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hello DEVELOPERS !
SO I need help with: -Format-signed.zip folder- when you flash it from recovery on Nexus One is DELETE everything (format /data /system /cache and /sd-ext) INSTEAD WIPE, unfortunately this FORMAT.zip doesn't working with Nexus S
Can some one rebuild this ? so it's gonna work for us?

YOU CAN SAY: I can go into CWR and select Mounts and manually format /data /system /cache and /sd-ext
TRY TO FORMAT and restart the phone....u phone gonna boot...+(sd-ext always gives error when u wipe, or format it)
after "my" format you phone gonna stack on boot loader....because it's nothing there !

[Q] help with sd-ext partition

I've tried a few different roms on my SK4g, ODIN'd it twice in the process of trying roms.. I decided I'd try the 0bloat rom and saw it supports the sd-ext..
I created a 2048mb sd-ext partition in the RED clockwork recovery partition SD card under advanced.
should it not show up under mounts and storage? I just have:
unmount /cache
mount /data
mount /sdcard
unmount /system
format /cache
format /data
format /sdcard
format /system
mount USB storage
Under the instructions for "Stock 0 bloat KJ2" it says it supports the sd-ext partition. However I don't see it and it doesn't seem to be recognized by the phone.. I took my sdcard out and plugged it into a computer and the sd-ext partition mounts fine and it's listed as ext3.
any suggestions would be appreciated.
G

uh..
so nobody else does this? no suggestions?

it wont show up under mounts and storage, and isnt even mounted on the phone yet. download an app from the market called LINK2SD. when you first start the app, it will ask what type of partition you have (ext2, ext3, ext4, or FAT32). pick whichever one you have. after a moment, it will say something about mount script created and tell you to restart your device to mount the partition. reboot and the partition should be mounted. you can then install apps to that partition.

sidekick_fanatic said:
it wont show up under mounts and storage, and isnt even mounted on the phone yet. download an app from the market called LINK2SD. when you first start the app, it will ask what type of partition you have (ext2, ext3, ext4, or FAT32). pick whichever one you have. after a moment, it will say something about mount script created and tell you to restart your device to mount the partition. reboot and the partition should be mounted. you can then install apps to that partition.
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Works! Thanks for the great information.
Greg

[Q] What would I need to change to move /data and /cache?

My Droid Incredible has died. Its NAND, mmcblk0 has gone bad. The /data, /cache, and partition tables can no longer be written to.
What tells Android which partitions to use as /data and /cache? Is it possible that I could create ext3 and ext2 partitions on the sdcard and map them as /data and /cache?

Huawei Ascend G330 U8825-1 resize internal partitions to gain space for apps

the g330 comes with a reasonable storage. But there is not enough space for apps on /data. The internal sd-card got a lot of space. resizing /data (part. 18) may be critical and requires another recovery image. So my idea is to log in the phone, start fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0, delete internal sd-card partition (19), then create a e.g. 1 GB partition with ext4, which I will mount on /data/app, and give the rest to a new partition 20 for internal sd-card.
I think this approach is more fail-save and can be done quite fast. I have to change just init.rc to add one mount and vold.fstab. Has somebody tried this?
yes, i know, the dalvik-cache and /data/data will still load the /data partition, and app2sd would save the same space from /data. But app2sd needs one mount for each app (at least in GB), so booting takes very long time and I have to wait until I can launch an app.
I read sometimes, the kernel get the offsets of the partitions of flash as parameters when booted - so some offsets would be wrong when I change the partion table. This would cause to fail mount /data/app - what about this?

rregn said:
the g330 comes with a reasonable storage. But there is not enough space for apps on /data. The internal sd-card got a lot of space. resizing /data (part. 18) may be critical and requires another recovery image. So my idea is to log in the phone, start fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0, delete internal sd-card partition (19), then create a e.g. 1 GB partition with ext4, which I will mount on /data/app, and give the rest to a new partition 20 for internal sd-card.
I think this approach is more fail-save and can be done quite fast. I have to change just init.rc to add one mount and vold.fstab. Has somebody tried this?
yes, i know, the dalvik-cache and /data/data will still load the /data partition, and app2sd would save the same space from /data. But app2sd needs one mount for each app (at least in GB), so booting takes very long time and I have to wait until I can launch an app.
I read sometimes, the kernel get the offsets of the partitions of flash as parameters when booted - so some offsets would be wrong when I change the partion table. This would cause to fail mount /data/app - what about this?
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I tried this and it works
its for g300 but it works on g330
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=428466
sorry, its in spanish haha use the google tranlator

xals1997 said:
I tried this and it works
its for g300 but it works on g330
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=428466
sorry, its in spanish haha use the google tranlator
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Did i get the idea? You use link2SD (from Bülent Akpinar) , but instead of using a 2nd partition of the external SD-card with ext2, you use the internal SD-card for link2SD?
But i heard that link2SD need a ext2/3 partition? Also, in my version of link2SD there is:
mount -t ext2 -o rw /dev/block/vold/179:2 ...
btw. how is /system/etc/install-recovery.sh triggered

Encryption Unsuccesful

Hello!
Recently I recevied "Encryption Unseccesful" message on my phone. I tried to restore backup, but twrp says: "failed to mount /data". So, internal storage is dead. Found this. But cant find "repartition" menu in the cwm.
Questions is:
1. Do I need older versions of cwm to repartition sdcard? (If you have one, please share )
2. Is there any ways of recovering phone?
Thanks in advance!

no, just go to TWRP, Wipe, Format internal sdcard

sandpox said:
no, just go to TWRP, Wipe, Format internal sdcard
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tried this, but I think internal storage is corrupted. Is there a way to use sdcard as internal storage?

you can use sd card for apps and other stuff, but as I knoe cannot be used for system files

I made 2 partitions on sd:
4gb fat32
4gb ext4
But I cant bind /data to this ext4 partition. Can you help, please?
What i did:
With TWRP's terminal:
Code:
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /data
- Invalid argument (dunno why)
Code:
ln -s /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /data
- but on phone boot i receive same "encryption unsuccesful" screen.
Edited /etc/fstab - same result.
Files and mount after reboot turn back to its previous condition.
Also installed stock ROM - same message screen.
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I got advice that i must do this things with init.d scripts. How can I do this? Already tried "xda's app2sd scripts" but they works if phone completely boots in OS.

remosam said:
you can use sd card for apps and other stuff, but as I knoe cannot be used for system files
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Why not? I want only mount /data on sd without booting in OS. Other partitions like /system surprisingly work right, because i can flash ROM (stock, CM), but always receive - "cant mount /data"

blind_aquila said:
Why not? I want only mount /data on sd without booting in OS. Other partitions like /system surprisingly work right, because i can flash ROM (stock, CM), but always receive - "cant mount /data"
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asked sostk or noname

@blind_aquila
try to flash stock rom with odin