Hi I already partitioned my SD to 256mb ext and now I want to change it to 512 so do I use cwm just like first time or what??
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yes but you will loose all data on SD, I do not know any other way to change and work, there are some apps that are doing this but I am not sure that really works
Did you try it yourself?
I tried some app from store but it did nothing, just in app confirmed and after reboot came back as ware before doing anything
so the best way is trough recovery
some people says that swap should be 0, but I do not really know, mine isn't 0, it is a virtual memory and prevents some apps to be shutdown by low memory killer and maybe improves a little multitasking, I am using ics rom and eats a hell of memory so I am dreaming that not 0 swap it helps a little
I mean repartitioning through recovery
yes, repartition it trough recovery, and yes I did repartition trough cwm recovery for few times with different sizes
Thx
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Could somebody PLEASE give me walk through of the holy grail here? I have rooted my aria and loaded cyanogen nightlies many times, but when it comes time to format and get a2sd working on a partitioned card I fail miserably. I seem to run into issues when the guides mention to go into recovery and partition the card. I am running clockwork and can't find the right partition menu. I tried a method involving adb and could not get a file to push, downloaded darktremor and got an endless htc screen boot loop, and at this point my phone may as well be a missile to my computer screen. I am a noob, but not entirely unfamiliar, just some sort of help getting to that last screen where I see lots of phone memory and can finally lay off deleting apps to add one.
Thanks and I hope someone is out there willing to help!
Can't give you a link from here, but I can encourage you to look for a forum that discusses Ext3 partitioning using a live ubuntu cd. You may have rooted using a similar method. I'll try to remember to send you a link when I get home. Search until then. Post if you find it.
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Why not just use Rom Manager to partition the card?
I tried that many times but it never worked. It always hung up on the ! triangle screen. I had no problems with the live cd method.
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Found the link...
androidcommunity.com/forums/f9/how-to-create-ext2-partition-14232/
I did this but went with ext3. I actually practiced with an older SD card until I got it right. The order of partitions is important. Fat32, ext, then lswap. Read around about recommended sizes. For an 8GB card I went with 6.5gb/1gb/32m.
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duckredbeard said:
Found the link...
androidcommunity.com/forums/f9/how-to-create-ext2-partition-14232/
I did this but went with ext3. I actually practiced with an older SD card until I got it right. The order of partitions is important. Fat32, ext, then lswap. Read around about recommended sizes. For an 8GB card I went with 6.5gb/1gb/32m.
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Skip swap. Should not need/use it on a 512K ram device.
Edit: I know specs say less - specs are wrong! Liberty has the same memory as the N1.
I did it as a precaution. My SD is waaaaaay oversized and figured I could afford to waste 32mb.
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I did it as a precaution. My SD is waaaaaay oversized and figured I could afford to waste 32mb.
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and I am running out of space on a 16 gb card. 12gb mp3s and 600+ pictures will do that.
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Skip swap. Should not need/use it on a 512K ram device.
Edit: I know specs say less - specs are wrong! Liberty has the same memory as the N1.
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thanks for this attn. i had seen posts about swap on other devices and wondered if it would help my aria. i'm glad i didn't try to set it up...
Thanks everone for responding. This is where I am with the partition. So when I put the card the phone and mount sd card it shows the same amount of memory in the phone (77.26) when I added a gig of ext2 in gparted.
Do I need to go back into gparted and charnge the ext2 to ext3? Or is this an issue where I need to change something in the phone I am missing. I did reboot after putting the card in.
You won't see any increased capacity there. What you will see after apps2sd is working is that the amount of internal used will go down. I had to reinstall apps2sd after I did the partition, even though darktremor's apps2sd came with my ROM. It defaulted to off because it saw no ext partition upon ROM installation.
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So I wipe data and flash a cyanogen nightly it will automatically pick up a2sdext and show the proper storage data?
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I haven't been in this position myself (always clean installs since using a2ext) but I believe if you have darktremor's a2sd installed and have ext on your sd card, but apps are still on the device, you can do:
su
a2sd reinstall
in the terminal app on the device and it will move all apps from device memory to the ext partition. not sure how this behaves if you have any apps on sd via the standard froyo method....
I don't have a problem wiping data, dalvik and cache since I backed up everything. Going to give it a shot here...
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Fwiw, I have been using this method up until this release candidate. Seems broken now.
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Ok, so I tried wiping data/cache/dalvikr then flashed cyanogen nightly 99 and it still only showed 138m internal memory. So then I tried downloading darktremor and flashing the zip from clockwork which gives me infinate htc white bootscreens. Then I tried wiping again and flashed the darktremor zip and then cyanogen 99 and the phone booted up, but when I check internal memory I am at 123m. Am I just completely missing something here?
You are likely seeing dalvik. If you have a good SD card, do su in a terminal and then a2sd cachesd. The phone will reboot.
That moves dalvik to SD as well.
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You are likely seeing dalvik. If you have a good SD card, do su in a terminal and then a2sd cachesd. The phone will reboot.
That moves dalvik to SD as well.
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Says a2sd not found. If anyone has any ideas, I am willing to start from scrap to get this running. BelacNongaw, how did you get yours running? If you don't mind I could try tracing the steps you took and that might work?
Did you type:
su
system/bin/a2sd cachesd
in terminal?
why i still lose internal momery inspite i install all my app. to sd and no any progam new install there
beside i clear cache every while
i use rooted galaxy ace
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Memory is space for running programs. So yes, you will run out of that.
Internal storage would be something different. Though some apps may still get installed to your internal memory regardless of what you tell it.
then what i can do
i lose memory eevery min with doing nothing
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hey guyzz...
i found many posts discussing how to increase phone memory.....so here is the solution for it...
i found an app in the market to increase phone memory....
her is the link for that app...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.seasmind.android.gmappmgr&hl=en
"THIS IS ONLY FOR ROOTED USERS".
I increased my space upto maximum extent.
"DONT FORGET TO PRESS THANKS IF I HELPED U"
It doesn't increase phone memory..
It frees up more internal memory..
they are two different things..
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Aspire is right. Do anyone have instructions on how to configure S2E or A2SDGUI?
Aspire is right. Do anyone have instructions on how to configure S2E or A2SDGUI?
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Yes do anyone have instruction how to use a2sd. And does theapplications working well on sd as in internal memory without any problem.
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Cmiiw..
To use A2SD aka DarkTremor, you should set partition on your sdcard first.
You can do that via CWM Recovery..
But backup your Sdcard first, coz the partition process will wipe all of your data..
Ya its actually frees the internal memory.sry for my bad english
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cygnus39 said:
Cmiiw..
To use A2SD aka DarkTremor, you should set partition on your sdcard first.
You can do that via CWM Recovery..
But backup your Sdcard first, coz the partition process will wipe all of your data..
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I do not understand. What is it the first? FAT32 or ext4?
FAT32 is primary sd card format
ext4 is partitioned sd card format
cmiiw
Hi, I just used superoneclick to root my LG P500, and I presumed I could then removing junk apps and copying everything over to my SD card, however it seems I can't?
I installed busybox but no idea what that does! Am I missing something as I don't know what to do next?
Thank you.
Use link2sd
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Ok, just installed it and it does delete crap, and gives an option to move to SD card but it just hangs and then says 'Failure' - invalid install location.
Does the SD card have to be formatted in a different way? If so, how?
frailfury said:
Ok, just installed it and it does delete crap, and gives an option to move to SD card but it just hangs and then says 'Failure' - invalid install location.
Does the SD card have to be formatted in a different way? If so, how?
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i think you have rooted your phone but your still on stock rom
you should move to custom roms now
but if your sticking to stock rom for now
for moving app's to sd card try this guide
http://lgp500-optimusone.blogspot.in/2011/10/how-to-moveinstall-apps-to-sd-card-on.html
I'm using stock ROM yes. I think I need to format the SD card to ext2 or something. I only want to be able to copy everything to SD.
I tried making a partition as it says in the instructions, but the SD card is recognised as a 1GB card now in my phone rather than the 16GB it is.
It said to create a 14GB partition in ext2 format in order to transfer all apps to the card. If I do that though, 1GB isn't enough for all my music! Confused.
frailfury said:
I'm using stock ROM yes. I think I need to format the SD card to ext2 or something. I only want to be able to copy everything to SD.
I tried making a partition as it says in the instructions, but the SD card is recognised as a 1GB card now in my phone rather than the 16GB it is.
It said to create a 14GB partition in ext2 format in order to transfer all apps to the card. If I do that though, 1GB isn't enough for all my music! Confused.
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Now do one thing.Format your sd card to fat32 and then repartition it using recovery and select 1 gb (not 14) ext 2,3 or 4(ext4 preferred).
ashishv said:
Now do one thing.Format your sd card to fat32 and then repartition it using recovery and select 1 gb (not 14) ext 2,3 or 4(ext4 preferred).
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But surely, all I'm doing is partitioning the card so that 1GB is set to ext 2, meaning only 1GB of the card can be used for apps that can't normally be stored on the FAT32 partition?
Ok - since my last post, I did what you said so partitioned 1GB ext 2. When I open Link2SD, I get asked to choose the file system of my SD cards second partition. I can choose between:
ext2, ext2, ext4, and FAT32. Whatever I select, I get an error message - 'Mount script cannot be created. mount: Device or resource busy. ext2 maynot be supported on your device. Try FAT32 on the second partition'.
I then choose FAT32 and it says 'mount script cannot be created. mount: invalid argument'.
Just rebooted the phone and Link2SD doesn't ask me the above anymore, but now when I try again to move the Facebook app to the SD card, I still get the error:
Failure: pkg: /data/app/com.facebook.katana-1.apk Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_INSTALL_LOCATION]
In yet 'Whatsapp' which usually has to stay on the phones memory has no problems being sent to the SD card in Link2SD.
Any ideas please?
Ok this is weird... I formatted the card again to FAT32, and then tried transferring whatsapp to the SD card and it worked.
Uninstalled Facebook and reinstalled it from the play store and that also can be moved! It's really strange but it works. I thought you had to partition the card.
I do have other questions though. Can you keep the stock rom, and still have everything you download auto install to the SD card?
What is busybox for? Do I need it?
What can I do to speed the phone up now?
Thanks.
Busybox is necessary....no need to partition the card......the failure error may occur if u are moving something from rom to external sd....first move it to internal....to speed up ur phone change the kernel...
.thundervn kernel is best for stock...make sure u hav clockworkmod recovery installed....if not....download rom manager from play store....
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Use flash GUI and flash amon ra recovery onto ur phone ... that shud give u the amon ra recovery ... let me know if u need help with dat .. pm me
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Just so you all know, I only want to use stock rom. I don't want to be messing about with custom roms.
The SD card isn't partitioned, and 95% of all apps seem to be going across to the SD card no problems, but I get that 'failure'message with an app called 'proboards' which I downloaded from the play store - any reason why? LinkSD does say it requires a partition but it says that for all the other apps that transferred across fine.
I've also noticed my internal memory is still slowly decreasing even when apps are being transferred to SD - what can I do to stop this?
Finally, I bought 'SetCPU' app for my phone. Not 100% how to use it but when I set the min and max cpu speed to the max my phone can offer, my phone seems much quicker - is this ok to do?
Thanks
frailfury said:
Just so you all know, I only want to use stock rom. I don't want to be messing about with custom roms.
The SD card isn't partitioned, and 95% of all apps seem to be going across to the SD card no problems, but I get that 'failure'message with an app called 'proboards' which I downloaded from the play store - any reason why? LinkSD does say it requires a partition but it says that for all the other apps that transferred across fine.
I've also noticed my internal memory is still slowly decreasing even when apps are being transferred to SD - what can I do to stop this?
Finally, I bought 'SetCPU' app for my phone. Not 100% how to use it but when I set the min and max cpu speed to the max my phone can offer, my phone seems much quicker - is this ok to do?
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You can try the ressurection rom . Its stock rom with some little tweaks dat increase the speed , battery life and overall performance. .. it also allows u to u set-cpu to do what its meant to do. .. over clock your device so that u can enjoy the games that seemed to lag .. and the rom also supports moving apps to the SD card
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frailfury said:
Finally, I bought 'SetCPU' app for my phone. Not 100% how to use it but when I set the min and max cpu speed to the max my phone can offer, my phone seems much quicker - is this ok to do?
Thanks
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Really to get the full benefit out of rooting you'll want to play with some custom roms but as for the cpu setting the minimum higher will just cause your battery to drain really fast. What you want is a custom kernal that will allow you to overclock the cpu past 600 on the max end.
frailfury said:
Just so you all know, I only want to use stock rom. I don't want to be messing about with custom roms.
The SD card isn't partitioned, and 95% of all apps seem to be going across to the SD card no problems, but I get that 'failure'message with an app called 'proboards' which I downloaded from the play store - any reason why? LinkSD does say it requires a partition but it says that for all the other apps that transferred across fine.
I've also noticed my internal memory is still slowly decreasing even when apps are being transferred to SD - what can I do to stop this?
Finally, I bought 'SetCPU' app for my phone. Not 100% how to use it but when I set the min and max cpu speed to the max my phone can offer, my phone seems much quicker - is this ok to do?
Thanks
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Bout internal memory decreasing u can't do anything till u get a custom rom ... cause our stock ones don't allow a2sd
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Ok, so at the moment I have transferred all my apps to the SD card. How would I go about flashing it then?
What rom should I use?
How will having a new rom stock the internal memory from being eaten up? And why is it still being eaten up now that they are all on the SD card?
Finally, surely if you overclock, it will use even more battery? I've just got it set to the maximum cpu so surely it must be improving something??
frailfury said:
Ok, so at the moment I have transferred all my apps to the SD card. How would I go about flashing it then?
What rom should I use?
How will having a new rom stock the internal memory from being eaten up? And why is it still being eaten up now that they are all on the SD card?
Finally, surely if you overclock, it will use even more battery? I've just got it set to the maximum cpu so surely it must be improving something??
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Start by downloading titanium backup frm tge market and take a backup of your apps ... the option will be dere in backup/restore .. keep only user ticked under filter options ... that will give u a list of user installed apps .. do a batch backup
pls hit thanks if I helped in any way
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anaknin said:
Start by downloading titanium backup frm tge market and take a backup of your apps ... the option will be dere in backup/restore .. keep only user ticked under filter options ... that will give u a list of user installed apps .. do a batch backup
pls hit thanks if I helped in any way
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Thanks, but it's the rest I need answered too. Don't really want to flash if I'm being honest.
frailfury said:
Ok, so at the moment I have transferred all my apps to the SD card. How would I go about flashing it then?
What rom should I use?
How will having a new rom stock the internal memory from being eaten up? And why is it still being eaten up now that they are all on the SD card?
Finally, surely if you overclock, it will use even more battery? I've just got it set to the maximum cpu so surely it must be improving something??
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For rom go for Ressurection .. i can get u to the correct forum ... clockspeed in a cpu means the no of iinstructions it processes per sec .. so a cpu running at 600mhz will execute 600 instructions per sec while one running at 800 will execute 800 instructions per sec ... basically it gives u a performance boost at the cost of battery.. and our phones are det at 122-600 by default so u cant get a performance boost but on the other hand it helps with battery
pls hit thanks if I helped in any way
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Why not try "Ultimate Backup by JRummy". It helps move any app to SD Card...no need to flash a custom rom.
ROM - Paranoid Android by Bytecode.
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anaknin said:
For rom go for Ressurection .. i can get u to the correct forum ... clockspeed in a cpu means the no of iinstructions it processes per sec .. so a cpu running at 600mhz will execute 600 instructions per sec while one running at 800 will execute 800 instructions per sec ... basically it gives u a performance boost at the cost of battery.. and our phones are det at 122-600 by default so u cant get a performance boost but on the other hand it helps with battery
pls hit thanks if I helped in any way
:: peace
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Anakin, so I wasted money on the setcpu app then? It does seem much quicker since changing the min/max speed to both be 600mhz. Think originally it was set to 320 each.
I just got an atrix 2 running jb (stock leak 3). I want to dual boot it with cm11 but have some questions that I would like to have answered before I mess up with my phone.
I have installed bmm from play store.
In recovery I took a backup of cid but I dont know where its saved so first I'd like to copy it to SD card and by what name it's saved.
Second thing I want to know is that can I install ROM on first partition ? Because I read that I should keep 1st n 2nd partition for system.
And while partitioning sys4 I saw that minimum space for cache is 300 mb but I want it 50mb. How to reduce it?
the amount of data I give for 4th system will be reduced from 8gb of ROM? Because I currently have 5.x GB and 4 will be less for me so can't we install ROM on 1st or share data partition between 2.
And is there something else I need to take care of before I start?
Thanks in advance.
PS I've googled before posting these and have been familiar with an android before.
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siddharth1102 said:
I just got an atrix 2 running jb (stock leak 3). I want to dual boot it with cm11 but have some questions that I would like to have answered before I mess up with my phone.
I have installed bmm from play store.
In recovery I took a backup of cid but I dont know where its saved so first I'd like to copy it to SD card and by what name it's saved.
Second thing I want to know is that can I install ROM on first partition ? Because I read that I should keep 1st n 2nd partition for system.
And while partitioning sys4 I saw that minimum space for cache is 300 mb but I want it 50mb. How to reduce it?
the amount of data I give for 4th system will be reduced from 8gb of ROM? Because I currently have 5.x GB and 4 will be less for me so can't we install ROM on 1st or share data partition between 2.
And is there something else I need to take care of before I start?
Thanks in advance.
PS I've googled before posting these and have been familiar with an android before.
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1. Cid backup can found here /sdcard/clockworkmod/firmwar...keep this copy in your computer just in case u format sdcard.
2. U can install ROM in system1..but just make sure after installing ROM and gapps...in bmm menu select system keeper and install bmm.
3. To my knowledge I guess 300mb is least apace for cache.
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mithun23 said:
1. Cid backup can found here /sdcard/clockworkmod/firmwar...keep this copy in your computer just in case u format sdcard.
2. U can install ROM in system1..but just make sure after installing ROM and gapps...in bmm menu select system keeper and install bmm.
3. To my knowledge I guess 300mb is least apace for cache.
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By system keeper do you mean selecting it as default boot partition? And I guess we can also do it afterwards by going into bmm again if not having bmm will still give us that android logo on boot.
Will cache also be used for data partition?
Thanks for fast reply
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siddharth1102 said:
By system keeper do you mean selecting it as default boot partition? And I guess we can also do it afterwards by going into bmm again if not having bmm will still give us that android logo on boot.
Will cache also be used for data partition?
Thanks for fast reply
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No...to install custom ROM (cm11) in system1...first u have to formats system data cache of sysytem1 in bmm..then u will install ROM gaps...so bmm will be deleted, then bmm tries to install itself by force ..but to be in safer side just install bmm in system keeper.
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