partition. I've been using it like this for a long time and it works fine. There are plenty of guides on the Web how to do that.
I used CWM or TWRP to create the sd-ext partition. You need to create that first somehow... if MiniTool Partition Wizard will do it without wiping the sdcard, that's better than recovery though.
My method was boot to recovery, mount sdcard, copy everything to computer HD, unmount sdcard, partition sdcard with 2 GB sd-ext (because I wanted lots of space, but I'd probably cut it down to 1 GB next time), mount sdcard, copy everything back from computer HD, unmount sdcard, reboot to system. Then launch Mounts2SD, pick what format you want the sd-ext in (FAT or ext2 are the fastest, but you can take ext3 or ext4 if you're not going to just disable the safety features) and what stuff you want moved over.
Edit: Just found this link, which I haven't used but which explains how to do the sd-ext with MiniTool... apparently MiniTool DOES still wipe the partitions though, so you may as well just use CWM/TWRP and make your life easier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...#using_MiniTool_Partition_Wizard_Home_Edition
Theraze said:
I used CWM or TWRP to create the sd-ext partition. You need to create that first somehow... if MiniTool Partition Wizard will do it without wiping the sdcard, that's better than recovery though.
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MiniTool will wipe the sd card to create the new partition as well. I wish there was a way to do it without wiping the card but there is not. So back that stuff up first.
Madein Cyberspace said:
MiniTool will wipe the sd card to create the new partition as well. I wish there was a way to do it without wiping the card but there is not. So back that stuff up first.
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I used GParted to partition my SD card. NO WIPING. Move, resize, add partitions.
nevkuril said:
Another way is to create ext4 partition (about 1G is usually enough) on you SD card with free MiniTool Partition Wizard and then use Link2SD to link apps/dalvik to this partition. I've been using it like this for a long time and it works fine. There are plenty of guides on the Web how to do that.
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Yes, but our herring kernel does not support EXT4 partition, I tried it myself
and it didn't work. I had to create EXT3 which is supported by almost all kernels.
Eh, my results varied. Worked fine for me with ext4. And worked fine for my wife as well.
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Yes, but our herring kernel does not support EXT4 partition, I tried it myself
and it didn't work. I had to create EXT3 which is supported by almost all kernels.
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The OP says he's running CM9. That's what I'm running but I use Proton kernel as CM9 kernel has a video bug, and ext4 partition works just fine for me. Strange if Bryan really removed ext4 support, it's just a line in the config file.
Successfully made the partitions last night but my phone won't mount the SD card anymore. Was trying ext3, I'll try ext2 and ext4.
EDIT: Fixed the problem, changed my partition to ext2 and set both partitions to "Primary" (not sure which one did the trick).
cpkelley94 said:
Successfully made the partitions last night but my phone won't mount the SD card anymore. Was trying ext3, I'll try ext2 and ext4.
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Make sure that you make the first partition Primary/FAT32. This will be your normal SD card. Just take about 1GB of space from it at the end. Then make second partition Primary/ext4 with size to the end of the card. You can try ext2/3 but I don't think it is really necessary.
MiniTool will NOT wipe your partition if you do it right.
dsexton had a guide posted on how to do it.
Is it worth making a swap partition? If I remember correctly it significantly degrades the life of the SD card (and microSD's are delicate as it is), and I don't know if it would significantly increase performance.
cpkelley94 said:
Is it worth making a swap partition? If I remember correctly it significantly degrades the life of the SD card (and microSD's are delicate as it is), and I don't know if it would significantly increase performance.
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I also created 128MB swap partition, not supported too and not mounted.
I tried to used swapper2 app from the market, but it says not supported by
kernel. Now I lost that space till I feel motivated to format or repartition the SD
card again.
I am using hefe kernel btw on AOKP milestone 6-5.
No swap.
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Hi Friends
Yesterday I flashed my HTC Explorer with CM10.1 Beta 5 ([DEV][ROM][JDQ39E][4.2.2] CyanogenMod 10.1.2 | BETA#5 | 25/07/13 | WILD FOR THE NIGHT) . But with this build my phone is not mounting the second partition of size 2GB (total 16gb card) which I have created from recovery menu. I have tried with the Mini partition tool on windows for FAT32 too, but still its not mounting my either Link2SD, mount2SD or by the kernel (About Phone -> System partion).
Please help me as without mounting the 2nd partition I can not install any other app as very very less space is available after CM 10.1.
Thank you.
Use Int2sd+ for cm10.1
You can Google it & download
Note: you when flash ROM when mount system, data,sd-ext..and make ext3 partition
thekoolanie said:
Use Int2sd+ for cm10.1
You can Google it & download
Note: you when flash ROM when mount system, data,sd-ext..and make ext3 partition
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Its still not working. I wonder, if we can do so many things in CM, why can not we simply integrate the script in to the rom itself. I'm damn sure 100% of HTC explorer users must be searching for a way to increase the internal memory of the phone also now a days sd cards are damn cheap.
There is a link
http://androidicablog.wordpress.com...rnal-memory-script-for-4-2-1-romsgalaxy-mini/
You can see my memory in this attachment
There is a link
http://androidicablog.wordpress.com...rnal-memory-script-for-4-2-1-romsgalaxy-mini/
You can see my memory in this attachment
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There is a link
http://androidicablog.wordpress.com...rnal-memory-script-for-4-2-1-romsgalaxy-mini/
You can see my memory in this attachment
mount2sd NOT mounted SD-EXT on Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos
hi,
I have a rooted Samsung GT-B5512. Init.d and mountd2sd installed.
Android 2.3.6, kernel: 2.6.35.7.
Trying to move a lot to SD card, including some system files since this is a low end device with little memory. Even with apps like link2sd after a large number of apps the int storage was full :/ therefore trying the mount2sd but it doesn't want to mount the sd partition.
The card (16GB) is formatted as follow: 13 GB FAT32, 1 GB EXT3.
In the section Storage\External mount2sd says Not mounted.
the busybox is installed, the startup script too. Driver is set to EXT but most of fields are grayed out.
Please help.
xda_keevvee said:
hi,
I have a rooted Samsung GT-B5512. Init.d and mountd2sd installed.
Android 2.3.6, kernel: 2.6.35.7.
Trying to move a lot to SD card, including some system files since this is a low end device with little memory. Even with apps like link2sd after a large number of apps the int storage was full :/ therefore trying the mount2sd but it doesn't want to mount the sd partition.
The card (16GB) is formatted as follow: 13 GB FAT32, 1 GB EXT3.
In the section Storage\External mount2sd says Not mounted.
the busybox is installed, the startup script too. Driver is set to EXT but most of fields are grayed out.
Please help.
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remove any sd. ext you made..create new ext partition using recovery and try..
shubhojit89 said:
remove any sd. ext you made..create new ext partition using recovery and try..
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thank you, I was struggling with this alone for too long ...
Did as you say but same results. Mount2sd doesn't see the SD-EXT.
FYI - I did not install the ClockworkMod,just run it from the Android recovery shell. Anyway it was able to successfully create partitions on the SD.
Don't know if that matters ...
Do you want me to post any screens, or log files (actually mount2sd log is empty, even though debug mode is checked).
Marek
xda_keevvee said:
thank you, I was struggling with this alone for too long ...
Did as you say but same results. Mount2sd doesn't see the SD-EXT.
FYI - I did not install the ClockworkMod,just run it from the Android recovery shell. Anyway it was able to successfully create partitions on the SD.
Don't know if that matters ...
Do you want me to post any screens, or log files (actually mount2sd log is empty, even though debug mode is checked).
Marek
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ya u can post the screenshots..
vice ereafe
See enclosed. The log file is empty but check the debug
xda_keevvee said:
See enclosed. The log file is empty but check the debug
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create partition through recovery and make it ext4 coz ext4 is mounted easily..
shubhojit89 said:
create partition through recovery and make it ext4 coz ext4 is mounted easily..
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My ClockWordMod (CWM-6102) does only ext3 (did not find setting to change type). I'm not sure is there higher CWM for my cell.
I've made the ext4 using MiniTool Part under Windows but it looks like the Mount2SD does not support ext4 in my case. I can choose ext2, ext3, fat, auto but the ext4 is dimmed (could it be Android kernel related?).
Tried then also sd-ext and FAT, still Not Mounted ...
xda_keevvee said:
My ClockWordMod (CWM-6102) does only ext3 (did not find setting to change type). I'm not sure is there higher CWM for my cell.
I've made the ext4 using MiniTool Part under Windows but it looks like the Mount2SD does not support ext4 in my case. I can choose ext2, ext3, fat, auto but the ext4 is dimmed (could it be Android kernel related?).
Tried then also sd-ext and FAT, still Not Mounted ...
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change to philz recovery.. i m using it for months.. it supports ext4.. ext4 is easily mounted.. i use ext4 and i never faced any kinda issue you r facing..
shubhojit89 said:
change to philz recovery.. i m using it for months.. it supports ext4.. ext4 is easily mounted.. i use ext4 and i never faced any kinda issue you r facing..
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it was kernel thing (BTW - there are very few recovery binaries for this phone, CWM is for example mostly in use as a temporary executed, loaded each tip from ZIP).
I have updated kernel to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913349
and things automatically got mounted (even made a partition using my PC and working same good)
thanks for participation
Hi all...
Im having problem with Link2sd after resizing the second partition.
What I had done:
Before resizing the partition I copied all the files from ext partition to my desktop
I resized the partition to a smaller one, from 4.5 gb to 3.5.
The total filesize in this partition was under 2 gig.
Using minipartition tool I deleted the ext partition.
Resized my existing fat partition to 4 gb and created ext partition with rest of the space
Ext partition was created as primary.
Now I copied back all the files from desktop to sd card.
But everytime I start with my sdcard, Samsung logo keeps showing after boit sound.
I waited for 5 minutes but nothing happnd.
I started without sdcard. And tried recreating mount script.But the same problem.
How to overcome this problem. Do I need to start from the beginning? ?
My device Samsung Galaxy Fame 6812.
Running jb 4.1 Stock ROM definitely Rooted.
droidshan said:
Hi all...
Im having problem with Link2sd after resizing the second partition.
What I had done:
Before resizing the partition I copied all the files from ext partition to my desktop
I resized the partition to a smaller one, from 4.5 gb to 3.5.
The total filesize in this partition was under 2 gig.
Using minipartition tool I deleted the ext partition.
Resized my existing fat partition to 4 gb and created ext partition with rest of the space
Ext partition was created as primary.
Now I copied back all the files from desktop to sd card.
But everytime I start with my sdcard, Samsung logo keeps showing after boit sound.
I waited for 5 minutes but nothing happnd.
I started without sdcard. And tried recreating mount script.But the same problem.
How to overcome this problem. Do I need to start from the beginning? ?
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Whats the phone you're talking about?
LS.xD said:
Whats the phone you're talking about?
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Oopss. Im really sorry for not specifying device model..
My device Samsung Galaxy Fame 6812.
Running jb 4.1 Stock ROM definitely Rooted.
droidshan said:
Oopss. Im really sorry for not specifying device model..
My device Samsung Galaxy Fame 6812.
Running jb 4.1 Stock ROM definitely Rooted.
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The operation to link storage to ext partition is scripted. Ext4 partition has to be formatted once after installing the script to work properly. Link2SD performs this when setting up. You can try formatting the SD-Ext partition using your custom recovery but i suppose you will have to set up the ext partition again usning Link2SD
LS.xD said:
The operation to link storage to ext partition is scripted. Ext4 partition has to be formatted once after installing the script to work properly. Link2SD performs this when setting up. You can try formatting the SD-Ext partition using your custom recovery but i suppose you will have to set up the ext partition again usning Link2SD
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Yes, I copied the files back to ext partition after formatting the partition.
Do I need to start from the scratch?
Did you Format it using the custom recovery?
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No custom recovery, running with stock recovery. I had no problem when I first started link2sd with no apos linked.
I formatted the ext partition from mini partition tool
droidshan said:
No custom recovery, running with stock recovery. I had no problem when I first started link2sd with no apos linked.
I formatted the ext partition from mini partition tool
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Seems as you need to set up the partition via Link2SD again
LS.xD said:
Seems as you need to set up the partition via Link2SD again
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Yes!! I had cleaned up the second partition from linked2sd. And rebooted.
Phone boots normally with basic apps..
Now I tapped " relink all files " frm link2sd . And copied one apk file from my backup & rebooted
Bingo!!! That app linked 2 sd .. now copying rest of the apps..
Thanks for helping me..
Hi guys,
I have a rooted HTC Wildfire S with a stock ROM and I have setup an 2nd partition formatted to EXT2, which I use for a really cool app called Link2SD.
Problem is I've underestimated an appropriate size for this 2nd partition and I'm come to the situation of having 10MB left. As I have a 32GB SD card I would like extend this partition, but without losing the data, is this possible?
I have ClockworkMOD as my recovery and this is what I used to initially partition the SD card. However, what I would like to know is if I will lose the data on both partitions of the card if I attempt to do this?
Much help appreciated,
Will
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Anyone?
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willowen100 said:
Hi guys,
I have a rooted HTC Wildfire S with a stock ROM and I have setup an 2nd partition formatted to EXT2, which I use for a really cool app called Link2SD.
Problem is I've underestimated an appropriate size for this 2nd partition and I'm come to the situation of having 10MB left. As I have a 32GB SD card I would like extend this partition, but without losing the data, is this possible?
I have ClockworkMOD as my recovery and this is what I used to initially partition the SD card. However, what I would like to know is if I will lose the data on both partitions of the card if I attempt to do this?
Much help appreciated,
Will
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If you are on linux then your ext2 partition will be detected and you can see the contents inside it and backup it..
If on Windows there is a software called EXt2IFS something like that..
Install it.. It will be able to detect your ext partition.. Then you can backup..
Related to your extended partition thing..
Yes you have create partition again.. This will end up reformatting your card and partitioning again..
Thank you very much for your reply. I have another question. When I tried to backup my EXT2 partition in the past for something else using Linux, it said I needed root permission. I managed to gain root access by right clicking on the enclosing folder and selecting open as root user option. However, when I tried to restore the contents back to the SD card all my linked app files that LinkSD made weren't working. How do I get around this if I decide to use Linux again?, Though if I use the Windows program, will I be able to get root access at all?
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willowen100 said:
Thank you very much for your reply. I have another question. When I tried to backup my EXT2 partition in the past for something else using Linux, it said I needed root permission. I managed to gain root access by right clicking on the enclosing folder and selecting open as root user option. However, when I tried to restore the contents back to the SD card all my linked app files that LinkSD made weren't working. How do I get around this if I decide to use Linux again?, Though if I use the Windows program, will I be able to get root access at all?
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Well buddy seriously to say i wouldn't recommend to restore that ext partition.. As you are saying you want to restore your config of Link2sd.. Well to say it will not work cz the system links get disturbed due to removal of partition or modify..
well best to say i would recommend to take a backup of your ROM then partition the card..
Well to say i would recommend to you first switch off your phone.. Put it in card reader then partition it..
Restore the backup then see if it works.. I think you are on stock rom..
You can try this method:
1. Make a backup of your current ROM Using the recovery..
2. Switch off the phone then put it in card reader.. Re partition your card using card reader..
3. Then restore the backup..
See if this works..
shubhojit89 said:
Well buddy seriously to say i wouldn't recommend to restore that ext partition.. As you are saying you want to restore your config of Link2sd.. Well to say it will not work cz the system links get disturbed due to removal of partition or modify..
well best to say i would recommend to take a backup of your ROM then partition the card..
Well to say i would recommend to you first switch off your phone.. Put it in card reader then partition it..
Restore the backup then see if it works.. I think you are on stock rom..
You can try this method:
1. Make a backup of your current ROM Using the recovery..
2. Switch off the phone then put it in card reader.. Re partition your card using card reader..
3. Then restore the backup..
See if this works..
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Cheers pal. I will let you know how it goes later on, because I'm not near a PC at the moment to copy the nandroid backup from CWM to my HDD. I'd rather be extra safe and make a backup of a backup as the re-partition will most likely wipe the whole SD card.
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I hope You find some solution for extending ext2 partition.Tomorrow I hard worked to do it with some solutions via web source.finaly I successfuly did it.tutorials You can find on above link...
http://blog.mwpreston.net/2012/06/2...with-gparted-and-getting-swap-out-of-the-way/