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How do you create the FAT32 / EXT2 combo partitions??

i need help on this to install apps on my sd card

I've been meaning to ask this for a while as well, but was shy to ask and make a thread about it.
How would you create one on a mac?

im wondering how to create them on WINDOWS XP

I have read all around on this subject and from what I've read its not possible for windows xp users.

you can create it on windows using Paragon Partition Manager 9. Make sure you partition the sd card using a microSD reader, because issues will arise if you try to partition with your memory card still connected to your G1.

85Mario85 said:
im wondering how to create them on WINDOWS XP
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Use Paragon Patition Manager 9 for XP then you can make all the partitions you want

Is this the program i need? I want to be sure you say use a disk reader i have the one built into my P.C is that o.k?
http://www.partition-manager.com/

I had problems with this to both the ubuntu live cd and partition maneger works for me. But i had to make sure my init.rc had
mount ext2 /dev/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd noatime nodiratime
not
mount ext2 /dev/mmcblk0p2 /sd noatime nodiratime
Finaly to mwke the partitions in windows i used HP USB format tool to format the card as fat16 and then detleted the partition in partiton maneger and created my FAT32 and EXT2 partitions (*make shure you hit apply*) in partition maneger

manup456 said:
Is this the program i need? I want to be sure you say use a disk reader i have the one built into my P.C is that o.k?
http://www.partition-manager.com/
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Yes that is the program you use. It is very easy to use. Good Luck!

cchap07 said:
Yes that is the program you use. It is very easy to use. Good Luck!
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I used this program to try to partition my sd card, I made the partitions, applied them, it finished. I put all my stuff back on my sd card, put it back in my G1 I tried to flash the update.zip and it said no update.zip. I was like wtf, so I put the sd card back in my comp and it said this card is not formatted. I had to use a program to recover everything on it, and havent tried again since. What went wrong?

do you got root? if so, then check the partition table using fdisk:
# fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0
Command (m for help): p
the "p" option prints the partition table for the device you specified when invoking fdisk (your SD card). you should have two partitions listed - one using a Win95 FAT32 filesystem (hex ID "b"), and a second partition labeled as a Linux partition (hex ID "83). Here's my partition table if you want to try to match it up to your own:
Code:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 218751 7000024 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 218752 249296 977440 83 Linux
So long as that all looks good, it *should* work. I think i used gparted when i partitioned my SD card. I have a theory that you can do it through fdisk too, directly on the G1, but i didn't really spend too much time trying this.

.haNk said:
do you got root? if so, then check the partition table using fdisk:
# fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0
Command (m for help): p
the "p" option prints the partition table for the device you specified when invoking fdisk (your SD card). you should have two partitions listed - one using a Win95 FAT32 filesystem (hex ID "b"), and a second partition labeled as a Linux partition (hex ID "83). Here's my partition table if you want to try to match it up to your own:
Code:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 218751 7000024 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 218752 249296 977440 83 Linux
So long as that all looks good, it *should* work. I think i used gparted when i partitioned my SD card. I have a theory that you can do it through fdisk too, directly on the G1, but i didn't really spend too much time trying this.
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Thanks, but wtf, it says I have 4 partitions, and it doesnt know the system, on Partition Manager it says 1 last time I checked

AsaSpades said:
I used this program to try to partition my sd card, I made the partitions, applied them, it finished. I put all my stuff back on my sd card, put it back in my G1 I tried to flash the update.zip and it said no update.zip. I was like wtf, so I put the sd card back in my comp and it said this card is not formatted. I had to use a program to recover everything on it, and havent tried again since. What went wrong?
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I have no idea, but the same thing happened to me and I just repartitioned it and retried it with only the update.zip and it worked. If you dont have your sd card partitioned just copy everything you have on it to your computer, erase the current formatting and try it again. It should work. Good luck!

AsaSpades said:
Thanks, but wtf, it says I have 4 partitions, and it doesnt know the system, on Partition Manager it says 1 last time I checked
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You can try to follow these instructions that I wrote on another thread.
Back up any data that you can because this will erase it all.
Ok so Open Paragon, click ADVANCED PARTITIONING on bottom right, on your sd card right click on the partition and click Delete partition. Then Delete all other partitions on the SD card.
After you have deleted them all, click on the apply button on the top of Paragon. Then after that is finished, right click on the sd card and click create partition. The first drop down box will say: Create Partition as: and select Primary Partition. Then select the size you want the FAT32 Partition to be and on the Second drop down box select FAT 32. Then click yes.
Then Right click on the sd card again on the part that says (unallocated) and click Create partition. Select the partition as primary, and this time select the Linux Ext2 option of the second drop down box. Then click yes. Finally, Click on the top button to apply changes (Green Check mark) and you are done partitioning. Then just follow these instructions.
BTW the Ext2 partition has to be less than 2GB.
Good Luck!

yeah dude, i would say just give it another try in partition manager. if that don't work, then i guess you can try using a Linux live CD (or USB...) to partition it. just don't accidentally reformat your hard drive. make sure you select the option to manually setup your partition table, and then make sure you're working with the SD card and not your HDD. i've seen too many people wipe their hard drives on accident.

alright ill jus try it again, after its partitoned correctly will the sd card directory be different? Like would there be a folder for Ext2 or no?

nah, you won't see an additional folder. the second partition (EXT2) will be mounted under /system/sd, so you won't see it unless you specifically browse to it. if you want to make sure that it partitioned and mounted correctly, run the 'mount' command as root on your phone. you should see /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 mounted to /system/sd.

hmmm its not letting me create a partition after I deleted what was on it. When I click the sd card in "Create Partition" it says "A new partition cannot be created on this hard disk. Most probably/all primary slots are occupied and there is no extended partiton."

Hi Asa,
Check out this diagram I made when I was transferring my apps and caches to the sdcard.
You should run the busybox command and see if your ext2 partition shows.
In the diagram, it is the one that has a size of 1.6 gb.
So you should see something similar in your phone.
After I transfered all my caches and apps the ext2 partition no longer shows up in partition manager but I know it is working and present by the busybox output shown in the diagram.
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Do i need the full version? Because the demo does not give the create partition option its there but disabled.

[HOWTO] Repartitioning Your SD Card with GParted Using Ubuntu

XDA user supremeteam256 has written an excellent tutorial on How to Partition SD Card with Ubuntu for Dummies. After reading the tutorial, I asked whether it was possible to repartition an SD card using GParted in Ubuntu without losing any existing data on my ext2 or fat32 partitions (I was not, however, as concerned with my fat32 because it is easily backed up). My goal was to add a linux-swap partition after my existing ext2 partition. Specifically, I wanted to steal 64MB from my ext2 partition and reallocate it to a newly created linux-swap. So, I decided to be the guinea pig and risk losing my data for a greater cause. Well, I didn't end up losing data on either of my partition on either of my phones. I have successfully done this three times--on two G1s and a myTouch.
WARNING: While this worked for me it may not work for you. I am NOT responsible for any and all loss of data that might occur from this process. Proceed at your own risk and ALWAYS back up your SD card before trying this.
Prerequisites
I HIGHLY recommend you first read the tutorial mentioned at the beginning of this post so that you are familiar with installing Ubuntu and using GParted. This tutorial assumes that you have a working version of Ubuntu (I am using version 9.04) on your machine.
Ubuntu
SD Card
Card Reader
Step 1
Open up GParted by clicking System > Administration > Partition Editor. From the drop down menu on the top right-hand side of the GParted screen, selected your SD card. Make sure you select your SD card and NOT your hard drive. You are on your own if you make a mistake here. For this example, I am using a 2GB SD card. Yours may differ so proceed accordingly.
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Once your SD card is selected, right click on each partition and select "Unmount" from the list.
Figure 2: Unmounting Each Partition
Step 3
Once you have unmounted each partition, right click on the ext2/3/4 partition on select "Resize/Move" from the list.
Figure 3: Resizing the ext2 Partition
Step 4
In the dialog box that opens, subtract the number of MB from using the down arrow button on the "New Size (MiB)" box. I would like a 64MB linux-swap partition. My SD card is 500MB (Figure 4) so I will click the down button until the "Free Space Following (MiB)" box reads 64 (Figure 5). An important step is to make sure that the box that reads "Round to cylinders" is UNchecked. This is so there is not partition in between the ext2/3//4 partition and the linux-swap since they must be in order (fat32, ext2/3/4, linux-swap). Once you have resized your partition tot he desired amount, click "Resize/Move."
Figure 4: Resize Dialog Box at 500MB
Figure 5: Resize Dialog Box Resized
Step 5
Next, create the linux-swap partition by right-clicking on the unallocated space that you have just taken from your ext2/3/4 partition and select "New" from the list.
Figure 6: Creating a New Partition
Step 6
The dialog box that opens will be similar to the resize dialog box you used in Step 4. In the "New Size (MiB)" box, enter the number of MB you would like your linux-swap partition to be. Then, select "linux-swap" from the "File System" drop-down menu. Make sure that "Primary Partition" is selected from the "Create as" menu. Again, make sure the "Round to cylinders" box is UNchecked. Once done, click "Add."
Figure 7: Selecting the Size of your New Partition
Step 7
Back in the main GParted screen, click "Apply" from the toolbar to apply the changes.
Figure 8: Applying the Changes
Step 8
When asked if you wish to continue, confirm your changes by clicking "Apply."
Figure 9: Confirm Your Changes
Figure 10: Watch Your Progress
Step 9
You should end up with something similar to what you see in Figure 10.
Figure 11: The Result
If you have any questions regarding this process, feel free to post them here. I don't know how much help I'll be as this is not my expertise but I'll do my best to answer what I can. I have learned, however, that there is always someone on the board who seems to have an answer for most questions. So ask away.

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yo, thanks alot bro. i was trying to figure out how to resize my linux swap. i already have a 32 mb linux swap. so, would it be better to delete the linux-swap and do the steps you did or do you just recommend me resizing my linux-swap. currently i have an 8gb class 6 transcend sd card. i currently have about 6.62gb fat32, about 1000mb (if i remember correctly) for my ext3, and 32mb for my linux-swap. thanks

I would--and this is more opinion that previous knowledge or expertise, delete the linux-swap--resize the ext3 and re-create the linux-swap. However, I don't think it would really make a difference which way you go. They are both essentially the same thing. Remember, there is a chance of data loss, particularly if your ext3 partition is full (the free space would have to come from somewhere). I have, however, successfully done this twice, both on a G1 and a myTouch. Hope it works and report back results if you try it.
EDIT: Did it a third time to another G1.

ubuntu and gparted
Ok, dl'ed the iso, burnt it, loaded into live cd, got my 4gb sdcard in the reader, started gparted and tried to follow along with superteam256's partition instructions for dummies (found here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535914. The fat 32 partition gets "created" fine, but when I try to add a second, it gives me an error saying only one can be "primary" and that I have to create an extended partition even if that means removing the primary. So I tried to create just an extended, using the whole card, and then logicals afterwards, which didn't work. I tried to create the ext2/3 (not primary) and add the fat32 after, still gives me the same error.
*EDIT: When the first primary partition is created, it does not give me anything but "New" when I right click so I can't even tell it this one will be "extended".
On a side note, I have tried adb, but for some reason after the frist 2 commands it stops working and I have to reboot, unplug my phone, and then it works...for another 2 commands. I really want to run hero on my rooted mt3g US 32B. So far the only ROM I have been able to load is some weird hacked version of the original OS (it's cool, but I wanna try HERO!!)
Anyone got some commandline (linux preferrably) directions on creating the sdcard partitions and filesystems?
Thanks!

I partioned my 8GB SD with gparted, and apps2SD is working now. But everything is moving to main FAT32 partion. How can I access or use other 3 partitions (ext3, linux-swap, fat32 at end). Any help

ykhehra1 said:
I partioned my 8GB SD with gparted, and apps2SD is working now. But everything is moving to main FAT32 partion. How can I access or use other 3 partitions (ext3, linux-swap, fat32 at end). Any help
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Access it how? Through the phone? PC? Only the fat32 shows up in Windows and in non-root file explorers on the device. The files on the ext partition are usually located in /system/sd depending on the ROM. This can only be accessed via linux using a root explorer on the device, terminal emulator or ADB.

rmarquez1974 said:
Ok, dl'ed the iso, burnt it, loaded into live cd, got my 4gb sdcard in the reader, started gparted and tried to follow along with superteam256's partition instructions for dummies (found here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535914. The fat 32 partition gets "created" fine, but when I try to add a second, it gives me an error saying only one can be "primary" and that I have to create an extended partition even if that means removing the primary. So I tried to create just an extended, using the whole card, and then logicals afterwards, which didn't work. I tried to create the ext2/3 (not primary) and add the fat32 after, still gives me the same error.
*EDIT: When the first primary partition is created, it does not give me anything but "New" when I right click so I can't even tell it this one will be "extended".
On a side note, I have tried adb, but for some reason after the frist 2 commands it stops working and I have to reboot, unplug my phone, and then it works...for another 2 commands. I really want to run hero on my rooted mt3g US 32B. So far the only ROM I have been able to load is some weird hacked version of the original OS (it's cool, but I wanna try HERO!!)
Anyone got some commandline (linux preferrably) directions on creating the sdcard partitions and filesystems?
Thanks!
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use the command: fdisk
for instructions how to use fdisk
type fdisk --help(or fdisk -help or something)
or man fdisk

Excellent tutorial. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me. My SD card is already partioned using ROM Manager / Clockwork Recovery. I currently have 15 GB FAT32 and 1 GB ext2 (I guess).
Running Ubuntu 10.10, I've connected the phone via USB and I can access the FAT 32 partition via Nautilus/Explorer.
Using GParted, I can only see 15 GB of unallocated space (as /dev/sdb). The FAT 32 is not recognized as such and the 2nd partition doesn't even show.
Using the Ubuntu Disk Utility, /dev/sdb is reported as 15 GB on HTC Android Phone but unpartioned.
Any idea of how to proceed without wiping everything and with working on the whole 16 GB?

[Q] sd not recognized after creating ext3 partition

I've done some searching and could not find an answer to this issue that I could understand.
My phone is running Dexter's Froyo v1.3. I was having the issue where Milestone Overlock would not autoload at boot (ie settings were reset every reboot), and wanted to create an ext3 partition to use Link2SD.
I downloaded MiniTool Partition Wizard and used it to create a ~512MB ext3 partition on the phone, as a logical partition. Didn't do anything else as far as setting boot partitions (thought it would keep the old settings, not sure if that's causing the issue).
Also, I installed the update from Mioze7Ae, by copying the .zip to the OpenRecovery/updates folder on my SD, doing a recovery boot, and applying the update. When the update was applied it said successful, but there was a message before this line saying:
​ E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
​ (Invalid Argument)
​
​ Install from sdcard complete.
I think this is part of the issue, but I don't really know what I'm doing. After this I rebooted the phone, and got a notification Removed SD card, and when I connect to PC no drive is shown (just Removable Disk G:, and nothing in shown in MiniTool Partition Wizard.
I'm guessing the issue was caused my me not formating the SD properly. Can anyone help out? I would like to avoid loading Dexter's rom from scratch if possible, to keep my data/apps, but am willing if that's the only way.
Sorry for the long post and if this question's been answered before, as I said I did do quite a bit of searching and couldn't find any comprehensive solution. Thanks

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I've done some searching and could not find an answer to this issue that I could understand.
My phone is running Dexter's Froyo v1.3. I was having the issue where Milestone Overlock would not autoload at boot (ie settings were reset every reboot), and wanted to create an ext3 partition to use Link2SD.
I downloaded MiniTool Partition Wizard and used it to create a ~512MB ext3 partition on the phone, as a logical partition. Didn't do anything else as far as setting boot partitions (thought it would keep the old settings, not sure if that's causing the issue).
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From what I've read, I'm pretty sure you have to use primary partitions and logical's don't work on the phone. You also have to set the boot flag (a.k.a. active partition) on the fat partition. Based on what you've written (which was very good by the way, the detail was helpful), I don't think you have to reinstall the ROMs. I think you just need to repartition/format your card properly.

This is probably an even dumber question, but I'm not sure how to repartition/format the card at this point. Nothing is showing up in Windows, just Removable Disk with size shown of 0 bytes, and when I open MiniTool Partition Wizard, all I see is my PC drives, nothing for the SD.
I'm connecting with the SD in my phone if that makes a difference, I don't have a reader on my pc.

berlin85 said:
This is probably an even dumber question, but I'm not sure how to repartition/format the card at this point. Nothing is showing up in Windows, just Removable Disk with size shown of 0 bytes, and when I open MiniTool Partition Wizard, all I see is my PC drives, nothing for the SD.
I'm connecting with the SD in my phone if that makes a difference, I don't have a reader on my pc.
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Maybe try a linux boot CD. Ultimately, you may have use an adapter and go directly to the PC, though. It could be that the phone doesn't understand the partition table with the logical partitions so it can't export it anymore.
The phone's software (even recovery) doesn't expect that partitions can change while it is booted. For example, (you don't have one working but if you did) when you export the partitions for USB access, the sd-ext partition is both *not* unmounted and also simultaneously exported as a raw device. This can cause all sorts of filesystem corruption on the ext partition because of kernel caching on the desktop and in the phone.

Yay, used a comp at school with a microSD reader, repartitioned the ext3 making it primary rather than logical... seems to be working fine
easy solution after all! thanks for the help, really appreciate it

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I've done some searching and could not find an answer to this issue that I could understand.
My phone is running Dexter's Froyo v1.3. I was having the issue where Milestone Overlock would not autoload at boot (ie settings were reset every reboot), and wanted to create an ext3 partition to use Link2SD.
I downloaded MiniTool Partition Wizard and used it to create a ~512MB ext3 partition on the phone, as a logical partition. Didn't do anything else as far as setting boot partitions (thought it would keep the old settings, not sure if that's causing the issue).
Also, I installed the update from Mioze7Ae, by copying the .zip to the OpenRecovery/updates folder on my SD, doing a recovery boot, and applying the update. When the update was applied it said successful, but there was a message before this line saying:
​ E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
​ (Invalid Argument)
​
​ Install from sdcard complete.
I think this is part of the issue, but I don't really know what I'm doing. After this I rebooted the phone, and got a notification Removed SD card, and when I connect to PC no drive is shown (just Removable Disk G:, and nothing in shown in MiniTool Partition Wizard.
I'm guessing the issue was caused my me not formating the SD properly. Can anyone help out? I would like to avoid loading Dexter's rom from scratch if possible, to keep my data/apps, but am willing if that's the only way.
Sorry for the long post and if this question's been answered before, as I said I did do quite a bit of searching and couldn't find any comprehensive solution. Thanks
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Did you try to format sd card with your phone in sd card and memory setting and then to create again ext3 partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard ?
Be sure to save data in your card first.

Mine is a galaxy SII, but I'm facing the same problem. I've formatted my microSD to EXT3 via MiniTool Partition but phone does not recognize it.
It says it's damaged and asks if I want to format it, after formatting thru the phone it returns to FAT32 and works perfectly again.
I've read more than 20 threads among several forums but I'm still not able to fix it.
Can you guys help me?
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Did you create a second partition as ext3? AFAIK the first partition must be FAT (and marked bootable). Maybe you got that backwards?

Are you trying to partition the internal SD or the external. Samsung already has the internal partitioned into one Fat and another for your apps and cache. That is why your phone specs show 16gb internal but you only really have 14gb to put music, pix,...on. 2gb are already allotted for apps and cache. You can and should only partition the external one. My question is why are you trying to do this on an SGSII when it is not needed. No SGSII rom needs to have a partition and any Voodoo kernel will convert your system, data, cache and DB.data files to Ext4 anyways. Seems needless.

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Did you create a second partition as ext3? AFAIK the first partition must be FAT (and marked bootable). Maybe you got that backwards?
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Had no success doing this, it shows the same information saying that "SD card is damaged". I really don't know what to do to make this work.
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Woodrube said:
Are you trying to partition the internal SD or the external. Samsung already has the internal partitioned into one Fat and another for your apps and cache. That is why your phone specs show 16gb internal but you only really have 14gb to put music, pix,...on. 2gb are already allotted for apps and cache. You can and should only partition the external one. My question is why are you trying to do this on an SGSII when it is not needed. No SGSII rom needs to have a partition and any Voodoo kernel will convert your system, data, cache and DB.data files to Ext4 anyways. Seems needless.
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I'm trying the external SD. It's a ADATA 32GB microSD.
The reason I want to do this is to be able to copy files over 4GB.

Data2ext get more room for apps.

Ive been looking for something since I got this phone. Today with just system apps and 20 user apps on the internal partition I ran out of space yet again. So off to search google and I found this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342387
What this will do is create a link from /data/app to a created partition on your sd card. It can move dalvik and a few other things to the /sd-ext partition.
I created a 1 gig partition and I have over 300 megs left for apps. I dont forsee a problem in the near future.

Good find. I'll need to check this out.

I just glanced at this briefly, but isn't this the same as app2sd which our phones already have? Or do o need to look at it closer? Lol
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Look closer!
Appps2SD isn't compatible with all apps, and it doesn't move the whole app.
Data2ext moves the whole thing to sd partition as well as all dalvik cache.

Good find eollie I yesterday saw this script that let's user fix the "low storage" this script works for our with cm9, aokp and nexus beam(haven't test the other roms)
So if you guys test with data2ext here's the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26375859
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Huh, I have 100+ apps, and lots of free space!
And all of them are 2mb +
I go to settings and manually move unmoved apps to sd card. For some reason CM isn't doing it automatically

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I just glanced at this briefly, but isn't this the same as app2sd which our phones already have? Or do o need to look at it closer? Lol
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Like airflip said read closer. This does more than just move the app to the sdcard. It fools your phone into thinking it has a larger /data partition and also moves a lot of stuff to the /sd-ext partition and sym links it back to the /data partition.
Im going to try this for a couple days and make sure it doesnt give me some wild errors.
Airflip I had a lot more apps installed when I was on stock roms. But cm based roms seem to fill the data cache up super fast. Atleast that is what I can figure out. The "app" I linked to has a option to fix the cm based data issues. I havent enabled it yet want to read up on it more.

Are your apps on SD? On CM9 I have a lot more storage than kj6.
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Woops posted the wrong picture initially. See how much free space it says I have?
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Hi eollie
This looks amazing.
I hate it when I restore with TB and have to push apps one by one to sd card, to spare space and not all apps like it (dropbox) ..
I will definately test it on my next ROM flash.
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I dont suggest turning on the cmdalvik option or swap. Both of those made me extremely laggy. So far no issues.

Hey eollie,
This brings up an interesting discussion.
I've been thinking about moving to the SGS/Aries partitioning scheme.
MTD:
0 = boot (kernel)
1 = recovery (not usable... Maybe steal this space for system)
2 = /system
3 = /cache
4 = /efs
5 = /radio
6 = /datadata (mounts to /datadata which is symlinked to /data/data)
7 = reservoir
SD:
1 = /sdcard
2 = /data
This would of course mean that those with bigger sd cards will have more room for data.
Let me know what you think.
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Basically it would work kinda like this zip does then right?
For this zip to work you have to have a ext2/3/4 partition.
Would adding data to sdcard work on the native partition?
The reason for needing the ext partition is it is much faster than the fat partitions.
Im all for giving people more rom for apps without having to flash apps and zips.

bhundven said:
Let me know what you think.
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Yes please. I would really like to see this.

This phone's lack of internal memory drove me to buy a 32GB SD Card (Sandisk, ebay, fastest, claimed to be 'special for Android apps & games', for only 32$).
Looking forward towards this implementation.
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That scheme is confuzzling me.
So, /datadata is the same as our current data, but only important stuff like dalvik and etc will be there.
/mnt/sdcard/data is real data that the system will think is an internal data partition right?
/mnt/sdcard/SD is SD card right?
If I am right, boot will be faster, you will rarely run out of sd space unless you depleat sd card, if you pull out your sd card, then you will have no data partition, but sd mount from SystemUI will just mount /mnt/sdcard/SD right?
And in a perfect world, only apps will be there and not settings data which should remain in /datadata because if you boot without sd card, then phone will reset every time and ask to sign in, but then again, it'd look for a non-existant symlink and phone would still reset.
But won't widgets and other downloaded home replacements take forever to load? Or is there a way to move an app to /datadata?
In a way it's good cause you won't need apps2sd to auto move without the fear of low internal space.
Bad: Just like apps on Sd card that take 2-3 minutes to populate on app drawer, this would be consistent for all downloaded apps. Unless it mounts sd during boot proccess.
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This reminds me of my G1.
Swap partition wouldn't allow me to boot w/o sd card.

That is why a ext 2/3/4 partition is used because android read them faster. They are native to the os. I have only noticed problems with things when the sdcard used is a cheap four dollar one you find on ebay.
Basically what he is looking to do is build this .zip into the rom natively. Right now the only problem with this is a permissions issue. But other than that is has worked on other devices just fine without problems. Hopefully the permissions will not be a issue once we can move to mtp insteadof mass storage like bhundven is hoping for.

What is mtp?
Also, this will change the phones mounts completely, not just inbuilt zip. Resulting a new recovery.fstab, and new twrp requirement.
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airfluip1 said:
What is mtp?
Also, this will change the phones mounts completely, not just inbuilt zip. Resulting a new recovery.fstab, and new twrp requirement.
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MTP
Ill defer the rest of those questions to bhundven.

SO... I assume that the under MTP, /mnt/sdcard/SD will be mounted, but we will still be able to use it as a normal transfer method for roms and such not just media, correct?
Also, thanks for not sending me to LMGTFY despite my laziness in not googling it for myself.

[QUESTION] Install apps to external SD (ROOT) app? Galaxy ON5 G550t

I want to install ALL of my apps automatically (from Play Store) on to my EXTERNAL SD card without using any kind of adoptive option. I have root. I have a fast external SD card.
What app can I use. Does such an app exist? Have you tried it? Does it work?
Please note that I am aware that I can do this manually with SOME apps. I do not want this. I want them all to go over, and I want it automatic.
This would be such a great phone for the price if they corrected this small SD card issue.

I have been literally trying this all day today as well with no luck, I am not rooted though mind sharing which method you used?
If I ever get it to work ill let you know!

Budnevicg said:
I have been literally trying this all day today as well with no luck, I am not rooted though mind sharing which method you used?
If I ever get it to work ill let you know!
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ROOT is pretty basic. Here's a nice step by step guide. (tmob/metro only)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/root-samsung-galaxy-on5-t3435457
I just tried to do the root essentials "install to sd" technique in conjunction with a Titanium Backup restore, and all the apps still installed on the main sd.

I've gotten it to work, after a bit of trial and error. First, make sure you are using this recovery:
Recovery tar :http://www.mediafire.com/?ysugtwzzusxgvw7
Recovery image:http://www.mediafire.com/?tln7q406dmejeq5
Boot into recovery and partition SD Card to 4GB or 6GB as ext4.
The rest of the sd card will be formatted with fat32.
The ext4 will become your "2nd partition".
Download and install Apps2SD Pro.
Go into Partition Tool within the app and you should see fat32 size and ext4 file system according to the size you allocated in recovery.
Select Format from the drop down and re-check the fat32 and ext4 file systems.
It should then prompt you to reboot.
Go back into and select Link apps to SD card, then select Recreate mount script from the left menu...
There are a few other options possibly, but those are the basics... You should now be able to link you apps to the 2nd Partition. Hope this helps!
I'm using 5.25GB out of 8GB internal storage and have several games installed that easily consume over 3GB alone!

jeraspie28 said:
I've gotten it to work, after a bit of trial and error. First, make sure you are using this recovery:
Recovery tar :http://www.mediafire.com/?ysugtwzzusxgvw7
Recovery image:http://www.mediafire.com/?tln7q406dmejeq5
Boot into recovery and partition SD Card to 4GB or 6GB as ext4.
The rest of the sd card will be formatted with fat32.
The ext4 will become your "2nd partition".
Download and install Apps2SD Pro.
Go into Partition Tool within the app and you should see fat32 size and ext4 file system according to the size you allocated in recovery.
Select Format from the drop down and re-check the fat32 and ext4 file systems.
It should then prompt you to reboot.
Go back into and select Link apps to SD card, then select Recreate mount script from the left menu...
There are a few other options possibly, but those are the basics... You should now be able to link you apps to the 2nd Partition. Hope this helps!
I'm using 5.25GB out of 8GB internal storage and have several games installed that easily consume over 3GB alone!
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