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*There are many ways to setup an SDCARD for A2SD, but some people don't feel comfortable doing it in recovery, or their recovery doesn't support it, or they don't rely on recovery, or they are scared of the adb shell. This is a newbie friendly way that anyone can do..
What's a VERY easy way to setup your sdcard for apps 2 sd? With Linux!! (don't run in fear yet! Follow along with me!)
Some background to read first:
Backup all your stuff before hand!
Think of it just like if your repartitioning your hard drive. It's that simple.
OK! So here we go!
Setup:
Go here: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
I suggest you select the 32bit option, and 10.10(latest) version. Click download
I also suggest unless you know how to use unetbootin, or how to burn an iso image(very easy) that you read the how to from that download page on doing so.
Links: cdburnerxp (if you don't already have a cd burning utility. I HIGHLY recommend it)http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home
unetbootin: (for booting from thumb drive) http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
*Some older PC's (and I mean unless made within the last 3 years recent) have trouble booting unetbootin made live thumb drives, so if in doubt, just eat the 20cents you paid for that cd-r and get it right the first time.
1a. BACKUP EVERYTHING ON THE SDCARD!
Cannot stress this enough as the way we are doing this, you will lose EVERYTHING on your SD card. I am not responsible for your adhd!
Execute!
1.boot to ubuntu live cd *see your motherboard instructions on how to boot to cd if it does not automatically but usually when you boot it will give an option to "Change Drive Boot Order" or something similar, by pressing F8, F9,F10, or F11, but if you do not see this, and it does not automatically boot to the ubuntu live cd, go into your BIOS at startup of your computer (which varies depending on the computer/motherboard, but usually it's either the Delete key, or F1 at boot, and change your drive boot order to boot from cdrom first)
1a. Just boot into Ubuntu. It wont hurt ya! And heck you might like it! It doesn't mess with any files on the system unless you intentionally do so.
2.put sdcard in computer
3.go to System > Administration > Disc Utility
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Select your sd card from the "Storage Devices" list on the left.
Select your sdcard volume
Click "Unmount Volume"
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Select the volume again and select Delete Partition
***IF YOU HAVE NOT BACKED UP YOUR STUFF YOU WILL NOW LOSE IT!!!! BACK UP YOUR STUFF!!!***
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Now you have a fully wiped SD Card. Congrats, not good for much at the moment
Ok, so now the magic happens. Select Create Partition
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I put 512 just cause I was messing around but for a swap, I would do between 40 and 80mb. You don't have to name it, just make sure you select Swap Space from the partition type, and the size you want. Click Create. *DO NOT SELECT Encrypt underlying device. It WILL NOT WORK!* If you do that, your phone wont read it and well.. Then that would be just pointless now wouldn't it?
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Notice it looks like a pie or a chart? See it's not hard at all now is it? It's pretty simple from here.
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Select the "Free" partition space, and then select "Create Partition" again.
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Uncheck "Take ownership of filesystem" because if you do, you probably won't have "Ownership" of the partition when you put it in your phone which would probably turn out to be a bad thing. Select type "Ext3" and select create.
You can do Ext2 or Ext4, but I have heard issues about Ext4 partitions, and Ext2 is kinda old ya know? I mean you can do it if you want, but I dunno what to say if it don't work (you can always repartition though)
As far as space, that's up to you. If you think you just need a tad of space available for downloading games and stuff, go with 40 to 100mb, but if your like me and want EVERYTHING (BUHAHAHHA!) Go with between 250 and 512mb. Keep in mind that when you activate a2sd, you may also want to copy over dalvik cache which will take up a fair amount of space. btw, I never was able to get close to 200mb taken up on this partition when I had a2sd running on my phone..
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Select the "Free Space" again from the Volume chart, and click create partition.
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Now we are going to finish this off! For the Size, leave it be! It's the remainder of the drive, which is how much space is left after we have made the previous two partitions. Select the type as "Fat"(yes it is fat32, I don't think the disk utility handles old fat16 anymore..) and select create.
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DONE! Now you have a happy sdcard ready to take on your Dalvik Cache, any programs you download AFTER setting up the card, flashing your rom, and or your swap if you activate it (different roms take different approaches to this but many activate A2SD automatically. Something else of note. 2.2/Froyo roms have built in A2SD-Like functionality that uses the fat32 partition, so the Ext partition is not needed).
Select "Safe Removal" and take out your sdcard and put it into your phone. Your now ready for takeoff
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***See your ROM's thread for details on how to activate swap, and move Dalvik cache to the sdcard after this is finished or if it activates automatically.***
14. If your reading this last line, your probably scratching your head thinking to yourself "How the hell do I get out of Ubuntu and back into my Windows system?!". It's simple. Click the Power Icon in the top right corner of the screen, and select "Shutdown" from the list. After it shuts down so far, it should spit the cd out. Take the disc out of the try, and press enter, and it will reboot the system, and you will wake back up in microsoft land and you can forget this ever happened
Nice guide Really good to have
is there a guide for those of us not affraid of using recovery somewhere?
Thanks for this! Also helps that i use Ubuntu anyways
xjayman said:
is there a guide for those of us not affraid of using recovery somewhere?
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(Copied and Pasted from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7021325&postcount=2)
A. backup your sd card to your computer. can't stress this enough, as partitioning will wipe the entire card.
B. Reboot into recovery
c. In android system recovery, select partition sdcard
d. In the partition sdcard menu, select partition sd
e. Follow the instructions on the phone to partition your sd card. You can optionally set a swap file while you are partitioning your sd card.
F. In the partition sdcard menu, select sd:ext2 to ext3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
G **skip**
h. Press the back button on the phone to go back to the main menu.
I. Put the a2sd file on the sd card (and all your other files you backed up earlier) by selecting usb-ms toggle and transfer the files to your computer.
3. In recovery, select flash zip from sdcard.
4. In flash zip from sdcard, select the a2sd package file you downloaded earlier. Press home to flash.
5. Reboot phone.
This actually seems a lot less scary then using a Live-CD! To each there own.
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(Copied and Pasted from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7021325&postcount=2)
A. backup your sd card to your computer. can't stress this enough, as partitioning will wipe the entire card.
B. Reboot into recovery
c. In android system recovery, select partition sdcard
d. In the partition sdcard menu, select partition sd
e. Follow the instructions on the phone to partition your sd card. You can optionally set a swap file while you are partitioning your sd card.
F. In the partition sdcard menu, select sd:ext2 to ext3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
G **skip**
h. Press the back button on the phone to go back to the main menu.
I. Put the a2sd file on the sd card (and all your other files you backed up earlier) by selecting usb-ms toggle and transfer the files to your computer.
3. In recovery, select flash zip from sdcard.
4. In flash zip from sdcard, select the a2sd package file you downloaded earlier. Press home to flash.
5. Reboot phone.
This actually seems a lot less scary then using a Live-CD! To each there own.
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thank you !
Thank you so much for this!
I used Superoneclick to root, so I didn't have the same partition options needed to create the extensions as noted in the other instructions in the recovery methods.
Appreciate it!
So I did the A2SD and have used it successfully for awhile now, I recently got a new card that is larger/faster and have already set it up for A2SD as well. Is there an easy way to transfer the apps from my first card to my new one without using linux? I did my partitioning in recovery.
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So I did the A2SD and have used it successfully for awhile now, I recently got a new card that is larger/faster and have already set it up for A2SD as well. Is there an easy way to transfer the apps from my first card to my new one without using linux? I did my partitioning in recovery.
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Actually no. The only way you can do that in windows is by using linux explorer or some other compatibility program to use windows to see ext partitions...
Thanks, I will just redownload everything later then using App Brain.
OK, I completed all steps but when I put the card in the phone or in Windows, it shows up as RAW and says I have to reformat.
I did everything twice just to make sure I did it correctly, but no go.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
neemypeemy said:
OK, I completed all steps but when I put the card in the phone or in Windows, it shows up as RAW and says I have to reformat.
I did everything twice just to make sure I did it correctly, but no go.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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In windows, because of the ext partition it wont see those, however instead it would just ignore the ext partitions and just load the fat partitions....
You can reformat the remaining fat space in windows if you would like. It won't hurt the ext3 partition, but it shouldn't come up with any errors... Go ahead and reformat the fat partition in windows, and then see if the phone sees it (and make sure it's to the size you wanted).
When I try to reformat it only will let me reformat the swap file.
Here's a screen shot.
I've done the ubuntu steps twice, so not sure what I'm doing wrong, it's pretty straight forward.
First was formatted as swap, second ast the EXT3, third as FAT in Ubuntu.
neemypeemy said:
When I try to reformat it only will let me reformat the swap file.
Here's a screen shot.
I've done the ubuntu steps twice, so not sure what I'm doing wrong, it's pretty straight forward.
First was formatted as swap, second ast the EXT3, third as FAT in Ubuntu.
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This is quite odd indeed.... Just to ask (and really JUST to ask) which version of windows are you using there? I know it had no bearing on it though... Which also is strange that it shows the rest of the partitions the way they are.. All but the last one should be shown as an "Unknown Partition". Did you use a Virtual Machine to do it? Could be the reason but I am not for sure...
Windows 7 64bit
I will give it another go!
It seems my Surface is refusing to start. All I see is the word Surface for a couple of seconds before it turns off. Luckily, I made the recovery USB a while back. Does anyone know what I need to press to get it to boot from the USB? Thanks!
EDIT: NVM, I figured it out. For anyone out there that needs this: Hold VOLUME DOWN while turning on the device. It will boot from the USB drive you have in it.
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It seems my Surface is refusing to start. All I see is the word Surface for a couple of seconds before it turns off. Luckily, I made the recovery USB a while back. Does anyone know what I need to press to get it to boot from the USB? Thanks!
EDIT: NVM, I figured it out. For anyone out there that needs this: Hold VOLUME DOWN while turning on the device. It will boot from the USB drive you have in it.
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So how did you make the recovery USB? TIA
Edit: managed to make the recovery USB, now if I could only work out how to delete the Recovery partition........
May be using Storage Manager?
ctitanic said:
May be using Storage Manager?
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Just search for Recovery under the "Settings" option and it should pop up a program (desktop) saying "Create a recovery drive"
killall said:
So how did you make the recovery USB? TIA
Edit: managed to make the recovery USB, now if I could only work out how to delete the Recovery partition........
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I believe after you make the recovery usb and before you close the program, there is a blue link at the bottom to remove the recovery partition. Else, you can probably just go through Disk Management and remove the partition, then extend the windows partition. (Search Disk Management under the "settings" option, then select the "Create and format hard disk partitions" desktop program). I haven't tried doing this (got the 64GB version) so good luck and hope it works Might want to make a back up of the back up though. Hoping that Microsoft will make a web recovery option someday similar to what the current gen macs all have now.
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Just search for Recovery under the "Settings" option and it should pop up a program (desktop) saying "Create a recovery drive"
I believe after you make the recovery usb and before you close the program, there is a blue link at the bottom to remove the recovery partition. Else, you can probably just go through Disk Management and remove the partition, then extend the windows partition. (Search Disk Management under the "settings" option, then select the "Create and format hard disk partitions" desktop program). I haven't tried doing this (got the 64GB version) so good luck and hope it works Might want to make a back up of the back up though. Hoping that Microsoft will make a web recovery option someday similar to what the current gen macs all have now.
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This is great. That would free up an additional 2-3gb of space!
Is it possible to create a recovery drive on an sd card? Is there an option to make the sd drive bootable?
Hi.
I needed to wipe phone and may have been too successful.
I have access to a twrp menu. I would appreciate any help I could obtain to flash this phone with an Android operating system. I have that image downloaded but I'm having trouble flashing it to the phone. Any help would be great.
(No OS on device.)
Did you wiped data partition also? Does PC recognizes phone?
You can use this method 1 if You dont care about your personal stuff from /data partition, ( you lost twrp also ) http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
or use this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...e-update-rooted-device-to-5-1-lmy47d-t3050789
Data partition is wiped. Phone not recognized by computer. Thx for the links. I got stuck during the process.
Ofcourse
Boot into recovery and choose wipe cache,dalvik and system.Now your good to go!Flash your new rom
siddhu007 said:
Boot into recovery and choose wipe cache,dalvik and system.Now your good to go!Flash your new rom
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I think he already have wiped his phone so there is no need to do it again.
So jst go to "Install" and pick your downloaded ".zip" file.
If you dont have the ".zip" on your device you can try to mount your USB storage.
Thx so much for the tips. I had located the great link provided. Is there anyway that I can move an unzipped hammerhead image to the phone and then unzip on the phone? The stumbling block for me may be that phone has no micro SD slot (to unzip from) and phone is not recognized by computer (running win 7).
For example, with the phone connected with USB to the computer, is there any way to do drag and drop zipped hammerhead file to phone and unzip w twrp.
Thank you for patience with a person new to forum.
I assumed that I could not access a zipped file on computer and use twrp to unzip and proceed. I tried the unzip twrp toggle and could not pull from computer (or at least it was not apparent to me how to do it.)
Dartmouthrocks said:
Thx so much for the tips. I had located the great link provided. Is there anyway that I can move an unzipped hammerhead image to the phone and then unzip on the phone? The stumbling block for me may be that phone has no micro SD slot (to unzip from) and phone is not recognized by computer (running win 7).
For example, with the phone connected with USB to the computer, is there any way to do drag and drop zipped hammerhead file to phone and unzip w twrp.
Thank you for patience with a person new to forum.
I assumed that I could not access a zipped file on computer and use twrp to unzip and proceed. I tried the unzip twrp toggle and could not pull from computer (or at least it was not apparent to me how to do it.)
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OK, if I´m correct, the device is not recognize by the computer, but TWRP is already installed. So what you want is to transfer a zip file with the image to the device. Have you tried OTG? TWRP can mount the USB, so you can download the zip file to a mciro sd and us OTG to flash it with TWRP.
Have you tried different USB cables, different USB ports, and different drivers in order to get the phone recognized on your computer?
1. Download CyanogenMod 14 x86 ISO file[Developed by Android x86].
2. Download Rufus win App to Create Bootable/Live USB.
3. Insert USB with Minimum 4GB. Below My Rufus Configurations::
# Device : Inserted USB.
# Partition Scheme and Target System type: MBR Partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI.
# File System: (Default).
# Cluster Size : (Default).
# New Volume Label : XXX.
# Format Options:
-> Except "Check devices for bad blocks" Make Tick mark to all.
# 1 Pass
Select ISO Image and then select downloaded CM 14 ISO file.
Finally Click start.
4. After Finishing, Create New/ Separate Partition in PC for CM 14 to be Installed with Minimum of 16GB Disk Size and Format it as FAT32.
5. After formatting, Reboot PC.
6. Boot PC from USB. (To boot Press F10 or Esc. It depends upon your PC).
7. Select Install android X86 to HDD. ( If you don't want to install, just select Run & skip the below all steps).
8. Now In blue-screen Select the Separate FAT32 formatted Partition to Install.
9. Do not Format.( I didn't formatted and it works fine else select ext4).
10. Install Boot Loader GRUB.( It will replaces default Windows Boot-loader).
12. Next it shows up that your are having Windows Partition and asked to create boot item for windows. Select Yes for that else you won't be able to boot into Windows next time.
13. Next Select Skip for EFI GRUB2.(I Skipped and worked for me, I think because I'm having Legacy PC).
14. Then Select Yes to Create Read/Write enabled system directory.
15. Now To create data.img, select yes and then Enter the Size you need for Internal Memory in MBs (1GB-1024MB).
(Note: If you formatted your Drive with FAT32 probably you can't enter more than 2048(2GB). If you want more than 2GB internal, you must format it with NTFS while in Windows Environment).
16. Now Accept Reboot and then Boot Android from GRUB Menu.
17. Thats all . You have Successfully installed CyanogenMod 14 (Android N) in your PC Hard-disk.
Also I Made Video Tutorial in YouTube for Better Understanding. You can Checkout if you don't understand or if any error pops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQVzQhqb6N4(TechGeekShan).
Note : If you accidentally deleted the CM 14 Partition, then you can't boot into Windows as because your Boot menu is saved in that partition. It will show
"GRUB Loading.. Please Wait-Error-17" error.
But your Windows & its files are in Safe. To Overcome this problem, you need to Create Live/Bootable USB drive with Windows OS, then repair and then your Windows will be back with No Data Loss.
Watch this Video, If you had experienced this issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoXCSrUHWYg
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But with fat 32 highest i can go is 4 gb, how to make it go till 32 gb?
Can i use Windows boot loader with EasyBCD to add Cyanogenmod boot entry?
using External graphic card + some errors
I can't boot If I use external graphics card (GTX960/4GB/OC)
It works after I removed graphics card but do you have any solution for this?
computer specs:
I7-6600K
GTX960
Z170 Extreme 4
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Also, Many applications stopped after I boot
Lastly, I couldn't use LAN(not WIFI).
Ayan Uchiha Choudhury said:
But with fat 32 highest i can go is 4 gb, how to make it go till 32 gb?
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Use ntfs with Android x86 to use more than 4 gb.
is an emulator important to installe cynogenmod on PC?
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Whats the best way to get google services up on the system after install?
any info about a LAOS 14.1 port?
Error msg data.img
If you can help just tell me what i can do!
msg error: "failed to create data.img"
thx for ever thing!:good:
Keyboard and mouse are not working in the second menu, where I have to select the partition where I want to install Android X86.
Tried with Logitech K400r and wired microsoft mouse.
Hi
...hi,thanks for the awesome tutorial. Please does this particular iso work with 32bit laptops...?!?...and if it doesn't, please, which one does...?!?
I installed this rebooted it a couple of times but i have tried opening the browser app, it froze and 5 min. later i came back seeing my pc turned off.
Tried booting again but at the end of the boot animation i can see the wallpaper for a split second but then it goes back to the boot animation, it does this every 10 seconds. Is my data.img corrupt?
how can i use GAPPS in this rom??
how can i use GAPPS in this rom??
Using NTFS, still space issue
Sands207 said:
Use ntfs with Android x86 to use more than 4 gb.
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I have 231 GB separate drive space that I am installing CM formatted on Windows to NTFS, however after installing CM, I only have 130 mb free space, when I boot on Windows to check the property of this drive on Windows (on separate partition), it shows up at 230 gb, and my CM partition always complains of low space. Can anyone advise please?
I needed to do a reset using a
USB recovery image on my surface RT since i can't pass the surface logo when powered on
So I downloaded the recovery image for my surface from the surface website,
At the end of the download a message popped up saying that install.wim is corrupt. I downloaded it again and same happened.
I followed the instructions after extracting the zip file onto the usb (which i bought earlier just for this purpose and has 16gb and FAT32 formatted) And the install.wim wasn't copied into it.
When i reached to the troubleshoot option there was only 3 options; refresh. Reset. Advanced options.
When i hit refresh it says: the drive where windows is installed is locked. Unlock and try again.
When i hit reset= unable to reset, a required drive partition is missing.
Please help ASAP I need it to continue my studying