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[Q] AOKP ROM Internal SD Card

Today I installed the AOKP ROM for my phone and whenever I go to Gallery or try to take a picture or any other number of apps that need access to the internal SD card, I get the message "No external storage available." I do not own an external sd card so I would like to use the internal one. How would I go about doing this? Thanks!

lostradiant said:
Today I installed the AOKP ROM for my phone and whenever I go to Gallery or try to take a picture or any other number of apps that need access to the internal SD card, I get the message "No external storage available." I do not own an external sd card so I would like to use the internal one. How would I go about doing this? Thanks!
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This is an issue that's currently being looked into by Whitehawk and all the other ics devs. If internal storage is an absolute necessity, I suggest you hang with gb for now. Maybe try the cm7.2 RC1 or Hellfire Phoenix.

By default, the internal storage is mounted to mnt/emmc and the external to mnt/sdcard. I modified my vold.fstab (/etc/vold.fstab) to switch the two around and I have access to the internal storage now. Is this what you're looking for?
Code:
#######################
## Regular device mount
##
## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...>
## label - Label for the volume
## mount_point - Where the volume will be mounted
## part - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition.
## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices
######################
dev_mount emmc /mnt/sdcard 8 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/emmc auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1

Same issue.. My sd card went corrupt and now it is really troublesome with apps like camera asking for sd card

iball Andi 4.5h

Hello Sir,
I have recently purchased iball andi 4.5h. I observed that the apps and games that i download are installed in Phone Storage. I want these apps to get installed to sd card. How can i do so? I don't want to root my phone.Please help.
Thanking You in anticipation.

First Root your phone.
Install any File Explorer, which gives you Root access permission.
Open the file explorer (Root Explorer) and browse to /system/etc and find a file named as vold.fstab.
You may Find there the following/similar lines:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard
[email protected] /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.0/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard2 auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host/mmc1
Replace the sdcard with sdcard2 and sdcard2 with sdcard so that it will look like this:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard2 [email protected] /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.0/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host/mmc1
Now save the Changes on Editor and exit the Editor.
Re-boot your device to take effect of the Changes.

I found another solution. (without root). I had bricked my phone some days back. I took it to iball service center and they flashed stock ROM with updated kernel in it. After this, in settings<storage, i get menu of 'default write cache' and in it there are two options. 1.phone storage and 2. SD card.. just select SD card and reboot

[Q] How to edit vold.fstab??

This is the code from my vold.fstab (/system/etc):
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmc_host
dev_mount emmc /mnt/emmc 18 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount fat /mnt/fat auto /devices/virtual/block/loop7
What should I edit if I want my EMMC folder to show my MicroSD, and SDcard folder will show my InternalSD??
Help please!! thanks!!

so you are saying that you want to swap internal memory with external memory, right?. well it is pretty simple.-
Go to this site-
Mod edit: Links removed .. i think it is the first post..

[GUIDE]Partitioning SDCard for new PLL2 OC using ADB!

Hi, don't have an SD Card reader to partition your SD Card to try the new PLL2 overclocking method? No problems, this thread will guide you to partition your SD Card, for creating the three required partitions that you need :angel:
First, to get started, backup your SD Card! I'm not responsible for any data loss!
Ok, so, here goes! You can do this with your phone booted into recovery, AROMA File Manager giving you great terminal access, but I wouldn't recommend it though. Frankly, its hard typing long commands on your phone, and, I get frustrated easily. If you want, you could go ahead
Now, let's get to work.
Reboot to recovery, connect USB Cable, and open up a command line!
Now, run these following commands
Code:
umount /sdcard
umount /sd-ext
Why? D'uh! You can't partition a drive when it's mounted!
Check below screenshot; I've done it the same way :laugh:
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Now, type this command:
Code:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
/dev/block/mmcblk0 is the SD Card as a whole!
Type the following command, and it will show the partitions present in the SD Card. Below are examples for an SD Card with a single FAT32 partition and an SD Card with a FAT32 partition and an EXT3 partition.
​​​
Ok, now that you've safely backed up your SD Card, (I really hope you did so, because the next step is going to destroy your SD Card, the partition table atleast ) run the following commands.
If you had an unpartitioned SD Card, i.e. only one FAT32 partition, you'd see only 1 partition, as in the image on the left (above). If you'd notice, you'd see a "Number" column... We've to remove them. So, we'll use the following command:
Code:
rm 1
If you had a partitioned SD Card, i.e. one FAT32 partition, and an EXT partition, you'd see 2 partitions, as in the image on the right (above). If you'd notice, you'd see a "Number" column... We've to remove them. So, we'll use the following command:
Code:
rm 1
rm 2
Ok, now you've wiped your partition table :victory:
Now, we need to create new partitions. For this, we'll first get the *actual* size of the SD Card. Run the following command again, and note the value that precedes anything that reads MB. Example given below:
Ok, so now I've got an 8 GiB SD Card, but it shows only 7948 MB, which actually has a reason (Google it to find out ). So, I decide to have an 128 MB sd-cache partition and a 1024 mb sd-data partition. Now, you need to do the calculations. I will show you how this is done, with my own example!
So, if you'd see the above screenshot, you'd get the idea of how much space you're actually going to allocate for each of the partitions.
So, to sum up, in my case:
SD Card (fat32): 0MB to 6796MB
SD Data (ext) : 6796MB to 7820MB
SD Cache (ext) 7820MB to 7948MB
To actually partition the disk, we'll run these following commands.
First, for SD Card, i.e. fat32:
Next, for SD Data, i.e. ext2:
Next, for SD Cache, again ext2:
Now, type print again, and verify the partitions
You've successfully partitioned your SD Card :highfive:
Ran into troubles? Please post on the thread! I'm glad to help

References:
http://android.bytearrays.com/android/how-to-partition-sd-card/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714

Helpful ! :good:

[GUIDE][NOOB FRIENDLY]Increasing Internal Memory By Partitioning SD Card

Increasing Internal Memory By Partitioning SD Card​
----ALL SD CARD CONTENT WILL BE REMOVED FROM SD CARD DURING THIS PROCESS. BACKUP SD CARD BEFORE PROCEEDING----
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Hello xda , This time I am presenting another alternative method to increase the internal storage of our device.
This metod involves partitioning SD card and using one of the partitions for storing apps.The other part can be used
for storing user data and other contents.You may already know but I remind you that SD Card will be FORMATTED during the
process , so please backup existing data.
Note​This guide will partition your sdcard to make a part of your sdcard works like the internal memory that you can move your apps to it.
This guide will never increase the real internal memory as it is impossible to be done.​
Prerequisites:
Sony Xperia C
Link2Sd app Play Store Link
Root Access
Clockworkmod Recovery
SD card
Procedure to Partition The Memory Card:
First switch off your phone and boot into Clockworkmod Recovery
Go to "Advanced' and choose 'Partition Sd Card'.
Then choose the required size, I suggest 512 MB .
After that , it will ask swap size, choose 0 MB
Then CWM will start partitioning your sd card
After it completes , Reboot your phone.
Instructions To Increase Internal Memory Of Android Phone With Link2SD:
Install Link2sd app(if you haven't till now)
Open the app and grant superuser permissions
Then it will ask for your file system , choose ext4 and press ok
Then It will say something like 'Mount script created...blahblah'So reboot your phone now
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Now Open Link2sd and go to any app
Youwill see a small button which says 'Link to SD Card' Click it
Select all check boxes and click ok , The app will be moved to sd card with all its data and files.
In the native method only some files are moved but in this method everything will be moved to sd card which frees up your internal storage
Please Do Not Forget To Press The Thanks Button on this guide .... :good:​

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hi.. will you show us the internal memory if increased(on settings)? screenshot..tnx

Please Clear Your Doubts
It actually does not increase your Internal Storage, It only makes your phone feel that one partition of SD Card in Internal Storage. It will only change the path of installing the Apps and will not actually increate the System space or the physically allotted internal storage.

abhishekr700 said:
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Can I partition sd card using twrp?
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mahesvr said:
Can I partition sd card using twrp?
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I haven't used it till date, but I always recommend using CWM, its far better and believe me its more trust-able.
Thanks..
Please remember to press the THANKS button if I have HELPED you. ?

abhishekr700 said:
I haven't used it till date, but I always recommend using CWM, its far better and believe me its more trust-able.
Thanks..
Please remember to press the THANKS button if I have HELPED you.
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thank you but i used aparted app to partition my sd and got work

I tried but giving no command in starting.

[email protected] said:
I tried but giving no command in starting.
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Press the camera button at that screen.

I partioned my sd card with 512mb then again I partioned with 4000mb, now mobile is not reading memory card and how to make it full like before?

anirogz said:
I partioned my sd card with 512mb then again I partioned with 4000mb, now mobile is not reading memory card and how to make it full like before?
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use diskpart (search google for how to) to repair your memory card.

2nd partition can be created without loosing data on primary fat partition using AParted app, just unmount SD then resize primary fat sd and rest of it create 2nd partition.

Increasing Internal Memory By Partitioning SD Card
Hi,
I tried steps given by you but failed somehow. Then i came across this link http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/12/12/link2sd-guide-never-worry-about-internal-memory-limits-again/
I have enabled my sd card as a def storage location with a few apps installed on it (not all apps including big ones). Now can i use my existing 8 gb SD card and perform the below steps?
1. connect phone and copy the card contents to a folder on computer
2. use partition tool and create 2 partitions 2 gb (main) and 6 gb (secondary for link2sd)
3. copy back the data from computer to my secondary partition on sd card
4. use link2sd to set my secondary partition of 6gb on sd card as default storage
5. copy rest of required apps and data to my secondary partition on sd card using link2sd
kindly advise. Thanks